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Patent GB-190505010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling and Operating the Points of Electric Railways and Tramways
Inventor: CROSS EDWARD
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 5010. Cross, E. March 10. Points and switches ; electric railways and tramways.-Comprises arrangements for mechanically operating the track and conductor points and switches of railways and tramways from the vehicles. Fig. 1 shows a plan and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the operating-mechanism as applied to a tramway. Near each end of the movable point a, road boxes each having a hinged cover or movable lever c<2>, c<3> are fixed in the road bed, as shown, and slots in which studs d, d' are fitted are cut in the rail. The cover c<2> is connected by a wire rope or rod f through the lever g to the point tongue a, while the cover c<3> is similarly connected to the locking-pawl h. Pivoted levers e, e<1> are connected at one end to the corresponding stud d or d', and press at the opposite end against the corresponding cover c' or c<3>. When a car approaching from the left requires to continue on the main line, the driver lowers the projection b, which, when the cover c<2> has been partially raised through the leading car wheels depressing the stud d, pulls the cover, and consequently the point tongue, over. The pawl h locks the point tongue in this position against the pressure of the spring i. To allow the tongue to move back into its normal position after the car has cleared the point, the projection b is kept lowered so as to pull the cover c<3> over when the stud d<1> has been depressed by the leading wheel. The cover c<2> is simultaneously moved into its lowered position by the spring i. In overhead-trolly electric tramways, the mechanism is suitably connected up to the conductor points.,
Patent GB-190505372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in External Gas Furnaces for Stationary and Marine Steam Boilers.
Inventor: RANALLI VINCENZO
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 5372. Ranalli, V. March 14. Generators or producers.-An external gas furnace for stationary and marine steam boilers consists of a gas-producer 1 from which the gases pass s through purifiers 12 into one or more combustion chambers 13, where they are mixed with air previously heated by heat from the producer and combustion chambers, and are finally led into the furnace flues 31 of one or more boilers. Gas from the producer passes through a delivery pipe 9, provided with a valve 10, into purifiers 12, where unburnt particles of matter are deposited. These may be afterwards removed through the discharge door 12. Each purifier is provided with a flap valve 14 for regulating the amount of gas which enters into it and also interrupting the direction of the current. Air to effect combustion of the gases within the combustion chamber enters interspaces 8 in the sides and roof of the gas-producer, where it is heated, and flows into an air chamber 22, which is provided with a "trap door 23 for admitting cold air if required. Air from the chamber 22 flows through interspaces surrounding the combustion chambers to enclosed spaces 18 beneath, thence through vertical pipes 17 in the combustion chamber, and vertical channels in the walls of the combustion chambers, to the collecting-chambers 19, which communicate with the combustion chambers by means of passages 25, furnished with regulating- valves operated by handles 26. When the apparatus is first set in operation, much smoke is produced. By removal of the door 5 on the charging-hole, the smoke is conveyed to the chimney 29 by means of flues 27, 28 until production of smoke ceases. The gas-producer is provided with a steam jet beneath the grate 2, the supply being regulated by a valve 35.
Patent GB-190507125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sad Irons.
Inventor: JOHNSON CHARLES TORDENSKJOLD
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 7125. Johnson, C. T. April 4. Ironing.-Relatee to improvements on the sad or smoothing iron described in Specification No, 7924, A.D. 1900, The iron consists of three separable portions-the smoothing-plate, the core, and a non-conducting case or shell, By a clamping-device, the latter two parts together may be removed from the plate, and then from each other. The e heating-core a and the non-conducting shell b fit on the plate c, which is provided with oppositely-placed standards m and a flanged upper edge. The locking-device consists of elastic metal arms g, fitted atj with inwardly-projecting studs or trunnions which can enter the holes l in the core, through bearings in the case b. The arms terminate in hooks engaging with studs on the standards m. In the position shown in Fig. 1, all three parts are locked together. If the handle i is swung over to the left, the hooks disengage and the smoothing- plate can be detached. When the arms g are vertical, the projections n force the trunnions out of the holes L in the core, and the shell may then be raised. The handle o of the core permits its transmission by means of a hook when very hot.
Patent GB-190510020-A (GB)
Title: Means or Apparatus for Drying Grain and Seeds.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 10,020. Smith, G. May 12. Drying grain and seeds.-In order to avoid undue heating of cargoes of grain or seeds, especially rice, during the voyage, the bins, hoppers, and pipes or shoots in the mills wherein the grain &c. is cleaned, shelled, and otherwise treated are provided with steam or hot-water pipes with gills c, whereby they are dried. Fig. 1 shows such a hopper, leading to the bottom of an elevator shaft and provided with a slide g which regulates the time of drying. In Fig. 4 is shown a pipe or shoot with a concentric spiral heating-pipe. The pipes are supported by brackets d.
Patent GB-190510121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for use in connection with Motors using Fluid Fuel.
Inventor: BURN LOUIS
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 10,121. Burn, L., and Goskar, T. A. May 15. Gas or explosivevapour engines, carburetting in. An oil force pump d is combined with the carburettor and is worked mechanically or by the air suction acting on the disk g on the plunger f. The,oil may be sprayed through holes in. the plunger or its barrel into the mixing-chamber directly, or through a beat valve a<9> of adjustable lift; the oil enters at the intervals between the engine suction strokes. A gauze strainer cis secured in a cavity in the oil suction passage by the pipe union c<2>. The spraying- valve a<9> or the oil suction valve b, Fig. 1, is held closed by springs when the engine is at rest. The-inertia of the pump and air column serves to control the oil supply according to the load on the engine and therefore its speed, less oil entering as the speed increases under a light load. The speed may also be controlled by a handlever j which limits the movement of the disk.
Patent GB-190511052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible and other Boxes, Sample Boxes and the like for Containing Granular Pulverulent and the like Goods.
Inventor: BROWN RICHARD HASTE
Filed: 1905-05-26
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 11,052. Brown, R. H. May 26. Condiment receptacles.-A collapsible box, Figs. 2 and 3, having a powder-distributing device and an opening G, H from which a sample of the contents may be withdrawn, is formed from a blank shaped as shown in Fig. 1. The covering-flap F<3> serves as a spout. The pepper or other material contained in the box may be sprinkled through the perforations L which come opposite the hole M in the side of the box. The hole M is adapted to be closed by the flap K, which is nearly detached from the box. Instead of the perforations L being formed in an extension of the flap F<4>, a perforated piece of paper, cardboard, tin, &c. may be Fasted over the hole M. The sample-delivering device may be omitted, and the invention may be applied to non-collapsible boxes.
Patent GB-190511077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Preparation of Photographic Printing Papers or Surfaces.
Inventor: PELANZ KARL
Filed: 1905-05-26
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 11,077. Pflanz, K. May 25. Printing-paper and the like; chromo-gelatin and like processes.-In preparing printing-pa.per for carbon, gum-bichromate, and like processes, the support is first coated with a soluble layer of colouring-matter such as water colour or tempora colour, and then with the layer of albumen or other colloid, which may be sensitized at the time of application or subsequently.
Patent GB-190512635-A (GB)
Title: The Protection of Steel Guns from the Erosive Effects of Cordite and similar Gases.
Inventor: TOPP GEORGE CHARLES JOHNSON
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 12,635. Topp, G. C. J. June 19. Ordnance, non-corrodible.-The bore is electroplated with a metal such as silver capable of resisting the erosive action of the powder gases. From time to time the deposit is renewed by closing the ends of the bore and filling it with the electrobath. Specification No. 8614, A.D. 1893, is referred to.
Patent GB-190513119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reinforced Concrete Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: SCOTT ROBERT LLOYD
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 13,119. Scott, R. L. June 24. Sleepers, railway, are made from concrete which is strengthened by embedding therein a longitudinally-disposed metal bar. Fig. 2 shows a sectional side view of a portion of a sleeper and Fig. 3 a transverse section. The bar a, shown detached in end view and plan in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively, is placed near the bottom surface of the concrete block and has its flanges c sheared and bent so as to anchor in the concrete. Plates d, having holes e in them which are accurately spaced to receive the holding-down bolts for the chairs, are secured to the bar a by the bolts or rivets f. During the moulding of the sleeper, the bar a is supported on the bent flange pieces g and the cores for forming the holes for the holding-down bolts are supported by the plates d. Fig. 7 shows the cross-section of a modified form of the bar a.
Patent GB-190515839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireplaces.
Inventor: BOWES RICHARD
Filed: 1905-08-02
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 15,839. Bowes, R. Aug. 2. Fire-places; hearths; ash-guards.-A fire-clay or like false hearth B of an open fire-place is fitted upon a metal support C so as to form a space M beneath the grate, and a space F between it and the ordinary hearth D, air being supplied to the space F, if desired, from apertures at the sides, thus preventing overheating of the floor joists E'. The air supply to the space M beneath the grate is regulated by altering the position of a front I, which may be provided with a hit-and-miss or other grating J. The grate may have fixed or movable front bars, as in Fig. 1, or the grate bottom may be curved upwards and supported on legs L, as in Fig. 3, in which case the front bars are dispensed with and the front I is extended in height to form a fret K. The back G rests upon the frame C, and may be straight or curved.
Patent GB-190601937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filling a Number of Syphons by Hand with Water or Aerated Beverages.
Inventor: BOBET PAUL
Filed: 1906-01-25
Granted: 1907-01-25
Abstract: 1937. Bobet, P. Jan. 25. Bottling.-In a machine for filling siphons, the cradles 15, which carry them, are pivoted at 16 to a frame 5, which rotates about a central hollow column 6. An empty siphon is placed in the cradie 15 at the position B. The lever of the siphon rests on the end 23 of a lever 20, pivoted at 22 and-supported by the free end of a pivoted lever 21, which is pressed upwards by a spring 24, carried by an arm 26 pivoted at 16 and supported by a roller 28 running on a circular rail 2. The frame is rotated till the siphon arrives at C, thus causing the roller 28 to rise out of the hollow 4 and press the spring 24 against the lever 21. This opens the valve on the bottle and presses the nozzle against the filling-tube 14. The rotation of the frame also causes a roller 33, connected by a lever 32 to a piston valve in the chamber 9, to rise out of the depression 39 in a fixed cam and move the valve so as to admit liquid to the siphon by way of a tube 7, the column 6, a tube 10, and the nozzle 14. During the rotation of the frame through a further quarter-revolution, the roller 33 enters another depression 39, thus cutting off the liquid supply and placing the nozzle in communication with a snifting-tube 11. In the position D, a further quantity of liquid enters the siphon, and, after again snifting, the filling is completed at the point E. At the point B, the full siphon is replaced by an empty one.
Patent GB-190603425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fishing Rods.
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1907-02-12
Abstract: 3425. Carter & Co., A., and Carter, A. Feb. 12. Wood, treating. - Fishing-rods are built up entirely of the outer portions of canes. The cane is first cut into triangular strips, Fig. 1, which are then cut across as shown so as to leave a bark-containing portion c. Two of these pieces are cemented together as shown in Fig. 2, and a triangular strip, Fig. 3, is cut therefrom. The rod is finally built up by cementing a number of these triangular strips together.
Patent GB-190609886-A (GB)
Title: Process for Converting Diastasic Malt Extracts into Solid Form for Rendering the same Durable.
Inventor: POLLAK ISIDOR
Filed: 1906-04-27
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 9886. Pollak, I. April 27. Malt extracts.-To obtain a durable malt extract concentrated liquid malt extract is kneaded with flour from malted cereals to form a dough, which may be moulded to any form. The dough may be dried in a vacuum, and the product reduced to powder.
Patent GB-190610057-A (GB)
Title: A New Composition of Matter for use as a Food Preservative and Antiseptic and suitable also for Medicinal Purposes.
Inventor: NICHOLSON HENRY ANGUS
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 10,057. Nicholson, H. A., and Wilson, A. E. S. April 30. Medicinal preparations; antiseptics.-A solution containing lime, sodium permanganate, and common salt is used as a preservative for food, an antiseptic for application to wounds &c., an antidote to poisons of an acid nature such as carbolic acid, oxalic acid, arsenic, &c., and as a venous injection for curative purposes. To prepare the solution, 30 to 40 grains of lime are dissolved in a gallon of water and the solution is mixed with another consisting of 12 to 18 grains of permanganate and 12 to 18 oz. of salt dissolved in a gallon of water.
Patent GB-190613269-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arrangement for Operating Clutches of Speed Gears.
Inventor: SCHMIDT HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 13,269. Schmidt, H. June 8. Variable-speed gearing ; clutches.-Relates to devices for unclutching the driving-clutch of a speed gear simultaneously with the changing of the gear. The spindle a carries a cam b provided with a slot d with which engages a pin e in a frame f sliding on the boss of the cam. A second cam c on the spindle has projections m and recesses n engaging a roller o in a similar frame p. When the spindle o is turned, the frame f, by means of the rods g, h, moves the clutch piece i into engagement with either clutch k, k<1> to change the speed, and at the same time the frame p disengages the clutch s by means of the rods q, r.
Patent GB-190618478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Packing Means for Movable Joints in Turbines and other Engines or Machines subject to the Action of Expansive Fluid.
Filed: 1906-08-17
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 18,478. Newton, J. M., and Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Aug. 17. Stuging - b o x e s, substitutes for.-In labyrinth packing for turbine and other rotating shafts and for reciprocating rods, groups of thin rings are used to separate two or more expansion chambers. The rings may be arranged in groups of two or more, each group being secured in a single groove by one or more caulking-strips. Fig. 1<a> shows rings 1 secured by caulking-strips 3 in grooves in either the rotating or the stationary part, or in both. Fig. 4 shows a modification suitable for a reciprocating rod, in which a number of thin rings are secured between spacing-rings 3 and clamped by a nut 8, which may be formed with a draining-passage 8<a>. Fig. 8 shows the rings 1, 3 clamped between two flanged parts 9, 10 by bolts 11. Steam or other fluid under pressure may be admitted to the box by a pipe 18. The rings 1 may be made in segments and may be secured by feathers, or by dovetail joints,.as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190619440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brackets or Attachment Fittings for use in connection with Curtain and other Rods
Inventor: JAMES JOHN JESSE
Filed: 1906-08-31
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 19,440. James, J. J., [trading as Dutson & Co.]. Aug. 31. Brackets.-A bracket for securing a curtain or other rod to window frames &c. consists of a cylindrical case a, Figs. 3, 4, and 6, with a slot a' having a tongue a<5> in the side, a rotary cap d having a cut-away part d', and a washer e, the whole being secured by a central screw b, Fig. 3. The end of the curtain-rod is provided with a flat metal eye c<1>, which is passed through the slot a<4> when the cap d has been turned into the position shown in Fig. 4, and passed over the tongue a<5>. The cap d is then turned so that the slot is covered and the end of the curtain &c. rod thereby locked in position, as shown in Fig. 3. The washer e is curved so as to bear elastically on the outer edge of the cap d, the centre part of the washer passing through a hole in the cap so as to bear on the casing a. In a modification, the casing is secured to the window frame by screws passing through projecting ears, and the cap is secured to the casing by a stud or rivet, or by an eyelet. In other forms, a closed or an open spring locking-ring is arranged to rotate on the outside of the casing. Fig. 15 shows a form in which a hook terminal c is engaged in a slot in a casing a and locked in position by a cap d. The central screw b may be fixed to the bracket by a plate, situated within the bracket and engaging in a groove in the screw.
Patent GB-190619560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tramway Rails.
Inventor: GADSBY CHARLES HERBERT
Filed: 1906-09-01
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 19,560. Gadsby, C. H. Sept. 1. Rails; chair keys and wedges.-In railway and tramway rails in which renewable treads and checks are made in one piece, the tread 1, check 2, and yoke 3 are formed of resilient steel, so that the combined tread check and yoke can be sprang into the trough 4 of a girder 5 and held therein by its own elasticity. The girder 5 consists of two similar parts 10, 11, riveted together and provided with projections 8, 9 fitting into recesses in the yoke 3. Fig. 11 shows a modification in which the parts 10, 11 are separated a short distance by a cross channeliron 12. The joints in the various portions break joint. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the combined tread and check may be further secured by wedges ; several other modifications are also described. In one form, separate #-shaped treads and checks are used, the lower limbs of which fit into undercut recesses in the trough of a girder, and are secured in position by vertically tapered wedges driven between them. The recesses may either be milled out, or the girder may be rolled in two parts which are afterwards riveted together. Separate treads and checks are also used with a bridge girder similar tn that shown in Fig. II. In another modification, Z-shaped treads and checks are employed, separated by wedges consisting of two longitudinally and oopositelv tapered portions. A modified wedge is described consisting of an elastic bent piece of steel expanded by a steel wedge, and in another form the wedge is made in two halves pressed apart by a tapered pin. A caulking of spelter or similar material may be used instead of wedges.
Patent GB-190626698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Gasefying Oils and Carburetting Air.
Inventor: KURZER LEOPOLD
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 26,698. Kurzer, L. Nov. 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Carburetting.-A carburetting-apparatus comprises two drums simultaneously rotated by a common means, one drum being the carburettor proper, and the other being packed with fibrous material to arrest drops of liquid, which are subsequently gasified. The carburetting - drum b contains a series of concentric cylinders c, covered with absorbent material and dipping into hydrocarbon c<1>, the centre cylinder c<2> being closed at the ends. The drum b communicates through a hollow trunnion and a pipe e with a drum d containing fibrous material, preferably in two or more layers. The two drums are mounted in a frame a, and are rotated by means of a pulley g and toothed gearing h, or they may be arranged within a common casing on a common shaft. Carburetted air is sucked out at d<1>, the air entering the drum b at an opening f protected by a sieve. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 16,235, A.D. 1884.]
Patent GB-190626805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Egg Boilers.
Inventor: HALL HARRY FRANKLYN
Filed: 1906-11-26
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 26,805. Hall, H. F. Nov. 26. Egg-boilers; eggtamers. - An e g gboiler comprises a water tank A in the upper part of which rests a removable wire-cage eggholder S, the bottom of the latter reaching to the level at which a timing- valve I communicates with the interior of the tank; the flow of water from the latter through the outlet O of the valve into a drain-pipe P is regulated by a lever J, according to its position on the dial L. This lever can be moved round the dial to any required position, operating at the same time, by means of a forked lever G, a valve F which controls the flow of cold water into the tank through the pipe E. The tank has a heating-pipe at the bottom, and is provided with an overflow pipe R in communication with the drain-pipe P.
Patent GB-190702352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Universal Joints.
Inventor: SCHWARZ GEORG
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 2352. Schwarz, G. Jan. 30. Lubricating universal joints. An oil-retaining universal joint is arranged in a cylindrical casing on the end of one shaft formed of sections 1, 2 held together by end covers 7 connected by a bolt 8. The universal joint comprises two rotatable cheeks 3 with central pins 6 upon which the enlarged end 5 of the shaft 4 is pivoted. The oil-retaining chamber is an extension of one part 2 of the cylindrical casing and has a spherical end flange 9 bearing against a corresponding spring-pressed member 10 adjacent to the oil-supply ring 11.
Patent GB-190705960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-stoves or the like Apparatus.
Inventor: BUREL MARIUS
IPC: F24C1/00
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 5960. Burel, M. March 12. . Air-heating stoves. -A hot-air chamber is formed between the gilled casings a, f, Figs. 1 and 4, of an incandescent gas-fire, and is heated by the combustion products, which pass from the canopy d to the descending side flues h, i, and round the lower ends of the partitions x to the central flue j, and so to the outlet k.