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Patent GB-190516706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforced Concrete Structures.
Inventor: PERROT EMILE GEORGE
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1906-08-17
Abstract: 16,706. Perrot, E. G. Aug. 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Concrete buildings; buildings with metal skeletons beams; floors; columns; walls; arches.-Concrete structures are reinforced by two sets of longitudinal angle or channel irons 1, Fig. 1, connected at the centre by longitudinal plates 2, and separated at their ends as shown in Fig. 4, such frames being stayed apart and connected to metal bars in the floor slabs by U-shaped stirrups 3, Fig. 2. The frames 1 are also secured in position by grooved blocks 6 to which a facing 8 of soft material is screwedfor supporting shaft-hangers &c. Auxiliary strips 10, Fig. 4, are suspended from the floor slabs over but not touching the central portion of the frames 1. The ends of the main frames are anchored, and contiguous ends connected by the alternate bars 1 being formed longer and shorter than the span, as shown in plan in Fig. 5, so that the joints are staggered. The ends 13, Fig. 4, of the transverse main frames are passed either outside or inside the longitudinal main frames. The invention is applicable to beams, posts, floors, walls, arches, &c. Specification No. 12,046, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190519841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tandem and Certain other Steam Engines.
Inventor: WORSNOP JARED
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1906-10-02
Abstract: 19,841. Worsnop, J. Oct. 2. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-The glands, and, in the case of new engines, the stuffing-boxes also, are dispensed with between the cylinders of tandem engines and direct-acting pumps, and a sleeve 4 divided into two or more parts by longitudinal joints, with end projections 4<a>, surrounded by split india-rubber washers 8, is squeezed between the cylinder covers or stuffing-boxes. A clip 12 is placed around each washer. The sleeve fits the piston-rod and is applicable for valve-rods also ; it may also be built up of a number of lengths. Stopping.-The sleeve 4 has a drain cock 5 by opening which the vacuum in the low-pressure cylinder can be broken when it is desired to stop the engine quickly.
Patent GB-190522817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Driving and Reversing Mechanism of Motor Road Vehicles and other Motor Propelled Bodies.
Inventor: LLOYD WALTER JOHN
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 22,817. Lloyd, W. J., and Priest, W. Nov. 7. Motor road vehicles. - The change - speed and reversing pin gearing for motor road vehicles and other motor-propelled bodies described in Specification No. 16,289, A.D. 1905, is provided with mechanism in connexion with the gear-operating lever whereby accidental extreme changes of gear are rendered impossible. The gearing comprises a longitudinal shaft a, carrying sliding pinions B, b adapted to engage the rings of teeth on the wheel g, which is mounted on a transverse shaft. During changes of gear, the wheel g is moved along its shaft out of engagement with the pinions by means of a toggle operated by the spindle p, which is rotated by a crank s and rod r connected to the pedal c. The crank s has hinged to it a second rod t, formed with a spring end connected by a link u to the frame, and provided with a hook v, engaging a catch on one arm o of a bell-crank lever, the other arm n of which engages between the rollers l of a segmental rack rigidly connected to the controlling- handle d. Normally, the handle d is held fixed by a locking-projection m on the arm n of the bellcrank lever, and, when it is desired to change speed, this projection is partially withdrawn by means of the pedal c. The handle is then pulled over, thereby further swinging the lever n, o and releasing it from the catch v. A strong spring y attached to the arm o swings the lever over, and thrusts the projection m between the next pair of rollers, thereby ensuring that the lever d moves only one step at a time. A handle 1 and levers 2, 3 are provided for releasing the locking- mechanism, whereby the gear may be changed when the vehicle is at rest, from any speed, to which it may have been set when the vehicle came to rest, to any other speed or free engine.
Patent GB-190523932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Universal Rolling Mills for Girders.
Inventor: SACK HUGO
Filed: 1905-11-20
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 23,932. Sack, H. Nov. 20. Rolling.-In a girder-rolling mill having one or two idle vertical rolls in the same plane as the main horizontal rolls, the bearings p are adjusted in plates a, b by screws m to suit the length of the main rolls, the plates a, b being vertically guided in the divided standards c and retained and adjusted by cotters s and screws or a hydraulically-operated wedge d. The top roll is held up by bearings t secured by wedges u. Guide-rails r, adjustable vertically by wedges k and screws, or both vertically and horizontally by set-screws, are arranged on the sides of the plates a, b, and with their inclines a, # engage the wedge-shaped blocks v carrying the vertical rolls and the guides g. Any adjustment of the main rolls therefore causes an adjustment of the vertical rolls, the ratio of these adjustments depending on the inclinations of the faces a, #.
Patent GB-190600954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Dividing and Moulding Dough or other Plastic Material.
Inventor: MELVIN ALEXANDER MORRIS
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 954. Melvin, A. M. Jan. 13. Moulding dough &c.-Feeding-means for a dough or like divider consist of a roller R, which may be transversely grooved, fitting between the flanges M of the mould drum A and occupying the space between the drum and the wall Q of a feed hopper, the centre of which is approximately vertically above one edge of the drum. The drum and roller rotate towards one another at the same speed, a bracket U is shaped to form a pocket V for surplus dough so that the mould cavities D are accurately filled, and a scraper X acts as a guide to deliver the extruded masses on to an endless band Y.
Patent GB-190607292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Condensers suitable for use in Wireless Telegraphy and other purposes.
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 7292. Soc. Anon. des Manufactures de Glaces et produits Chimiques de St. Gobain, Chauny et Cirey. April 6, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Moulding; welding.-Metallic sheets, networks, or deposits b, c are embedded in a mass of glass, to form an electric condenser. One or more kinds of glass may be cast upon the plates ; or they may be secured by welding.
Patent GB-190608896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Locks.
Inventor: FESSLER WALTER WOODRUFF
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 8896. Fessler, W. W. May 15; 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Locks, key.-A circular bolt e<2> for locking the door is fixed to a disk e, which is mounted to revolve in a lock casing c, and is secured when shot by a projection h<2> on a tumbler which engages a slot e<6> in a flande e<5> of the disk. The striking- plate d is formed with a curved slot d<2> open at both ends, so that the end of the bolt when shot re-enters the lock casing. The key operates the disk to shoot or withdraw the bolt by the stops e<3> on the disk, wards e<4> being also provided thereon for greater security.
Patent GB-190610079-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Products Soluble in Water, Fats and Oils from the Salts which Higher Fatty Acids and Acids of the Oleic Series form with Organic Colour Bases.
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 10,079. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning. May 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyes, artificial.-The known insoluble compounds of organic colouring-matter bases with acids of the fatty or oleic series are rendered soluble in water as well as in fats and oils by treatment with an aqueous solution of an alkali salt of a benzylaniline sulpbonic acid or a homologue thereof. In examples, the production by means of alkali salts of benzylaniline sulphonic acids, benzyltoluidine sulpbonic acids, and benzylxylidine sulphonic acids, of soluble products from methyl violet 6B, victoria blue B, and rhodamine B is described. The products are useful in shading off printing-inks.
Patent GB-190612415-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Speed Indicator.
Inventor: JUNGHANS OSKAR
Filed: 1906-05-28
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 12,415. Junghans, O. Sept. 6, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Speed indicators.-Relates to speed indicators of the variable gear type having a plate driven from the vehicle and a disk in engagement therewith carried on a screwed spindle in connexion with a clock, which also actuates the paper strip of the recording-mechanism and measures the time. The clock-work e is rigidly secured to the frame of the apparatus and the screwed spindle c is pivoted in brackets l secured to a shaft k mounted in the frame and pressed against the plate a by a spring m. The screwed spindle is connected to the clock through a clutch q and wheels h, The revolution of the disk a in the direction of the arrow causes the wheel h to move round the wheel i so as to increase the friction between the plate and the disk b, which rises on the spindle and actuates the recording-apparatus. The locking of the clock-work is prevented by the clutch q, which allows free movement when the disk b is at the bottom of the spindle.
Patent GB-190618443-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Combination Egg Incubator and Foster Mother for the purposes of Hatching and Fostering Chickens and such like.
Inventor: BAKER JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-17
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 18,443. Baker, J. Aug. 17. Incubators; foster-mothers. - In apparatus for hatching and rearing chickens &c., a box A, preferably of non-combustible material, contains an enamelled or other vessel D supported in a water bath B over a lamp C. The eggs are placed upon bran in the vessel D, kept from the centre by a rim or collar, within which is a jar containing water or moist flannel, and covered by a pillow E containing bran. The pillow may be supported by a rod F<1> when the eggs are about to hatch and a second pillow E<1> may be used in cold weather. The young birds are placed in the space a<2> or may be covered by one of the pillows, and the box has a lid a' cut away in the centre or is covered by glass. Ventilation holes a<6> and openings for manipulating the pillows and the lamp are provided. and the lamp may be raised on disks c' as required.
Patent GB-190623560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Playing Cards.
Inventor: DAY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 23,560. Day, J. T. Oct. 23. Card games.- Playing - cards are made with letters b of the alphabet impressed upon their centres, and numerals in one or more of their corners indicating the number of similar cards in the pack. The letter is preferably repeated in conjunction with the numerals.
Patent GB-190628451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Bottles, Water-beds and Analogous Receptacles
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 28,451. Brooks, J. B. Dec. 13. Hot-water bags. - The metallic or similar valve attachment for hot-water bottles,or water beds or cushions, is inset within the receptacle, so as not to protrude beyond its general surface and so as to be cushioned by the contained fluid. As shown in Fig. 1, the valve c is secured to a cupshaped piece a, which is attached at its mouth to the material of the bottle, so that it lies inside. According to the Provisional Specification, the cup-shaped portion may be fitted in a corner of the bottle ; or it may be attached in the middle of a folded-in or in-curved edge ; or the mouthpiece may be retained in one position agaiust an interior wall of the bottle by means of a flap or tab.
Patent GB-190701329-A (GB)
Title: Improved Belt for Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: BERGIN JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-17
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 1329. Bergin, J. J. July 17. Belts and bands.-In a belt for a motor-cycle or other machinery, sectors A, Fig. 2, of any suitable shape to fit a grooved pulley are threaded on a chain D. The sectors may be tapered, Fig. 4, at their inner ends, or alternate supplementary pieces, Fig. 6. may be provided between untapered sectors. Stoppers, such as the dumb-bell-shaped plates F, or pins G, Fig. 7, are fixed in the links to prevent endleng slipping of the sectors along the chain.
Patent GB-190707975-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Instrument which may be used for Indicating Speeds and for Governing Engines and the like.
Inventor: TYLER HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 7975. Tyler, H. E. April 5. Gyroscopic governors.-Relates to improvements in the gyroscopic speed indicator and governor described in Specification No. 17,006, A.D. 1905. (1) A fusee H<1>, around which a flexible cord H<2> passes, is mounted upon a box spring H and is used to control the motion of the ring g in place of the pulley and spring as formerly described. The deflexion of the ring may thus be made proportional to the speed, and by means of a scale on the ring the speed may be read off directly through a glazed opening A in the outer case. (2) The movements of the ring are damped, so as to make the instrument deadbeat, by providing teeth tipon the outer surface of the ring which gear with a wheel C and thus actuatejthe rack D. The rack carries the slightly loose piston F working in the cylinder E. (3) The instrument is made selfrecording by affixing to the ring a light aluminium cylinder G upon which a card is mounted. A pen is slowly moved along a vertical line by clockwork I so as to trace a line on the card, thus giving the speed by horizontal distances from the zero line traced when the shaft is not revolving.
Patent GB-190710514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Contacts.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JAMES HART
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 10,514. Robertson, J. H., and Klatzl, J. C. May 6. Medical batteries.-Relates to a contact device for applying current to an irregularly shaped object such as a part of the human body. Two metal strips A, A' are provided with flexible spring fingers 1, 2, and are secured together by a spring 3 having insulation 4. Binding-screws 5, 6 are provided.
Patent GB-190713094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and in Apparatus for the Preservative Treatment of Food.
Inventor: LINLEY JOSEPH AMOS
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 13,094. Linley, J. A. June 6. Drying air.-The air from chilling and like chambers for preserving food is circulated through chambers a, b containing pipes &c. by which the air is successively heated and cooled, so that it is sterilized by the sudden change of temperature. Specification No. 1278, A.D. 1906, is referred to. The air is dried by the cooling, and both chambers can be used for this purpose, the snow deposited being subsequently removed by supplying steam &c. to the pipes &c. A fan 7 may be used for promoting circulation, and doors a<1>, b<1> allow cleaning &c. When it is desired to renew the air in the chamber &c., the air is expelled through the door b<1>, the valve 10 being closed, and fresh air is admitted through a pipe 8, the valve 11 being opened.
Patent GB-190717226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1907-07-27
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 17,226. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 27. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In a multi-stage turbine in which the stages are separated by diaphragms 6, the steam from the last buckets 3 of one stage is guided to the nozzles of the next by a passage 11 formed in a block 10 located as shown. The forward end of the passage is curved as at 12, Fig. 2, and a valve 14 is used to regulate the length of the passage. To compensate for the increased width of the passage at 12, the depth of the passage is reduced in the direction of the flow. Any escape of steam from the wheel chamber outwards is prevented by cylindrical walls 13. In the arrangement shown, the intermediate nozzles 8, 9 are constructed to convert a portion of the pressure energy into kinetic energy, but they may be shaped to serve solely for the purpose of diverting the steam. In the latter case, the entire expansion takes place in the nozzles 7, as described in Specification No. 19,247, A.D. 1896.
Patent GB-190719141-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangement for Preventing the Bursting by Frost of the Flushing Apparatus of Water Closets.
Inventor: CZELL HERMANN
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 19,141. Czell, H. Aug. 26. Water-waste preventers.-To prevent bursting by frost, the cistern, the flush pipe, and the contiguous part of the supply pipe are kept normally empty. When the seat is depressed, the lever 20 turns on its pivot 18 and a rod 17, to which it is connected, is raised. A cock 24 in the supply pipe 5 is thereby turned on by means of a lever 23, and a rod 9, leading to a cock 10, Fig. 7, in the chamber below, is rotated, through bevel-wheels 12, 13, and with it the cock 10. Simultaneously the discharge valve of the cistern, which is attached to the lever 25, is closed. The cistern is thus filled. When the seat is vacated, the cistern is discharged, and the supply cocks 24, 10 are closed ; also, air valves 26 in the pipe 5 are opened allowing the water in the pipe to run off by the pipe 7 into the drain. To provide a continuous service during summer, a by - pass 6 having a valve 29 is connected as shown, Fig. 7, to the pipe 5, the valve 29 being open in summer and closed in winter.
Patent GB-190722418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grinding the Involute Teeth of Gear Wheels.
Inventor: HUMPAGE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-10-11
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 22,418. Humpage, T. Oct. 11. Surfacing. - The involute teeth of gear-wheels are dressed by a rotating abrading-tool in the form of a cylinder having a continuous peripheral screwthread or worm, a section through which normal to the axis of the cylinder is that of a rack the sides of the teeth of which are inclined at an angle of 15 degrees to the centre line. The cylinder is given a slight lateral movement so that only one side of the gear teeth is ground at a time. The emery cylinder A, Fig. 1, is formed with a continuous screw-thread or worm a, and is mounted on a spindle D in brackets E. The spindle D is rotated by gearing G, H, and is given a slight lateral movement when one side of the teeth is ground by a screw and knurled head K. The gearwheel B being operated upon is driven at such a speed that while it is rotated once the worm A is rotated a number of times equal to the number of teeth on the gear-wheel. The device is used in conjunction with a machine in construction similar to an ordinary gear-hobbing machine.
Patent GB-190727147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picks and in the Sockets for Attaching Pick Blades to Helves.
Inventor: LEWIS DAVID
Filed: 1907-12-09
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 27,147. Lewis, D., and Jones, T. Dec. 9. Handles.-A pick blade is secured to the helve by a removable socket formed from a strip of wrought iron or steel, bent into U-shape with the lower part of the limbs B<1> expanded and shaped so as to embrace the head of the helve. A block G is secured in the socket by rivets R<1>, R'. The socket is secured to the helve by driving a ring F upwards over the limbs B<1>. The socket may be of annealed cast steel, as shown in Fig. 3. The blade A is locked in the socket by a wedge C. The helve is provided with bevelled edges E<1> to fit the socket.
Patent GB-190802707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: HOWARD JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-06
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 2707. Howard, J. Feb. 6. Incandescent lamps. - A multiple-filament l a m p has one or more auxiliary leading-in wires x, y whereby the filaments a r e connected in equal groups in parallel during exhaustion of the lamp, so that an abnormally large low - pressure current can be passed through the filaments, to expel gases and obtain a high vacuum, without the occurrence of discharges between adjacent filaments. After exhaustion, the auxiliary leading-in wires are disconnected. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the auxiliary leading-in wires x, y divide the filaments into two groups ; in a modification, two more auxiliary wires are connected respectively to the junctions of filaments 3, 4 and 9, 10, the filaments being divided into four groups. The invention is especially applicable to lamps having metal or metallized filaments.
Patent GB-190803359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Lubrication of Thrashing Machines
Inventor: MARSHALL HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 3359. Marshall, H. J. Feb. 14. Lubricating.-In thrashing - machines, the shoe and shaker cranks are continuously lubricated by constructing in the lower part of each crank-bearing an oil-well b, from which oil is splashed on to the crank-pin through openings c, and returns to the well through passages d. A threaded opening g receives an oil-cup, and an opening e receives a plug or tap for drawing off waste oil. An additional filling-opening for the well b may be provided.
Patent GB-190803946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Life Buoys and Lighting Devices therefor.
Inventor: TRENTMANN JOHANN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 3946. Trentman, J. F. Feb. 21. Signals, marine.-On immersion of a life-buoy which is provided with electric lamps on both the upper and lower sides, the buoyancy of a float suspended beneath the buoy operates a switch and lights the upper lamps. Fig. 1 shows a. section through one part of the circumference of an annular life-buoy. Each lamp h is protected by a cage i and is connected by wires k, l to one terminal f of an accumulator and to a switch lever m. A spring n holds the lever m away from the other terminal g of the accumulator until the buoy is immersed, whereupon the float o rises, and by means of a rod p rotates the lever m until it reaches the terminal g, thus bringing the lamp h in circuit with an accumulator. The tension of the. springs n is, so arranged that the weight of the floats o, on the upper side of the buoy is not sufficient to close the switches of the lamps on the lower side.
Patent GB-190810037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Accumulators or Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 10,037. Boult, A. J., [Schlesische-Akkumulatoren-Werke Akt.-Ges.]. May 8. Secondary batteries.-In the known arrangement in which a positive electrode a with funnel-shaped ribs having radial slots b is surrounded by a negative electrode e with a slot f, a separator being placed between, the separator h is formed with regularly-disposed ribs i, and the negative electrode is supported and guided by annular bands g, which may be secured to the walls of the tank or to the top of the separator h. One pair of electrodes may be placed in the wide hollow spindle of another, Fig. 3, and these two pairs may then be placed within a third, and so on.
Patent GB-190823040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Bags.
Inventor: WIDMER HOWARD GILBERT
Filed: 1908-10-29
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 23,040. Widmer, H. G. Oct. 29. Paper bags.-Relates to making flat-bottom paper bags from a bellows tube closed across the bottom. The tube is doubly corrugated at 1, 2, 19, 20, 21, Figs. 1 and 3, through all the thickness of material, and the bag is opened out by hand into the form shown in Fig. 6. The corrugations may be intermittent, or the corrugations 1, 2 may be provided and the oblique corrugations omitted or vice versa.
Patent GB-190827284-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game.
Inventor: KINGABY HERBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 27,284. Kingaby, H. C. Dec. 15. Modified football. - A table football game is played on a suitable surface, preferably a baizecovered board marked out as shown. Each player is provided with eleven men j, j<1> which consist of disks k<2>, Fig. 2, each provided with a single ball castor k' projecting slightly below the lower surface of the disk. In playing the game, a man is struck by a mallet so as to project it against the ball.