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Patent GB-190517941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combustion-product Engine Plants and Combustion-product Engines.
Inventor: MARCILLE MAURICE
Filed: 1905-09-05
Granted: 1906-12-05
Abstract: 17,941. Marcille, M. Sept. 10, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Furnace-gas engine jackets forming steam generators.-Steam to supply the combustion chamber d, Fig. 1, of a mixed furnace-gas and steam engine is obtained from the jacket water, which is kept in circulation through a steamseparating chamber p. The supply of water for the jacket is obtained by condensing the water vapour contained in the engine exhaust.
Patent GB-190520905-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Balls for use in the Game of Golf.
Inventor: MINGAY FRANK HEDLEY
Filed: 1905-10-16
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 20,905. Mingay, F. H. Oct. 16. Balls.-The cores of golf balls are formed of a bag of elastic material, preferably of spherical shape, filled with an incompressible fluid such as water, glycerine, treacle, &c., which has no detrimental action on the bag. The core preferably comprises an india-rubber bag a, which may be formed with a nipple b for receiving a filling-pump &c. The bag a may be filled through a hole formed by a suitable piercer; it is closed in any suitable manner, such as by tying a cord c around the nipple b. The core a is wound with india-rubber tape, and enclosed in a gutta-percha &c. outer cover. According to the Provisional Specification, the bag a may be of inelastic material, and may be filled with any fluid.
Patent GB-190521872-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gas Calorimeter.
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 21,872. Stokes, J. W. B., and Stewart & Co., D. Oct. 27. Calorimeters.-An instrument specially adapted for measuring the calorific power of producer gas consists of a cylinder A which can be put into communication with a source of gas supply or the atmosphere by a three-way cock E, with a gauge glass R by cocks S, and with a vessel D containing mercury or other suitable liquid by the cock B and flexible tube C. The cylinder is also in communication with a recording pressure gauge H, and a sparking-plug J, connected to an induction coil, is provided. An explosive mixture of known volumes of air and gas is introduced into the cylinder, the cocks S, B are closed, and the mixture is exploded. The calorific power of the gas can be calculated from the pressure recorded and the known volumes of air and gas used.
Patent GB-190523416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turbines.
Inventor: HILL CHARLES RIVERS
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 23,416. Hill, C. R., and Tollemache, 31. E. Nov. 14. Impact-wheels.-An impact-wheel, driven by steam, gas, or liquid, has its driving-fluid loaded with a mineral oil, either pare or weighted with some neutral material, and containing metal or composition spheres, forming semi-solid pistons acting on the vanes of the turbine. The semisolid medium with which the spheres are mixed is contained in a receptacle 1, and it passes to an injector 5 where steam or other motor fluid drives it on to the impact-wheel 6. The medium is then returned into the receptacle.
Patent GB-190602561-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spanner
Inventor: BECHEM HANS
Filed: 1906-02-02
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 2561. Bechem, H. Feb. 2. Spanners.-Adjustable spanners with sliding jaws have the handle fitted with a wedgeshaped piece, extending from both sides, for engaging the rack. The movable jaw b slides in a recess in the shank a of the fixed jaw, and is connected to the handle c fitted with the wedgeshaped tooth e. When the two jaws abut against the work, the handle is moved towards the shank a until the pawl e engages serrations thereon and forms a fulcrum, so that further movement operates the sliding jaw and grips the work.
Patent GB-190609985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear more especially applicable to Motor Cycles.
Inventor: DOUGHTY GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1906-04-28
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 9985. Doughty, G. H. April 28. Clutches.- Comprises clutch mechanism for driving- gear especially applicable to motor-cycles, which enables the machine to be started directly from rest. The bottom bracket b of the cycle or other frame is split and grips an eccentric hub a in any position in which it may be adjusted. This adjustment of the hub, for the purpose of tightening the chain, is effected by a lever d the upper end of which is secured on a pin attached to a bracket f clamped to the frame. The boss of the lever fits on the hub a and is provided with a series of inclines on one face engaging with which is a similar series of inclines on the boss of a lever q operated by hand. This enables the male part l of the clutch to be moved .laterally against a spring n which normally tends to keep it in gear. The female part h of the clutch has its flange provided with teeth j forming a chain-wheel. The power is transmitted to the chain-wheel j from the motor and thence through the friction clutch to a chainwheel p screwed on to the boss of the male part of the clutch.
Patent GB-190610944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or additions to, Match-boxes Cigar and Cigarette Cases and like Receptacles
Inventor: LIGHT WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 10,944. Ligbt, W. May 10. Cigar and cigarette cases are provided with one or more supplementary receptacles for matches, postage stamps, visiting- cards, &c. The Figure shows the application of the invention to a matchbox a having an additional pocket b for postage stamps. The lid d has a depending cranked flap f, which covers the stamp pocket.
Patent GB-190612609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wafer Biscuit Machines.
Inventor: PETERS FRANK MAX
Filed: 1906-05-30
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 12,609. Peters, F. M. May 30. Biscuits. - A machine for making sugar wafer biscuits comprises a device, shown in Fig. 5, for spreading paste on baked wafer sheets and a device, shown in Fig. 7, for pressing wafer sheets on the coated sheets to form sandwiches which are cut up to form biscuits. Baked wafer sheets 100 are carried through the machine on a belt 17 with their edges contiguous so as to form a continuous strip. The sheets pass beneath an auxiliary conveyer 40, Fig. 5, to a paste-distributing device comprising a water - jacketed hopper 45 supported above a roller 49. The amount of paste removed from the hopper by the roller is regulated by an adjustable blade 53, and the paste is removed from the roller and spread upon the wafer sheet by a blade 66 carried by an adjustable yoke 64 supported by a frame 60, which is pivoted to the roller shaft and rests adjustably on the side frames of the machine. The coated sheets are covered with other sheets and are pressed together between the conveyer 17 and a belt 79, Fig. 7, which pass above a fixed plate 68 and beneath an adjustable spring-mounted plate 67. The conveyer belt 17 passes round adjustable tightening - rollers 86, 88. A scraper 98<1> above a pan 99 serves to remove crumbs &c. from the belt 17.
Patent GB-190619638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Appliances for Levers for Operating or Controlling Railway Points and Signal Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 19,638. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Sept. 3. Switches, locking. A lever a forming part of a railway signal or point-operating device carries the plate c with a detent c<1> engaging the pawl e<1> controlled by the magnet d' in the circuit of a series of contacts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, completed by the points when operated and locked. The arm o carried by the plate c is included in this circuit. The disk may be moved to its end position from the intermediate position shown in Fig. 2 when the detent e' is removed. In one modification, the detent e<1> may enter a slot in the plate c<1>, the slot being wide enough to allow sufficient movement on either side of the middle position of rest to enable the contact bar o to bridge the contacts q', r<1>.
Patent GB-190619671-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Air Tubes for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WAITE JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-04
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 19,671. Waite, J. Sept. 4. Tyres, pneumatic.-A series of parallel air-tubes f, Fig. 1, preferably five in number, is inflated simultaneously by means of a valve a, formed with a main stem a' and branches b. Each branch is closed by a rubber cap d, Figs. 2 and 15, held in position by a washer e, and a cuplike recess g is formed at the end so that if one tube is deflated the others expand automatically, or on further inflation, close the valve branch. The shank above the flange is formed with flattened portions on opposite sides, and the rubber cap is formed with air passages at its sides through which the threaded edges of the shank project and engage the washer.
Patent GB-190625685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuse Heads for Electric Blasting.
Inventor: RENDER FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 25,685. Render, F. Nov. 14. Blasting - fuses. - In electric fuses of the kind described in Specification No. 26,434, A.D.1905, the electrodes C, which are slit at c<2>, are screwed into the ' fuse head A, and one prong of each screw is sent inwards, as shown, to form the spark-gap. The leads are soldered in holes c<1> in the heads of the screws.
Patent GB-190700257-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Continuous Mechanical Brake for Railway Waggons and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DARLING JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-04
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 257. Darling, J. Jan. 4. Brakes.-In a railway-vehicle brake adapted to be applied by compression of the buffers, the mechanism is arranged so that the brake is applied in either direction of motion as long as the vehicle is travelling in opposition to the pressure on the buffers, but is released when the direction of travel is reversed, The buffer rods act against arms l, Fig. 1, on the ends of a transverse shaft k<1>, and the draw-bar a acts on an arm s fixed to the middle of the shaft k<1>. The brake levers i, j are fixed to the ends of hollow shafts k surrounding the shaft k<1>. The ends of the shafts k adjacent to the arm s are united to a hollow notched collar w. A tonguepiece x normally rests in the notch in the collar w, and is engaged by a lug s' on the lever s to apply the brakes. The tongue x is carried by a forked tube n resting at one end on one of the axles t and at the other on the shafts k, and is pressed by a spring r in a direction to keep the tongue x in the notch, as shown in Fig. 3. The tube n also carries a weighted pawl q engaging a toothed wheel m<1> fixed to the axle t. On backing the vehicle, the toothed wheel m<1> by engaging the pawl q pushes back the tube n and disengages the tongue x from the collar w, thus putting the brake out of action until a pull is again applied to the draw-bar. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the mechanism for rendering the brake inoperative is located at one side. One of the block-carrying arms z on the hollow brake shaft k is formed as a sheath, in which is mounted a sliding block x<3> pinned to a bracket l<2> on an arm l<1>, which is acted upon by the buffer rod on that side. On. the arm z and projecting through a hole in the brake block e<1> is also mounted a quadrant piece y formed with a notch x. When the wagon is backed from a position of rest, the pressure on the buffers merely causes a tonguepiece x<2> on the block x<3> to enter the notch x without applying the brakes ; but, when the wagon is pulled along, the tongue-piece x<2> is pulled out of the notch, and the notch is carried out of the line of the tongue-piece by the friction of the wheel, so that, when pressure is applied to the buffers to slow up the train, the tongue-piece x<3> engages the periphery of the quadrant y and causes the brakes to be applied.
Patent GB-190704771-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Card Shuffler.
Inventor: LAING ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 4771. Laing, A. E., and Skilbeck, J. Feb. 27. Card games.-A device for shuffling cards consists of a box A, very slightly larger than a pack of cards, provided with two rows of pins D,F with heads equal in width to three cards. The pins cross the middle of the box and are parallel with either end.
Patent GB-190706651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Jacquard Machines.
Inventor: SALZER BRUNO
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 6651. Salzer, B., and Walther, G. March 19. Jacquards.-In jacquards having two or more cylinders 7, 8, either of which may control the needles 9, the cylinders are carried by levers 10, 11 on levers 1, 2 connected by a rod 3 to form a lever parallelogram, which is displaced by a rod 6, as required, to bring either cylinder under the needles 9. Levers 18, 19, loosely mounted on the cylinder axles, are provided with pawls 20, 21, which are caused by springs to engage ratchet-wheels 16, 17 fixed to the cylinder axle. The movements of the pawls are limited by a slideway 24, and by abutments 22, 23 on the levers 10, 11. Downwardlybent ends of the levers 10, 11 move on the slideways 24. If the cylinder 8 is in acting position, as shown, and the thrust-bar 25 is raised, the lever 19 is raised and its pawl turns the cylinder 8 one tooth, the pawl then coming in contact with the abutment 23. Further movement of the bar 25 presses the cylinder against the needles. Notched disks 27 on the cylinder axles are engaged by detent pawls 29, to retain the cylinders in the positions into which they are successively rotated.
Patent GB-190707364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HUMPHREY ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 7364. Humphrey, A. H., and Humphrey, H. R. June 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent gas lamps ; reflectors and holders therefor ; globe holders.-To facilitate getting at the mantles G, they are placed in holes in a plate B which is carried by a slidable and rotatable stem B<1>. A pin b on this stem moves in the vertical slit .of a split sleeve C and is secured in the upper working position by the upper end of the sleeve, which is shaped like a cam or spirally ; a stop S on the stem determines the working position ; C' is a finger piece. The plate B is preferably made of magnesia or other non-heat-conducting material ; it acts also as a reflector, adding thereby to the attractive appearance of the lamp. The burners D depend from a common supply ring E arranged around a central chimney A, and project through a base flange A<1> on the chimney, which is supported from the gas-supply pipe F. The globe-holding ring I is hinged at J and secured by a thumb-screw K.
Patent GB-190713486-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Reversing Valve for Regenerators for Furnaces.
Inventor: ESCH PAUL
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 13,486. Esch, P. June 11. Valves for regenerative furnaces. Semicircular disks 4, 5 attached respectively to concentric spindles 7, 6, capable of longitudinal displacement but turning together, are mounted at opposite ends of a water-jacketed cylindrical chamber 3, divided vertically into two parts by a partition 3<a>, which is loose to allow of expansion and contraction. Mechanism is provided by which the disks are automatically removed from their seatings before reversal, the weight of the disk 4, and the weighted lever 8, normally keeping the disks firmly seated. The crank 12 for reversing the valve rides loosely on a spindle 13 having a pin 14 projecting into an oblique slot 15. The consequent lateral movement on first turning the crank actuates the bell-crank 18 and the levers, shown in detail in Fig. 4, to remove the disks from their seats before they are turned on their axes. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the dividing partition 3<a> is helical instead of plane as in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190802813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hack Saw Machines.
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 2813. Marks, E. C. R., [Buffalo Specialty Co.]. Feb. 7. Sawing.-In a duplex hack - saw machine, the saws have their inner ends arranged side by side and reciprocate above work-holders arranged at opposite ends of the machine. The saw frames have separate actuating connexions to a common driving-shaft. Two saw frames E have slots f in their shanks, which are guided on rocking blocks F<1> secured by screws f<1> in slotted standards F. The saws are operated by slotted links K driven by a centrally arranged shaft H, the links resting by gravity on pins l, which are mounted in arms L secured to the shanks E'. When driving the saws, the pins l engage transverse extensions k<1> of the slots in the links K. The links are held in the operative position by providing the pins l with springs, which press studs o' on levers M pivoted on the pins into depressions in the arms L. The springs normally hold the pins at the bottom of the grooves and on removing the studs from the recesses, they force the studs along circular grooves in the arms and cause projections m<1> on the levers M to raise the links and disengage the pins l from the parts k<1> of the slots, thus rendering the saws inoperative. The rocking movement of the levers M is limited in one direction by a stop-pin projecing from the arms L, and in the other direction by the lifting-pin m<1>. Either of the saws may be put out of action independently by means of operating- handles m on the levers M, or automatically. In the latter case, the descent of the saws through the work causes the raising of the arms L, and consequently when the work is severed, stops q on the standards engage the levers M to remove the studs 0<1>. To vary the pressure of the saw on the work, a weight R is clamped in different positions on the saw frame. Cutting is effected in the return stroke, and the links K tend to swing the rear ends of the shanks upwards in the cutting-stroke to increase the pressure, and downwards in the idle stroke to release the saws. The saws may be held in their inoperative position by the engagement of screws g on the standards with slots f<3> in the frames.
Patent GB-190805830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filtering Machines.
Inventor: RIDGWAY GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 5830. Ridgway, G. March 16. Filters.-Pulp liquid is filtered in the compartment A of an annular tank by means of elements B suspended by chains T<1> from pulleys S' on axes P<1> mounted in a travelling frame K. The frame is moved over the annular tank by means of a worm or pinion engaging with a rack M on the frame, the frame being supported by rails L which engage with rollers G fixed near the top of the tank. The cakes of solid matter which form on the elements B are washed in a second compartment of the tank, and they are dried and discharged as the elements pass over other divisions. The frame of each element is formed of a bar F<1> and a bent pipe D', Figs. 3 and 4, perforated along the bottom and connected at one end by a union T<3> with suction and compressed-air pipes. The frames are packed with sheets of coir matting or the like and covered on both sides with canvas or filter cloth. A cap N', preferably of sheet iron, covers the bar F<1>, being held out from it so that water supplied by the pipe K<1> passes down over the outside of the frames. The elements are held together in sets on bars M<1> radial to the tank, with perforated waterspray pipes G<4> interposed between each pair. Corresponding to the partition separating the filtering and washing compartments and to the divisions for drying and discharging the cakes, there are circular guide-rails R, Fig 1, with inclined ends S. For each of the axes P', the frame K is provided with a quadrant W carrying a roller, which, when it comes into contact with the raised ends S and travels along the lower side towards the horizontal portions of the rail R, turns the quadrant on its pivot and, by means of a chain attached to the quadrant, rotates a pulley R<1> and the shaft P<1>. The elements suspended therefrom are thus raised over the partition or division, afterwards falling again when the roller leaves the rail R. For suction, the elements are connected by hose C' with valves F<2> to a central chamber A<2> revolving over a fixed pipe A<3>, which is divided into two parts so that the filtrate and the wash water can be discharged separately. The hose C<2> has also a valved connexion with a rotary compartment A<4> through which compressed air is supplied, and the pipe K<1> has a similar connexion with a chamber W<3>. The chambers A<4>, W<3> receive compressed air and water respectively through a fixed double-port pipe M<2>. The valves on the connecting-pipes are operated by rollers and tappets which engage with fixed rails or stops at the points where the suction is to be cut off or air and water admitted to facilitate the discharge of the cakes. The filtering and washing compartments have agitators C on spindles passing through the bottom and operated by gear-wheels. Specification No. 11,623, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190809754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surveying Instruments
Inventor: BELLAMY CHARLES VINCENT
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 9754. Bellamy, C. V., and Tallack, H. T. May 5. Surveying-instruments; clinometers; levels. - An apparatus for reading road gradients &c. consists of a sighting-device B mounted centrally on a circular graduated frame A, which is pivoted at its centre and adapted to be rotated for sighting by means of a pinion on the arm C carrying the pendulum weight D. Scales of gradients and degrees can be attached to the frame, which is held by a clamp G after setting, and, by means of slides such as H, Fig. 3, in the sighting- tube, at the back and front, sights can be taken in a forward or a backward direction, as an eyehole I or slot J can be brought into a central position at either end.
Patent GB-190811588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Dusting the Sheets in Bronzing Machines and the like.
Inventor: HUBNER FRANZ MAX
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 11,588. H³bner, F. M. June 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Bronzing &c.-Means for dusting the sheets in bronzing-machines comprises two sets of carrier bands and dusting-wings, situated one above the other, and a transfer device whereby the sheets are turned in being delivered to the lower carrier band, so that each sheet will be dusted on both sides before leaving the machine, the superfluous bronze being drawn by a suction device into a collecting- box. The sheets on the feed-table a are placed one by one on the endless band b, and are dusted on the top side by the dusting-wings c. At the roller d the sheet leaves the band b, and is then turned over by the drum d<1> and the transfer apron e so as to be delivered with its other side on the return carrier band f, where it is dusted by the wings h. The lower band has a slightly higher speed so as to stretch the sheet as it leaves the transfer apron and cause it to lie flat on the band f. The dusting- wings are driven by an endless belt r, and the dusted sheets are delivered at g, while the fan k draws off the superfluous bronze.
Patent GB-190818672-A (GB)
Title: Method of Protecting the Iron Walls of Gas-holders from the Destructive Influence of the Cyanogen Compounds Entering the Water of the Seal from the Gas.
Inventor: KAYSSER OTTO
Filed: 1908-09-05
Granted: 1909-09-06
Abstract: 18,672. Kaysser, O. Sept. 5. Gas-holders.-Iron gas-holders and their tanks are protected from the destructive action of cyanogen compounds which enter the seal water from the gas by adding to the seal water a permanganate salt, mixed or not with cement. Preferably permanganate of potassium in a finely divided state is mixed with an equal quantity of cement, and added to the seal water from two to four times a year.