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Patent GB-190607702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means or Apparatus for the Production of Malt Extract or Wort.
Inventor: FAULKNER FRANK
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 7702. Faulkner, F. March 30. Brewing.-In the manufacture of wort, the first extract obtained from the malt &c., is withdrawn, boiled, and again added to the grain. The grain is washed for some time at a temperature of 125‹ F. in a digester a, which has a perforated false bottom in two parts g, g<1> mounted on horizontal axes h, h<1>, so that by suitable gearing they can be lowered to allow the draff to pass on to a rotating screw conveyer d, by which it is forced into a mixing- vessel r. Before the grain passes out of the vessel a, compressed air is admitted by the pipe b to drive out all the extract by pipes a, o into the pump n, whence it is forced through pipes o<1>, o<3> into a vessel m where it is boiled rapidly, and then run into the vessel r by the pipe p. After rewashing the grain in this vessel at a temperature of 158‹ F., the mixture is run into a mash-tun q, and the wort separated. During the treatment in the vessel a, the extract is caused to circulate through the grain by the pipe o, pump n, pipe o<1>, and valve o<2>.
Patent GB-190607815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Removing Piles of Loose Materials.
Inventor: MESSITER EDWIN HENRY
Filed: 1906-03-31
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 7815. Messiter, E. H. March 31. Excavating. - Relates to self - propelled, endless-belt excavating and conveying machines for removing piles of loose material, and consists of a machine in which all the scoops on the lower portion of the belt cut at the same time across the entire width or face of,the pile and move over an inclined base - plate. Sometimes a reciprocating rake is provided to loosen the material operated upon. The supporting- frame F is mounted on flanged wheels 1 which rest upon rails 2 arranged in line with the pile. The machine is propelled through the agency of a boiler 4, steam-engine 3, and suitable shafting and cog-wheels so that a slow motion of the propulsion shaft 11 is obtainable when the conveyer is working, or a quick motion is given to the machine when the conveyer is not working. To drive the conveyer, the shaft 18, which is geared with the countershaft 7, has fitted to it a sprocket-drum 27 of octagonal form, and a similar drum is provided at the other end of the machine. Over these two drums runs an endless chain 28 which bears a series of plates 29 to which are secured the scrapers 30. Each plate may have at its corners antifriction rollers 31, as shown in Fig. 4, which rest upon suitable tracks. The scrapers are curved so that the free ends are bent forward in the direction of travel, and they may be formed in two sections 40, 41, Fig. 5, the point section 40 being cast with a shank 42 which can be riveted to a bracket 43 and fastened to the plates 29. The scrapers move over a forwardly and downwardly inclined base-plate 35 supported beneath the frame F. A clutch 33 serves to lock the pulley from which the belt 16 takes its power, to the shaft 7, which by means of intermediate gearing drives the shaft 18 and consequently the sprocket-drum 27 and the scrapers. In Figs. 4 and 6 is shown the agitating- device, consisting of a triangular frame 44 having a number of teeth 45 and carried by a rod 46, which has imparted to it a sliding and rotary motion in bearings 47. The end of the frame can be raised or lowered by means of a rope, and the rod 46 is given a reciprocating motion by the connecting-link 50 and the radius-rod 49 on the shaft 18.
Patent GB-190612536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe or Tube Couplings.
Inventor: WILD JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 12,536. Wild, J. H. May 29. Screw unions. - To couple a flexible or other pipe 2 with a piece 4, an internally c o n i - cal ring 1 is first slipped over the end of the pipe; the externally conical end of the piece 4, with the screwed collar 7 in position, is then forced into the pipe 2. The nut 7 is screwed up, and by means of the right and left banded threads 6, 3 the two conical surfaces travel in opposite directions and grip the pipe. The surfaces of the cones next the pipe 2 may be grooved. According to the Provisional Specification other methods of drawing up the cones may be used
Patent GB-190612896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bow Trolleys or Collectors for Electric Railways and Tramways.
Filed: 1906-06-02
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 12,896. Brecknell, Munro, & Rogers, and Munro, E. M. June 2. Electric railways and tramways on the overhead-conductor system. Collectors.-Fig. 3 shows a plan, part being in section, and Fig. 1 a sectional end view of a bow collector, which is constrained to assume a vertical position under the action of tensioning-means having only one spring. The harp 2 is formed with two downward extensions, each of which is pivoted on the rod 8 mounted in projections 3 formed on the casting 1. The lower ends of the extensions are pivotally connected to rods 21, 22, which extend longitudinally of the vehicle and loosely pass, at their outer ends, through projections formed on collars 14 mounted on a cylinder 12 secured in the uprights 4. Nuts 23 are screwed on to the ends of the rods. The cylinder is surrounded by the spring 13, the ends of which bear against the collars. The initial compression of the spring is adjusted by means of the nuts 17, 18 screwed on the cylinder. Upon any movement of the bow from its vertical position, one of the collars 14 is caused to move along the cylinder and compress the spring.
Patent GB-190618451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Securing Ladies' Head Gear.
Inventor: PARSONS REGINALD BOWDEN
Filed: 1906-08-17
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 18,451. Parsons, R. B. Aug. 17. Hat-pins.-A device for securing ladies' hats on the head consists of elastic gripping-cords a, secured at the ends of the hat and furnished with hooks c or pins d, or a combination of both, as shown in Fig. 5, in conjunction with draw cords b, which may be of wire, connected to the hooks or pins on the cords a to draw them apart for putting on the hat, so that on their release the pins or hooks are embedded in the hair.
Patent GB-190629740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cross Line Buckles.
Inventor: MITCHELL FREDERICK WILLIAM THO
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 29,740. Mitchell, F. W. T., and Duby, E. Dec. 31. Buckles.-The tongue 6 of a buckle for connecting cross-lines 7 with long lines 4 is formed from a tubular piece, having one end 10 flattened to engage the cross-bar 5, the opposite end sharpened to pierce the strap in any required position, and a slot 11 to allow of the escape of the punched-out portion of the strap. The cross-line 7 is attached by a spring hook 9 to a link 8 carried by the cross-bar 5.
Patent GB-190700447-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cash Register.
Inventor: TREVELLIAN FREDERIC HENRY
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 447. Trevellian, F. H. Jan. 7. Tills.-An autographic cash register till carries separate strips for invoices and totals, the strips being fed by the operation of the drawer, and a duplicate invoice strip and combination lock are provided. The cover is hinged at 48, Figs. 2 and 3, and on the same pivot are the frames in which are journaled the rollers for the two strips. Duplicate invoice strips 51, 52 pass over a plate 55 under an aperture in the cover, a carbon strip 54 being interposed, which is carried on two rollers 56, 57 bearing in the frame and having milled heads for operation by hand which are held set by springs 64, 65. The upper strip passes out under a knifeedge 69, the record strip being wound on a roller 74 in the sliding carriage 9, which is pulled forward by a cord led over a pulley 6 and attached to a spring 3, a stop 90 limiting the travel of the carriage 9 and the feed of the strips. The roller 74 is rotated in the return of the drawer by a pinion 83, Fig. 6, on one of the roller pivots 75, engaging a fixed rack 87 and having a disk 84 with pawl engaging a ratchet wheel 78 on a sleeve 77<a> loose on the pivot 75 but friction clutched by the spring arms 79 on a boss 81 to the side of the roller. A holding pawl for the drum 38 is carried by a pivoted lever 47, the end of which is engaged and raised by the inclined hinged end of a plate 47<b> on the carriage 9 during the outward motion of the drawer, but which passes underneath on the return leaving the drum 38-locked. Similar fittings operate the total strip except that the carriage has a shorter travel and the operating spring is placed between the carriage and the back of the casing. A lock for the drawer consists of a number of spring plungers 18, Figs. 8 and 9, slotted to take the weighted operating keys as shown, and guided by brackets 20, 21 on the casing and having necks 26 adapted to pass through slots 30, Fig. 10, in a locking plate 29 carried in brackets in the drawer. The slots 30 end in holes 28 through which the plungers pass, and bosses 31 with bevelled edges 32 are formed on top of the plate 29 round some of the holes 28 up which the bevelled edges 27 on the plungers ride in closing the drawer, similar bosses being formed below the other holes in the plate. Different combinations of bosses are supplied in plates which may be interchanged to vary the combination of keys, the depression of which opens the drawer. The locking plates are held by spring catches 34, Fig. 11, on the brackets in the drawer.
Patent GB-190714101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Winding Gear.
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 14,101. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. June 18. Overwinding, preventing.-In winding-engines &c. in which the operating-lever for the driving-motor is controlled by means of a depth indicator or similar device at each end of the journey, the mechanism is arranged so that one of the gear members has a translational and pivotal movement and thus the turning of the control lever is slow at first and then increases in speed. Two bars a, b of the depth indicator engage with two arms of a three-armed lever c turning about a spindle d. The third arm of the lever carries a toothed sector e, which engages with a second toothed sector f keyed to the spindle d, and is flexibly connected with the control lever g by a rod hand pin-and-slot arrangement. By the movement of one of the bars a, b, the lever c turns, and the pivot of the connecting-rod h describing an epicycloid, the horizontal speed component of the pivot decreases with movement from zero to right or left, at first slowly, then more quickly. The alteration of speed is dependent upon the ratios of the radii of the two sectors. With constant transmission ratio, the speed curve may be influenced by shifting the pivot of the connecting-rod h in the slot ; according to whether it lies at, inside, or outside the radius of the sector carried by the three-armed lever, it describes a common, a prolonged, or a shortened epicycloid. With the prolonged epicycloid, the speed alteration is greater than with a common epicycloid, and with a shortened epicycloid, the contrary is the case.
Patent GB-190718876-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Cooling the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LEHMANN RUDOLF AUGUST LOUIS
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 18,876. Lehmann, Baron R. A. L., and Durand, L. Aug. 21. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-The cylinders of an internal-combustion engine are cooled by the air on its way to the vaporizer or by the carburetted air on its way to the cylinders. The openings 16, 17, 18 in the cylinder jacket and vaporizer are so situated that by suitably arranging the connexions 9, 11 the air can either enter at 10, cool the cylinders, and pass through the pipes 11 to the vaporizer 7, and thence to the valve-boxes 6 ; or first enter the carburettor, and pass through the pipes 11 to the cylinder jackets, and thence through the openings 16 to the valve-boxes 6.
Patent GB-190724808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Current Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 24,808. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 8. Armatures ; motors, alternating-current; sparking, preventing.-To enable several brush rows to be used with wave-wound armatures having several windings connected to successive commutator segments without causing short-circuit paths between the various windings, multipolar alternating-current commutator motors are provided with multiplex wave windings having a pitch exactly equal to the pole pitch. Thus, the number of commutator segments is an exact multiple of the number of poles and windings. Fig. 1 shows a developed four-pole quadruplex armature, the pitches of the windings a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, a<4> being equal to that of the poles F<1>, F<2>, F<3>, F<4>, and the brushes being slightly narrower than three segments. The connectors between brushes of like polarity contain the compensating-coils c<1>, c<2>, c<3>, c<4> placed as shown in Fig. 3, which shows the complete connexions for a series compensated motor. From the lower terminal, the current, after passing through the field coils f<1>, f<2>, f<3>, f<4> divides to the brushes b<1>, P through the compensating-coils c<1>, c<3>. The return circuit to the upper terminal from the brushes b<2>, b<4> is made through the compensating- coils c<2>, c<4>. The coil c<3> being in inductive relation to the armature portion engaged by the brush b<3>, no impedance is offered to supply currents flowing through the coil to the brush, whereas currents flowing between brushes b<3>, b<1> must traverse the joint impedance of the coils c<3>, c'. Thus, crosscurrents in the brush connectors due to magnetic asymmetry &c. are minimized, and the compensation is improved. According to the Provisional Specification, the arrangement of compensating- coils may be applied to any type of commutator motor having several brush rows of each polarity.
Patent GB-190727414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Tyres for Vehicles.
Inventor: TACCHI PERCY GEORGE
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 27,414. Tacchi, P. G. Dec. 12. Springs. - In metallic spring tyres of the type having plate springs formed at their inner ends with lateral flanges d<1>, the part g of the body of the spring between the flanges tapers so that the springs can be wedged together around the rim of a wheel.
Patent GB-190727553-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Jersey Corset
Inventor: NETUSIL VACLAV
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 27,553. Netusil, V. Dec. 13. Jerseys; corsets.-Corsets are made of two superposed layers of jersey material with the " mesh rows" running horizontally, as shown. Such a corset is claimed to be more elastic than the ordinary type, while still keeping a constant shape.
Patent GB-190801461-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Tin Chloride or the like.
Inventor: BRANDENBURG HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 1461. Brandenburg, H. Jan. 21. Stannic and bismuth chlorides.-Ground tin ores, silk-dyeing residue, tin ashes, &c. are reduced by means of such reducing-gases as carbon monoxide, water gas, producer gas, or by means of liquid or finely ground solid reducing-substances, such as coal, anthracite, &c. at non-slagging temperatures (approximately between 700 and 850‹ C.), and then by treating with chlorine. The tin chloride is run off at the bottom of the vessel, and the tin-chloride vapour is drawn out into water or tin chloride. The residue is treated to extract silver, and the stannic chloride can be fractionally distilled from the bismuth and iron chlorides.
Patent GB-190803556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Telegraphic Transmission InstrumentS.
Inventor: GELL JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 3556. Gell, J. Aug. 12, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Telegraphs.- In an autographic telegraph transmitter of the type in which two rows of holes in the transmitting- tape control the motion of two transmitting levers by means of pins adapted to pass through the holes in the tape, the two transmitting levers are provided with hammer heads which strike on opposite ends of the horizontal part of a pivoted T-shaped contact-piece, the vertical arm of which works between the two line or battery contacts. A spring roller resting on the end of the vertical portion of the T-piece renders the movements of this piece crisp, and causes its firm engagement with the contact-points. The motions of the transmitting- levers 2 are controlled by the transmitting-tape through the perforations in which pins 1 are adapted to rise under the influence of a spring 6. The downward movement of the levers 2 is effected by the engagement of constantly rotating cams 5 with projections 4 on the transmitting-levers. On the end of the transmitting-levers are the hammers 11, 11<a> which strike on opposite ends of the horizontal part of the pivoted T-shaped contact-piece 13, the vertical limb of which works between contacts 16, 16<a>. A spring roller 18 engaging with the end of the vertical limb of the T-piece renders the motion of this piece crisp and maintains firm engagement between the contact-points 16, 16<a> and the vertical arm of the T-piece 13.
Patent GB-190810895-A (GB)
Title: Improved Change-speed Mechanism.
Inventor: COLLINS-DAWSON WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 10,895. Dawson, W. C. Collins-. Nov. 19. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-In variable-speed and reversing gearing of the class employing oscillating levers with movable fulcra, the levers a', a<2>, Figs. 1 and 2, are vibrated through connecting-rods d<1>, d<2> from a pair of mutually perpendicular cranks b<1>, b<2> upon a driving-shaft c. Pairs of links m<1>, m<2> and m<3>, m<4> connect the levers a<1>, a<2>, respectively, to ratchet-clutch levers n', n<2>, k<3>, k<4>, &c. on a driven shaft j. Each of the links ml &c. is connected by a cross-bar such as t<1> to a pair of clutch levers such as k', n' adapted to drive the shaft j in opposite directions. Pairs of clutch levers k<1>, k<2> and k<3> k' are connected to two sleeves loose on the shaft j and driven forwards, while pairs n', n<2> and n<3>, n<4> are connected to two sleeves driven reversely. The direction of motion of the shaft j is determined by the position of claw clutches o which slide on feathers p on that shaft. The levers a, a<2> are supported in sleeves e', e' which have trunnions f f<2> journaled in a sliding block g. The idle ends of the levers a<1>, a<2> move in slotted segmental guides i<1>, i<2>. The block g is moved along guides h to vary the throw of the working ends of the levers a', a<2>, and hence to vary the velocity-ratio transmitted. Fig. 4 shows levers a<1>, a<2>, &c. of modified section enabling the velocityratio to be reduced progressively to zero.
Patent GB-190818773-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Surface Heater or Cooler.
Inventor: FRIEDENTHAL HANS
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 18,773. Friedenthal, H. Sept. 7. Condensers.-In surface-apparatus of the type in which a block of metal is cast around a sinuous pipe the holes between the convolutions are drilled closely together so that the metal which remains forms ribs on the pipe. A block of metal a is cast around the sinuous pipe b that conveys the liquid, gas, or vapour to be treated or cooled, and holes c for the passage of the heating or cooling medium are drilled so as to leave ribs d.
Patent GB-190820147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Attachments for Check Valves.
Inventor: MAXWELL MILTON PINKELTON
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 20,147. Maxwell, M. P. Sept. 26, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Dirt, preventing lodgment of.-A device for grinding check valves on their seats is permanently attached to the valve casing, and comprises a rod F provided at the lower end with a lug F<1>. to engage a slot C<2> on the valve, and at the upper end with a handle F' having a slot F<3> to receive a screwdriver or other tool. The rod is normally held out of engagement by packing 8 E<1> in a stuffing-box E ; but when grinding, it is pressed downwards by a feed-nut G screwed to the casing and engaging a pin H on the rod.
Patent GB-190820529-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Composition and Method for Producing same.
Inventor: JOHNSON HARRY WILDAY
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 20,529. Johnson, H. W. Sept. 30. [Cognate Application No. 6917, A.D. 1909, dated March 23.] Cements; gums.-Two or more gums &c., in such proportions as they will be ultimately required for use in cements &c., are purified by heating them together in vacuo, preferably in the presence of a suitable solvent such as alcohol, to a temperature sufficient to drive off all volatile impurities. The release of the volatile impurities and intimate mixture of the materials is facilitated by " threshing" the material either mechanically, as with a revolving beater, or by varying the vacuum. The refined composition obtained is stated to be tasteless, harmless, and antiseptic, and, upon addition of a suitable vegetable or mineral oil, is applicable to the purposes mentioned. An example of a cement consists of gum sandarach and Canada or Oregon balsam, with or without gum mastic, refined together, and castor or other oil. The composition melts a little below 100‹ C. and is suitable for sealing bottles &c. According to the Provisional Specifications, the vacuum purification process may be applied to the gums &c. separately and, with the use of a spirit, to gums already refined individually, to facilitate mixing.
Patent GB-190821174-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Utilizing the Exhaust Steam from Steam Engines.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 21,174. Stumpf, J. April 15. Heating by steam circulation.-In a terminal exhaust steam-engine, steam withdrawn from the cylinder through check valves 19, 20, 21, 22 before the completion of the stroke is utilized for heating the feed-water, or for other heating purposes. When used for heating feed-water, the water is heated first by the terminal exhaust, then by steam from the valves 20, 22, and finally by steam from the valves 19, 21.
Patent GB-190908442-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Aerial Toy.
Inventor: MOHR FRIEDRICH
IPC: A63H27/14
Filed: 1909-04-07
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 8442. Mohr, F. Oct. 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Flying tuys.-A device for projecting small screw propellers into the air consists of a reel 3, Fig. 1, mounted on a wire 1 which is bent to form a handle 2. The reel is provided with pins 4 which pass through holes in the hub of a propeller 5 and force it to rotate when a string 7 wound round the reel is pulled. Two or more two-bladed propellers are used, and as they mount into the air they separate and appear to race.
Patent GB-190910553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Discharge Flues, more particularly for Ships having Rotatable Gun Turrets.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: B63G1/00
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 10,553. Boult, A. J., [Petermann, H.]. May 4 Turrets.-A ship's funnels are caused to move with the gun turret when it is trained so as not to obstruct the line of fire. The gun turret 13 is attached to an annular chamber 6 having walls 7 capable of rotating within a fixed chamber 4 and forming an inner conduit 15. The combustion gases enter a fixed conduit 1 by a pipe 2 and escape into the conduit 15, which they leave by way of funnels 12 attached to the chamber 6. The funnels 12 communicate with separate compartments in the conduit 15 and may unite to form a single funnel over the gun turret. The gases are prevented from escaping from the conduit 15 by ashes 11 and asbestos packing 10.