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Patent GB-190518279-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Lithographic Printing Machines
Inventor: EVANS ARTHUR BURROUGHES
Filed: 1905-09-09
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 18,279. Evans, A. B. Sept. 9. Lithographic and like printing.-In machines in which the printing pressure between two cylinders, or between a cylinder and a plane surface, is exerted in a direction considerably removed from the vertical, the bearings of the cylinder or cylinders are mounted on runners, rollers, or balls, to reduce friction in the movements of the bearings. Fig. 1 shows a rotary machine having two cylinders a, b pressed together by springs f, and Fig. 2 shows a machine with an impression cylinder a pressed against the forme b<1> by the springsf. The bearings c, d of the cylinders are mounted on balls g.
Patent GB-190519470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps
Inventor: KUNZLI HERMANN ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-09-26
Abstract: 19,470. Kunzli, H. A. Sept. 26. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-Packings are arranged as shown between the rotary and fixed parts of centrifugal pumps.
Patent GB-190519838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Supplying Fresh Air to Railway Carriages and the like Vehicles when Travelling in Tunnels, Tubes, and other Underground Railways.
Inventor: RUSHTON THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 19,838. Rushton, T. H., and Store, J. C. Oct. 2. Ventilating vehicles.-Railway carriages are supplied with fresh air when travelling in tunnels &c. by means of a conduit A laid between the rails and connected to a fresh-air supply by pipes C. The conduit A is sealed by a flexible strip b; Fig. 3, held in position between guide-pins d, Fig. 4, and pressed upwards by springs c. Fitted to the carriages are collectors D' terminating in flared ends D<2>- and fitted with rollers D<3> which depress the strip b, allowing fresh air to pass up into the carriage. Fig. 7 shows a modification of the sealing-device in which the conduit A is .closed by two inflated tubes b, b<1>. The collector D' is here made with a tapered end D<2> which passes between the tubes. Fig. 10 shows a further modification in which the sealing-strip b is held in place' by an inflated tube b<1>. A water-seal or other similar device may also be employed. Foul air may be drawn off from the carriages by ventilators as described in Specification No. 6367, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190523974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to School Desks.
Inventor: SCOTT THOMAS ROBERTSON
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 23,974. Scott, T. R. Nov. 21. School desks and seats. -Relates to school desks of type whereof the top may be adjusted in inclination and used as desired as a desk, or as a table, or as a back to the seat. Standards a, b carry adjustable seat and desk supporting members e, d. A socket f on the member d is provided with a screwed rod g. The desk top is secured to a bracket i carrying a dished plate, socket, or disk h, which fits in the socket f. A dished plate j and a collar k, fitting in the disk h and the plate j respectively, are passed over the screwed rod g. A nut l serves to tighten the plates against each other and to secure the desk at the desired inclination. The member d may carry a pawl m which engages with a series of nicks in the plate h. The object of the pawl is to give the desired position of the desk top. The plate j and the collar k may be made in one if so desired.
Patent GB-190525540-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Damping Pads for Wetting the Sticking Surfaces of Adhesive Labels Postage Stamps, & the like
Inventor: KNIBB ISAAC
Filed: 1905-12-08
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 25,540. Rogers, I. K. Dec. 8. Stamp-inking pads.-A uniform moist surface for applying ink &c. to type or rubber stamps is obtained by capillarity by arranging a number of parallel plates c of glass, metal, vulcanite, &c. in the form of a block, held together by a band e and placed in a reservoir a of the liquid. The block may be covered by a renewable strip f of cloth &c.
Patent GB-190602629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Controlling Devices for Electric Motors.
Filed: 1906-02-02
Granted: 1907-02-02
Abstract: 2629. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 2. Switches.-Relates to means for ' jogging' a printing-press from a distant push-button, the jogging being effectod only when the switch arm is off. A subsidiary rheostat is employed to throw resistance into the circuit that is closed through the armature and field when the switch arm is off, and the distant operating-mechanism short-circuits the no-voltage magnet that holds the switch arm in full-on position. The switch arm is biassed by a spring 19, Fig. 3, to the central 'off' position. The spring surrounds the pivot of the arm, and its crossed ends embrace a stud 20 on the arm, and a fixed stud 21. The arm is made to snap into the central position by means of a spring-actuated roller arm 23, a roller on which takes into a notch in the hub. The contacts are arranged in arcs of a circle, the outer two series of segments being bridged by insulated strips on the arm, and the inner series wiped by a contact in electric connexion with the arm itself. The motor is jogged by depression of push-buttons 48, Fig. 4, thereby energizing the solenoid 41, and bridging the contacts 44, 45 and 46, 47. The latter two shortcircuit the no-voltage magnet 31 through conductors 58, 59, so that the switch arm, if in running position, is returned by the spring 19 to 'off' position. In this position, current passes from line L to the subsidiary rheostat 49. The arm of this rheostat can be moved to the right to throw resistance 39 into the shunt field F, and to the left to throw resistance 40 into the armature circuit. In the mid-position of the arm, the current passes through the conductor 50, switch arm, segment 12, conductor 52, armature A, conductor 53, segment 7, conductor 54, bridge 42, conductor' 55, to an arbitrary but fixed segment 2 of the starting- rheostat 4, and thence through the conductor 56 to line L<1>. In the 'off' position of the arm, a resistance is in parallel with the armature through segments 12, 10, conductor 57, segment 6, bridging- piece on the switch arm, segment 11, and the resistance R to segment 7. This resistance acts permanently to retard the armature when running in the jogging position, but breaks the speed, by short-circuiting the armature through itself, when current is cut off.
Patent GB-190607688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Land Irrigation and Drainage.
Inventor: GOEBEL AUGUST
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 7688. Goebel, A. March 30. Agricultural drainage; irrigation.-A stand-pipe e connected to the distributing-pipes a, b, c is supplied with water from a ditch at a higher level or by means of a pump f. Vertical holes h in the pipes are covered by mats i of absorbent material, such as thick cloth &c., as distributors. Air-pipes p are provided. In draining land the mats act as absorbers, the water collecting in the stand-pipe, whence it is drawn off by means of a valve k.
Patent GB-190609087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper-bag Machines
Inventor: STRASBURG FREDERICK ERNST
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 9087. Strasburg, F. E. April 17. Toothed gearing.-In a machine for making square-bottomed paper bags from tubular blanks, part of the mechanism for producing the diamond fold at the bottom of the bag is mounted on a shaft which is driven from the uniformlyrotating toothed wheel 83 and is made to rotate with the required variable angular velocity by the interposition of two toothed wheels 81, 82 mounted on the joint-pins 85, 86 of the pivoted rods 77, 89, 87. One of the joint-pins 85, 86 is reciprocated by the forked rod 79, which engages with the guide-pin 93 and is driven by the roll 94 engaging with the grooved cam 96.
Patent GB-190610577-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastening for use in the Manufacture of Mattresses and in the Upholstering of Sofas, Chairs, Cushions and the like.
Inventor: BOCOCK SARAH JANE
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 10,577. Bocock, S. J. May 5. Fastenings for securing together the upper and lower sides of matresses and other upholstery, such as sofas, chairs, cushions, and the like consist of two parts, one comprising a hollow internallythreaded shank B and the other having a corresponding solid shank A. The appliance is used as shown in Fig. 2. Instead of the bolt parts engaging together by screwing, they may be connected by a bayonet-joint,
Patent GB-190613649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stands for Rock Boring Machines.
Inventor: MOORLEY HENRY PLEWS
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 13,649. Moorl e y, H. P. June 14. Rock d r i l l s.- A stand for rockboring machines consists of a frame b in which may slide a frame c having notches, d to support the machine. The frame c is adjusted by means of a screw e passing through a part f on the frame c and operated by means such as a ratchet lever h. A nut j may be provided to lock the frames.
Patent GB-190614166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Self Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 14,166. Ransford, R. B., [Compagnie Parisienne des Voitures Electriques (procÚdÚs KriÚger)]. June 20. Drawings to Specification. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In internal-combustion gas turbines, water or other fluid may be injected into the turbine gases on their way to the rotating rings. These turbines are used in conjunction with electric transmission for propelling vehicles.
Patent GB-190618971-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Necktie-fastener.
Inventor: WINKLER OLOF
Filed: 1906-08-24
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 18,971. Winkler, O. Aug. 24. Neck-tie retainers.-A neck-tie is secured by means of a plate a having a pair of parallel hooks bent towards the tie and spaced to admit of the passage of the shank but not the head of a collar stud, preferably of the form shown in Fig. 3. The plate a may have sewing holes or prongs for attachment to the tie.
Patent GB-190622957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Latches or Locks for Sliding Doors and the like.
Inventor: RAMSAY NORMAN FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 22,957. Ramsay, N. F. Oct. 17. Catches, spring. -In fastenings for the sliding doors of railway carriages &c., the spring g catch - lever 6 is so mounted o n the door that its nose is located in the recess 8 and does not protrude beyond the edge of the door. It is adapted to engage with h striking- plate 1 of box form, which is mounted i the e rabbeted stile of the door frame and is adapted to enter the recess 8 on the door.
Patent GB-190624406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brakes for Cycles.
Filed: 1906-11-01
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 24,406. Raven, W. H., and New Hudson Cycle Co. Nov. 1. Brakes.-In cycle brake mechanism for transmitting a pull through an angular path, a flexible flat strip, or two or more superimposed or otherwise arranged strips, of brass or other non- corrodible metal or material are disposed as the connecting-part between the transmitting- elements b, d. As shown, a strip a bearing upon the bottom bracket is connected by a piece i and pivotal nut j to the screw-threaded end of the wire or rod b, and by a coupling-piece f, screw g, and nut h to the brake part d.
Patent GB-190700810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Treatment of Steam for Steam Engines.
Inventor: SISTERSON GEORGE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 810. Sisterson, G. R. Jan. 11. Steam separators; superheaters, steam.-Steam separators are fitted in combination with a heater, which is adapted to vaporize the separated water and return the steam thus generated to the main steam-pipe. The invention is intended chiefly for locomotives. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, each of the two branches b of the main steam-pipe a leads to a separator consisting of a wall e with perforations c. Below the separator is the heater, which is composed of U-tubes k passing into some of the fire-tubes and connecting the compartments g, i of a header h. The compartment i delivers the steam generated in the heater to the pipe f leading to the corresponding cylinder. When little or no water is being separated, the heater serves as a steam superheater. Holes m in the header h permit the insertion of a brush &c. for cleaning the fire-tubes. The tubes k instead of being led into the fire-tubes may pass across or around the smoke-box. In Fig. 4, the heater is shown consisting of two sets of tubes n connected in series. The pipe f is, in this case, replaced by small tubes connected at the ends to headers. Fig. 5<a> shows another arrangement in which the separator is composed of tubes 5 projecting into the enlarged upper ends of the tubes 3 of the heater. Holes c allow a small quantity of steam to pass directly to the outlet chamber 6. Fig. 6 shows the application to a marine boiler. The inlet and outlet sides of the separator are fitted with stopvalves u. v. A heater constructed as described in Specification No. 26,175, A.D. 1906, may be employed.
Patent GB-190707740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sorting and Winnowing Machines
Inventor: ROBILLARD AUGUSTE DE
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 7740. Robillard, A. de, and L'Huissier, V., [trading as Soc. A. de Robillard et L'Huissier]. April 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sifting and separating grain and seeds.-Apparatus for sorting grain and seeds, and adapted to be used as an ordinary winnowing-machine, comprises a hopper 4 with a regulating-shutter 6, two inclined oscillating sieves.9, 10, an inclined sieve or grid 33 arranged below the lower screen 10, and a blower 41. The removable sieves 9, 10 are supported on framing-pieces 13, 14 tied together by pieces 15 ; the lower framing 14 rests at its rear end on a transverse rod 24, while its front end is suspended by a chain 27 from an adjustable shaft 28 and rests on projections 22 carried by a shaft 23 oscillated by a rod 51 from the shaft 40 of the blower. The sieve 33 rests on a transverse plate 34 and on a cross-rod 35 over which it is hooked by means of two lateral racks 36, so that its position can be adjusted. The blower works in a semi-cylindrical chamber 42 which is continued at the upper rear part by a removable dome 43 making a joint against the side-frames and against cross-pieces 8, 44. The lower end 46 of a removable board 45 arranged against the cross-piece 44 comes quite close to the end 47 of the wall 48 closing the front part of the framing 14. The material passing through the upper screen 9 falls through an opening 17 in the bottom 16 on to the lower screen 10, the throughs from which are directed by an inclined cross-piece 19 on the bottom into a side hopper. The grain &c. is winnowed as it falls from the lower end of the screen 10, and the clean grain falls on to the grid 33 where a final sorting takes place. A board 53 at the lower end of the upper screen 9 is mounted on an axle 54 so that it can be raised to allow the material not passing through the sieve to pass into a hopper 31. When the apparatus is to be used as an ordinary winnowing- machine, the dome 43 and board 45 are raised, and the sieves 9, 10 are replaced by ordinary breaking- up sieves, which are attached at one end to the hopper 4 at 56, and are suspended at the other end by chains from a cross-piece 55. A lower sieve is placed on the rod 24 and rests on projections on an oscillating shaft 57 so as to form a prolongation of the grid 33, and the breaking-up sieves are actuated by a rod from a vertical shaft driven from the shaft 40 of the blower.
Patent GB-190709073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating Slags, from Steel and Iron Making Processes, and Utilizing the Products thereof.
Inventor: TWYNAM THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1908-04-21
Abstract: 9073. Twynam, T. April 19. Bricks and building and paving blocks are made from slag resulting from a process in which a mixture of the basic and acid slags produced in iron and steel manufacture is smelted with carbon for the recovery of the iron, manganese, and phosphorus. The resulting slag consists essentially of the double silicate of lime and alumina, and corresponds closely with ordinary blast-furnace slag.
Patent GB-190719492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Semaphores and Indicators for Railway Signalling.
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 19,492. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Ferreira, L. de M. G. Aug. 30. Switches, electro-magnetic. A relay. forming part of a railway signalling apparatus consists of a rod s, Fig. 2, mounted on springs v, v<1>, and carrying tappets t, which engage with lugs u on the armatures of electro-magnets i. When. any one of the magnets is energized, the rod s is moved to the left against the pressure of the springs. The insulated spring v is thus pressed between contacts x.
Patent GB-190720119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmitters for Wireless Telegraphy.
IPC: H01T9/00
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 20,119. Marconi, G., and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Sept. 9. Telegraphs.-In a transmitter for wireless telegraphy, each of the plates of a condenser f is connected to an insulating revolving disk or sphere of metal e, and the gap between the latter is intermittently bridged, preferably by studs d attached to a third revolving disk a. The metal disk a is carried on a shaft with an insulating-coupling, and the shaft rotates in insulated bearings b, being driven by a turbine or electric motor c. The disks e are rotated at a sufficient speed to obviate burning, by worm-wheels l gearing with worms m on a spindle n, which is driven through an insulating- coupling by an electric motor o. The oscillation circuit, which includes an inductance g, is connected either inductively or conductively to the antenna h, and each plate of the condenser f is connected through inductances or resistances k, to a generator i. The inductances k are preferably so chosen that the period of the oscillations in this circuit is equal to or some exact fraction of the interval which elapses between the passage of two successive pairs of studs between the disks e. Oscillations are in this manner emitted in regular groups, and produce a readily recognizable note in a telephone receiver. Receivers may be used which are tuned to the group frequency of the waves. The disks e may be replaced by any other suitably-moving electrodes, such as rods or bars reciprocated by cams or eccentrics on a rotating shaft.
Patent GB-190721838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Filed: 1907-10-03
Granted: 1908-10-05
Abstract: 21,838. Mason's Gas Power Co., and Wright, T. Oct. 3. Drawings to Specification. Producers.-Coupled producers are constructed of oval cross-sectional form, each grate being arranged parallel with the major axis of crosssection and provided with a blower at each end. The major axes are arranged at an angle to the line joining the centres of the producers, as described in Specification No. 16,218, A.D. 1906. According to the Provisional Specification, single producers may be similarly constructed.
Patent GB-190722632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locks.
Inventor: MEWS FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-10-14
Abstract: 22,632. Mews, F. W. Oct. 14. Locks, key.-In that type of lock in which the bolt is locked by sliders thereon engaging a fixed pin on the casing, the sliders are made adjustable so that the distance between key-engaging portion and the pin-engaging slot can be varied. The slider a, acted on by the key, resiliently surrounds the part c carrying the pin-engaging slot b, so that the two are held entirely by friction and are easily displaceable. In the form of lock shown in Fig. 3, the sliders are carried by a detent bolt i provided with two key-engagicg surfaces k, l, so that it can be moved in either direction directly by the key. The bolt m is shown in the withdrawn position.. In locking, any key may be used that is provided with bits adapted to engage the bolt m and detent bolt i. As the key is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction, it first shifts the detent bolt, and then the other part of the bit comes into contact with the sliders a and moves these over the parts c, the latter being retained in position by the pin h, as shown in Fig. 4. The key bit then shoots the bolt, and coming into contact with the edge k of the detent bolt moves this back to its original position ; the projection o on its end brings the sliders a with it, and, as the pin h is no longer engaging the slot b, also the parts c, so as to lock the bolt in its shot position. The same key that shot the bolt must then be used to withdraw it, more than a complete revolution of the key being necessary in order to bring the parts into the position shown in Fig. 3, and to enable a key with a different bit to be used for again locking the bolt. In a modification, a sleeve is mounted in the casing, and is used for shooting the bolt and moving the detent bolt, so that a key with any form of bit that can enter the keyhole and turn this sleeve can be used for locking the bolt from either side of the door. In each case the same key must be used to withdraw the bolt as to shoot it. In another form of this modification, the sleeve is an eccentrically-mounted cylinder. A slot f may be provided in the part a of the slider to engage the pin h when the bolt is shot, the bolt being given a slight reverse motion by gravity or by the key. The lock is applicable for the doors of warehouses, shops, offices, &c.
Patent GB-190724283-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Welding or Melting Objects of Aluminium.
Inventor: SCHOOP MAX ULRICH
IPC: B23K35/36
Filed: 1907-11-02
Granted: 1908-11-02
Abstract: 24,283. Schoop, M. U. Oct. 5, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Working by unclassified operations; soldering.- Fluorides, such as fluorides of calcium, potassium, or boron, are added to the flux, described in Specification No. 24,096, A.D. 1907, for autogenous soldering of aluminium. The new flux can be used to assist the melting down of aluminium in crucibles. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), states that the flux can be used for alloys of aluminium ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190727938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulling-over Machines with a Plurality of Pincers for Lasting Boots and Shoes.
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 2 7 , 9 3 8. Maschinenfabrik Moenus Akt.-Ges. April 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lasting.-In a pulling- over machine, the upper c is pulled over by a number of pincers acting simultaneously round the last, and, in each pair of pincers, one of the jaws d is provided, near the edge, with a nail-driver channel o, into which a tack t is dropped previously to the advance of the pincers, from a tube u, Figs. 2 and 3. A cam on the main shaft then pulls down a rod m, and by means of a bell-crank lever l, a pivoted cam lever g, a spring i, and an arm h fixed to the pincer slide f, the pincer slide and a counter-holder slide w connected to the link g, are moved towards the last. The pincer jaw e, also operated from a cam on the main shaft, closes on the upper, and draws it tightly across the last, where it is held by the counter-holder x ; the pincers then open and advance to the edge of the upper, as shown in Fig. 2, and the tack is driven. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 19,413, A.D. 1907.]