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Patent GB-190614194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cartridge Feeds for Fire-arms.
Inventor: CAREY ARTHUR BASIL
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-09-20
Abstract: 14,194. Carey, A. S. June 20. Machine guns.- Relates to cartridge feeds. Magazines are constructed to hold a number to leaded clips, from which the cartridges are withdrawn by the reciprocating breech-bolt. The invention is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, as applied to a magazine rifle, and in Figs. 11 and 12, as applied to a machine gun with recoiling barrel. In the cartridge feed for a rifle, the magazine D is provided with a cover D<1> and with a spring-pressed plate E, shown in section in Fig. 2, to press the clips towards the bolt. The cartridges are raised out of the clip by the spring- actuated arm H, Fig. 1, the top p cartridges b e i n g pushed forward into the chamber by the advancing bolt C. As soon as the clip is emptied, it is ejected through a lateral opening I and a fresh clip is pressed up by the plate E when the arm H is lowered either by hand or by means of the handle H<3>, or automatically by means of the upper part J of the arm H, to which is connected a spring J<1>, shown in plan in Fig. 4, having a projection J'. When the arm H is in its uppermost position, the spring J<1> is brought into such a position, by the part J of the arm H, that the projection J' is caught by a lug of the rearwardly-moving bolt and drawn back, thus causing the arm H to be depressed. Modifications are also described in which the empty clip drops through an opening in the bottom of the magazine, " cut-offs " being provided to prevent the full clips from being pressed against the empty clip and so retaining it in the magazine. In the feed-device for the machine gun, the loaded clips are placed in magazines M', M', and the cartridges are pressed laterally bv spring-actuated arms H to bring them in front of the bolt C. As soon as the lower clip in a magazine is emptied, it drops through the openings I and a fresh clip comes into position. The arm H is automatically turned back after emptying a clip by means of an arm N, pivoted on a spindle N' so as to turn with the arm H and to be also capable of turning in a vertical plane. When the clip is emptied, the arm N has been depressed by the spring O so as to come into the path of the lug A' of the recoiling-harrel A, which thus returns the arm H. The clip above the one which is being emptied is supported by curved pieces P, which are carried by rods P' connected to an arm P<5> turning with the arm H, so that the curved pieces P are turned aside to let go the clip when the lowest clip has been emptied. Modifications are described in which the cartridges are pushed out of the clips by means of wheels having projections which engage with the cartridges. In another modification, the cartridges are engaged by projections on a member actuated by eccentrics.
Patent GB-190614688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Towels and other Pile Fabrics and in the Yarn used in their Manufacture.
Inventor: HOLDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-06-27
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 14,688. Holden, A. June 27. Chenille for use in the manufacture of Turkish towels, carpets, and other pile fabrics is produced by weaving a fabric of linen or cotton, or both, in which the warps A, Fig. 2, are stronger than the wefts B, and are arranged preferably in series of five threads at suitable distances apart. The fabric is cut into strips containing two or three series of warps with cut wefts projecting from each side of the strips. Each strip is then twisted by suitable means, so that the wefts project in single threads C, Fig. 3, and loops D from the twisted warps A. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that single warps are employed instead of the series of five warps.
Patent GB-190621882-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Swivel Joint suitable for Bails and other Handles.
Inventor: BUSHELL HENRY
Filed: 1906-10-04
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 21,882. Bushell, H., [trading as Bushell & Co., H.]. Oct. 4. Biscuit boxes.-A pivot or hinge suitable for bails and other handles consists of two semi-spherical parts 1, 2, one of which has a returned flange to form a bearing for a flange on the other part.
Patent GB-190623909-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Acetylene Gas Generator
Inventor: TILKE THEODORE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 23,909. Tilke, T. W. Oct. 27. Acetylene.-A carbide receptacle for use in generators comprises a number of trays D, superposed on a bolt E passing through central tubular openings in the trays, and secured by a wing-nut e<1>. Each tray has a V-notch d<1> at the top, and is divided into compartments with similar notches d' in the divisions. Water rising round the trays first enters the compartment d<2> ; when all the carbide there is exhausted, it flows to the next compartment d<4>, and so on round the tray, and then to the next tray. The carbide receptacle is placed under a bell held down by a screw and bridge-piece in a water tank, and the service pipe from the top of the bell has a stopcock. Gas generated after the cock is closed stops the water feed.
Patent GB-190625189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Construction of Damp-proof Floors and Walls.
Inventor: KRUEMPELMANN JULIUS
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 25,189. Kr³mpelmann, J. Dec. 13, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Building-blocks.-Damp-proof floors and walls, subject to the pressure of soil water, are formed of impermeable interlocking blocks which are provided with channels to conduct the soil water away to pumps while the mortar is setting. Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation of part of a wall and floor for a cellar, and Fig. 4 shows one of the blocks. The ribs a and grooves b interlock, and the channels c conduct leakage away ; the floor may be strengthened by metal bars passed through the blocks. The blocks are pressed from concrete to which is added bitumen emulsion formed by adding alkalies and barium peroxide to bituminous material and oxidizing rapidly, with the production of barium hydrate or carbonate.
Patent GB-190627945-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of Petroleum Compounds with Low Flashing Points.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1906-12-07
Granted: 1907-12-07
Abstract: 27,945. Coles, S. 0. Cowper-. Dec. 7. Distilling oils.-Products of low flash-points, for example 16‹ F., are obtained by distilling paraffin oil, such as is derived from shale, peat, or coal, and passing the vapours through a series of small metal tubes heated to a suitable temperature, for example, 1700‹ F., the vapours being finally condensed. The products are suitable for use in internal-combustion engines.
Patent GB-190709182-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Supporting the Wrist while Playing the Pianoforte or other Keyboard Instrument
Inventor: ROBERTS WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1907-04-20
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 9182. Roberts, W. J. April 20. Exercising - apparatus.-A portable hand-rest for attachment to keyboard instruments is constructed in three parts. A part A is slidably mounted upon the ledge in front of the keys, and is provided with felt-covered rollers A<11> ; it is fitted with adjustable hook-members A<1> which run between the keys and the ledge. A cross-bar C is adjustably secured between slotted arms B by thumb-screws c, and has a flattened portion upon which the rest D is adjustably clamped by a thumb-screw d. The rest is shaped at one end for supporting the wrist and at the other end when reversed for the fingers.
Patent GB-190710073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting-jacks.
Inventor: CROWLE JOHN EDWIN
Filed: 1907-04-30
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 10,073. Crowle, J. E. April 30. Lifting-jacks of the lever type comprise a bifurcated load-supporting member and a hand-lever of T-section arranged so that the web passes between the bifurcated portion of the other member and is locked thereto when the jack is supporting the lifted object. In t h form of jack shown in Fig. 1, the bifurcated load-supporting member 2 is serrated on one edge and pivoted to the band - lever 1 at 3. The former carries a load-supporting head 4 and the latter a baseplate 6 which may be provided with a spike to enter the ground and prevent the apparatus from slipping. A bracket 7, which can also be used for supporting loads, engages the serrations and is pivoted at 9 to a pair of sliding arms, one of which carries a spring latch 10 for locking the hand -lever to the member 2. The hand-lever may be provided with a lengthening- bar adapted to fold against the back surface when not in use, and the jack may be fitted with metal stay rods or sprags attached to eyes on the handlever and load-supporting member to prevent it from falling over when supporting the load. In a modified form, the bracket 7 and the sliding arms are formed by making a slanting slot in a solid piece of metal arranged so that the lower front edge of the slot engages the serrations when the bracket is horizontal, and maintains it in position. For raising objects near the ground, the slightly modified form of jack shown in Fig. 6 is employed. An extra layer 16 is pivoted to the lever 2 at 17, and the load is supported on a bracket 7 having arms of sufficient width to embrace both members 2, 16. For raising vehicle axles, the jack is fitted with a long crutch 25, Fig. 11, supported by diagonal stays at the head of the member 2. Hinged stay rods or sprags 27 also assist in supporting the axle in the raised position. The handlever also is provided with a transverse bar 28 at the end, which is stiffened by diagonal stays. Fig. 9 shows a form of jack in which the lifting-member is detachable from the band-lever. The pivot 3 of the member 2 can be arranged in any one of a series of slots 21 on the hand-lever previous to the lifting of the load. In operation, the load-supporting crutch or bracket is placed beneath the object, and the hand-lever then raised from a slanting or horizontal position into its vertical interlocking position.
Patent GB-190712063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines, Compressors and the like
Inventor: LJUNGSTROEM BIRGER
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 12,063. Ljungstr÷m, B., and Forsberg, E. A. May 31,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic -fluid turbines. - To prevent excessive lateral divergence in the fluid passages of highspeed elastic-fluid turbines, compressors, &c., the fluid passages instead of increasing from a narrow inlet m, Fig. 1, to a wide outlet n are formed with blades which are narrow in the direction of flow of the fluid, the blade channels a, Fig. 2, increasing in number from two to eight and increasing in crosssection to allow for expansion. The blade channels are formed with hollow or channel-shaped interruptions formed in blade rings projecting from wheel disks A, B, either or both of which may rotate. A modification has a single inlet channel leading into a chamber from which pass eight outlet channels. Or the eight channels may extend from the inlet to the exhaust. The invention may be applied to a parallel-flow turbine. The blade angles are graduated according to their distance from the turbine shaft to secure a uniform expansion.
Patent GB-190714161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescent Gas Lighting Burners.
Inventor: WAKEFIELD HARRY
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 14,161. Wakefield, H. June 19. Incandescent gas lamps of both the upright and inverted types have the inner end of the burner tube rigid with the air. inlet sleeve, which is swivelly connected with the gas-supply nipple in such a way as to limit the rotary movement of the air regulator. The burner tube b is rigidly connected to the air-inlet sleeve c, having air inlets c', and is swivelled on to the gas nipple d by a set-screw e engaging in a circumferential groove d' round the gas nipple. The air-regulating sleeve f with registering openings is provided with a slot through which the set-screw e passes, this slot being continued only sufficiently far to allow the sleeve f its necessary motion. -
Patent GB-190715335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Equalizing Devices for Alternating Current Circuits.
Inventor: PECK JOHN SEDGWICK
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,335. Peck, J. S. July 3. Dynamos, regulating; motors, controlling.-An equalizing-device for alternating-current circuits consist3 of two or more motors coupled to a flywheel. The fields of the motors are varied according to the load on the circuit, and arranged to run as a dynamo when the load of the circuit increases. In a two-phase circuit shown in Fig. 1, the armatures 10, 11 of the motors 7, 8 are connected across the leads 2, 4 and 1, 3, and are coupled to a fly-wheel 9. The field windings 12, 13 of the motors 7, 8 are connected across the leads 3, 1 and 4, 2, and include in their circuits manually adjustable resistances 14, 15 while the resistances 16, 17 are varied by an automatic regulator 18. The resistances 14, 15 may be provided with capacities to bring the currents in the motor armatures exactly into phase with those in the fields, while the electromagnetic regulator 18 is connected, through a transformer 21, to one of the leads to determine when the machines 7, 8 shall run as dynamos or motors. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the fields 12, 13 of the motors are supplied with current from the generator 32 of a motor-generator 31. The fields 35, 36 of the armatures 32, 33 are supplied from a small direct-current dynamo 34, the current being regulated by an electro-magnetic regulator 18. The phase relation between the currents in the field and armature windings may be varied as described above, or the relative angular positions between the stator and rotor of the generator 32 may be varied by worm gear 40, Fig. 3. When the device is employed upon a three-phase system, the armatures and field-magnet winding of the motors are connected to the supply circuit through a three-phase two-phase transformer system, as described in Specification No. 14,246, A.D. 1894, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.]. In a three-phase system, three motors are employed, and the motor generator 31 arranged to supply three-phase currents to their fields. The equalizing action of the motors may also be obtained by keeping the field strengths of the motors constant and varying the armature voltage by a regulator.
Patent GB-190715861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propelling Mechanism for Automobiles.
Inventor: KEENE LANCELOT PERRY
IPC: B60K17/10
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 15,861. Keene, L. P., and Everard, F. O. July 10. Drawings to Specification. Lubricating.-Forced lubrication is employed on a motor-car in which a flash boiler supplying steam to two independent engines driving the road wheels, is used. The oil is forced into the closed crankchambers by a pump driven by an auxiliary engine, which may also be employed for feeding the boiler with water and the furnace with liquid fuel, the lubrication then being proportional to the work done. When the vehicle is at rest, the auxiliary engine may be employed in driving a fan for cooling the condenser and in circulating oil through the engine bearings so that they may be well lubricated for starting.
Patent GB-190719388-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Holding a Watch or other Article on the Wrist.
Inventor: ROBERTS CLARENCE
Filed: 1907-08-29
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 19,388. Roberts, C. Aug. 29. Attaching articles to the person.-In a device for holding a watch on the wrist, one strap is hinged to a metal box A which carries a hook a<2>, and the other strap is hinged to a bar a<8>, to which is attached rods a<6> having claws a'. The springs a' bearing on the bar a<8> tend to force the claws a' towards the hook a<2>, thus gripping the watch between them. The watch is secured by tightening the straps round the wrist, thus further tending to draw the claws together. Modifications are described in which no springs are used, the watch being held by the friction between the parts, by providing the parts with interlocking teeth, or by use of a cam tightener.
Patent GB-190721467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Maximum Demand Indicators for Electric Supply Meters.
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 21,467. Elektrizitõts Akt.-Ges. vorm. Schuckert & Co. Oct. 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Energy and quantity meters. - A maximumdemand indicator, in which a non-return pointer m<2> indicates the maximum rotation of a gear-wheel m, is arranged to be intermittently engaged with the train of a supply meter by a wheel carried by a lever e, the engagement and disengagement being effected instantaneously by a clock-driven disk a, and the controlling-lever e being positively locked by a stop-lever c during engagement of the wheels. The disk a carries a spring-pressed lever f<1> bearing at its end a pin f, which, at a certain point in the revolution of the disk, engages a fixed stop h, off which it slips after a further motion of the disk, striking the end of the lever e and moving the wheel out of engagement with the gear-wheel m; the stop-lever c has previously been drawn aside by the engagement of a pin d on the disk a with the arm b of the stop-lever. Instead of the lever f<1>, the disk a may lift a weighted piece by means of a tappet.
Patent GB-190724008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway and the like Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: LIPKA FRANCISZEK
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 24,008. Lipka, F. Oct. 30. Track apparatus; detonator apparatus.-A rod 25 is toothed to gear with a wheel on the ground signal shaft 11, so that when the signal 7 is set at danger the rod is moved outward and places two detonators 27 upon the track rail. The rod moves in a covered passage 26, the end of which, when the rod is withdrawn, is closed by a flap 28 and locked by the latch 30. When the rod is moved outwards, a pin 32 lifts the latch, and the end of the rod pushes up the flap. A stop 34 prevents the flap from swinging too far open. The signal is operated by a usual lever, and is provided with a returning- weight 20, wire 19, and drum 18.
Patent GB-190724010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Gas Controlling Appliances.
Inventor: TOURTEL JOHN MESNY
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 24,010. Tourtel, J. M., and Mealing, W. R. Oct. 30. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-Apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 7,197, A.D. 1907, in which liquid seals control the admission of gas to diaphragms or bells, which operate the gas taps, is so constructed (1) that slight variations only are required to operate the seals by making the sealing-pipes operate in chambers of less effective areas than those in which the gas pressure operates ; (2) that, after the cock has been operated by raising the gas pressure, the diaphragm is unable to operate the cock again until the pressure has been reduced to a predetermined limit ; and (3) that the escape of gas from the diaphragm chamber is controlled by a liquid seal, which is connected to the gas supply and forms part of a controller similar in construction to the controller which regulates the gas supply to the diaphragm. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the gas supply is connected by tubes 8, 16 to the lower compartments of two double chambers 6, 7, 13, 15 formed of glass 1 enclosed in cases 2, Fig. 1, with partitions 5, 16. Pipes 9, 17 connect the two chambers together, and displacers 10, 14 in the compartments 7, 13 render the liquid areas in these less than those of the compartments 6, 15. Under normal pressure, the levels of the liquids are indicated by the dotted lines, but when the pressure is increased to the required extent, the liquids assume the levels a, a<1>, b, b<1>, and this causes a pipe 11 connected to the diaphragm chamber 20 to be unsealed, and so the gas has access to the chamber and the cock is operated. At the same time, an escape pipe 12 from the chamber 20 becomes sealed by the liquid in the chamber 13, and the diaphragm is then unable to operate the cock again until the pressure has been reduced to an extent sufficient to unseal the pipe 12. The pipe 12 is adjustable to regulate the pressure. The chambers 6, 13 are connected to the atmosphere, and are closed by covers 3 attached by bayonet-joints provided with leaf springs 22 to prevent accidental removal. A set-screw 26 regulates the gas passage between the diaphragm and the tube 12. The two controllers may be arranged in one case.
Patent GB-190724926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction-clutches
Inventor: THORNLEY CHARLES
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 24,926. Thornley, C., and Buckingham, W. E. April 7, 1908. Clutches.-Relates to plate friction clutches of the Weston type for motor-omnibuses and other self-propelled vehicles. Disks A<2>, B', preferably of steel and bronze and perforated for the passage of lubricant, engage a casing B<1> carried by the flywheel F, and a driven shaft A' loose on the driving- shaft E. A cast-iron plunger C is pressed forwards by a spring D.
Patent GB-190726468-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spiral Spring Upholstered Mattress
Inventor: GRAVES REGINALD COUPLAND
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 26,468. Graves, R. C. Nov. 30. Mattresses. - Frames for upholstered helical spring mattresses comprise two portions, of which the inner and lower portion, shown in Fig. 2, consists of side bars A and cross-bars B and also end bars if desired, and is of smaller dimensions than the bedstead frame with which it is to be used. This frame is attached by means of angle brackets MB to an outer and upper frame comprising side bars D and end bars C. This frame is of the same size as the bedstead frame and is supported thereon. The frames may be hinged as at X. The slats B carry the springs. The upholstery is secured to the frame C D.
Patent GB-190800181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syphon Flushing-cisterns.
Inventor: WILKS GEORGE
Filed: 1908-01-03
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 181. Wilks, G., and Woodhouse, T. W. Jan. 3. Water-waste p r e - venters, siphon - discharge. The charging-cylinder of a siphon Dislocated in a well B, and is cast with spacing - projections E. The rod J passes very loosely through the cover, and, to prevent splashing, is provided with a guard K. In a modification, the well forms the charging- chamber, and is connected to the siphon by means of a cover-plate. In this case, water-ways are cast in the walls of the well. Specifications No. 7229, A.D. 1893, and No. 19,933, A.D. 1894, are referred to.
Patent GB-190802963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Couplers for Pipes and Tubes.
Inventor: GOLD EDWARD ETHEL
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 2963. Gold, E. E. Feb. 10. Couplings; disconnectible.-A yielding lock is used in a train-pipe or other coupling to permit the use of the well-known Gold type of hard gaskets. Each coupler is provided with a forwardly offset finger A and a tongue B which projects into a recess in the mating coupler, and carries a pivoted lockmg-arm D engaging an abutment on the mating coupler and provided with a bevelled piston or plate H, which is pressed forward by a helical spring J located in the hook and limited in its outward movement by a pin K. The spring &c. may be located in the abutment instead of in the hook. The gaskets G, which may be of brass &c., are backed by a seating R of vulcabeston, and have flat outer faces and spherical rear faces to permit them to rock about the ends of springs P located in horizontal grooves Q.