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Patent GB-190526856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumping Apparatus.
Inventor: MOORE ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 26,856. Moore, A. Dec. 23. Tipping - apparatus. - Comprises means for retaining the vehicle in the tippler and for controlling the movements of the tippler. The rails 12 upon the tippler, Fig. 3, are so mounted that rotation is effected by gravity under the control of a normallyapplied band brake 23 kept in tension by a spring 45 and controlled by a lever 29. On depression of the lever 29 to the right, the brake is released, and at the same time a pawl 32, when depressed by the small lever 36 to engage a shoulder 43, withdraws a spring-controlled bolt 37 out of contact with the cage, so that the latter is set free to dump the contents of the loaded wagon. On the completion of a semi-revolution, the bolt 37 is released and the brake reapplied. The bolt 37 is hinged so that, should the inertia of the cage carry it beyond the desired point, its extremity is slightly raised. On release of the brake with the pawl 32 removed by the lever 36 from contact with the shoulder 43, the tippler rotates and is locked in the desired position on the brake being again applied. The wagon is retained in the cage when in the inverted position by flanges 17 on the wagon engaging brackets 15 on the framework. The wagon is prevented from moving off the cage rails by stops 46 held in position by a spring 53. As a loaded wagon passes on to the cage, it throws a weighted lever 57 into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 14. A bar 55 connected to this lever is then pushed forwards to throw outward the stops 46, so as to allow the empty wagon to pass away. The laden wagon then passes on to the cage, and is retained by the stops 46 when the lever 57 is released. In a modified form, Fig. 15, the tippler is provided with spurwheels 62 in mesh with pinions 80 driven by contact of either of two friction wheels 84, 85 with friction surfaces on a pulley 82. The wagon is clamped from above by a beam 68, which is moved into the position 68<a> by rods 68<1> connected to the pistons of fluid-pressure cylinders 69, and is clamped on the side by laterally-disposed beams 70 thrown out by toggle-levers 71 actuated from the rods 73 of other cylinders 75. A system of pipes 76 is provided, adapted to admit fluid to the several cylinders. A second set 77 is so disposed as to admit fluid to the opposite ends of the cylinders when it is desired to return the clamps to their normal position. In the
Patent GB-190602185-A (GB)
Title: Electric Controller for Lifts, Hoists & Cranes.
Inventor: MAIR JAMES
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 2185. Mair, J. Jan. 29. Switches.-Relates to a combined main switch, rheostat, no-voltage release, and reversing switch, specially applicable for lifts, hoists, and cranes. Rheostat brushes are operated to close the power, circuit next to cut-out resistances, and afterwards to be held on against gravity, by a shunt solenoid provided with a dash-pot, the circuit through the solenoid being completed when a reversing-switch arm is turned to either of its running positions. The rheostat brushes are released, re-inserting resistances and opening the power circuit, on a failure of voltage, or on the reversing-arm being turned to its mid-position. The reversing-arm S' S' is operated by a pulley and hand-rope. In the position shown, the shunt circuit is completed through the solenoid R and one of the contacts C<7>, C<8>. The brush-carrier R<1> then rises, checked by a dash-pot contained in the centre of the solenoid, to the full on' position. Subsequent downward movement, on the current being cut off, is unchecked by the dash-pot, and, before the power circuit is thus opened, full resistances R<2>, R<3> are re-inserted on both sides of the break. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 26,098, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190602684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Brakes for Screw Pulley Blocks, Cranes and such like.
Inventor: MATTHEW ANDREW
Filed: 1906-02-03
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 2684. Matthew, A. Feb. 3. Pulley - blocks ; cranes; brakes.- Relates to selfsustaining gear for pulley-blocks driven by w o r m gearing, for cranes and the like, and consists in improvements in the s e l f - sustaining gear, and in means for rendering the s a m e inoperative when it is required to allow the load to run down. The invention is shown in Fig. 1 applied to a single-chain double - threaded worm pulley-block. The worm, which is of sufficiently coarse pitch to allow it to be driven by the worm-wheel a, has a slotted collar d<1> and a projecting pin d<2>. Radial pawls are mounted in the slot in the collar and engage with an internally-toothed thimble g, which fits around the pin d<2> and carries an adjustable stud engaging a ball k mounted in a slot in the fixed framework h. The thimble g has a conical surface engaging a similar surface in the framework. With the gear in the position shown, the pawls ride over the teeth in the thimble g when the load is being raised, while, when the load is hanging freely, the pawls act on the thimble, the rotation of which is prevented by the friction at the conical surface. When the load is to be allowed to run down, the cam k<1> is rotated and the cones at the surface of the thimble disengaged, thus allowing the worm spindle and the thimble g to rotate freely. Specification No. 20,342, A.D. 1902, is referred to
Patent GB-190607443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Portland Cement.
Inventor: ZULKOWSKI KARL
Filed: 1906-03-28
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 7443. Zulkowski, K. March 28. Slags, treatment of.-Slag cement is made by the addition of calcareous matter to superheated slag, preferably in a Martin furnace, instead of to merely molten slag as heretofore. When the calcareous matter is completely dissolved, the product is rapidly cooled. The superheated state is reached when all sulphides have been oxidized as ascertained by an acid test. Fluxes, such as fluorspar, boracite, and the like, may be added to the mixture.
Patent GB-190608449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bull Rings
Inventor: SHOWELL CHARLES PHIPSON
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 8449. Showell, C. P. April 9. Animals, ringing. -A bull ring consists of two similar halves joined at their butt ends by a grubscrew 16 and secured at their inclined ends 15 by a countersunk screw 17.
Patent GB-190608944-A (GB)
Title: Hand-actuated Fire-extinguishing Apparatus with Syphon Arrangement
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1906-04-14
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 8944. Evans, W. E., [Graaff & Co., W.]. April 14. Extincteurs.-Hand fire-extinguishers are fitted with a siphon tube in connexion with the discharge pipe in order to enable the extinguishing-liquid to be directed vertically downwards, as well as in an upward or an inclined direction, without the escape of the gas which forces out the liquid. In the example shown in Fig. 1, one arm of an open-ended U-tube c passes into the discharge a, which is open at the end b and communicates at the other end with a nozzle n of narrow bore. The other arm of the U-tube c is open at the end d to the liquid in the main receptacle f. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the discharge pipe a is surrounded by another pipe h, which is open at the bottom and accommodates one arm of a U-tube k. Fig. 4 illustrates the use of two inverted U-tubes o, p and a discharge pipe a, all leading into a chamber m communicating with a nozzle n. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, a closed chamber m' is used, and one of the U-tubes u terminates in a discharge nozzle n.
Patent GB-190609607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Washing Plates, Dishes Knives, Forks and other Articles.
Inventor: KITCHELL OSCAR
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 9607. Kitchell, O., and Swanson, C. W. June 17, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Norias.-In apparatus for washing plates, dishes, knives, forks, and other articles, wheels 21 having vanes 21<b> as shown are arranged in the ends of a casing, and serve to throw water over the articles, which are placed in a cage 27. The wheels are of smaller diameter and closed at their outer ends.
Patent GB-190611447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machines for Manufacturing Glass Bottles.
Inventor: SIMPSON THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-16
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 11,447. Simpson, T. W., and Kaye, J. H. May 16. Blowing and moulding bottles; bottle necks, making. -The neck mould 1 of a machine of the type described in Specification No. 21,521, A.D. 1901, is formed with a recess 6, and the nipple 4 is formed with a corresponding projection 7, so that the neck of the finished bottle m a y b e formed with a spout. The nipple is prevented from rotating by a feather 8 which engages a groove 9.
Patent GB-190611934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Knitted Fabrics.
Inventor: PERKINS ERNEST JOSHUA
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1907-05-22
Abstract: 11,934. Perkins, E. J. May 22. Knitted fabrics.-The fabric is composed of a number of threads, one of which forms the base or groundwork while the other or others form patterns in imitation of embroidery, as distinguished from square, diamond, and like patterns. Circular knitting-machines.-A proportion of the needles have their stems inwardly bent so that a number of circles or arcs of different diameters are formed. The outer set 2 of needles takes the ground thread only, this being fed from a threadguide of ordinary form. The inner set or sets 3 of needles take the ground thread and also, when required, supplementary or patterning threads. The latter are fed by guides 4 introduced between the two sets 2, 3 in such a way that only the two sets 3 take the design threads. The guides 4 are formed on the forward ends of slides 5 arranged in a grooved block 6, and are moved into action, away from the centre of the machine, by springs 7. The design threads 9 are led from bobbins 10 and through eyes 11 to the guides 4. These are held when out of action by pivoted spring-controlled detents 14 carried on the block 6. When the slides 5 are moved inwards, out of action, the detents drop and engage pins 15. To release the slides and bring the guides 4 into action, a cam 16 is employed, to trip one or both the detents as they pass, the springs 7 then drawing the guides 4 into operative position. Cams 16, 17, 17<a> are mounted on a sliding standard which is brought into the required positions by the aid of pattern mechanism. To withdraw both the guides 4 from action, the standard is elevated sufficiently for the cam 17 to engage the ends of the slides 5. To throw out one guide and put in another, the standard is elevated into such a position that the cam 16 trips both the detents 14, while one of the guides 4 is prevented from moving back by the corresponding cam 17, or 17<a> being sufficiently elevated to engage a roller 18 on the corresponding slide 5. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 7267, A.D. 1887, and No. 3749, A.D. 1897.]
Patent GB-190611980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regenerating and Purifying Vitiated Air.
Inventor: BRINDLEY GEORGE FRED
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 11,980. Brindley, G. F., and Foregger, R. von. March 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Air, oxygenating and purifying.-The vitiated air of submarines &c. is purified by being forced by means of a fan 1 over pieces of fused sodium peroxide contained in a cage 6 of wire netting mounted within a vessel 2. The moisture in the air acts upon the sodium peroxide, liberating oxygen and forming caustic soda. The caustic soda absorbs any carbonic acid present, forming sodium carbonate or bicarbonate, which forms a crust on the peroxide. To remove this crust and maintain the efficiency of the peroxide, the cage 6.is rotated by means of a gear-wheel 7, causing the crust of carbonate &c. to be broken off and fall through the meshes of the cage into the lower part of the casing 2. Any other suitable peroxide may be used instead of sodium peroxide, and the humidity of the air may be increased by placing water in the lower part of the casing 2.
Patent GB-190612209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Silicon Monoxide
Inventor: HENRY NOEL POTTER
Filed: 1906-05-25
Abstract: 12,209. Potter, H. N. June 14, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Silica.-The brown powdery silicon monoxide prepared as described in Specification No. 26,788, A.D. 1905, is converted into white powdery dioxide by oxidation while suspended in air, for example, by blowing through a flame.
Patent GB-190622337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Envelopes and the like.
Inventor: SWIFT GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-12-09
Abstract: 22,337. Swift, G. W. Oct. 9. Delivery apparatus.-In conjunction with a machine for pasting or printing envelopes or the like, apparatus is employed for receiving and holding the envelopes until the imprints of paste or ink upon them are dried, whereupon the envelopes are counted and delivered on to a receiving-table. The drying-apparatus comprises a chain 25 passing round sprocket-wheels 11, 15, of which the upper wheel is adjustable and the lower wheel is driven by suitable gearing. Each link 26 of the chain is provided with a fixed leaf 27 and a pivoted frame comprising leaves 36, and the latter are normally held against the leaf 27 by a spring. Cams 39,40,41 act on extensions of the pivoted frames to separate the leaves 36 from the leaves 27 in order that the envelopes may be received from a conveyer chain 45, on which they are kept down by rising and falling L- shaped wires 50, be adjusted by a swinging lever- 75 against stop lugs 69, and be delivered between spring-pressed pivoted fingers 81 and fixed lugs 80 on a rotating drum 86, respectively. Cams 89, 90, act on the fingers 81 to move them away from the lugs 80 to receive the envelopes and to deliver them in a vertical position on to a table 95. Projections on driven chains 105 push the bottoms of the envelopes past check levers 108, which permit the envelopes to pass but prevent their return. A spring guard 135 presses the envelopes down on to the table. A platen on an oscillated lever presses the envelopes into alinement against a rib 140 on the table, and as each envelope is delivered a pawl arranged in connexion with the oscillated lever is allowed to act upon a ratchet - wheel. After twenty-four envelopes have been delivered, a lug on the ratchet-wheel engages the oscillated lever and prevents its movement, so that each twenty-fifth envelope is not pressed into alinement with the others. An abutment 200 slides back as the envelopes are delivered, and the envelopes are taken from the table in lots of any desired number.
Patent GB-190622490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Condensers and Condensing Steam Turbines.
Inventor: REES EDMUND SCOTT GUSTAVE
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-10-11
Abstract: 22,490. Rees, E. S. G. Oct, 11. Turbines. - The impellers of the centrifugal pumps, and the wheels of the turbines, described in Specifications Nos. 4810 and 14,253, A.D. 1906, are modified for use as rotary condensers which may also have an impulsive effect. An impeller of the kind described in Specification No. 4810, A.D. 1906, has a central partition a, Fig. 7, so that the left-band side of the impeller draws in condensing-water from a pipe b and the right-hand side draws in steam from a pipe c, the mixture being discharged into a condensing whirl chamber d. Guide-blades may be arranged in the cpening to the whirl chamber. A surface condenser is formed by having separate whirl chambers for the two portions of the impeller. In a modification, the passages in the impeller are crossed to increase the area of the condensing-surfaces. A doubleaction impeller has two sets of water passages f, f<1>, Fig. 10, which converge into a central annular duct g, on both sides of which are steam chambers h, h<1>. Steam passes through openings i into the duct g, and the mixture passes into an outer pressure-producing chamber having rearwardlyprojecting nozzle passages j<1>, Fig. 11, which produce an impulsive reaction on the wheel. Ducts j' extract any uncondensed steam or gas residues from the chamber j, and blades j<3> prevent the water from revolving with the impeller. In a modification, steam jets i, Fig. 12, discharge the steam into the water passages f in the impeller. The impeller may have some passages f, Fig. 14, for pumping water from a condenser, and other more constricted passages g<1> into which the steam jets i<1> open, and which serve for the extraction of residual uncondensed steam and air from a condenser. In another modification, two condensing- pumps of the kind shown in Fig. 7 are arranged in parallel as regards the water, and in series as regards the steam.
Patent GB-190624227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Plate Holders and Casings therefor.
Inventor: CALDWELL THOMAS FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 24,227. Caldwell, T. F. Oct. 30. Satchels.-A carrier for photographic dark slides comprises a case having inclined pieces 14 in the bottom, and provided with a spring fastening 5 and clips 6 for attaching a strap 10 for carrying. A lifter 16 operated by a button 17 allows the slides to be raised to facilitate removal.
Patent GB-190629744-A (GB)
Title: Apartment House with Disappearing Bed.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 29,744. Thompson, W. P., [Holmes. L]. Dec. 31. Bedsteads ; cupboards.- Bedrooms of apartment houses are made suitable for use as sitting - rooms i n the daytime by sliding the bedstead into a recess beneath the floor of an adjoining clothes-closet, bathroom, pantry, or like room, in which the full ceiling space is not required. The bedstead of the room 22, Fig. 1, is slid underneath the bathroom floor through an opening in the bottom of a sideboard 9. Ventilation of the bedclothes is effected by an inlet 7 in the floor of the recess and an outlet v in the hollow walls of the building. The bed may be rendered capable of being raised to a higher level when withdrawn from the recess by mounting it on parallel pivoted levers 16 carrying rollers 15 and operated by a handle 18.
Patent GB-190701349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: TERRELL THOMAS
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 1349. Terrell, T. Jan. 18. Incandescent gas burners.-A solid-flame burner, in which the mixture of gas and air is heated before combustion, comprises a thick metal tube A, expanding sharply at its lower end A', and tapering gradually outwards towards its upper end, which is of the same diameter as the gauze-covered outlet E of the cap D of the cylindrical burner head C. A screw-threaded sleeve B controls the air inlets A<2>, which are arranged below the level of the outlet K<1> of the gas nipple K. The outlet K<1> is regulated by a screw-threaded needle-valve L, which is shaped to close the orifice as near its upper edge as possible. The gallery is mounted on a sleeve F which slides over the burner head. If the gas be turned down low by the usual tap, the small flame left at the gauze is difficult to blow out, and enables the usual by-pass and pilot jet to be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190704804-A (GB)
Title: Protecting Device for Chemical Fire-extinguishers.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 4804. Evans, W. E., [Minimax Consolidated, Ltd.]. Feb. 27. Extincteurs.-The nozzle k and pushbutton p are protected by means of caps c, e, connected by a chain f, which is kept taut by means of a seal i, passing through links g, h of the chain so as to leave a loop r. The prot e c t i n g-device is fastened at n to the wall or to the supporting-frame of the extincteur, by means of a chain m. When the extincteur is required for use, a pull is exerted on the chain m, and this pull is transmitted to the chain f, thus breaking the seal i and releasing the loop r. The extincteur is then withdrawn from the cap c, and the cap e falls off.
Patent GB-190709364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supplying Colour or Ink and the like in Printing Machines.
Inventor: REDFERN CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1908-04-22
Abstract: 9364. Redfern, C. G., [Stark, H. S.]. April 22. Lithographic and like printing.-In lithographic rotary machines, the ink duct b and water duct o may both be V-shaped, with a narrow orifice d, o at the lower end, provided with a long thin wing- valve e in the one case, and with a strip o' of sponge or other porous material in the other case. Flexible revolving vanes k, revolving in contact with one of the inking-rollers i, remove surplus ink, which is scraped off them by a blade or rod m, above a receiving-trough n. The wing-valve is controlled by a wing-nut and lock-nut on one side of the trough. The rollers i and blades k are driven through spur gearing.
Patent GB-190711275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Moistening Air.
Inventor: BENTZ HARRY
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 11,275. Bentz, H. Jan. 18, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Washers. - Apparatus for moistening air comprises a vessel 10 containing water which may be maintained at constant level, and means, such as a fan 12, for forcing air downwards into the water, a conical deflector 20, with or without ribs 21, for causing the air to be distributed laterally while moving downwards through the water, and a pressure chamber 15 with conical ends 17, 18, the cone 18 providing a rebound surface for the ascending air and the water spray shot up owing to the violent agitation of the water. The air passes off through the contracted top 24 of the vessel without the aid of auxiliary propelling-means. In apparatus without a pressure chamber 15, a conical baffle equivalent to the cone 18 surrounds the air-pipe.
Patent GB-190715784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Scum Apparatus for Steam Generators.
Inventor: VARLOW HERBERT JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 15,784. Varlow, H. J. July 9. Scum apparatus. - In a scum apparatus, the receptacle 3 is provided with a hemispherical shield 7 in its upper part. The scummer 20 has a flared mouth, the lower side 25 of which is hinged and is supported for example by floats 30 with its outer edge always beneath the water level. The scum pipe 19 opens under the shield 7 in the receptacle, and the purified water is removed from behind the shield and enters the boiler at the bottom by a pipe 17. A pipe 31 serves to blow out the scum.
Patent GB-190718827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Feeding Gas Producers with Liquids.
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 18,827. Parker, G. J. C., and Automobile Gas Producer Syndicate. Aug. 21. Revolving - cylinder pumps. - A variable-stroke pump, used to supply liquids to gas-producers, comprises a casing A rotating about a plug B and formed with cylinders G opening to flow and return passages in the plug. Plungers H fitting the cylinders terminate in brackets carrying rollers J, which engage with circular flanges K adjustable in position, with regard to the plug, by means of a cam L. This cam may be driven from a pulley M by means of a Bowden wire connected to the handle of a throttle valve.
Patent GB-190722528-A (GB)
Title: A Plastic Composition suitable for Waterproofing, for the Repair of Leather, Rubber and like Articles or Goods, or for other purposes.
Inventor: TAS HERMAN
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 22,528. Tas, H., and David, J. Oct. 12. Cements.- A plastic composition suitable for waterproofing, and for repairing leather, rubber, and like articles consists of 10 parts oil, 10 wood pulp, 40 asphalt, 10 scrap celluloid, 20 bagasse, 5 gutta-percha, and 5 shellac. The composition can, by omitting the oil and heating to 200‹ F., be made into blocks.