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Patent GB-190412643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Continuous Current Electric Motors for use in Electric Traction.
Inventor: MEGROZ AUGUSTE
Filed: 1904-06-03
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 12,643. MÚgroz, A. June 4, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motors, controlling.-To obtain at all speeds a constant power from a direct-current motor used in electric traction, the motor field is reduced by means of a regulated current in an auxiliary field winding when the speed rises, so that the armature current, taken from constant -potential mains, remains constant. When starting or when the speed is low, a spring or weight draws the regulator arm f into the position shown, so that the current in the auxiliary coils r of the motors I, II is a maximum, and assists the currents in the series coils c to produce maximum fields, which, with the low armature speed, produce the normal back electromotive forces in the two armatures b. As the speed rises, the arm f is moved round in the direction of the arrow x, to reduce the current in the windings r and also the fields of the motors, the increased speed and reduced fields producing the same back electromotive forces as formerly, and thus providing for constant armature currents. As shown, the regulator is arranged to break the auxiliary field circuits and to reverse their currents if necessary. The regulating-windings r may be placed in parallel in the controlling-circuit s. In the Specification as originally filed, the invention was stated to be applicable to shunt-wound as well as to series-wound motors.
Patent GB-190417688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes.
Inventor: LAYLAND ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-08-15
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 17,688. Layland, A. Aug. 15. Bristles, fixing; paint and varnish brushes.- Bristles c, Fig. 4, of paint and like brushes are secured. by pressure in semi - elliptical tubes b, Figs. 2 and 4, which are placed one or more on both sides of a flat wooden stock a and fastened by rivets d passing completely through the tubes and stock. The Provisional Specification states that grooves may be made in the stock to accommodate the tubes b, which may, if desired, be provided with metal straps for fixing purposes.
Patent GB-190425148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Oven Wagons such as are used for Containing Fuel for Heating Baker's Ovens.
Inventor: WHITE FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 25,148. White, F., and Jackson, W. J. Nov. 19. Oven furnaces.-Fuel wagons for bakers' ovens are modified to allow of the use of coke by arranging for an increased air supply. The wagon box a is increased in depth, and the fuel container b is provided with a flange, so that it may fit the open top of the box without obstructing the passage of air. The inclination of the sides of the frame from the vertical is increased, thus giving a greater heating-surface, and a flange g is provided to bold the removable sides and ends c, d in position. The ends of the bars e are flattened to prevent rolling and to allow of reversal. The airsupply pipe may be of any convenient form, one form having lugs which fit the slots a<4>.
Patent GB-190426949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Apparatus for Nickel Plating.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1904-12-10
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,949. Mills, B. J. B., [Edison, T. A.]. Dec. 10. Heating by electricity.-In a continuous process for nickel-plating metal strip, the strip is afterwards dried by being electrically heated. It is passed under a pulley 66, Figs. 2 and 4, which is carried on a bracket 70 and is adjustable on a hanger 71 by means of a screw handle 72. A brush 71<1> and a lead 73 are joined to the main 57. The strip passes over an idler 67, which is like the idler 40, Fig. 8, being carried by a pin 45 on an angle iron 44 attached to a beam 1, and having a brush 49 connected to a conducting bar 48. Another brush 69 in advance of the pulley 67 bears against the strip 24, and is carried by a pin 46, Fig. 8, and connected to a bar 48. The two bars 48 are joined to the other main 58. By adjusting the length of strip between the pulleys 66, 67, any desired heating effect may be obtained.
Patent GB-190427500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Bending Metal Tubes, Rods or the like.
Inventor: KENNEDY WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-16
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 27,500. Kennedy, W. Dec. 16. Bending.-An improved form of the apparatus described in Specification No. 27,094, A.D. 1903, for bending pipes, rods, and tubes has a central screw-threaded tube, formed with a base, on which a mandrel e is screwed, a fixed flange d below, and a screwed flange c above, the mandrel holding the pipe in position. A block f is adjustably fixed in holes in the fixed flange, and a bending-roller g is carried in a rotating disc h, rotated through worm gearing i, k by the handle m. The nut c may be rotated to grasp the tube by a lever n, and the latter may be connected to the disc h and the motion thus transmitted from the handle m.
Patent GB-190503328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Fishing Reels.
Inventor: YOUNG JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-17
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 3328. Young, J. W. Feb. 17. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Brakes.-Consists in an adjustable brake for fishing-reels, which is mounted upon one of the spokes of the drum and acts by pressure upon the axle. The brake is in the form of a horse-shoe f, the sides g, h of which fit in between two collars formed on the hub, while the projection i is pressed against the axle by a spring e, which can be adjusted by means of a milled thumb-screw d. Specification No. 6612, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Fish &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190504303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Obtaining Constant Voltage from Dynamos Working at Varying Speeds.
Inventor: EYQUEM MAURICE
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 4303. Eyquem, M. March 3, 1904, [date -applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lighting, systems of; switches.-Relates to means for obtaining constant voltage from dynamos for ignition or lighting driven at a variable speed, for example from the axle of a motor-car or in a motor-boat, a centrifugal governor on the dynamo shaft serving to control resistances in the field circuit, and a small " buffer battery." being placed in parallel. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the centrifugal governor C on the shaft of the dynamo A controls the switch arm F to cut in or out the resistances r', r<2>, r<3>, &c. To prevent the discharge of the battery J, Fig. 3, through the dynamo at low speed, the bar F operates a switch I to open the circuit when the speed is below a predetermined limit. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement applied in connexion with a system supplying lamps L.
Patent GB-190521086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of and Apparatus for Improving Grain.
Inventor: TRETTAU CARL
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 21,086. Trettau, C. Oct. 17. Drawings to Specification. Drying grain.-Washed grain is dried by means of air which has been heated so as to sterilize it.
Patent GB-190523117-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Heating and Distributing Fluid or Fusible Substances in any Desired or Regulated Quantities without Waste.
Inventor: SMIRLIAN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 23,117. Smirlian, J., and Lag³es, L. Nov. 10. Heating by electricity.-Sealing-wax or other substance is melted in a conical pot 1, Fig. 2, surrounded by a heating coil 12 of german-silver wire in an asbestos coating 6. The electric leads 9, 10 pass out through the handle 7 and are connected by flexible wires &c. to the ordinary house circuit. When in use, the container is held over the article to be sealed &c. and the plug-valve 23 is lifted by depressing the spring 26 attached to the handle. According to the Provisional Specification, a shunt circuit may be used, controlled by a switch, to reduce the consumption of current, and the heating effect, between the intervals of use.
Patent GB-190603440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cushion-treads and the like for Boots and Shoes
Inventor: LUCHTERHAND LOUIS RAYMOND
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 3440. Luchterhand, L. R., and Newton, H. W. March 20, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Soles; heels ; slipping, preventing.-Rubber or like studs or plugs are so inserted in the soles and heels of boots and shoes that they may be renewed when worn. The studs 3, partly encased in metal sleeves 7, are secured by latches or dogs 6 in flanged sockets 4, which are fixed in the heel lifts or in the soles. The sleeves 7 are formed with inwardly projecting tongues to retain the studs.
Patent GB-190605689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Horns of Phonographic Disc Machines.
Inventor: LEWTHWAITE SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-03-09
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 5689. Lewthwaite, S. March 9. Trumpets.-A phonograph horn 1 is connected to the sound-box 2 by a straight tube 3 and bends 4, 5 without any flexible joints. The horn and connecting-tubes may be made in one piece with the sound-box, or the horn may unscrew at A for facility in packing.
Patent GB-190606713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 6713. Imray, O., [Missong, J.]. March 20. Superheaters, steam.-Relates to that description of superheater which is formed of a coil embedded in a body of cast iron, and consists in so arranging the coil that the heating-surface is increased with but a slight decrease in steam pressure. For this purpose, the pipes are arranged in the form of multiple screw coils or in a serpentine or zigzag form with the convolutions or zigzags placed vertically one above the other. In the form shown in Fig. 1, two pipe coils f are embedded in each of the cast-iron cylinders a, p, and are connected to corresponding steam-pipes d, g. The furnace gases from below rise both within and without the cylinder a, those rising within issuing through holes k in the cover h. Thence they descend the annulus between the core g and the second cylinder p and leave the structure by the flue n. In a modification, several oblong or flat superheaters are placed side by side. As shown in Fig. 4, six coils branch from the distributing-pipe d and descend the cylinder a, whence they ascend the cylinder p to the pipe g. In Fig. 6, serpentine or zigzag pipes are shown embedded in a slab of cast iron, several slabs being arranged side by side in the furnace-gas chamber.
Patent GB-190606997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spittoons.
Inventor: CONRAD RICHARD
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 6997. Conrad, R. March 23. Spittoons.-Relates to a spittoon which is automatically flushed with water or the like when in use. The cuspidor b is arranged below a reservoir a, and is swung out about the hinge f for use, which operation automatically opens the valve g, thereby allowing water to flow from the reservoir a through the annular spray k. A sieve is provided in the cuspidor just above the drawing-off valve m to catch any compact substances, and a water gauge may be fitted to the reservoir. The whole arrangement may be adjustably secured to a tripod for the use of invalids &c., or may be fixed to a wall. A valve q regulates the flow of liquid.
Patent GB-190610681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Sole Fasteners.
Inventor: BECK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 10,681. Beck, W. May 11, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Nails.-Fig. 3 shows a fastener for securing outer soles and vamps to the insoles of boots and shoes, and for use as protectors with ordinary boots. It is stamped, preferably to a V-shape, from a single piece of metal, and is provided with two or more pointed prongs 9, and with a bevelled cutting-edge 12. The fastener shown in Fig. 12 is, in addition, provided with lateral and downwardly-inclined prongs 18.
Patent GB-190613355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel Briquettes.
Inventor: SUSKI SZYMON
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 13,355. Suski, S. June 9. Paving-blocks. - The Provisional Specification mentions the use for paving-blocks of briquettes made from ground anthracite or brown coal and coal-tar, or earth pitch, bitumen, asphalt, or petroleum-waste oxidized by manganese dioxide, potassium chlorate, saltpetre, or other oxygen compound.
Patent GB-190613795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Electrical Production of Heat for Cooking and other purposes.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-06-15
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 13,795. Berry, A. F. June 15. Heating by electricity.-Relates to apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 12,333, A.D. 1906, and to methods of controlling the heating effects produced. The apparatus consists of a plurality of primary circuits upon a single core or upon separate cores, with corresponding secondary circuits, some portions of which are in permanent electric connexion with one another, thus forming practically one circuit energized in different parts by the primary windings. Controlling means are provided whereby such windings can be connected in series or in parallel, or one or all of them can be put out of action at will, so that different degrees of heat can be produced in the apparatus. In the example shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, the core is rectangular, and upon the members 1, 1<a> are wound the primary circuits 2, 3 and the secondary circuits 4, 5. The secondary circuit is completed by the hot plate 6 between the strips 4<a>, 5<a> and the bar 7 between the strips 4<b>, 5<b>, the current thus flowing in opposite directions in the conductors 6, 7. The hot plate, Fig. 8, is slotted as at 6<b> and recessed at 6<a> to direct the current, as set forth in the aoove-mentioned Specification. The switch shown as an example in Fig. 7 operates as follows :-There are four contacts 9, 10, 11, 12 and a stop 13. The contact 9 is connected by a conductor 9<a> to one of the supply conductors 14 and by another 9<b> to one end of the primary winding 2, the other end of which is connected by a conductor 11<a >to the contact 11. The contact 10 is connected by a conductor 10<a> to one end of the second winding 3, the other end of which is connected by a conductor 10<b> to the contact 12, which is also connected by a conductor 12<a> to the second supply conductor 15. The contacts 16, 17 are moved by the insulating plate 18 by means of the handle 19, which can take up positions a, b, c, d. When the handle is in the position a, the two primary windings are in series ; at b the winding 3 is short-circuited, at c the circuit of the winding 3 is opened, and at d the two windings 2, 3 are connected in parallel. When one primary winding is put out of action, a block 20 of iron may be arranged to be forced between the members 1<c>, 1<d> of the core to act as a magnetic shunt. This may be effected, for example, automatically by means of the cam-slot 23<a> and the forked rod 25 with pin 24, the cam 21 being operated by the switch handle 19. The central portions of the hot plate 6 and the strip 7 may be electrically connected, e.g. by a piece 8 of metal which may have a high resistance, so as to form a by-path for the current when one secondary circuit is put out of use.
Patent GB-190615034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Varying Electromotive Force in Finely Divided Steps in Three Wire Electrical Installations.
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 15,034. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens - Schuckert Werke Ges.]. July 2. Regulating ; switches.-Relates to arrangements for obtaining finely-divided steps of electromotive force in three-wire systems of distribution. Secondary batteries of transformers may be the source. Fig. 2 shows the arrangem e n t applied to secondary batteries. The end cells s are connected to t h e sliding switches b in a known manner, and auxiliary cells h are adapted to be cut in and out, without danger of being short - circuited, by auxiliary switches cf, which also serve to prevent sparking. The resistances w for preventing sparking may be cut in or out by separate switches.
Patent GB-190618759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling the Flow of Liquids Carrying Suspended Matter such as Sewage in Septic Tank Systems.
Inventor: RALSTON THOMAS BINNIE
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 18,759. Ralston, T. B. Aug. 22. Sewage and foul waters, treating; bacteriological processes; filtering; tanks.-The apparatus described in Specification No. 17,456, A.D. 1902, for controlling the supply and discharge of sewage for filter-beds, tanks, &c. is modified by using buckets filled by the overflow from the timing-chambers instead of the floats in the timing-chambers there described. The liquid is passed from a supply channel to the several tanks or beds through valves d and channels d<1>. When a tank is filled, the overflow from the communicating timing-chamber is led to one of the buckets B. The bucket in falling opens the discharge valve a of the preceding bed by means of the lever A<1>. An arm a<2> attached to the lever A' comes into contact with the piece C and releases a pin on the lever D, D<1> from a notch on the lever C<1>. The lever D, D<1> falls over and closes the supply valve d of the tank or bed from which the bucket is filled. The liquid supply then passes along the supply channel to the open valve of the next tank or bed. When all the supply valves d are closed, the sewage passes to a tipping- bucket F and this when filled opens the valve again by means of the lever connexions G and pins g engaging with the lever arms D'. The buckets B are emptied slowly through orifices in the base. According to the Provisional Specification, the lever of a discharge valve is, when tilted with the valve open, held up by a catch on a bent crank, the Opposite end of which is depressed to release the catch by the lowering of the supply channel of the bed due to the inflowing liquid.
Patent GB-190623991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Carburetted Air.
Inventor: BUSCH RICHARD
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 23,991. Busch, R. Oct. 27. Single-stroke pumps.-In a carburetting-apparatus, the fuel is supplied to the carburettor in a continuous jet proportionally to the air supply, and means is provided for braking the air-compressor if the pressure in the carburettor becomes too great. The fuel-distributor comprises a vessel 18, in which a close-fitting piston 19 is moved down continuously at a rate depending on that of the air-compressor and forces the fuel out through a pipe 21 to the carburettor 22. The piston is raised by a hand-crank when required to draw more fuel into the chamber 18. Air is supplied from a compressor 12 by a pipe 33 provided with a number of angularly or tangentially arranged nozzles 34, through the centre of which the fuel-supply pipe 21 passes. The air current is thus given rotary motion, and the air and fuel pass together over a series of alternate circular and annular plates 32. The pressure in the carburettor 22 is communicated through a pipe 36 to the surface of liquid in a chamber 38 divided by an annular partition 37. The inner chamber contains an adjustable float 39 which actuates a braking-device 41 on the compressor 12 by means of a gear 40. A suitable uncoupling-device for the motor may be arranged at any position on the apparatus.
Patent GB-190624355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tube Joints for Steam Generators and the like.
Inventor: WERNER WILLIAM ARTHUR PERCY
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1908-01-31
Abstract: 24,355. Werner, W. A. P. Oct. 31. Instantaneous generators; joints &c.-Connexion between the ends of adjacent tubes in flash steam generators &c. is made by means of a connecting- piece l, Figs. 5 and 6, of known type. The connecting-piece l is provided with oppositely-disposed conical openings d, g. A sleeve having a conical shoulder b is brazed to the pipe a and bears against the conical opening d. A conical nut f, screwing on to the sleeve b, bears against the openings g. Holes h drilled through the sleeve b and tube a in suitable positions provide communication between adjacent tubes by way of the central space i in the connecting-piece.
Patent GB-190703643-A (GB)
Title: Device for the Finger for use in Shuffling Playing Cards
Inventor: LEE EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-14
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 3643. Lee, E. J. Feb. 14. Card games.-A device for facilitating the shuffling of cards consists of a piece of grooved rubber A attached to it clothcovered back B of metal, cardboard, &c. provided with an elastic finger-hold C. The cards are held in one hand, and the thumb of the other hand is placed on one long edge and the first or second finger with the device on the other long edge. The hands are then separated, and some of the cards D, Fig. 4, stick to the device and are drawn out of the pack. This may be repeated as often as required.
Patent GB-190708223-A (GB)
Title: Process of Agglomeration of Carbon Dusts of All Kinds, notably of the Dusts of Coke or of Anthracite.
Inventor: RENEAUX JULES PROSPER
IPC: B02C1/12
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 8223. Reneaux, J. P. June 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Composition fuel.-An agglomerated fuel containing pulpy residues of beet-root from the manufacture of sugar &c., as described in Specification No. 7879, A.D. 1907, is composed, according to the present invention, of these residues together with the sludges or cakes of froth from the filtration of the juice, the crushed beet-root leaves, the vinasse, and other waste products from the treatment of beet-root, mixed with anthracite dust, the ' smalls ' of anthracite, pit-coal or wood charcoal, and a little resin.
Patent GB-190708461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light-distributors for Windows and the like.
Inventor: DOBBINS EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 8461. Dobbins, E. J. April 11. Daylight reflectors and refractors.-A light distributor for windows and the like comprises cylindrical glass rods 1 with longitudinal angular grooves 2, which have flat or curved walls and are filled with reflecting, refracting, or opaque material. In a modification one wall of the longitudinal groove is provided with lens-like projections 6, and in a second modification a longitudinal chamber 7, filled with coloured or fluorescent material, is arranged in the focus of the curved face.
Patent GB-190716473-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Valve for Regulating the Admission of Heated Gases or Smoke to Flues in Kitchen Ranges and the like.
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 1 6 , 4 7 3 . Neil, A., Russell, W., and Fletcher, Russell, & Co. July 18. Dampers.-The horizontal flue damper b of a kitchen range is caused to slide laterallv in grooves c<x> in a framework c in the flue just beneath the level of the top plate a by means of an arm d secured to a spindle e, which projects through the back plate of the range and has a handle f formed on it. The grooves c<x> are tapered to cause the plate b to form a smoke-proof joint when in the closed position, and the plate b has a hole formed in it through which the arm d projects. The spindle e is formed with projections e<2> and recesses e<x>, and the arm d has a keyhole slot d<x> at its upper end to enable it to be secured to the spindle, the parallel edges of the slot engaging in the recesses e<x> in the spindle e.
Patent GB-190717531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Treating Rivet Blanks and the like.
Inventor: ANDERSON VICTOR
Filed: 1907-07-31
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 17,531. Anderson, V. July 31. Heating furnaces for iron &c.-A furnace for heating rivet blanks is formed with an inclined flue c having a slot e, down which the blanks pass from the hopper k and a shoot i to the curved lower end, whence they are withdrawn. They are prevented from falling by the fixed or hinged guardplate h and the transverse inclination of the slot. The flue is closed at the top, and the products of combustion escape by a pipe d ; fuel is supplied through the shoot b. Two flues may be provided for each furnace, and if the blanks have heads the slot may be formed in the top.