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Patent GB-190601820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Drying Electric Cables.
Inventor: PASSBURG EMIL
Filed: 1906-01-24
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 1820. Passburg, E. Jan. 24. Drying-apparatus.-Cables are dried by traversing a vacuous heated pipe, stuffing-boxes &c. being dispensed with. The cable c, wound on the reel b, is placed in the heated chamber a, which together with the heated jacketed pipe or pipes e, arranged circuitously if desired, is then exhausted of air. The cable traverses the pipes e, provided with rollers, and is wound on the reel l in the bath i of impregnating-liquid, preferably heated, which rises up the pipe e under the atmospheric pressure as shown. Any vapour in the pipes and chamber may be condensed in an ordinary condenser k.
Patent GB-190604565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Mercury Vapour Electric Lamps.
Inventor: FAIRBROTHER GEORGE TANSLEY
Filed: 1906-02-24
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 4565. Fairbrother, G. T. Feb. 24. Globes.- A mercury-vapour electric lamp is enclosed in a long lantern or globe 1 which hangs by trunnions 4 from a bow 5 so that the lamp can be started b y tilting. Normally, the lantern hangs in a vertical or inclined position and may be held therein by a catch. In the arrangement shown, the bow 5 carries a catch 14 which engages with a spring-actuated piece 10 pivoted on the lantern. The lamp is started by pulling the ring 18, whereby the cord 15 pulls back the piece 10 against a stop, allowing the lamp to tilt. The trunnions may be hollow for the leads to be passed through them, and the lantern may be arranged to be tilted automatically by electromagnetic means. According to the Provisional Specification, the catch may act as a switch to cut off the current momentarily during tilting.
Patent GB-190614648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Motor Cars and the like to Prevent or Lessen Flying Dust.
Inventor: COOKSON MAYNARD WALTON
Filed: 1906-06-27
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 14,648. Cookson, M. W. June 27. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Motor road vehicles.-Apparatus for preventing dust trom rising behind motor-cars and the like comprises a number of tubes A with flared mouths C, supported immediately behind the wheels of the car and close to the ground, and connected to a chamber G. The draught along the tubes may be increased by means of a fan F, or a pump, or by utilizing the exhaust gases. The dust may be led down to the ground by a pipe E or conveyed to a collector having a series of baffle-plates or the like, and moistened if desired by a spray H. The water from the spray also assists in deodorizing the exhaust gases when these are used to assist the draught. The collector may have a hinged bottom opened and closed by levers &c. from the footboard. According to the Provisional Specification, the dust may be blown out of the collector at suitable intervals by means of the exhaust gases. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 14,913 and 25,163, A.D. 1901, and No. 12,624, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190618015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speed Indicating Apparatus.
Inventor: COWEY LEONARD EUGENE
Filed: 1906-08-10
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 18,015. Cowey, L. E. Aug. 10. Speed indicators.-In speed-indicating apparatus for motor-cars, omnibuses, and public vehicles, one or more followers are actuated from a controlling instrument placed on the front of the vehicle. The speed indicator used may be of the kind described in Specification No. 1375, A.D, 1904, and may actuate the hand of the second dial by a wire C, Fig. 1, enclosed in a sheath c. The wire is secured at one end to a chain a<14>, actuated by a pinion a<11> driven from the speed indicator, and at the other to a chain b<2> passing round a spring- controlled drum b carrying the hand of the second indicator. The second band may alternatively be actuated by an endless cord, bevel-gearing driven by a flexible shaft or a series of rods and bevelgears, rack-and-pinion mechanism actuated by a flexible cable, or by pneumatic means.
Patent GB-190623897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bell Ticket-punches.
Inventor: BRACE HENRY MOORHOUSE
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 23,897. Brace, H. M., and Hearn, P. Oct. 26. Ticket punches.-In apparatus for punching the tickets for public conveyances on fixed journeys divided into sections, an adjustable stop ensures that the mark is made in the proper printed division ; the stop is returnable either automatically or by hand at the end of a trip and actuates a trip counter ; a second punch of ordinary construction is also operated by the thumb-piece, which is unlocked by the insertion of a ticket in either slot ; and the usual bell, operation-counter, and clippingsholder are provided. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus in side elevation with the cover removed, and Fig. 4 is an end view of the punches and feeling-pieces. The punches h, h<1> are coupled by the frame j j<1> and slide through holes in the two pillars containing the slots, of which the upper one has the stop q carried by a collar loose upon a screwed spindle terminating in the finger wheel, but movable therewith when a half-nut p<1>, Fig. 7, pivoted at the top of the collar p, is pressed against the screw. During the progress of the stop to the right, a projection r<1> upon the half-nut is beneath a guide r and the parts are in engagement, but after the projection has passed the pivoted incline t, the half-nut is free to rise under the action of a coiled spring within the pulley s which at once returns the collar until the projection, moving above the guide, strikes the deflecting-plate n<1> and drops downwards through the notch shown, thereby re-engaging the half-nut. The stop q has an index finger projecting through the ticket slot which is marked with section numbers, and actuates the trip counter by the link-work shown ; the screw may have a ratchet and pawl to prevent undue reversal. The feelers m, m<1> are in one piece, pivoted at n, and have a link-work connexion with the punch-lock l, which is rotated about a varticll spindle out of the path of a tooth upon the punchconnecting frame whenever a ticket is pressed into either slot.
Patent GB-190626944-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for the Manufacture of Washable, Water and Fat Proof, Smell and Tasteless Paper in Cold Way.
Inventor: PERING JOSEF
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 26,944. Pering, J. Nov. 27. Liquids, apparatus for treating with.-Relates to a machine for treating paper in the cold way in order to render it proof against water and fat, and to render it washable, tasteless, and odourless. The paper is fed from a roller 2, Fig. 1, by means of a pair of chains, belts, or ropes 16, shown in detail in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, which are driven by rollers the end one 15 of which can be adjusted by mean of a hand-wheel 17 in order to regulate the tension of the chains. The paper 1, which is connected to the chains by suitable clamps, is first passed over a roller 4 which dips in a sizing-tank 5 and is rotated by chain gearing or in a direction opposite to the motion of the paper, which is pressed on the roller by means of rollers 6 mounted in forked bearings 7. It is then smoothed by means of felt rollers 8, which rotate similarly to the roller 4 but in a receptacle 9 containing suitable powder, rollers 10 serving to press the paper on to the rollers 8. The paper is then polished by rollers 11, which are similar to the rollers 8 but are rotated at a higher speed, and are not supplied with powder. It is then passed over a second sizing-roller 12, smoothing-rollers 13, and polishing-rollers, and is guided by rollers 34 to a winding-up roll 18. It is dried by exposure to air before being wound up. In order to prepare the paper on both sides, a sizing-tank may be arranged above each roller 4, and the top of the paper is then treated with size through cocks, a series of which are simultaneously operated by one rod. The size-tank is fitted with a filling-funnel and with a gauge. Smoothing-rollers 30, Fig. 8, are arranged to act on both sides of the paper, and powder is supplied to the rollers 30 from funnels 32 fitted with wheels 33 which stir the powder. A similar device may be used for stirring the lower powder chamber. All the rollers are driven by chains or other suitable gearing, and are adjustable in position.
Patent GB-190629052-A (GB)
Title: Portable Waterproofed Paper or Cardboard Receptacles for Containing Milk, Beer, or other Liquids for Human Consumption.
Inventor: HOLLANDS ARTHUR ROBERT
IPC: B65D65/42
Filed: 1906-12-20
Granted: 1907-12-20
Abstract: 29,052. Hollands, A. R., and Laundy, A. W. J. Dec. 20. Waterproof paper and cardboard boxes for liquids; coating.-Portable receptacles for milk, beer, and other liquids for human consumption are made from paper or cardboard which is rendered waterproof by treating or coating it, either before or after making the vessels, with celluloid in solution.
Patent GB-190701729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Floors and Roofs of Buildings, of Curved Concrete Segments.
Inventor: MCALPINE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-01-23
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 1729. McAlpine, R. Jan. 23. Slabs.-Curved concrete or reinforced-concrete slabs A, with bevelled longitudinal edges, are laid side by side between the joists of floors and roofs, and the joints a are filled with cement. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 13,645 and 16,589, A.D. 1899, and No. 2739, A.D. 1900].
Patent GB-190703470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Point or Switch-throwing Mechanism for Railways and the like.
Inventor: STEELE LEWIS ELIJAH
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 3470. Steele, L. E. Feb. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Points and switches. - Relates to means for mechanically operating railway points and switches, and indicators therefor, from the vehicles. The points are connected by a rod 17 to a switch stand 3, Figs. 1 and 6, which consists of a metal shell 5, 6 having doors 12, 12<a>. Supported in the shell are a squared spindle 14 carrying an indicator on its upper end, and a hollow shaft 19<a> connected by rods 62 to devices 4 arranged beside the track. The upper portion of the shaft 19<a> is formed with a circular disk 20 having four recesses 20<a> containing springs 21 adapted to press the balls 10 into four equidistant pockets in a ring 8, which is prevented from rotating by projections on the cover 6. The springs are of such a strength as to prevent the shafts 14, 19<a> from being rotated by hand. The devices 4 consist of two pivoted levers 56, Figs. 7 and 9, normally kept in their elevated position by springs 64, but adapted to be depressed by auxiliary wheels carried by the vehicles. The levers are connected by rods 57 to a shaft carrying rollers 52, which operate bell-crank levers 55 and rods 62 when levers 56 are depressed. The ends 56<c> of the levers move in contact with a roller 60 carried by a spring ; the roller also assists in preventing dirt from entering the casing. Fig. 11 shows one form of wheel attachment suitable for locomotives or cars having a compressed-air supply. By manipulating a three-way valve 33, a wheel 31 can be lowered against the resistance of a spring 37 when it is desired to operate the points A handoperated arrangement suitable for cars is shown in Fig. 13. The wheel is depressed by bringing a lever 43 into the horizontal position, as shown, it being then locked by a latch 43<b>. The points and indicator can also be hand-operated by means of a lever 26 secured by a chain within the switch stand 3, so that no authorized person can use it. The lever 26 is placed in the end of the pivoted lever 24 and first depressed so as to raise the plate 25 and thus relieve the balls 10 from the pressure of the springs. The lever is then moved so as to rotate the shafts 19<a>,14.
Patent GB-190705735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheep Shearing Machines
Inventor: SILVER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-09
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 5735. Silver, W. March 9. Horse-clippers and the like.-In machine clippers having three pressure fingers acting on the cutter 22, the middle finger 6 is formed on the vibrating lever A which is fulcrurned at the rear end 3, and the outer ones are formed on a fork B pivoted on the inner bar by means of the projecting ears 13, Fig. 8, which engage grooves 7, Fig. 11, at the side of the bar A. The two parts are loosely secured near the end by a screw 1, or by a projecting piece 20. Fig. 12, formed on the bar A. The pressure is applied to the fork B and thereby transmitted to the bar A. A projecting guard-piece 5 on the bar closes the aperture between the two parts. In the form sbown, the bar A passes beneath the fork B ; in a modification it passes above and is provided with a hole for the pressure rocker.
Patent GB-190706477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Trimmers.
Inventor: KAMPFE FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-03-18
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 6477. Kampfe, F., and Kampfe, O. March 18. Hair-cutting appliances, barbers' and like.- Consists of a hair-cutting implement resembling a safety razor. The razor blade e is supported by bracket arms b<1> of a frame b, and is held in position, with its edges against stops b<4> on the bracket arms, by a catch plate f and bent frames c, the latter being pivoted at 3 and provided with spring members c', the free ends of which press against the under surface of the bracket arms. A guardcomb h is pivoted to the frame at 6, and its end teeth rest on stops, while the intermediate teeth h' are positioned higher above the blade and are shorter. The ends of the comb h adjacent to the pivots 6 are provided with squared edges or shoulders at right-angles to one another. A spring g bears against these edges and holds the comb in either of the positions shown. A screw m, Fig. 6, passing through a lug m<1> on the bent frame c and bearing against a projection h<2> on the comb h, may be used for adjusting the comb. A second guard comb i, having its teeth i<1> in alinement with those of the comb h, is pivoted at k<1> to a collar k mounted to slide for vertical adjustment on a support a'. The edge teeth or prongs of the comb i which come against the stops b<4> may be removed and the comb allowed to swing on the screw k' along the dotted line shown in Fig. 8, beneath and rearwardly of the blade e. The adjusting-screw then acts as a stop. An internal projection 8 on the collar k slides in a groove 7 in the support a' and prevents the sleeve from turning. Fig. 4 shows the body frame b, having side brackets b<1> and a strong central curved brace b<3>
Patent GB-190708287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lightning Arresters
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 8287. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 9. Lightning-arresters.-In order to prevent the dynamic current following a lightning discharge from maintaining an arc at any point in a lightning-arrester of the multi-gap type, such as is described in Specification No. 5575, A.D. 1906, shunts 17, 18, 19 of increasing resistance are arranged across increasing numbers of gaps. The line 3 is earthed through a " horn " type of arrester 21, shunted by a fuse 22, and a number of units 8 ... 15 carrying spark-gap balls or terminals 16. The units 8, 9 are shunted by the non-inductive resistance 17, the units 8, 9, 10, 11 by the resistance 18, and the units 8 ... 13 by the resistance 19. The resistances 17, 18, 19 may be so proportioned to the number of gaps which they shunt that the gaps are prevented from developing into arcs under the influence of the dynamic current.
Patent GB-190708799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel Feeding Devices for Furnaces
Inventor: TIPPETT HAROLD PERCY
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 8799. Tippett, H. P. April 16. Mechanical stoking.-In a steam or air jet fuelfeeding device for steamboiler and other furnaces, means are provided for regulating the supply and distribution of the fuel and for supplying air at the front of the grate to destroy the partial vacuum caused by the steam or air jets and tending to prevent them acting efficiently. Fuel falls from the hopper 14, Figs. 1 and 2, which is provided with an adjustable slide 29, on to a pivoted table 18 in front of a series of nozzles 27, the inclination of the table 18 being adjusted by a sliding wedge 25 actuated by a screw 24. Perforations 21 in the inclined portion of the table admit air from the passage 23, communicating with the ash-pit, to the front of the grate. Valves 28 control the supply of fluid to the nozzles. For controlling the time of duration of the blast to the nozzles, the motor 39 and valves 59 are provided for controlling the supply of fluid from the pipe 62, Fig. 1, to the pipes 37, 60 leading to two furnaces. The duration of opening of the valves 59 is regulated by means of trip fingers 45, Figs. 1 and 4, mounted on worm-wheels 42 driven by the motor 39. The strip fingers are adapted to slide within sleeves 43 attached to the worm-wheels, and may be adjusted by screws 48, Fig. 4. The ends 46 of the fingers are bevelled and engage with bell-crank levers 55 attached to the spindles 58 of the valves 59. The valves 59, one of which is shown in Fig. 3, are provided with double-ended pistons the upper ends 68 of which are larger than the lower ones 69, so that when the spring-pressed valve 73 is closed the blast which enters at 66 and passes through the port 71 retains the piston valve in the position shown. When the trip finger 45 raises the valve 73, the blast passes through the passage 77 to the top of the piston 68 and effects its downward movement, whilst the main blast passes through the port 79 and passage 70 to the furnace. When the valve 73 is released, the piston returns to its normal position and the blast is cut off. A small exhaust passage 72 is provided above the piston 68. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the trip fingers 45 are arranged to supply the blast to each furnace alternately. A modification in which the greater part of the apparatus is attached to the furnace door is shown in Fig. 8. The nozzles 101 swing with the door, the supply pipe 103 being provided with a swivel joint 102 for this purpose.
Patent GB-190709029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Apparatus and Galvanic Batteries
Inventor: BORGNET PAUL
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 9029. Borgnet, P. April 18. Primary batteries.-Relates to electrolytic apparatus of the kind in which the rotating cathode practically floats and the electrolyte is kept in circulation, and is also applicable to galvanic batteries. The cell, having rounded ends, is divided by a partition 3, and the electrolyte is caused to circulate as indicated by the arrows by a vane wheel 2 or other suitable means such as a steam jet or pump. The cathodes 4 float in the liquid, and are rotated by belts 5 or by the liquid acting upon propellers 13, 14 attached to the cathodes, Figs. 6 and 7. The cathodes are only partly immersed, polarization being thus prevented.
Patent GB-190716484-A (GB)
Title: Driving Device for Boats, Airships and the like.
Inventor: ERIK EMANUEL LINDKVIST
Filed: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 16,484. Lindkvist, E. E. July 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Propelling; steering and balancing.-Navigable vessels are propelled and steered by paddles 14, pivotally mounted in frames 7, which in turn are mounted in frames 6 rotated by the shaft 4. The shafts, journaled in the frames 6, upon which the frames 7 are mounted, are provided with toothed wheels 8 connected by chain gearing to the wheel 9 mounted on the sleeve 5 which surrounds the shaft 4. When the shaft 4 is rotated, the frames 7 rotate on their shaft as well as round the shaft 4, thus always presenting the flat faces of the paddles 14 to the water. The paddles 14 are pivoted horizontally to one side of the frame 7, and are feathered by the water when moving in the same direction as the vessel. The rotation of the sleeves 5 by the hand-wheel 13 enables the apparatus to be used for steering purposes. In a modification, an eccentric is employed in place of the wheel 9 having rods connecting to levers on the shafts upon which the frames 7 are mounted. In the application of the above apparatus to airships, two sets are used, placed considerably above the car and rotating about an horizontal axis.
Patent GB-190717371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Covers of Railway Guides.
Inventor: HARRIS WILLIAM BEST
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 17,371. Harris, W. B. July 30. Timetables.-The covers of timetables having some pages made smaller than the previous ones towards the lower e d g e as described in Specification No. 8485, A.D. 1903, are extended on one or both sides and folded over into the book as a bookm a r k e r somewhat as described in Specifications No. 11,412, A.D. 1884, and No. 19,011, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Books].
Patent GB-190718258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Doors or Flaps of Railway Trucks, Horse Boxes or the like.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 18,258. Preston, W. R., and Wainwright, H. S. Aug. 12. Door fastenings. -The door or flap of a railway wagon, horse - box, or the like is fastened by a sliding stanchion pivoted to t u r n down when not required, and provided with or adapted to operate a hook, turn-button, sliding bolt, &c. The stanchion a, Figs. 1 and 2, is of T - section, having its web slotted at i to receive a cross-pin h supported by a bracket k secured to the door e so that the pin h and hinge g are in a line. The stanchion a carries a hook b to engage a socket c on the frame d. In modifications, this hook is duplicated, recessed to embrace a headed pin, or shaped to engage beneath a recessed bracket. The pin h and slot i may be interchanged, and an additional flange r, Fig. 10, formed on the stanchion to engage the recess s in the bracket. In further modifications, a turn-button 8, Fig. 14, or a sliding bolt 12, Fig. 16, is linked to the stanchion. In Fig. 19 is shown a compound stanchion in which the part 23 slides upon the part 21. Further, the parts 27, 29, Fig. 21, may be pivotally as well as slidably connected together. Spring-pressed pins 34, Fig. 22, may be used to retain the stanchion frictionally in any position.
Patent GB-190719111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Duplicate Post-card Books.
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 19,111. Cooke, T. W., and Cooke, Ltd., R. Aug. 26. Albums; memorandum books.-In a book of sheets of post cards A bound alternately with counterfoil sheets F, the sheets of post cards are provided with two rows of perforations C, D near the binding, so that the narrow strip between the rows of perforations can be removed as the book is used, to permit the post cords to be written upon close to their inner edges.
Patent GB-190719893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pile Wire Motions of Looms for Weaving Carpets
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 19,893. Crossley & Sons, J., and Fawthrop, J. H. Sept. 5. Clutches.-A rope drum v used in a loom is driven by a toothed clutch adapted to be thrown into and out of operation by a cam, which is mounted on a shaft b and is connected to one of the clutch members by a pair of toggle-levers normally in line with one another. Under certain circumstances the clutch is disengaged, before the cam comes into action, by a rod v<3> which turns the toggle-levers out of line with one another. The rod v<3> is operated by a rod v<7> which is adjustable in length and is connected to a lever v<4> pivoted to an adjustable block v<x>. The lever v<4> is turned by a pin a' on a sliding carriage w.