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Patent GB-190701456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrolytic Rectifiers.
Inventor: FARIA OSWALDO DE
Filed: 1907-01-19
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 1456. Faria, O. de. Jan. 19. Converting alternating and direct currents; switches. -An electrolytic rectifier in which the electrolyte is an aqueous solution of sodium or potassium phosphate has one electrode of aluminium and the other of antimonious lead, with a device for circulating the liquid. The aluminium cylinder a is suspended on an aluminium rod b, which passes through an insulating - tube c. A tube e of antimonious lead forms the other electrode, and has apertures f at the top and bottom to permit the electrolyte to circulate. An insulating-plate d secured by nuts to the frame carries all connexions. A number of rectifiers may be placed in the same trough of electrolyte and connected in parallel, as shown in Fig. 2, conductors g, A connecting the lead and aluminium electrodes, respectively. The terminals are carried by a small plate j. Circulation of the electrolyte may be secured by rotating the aluminium electrode by a small motor, or by rotating metal pallets ; or by using as electrodes. tubes of antimonous lead or of iron with apertures in their upper parts. The circulation devices may also be used with interrupters.
Patent GB-190702959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrical Insulators for Telegraph or Telephone Wires or the like.
Inventor: PURVES THOMAS FORTUNE
Filed: 1907-02-06
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 2959. Purves, T. F., and Sinnott, J. Feb. 6. Insulators of the leading-in type are constructed with a sealing-chamber b over which a cover c is placed and into which the lead-sheathed telegraph, telephone, or other cable d is introduced through the passage e. The various conductors d<1>, d<2> are separated in the chamber b, and are led to the various bare line wires f<1>, g<1> through channels e<1>, e<2>; the chamber is then filled up with molten wax &c. Channels h, h<1> may be provided at the bottom of the chamber to ensure that the conductors d<1>, d<2> are kept apart. Two passages e, e<1> may be made, as shown in Fig. 9, between the shed and the sealing-cavity, so that one of the conductors d<2> of the sheathed duplex cable d can be connected to the line-wire f<1>, and the other conductor can be connected to the insulated conductor d<3>, which may be taken to another insulator.
Patent GB-190713173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Valves for Automobile Torpedoes.
Inventor: LEAVITT FRANK MCDOWELL
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 13,173. Leavitt, F. M. June 6. Actuating lift valves.-A valve for compressed air is retained closed by the pressure of the air, and is opened by the fracturing or puncturing of a frangible part, whereby the air is allowed to escape. In the form shown, the valve body D contains a piston a, an extension c of which forms the valve proper. A small duct m allows air to pass from the pipe e to a chamber i; where it presses the piston a down. A thin metal plug k is arranged to be punctured or cut by a knife q. The air in the chamber being then released, the piston a' is forced upwards by the air pressure around the valve c, which is thus opened. In the open position of the valve, air presses on the whole lower surface of the piston a and valve c, and the duct m is closed by a conical seat ; hence the valve remains open so long as the storage tank B contains any air under pressure, and afterwards a spring g closes the valve. Specification No. 8741, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Ammunition &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190716271-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ventilation Apparatus or Appliance for Windows for the Better Ventilation of Bed and other Rooms
Inventor: PEAKE WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 16,271. Peake, W. July 16. Window appliances.-The air entering the room below the window sash is deflected downwards by a screen or blind, Fig. 18, secured to the sash by the engagement with brackets on the sash rail of hooks 5 on wooden strips, inserted at the sides and, if necessary, at the middle of the fabric. An upwardly-bent metal strip is secured to the lower part of each wooden strip so as to cause a fold in the lowest part of the screen, into which the side curtains may be inserted to prevent them from being blown about or soiled by rain or dust. Instead of wooden strips having a hook at one end and a metal strip at the other, bent metal strips may be used. The screen, which is of sufficient length to extend nearly to the floor, is provided with side pieces 2 which are buttoned to the window frame to prevent the incoming air from passing into the room sideways. Figs. 11 and 12 show a modification in which two overlapping wooden frames 9, 10, carrying screens 7, 8, and side pieces 12 are secured by hooks 11 to brackets on the sash. The fabric of the screen may be left sufficiently long to hang down or fold so as to receive the side curtains. According to the Provisional Specification, the screen may be arranged to deflect the incoming air upwards towards the ceiling ; and in a modified form the apparatus may consist of a small roller blind, which is attached to the window frame and provided with means for holding it in a slanting position when in use, and for allowing it to spring back against the wall when not in use.
Patent GB-190716842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Glazing of Window Sashes or the like.
Inventor: JONES WALTER HOLBROOK
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 16,842. Jones, W. H., and Teden, F. July 23. Glazing roofs &c.-Glaziers' points are formed from sheet-metal strips which may be slitted and separated to form lugs 3. Figs. 1, 3, and 4 show modifications of the point.
Patent GB-190719896-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Advertising Tape or Ribbon.
Inventor: BARKER REGINALD WALTER
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 19,896. Barker, R. W., [MacMillan, H. J.]. Sept. 5. Advertisino.-In an advertising-apparatus, in which a band having advertisements on one or both sides is alternately wound from drums mounted in separate casings and is displayed in the space between them, the drums A are mounted vertically, and are operated from the horizontal shaft J of a spring or other motor by a cord and pulleys F, G. The drums are mounted on rods E, or between pivots. The band may be rolled back by a handle H, or the drums may be reversed. A central support L may be used if necessary.
Patent GB-190721122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Compressed Air Motors for Torpedoes.
Inventor: JAUBERT GEORGE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 21,122. Jaubert, G. F. Sept. 24, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Air-heating furnaces.-A heating-device for the compressed air of torpedo engines consists of a number of cartridges e with metallic or refractory envelopes and with tubular passages h placed within a casing a, through which the air is arranged to pass. There may be insulating packing f. The cartridges contain chemical fuels, such for example as described in Specification No. 21,105, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Fuel, manufacture of], and are fired all simultaneously by means of a striker released by the same means which release the operating lever for the compressed air. The products of combustion do not mix with the air. The prior use is admitted of liquid-fuel burners, of incandescent thermite in contact with the current of air and of a combustible material within tubes around which carbonic-acid gas for actuating the engine passes. The Specification in the form as published under the Act of 1907 comprises also generally physical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical means for heating surfaces in the path of the air, the products of combustion in some cases being allowed to mix with the air. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190727115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pistons.
Inventor: WILLE PAUL
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 27,115. Wille, P. Dec. 7. Pistons of internal-combustion engines, pumps, compressors, &c. are constructed to permit adjustment of the packing without the removal of the piston from the cylinder. The packing consists of a compressible material, such as asbestos or steel wool, surrounded by a thin metal band. The packing may be adjusted by an ordinary cover-plate, by a cover-plate 23 adjustable by a bolt 24, Fig. 3, or by a gland 20, Fig. 2, screwing on to the body of the piston.
Patent GB-190801937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multicolour Printing Machines for Fabrics.
Inventor: ERLER WILLY
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 1937. Erler, W. Jan. 28. Stencilling-apparatus; printing fabrics.-Cotton and other textile fabrics are printed in several colours by a series of stencilling-apparatus. The fabric is led from a roll b through a guide n, and is passed over a series of felt covered rollers g, h, i, which dip in dye-troughs d, e, f and are driven by rollers k, l, m, stencil bands passing around the rollers g, k, &c. and being formed with holes which receive pins on the rollers. Above the rollers g, h, i are arranged suction devices u connected by tubes w to a pipe v, and these suck the dye right through the fabric. A band p is passed through with the fabric to be printed in order to prevent smearing. The dye-boxes are fitted with guards, which also regulate the quantity of dye taken up. The rollers g, h, i may be adjusted to give the stencils the exact positions. The devices u may be yieldingly supported, and the dye-rollers and boxes are interchangeable. A drying - chamber may be provided for heavy materials.
Patent GB-190804372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Regulation of the Pressure of Electric Machines.
Filed: 1908-02-26
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 4372. Felten & Guilleaume - Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ges. Feb. 27, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Distributing; regulating. - T h e equalizing-currents produced between a machioe to be regulated and a compound - wound machine connected in parallel with it exercise a similar magnetizing action on both machines for the purpose or regulating the pressure. In one modification, Fig. 1, the main dynamo a is provided with a shunt field winding f and an auxiliary field winding g. The regulating-dynamo b is provided with shunt and series windings h, i, and is preferably over-compounded so that its pressure rises with an increase of load. The dynamo b is connected in parallel with the main dynamo a through the field winding g. If the pressure at the terminals of the dynamo a falls, the equalizing-current flowing from the machine b to the machine a excites the windings g, i, whereby the pressure of both machines increases until the pressure of the machine b, minus the pressure drop in the windings g, i, is equal to the pressure of the machine a. By suitably designing the windings g, i, the pressure of the machine a may be kept constant. When the dynamo a is separately excited, the winding g may be arranged on the field magnet of the exciter; or, as shown in Fig. 3, the exciter c may be connected in parallel with the machine a; fluctuations of pressure in the machine a then vary the equalizing-currents flowing through the winding i of the exciter and thus the excitation of the machine a. The arrangement can be used for regulating alternating-current machines by interposing a rotary converter d, Fig. 4, between the alternator a and the exciter c. Iron or other resistances having high temperature - coefficients may be introduced into the exciter circuit.
Patent GB-190805596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mercury, or other Vapour Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1908-03-12
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 5596. Kent, H. A., Lacell, H. G., and Silica Syndicate. March 12. Arc lamps ; vacuum tubes.-A mercury or other vapour lamp has a quartz or other tube provided at the ends with cups 2, 3 connected by contracted necks 4, 5 with the tube, which may or may not be exhausted. A heating-resistance 6, which may be of iridio-platinum, is wound round the tube, or round a vertical branch at the middle of the tube. When the tube is heated by passage of current, some of the metal is vaporized and the remainder is forced slowly into the cups, the arc being thus started. The resistance 6 is in series or shunt with the lamp, and may be cut out when the lamp is working. A piece of iridium or tantalum may be placed in one end of the tube. The lamp is carried in a hcod 11.
Patent GB-190811259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reverberatory Smelting Furnaces.
Inventor: LEE ALVA DILLARD
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 11,259. Lee, A. D. May 23. Reverberatory furnaces; liquid - fuel fittings; dampers ; observing-tubes.-In a reverberatory furnace for treating iron and steel, or a mixture of these metals with alloys or carbon, for smelting copper and lead ores, for reducing concentrated ores, and for treating ores and metals such as zinc, sulphur, arsenic, and the like under pressure, downwardlyinclined oil burners 20 are arranged tangentially to a cylindrical chamber 16, which is provided with special observation devices 33, and with an outlet 21 fitted with an air-tight damper 27. The opening of the damper by the pressure in the furnace is controlled by an adjustable spring, and an exhausting-apparatus is provided in the outlet flue 21. A cylindrical metal casing 11 is erected upon a bed of concrete 10 and, above the casing, I - beams 12 are provided upon which is mounted a charging floor 13. Between the casing 11 and a lining 15 of firebrick, a layer of sand 14 is interposed. The furnace chamber 16 is provided with hinged doors 37 and is formed with an inclined furrow 39 terminating at a tapping hole 41. On opening the doors 37, slag may be pushed through an opening placed at a higher level than the tapping-hole. One of the burners 20 is directed across the outlet to the flue so as to prevent solid particles from accumulating near, or passing through, the flue. The outlet 21 is normally closed in an air-tight manner, but when the pressure in the furnace chamber 16 becomes too great, the hinged damper 27 is forced open against a spring 28, Fig. 4, the tension of which is regulated by a nut 30 mounted on a threaded rod 29. The spring operates against a lever 31 mounted on the spindle of the damper and a catch 32 is provided for engaging the lever and holding the damper in an open position. Gases from the chamber 16 pass through the outlet flue and a casing 22, to which steam may be supplied, and are then led through a suitable liquid and beneath a baffle 26 in a vessel 24. The observing-tubes 33 are provided at their outer ends 36 with a sheet of mica and are fitted with a valve 34 operated by a milled head 35.
Patent GB-190814948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Preventing Skidding in connection with Automobiles or Self-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: BURTON HARRY CECIL
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 14,948. Burton, H. C. July 14. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-An automobile or self-propelled vehicle is provided with a pair of wheels a mounted on an axle b, which is capable of sliding laterally in spring supports fixed to the axle or underframe of the vehicle, so that when sideslip occurs, one or other of the wheels a is pressed against the ground by one of two pivoted struts f acting on the axle b, The axle b slides laterally in members c<2> capable of sliding vertically in brackets c to permit the wheels a to pass over irregularities in the road, springs d, Fig. 3, keeping the wheels in contact. Caps c<3x> may be used to retain the axle b in the members c'. The brackets c have webs c<4> from which the struts f are suspended by links g, portions c<5> being cut away to permit free movement of the links g when the wheels a pass over obstructions. When side-slip occurs, one or other of two projections b<1> on the axle b engages one of the struts f until a stop f comes in contact with a stop g<3> on the link g. The struts f are guided by flanges f<1> which also bear against the webs c<4> of the brackets c. The wheels a may be shod with wood &c., or they may be of steel having circumferential grooves filled with soft metal such as lead, or with wood &c.
Patent GB-190815976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Chimney Pieces and the like.
Inventor: PARKER JOHN
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 15,976. Parker, J. July 28. Mantelpieces; overmantels. - The front parts of chimney-pieces, overmantels, and the like are constructed of thin hard wood, or of three or more thin layers of wood glued or otherwise connected together so as to form a cross-grain, and are provided with stiffening-pieces at the back. Instead of nails &c., steel clamps or dogs b, Fig. 4, having sharply pointed ends c may be employed, one end being bent outwardly, as shown at c<1>, when used for securing parts at right-angles. Fig. 1 shows the stiffening-pieces so secured by the clamps b as to form a back frame a. The jambs f and frieze d, which are made of about half the usual thickness, are placed on the frame a either flush, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case brackets h may conceal the joints, or with the frieze either in front of or behind the jambs. Front jambs g and plinth pieces j may be placed on the jambs f. In a modification, Figs. 5 and 6, the thin wood jambs are built up with return jambs f<1>, and with stiffening-pieces a, and are held together by stiffening- pieces a<1>. The frieze d is then added so as to form a front frame, on which the plinth y, the mouldings o, and the brackets h are placed. In either modification, the jambs are further connected by shelves n, q, which are also made of thin material. The shelf n, Fig. 8, comprises a plate t, stiffening- pieces a, a moulding m, and a plate p, which conceals the clamps b, and the nails &c. The shelf q is provided with the ordinary front moulding. In the combination mantel and overmantel shown in Fig. 6, extensions a<2> of the stiffening-pieces a and additional stiffening - pieces a<3>, which provide a rabbet for a glass or mirror, form the back frame of the overmantel. Separate overmantels are constructed in a similar manner. According to the Provisional Specification, the clamps or dogs b may be made of steel wire ; also, it is stated that the brackets h secure the frieze and jambs more firmly together.
Patent GB-190816605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Mills.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1908-08-06
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 16,605. Bloxam, A. G., [Bonnot Co.]. Aug.6. Roller-and-ring mills for coal, coke, lime, cement, &c. The grinding-members 8, Fig. 2, free to move in open slots 11 in the driving-disks 9, run against a vertical ring or track 7, and ploughs or scoops 13 between the wheels 8 and projecting beyond the peripheries of the disks throw the ground material up into a chamber 14, where it is projected against concentric cylindrical screens 15, 16 by inclined blades 22 on a vertical shaft 19 driven by a belt 21 from the main shaft 2. The screening-chamber 14 is of greater diameter than the width of the grinding-chamber 6, to which it is connected by a hopper section 17<a>, and by changing the pulley 20<a> or the pulley on the shaft 2 the speed of the distributor 22 can be varied. Arched hoods 17 direct any material not passing the screen 15 back to the grinding-rolls. The coarser particles which do not pass the outer screen 16 are also returned to the grinding-ring, while the finer particles fall through openings 24 into passages formed between the inner and outer walls of the section 17<a> and escape at an opening 26 at the base of the machine. The removable side plates 6<a> of the crushing-chamber are of larger diameter than the disks 9,.so that by removing the caps of the bearings 3 and the spacing-sleeves 3<a> the shaft 2 with the disks 9 can be moved longitudinally so as to bring the wheels 8 outside the crushing-chamber ; or the parts maybe moved on the shaft. The outer casing 27 of the screening-chamber and the section 17<a> are made in detachable sections, and the top cover is also removable. In a modification, three concentric screens 15, 16<a>, 29, Fig. 9, of successively-diminishing mesh are employed, the material separated by the screens 16<a>, 29 passing down passages 30, 32, respectively, and being collected at separate outlets 31,33.
Patent GB-190819723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Gas Lamps
Inventor: CHANDLER SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-09-19
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 19,723. Chandler, S., 'and Chandler, J. Sept. 19. Incandescent gas lamps.-The mixing-tube of an upright bracket lamp, in which part of the mixing- tube is horizontal, is made of transparent or translucent material, such as glass. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the metal burner mouth c carrying the mantle support b engages over the transparent burner tube d which fits into a tube e at the bunsen end, the tube having in some cases a thin asbestos, paper, or other liner at each end. The opening in the side of the globe and its flange are of ovoid or other non - circular shape in order that, when dropped between the lugs f<1>, Fig. 2, on the holding- plate f, they may be retained in one definite position. When the opening in the side of the globe is circular, a non-circular fitting is clamped to its rim.
Patent GB-190827584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Silencers for Maxim and other similar Guns.
Inventor: THOMPSON ALFRED
Filed: 1908-12-18
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 27,584. Thompson, A. Dec. 18. [Cognate Application No. 1384, A.D. 1909, dated Jan. 20.1 Machine guns.-In a silencer of the kind described in Specification No. 20,692, A.D. 1904, the outer expansion chamber B is enlarged and contains a ring C, Fig. 1, in which a series of opposing nozzles E is arranged, through which the gases trapped in the chamber must pass to reach the outlet orifices. The valve-operating rods H pass through stuffing- boxes I in the front end of the silencer. In another construction, the outlet orifices J, Fig. 2, are arranged in longitudinal pairs equally-spaced around the chamber as shown, and are inclined in the manner shown in Fig. 3. A ring K, mounted upon ball bearings M so as to be freely rotatable over the orifices J, is providedwith inclined orifices N arranged in staggered - relationship so that only one series of the ports N, J will be in register at a time. The issuing gases rotate the ring K, and two series of sound waves in exactly opposite phase are set-up, the sound being thus deadened by "interference." This construction may be combined with the ring C and nozzles E of the first construction. In a modification of the last construction, the chamber B is square and the ports J are arranged in a circle on each of two opposite walls of the chamber. The ports N are formed in disks which rotate upon a common axle passing through the chamber.
Patent GB-190828354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Prime Movers.
Inventor: MAUDE FREDERIC NATUSCH
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-12-29
Abstract: 28,354. Maude, F. N. Dec. 29. Automatic systems of raising water.-A prime mover comprises an apparatus by which a succession of separated bodies impinge upon, and impart motion to, a mechanism. The Figure shows one form of the apparatus. Separated bodies of water, sand, &c. are fed from the valve C on to a piston D arranged in one limb of a U-tube A. Another piston E is arranged in the other limb, and is separated from the first piston by a body of water and two air cushions, one below each piston. The impacts of the bodies of water &c. from the valve C are timed to correspond with the period of oscillation of the system in order to produce a large range of movement of the piston E, which in the present case is utilized to raise water from the reservoir F<1> by the movement of the valve pistonhead E<1> sliding in the cylinder F.