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Patent GB-190604607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Removing Solids from Settling Tanks or the like used in connection with Sewage Works, Dye-works, or the like.
Inventor: SPIVEY FRED
Filed: 1906-02-24
Granted: 1907-02-23
Abstract: 4607. Spivey, F. Feb. 24. Excavating.-Settled solids are removed from a tank C, used for sewage, the effluent from dyeworks, &c., by means of a bucket-elevator H rotatably mounted on a framework F travelling on rails E supported by a bogie 4 which itself travels over the tank. The buckets discharge into a hopper V leading to a conveyer screw X by means of which the solids are fed to trucks 5 for removal. An electro - motor J actuates the elevator by means of a shaft K, bevel-wheels L, shaft M, and bevel-wheels N, the wheels L being brought into gear by a clutch moved by the handle T. The screw X is driven by a motor 1, which may also actuate the driving- wheel of the bogie A. The elevator H may be raised clear of the tank by wire ropes wound around the drum 8, which is rotated by means of a handle 13 and worm gear. Current is preferably supplied to the motors by means of overhead wires and a trolly arm. A chain or other conveyer may replace the screw X.
Patent GB-190605717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GABBETT-FAIRFAX HUGH WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-09
Granted: 1907-03-09
Abstract: 5717. Fairfax, H. W. Gabbett-. March 9. Pistons ; piston - rods.-An internal combustion engine has an auxiliary pump and air-compressing piston i with a rod or plunger j. Fluids compressed in the chambers h, l by the movement of the piston are forced through the passages r, s in the rod j and through the valve u in the piston into the working cylinder.
Patent GB-190610694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perforating and Registering Mechanism for Sheet Folding Machines.
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 10,694. Fuller Co., E. C., and Sturtevant, C. A. May 7. Folding paper feeding sheets.-In a paper-folding machine, the sheets after receiving one fold pass to a perforator by which they are intermittently cut along the next line of folding. A registering gripper seizes the front of the sheet, and presents the middle first to the perforating and then to the second folding devices. The sheets, carried by tapes b, Fig. 1, are first folded by a knife F between rollers B, B'. They then pass along the tapes c till the front edge of the once-folded sheet is stopped against the front stops U, while a perforating-knife J, having deep notches at intervals and fixed in a sliding cross-head L, is actuated by a cam O and levers N, m, to perforate the sheet transversely. The upper gripper v<1> is then closed on the paper by a cam w<5>, a rod w<1>, a lever w<3>, and the parts w<4>, z<3>, w. Further backward movement of the rods w, caused by the cam w<5>, draws back the bar U &c. against the frictional resistance of adjustable spring-pressed brakes acting on the supporting-rods, until the line of perforations is beneath the blade F<1>. A reverse movement from the cam w<5> then opens the grippers v, v<1>, and allows the sheet to be folded by the blade F<1> between the rollers C, C<1>, and so to the blade F' or other folding-devices if desired. Continued reverse movement of the cam w<5> returns the stop bir U to its original position. A guide-plate is provided to guide the sheets under the upper grippers v<1>, which consist of rubber blocks fastened to the ends of bell-crank levers, the other ends of which are operated by rods W. The stops U are accurately positioned by coarse and fine adjust-. ments z<3>, consisting of a sleeve clamped roughly in position on the bar w by a set-screw, and a second sleeve adjusted on the inner sleeve between lock-nuts. The perforating-blade J, Fig. 11, may be in several short lengths, suitably fastened in a blade-holder supported underneath the cross-head L. A spring - controlled stripper p, with sliding guide and stop rods Q may also be provided. The blade J coacts with an intermittently slotted die G, formed in two parts and suitably bolted to lugs on the side frames of the machine. In order to allow the perforating-devices to be inactive if desired, the levers N, Fig. 1, are journaled on eccentric bushes mounted on a shaft R. By turning this shaft so that the eccentrics lift the fulcra of the'levers N, the blade J in its movement does not come low enough to engage the sheet. A spring-controlled handle with a stop coacting with notches in a fixed bush is mounted at one end of the shaft R to adjust the position of the eccentrics.
Patent GB-190612199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of the Car-body of an Omnibus.
Inventor: DODSON CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1906-05-25
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 12,199. Dodson, C. May 25. Motor road vehicles.-The side posts of motor and other omnibuses are reduced in width to allow more window space and are formed of a metal channel, angle, or T, embedded in or covered by wood. In the example shown, the web of a T-bar f is embedded in a groove g, Fig. 3, in the wooden post e, and the bar is covered by a strip i. At the ends of the bar, the web is cut away and the flange turned at right-angles and bolted to the floor and roof. The window frames a are adapted to be raised and accommodated in a hollow space b formed within the sides c surrounding the upper deck of the car. The window is supported by springs or by a catch d of the type described in Specification No. 7634, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190612414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Presses particularly applicable for use in Moulding Building Blocks and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-05-28
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 12,414. Boult, A. J., [Ferguson, J. A.]. May 28. Moulding building-blocks &c. -The mould box 48 is pivoted on trunnions in slots 50 in guidebars 23, which also serve to guide the pressure heads 24, 32. The head 24 is connected by rods 25 to an adjustable head 27 between which and the head 32 extend toggle-arms 37 pivoted to cross-heads operated by connecting-rods 44 pivoted to links 43 on the shaft 42, which is connected by links to cranks on the operating-shaft 39. The mould is held in its different positions by a lever-actuated pin 52 which engages with recesses in its side, and, on being turned into pressing position, the weighted lever 45 is turned to set the toggles, which are then operated and the material compressed. The mould being disengaged and rotated, a frame 60 is elevated by means of a lever 69 and links 63 till it can receive the moulded block with the pallet and is then lowered. When dealing with rockfaced blocks, they are received on the frame 70, 71 pivoted on the frame 60, a board is placed on the vertical arms, and the frame is rotated so that the pallet can be removed easily.
Patent GB-190615912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Braking of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: ALLEN THOMAS GASKELL
Filed: 1906-07-13
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 15,912. Allen, T. G. July 13. Brakes.-The brakes for that type of motorroad-vehicle steering-wheels in which the wheels are turned for steering about their vertical diameters, or about parallel axes adjacent thereto, can be operated simultaneously in all positions of the wheels by means of a flexible member a, passing around pulleys e on spindles e', which are in alinement with the pivots c<1> on which the wheels c swing. The band brakes b shown are mounted close against the wheels, and their operating-levers b<3> are pivoted on sleeves b<2>, which are secured to the spindles e<1>, to which the sleeves c<3> on the stud axles c<0> of the steering-wheels are also fixed. The flexible member a passes around the pulleys e, guide-pulleys h, and a pulley d carried by an arm g on a shaft k, which is turned, to actuate the brakes, by a pedal g<1>, and may have an arm j, Fig. 4, for operating the rear brakes. There may be two actuating-pulleys d, and the flexible member a may be guided to any position convenient for operating it. The pulleys e may be replaced by quadrants, bell-crank levers, &c. The flexible member a may be of wire, chain, &c., and may consist partly of links or bars. It is preferably kept fairly taut by the brake-releasing springs c<2>; any slackness that may occur during steering may be minimized by disposing the flexible member between the pulleys h, d at an angle, or may be eliminated by mounting the pulleys e eccentrically. According to the Provisional Specification, the brakes of the steering and rear wheels may be arranged to come into action in succession.
Patent GB-190619389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Commutator Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 19,389. Siemens - Schuckert Werke Ges. Aug. 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field magnets; sparking, preventing. -In an alternating-current commutator machine in which the compensating-winding is provided with an auxiliary winding to produce a commutating-field, the auxiliary winding is fed simultaneously from adjustable parts of the exciting-winding and of the compensating-winding. A portion of the compensating-winding fed with current from the fieldmagnet winding may be employed as the auxiliary winding. The motor with the field-magnet winding e, Fig. 2, and compensating-winding k is provided with an auxiliary winding h, connected between a point of the exciting-winding e and a point of the compensating-winding k so as to be fed by both. This shunt circuit contains an adjustable non-inductive resistance w, so that, by varying the relative amounts of inductive and non-inductive resistance, the power-factor of the current supplied to the winding h may be controlled. The auxiliary winding h may be dispensed with, and a portion or the whole of the compensating-winding, energized from a portion of the field-magnet winding, may be used in its place. The auxiliary winding or its equivalent may be energized from the secondary of a transformer t, Fig. 4, the primary of which is connected across the field magnets e, a resistance w<1>, w being inserted in the primary and in the secondary of the auxiliary circuit, or in either.
Patent GB-190621179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sun-dials.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 21,179. Jensen, C. A., [Homan, W. M.]. Sept. 24. Sundials.-The gnomons, of which two are used, one for each half year, are so shaped that the mean time may be read by the same side of the shadow throughout theyear on an equatorial arc having a V-section. A perspective view of the complete instrument is shown.
Patent GB-190623185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cross Bearers for Railway and like Cars
Inventor: OSTRANDER ALLEN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 23,185. Ostrander, A. E. Oct. 19. Underframing of bodies.-The cross-bearers of railway &c. vehicles are formed of channels 3, 4 bolted to the centre sills 1 and side sills 2, and are strengthened by a plate 12 passing through the webs of the centre sills, and by a trough-shaped member 15 the flanges of which are secured between the channels 3, 4. At the inner ends of the channels 3, the web is bent as at 5, Fig. 3, and bolted to the sills 1, and the outer ends are riveted to angles 10 forming the framing of the body. The sides of the member 15 are cut and bent at right-angles at 17 to allow the sills 1 to pass ; the trough is narrowed at each end 19, and the flanges are turned horizontal and bolted to the side sills 2.
Patent GB-190627195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Locks or Clasps.
Inventor: IMPEY FREDERIC PAUL
Filed: 1906-11-29
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 27,195. Impey, F. P. Nov. 29. Fastenings, hasp and strap. In fastenings for books, albums, portmanteaux, &c. where the thickness of the article fastened may vary, the hasp portion is mounted on a strap which is adjustably connected with one of the parts to be fastened. In the loose-leaf ledger shown, the strap e passes through a guide l fixed to the cover c of the book and is secured in any position by a buckle device h, tho prongs k of which enter holes g in the strap and are retained in position therein when the book is shut by the pressure of the leaves &c. against the part j, in one with the prongs. The strap carries the hasp piece f which, after the strap has been suitably adjusted and the hook closed, is adapted to enter the lock or clasp a on the cover b.
Patent GB-190628575-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Obtaining Metallic Zinc and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 28,575. Thompson, W. P., [Mojana, G.]. Dec. 14. Drawings to Specification. Zinc, obtaining; electrolytes, fused.-In a process for treating zinc ores and residues, the metal is obtained in the form of a solution of chloride which is afterwards electrolyzed. Or the chloride may be fused and electrolyzed, or sublimated and then electrolyzed.
Patent GB-190713725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Transfers.
Inventor: FROEBE WILHELM
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 13,725. Froebe, W., and Habich, H. June 13. Transfers.-In the manufacture of transfers for transferring lithographic &c. prints to surface of paper, linen, wood, metal, glass, porcelain, &c., a sheet of soft paper is coated with a layer of greasy substance, such as resin soap, and over this with a transparent or translucent film, coloured if necessary, of gelatine, collodion, or lacquer. The lithographic or like print is produced on this film, is coloured by hand or stencilling if desired, and when dry is coated with an adhesive transferring medium consisting of gelatine, lacquer, &c. To prevent the first greasy layer from penetrating into the paper an insulating layer of shellac or lacquer may be interposed. If it is desired to transfer autotype prints, the paper is first coated with a yielding chalk ground. After transferring, the transparent film which covers the design may be varnished or removed by means of a solvent.
Patent GB-190713789-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in Practising Musical Instruments
Inventor: BOWMAN WILLIAM WEST
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 13,789. Bowman, W. W. June 14. Exercising-apparatus. - Loaded finger rings or clips are employed to develop the muscles used in playing on musical instruments. The rings may be solid, as in Fig. 1, and carry lead weights a, and they-may be lined will non-slipping material. In the form shown in Fig. 7, parts b<1> are hinged at c and closed by a spring d, a small tongue e making a finished joint. In other slight modifications, the arms b<1> are made of spring metal; or one is hinged to the other and join by a bracelet snap.
Patent GB-190715900-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Bleached Soap.
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 15,900. Vereinigte Chemische Werke Akt.-Ces. Aug. 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901], Soaps.-Light-coloured soaps are made from dark or discoloured oils &c. by adding, during the process of manufacture, alkaline salts of peracids, such as persulphates, percarbonates, and perborates, to the extent of about ¢ per cent of the oil or fat. The process is particularly suitable for soft soaps. As an example, 2,000 kilosof red palm oil are boiled with 1,200 kilos of soda lye and the necessary water to form a jelly. Then 20 kilos of sodium persulphate in 150 kilos of water are added, and the mixture is boiled until the red colour has changed to a whitish yellow.
Patent GB-190719914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Luggage Carriers for Cycles or the like.
Inventor: SIBSON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-06
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 19,914. Sibson, C. E., and Sibson, T. E. Sept. 6. Luggage-carriers.-A luggage-carrier for cycles &c. consists of a frame A the sides of which are braced together and loosely riveted to stays D, the parallel ends of the frame sides and of the stays being hooked at a, d to drop into sockets or holders clipped to the machine frame, so that the carrier may be readily attached and detached without being actually fixed. The braces E are bolted together in the centre, and at their ends are secured to the frame sides, the stays D being connected to the outer end of the frame between the braces and the frame. A basket or a child's seat may be screwed on to the frame. The sockets or holders are made from single strips of metal turned in upon themselves. Specifications No. 14,258, A.D. 1899, No. 20,949, A.D. 1900, and Nos. 4339 and 6782, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190720536-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Holding or Retaining Piston Rings or other Articles during the Process of Grinding or Milling, and which Means are also applicable for other purposes.
Inventor: GRIFFIN SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-10-16
Abstract: 20,536. Griffin, S. Sept. 16. Chucks; face-plates.-In grinding or milling the surface of piston rings and the like, a face-plate F, Fig. 1, retains the work by means of spring-pressed dogs t, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, which have an eccentric surface t<1> and an inclined pivot, which grip the work and force it downwards. The work may be removed by rotating it.
Patent GB-190726894-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Medicine Biscuit.
Inventor: HANNEMAN LOUIS JOHN ROBERT
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 26,894. Hanneman, L. J. R. Dec. 5. Food preparations.-A laxative biscuit contains magnesium oxide or carbonate.
Patent GB-190808156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Adjusting Gear for Engine Governors and Analogous Purposes.
Inventor: MARSHALL HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 8156. Marshall, H. J. A ril 13. Centrifugal governors ; load, adjusting and varying.-In a Pickering or like governor when applied to a traction engine &c., the load on the governor is varied from the tender by means of a rope, chain, or rod f, a toothed sector d, and a pinion b on the spindle c carrying the spiral loadspring.
Patent GB-190808623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moving-stirrer Apparatus for Mixing Printing Inks and the like.
Inventor: BUSH EDMUND
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 8623. Bush, E., and Bush, H. April 18. Shaft couplings.-Apparatus for mixing printing- ink &c. is so arranged that the stirrer may be easily removed for cleaning. The shaft is formed in two parts 1, 2. A tongue 3 on the part 1 fits into a groove on the part 2, and the two are held together by a sleeve 5 sliding on the part 2. When it is desired to remove the stirrer 9, the sleeve 5 is raised by means of a lever 7, and the tongue 3 disengaged from the part 2.
Patent GB-190809136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam and other Fluid-pressure Hammers.
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 9136. Davy Bros., and Holmes, T. E. April 27. Steam hammers.-The rod 30, Fig. 1, of the distributing-valve 13 of a steam hammer is pivoted to a lever 32, which is connected at one end by a link 37 to a hand-lever 25, and at the other end by a link 34 to a sleeve 28 oscillated about a pivot 29 by a rod 27 pivoted to the tup. The lever 25 serves to operate the valve by hand, or to determine the length of a stroke when the hammer is working automatically. The stop-valve 17 is operated by a lever 24. Fig. 5 shows a device by which the pivot pins 29<a> of the sleeve 28 can be made to coincide with the pivot 35 in order that the motion of the tup may have no influence on the distributing- valve. For this purpose the pivot pins 29<a> of the sleeve 28 are carried by the jaws 39 of a lever 41, and work in slots 45 in wings 46 on the sleeve 28 on each side of a lug carrying the pivot 35.
Patent GB-190809455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Detachable Rims for Wheels.
Inventor: FARKAS ARMAND
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 9455. Farkas, A. March 9, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Felloes or rims.-Detachable tyre-carrying rims, of the kind in which the detachable rim is formed with projections engaging recesses formed across the felloe and in an adjustable locking-ring located in a central groove in the felloe, are fitted with a safety-device which prevents accidental loosening of the ring. Fig. 4 shows a section of the felloe parallel to the axis, the recesses not being shown. The rack g for shifting the ring c is loosely fitted in a groove h of greater length, and is formed with a slot in which are two balls pressed apart by a spring n. The bottom of the groove adjacent is concave at s. Motion of the ring c cannot occur in either direction owing to the jamming of one or other of the balls between the surface s and the side of the groove in the felloe. In order to open or shut the ring, the pinion f is turned, whereupon the rack g first moves in the groove so as to free the particular ball and then butts against the end of the groove and turns the ring. A pin fixed into the felloe engages the ends of a groove t in the ring to limit its motion.
Patent GB-190811017-A (GB)
Title: Improved Friction Clutch
Inventor: TUCKFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 11,017. Tuckfield, C., Garland, W. G. de F., and Stanton, S. May 21. Clutches.-In a friction clutch, which, according to the Provisional Specification, is of the type described, in Specification No. 11,329, A.D. 1906, the driven shaft b carries a flange i to engage the disk d, which is fixed in a casing c attached to the driving-shaft a. The shaft b also carries a thread e of rapid pitch, engaging a sleeve f provided with a plate g, which lies adjacent to the other side of the disk d. The sleeve f is pressed towards the plate by a spring j held at one end by a collar k keyed to the shaft. Di-engagement may be effected by a forked lever which moves a collar f<2> mounted loosely between collars f<3> fixed to the sleeve f. Contact between the disks d, g tends to produce axial movement between the sleeve f and shaft b, so causing the flange i to press against the disk d, and the disks d, g to engage still more closely. In a modification, the sleeve f is formed as a continuation of the shaft b, which carries the spindle h with thread e and flange i in a recess, while the spring j is coiled within the casing c. According to the Provisional Specification a spirally slotted sleeve working in conjunction with a pin in the shaft may be substituted for the screwed spindle.
Patent GB-190811417-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Label or Tally
Inventor: STEPHENS JOHN RUNCIMAN
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-05-26
Abstract: 11,417. Stephens, J. R. May 26. Envelopes; letter sheets; post cards.- An ordinary address label for parcels is enclosed in a perforated envelope A, Fig. 1, resembling a letter card, the string attached to the label passing through a slit G in the envelope and being tied to the parcel. The enclosed label bears the name and address of the consignee and the envelope is addressed to the goods agent at the station nearest the consignee's address. The goods agent tears open the envelope at the perforations, leaving the label addressed to the consignee attached to the parcel. Fig. 2 shows the inner side of the envelope A. The left half B contains instructions to the goods agent, and the right half C is a post card to be detached and sent acknowledging the receipt of the goods.