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Patent GB-190614075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 14,075. Thompson, W. P., [Anderson, A. D.]. June 19. Extracts, decoctions, and infusions.-A circular casing for expressing-presses is composed of two series of bars W, X, of rectangular section. arranged alternately and supported by a series of ribs J, which are hinged to a shaft I, outside the casing, thus enabling the two sections of the latter to be raised and lowered from the interior screw. To allow for the efflux of the expressed liquid, the inner edges of the bars X are bevelled, thus providing slots of constant width until the bars are worn down beyond the bevelled faces. In order to maintain these slots, steel washers A' are placed between the bar, and are held by bolts B' which have wedge-shaped heads C<1>, D<1>, designed to prevent the bars from stacking or moving inwards. The bars are clamped in position by members T, L, M, the latter two being attached to the ribs J and holding, by tenon Q and bolts S, the wearing-shoes R, which can be easily replaced when worn out. The member K, attached to ribs J, is bolted to the wedge-shaped member T, so that on driving the latter into position,'the bars W, X are forced against the fixed members L, M, and thus rendered immovable; by loosening it, any bar may be removed and replaced. Preferably, the bars are built up of two or more sections, and the ends of all the members rest on a casting or frame F<1>.
Patent GB-190618415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Warp-stop Motions and Devices for Indicating Breakage of Warp Threads
Filed: 1906-08-16
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 1 8 , 4 1 5. Textile Appliances, Ltd., Macquisten, A. P. S., and Carver, T. A. B. Aug. 16. Loom stop-motions ; yarns, warping ; warp, detecting faults in.-Relates to devices for detecting warp breakage in looms, warping - machines, &c., and, if necessary, stopping the machine. The warps support two sets of slit detectors a, a<1>, Fig. 1 and the Provisional drawing, having slots for transverse rods c held in clamps din brackets e, which serve as supports for a single transverse bar f arranged between the sets of detectors. The bar f and brackets e are insulated at g. When a detector falls, its head makes contact with the bar f and an electric current passes through the detector rods c and clamp d to the bar f. The circuit may include an indicator or an electromagnetic knock-off motion, such as described in Specification No, 15,226, A.D. 1902. The heads of the detectors may be perforated to receive a supporting-rod. When lease rods are used, the warp preferably passes below the bar f.
Patent GB-190622280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Attachments of Pneumatic Tyres, and in Means for Facilitating the Processes of Dismounting and Remounting them.
Inventor: BOYES JOHN TYRRELL
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-10-09
Abstract: 22,280. Boyes, J. T. Oct. 9. Tyres, pneumatic. -A device to facilitate the attachment and detachment of pneumatic tyres comprises a series of segments a, forming a ring located between the tyre beads and capable of radial adjustment by means of bolts c screwing through the rim. Fig. 1 shows the tyre in running position, Figs. 2 and 3 showing the successive stages of detachment. Fitted under the tyre beads are spring plates d and rigid plates f, having, respectively, a fixed or sliding, and sliding connexion with the segments a. The arrangement is such that on moving the segments radially outwards, the tyre beads are first tilted by the plates d and then lifted clear of the rim flanges by the plates f. The plates d, f may be replaced by an inflatable tube or tubes. The segments a have rubber facings b, and the tyre beads are preferably of elastic material.
Patent GB-190624395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanism for Raising and Supporting Vehicles and other Bodies
Inventor: PACK ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1906-11-01
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 24,395. Pack, A. J. Nov. 1. Stays.-A jointed spring stay of the kind used for lifting up and letting down carriage heads is adapted for raising and supporting any kind of body or substance hinged to a platform or the like, and more particularly for raising the body of a motorvehicle -from the chassis. The stay comprises a supporting-leg 1 having a knuckle-joint 6 pivotally connected at each end to the frame and platform so as to fold when the body is lowered. A spring link 10 is pivoted to the leg and to the frame, so as to give the maximum amount, of support to the stay and to aid the raising of the body. In a modification, the upper ends of the legs are connected by a cross-bar having a crank-handle which is operated to lower the body equally and simultaneously on both sides.
Patent GB-190626069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Calendars.
Inventor: BENNET JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-11-17
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 26,069. Bennet, J. F. Nov. 17. Calendars and date indicators.-Calendars of the detachable-month-sheet kind are provided with adjustable means for indicating the date. A cardboard or other sheet c, Fig. 1, has slots d along which slides an indicator e having spring flanges for holding it in position. Separate openings may be employed for each date, the indicator having corresponding flanges, and the openings may be formed by a network of wires. In a further modification, the indicator hangs on a wire i, Fig. 9, which can be adjusted in position and is held by the bent spring ends k engaging the hack of the calendar, or the wire may be shaped so as to be held in the frame as shown in Fig. 14. A pair of wires may be employed to hold the indicator, as shown in Fig. 1, between them, instead of fhe single wire. The indicator may be designed and coloured so as to render it conspicuous.
Patent GB-190626893-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or applicable to the Lids of Sauce Pans, Kettles, and the like
Inventor: ASHWORTH CHARLES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 26,893. Ashworth, C. T. Nov. 27. Saucepans; kettles; : lids.-The lid of a saucepan, kettle, &c. is provided with means for allowing the escape of steam and thus preventing the content from boiling over. A recess c, Fig., 3, is formed in the lid a, and has apertures b in its bottom and is provided with a spout c<1>. The recess c has, a spring, pressed hinged lid d which is opened by the pressure of the steam. The recess c and the apertures b may be formed at the same time as the lid a is stamped out. The apertures b may be used for straining off the liquid from the saucepan &c.
Patent GB-190627110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Closures for Bottles and like Receptacles.
Inventor: JULIEN RAMON GABARRO
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 27,110. Julien, R. G. Nov. 28. Capsules; bottles, non- refillable.-The upper end b<1> of an ordinary cork b is fitted with a capsule c<1> of porcelain &c., the interior of which may be grooved to hold the cork with greater security. The whole device is inserted in the bottle n e c k a and cannot be withdrawn without first breaking the top c of the capsule. The material is reduced in thickness at c<3> to facilitate breakage.
Patent GB-190628549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Submergible Electric Heaters
Inventor: STAPLEDON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 28,549. Stapledon, C. H. Dec. 14. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Heating liquids.-In a submissible electric liquid-beater of the kind described in Specification No. 10,310, A.D. 1906, the covers are sealed by arranging packing-material over the wire conduits, so that the wires are insulated independently of the covers. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, annular recesses 8, arranged over the ends of the conduits 2 containing the heating-wire, are filled with sealing-material. The covers are screwed on the ends of the body portion 1. Main wires 11, doubled to avoid heating, are inserted through nipples 10 formed integral with the upper cover and pass down to the lower end of the conduits, where they are connected to the heating-wire. The main wires are insulated outside the cover by rubber tubes 7. The double main wires 11 may be replaced by a single stout wire 13, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper end of the wire is formed with an eye and surrounded by a circular block 14. The lower end of the wire has a loop or bend to prevent its removal. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which the heating-wire 4 is coiled around a central hollow core which is screwed into an outer casing, the annular space between the casing and the core being filled with insulating-material 9.
Patent GB-190629078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method and Apparatus for use in Effecting the Discharge of Measured Quantities of Fluids into Tanks or Reservoirs Intermittently Filled and Emptied.
Inventor: ROGERS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-20
Granted: 1907-12-20
Abstract: 29,078. Rogers, W. J., and Woosnam, W. W. Dec. 20. Disinfecting closets. - Relates to apparatus for delivering disinfectant for flushing water to closets and latrines and for like purposes, without employing valves or movable parts, the disinfectant supply being always out of contact with the water cistern. The disinfectant is in a container, which is preferably of book shape and is weighted to remain upright, and which can be placed in the flushing-cistern. Three chambers c, c<2>, c<3> formed therein communicate by apertures with the cistern. The action is as follows : as the cistern fills, air trapped in the chamber c ascends a pipe d and forces disinfectant up the pipe d<2> into the upper chamber c<2>, the siphon tube d<3> from the chamber c<3> filling meanwhile. When the cistern empties, the liquid flows from the chamber c<2> through the pipe d<3> and the orifice b<3>.
Patent GB-190703890-A (GB)
Title: Improved Wage-paying Device.
Inventor: SCHLIEPER HERMANN
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 3890. Schlieper, H. Feb. 16. Payment of wages, appliances to facilitate; coinhandling &c. appliances.-A device for use in paying wages is made of a steel plate a having rails b turned towards one another in pairs to hold coins of various sizes, the swellings d holding the coins to the plate a. The swelling e forms a stop to the coins, and the space f gummed over with paper serves for reckoning up the amount of the wages.
Patent GB-190704265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1907-02-20
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 4265. Fell, J. C., [Yost Writing Machine Co.]. Feb. 20. Typewriters.-Relates to type-bar actions, and particularly to an action which is speedy in operation and in which there is a uniform leverage and a uniform extent of dip or depression of the keys throughout the system. The various parts of the actions are carried by a detachable frame 5, Fig. 4, attached to the main frame by screws 85, Fig. 1. The frame 5 is formed with upper and lower front segments 7, 6, a rear segment 8, a key-lever comb 13, and bearings 15 for a key-lever pivot rod 16. The key-levers 21 are pivoted on the rods 16 by means of loops 17 in leaf springs 18, which provide for a soft, easy, and resilient touch accommodating itself to the operator Each key-lever 21 is connected by a drawlink 25 to a bell-crank lever 28, Figs. 1 and 5, mounted for variable leverage during the type-bar stroke, by means of intersecting circular slots 31, 33 having as centres two pivots 34, 32 on ahanger 36 secured in the segment 6. The drawlinks 25 are connected to their levers 28 at points 27 at different distances fore and aft of the machine, according to the lengths of the key-levers 21, for equalizing the leverage throughout the system, and the key-levers are disposed in four banks at different levels, but all the keys have the same extent of depression, and all the key-levers are depressed to the same plane, as indicated at c, Fig. 5, so that there is uniform action on the universal bar 75, Fig. 1. Each lever 28 is connected by a draw-link 42 to a type bar driver 46 pivoted at 47 in a hanger 48 secured to the segment 8. The type-bar 54 is pivoted at 57 to a guide-link 58 pivoted on a wire 59 in the segment 7. The typebar is formed of two plates spaced apart by rivets and provided with an abutment 62 for engagement by the driver 46, situated between the two plates and pivoted at 56. The driver is provided with a returning-spring 53 secured to the draw-link 42. The parts 46, 62 co-operate just before the typebar reaches the printing position, and the parts 54, 46 then move together about the pivot 47 of the driver. When the type-bar is in printing position, the pivot 57 is slightly above the line joining the pivots 47, 59. A segmental inking-pad 69, on which the type-bars normally rest, is secured in place by certain of the screws 50 which secure the hangers 48 to the segment 8. A type-guide 72 is supported on the top plate ; the inner walls of the central opening in the guide are bevelled to guide the type block 67, and the left-hand side of the guide is cut away to expose the last character written.
Patent GB-190705177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: TILL ALFRED
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1908-03-04
Abstract: 5177. Till, A. March 4. Washing-machines; rinsing-appliances.-The clothes are placed on a perforated platform C pivoted at C<1> within a receptacle A and operated by means of a pair of levers E and a cross-bar E<2> so as alternately to squeeze the clothes against the cover G and to lower them. The free side of the platform works against a curved surface A', which in this case forms one side of the receptacle. In a larger machine, the receptacle may be divided into two compartments in each of which works a pivoted platform simultaneously operated. One compartment may be used for washing and the other for rinsing. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 5304, A.D. 1878.]
Patent GB-190707766-A (GB)
Title: A Starting Device for Suction Gas-engines.
Inventor: GIBB EDWIN GILCHRIST
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 7766. Gibb, E. G. April 3. Gas and like engines, starting. A suction gas engine is supplied with a charge of air and petrol vapour at starting 'by a carburettor of ordinary construction ; the c'harge may be supplied to the gas main or the air main. Fig. 2 shows a twocylinder engine with gas mains B, air mains D, and carburettor G with air and fuel inlets L, K respectively. At starting, the gas and air supplies are cut off and the cocks J are opened. A charge is drawn into one cylinder by a pump M. After starting, the use of petrol is continued till the engine will work with gas.
Patent GB-190708036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for the Evolution of Ozone from Oxygen or Atmospheric Air.
Inventor: CRAIG JOHN RICHARDSON
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 8036. Craig, J. R. April 6. Gases, treating electrically.-In ozone-producing apparatus, the discharging-surfaces are arranged as separately removable units carried by the dielectric unit or units or discharging-units. The metallic electrodes C, C<1>, Fig. 1, such as wires, strips of gauze, or spiral springs, may be arranged at the edges of the dielectric A of mica, micanite, &c. and connected to the induction coil &c. by wires B', B<2>. A number of dielectric units may be mounted in a metal frame D, Fig. 3, which is fitted with a corrugated metal strip E &c. to receive the electrode units F. The metal gauze &c. units C, Figs. 5 and 7, may be stretched or suspended on a sheet A of glass &c. by means of metal strips B, B' so that live electrode units of opposite signs are found on both sides and on opposite sides, respectively, of the dielectric, and in such positions relative to each other that there is no tendency for a spark to pass even if the dielectric is cut away. A battery of these condenser units may be formed by arranging them in grooves in small iron straps I, Fig. 4, which join up the metal hoops J. These hoops are held together by T-iron straps K, the ridges of which slide into rails L fixed to an air-duct or casing M. Specification No. 16,681. A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190712033-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Production of Artificial Wool from Jute Ramie, Cotton and other Vegetable Fibres.
Inventor: SCHMITT JEAN
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 12,033. Schmitt, J. May 24. Wool, artificial, obtaining.-Relates to a process for obtaining from jute, ramie, cotton, and other fibres, a product having a wool-like appearance and capable of being fulled with wool to form felt or other objects or articles, or of being used as a substitute for wool. The material is treated for about a quarter of an hour in a boiling mixture containing 100 grammes of calcined soda, and 500 grammes of unslaked lime per litre of water, and then for an hour in the same mixture without heating. After rinsing, the material is neutralized with sulphuric acid of sp. gr. 1‹ BÚ., and is well washed.
Patent GB-190713035-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Rail Joints.
Inventor: WOLHAUPTER BENJAMIN
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 13,035. Wolhaupter, B. July 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1001 ]. Rail joints.-Relates to rail joints . of the Weber type, and consists in making the channel bar 2 and filler block 4 reversible, and in providing better support for the rail flanges. ,The .channel bar 2 is made symmetrical about an horizontal axis, its flanges 13 fitting between the head and foot of .the rail. The filler block 4, preferably of wood, is made symmetrical about both horizontal and vertical axes, and fits between inclined surfaces 15 on the flanges 13 of the channel bar, as shown. The angle-plate 3 is strengthened at the angle by a rib 8 in which the spike holes are made, and at its upper edge by a rib 10 having an inclined surface 11 preferably of the same inclination as the surfaces 15. The clamp-plate 7 of the angle-plate 3 is also inclined inwards at a slight angle, so that when the joint is clamped together, the pressure against the elastic block 2 presses the base-plate 6 against the inner flange of the rail, and simultaneously the inclined surface 11 draws the plate 6 against the outer flange. The fish-plate 1 may have an extension 19 through which and the plate 6 spike holes are made.
Patent GB-190713942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turbines
Inventor: KLEIN MAX
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 13,942. Klein, M. June 17. Turbines.-A turbine is arranged to work by direct impulse as well as by reactionary effects. The working fluid passes from the distributing chamber b through apertures c to the working wheel h, Fig. 5. It first strikes the curved blades k and then passes between the blades m and is divided by the curved plates y into two axial streams, which strike against the stationary reaction blades e, arranged on each side of the working wheel. A number of such turbines may be arranged on one shaft so that fluid passes from one to another.
Patent GB-190714741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Belt Replacing Devices.
Inventor: KARTHAUS PAUL
Filed: 1907-06-26
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 14,741. Karthaus, P. June 26. Bands, placing on pulleys.-A resilient beltreplacing device comprises a pipe made up of pieces of tube a, through which run a chain &c. b tightly stretched by a spring g ; the spring is held between disks f, the lower of which is adjustable, in a widened part e of the pipe. A handle h is mounted at one end, and a cross-piece containing a rotatable pin k for engaging the belt at the other.
Patent GB-190716996-A (GB)
Title: Reversible Steam Turbines.
Inventor: PROCNER JAN
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 16,996. Procner, J. July 24. Elastic-fluid turbines. - In a reversing turbine, the nozzles and the corresponding bladings rotate and the intermediate bladings are fixed to the casing. Fig. 1 shows the first stage of a three - stage turbine. The other stages are similarly constructed. In each stage, two sets of intermediate bladings 17,20 are provided, and to reverse the direction of running, the nozzles and bladings are rotated to remove them from interaction with one set of fixed bladings to interaction with the other set. For this purpose, the nozzles &c. are attached to arms g which are mounted to rotate upon their own axes within the arms a' integral with the four-part shaft a. Steam is admitted at 30, being controlled by a steamoperated piston valve 27, and passes through the channel 32 in the shaft to the centre of the hollow arm g and thence through the nozzles into the outer chamber. A channel 33 connects this chamber to the centre of the hollow arm of the next stage, and so on. The stages are separated by labyrinth packing 37, 38 between the shaft and the casing. The blocks 37, 38 are adjustable laterally for determining the axial position of the rotor by adjustable levers 42, 43. The inner ends of the nozzle arms are provided with bevel-wheels m, which engage with wheels on sleeves m\ which are threaded internally with screw-threads of very long pitch and engage with correspondingly cut surfaces r on a tubular shaft p, mounted inside the main shaft. This shaft is splined to the main shaft. It is given an axial movement to rotate the sleeves m<1>, and thereby the nozzle-carrying arms, by a steam piston 11. The nozzle area in each stage is adjusted as shown for the first stage by means of slide blocks 4 on rods 1, the ends of which carry pins passing through cam - slots in sleeves x. These sleeves have rapid internal threads and co-operate with threads upon sleeves u, which slide over the shaft p but are provided with lugs which, passing through slots in that shaft, are attached to the shaft q. The shaft q is reciprocated axially to rotate the sleeves x by a handwheel device 13. The piston valve 27 and the piston 11 are operated simultaneously by means of a single long hand-operated piston valve, which controls the admission of steam into the cylinders 28, 12.
Patent GB-190719865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing and Drying Apparatus
Inventor: BREH KARL JULIUS
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 19,865. Breh, K. J. Sept. 5. Washing-machines; washing-processes, special. -Relates to apparatus for washing clothes, and particularly to that described in Specification No. 17,813, A.D. 1906, in which air is forced into the washing - receptacle, and consists mainly in improved means for admitting the air at the base of the vessel in such a manner as to produce a vigorous whirling of the articles under treatment. The clothes are placed in the receptacle a, which has hollow trunnions b, b<1> supplied with air through the pipe d, and with cold water, steam, or hot water through the pipes n<1>, n<2>, n<3>, respectively. From the trunnion b the air is led by the pipe g to a T-piece i having an upwardly-extending branch i<1> into which steam also is injected by means of a pipe m. The articles are placed above a perforated false bottom r, and after being soaked and then cleansed by the action of intermittent blasts of mixed air and steam, they are rinsed with water issuing from preparations in a pipe s or from a rose attached to the cover of the receptacle. During the latter operation, compressed air is admitted from below and together with the dirty water escapes by way of the lateral chamber D having orifices G at the top, and an outlet pipe H to which the drain-pipe L is connected. A suitable valve for opening and closing the outlet of the pipe L into the pipe H is shown in Fig. 5 ; a conical hollow plug R has an orifice at R<1> which, when the valve is rotated by the handle R<2>, may register with an aperture H' formed in the pipe H opposite the pipe L. After being rinsed, the articles are dried by the admission of hot compressed air through the spray pipe s. The air employed in the apparatus is passed either direct from the compressor or through a chamber containing steam or other heating-pipes.