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Patent GB-190613732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Flue Dampers for Furnaces.
Inventor: COLLINS RICHARD
Filed: 1906-06-15
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 13,732. Collins, R. June 15. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-Means are provided in connexion with a sliding damper for preventing the escape of gas between the damper plate and its seating. The damper plate A passes between two adjustable blocks E, E', Fig. 3, arranged in a shallow casing D. The blocks are provided with an asbestos or like packing H and are pressed into contact with the damper plate by eccentricallymounted rods F operated by weighted lever G. One of the rods may be fixed in position, the other only being adjustable. The pressure on the blocks is released by moving the lever G, and the damper may then be adjusted. In a modified arrangement, Fig. 5, cylindrical rods E<2> are geared together by spur-wheels J.
Patent GB-190617316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs.
Inventor: AIKEN EDWARD LINCOLN
Filed: 1906-08-01
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 17,316. Aiken, E. L. Aug. 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fastenings. -In a phonograph having a pivoted end gate 6 which carries a bearing 9 for the outer end of the mandrel 3, a locking-latch 12 is pivoted on an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the mandrel. The latch turns freely about a screw 13, and is formed with a cup 14 containing a spring 15, the end of which rests against the head of the screw 13. The part 17 of the latch, which engages the recess 18 in the gate 6, is provided with an inclined, rounded, or cam surface 19 whereby, as the latch is brought into the position shown in Fig. 2, the latch is forced outward on its axis, compressing the spring 15 and thus preventing any possible play of the gate 6 on its bearing. The cam-surface may be placed on the gate 6 instead of on the part 17.
Patent GB-190620466-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cleaning Ropes.
Inventor: BIRKHOLZ ERNST
Filed: 1906-09-14
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 20,466. Birkholz, E., and Salau, H. Sept. 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cleaning ropes.-Hoist ropes in mines are cleaned while in use by means of a number of scraping- knives, adjustably mounted on a rotatable plate so as to surround the rope. A lower plate a is bolted in halves to two girders b and forms a fixed base for ball bearings c, on which rests freely a compound upper plate d, carrying the scraping- knives g. The plate d consists of two sections, each in halves, arranged when bolted together to break joint. The knives are mounted in brackets f and are adjnstably pressed against the rope by springs h. As the rope moves downward the scrapers rotate, following the twist of the strands, and clean the interstices. A central aperture is formed in both upper and lower plates to allow for oscillation of the rope.
Patent GB-190620682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: TUTTLE HOSMER
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 20,682. Tuttle, H. Sept. 18. Movable-abutment type.-A drum or piston 11, Fig. 1, is mounted revolubly on a crank-pin 19 and gyrates within a cylinder B, which is divided into four working chambers of varying capacity by auxiliary pistons 12 pivoted to the piston 11 and to guide-blocks 13. The piston 11 is made in two halves and is provided with two arms 21, integral with it and pivotally connected to drums 14, which act as guiding-cranks to permit the piston to gyrate without revolving on its own axis. The sides and the periphery of the piston 11, and the sides of the auxiliary pistons 12, are provided with packing- strips, but the guide blocks 13 are grooved so that the working fluid can get behind them. Steam or other working fluid is ad sitted to the chamber 37, Fig. 2, passes through holes 29, Fig. 8, in a portion of the engine frame A, through ports 35, Fig. 9, in a valve disk 34 which rotates with the crank web, and corresponding ports in the circular crank web 30 into the working chambers, and exhausts through ports 53, Fig. 1, and passages 54, into an annular exhaust chamber 17. To control the admission of steam, the valve disk is rotated, relatively to the crank webs, to cut out one or more of the ports in the crank web. This rotation is effected by moving a rod 44 longitudinally by a quadrant lever or the like. The head 40, Fig. 9, of the rod 44 projects radially through straight slots 43 in the shaft 32, and the projecting ends are provided with rollers 41 which engage helical slots 42, Fig. 2, in the bore of the valve-disk hub 33. Fig. 17 shows a modified form of the rotating mechanism. The hub of the disk is cut away so as to form one member of a dog clutch having helical teeth. The sleeve 51 is keyed to the shaft and forms the other member, so that any axial movement of the sleeve 51 rotates the disk relatively to the shaft. A balancing disk 36 is secured to the hub of the valve disk and is packed at its periphery by a split ring.
Patent GB-190622779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Aerial Conductor Arrangements for Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 22,779. Thompson, W. P., [Ges. f³r Drahtlose Telegraphie].. Oct. 15. Telegraphs.-An aerial for wireless telegraphy consists of a metal framework mast a insulated from the earth at b, and carrying several large capacity areas c, arranged umbrolla-wise and connected electrically to the mast by wires d. The capacity areas are held in their extended positions by wires f and are insulated from the earth by insulators g. The transmitting and receiving apparatus are connected with the mast a, or to wires h attached to the capacity areas and carried down the sides of the mast.
Patent GB-190623921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Continuous Series Doors for Discharging Coal and like Bulk Substances from Barges, Colliers or Store Bunkers onto Conveyor Bands.
Inventor: WHITE THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 23,921. White, T. Oct. 27. Loading.-Relates to vessels or barges of the type in which a fore-and-aft tunnel is built in the hold of the vessel so that bulk cargoes may be unloaded on to a conveyer or wheeled trucks, and. then delivered to an elevator apparatus. The doors a at the top of the tunnel are mounted to open horizontally, and arranged so that when shut the edges of the doors abut. The doors a are pivoted by one corner and are opened successively by any suitable gear, for example, by vertical rods operated from the deck of the barge and rotating the pulley i<2>, from which the doors are worked by chains i<3>. A ring k is fitted in the pivot corner of the door, somewhat thicker than the door and between the angle irons or plates between which the doors slide.
Patent GB-190625401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heating Apparatus for use in connection with Stoves
Inventor: MUELLER HERMANN
Filed: 1906-11-10
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 25,401. M³ller, H. Nov. 10. Heating water.-The sectional boiler, shown in Fig. 1 and in section in Fig. 2, is adapted for being placed within, or surrounded by a stove or suitable casing of brickwork or other material. Superimposed hollow elements a are provided at the ends of their arms and at their middles with apertures c, for the reception of pipe sockets k, connecting each two adjacent members. The elements are strengthened at their corners. The pipes secured to the uppermost heating-element are connected with the radiators.
Patent GB-190629136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Domestic Fireplaces
Inventor: GIBSON WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-21
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 29,136. Gibson, W. J. Dec. 21. Grates.-The roof of the reverberatory combustion chamber E is proportioned and formed as shown in Specitication No. 13,904, A.D. 1906, and is fitted in combination with the grates described in Specification No. 27,964, A.D. 1906. The bottom of the boiler F, Fig. 1, and the arched &c. slab G, Fig. 2, are set at about the same level as the top of the fuel in th front of the grate, and the parts B, C are imperforate, so that the air supply to the fuel passes mainly through the rear part D of the grate. The invention is applicable to convertible close and open and other cooking- ranges.
Patent GB-190708704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Glass or Vitreous Substances and the Production and use thereof.
Inventor: LINDEMANN FREDERICK ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-04-15
Abstract: 8704. Lindemann, F. A., and Lindemann, C. L. April 15. R÷ntgen-ray and like apparatus.-Glass, which is transparent to X-rays and to light of very short wave length, and hence specially adapted for the manufacture of R÷ntgen - ray and like optical apparatus, is made by fusing a mixture of the oxides of elements having low atomic weights, preferably below 12. For example, a mixture of the oxides of lithium, boron, and beryllium may be used. Borates, fluorides, or carbonates of such elements may also be employed.
Patent GB-190710231-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Measuring the Area of Plane Figures.
Inventor: WHITE RICHARD HUBERT
Filed: 1907-05-02
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,231. White, R. H., and Bean, M. B. May 2. Calculating-apparatus.-A device fcr measuring the area of plane figures consists of a ruled transparent grating a provided with one or more scales e,f of areas. The scales are made by adopting as unit area the reciprocal of the constant distance between any two adjacent ordinates c, d expressed in the corresponding linear units. The device is placed as shown on the figure g, the area of which is required. The total length of the intercept d portions x x<1>, y y', w w<1> is then ascertained in any convenient way, and this length applied to the relevant scale e or f gives the area. required.
Patent GB-190714512-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hydraulic Clutch.
Inventor: NASH FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 14,512. Nash, F. June 24. Hydraulic transmission of power.-The annular space c between the driven and driving members of an hydraulic clutch is obstructed in a variable degree by pivoted flaps d or by radially-extending blades f, acting with fixed blades b<1> on the other member. The flaps d may rest in recesses e, and may be positively held open by radial rods f, which are operated by links g attached to a sleeve capable of sliding on the driving-shaft. In place of the flaps, the rods f may be provided with flat extensions, as shown in Fig. 3, and the inner member may be fitted with flanges m. The actuating-rods may be returned to the inner position by springs. The apparatus is distinguished from those clutches in which the liquid is trapped between the driven and driving members.
Patent GB-190715530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicators
Inventor: KNOPF CARL
Filed: 1907-07-05
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 15,530. Knopf, C. July 5. Drawings to Specification. Clocks combined with speed-indicators &c.-A clock is combined with a speed-indicator and odometer.
Patent GB-190801059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wooden Wheels
Inventor: KILLEN EDWARD BRICE
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 1059. Killen, E. B. Jan. 16. Spokes; hubs; felloes or rims.-An artillery wheel having a wooden felloe and metal tyre with inturned flanges, as described in Specification No. 9503, A.D. 1907, is formed with specially-constructed spokes, and wedges holding the spokes in place in the hub. The wedges D are shaped, as shown, with parallel tail ends running towards the wheel centre between the ends of the spokes C, and with broader wedge portions fitting tightly in recesses in the sides of the spokes C, which are "double footed" to engage with the wedges as shown. The hub-plate is secured in place by bolts G passing through the wedges.
Patent GB-190807451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compression-relief Valves for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WINGFIELD WALTER
Filed: 1908-10-05
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 7451. Wingfield, W., and Ray, F. Oct. 5. Gas and like engines.- A compression - relief valve is provided with a cup for introducing lubricant into the cylinder. The valve j is normally held closed against the casing by a spring e and is opened by a push f provided with a pin g engaging with a bayonet slot h to hold the valve open. The lubricating- cup k communicates by means of a passage m with the space above the valve, the valve spindle d being made hexagonal to allow the fluid to pass to the valve.
Patent GB-190816041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carrier Receivers for Pneumatic Systems for the Conveyance of Cash, Parcels and the like.
Inventor: REID ROBERT NICOL
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 16,041. Reid, R. N., and Reid, J., [trading as Reid Bros.], and Reid, E. J. July 28. Pneumatic dispatch-apparatus.-In order that the motion of the carriers shall be checked on entering the receivers of a pneumatic carrier system, these receivers are constructed of two longitudinally curved blades a, b, secured to and forming an extension of the pneumatic tube. The blade a is of greater diameter and is rigid, while the blade b is elastic or formed of spring metal, and, as the carrier enters the receiver, it forces this blade away from the blade a, and the movement is thereby gradually arrested. Sufficient space is left between the blades to allow the carrier to be pushed out. The receiver as shown is also provided with means for ringing a bell when a carrier enters, the blade b being for this purpose insulated, and the blade a provided with a stirrup d carrying a terminal screw e adjacent to the blade b. When a carrier enters the receiver, the blade b makes contact on the screw e and completes a bell circuit.
Patent GB-190817200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Footwear.
Inventor: ROBERTS EDWARD
Filed: 1908-08-15
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,200. Roberts, E. Aug. 15. Uppers. - A shoe 1, preferably of Derby pattern and of rubber, has a flexible waterproof legging 2, composed of proofed fabric or proofed leather, connected to it by a waterproof seam. The legging 2 is collapsed for putting-on or taking-off, and a tab 8 may secure it to the trousers when in wear. The shoe 1 may be independently adjusted and fastened.
Patent GB-190821007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Extrusion of Heated Metals and Alloys.
Filed: 1907-10-04
Granted: 1908-10-05
Abstract: 21,007. Sanders, S.. Dean, J. W., and Extruded Metals Co. Oct. 4, 1907. Squirting.-Presses for squirting metals or alloys which oxidize readily under the heat applied are provided at the delivery end with a trough or reservoir for annealing, cleaning, pickling, or like purposes.
Patent GB-190821639-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pneumatic Boot Tree.
Inventor: KENNEDY THOMAS WILSON
Filed: 1908-10-13
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 21,639. Kennedy, T. W. Oct. 13. Trees and stretchers.-Relates to pneumatic trees of the type in which the bag is secured to a rigid upper part, and consists in making this part of papier mÔchÚ, compressed pulp, or like material, recessed as at a to protect the valve B. The bag C is secured by the valve B, and is provided with a toe cap c, Fig. 3, to facilitate its insertion into the boot.
Patent GB-190824035-A (GB)
Title: Driving Mechanism for the Steering-axles of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: FETZER ALLEN HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 24,035. Fetzer, A. H. Nov. 30,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to driving-mechanism for motor-vehicle steering-axles of the kind in which a slotted ball on the axle is driven by a sprocket-wheel, and consists in a modified configuration of the cavities or slots in the ball, and in a device for securing the driving-pins in the sprocket-wheel hub and for reducing friction between the pins and the ball. The front axle 1 is rigidly connected to the lower element of the fifth wheel 4, above which is arranged a cross-bar 5 connected to the back axle by longitudinal members 6 carrying the motor. The axles are connected by a chain 27, which is driven by the motor at some point between the axles. The front sprocketwheel is formed in two sections, each having a concave bore so as to fit the ball 9 secured to the axle 1. Between the two sections are secured, in dovetail recesses, four segmental pieces 20 carrying projecting pins over which loose caps 21 with hemispherical ends are fitted. These pins engage in cavities 10 of the ball 9, the side walls 22 of which are convex to each other, while the end walls 23 are concave, the cavities being so shaped as to form four circular disks around the periphery of the ball and two star-shaped pieces around the axle 1.
Patent GB-190824365-A (GB)
Inventor: HANNEMANN CARL
Filed: 1908-11-12
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 24,365. Hannemann, C. Nov. 12. Vapour lamps and burners.-In a device for automatically igniting incandescent vapour lamps wben the vaporizer has been sufficiently heated by the starting-charge of alcohol, the fluid-controlling cock 2 is opened when the alcohol is ignited and the fluid flows into the chamber 3 which it fills up to the level of the top of the pipe 4 in about the time required to heat the vaporizer.. It then runs down the pipe 4 into the vaporizer and the issuing vapour is ignited by the burning spirit. If the bypass cock 5 is opened when the supply cock is closed, the lamp burns till the contents of the vessel 3 are exhausted, or the vessel 3 may simply be emptied into a suitable receptacle by means of the two-way cock 5.
Patent GB-190827626-A (GB)
Title: A Mechanical Appliance for Shewing Variation of Temperatures, with Electrical Alarm Attachment.
Inventor: WALTON THOMAS ROE
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-12-20
Abstract: 27,626. Walton, T. B., and Bell, R. H. Dec. 19. Thermometers and pyrometers.-The longitudinal expansion or contraction of a tube A of brass, copper, or aluminium made by the solid cold-drawing process is communicated by a multiplying-lever E and a connecting-rod G to a toothed wheel H, which gears with a pinion I carrying a pointer J. adapted to move over a scale L. Electric contacts K move in a slot along the scale L, so that they can be adjusted to give an alarm at any required maximum or minimum temperature. The tube A may be adjusted by means of a screw D at its lower end. The instrument is provided with a mild-steel cover.
Patent GB-190827879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosion Engines.
Inventor: WRIDGWAY CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 27,879. Wridgway, C. G. Dec. 22. Gas and like engines.-In an engine for motor road vehicles, the cylinder is of uniform internal diameter, and the ordinary inlet and exhaust ports are controlled by slide valves working in valvechests which are formed by recesses in the cylinder wall. The valve - rods work in housings cast integral with the cylinder. The inlet valve 6 controlling the port 4 works in the valve-chest 14, which is formed by a recess in the outer wall of the cylinder. The valve projects beyond the valve-chest, and is kept to its seat by a cover-plate having a flange 23, the thickness of which may be reduced to take up wear on the valve. The valverod 8 works in the housing 12. The exhaust valve is similarly arranged. In order to prevent leakage, and to avoid shock on the valves at the moment of explosion, the piston carries lips 24, 25 to cover the ports.
Patent GB-190828285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Batteries.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 28,285. Boult, A. J., [McNaughton, T.]. Dec. 28. Primary batteries. -A dry battery, in which the excitant remains anhydrous until required for use, consists of a cylindrical vessel 1 preferably of zinc, forming one electrode, lined with wood - pulp board or like insulating porous material 2 and containing an electro - negative element 3 of carbon, iron, copper, or the like; the space between the two electrodes being packed with a compressed granular mixture 9 of manganese dioxide, to act as a depolarizer, carbon, and an excitant such as ammonium chloride or sodium chloride. About equal weights of carbon and manganese dioxide are used, and sufficient excitant is added to saturate the total amount of water that the mixture can absorb. The element 3 is preferably tubular and is open and fluted at the base as shown and provided with perforations 8 and a vent stopper 11. Terminals 6, 7 are provided and the battery is sealed with wax or the like 10. The battery is rendered active by pouring water into the element 3.
Patent GB-190904837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Generators Giving Constant Pressure under Varying Speeds.
Inventor: DERAIN GEORGES
IPC: H02K23/18
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 4837. Derain, G. Feb. 27. Dynamos, regulating; exciting.-In a machine of the type described in Specification 2195/08, giving constant voltage at varying speed under the balanced action of the electro-magnetic torque of the armature and a restoring torque, the fields are excited by fixed brushes c, and the load current is taken from brushes B attached to the moving magnet frame so as to be always on the neutral line. In an alternative form, the field magnets and brushes C are fixed, and the brushes B are attached to soft-iron shutters, so arranged in the air gap as to be rotated by the electro-magnetic torque and partly to cover the pole faces. The restoring-torque in either arrangement follows a sine law, and may be gravitational or produced by a tension spring which tends to oppose the rotation. The machine is specially suitable for lighting trains and motor-vehicles.
Patent GB-190905996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railroad Point and Switch Operating Means.
Inventor: WILLIAMS WALTER JOSEPH
IPC: B61L11/02
Filed: 1909-03-12
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 5996. Williams, W. J., and Williams, O. J. March 12. Mechanically operated f r o m vehicle. - The points are kept in the main-line position by a spring 10, Fig. 1, and are moved over by the rotation of a cam 9 which engages a wheel 8 on a lever 6. The cam is operated by an arm 28, Fig. 2, depending from the vehicle and adapted to slide in a groove 17 so as to engage a projection 15 on a plate 14 and rotate it and the cam into the position shown in Fig. 2. The parts are held in this position by a pawl 18, the points being now set for the branch line. To re - set the points, a releasing-lever formed in hinged sections 23<a>, 23<b> is pivoted at 22, the upper section 23<b> being arranged to be moved into its vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, by the plate 14 during its operative movement. The lower section 23<a> is connected to the pawl 18 by the rod 21, so that when the part 23<b> is struck by the striker 26 at the rear of the vehicle, the pawl is withdrawn and the plate 14 and cam are caused to return to their normal position by the spring 16. The slight backward movement of the releasing-lever, caused by the pawl spring 20 when the striker has passed, is sufficient to cause the upper part 23<b> to drop back into the normal horizontal position. The depending arm 28 is retained in its raised position by the lever 32.
Patent GB-190911372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wall and Floor Linings.
Inventor: HAHN JAN BRONISLAV
IPC: E04F13/00
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 11,372. Hahn, J. B., and Kmunke, R. May 13. Reservoirs.-A jointless glass lining for reservoirs &c. is formed in situ by suspending a net or trellis-work c on hooks b<1> a short distance from the surface to be covered, the space behind the net being then filled in with glass chips which are fused together by a blowpipe and enclose the netting. Glass powder is blown on at the part acted on at any moment by the flame. The pieces of glass and glass powder may be mixed with crude oil or other similar combustible material into a mass which is applied and fused as described above, or the combustible material may be ignited before the fusing operation, to heat the walls and glass.