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Patent GB-190624581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rail Sanding Apparatus for Tramway, Railway and the like Vehicles.
Inventor: MALLINS CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 24,581. Mallins, C. W. Nov. 3. Sanding rails.- An auxiliary supply of sand for use in emergencies is provided, the discharge valve being operated by the same means used for operating the valve for ordinary supply ; but in order to prevent waste, the operating-mechanism is so arranged as to require a special act on the part of the driver before the emergency discharge can be effected. The hopper may be divided by a partition 3 into a compartment 1 for ordinary supply and a compartment 2 for emergency supply, and the valve 6 is provided with two ports 7, 8 co-operating respectively with the port 9 and the edge 10 of the base of the hopper, so that when the valve is moved to the right to the extent allowable for ordinary supply, the sand escapes only through the ports 9, 7, and when it is moved further for emergency supply, the port 8 has passed the edge 10 and the double discharge takes place. The valve-operating lever 12 is connected by suitable mechanism to a punch bolt operated by the foot of the driver, the punch bolt being formed or fitted with a stop, which limits its stroke for ordinary supply, but which can be turned by the driver so as to permit a longer stroke for emergency supply. Two separate hoppers and valves may be employed.
Patent GB-190625365-A (GB)
Title: Improved Silencer for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HALLIDAY HIGLEY
Filed: 1906-11-10
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 25,365. Halliday, H., aud Simper, G. Nov. 10. Exhaust-silencers. - In a water or air cooled silencer, the cooling- chamber A is provided with a plug B w h i c h permits the removal of foreign matter, and the inlet and exhaust tubes 3, 4 are supported by a block 8 which permits their expansion. The tubes are screwed and carry collars 5- held by the nuts 7 against the seatings 6.
Patent GB-190625684-A (GB)
Title: A Self Closing Air Valve or Ventilator for Air Inlets or Ventilating Pipes in Walls of Cow-byres, Stables and Houses
Inventor: BARR JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 25,684. Barr, J. Nov. 14. Rotary or oscillating disk or sector valves.-A ventilator for stables, cow-houses, &c. comprises a plate A let into the wall and a valve H adapted to register with an aperture C in the plate. The valve H is reversible and is hung on a pivot B fitted to the plate A. The valve is opened by means of cords attached to a link M engaging with an arm J and is closed by its own weight or by means of a counterweight.
Patent GB-190626658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed and Reversing Mechanism.
Inventor: RENAUX PROSPER
Filed: 1906-11-23
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 26,658. Renaux, P. Feb. 7, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable-speed and reversing gearing. -A change-speed and reversing gearing, suitable for motor-cars, is characterized by the use of a set of radial countershafts which revolve as a whole when changing-speed. A boss 9, which may be turned by means of a projecting sleeve, carries a set of radial spindles 8 each of which is fitted with a sliding sleeve 13. The sleeves 13 carry a series of bevel-pinions 2 ... 7, and each sleeve but the last is provided with a clutch-member 15 and a groove 14 adapted to be engaged on either side by a circular cam 16. The cam 16 has a re-entrant portion 18, arranged so that as each spindle 8 comes into line with a driving-shaft 26 the sleeve 13 is depressed, causing the bevel-pinion to mesh with one of a series of wheels 19 ... 22 upon a disk 23 secured to a driven shaft 24. Then the end of the shaft 26 is moved to the left by an eccentric 28 and lever 29, until a clutch-member 31 upon the shaft 26 engages the clutch-member 15 and effects driving-connexion. The two last sleeves 13 are arranged for reversing. They are constrained to move together radially by a rib 33 on one entering a groove 34 on the other. The pinion 7 meshes with the pinion 6 only. The pinions 2 ... 7 may be arranged on opposite sides of the disk 23, and they may be brought into engagement by oscillating or by sliding them laterally.
Patent GB-190627547-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Conveyor
Inventor: CROMPTON GEORGE
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 27,547. Crompton, G. Dec. 4. Conveyers.-Concave pulleys are employed for causing the belt to assume a tubular form, and projections are arranged upon the belt to fold against each other to prevent the material from falling back when the conveyer is inclined. A construction of sectional framework is also described. The endless belt A, Fig. 1, passes over end drums B to a concave pulley C, and between vertical concave rollers D, and is finally caused to assume a completely tubular form between concave pulleys E, E', alternately arranged horizontally and vertically. The pulleys E, E<1> are mounted on shafts carried on rods M in frame sections G. The pulleys E are mounted to yield to unevenness in bulk of the material being conveyed. The frame sections G may run on wheels, and are linked together to swing horizontally, vertically, or universally. When the material is to be elevated, the belt is provided at intervals with projections Q, Fig. 5, which overlap when the belt assumes the tubular form.
Patent GB-190700064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Razors.
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 64. Randolph, T. H., and Wilkinson Sword Co. Jan. 1. Razors, safety. The handle of a safety razor comprising a thin double-edged flexible blade held flat upon a support is attached to the support in such a manner so as to be capable of being fixed at different angles convenient for using either edge of the blade. The blade support A, Fig. 3, is provided with pins A' at the ends and pins A<3> one at each side of the centre. The latter pins have slots A<3> on their inner faces which are engaged by cam faces on a rotating catch E on the clamping- plate D. The blade C and the clamping-plate have recesses at the ends to engage the pins A<1> and holes through which the pins A<2> pass. Guard-rollers B are provided on the support. A rod G, Fig. 2, screw-threaded at its lower end G, is pivoted to lugs F at the back of the support and is surrounded by a handle H, at the lower end of which is a nut J, engaging the screw G<1>, and at the upper end projections shaped to engage the lugs F, to lock the bandle in position. Shoulders F<1> are provided to limit the position of the handle.
Patent GB-190702375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Signalling Lamps and Lanterns.
Inventor: HAMM WILLIAM SEWALL
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 2375. Hamm, W. S. Aug. 27, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Signal lamps.-In a railway signal lamp, an electric lamp 21 and an oil lamp 16 are so mounted within the lantern body 10 that, should the lamp in use fail, the other can be immediately shifted into the focus of the lens. The electric lamp is mounted by a bracket 17 on the oil reservoir 13 which, by means of a lateral extension 25 on the lantern provided with a vertically sliding door 26, can be slid along the base of the lantern to bring either the electric lamp 21 or the oil burner 16 into the focus of the lens 11, in which position the reservoir 13 is held by springs 27, 29, 30.
Patent GB-190710480-A (GB)
Title: Window Exhibitor.
Inventor: CHAMBERLAIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 10,480. Chamberlain, J., Chamberlain, A. J., and Chamberlain, W. W. May 6. Displaying. - A device for displaying goods in shop and like windows, which may be adapted to fit any angle of the window and to be dressed from the back, comprises a rabbeted frame, such as a provided with cross-pieces such as c, forming aperture s to receive detachable showcards, and shelves such as f, preferably triangular. The shelves are supported on brackets, which may fit into sockets d. The cards are fitted into the openings of the frame when the shelves are dressed.
Patent GB-190710827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Systems for Working Electric Motors for the Driving of Machinery and for Analogous purposes.
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 10,827. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. May 9. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power ; motors, controlling.-To supply a suitably variable voltage to electric motors, two dynamos on the same shaft connected together in series and excited by an adjustable current from a battery may be employed, and the dynamos may be used for charging the batteries, or the batteries may drive one of the dynamos as a motor which, in turn, drives the other dynamo, which, in some cases is supplemented by the batteries, supplies the load motor. The prime-mover t drives through a clutch k the dynamos g', g<2>, which are upon the same shaft and have their armatures connected in series through a reversing- switch to the load motor m The field windings of the dynamos are energized from the battery b, the winding of the dynamo g<2> containing reversing and regulating means. The dynamos may be connected in series so as to charge the batteries. The main motor may be driven independently of the prime-mover by driving the machine g<1>, Fig. 3, as a motor supplied from the battery b and supplying the load motor with a voltage from the other dynamo, which may be augmented by the battery connected in series therewith, so that a wide range of variable voltage may be applied to the motor m. Each of the machines g<1>, g<2> may be driven from a separate prime-mover, and a clutch may be introduced in the shaft between them so that they may be used independently or may be coupled together and one driven as a motor from the battery as before.
Patent GB-190713543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Control of the Supply of Electrical Energy to Consumers
Inventor: HIGHFIELD JOHN SOMERVILLE
Filed: 1907-06-12
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 13,543. Highfield, J. S. June 12. Electricity, supplying; coin action.-In a prepayment electric supply system, the amount of energy supplied is controlled by a device arranged to work upon the time principle. The coin or token is inserted into a slot a and arranged to fall in front of a hammer b. The trigger e is then pulled to the left against the action of a spring f, disengaging the tail piece h from the pin i, and thereby releasing the hammer b. The coin is then projected against the rocker k, pivoted at l, causing it to close the supply circuit, which is kept closed by a pin m on the armature o of an electro-magnet p engaging with a projection n on the rocker k. The supply circuit or circuits is opened after a certain interval of time by closing the circuit of the electro-magnet p by hand or clock-work. To limit the supply of current, any well-known controlling-device may be placed in the circuit, the device being enclosed in the coin-operated switch casing. Any coin-operated switch may be used in the system, and the electromagnet p placed in the shunt with the main circuit may be arranged to open the switch when the current in the main is reversed by a switch operated by hand or clock-work.
Patent GB-190714534-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing a Short Length of India Rubber or like Tubing to a Tyre Inflating Pump, during Storage or Transport.
Inventor: BLUEMEL CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 14,534. Bluemel, C. W., Bluemel, F. H., and Bluemel, E. A. June 24 Clip and sleeve joints.-The flexible tubing used for connecting inflaters to valves is secured in the end of the inflater, when not in use, by a split metal collar carried by the flexible tube. In Fig. 1 the tube a is shown secured to the nipple c by an indented band d. A split collar h fitting over this band has inturned edges i, k which bear on the flexible tube a, so that, when inserted into the end of the inflater, the collar h is compressed, its own resiliency and that of the flexible tube securing it in the inflater. At the other end, the flexible tube is secured to a nipple c' by a corrugated band d<1>. In modifications, the inturned edge i is carried in a groove in the nipple c ; the collar h is secured by a lug which passes under the band d; in the case of a wire-wrapped tube, a second indented metal band is placed over the band d and the wire wrapping.
Patent GB-190717607-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Improvement or Refinement of Liquids.
Inventor: MACHERSKI TOMASZ
Filed: 1907-08-01
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 17,607. Macherski, T, and Koperski, E. Aug. 1. Purifying saccharine liquids and syrups; treacle. -Relates to the processes described in Specifications No. 22,942, A.D. 1905, and No. 13,357, A.D. 1907, wherein pulverized zinc and graphite (which may be replaced partly by bone-black) are used for decolorizing syrups (massecuite and molasses). The present process consists in using pulverized charcoal, for example bone-black, wholly in place of graphite. After use the material may be regenerated as before.
Patent GB-190718655-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for the Manufacture of Chocolate Drops & Croquettes
Inventor: HALL FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 18,655. Hall, F. Aug. 19. Moulding confectionery.-In a machine for producing chocolate and like drops by extrusion, the receiving-table 12 is provided with wedge blocks 15 adapted to engage with corresponding blocks 16 carried by a revoluble frame 10 so that, on operating a handle 11 carried by the frame, the receiving- table is raised or lowered. Material is forced from a perforated container on to a receiving-board carried by the table 12 by means of a pressure plate 1 carried on a screwed spindle and operated by a ratchet disk 7, which is rotated through a definite interval by means of a pawl 19 carried by an arm 6 moving between stops 5 carried by a curved guide. A hand-wheel 3 serves to adjust the position of the plate 1. When the handle 11 is moved to the left, it moves the table 12 upwards and also raises the container 1 slightly. The handle 6 is then operated and causes the plate 1 to descend and extrude a definite amount of material. On movement of the handle 11 to the right, the table 12 moves downwards away from the container, which is also moved downwards on to stops 8 by means of springs 9, producing a partial vacuum in the container and stopping the flow of material. The receiving board or tray is then removed from the table and a fresh one placed in position, adjustable clips 13, Fig. 3, retaining the boards. Specification No. 6794, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190719448-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Brake for Gramophones and similar Talking Machines.
Inventor: BIRNBAUM THEODORE
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,448. Birnbaum, T. Aug. 30. Brakes. - In brakes for gramophones &c., to avoid having a spiral groove or wire to guide the needle to a central circular track on completing a record, a slight sideways pressure is given to the tone arm (either from or after the commencement of reproduction) so that it will be thrust towards the centre as soon as the resistance offered by the wall of the sound groove is removed, whatever the length of the record. One construction is shown in Fig. 2, for a machine in which the sound-box itself can swing vertically. A cam surface m, on an adjustable rod l carried by the brake lever i pivoted in a bracket h, is held depressed against the action of a spring k by the tone-arm ; this arm gradually slides off the cam, which consequently applies sidelong pressure from the spring k, the brake finally being operated. A second form of the brake is described for use when the sound arm is pivoted to move vertically in a yoke piece which can turn horizontally. In this case, to avoid the tendency to raise the sound-box from the record, the cam m, Fig. 4, is formed integrally with the yoke piece o, the cam riding over a tumbler p at the end of the lever arm i. The positions of the cam and tumbler in this form may be interchanged. Or in place of the first described form, the cam may be fixed to the tone arm and the brake lever may carry a tumbler p as in the second form. The sidelong pressure may be supplied by a separate spring; or a weight may throw the sound arm over.
Patent GB-190726222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collars for the Spindles of Textile Preparing Machines.
Inventor: DOWDING ROBIN VICTOR
Filed: 1907-11-27
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 26,222. Dowding, R. V. Nov. 27. Flanging; bending; screwing; stamping and embossing.-Long collars for the spindles of slubbing and roving frames &c. are formed from a blank A of sheet steel &c. which is stamped to the required size, impressed at the bottom end with a thread a, stamped or bent into tubular form and welded &c. A shoulder B may be shrunk on to the collar, or it may be formed by bulging the collar and compressing the bulged portion into a flange as shown in Fig. 4. The collar may be formed of two or more blanks stamped to shape and welded together. Specification No. 8368, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190800277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing and Grinding Apparatus.
Inventor: BOUSFIELD EDWARD GEORGE PAUL
Filed: 1908-01-04
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 277. Bousfield, E. G. P. Jan. 4. Mills and apparatus.-Grain, maize, flints, coal, &c. are ground or crushed in a revolving horizontal or inclined drum a, Fig. 1, containing one or more loose rollers d provided at the ends with ribs or rings j to regulate the fineness of the ground material ; or the rings may be applied to the internal surface of the drum, and they may be of greater thickness at the feed end than at the discharge end, so that the distance between the grinding-members gradually decreases. Either the drum a, or the roller d, or both, may be tapered. The ends e of the roller are curved, and protuberances f are formed on the ends of the drum. The material is fed through holes h from a hopper g, and spiral grooves may be formed on the roller or the drum to feed the material through the mill. In a modification, the material is fed through the hollow trunnion m, Fig. 2, of the drum a into a recess k in the roller d, and escapes through radial passages l. According to the Provisional Specification, the drum may have at each end a ring of wedge-shaped section, which may be adjusted longitudinally by screws.
Patent GB-190801615-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Apparatus for Reproducing at a Distance Pictures or Designs produced in Slight Relief.
Inventor: BELIN EDOUARD
Filed: 1908-01-23
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 1615. Belin, E. Jan. 24, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Wireless telegraphy.-In a system of facsimile telegraphy, transmission is effected by causing the slight differences in level of the surface of a photograph, drawing, &c. corresponding to differences in light and shade to actuate, through a stylus which presses on the surface of the picture mounted on a rotating drum, a device whereby the resistance of the transmission circuit is made to vary with the differences of level on the surface of the picture. The receiving - instrument is a mirror galvanometer which projects, according to its deflexion, more or less light through a small hole on to the surface of a drum, which rotates synchronously with the drum at the transmitting- station, and round which is wound a sheet of sensitized paper. The differences in level on the surface of the picture 1, mounted on a drum 2 rotating with a screw motion on a spindle 3, cause the stylus 4 to vibrate. The motions of this stylus cause a contact-piece 7 to move over the contacts of a variable-resistance 8, and thus to.vary the transmissson current by varying the line resistance in manner according to the variation of the surface level of the picture. The receiving-instument is a mirror galvanometer 9, on the mirror 10 of which light is converged from a source 11, the light being reflected from this mirror through a screen 15 of graduated transparency to a lens 12<1>. This is brought to focus on a small hole on a plate 17, behind which a drum 14, round the surface of which is wrapped a sensitized photographic film 13, rotates with a screw motion and synchronously with the transmitter drum. The graduated screen 15 is such that one side of the screen is opaque, and this opacity graduates to transparency at the other side. Thus, depending on the deflexion of the mirror 10, more or less light falls on the transparent side of the screen 15 and is transmitted through the lens 12<1>, whereby the photographic film is more or less acted on according to the deflexion of the galvanometer. According to the Specification in the original form, as open to public inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), the resistancevarying device of the transmitter may be replaced by a simple make-and-break device when line-drawings &c. are being transmitted, and transmission may be effected wirelessly. Further, the graduated screen 15 may be prepared by exposing a photographic plate to light, the intensity of which varies over the surface of the plate, the plate being afterwards developed. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190803875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Para-phenylene-diamine, its Homologues and Derivatives.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 3875. Bloxam, A. G., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin Fabrikation.] Feb.20. Diamines ; sulphonic acids. - Diamines of the benzene series are prepared by heating p-dichlorbenzene, or p-chloraniline, or a homologue or derivative of either, with ammonia in presence of a copper compound, such as cupric sulphate or chloride. In examples, there is described the production of p-phenylenediamine fromp-dichlorbenzene and p-chloraniline, and of p-phenylenediamine sulphonic acid from p-dichlorbenzene sulphonic acid, and from p-chloraniline sulphonic acids (NH2 : Cl : SO3H = 1 : 4 : 2 or 1 : 4 : 3). The latter acid (NH2 : Cl : S03H = 1 : 4 : 3) is prepared by reduction of the corresponding nitrocompound.
Patent GB-190808625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Radiators or Condensers for use on Motor Vehicles.
IPC: F28D1/03
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 8625. Lewis, E. W., and Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co. April 18. [Patent of Addition to No. 23,502; A.D. 1907.] Gas and like engines, cooling cylinders of. A motor-car radiator or condenser consists of upper and lower tanks connected by a single row of flattened tubes bent one or more times across their width and extending the full depth of the radiator ; the tubes may be arranged symmetrically on opposite sides of a central line, as shown in horizontal section in Fig. 1, or be all placed alike. Specification No. 23,502, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190811918-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Attachment for the Lamp Brackets of Cycles and the like.
Inventor: MOLESWORTH WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 11,918. Molesworth, W. J. June 2. Lamp and gas brackets.-In order that a cycle lamp bracket may be removed from the steering- head, it has two arms which surround the head and are held by a bolt-of the head clip, which passes through loops in their extremities. The arms A surround the steering-head-clip D, and the bolt C passes through the looped extremities B. In modifications, the loops B may be replaced by socketsin which the nuts on the bolt C rest and are held by set-screws. One arm only may be used to support the lamp.