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Patent GB-190526737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Night Commode or similar Chairs.
Inventor: FERNS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-12-22
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 26,737. Ferns, W. Dec. 22. Chairs with sanitary-convenience arrangements. The pan e is carried in a casing f which is movable towards and from the seat, and may be fitted with castors h. The top i of the casing may project into groovesj so as to be supported thereby.
Patent GB-190603420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stamp Cancelling and Post Marking Machines.
Inventor: BJURSTROEM FREDRIK
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 3420. Bjurstr§m, F. Feb. 12. Feeding sheets. - In a postmarking-machine, the letters slide down the bars 2 till they are stopped by a fence y and rest on rollers 5, which, assisted by a roller x, pass them on to another feed-roller v and a separating-roller 6 running in the reverse direction, and pushing back all but the first letter, which passes up to a stop 7. The roller 6 is driven by a jointed shaft, and is spring-pressed against the roller v by a spring acting on the slide carrying the upper bearing of the aforesaid shaft. A screw stop 28 determines the nearest position of the roller 6 to the roller v. On the upper end of the same shaft is an eccentric pin 11 gearing with a slot 12 in a sliding pusher 8, which is thereby operated at the proper time to push the separated letter over the stop 7, so that the roller v can feed it to the roller rand spring - pressed rollers s and thence between a fence 44<c> and a pivoted lever 44, of which one end. 44<b> slightly projects into a slot in the fence 44<c>, and the other end 44<a> engages a catch 46 and holds the impression roller 2 away from the printing- roller. The letter releases the catch 44<a> and thus allows the roller 2 to press the letter against the printing-roller n.
Patent GB-190604787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Friction Clutches and Brakes.
Inventor: DONOVAN EDWARD WYNNE
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1907-02-27
Abstract: 4787. Donovan, E. W. Feb. 27. Brakes. - Relates to expanding - band friction clutches and brakes operated by screw devices. A thin flexible band a is secured at one end to a projection b on a boss c on the shaft d, and at the other end to a socket x. The actuating-screw g bears in nuts f, k, the latter being adjustable by means of a worm l engaging teeth on the nut A balance weight n is provided. The band a may be divided and two screws g be used.
Patent GB-190604805-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Top.
Inventor: FENN CHARLES
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 4805. Fenn, C. Feb. 27. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-Slotted and tapering covers C are fitted over the holes D so as to trap the wind and cause it to pass into the pot A and induce an updraught in the flue. The upper parts c<2> of the covers are left intact so as to guard the holes D.
Patent GB-190607989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Body Braces or Stays and Garment Supporters.
Inventor: JOHNSON ISABELLE JOSEPHINE
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 7989. Johnson, I. J. May 6, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Corsets ; belts; suspenders for articles of dress ; chest - expanders.-Relates to a corset substitute adapted to support the back and abdomen and also to support hose or other articles of apparel and other underwear. Fig. 1 shows one form for the use of women, in which two shoulder straps 2, 3 of folded fabric, connected under the arms by straps 4 and across the back by a strap 5, are connected near their lower ends to a waist-belt 7. The back part of the belt has a .triangular upward projection 10 and a pad below the belt to support the back, and at the front a pad 13 to support and shape the abdomen. The pads consist of folds of fabric stitched together and stiffened by interposed feather-bones or stays 14. The ends of the belt overlap across the front on opposite sides of the central vertical line, and are secured by hooks and eyes, as shown, or otherwise. Hose or like supporting straps 21, 22, 23 are provided, as. shown, and rings 27 are carried by the pads to support a napkin. Fig. 4 shows a form of the device adapted for children, in which a chest strap 30 is provided and the hooks are replaced by buttons and button-holes.
Patent GB-190612135-A (GB)
Title: Electro-magnetic Playing Device for Keyboard- and other Musical Instruments.
Inventor: SCHUEBBE FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 12,135. Sch³bbe, F. May 25, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act; 1901]. Switches.-A multiple contactmaking device, forming part of an automatic musical instrument, c o mprises a trough 9 containing mercury, and provided with a series of spring contact-pins 11. The pins are operated by levers 4, 6 from the travelling music sheet 1.
Patent GB-190612594-A (GB)
Title: Mud-discharge-valve for Steam-boilers or the like
Inventor: BALTES HERMANN
Filed: 1906-05-30
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 12,594. Baltes, H. May 30. Blow-off apparatus.-Relates to mud-discharge valves for steam boilers and the like. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement as fitted outside the boiler. The valve a is held on its seat by the boiler pressure and is opened when desired by a hand-lever h. A spring may be fitted above the valve as shown. For grinding the valve in its seat and removing the foreign matter, a hand-wheel g is provided on the spindle f. When fitted inside the boiler, as shown in Fig. 5, the valve-box is provided with radial openings b<2> which effect a whirling motion of the water during discharge, thereby stirring up the mud. In Fig. 1, these openings are shown formed on a cap d on the end of the discharge pipe. The hand-lever h may be fitted inside the boiler, being operated from the outside by a spindle and crank. Fig. 7 shows a simple form of valve, opened by a tappet h<1> on a spindle k. Specification No. 11,404, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190619080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Sewing or Seaming.
Inventor: ARBETTER WOLF
Filed: 1906-08-27
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 19,080. Arbetter, W. Aug. 27. Blind-stitching machines; lock-stitch-shuttle sewing - machines ; needle - holders needledriving; presser-feet; work-supports; feed; governing needle thread in.-Relates to a machine for sewing a blind-stitch, such as is described in Specification No. 427, A.D. 1902. The short curved needle 12 is mounted on a lever 33 pivoted on a vertical shaft 30 and is driven by a crank-pin 18 through a pitman 20, which is connected to the lever 33 by a universal joint. The shaft 30 is oscillated at each stitch, so that the needle at one stitch enters the body material parallel to the seam and at the alternate stitch enters the upper fabric at an inclination to it. For this purpose, an arm 39 on the shaft carries a bowl 40 which bears upon a face-cam rotated at half the speed of the main shaft. The initial position of the needle is determined by a screw on an arm 46, which is pressed against a stop 42 by a spring 41 coiled upon the shaft. The underside of the arm 46, Fig. 1, is bevelled and bears upon a screw 48, so that as it is rotated with the shaft, the shaft together with needle is lifted to a height suitable for penetrating the upper fabric. The shuttle is mounted inc!ined to the vertical in a frame 9 above the work and is driven at twice the speed of the main shaft by a shaft 8 and bevel-gear 13, 14, Fig. 3. An ordinary take-up arm is used but the slack thread is increased at one stitch and decreased at the next by a take-up 76, operated every other stitch. The take-up consists of a wire hook moving between two wires 69. It is attached to a lever 70, which is pressed by a spring 72 on to a cam rotating once every two stitches. The presser foot, Fig. 15, is fixed adjustably to a slide on the machine head and is provided with an upturned portion 133 and a finger 143, which separates the two fabrics. It is cut away at 136 to give space for the movement of the needle, and the width of the gap can be adjusted by plate 135 pivoted at 137, the handle of which can move between stops 139. The feed-mechanism is carried by a slide 91, Figs. 1 and 2, which is pressed up to the work by a spring 101 through a lever 97. The feed-cam 88 is driven from the under shaft by universal couplings 86, 87 and shaft. The slide 91 is depressed by a hand-operated cam 104 which acts on the lever 97. A bender 113 is provided to bend upwards the work under the needle. It is operated by a cam-actuated lever 119. The height of the bender is regulated for different classes of work by a nut on top of the clamp 117. The lever 119 is actuated by the inner wall of an eccentric annulus on a disk 123 on the under shaft. The bowl 121 is forced inwards away from the cam at each alternate stitch, to withdraw the bender, by a second cam 125, which engages the pin 129 and is rotated at half the speed of the main-shaft.
Patent GB-190623169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process for Preparing a Dry Coffee Extract.
Inventor: DUIMICH CHARLES
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 23,169. Duimich, C. Oct. 19. No. Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Coffee extracts are evaporated to dryness in a vacuum obtained by means of a barometric condenser. The coffee is roasted so as to avoid loss of caffeine and preferably in a vacuum. It is then cooled in wooden vessels, ground and infused in a vessel 3, first by superheated steam and then by hot water. The extract passes through a filter 7 to a still 10, from which air has been expelled through a pipe 19 by superheated steam introduced through a pipe 13, and in which a vacuum is produced by the steam condensing in a water-pipe 15, to which water is supplied by a pipe 18. The still may be heated by a steam coil 20. Specification No. 9084, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Distilling &c.], is referred to
Patent GB-190624696-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Arrangement for Keeping Constant the Weight of a Submarine Boat.
Inventor: WINAND PAUL
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 24,696. Winand, P. Nov. 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901], Submarine vessels.-The weight of a submarine vessel is maintained constant when at work by replacing the substance consumed by an equal weight of water. The invention consists in separating the water by a movable body from the liquid substance consumed, using the same containers for each. It is stated to be specially applicable where the substance consumed is soluble in water. The movable separating-body may be eitber a solid, a liquid, cr a gas which is both insoluble in water and the substance consumed. When a solid piston is used, the water may be introduced by means of a pump connected with the fuel pump in such a manner that the volumes pumped are inversely proportional to the specific gravities. To avoid mixing the liquids when a liquid separator is used, the container may be divided by thin vertical partitions into cells of small area. In one arrangement, the containers are provided with floats S', S<2>, S<3>, the specific gravities of which are between that of water and that of the liquid consumed. Each float has a valve at the top and another at the bottom. Water introduced into the tank B<1> passes through the pipe O<1> into the tank B<2> and displaces the air contained in it; the air is thus forced through the pipe O<2> into the tank B<3> and drives the liquid out of the tank B3 through the pipe u<3> until the surface of the liquid falls to the float S<3>, when it sinks and admits air to the next container. In a modified arrangement, the upper connexion is through an open pipe of such form that the liquid forms a seal. The lower connexions contain ball valves to replace the floats shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190625499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Sharpening or Grinding Scissors.
Inventor: FLOEBACK AUGUST
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 25,499. Fl÷back, A., and Gillie, J. W. Nov. 12. Combination tools.-A bradawl, pricker, &c. G is provided at the end of an appliance for sharpening scissors, and may be used to steady the tool when it is being used.
Patent GB-190626471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Locating Punctures in Cycle Tyres and the like
Inventor: LONG CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 26,471. Long, C. Nov. 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tyres, pneumatic. - A smoke generator for use in detecting punctures consists of two tubes A, B connected together by a hollow rivet C, a washer D of heat-insulating material being interposed. Inside the tube B is placed a chamber M closed by a telescoping cover N, this chamber containing water to cool the fumes produced by a fusee F placed ignited in the tube A. The chamber M is formed with concave ends having notches 0 round the edges to facilitate passage of the fumes. The ends of the tubes A, B are closed by telescopic covers E, H, a cork coated with asbestos paint being used as an alternative for the cover E. To the end H of the tube M a conducting-tube K is attached, the nozzle L of which may be either temporarily or permanently fixed to the end R.
Patent GB-190700260-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Tools and Tool Holders for Leather Working Machinery.
Inventor: WILSON EDWARD
Filed: 1907-01-04
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 260. Wilson, E. Jan. 4. Hides and skins, raw and tanned or tawed, treating.-In machines for working leather or hides, in which the tools reciprocate transversely to the direction of travel of the skin, and in which the tool-holders are made of \/-form, as shown in plan in Fig. 2, a separate tool is carried on each face of the holder. The tools are bolted or otherwise adjustably secured on the faces 1, 1<a>, the holder being secured to the reciprocating bar 4 by a boss 3. The angle of the V, and the obliquity of the tools with regard to the work, may be varied to suit special operations.
Patent GB-190700279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Baby Carriages and like Vehicles
Inventor: HARDING GEORGE
Filed: 1907-01-04
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 279. Harding, G. Jan. 4. Seats, arrangement of.-A portion of the body of a baby carriage or like vehicle is adapted to form a seat for the attendant. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a portion a of one side of the vehicle is cut away and is hinged to draw-out bars beneath the body. It is supported by hinged legs e, which are kept rigid by sliding sleeves i and may be folded into a groove in the outer face of the seat. They are joined by a bar f, which is provided with knobs h and is adapted to enter under spring catches g to hold the seat out of use. Hinged struts take the seat load off the springs k. Fig. 3 shows a form in which the removable padded back u of a vehicle is converted into a seat by hinging one pair of cross-legs to it at wand engaging the other pair in sockets x. By removing the legs from the sockets and collapsing them on the others, they may be slid under the vehicle, and the surface u may be held in place by catches to form the back.
Patent GB-190701011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cabinets for the Vessel used in Vaginal Injections.
Inventor: MARX JOHANN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 1011. Marx, J. F. Jan. 15. Irrigators.- Cabinets, adapted to be suspended upon a wall, are constructed so as to contain, secured upon the back of the door, the containing-vessel of a douching-apparatus, the door being arranged to turn upon central top and bottom pins so that the containing - vessel, rotating with the door, is hidden from sight within the cabinet when the door is turned through half a revolution. The vessel is suspended upon the inside of the door c of the cabinet by hooks, and may be secured in position by the bolt f and pin e or the like. The door may be turned round the two central pins h at the top and bottom of the door, which is held in the two positions required by a spring pin i upon one corner engaging a slot m in one or other of the corners of the cabinet, and by the trigger n. The hose of the apparatus is wound around the vessel when not in use.
Patent GB-190702099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: RICHMULLER GEORGE
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 2099. Rischmuller, G. Jan. 28. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A wheel with lateral buckets is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The casing 1 is in two parts connected by peripheral bolts 3, and two steam chambers 7 are formed in it close to the shaft nozzles 14 directing the steam into the first row of buckets 10. Each bucket has an inlet side 11, Fig. 3, of increasing depth, the inlet sides of each row of buckets being tangential to the same circle, while the outlet sides are bent as shown in Fig. 2. The steam passes through each row of buckets in turn, exhausting from them through annular passages 16 into adjacent steam-chambers 9 supplying the next row of buckets, and so on. The outermost steam-chambers 17 are connected to the exhaust pipes 18,
Patent GB-190707105-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Device for Razors and Shaving Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHMIDT MAX
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 7105. Schmidt, M. March 25. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Razors, safety. A guard for a razor blade consists of a slotted sheet-metal strip 1 fixed by screws to another metal strin 3 having flaps 4 to. which clamping- springs 7 are attached by screws 6. Slots 10 allow the guard to be raised as the blade wears away, and screws 6 passing through slots in the spring 7 adapt the guard to the thickness of the blade.
Patent GB-190707810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Thermostatic Devices for Radiators and the like.
Inventor: MALLORY HARRY COLFAX
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 7810. Mallory, H. C. April 3. Heating buildings; thermostats; steam trap .-In apparatus for thermostatically controlling the passage of heating-fluid through radiators, a current of air, drawn either from the apartment or from the exterior of the building, is caused to act upon the thermostat, which is uninfluenced by the temperature of the room. The flow of the air current may be controlled by a pilot thermostat exposed to the temperature of the room. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a stream of air is drawn from outside through the pipes H, J, and passes through the expansible tube D<4> and pipe G' to the usual exhauster G<3>. The controlling-valve comprises a casing C in communication at C<1> with the radiator outlet A<3> and at C<3> with the exhaust pipe G<1>. A fitting, screwed into the casing, has a raised annular valve seat C<5> and apertures C<7> communicating with the space surrounding the fitting, while connexion with the exhaust pipe is made by borings C<8>. The valve D is carried by the expansible tube D<4> adjustably secured at its upper end by a nut D<5>. A spring D<7> tends to depress the valve and tube, but upon excessive expansion the tube D' may elongate upwardly after the valve has closed. A protective tube E surrounds the tube D<4>, and the intervening space is packed with a non-conducting material, such as magnesia. The auxiliary thermostat K consists of an outer tube K<1> and an inner adjustable rod K<2> controlling the spring-depressed valve P. In operation, when the thermostat K contracts owing to a low temperature in the room, the valve I<3> is opened and air passes to the exhaust main by way of the pipe J, non-return valve G, tube D', and apertures D<9>, C<8>. The thermostat therefore contracts and the valve D allows the heating-fluid to escape from the radiator and pass through the apertures C<7>. C<8> to the outlet pipe G'. In the form shown in Fig. 3, which may be employed without the pilot thermostat, a valve L is carried by a rod L' of small expansibility and prevents the flow of air through, and the entry of steam into, the tube D<4> when this tube contracts. In another construction, Fig. 4, applicable chiefly to steam heating - systems, an additional tube M surrounds the thermostatic tube and opens at the top into, the casing F'. The flow of air through the tube M and the thermostatic tube causes the contraction of the latter and the consequent opening of the controlling-valve to allow the water of condensation to escape. Upon steam also escaping, the increased temperature produces expansion and the closure of the valve.
Patent GB-190708817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Printing Apparatus.
Inventor: VICKERS JAMES WARRY
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 8817. Vickers, J. W. April 16. Printing. - Apparatus such as is described in Specification No. 16,390, A.D. 1906, is improved by providing tilting-mechanism to switch on the current or to start the mercury-vapour lamps. The revolving glass roller is driven by toothed gearing 17, 18, Fig. 1, which is in connexion with the apron rollers 7, 8, 9. The base-plate 4 is pivoted to the supporting-stand 6. In order to ensure that the mercury shall be at the positive pole when the current is turned on, a flexible connexion 26, Fig. 2, is arranged between the switch 24 and the fixed stand 6, so that the switch is turned off when the apparatus is tilted in one direction, and turned on when it is tilted in the opposite direction. Two sets of lights may be used, and a cross-bar 25 provided to connect the switches of each set. A fan 27 may be used to keep the interior of the apparatus cool, and reflectors 40 for reflecting the light on to the printing-surface.
Patent GB-190709419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Securers.
Inventor: PALMER HENRY RANDOLPH
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 9419. Palmer, H. R. May 9,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Door stops.-A knob 16 with rubber end is fixed on a stay 2, used, in conjunction with a cam 13 and folding rubbered foot 3, as a fixed or portable door fastening which folds up. The stay is further secured in its raised and folded position by a spring 15 with which the cam 13 engages.
Patent GB-190710609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Appliances.
Inventor: ASKHAM GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 10,609. Askham, G. H. May 7. Acetylene.-In a device for feeding water to two generators in an acetylene plant, one generator is automatically supplied with water till it is exhausted, when the second generator comes into action and the first can be recharged. Water from the tank b passes by a breeches pipe c to the two generators a, a'. On each arm of the pipe c is a cock d provided with a spur -wheel or quadrant e adapted to engage one of two superposed racks g longitudinally adjustable on a rod f carried by the gas-holder bell. When the charge in the generator fed with water by the lower rack is exhausted, the bell falls farther and the second generator is supplied by the upper rack
Patent GB-190711169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carburettors and the like.
Inventor: HOLMAN STEPHEN
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1908-05-13
Abstract: 11,169. Holman, S. May 13. Carburetting.-A carburettor comprises a casing within which are rotatably mounted a number of screens upon one or more of which are placed a number of metal or other balls. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the perforated dished disks a are mounted on a shaft b, and one or more of the disks are provided with balls f. Air enters by a pipe h, and oil by a conical jet i formed with two relatively adjustable parts the outer of which is provided with holes k<1>. Carburetted air passes out at n. In other forms, the disks a alternate with fixed perforated annular plates ; or the intermediate plates may be mounted in a casing adapted to be rotated in the reverse direction to the disks a. In the form shown in Fig. 4, a fan x is rotated by the air current and communicates rotation to the top tray a. The rotation of the shaft b may be assisted by a helical vane a<2>. A pulley d' is preferably provided for use with external power if required. Means may be provided for heating or cooling the air before carburetting.