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Patent GB-190416644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filters or Devices for the cleansing of Oil and similar Substances.
Inventor: WAKEFIELD CHARLES CHEERS
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,644. Wakefield, C. C. July 28. Filtering oils &c.-Oil or similar substance is filtered upwards through a diaphragm consisting of two layers of cloth with worsted or horse-hair between in a vessel provided with a water jacket heated by steam. A vessel A is provided with a jacket B interrupted in one place by an extension A<1> with a glass panel A<2>. Into this jacket passes a steam pipe D<1> ending in a perforated pipe D, or there may be a closed coil of steam pipes or other means for heating the water in the jacket. In the vessel A is a funnel C, passing nearly to the bottom thereof and through a diaphragm of the construction shown in Fig. 4. Two layers of cloth E with worsted or horse-hair G between them are attached to two rings F which with a separating ring F<1> are clamped between the plate H and top ring H'. The inlet pipe C is provided with a stepped collar K which acts as a joint between the centre of the filtering-diaphragm and pipe C and as a distance-piece between the two layers of cloth. Sediment collects in the vessel A, which has a sloping bottom, and is removed by the tap L<1>. Two or more such filters may be arranged in series, and ball cocks may be used to regulate the flow from one filter to another.
Patent GB-190418478-A (GB)
Title: Key Building Brick
Inventor: RAPSON THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,478. Rapson, T. H. Aug. 26. Bricks are made with grooves in the sides or ends.
Patent GB-190420696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Meters.
Inventor: TROOST HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-09-26
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 20,696. Troost, H. Sept. 26. Speed indicators. -A cylinder, which can be rotated about its axis, contains liquid, preferably mercury, and is divided into two chambers 5, 6, Fig. 1, by a transverse partition 3. This partition has radial passages 8 communicating near the circumference with one chamber 6 and near the centre with the other, this latter chamber 5 having an opening 12 to the air. The rotation of the cylinder causes liquid to flow along the radial passages 8 from the open chamber 5, causing compression in the other chamber 6. This compression is measured, either by making the pressure-chamber shaft 10 hollow and transparent and observing the rise of liquid in it, or by a manometer or otherwise. In Fig. 1 a hollow shaft 10 is shown, connected by a stuffing-box to the pressure chamber 6. This shaft may itself rotate, when the stuffing-box is omitted. Air is admitted to the lower chamber by capillary passages 12, which are made to end near the centre when the apparatus is used for high speeds, to prevent the liquid from being forced out through them. The hollow shaft may extend from the low-pressure side through the partition, and terminate in a disc with radial passages, and, when a manometer 20, Fig. 4, is used, the low-pressure chamber may be replaced by a hollow shaft 18, as shown in Fig. 4, this shaft or trunnion being open to the air.
Patent GB-190423202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bullets
Inventor: TAYLOR LESLIE BOWN
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 23,202. Taylor, L. B. Oct. 27. Projectiles, small-arm. -Relates to improvements in hollow bullets of the kind described in Specifications No. 13,460, A.D. 1899, and No. 3897, A.D. 1901. A lead envelope c is cast on a sheet-metal core a, supported in the mould by a wire b lightly soldered to the core. The wire is afterwards withdrawn and the hole left is closed.
Patent GB-190423558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpet Sweepers.
Inventor: MATTER PHILIP
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 23,558. Matter, P., and Burk, B. F. Nov. 1. Carpetsweepers.-In machines in which the body is supported by springs resting on the axles so as to yield to the pressure of the handle, noise and jar are minimized by surrounding the axles, at the parts where they move in slots in the sides D of the body, with short tubes L of rubber or other elastic sound-deadening material. Washers K of fibrous or other material connected or integral with the tubes are fitted between the wheels and the sides D for the same purpose. The brush is driven from both wheels through a roller on the same shaft with the brush, the wheels and roller being surrounded by elastic bands.
Patent GB-190426987-A (GB)
Title: A Thermostatic Device for Indicating when a Lamp is Extinguished.
Inventor: BROUGH HARRY
Filed: 1904-12-10
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,987. Brough, H. Dec. 10. Carriage lamps; velocipede lamps; alarms for.-When a lamp b is extinguished, a compound metallic strip c closes or breaks an electric contact o, q, whereby a bell r or other indicator is set in operation. The Provisional Specification also refers to other thermostatic devices besides the compound metallic strip.
Patent GB-190501703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Revolving Heels or Pads for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: ROBERTS TOM HARTLEY
Filed: 1905-01-28
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 1703. Roberts, T. H. Jan. 28. Heel protectors.-Revoluble rubber heel-pads having embedded or other metal plates are constructed so that there is no rotation of the plate, thereby preventing the wear which usually takes place round the hole in the plate due to the central fastening-screw. Two metal plates A, C are used, the latter being formed with a conical boss c<1>, which fits into a cylindrical boss a' of the former. The rubber pad B, which is countersunk to receive the plate C, revolves on the boss a, and the whole device is secured to the heel by a central screw D, the head of which bears against the conical boss c'. The pad B is sometimes countersunk to receive the plate A, while, instead of a single hole, two or more holes may be made in the plate C near the centre.
Patent GB-190505149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephone and like Transmitters.
Inventor: CUTMORE HAHNEMANN ADOLPHUS
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 5149. Cutmore, H. A. March 11. Speaking-tubes.-Conversation may be carried on in a whisper by employing a mouthpiece such as that shown in Fig. 1. Vents C, or the serrated edge shown in Fig. 2, permit free breathing.
Patent GB-190507630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Paraffin Wax.
Inventor: HENDERSON NORMAN MACFARLANE
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 7630. Henderson, N. M. April 11. Paraffin.-Relates to the process of treating paraffin described in Specification No. 11,799, A.D. 1891, and is characterized principally by the use of cells or receptacles of considerable height compared to cross-section. Fig. 6 shows a cylindrical cell, and Fig. 8 a rectangular cell. The cell A, Fig. 6, is provided with a cylindrical partition A<1> carrying a draining-screen B formed of a number of tnicknesses of wire gauze or other suitable material. The false bottom B<1> is formed of similar draining- material and is supported upon firebrick blocks B<2> which are provided with an annular passage in their under surfaces to permit the passage of liquid to or from the opening A'. A number of these cells are arranged in rows in a sweating-house of usual construction, the openings A<4> being connected to a pipe arranged for the supply of water, or for draining away the softer, impure portions of the paraffin. Water is first admitted to the bottom of each cell, and melted paraffin is then run in from a system of supply pipes at the top. The paraffin sets first at the outermost parts of each cell, and the more fluid impurities flow towards the centre and, finally, escape through the draining-surfaces B, B<1> to the annular passage and the outlets A<4>. When rectangular cells are used, they are made of small width and are provided with draining- surfaces B, B', Fig. 8. Such cells are arranged in the sweating-house in pairs, back to back, with only a relatively short distance between the adjacent draining surfaces, so that the paraffin first solidifies next the faces remote from the draining-surfaces.
Patent GB-190509335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Matches, Firelighters and the like
Inventor: BRUEHLMANN EMIL
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 9335. Br³hlmann, E. May 3. Matches; wood fuel.-A large match adapted for fire-lighting is made of a thin strip a of wood saturated with resin and paraffin or other combustible, and pointed as shown. The point b is covered with resin or sulphur and tipped with a preparation c igniting by friction. [Relerence has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 1487, A.D. 1876, No. 11,167, A.D. 1889, and No. 15,439, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190513020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure Turbines.
Inventor: ROSA RAPPAPORT
Filed: 1905-06-23
Abstract: 13,020. Rappaport, R. June 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void, [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Elastic-fluid turbines.-In a turbine having a guide-wheel and a leading wheel rotating in opposite directions the power is taken from the leading wheel only. The guiding-wheel is driven by a motor supplied with current by a dynamo driven by the leading wheel. In the form shown in the Figure, the guiding-wheel a is mounted on a hollow shaft c, through which the steam enters and flows outwardly through the wheel a to the rim g of the leading wheel b. The steam is carried round by guides h to the other rim i of the wheel b, through which it flows radially inward. In modified arrangements, the wheel b has only one rim and the steam may act on it twice. A turbine may have fixed nozzles, between which and the power a rotating guide-wheel is interposed. The shaft d of the wheel b drives a dynamo f which supplies current to a motor on the shaft c. By regulating the speed of the motor l, the speed of the wheel b can be varied.
Patent GB-190514151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with High-speed, High-pressure Superheated Steam Engines.
Inventor: FOWLER THOMAS ROW
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 14,151. Fowler, T. R. July 10. Cylinders, heating; pistons; engines with working parts enclosed.-In highpressure engines of the trunk-piston single-acting type using superheated steam, leakage into the enclosed crank chamber is prevented by making the piston d with two heads c, c'. The space between is put in communication with the atmosphere by a port f, which may be provided with a valve. Unequal cylinder expansion is prevented by exhausting the steam into the jacket b from which it is led through a passage l.
Patent GB-190514287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Organs for Producing, by a Manual, Solo and Sub-bass Effects simultaneously with Harmonies Played on the same Manual.
Inventor: WATSON ROBERT
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 14,287. Watson, R., and Bray, H. July 11. Organs.-In solo and sub-bass actions for pipe organs, a special set of pipes is controlled by auxiliary pallets co-operating with speciallyformed pallet seats, additional to and independent of those controlling the ordinary pipes. Means may also be provided for using the solo and subbass pipes as ordinary stops. Each set of auxiliary pallets is arranged in a separate wind-chest, to which wind is admitted at one end only, under the control of a stop. The wind passes through apertures c in the pallet seats C until it reaches the lowest note in the sub-bass or the highest note in the solo action, at which it is shut off by the pallet E. Apertures K, controlled by pallets J, liberate the wind in the part of the wind-chest beyond this pallet. The pallet seats Care preferably of metal and are secured or arranged to slide in grooves D. The pallets F control the wind passages B for the special pipes. A series of apertures P, leading to another wind-chest N, and a series of passages M from the ports K to the atmosphere, are controlled by bars Q, W mounted on the arms of a shaft S actuated by a stop.
Patent GB-190516068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Players suitable for Pianos and similar Keyboard Musical Instruments.
Inventor: GREEN HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-08-04
Abstract: 16,068. Green, H. E. Aug. 5. Automatic instruments. - The primary and secondary pneumatics and the tune-sheet mechanism are mounted in the case of an ordinary upright piano, over the hammers, and the feeders are mounted immediately under the key-bed. The motor for driving the tune-sheet is preferably mounted behind the bottom door of the case, and may be constructed as described in Specification No. 8735, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines]. The wind-chests c, d, e containing the primary pneumatics are arranged one above the other, and each consists of two sections separated by the box containing the tune-sheet mechanism, to which they are fixed. The chests rest upon blocks attached to the sides of the case. The secondary pneumatics i are mounted directly on the tops of the wind-chests in staggered rows ; they are connected by wire or wooden trackers k to a series of horizontal rollers l mounted one above another on a board m, these rollers being in turn connected to levers p pivoted to the same board, and controlled by springs 37 and regulating- buttons 49 on a rail 35. The wind-chests are connected by trunks or pipes a at both ends to the reservoir bellows 18 in such a way that the parts may be readily separated. The feeders are connected by rods 16 to the treadles 11, and are controlled by springs 50. Both reservoir and feeder bellows may be mounted on the keybottom, which may itself be covered in to form the wind-trunk. A hinged flap 21 is provided to allow the treadles to fold into the case ; it may be held by a spring catch 22. A shaft connected by chain gearing to the motor is carried at one end in a pivoted bracket by means of which it may be carried into or out of gear with the take-up roller. A second shaft with loose sprocket and clutch drives the music roller for rewinding. The wind-chests, tracker box, and roller board are arranged to be readily removable for access to the piano action.
Patent GB-190524647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Desiccation of Air for Metallurgical Operations.
Inventor: STERNE LOUIS
Filed: 1905-11-28
Granted: 1907-01-28
Abstract: 24,647. Sterne, L., [Block, L.]. Nov. 28. Drying air.-Relates to methods of, and means for drying by cooling air used for the production of blast in the manufacture of iron and steel or other metallurgical operations. The air is compressed to an extent considerably in excess of that required for the blast. The compressed air is cooled and then allowed to reduce its pressure to that required for the blast. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, air from the compressor cylinder b passes through a cooler c, in which the greater part of the moisture is condensed, and expands in an auxiliary engine g, which may assist the compressing- engine. The air then passes through boxes h, in which a further quantity of moisture or snow is deposited, and through a heater j to the furnace l. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the compressed air is cooled firstly in a surface condenser c and secondly in a water-spray condenser c<1>. The air is deprived of particles of water in its passage through a separator n and fan-wheel n<1> on its way to a heater o. Thence the air passes through the expansion cylinder g to the cooler c, where it cools the compressed air. From the cooler c the air flows through the heater j to the furnace l. The heater o may be heated by products of combustion from the furnace l, which may have passed through a stove q. The air may be preliminarily compressed in a compressor t and passed through a cooler u before entering the compressor cylinder b.
Patent GB-190526705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Charging Vessels Containing Liquids with Carbonic Acid or other Gas.
Inventor: GIRON PIERRE
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 26,705. Giron, P. Jan. 14, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Siphon bottles; aerating liquids. - An apparatus for aerating the contents of siphon bottles by means of capsules of compressed gas comprises a cylindrical part a embracing the spout z<1>, a hook b embracing the siphon head, and a stirrup c engaging the lever. The part a carries a screw d with a nut f terminating in a cup f and a sliding block g fitted with a piercer g<3> and prevented from rotating by a pin i passing through a slot g<5>. A capsule is inserted between the block g and cup f and the screw d rotated. The block is pressed against the spout and the hook b and stirrup c are drawn downwards on the siphon head and open the valve. The capsule is then opened by the piercer and gas passes into the siphon. The siphon is closed either by releasing the stirrup c from the lever or by unscrewing the screw d. When more capsules than one are to be used for charging the contents of one siphon bottle, the sliding block is provided with a non-return valve e, Fig. 4, and is adapted to be forced against the spout, to lower the hook a and stirrup c by a milled ring m having helicoidal stops p into which project pins o on the block. According to the Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901, the screw d and cup f<1> may be replaced by a cradle for the capsule which screws on to a part a surrounding the sliding block g, and pressure between the block and the spout is produced by a projection on the block engaging with the cradle. The device may be adapted for aerating with gas from a cylinder supplied through a reducing-valve, either by a capsule-shaped piece with or without a valve, provided with a side nozzle, or where a non-return valve is used as shown in Fig. 4, by a nozzle, attached by externally screwing on to the part a, the screw d and nut f being dispensed with. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190608487-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Valve.
Inventor: ROGLER FREDRICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 8487. Rogler, F. W., and Hoerbiger, H. April 9. Check valves. - Relates to check valves for blowers, compressors, pumps, or the like, consisting of one or more elastic sheet-metal rings which are cut at one or more places so as to combine the properties of flap valves with those of lifting-ring valves. Figs. 1 and 2 show the simplest form of these valves, in which a flat ring 1 is divided at 2, one end being fastened to the seating by a nut 3. A guard 5, which may be in the form of a cut ring, is arranged parallel to the seat or with a gradual rise from the nut 3. In a modification, the ring is secured by a central bolt passing through a radial strip. Fig. 11 shows a modification in which the ring is cut in three places. Several elastic rings may be placed concentrically one within the other, cuts being made at various points to allow the parts to act as elastic flaps; in some cases, as shown for instance in Fig. 23, the outer rings 34, 35<1> may be left intact so as to rise parallel with the valve seat. In Fig. 21 is shown the guard or lift-limiting device 49 for this valve, the under face being provided with a flexible buffer disk 38 arranged a very short distance from the stop, thereby leaving a space to contain lubricant which serves for damping the blow of the valve against the guard. Springs 50 enclosed in boxes 49 are provided to load the valves when working at high speeds or when the valves are large.
Patent GB-190619208-A (GB)
Title: Artificial Teeth and Methods of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: MORRIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-08-28
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 19,208. Morris, J. Aug. 28. Teeth, artificial.-To increase the anchorage and to prevent discoloration, the pins are secured in a composition backing 12 containing one or more metallic oxides or salts, The composition preferably consists of porcelain mass and d aluminium oxide, but may contain oxides of tin, nickel, zinc. barium, &c. The oxide &c. is first heated strongly to drive out moisture and make the composition readily fusible. The section of the mould is filled with porcelam mass 11, then with the composition 12, and finally with porcelain mass 13. The enamel front of the tooth is formed of porcelain mass, gum tragacanth, and water.
Patent GB-190619587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Supports for Motorbicycles.
Inventor: HENNIG OTTO
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 19,587. Hennig, O. Sept. 3. Supports for motor-bicycles. A U-shaped frame a with rearwardly-extending upper ends or arms b is pivoted at the angles upon bars d clamped to the chain stays, the bars and arms being connected by springs h, so that as soon as the frame passes the dead-centre, the springs carry it to its position of use or to its raised position out of use. A stop i upon each bar limits the motion of the frame in both directions.
Patent GB-190620603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Sharpening or Grinding Planing Machine Knives and other suitable Cutters.
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 20,603. Smith, A. Sept. 17. Sharpening.-The cutters of planing-machines, and other knives or cutters, are sharpened in position by a hand-operated devise, which comprises a grinding-disk suitably mounted in a frame over the cutter gap and traversed along guide-rods removably mounted upon the table of the machine. The disk H<1>, Fig. 1, is mounted at the end of a vertical spindle B, driven through bevel-gearing N, E from the hand-wheel P. The spindle M on which the hand-wheel P is mounted is journaled in a bracket supported in a frame A by a sorewed spindle D. An extension F of this bracket supports the upper end of the spindle B, and the bracket is prevented from rotating by pieces R embracing a rod C mounted in the frame A. The nut K serves to adjust the depth of the cut to be made by the grinding-disk. The frame is mounted on legs S, so that it is vertically adjustable and may be tilted to allow the grinding-disk to be adjusted to the bevel of the cutter. The legs S embrace guide-rods T, removably mounted on the machine table parallel to the cutter gap and supported at one end by a bracket X and at the other end by a set-screw Y. A collar 5, secured on the rod T by a set-screw 6, clamps the saddles 1 which carry the rod T to the table U. The guide-bars T are kept parallel to one another by tie-bars which connect the plates Z on the saddles 1. The frame A may hinge about one guide-rod to facilitate examination of the cutters. The guide-bars may be tilted by raising or lowering the ends supported by the screws Y, to allow of the sharpening of kew cutters giving a shearing-cut.
Patent GB-190625876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telescopic Ladders.
Inventor: HOWE ERNEST MCDERMOTT
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 25,876. Howe, E. M. Nov. 15. Ladders.-In telescopic ladders provided with pivoted locking-catches a attached to the sliding section d, the pivots b are relieved of strain by the provision of stops h, j, and also by enlarging the pivot holes m. The catches a are provided on each side of the ladder and are connected by a bar k which serves as a counterweight to ensure the engagement of the catches with the rungs of the fixed section f. The catches are deflected to clear the rungs on the section f, for lowering, by pushing up the bar k, or this may be done automatically by means of pivoted tumblers p, Fig. 6.