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Patent GB-190429510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Tubes.
Inventor: STILL WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 29,510. Still, W. J. Dec. 31. Making pipes and tubes soldering and brazing; working by electricity.-Pipes and tubes which are built up of rings or of rings and perforated plates have a fusible metal and a flux interposed between the layers. Pressure is applied by means of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, in which the rings and plates e,f are clamped between discs a, b fitted with asbestos washers g, the handle n screwed to the central shaft c serving to adjust the pressure. Rods i passing through the rings and plates are used to keep the latter in correct relative position. The apparatus is then lowered into a cylindrical furnace and gases are evolved from the jointing-material ; the pressure caused by these gases blows any oxide through the joints and ensures clean joining surfaces. Any excess pressure is relieved by a safety-valve. The heating may be done electrically and the gaseous pressure exerted on the outside instead of the inside of the pipe. The flux may consist of sodium phosphate and boracic acid, and may be made into a paste with the powdered fusible metal. The jointing- metal may be in the form of a ring of diamond cross-section, Fig. 3, which will embed itself into the flux with which the rings are coated, or the metal may be deposited on the ring by dipping or electrolytically. For steel or iron plates, steel or iron of low welding-temperature may be used for the jointing-material.
Patent GB-190500751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Iron Cisterns or Tanks.
Inventor: FILDES THOMAS STANISLAUS
Filed: 1905-01-14
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 751. Fildes, T. S. Jan. 14. Making tanks and cisterns.-Consists in stiffening the top edges of tanks by (1) bending the metal round a flat metal bar or frame b, Fig. 1, the flanges so formed being secured by corner-pieces c, or (2) by folding the metal double on the bar, as shown in Fig. 4, or upon itself, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190503428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic and other India-rubber Tyres.
Inventor: PHILIPSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-18
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 3428. Philipson, W., Philipson, T. W. H., and Philipson, P. C. Feb. 18. Tyres, pneumatic &c.- Protective and non-skidding devices of the type described in Specification No. 19,949, A.D. 1903, are adapted for use with twin or multiplex tyres and are provided with means for facilitating their application and removal. A metallic casing H, formed in sections, is secured to the tyre by bands F lying in circumferential grooves I, the bands being retained either by forming the ends with eyes G, Fig. 6, through which pass screws K, or by a right and left hand screw device L, Fig. 5. The surface of the sections may be formed with variously-shaped recesses 0 filled with wood.
Patent GB-190510506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water Closets and Cisterns therefor.
Inventor: TAYLOR WALTER ROSS
Filed: 1905-05-19
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 10,506. Sinclair, W. R. T. May 19. Soil pipes.-A curved or straight piece c having a spherical or conical enlargement c<1> is connected to the siphonic outlet of the basin a. An air-pipe d, sealed by the water in the cistern, communicates with the piece c or with the basin a. When the basin is flushed, an accumulation of water takes place in the part c' and increases the efficiency of the flush. When the pipe d becomes unsealed, air enters the piece c, so that the last part of the flush reseals the trap. Specification No. 4551, A.D. 1881, [Abridgment Class Closets &c.], is referred to.,
Patent GB-190512797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sludge Separating Tanks for Sewage or like Liquids.
Inventor: RAMSDEN THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1905-06-21
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 12,797. Ramsden, T. H. June 21. Sewage and foul waters, treating ; settling ; straining ; tanks for.-Sewage or like liquid is supplied to a trough 9, the inner side of which is stepped to form adjustable weirs, so that a uniform flow of sewage passes over on to the sloping roof 7 and thence on to the roof 8 and into the interior of the tank. Solid matter is intercepted by screens 20, 22, suspended under the ends of the roofs 7, 8, and is collected into the sloping sludge channel 14. The liquid is allowed to stand for a time and then passes to the outlet pipe 17 through a screen 21 suspended from a sub-roof 19. The floor of the tank slopes towards the sludge channel and also in the direction of its outlet end. The screens are of coco fibre, open canvas, or wire, and have a fibre fringe 26. Additional screens 23, 24, 25 may be used. The Provisional Specification states that, if of wire, the screens are formed of vertical strands semicircular in cross-section with the convex face set away from the sludge channel so as to facilitate self-cleansing. Also that a tank of smaller size, used, for instance, for trade effluent, may have the roof formed by a single slope, and that the flow through such a tank may be continuous.
Patent GB-190512929-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Preventing the Surreptitous Removal of Letters and the like from Letter Boxes and the like.
Inventor: BUSH ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 12,929. Bush, A. June 22, Letter-boxes are fitted to prevent the surreptitious withdrawal of letters and the like. Plates a, Figs. 1 and 2, meeting in a ridge a<1> running diametrically across the box are carried by vertical end - plates c, c<1> joined by other vertical plates d. The edges of the plates a have slots a<2> ending in holes a3, and the extremities of the plates are bent round to form wing - pieces a<4>. The upper end e' of a spring piece e, carried by the plate c, and a tongue c<2> on the plate c<1> engage a ledge f to support the device. Any flexible device used to withdraw letters is caught by one of the slots a<2>, and the plates d prevent its disengagement by means of a rod or the like.
Patent GB-190514239-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Compound which forms an Emulsion with Water to be applied to the Surfaces of Roads or other Places for the purpose of Preventing the Formation of Dust and of Allaying it.
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 14,239. Hardcastle, E., and Kay Bros. July 11. Emulsions, making; disinfectants.-An aseptic composition for preventing and allaying dust on roads consists of an aqueous emulsion of coal-tar creosote, pitch, and resin, these being melted together and added to a solution of caustic potash or soda.
Patent GB-190514511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Filed: 1905-07-14
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 14,511. Holden, S. H., and Chamberlain & Hookham. July 14. Counting-apparatus.-E l e c t r i c motor-meters are arranged to register at different rates when running in opposite directions. The pinion B on the motor or other spindle gears with wheels E, F carried by a light cross-arm or frame mounted freely upon the spindle. One or other of the wheels E, F or of the pinions G, H on the same arbors are carried into gear with a wheel C of the counting- train according to the direction of rotation ; the motion of the cross-arm, being limited by stops K, preferably adjustable, An additional wheel may be provided to cause the counter to register always in the same direction whichever way the meter runs, and, if desired, at the same rate in either direction.
Patent GB-190521543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Fastening Springs to Wire Netting or the like.
Inventor: KNIPPENBERG AUGUST
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 21,543. Knippenberg, A. Oct. 23, Springs.-A device for attaching springs to wire netting consists of a cap a provided with a flange d and slotted at b, c to receive the netting e, f, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The flange is cut away at d' to form a helical surface, the end of the spring being inserted at this part and screwed into position.
Patent GB-190525244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor-car Radiators and the like.
Inventor: LIVINGSTON D MCRA
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 25,244. Livingston, D. M. Dec. 5. Gas and like engines.-In radiators for roadvehicle motors of the type having water passages corrugated to form a diamond figure, the plates which form the walls of the water conduits are so shaped as to bring the joints on adjacent conduits into close relation at the side edges. For this purpose, the plates B, Fig. 4, are formed with flanges b which run diagonally across the median line of the conduit, such flanges being obtained by offsetting the plates obliquely.. The joints a, Fig. 1, are then made by bending back the flange. on one plate over that on the other, and then dipping in solder, which at the same time secures adjacent conduits together.
Patent GB-190602376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements applicable to Inverted Incandescent Gas-lights
Inventor: WARBURTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 2376. Warburton, W. Jan. 31. Incandescent gas lamps.-A gassupply chamber A, carrying the radial burner tubes C<2>, C<4> of an inverted lamp, is supported by a chain B or the like. Two separate-nozztes D, E are connected, preferably by flexible metallic tubing F, G, to a gas-supply pipe provided with two separate taps I, J, one nozzle E supplying one burner tube and the other being connected to a chamber A for supplying the remainder. The nozzle E may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190604180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Saw Filing Machines
Inventor: FOLEY HUGH BENEDICT
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 4180. Foley, H. B., and Wright, F. G. Feb. 20. Saws, sharpening. -The file 45 of a saw-sharpening machine, of the kind in which the saw is intermittently released from its clamping-means to permit an automatic feed of the saw, is held in a slide 4, which is horizontally reciprocated by a crank-arm and pin 30 and vertical slot from a shaft 3, which is rotated by hand or power, and which also carries a cam 21, so as to raise in guides 10 through an opening 20 a second slide 2, in which the slide 4 travels, during the idle stroke of the file. The saw, which rests on a vertically adjustable bar 7, is fixed in a clamp, the movable jaw 60 of which is operated by a spring- pressed nut and a bolt 61, the back end of which is pivoted on a cam arm 8, having a T-shaped head entering a T-slot 23 in the slide 2 so that the clamp may be released during the saw-feed motion. The saw is fed along by a pawl 52 and lever 50, which, to vary the stroke of the pawl, is adjustably pivoted to the fixed frame 12, either by means of a bolt 51 and slots or by a pin 54, Fig. 6, operated by a screw 56. This lever is-actuated by a pin carried by the slide 2, and is regulated by a screw 53.
Patent GB-190605487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: SHUTER ALFRED DEVER
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 5487. Shuter, A. D. March 6. Studs. -To fix non-skid studs a to the rubber tread of a pneumatic or other tyre, the studs are first covered with rubber containing sulphur, which is vulcanized to form a vulcanite or hardrubber casing b, and are then embedded in, and vulcanized with, the tread d. To ensure good adhesion to the tread, the vulcanite or hard rubber is preferably covered with soft rubber c.
Patent GB-190612225-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Gas Analysis.
Filed: 1906-05-25
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 12,225. Sodeau, W. H., and Brady & Martin. May 25. Plug cocks.-In gasanalysis apparatus, the stop-cock shown is used. Connexion may be made with the atmosphere by the pipe J<1>, or with the supply of gas to be tested by the pipe K<1>, the handle h being marked at one end so as to indicate which connexion is made.
Patent GB-190614012-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Steering, Ventilating, Reducing Resistance to Propulsion of and Smoke Discharging in Ships.
Inventor: LIDDLE JOHN
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-06-19
Abstract: 14,012. Liddle, J., [Wittmann-Strassmann Co.]. June 19. Ventilating ships.-Relates to means for reducing the resistance to propulsion and for steering ships by conducting air or gas to the stern of the ship below the water line so as to overcome retarding suctional effects. Pipes are led from the air or part of the vessel, such as the stokehold or funnel, to rearwardly-directed cups or openings. To steer the vessel, one side only of the apparatus is in operation, the communication on the other being closed by valves &c. The ship is provided with a vertical series of openings 9, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, through the hull at the stern, and metal strips 10 of zigzag shape are secured along each vertical series of holes and covered by plates 11, thus forming cup-like mouths to the openings 9. Air chambers 12 enclose the openings and are connected by pipes 14, provided with valves 13, with various parts of the ship. The suction at the stern draws air or gas through these pipes and the vents 9, and the air or gas reduces the suctional effect and then passes upwardly around the stern and reduces skin friction. By closing the pipes 14 on one side of the ship, steering effects are produced. When the ship goes astern, the valves 13 prevent the reflux of water. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the pipe 25 takes the place of the chamber 12. Fig. 4 shows a modification 9' of the holes 9.
Patent GB-190614567-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Candles or other Illuminating Bodies for Night-lights, Lamps or such like, by Means of Petroleum and other Mineral Oils.
Inventor: KUESS VICTOR JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-06-26
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 14,567. Kuess, V. J. June 26. Solidifying oils; candles; night-lights.-Petroleum &c. is made into a.paste by admixture with a product obtained by melting together equal quantities of stearin or any other saponifiable animal substance and oil of coprah or any other saponifiable vegetable substance, and adding a solution of caustic potash. The product is melted under pressure at 105-115‹ C., and is treated with a small quantity of water containing a compound of either boron, aluminium, or magnesium, e.g. alum, boric acid, or magnesium sulphate, and the water allowed partly to evaporate. Candles, night-lights, &c. may be made in this way by increasing the proportion of caustic potash. The composition is, however, preferably employed in conjunction with other materials such as paraffin and stearin.
Patent GB-190623876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tips, Protectors or the like and Means for Attaching same to the Heels and Soles of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: WALTON FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 23,876. Walton, F. J. Oct. 26. Sole and heel protectors.-Relates to the type of protector described in Specification No. 22,944, A.D. 1905. A plate a, with one end bent upwardly and provided with projections a<2>, is fixed to the top-piece b of the heel, and a tip d having an horizontal slot d<1> extending into the body of the tip is adapted to be pushed on to the plate. Proceeding from the slot d<1> are a number of recesses d', which are engaged by the projections a<2>. In the case of metal tips, the projections a' are stamped in the plate a and bent up above the surface.
Patent GB-190623885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Recording or Registering Disbursements.
Inventor: JOHNSEN SVERRE
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 23,885. Johnsen, S. Oct. 26. Receipts, checking and recording.-A pocket cash register in the form of a watch has a number of hands and dials, of which the setting-hands are returned to zero af t e r e a c h transaction, independently of the addition hands which continuously total the sums spent, and the subtraction hand which indicates the amount left in hand. The hand a, Fig. 3, is set by a knob d to the amount paid out, a bevel-wheel f being fast on its spindle which drives a pinion w by means of a pawl x, from which the totalizing-hand a<1> is driven by means of gearing y, z, Fig. 2 ; this in turn actuates the totalizing-hand b for the higher monetary value through gearing n, o. The subtraction hand c is driven by a pinion r gearing with the equal pinion o on the totalizing- hand spindle. To facilitate the setting of the amount-in-hand pointer c, the spindle of the totalizing-hand b is friction coupled to the pinion o by a split cone q, Fig. 4, pressed into engagement by a spring h, which also serves to set the pointer b to zero on releasing the coupling, stops s, t being provided on the spindle and casing for this purpose. On releasing the coupling, the hand c can be set to any amount ; or a separate coupling may be provided. as shown, for the band c. Totalizing-dials for higher amounts of cash paid and cash in hand may be fitted inside the back of the register with suitable gearing. The setting-hand a is zeroized after each transaction by means of the knob d, the pawl x riding over the ratchet teeth on the pinion w; or the hand a may be zeroized on drawing the knob d outwards bv means of the device shown in Fig 10. The spindle 2 of the hand a is attached by an arm 11 to a flat spiral spring 10, the inner end of which is secured to a disk 8 loose on the spindle 2 but having a pawl 9 engaging a fixed ratchet-wheel 6. A flat spring at the zero point stops the hand a. The pawl 9 and ratchet 6 prevent excessive strain on the spring 10. A tongue 13 is provided to indicate audibly a complete revolution of the hand a on engagement by the arm 14.
Patent GB-190625340-A (GB)
Title: Process for Making & Purifying Invert Sugar.
Inventor: EASTICK JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-11-10
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 25,340. Eastick, J. J. Nov. 10. Invert sugar; purifying saccharine liquids and syrups.-In the purification of sugar solutions by hydrofluosilicic acid, as in the processes described in Specification No. 3151, A.D. 1873, and No. 17,551, A.D. 1905, the liberated acids are used to invert the sugar wholly or partly before or after filtering &c., and with or without added'acids. Infusorial earth may be added to assist filtration and the recovery of hydrofluosilicic acid. Salts of the metals of the alkaline earths may be first precipitated by potassium carbonate, or, according to the Provisional Specification, by other carbonates.
Patent GB-190708595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Revolving and Intermittent Sprinklers and the like
Inventor: FARRER WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1908-04-13
Abstract: 8595. Farrer, W. E. April 13. Spray - producers and spreaders. - Relates to sprinklers, chiefly those revolving on the Barker'smill principle, for distributing sewage and other liquids on to filters, and comprises means for regulating the flow of liquid. A central pipe C is provided with two or more descending limbs N, each limb having a projecting ledge A so that the liquid falls clear of the sides of the tubes and forces out the contained air, thereby tending to set up siphonic action. The sprinkling-arms F radiate from an annular vessel H which is supported by rods from a cap adapted to rotate on a bearing at the top of the column D. The gauge tube P, open at one end to the atmosphere, controls the volume of liquid passing through the apparatus by breaking or setting up siphonic action according to the position of its lower end. It may be situated in any suitable position between the dosing tank and the sprinkler. Fig. 1 shows the tube passing into the central pipe C.
Patent GB-190708880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers.
Inventor: EATON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1908-04-18
Abstract: 8880. Eaton, T. April 17. Screw propellers.-In those propellers in which the roots of the blades are screwed into the boss and, after adjustment, are fixed in position, means are provided for locking the blades. These means consist of a bolt or stud passing through the root parallel to its axis and adapted by its action to press the threads on the root on to the threads in the recess. In one form, the screwed bolt d, Fig. 1, bears on the bottom of the recess, and, in another form, the headed bolt d<1>, Fig. 2, engages in an undercut recess c formed in the propeller. boss.
Patent GB-190713031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Animals.
Inventor: HUGHES HERBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 13,031. Hughes, H. E. June 5. Toy animals.-To avoid the use of dyes or paint, the plush, felt, or other outer covering of a toy animal stuffed with cotton or wood wool &c. consists of a number of pieces of self-coloured material cut to the desired shape and seamed together. Thus in the case of a, toy rabbit, the inside of the ears, the muzzle and forehead, feet, and tail, and parts of the body are cut from white plush, and the remaining portions from brown plush. The limbs and ears are jointed as shown m Fig. 2 to allow them to assume more natural positions. The end of the ear b, for instance, is provided with a disk c of hard material secured by cross-stitching or by adhesive. The ear is passed from the inside through a button-hole in the material a, and is held in place by the stuffing.
Patent GB-190714564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand and Finger Protectors for the use of Bricklayers.
Inventor: MILLER DEWITT CLINTON
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 14,564. Miller, D. C., and Husband, O. C. June 24. Finger - stalls; mittens, - A hand and finger protector for bricklayers consists of finger - ends 16 closed at their outer ends and revolubly attached to straps 17 at their inner ends. The straps 17 are spaced apart by attaching them to a strap 18 forming a protector for the knuckle and palm of the hand, while their inner ends are attache 1 to a strap 10 passing around the hand behind the thumb. The finger-ends 16 may be made of coiled wire or of any material that will allow grit to pass through it. Specification No. 1653, A.D. 1885, is referred to.
Patent GB-190716258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vices.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 16,258. Boult, A. J., [Fischer, F. B.]. July 15. Vices.-Vices with sliding jaws for drawing the work downwards have ribs g, h on the sliding jaws e, f, extending in the same direction as the oblique slide surfaces d and engaging with corresponding recesses in the main jaws a, c. Fixing-screws i, k for connecting the jaws e, f to the main jaws a, c have their axes running in the same direction as the ribs g, h and inclines d. Compression springs are placed in two recesses l, m to force the jaws e, f upwards.
Patent GB-190720076-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Piping Cakes and the like, whereby a considerable Saving of Time and Labour and Material is effected
Inventor: BOSWELL REGINALD MEYERS
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 20,076. Boswell, R. M., and Singleton, E. Sept. 9. Moulding icing sugar.-An appliance for piping cakes &c. comprises a wooden block a on which is mounted the required design b in material such as copper, gilding metal, brass, type metal, gelatine, wood, &c. The design is stamped on a pad covered with icing sugar and is then placed on the plain or iced cake, leaving an impression of the design in icing sugar. By using a different block for each colour, designs in any number of colours can be applied. Air-holes are provided in the design.
Patent GB-190724552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Connecting Cycle or other similar Cranks to their Axles.
Inventor: ALLEN JAMES
Filed: 1907-11-06
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 24,552. Allen, J. Nov. 6. Cranks and the like, securing.-In connecting cycle cranks to their axles a cross groove 24, Fig. 1, in the crank boss 22 engages a cross key or projection 20 on the axle and an internally-screwed collar 27 is provided for holding the two parts together. The screwed collar for about half its thickness is provided with the left-handed thread 29 to accommodate the thread on the axle, and for the rest, with a finer thread 28, also left-handed to receive the crank portion. The collar may form part of the chain-wheel boss.