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Patent GB-190428555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Suspension Devices for Vehicles.
Inventor: TIPS MAURICE
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,555. Tips, M. Dec. 28. Vibration, preventing.-A means for damping the vibration of vehicle springs consists of a rod 1, Figs. 1 and 2, which can slide vertically in a sleeve 4, made in two parts hinged at 5, and may be adjusted so as to move with any required amount of friction by tightening a thumbscrew 7 working against a spiral spring 8. The sleeve 4 is attached to the vehicle frame by a flange 11 connected to the sleeve by a universal joint 12 A similar jointed flange 2 is provided at the bottom of the rod, and is fixed to the vehicle axle or bearing-spring. The sleeve 4 is lined with leather, fibre, felt, or other material 9, which is held in place by flanges 10.
Patent GB-190500159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Matches.
Inventor: THORN EDWIN
Filed: 1905-01-03
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 159. Thorn, E. Jan. 3. Matches; match-striking surfaces.-A continuous strip 1, Fig. 2, is folded upon itself at regular intervals, and carries in each folded portion an igniting- pellet 7 and a striking-surface 6. The top piece of the folded portion is stuck to the middle part, and the igniting-means are carried by the lower side of the middle part and the upper side of the lowest part. The junction 3 of the lowest and middle parts is scored or otherwise weakened, so as to give way when the end of the strip is pulled. This causes the igniting-pellet 7 and striking-surface 6 to be brought into contact, igniting the end of the section torn off. In a modification, Fig. 4, the strip 8 is made up of sections, secured together so that one end of each overlaps the next. In another form, Fig. 6, sections 12<1> are connected by short strips 12<11>, each having an overlapping end. In this case each section is weakened at its junction 13 with the overlapping end of a connecting-strip. The strip may be rolled up into a disk.
Patent GB-190506097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Humidified Air to the Interior of Buildings.
Inventor: PROCKTER FREDERICK MALCOLM
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 6097. Prockter, F. M., and Howorth, J. B. March 23. Air, moistening.-In supplying humidified air to the interior of buildings, a fan or other air propeller a, driven from a pulley a' or otherwise, diffuses air drawn in through a tubular or other inlet passage b passing through the roof. The air is moistened by means of a shallow conical vessel d containing water heated preferably by a steam coil f. The coil may be perforated to allow jets of steam to escape, and such jets may be produced by supplying heated water at high pressure to the coil. A deflector g prevents undue agitation of the water by the fan, and a deflector h directs the course of the humidified air. The air may be heated by a steam coil placed in the passage b.
Patent GB-190511626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protective Devices for Alternating Electric Current Systems.
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 11,626. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 2. Cut-outs.-A protective device for polyphase circuits operates to open the circuit on a phase reversal. It is shown applied to an elevator motor fed with three-phase current from mains 1, 2, 3. The coils A, A' on the laminated magnetic core D of a relay are separated by circular laminations C, Figs. 1 and 3, the whole being within a box B, which may be of cast iron. A tube E, preferably of aluminium, is inserted between the core D and coils A, A', the latter being connected to different phases. The tube E carries a bar F, to bridge the contacts f and complete the circuit of the tripping- coils h, thereby opening the main switches H. A light spring e is inserted between the tube E and the bar F. The coils A, A' may be connected to the motor leads in series or in shunt or through transformers I. When a phase reversal occurs in one of the coils A, A', the tube E rises and completes the circuits of the tripping-coils h. The relay may take the place of the tripping-coil h and open the circuit directly.
Patent GB-190511657-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Gas Producer
Inventor: HUTCHINS THOMAS WILLIAM STAINE
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 11,657. Hutchins, T. W. S. June 3. Steam generators combined with gas-producers.- An iron pipe 2, which acts as a steam generator, is supported on a partition 12 dividing a gas-producer into two compartments.
Patent GB-190512807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Currents of Heated Air or Gas for Therapeutic and other purposes.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-21
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 12,807. Taylor, W. June 21. Heating by electricity.-Relates to improvements i n the apparatus described in Specification No. 5928, A.D. 1897, for heating air by electricity for therapeutic and other purposes. The fan k, by means of which the air is forced over the heated coil, is driven by an electromotor arranged in series in the heating-circuit instead of by clock-work as previously described. The current is led from a wall-plug through flexible wires a to terminals b, j, which are connected by way of the terminal c, heating - solenoid, terminal d, brush e, armature f, brush g, and the field coils h. The fan is mounted on the armature spindle.
Patent GB-190513399-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hole Making Tool.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 13,399. Williams, J. T. June 29. Drills.-A tool for drilling stone, rock, brick, and like materials by blows on the head, and by rotation for drilling metal and other hard substances, comprises a metal body a having a reduced part a<1>, and provided at the end with two transverse slots c of different depths to receive the tapered cutting-head b, which consists of three or more sharp cutting-edges radiating from a centre and having clearing spaces between them, the width across the blade being greater than the part a'. The edges are ground with single bevels for cutting metal and with double bevels for cutting stone &c.
Patent GB-190515675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Uniting or Coating Iron or Steel with other Metals or Alloys.
Inventor: DAVIES EVAN LLEWELYN
Filed: 1905-07-31
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 15,675. Davies, E. L., and Clark, W. G. July 31. Gilding and silvering.-Relates to the method of uniting or coating iron or steel with other metals or alloys described in Specification No. 17,660, A.D. 1904. Two furnaces are employed, one having a magnesite or other basic hearth in which the copper cr other coating-metal is kept molten, and the other being used to heat the plate to be coated. The latter furnace also contains on its hearth a bath of the flux described in the prior Specification. The plate is heated to or above the temperature of the molten copper, and on being taken from the furnace is first immersed in the flux, whereby its surface is cleaned and covered with a film of molten flux, and is then placed in a mould which has been previously heated to a high temperature by a gas flame or other means. The molten coating-metal is then run into the mould and, displacing the film of flux, comes into intimate contact with the clean surface of the iron at a welding heat and rigidly adheres thereto, the iron being coated on both sides simultaneously.
Patent GB-190516756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Moistening the Air and Distributing Water and other Fluids.
Inventor: PROETT CARL HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-08-18
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 16,756. Pr÷tt, C. H. Aug. 18. Air, moistening.-In centrifugal apparatus for moistening air and spraying liquids, and consisting of a number of distributing- disks with their circular edges running in water, fans are attached to the same spindle as the disks and the whole of the air and liquid is made to pass a grating. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal and Fig. 3 a transverse section of one form of the apparatus. The disks 8 are connected to hubs 10 on the shaft 4 by spokes 9, and are arranged in the casing 1. At the central opening of the casing a fan 11 is provided to force the air through the apparatus. The disks are surrounded by an arch or ring of baffle-plates 13. In apparatus having fans at each side, the outer disks are ring-shaped and the central one solid, so that the air entering in an axial direction is driven out radially. In Fig. 6 the fan blades 16 are shown directly connected to the disks 15, while Fig. 5 shows the arms 17 of the ring disk 18 formed as blades or wings. In another modification, the blades are held between two disks, one of the latter being solid and the other ring-shaped. In the modification shown in Fig. 10, a fan having radially-arranged plates 19 is surrounded by a set of rings 20. Instead of the baffle-plates being made of sheet or bar iron, they may be made hollow, as shown in Fig. 11, and in this case the framing 24 supporting the oval baffle-pipes 23 is also made hollow so that steam or hot water may be passed through to heat the saturated air. Fig. 7 shows another form of the apparatus having a pear-shaped casing 1<a> with a ventilator fan 11<a> at one end and a narrow opening at the other. The disks towards the entrance end of the casing are ring-shaped, and towards the other end the central openings get smaller until the last disk is solid, so that the air is forced past the baffle-plates before reaching the outlet 2<a>.
Patent GB-190517948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tank Supply Valves.
Inventor: SCHULZE EMIL HERMAN
Filed: 1905-09-05
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 17,948. Schulze, E. H. Sept. 5. Ball and float valves; casings; lift valves; float levers; shocks, preventing.-Relates to that type of automatic valve used in flusbing-tanks under the control of a ball or other float, wherein an auxiliary valve is used to control the main valve. The casing is divided into two parts so as to form a main chamber D<1>, Fig. 1, in which a piston D reciprocates horizontally, in alinement with the water inlet so as to prevent " hammering," and an auxiliary chamber f closed by a screw plug Z below. Through the piston passes a tube a which connects the closed end d of the main chamber with the supply pipe A. The tube a carries a winged guide C which fits the supply pipe. Fluid in the pipe A normally passes through the tube a to the opposite side of the piston which is pressed on to the seating E. The ball lever U is passed through a hole in a disk R and clamped by a screw T. The disk has radial notches, one of which may be engaged with a tooth V<1> on a disk Q mounted on an arm O. The arm O is pivoted at N to an arm J with which it locks by means of fingers L, M, and the bifurcated end I of the arm J engages a sleeve H on the lower end of a tubular valve G. The latter passes through the plug Z and has a side opening 8 which lets water out of the chamber f when the valve G is raised. When the tank empties, the ball lever sinks, raising the valve G and allowing the water under pressure in the chamber d to escape through the passage e. The piston D is then lifted off its seating E and water escapes through the outlet B.
Patent GB-190521090-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paper Bag or similar Receptacle.
Inventor: HIRSCH LUDWIG VON
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 21,090. Hirsch, L. von. Oct. 17. Paper bags.-Paper bags &c. ar provided with longitudinal creases in both sides to enable the bags to be opened by pressing together the edges. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specificitions No. 18,599, A.D. 1891, and No. 461, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190524680-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Treatment of the Woven Tubes or of the Yarns used in the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: VRIESLAND ADOLPHE ISIDORE VAN
Filed: 1905-11-29
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 24,680. Vriesland, A. I. van. Nov. 29. Incandescent gas and oil lamps.-The tubular fabric or the yarn used in the manufacture of incandescent mantles is subjected wholly or in part to the action of strong lyes, acids, or chemical salts, such as soda lye, which produce an immediate shrinking of the fabric or yarn. The object is to obtain a closer structure or a contraction or more extensibility at such parts as are so treated.
Patent GB-190613888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Couplings
Inventor: HOPLEY JAMES
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 13,888. Hopley, J. June 18. Couplings, non-automatic.-In an arrangement for facilitating the operation of ordinary chain couplings from the side of the vehicle by means of a coupling-pole, the inner and outer links a, c of the chain are fitted with pairs of clips d, d<1>, f, f<1>, each clip being formed in two portions which are secured by bolts so as to embrace the link, as shown in Fig. 3. The clips are formed with trunnions e, e<1>, g, g<1> upon which are mounted respectively links j, j<1> and the forked end of a bar r, the other end of which passes through a slot formed in a pin m which is mounted between the free ends of the links j, j<1>, the bar r being pivoted within the slot by a bolt x. The bolts n, n<1>, which secure the clips f, f<1>, are formed at their upper ends with eyes for the engagement of the coupling-pole, and the bar r is formed with a projection p which engages under the middle link b during the operation of coupling. According to the Provisional Specification, the chain may be operated by levers from the side of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190620003-A (GB)
Title: A Card Game
Inventor: MCBRIDE-LEGH ERNEST
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 20,003. Legh, E. McBride-. Sept. 8. Drawings to Specification. Card games. - Playing - cards have numbered illustrations of various parts of motor-cars and drivers, and may include penalty cards representing road incidents or obstructions. The object of the game is to secure sets of cards making complete motor-cars.
Patent GB-190623968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Friction Clutches.
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 23,968. Brouhot Motor Co. of Great Britain, and Hutchings, J. Oct. 27. Clutches.-Relates to centrifugally-operated band friction clutches. The band c', which may be built up of pieces of leather arranged with the grain at right-angles to the line of contact, is carried by a flexible metal ring c<2> which surrounds a disk b secured to the driving-shaft a. Lugs c<3> on the ring c<2> carry pins c<4> engaging slots d<2> in a plate d, which is connected by springs e to the disk b and guided by pins d' and slots b<1>. A collar g on the shaft a is connected by a link h to the plate d, which may be thereby depressed to disengage the clutch. Centrifugal action throws the plate d outwards and presses the band against the driven drum f.
Patent GB-190628188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in the Construction of the Bodies of Drop-down Small-arms
Inventor: HILL RICHARD
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 28, 188. Hill, R., and Smith, J. V., [trading as Hill & Smith]. Dec. 11. Breech actions, drop-down barrel.-A skeleton body with the parts 2 and 3 cut away has the part 6 below the break-off left of greater thickness, to withstand the strain at that part. The lower parts 7 are rounded off to further lighten the body.
Patent GB-190700404-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Drinking Water Standard.
Inventor: WOLF JOSEF
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 404. Wolf, J. Jan. 7. Fountains. - A drinking - water fountain is formed as a cabinet containing a water tank, can, waste tank, and cupboards for storing cups &c. Fig. 4 shows a sectional view of the apparatus, the walls surrounding the water reservoir, a waste tank being made double to accommodate suitable cooling or insulating material 3. A chamber is made at the top of the cabinet in which is placed the cleaning - appliances. A funnel, provided with a cover and an interior revolving cover, leads to the water reservoir 7. A pipe 15 leads from the bottom of the chamber containing the reservoir 7 to the waste tank 16, and the trough 19 below the tap 21 also drains into this waste tank. Overflow pipes 18, 33 are fitted to the reservoir 7 and tank 16. The cups 22 are placed in separate drawers 25. The can 10, for pouring the water into the reservoir 7, is kept in the central chamber of the apparatus. The overflow from the tank 16 falls into a sliding trough below.
Patent GB-190701384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Winding and Handsetting Arrangements of Clocks and the like.
Inventor: BRECHT RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 1384. Brecht, R. March 17, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Winding and handsetting mechanism. -The barrels and the motion-work of a wall clock are geared through vertical spindles 1, 14, which may be concentric to winding squares 8, 17 at the bottom of the casing.
Patent GB-190702919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grids for Gas Grilling Stoves.
Inventor: PRICE HENRY ADDIS
Filed: 1907-02-06
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 2919. Price, H. A., and Turner, H. C. Feb. 6. Gas grilling-stoves.-An adjustable grid consists of a grid proper B connected by links C to a frame resting in the pan, and having pivoted to it a handle formed with teeth E adapted to engage the edge of the pan. The grid can thus lie near the bottom of the pan or be held in a raised position, as shown.
Patent GB-190704310-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Safety Device for the Ignition of Slow-matches.
Inventor: KAMMLER FRANZ
Filed: 1907-02-21
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 4310. Kammler, F. Feb. 21. Blasting and mining cartridges and fuses. Relates to a portable electric battery with switch and safety locking-device for firing slow matches. A case 1 contains a battery 2, separated by a partition 3 from an upper switch chamber. A fixed contact 6 is connected to one pole of the battery and a movable contact 5 to one terminal of the box ; the contact 5 is controlled by a spring 15 and is mounted on a square-headed spindle 13 adapted to be operated by a key 14. An insulator block 4 is mounted on a vertical bolt 7 controlled by a spring 19 and locked by an horizontal bolt 8, which is controlled by a spring 10. In the position shown, the block 4 lies between the contacts 5, 6 and the switch is inoperative. The apparatus is set to the operative position by pressing in the bolt 8, whereupon the bolt 7 slides up into a slot in the bolt 8 and the block moves away from between the contacts. The device is returned to the inoperative position by pressing in the bolt 7. The bolt 8 is normally bidden by the carrying-strap 18 ; so that only persons acquainted with the device can operate it.
Patent GB-190704573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Making & Attaching of Harness Bridle Fronts
Inventor: POPPLETON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-02-25
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 4573. Poppleton, T. Feb. 25. Metalwork, ornamental:-Relates to the manufacture and attachment of bridle fronts in which a strip of metal a, shown in Fig. 5, has punched out of it pieces'such as 1. Threaded on to a are a number of metal mounts b, Fig. 1, filling up the strip from end to end, and prevented from slipping off by the turned-up end 2. Each mount is raised from a sheet-metal blank, as shown in Fig. 8, and formed to the shape shown in three views in Fig. 7, being slightly curved and with flanges 8, 9 to enable them to be threaded on to a. A flat strip or two strips of metal 10, 11, shown in-end elevation in Fig. 3, are inserted between the mounts b and the strip a to strengthen the strip. Then the end 12 is turned up, and the ends 8, 9 of the mounts are closed down under the edges of the strip. The front can now be fixed to the leather part by means of the pieces 1 which pass through holes in the leather and are clenched down on the back of same.
Patent GB-190706033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cargo Loading and Discharging Apparatus.
Inventor: DEANE HERBERT ALBERT
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-10-12
Abstract: 6033. Deane, H. A. Oct. 12, Conveyers; elevators. - Comprises apparatus for loading and discharging bananas and like cargoes to and from vessels, or from one point to another. A portable frame is composed of longitudinal members b connected by cross-bars C and provided with brackets c which may also be connected by cross rods d. The frame is formed in two sections hinged together one of which is over the deck of the vessel while the other reaches from the deck to the wharf and is provided with rollers o by which the inclination adjusts itself as the height of the vessel or the water level varies. The deck section of the frame has rollers p by which it may be moved about. The frame carries pulleys f, g, h around which pass endless chains a extending around a pulley in the hold of the vessel. Angle-iron rails n, Fig. 3, guide the chains along the frames. Cranked rods carrying trays k are pivoted to the chains. The apparatus is suspended by ropes j from a derrick and rests on a portable hoisting apparatus on the deck, or may rest on such apparatus at each end or on planks. The apparatus is driven from a pulleys m.
Patent GB-190706097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pipes or Conduits for Drains, Sewers and the like.
Inventor: COOKSEY ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 6097. Cooksey, A. W. March 13. Drain and sewer, pipes; gully traps.-Pipes for drains and sewers have approximately flat and parallel sides so that, after a given flow has been reached, any addition increases the depth and scouring effect without materially increasing the upper surface. The form preferred is a semicylindrical crown and invert with flat sides, shown in cross-section in Fig. 5. A trap, Figs. 7 and 8, for use with these pipes, has branches of the same section, but the lower part of the trap, where the seal is formed, is horizontally disposed, as shown.
Patent GB-190709337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Electricity Meters
Inventor: NORTH BARKER
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 9337. North, B., and Pohl, R. April 22. Quantity meters. -Electrolyte meters of the kind in which the diminution in volume of the electrolyte is measured are arranged to avoid errors due to heating, and to the formation of scum and bubbles of gas on the surface of the electrolyte. The electrolyte is contained in a vessel forming one arm of a U-tube, the other arm being filled with a liquid which will not mix with the electrolyte or a liquid of this kind, or a gas, may be placed between the electrolyte and the liquid in the measuring-arm. Organic liquids such as a-monobromnaphthalene, monobrombenzene, a - ethylnaphthalene, certain chlorbenzenes, and anthracene oil are suitable for the purpose. Liquids such as nitrobenzene and aniline oil also form suitable mixtures with other solids or liquids such as naphthalene, carbon tetrachloride, iodobenzene, and paraffin oil. Mercury is not suitable. In order to extend the scale, various forms of measuring-tube may be used. That shown in Fig. 1 consists of two vertical stems a, b joined by sloping tubes c. A zigzag tube may be used in which at each bend the tube is slightly enlarged and bent upwards, so as to cause a siphoning action. A spiral tube may be employed. In order to provide for automatically adjusting the zero, a bent overflow tube m, Fig. 4, leading to the bottom of a reservoir n is attached to the measuring-tube k at the zero of the scale. The reservoir has another tube p and when the meter is to be refilled any liquid that escaped over at the last refilling can be driven back by blowing into the tube p by means of a bulb q. A U-tube may be used instead of this device. Instead of reading directly the fall in level in the measuring-arm, a float may be employed with a train of light wheels. The invention is adaptable to prepayment meters. Current meters.-According to the Provisional Specification, a thermal maximum-demand indicator may have one bulb immersed in the electrolyte, to be heated by it.