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Patent GB-190613503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Cars.
Inventor: HART HARRY STILLSON
Filed: 1906-06-12
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 13,503. Hart, H. S., Meissner, O. W., and Neikerk, J. 0. June 12. Hinges for railway-wagon doors. The bottom doors 25 of a hopper wagon carry swinging hinge members 34, the recesses 35 of which receive the projections 31 of the fixed hinge members 29 which are of the bent form shown. The projections 31 are slotted at 32 to prevent damage to the hinges in the event of matter entering between the door and the fixed edge of the hopper.
Patent GB-190622136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gill Boxes and Gill Drawing Frames.
Inventor: HOLDSWORTH WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 22,136. Holdsworth, W., [trading as Holdsworth & Sons, J.]. Oct. 8. Gill boxes or frames.-The leather 7 passes round, and is driven frictionally by a roughened or abraded roller 2 driven by wheels 4, 5 from a plain roller 1 fixed on a shaft 3, and the tension roller 9 for the leather is carried by brackets or rods 10 secured to bosses 12 loose on the shaft 3 so as to permit the leather to be set at any desired inclination to the fallers and locked by screws 16 passing through curved slots in the bosses into the bearings 13 for the shaft 3. The bearings 13 are carried on a cross-rail fixed to, or forming part of the frame. A screwed part 10<A> on the rods 10 provides for adjusting the tension of the leather, and the pressure between the rollers 1, 2 is effected by springs 11 adjustable by wheels 11<A> and bearing against sleeves secured to a cross-bar 18 carrying blocks 17 for the necks of the roller 2. A small licker-in roller pressed against the leather by springs may be arranged in the nip when short fibres are treated.
Patent GB-190624954-A (GB)
Title: Door and Window Wedges.
Inventor: MCARTHUR DONALD
Filed: 1906-11-06
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 24,954. McArthur, D. Nov. 6. Wedges for holding doors in position or for preventing windows from rattling have the shape shown in Fig. 1. The wedge a consists of a shell of brass &c. filled with a packing of rubber, wood, cork, &c. The wedge may also be ornamented by plating &c., if of metal, or carved &c. if of wood. The base of the wedge may be provided with a hook or ring for securing the wedge to the door &c. by means of a chain.
Patent GB-190626637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Putting Wheels, or Pulleys, into, and out of, Operative Engagement with Shafts, or Axles.
Inventor: VALLANCE BERTRAM
Filed: 1906-11-23
Granted: 1907-12-23
Abstract: 26,637. Vallance, B. Nov. 23. Clutches.-Oppositely-acting ratchet clutches of the ball or roller type are operated simultaneously to put them out of action and so disengage the parts, and similar clutches in which wedges are used are put simultaneously into engagement. Rollers c, Figs. 1 and 3, in inclined recesses a<2> in the shaft b are disengaged by pins d forced outwards by a rod e. When the rod e is moved so that the pins d engage a recess kin the rod, the rollers c are pressed by springs f into engagement with the part a which is locked for both directions of rotation. The pins d may be replaced by balls, and the clutching-device may be carried by the part a instead of by the shaft b. When wedges are employed, they are pressed positively into action by the pins d against the action of springs, which disengage them when the pins are removed.
Patent GB-190628963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process for the Production of Ammonia.
Inventor: WOLTERECK HERMAN CHARLES
Filed: 1906-12-19
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 28,963. Woltereck, H. C. Dec. 19. Purifying gas.-The gases obtained according to the process described in Specification No. 16,504, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.], are freed from tar, without condensation of their water-vapour, by treatment _with hot hydrocarbons of high boiling-point.
Patent GB-190629494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters for Testing Purposes.
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 29,494. Isaria - Zõhlerwerke Ges. Dec. 27, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Energy and quantity meters, calibrating. A meter for use in testing other meters has its spindle connected to its counting-gear by a disconnectible coupling, which can be closed without affecting the rotation of the armature, so that both meters may be running normally at the instant when the counting-gear is connected, and the counting-gear may be disconnected so suddenly that the value of even a small fraction of a revolution of the spindle may be registered. In the arrangement illustrated, a wheel b on the armature spindle a gears with a wheel c loosely mounted between collars e, f on an arbor d ; a friction clutch i is controlled by means of the fork k of an instantaneous pressbutton (not shown) similar to that employed in stop-watches, and is acted upon by a spring h. In a modification, a toothed-wheel coupling is employed.
Patent GB-190700545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Resilient Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER WILLIAM EDWIN
Filed: 1907-01-08
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 545. Schneider, W. E. Jan. 8. Spring wheels.-A tyre is supported by flexible diagonal struts, extending from the tyre to the rim and hell between radial stops. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 inner radial stops 9 are formed integrally with a side plate 8 and engage grooves in the other side plate 12. Bolts 10 pass through the felloe 4 and connect the plates The outer stops 15 are formed on the metal tyre 14. In the form shown in Fig. 7, each inner stop 5 is bolted radially to the felloe, and is notched to receive a web 16 on the tyre. In this case the struts, which are short hexagonal prisms of india-rubber, are connected by bolts 22.
Patent GB-190700665-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Securing the Ready Ignitability and Continuity of Combustion of Fixed Carbon Fuels.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 665. Thwaite, B. H. Jan. 10. Composition fuel; coking.-Coke, charcoal, anthracite, partly-coked coal, or other "fixed carbon" fuel is impregnated in a special manner with hydrocarbons, such as tar, pitch, astatki, or petroleum residues. The broken material is treated in a chamber capable of supporting considerable pressure, which is first exhausted and then filled with hydrocarbon vapour at a temperature of from 400 to 900‹ F., the vapour eventually being under pressure. Hydrocarbon may also be admitted in the form of a spray to cover the surface of the impregnated material. One form of apparatus, shown in Fig. 1, consists of a stationary treating vessel A, which contains two inner perforated chambers D separated by a flue E. Coke &c. is introduced by an elevator C and sliding door L, and the vessel is exhausted through pipes N, O; hydrocarbon vapour is then admitted to the central flue E by a pipe I, until a pressure is established. The treated material is discharged by opening a lower sliding door K. Another form of apparatus comprises a rotary vessel containing a perforated chamber into which the material is charged. The vessel, which has one or both trunnions hollow, is first exhausted, and is then rotated while hydrocarbon vapour is admitted through the trunnions. When this vapour has condensed, heated tar spray is introduced, the vessel being rotated ; the vessel is then turned to discharge the material into a truck.
Patent GB-190704200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Night Latches.
Inventor: TONKS CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-02-20
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 4200. Tonks, C. W., Tonks, E., and Tonks, G. A., [trading as Tonks & Sons, E.]. Feb. 20. Locks, key.-In night latches of the type in which the bolt is indirectly operated by the key, a pivoted runner plate is used instead of the usual sliding one. As shown, the runner plate B is pivoted to a pin b below the keyhole, and has an arm B<2> extending behind a shoulder a on the bolt. The key, having first set the usual]o:king-)evers C, acts on the plate B between the pivot and the arm B<2>. The parts are so proportioned that it is not necessary to turn the key beyond the vertical position in withdrawing the bolt.
Patent GB-190705296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Couplings for Driving Shafts.
Inventor: PAUL PRUDENT BEAU
Filed: 1907-03-05
Abstract: 5296. Beau, P. P. April 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Shaft couplings ; link-Work.-Relates to a coupling for shafts in which the ends are not in perfect alinement. On each shaft end is mounted a double crank, the ends of which are connected to the opposite ends of the other double crank by the jointed links a e, f d, b g, h c and the diagonal rod j. Preferably, the joints e, f and g, h should be as near together as possible.
Patent GB-190708366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Motors
Inventor: RING LEWIS JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 8366. Ring, L. J. April 10. Spring motors.-Two spring barrels 16 loose on separate but co-axial winding-arbors 13 are geared by sprocket-wheels 14, 12 and endless chains 15 to ratchet-clutches 8 on a common shaft 7, having a pulley 7<a> to deliver power by a belt. When the ratchet-clutch is open, the barrel is free to turn without driving till the spring within has run down. The winding arbor 13 of each barrel is. turned to wind up the spring by means of a loose ratchet-wheel 19 acting through a fast one 20 by a pawl 21. The two loose ratchet-levers 23 with pawls 24 which operate the loose ratchet-wheels, though capable of separate operation by hand, are connected together by a rocking beam with links 27 which can be operated by a crank and connecting-rod. The link 27 between the beam 31 and the ratchet-lever 23 slides through a socket 26 on the latter but is connected thereto by a spring 28 which limits the charge of the spring in the barrel.
Patent GB-190711493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mixtures or Compounds for the Cure or Prevention of Nausea, Sickness and the like.
Inventor: CORBIN EUSTACE RHODES ST CLAIR
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 11,493. Corbin, E. R. St. C., and Harding, R. G. May 16. Medicines.-A medicine for the use of travellers to prevent nausea, sickness, &c., consists essentially of a mixture of chloral hydrate with chloroform, diluted with water. A stimulant, such as alcohol, and flavouring and colouring substances, such as cochineal, tincture of lavender, or cardamoms, may be added.
Patent GB-190713705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Sacks and the like.
Inventor: WILLIMANN ANTON
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 13,705. Willimann, A., and Hecht, P. June 13. Cleaning sacks. - The sacks to be cleaned are conveyed by a pair of endless chains between beating and brushing devices and are then automatically turned inside out before passing out of the machine. The sacks are attached at the point x to conveyer chains 2 carried on sprocketwheels 3 ... 8, and are first subjected to the action of beaters while passing over gratings 10, 11. The beaters are fixed to resilient arms 12 supported by an adjustable block 121, Fig. 7, and are actuated by cams 14. The sacks are next brushed by rotary brushes 15, 16 adjustable with respect to fixed boards 17. The turning-device consists of a four-armed spider 23 loosely mounted on a shaft 22 and intermittently given a quarterrevolution by an arrangement of gear-wheels and a ratchet-wheel and pawl. At the extremity of each arm 18 is a pair of gripping-jaws 24, Fig. 16, drawn together by a spring 26 but intermittently forced apart by means of a cam 20 on the shaft 22, which acts on the end of a rod 19 connected to the jaws by links 25. The sacks are secured to the chains by means of the holders shown in Figs. 5 and 11. Each holder consists of a case 44 carrying, by means of ball bearings, a rotatable portion 45 provided with an arm 53, with teeth 57, and with spring arms 54 for keeping open the sack mouth. A disk 51 carrying an arm 52 controls, through the medium of a cam 51<a> and levers 50, 49, 48, the hook 47 which normally holds the sack 9. The action of the turning-device is as follows. The continuous progress of the sack causes it to be drawn over one arm of the spider, as seen on the left of Fig. 16. When the sack is completely on, a cam 35 on a shaft 22, acting through a rod 34, sector 33, and spur-wheel 210, causes a blade 30 to be depressed so as to force a portion of the sack bottom between the jaws, which have previously been opened by the action of cam 20. The blade 30 is then withdrawn, and the jaws are allowed to close. The spider is next rotated through an angle of ninety degrees while, at the same time, the hooks 47 release the sack owing to the engagement of the levers 52 with stops. The portions 45 of the holders are then turned through a half-revolution by the contact of the arms 53 with stops so as to present the teeth 57 towards the sack, which is then stripped off, mouth first and inside out, by the onward movement of the chains, as shown on the right of Fig. 16, and is finally delivered at the exit 37. Rollers 28, 29, 40, 41, having a greater peripheral velocity than the chains, assist the placing and removal of the sack on and from the spider arms. The distance apart of the sprocketwheels 3 carrying the chains 2 is rendered adjustable for different-sized sacks by means of a system of levers operated by a treadle. Flour expelled by the action of the beaters and brushes collects in a trough 100, whence it is removed by a conveyer 101. Lighter dust, flour, &c. may be removed from the casing by a suction fan.
Patent GB-190717471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Exercising the Lungs, Indicating the Capacity of the same and for Inhaling Purposes.
Inventor: GARRATT JOHN EDWIN
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,471. Garratt, J. E. Feb. 21, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Inhalers; spirometers.-Combined lung-exercisers or capacity indicators and inhalers are so arranged that the fumes of the medicament cannot reach the fan or indicating-mechanism. To the case d containing the indicating-mechanism is attached a tube c provided with a perforated end h, behind which is the fan a. A liner i slides over the tube c, and over this again is the outer tube n, which is provided on either side with funnels q and is fitted with an outlet and an inlet valve. The liner i carries a disk k having a perforation l which can be brought into coincidence or otherwise with the perforations h by operating the knob m, while at the same time perforations 5 in the liner are moved so as to cut off or establish communication of the funnels q with the innermost tube x carrying the medicament. When using the apparatus as an inhaler, air is admitted by one funnel to the tube x and expelled through the other funnel, while by establishing coincidence of the perforations hand l the breath passes only through the tube c, the medicament in the latter case being removed. The mouthpiece 2, or a duplex nozzle for the nostrils, is attached to the prolongation z of the tube x. A box 4 serves to carry disinfectant when the apparatus is being used as a lung tester. The tube n is secured in place by means of a catch w, and it and the funnels can be removed from the tube c for removing or inserting medicament and for cleansing purposes.
Patent GB-190718337-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Treatment of Flax Hemp and like Textile Fibres.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 18,337. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Syndicat des ProcÚdÚs Rousseau]. Aug. 13. Size.-The gum extracted from flax, hemp, and other textile fibres by the action of solutions containing petroleum - ether or petroleum - benzine together with sodium carbonate, bisulphite, sulphite, hyposulphite, &c., may be collected and employed in the preparations for sizing.
Patent GB-190721209-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Production of Photographic Prints by the Use of Artificial Light.
Inventor: STOKES FREDERICK WILFRID SCOTT
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 21,209. Stokes, F. W. S., and Hillman, C. J. Sept. 24. Printing.-Cylindrical and semicylindrical printing-apparatus, having an outer opaque flexible sheet between which the drawing and sensitized paper are placed, and having securing-fillets, is described in combination with one or more mercury-vapour lamps. The outer sheet may be of cardboard, thin sheet metal, valcanite, &c., and celluloid may be used for the inner sheet. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the mercury lamp 2 is preferably self-tilting, but a cross-piece 10 of wood may be placed to allow tilting of the end for starting the lamp. Lugs 7 attached to the plate 1 fit into slots 6 in fillets on the outer sheet, and fillets on the inner sheet bear against those of the outer. If the apparatus is used vertically against a wall, a suitable stud may hold it in an oblique position. In modifications, bands which may be hinged, flanges, or the like are used to secure the apparatus and give it the required curvature, and the arrangement of the fillets is varied. A cylindrical apparatus may be constructed to take two or more copiers ; when only one part of such an apparatus is to be used, a reflector may be placed longitudinally as near the centre as possible.
Patent GB-190725014-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Curtain Rod Bracket
Inventor: CONSTABLE CHARLES
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 25,014. Constable, C. Nov. 12. Brackets. - A curtainrod bracket comprises a back-plate B, preferably of sheet metal, and a hinged front part A which may be secured in the closed position by means of a turn-button H on the back-plate. A lug C for the reception of the curtain-rod, and a stop D to limit its endlong movement, are formed on a raised portion L of the back-plate, and eyelets E, F for guiding the curtain cords are also provided. The end of the curtain may be hooked on to an eyelet K formed on the front plate A. Specifications No. 24,605, A.D. 1899, No. 2686, A.D. 1905, and No. 16,307, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190726467-A (GB)
Title: An Adjustable Safety Ladder Support.
Inventor: CHANDLER HARRY VICTOR
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 26,467. Chandler, H. V. Nov. 30. Ladders.-To prevent the slipping or tilting of a ladder, two pieces of wood or other material a, c, arranged at right-angles, are provided with hook bolts f, g which grip either a rung or the sides of the ladder. A wing-nut h serves to tighten the grip of each bolt, and slots, protected by metal plates k, are made in the pieces for adjusting the height of the bolts. The bottom of the laterally extending piece a is covered with a non-slipping material.
Patent GB-190802933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Barrows or Carts
Inventor: PRENZLER ADOLPHE
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 2933. Prenzler, A. Feb. 10. Folding vehicles; handtrucks. - The body of a folding barrow or cart is made to collapse as shown in Fig. 4. The frames 1 are connected by three jointed cross-beams 2, the centre hinges 3 of which are connected by a piece 6. The axle is similarly jointed, and is made to follow the movements of the cross-beams either by means of a rod 9 connecting the central joint 7 of the axle to the front or back cross-beam, or by introducing the extension of the hinge pin 3 of the central cross-beam into the hollow pin of the joint 7. In the open position, the frame is held rigid by means of hooked braces connecting the central cross-beam to the piece 6.
Patent GB-190804436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Carriages of Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: JARDINE ERNEST
Filed: 1908-02-27
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 4436. Jardine, E., and Lambert, H. Feb. 27. Lace machines, carriages for. The yarn is wound on a paper tube and mounted in a specially constructed carriage without the use of detachable holding-devices. The cop C is mounted on a peg D provided or formed on the floor of a deep recess B dished out of the carriage A, and is held in place by a thin elastic cover E which is permanently attached by hinging or riveting at one edge to the carriage, while the free edge can be sprung under a verge F. The yarn is drawn off either tangentially or radially to the cop, and passes between a tension spring H and the body of the carriage. Specification No. 21,792, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190805251-A (GB)
Title: A New Liquid Preparation to be used for Shaving, as a Substitute for Soap, in any Shape or Form.
Inventor: GLASMAN MORRIS
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 5251. Glasman, M. March 9. Cleansing-compositions; soaps.-A liquid composition for use in shaving, which does not lather, consists of water, soda, nut oil, almond oil, glycerine, and lavender oil or other perfume.
Patent GB-190811715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Injector or Suction-like Devices applicable to Silencers for Internal Combustion Engines, Blowers, and the like.
Inventor: CLIFTON EDGAR
Filed: 1908-05-29
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 11,715. Clifton, E., and Walker, J. May 29. Blast apparatus; injectors.- An injector which can be used as an exhaust-silencer, steam-jet blower, or as a conveyer for light substances, comprises a closed casing with parallel straight-through tubes in which holes are punched to allow the escape of pressure fluid from the casing, for the purpose of inducing a flow through the tubes. When the device is used as an exhaust-silencer, the escaping gases pass from the pipe a through the holes d formed in the inlet half ot the pipe into the casing b. The gases then pass through the inclined nozzles f into the tubes e, where they mix with the induced current of air so that an effective silencing is obtained. The nozzles f are formed by a punch driven in an inclined direction into the tubes, which are preferably of copper.
Patent GB-190813079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Valve Gears.
Inventor: ROYDS ROBERT
Filed: 1908-12-18
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 13,079. Royds, R. Dec. 18. Valve-gear.-A toggle-lever is interposed between the valve lever or other actuating-means and the valve spindle, the toggle being controlled, if necessary, by means of springs, fluid-pressure, or friction dash-pots. Fig. 1 shows the application to a trip-gear in which the toggle, controlled by a spring b in a dash-pot B', is actuated by the tripping-arm A, and is connected at the lower end to a sliding collar c<1> on the valve spindle C<1>. To ensure a firm seating of the valve in the closed position, the collar c<1> compresses the spring c<2> which bears against a nut c<4> adjustable on the valve spindle. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which one arm of the toggle consists of a rod h<1> terminating in a slotted bar H to receive a block g on the other arm G of the toggle.
Patent GB-190813186-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Depositing or Dropping Jam, Sugar or the like on or in Biscuits and like Confections.
Inventor: MCVITIE ROBERT
Filed: 1908-06-20
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 13,186. McVitie, R., and Grant, A. June 20. Biscuits, - An apparatus for depositing jam, sugar, &c. on biscuits &c. comprises a steamjacketed container a with a perforated bottom a' carryiog conical tubes b, which pass through the outer wall of the jacket and intermittently drop the jam &c. on biscuits &c. carried on a grid e in a tray e<1>, The intermittent feed is effected by means of plungers d adjustably mounted in crossbars c<3> carried by a frame c<2>, which is vertically reciprocated by suitable gearing driven by hand or power. Stops e<2> on a cross-bar ensure the alinement of the grid and tray.