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Patent GB-190416544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Turbines for Steam and other Gases.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-07-27
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 16,544. Clark, W. July 27. Steam &c. turbines; coiled-tube type of rotary pumps. In the reaction turbine shown in Fig. 1, steam or other gas passes through the holes 7 into the spiral chamber 6 formed by a spirally-wound band and two end-plates to which it is attached. The area of this chamber gradually increases to allow for expansion, and it is subdivided by plates 9, 10. The steam passes between directing-vanes 11 on rings 12 attached to the casing, and through the spiral chamber 15 to the atmosphere or condenser, which consists of a series of rings 18 surrounded by circulating water. The condensed water which passes out by pipes 21, 22 is pumped back to the boiler. The ball bearing shown in Fig. 3 may be used, the leakage being conveyed to a low-pressure portion of the turbine. Similar ball bearings may be used between the inlet pipe and the pipe 1, as shown in Fig. 4. Several turbines for rotating in opposite directions may be supported on one shaft, and the exhaust from one chamber may be used in another.
Patent GB-190425078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Ignition Devices for Internal-combustion Engines
Inventor: ARON EUGEN
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,078. Aron, E., [trading as Continental Hardware and Cycle Co.], [Boulez, L.]. Nov.18. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The sparking-plugs shown in Figs. 1 and 2 have a body of mica d, which rests on a shoulder formed on the rod b, and is held in position by the nut e. Beneath the mica, and contained within the o u t e r casing a, is a piece of porcelain or other material g which tends to prevent oily deposits from passing to, and saturating, the mica. The sparking-points may be arranged as shown.
Patent GB-190426920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Light Electrodes and Methods of Making the same
Inventor: LINDSAY CHARLES FOWLER
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,920. Lindsay, C. F. Dec. 10, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Arc lamps, electrodes for. The oxides of iron and titanium are mixed in proportions comprising from 7 to 50 per cent. of the latter, with the addition of 1 per cent. of potassium carbonate. The mixture is either moistened and made plastic and moulded or mixed with about 10 per cent. of coke. In either case, the mass is fired in crucibles at a temperature of about 1200‹ C. The more or less reduced material is then reground and mixed and again made plastic by the use of glycerine and water or other fluid binder and formed into pencils. These are baked and afterwards packed in powdered coke and again fired, than allowed to cool gradually, and polished or brushed.
Patent GB-190500736-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Dry Meters
Inventor: ALEXANDER WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-01-14
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 736. Alexander, W. Jan. 14. Rotary or oscillating sector valves.- A valve for use in dry gas - meters contains four ports in one plane and a valve cover Q, pivoted to a lever, one end of which rotates about a fixed point E. Three of the ports are successively put in communication with the centre port, the cover having an ovoidal motion.
Patent GB-190504366-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Telescopes, Binoculars and like Glasses.
Inventor: AITCHISON JAMES
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1906-05-02
Abstract: 4366. Aitchison, J. March 2. Telescopes.-In object glasses for telescopes, binoculars, and like glasses, the ratio of aperture to focal length is increased by the use of combinations of two or more lenses of larger diameter than is usual mounted near together. Such a combination of the lenses c with an intermediate air space d is shown in Fig. 3. It is stated that, by proper selection and arrangement of lenses, spherical and chromatic aberrations may be more perfectly corrected. The curves, axial thicknesses, and optical constants of the component lenses of one system are given in the Specification.
Patent GB-190505166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connecting-rods for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SCATCHARD FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 5166. Scatchard, F. March 13. Connecting - rods for single-acting internal - combustion engines. Back-lash is prevented by springs acting on the caps. In the rod shown in Fig. 1, the springs f, f<1> are contained in sockets. The smallend cap a' is acted on by a spring g confined by a crossbar m secured to projections k, k<1> on the rod.
Patent GB-190513070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Sale and Delivery Machines.
Inventor: BARRETT GEORGE WILSON
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 13,070. Barrett, G. W. June 24. Sale apparatus; storage.-In an apparatus for the sale of postage stamps &c., each stamp is inserted into and projects from one of a pile of cases 1 of folded metal, formed preferably with notches 3 taking over guides 4 in the reservoir 2, which is provided with inturned edges 8. The guides may be provided with ratchet teeth, with which a weight 5, pressing on to the cases, engages. Delivery mechanism.-The ejectment slide 17, which is guided by carriers 20, having been released by the falling coin, is pressed outwards by the spring 18, its projecting part 19 pushing forward the lowest case, which is pressed against the box 10 forming the cover of the apparatus, the stamp projecting through the slot 7. The stamp is then removed, and the case falls beneath the table 9, being retained within the machine. Coin action; money shoots.-The coin is inserted in the slot 12 and forced downwards, turning the lever 13 about its pivot 14 and forcing back the slide 17 against the action of the spring 18, when the down-turned end of a rod 23, which works in a bearing in the table 9, is pressed into an aperture in the slide by the action of a spring 24. The coin falls down the coin shoot into the arresting- compartment, its edge striking the base 27, which slopes towards the sloping or vertical back 28, the coin then falling on to and depressing the pivoted lever 26, thereby raising the rod 23 and freeing the ejectment slide.
Patent GB-190513735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Wheels
Inventor: GIBBS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-04
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 13,735. Gibbs, W. July 4 Moulding wheel tyres. - Tyres are moulded from ground cork and rubber, or rubber solution, or ground cork and oxidized linseed oil. The materials are kneaded together between cylindrical rollers,and moulded between grooved rollers A, Fig. 3, set to form the tyre-shape, and separated for removal of the tyre by turning the screws C.
Patent GB-190515517-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Products of Condensation of Phenol-alcohols.
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 15,517. Fabriques de Produits de Chimie Organique de Laire. Sept. 16, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Phenol- and naphthol-alcohols and their condensation products.-Bodies resembling gums and resins and capable of being used as such are produced by the condensation of phenolalcohols or naphtholalcohols or mixtures thereof, by heating them under reduced pressure. The phenolalcohols &c. used may be prepared by the action of formaldehyde on phenols &c. In examples, resinous products are obtained from saligenin, p-oxybenzylalcohol, and the phenol-alcohol derived from pcresol. The products from saligenin resemble gum lac, and those from cresols resemble copal and hard African resins, both in hardness and in their slight solubility in alcohol.
Patent GB-190524008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire-drawing Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON HUGH LINDSEY
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-11-21
Abstract: 24,008. Lake, H. H., [Thompson, H. L.]. Nov. 21. Drawing.-In a machine for drawing heavy wire, the die-carrier 8 is universally pivoted at 9, 11 and rests on a counterbalanced table 13, while the end of a coil resting on the pan 12 is passed radially of the horizontal drum 1 in-between the gripping-jaws of the same. When the drum rotates, the pull of the wire and the balance weight cause the table 13 to be raised to the level of, and to form a continuation of, a horizontal guide for the carrier 8, the wire then being tangential to the drum. The drum may be weighted, so that when disengaged from its driving-gear, the gripping-jaws 5, 6, which are mounted as described in Specification No. 24,008A, A.D. 1905, will come opposite to the lowest position of the die. The table 13 and a treadle 22 carry racks, engaging wheels 20 on the counterbalanced shaft 16. The table may be kept in its lowest position by a spring stop controlled by a hand-wheel 28.
Patent GB-190524182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: BRAUNER HERMANN
Filed: 1905-11-23
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 24,182. Brauner, H. Nov. 23. Stuffing - boxes.-The packing round the piston valves shown in Figs 1 and 2 is adjusted, while the valves are in use, by means of a ported sleeve b forced against the packing by means of an adjustable valve-spindle guide h, Fig. 1, or by means of a screw l, Fig. 2. In anotber arrangement, the packing can be tightened when the valve is closed, by screwing down the valve farther.
Patent GB-190526938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney or Ventilating Shaft Tops.
Inventor: LINDSAY JOHN
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 26,938. Lindsay, J. Dec. 27. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-The outer vanes b of a revolving top are formed as pockets and are placed obliquely as shown in Fig. 1. The top is connected to the spindle b<2>, Fig. 3, by crossbars b', b<5>, and the spindle b<2> runs in an oil cup C on a cross-bar c. The lower ends of the inner vanes B<1> depend into the fixed part A of the top.
Patent GB-190602891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bakers' Ovens
Inventor: PETRI GUNTHER HECTOR
Filed: 1906-02-06
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 2891. Petri, G. H. Feb. 6. Bakers' ovens.-The loaves are supported on a flexible web E, which can be drawn into the oven by chains passing over pulleys G, H, and can be withdrawn on to the movable table D by a hooked rod F. The web preferably consists of wire netting embedded in asbestos. The door B, which slides in vertical guides formed in the projecting portion b of the door frame B<2>, is of the same width as the baking-chamber, and can be opened by means of the chains C and pulleys C<1>. Perforated waterpipes J<3> are fixed round the sides and back of the oven in troughs filled with gravel for the purpose of moistening the air.
Patent GB-190605421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-brushes.
Inventor: WALKUP LIBERTY
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 5421. Walkup, L. March 6. Spray-producers. -In paint sprayers of the type in which a compressed-air pipe surrounds a p i gment-conducting pipe and leads to a conical nozzle where the liquid is sprayed by the compressed air, the airpipe is provided with a conical perforated end, a space is left between the paint nozzle and the paint tube, and the external conical nozzle is adjusted by means of a separate nut. Fig. 1 shows the complete apparatus, and Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation of the air and liquid tubes and nozzle. The air-tube G is provided with a conical perforated end B, to which is secured the paint tube and nozzle I, C, in such a manner that a space P is left. An adjustable conical surrounding nozzle D is mounted on the end B to form an annular air space from which the air is forced to spray the liquid drawn from the paint nozzle C. A clainp F secured to the nut E and the nozzle D limits the lateral movement of the latter. The compressed air is led to the apparatus by the flexible tube G<3>, and a branch H leads part of this air to the pigment receptacle A to force the paint &c. through the strainer I<5>, tube I<4>, and branch I<3> into the pigment tube I to the nozzle. The tubes H, I<3> are provided with cocks geared with one another and, operated by a finger lever K<3> which is returned to its normal position by a spring L<2>.
Patent GB-190609453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cast Iron.
Inventor: WALLIS ERASMUS
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 9453. Wallis, E., and Wallis, S. April 23. Cupola-furnace charges. - Cast iron is made from a mixture of pig irons, or a single pig iron, containing approximately 3À33 per cent carbon, 1À65 per cent silicon, -04 per cent sulphur, À30 per cent phosphorous, and À47 per cent manganese. The pigs are melted in a cupola together with scrap iron and mild steel, or the steel may be melted separately and added to the molten iron.
Patent GB-190611482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Supporting the Abdominal Organs.
Inventor: MCINTOSH KATHARINE
Filed: 1906-05-16
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 11,482. McIntosh, K. May 16. Belts.-An abdominal belt is made with elastic sides d, e and inelastic pieces a, b, c stiffened with busks/and cording g. The flap h is provided with straps m which are secured to the other end of the belt by buckles l, and straps on the under flap pass through slits n to buckles on the flap h. A lace k and hooks i, j are provided for lacing. A band o attached to the bottom of the piece c is fastened by a strap p and buckle q.
Patent GB-190612906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors.
Inventor: CAREY ARTHUR BASIL
Filed: 1906-06-02
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 12,906. Carey, A. B. June 2. Carburetting.-An electric heating-coil to facilitate starting and working with heavy oils is used in an engine or other carburettor, and is preferably arranged in contact with the fuel, but may be placed in any part of the carburettor or in an air space communicating with it. Fig. 1 shows the coil placed in the spraying-nozzle and connected to conducting-plates D. The spraying-nozzle is of insulating-material. The current supplied by wires H is conveyed to the plates D by a spring clip F which can readily be detached. The coil may be wound on the outside of the nozzle or on a rod of insulating-material placed in a suitable position.
Patent GB-190620522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shields or Hoops for Bobbins, Tubes, Spools or the like.
Inventor: IRVIN WILLIAM BURDETT
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 20,522. Irvin, W. B. Sept. 15. Bobbins, spools, tubes, &c.-In order to prevent the rotation of the metal shields or hoops on the bobbins &c., the hoop is provided with one or more flat portions a, c<1>, either on the external flange or the internal flange, or on both. When the flats are made on the flange of the hoop, the flange of the bobbin may be shaped in a corresponding manner. The invention is shown in Fig. 5 applied to a warping-bobbin, and in Fig, 7 to a spool or tube. In the latter case, the hoop is milled or spun over a shoulder d on the tube, which is cylindrical at this part, the external flats a' terminating below the shoulder, as shown.
Patent GB-190620700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CROFT JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 20,700. Croft, J., Broadway, B. J., Broadway, W. L., and Broadway, J. B. Sept. 18. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-In the twostroke-cycle engine shown in Fig. 2, combustible charges are drawn into the crank chamber C and enter the cylinder through the port D when the piston reaches the end of its out-stroke. The power of the engine may be reduced by opening the valve e<1> during the compression stroke, and allowing part of the charge to be forced back into the crank chamber through the pipe E. The exhaust passage F, which communicates with the exhaust port G, Fig. 4, is provided with a valvecontrolled pipe H which transfers water vapour, present in the combustion products, from the exhaust pipe to the pump inlet D during the up-stroke of the piston B. The water vapour enters the cylinder prior to the main charge and tends to prevent pre-ignition. A modification is shown in Fig. 5, in which a flexiblechamber pump J is used for drawing in and expelling the charge. The pump draws in its charge through a port L in the piston. The motor may be used on road vehicles and velocipedes.
Patent GB-190621152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receptacles for Powdered Materials.
Inventor: WEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 21,152. West, W. Sept. 24. Box lids and covers; contents, delivering and withdrawing; tampering with, preventing and detecting.-A receptacle for powdered materials is provided with a lid 5, Fig. 3, having a shallow cupshaped projection 7 with a preferably sector-shaped opening and separated from the rest of the lid by a V-shaped depression 8. A cap 10, with an opening 11, Figs. 1 and 3, and perforations 12, is sprung over the projection 7. It may have a milled edge or a rib 15 by which it is rotated. To prevent accidental discharge during storage or transit and also to detect tampering with the contents, a disk 16 of parchment paper or other flexible material is provided.
Patent GB-190622547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries.
Inventor: JOEL HENRY FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-10-12
Abstract: 22,547. Joel, H. F. Oct. 12. Primary batteries; secondary b a t t e r i e s.- Batteries are provided with tapering enclosed channels extending from the lower to the upper parts of the cells ; the gases evolved in the cell rise up these channels and induce automatic circulation of the electrolyte. The channels are formed by the electrodes and separators. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, ribs R with tapering recesses between them are made on the electrodes P, N, and these, in combination with a separator S, form channels E tapering from the bottom I to the top O ; or the ridges may be tapered and inclined alternately in opposite directions. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, flat electrodes and inclined strip separators S are employed; or flat separators may be used with electrodes provided with inclined ribs. The channels may taper from bottom to top on one side of the central electrode, and from top to bottom on the other side thereof ; or the channels may be of hour-glass form, or wide at the centre and tapering to both ends. In the construction shown in Fig. 9, two pairs of strip separators S, S are employed, whereby channels E, E' are formed. Fig. 11 shows cylindrical electrodes P, N and a cylindrical separator S, the electrodes being shaped as shown to form the tapering channels; perforated or strip separators may be employed with such electrodes, so that the two outer channels are in connexion. Tapered helical channels may also be employed with cylindrical electrodes.
Patent GB-190623427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric Lighting Devices for Theatres and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-10-22
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 23,427. Thompson, W. P., [Schwabe & Co.]. Oct. 22. Signals, electric-lamp and time-alarm.-A lighting-device for theatres, exhibition halls, warehouses, and the like comprises one or more electric incandescent lamps, a primary or secondary battery, a switch, and a time controlling-device adapted after a definite period of working to open the switch and to prevent it from being again actuated. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement. The apparatus is all contained in or attached to a case. The controlling-device a has a hand i which at the end of the working period covers a hole g in which a key can normally be inserted to actuate the switch. The time-switch is otherwise of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-190623503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Match Splints.
Inventor: TATUM CHARLES ALBERT
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-10-23
Abstract: 23,503. Lake, H. H., [Tatum, C. A.]. Oct 23. Cutting - Mp. - A machine for cutting matches from strips of veneer of width equal to the length of a match and in which the strips are fed in parallel relation to one another against stops which limit the thickness of the severed splints has knives 18<b>, carried by chains 19 over guide-wheels 20 spaced apart so that while the knives travel continuously forward, the veneer is fed into the spaces without stopping the mechanism. The knives pass between a series of partitions 11 along which the veneers 12 are fed, and guide-fingers 14, Fig. 6. The veneers are held rigid by springs while being cut, and the splints 12<a> are forced into the carriers 39 by rods 15 driven down under guide-rollers 16 by toggle gear 31, connected to a slide 29 and operated by a rod 32 reciprocated by a cam 37 on the cutter-driving shaft 21, which is driven by bevel-gear from the main shift 27. To prevent the splints from sticking between the fingers 14 as the carrier frame advances, they are pressed out by a comb 70, moving in unison with the carriers 39, and operated from the shaft 21 by a cam 42, lever 43, and sliding rod 45, which operates a bell-crank lever 63, connected by a link to two pivoted levers 66 and arms 68 connected to the comb. The rod 45 is provided at one end with a pawl to engage a ratchet-wheel 47, Fig. 7, which drives the shafts 52, through gearing 50, 51, and thence the feedrollers 72 by gearing 76, 74, 75, 73. To permit a strip of veneer to be inserted behind another strip and pushed rapidly to the rollers, supplementary rollers 77<a> are used and are connected by ratchet mechanism to their shafts, which are driven by gears 77, 75. The carrier frames are fed along by the engagement with their cross-bars 39 of gears 55, Fig. 8, which are mounted on shafts 56 driven from the shafts 52 by bevel-gear. Successive frames may be rapidly fed into the machine till they contact with preceding frames, so as not to interfere with the driving-mechanism, by a tilting frame 57, hinged at its front end to one of the shafts 56, and having a second shaft on its free end, the gear 55 being covered by shields 57<a>. Driving-gears 58 are loose on their shafts to which they are connected by ratchet mechanism ; as, when the frame is tilted, the wheels 58 may be momentarily out of gear, a train of gearing 60, Fig. 7, is used to connect the shaft on the free end of the frame with that at the hinged end. To prevent strain, the shafts 56 are connected by gears 55<a>.
Patent GB-190624842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Edge Setter Irons with Stitch Wheel.
Inventor: LINDBERG MARTIN FREDRICK
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 24,842. Lindberg, M. F. Nov. 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Burnishing; ornamenting.- Relates to a combined edge-setting iron and stitchwheel, and consists in providing means for displacing the wheel at, or approximately at, right-angles to its pin or axle. The body of the iron is formed with a backwardly-inclined slot 4, in which is fitted a sliding piece 6. The latter is bored to receive the pin 9 and sleeve 10 of the wheel, which is secured to the pin by a setscrew 12. The piece 6 may be in the form of a screw clamp, as shown, to allow the sleeve 10 to be displaced longitudinally to correct for wear. The pin 9 is lubricated through a hole 14; to prevent the grease from spreading over its face, the front surface of the wheel is not bored.