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Patent GB-190411954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Level Indicators for Tenders of Locomotive Engines.
Inventor: WRIGHT FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-26
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 11,954. Wright, F. G. May 26. Water levels, indicating.-Float indicators for tanks on the tenders of locomotives are described. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a float lever b pivoted in the tank and working in guides g actuates a pointer projecting through aslot f<1> in a vertical tube f furnished with a brass scale. The indicator rod d has a star-shaped guide, and the float c has a flat surface to permit it to rise to the top of the tank. In a modified form, shown in Fig. 5, three floats h, i, j are employed at different levels, each with its own rod and pointer. The pointers move in a single slot but over different scales. The float j is ring-shaped and is stiffened by a three-wing bracket, which construction allows the rod l from the float i to pass inside the hollow sleeve m attached to the float j. The two portions of the rod from the float h are rigidly connected by the bar k<1>. Variously-shiped brackets are used to secure the pointers to the float rods, and a chamber n is introduced for guiding them. A hood s is provided to prevent splashing when water is picked up.
Patent GB-190412252-A (GB)
Title: A Tent Covering adapted to be also used as a Cape or Mantle.
Inventor: BOTKIN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,252. Botkin, A. May 30. Capes &c., military, convertible into tent coverings. Fig. 2 shows part of an oblong cape with a central slit 2, to admit the wearer's head, and with a turn-down flap 3 to be tied over the slit while the tent is in use. An oblong hood completing the cape fastens on buttons 4. The hood can also be attached to a part-ring-shaped collar and be used without the cape.
Patent GB-190413955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture, Production and Application of Reducing Agents.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 13,955. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. June 20. Dyeing.-The substance produced according to Specification No. 5867, A.D. 1903, by combining formaldehyde and sodium hyposulphite, is separated into two substances by fractional crystallization, fractional precipitation, or extraction with a suitable solvent, such as methyl alcohol. One of these substances, termed sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate, possesses twice the reducing-power on dyes of the original substance, whereas the other has practically no reducing-action, and is found to be the same as the compound of formaldehyde with sodium bisulphite. It is not necessary to prepare the formaldehyde-hyposulphite as an intermediate product, for reducing- agents, such as zinc dust, iron, aluminium powder, or stannous chloride, will convert the sodium formaldehyde bisulphite directly into sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate if enough of the reducing-agent is present and the solution is heated. Examples are given of separations of the constituents of the compound of sodium hyposulphite, prepared as described in Specification No. 7397, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.], with formaldehyde, and of the production of sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate from formaldehyde and sodium bisulphite. This sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate can be used with thickening, as a paste for discharging colours already printed. A mixture for printing indigo is made of the new body, indigo paste, alkaline thickening, and caustic soda. After printing, drying, and steaming, the fabric is washed in water containing dissolved air. This sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate can be used in the same manner as hyposulphites are used, as described in Specification No. 3288, A.D. 1900, for printing and dyeing.
Patent GB-190419754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: STEINICKE THERESE
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 19,754. Steinicke, [nÚe Karwinsky], T. Sept. 13. Incandescent gas lamps; lamp shades; reflectors. -In an inverted incandescent gas lamp, the mantle is open to the atmosphere instead of being surrounded by a chimney or like device to cause an up-draught. The gas supply passes through an injector p to the burner tube a, into which air is drawn through adjustable apertures of a feeding- device j. The mantle r is suspended from a socket i by means of a ring q of magnesia provided with angular lugs s, and may be protected from dust by means of a mica disc h. A glass or porcelain shade e, which is attached to a gallery d by means of clamping-screws t, surrounds the mantle and may be coated on the inner surface to act as a reflector. A second shade k or plate of mica may be suspended by pins f from the gallery to prevent a dazzling effect immediately underneath the mantle, or to retain any falling pieces of incandescent matter. The gallery, which may be integral with the socket i, is carried by arms c which form a yoke and are secured to a sleeve b arranged to slide on the burner tube. If the sleeve be lowered to the position shown in dotted lines, the socket will be removed from the burner tube, and the mantle may be readily exchanged ; or the socket may be provided with lugs to slide on the pins f in order to facilitate an exchange of the mantle. If one of the lugs is open, the socket may be swung to one side. In a modification, the burner tube is formed of two sliding tubes, the outer tube being secured to the injectorp and airsupply device j. The gallery is secured to the fixed outer tube, and the inner tube carries a yoke to support the vertical pins f and the mantle socket. If the inner tube be fixed, the gallery, yoke, and the pins are carried by the outer tube, which may be fixed by a clamping screw and removed if desired.
Patent GB-190423653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Friction Driving Mechanism for Road Locomotives and Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DOUGILL ALFRED
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 23,653. Dougill, A., and Tangye, J. Nov. 2. Motor road vehicles; traction engines and road locomotives.- Friction driving-gear of the type described in Specification No. 22,979, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], and an arrangement of brakes are described. Figs. 1 and 2 show the arrangement, the rear wheels B are chain-driven and fastened to springs which are adjustably secured to the framework by long pivoted links D slightly inclined in the normal position. The rear wheel-axle E is connected by radius-rods G to a cross-bar J which is itself connected to the friction disc K through the medium of the sliding shaft H. The motordriven disc P drives the friction disc M and idle disc O at speeds which can be varied by adjusting the disc M laterally upon its shaft L, the power being transmitted to the road wheels by chain gearing from the sprocket-wheel N. On ascending inclines, the radius rods G are automatically thrust forwards and force the disc K against discs M, 0, thus moving the shaft L by means of its bearings L' nearer to the disc P and increasing the driving power. The disc P may be fixed on the motor shaft or slidably mounted and connected by pivoted levers and rcda V to the shaft J so as always to move in the opposite direction to the latter shaft. The hand-brake is applied by pushing the lever W forwards and thus applying a band brake by means of a cord Z acting through levers 6, 7. On still pushing the lever W forwards after the application of the brake, the end of the slot on lever 8 engages the pin 10 and operates the lever 12 and rod 14, thus forcing the radius-rod mechanism rearwards and releasing the friction gearing. The foot-brake X operates the lever 11 to apply a second band-brake to the brake drum 18.
Patent GB-190424407-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Means for use in, or for use in and in connection with, Scraping Strip and Hoop Iron and, Steel during the Process of Rolling.
Inventor: BUNCH HERBERT
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,407. Bunch, H. Nov. 11. Rolling.-In front of the rolls A of a mill for rolling strip or hoop iron are mounted two shafts C, C<1> connected together by levers h, h<1> and a pin i or by gearing, the upper shaft carrying two parallel scrapers g, g<l> in yokes E, and the lower shaft an adjustable scraper f and a guide-plate H. When the work has been passed over a bar G and through the guide J, the shafts C, C' are rotated by a handle D to bring the scraper f between the scrapers g, g', the work being consequently bent. The upper shaft C may only turn through an angle of 45 degrees, the work when inserted being in contact with the scraper g, so that when it is drawn forwards by the rolls all the scrapers are pulled into their operative positions. The scrapers may be returned by a weight. The ends of the scraper g<1> contact with the housings B to limit the rotation of the shafts C, C<1>.
Patent GB-190511181-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a New Tooth Cement or Material suitable for use in Dentistry.
Inventor: HOFFMANN OTTO
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 11,181. Hoffmann, O. May 31,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cements.-Basic or neutral phosphate, pyrophosphate, or borate of aluminium is mixed with a solution of ortho, meta-, or pyro-phosphoric acid to form a paste. Aluminium hydrate may be mixed with the phosphate ; or aluminium hydrate, zinc oxide, or magnesium or mixtures of these may be dissolved in the phosphoric acid before the latter is mixed with the phosphate or borate.
Patent GB-190516039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Paper Twine.
Inventor: DYMOCK JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 16,039. Dymock, J. Aug. 5. Machines for making twine.-In a machine for making twine from paper ribbon, the paper coming from a spool p passes through a damping or sizing trough u and between feed-rollers w to a " curling- " device." This consists of a hollow cone x which " curls " or brings the edges of the ribbon together, and a V-grooved roller y which retains the " curl " in the ribbon until it comes under the twisting action of the flyer b. If desired, two or more ribbons may be twisted together, both ribbons passing through the same "curling-device." The cone x may be adapted to receive other cones 2, Fig. 4, of varying sizes to be used with ribbons of different widths. The paper spool p, Fig. 3, is made with a removable flange q, so as to facilitate placing the paper roll in position.
Patent GB-190517309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-26
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 17,309. Haddan, H. J., [Stewart, A. C.]. Aug. 26. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. In a carburettor, the air inlet and outlet are simultaneously regulated by the suction, the area of the fuel inlet not being altered. A rod 24, Fig. 7, carries a ring 18, controlling the air inlet, a disk 27 controlling the outlet, and a piston 26 to prevent oscillations of the valve. The disk 27 is slightly smaller than the opening 15<a>, and the ring 18 slides inside a sleeve 17, ports 17<a> in which are adjustable with respect to the ports 16 in the outer case. This adjustment having been made before starting, the suction subsequently determines the position of the ring 18. Fuel is supplied from a float-feed chamber of the usual type, to holes 14 as shown. Above the opening 15<a> is a mixing- chamber 3, shown in section in Fig. 3 in a plane perpendicular to that of Fig. 7. Two outlets 35, 36 are provided, both controlled by a right-angled plate 34. Either of these outlets is used as may be most convenient for attachment, and the one not in use is closed by a plug. In Fig. 7, the sleeve 17 is shown as adjustable by means of a screwthread 39. In a modification, a stud fixed to the sleeve projects through a slot in the outer case, and carries a clamping-screw. The ports 17<a> may be shaped as shown in Figs. 8 and 9.
Patent GB-190517548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picker and Shuttle Checking Devices of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: DAWSON JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-30
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 17,548. Dawson, J. Aug. 30. Looms, checking shuttles and pickers in.-Mounted on each end of the picker spindle D are a spiral spring G and washer or buffer E, the latter being; made of leather, india-rubber, compressed paper or felt, or the like. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 18,029, A.D. 1891.]
Patent GB-190519948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels for Agricultural Machinery or the like.
Inventor: CLAUSEN HANS ANDERSEN FOGED
Filed: 1905-10-03
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 19,948. Clausen, H. A. F. Oct. 3. Slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for.- Relate to wheels for agricultural implements and for motor-vehicles used to draw ploughs and the like. The rim, which is smooth, has transverse or oblique slots through which can project plungers or spades c. The stems f of the plungers are guided by holes in a secondary rim e, and have rollers h on their bent ends which engage in grooves in a disk q fixed to the axle. When the wheel travels over roads or hard ground, the rollers h engage in the groove i<1>, which is concentric with the axle, so that the plungers do not project beyond the rims; while they engage partly in the groove i<1> and partly in one of the grooves i<2>, i<3> when the wheel goes over soft ground, so that the plungers enter the ground. The rollers are constrained to move in the grooves i<2>, i<3> by pawls t<1>, t<2> positioned by levers v<1>, v'. This construction allows the rim to be kept clear by a scraper o, while a rough surface is presented to the ground.
Patent GB-190520563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Printing Frames.
Inventor: ELDERTON ERNEST CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1905-10-11
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 20,563. Elderton, E. C. Oct. 11. Masks and masking ; printing.-R elates to printing-frames, in which a frame A with an opening a is used in combination with a negative carrier B with a corre. sponding opening b for the negative. The relative position of the carrier B is varied so that the combination serves instead of masks of different sizes, leaving openings of different size such as C, and allowing selected portions of the negative to be printed. The frame A may be the window or the printing-frame or a separate piece.
Patent GB-190520781-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Porous Drain Pipe.
Inventor: HARDING WALTER DENIS
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 20,781. Harding, W. D. Jan. 26, 1906. Drawings to Specification. Drain pipes are made porous with one or both ends non-porous or solid. The body of the pipe maybe entirely or partly porous. In one example, the upper half-only-of the pipe is porous.
Patent GB-190522816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying and Conditioning Machines.
Inventor: LORIMER JOHN HEWETSON
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 22,816. Lorimer, J. H. Nov. 7. Conveyers. - In apparatus for drying and conditioning textile and o t h er material, such as cotton, in which the material is carried between a pair of endless bands B, means are provided for keeping the bands apart in the horizontal parts of their courses, so that the air passes vertically through the materials with ease while the material is retained in its original order without any unovenness of distribution by the compression of the bands in the vertical parts. The side chains K, which pass over the various guide-wheels and are connected by the open metal webbing B or the cross-slats forming the bodies of the aprons, pass along lateral angle - irons L, M, whereby the horizontal parts of the aprons are kept separate.
Patent GB-190525143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Files.
Inventor: SANKEY MATTHEW HENRY PHINEAS R
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 25,143. Sankey, M. H. P. R. Dec. 4. Making g files.-Files, especially those described in Specification No. 16,280, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Handtools &c.J, are manufactured with undercut grooves by forging in dies or by rolling. In the manufacture in dies by drop or press forging, the undercut is produced by placing the dies at an angle to the line of pressure, or the dies may be given a slight relative shift after pressure. In the rolling method, the teeth a of the roll may be undercut and the metal made to flow and fill the space at the root of the tooth, thus producing the undercut on the file.
Patent GB-190600647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Woven Wire and other Metallic Fabrics for use in connection with Mattresses, Bed-bottoms, Chairs and other Articles of Furniture.
Inventor: REED JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 647. Reed, J. H. Jan. 10. Bedsteads and cots; mattresses.-In mattresses, cots, bed bottoms, chairs, and analogous articles, the woven-wire meshes or metallic fabrics are directly sustained by flexible supports made up of an assemblage of wire elements connected by tie-links and springs to the mattress or other frame. The articulated assemblage of links is preferably in the form of one or more stars, as shown in Fig. 1, a central ring a being connected by U -shaped links b to V-shaped links c, which are attached by links d, or lengths of wire, and springs d<2> to the frame e. The links are shown separated in Fig. 12, and may have various forms. In a modification, Fig. 18, the star-shaped support is made up of a number of straight links i<1>, which are connected together by means of rings i<2>. The flexible supports may be stamped out of sheet metal, and pierced with holes at suitable parts for the attachment of the connecting-ties.
Patent GB-190606905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Guiding Vehicles over Fixed Points.
Inventor: SHARP HARRY ELMER
Filed: 1906-03-22
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 6905. Sharp, H. B. March 22. Points and switches, fixed, guiding vehicles over. Eccentrics 16 are mounted parallel to the car wheels as shown in Fig. 5 so that they can be caused to engage the part A of the fixed point when it is desired to pass along the branch line. All the eccentrics are operated simultaneously from the compressed-air cylinder 5, the valves of which are under the control of the motorman. Normally, the spring 21 keeps the eccentrics in their inactive position.
Patent GB-190607874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: URBAN EDUARD
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 7874. Urban. E. April 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid), Revol ving-cylinder type.-A number of cylinders are fixed to a central revoluble shaft and contain pistons actuated by the motive fluid. The piston-rods actuate expanding mechanisms which grip the fixed casing of the engine, and the cylinders are consequently driven backwards, thereby rotating the central shaft. The pistons are intermittently brought back to the cylinder heads by the action of helical springs. The engine is shown in sectional elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. A number of cylinders 5 are fixed in a revoluble housing, which comprises side walls 2 and end covers 3, 4, and is keyed to a vertical shaft 1. Ports 5<1> in the cylinders and top cover periodically register with supply ports 15<11> as the cylinders rotate. Similarly, exhaust ports 5<11> periodically register with ports communicating with a condenser 18. In each cylinder is a piston 10, the rod 11 of which is guided in a tube 12, Figs. 2 and 3, and bears against two wedges 13, 14, mounted in a vertical-tube 12<1>. The fixed casing has recesses 15<1> to engage the pieces 13, 14 when they are vertically displaced by the lateral displacement of the piston-rod. The action of the engine is as follows :-When the port 5<1> registers with the port 15<11>, motive fluid enters the cylinder and the piston is displaced. The wedging action of the piston-rod causes the pieces 13, 14 to grip the recesses 15<1> in the casing, thereby preventing further backward movement on the part of the piston. This causes the cylinder itself to move in the opposite direction. When the cylinder is carried into register with the exhaust port, the motive fluid escapes and the piston is driven back to its original position by the action of a helical spring 17. A continuous rotation of the cylinders and bousing is thus produced. This cycle of operations is brought about in all the cylinders simultaneously. The admission of motive fluid to the ports 15<11> is controlled by a rotary-disk valve consisting of two disks 7, 8, Fig. 1, each with six perforations. The lower disk 8 is fixed to the shaft 1 ; the disk 7 is arranged loosely and may be turned by a crank 9.
Patent GB-190607948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purses.
Inventor: HARNETT WILLIAM SMART
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 7948. Harnett, W. S. April 2. Attaching articles to the person. -A strap b terminating at one end in a fingerloop c and at the other in a buttonhole loop d is stitched to a purse a, Fig. 1: The loop c passes over the finger, Fig. 2, while the loop d is attached to a glove button. The loops may be made in one piece with the purse, as shown in Fig. 3. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 1128, A.D. 1871.]
Patent GB-190609067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compass Course Correctors and similar Instruments.
Inventor: GILLIE JOHN WILSON
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 9067. Gillie, J. W. April 17. Compasses, magnetic ; bearings and courses, determining and correcting.-A compass course corrector or instrument for determining bearings, as described in Specifications No. 7077, A.D. 1886, and No. 14,483, A.D. 1892, is provided with a transparent dial illuminated at night indirectly from the back by means of au illuminated surface. In using the coursecorrector on a binnacle top, a downwardly-opening door or doors b are arranged as shown, so that when these doors are open the dial can be read against their white surfaces which are illuminated by the lamps c. After the pointers d, d' and the dial a have been set, the doors b can be closed and a star or other object sighted by the sights e. The binnacle hood may have three or more glazed sides provided with doors. When the course-corrector is used apart from the binnacle, the surface of its containing box or stand is painted below the dial and illuminated by a lamp having an opaque shield to reflect the light downwards. A shutter-may be provided to cut off the light from the lamp when desired.
Patent GB-190609105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flash Light Cocks for use in High Pressure Gas Lighting
Inventor: SUGG WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1907-04-17
Abstract: 9105. Sugg, W. T. April 17. Plug cocks.-A gas cock, regulating a main and also a pilot supply, is arranged to have a large opening to the pilot-burner when pressure is low at the main cut-off and a small opening to the pilot-burner when pressure is high and the main is full on. Three modifications are described. A plug c, Fig. 1, has a passage d (shown in dotted lines) for the main supply and a passage e communicating by a notch f with a pilot-tube b. In the position shown, the main is full on and the pilot supply just burning. When the main valve is turned off, the large passage e supplies the pilot. In a modification, Fig. 5, three passages lead to the pilot-tube b, two of which g, h are open when the main d is closed, and one when the main is open. The third i, Fig. 9, farther along the cock barrel comes momentarily into use as the cock is turned on in order to make the pilot flare. In the third modification, Fig. 13, three passages g, h, i communicate with the pilot-burner. In the position shown, the passages g, i are on for flaring. When the main is closed, the passage h is open ; when the main is open, only the passage g communicates with the pilot-burner.