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Patent GB-190427561-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Certain Kinds of Pulley Blocks.
Inventor: HOLT JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 27,561. Holt, J., [trading as Holt & Willetts]. Dec. 17. Pulley-blocks and lifting-tackle. - Pulleyblocks, of winding type in which a stranded wire or hemp rope is coiled around one or more barrels on the block for lifting purposes, are provided with guide-pulleys mounted centrally above the barrels. Fig. 4 shows a pulley-block having two winding - barrels 1, 12. The grooved guidepulleys 5, 5* are mounted parallel to, and centrally above, the winding- barrels, and receive the rope from the pulleys 3, 13 of the movable block. By this device, the winding-ropes are prevented from climbing up the flanges at the ends of the barrels because the pull of the winding-ropes is always at the same point of the top sheave, and the latter is not tilted by the varying position of the winding-ropes on the barrels. A single-barrel pulley-block with guide-pulley is also shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190500510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Trunks, Boxes and the like.
Inventor: MOSSFORD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 510. Mossford, J. T. Jan. 10. Trunks.-The moulding round the body of metal trunks, boxes, &c. is grooved to receive the lid, which fits water-tight with the body portion and resists prising and lateral displacement. The body blank is formed with a moulding B, the upper side b<2> of which is afterwards formed with a depression or groove D, Fig. 9, to receive the beading g of the hinged lid G. In a modification, the moulding is dispensed with, the groove D being formed as shown in Fig. 6. The flange of the lid is, in this case, flush with the body. The portion C of the body extending beyond the groove D aids in preventing prising. The corners of the moulding may be strengthened by clamps F. The groove may be on the lid instead of on the body.
Patent GB-190500791-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Crank Shaft for Locomotive Engines and other purposes.
Inventor: IVATT HENRY ALFRED
Filed: 1905-01-14
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 791. Ivatt, H. A. Jan. 14. Locomotives.-A crank-shaft for locomotives &c. is built up of two sections A, Figs. 1 and 2, through a resilient coupling formed by bolting together, on the side of the shaft remote from cranks B, extensions C of two adjacent crank arms. The cranks B are preferably set mutually at right-angles, and the parts C are made massive to produce a balance.
Patent GB-190505196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Traps for Animals.
Inventor: KUPFERSCHMID PAUL
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 5196. Kupferschmid, P. March 13. Traps.-In animal traps provided with hinged catch flaps, these are normally held in position by springs, and are surrounded by a ring of hanging wires which allow the animals to pass but prevent their return. Over the vessel a are flaps b pivoted at c and normally held in a horizontal position by springs d. Above them is a wire ring f from which wires g with pointed and barbed ends hang against an abutment h.
Patent GB-190506744-A (GB)
Title: Relay with Polarised Armature.
Inventor: KAMM LEO
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1906-03-30
Abstract: 6744. Kamm, L. March 30. Telegraphs.-A polarized relay is constructed with two parallel armatures in the same horizontal plane mounted centrally upon a spindle and supported between the poles of a permanent magnet. Current is supplied to the spindle through a mercury cup. The parallel armatures 2, 3, connected by non-magnetic material 4, are arranged between the poles of the permanent magnet 14, the poles 15 of the electro-magnet being arranged as shown in Fig. 2. The supporting-spindle 1 carries a tongue 5 playing between the local-circuit contacts 7, 8 mounted upon the adjustable ring 12. The spindle 1 is supported by a jewel bearing in the mercury cup 17, which can be adjusted by the screw 18 and can be withdrawn by loosening the screw 23.
Patent GB-190510156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Locks.
Inventor: FLETCHER ADDISON CALVIN
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 10,156. Fletcher, A. C. May 15. Locking nuts.-A nut 3 for rail joints &c. is locked by a nut 6, held by one or more screws 7. A soft metal washer 4 is placed beneath the nut 3, and is prevented from turning by a wing 5 engag. ing the base of the fish-plate. One of the screws 7 engages one of a series of recesses in the edge of the washer 4, abuts against the fish-plate, and bites into the metal of the washer. Each recess in the washer is diametrically opposite a projection or tooth. An additional nut 8, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, may be used.
Patent GB-190513604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus applicable especially for Enabling a Person to Work for a Time under Water in Cases of Emergency.
Inventor: FLEUSS HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-08-01
Abstract: 13,604. Fleuss, H. A. and Davis, R. H. July 1. Check valves for the airpipes of diving-dresses consist of a thin flexible disk of rubber resting against a perforated metal plate as shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190516913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rollers for Trawl Foot Ropes for Fishing Purposes.
Inventor: LEMKA ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 16,913. Lemka, A. Aug. 21. Trawling-gear.- Rollers for the foot ropes of trawl nets are protected by flanged segmental metallic caps b placed round the rollers, and the ends of the holes through which the rope passes are protected by bushes d having flanges e, which are overlapped by the flanges c of the segmental parts b. A band f, preferably driven or shrunk on the roller, holds the metallic covering tightly in place, and gives additional protection. When a wide band is used, it may be secured by means of screws or spikes in addition to, or instead of, the shrinking.
Patent GB-190517627-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Automatically Discharging Liquids from a Receptacle through two or more Discharge Openings in any Desired Order.
Inventor: BATTISCOMBE CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-08-31
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 17,627. Battiscombe, C. A. Aug. 31. Siphons. - Apparatus for automatically discharging liquids from a receptacle through two or more outlets in any desired order is stated to be especially applicable for supplying sewage to distributors, filter-beds, and irrigation areas. The liquid flows from a common chamber or conduit 6, Fig. 1, over weirs or baffle-plates 4 into a series of compartments 3, each of which has a trough-discharge siphon 1. The crown of the siphon has a groove 13 of triangular or curved section, extending the length of the trough and increasing in height from the ends to the middle. The float 18 rises with the liquid level in the compartment 3, and, its rod being pivoted about the shaft 20, it turns the shaft by means of a ratchet-wheel 24. The shaft carries a cam 26, which lifts a roller 27 and the spindle 28 of a valve 25, thus opening an airpipe 15 connected to the groove 13. The outlet of the discharge chamber 2 is restricted, so that sufficient liquid is retained to seal the trap 16 after discharge from the compartment 3 has taken place. Other means of actuating the air valve from the shaft 20 are described. In one modification, an eccentric pin on the shaft engages with a ring or stirrup on the valve-rod; in another, the upper end of the valve-rod is turned or bent over a cam on the shaft. The float 18 and valve 25 are adjustable on their rods 19, 28. In a modified arrangement, shown in Fig. 6, for rotating the shaft, the float rises and falls on a vertical rod 19 and carries a pawl 23, which engages teeth formed on the face of the wheel 24. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 7, the air-pipe is omitted and the valve 25 is applied to a seat on an opening in the groove 13. The shaft 20 carries a disk 39 with a circular series of holes, at any one of which a roller 38 may be fixed. The roller engages with a projection 40 on the valve-rod. The valve is closed by means of a second float in the discharge chamber. A further modification is shown in Fig. 9. A bucket 25 and a float 48 are attached to the spindle 46, the float being situated in a chamber open to the siphon. The discharge fills the bucket, which is raised by means of the float, so as to form with the sleeve 47 a seal for the air outlet. The arrangement is held up by a catch 51 pivoted on a standard 52, until the shaft 20 releases the catch and the siphon is again discharged.
Patent GB-190518482-A (GB)
Title: Temperature-regulated Valve-apparatus, or the like
Inventor: PAETOW HANS
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 18,482. Paetow, H. Sept. 13. Steam traps; thermostats.-The valve e of an expansion type steam trap or other temperatureregulated apparatus is closed by the expansion of mercury or other liquid in a tube h. When steam enters the casing a, the pressure of the liquid, due to its expansion, acting upon a head k formed on the valve-rod f, and working in a tube m, closes the valve against the action of a spring n.
Patent GB-190526669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway and like Brakes
Inventor: STAVE THEODORE
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 26,669. Stave, T. Dec. 21. Variable-speed gearing.-In a hand-power brake for electric and like railway vehicles, the handwheel C is connected to the chain-winding spindle A by two sets of toothed gear d, d' and b, b<1>, giving two different ratios of transmission, one for rapidly taking up the slack and the other for giving an increased power over the brakes, the change from one to the other being made automatically. The spindle D carrying the gears d<1>, b<1> is mounted to slide in its bearings and is connected to the handwheel by a strong spring E and a nut F working on a quick-threaded screw. When the brakes are released, a spring K holds the wheels d, d<1> in gear. When the hand-wheel is turned to apply the brakes, the power is transmitted through the wheels d, d' until the resistance is such that the nut F is carried to the top of the screw, thus pulling up the shaft D and changing the gear. On release of the handwheel, the nut F is pulled down as far as two spring studs M so that both gears are engaged and the brake locked on. On the hand-wheel being turned backwards, the nut F passes the studs M, and the brakes are released.
Patent GB-190600560-A (GB)
Title: Valves for Air Compressors and like Machines.
Inventor: WILSON FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-09
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 560. Wilson, F. W. Jan. 9. Piston valves; check valves.-Relates to valves for controlling the inlet and discharge of gases in air-compressors and like machines such as are described in Specification No. 4923, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.]. The piston valve f, which controls the passage of the fluid to and from the compressing-cylinder a through the ports c, d, consists of three metal castings g, h, i detachably secured together by a bolt k. Within the valve f are mounted two annular non-return valves l, m controlling the annular ports n, o. In the event of the valves l, m sticking, the piston valve can be readily taken to pieces for repairs.
Patent GB-190603285-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brush for use in connection with the Washing and Cleaning of Bottles and the like.
Inventor: BLAIR JAMES LAVERTON
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 3285. Blair, J. L. Feb. 10. Handles.-Bottle-cleaning brushes are provided with a spirally wound rubber or other covering c to the handle and a mop d of textile or other material in order to prevent scratching of the glass.
Patent GB-190603797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Protecting Objects from Contamination by Dogs.
Inventor: ROESSLING OSKAR
Filed: 1906-02-15
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 3797. R÷ssling, O., and Knop, P. Feb. 15. Goods, protecting from dogs.-Dogs are repelled from goods exposed for sale by surrounding the goods by a hollow frame containing an aromatic substance. The frames may be used as borders for door and window frames, shop fronts, &c. Fig. 1 shows a single perforated or slotted tubular frame, and Fig. 7 a collapsible fence or guard formed of a number of such elements. The aromatic substance is prevented from falling out by wire-gauze c.
Patent GB-190607729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coffins.
Inventor: DUX ADAM
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 7729. Dux, A. March 30. Coffins are made with a glass panel d covered by a sliding decorative ledge c, and are lighted by a glow-lamp &c. inserted in a glass bell f.
Patent GB-190610571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GREVES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 10,571. Groves, T. May 5. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, vaporizing in. The vaporizing - chamber of a four-stroke-cycle oil-engine is in open communication with the cylinder through a passage of restricted area and is heated at starting. It has a water jacket in which steam is generated ; the steam is passed into the cylinder where it is condensed, and is then returned into the vaporizing-chamber on the compression stroke. Fig. 1 is a section showing the vaporizing-chamber A, and jacket C with waterinlet valve E. Holes D admit steam into the cylinder.
Patent GB-190614797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Incandescent Lighting.
Inventor: ROBIN JACOB IGNATZ
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 14,797. Robin, J. I. June 28. Incandescent gas &c. lamps.-For ease in fitting the holding-ring e of mantles to #-shaped supports b, the bottom of the loop cis split and can be opened out by pressing the legs b inwards. The ring e is preferably attached to the mantle during the manufacture of same.
Patent GB-190617933-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Armour Plates for Protecting Ships and other Objects Made of Steel or Alloys of Steel.
Filed: 1906-08-09
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 17,933. Marks, E. C. R., [Soc. Anon. Italiana G. Ansaldo, Armstrong, & Co.]. Aug. 9. Armour-plating. - Armour-plates composed of layers of which some contain one or more foreign metals forming alloys with the steel, are made by pressing the plate with a granular mixture containing the metals in a free state or in unstable combination and containing if desired carbonaceous matter or metallic oxide. The temperature of the action depends on the steel employed, and should lie between the last critical point and a temperature near the point of fusion. The time of the action depends on the depth of diffusion desired. Such treatment may be repeated several times and is alternated with suitable mechanical and heat treatments. The metals mentioned as suitable for forming the mixtures are chromium, nickel, tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, silicon, and uranium. Plates formed as above described will, after tempering, possess different physical properties in the various layers.
Patent GB-190618317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 18,317. Justice, P. M., [Melms & Pfenninger Ges.]. Aug. 15. Elastic-fluid turbines.-To reduce the leakage through the packing k in a parallel-flow turbine, the chamber i is connected to the steam space c so reducing the fall in pressure between band k. The chamber is shown connected by openings g, d<1>, but it may be connected by a pipe. The end thrust on the turbine is balanced by the steam pressure on the shoulder b.
Patent GB-190618839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding or Collapsable Seats.
Inventor: STREET FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1906-08-23
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 18,839. Street, F. T. Aug. 23. Stays.-The legs b of a folding seat a are hinged to the top at b<1> and are held in place by stays c, hinged at c' to the legs and secured at their inner ends to the top of thumb-screws e passing through holes or slots d, Fig. 5, in the stays and engaging with nuts f in elongated grooves i formed in plates g fixed to the underside of the seat. The stays may be held by wing-nuts or by spring bolts. When in the folded position, the stays c lie flat against the under face of the seat and are again fixed by thumb screws or wing-nuts, or by spring bolts, the latter in this position passing over the stays. In the case of seats provided with folding backs, the end bars of the backs are pivoted at o<1> on the ends of the seat, and are supported when in use against the inclined edges of blocks p, folding into a horizontal position and resting on the horizontal edges of the blocks when not in use. A modified form of support for the end bars consists of a plate or block q, Fig. 7, with suitable ledges s, t.
Patent GB-190619859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locking Nuts.
Inventor: PASQUIER ABEL
Filed: 1906-09-06
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 19,859. Pasquier, A. Sept. 6. Locking nuts.-A nut c is locked by hammering down upon it the end of a wire pin d, placed in a groove in the bolt and having a bent end d' which engages a recess b on the inner face of the bolt head. Two s u c h locking-pins may be used, as shown.
Patent GB-190624495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Paper Tubes.
Inventor: AMBLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 24,495. Ambler, W. Nov. 2. Paper tubes. - Relates to paper-tube machines m o r e particularly for making cop tubes. The paper damped in the ordinary manner passes from the feed-rollers over a plate 3. A shear blade 5 removes an angular piece from the edge of the web as at 8, Fig. 3. The paper passes between rollers 4, and a blade 10 cuts it diagonally as shown by the dotted line, Fig. 3, or the paper may be perforated diagonally by suitable rollers. The paper then becomes engaged between the narrow endless belts 12 and the wide endless belt 13, which convey it to the spindle 21. The belt 13 serves to transfer paste to the paper from a pulley 19 revolving in a trough 20: The pasted paper is formed into a tube on the rapidly rotating spindle 21, from which the finished tube is stripped by a reciprocating stripper 22 of ordinary construction operated by a cam 23 and spring 27. The necessary pressure on the paper during winding is obtained by flexible vanes 32 on a boss 31 driven by eccentric wheels 33. The circumferential speed of the rollers 14 between which the belts 12, 13 pass is greater than that of the rollers 4. In a modification, Fig. 6, the belt 13 near the spindle is supported by a stud 34 on a lever 35<A>, to which a rising and falling movement is imparted by the disk' and connecting-rod 36.
Patent GB-190626941-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Forming Insulation Tubes.
Inventor: MEIROWSKY MAX
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 26,941. Meirowsky, M. Nov. 27. Tubes of fibrous materials ; paper tubes.-In the manufacture of insulation tubes by winding fibrous material on to a mandrel, with or without a layer of insulating-material such as mica, the fibrous material is powerfully stretched so that it will itself form the outer mould or shape. The fibrous material p, of width equal to the required length of tube, is carried on a roll k fitted with a band brake r controlled by a screw and nut t. The material p is passed over a roller q, and between freely rotating hollow rollers c heated by gas-jets h. The material is rolled once round an independent mandrel v, shown in position for this purpose on the table u in dotted lines. The roll k is then turned back by hand, bringing the mandrel v into position in contact with the rollers c, as shown in full lines, the mandrel being pressed against the rollers by the pull of the fabric p, The mandrel is rotated by means of the handle w, until a tube of sufficient thickness is obtained. motion being communicated from the mandrel to the rollers c by friction ; the requisite tension of the fabric is obtained by the brake r. Before passing between the rollers c, the fabric is coated with suitable adhesive or insulating material. In a modification (not shown), the rollers c are themselves driven by suitable gear ; in this case, the mandrel v is rotated by friction from the rollers c, against which it is pressed by auxiliary hand-applied pressure rollers. In another modification, Fig. 6, the mandrel is mounted in a frame G the material passing over guide rollers M. A angular heating- support R is lightly pressed by springs against the mandrel, which is rotated by suitable gearing and is itself preferably heated internally. The tension of the material is obtained by the band brake r controlled by a weight H. Insulating-material T may be wound with the fibrous material.
Patent GB-190627317-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Eliminating Interference Between Telephonic and Telegraphic or Low Frequency Currents Transmitted Simultaneously over the same Line.
Inventor: DUO CELIO
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 27,317. Duo, C. Nov. 30. Telegraphs; telephone systems.-A transformer for eliminating interference between telephonic and te!egrapbic or other low-frequency currents transmitted simultaneously over the same line comprises a coil included in the line circuit wound inductively on an iron core, and a second coil, closed on itself and including a telephone receiver, wound parallel with the first coil. The second coil consists of two parts A, A' and B, B<1>, wound parallel with the line coil D, D<1>, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that the inductive effects of the low-frequency currents passing through the coil D, D<1> are neutralized in the coil A, A<1>, B, B<1>, but the electrostatic effects of the high-frequency telephone currents act cumulatively on the telephones T<1>, T<2>.
Patent GB-190704364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescing Bodies for Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1907-02-21
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 4364. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 21. Incandescent lamps.-Silicon is added to carbon filaments by placing these in powdered previouslyignited quartz, or silicon, or a silicide such as that of chromium, and heating the whole for an hour or so to about 1500‹ C. The heating may be affected in a vacuum furnace of the type described in Specification No. 20,809, A.D. 1904, the filaments in bundles being packed with the quartz &c. in a graphite crucible. The quartz is not melted, but a considerable amount of gas is given off during the heating, the filaments decreasing in length and assuming a bronze colour. The treated filaments are afterwards heated without the siliceous material, preferably to 2000‹ C., until nothing is delivered to the vacuum pump ; in this heating the filaments may be packed in carbon. The finished filaments are more dull than carbon filaments.
Patent GB-190708422-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the De-acidification and Purification of Old Butter.
Inventor: BREDENKAMP JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 8422. Bredenkamp, J., and Christiansen, H. April 11. Butter.-The acid in old butter is neutralized by alkali in the apparatus shown. The butter is melted in the jacketed vessel a and stirred by the vanes c, the stirrers being warmed by hot water passing through the pipe f within the hollow axle e. The stirrer is then stopped and a sliding door h opened to allow albumen, salt, and water to escape into a vessel k. The stirrers are then set in motion, the butter is brought to a suitable temperature, which is higher for a greater percentage of acid in the butter, and a regulated quantity of the neutralizing-liquid is admitted from the vessel l.