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Patent GB-190506565-A (GB)
Title: A Chair Convertible into a Raft
Inventor: KUHNEN MATHIAS
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 6565. Kuhnen, M., and Spader, A. March 28. Chairs.-Relates to a chair convertible into a raft for marine lifesaving. The back contains a buoyant cushion 17, and is pivoted at 22 to side sills 20. The seat 18, formed with an opening 19, is secured on the sills 20, and is provided with handles 24, 25, to which the back may be secured by hooks 26. An auxiliary bottom B<1> is hinged at 28 to the side sills 20, and carries a buoyant cushion 35, which extends through the opening 19 in the seat. When in position against the seat, the bottom B<1> is held by buttons 31 which engage slots in the sills 20. Tongues 23 on the sills 20 engage grooves 39 in the front legs 36, and the legs are connected by a bar 37 hinged to the seat. Flat bars 41, offset as shown, are preferably pivoted to the legs. To convert the chair into a raft, the buttons 31 and hooks 26 are disengaged, and the chair folded into the position shown in Fig. 2, the whole device being fixed by a button 33 on the auxiliary bottom B<1> engaging with the rungs 38.
Patent GB-190513027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Base Boards for the Attachment of Instruments and other Objects to Walls or the like.
Filed: 1905-06-23
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 13,027. Hughes, H. C., and Reason Manufacturing Co. June 23. Cut-outs; switchboards.-Baseboards for mounting instruments, electric cut-outs, &c. upon walls consist of two battens of wood with longitudinal grain, which are connected together in H or X form, recessed where they cross so as to lie in the same plane, and may be held together by a pin-knob passing through them and carrying insulating or resilient grummets. The two battens 1, 2, Fig. I. with the fibre running in the direction of their length, are each recessed to half their depth, and are fitted together so as to lie in the same plane. As shown in Fig. IV, fuse boxes are mounted on the battens, and the battens may be attached to the walls by means of the orifices 5, which are provided with insulating-grummets or, when mounting telephone transmitters or microphones, with resilient grummets. In a modified form, Fig. VI, the base is made up of three battens in the form of a letter H. When the baseboard is used for fuse boxes, a pin-knob 10, Fig. V, is glued into a hole passing through the crossing of the battens, Fig. IV, for the purpose of binding the battens together and for the purpose described in Specification No. 5863, A.D. 1894.
Patent GB-190523171-A (GB)
Title: An Indoor Bowling Green applicable also for other Games.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON JAMES
Filed: 1905-11-11
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 23,171. Williamson, J., and Watson, A. R. Nov. 11. Bowls, game of; croquet; t e n n i s, lawn &c.-Relates to an indoor appliance for playing bowls and other games on, and consists of a table or platform formed of a number of sections a, b, c, Fig. 1, according to the size required, the sections being connected together by bolts fitting in sockets and provided with nuts, or by means of spring catches. The apparatus is supported by hinged legs d, Figs. 1 and 2, Fig. 2 being an inverted plan. The legs d are connected by bars f, and spring bars e are adapted to dovetail into the bars f, or legs d, in order to hold the legs securely in position when in use. The legs d are formed in two parts connected by a screw, which enables the level of the table to be adjusted ; or the bases of the legs are fitted with screws. At each end of the table a roller is mounted in suitable brackets. One of these rollers is provided with a roll of felt, and the other with a roll of green baize or like fabric. When the table is to be used, the felt is unrolled and secured by studs to the table, and is then covered with the baize, which is fixed in a similar manner. The edges of the table are surrounded by a net m, which prevents the bowls from falling off the table. The net m is supported by rods l, Fig. 9, which are telescopic, and are retained in their extended positions by means of spring catches P. The rods of the several sections are connected by screwed sleeves P. The rods l are supported by swivelled eyes q<1>, Fig. 7, on brackets q. The brackets are revolubly mounted in sockets q<2>, which are swivelled to plates q<3>, so that the brackets may be swung so as to lie against the undersides of the sections, when the apparatus is taken to pieces. The brackets are retained in position by spring clips. The table may be used for playing such games as croquet and lawn tennis, and may be used with the legs removed or folded underneath the table.
Patent GB-190523441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Railways.
Filed: 1905-11-15
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 23.441. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 15. ELectric railways; conductors.-The third rail of an electric railway is secured by insulating- fastenings to yoke pieces loosely hung from brackets preferably attached directly to the ties. As shown, the third rail 1 is suspended from the yoke 5, resting loosely on the top of the flange 4 of the bracket 3 secured to the tie 2. The rail is consequently not depressed, but supported by adjacent brackets, on depression of the tie 2 by the passage of cars. The yoke may consist of two similar members 6, the arms of which clamp insulators 9, protected by caps 10, against the rail 1. Laterally projecting shoulders on the bracket receive the ends of wooden shields 13, which extend from bracket to bracket and protect the rail.
Patent GB-190601050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Black Oxide of Iron.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 1050. Wetter, J., [W³lffing, C. F.]. Jan. 15. Iron oxides.-Black oxide of iron suitable as the basis for a paint for structural ironwork is prepared from the waste liquors obtained in pickling iron in hydrochloric or sulphuric acid. The excess of acid in the liquors is first neutralized, preferably with iron filings, and two-thirds the quantity of ammonia necessary to precipitate the whole of the iron is added and the mixture diluted and oxidized by blowing air through or by stirring. The liquid is afterwards boiled, the remaining third of the ammonia is added, and the mixture is boiled under pressure until the whole of the iron is precipitated. Ammonium sulphate or chloride is obtained as a by-product, which may be used to form ammonia.
Patent GB-190601064-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating Line-spacing for Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: WILLIAMS LAWRENCE
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 1064. Williams, L. Jan. 15. Typewriters.-Relates to line-spacing indicators for facilitating insertion of the sheets in condensed record work. A graduated annular member or disk I, Fig. 3, provided with a hub P, is mounted on the platen shaft a against a fixed mark or pointer K. The member I is provided with a fixed pointer or zero mark and a movable pointer L, and can be turned with or independently of the platen. For this purpose, the member I is disposed between a fixed collar O and a spring washer N retained by a disk M, which forms a bearing for the member I. The pointer L is attached to a radial arm L<1> on a sleeve L<2> mounted on the hub I' and retained by a ring i, the edge of which is milled to facilitate turning of the member I. The pointer L is secured in adjusted position by means of a spring-projected detent P and a series of holes in the member I. The graduated portion of the member I may be dispensed with, in which case, the relatively-adjustable pointers are retained in adjusted position by the action of the spring washer N. In another modification, shown in Fig. 8, a clutch connexion is provided between the member I and the knob A'. The knob-sleeve a<1> is toothed for engagement by a toothed sleeve N<1> keyed to the hub I' and pressed towards the sleeve a' by a spring N<2>. Another modification is shown in Fig. 11. The hub I<1> is toothed for engagement with a toothed sliding sleeve M<1>, which is retained in or out of engagement with the hub I' by means of a projection m<3> and a spring a<5> disposed in a slot in the shaft a. The movable pointer is on a plate L<3> mounted on the shaft a and adjustably secured to the member. I by a clamping-screw L<4> The member I is provided with a weight I' for returning it to zero position.
Patent GB-190605651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Applying Floor Compounds, Oils or other Fluids and for other purposes
Inventor: WILLIAMS GORDON WINTER
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 5651. Williams, G. W. March 8. Liquids, distributing.-In apparatus for applying cleaning or preservative liquids and compositions to floors, walls, linoleums, mosaic pavements, &c., the regulating-valves are operated by means placed in the handle so that regulation can be effected without stooping or stopping the work. The reservoir a has an outlet valve at the bottom consisting of concentric tubes b, c, the latter being capable of rotation by means of the lever d, thus opening or closing the orifices in the tubes. The end of this lever is forked and slotted and engages a pin e on a nut which is worked by a screwthreaded spindle f, which may be rotated either by direct connexion with a rotatable handle or by a nut g fixed on an extension of the spindle through the fixed handle. The rotation of the tube may be effected by spur or worm gearing, or by a cam or eccentric action or directly by the spindle. Other forms of valves may be used. Pads x are provided between which the fluid runs on to the surface to be treated.
Patent GB-190608401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway Switch and Signal Apparatus.
Inventor: MALAN ERNEST DE MERINDOL
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 8401. Malan, E. de M. April 7. Hand levers; interlocking-apparatus; miniature signals.-Contact-springs are adapted to be moved away from contact-pieces on a switch roller, breaking the circuits of such signals as may be desired, when a control-magnet is deenergized owing to the abnormal operation of the points &c., the arrangement being somewhat similar to that described in Specification No. 13,466, A.D. 1901. A shaft 3 parallel with each roller 1 bears cams 15 for moving springs 2 out of contact with the roller, and carries also a spring- controlled lever 4, of which one end 5 forms a latch-piece which engages with a projection 12 on one arm 10 of a bell-crank lever, the other limb 9 of which forms the armature of the control-magnet 7 ; a spring 11 tends to pull off the armature. A segment piece 14 on the contact-roller engaging with a roller 13 on the arm 10 prevents movement of the arm when the circuit of the magnet 7 is temporarily broken during the normal operation of the points, the circuit being remade before the roller is released from the curved piece 14, so that the arm 10 remains in the position shown to the extreme right of Fig. 2. Should the circuit of the control-magnet be otherwise broken, the spring 11 pulls over the arm 10, the roller 13 locking the piece 14, and releases the piece 12, so that the shaft 3 rotates and operates the cams 15 to move the contacts 2. The movement of the arm 10 is communicated to a rod 16 by a link 19, and raises a signal d sk 17. The apparatus must be reset by hand and the magnet circuit restored before the point lever can be operated.
Patent GB-190608438-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Letter Card for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: FREEMAN BERNARD LOUIS
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 8438. Freeman, B. L. April 7. Advertising. - Letter - cards having the usual gummed detachable edges are provided with a booklet, the leaves of which are smaller than the folded letter-card. The booklet is attached by a staple or otherwise to the fold of the letter-card, or may be detachable. The booklet is for advertisements and written matter. The leaves or parts of them may be detachable. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2547, A.D. 1895, and No. 22,891, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190609521-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Finger Moistening Apparatus.
Inventor: KAELIN ANTON
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 9521. Kõlin, A. April 23. Card games.- To moisten the fingers to separate cards &c. such as in card playing &c., a finger-ring is used which is hollow to receive a moistening - pad c, the ring being cut away as shown, to render the pad accessible, and the opening being closed by a sliding cover b.
Patent GB-190612760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Gaff-hooks used in Fishing.
Inventor: BEHRENS HAROLD LUCAS
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 12,760. Behrens, H. L. June 1. Gaff-hooks.- A protector for a gaff-hook is hinged by a spring joint to the shank of the hook. As shown in the Figures, the gaffhook a is mounted on a rod b and d the protector c is hinged at d and fitted with a spring which holds the protector, when in use, so as to cover the point of the hook, and, w h e n not in use, cause it to lie against the rod b or into a a slight recess b<1> in the rod.
Patent GB-190613273-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Lubricating the Slide Valves of Locomotive and Traction Engines
Inventor: TALLMAN JAMES HERVEY
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1907-06-08
Abstract: 13,273. Tallman, J. H. June 8. Lubricating.-In a method of lubricating the slide valves of locomotives and traction engines of the kind having two pistons reciprocating oppositely in the same cylinder, grooves d are provided in the valve seating, from which oil-holes e extend to the outer sides of the steam-chest.
Patent GB-190618043-A (GB)
Title: Improvments in or relating to Gas Burners.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-08-11
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 18,043. Boult, A. J., [National Gas Light Co.]. Aug. 11. Pressure-regulating valves.- Bunsen burners, especially those used for incandescent gas lamps, are provided with pressure-regulating valves for controlling the supply of gas regardless of pressure variation in the main. The burner consists of a nipple a, to which is screwed a cap a' with a reduced upper end, carrying the burner tube a<5> and chimney-support B. The supply of gas to the tube a<5> is regulated by means of a valve a<17> attached to a screw a<18> ; the valve controls the supply of gas to passages a<10>, a<11> in the nipple, the passages leading to a chamber a<12> formed between the cap a' and a cylinder a<2>, which is connected by a bar a<15> to a central boss a<13> of the nipple a. When the valve a<17> has been set, the supply to the tube a<5> is maintained constant by means of a needle valve a<3> attacbed to a disk a which works in the cylinder a<2>. The gas has access to the cylinder a<2> by way of a passage a<9>, so that the disk a' moves up or down according as the main pressure increases or diminishes. The valve a<3> thus opens wider as the pressure diminishes, and vice versa, thereby maintaining a constant supply to the burner.
Patent GB-190618509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Tyres
Inventor: YBERTY JEAN VINCENT FRANCOIS A
Filed: 1906-08-17
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 18,509. Yberty, J. V. F. A., and MÚrigoux, E. B. Aug. 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-In a tyre comprising a series of resilient blocks or elements secured to the wheel by radial attaching-devicÚs, the blocks are formed with perforations, grooves, or recesses, perpendicular or parallel to the plane of the wheel, and the attaching-devices are made of articulated members. As shown in Fig. 1, each block a is square, bevelled transversely, and provided with holes b, through one of which passes an auxiliary fastening-bolt e secured to the rim flanges, Springs may be fitted within the perforations b. Fig. 11 shows a modification, in which the holes b run along the rim and a groove is provided, so that on compression the lower edges pass into grooves b<1> in the rim. In the construction shown in Fig. 6, the elements are cylindrical, one of them being a metal tube. The fastening- device f consists of a hollow wedge shaped block, with wide lugs m at the ends to overlap the blocks a and give continuity, and an open inner edge into the enlarged centre of which passes the head g of a piece provided with a vertical slot, engaged by a transverse bolt h passing through the eye of an adjustable boltj. One piece g is used on each side of the bolt j. The piece f may be integral with a slotted lug g<1>, Fig. 1, or may be of T-shape, the blocks a not being bevelled. A roughened tread n is dovetailed into each block f.
Patent GB-190625485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooking Stoves or Ranges.
Inventor: BUHLMANN DORA
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 25,485. Buhlmann, D. Nov. 12. Cooking stoves.-A gas, oil, &c. cooking-stove is constructed with a heat-retaining upper compartment in which the cooking-vessel, having been heated in a lower heating-chamber, is placed in order to finish the cooking-operations. The stove consists of a lower chamber p, Fig. 2, containing a lamp or gas burner g, and an upper chamber o surrounded by a lagged casing d and a hot-air chamber e, to which the combustion products have access through regulable openings w and apertures l. The two chambers are separated by a central slide, and the whole is surmounted by a heavy air-tight cover a, the middle part z of which rests on the cover of the cooking-vessel b. The slide being withdrawn, the cooking-vessel is moved until the lugs c on its outer surface pass through slots in the shelf k and rest on the lower shelf k<1>, and the vessel b depends into the lower chamber p. When the vessel and the stove are sufficiently heated, the vessel is lifted into the upper chamber o, the lamp &c. g is extinguished, and the slide is replaced. Several stoves may be combined to form a range. According to the Provisional Specification, the apparatus may be used for baking cakes &c., which are placed in a wire basket or stand surrounded by firebricks previously heated, as described above, to a red-heat.
Patent GB-190628903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway and like Lamps and Lanterns.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 28,903. O'Donnell, J. P., [Hamm, W. S.]. Dec. 18. Signal lamps ; reflector holders.-In railway &c. lamps, the reflector is attached by means of a screwthreaded socket 6 on the frame 5 of the reflector and a screw-threaded boss 2 at the back of the lantern.
Patent GB-190706717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driers for Paints, Varnishes and Oils, and in the Manufacture of such Driers.
Inventor: GUITTET GEORGES
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 6717. Guittet, G. March 20. Paint driers.-Acetic acid is added to driers for paints, varnishes, and oils of the kind described in Specification No. 15,838, A.D. 1906, consisting of metallic salts dissolved in alcohol, acetone, or amyl acetate. The addition causes the drier to remain uncoloured,
Patent GB-190706773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Match Holders or Receptacles; specially applicable for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: ADAMS GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 6773. Adams, G. H. March 21. Smokers' combination articles.-A match-holder, permitting withdrawal of matches singly only, comprises a box a, Figs. 3 and 6, the mouth of which is guarded by check-pieces c mounted on pins d. A charging-aperture, closed by a hinged door a<2> and secured by a sliding bolt a<3>, is provided at one end of the box. The holder may be combined with an ash-tray, and provision may be made for hanging it on a wall and displaying advertisements on it.
Patent GB-190706940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Lamps.
Inventor: DAWBER THOMAS
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 6940. Dawber, T., and Pearson, J. March 22. Miners' safety lamps-An automatic extinguishing-device set in motion by the unscrewing of the container consists of a spring - actuated sliding sleeve 6 on the wick-tube, which is retained in the lowered position by the engagement of a hole 11 in a projecting arm 10 with a projection 13 on the container. When the container is unscrewed, a spring pawl 14, Fig. 3, on the lower part of the lamp frame catches on the projecting arm 10 and disengages it from the projection 13, whereupon it is raised by the spring to extinguish the flame.
Patent GB-190710783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Camphene
Inventor: ELLIS REGINALD EATON
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 10,783. Ellis, R. E., [Chemische Fabrik vorm. Sandoz]. May 8. Camphene is produced by beating pinene hydrochloride with the hydrates of the alkali or alkalineearth metals in presence of the alkali or alkalineearth salts of the sulphonic acids of the benzene or naphthalene series, to a relatively high temperature in an autoclave. In an example, pinene hydrochloride is heated with p-toluene sulphonate of sodium and soda lye at 170‹ C. for from ten to eleven hours, and the resulting camphene separated by distillation with steam. In other examples, #-naphthalene sulphonate of sodium, 2 : 7-naphthalene disulphonate of sodium, #-naphthol disulphonate of sodium R, and p-toluene sulphonate of calcium are used.
Patent GB-190716897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Embroidery Hoops
Inventor: LEONARD NORRIS CLAYTON
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 16,897. Leonard, N. C. July 23. Work-holders. - In an adjustable embroidery frame, one of the overlapping ends of the outer loops is fitted with a circular plate 5, Fig. 1, fitted into an opening and having a cam-slot 7 in which works a pin attached to the other end. In a modification, the plate is replaced by three concentric disks attached to one another by pins projecting from a small disk 13 in the centre disk 9, Fig. 5, the back disk 12 being held by a central pin and the front disk 11 by an eccentric pin 14. The disk 11 serves as a finger-hold.
Patent GB-190721652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Storm Lanterns
Inventor: STUEBGEN GUSTAV
Filed: 1907-09-30
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 21,652. St³bgen, G., and St³bgen, J. Sept. 30. Lanterns.-The wire protecting guard-rings a of a tubular lantern have their ends a<1> suitably bent to form loops c, soldered to lugs e and bars d, which slide on the air-tubes b.
Patent GB-190724432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Music Racks
Inventor: BOWEN ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 24,432. Bowen, A. G., and Bowen, O. S. Nov. 5. Reading.desks and music stands.-Relates to a music rack which may be attached to any existing piano or organ rack, and may be adjusted to hold the music at any required height. Fig. 1 shows the ordinary music rack a, b, c, and the supplemental rack d, e, The supplemental rack is adjustably attached to the ordinary rack by means of spring clips h<1> pivoted at i to brackets j secured to the lower horizontal member f of the supplemental rack. The uprights e are pivoted between the members f, d, and the uprigbts b of the permanent rack are gripped between the outer ends h of the clips h<1> and the barf. The barf may be dispensed with. In a modification, an end sectional view of which is shown in Fig. 3, the member f has a groove in which are sliding pieces h<2>, to which the brackets j are attached. A bracket l, hinged to the underside of the rest d, affords extra support for the rest.
Patent GB-190724855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable School Desks, or the like
Inventor: HAWES GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 24,855. Hawes, G. A., and Hawes, H. H., [trading as Hawes & Son, G. E.]. Nov. 9. Blackboards. - Relates to desks of the kind described in Specification No. 25,141, A.D. 1894, [Abridgment Class Furniture &c.]. The adjustable flap b is hollow and is provided with slides n which, when drawn out, may be used as blackboards.