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Patent GB-190600310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Drying Leather.
Inventor: PIM EDWARD
Filed: 1906-01-05
Granted: 1907-01-05
Abstract: 310. Pim, E. Jan. 5. Drying leather.- Butts x of leather are hung from bearers c in a closed chamber, the air in which is kept dry and absorbent of moisture by means of pipes b through which cold water is circulated. The moisture condensed on these pipes falls into gutters e and is carried outside the chamber by discharge pipes f. In cold weather, the air in the room may be warmed by hot-water or other pipes i. In hot weather, the water or other fluid used in the pipes b may be artificially cooled or refrigerated, to prevent the growth of moulds. According to the Provisional Specification, the chamber may have a lattice or perforated false floor below which are the cooling pipes and gutters, and at the lower parts of the sides there may be heating-pipes partitioned off by metal screens running to the top of the room acting as radiators and preventing air currents.
Patent GB-190603457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 3457. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 12. A r c lamps.-A flaming-arc lamp has a speciallyconstructed metallic upper electrode situated in a fume-chimney and arranged so as to be readily removable and so that it receives a double blow at each feeding operation, to keep it clean. This electrode consists of a pencil 6, Fig. 3, which may be of copper, clamped by screws 8 in a socket formed by two plates 7. Alternatively, the pencil and plates may be made in one piece. The plates project through slots in a fume-box 3, attached to which beside the slots are angle-pieces 10. Pins 13 inserted in holes 12 in the angle-pieces limit vertical movement of the plates 7, and other pins 14 prevent lateral movement. The fume-box 3 opens into a chimney 2, Fig. 1, and may carry a reflector 15. The lower electrode 16, which is of titanium carbide or oxide, magnetite, or other material, is carried by an arm 17 on a tube 18. This tube slides through a tube 19 and over a rod 20 carried by a bracket 21, and is engaged by two clutches 24, 23. The clutch 24 normally rests on a stop 27, and is acted on by a spring 25 so that it only releases the tube 18 when drawn against a stop 26. The pawl of the clutch 23 is connected to the core 28 of a solenoid 34, and to a dash-pot 29 which retards its downward movement. When feeding takes place, the solenoid 34 is connected through contact-pieces 36, 39 and a resistance 42 to the terminals of the lamp. The lower electrode is thus lifted into contact with the upper one and moves this until it is suddenly arrested by the pins 13, Current then flows through the electrodes and through a solenoid 38, which raises its core 37 and with it the contact 36 ; the solenoid 34 being thus de-energized allows the lower electrode to descend and strike the arc. If the voltage rises unduly, a shunt solenoid 40<1> raises the contact 39 and closes the circuit of the solenoid 34 again.
Patent GB-190603560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Supporting Garden and other Hose during use.
Inventor: UNITE GEORGE WILLOUGHBY GROSVE
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 3560. Unite, G. W. G. Feb. 13. Hose.-A garden &c. hose is supported in a clamp or fork b, Figs. 1 and 2, on an arm a, which is inserted in a socket d, removably attached to the handle of a spade or the like, and is adjusted by a disk joint e. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the arm is attached to a bracket f and is adjusted by means of a pin g passing through holes as shown ; a quadrant rack may replace the perforated arm of the bracket f.
Patent GB-190621074-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stapling or like Machine for Making Wire-bound Boxes.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 21,074. Fairweather, W., [Healy, W.]. Sept. 22. Stapling; nailing.-In a machine for securing the ends of wire-bound boxes to the reinforcing- cleats by means of staples, tacks, or other devices, the fasteners are driven outwardly through the ends and into the cleats. The machine is described as applying staples. The box is placed on a support B, Fig. 1, as indicated in Fig. 16. A staple is fed into the slots e<4>, Fig. 11, in a guide e<3> by means described below, and the staple - driver arm E is operated by means of the crank-disk d<4>, to carry the staple round till its points contact with the underside of the box end. Further movement of the arm E causes the driver e<2> to insert the staples, springs e<5> allowing relative movement between the driver e' and the guide e<3>, a cam d<2> at the same time operating the clamping arm C. The staples X, Fig. 3, are fed down a tube Y and over a rod y extending into the tube. Each time that the arm E moves round to insert a staple, another staple is moved on to the rod y by means of the cut-offs y<1>, y'. The cam g carried by the driver being removed, its spring g<8> operates the lever G, so that the pin y<9> operates the finger y<8> and the connected levers to raise the cut-off y' and depress the cut-off y<3>. The sliding member g<6> is at the same time moved back towards the tube Y by the lower end of the lever G, so that spring-connected fingers h<1>, Fig. 4, are depressed by the fixed cams h<6>, thus causing the fingers H to open out. They again close behind the staple on the rod y. On the return of the arm E to the position shown in Fig..3, the cam f<6> carried by the driver causes the arm F to swing into the position shown, and the cam g operates the lever G to push the fingers H forward, and thus push the staple on to the part f<1> of the arm F. During this movement, the fingers h<1> pass over the cams h<6>, the connexion between the fingers h<1>, H consisting of teeth h<2> and pins h<3> to allow this. The arm E then moves downwards, causing the staple guide e<3> to embrace the staple and the cam f<6> to be disengaged from the roll f<5>, thus allowing the spring f <3> to move the arm F out of the path of the arm E. The box may be supported from the exterior by a separate element.
Patent GB-190624699-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pipe Coupling.
Inventor: CHAPPLE ALBERT JOHN MORPHETT
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 24,699. Chapple, A. J. M. Nov. 3. Couplings, disconnectible.-A coupling for pipes and tubes is readily connected or disconnected, and is automatically locked in the coupling position. The pipes' to be connected are suitably fastened to coupling-members 1, 2 having lugs 5, 9 respectively. On the lugs 5 are pivoted links 7, to which eccentrics 11 actuated by handles 12 are pivotally attached. In making the joint; the members 1, 2 are brought together, the links 7 moved into the position shown to embrace the lugs 9, and the handles 12 turned so as to cause the eccentrics 11 to engage and press upon the lugs 9, which have slight recesses 10. By this means, suitable packing-rings 3, 8 provided in annular recesses in the members 1, 2 are compressed, and the joint is made tight. Each eccentric 11 has a bevelled portion 14 and recess 15. A leaf-spring 16 carries a pin 17, which travels over the portion 14 and engages the recess 15 as the eccentric is rotated, thus locking the parts in position. To permit uncoupling, the locking-pin 17 is disengaged by pressing the thumb-piece 19.- In a modification, Fig 9, slots 22 and screws 21 are provided, which allow regulation of the pressure due to the eccentrics and permit the taking up of wear in the coupling.
Patent GB-190700414-A (GB)
Title: Metallurgical and Electrometallurgical Process for the Production of Pure Copper.
Inventor: JUMAU LUCIEN
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 414. Jumau, L. March 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Copper, obtaining.-A solution containing copper, preferably an ammoniacal solution, is treated with sulphurous acid or a sulphite, such as normal or acid ammonium sulphite; cuprous sulphite or cuproso-cupric sulphite, or a double ammonium salt, is precipitated, separated, and treated with an acid, such as sulphuric acid, that will only form a cupric salt ; copper is precipitated, separated from the sulphate solution, and is refined by ordinary metallurgical or electrolytic methods. The precipitated copper may be compressed into suitable forms, or on to conducting - supports of lead, carbon, copper, &c. and used as anode in a refining-bath. It is stated that this method of refining copper may be applied to any precipitated copper, such as that obtained by treating a copper salt solution with iron. Alternatively, the anodes are made from the cuprous sulphite or a mixture of the cuprous sulphite and the precipitated copper. The sulphurous acid used in the process may be conveniently obtained by roasting copper ore.
Patent GB-190700690-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus or Device for Holding and Displaying Picture Post Cards.
Inventor: GARRATT ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 690. Garatt, A. Jan. 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Displaying.-A device for displaying and holding picture post cards consists of a casing in which is mounted a polygonal drum, to which the cards are attached by clips carried by tapes &c. The casing is provided with a picture frame front and a mount. In the construction shown, a casing h is provided with a picture frame front a and a mount b. The cards are attached to a roller d by clips e on tapes f. The roller is turned by a key, and is retained in position by springs g.
Patent GB-190704711-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Determining Position of Vessels at Sea and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: FESSENDEN REGINALD AUBREY
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 4711. Fessenden, R. A. Feb. 26. Bearings and courses, determining. -The position of a vessel at sea is determined by the estimation of the intensities of the signals received from one or more of a series of shore stations A, B, C, either relatively or absolutely but preferably relatively to each other, and in some cases relatively also to signals of fixed strength from a standardizing- apparatus on the vessel. The station C sends by clock - work at predetermined intervals suitable signals 1 ... 7, preferably varied in intensity so that each signal shall produce the same intensity at say twenty miles farther out than the preceding signal. Similarly the stations B, A sends signals 8 ... 14 and 15 ... 21, respectively, which may be of different group frequency but preferably are of the same frequency and vary in intensity in the same way as those from station C; all the signals are sent at non-interfering time intervals. A vessel at E and bound for the port D just receives the signal 21 of standard strength. This would indicate the distance but not the direction, provided the apparatus was in good order. At the point F, signals 13, 19 will each be of equal intensity with the standardizing-signal, which determines distance and direction. Without the standardizing - apparatus, the direction only would be determined. At the point G, of the signals 5, 10, 20 received of equal intensity with each other or with the standard, the signals 10, 20 give the direction and distance from A and B, and the signal 5 from C serves to check the result, with or without the use of the standardizing-apparatus. The seven signals may be sent simultaneously but with different group frequencies. A suitable standardizing-apparatus is shown in Fig. 2, where an antenna 22 is connected through a transformer 24, 25 with a detector 28, telephone 29, and potentiometer 30. Another transformer 26, 27 is connected through a capacity 31 and variable inductance 37 with a commutator 32 driven by a motor 35, and a potentiometer 30<1> having a movable contact 36 of which the positions correspond with standard signals. The commutator charges the capacity 31 and discharges it through the coil 27, an impulse being transmitted through coils 26, 24, 25 to the telephone 29. By using the variable inductance 37 and keeping the capacity 31 constant, the energy in each discharge is not altered by the change in frequency.
Patent GB-190708828-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Producing Sewing Ribs on the Soles of Boots and Shoes.
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 8828. Nowotny, W., and Phoenix Boot Machinery Co. April 16. Soles.-Relates to a machine for producing sewing ribs on shoe soles, of the type described in Specification No. 13,432, A.D. 1902, and has for its object to enable the working tools to be better and more quickly adjusted to suit different thicknesses of material. A press tool c adjustable by a handwheel i is mounted on a rocking frame e, which is pivoted to the frame a at f. The extent of the swing is adjusted by a screw o bearing against the frame. The press tool c is driven from a shaft l through a . double universal joint q and bevelgearing p. An upsetting-tool b is pivoted on a pin j, and has a to-and-fro swing imparted to it by a cam k on the shaft l. Also driven from the shaft l is a forward feeding-tool d, the shaft of which passes through a bearing w containing a caoutchouc ring which is interposed to prevent excess pressure on the sole during vertical adjustment of the feeding - tool. Horizontal adjustment may be made by means of the handle g.
Patent GB-190711266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mail Bag Projectors.
Inventor: NEWSOM JAMES ALBERT
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 11,266. Newsom, J. A. May 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901 ]. Mail-bag dischargers.-Figs. 1, 3, and 5 show in side elevation and part sectional side and plan views a spring gun for ejecting mail bags into passing trains. A framing 12, 13 supports, between casings 23, the gun barrel 11, in which a piston 21 is normally drawn forwards by tension springs 25 having fixed abutments at 24. The piston-rod 22 travels between covered guideways 26 and is attached by a wire cable 32 to a hand-operated drum 30, which is mounted in a slot 19 at the back of the framing 12. On the top of the piston-rod is a catch 28 adapted, when the piston is drawn in ready for an ejection, to enter behind a pivoted trigger 34 which is normally pulled down by a compression spring 36 and suspending-link 37, both of these being attached to a rocking bar 38 pivoted to the framing at 39. The carriage 40 carries, by means of a spring 44, a rod 43 having cam surfaces 42 which depress the rod 38 when the vehicle passes it and so release the trigger 34, leaving the springs 25 free to draw the piston forwards and shoot the mail bag into the vehicle.
Patent GB-190711980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Finger Exercising Devices
Inventor: FINGER RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-05-23
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 11,980. Finger, R. May 23. Exercising-apparatus.-A finger-stretcher consists of a plate 1 for supporting the hand in an outstretched position, and keys or wedges 8,9,10,11, which are secured in any desired position on the plate 1 by means of clamping-screws 13.
Patent GB-190727949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wave Motors.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 27,949. Haddan, H. J., [Bancroft Compton Realty Co.]. Dec. 18. Actuating pumps.-In wave motors the energy of the waves is employed to drive hydraulic pumps which are used to generate electric energy. Figs. 1, 2, and 4 show the apparatus. A float 12 having an air chamber 15 and a hatch 16 is connected by rods 17 and universal joints 18 to pumping - me - chanism fixed on a steady floating structure 2 supported on a base 1, held in position by the chains 8 attached to the winches 11. The other ends of the rods 17 are secured to cross-heads 19 sliding in vertical ways 20. Each cross-head is constructed to absorb shock and carries a rack 21 which gears with a wheel 22 on a shaft 23, on which are two disks 24 having connecting-rods 25 ; these rods in turn oscillate roller clutches 26, 27, whereby the reciprocating motion is converted into rotary motion. The rotary motion is transmitted by a belt 30 to pumps 31, 32, which discharge into the receiver 33 through a pipe 34. A pipe 35 connects the pump 31 to the water-ballast chamber 7. The main pumps 36 are provided with plungers 37 attached to the lower ends of the racks 21. The pumps have upper and lower inlet pipes 38, and discharge pipes 39 which are connected by the pipes 40 to the receiver 33. The lower pipe 38 has a connexion 41 with the chamber 7 through the bulkhead:42, the bulkhead making a division in the chamber so that the pumps may be readily accessible. From the receiver 33 pipes 45 conduct the water to the main receiver 46, which has an airdome 47 supplied with air from the electricallydriven compressor 52. The electric generators 54 are driven by the hydraulic motors 55. A pipe 49 connects the receiver 46 to the hydraulic motor 50 which drives the propellers 51, to change the position of the apparatus. Four auxiliary electric generators 57 are employed, and are driven by the hydraulic motors 58. Suitable bridges 60 connect the two main chambers 2, access to the interior being obtained through the hatchways 61 to the ladders 62.
Patent GB-190801205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Catches for Railway Carriage Doors and the like.
Inventor: KAYE WALTER KELITA
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 1205. Kaye, W. K. Jan. 18. Fastenings, railway and other carriage door. - The safety-catch described in Specification No. 10,522, A.D. 1893, is made according to the present invention with its bearing-face C inclined, as shown in Fig. 1, or the whole catch is mounted at an angle, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the bearing- face C is in alinement with the door bolt E or the like when in contact therewith.
Patent GB-190802660-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Draught, Dust, and Weather Excluding Device for Doors, Windows, or the like.
Inventor: WHITMAN SAMUEL WAINWRIGHT
Filed: 1908-02-06
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 2660. Whitham, S. W. Fab. 6. Draught-excluders.- A number of flanged rollers or wheels 3 are mounted on a rod 4 supported in a groove in the door by slotted end plates 5 fixed to the edges of the door. In employing the device at the top of a door, as shown in Fig. 4, the rod and rollers are pressed upward by means of springs 9 located in recesses 10 formed in the groove, so that the draughtexcluder bears against the frame when the door is closed.
Patent GB-190807897-A (GB)
Title: Animated Stereoscopy by the Employment of a Single Film with Small Images.
Inventor: DUPUIS CHARLES
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 7897. Dupuis, C. April 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Kinematographs.-A single positive film, Fig. 2, has juxtaposed small images, the stereoscopic couples being projected by a single lens on to a translucid screen combined with a stereoscope for individual observation. The film is obtained by employing two ordinary negatives in a double kinematograph, Fig. 4, the slides which guide the films being eccentrically arranged relatively to the lenses so as to produce simultaneous registering of the two series, each of which covers half the available film width. The two negatives are then impressed on a single positive.
Patent GB-190811241-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for the Disposal of Ashes from Smoke Boxes of Locomotive and similar Boilers.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 11,241. Preston, W. R., and Deeley, R. M. May 23. Ashes, removing.-The ashes which collect in the smoke-boxes of locomotive and other boilers are induced to pass through one or more tubes to the fire-box or ash-pan by a jet of exhaust or live steam. Exhaust steam from the blast pipe d, Fig. 1, escapes through an annular chamber f and inclined slots i formed in the tube h, draws ashes &c. through a trap k and tube l, and forces them through the tubes g, c to the fire-box or ash-pan. Instead of the tube c passing through the boiler as shown, it may be arranged outside. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, steam from the blast pipe d passes through the tube m and nozzle r, the nozzle being supported in a partition q dividing the casing o into two compartments, one of which communicates below by an opening s and above by a tube l with the smoke-box. The pipe t conveys the ashes to the fire-box or ash-pan. The plug p may be perforated to receive a pipe for supplying live steam to the apparatus.
Patent GB-190813365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 13,365. Jones, W. Dec. 19. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Tyres, pneumatic ; felloes or rims. - A sheet-metal rim A of oval section encloses a pneumatic tube C and is formed with edges of L-form bent in to act as guides for an india-rubber tread E enclosed in leather. The cover B of the tube is secured to the tread and formed with flaps D engaging the rim to limit the outward motion of the tread.
Patent GB-190816870-A (GB)
Title: Improved Projectile with Time Fuse.
Inventor: HOFFMANN SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1909-08-11
Abstract: 16,870. Hoffmann, S. Aug. 11. Fuses for projectiles.-Relates to time fuses placed at the base of projectiles and ignited by the gases in the gun. A fuse 3 is held in a curved hole 12 in a plug 2 screwed into the base of the projectile. The curved hole connects with the conical recess shown to ensure ignition at the moment of discharge. The detonator consists of a sheath 5 surrounded by a medium 6 of the same material as the charge of the projectile, and is mounted on a plug 4, which screws into the plug 2 for time adjustment and may be secured by a locknut 8.
Patent GB-190823041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Packing Biscuits and the like.
Inventor: MAGNAN ADJUTOR
Filed: 1908-10-29
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 23,041. Magnan, A. Oct. 29. Parcelling biscuits.-In a machine for packing biscuits &c., the biscuits are lifted by an elevator 2 from the hopper 1 to an incline 3 down which they slide by way of a number of shoots to a belt conveyer 4 whence they are delivered down a second set of parallel shoots 5. At the foot of the shoots 5 are a corresponding number of horizontal plungers 6 reciprocated by crank-disks on a shaft 8, and in connexion with each plunger is a block with a cam-shaped surface adapted to reciprocate a pair of rods 10 which intercept the biscuits alternately, thus allowing a limited number of biscuits to slide down in front of the plunger at a time. The guides 14 into which the biscuits are thrust are provided with means for retaining the biscuits in upright position after the retraction of the plungers. One of the divisions between these guides is shown in plan in Fig. 10 in which the plunger end of the division is provided on each side with spring retainers 15. As the biscuits are pushed forward by the plungers, the retainers are forced inwards until the biscuits pass shoulders 17 when the retainers spring back and the shoulders keep the biscuit, in upright position. The normal position of the retainers 15 may be varied by turning a key 19 and spreading a pair of spring plates 18 which engage the ends of the retainers. At each forward movement of the plungers, the rows of biscuits are pushed along the guides 14, Fig. 3, from which they are taken for packaging. The various parts of the machine are driven by means of cones, the driving-belts of which may be moved by belt shifters mounted on hand-operated screwed shafts 21, and the bearings of the cones are adjustably mounted so that the slack of the belts may be readily taken up. A number of drawers are fitted in the bottom of the machine to receive broken biscuits.