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Patent GB-190519012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Purification of Vitiated Air.
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 19,012. Atteridge, A. H., and British Submarine Boat Co. Sept. 20. Air, disinfecting, filtering, oxygenating, and purifying.-Vitiated air. is purified by forcing it, by means of an electrically-driven fan 3, through a tube 1 containing granular soda-lime to remove carbonic anhydride, and fitted with filters 2 of carbolized tow at each end to remove organic matter. The air is next forced through a dilute acid solution contained in a vessel 5 to remove ammoniacal vapour, and is oxygenated by the supply of a regulated quantity of oxygen from a receptacle 7 into a pipe 6 through which the air is forced. The purified air escapes by the pipe 10.
Patent GB-190520492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knitting Machines.
Inventor: CONDE FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 20,492. CondÚ, F. Oct. 10. Knitting-machines. -To make openwork, an indented wheel 15 geared to vertical bearded needles springs one needle in every four radially, in alinement with the previous needle, and the two loops are brought on to the one needle by means of the jacks of a tricked cam-cap above the indented wheel. Each jack 21 has a butt 24 which runs in the passage 25 of a cam-carrying disk fixed to the stationary vertical axle of the wheel 15. The out-throw cam 29 is slidable for adjustment. Each jack has a slightly sharpened or reduced point 22, which enters the loop of the inner needle of the pair in alinement and brings it over the outer needle of the pair. A correspondingly indented wheel may subsequently press the loop off the inner needle of the pair, or the loop can be removed from both needles simultaneously at a later stage.
Patent GB-190522723-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Speed of Electric Motor Cars.
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 22,723. KriÚger, L., and Compagnie Parisienne des Voitures Electriques (ProcÚdÚs KriÚger). Dec. 1, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.-The speed of a motor 2 driving an electric vehicle is regulated by varying the counter electromotive force of an auxiliary motor 1 in series therewith, this being effected by shifting the position of the brushes 5, 6 upon the commutator. The driving-motor 2 is excited in series, and the regulating-motor 1 in shunt, with the source of current 3. A switch 4 is included in the circuit as shown. The brushes 5, 6 should be movable through an angle at least equal to onehalf of the polar-pitch angle, that is ninety degrees in the case of the bipolar motor shown, and at starting are arranged upon the neutral line of the commutator so that the motor 1 develops its maximum counter electromotive force, whereas the potential difference upon the motor 2, to which a resistance is opposed, is insufficient to start it. The brushes are then shifted up to the ninety degrees limit, when the counter electromotive force of the motor 1 becomes zero, and the motor 2 gradually runs up to top speed.
Patent GB-190525505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: PAXMAN JAMES NOAH
Filed: 1905-12-07
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 25,505. Paxman, J. N., and Plane, H. G. Dec. 7. Superheaters, steam.-In superheaters which are formed as forward extensions of boilers of the locomotive and multitubular type, a second or supplemental chamber D is formed by the end plate of the boiler and a depending plate within the superheater. Between the rows of boiler tubes Y, baffle-plates C are arranged in the main chamber A in such a manner as to cause the steam to flow-along the tubes alternately with and against the flow of hot gases through the tubes. The main chamber is connected preferably at its upper part with the steam space of the boiler, the superheated steam passing away from the supplemental chamber by the pipe E. Saturated steam may be admitted by the pipe F to vary the degree of superheating. The superheater, when not in use as such, may be flooded with water from the boiler, in which case it then forms part of the boiler. There may be combined with the superheater a steam drier which takes the place of the supply pipe B, the drier being constructed of a pair of boxes connected by looped tubes.
Patent GB-190604451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: SCHMITZ WILHELM
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 4451. Schmitz, W. Feb. 23. Incandescent gas burners. -The gas nipple orifice f is regulated by a tapering triangular pin e carried by a screwed inner piece a. A clamp h secured to the nipple c prevents the piece a from unscrewing too far. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 1425, 2500, 10,200, 27,279, and 28,095, A.D. 1903, and No. 17,127, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190606753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Envelopes.
Inventor: BALL GEORGE
Filed: 1906-03-21
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 6753. Ball, G., [trading as Ball, J.]. March 21. Envelopes.-The pasting-device described in Specification No. 19,775, A.D. 1905, which is intended to be applied to envelope-making machines having a front gummer moving through an approximately horizontal path, is modified so that the gummer does not receive its gum direct from the roller in the gum box but is supplied from a roller which is periodically brought into contact with the roller in the gum box. The gum roller 12, Figs. 2 and 4, is mounted upon a carriage 13, which is adapted to slide on the fixed guides 14 and is oscillated by the arm 31. This arm is controlled by the spring 29 or by a weight, and is operated by the campiece 23 carried by the rocking shaft 24. The parts are so arranged that, when the paster 6 is in contact with the freely - mounted or positivelyrotated roller 12, the latter is not in contact with the roller 10 which supplies it with gum.
Patent GB-190614021-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: RODGERS HOWARD STEEL
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 14,021. Rodgers, H. S., and Prince, J. D. June 19. Check valves. - In a pneumatic tyre having a supplementary air-tube C<1> fitted within the ordinary tube C, the innermost tube C<1> is inflated through a valve stem passed with sufficient clearance through the stem of the outer air-tube C, and fitted with ordinary valves, air passing between the stems to the outer tube.
Patent GB-190626728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-11-23
Abstract: 26,728. Boult, A. J., [Nacke, E. H.]. Nov. 24. Lubricators.-In a lubricating - system for internal - combustion engines in which oil after lubricating the engine is returned by a pump to a supply tank, a collecting- tank A is provided beneath the crank chamber B, of such size as to contain all the oil from the supply tank C, so that superfluous oil can no t accumulate in the crank chamber. Oil is forced by a pump E from the tank A to the supply tank C, and passes through outlets F controlled by valves G to the parts to be lubricated. The tank C is provided with a filter K and a gauge-glass H in sight of the driver. A pipe N equalizes the pressure in the crank chamber and the tank C. A part of the oil escaping from the main bearings 0 is collected by catches P, Fig. 4, or by grooves T, Fig. 5, and is conveyed by passages Q to the crank-pin bearings R, whence tubes S lead to the pins U at the ends of the connecting-rods V. Instead of providing tubes S, the connecting-rods may have passages W. Passages X, Fig. 5, may be formed in the crank-shaft webs to facilitate the escape of surplus oil from the bearings O.
Patent GB-190628164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-skid Attachments to the Wheels of Road Vehicles
Inventor: GARDNER ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-12-11
Abstract: 28,164. Gardner, A. J. Dec. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for.- In devices for preventing slipping that comprise a chain, betting, or other flexible band 1 carried by a road wheel 7 and a pulley 4 secured to the vehicle, so as to be always in contact with the ground in front of the wheel, short lengths 8 of wire rope, wire, &o. are freely attached to the band at intervals, so as to spread out laterally from the chain when the vehicle is braked and engage between the tyre and the road.
Patent GB-190703810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Photographic Exposure Shutters known as Self-closing Focal Plane Shutters.
Inventor: STUART JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 3810. Stuart, J., and Woods, A. Feb. 15. Shutters. - Relates to self-closing focal-plane shutters of the roller-blind type in which the blinds are positively operated by gearing. Referring to Fig. 1, which is a section on the line a, b, c of Fig. 2, a handle 27 on a wheel 25 is used to wind up the blinds, the wheel being provided with a number of holes, one of which may engage a pin 24. The handle is turned until a projection 47 on the lower blind winding-wheel 12 engages a bolt 35. A roller 23 between the clutch ring 21 and disk 22 clutches the wheels 12, 18 together, so that the lower blind 7 is wound up through the wheel 12, idle wheel 13, and wheel 14 which is' fixed to a shaft 15, carrying the pulley 10. The pinion 14 also gears with one member of a double pinion 16, the other member of which gears with a pinion 17 attached to the other pulley 9, which is therefore also rotated. The upper blind 8 is wound on to the top roller 11 through the action of the wheels 18, 19, 20. For time exposures, the projection 49 is so adjusted relatively to the wheel 12, that when the latter rotates until its projection 47 catches on a bolt 35, the projection on the adjustable wheel 25 is out of reach of the lip 40 on a bolt 36. When the button 46 is pressed, the bolt 35 is moved down, releasing the wheel 12 and permitting the bolt 36 to move up under the action of its spring and to catch the projection 48 on the wheel 18, thereby holding the blind 8. When the blind 7 has nearly completed its course, the,roller 23 strikes the pin 53, thereby releasing the clutch. When the button 46 is released, the bolt 35 is pushed back by the spring 38, depressing the bolt 36 throngh the arms 43, 44 and releasing the upper blind. For instantaneous exposures, the projection 49 on the wheel 25 is adjusted so that when the projection 47 ori the wheel 12 is caught by the first bolt, the projection 49 contacts with an overlapping lip 40 of the bolt 36, pushing the latter down and permitting the upper blind to follow the lower blind. For focussing, the wing- nut 28 is turned until a projection 48 thereon engages a pawl 50. To release this blind, the handle 27 of the wheel 25 is turned until the pin 52 projecting from the ring 21, turns the pawl 50. A disk 34 is provided outside the shutter casing for indicating the width of the aperture between the blinds. Specification No. 6512, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190704687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Peeling Machines.
Inventor: FRANKLIN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 4687. Franklin, T., and Belding, G. L. Feb. 26. Fruit and vegetables, cleaning, peeling, and washing. -A peeling, cleaning, and washing machine for fruit and vegetables, for example potatoes, comprises a dished base 1, provided with a radial groove which slopes to the outlet 6 for the washings, and carrying bearings 2, 3 for shafts 10, 14, the latter being attached to a hub 16, from which projects a number of radial arms 17, ending in hooks 18 designed to grip a circular, convex, perforated abrading-disk 21, which is clamped to the hub 16 by a plate 19, and has a radial slit from the central aperture to the periphery, whereby the length of the periphery may be varied. To a number of supporting-lugs 4 on the base 1 is fixed a perforated abrading - cylinder 31, which is enclosed by an imperforate shell 33, a portion of this shell being removed and replaced by a frame 37 and slide 36, the frame carrying a door 40 which opens inwardly in order to direct the cleaned potatoes into the slide 36, without stopping the machine. The extent of the inward motion of the door is limited by a stop 39, and the hinges 41 are out of alinement in order to cause the door, when opening, to adjust itself to the slope of the disk 21. The door carries a perforated abrading-piece 38, which forms part of the cylinder 31 when the door is closed. The abrading-perforations on the disk 21 and cylinder 31 are preferably formed by punching from the exterior with a tool of triangular or other shape. Water is supplied through the nozzle 50, and when the use of water is undesirable, the apparatus may be adapted to the use of compressed air for cleaning.
Patent GB-190705582-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus applicable to Steam Boilers for Returning to and Consuming the Waste Gases in the Fire Chamber or Furnace thereof.
Inventor: TAYLOR EDWIN
Filed: 1907-03-08
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 5582. Taylor, E. March 8. Combustion products, returning to furnaces.-The combustion products from a steam-boiler furnace are exhausted from the base of the chimney a<1> and forced through the pipe c to the furnaces f, f<1> by means of the fan b. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 14,517, A.D. 1902, and No. 13,630, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190708852-A (GB)
Title: Leather Clamp
Inventor: RATHBUN CHARLES BENJAMIN
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 8852. Rathbun, C. B. April 16. Fastenings, clip. A clip of the type employed for stretching leather in frames comprises a pair of jaw plates a, b pivoted together one over the other and having rearwardly-extending narrowed tail-pieces crossing each other and terminating in hooks c, e<2> having their openings on opposite sides, through which a cord is passed. By this construction the cord may be readily attached and detached, and, the tighter the cord is pulled, the greater will be the gripping action on the leather.
Patent GB-190711061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for the Automatic Manufacture of Blown Glass Articles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-11
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 11,061. Boult, A. J., [Barrez, C.]. May 11. Blowing and moulding bottles; perforating; removing articles from nzoulds.-The parison-mould halves 9 and the finishing-mould halves 11 are carried by piston-rods 8, 10, so that they can be closed by the admission of compressed air behind the pistons 12, and opened by the action of springs 13 when the compressed air is allowed to escape. The neck-mould halves 17 are mounted upon sliding rods 18, carried by a rotatable shaft 5. A valve 7 is first moved so as to admit air behind the pistons connected to the parison mould 9, which is thus closed, and which in closing strikes the neckmould halves 17 and presses them together. The plunger 30 is raised by a handle 28 against the action of a spring 29, and glass is poured into the parison mould. A compressor 32 may be used to compress the charge. The valve 7 is then moved so as to permit the escape of the air and the opening of the mould 9 under the influence of the springs 13. The plunger 30 is then withdrawn and air is admitted to the interior of the parison, through a conduit in the neighbourhood of the plunger, by the depression of a pedal 26. The shaft 5 is rotated to bring the parison between the finishing-mould halves 11 and cooling air is blown upon it by means of a spraying-device 45, Fig. 9, which may also be used for cooling the various parrs of the machine. The bottom is simultaneously shaped by a spoonlike device 39, Fig. 8, having a perforated bottom through which air is blown, for the purpose of cooling and, if desired, of perforating the parison. The valve 7 is then manipulated so as to admit air below a piston 15. The mould bottom 6, which is connected to it, is thus raised against the action of a spring 16. A further movement of the valve 7 closes the finishing-mould 11, and the pedal 26 is fully depressed to complete the blowing. The mould 11 is then opened, and tappets 22 open the neck mould 17 by striking stops 21 on the rods 18. The finished bottle is thus left on the bottom 6. To remove the bottle automatically, one of the mould halves 11 is fitted with a catch 51, Fig. 10, which strikes a short arm 52 connected with an arm 49 provided with a gripper 50 and swinging about a standard 47. The arm 49 is thus swung round until the gripper 50 engages the bottle neck. When the bottom 6 is lowered, it strikes a lever 53 and so raises a rod 54, which releases the catch 51 from engagement with the arm 52. The arm 49 is then free to swing clear of the machine under the influence of a spring 48 and carries the bottle with it. When bottles having a depression in the bottom are to be made, the mould bottom 6 is replaced by an iron box 33, Fig. 6, having a clay lining 34 and fitted with a plunger 35 which can be raised and oscillated by a handle 36. Several machines may be controlled by one air valve 7.
Patent GB-190711922-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Pneumatic Hammer Rock Drilling Machines
Filed: 1907-05-22
Abstract: 11,922. Armaturen-und Maschinenfabrik" Westfalia" Akt.-Ges. May 29, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Rock drills. - In a pneumatic hammer rockdrilling machine, in which the tool is not reciprocated but is pressed continuously against the rock, the dÚbris is removed from the bore by the use of twisted drills instead of smooth or prismatic drills, the drills having a rapid intermittent rotation.
Patent GB-190712053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Dynamo Electric Generators, Motors and the like.
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 12,053. Siemens - Schuckertwerke Ges. May 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Explosions from sparking, preventing ; ventilating. -In ventilating dynamo-electric machines, safety devices b for preventing an explosion of fire-damp are constructed so as to be attachable directly to the machine or to the ducts or passages leading to the ventilation openings e, a. The safety devices may take the form of thin strips of sheet iron separated by very small interstices, or other forms of metal surfaces such as sieves, grids, &c. may be used. Where the cooling-air is taken from a distant point, the safety devices may be separated from the machine by a long air duct, or may be let into the latter at any point. Several machines can be provided with common air ducts into which the safety devices have been built. The safety devices can take the form of casings or drum-shaped hollow bodies or frames in which the metal surfaces can be arranged.
Patent GB-190714992-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Charging Coke Furnaces
Inventor: LIMBERG HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 14,992. Limberg, H. June 29. Charging.- Coking - chambers are charged with stamped cakes b, and coal c is rammed in at the sides. Premature ignition of the cake may be prevented by moistening.
Patent GB-190720300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Distributing Systems for Electrically Propelled Vehicles.
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 20,300. Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges. Sept. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brakes.-Consists in a pneumatic distributing system for the several coaches of an electricallypropelled train, whereby all the collectors can be controlled from either end of the train, the compressed air being obtained from the pneumatic brake system. The auxiliary air pipe used for the collectors acts also as an equalizing-pipe for the several reservoirs. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the system applied to a train composed of two electric motor coaches T and an ordinary coach B. Each motor coach is provided with an electrically-driven aircompressor a and a main reservoir b, which are connected through a brake control-valve f to the brake supply-pipe g. The pipe l is connected to the different reservoirs through a three-way valve k and stop-cock i and to the operating-cylinders m of the collectors through the pipes o. The switch w is aperated by the air-pressure regulator, and the switch x by hand. At the beginning of the operations all the stop-cocks i are closed with the exception of those on the platform in use, so that the collectors can be all raised or lowered from this platform. When the pipe l is filled, the collectors are raised, and pressure is exerted on the diaphragm M of the stop valves s, Fig. 2, inserted in parallel to the valves i. If the pressure in the pipe l exceeds a certain fixed amount, the springs F are overcome and the valves s opened, pressure equalization then taking place between the reservoirs and the pipe l.
Patent GB-190723905-A (GB)
Title: Means for Elastically Securing the Doors of Automobile and other Vehicles.
Inventor: CHARRON FERDINAND
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 23,905. Charron, F. Nov. 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Door checks.-A device for checking and holding closed the doors of automobile and other vehicles comprises a striking-plate c which bears on one or more spiral or plate springs r recessed in the door frame. The plate c is situated in the cut-away portion of a fixed plate b, and the springs are tensioned by means of screwed plugs g engaging the plate d.
Patent GB-190726047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Crimpers
Inventor: WILCOX ALBERT
Filed: 1907-11-25
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 26,047. Wilcox, A. Nov. 25. Hair crimping, toilet appliances for.-The central member 9 has concave sides and rounded edges ; and the members 5 converge towards the free end. Specifications No. 13,432, A.D. 1894, and No. 16,677, A.D. 1902, are referred to.
Patent GB-190807733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water Tube Boilers
Inventor: DAVIES JOHN PROTHERO
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 7733. Davies, J. P. April 7. Plates, securing. tubes to.-In a watertube boiler, the tubes are secured to the inner or water side of the header by the stuffing-box arrangement shown in Fig. 14.
Patent GB-190807744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads
Inventor: WESTHAVER JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-04-07
Abstract: 7744. Westhaver, J., and Eisnor, E. April 7. Bedsteads.-The spring surface of an invalid's bed is made in sections 15, 16, 17, 18, relatively adjustable in height and also adjustable as a whole in inclination. The sections are supported on a secondary frame 7 hinged at one end to the framework 4 of the bedstead and capable of being tilted by means of racks 8 and pinions, mounted on a spindle 22 and actuated by a crank handle. The frame 7 may be secured in a desired position by a catch 9. The sections are connected by springs 14, and are individually adjusted by mechanism similar to that employed for adjusting the frame 7. The head and foot frames 5, 6 are removable and interchangeable, so that the bedstead may be reversed without moving it bodily.
Patent GB-190808210-A (GB)
Title: Electric Aural Instrument for the Alleviation of Deafness.
Inventor: WARN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1909-07-13
Abstract: 8210. Warn, W. H. April 13. Ear appliances. - An instrument to be inserted into the ear for the alle - viation of deafness comprises a casing A carrying a thin iron diaphragm C open to the atmosphere so that it may transmit ordinary sounds, and adapted to be set in vibration by an electro - magnet D mounted in the casing and in circuit with a pocket battery and a make-and-break device. The vibrations of the diaphragm caused by the electro-magnet and by external sounds are transmitted to the ear by air contained in the tube G, which is inserted in the auditory canal.