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Patent GB-190515518-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Treatment of all kinds of Tissues, Woven Fabrics, and Paper for Increasing their Durability and Rendering them Waterproof.
Inventor: POMORTZEFF MICHAEL
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 15,518. Pomortzeff, M. July 28. Size.-To render tissues, woven fabrics, paper, &c. waterproof and durable, they are treated or impregnated with (1) a solution of gelatine or glue in aluminium acetate or aluminium hydroxide dissolved in acetic acid, glycerine and camphor being also added, if desired, to prevent stiffening and produce elasticity respectively. This compound solution may be used alone, or mixed with (2) a second solution of glycerine, cerosin, paraffin, vaseline, stearin, resin, resinous glue, gum arabic, &c. dissolved in a mixture of oil of turpentine and spirits. The two solutions are mixed, heated, diluted with water, and then used to impregnate the fabrics &c., sodium bichromate, formalin, or formaldehyde solution being first added, or the fabric after impregnation being steeped in the formaldehyde solution &c. so that the gelatine &c. is converted into a perfectly insoluble condition.
Patent GB-190516017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tiling.
Inventor: SLOAN JOHN AUSTIN
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 16,017. Sloan, J. A. Aug. 9, 1904, [date Flooring-tiles are made of the shape shown in Fig. 1, and are cut from a sheet of rubber &c. without waste by means of a knife having an edge shaped as shown in Fig. 2, this knife being moved diagonally through half the space of a tile between each cut so as to form a set of tiles as shown in Fig. 3. Being all of the same shape and also symmetrical in form, the tiles can be easily replaced or reversed when worn.
Patent GB-190521354-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Providing Large or Heavy Ordnance with Aiming Tubes or Rifles.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 21,354. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Oct. 20. Ordnance, adapting f o r miniatureammunition p r a ctice.- Consists in adapting small guns for use as aiming- rifles in heavy guns. Figs. 1 and 2 show a 3-pounder Vickers semi-automatic gun B, adapted to a 6 inch gun A, the semi-automatic gear being for this purpose removed. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. The adapter consists of a sleeve C, constructed in two parts which are hinged together at c, the forward end of the adaptor being threaded at c' to screw into a centring-sleeve D, formed with an external interrupted screw to engage with the breech-thread a of the gun A. The adaptor and sleeve are locked to one another by a spring bolt c7, which engages with a notch d' in the sleeve when the latter is in the correct angular position. A lever C<1>, for rotating the adaptor and sleeve into locking position in the gun A, is hinged at c'‹ to the adaptor and actuates a safety-bolt c<3> which, when the lever is swung outwards, engages with a cam-plate b on the actuating crank-shaft b<1> of the breech mechanism, and locks the latter. When the lever is turned down, the bolt c3 is moved forwards and engages the flange of the sleeve D. The angular motion of the sleeve relatively to the adaptor is limited by the forward end of the cotter-bolt c<9>, which projects into a groove d<2> in the face of the sleeve. The rear end Cx of the adaptor carries a firing-lever c<6> and is caused to engage with the rear face of the breech of the gun B by a clamping-screw c<4>, provided with a handle c<5> and bearing against the front part B<1> of the breech of the gun. A nozzle support E is secured in place on the gun B by a two-part screwed bush e. Modifications are described in which a 3-pounder quick-firing Hotchkiss gun, with trunnions, or with the trunnions partly removed, is similarly adapted. A balance weight for the muzzle of the gun A is also described.
Patent GB-190523848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Collapsable Berths.
Inventor: BAIRD ANDREW HENRY
Filed: 1905-11-20
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 23,848. Baird, A. H. Nov. 20. Berths; mattresses. -Collapsible berths of the kind described in Specifications No. 20,816, A.D. 1891, No. 10,749, A.D. 1894, No. 10,189, A.D. 1895, No. 15,861. A.D. 1897, No. 21,523, A.D. 1900, and No. 13,113, A.D. 1904, having sets of upright posts articulated together by linkages, are constructed, as shown in Fig. 1, with the uprights extending only as high as the lee-rails of the upper berths. The head and foot uprights are maintained parallel by the lee-rails 10, 11. The end-fitting 12 of the rail slides into a groove in the socket-fitting 14, which is secured to the upright 1 by a strap fitting 15. By these fittings the end-rails are permitted to swivel round the uprights. When the berths are collapsed, the movable fittings 6 of the crossed links 5 either rise clear of the uprights, or slide down the uprights. In the former case, the fittings 6 have spigots 2 adapted to fit into recesses in the upper fittings 3, and the sliding fittings 6 are guided by connecting-links 4. Diagonal braces 8, attafhed to the deck by bolts and nuts, are provided to stiffen the uprights. Some of the uprights may be bolted to the deck, but preferably one end set is attached to the ship's side, or to the deck stanchions. A mattress of the kind described in Specification No. 13,113, A.D. 1904, is supported and locked in position by the swivelling support 20 pivoted to the bolt 19 on the lower tube 10 of the lee-rail, and by the pivoted finger 24 on the crossbar 22.
Patent GB-190526149-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Electrical Distribution
Inventor: PALMER RODERICK MCKENZIE
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 26,149. Palmer, R. M. Dec. 22, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric bells.-Relates to arrangements by which a low-voltage circuit, such as that for a bell &c., may be supplied safely with current from a relatively high voltage circuit. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement for operating a bell f by current obtained from a lighting circuit a, b, means being interposed to shunt part of the current through resistances when the bell circuit is closed. One or more electro-magnets-three h, i, j in series being shown-are arranged to close shunt circuits through resistances 25, 26, 39 when the bell switch g is closed, so that only a small portion of the current flows through the bell. Resistances 7, 17 are interposed between the apparatus and the circuit a, b, and fuses m, n are provided. Fig. 2 shows another arrangement, the magnets 51 having two windings 52, 54 and controlling the circuit through the shunt resistances 25, 26. A single electro-magnet only may be employed, but several are preferred, so that the shunt circuit will be closed even in case of accident to one of the magnets.
Patent GB-190527178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumping Machines.
Inventor: HYMEL FRANKLIN OSCAR DE
Filed: 1905-12-29
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 2 7 , 1 7 8 . Hymel, F. O. de, Cooke, F., Polk, L., and Neal, M. M. Dec. 29. Horse and like gears for actuating pumps. A gear ring A, Figs. 2 and 3, is arranged over pinions c' actuating disks c<2>, the journals of these pinions resting on a base built of beams b, b<1>. The gear ring is provided with four standards a connected by a crosspiece a<7> to which is attached a sweep a<8>. Rollers are arranged over the flange of the ring to reduce friction. The disks c<2> have wrist-pins c<3> to which cords E are attached, these cords being connected to the rods d<5> of the pumps.
Patent GB-190603970-A (GB)
Title: Improved Artificial Stone Slabs and Process for Making them.
Inventor: LUKACS LUDWIG
Filed: 1906-02-17
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 3970. Lukacs, L. Feb. 17. Stone, artificial and imitation.-In the manufacture of artificial stone from asbestos and cement or like materials, the fibrous and cementitious materials are separately fed in the form of sludge on to an endless band so as to form alternate layers. For this purpose, a number of receptacles containing alternately cement sludge and asbestos sludge are arranged beneath an endless felt band and provided with rotating drums or the like to convey the sludge to the band. The two outer layers preferably consist of cement, and the slabs may be strengthened by metal or fabric between the layers. The edges of the slabs are rounded in order to prevent the water from creeping up at the edges of the slabs, and to give a neater appearance.
Patent GB-190605129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Manufacturing Light Emitting Bodies for Electric Glow Lamps and of Connecting them with the Supply Conductors.
Inventor: KUZEL HANS
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 5129. Kuzel, H. March 2. Boron; silicon. - Filaments and the like for electric lamps are made from these and other elements by modifications of the method described in Specification No. 28,154, A.D. 1904, in which method colloidal solutions of the elements are made use of. Solid, finely-divided boron or silicon may be added to the colloidal material so as to constitute from 50 to 95 per cent of the pasty mixture. When different elements are used in one mixture, the powder is suspended in a solution of the colloids, and gelatinization or precipitation is brought about by evaporation, by heating, or by the addition of an electrolyte. Arsenic or antimony, or oxides or sulphides thereof, in their crystalline or colloidal states, may be added to the minerals, and afterwards reduced by hydrogen if necessary. The dried filaments are warmed to 60‹ C. to render them temporarily conductive, and are then heated to whiteness by an electric current, preferably in a vacuum. Specification. No. 15,462, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190606664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waterproff Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: KARTH HEINRICH FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 6664. Karth, H. F. March 20. Waterproofing; ventilating.-A layer c of rubbercambric or the like, which is waterproof but permeable to air, is inserted between the outer leather and the lining, and extends under the instep from the heel a to the toe cap b. The layer may be in two longitudinal parts.
Patent GB-190608029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Trolley Heads for Electrical Tramway Systems.
Inventor: HOLMES GARNET BOWEN
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 8029. Holmes, G. B., and Allen, A. D. April 3. Electric railways and tramways on the overheadconductor system. Collectors. - The trolly head is mounted on a vertical pivot, and is arranged so that it falls by gravity into an horizontal position when the wheel leaves the wire, and at the same time completes the circuit of an electric bell, warning the driver of the vehicle. In Figs. 2, 4, and 5, the trolly wheel is shown mounted on a spindle journaled in a bracket 5, which has a pair of depending arms connected to one another at the lower end by a crosspin 12. The bracket 5 is pivotally secured to the pole socket by means of the pin-and-slot connexion 10. A spring is secured at one end to the pin 8 on the pole socket, and at the other end to the pin 12 on the bracket 5. The pressure of the trolly wheel against the wire depresses the bracket 5, and retains the pin 12 in a recess 15 in the extending arm of the pole socket against the pressure of the spring. When the wheel jumps the wire, the trolly head is forced upwards by the spring until the pin 12 is clear of the recess. The trolly head then falls by gravity until the depending arms of the bracket 5 strike the pole socket at the upper end of the recessed guides 40. In this position, it rotates the pivoted levers 24 and presses the contact-pieces 22, 23 together, thereby completing an electric-bell circuit to warn the driver. The trolly is replaced in position by the usual operating-cord 26. The plug switches 27, 28 fit into suitable sockets, from which they can be withdrawn when the trolly head is removed from the pole. A spring 21, secured to the bracket 5 and to the trolly spindle, keeps the trolly wheel normally in alinement with the pole.
Patent GB-190612497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 12,497. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 29. Motors, controlling.-Induction motors, the stator and rotor of which aTe each provided with two or more windings of different pole-numbers or their equivalents, are given speeds lying between the speeds corresponding to the different pole-numbers by supplying all the primary windings with current and varying the impedance of each of the secondary windings simultaneously and oppositely. In Fig. 1, four-pole and eight-pole primary windings A, B are connected to the mains in parallel, and the corresponding secondary windings A', B' are connected through resistances R, a short-circuiting switch S serving to cut resistance into one circuit and out of the other simultaneously.
Patent GB-190613894-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Turn-over. Moulding Bench
Inventor: WHYTE DAVID
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 13,894. Whyte, D. June 18. Moulding.-A portable turn-over mould support comprises plates B, C connected by an adjustable hinge section H which is maintained in an horizontal position when required by a stop I. Pins J, K prevent the moulds from slipping off and assist in the transfer from one plate to the other.
Patent GB-190623398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Cooking Vessels.
Inventor: EHRSAM-JETZER VERENA
Filed: 1906-10-22
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 23,398. Jetzer, V. Ehrsam- Oct. 22. Safetyvalves.-The filling-nozzle of a jacketed cooking-vessel has a screw cover 8 provided with a safety-valve consisting of a piece 9 pressed against a seating in the tube 11 by a spring surrounding guide-tubes as shown.
Patent GB-190624546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heel Breasting Machines.
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-11-02
Abstract: 24,546. Bates, A., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Nov. 2. Heels.-A machine for breasting heels comprises a n angularly - adjustable work support carrying clamping-devices; power-applying devices which open and close a heel clamp, in combination with, but distinct from, means for operating the devices; and a combined clamp - control- 1 i n g and machinestarting. device. The work - support A' is pivoted to the jackpost A, Fig. 1, and can be adjusted angularly by means of screws A<4>. The jack post is pivoted at A' to the machine frame, and is swung into and out of position by means of links E<3>, E<1>, E<0> operated by a cam E on the main shaft. The support A<2> carries clamping-devices comprising an adjustable but normally stationary clamp F, Fig. 3, and a movable clamp G adjustably mounted in one end of a pivoted bell-crank lever J, J<1>, the other end of which is engaged by a compressed spring K, which normally closes the clamp. The arm J<1> is adapted to be engaged by a milled-head screw L' carried by a pivoted arm L, which extends downwards into the neighbourhood of a detent M, Fig. 5. The latter is secured to a rock-shaft M', from which depend links M<2>, M<3> controlled by a spring P. The link M' is formed with a tooth M<4> adapted to be engaged by a dog O forming part of a rocker on a shaft O<2>, which is coupled up by a rod O<3> to a tread!e N, Fig. 1, which is the starting device of the machine. A swinging breast-gauge Q, Fig. 1, is employed for initially positioning the heel. It is adjustably mounted on a lever R, R<2>, the arm R<2> of which has a cam-slot R<3> that rides on the rock-shaft N'. An adjustable spring-controlled hold - down S is also provided. In operation, assuming the jack-post swung outwards, the clamps F, G open, and the breast-gauge Q advanced into its inner position, a heel is pushed against the gauge Q and clamp F, and the treadle N is depressed. This first actuates the detent M so that it releases the lever L and allows the spring K to close the clamp G against the heel, and then actuates a clutch to start the machine. The jack is then swung inwards, the breast-gauge moved outwards, and the breasting knife and hold-down are moved towards the work. After the breasting operation if completed and the various return movements take place, a projection Q<1> knocks the heel off the support A<2> into a shoot.. In a modification, Fig. 6, the breast-gauge Q‹ is adjustably secured to a lever R<0> pivoted to the jack-post A<0>, which is always stationary. At the upper end of this lever is a roller R<11>, which is held by spring T against a cam D<10> on the reciprocating head D. The action of this cam swings the gauge away from the heel as the knife descends. The initial position of the gauge is adjusted by a screw R<12>, while a sliding collar R<13> permits a slight vertical adjustment of the gauge on the lever R‹. The gauge holder is pivoted to the collar R<13>, so that it can give a little to heels of varying heights.
Patent GB-190625916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Regulating the Position or Depth of the Immersion of Submarine Mines, Parts of Mines, Buoys, or any other Floating Bodies whose Depth of Immersion it may be desired to Change or Regulate, such as Lights Beacons or other Seamarks.
Inventor: LEON KARL OSKAR
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,916. Leon, K. O. Nov. 16. Buoys.-Relates to means for maintaining a submarine mine, submerged buoy, or the like at a constant depth below the surface in a tideway, and is described with reference to a contact-mine having an anchored main body a, Fig. 1, containing the explosive charge and detonator, and a contact buoy f, Fig. 2, containing the device for closing the firing circuit when the buoy f is struck by a passing vessel. The mine a and buoy f are connected by a cable h wound on to a drum d in the mine a. The drum is rotated to wind or unwind the cable, and so to lower or raise the buoy f, by a motor b supplied with current from a battery on shore. The circuit is closed, so as to drive the motor in the required direction, through pivoted spring contact-arms 19, 20, Fig. 3, and fixed contacts 21, 22, 23, located in a box 15, when the diaphragm 16 closing the bottom of the box, or other device affected by the external water pressure and controlling the contact-arms 19, 20, is moved from its normal position by an increase or decrease in the water pressure due to the state of the tide. An electro-magnetic device, controlled from the shore, is also provided for actuating the contact-arms 19, 20 when it is desired to lower the buoy to allow a friendly vessel to pass.
Patent GB-190627095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread Controlling Mechanisms for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: NORTH WILLIAM STANLEY
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 27,095. North, W. S. Nov. 28. Double-loop stitching-machines; governing needle thread. - Relates to thread-controlling devices adapted for. double-loop stitching-machines, and shown applied to a machine such as described in Specification No. 27,093, A.D. 1906. The needle thread is passed through a guiding-eye 32, and in turn over tension disks 13, a take-up 19, a guide 15, and thence to an eye 29 on the top of the needle bar. The tension disks are mounted to rotate upon their spindle so as to move with the thread. The take-up arm is fixed to the needle-actuating lever 5, which is pivoted at 6. The take-up draws thread from supply on the downward movement of the needle, giving slack on the upward stroke. As this is not altogether sufficient, the needle bar near the end of its upward stroke draws a further small supply and also sets the stitch. The guide 15 is placed on a level with an intermediate position of the eye 29, and the length of thread between them is practically constant.
Patent GB-190629447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Objectives.
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 29,447. Zeiss, C., [Firm of]. July 31, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lenses, photographic. Relates to the inventions described in Specification No. 23,378, A.D. 1892, and No. 4692, A.D. 1893, [Abridgment Class Photography]. In single anastigmatic objectives of three cemented lenses in which the dispersing-surface is concave and the collecting-surface convex towards the diaphragm, the difference between the refractive indices at the collecting-surface is made at least double that at the dispersing-surface. Two such objectives may be combined.
Patent GB-190700205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: KENYON DANIEL MERRITT
Filed: 1907-01-03
Granted: 1908-01-03
Abstract: 205. Kenyon, D. M., and Etherington, J. B. Jan. 3. Spigot-and-socket joints; sleeve joints; jointing- tools. - A coupling 3, made in one piece, has annular recesses 10 which receive annular rings 4 of yielding packing, the uncompressed inner diameters of which are less than the outer diameter of the spigot 5. To make the joint, strips 7 are inserted, as shown, the end of the pipe is forced into position, and the strips 7 are withdrawn. The ends of the two pipes are preferably separated by lips 14. The annular recess may be formed in the exterior wall of the pipe 5, or may be dispensed with and the packing held within straight walls. The joint may be applied to T- couplings. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 1560, A.D. 1867, and No. 396, A.D. 1875.]
Patent GB-190707194-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Construction of Apparatus or Machines for Screening Potters' Slip
Inventor: PODMORE WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-26
Granted: 1908-04-27
Abstract: 7194. Podmore, W. March 26. Sifting pottery materials. - Apparatus for screening potters' slip consists of two or more gauze sieves, semicircular or semioval &c. in section, and mounted one above the other on horizontal or inclined rocking shafts e, f, Fig. 2, with inclined troughs u between them to conduct the slip that passes through the sieve above to the sieve next below, the tailings escaping from the open ends of the sieves. The sieves may be of successively diminishing mesh. Eyelet holes in the sides of the gauze are passed over lugs p, q, Fig. 3, on tubular distance-pieces k carried by rods l, m which pass through the ends of the horizontal arms g of bosses j mounted on the shafts e, f. The gauze is kept in shape by curved pieces o carried by radial arms h, and is drawn taut by turning one of the rods l, m, which are provided with nuts n. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, three or more gauze sieves are secured over openings in a curved plate i carried by castings g at each end of the rocking- shaft h, the sieves being held in position by frames secured to the plate i by straps and bolts, pins, or the like.
Patent GB-190708009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arch Supporting Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: WELCH HEZEKIAH CHENEY
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 8009. Welch, H. C. April 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stiffeners. - An a r c h - supporting boot or shoe is provided with a counter stiffener b, Fig. 7, extending forward on the inner side b' nearly to the ball of the foot. The leather counter is split so as to form a flap b<4>, and within the pocket thus formed is embedded a slightly tempered steel spring c, Fig. 5. The spring c is narrow at the heel portion c<1>, but widens on the inner portion c<3>, and is shaped so as to press the arch of the foot into its normal form. The spring may be inserted in the leather counter before the latter is moulded to the desired shape. The heel portion of the spring is fastened so that its lower edge is close to the sole, thereby holding it firmly in place and avoiding undue stiffening of the upper part of the counter.