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Patent GB-190429364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnaces.
Inventor: SCHERDING EUGENE
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 29,364. Scherding, E. Dec. 31. Liquid-fuel fittings; combustion products, returning to furnace; blast apparatus.-Relates to furnaces in which both liquid and solid fuel are used, and consists in providing means whereby a preliminary mixture of hot furnace gases and air is injected into the furnace, and subsequently a mixture of liquid fuel and steam or compressed air with such mixture of gases and air. As applied to a locomotive firebox, the apparatus consists of a chamber A, Figs. 1 and 2, for mixing air with the hot furnace gases, attached to the front of the firebox. Air enters the chamber by a pipe H, and hot gases enter by way of tuyÞres F. The liquid fuel and the gases are injected through a series of nozzles E. Steam or compressed air from a pipe B escapes around nozzles C, which are open at the back to the chamber A, and induces a flow of the mixture of hot gases and air from this chamber through them. The nozzles are also connected to the liquid-fuel supply pipe J by means of stirrups K. A further supply of hot gases and air enters through annular openings e. The liquid fuel is fed from a vessel 0 by means of an injector I which is supplied with steam by a pipe i. Fig. 4 shows the application of the apparatus to a stationary firebox, which is also provided with an air blower beneath the firebars, consisting of two pipes P open at both ends and provided at their front ends with suction tuyÞres Q and steam nozzles q. A baffle p is provided at the back ends of the pipes to prevent air from striking the bars too forcibly.
Patent GB-190500498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Withdrawing Liquids from Vessels by Syphonic Action.
Inventor: BILLOWS ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 498. Billows, A. J. Jan. 10. Siphons.-A siphon is provided with an adjustable longer arm and delivery spout by means of which predetermined quantities can be drawn off, and with a valve or other device at the bottom of the shorter arm for facilitating charging and starting. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the shorter arm A is provided with a plug D, which can be opened when desired by forcing the projection E against the bottom of the vessel from which liquid is to be drawn. The longer arm B is surrounded by a tube L which is open at the top and closed at the bottom and provided near the top with a delivery spout M. This tube can be clamped in any position by a spring catch N to vary the level of the delivery spout. Fig. 2 shows a modified form of valve D, which is normally held closed by a spring G and is opened by sliding upwards an outer tube H fitted around the arm A. The tubes A, H may be partially closed as at J, K, leaving orifices which serve to regulate the flow of liquid. In another modification, an ordinary plug is used and is removed by forcing downwards a tube similar to the tube H and balanced by a weight.
Patent GB-190501434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water-gas Generators
Inventor: BUEB WILHELM
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1906-01-24
Abstract: 1434. Bueb, W. Jan. 24. Carburetting ; fixing illuminating-constituents.- Relates to apparatus for generating water gas and carburetting the same by means of heavy hydrocarbons, which are sprayed into a heated carburettor and are afterwards fixed in a superheater. Uncarburetted gas may also be led to the condenser and afterwards carburetted by benzol or illuminating-gas. Fig. 1 shows a view of the apparatus, in which a is a water-gas generator connected directly to the condenser d by a pipe b and indirectly by the pipes c, c<1>, g through the carburettor e and superheater f. The pipes are provided with valves so that the gas can be delivered directly to the condenser without carburetting, or indirectly to the condenser through the carburettor. The carburettor e has a chequered brickwork lining and an air-supply valve so that it can be heated up by the combustion of the water gas prior to carburetting ; the gases also pass through, and heat up, the superheater. The carburetting-material (non-volatile hydrocarbon), is sprayed into the carburettor where it is gasified and mixed with the water gas, the mixture afterwards passing through the superheater and thence to ihe condensers. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 9279, A.D. 1889, and No. 5434, A.D. 1890.]
Patent GB-190501690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Ships' Hulls.
Inventor: DEMERLIAC LOUIS
Filed: 1905-01-27
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 1690. Demerliac, L. Oct. 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hulls. - A long narrow hull a is provided with lateral extensions b of approximatelyrectangular crosssection, having oblique or horizontal undersides practically at the water level. These extensions join the bow in a series of curved lines, and are carried round the stern to form a flattened poop. It is stated that this construction increases the stability of the vessel. The lateral extensions may be made water-tight by partitions c to render the vessel insubmersible.
Patent GB-190502346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to an Apparatus for Slaking Lime or the like to Produce Efflorescence therein.
Inventor: TSUJI KASHO
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 2346. Tsuji, K. Feb. 6. Steam separators.- Steam for use in slaking lime issues from a nozzle, passes over the nozzle 29, and takes up water from the tank 26 ; it then enters the chamber 17, where it is deflected by the partition 21 against the wire-gauze screen 22, which dries it. From here it passes on mixed with air drawn in through the sliding valve 18 to the drum containing the lime. The amount of moisture and supply of steam can be regulated by valves 24, 27.
Patent GB-190506008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Junction and the like Valves
Inventor: TINKER JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 6008. Tinker, J. J. March 22. Casings.-Relates to a method of assembling steam junction and like valves in which the casing is built up of wrought steel and with a seating and inlet in one piece. The various parts are simultaneously screwed and shrunk together. The casing a is heated and the inlet and outlet branches d, c are screwed into position. The flange e is heated and screwed on to the casing when the latter is cold.
Patent GB-190508953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dough Moulding Machines.
Inventor: POOLE JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-28
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 8953. Poole, J., and Bullock, C. E. April 28. Moulding dough.-Dough placed on a band 1 is carried along and rolled between the band 1, a band 8 revolving in the same direction as the first band and at the same or at a greater speed, and a third band 9 revolving slowly in the opposite direction. A former 13 encloses the operating surfaces of the bands, and is supported on ledges 14, though sometimes it may rest partly on the band 1, Fig. 5, and be made in two parts, with a sliding joint 19 so that it is collapsible. The working surface of the band 1 rests on a support 6, and the former 13 may be so shaped that the delivery end is of the form required for the dough. The apparatus is hinged at one end and so can be raised by a handle 21.
Patent GB-190509062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sand Moulding Machines
Inventor: CLIFT CLYDE ERNEST
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 9062. Clift, C. E. April 29. Moulding.-A drum A, Fig. 1, with a number of flat surfaces corresponding to the number of mould parts to be produced, in the case described two, a', a<2>, is loosely mounted on a shaft provided with a band-wheel and with pinions engaging fixed racks a<9> for raising and lowering the drum, which may be counterbalanced at a<11>. Spring stops locate the drum in positions with its surfaces parallel to the surface of a sliding table a having a stop a<3> to enable a mould to be located exactly under the drum A. The drum surfaces and sliding surface have correspondingly-situated fastening-means. A pattern and flask are secured on the surface a<1> and rammed, the drum is inverted, and the flask and pattern are received on the surface a and slid to the position shown in Fig. 1. The other pattern part and flask are secured in place after the application of parting-sand, and the flask is rammed and returned under the drum. The surface a<2> is turned to the lower side and receives the top flask and pattern part, which are removed and brought parting-surface uppermost for the removal of the pattern. The lower part is removed on the surface a<1>, and the surface a' is again turned down to deposit the top flask exactly in position on the lower one.
Patent GB-190514040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Ties and Means for Connecting Rails thereto.
Inventor: AUSTIN WILLIAM ASHLEY
Filed: 1905-07-07
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 14,040. Austin, W. A. July 7. Sleepers; rails, securing to sleepers; rail joints.- Metallic railway sleepers are made up of two hollow boxes, one of which is shown detached in Fig. 3, connected together by tie-bars 3, 4, Fig. 1, secured to the inner faces of the corresponding sides. Struck up out of the upper face of each box are pieces 8, 9 which together with the crosspiece 12, secured by the bolts 13, 15 to the boxes, keep the rails in position on the sleepers. In a modification, the tie-bars 3, 4 are formed integral with the hollow boxes. Rail joints may also be made on the boxes by the pieces 8, 9 and crosspiece 12.
Patent GB-190515066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Hangers.
Inventor: MULLER JAMES LOUIS
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1906-07-21
Abstract: 15,066. Muller, J. L. July 21. Hooks.-In a locking hat or garment peg, a metal strip b is bent as shown in Fig. 3, the lower extension b<5> having a cushioned top b<7> over which the hat &c. is placed. A rod d with a cushioned lower extremity d' slides vertically in the extension b<4> of the strip and also through a lock casing c mounted on the top of the strip. One side of the rod has teeth d<2> which are engaged by a correspondingly toothed locking-block c<2>, the latter being pressed towards the rod by a spring c<5>. On the head d<5> being pushed down, the rod passes freely through the lock and is held from returning by the locking- teeth on the block c<2>. To unfasten the rod, a key g is inserted into a cavity c<3> in the block and moves it out of engagement with the rod, which then flies upwards under the influence of the spring e. Instead of the rod being pushed down by hand, a handle h<5> pivoted at h<2> may have a slot h<3> which receives a pin h<4> on the rod and depresses it. Several locking-pegs may be attached to a band to form a rack.
Patent GB-190516642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Road and other High Speed Vehicles.
Inventor: JULES EUGENE KROEBER
Filed: 1905-08-16
Abstract: 16,642. Kroeber, J. E. Aug. 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Springs.-A pneumatic and hydraulic shock-deadening device is fitted to the beari n g - springs o f motor and other high-speed vehicles. A bracket e, Fig. 2, connects the spring b with a cylinder d, the piston-rod c being attached to the vehicle by nuts on its screwed end, with a helical spring p interposed, as shown, a similar yielding attachment being used for the cylinder. The piston f has two circular rows of holes g, h, Fig. 3, the inner h being closed by a ring valve i, faced with leather rings k guided on the piston-rod. Liquid is introduced through a charging-socket, the mouth of which extends inwards so as to leave an air-filled space as shown. When the piston moves downwards, liquid flows through both series of holes, but on returning upwards the inner holes h are closed by the valve.
Patent GB-190603672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spanners.
Inventor: LARSSEN ANTON ROBERT
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 3672. Larssen, A. R. Feb. 14. Spanners.-In a quick-adjustment spanner, the movable jaw 2 is locked in any position by a quarter-turn of a screwed spindle 5 having an interrupted thread, or inclined projections 9, which engages a corresponding thread in the hole 10. One end of the spindle projects into a hole in the jaw 2, and is secured by a screw 6 entering a recess 7 in it of such dimensions that the spindle can only be turned a quarter of a revolution by a handle 8 When the handle is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the jaw 2 can be freely moved backwards and forwards.
Patent GB-190605671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Blocks for Building and the like.
Inventor: BECKER FRANZ HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 5671. Becker, r. H. March 8. Building-blocks and the like are made from ashes, obtained by burning refuse, bound together by molten glass. The ashes are sifted and the pieces of glass, porcelain, slag, bone, metal, &c. separated are finely ground, the glass separately. The glass is added in the proportion of, say, 25-50 per cent to the mixture of ashes and ground porcelain &c., and the mass is moistened with water, moulded, dried, and heated to melt the glass.
Patent GB-190607158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Gear
Inventor: SMETHURST EDWARD
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 7158. Smethurst, E. March 24. Steering-gear; stopping way.-Comprises mechanism for operating at a distance therefrom rudders of the type described in Specification No. 8997, A.D. 1904. On the concentric rudderheads b, c are mounted pinions d, e in gear with pinions f,g, respectively. These pinions carry sprocket-wheels j, k, around which pass chains connected to double ropes o, o<1> and p, p<1>, guided as shown, and passed around a pulley q mounted on the rod r, which is rotated by the wheel 2 and the gear shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and oscillated by the rope 'w, fastened at its ends and passed around guidepulleys x, y, z and the pulley v on the sleeve t operated by the wheel n. Rotation of the shaft r causes the rudders to open or close, while its oscillation causes them to turn together. In a modification, the rudderhead pinions gear with sectors fitted with crossheads to which the double ropes are attached.
Patent GB-190608055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: CLAYTON HERBERT FITZROY
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 8055. Clayton, H. F. April 3. Rail joints.-To prevent one rail from being depressed before the other as a train passes over the joint, a projecting piece 4 is secured to one rail end by studs 5, and projects under the opposite rail. To take lateral strains such as are caused by a train going round a curve, the supports may have a projection 9 on the outside as shown in Fig. 4. Instead of fastening by the studs, the supports 4 may be formed in one with, riveted, or welded to the rail.
Patent GB-190608195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Flour Milling and Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1906-04-05
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 8195. Simon, Ltd., H., and Trevethick, J. H. April 5. Drawings to Specification. Feeding-devices.-Relates to means for feeding material to a middlings purifier of ordinary construction employed in connexion with a special process of manufacturing flour. Two boards sloping in opposite directions are attached to the reciprocating sieve frame of the purifier, and distribute the material uniformly over the sieve.
Patent GB-190611411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Pumps or Compressors.
Inventor: MONTGOMERY CHRISTOPHER JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-16
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 11,411. Montgomery, C. J., and Prescott, W. May 16. Stuffing-boxes &c. - A stuffing - box for the shaft of a rotary pump is fitted in the bearing and has packing w pressed into it by a cap y.
Patent GB-190612456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Egg Poachers
Inventor: BIRD FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 12,456. Bird, F. A. May 29. Pans.-An egg-poacher comprises a base 2, provided with a handle 4, which slides in a sleeve formed by a corrugation 7 in the removable bodyportion 1, which is open at both ends and fits over a raised flat portion of the base. The handle 8 is fixed in another corrugation 9 in the bodyportion, to enable the latter to be raised from the base when the egg is cooked. Two or more body-portions may be grouped and used with a single base.
Patent GB-190613236-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Hook Fastening.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM ARCHER
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 13,236. Clark, W. A. June 8. Hooks.-A hook for fastening the covers o f typewriters & c. is pivoted on a pin k, Fig. 2, passing through a spiral spring in a spring box c Fig. 4. A V-shaped projection d on the spring box takes into one of two V-shaped slots g made at rightangles on the face of the hook head, and is held there by the spring so that the hook cannot be turned from its open or locking position until it is moved from engagement with the V-shaped projections d, the necessary movement being allowed by the spring.
Patent GB-190620153-A (GB)
Title: Street Car Trailer Fitted Out for Track Cleaning and Oiling
Inventor: LEHMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1906-09-10
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 20,153. Lehmann, W. Sept. 10. Rails, cleaning and oiling. A street-car trailer is fitted with devices for cleaning the track and for oiling points, frogs, &c. At the fore end of the trailer, on each side, is a scraper bit b, mounted on a vertical rod c and pressed down by a spring, an eccentric lever e serving for vertical adjustment. Each scraper has also a pair of small mould-boards d, pivoted at their front ends to the rod c and having their rear ends pressed apart by springs. Behind each scraper is a, barrel-sbaped broom mounted on a common shaft worked by a belt from an axle i of the trailer, and adjusted vertically by means of levers g<1>, g<2>. The lubricating-device consists of a conical vessel l with a cylindrical bottom in which slides a hollow piston m with a brush n, perforations in the piston being uncovered when it is lowered by the rod o and lever p. For melting snow in the rail channel, a box q is mounted between the axles having a bottom r, sloping towards the two rails, and adjustable outlets s to deposit salt or other melting-material upon the rails.
Patent GB-190622979-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Steam Piston Rings and the like.
Inventor: WAKEHAM JOSEPH ERNEST BENNETT
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 22,979. Wakeham, J. E. B. Oct. 17. Pistons.-The packing consists of a split steel or cast-iron ring fitted with a gun-metal or other jointing and retaining piece A, which fits into recesses in and over projections on the ends of the ring.
Patent GB-190626132-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in connection with Navigational Sounding Machines especially for Flying Soundings.
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 26,132. Kelvin, W. Thomson, Baron, Clark, F. W., and Kelvin & James White. Nov. 19. Sounding-apparatus.-The machine described in Specification No. 20,813, A.D. 1905, is modified by mounting a motor b below the reel c to drive it through bevel-gearing d, d' for winding-in. A smooth-surfaced wheel h facilitates handling when the wire is being rapidly wound in. Specification No. 9853, A.D. 1903, is also referred to.
Patent GB-190627371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Balances.
Inventor: SALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1906-12-01
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 27.371. Salter, G., and Foley, J. S. Dec. 1. Pendulum-weight apparatus.-W i t h the object of obtaining equal graduations on the dial, the fulcrum centres of the pendulum arms are arranged to move down vertical slots. Fig. 3 shows a section of the apparatus in which the suspension rod f is partly toothed to gear with pinions c<2>, c<3>, which respectively m o v e along fixed vertical racks h<2>, h<3>. A rack attached to the rod f gears with the usual pinion carrying the indicating-pointer.
Patent GB-190700889-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tin Opener.
Inventor: JACKSON KEITH CHARLES
Filed: 1907-01-12
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 889. Jackson, K. C. Jan. 12. Handles.-A tin-opener is made with a handle and blade of magnetized steel, to attract particles of metal cut off in opening a tin. Fig. 2 shows an opener to which the invention may be applied, having a looped handle 1 with its head 2, groove 3, and blade 4.
Patent GB-190710148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Boiling Water.
Inventor: JONES CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 10,148. Jones, C. J., and Still, W. M. May 1. Water-heaters; gas supply, controlling.-Relates to apparatus for boiling water for making tea, coffee, and like infusions, which is self-regulating when once the gas and water have been turned on and the burner lighted. The water is kept at the proper level by means of a float-operated valve 35 arranged at a distance below the water inlet of the boiler so as to remain cool. The gas supply is controlled by the apparatus shown in Fig. 8, which is operated by the steam pressure in the boiler. The gas and water supply is also controlled by means of a double valve, which may be of the form shown in Fig. 5, which opens or closes the gas and water supply passages simultaneously. The water-supply valve 35, shown separately in Fig. 6, is operated by the float 8 contained in a casing connected to the boiler. As the float falls, it depresses by means of a plate 45 a spindle 44, which bears upon the valve stem and thus opens the valve against the pressure of the spring 40. The lower part 3 of the valve is out away at its edges so as to leave projections, which guide the valve in its casing and also form passages for the water. The valve may be provided with a washer 39 which bears against an annular projection on the valve seat. In a modification, the float is contained in the boiler itself and the float lever is fulcrumed to an adjustable block to enable the water level to be regulated. The valve-rod is then connected to the rod 44. The steam pressure in the boiler is transmitted through the pipe surrounding the rod 44 and a branch 50 to the gas governor 4, shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 8. The gas enters the chamber 49 and is admitted to the outlet 59 by the valve 58 which is controlled by a valve actuator 56 operated by the steam pressure. Two forms of double valve for controlling the gas and water supply are described. As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, two similar lift valves 19 are arranged at opposite ends of a casing. The valves are attached to blocks 27 separated by the non-circular end 32 of a shaft which is provided with a handle. When the handle is turned, the blocks are forced apart, thus opening the valves. The blocks project through diaphragms 18. Each valve is recessed to receive packing, and is seated against an annular projection 21 by a spring. In the other form of valve, two projecting diaphragm valves are connected by a cross-bar, mounted on a common spindle so as to be simultaneously operated. Specification No. 10,148A, A.D. 1907, (Abridgment Class Tea &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190710781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fans.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 10,781. Mackenzie, J. W., [Wing, L. J.J. May 8. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A screw fan is driven by steam or compressed air acting on a ring of parallel-flow turbine blades arranged round the periphery of the fan rotor. Fig. 1 shows the fan blades and the ring 6 which supports the turbine blades 7. Motive-fluid supplied by a pipe 9 is delivered through nozzles 10 and exhausts into the air current. Figs. 2 and 3 show how each fan blade 2 is recessed and provided with a shoulder 5 to take the blade ring 6. The turbine blades may form an integral part with the fan vanes.