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Patent GB-190501136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Condensers.
Inventor: RYMER-JONES JOHN
Filed: 1905-01-20
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 1136. Jones, J. Rymer-. Jan. 20. Condensers for use as electric standards consist of a number of mica sheets, with a sheet of tin-foil cemented on each side, arranged radially round a central support, opposite sheets of neighbouring members being connected to one metal ring and the remote sheets of neighbouring members being connected to another metal ring, the rings being connected to insulated terminals and themselves assisting in the support of the members. Within the casing A the separate members, each composed of two sheets of metal foil D, D<1>, cemented on opposite sides of a sheet of mica E, are arranged radially in slots in an insulating ring F. The sheets D are provided with lugs extending towards the bottom of the sheet, and the sheets D' with lugs extending towards the top of the sheet. A conducting wire G attached to the terminal C<1> passes down through the ring F, and is connectedto a circular wire G<1> placed beneath the elements, and to this wire the lugs of the sheets D are connected by wires H. The upper lugs are connected to another ring G, arranged above the elements and connected to the terminal. The connexions of the conducting sheets, in order that each element may act independently, are shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190501507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrodes for Arc Lamps
Filed: 1905-01-25
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 1507. Lake, H. H., [Compagnie GÚnÚrale d'ElectricitÚ]. Jan. 25. Arc lamps.-Electrodes consisting of rare earths or other electrolytic conductors are coated with platinum or a metal of the platinum group, excepting osmium and ruthenium, to reduce their resistance. The part not intended to be used in the arc may be coated with a cheaper metal. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 4671, A.D. 1878.]
Patent GB-190509877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Manufacture of Zinc Retorts and other Fireclay Metallurgical Vessels.
Inventor: QUENEAU AUGUSTIN LEON JEAN
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 9877. Queneau, A. L. J. May 21, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Crucibles.-Fireclay zinc retorts, crucibles, and other metallurgical vessels subject to the action of scouring slags, are made with one or more inner or outer layers of fireclay mixture in which some or all of the sand is replaced by an inert or basic material such as chromite, carborundum, or graphite. In manufacturing the retorts, fireclay mixed with the inert or basic material, preferably in granular form, is pugged and hammered. The material thus prepared is superimposed on the prepared fireclay and the whole hammered to a solid wad and introduced into a retort press. In some cases intermediate layers d, d<1> of material containing less basic material may be introduced between the main body a<2> and the surface layer c<1> of the retort. Comminuted graphite mixed with fireclay or fireclay and sand may constitute the layer next to the main body of the retort, a thin outer protecting layer of clay and sand being provided. In all cases the protective layer may be formed either outside or. inside the vessel and may vary in thickness or be omitted at the desired places.
Patent GB-190512865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps.
Inventor: MERRYWEATHER JAMES COMPTON
Filed: 1905-06-21
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 12,865. Merryweather, J. C. June, 21. Valve chambers.-Relates to pumps of the type described in Specification No. 870, A.D. 1896, and consists in an arrangement of the valves which secures free passage for the water. Figs. 1 and 2 show one form of the invention in which the valves G are carried by a hollow cover C bolted on the lower end of the barrel. The valves on one side open from the suction passage F and on the other open into the delivery passage H. In another form, the barrel is hexagonal and valves are fitted in each of the sides. In this case, the suction and delivery passages are formed around the barrel and are divided from one another by a partition.
Patent GB-190513929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mould Drying Stoves.
Inventor: RICHES GEORGE MICHAEL
Filed: 1905-07-06
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 13,929. Riches, G. M. July 6. Moulding.-A stove for drying moulds and cores consists of a cylindrical casing A<1>, provided with a hinged grate B held in position by a catch B<1>, and a hinged top A<3>. The hot gases pass downwardly through the vertical flue C, the draught being assisted by a blast delivered through the tube D. Two exits, controlled by the damper C<4> are provided and used according to the shape of the mould to be dried.
Patent GB-190526142-A (GB)
Title: Cheese Cutter.
Inventor: WHITEMAN WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 26,142. Whiteman, W. T., [Dunn Manufacturing Co.]. Dec. 15. Cheese-cutters.-Relates to machines for cutting definite-value portions from cheeses of varying weights and prices per pound. The cheese is placed on a board on a frame 21, Fig. 5, which is toothed on part of its periphery and is prevented from rotation in one direction by a ratchet-box 25. The frame and board &c. are rotated on the pin 20, Fig. 2, by moving a lever 35, extending under an arc bar 38 and connected by a bar 42 to a speciallymounted lever 41, which is provided with a driving- clutch or ratchet-box 40 similar to the ratchet-box 25. The throw of the lever 35 is limited in one direction by a stop 50 on the inner bend 51 of a setting-lever 52, provided with a scale 60 of prices per pound moving over a set of horizontal weight scales 55, the lever 52 being adjusted in position and then clamped to give portions of definite value when the lever 35 is actuated. The machine may be constructed to cut slices of the value, say, of two-pence, at each stroke of the knife, the adjustment to suit the particular price and total weight of the cheese being effected by setting the correct figure on the scale 60 to the number indicating the total weight on the scale 55. For example, when the figure 8 on the scale 60 is over the figure 30 on the scale 55, each throw of the lever.will give twopenny portions from a cheese of which the price is eightpence per pound and the total weight 30 lb. A vertical knife mounted in a pivoted frame is used to cut the cheese.
Patent GB-190600083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Straining or Filtering Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: GOBBI EMILE
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 83. Gobbi, E. Jan. 11, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Straining liquids. -Water or other liquid is strained by passing it through apertures in the peripheries of lenticular chambers threaded on a rod which holds them together. The chambers are threaded on a rod f, Fig. 7, of star-shaped cross-section situated in a receptacle to which the liquid is supplied through the cock i. The purified liquid collects in a receiver r, from which it may be drawn off through a tap s. Each chamber is formed, as shown in Fig. 3, of two dishes a, b, placed together so as to leave an aperture c around the edge, the lower disk being provided with a neck d to enter the upper disk of the chamber below. The distance apart of the chambers is governed by the spring o, which can be adjusted by means of the nut f<1>. For cleansing, the valve v is operated to close the inlet i and open the outlet l, through which a backward flow of liquid carries away the impurities. Air is admitted to the receiver through cotton-wool u soaked in a sterilizing-agent. Fig. 8 shows a form of apparatus in which annular chambers are used, and in a further modification concentric annular chambers are used. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also apparatus for straining liquids through piles of flanged disks and helical wire coils. This subject-matter does not occur in the Complete Specification as accepted, but forms the subject-matter of Specification No. 7616, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190613375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Closures.
Filed: 1906-06-11
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 13,375. Marks, E. C. R., [Olsson, H. A.]. June 11. Capsule closures and the like.-In closures of the type described in Specification No. 13,374, A.D. 1906, for milk bottles &c, the disk stopper 7 of paper-board has secured to it, preferably by a wire staple or fastener 8, a covering sheet 9 of greater diameter than the disk 7. To prevent the central portion of the upper disk from being depressed, the disk 7 may be thickened at the centre or stamped up, as shown at 11, Fig. 3. Or, a thick disk 7<c>, Fig. 5, may be employed, having bevelled edges 12 to fit the groove 5 in the neck.
Patent GB-190621129-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Ventilating Dynamo-electric Machines particularly Petrol Electric Automobiles
Inventor: STEVENS WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 21,129. Stevens, W. A. Sept. 24. Motor road vehicles.-The dynamo A and motor C in petrol electric automobiles in which the dynamo and motor have their shafts in the same axis are ventilated by a fan B fixed to the dynamo shaft and enclosed in a removable casing D which connects the dynamo and motor casings. The inlet holes E in the dynamo casing may be covered over with a gauze or other screen.
Patent GB-190622105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vulcanising.
Filed: 1906-10-06
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 22,105. Ormandy, W. R., and Frost & Co., H. Oct. 6. India-rubber, vulcanizing.-Tyres and other articles are vulcanized in contact with a finely-divided metallic substance, such as small shot, which acts as a beat-conducting agent between the steam or other heated chamber and the tyre. Fig. 1 shows an apparatus suitable for vulcanizing tyres in situ. Upon one side of the heating-chamber A is formed a curved chamber A<2>, having a hole A<3> in front and movable walls D at the sides. When in use, the vulcanizer is strapped on to the tyre, shot are poured into the chamber A<2>, and pressure is applied to the shot by screwing in the walls D. Instead of a heating-chamber, heating-coils passing through the metallic substance may be used, and the latter may be separated from the tyre by a membrane.
Patent GB-190624205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tyre Vulcanisers.
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 24,205. Frost, W., and Frost & Co., H. Oct. 30. Vulcanizing. - I n portable vulcanizing - apparatus, a supporting bracket or cramp is employed in combination with inner and outer vulcanizing- moulds movable relatively to each other, and preferably, selfcontained ; that is, one or both is provided with its own heating- apparatus, or one of them may be heated by steam from the other, or they may be supplied with steam from a generator forming part of the portable apparatus and supported on the same standard as the moulds. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the cramp B, which slides upon a standard A, carries the moulds B, H, the former being held by lugs D<2>, D<3> and screw D<4>, upon a plate D, which slides along the cramp and is attached to an adjusting-screw C. This mould is provided with a burner F, flues G, and with a slot and set-screw E<1>, so that when detached it may be supported, e.g. on a lamp-bracket or upon a bracket upon the standard A. The inner pivotally-supported mould H is similar in construction to the mould E, but is provided also with a hood H<3> having an outlet H' for carrying off the fumes. In place of the heavy foot A', a screw clamp may be employed. One mould may be carried by the standard A, and the cramp may be directly attached to it, as shown in Fig. 5 ; in this form, the two members of the cramp are hinged together, and are moved relatively to one another by a nut and screw. According to the Provisional Specification, one of the moulds may be both slidably and pivotally connected to the bracket.
Patent GB-190627120-A (GB)
Title: Electrometallurgical Process for Extracting Copper from its Ores.
Inventor: JUMAU LUCIEN
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 27,120. Jumau, L. Nov. 29, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Copper, obtaining.-Copper ores, if necessary, are washed with an ammonia solution, preferably mixed with an ammonium salt, such as sulphate or sulphite. The ammoniacal copper solution may be evaporated, the ammonia being recovered, while the precipitated copper oxide is re-dissolved in ammonia or in, say, sulphuric acid. The cupric salts are preferably reduced to cuprous salts by treatment with sulphur dioxide, whereby cuprous sulphite, cuproso-cupric sulphite, or a double sulphite of copper and ammonia is formed ; when sulphide ores are treated, this sulphur dioxide is produced by the preliminary roasting. The electrolysis is conducted in presence of a depolarizer at the anode, this depolarizer being either the cuprous ammoniacal solution, or ammonium sulphite solution. The electrolytic cell may contain a diaphragm, which is preferably made of blue asbestos cloth impregnated with gelatinous silica by immersion in a mixture of sulphuric acid and sodium silicate. The liquid and the electrodes may or may not move. The ammonia is recovered from the residual solution by treatment with an alkaline earth ; if the ore contains some alkaline earth, the ore itself may be used. The Specification as published under the Act of 1901 described a diaphragm made of any suitable porous material impregnated with gelatinous silica. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190701704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burning Apparatus for Cooking Purposes.
Inventor: BLANCHARD VIRGIL WARREN
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 1704. Blanchard, V. W. Jan. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Flame spreaders.-A dome is supported above the top of the burner described in Specification No. 1703, A.D. 1907, and is provided with depending flanges 1<n> alternating with the flanges 1<f>. The outflow of gases is regulated by an annular damper 1<o> surrounding the cover 1<k>.
Patent GB-190710793-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Station Indicator.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1908-05-11
Abstract: 10,793. Willis, P. R. J., [Smith, H. T., and Brown, A. E.]. May 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Indicators, station, stopping-place, and like.- In a station indicator for showing the stopping- places' of trams, omnibuses, &c., in which the indicating-band is wound on a pair of drums, the driving-drum 4 carrying the band 5, is secured to the cores 18, 19 of bobbins 8, 10, Fig. 4, the cores being loosely mounted on the drum spindle 13. The spindle also carries a main bobbin 9 and an auxiliary bobbin 11 ; the bobbins 8 ... 11 and the cores of the bobbins 9, 11 are fixed relatively to the spindle. Armatures 14, 15, having four arms as shown in Fig. 6, are secured to the core 12, and strips 16, 17 extending the whole length of the bobbin are secured to the arms and present alternate north and south poles at each end, as shown in Fig. 6. The auxiliary bobbin 11 is treated in a similar manner. Armatures 20, 21 of the shape shown in Fig. 9 are secured to.the ends of the cores 18, 19, adjacent to the bobbin 9, and an armature 26 of the shape shown in Fig. 10 is secured to the opposite end of the core 19. The current is passed in a continuous direction through the bobbins 9, 11, and is alternately reversed in direction through the bobbins 8, 10. The armatures are so relatively positioned that, when the bobbins are energized the armatures 20, 21 and the drum 4 with them are moved through one-sixteenth of a revolution to the position shown in Fig. 9 ; the armature 26 is then in the position shown in Fig. 10, and causes the drum to make a further one-sixteenth of a revolution. On reversal of the current in the bobbins 8, 10, the drum makes a further oneeighth of a revolution, and so on. The motion of the band is reversed by rocking the spindle through one-eighth of a revolution, by a solenoid 27 through a rocking lever 28 and connecting-rod 30, the position of the north and south poles being reversed. A pair of ratchet plates 38 are secured to the end of the drum and coact with non-return pawls 39, 40, the inoperative pawl being put out of engagement by one of the legs 32 of the arm 31. The drums are shown geared to an intermediate shaft 36, Fig. 14.
Patent GB-190711432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belts for Motor Cycles and the like.
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 11,432. Hallas & Sons, E., and Hallas, J. May 16. Belts and bands. - A driving-belt for motorcycles and for other purposes is built up of overlapping strips of leather. The strips 1, Figs. 1 and 4, are embraced for two-thirds of their length by strips 2, and the latter are similarly covered by the strips 3, and so on, rivets 4 fastening together the six pieces of leather. The arrangement may be extended to more than six thicknesses, and wide belts may be constructed as shown in Fig. 5, the rivets here keeping the strips together both longitudinally and transversely. The belt may be of rectangular or V-shaped section.
Patent GB-190716262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines Designed for Use with Steam, Gas, Water, Under Pressure, or other Agencies
Inventor: WILSON FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-07-15
Abstract: 16,262. Wilson, F. W. July 15. Impact-wheels.-Steam or other working fluid is admitted to the wheel for forward or reverse direction by the cocks X, X<1>, respectively. The working fluid is exhausted through a passage G which is common to both directions. The vanes A are circular in shape and are carried by a disk B. The disk is provided with packing where it passes out of the working chamber, and the shaft with packing at the bearings.
Patent GB-190718995-A (GB)
Title: Improved Blade for Scutching Machines with Vertical Beater Shaft, Crighton Openers and the like.
Inventor: SCHMIDT PAUL
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 18,995. Schmidt, P. Aug. 23. Openers and scutchers.-The blades e for the revolving disks b of scutching - machines with vertical beater shafts, Crighton openers, and the like are made of the shape shown, one edge being radial to the disk and the other'edge k being almost tangential, the object being to prevent roving or spun waste when treated in the machine from lapping on the blades. The blade may be bent out of the plane of the disk as shown in Fig. 5, and the disks may be rotated so that the inclined edge of the blade acts on the material when treating roving waste.
Patent GB-190725351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Signalling
Inventor: JONES ALFRED JOHN FLOOD
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 25,351. Jones, A. J. F. Nov. 15. Switches. - Contacts on the core 39 of the two electro-magnets 50, 51 serve to connect the fixed springs 42, 43, &c. according to the position of that core. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the rocking levers 21 moved by the armatures 12, 13 of the magnets 10, 11 close circuits at the fixed blocks 34, 35.
Patent GB-190726593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Gas.
Inventor: RIES HANS
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 26,593. Ries, H. Dec. 2. Mixing gases.-To avoid decomposition of the rich gas produced during the initial stages of distillation and so prevent deposit of carbon on the inner walls of the retorts, gas which is poor in hydrocarbons, and which is produced during the later stages of distillation in another retort, is passed through the retort producing the richer gas. A suitable way of connecting retorts for carrying out the process is illustrated in the Figure; gas passes from the reports b through a chamber c and pipe d to the retorts a, valves e being provided so that the passage of gas can be controlled as required.
Patent GB-190727860-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ship's "Side-light".
Inventor: DOUGLAS HUGH
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 27,860. Douglas, H. Dec. 18. Cabin and deck lights. -Consists in the employment of a double hinge for supporting the glasscarrying frame or deadlight, in combination with a number of hinged fastening-bolts arranged equidistantly from each other, one bolt being arranged diametrically opposite the hinge. The light is attached to the frame a by a plate c pivoted on pins d, to form a double hinge, and is secured in position by hinged bolts n attached to the frame a by lugs. The bolts are arranged equidistantly, one being opposite to the hinge. The dead-light may be similarly arranged and secured, and may be provided with a recess for a rubber ring o to engage the ring m on the glass carrying frame. A plug y engages an inwardly projecting flange, against which it is held by tapering lugs z.
Patent GB-190728746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shock-absorbing Suspension Devices for Vehicles.
Inventor: HENRIOD CHARLES EDOUARD
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 28,746. Henriod, C. E. Jan. 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Springs.-In arrangements for lessening the transmission of vibrations to the driving-gear of vehicles, more particularly motor road vehicles, of the kind in which springs are interposed between the fixed axle of the driving-wheels and the casing that encloses the change-speed or differential gear, the ends of the gear casing rest upon independent springs connected to the fixed axle, and in order further to reduce the shocks due to uneven roads, pneumatic or other elastic cushions may be arranged around certain parts of the fixed axles, such cushions being used alone or in combination with the ordinary laminated springs. The driving-gear is enclosed iu a casing 9, which comprises three arms, one of which extends longitudinally and is connected to the vehicle frame at its front end by a ball-andsocket joint 12, while the other arms extend transversely and are connected at their outer ends to springs 8, the ends of which are attached to arms 7 formed on a plate 4, which is secured to the rear fixed axle 3. Wheels 20, which are driven from jointed spindles 11 passing through the casing 9, are mounted loosely on the ends of the axle 3, and the frame is carried upon the axles by the ordinary springs 6. This system of suspension may be used also in cases where the wheels are driven from the spindles 11 by toothed crowns. Additional springs may be provided in the form of pneumatic or other elastic cushions 14, Fig. 2, which encircle the axle 13 and are enclosed in shoes 15.
Patent GB-190804731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chucks
Inventor: STELZER AMAND
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 4731. Stelzer, A., and Jahn, P., [trading as Stelzer & Jahn]. March 2. Chucks.-In a chuck in which the jaws carried by a part attached to the annulus d are operated by a rack p and pinion, the rack and pinion are supported from a ring a mounted on the chuck head. A projection on the ring carries lugs which are fastened by screws k to the bed-plate to prevent twisting of the ring.
Patent GB-190808280-A (GB)
Title: Process of and Apparatus for Separating Dirt and other Impurities from Granular Fibrous or other Substances
Inventor: FINK WILHELM
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 8280. Fink, W. April 14. Washing.-An apparatus for washing fibrous substances consists of a receptacle a with a funnel-shaped perforated bottom b which is placed inside a receptacle c. A central tube d with a conical cover a is placed within the receptacle a, and supports an annular basin f having an opening g immediately above an opening h in the perforated bottom. A water jet i enters below the opening h. When in use, the materials to be washed are carried up the central tube and slide over the cover a to the bottom again. The lighter particles of dirt pass out by an overflow o, while the heavier particles collect in the basin, the rest of the dirt passing through the perforations. When the materials contain no coarse or heavy dirt, the central pipe and basin are removed, and in addition to the jet i air is injected from a pipe k to maintain a bubbling movement ; or air alone may be injected.