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Patent GB-190411065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speef Reducing Gear for Winding Engines and the like.
Filed: 1904-05-13
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 11,065. Elektrizitõts Akt.-Ges. vorm. W. Lahmeyer & Co. July 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motors, controlling.-Relates to speed-reducing devices for mine &c. winding-engines, and is described as applied to an electric winding-engine in which the speed and direction of winding are determined by movements of the lever h, Figs. 4 and 5, in planes at right-angles to each other. Near the end of the journey, the nut of the depth indicator corresponding to the rising cage, say, b<2> engages a stop on a rod carrying a tappet d<2>, which thus lifts a hooked lever e<2> and, through a rod f <2> and pin y<2>, shifts the lever h into a reduced-speed position I. From this position, the lever h is then moved to the zero position by hand, or automatically by the engagement of the tappet d<2> with the hooked end w of the lever e'. Should, however, the cage continue in motion, the resulting further movement of the lever c<2> releases a trigger u by means of a rod k, and allows the weighted brake lever n to fall and apply the brake. An extension o of this lever n at the same time lifts the other lever e<1> to its full extent, so that the lever h is now locked in zero position for both forward and reverse positions A, B, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190412831-A (GB)
Title: A New Apparatus for use in connection with Trick Cycle Riding.
Inventor: LOWCOCK TOM
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 12,831. Lowcock, T., and Grave, T. H. June 7. Tracks for sporting purposes.-For cycle trickriding, a wheel having a track of wooden laths b is freely mounted on an axle in a suitable frame. A rider, mounted upon a bicycle or like vehicle at the bottom of the track, commences to ride in one direction, so that the wheel rotates slightly in the opposite direction. The man then allows the machine to run backwards and to mount the other side, when, advancing again, he goes further up the wheel upon the side facing him. A few repetitions of this process enable the rider to loop the wheel, and he continues to do so at a great speed. To stop the apparatus, the man reduces the speed of the cycle so that it fails to mount up the wheel more than a quarter-circle, then, running back, going forwards again, and so on, the rider comes to rest at the lowest point. A painted or like ring c serves as a guide for steering. To facilitate packing, the wheel rim may be made in sections, while the spokes d and struts e are preferably made in two parts adjustable by nuts f. To assist the stoppage of the rotation, an attendant may operate a brake shoe provided at one end of the axle.
Patent GB-190420412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements appertaining to Machines for Washing Clothes.
Inventor: SELLERS JOHN ROBERT
Filed: 1904-09-22
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 20,412. Sellers, J. R., and Sellers, J. M. Sept. 22. Washing-machines.-In a machine for actuating the dolly of a washtub, the dolly stem is rotated by means of a bevelled wheel gearing with a wheel on the stem, and the direction of rotation is reversed by giving the stem a vertical motion. The bevelled wheel c, which is suitably revolved, meshes with the segment wheel b on the stem a of the dolly a<1>. Protruding from the stem is an antifriction roller f which can bear against the inclined surfaces of the bearing a<2>. When the stem is rotated, the roller runs up one of the surfaces, and the wheel b is therefore raised and its direction of rotation consequently reversed. The roller f then runs down another surface, and the direction of rotation is again reversed. In a modification, the dolly stem fits inside a cylindrical stem which carries the roller and segment wheel, the height of the dolly being adjustable.
Patent GB-190422724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Sewage.
Inventor: MCLEAN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-10-21
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 22,724. McLean, A., and Paterson, W. Oct. 21. Sewage, treating; filtering.-The effluent from settling-tanks is passed into receptacles furnished with false bottoms supporting successive layers of asbestos fibre, animal charcoal, and slagwool or asbestos fibre, these materials being readily permeable and such as can be cleansed or revivified by the action of fire. The layers may each be placed on a perforated tray. Or the bottom layer may be supported by a wire grid and itself directly support the one above, the top layer, consisting of slagwool or asbestos or of a mixture of the two, being placed on a separate tray. The Provisional Specification refers to the filtration of sewage effluent through a bed of scoria.
Patent GB-190424733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pigments.
Inventor: BENNETT JAMES FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 24,733. Bennett, J. F., and Martin, J. Nov. 15. Pigments.-Clay such as is used in the manufacture of porcelain, earthenware, &c. is mixed with suitable colour-producing substances, well known in the pottery trade, and is afterwards fired and reduced to powder. Oxide of cobalt, sulphate of barytes, and Paris white, for example, when fired with clay give Mazarine blue ; while oxide of zinc, Crocus Martis, oxide of chromium, litharge, borax, and red oxide of iron together give a red. The pigments may be used with any media for the manufacture of pastels, distempers, enamels, printers' ink, &c.
Patent GB-190426829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Roller Bearings.
Inventor: HOULDSWORTH WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,829. Houldsworth, W. Dec. 9. Roller bearings.- Relates to roller bearings, such as are described in Specification No. 3519, A.D. 1903, in which rollers are arranged between sleeves, some of the rollers being provided with collars partly overlapping the sleeves and adjacent rollers. As shown in Fig. 1, washers or rings a take against the sleeves c, d and the ends of some of the rollers. A number of rollers e<1> extend through openings in the washers and are provided with collars f. By tightening or setting-up the collars, the bearing is adjusted for wear. The sleeves c, d may each be formed out of one or more hardened steel spirals, as shown in Fig. 4. By screwing up the collars, the spirals are placed in compression and serve automatically to compensate for wear. The rollers e<1> are also placed in tension and run more truly. To vary the distance between the sleeves, a split ring h, which may be made in segments hinged or otherwise secured together, is forced or expanded over the sleeve d and may have the ends drawn together by bolts &c. to compress the sleeve. The outer surfaces of the ring h may be spherical to render the bearing self-aligning. In cases where plain sleeves are employed, the outer sleeve is split and sprung into position, or it may be made in parts hinged together and drawn up by means of bolts ; the outer surface of the sleeve may be spherical. In order to prevent " fretting " of the rollers b, e', Fig. 7, loose sleeves k may be arranged on reduced parts of the rollers, so that the sleeves and the bearing-portions of the rollers can travel at different velocities.
Patent GB-190427806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' and other Lamps
Inventor: GRIFFITHS ELI HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 27,806. Griffiths, E. H., Griffiths, H., Grifliths, R. W., and Griffiths, T. L. Dec. 20. Signal lamps and ships' side and masthead lights.-In lamps in which the internal chimney or flue is raised from the burner for the cleaning, trimming, and lighting of the lamp, the lamp or burner e is removed from the lantern a through the sliding door c, and the glass chimney g is connected to the metal extension h by a screw clamp or other fastening i, the compound chimney being hinged to the reflector holder k by a curved or cranked arm j so that the chimney can be swung right over the top of the detachable reflector f. When the arm is in an intermediate position, its movement is stiffened and the chimney may be supported, as indicated by the dotted lines, by the pressure of a spring n in the slotted head m of the standard k upon lugs j<3> on the arm. The spring n serves also to hold the chimney down upon the burner gallery to prevent rattling. Clips on the back of the reflector f slide upon the standard k, the position of the reflector relatively to the burner being determined by stops.
Patent GB-190507081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rolled Iron and Steel Bars and the like.
Inventor: RAINE GEORGE
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1906-04-04
Abstract: 7081. Raine, G., and Raine, J. April 4. Piling.-In a box pile, for scrap iron and steel, made with a bent side bar or bars A, A', the abutting edges are formed obliquely, and top or bottom plates B, C, or both, are fitted to the side bars with taper ledges One end of the pile may be open. The pile thus formed is heated and rolled down into rods and bars.
Patent GB-190512232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sack Shutes for Mills, Granaries, Warehouses and other places
Inventor: CRUICKSHANK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 12,232. Cruickshank, W. June 13. Bins and the like.-Relates to sack shoots for mills, granaries, warehouses, &c., and has for its object the speedy transit of sacks from top and intermediate floors to wagons, carts, &c., at a lower level. The shoot is vertical between the highest and lowest floors A, D, and is then bent round in two directions approximately at right-angles. The friction in the bends reduces the speed of the sack, and it is brought to rest on the level portion between the points F, H by the upward bend G.
Patent GB-190516917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Reinforcing Concrete.
Inventor: GABRIEL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 16,917. Gabriel, W. Aug. 21. Concrete buildings; beams; floors; ceilings.- Concrete is reinforced by means of a bar or tube A, Fig. 1, and a wire or band B bent into stirrups in two planes and wound on the bar A between the stirrups and at the ends. Adjacent stirrups cross at a point immediately above the bar as shown in Fig. 2. The invention is applicable to beams, floors, ceilings, and the like.
Patent GB-190523567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Serpentine Piping.
Inventor: SENSSENBRENNER CARL
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 23,567. Senssenbrenner, C. Nov. 16. Feed-water, heating.-Relates toconcentric serpentine tubing for use in heat interchangers such as feedwaterheaters. The tubes are connected together by bends b, c welded to the tubing, the outer bend b being of oval or other cross-section so that it may be drawn back to allow for the welding of the inner bend c to the inner tube d.
Patent GB-190525790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Off Beer or other Liquors from Casks.
Inventor: WRAITH PERCY GEORGE
Filed: 1905-12-12
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 25,790. Wraith, P. G., and Beach, W. Dec. 12. Beer and other beverages, drawing-off.-Beer &c. is drawn off from a cask or casks k through pipes i and valves b, which prevent return of the liquid, into radiators e, situated in an ice or cooling chamber h, which may surround or be separate from a vessel or tank a into which the beer &c. flows. The tank is made airtight by a cover a', and is divided into two parts by a strainer or filter d, to remove hop seeds &c. The radiators cool the liquid, which passes out through outlets f to the service pipe of the engine or deliveries, and is provided with fresh air by means of an air pipe c<2>. The latter may be provided with a check valve c, and the air enters the tank by means of a pipe c<1>. The pipe c<2> may be provided with a branch pipe or pipes c<3>, for supplving air to the casks k &c. The chamber h has a draining-cock g. Any number of filters, either enclosed in the vessel a or forming a separate chamber to filter the liquid, may be used. In some cases, the liquor may pass through the radiators after leaving the tank. According to the Provisional Specification, ale, porter, stout, &c. may be drawn off by the apparatus, and the radiators may be formed of coils of tubing.
Patent GB-190600624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boilers.
Inventor: PAUCKSCH HERMANN
Filed: 1906-01-09
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 624. Paucksch, H. Jan. 9. Flues, internal.- To obtain a good draught and to prevent ashes from settling in the flue, the back end a is made considerably smaller in diameter than the front end b. The two parts are shown connected by a stepped part c.
Patent GB-190601193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to School Desks.
Inventor: HOPKINS WILLIAM JAY
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 1193. Hopkins, W. J. Jan. 16. School desks.-In school desks of the kind in which a space F is left between the adjacent edges of the swing top D and the fixed ink rail A, to prevent the fingers from being nipped, the said adjacent edges are bevelled, so that a narrower space than usual is necessary. Any articles which fall through the space F are caught by a pencil tray G.
Patent GB-190602623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor-car Steering Wheels.
Inventor: DOVER HORACE WALTER
Filed: 1906-02-02
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 2623. Dover, H. W. Feb. 2. Hand - wheels.- The rims of steering-wheels for motor-cars are made in the form of sheet-metal tubes covered with celluloid &c. and are fixed to arms integral with the hubs. The rim is made from two channelled m e m - bers c, f and a stiffening - band d, the former being secured by seaming the edges g, e over the latter. The edges may be grooved as in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, to avoid a protruding seam, and in either case making-up pieces h may be used. The rim may be secured to the arms a by riveting, Figs. 2 and 4, or by screws, Figs. 3 and 5, in which case the rim with tapped blocks o is made before it is attached to the arms. Tubes b of celluloid &c. may be slipped over the arms and autogenously joined to the covering j on the rim. According to the Provisional Specification, the rim may consist of a metal hoop and making-up pieces or of a tube made in sections and joined by thimbles or by halving and soldering.
Patent GB-190602965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Scrapers.
Inventor: BARNETT CHARLES
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 2965. Barnett, C., and Barnett, W. Feb. 7. Scrapers, foot and hall.-A boot scraper comprises two circular brushes mounted on vertical standards and an horizontal brush mounted between them. The brushes are secured by nuts d, which allow of the rotation or removal of the brushes. A hood e is provided to prevent splashing. An ordinary scraper may be fixed at the side of the brushes.
Patent GB-190607410-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rotary Pump or Motor.
Inventor: SAMAIN PIERRE
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 7410. Samain, P. March 27. Fixed-abutment type.-In the construction of a pump or motor shown in Fig. 3, a split ring piston 29, which rocks about a fixed partition, is mounted on a crank 33 of the actuating-shaft 35. The annular chamber has entry and exit passages at both ends. The passage of the piston web 30 between the parts of the inner wall of the annular chamber is made fluid-tight by rings 38, 39. The crank is made integral with the shaft, and to permit this the piston is mounted on a split sleeve 32. A simpler construction in which the chamber has ports at one end only is described. Fig. 5 shows a compound pump. The annular chamber 50 aspirates from the inlet pipe and discharges through the port 62 and the annular chamber 51 aspirates from the chamber 64 and discharges into the exit pipe. Both:pistons 52, 53 are mounted on one crank 58 with the intermediate split sleeve 59 as in the previous construction. For use with great pressures, both surfaces of the piston, Fig. 9, and the engaging walls of the chamber are toothed. In this case, the piston comprises two cylinders 72, 73, one working inside the other so as to permit relative rotation. The piston is not slotted and the solid partition is replaced by two pinions 79, 80, which are mounted in sliding brackets 77, 78.
Patent GB-190609540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Percentage of Carbonic Acid in Flue and other Gases.
Inventor: PORTER WILFRID HAROLD
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 9540. Porter, W. H. April 24. Testing, special apparatus for.-Consists of apparatus for determining and recording the percentage of carbonic acid in flue and other gases. A sample of the gas is taken by a large pump B, being first passed through a filter F. A portion of this sample, which may be 100 c.cm., is drawn into a small pump B and delivered through mercury-seal valves V<1>, V<2> to a pipette H standing in a vessel I containing caustic soda or potash. When there are, say, 80 c.cm. of gas in the pipette H, any excess beyond this quantity causes a bell C to rise, thus raising a pen P on a weighted lever E and making a mark on a rotating drum J. The quantity of gas in the pipette H when the bell C begins to rise may be varied by weighting the bell. When the pump A starts its suction stroke, mercury in a valve V<3> uncovers the end of a pipe leading from the bell C to the atmosphere, so that this absorbing-liquid again rises in the pipette H, and the pen P falls to its lowest position. The pumps, which preferably work in mercury seal's are actuated by cranks driven by a weight and cord on a drum G. An oil dash-pot O is fitted with a tube connecting its ends, and having a cock to regulate the flow of oil so that the speed of the pumps may be regulated. The zero position of the pen may be adjusted oy means of weights W<1>, W<2>.
Patent GB-190610951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Metal Tubes.
Inventor: POWELL FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 10,951. Powell. r. May 10. Making tubes. - To prevent "fire- "flying" or splitting in the drawing of brass and other tubes, the tubes are passed through a train of rolls A, A<1>, A<2> A<3> not less than f o u r in number, which bends and then straightens or nearly straightens the tubes, instead of the tubes being bent or coiled and annealed as is usual:
Patent GB-190611199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bibs for Children.
Inventor: BAGGALEY CLARA GERTRUDE
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 11,199. Baggaley, C. G. May 14. Bibs for children. -A child's bib a is fastened in front by a.neck piece b by means of a button c or buckles, clips, &c. The neck piece b may be integral with the bib a, or may be e attached to it at one end by sewing. In a modification, it may be q u i t e separate and attached at each end by buttons &c.
Patent GB-190611386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: STOLTZ PETER
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 11,386. Stoltz, P. May 22,1905, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Sectional boilers; superheaters, steam. -Laterally-placed tubular elements formed from solid plates in the manner described in Specification No. 21,081, A.D. 1901, are disposed with their tubular passages 2 slightly inclined, and their end passages 3, 4 are connected to a steam drum 12 and a collector 10, as shown. Sinuous superheating-tubes arranged as described in Specification No. 9131, A.D. 1904, with their straight parts horizontal are placed in the Hue spaces, between the elements. The tubular passages in each element may be formed in two or more groups, which are connected to the steam drum by separate tubes 20, 21, Fig. 3. The end passage 3 may be divided by transverse webs, and supply pipes may lead from the drum 10 to each of the divisions so formed. The end passages may be placed verticaliy at an angle to the body of an element, the ends of which are then formed zigzag in order to facilitate the boring of the tubular passages.
Patent GB-190615975-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Preventing the Re-filling of Bottles and the like.
Inventor: GREGORY ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 15,975. Gregory, A. July 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bottles, non-refillable.-A tubular sleeve a, having a depending extension a<1>, is inserted in the bottle neck, and secured against withdrawal by a spring ring g surroundinga packing g<1> of cork. The upper end of the extension a' forms a seat for a ball valve c of slightly lower specific gravity than the liquid contained in the bottle. The valve ball is made of aluminium and filled with cork. Above the ball c is a weight ball c', both balls operating in a cage b within the sleeve a, and being limited in their vertical movement by a pin e'. Around the upper end of the sleeve is a ring of holes d, to allow the liquid to pass out, the top of the sleeve being closed by a conical screw cap e. A hollow cap f is screwed over the top of the sleeve, and this is preferably soldered in position.
Patent GB-190622028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Compositions for use in the Production of Gas from Garbage or similar Gas Producing Material.
Inventor: HARRIS LOUIS GIBSON
Filed: 1906-10-05
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 22,028. Harris, L. G. Oct. 5. Gas manufacture, materials for. - Kitchen &c. refuse, or organic matter such as sawdust, manure, peat, &c., to be distilled for the production of gas, is treated with a composition containing a metallic sulphate (preferably ferrous sulphate), caustic potash, and lime. This composition is prepared by first mixing the materials with hot water and adding a small quantity of flour or other farinaceous substance, and then mixing the whole with crude petroleum or other mineral oil. The caustic potash may be omitted. The gas may be used by itself or for enriching poorer gas.
Patent GB-190622189-A (GB)
Title: A Street or Station Indicator.
Inventor: WALLACE HOWES CROWELL
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 22,189. Wallace, H. C. Oct. 8. Indicators, station, stopping- place, and like.- Relates to station indicators for railway or street cars in which advertisements are displayed simultaneously with the names of the stopping-places. A case D has sight apertures 10, 11, 12 provided with glass windows 10<a>, 11<a>, 12<a>, the uppermost and lowermost having independent rolling shutters 13, 16, one of which is always shut. A band C carrying the names of the stations and advertisements on one side and the names of the stations oppositely arranged on the other side is attached to rollers 19, 22 and passes over guide-rollers 26 ... 32, so that an advertisement appears at the space 11, and the station name at one of the spaces 10, 12, depending on the way the car is running. One end of each of the rollers 19, 22 carries a sprocket-wheel 21, 24, over which passes a crossed belt 25, or the rollers may be geared together by shaft and gear connexions. At the other end the top roller may be provided with a bevel-wheel 20 which is operated by a handle 35'through a shaft 33 and bevel-wheel 34, or the shaft 33 may be turned by other means or by electric power. A bell 36 is mounted on the casing and is sounded by a crank 37 and a cord 38, which is led to any convenient point in the car.