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Patent GB-190526854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 26,854. Drake, B. M., Jones, A. D., and Jandus Arc Lamp and Electric Co. Dec. 23. Arc lamps.-In a magazine lamp, the carbons 2 are held in tubes 10, mounted round the circumferences of two cylindrical or conical magazines which are geared together by bevel-wheels 3 and can be rotated on ball pivots 4 by a coiled spring 5. The carbons rest on refractory stops, which may be of the kind described in Specification No. 16,547, A.D. 1905. As long as any pair of carbons is in use, the magazines are locked by a cam-clutch 8, held against a cylinder 1 by a solenoid 6 in series with the lamp. When a given pair of carbons have burned away to a predetermined extent, they drop out of the tubes or are held up by stops. The extinction of the arc causes the clutch 8 to be released, and the spring 5 rotates the magazines till the next pair of carbons touch one another, whereupon a current again passes round the solenoid, causing the clutch to turn the magazines back against the spring, so as to strike an arc between the new carbons. The action repeats itself until all the pairs of carbons have been used up. Inlets 12 are provided for refilling the magazines.
Patent GB-190602596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Cars.
Inventor: KRAEMER WILHELM
Filed: 1906-02-02
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 2596. Krõmer, W. Feb. 2. Brakes.-In a railway vehicle, a supplementary brake mechanism is provided to force the ordinary brake blocks which act upon the wheels on to the rails. The piston-rod of an additional brake cylinder a is pivoted to a lever b, fixed on a shaft which also carries levers c, d. When the piston is forced out, the toggles f, g and f<1>, g<1> are straightened, and the blocks, in addition to acting on the wheels, are forced on to the rails. The blocks of the other wheel are similarly actuated through a rod k pivoted to the lever c. The blocks are connected to the ordinary brake rigging by a bolt and slot to permit of their being moved downwardly by the supplementary rigging.
Patent GB-190606080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels
Inventor: JANSSENS ANTOINE MARIE PIERRE
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 6080. Janssens, A. M. P. March 13, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pulleys and driving-drums. -An elastic wheel for vehicular and mechanical purposes is formed with a springy metal rim suspended by chain, rod, or cable links which are pivoted and constantly in tension. The Figures are diagrammatic. In one form there is an inner rigid rim P and spokes R, Fig. 3. Short links A', B are pivoted to the rim P at one end and at the other free end to the links B, C pivoted at C to the spring rim J. A series of links is connected to each side of the rim, Fig. 4, and set in advance of the other. In a modification of this form, the free joints B, B<1> slide upon the rigid rim in the absence of the links A<1>, C. The dimensions of the inner rim are determined by the number of links, and the number of links by their length, the points of attachment to the outer rim being between ten and eighteen. In the second form, Fig. 5, the rigid rim is dispensed with. Spokes H are pivoted to the hub at E and their outer ends oscillate, being pivoted to links B, C' in series of ten each. Instead of the links being connected to each side of the outer rim, as shown in Fig. 4, they may be connected in one line at the centre, Fig. 7, other conditions remaining the'same.
Patent GB-190608609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Duplicating or Manifold Books and in the Manufacture of same.
Inventor: CLARK ROBERT
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 8609. Clark, B. April 10. Memorandum books ; account-books ; duplicating or sales books ; order books. - The back of the original sheet of a duplicating-book is ruled with heavy lines which are visible through the leaf. Books made as described in Specification No. 292, A.D. 1904,- are printed with heavy ruled lines at intervals on one side of the web in such a position that the lines come on the back of the original page 'when the web is folded.
Patent GB-190612663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Joints of Wind and Dust Screens of Motor Road Vehicles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BIRCHLEY GEORGE AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 12,663. Birchley, G. A. May 31. Pivot adjustments. -Relates to a pivot adjustment for the joints of wind and d u s t screens of motor road and other vehicles. The arms a, a<1> of the screen are pivoted together by a knuckle - joint about the pivot pin c. The upper and movable arm a<1> carries a circular disk which has a slot e concentric with regard to the axis of the pivot pin. To adjust the upper part of the screen in any position, the slot e of the disk has a number of seats or depressions e<1>, e<2>, e<3>, &c. into which the flange of the thumb-screw, carried by the fixed arm a, may be screwed as shown.
Patent GB-190614260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicles for Recreation or Amusement.
Inventor: POTTS THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-21
Granted: 1907-06-21
Abstract: 14,260. Potts, T. W. June 21. Railways for recreation.-Vehicles of the type described in Specification No. 26,630, A.D. 1905, for use on switchback or other railways, for recreation, are fitted with seats which are reciprocated by the riders to assist the propulsion of the vehicles. In the form shown in Fig. 1, two horses are mounted on a vehicle a and are oscillated by means of rods d attached to pitmans fitted on crankshafts b. Each horse is provided with a saddle l, normally, raised by spring n and connected by means of a plunger k, pitman j, and crank g with a shaft t, which, when the saddle e is depressed, drives a crank-shaft b by means of a chain and free-wheel device. The stirrups are fixed to the bodies of the horses to allow the riders alternately to stand and sit down in order to reciprocate the saddle l. In a modification, the pitman j, Fig. 3, and crank g are replaced by a rack o and gearwheel p provided with a ratchet q and pawl r. The tracks for the vehicles are preferably in duplicate, and more than two horses may be mounted on each vehicle.
Patent GB-190619243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type.
Inventor: MACDONALD RODERICK GEORGE ALEX
Filed: 1906-08-28
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 19,243. Macdonald, R. G. A. Aug. 28. Type ; typewriters.- Type is perforated so that dirt passes through and the face is kept clean. Preferably there are one or more holes in the face leading to a diverging passage in the stem. Fig. 2 shows typewriter types a with passages b, c. When the type stem is long, the passage may open out at the side instead of at the bottom.
Patent GB-190625686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for use with Doors.
Inventor: SHAW CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 190625,686. Shaw, C. Nov. 14. Driving and like chains.-The sliding latch bolt C of a door fastening is formed of a number of short lengths or links c connected together and provided with shoulders c<1>, which prevent relative motion between the links in one direction while allowing it in the other. The bolt, when used as a latch, is under the control of a spring E ; it is limited to a slight sliding motion in the case A by means of the operating-handle G, which is pivoted to the last link of the latch, slides in a slot a<1> in the case A, and takes into a notch a<2> in the case that is just of sufficient length to enable the latching action to take place. By pressing the handle G into the slot a<1> and sliding it along, the bolt can be pushed out of the case as far as the slot will allow, and can be used as a rigid door chain, as shown in Fig. 2. When the bolt is used as a latch, a device E<1> is used for locking it in either the shot or withdrawn positions, the portion e', when turned over to the position shown dotted, taking in front of, or behind, the handle G.
Patent GB-190628138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Apparatus, more especially Intended for Grinding-in Plug Taps, or Cocks.
Inventor: GOSSAGE WILLIAM WINWOOD
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 28,138. Gossage, W. W. Dec. 10. Grinding-in male and female fitting parts.-In grinding-apparatus particularly intended for the grinding-in of plug taps and cocks, the two parts to be ground together are mounted so as to be capable of 'sympathetic oscillations.' The plug D, Fig. 3, is held in a chuck C connected to the rotating shaft A by a universal joint B or its equivalent. The shell E, Fig. 5, is supported on a hardened convex steel button F mounted in a recess in the face-plate H or in a bush G. A plate I is bolted to the face-plate H to loosely embrace the flange e on the shell and hold it in place beneath the plug D. In the case of an elbow tap, the steel button and plate I can be dispensed with, and the bottom flange e<2> of the shell E<3>, Fig. 8, may be loosely bolted by bolts h' to the face-plate H.
Patent GB-190628343-A (GB)
Title: Means for Simultaneously Writing a Plurality of Signatures or Inscriptions.
Inventor: WOODWARD WILLIAM RAINEY
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 28,343. Woodward, W. R. Dec. 12. Manifold writing-machines.-The machine is intended 'to write simultaneously a number of signatures &c. on cheques, stock certificates, &c. The series of pens 60, Fig. 2, are mounted on transverse rock-shafts 50 turning in hangers 45 adjustable on a series of longitudinally sliding rods 10, connected at the ends by bars 11 to form a frame or carriage. The carriage is supported at its corners by ball bearings 17, shown also in Fig. 8, between plates 3, 5 and 4, 6. The rock-shafts 50 are simultaneously operated by a rod 75 connected through link-work with the monitor handle 115 which the operator grasps. The handle 115 is mounted to turn in a socket mounted in gimbal bearings 116 carried by one end of a forked lever 107. The lever 107 is pivoted in posts 105 carried by an extension plate 95 secured by hangers 96 to the carriage. The front end of the plate 95 is. provided with a ball 100 running on the table 101. To rock the pens into contact with the paper, the lever 107 acts through a pin and slot on a bellcrank lever 89, Fig. 5. A disconnectible link connects the bell-crank lever with an arm on a short rock-shaft 50<a> parallel with the shafts 50. Another arm 80 on this rock-shaft engages the rod 75. The rock-shaft is also provided with a counterbalance 83. The carriage is balanced by a supporting-spring 28, Fig. 2, and is constrained to move evenly by a system of pantograph links 36, 37. The papers to be signed or written on are either printed in the form of a roll or fastened on a continuous web. The web is unwound from a roll mounted in brackets at one side of the machine, and traverses the bed-plate 1 under the writing-pens. A monitor strip is also provided on which a monitor pen 130 writes. This strip is visible to the operator. The monitor pen is depressed by a pin 140 carried by the rod 75 acting on an arm 123 attached to the sleeve 122, to which is fixed the pen carrier 125, Fig. 6. The fountain pens 60. 130 may each be provided with a spring grip collar 130<a>, so that they may be properly replaced after removal for filling. A light spring 127, Fig. 7, presses the pen gently on to the paper. The rod 75 is provided with a number of notches, so as to engage the pins on the rocking arms in any position into which the rock-shafts 50 may be adjusted.
Patent GB-190701781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnetic Clutches.
Inventor: RAVENSHAW HENRY WILLOCK
Filed: 1907-01-23
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 1781. Ravenshaw, H. W., Middleton, V. G., and Townsend, W. E. Jan. 23. Clutches.-Relates to electro-magnetic friction clutches of the type described in Specification No. 14,517, A.D. 1906. Intermediate plates 15, 17, &c., Fig. III, surround the magnetic coil 2 and are keyed to the part 1, and plates 14, 16, &c. are adapted to gear with a pinion. The movable keeper part is formed in two portions 4, 12, slidably connected by keys 13. An oil flange 23 is provided. The part 12 may be integral with the part 1. When a second shaft is to be driven, the driven intermediate plates engage slots 26, Fig. IV, in a hood 24, riveted to the keeper 4. The hood 24 may be secured to a spur-wheel which transmits the drive. Springs may be used to separate the parts.
Patent GB-190703467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toe Stiffeners for Boots or Shoes
Inventor: ERLER EMIL
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 3467. Erler, E., and Wilmsh÷fer, C. Feb. 12. Stiffeners.-A leather stiffening-cap d is reinforced by a piece of celluloid or rubber c, leaving a free edge round the leather for securing the cap. The reinforcing-piece c engages, by means of projections a, with corresponding perforations in the leather piece d.
Patent GB-190706324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Shoes
Inventor: HELMES MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 6324. Helmes, M. J. March 15. Brakes.-In a brake block in which the shoe B is detachably secured to the head A', the attaching- lug a is integral with the steel back A, which is embedded in the shoe, and the lug a is reinforced by a luglb integral with the shoe. The steel back as stamped from the plate, Fig. 3, has a central hole H to ensure that all backs are uniform, and slots H<1>, H<2> through which the metal of the shoe extends and the inner ends of which, when bent up, form a passageway for the attaching-key a<1>.
Patent GB-190706667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pockets for Billiard Tables.
Inventor: CLEAVE JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 6667. Cleave, J. H. March 20. Billiards.-At the lower end of the net which forms a billiard-table pocket is secured an annular piece b made of any suitable material ; within this piece b is another annular piece d, which can slide vertically but is prevented from twisting by a stop m. A ball falling into the pocket rests on a stop f attached to the piece d, and a stop c attached to the internal wall of the piece b; as shown in Fig. 2. When the hand is placed beneath the pocket and the piece d, fig. 5, is raised, the stops f, c are separated, and the ball passes between them and falls into the band.
Patent GB-190708631-A (GB)
Title: A Process of Dyeing with Sulphurised Dyestuffs.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1908-04-13
Abstract: 8631. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. April 13. Dyeing.-In dyeing silk, wool, half-silk, and other animal fibres and mixed animal and vegetable fibres, furs, leather, vegetable fabrics, paper, &c. with sulphur dyes, injury to the materials by the alkalisulphide bath is avoided by the addition to the bath of a bisulphite, for example of ammonium, potassium, or sodium, or a sulphite in the presence of an acid or an acid salt. Usually sufficient bisulphite has been added when the bath no longer turns red with phenolphthalein. Continuous dyeing may be effected by the process. Dyeings may be treated subsequently with metallic salts. By adjusting the temperature of the bath, mixed fibres may be dyed so that either the wool or the vegetable fibre takes up the most dye ; thus, in a bath containing liquid thiogene black BR, and sulphide, bisulphite, and sulphate of sodium, cotton is dyed in the cold a deep black in one to three minutes, whereas wool absorbs but little dye. In other examples the applications of the same dye to wool, chrome-tanned leather, skins and silk, of thiogene blue B to wool, and of liquid thiogene black M to paper are described. The use of immedial black, sulphur black, katigen blue, immedial bordeaux, katigen brown, thiogene green, immedial indone, thiogene dark red, katigene violet, and thiogene yellow is also referred to.
Patent GB-190710298-A (GB)
Title: Miniature Self-registering Shooting Range.
Inventor: EDWARDS THEOPHILUS
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 10,298. Edwards, T. May 3. Guns; shooting - galleries; targets.-The target ,bull's-eye N is attached to a pivoted arm C carrying a marking-pencil S which moves across a recording- card D when the bull's-eye is struck by a pellet I from a spring gun A. A striking-knob O on the arm C strikes against a spring upright R, which throws the arm back and causes the knob to strike a projection on a spring clip, which is forced back for an instant and allows the card D to fall slightly to receive a fresh recording-mark. The spring gun is mounted on a ball-and-socket joint J provided with a clamping - screw, which is tightened by a rack attached to a pellet-ejecting spring rod F which slides in the gun. A spring trigger arm Y fixed to the gun engages with a projection X on the knob of the rod F. A shield behind the target catches any stray shots.
Patent GB-190710399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Colour Printing.
Inventor: RHEINBERG JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-04
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,399. Rheinberg, J. May 4. Printing in several colours ; printing fabrics.- A method of multi-colour printing consists in printing in monochrome over a ground work of closely adjacent bands or dots of contrasting colours in regular sequence, which when viewed at a distance blend to produce a uniform ground. As an example, the paper &c. is provided with recurring series of bands a, b. c of different colours, at from 4 to 200 bands or lines to an inch according to the distance at which they are to be viewed. Lines d in opaque pigment and eitber parallel or inclined to the colour bands are overprinted, obscuring all or parts of certain bands. Along the lines A-A, B-B, tints resulting from the blending of the colours b, c and c, a respectively with the obliterating colour will exist. The obliterating impression may consist of a series of parallel lines of different pitch, radiating, wavy, or zigzag lines, or dots arranged to form letters &c. in outline, or more than one obliterating impression may be provided. Instead of employing paper printed with colour bands, a fabric with woven colour bands may be employed.
Patent GB-190722592-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable Music Stool.
Inventor: SHEEN JAMES
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 22,592. Sheen, J. Oct. 14. Portfolios.- A portfolio l for music has studs m sliding in grooves n in the sides of the drawer C of a music stool, and may be tilted at any desired angle.
Patent GB-190723888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Recovery of Volatile Solvents.
Inventor: HARRISON CHARLES
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 23,888. Harrison, C., Bate, W., and Perks, W. G. Oct. 29. Solvent-recovery apparatus.-Small quantities of volatile solvents diffused through large bulks of air are recovered by absorption in a vegetable, animal, or mineral oil, or in glycerine, by means of the arrangement of apparatus described in Specification No. 9941, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190726546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telemeters.
Inventor: EPPENSTEIN OTTO
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 26,546. Eppenstein, O. Dec. 2. Telemeters.-The measuring- marks c, o for each image are placed on the lens b of the objective system at each end of the telemeter, or sometimes on the prism a if that is the hinder part of the objective, the mark system being always in a plane at right-angles to the axis of the lens. By this arrangement, a displacement of the hinder part of the objective in a field at right-angles to the base line does not affect the relative positions of the object images and the mark systems. As shown in Fig. 3, light entering at one aperture travels the whole length of the telemeter before being focused on one or other of the prisms g. In Fig. 5 a reflector d is shown, which reflects the light back to form an image, as before, on the same side as the base as the corresponding entrance aperture. Specification No. 21,462, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190802996-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Appliances for Securing Pulleys, Wheels or other Articles to Shafts or Spindles.
Inventor: HOBSON HUGH GEORGE
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 2996. Hobson, H. G. Feb. 10. Mounting and securing pulleys and the like on shafts. -For securing pulleys, wheels, &c. on shafts, an externally-coned split bush A is provided with two turns of a screw-thread B. From the smaller end of the bush, two diametrically opposite grooves C are cut to meet the thread B. The halves of the bush are held together by emery paper &c. D. On the internally coned hub, projections G are provided to engage the grooves C and thread B.
Patent GB-190811597-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Lecithine, Fatty Oil and Cholesterin.
Inventor: FISCHER CARL ALFRED
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 11,597. Fischer, C. A. May 28,1907, [date [applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lecithin and cholesterin are produced by the cold extraction of suitable raw materials such as egg yolk, brain, spinal marrow, and vegetable substances containing lecithin with saturated fatty acid enters or mixtures thereof. In an example, the extraction residue when using acetic ether, and consisting of lecithin and albumen, may be freed from the latter by treatment with hot ester. The cold extraction liquid containing the cholesterin, fatty oil, colouring matter, &c., deposits cholesterin, after distilling off the ester used. The cholesterin is obtained pure by treatment with a cold ester of the kind above specified, the fatty oil dissolving quicker than the cholesterin. The fatty oil is obtained pure by centrifuging or pressing. The cholesterin may be recrystallized from benzene, alcohol, &c.
Patent GB-190819462-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Speed Indicator
Inventor: GRIFFITH FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 19,462. Griffith, F. Sept. 16. Speed indicators. - The movable sleeve of a vehicle-driven centrifugal governor A carries a rack C, with which engages a pinion D mounted so as to slide on a shaft carrying an indicating- hand F. The pinion D is forced out of engagement with the rack C by a sloping fork G connected to the change-gear lever of the car so that the hand is locked, when the car is stopped, by a brake H which is engaged when the fork G is lowered. At the same time a clutch L driving the governor is opened by a spring-controlled rod K carried by the fork G.
Patent GB-190820907-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or relating to Platform, Trolley, and like Weighing Machines.
Inventor: FAIRBURN WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 20,907. Fairburn, W. R. Oct. 3. Relieving-mechanism.-A relieving- mechanism for platform and like weighing-machines consists of a hook 1, Fig. 2, having a handle 4 and a camface 2, which is pivoted to the frame of the machine. The weighing - system consists of a lever 11, Fig. 3, suspended from the frame 6 by links 7, and a lever 12 suspended by links 9 the levers being connected by a link 13. The lever 12 is connected at its front end by a link 14 to a lever 15 which rests at one end on a knife-edge bearing 18 and at the other end is connected by a link 19 to the steelyard 21. Trunnions 24, 25 on the underside of the platform rest on the levers 11 and 12 respectively. A rod 31 secured to the front end of the lever 12 projects through a hole in the casing into the path of the hook 1. To lock the machine, the handle 4 is turned so that the cam 2 tilts the platform and lifts it off the levers and the hook 1 engages the rod 31 and lifts the weighing-levers off their knife-edges. The steelyard may also be locked by means of a pivoted lever 34.