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Patent GB-190517059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspending Devices for Books, Papers and like Articles.
Inventor: HOCKEN ALFRED
Filed: 1905-08-23
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 17,059. Hocken, A. Aug. 23. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Clip suspenders. -Books, blocks of paper, leaflets, and the like are held in a U-shaped member a, suspended by a chain b. The sharp point of a screw e, which is forced through the papers, passes into the recessed limb g, while a stop h prevents the screw from being withdrawn from the limb d. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 2363, A.D. 1855.]
Patent GB-190519034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wireless Telegrahic Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 19,034. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 20. Telegraphs.-In a system of wireless telegraphy, a vapour lamp rectifier is employed for the purpose of converting the received oscillations into a unidirectional current which can be detected by a sensitive galvanometer. The antenna 1 is earthed through the primary winding of a transformer 2. The secondary is connected at its mid-point through the galvanometer 17 to the mercury pocket 5, the ends of the winding being connected to the graphite electrodes 11, 12 of the vapour lamp rectifier. The cathode or negative electrode 5 is kept in an excited condition by maintaining a small arc between the cathode 5 and the auxiliary mercury electrode 6, the current being supplied from a battery 16. Current waves of one direction produce a flow of current through one anode, and waves of the other direction send current through the other anode, but in both cases the current flows in the same direction through the galvanometer.
Patent GB-190522246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Hatching and Rearing Poultry and the like
Inventor: CARLBERGER LEO
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 22,246. Carlberger, L. Oct. 31. Heating by water circulation.-Water for heating a series of incubators and foster-mothers is heated in tanks 1 attached to each incubator and circulated by a pump A. The water passes from the pump A to a tank 38 and thence by a pipe 43 to the tanks 1, each of which is provided with its own heating-appliance and thermostat, thence by pipes 21 to heating- tubes 6, 15 for the incubators, vaporizing- tanks 16, and hatching- out chambers 17, thence by pipes 50, 51, 52 to the tank 39, and thence to the foster-mothers. These consist of tube heaters 24, arranged in tiers in frames 23. The water enters and leaves by the double pipes 25, and by opening the taps b, b<1>, b', c, c<1>, c<2> the heaters may be connected in parallel, and by opening the taps b, d, e', c<2> they may be connected in series. The water passes from the foster-mother by the pipe 56 to the tank 40 and thence back to the pump A. Overflow pipes 41 lead from the tank 38 to the tank 39 and from the latter to the tank 40. Water is also supplied from the tank 38 to actuate certain mechanism connected with the incubators, and returns to the tank 39.
Patent GB-190522651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gins for Ginning and Treating Cotton and other Fibrous Material.
Inventor: HODGKINSON JAMES
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 22,651. Hodgkinson, J. Nov. 6. Feeding gins.-To ensure an' automatic and definite feed, hopperfeeders with doffing- means are applied to gins preferably such as are described in Specification No. 18,571, A.D. 1903. The spiked creeper h carries the fibre from the hopper g and, by the aid of the rotating brush x, deposits it on the vibrating plate or series of fingers e whence it is fed to the ginning-roller a. The excess of fibre on the creeper is removed by a vibrating clearer q or by a rotary brush or roller y, Fig. 2, having pliable leather blades y<1>.
Patent GB-190527067-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Steam Generators.
Inventor: MITCHELL WILLIS
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 27,067. Mitchell, W. Dec. 28. Instantaneous generators.- Concentric helical water-tubes B surround a burner C for hydrocarbons, which are vaporized in a tube L placed below the burner frame-holes c. A space F is maintained between the coils and its casing A by longitudinal bars G, H, the latter of which are provided with apertures for the passage of the combustion products. The hydrocarbon is fed to the vaporizer by the tube M, and passes in the form of vapour to the regulating - nozzle R, which directs it to the mixing- tube D. The chamber C is extended beyond the casing so as to afford a space in which the vapour and air may thoroughly commingle. The mixture issues for combustion in obliquelydirected jets. The flame envelops the coils, and, passing upwards, becomes concentrated at the top of the space F. The products of combustion pass off through a flue E. The rod Q in the vaporizer is formed with collars q, in which are cut longitudinal grooves. It terminates in a sharp-edged collar z, which serves as a scraper. A hole m is provided for the passage of the fuel. Distance-pieces I formed with grooves to receive the tubes are placed between the coils. Specification No. 11,044, A.D. 1901, is referred to.
Patent GB-190600714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing Rebound in Vehicles.
Inventor: FURMIDGE SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 714. Furmidge, S..Tan. 10. Springs. -Relates to friction damping means interposed between the vehicle body 1, Fig. 1, and the spring 2, the latter being supported from brackets 3 and connected to the axle 4. The friction member comprises two metal disks 6, 7, Figs. 6 and 8, the former being formed in part with a bracket 5 fixed to the vehicle body, while the latter is mounted on the squared part 12 of a bolt 10, which is provided with a head 11 and with a circular part passing through the disk 6 and fitted with a washer 15 and nut 16, a spring 14 being placed between the washer and the disk 6. The adjacent faces of the disks are concave, and between them is mounted a double convex disk 9 of leather or other material. A sleeve 13 is also mounted on the squared part of the bolt 10 and is surrounded by a collar 23 provided with a short arm 25 into which is welded another arm 26. A link 28 is connected by swivel joints 27, 29 to the arm 26 and to an angle-piece 30, respectively, the latter being fixed to the spring 2 by a clip 31. The sleeve 13 is held against longitudinal motion by the engagement of a set-screw with a circular groove 17 and is further provided with longitudinal notches 19 which constitute a ratchet with which engages the tooth 21 of a pawl 22, which reciprocates in a passage 39 formed in an offset 33 on the sleeve 25 and is pressed into engagement by a spring 36. The tooth 21 is square on one side and bevelled on the other, the arrangement being such that, when the vehicle body moves downwards, the bevelled edge of the tooth rides over the ratchet, whereas when the upward rebound occurs, the square edge of the tooth engages with the ratchet and brings the friction apparatus into operation. In order that the arrangement may be fixed to a vehicle so that the arm 26 is in the reverse position, the pawl 22 may be turned round, so as to operate in the reverse direction, by means of a pin or handle 35 which rests, in either position, in recesses formed in a lug 34 at the end of the offset 33.
Patent GB-190601363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trouser Stretchers and Pressers
Inventor: REED JAMES ANTHONY
Filed: 1906-01-18
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 1363. Reed, J. A. Jan. 18. Trouser stretchers and presses.-A combined stretcher and presser for trousers and like garments consists of a hollow flat box-like device, the bottom and lid being formed of boards a, Fig. 1, and the sides of wooden fillets c, c<1>. The trousers are folded over the stretcher, both ends being nipped between clamping-members e, f, Figs. 1 and 4, at the top, and the middle part forming a fold that completely embraces the stretcher. The stretching action proper is then performed by turning over, by means of a handle d, a longitudinal hinged piece b, from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 to that shown in dotted lines. In the latter position, the handle is sprung into a holding-notch l, Fig. 1. When the trousers have been clamped, flat boards are placed on each side over the trousers, and straps are passed round and tightened to effect pressure. A modification of the stretching-device is shown in Fig. 8, the hinged piece having a continuous rod s passed through it and turned up to form the handle. The rod is journaled in plates u screwed to the body of the stretcher. The clamping-members are interfitting as seen in Fig. 4. At the left-hand side of Fig. 1, they are hinged together by a flat link i which takes into cuts made centrally and vertically in the ends. At the right-hand side, they are independent but may be clamped together so as to hold the trouser ends, by means of a flat link h, pivoted and arranged in the end of the upper member similarly to the link i. The free end of the link is provided with a cam lever g which is held by the pressure, against the underside of member f after the body of the link has passed through a central cut in the end. The end of the upper clamping-member may have a wedge-shaped part cut out horizontally as in Fig. 6 to give an elastic action to the clamp so as to accommodate various thicknesses of garments. According to the Provisional Specification, the body of the press may be made solid instead of hollow, and the pressing- boards may be provided with glazed cloth with loose edges to keep out dust.
Patent GB-190612565-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Sliding Sashes and Frames
Inventor: BRIDER JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-30
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 12,565. Brider, J. May 30. Windows.-In windows fitted with removable swivelling sashes, the sashes are arranged to turn inwards on pins d<1> projecting from sliding stiles d into slots b<1> at the lower end of the sash stiles. The sliding stiles, to which the sash cords are attached, are normally secured by screws to the sash stiles, but when the sashes are about to be swivelled or removed, these screws are withdrawn and the sliding stiles are secured to the pulley stiles by screws f<1>.
Patent GB-190623761-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Treating Fibres of Jute.
Inventor: SCHIEFNER THEODOR EUGEN
Filed: 1906-10-25
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 23,761. Schiefner, T. E. Oct. 25. Processes; obtaining fibres; retting.-Jute fibre is obtained or prepared for the manufacture of fine yarns, suitable for incandescent mantles, by being boiled under pressure with fixed alkalies, and then being placed in a vessel of boiling water to which an emulsion of palm or coco-nut oil in alcohol or ether has been added whilst the vessel is rotated. The latter treatment is continued for two to six hours under pressure, and the fibres are finally preferably subjected to a carding or breaking process.
Patent GB-190700837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling the Locking of Railway Carriages and the like.
Inventor: RATCLIFFE WILLIAM SMITH
Filed: 1907-01-12
Granted: 1908-01-11
Abstract: 837. Ratcliffe, W. S. Jan. 12. Indicators, " engaged " and like.-In means for locking all the carriage doors of a railway train simultaneously from the guard's van, indicators are placed on each door to show whether the door has been locked or not. The bolt d shot into the door socket c<1> by the guard presses against the plunger p, which is connected by cords with sliding indicator plates s, Fig. 3, on both sides of the door. An indicator is also placed in the engine cab or guard's van at the end of the main operating-cord.
Patent GB-190704919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Food for Cattle and other Animals.
Inventor: NEWLANDS BENJAMIN EDWARD REINA
Filed: 1907-02-28
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 4919. Newlands, B. E. R., and Eastick, J. J. Feb. 28. Preserving food for animals.-Pressed blocks of the food are coated with a waterproof material to protect them from damp. The food is made from beet pulp, peat, and other substances by adding molasses and drying, either simultaneously or alternately, until sufficient molasses has been absorbed. The mixture is then pressed and the blocks are coated with an oxidizable oil or a wax either by dipping them or by using the coating- material as the lubricant for the moulds.
Patent GB-190705538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbine Blades
Inventor: FERRANTI SEBASTIAN ZIANI DE
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5538. Ferranti, S. Z. de. March 7. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to the method of securing blading by welding as described in Specifications No. 11,921, A.D. 1903, and No. 28,301, A.D. 1904, and consists in means for covering the rough surface of the rum. The blade d or its shank is threaded through a plate or washer c, and both are welded to the drum. The washers are so shaped that the edges of consecutive ones fit, and so provide a continuous surface. Otherwise, the spaces between the edges may be filled up by plates subsequently welded in place. The contacting-surfaces of the washers are reduced by grooves &c., as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. Instead of washers, plates may be fitted and welded between the roots of the blades after they have been welded. The edges of the washers or plates may extend so as to guide the working-fluid from one ring of blades to the next ; or an additional thin plate may be threaded upon the blades above the washers. The blading may be used in conjunction with the packing-means described in Specification No. 15,154, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Steam engines]. The automatic electric welding-machine described in Specification No. 28,301, A.D. 1904, may be adapted for welding the blades together with the washers by the addition of a feed-motion for the washers &c. The blade to be welded is gripped between jaws 3 on a carriage q, which is moved forward by a camcylinder u, first a short distance, for the threading of the washer contained in the magazine 8, and then a long distance, to bring it into contact with the blade carrier for the welding -operation. The blades are supplied to the jaws from a magazine fixed to the carriage by means of a fixed rod 2. After the threading of the washer, the magazine 8 is moved vertically out of the way of the further movement of the jaws by gear operated from the cam-lever. The blades are fed through a hole in the rear of the lower jaws. During the washerthreading movement and the welding-operation, this hole is closed by a shutter operated by suitable stops.
Patent GB-190706718-A (GB)
Title: Railway Crossing
Inventor: KRAUSE PETER
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 6718. Krause, P. March 20. Crossings.-Railway crossings of the kind having a common base-plate with rails on both the upper and lower sides, are secured in position by making recesses in the supporting-sleepers which engage the lower set of rails. Fig. 2 shows plan, and Fig. 3 a sectional view of the crossing as secured in position. When iron sleepers are used, they are stamped with similar grooves or recesses.
Patent GB-190708244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps for use in Military Field Service and for other purposes.
Inventor: PRESTON EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 8244. Preston, E. J., and Burns, J. April 9. Piston pumps; portable pumps.-Comprises a double-acting portable pump suitable for use in military field service. The barrel a, suction and delivery pipes f, g, air vessel c, and cylinder cover and piston-rod guide w are all bolted or screwed to the frames or casings b, d in the manner shown. The suction and delivery valves j, m for the upper end of the barrel are arranged one above the other at the top of the pipe f and in the casing b respectively, while the valves p, q for the lower end of the barrel are arranged in the casing d and at the top of the pipe g. The pump is actuated from a rocking shaft 5 carried in bearings formed in the air vessel, which may be made narrower at that point if desired.
Patent GB-190708313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pen-nibs for use in connection with Fountain and other Pens.
Inventor: CAMERON DUNCAN
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 8313. Cameron, D. April 10. Pens.-Nibs, for use with fountain pens having a grooved bottom feed-bar, are provided with a flexible feed-bar a, Fig. 1, disposed along the top of the nib and having a pierce-hole a<3> registering with the hole in the nib. The feed-bar is secured to the nib by tongues c, which either engage with the edges of the nib or pass through slits d in the nib and are clinched or riveted on the underside. In a modification, shown in Fig. 11, the piece e of metal which is cut out during the formation of the piercehole a<3> is turned back and clinched, or a separate clip may be passed through the registering pierceholes and clinched over the edges of the holes. According to the Provisional Specification, the top feed-bar may be attached to ordinary nibs.
Patent GB-190708681-A (GB)
Title: Potato-peeler or -skinner.
Inventor: REISER LEOPOLD
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 8681. Reiser, L., and Bischoff, A. Apri115. Roots, potatoes, and the like, peeling.-A. potato peeler comprises a base g provided with a slot g<1>, in which the member f can slide, being clamped in position by the screw h. The potato is mounted between the spiked holders b, c, and is rotated by a handle e, while a plane-like knife i, mounted in a holder, removes the skin. The knife holder consists of two parts hinged together, one part i<1> forming a handle for guiding the tool over the potato, and being adjustable, as shown in Fig. 2, for various thicknesses of skin. The holder is carried by an arm k, which is attached to the frame of the machine by a universal joint l.
Patent GB-190710064-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bituminuos Composition and Method of Preparing the same.
Inventor: COWARD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-30
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 10,064. Coward, W. H. April 30. Asphalts.-The known lime-bitumen compositions are improved by slaking the lime after admixture with the bitumen, tar, or other bituminous matter in a moist atmosphere. Limestone or other calcareous material is burnt and ground with the bituminous matter, such as bituminous shale, and the mixture is formed into sheets and exposed, preferably by being placed on a perforated floor, to a moist atmosphere. The mixture disintegrates and falls through the perforations. The composition may be manufactured into building-blocks, paving-slabs, &c.
Patent GB-190712662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Photographic Copying, Enlarging and like Apparatus.
Inventor: COHEN ALCHANAN
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 12,662. Cohen, A. May 31. Cameras; enlarging; reducing in size.-A large camera for photographic enlarging or reducing or for other optical purposes, comprises a screen room E, a lens box A adjustably mounted in a guide-frame B supported independently of the screen room by adjustable legs 16, 23, a copy board C also adjustable in the guide frame B, bellows D<1> connecting the end of the lens box with the end of the frame B, and bellows D<2> connecting the frame B to the flanged rim 33 of an aperture in the screen room. The focusing- screen is mounted in a carrier 45 adjustably secured to a frame 47, which is itself adjustably secured between ledges 48, 49 passing round the sides of the room E, and is supported at one corner by a leg 52. The carrier 45 is adapted to be placed parallel to, and at a distance from, the optic axis when a prism reflector is used. The back 43 of the room can be removed and replaced by a screen for projecting purposes. The section D<2> of the bellows is strengthened by rings 35 suspended from a rod 36 which also serves for steadying the frame B. It can be removed from the position shown and used for connecting the lens box A to the copy board C, the frame B being then connected directly to the screen-room aperture 33. The lens box is adjusted in the frame B by means of cords 53, 54, one passing directly to the screenroom and the other round a pulley 55 attached to an adjustable cross-bar 56. The frame B is made in two separate parts B<1>, B<2>, connected by hasp-andstaple fastenings 61. The copy board C which can be used with either transmitted or reflected light is secured in any required position by thumb-screws and slots 58, 59.
Patent GB-190713662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Engines or Pumps having Rotary Wing Pistons.
Inventor: KRUEGER FRIEDRICH CARL
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 13,662. Kr³ger, F. C. June 13. Fixed-abutment type.-In a rotary engine having sliding vanes, packing-segments are provided with axial teeth engaging similar teeth on the drum and are pressed against the cylinder by springs. The angular packing-segments a are held in grooves b in the piston drum i, and are pressed against the cylinder end o by springs c. Teeth in the packing- segments engage similar teeth in the piston drum. This tends to prevent steam leakage by giving a long passage along the toothing. Fig. 4 shows a modified construction in which the packing-piece a is pressed axially outwards by the spring c acting on the annular member h, the oblique surfaces of which also produce radial packing ; teeth as above described are also used in this construction.
Patent GB-190714141-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Heating the Air Supply to Steam Boiler Furnaces
Inventor: BRUNNER EDWARD
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 14,141. Brunner, E. June 19. Air supply, heating.-The air supply for combustion to a steam-boiler furnace is heated on passing through pipes A, which are arranged in the side or bottom and main flues and are fitted with internal spirals or screws B. Several forms of screws are described and shown. Specification No. 22,725, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190715548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Controlling Mechanism for Type Casting, Composing and like Machines
Filed: 1907-07-05
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 15,548. Lanston Monotype Corporation, [Lanston, Monotype Machine Co.]. July 5. Monotype machines.-Relates to hydraulic means for retarding the motion of a driven member, such as the die-case of the monotype machine, described in Specification No. 8633, A.D. 1899. Two identical retarding-devices are used, one. being attached to the die-case and the other to its carrier, and each consists of a pair of cylinders 3, 4 mounted in a liquid receptacle 1 and provided with pistons 12. The outer ends of the cylinders are provided with ducts 6 which are closed by spring-pressed valves 8. The pistons are connected by a rod 14 which has a limited amount of motion with respect to them and is provided with valves 16 adapted to close ports in the ends of the pistons. Motion of the rod 14 in either direction causes one of the valves 16 to seat itself on the end of the piston, after which the piston is moved back against the resistance of the fluid in the cylinder. Each of the rods 14 is connected by means of a rack-and-pinion or pin-and-arm connexion with a vertical shaft 18. Each shaft 18 is connected by means of a toothed sector 22 and rack 21 with one of the translating- devices which move the die-case. To permit of the final positioning of the die-case by its centring- pin, the translating-device G, Fig. 3, has a limited amount of motion with respect to the rack 21. In order to effect this, the parts G, 21 are connected by a pin 28 one end of which can move between shoulders 29 on the part G. The pin 28 is moved into an intermediate position by the meeting of the jaws F of the secondary positioning-mechanism, and is released by the opening of the jaws so as to permit of relative motion of the parts G, 21.