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Patent GB-190626865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Cream Separators and Churns.
Filed: 1906-11-26
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 26,865. Marks, E. C. R., [Barkley, R. W.]. Nov. 26. Treadle mechanism. - Relates chiefly to driving- gear for cream separators and churns. The apparatus is supported on a stand which also carries vessels to receive the separated liquid. To the stand is attached a hollow casting g, supporting the shaft h of the separator or churn and provided with a removable back k which carries the driving- gear. The latter consists of a drum o loosely mounted on a shaft n and containing a spring 5, Fig. 5, secured at one end to the drum and at the other end to a washer 6 attached to the casing m, Fig. 2, by pins 7. The drum o is rotated by pulling out a cord q, and carries a pawl u, which drives the toothed wheel t through a rack v, the motion being communicated to the spindle h by the gearing shown. When the cord q is released, it is coiled on the drum again by the spring 5, and the rack v and pawl u allow the motion of the separator to continue. Two drums o may be provided so that the apparatus may be driven continuously. The apparatus may also be arranged so that the separator is driven by the spring as the cord is drawn in, instead of by pulling the cord out. The spindle h runs in a bearing comprising a sleeve 13 held in place by three spring plungers 15 in a loose outer collar 14. Fig. 8 shows the apparatus applied to a churn. The spindle h supports a vessel fitted with inspection windows 20 and containing an axle 22 carrying beater arms 23. The upper end of the axle 22 is attached to the bracket 25 by a clamp 24.
Patent GB-190627606-A (GB)
Inventor: JACQUEMIN LOUIS
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 2 7 , 6 0 6. Jacquemin, L., Jacquemin, F., and Arcelin, P., [trading as Soc. L. Jacquemin et Cie]. May 30, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spectacles etc.; operaglasses &c. - A lens is readily inserted in or removed from its frame or mount by means of a nut e, which by engaging with a screwed stud a fixed to the frame distends and contracts it. The nut is arranged in a slot formed in a lug f projecting from the frame. The end of the thread on the stud acts as a stop limiting the distention of the frame.
Patent GB-190700173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Appliances for Recreative Purposes.
Inventor: CLOUGH JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-03
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 173. Clough, J. Jan. 3. Railways and canals for recreation; toy railways; toy vehicles.-A submerged track, preferably undulating, with rails to carry a submergible boat, carriage, or vessel, is designed to provide a submarine switchback or shoot. The structure is erected with platforms A, A<1> which are connected by one or more tracks B, laid in a canal or tank, or in part of a natural or artificial lake. The boat or carriage D is cigar-shaped and mounted on wheels H running on rails b. It is fitted with seats E, entrance and exit hatchways d<2>, d<3>, companion ladders E', port holes F, a conning-tower d', and telescopic ventilating-shafts G adapted to project above the surface of the water when the vessel is submerged. A second set of wheels II<1>, running on the underside of guide-rails b<1>, maintain the boat submerged ; or the boat may be weighted or made heavy enough to traverse the rails under water without floating off them. The boats are propelled by cables operated, for example, by a winding-engine in a power house M. The structure may be made in diminutive proportions to serve as a toy. According to the Provisional Specification, the boats may be propelled by gravity, by a motor, or by a cable; also, rails may be arranged outside the canal for the boats to return to the starting point.
Patent GB-190701301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Ignition Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CLIFT ERIC HOLLOCOOMBE
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 1301. Clift, E. H. Jan. 18. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A magnetoelectric machine used in the ignition system of an internal-combustion engine is geared so as to run at a high speed when the engine is starting, and to prevent the machine from being overloaded when the engine speeds up. The effective flux through the armature of the magneto is varied by moving in or out of the field magnets x and an iron keeper a. Or, according to the Provisional Specification, a shield may be moved over the pole-pieces.
Patent GB-190702568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation and Use of Direct Cotton Dyestuffs for Dyeing
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2568. Read Holliday & Sons, Turner, J., and Dean, H. Feb. 1. Dyes, artificial.-Compositions for direct dyeing are prepared by mixing sulphonated #-naphthylrosanilines, azo dyes derived from benzidine, tolidine, dianisidine, or other suitable p-diamines, and an organic acid, such as oxalic or tartaric acid, or an inorganic acid salt, such as sodium bisulphate, or a salt, such as ammonium acetate, which in a heated dye-bath produces an acid salt or free acid. According to an example, disulphonated tri-#- naphthylrosaniline is mixed with titan blue 3 B (prepared from tetrazotized dianisidine, R salt, and 1 : 4 7 -naphthol disulphonic acid) and tartaric acid. Specification No. 9689, A.D. 1893, is referred to.
Patent GB-190702613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Maximum Demand or Rebate Indicators.
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 2613. Hatfield, H. S., and Reason Manufacturing Co. Feb. 1. Current and e n e r g y meters. - For indicating the maximum current or energy taken during an hour or other definite period, a wheel is driven by a supply meter by means of a differential gear, and is returned to a zero position at the end of each such period, leaving a non- return pointer in the maximum position. A spindle 4, driven through a gear-wheel 2 from the meter, has an arm carrying a planet-pinion 9, which engages between two loose crown - wheels 5, 6, of which the wheel 5 is connected to a loose disk 7, and the wheel 6 to one end of a fixed spring 11. During each hour, the disk 7 is held by brakes, and the pinion 9 drives the wheel 6, which by means of an arm 8 turns a loose wheel 13, carrying a pointer 1. When the hour expires, the disk 7 is freed for a short time, and the spring 11 returns the wheel 6 to its original position, the arm 8 being arrested by a stop. Two springs for braking the disk 7 are carried by pivoted levers 21, 22, which engage by pins with a snail-cam 16 on the hour spindle of the clock-work. The disk 7 is free from both brake springs only during the interval between the passage of the two pins over the tip of the snail. A light spring brake is applied to the wheel 13, and another to the gear-wheel 2 to prevent its turning back.
Patent GB-190703915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: REYNOLDS ALLEYNE
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 3915. Reynolds, A. Feb. 16. Heating by electricity; heating water.-The air of rooms, carriages, &c. is heated by the passage of a current through powdered carbon, or through a mixture of powdered carbon and material of greater resistivity enclosed within walls of carbon or iron, provided with radiating gills and with or without a lining of electrically insulating but thermally conducting material. In Fig. 1, two concentric cast-iron cylinders b, c are fitted with a non-conducting lining'd. The space between the cylinders is filled with the carbon mixture, and contact is made by electrodes f. An insulating-partition e causes the current to travel up and down the cylinder. Gills b<1>, c' are fitted to increase the radiating surface. In alternative arrangements, the current flows between annular electrodes at the top and the bottom respectively, or between vertical rod electrodes. The apparatus may be used for heating water.
Patent GB-190706793-A (GB)
Title: Pocket Filter
Inventor: SCHIMMANG ERNST
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 6793. Schimmang, E. March 21. Aerating liquids.-A perforated receiver is placed between the filtering-surface and the suction pipe of a pocket filter. The receiver is filled with bicarbonate of soda, effervescent powder, or the like to give off carbon dioxide &c. and remove the flatness of the water. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the receiver takes the form of a box b, held in the filter casing a between asbestos layers c. Outside the layers c are perforated disks d with tubular enlargements at the edges, asbestos layers e, and perforated disks f, the edges of which are bent into a channel form. Tight joints are thus obtained when covers g are screwed on to the case a. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which a spherical receiver b is placed in a part box h in the suction tube.
Patent GB-190713521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fluid Pressure Hammers.
Inventor: SCOTT-KING THOMAS
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 13,521. King, T. Scott-, and Norris, W. June 11. 'Drawings to Specification. Equilibrium valves; piston valves.-A balanced stop valve for hammers of the kind described in Specification No. 23,435, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Steam engines], consists of two pistons on a common spindle with curved cutting-off edges.
Patent GB-190717902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Mounting Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: BURTART HENRI JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 17,902. Burtart, H. J., and Gerrard, E. A. Aug. 6. Axles; undercarriages; springs.-Relates to the arrangement of the elastic couplings between the hub bearing and the axle in vehicles with eccentrically mounted wheels. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the wheel rotates on two annular ball bearings 5 about a hollow box 3, the front of which is removable, pivoted eccentrically to the fixed axle 1. Fixed to the axle is a finger 7, between which and a projection 8 in the box an elastic member 9 is placed, such as a wedge of rubber or an arrangement of Belleville rings or other springs. The device may be made to act in both directions by adding a second projection 11 and wedge 12. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which several fingers 7 are used, separated from the projections 8 by Belleville rings 9. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which an arm 13 fixed to one face of the box 3 is connected by a rod 14 to a plate spring 9 or other spring. For steering-wheels, the box may be mounted on the swivelling axle and the road wheel carried on a short axle fixed to the box.
Patent GB-190717974-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Making Divisions on, and Cuts, Lettings In, Pullings Out and Drawings In, in Skins and the like, and the Drawings and Pattern-sheets required therefor.
Inventor: KATZER JOZSEF
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 17,974. Katzer, J. Aug. 7. Cutting-out.-Consists in a method of and means for marking furs and skins whereby their subsequent deformation, splitting, re-arrangement, and accurate stitching into the made-up form are facilitated, the invention also being applicable to the production of pattern sheets. The skin is marked with lines by means of a pencil which is drawn along a graduated and notched ruler of the section shown in Fig. 4, or with squares by means of several rulers mounted in a frame, as shown in Fig. 1, the distance between the notches e being an empirical unit which determines the spacing of the lines or squares. The ruler has projections d for engaging the skin firmly, and a central perforation f which enables lines to be easily drawn at equal distances from the median line of the skin. The square divisions are preferred for teaching and obtaining pattern records, and the linear divisions for practical work. Figs. 12 to 15 show the steps for converting a skunk skin into a half muff, the figures throughout. appearing in the squares as drawn on the original skin, Fig. 12. The dotted and full lines on the skin respectively represent cuts and stitched seams, and the shaded areas represent waste material.
Patent GB-190718657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gun Covers
Inventor: RICHARDS WESTLEY
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 18,657. Richards, W. Aug. 19. Gun cases.-A case is constructed to contain two guns at full length side by side. Each gun is retained in a separate pocket by a strap I, Fig. 2, so that the case can be turned up to remove one gun without the other falling out. A hinged lid B covers the ends of both the pockets. A pocket 0 for a cleaning-rod may also be provided.
Patent GB-190719614-A (GB)
Title: Press for Cement Bricks, Slabs, and the like.
Inventor: FEHR OSKAR
Filed: 1907-09-02
Granted: 1908-09-02
Abstract: 19,614. Fehr, O. Sept. 2. Moulding bricks, slabs, &c.-A cement brick or like press is provided with a transverse series of moulds carried by a reciprocating frame 35, which is operated by means of rotary cams arranged at the sides of the machine to bring the moulds in turn below a filling apparatus, a pressing-plate 1, and discharging-devices 26. The pressing-plate 1 carries a series of plungers fitting into the moulds 26 and is hung from toggle links 2, 3 which are operated by cams 10 mounted on a shaft 11 acting upon pins 9 carried by links 8, which are connected to the toggle joints by links 6. The shaft 11 is driven from the main shaft 19 through gearing 18, 16, 14, 12, and drives another shaft 24 through gearing 22, 23. Disks 30 mounted on the shaft 24 are provided with cam-grooves 31, 32 on opposite sides, which operate the discharging device 26 and delivery device 33 respectively. The bricks are removed upon pallet boards 34 placed upon a conveyer 48 and raised in turn by the delivery device 33 to receive the bricks as they are discharged from the moulds.
Patent GB-190720706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoods for Photographic Lenses.
Inventor: WHEELER OWEN
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 20,706. Wheeler, O. Sept. 18. Lenses.-A shading hood for lenses consists of a collapsible or telescopic series of rings, secured in front of the lens. To retain the rings in extended position, the spring rings are notched at intervals c and have channelled edges e, d, by which successive rings engage. To prevent light from entering through the slots c, inner protecting-plates f cover the slots, and these have tapering flanges which form guides to the rings immediately inside and prevent looseness of the rings when collapsed. Each ring has further a depending flange b to reflect any light striking against the inner surface of the hood.
Patent GB-190720777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Burners for Welding Plates or the like.
Inventor: DRAEGER JOHANN HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 20,777. Drõger, J. H., and Drõger, A. B., [trading as Drõgerwerk, H. & B. Drõger]. Sept. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Blowpipe burners.- Relates to burners such as oxygen - acetylene burners for plate welding, and consists in adapting such burners to work of varying size. Parallel chambers a, b, for acetylene &c. and oxygen respectively, open into a transverse chamber c,. the oxygen nozzle d being in alinement with the mixing- nozzle f and mouthpiece m. The outlet from the acetylene &c. chamber is formed in an interchangeable nozzle or plate k with a piece of gauze in front of it. Within a limited range of work, it is only necessary to alter the oxygen pressure and fit a mouthpiece of suitable size, while for a wider alteration the plate k is changed for one with a different aperture. Ready access to the interior for this and other purposes is obtained by screwed caps i. The gas pipes enter the chambers a, b at right-angles.
Patent GB-190721304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Players for Musical Instruments.
Inventor: GENZEL EDUARD ANDREAS
Filed: 1907-09-25
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 21,304. Genzel, E. A. Sept. 25. Automatic instruments.-The tracker box 2 and the tune-sheet winding-mechanism 5 are mounted in a framework 1 adapted to be placed over the keyboard of a piano or the like so as not to interfere with the manual operation of the instrument when in position. The tracker ports are connected by channels, formed by grooves in a pair of boards, to holes in the base-blocks of the framework. The key-blocks, on which these base-blocks are adapted to rest, are bored with similar series of holes which are connected by similar channel boards 21<a> and pipes 16 to the pneumatic action 19, located within the piano case below the key-bed. Pneumatic means for operating the celeste rod 29 comprises a bellows 25, with a push-rod 27, connected by a pipe to a similar bellows, which is connected by a link 28 to an arm 23 of the celeste rod. The clock-work or electric motor for driving the tune-sheet is controlled by a centrifugal governor and friction brake, and the reversing gear is operated by means of a lever 7.
Patent GB-190723518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Torpedo Tubes.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1907-10-24
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 23,518. Justice, P. M., [Fiat-San Giorgio (Soc. Anon.)]. Oct. 24. Ejecting-tubes.-The door 1<a> is closed by means of a link 4 and a screwed spindle and nut 7, 6 operated by a rod 13. A screwed nut 17 on the rod 13 is adapted to look the firing-lever 22 when the door is closed. The lock bolt 30 and the firing-valve 35 are operated by a common lever 22. A slot-and-pin connexion 33 is provided, so that the bolt 30 may be removed before the valve 35 is opened.
Patent GB-190725404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Pumps and Compressors.
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 25,404. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges Nov. 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Centrifugal pumps. - Air is withdrawn from the high vacuum of a reciprocating engine or turbine by using a centrifugal Sprengel pump for the first stage of compression and an ordinary centrifugal impeller for the second stage which takes the air up to or above atmospheric pressure. A chamber 8 surrounding a thrower 3 is connected by a conduit 9 with the condenser or other low-pressure chamber from which air is to be removed. Water introduced through a pipe 11 is projected in jets by the thrower 3 into passages 7 formed in a blade-carrying ring 6. Air is entrapped and compressed into the chamber 12, whence the mixture passes to a centrifugal pump 4 for the final compressing. The water in the mixture may be removed before reaching this pump. The pump 4 may be of the multi-stage type and may be in a separate casing ; it may also have a separate driving-motor. The apparatus may be arranged horizontally.
Patent GB-190726144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Magnets.
Inventor: EASTWOOD ARTHUR CLARKE
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 26,144. Eastwood, A. C. Nov. 26. Lifting by magnets. - Lifting - magnets of the kind described in Specification No. 7707,A.D.1905, are constructed with a renewable wearing surface provided with means for deadening the impact of the loads thereon ; the expansion and easy removal of the energizing- coil are arranged for ; and the frame of the magnet is formed with stiffening - ribs which provide a large radiating surface for the waste heat, and a maximum section of metal for the magnetic flux with a minimum weight of material. A circular dished shell A has a slightly wedge-shaped annular recess for the energizing-coil B ; the centre portion N of the shell forms the one-pole piece, and the outer ring S forms the other. The number of turns in the winding of the energizing-coil increases with the diameter, so that the whole coil is wedge-shaped in cross-section. It is covered at the bottom by two non-magnetic metal plates C', C<2>, separated by an elastic packing C<3> to absorb shock. The plate C<1> rests against ledges on the shell, while the wearing plate C<2> is secured by the wedge-shaped circular disk n<1> and a ring of bolts S<2>. The upper surface of the shell A is provided with a series of ribs a<1>, a <2>, which increase the radiating surface and at the same time stiffen the shell. The heads of the bolts S<2> lie between the ribs, as seen in Fig. 2, and thus are protected from injury. The ends of the energizing-coil pass upwards through an opening in the chamber a<3> to connecting-blocks b<1>, b<2> arranged to receive plug switches. The clearance space between the coil and the shell and a portion of the chamber a<3> is filled with an insulating - material which becomes plastic when heated. This material fixes the coil in position, and also allows it when heated to force the excess material into the chamber a<3>, thus allowing for expansion. The holes for the reception of the lifting-eyes D are drilled through the shell, and the lower ends are closed by loose washers d which prevent injury to the coil during the process of removing it by means of forcing- tools placed in the holes. Other sections of magnets may be used in place of the circular section described.
Patent GB-190728438-A (GB)
Title: Pencil Sharpener.
Inventor: SPIEGEL LEO
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 28,438. Spiegel, L. Dec. 27. Pencil-sharpeners.- The cutting-blade of a pencil-sharpener is reciprocated by hand. The pencil is yieldingly gripped by tongues 3 in a sleeve 2, to which is rigidly connected a toothed ring 6. The sleeve is also furnished with a loose disk 7, which carries a pin engaging the teeth of the ring 6, and has a downturned lug 9 having an inclined slot into which the pin 11 in the cutter-holder 12 enters. When the cutter is pressed down, the pin 11 jerks the disk 7 through a small angle, the pin on its upper surface transmitting the motion to the toothed ring 6 and to the pencil. A pawl prevents the sleeve from rotating back. Stops 14, 18, 22 are provided to limit the varying backward yielding motion of pencils oE different thickness under the action of the cutter. A bay or recess at 15 in the fixed plate 14 serves to receive large pencils, while recesses 19, 23 in the ends of flexible plates 16, 21 serve as abutments for smaller pencils, the plates being backed by pins 24, 25, which are adjusted by a rotatable piece 26, provided with pin-guides 27, 28 running up in different directions. Holes 31, 34 are made in the respectively fixed and adjustable plates 32, 33 so that by making the holes coincide, the wood only may be cut, so as to bare any length of graphite.
Patent GB-190801360-A (GB)
Title: Railway Crossing
Inventor: HOSMER ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1909-01-20
Abstract: 1360. Hosmer, A. Jan. 24, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Crossings.-Diamond crossings are formed of grooved rectangular centre-pieces provided with a base on which rest the running and check rails, suitably bent. The centre-piece A, Fig. 4, has a base A<1> to receive the adjacent rails, which enter recesses a, a<1>, thus securing the rails without using bolts through the block A. The top may be formed of tool-steel A<3> on which the steel body is cast, being preferably further secured by projections A<4>. The running rails B, Fig. 1, are twice bent near their centre, forming parts b, which rest on the base-plates A<1> and enter the recesses a, a<1>, the remaining portions of the rail being in alinement with the grooves in the centre-piece. The check rails C are U -shaped and are provided with angles c formed to lie along the centre-piece A, while the base C<2> of the U forms a running rail and is in alinement with one of the grooves of the centrepiece. Interior checks D are provided with angles d lying along the centre-pieces A, while their ends d' are cut at an angle to enable two check rails to be taken out without unbolting the remainder. Strengthening guard-rails E, F are placed outside the rails B, C, and the rails are all bolted together at intervals, suitable filling-blocks being used. The invention is equally applicable to crossings of any angle.