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Patent GB-190602907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Purification of Gases produced in the Destructive Distillation of Coal or other Carbonaceous Material and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WILTON GEORGE
Filed: 1906-02-06
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 2907. Wilton, G. Feb. 6. Purifying gas.-Coal-gas is led direct from the retorts into one or more washers supplied with a cooled circulation of gas liquor, in order to dispense with the usual condensing-plant. For this purpose, the hydraulic main is connected by a pipe 1 with a scrubber 2, of the kind described in Specification No. 24,832, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Distilling &c.], and a supply of gas liquor is continuously circulated through the scrubber, and a tubular cooler 6, by means of a pump 5. Any excess of liquor, together with tarry matters, may be run off through a pipe 7. After leaving the gas - liquor scrubbers, gas may be further treated with water, or sulphurous acid ; or sulphur dioxide may be admitted to the gas-liquor scrubbers. In a modified arrangement of apparatus, the above process may be combined with that described in Specification No. 25,275, A.D. 1905, for preventing the deposit of heavy tars in hydraulic mains. A thick tar separator is interposed in the gas-main 1 and connected with a second tubular cooler, and a second pump is provided to circulate gas liquor from a tank through this cooler, the hydraulic main, gas-main, and tar separator. The liquor which accumulates in the separator may be used in the scrubbers, suitable connexion being provided for this purpose.
Patent GB-190603458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Drying Kilns.
Inventor: MOWER GEORGE AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 3458. Mower, G. A., and Bassett, W. J. Feb. 12. Kilns for drying wood are provided with means by which the temperature, degree of humidity, and rate of circulation of the air can be varied independently in each compartment of the kilns, in order to suit different kinds of wood. Separate conduits b, c, d are provided for cold, hot, and moisture-laden air respectively. These open into distributing channels i formed along one side of each compartment a, and dampers b<1>, c<1>, d<1> are provided in the openings. The air in the kiln, laden with moisture from the materials treated, is drawn out through dampercontrolled channels k, g by a fan h, and then passed along the conduit d, a regulable quantity being returned to the drying-chambers, the remainder escaping to the atmosphere. Air for the channels b, c is supplied by the fan e, the portion for the hotair channel c being heated by a steam coil f or other similar apparatus. Steam may also be supplied by nozzles t. The dampers are preferably operated by cords or chains, the ends of which are carried to indicating-boards of the form shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190606392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GABBETT-FAIRFAX HUGH WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1907-03-16
Abstract: 6392. Fairfax, H. W. Gabbett-. March 16. Lift valves.-The hollow conical plug d slides on the cylindrical end of the exhaust pipe a of an internal-combustion engine, and rests within a conical casing f. The head of the plug has an orifice smaller than the orifice of the exhaust pipe a. The valve is lifted, as shown in Fig. 2, by the exhaust gases striking the overlapping portion of the valve, and is automatically closed by the spring e bearing against a rim on the plug and a collar on the exhaust pipe. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 7943, A.D. 1892, No. 28,979, A.D. 1396, and No. 4866, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines].]
Patent GB-190607567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Securing Buttons to Wearing-apparel and to other Articles.
Inventor: PARTON JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 7567. Parton, J. March 29. Button-fasteners.-A button-fastener for boots and shoes and other wearing-apparel consists of a plate d, to which is attached a split or overlapping ring a to engage the loop of a button. The plate d may be circular, or cross-shaped, and may be provided with prongs f or sewing holes for attachment to the front or back of the material; otherwise the base may be formed as a tubular rivet.
Patent GB-190610363-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Cleansing Materials used in Bacteria Filter Beds
Inventor: APPLEWHITE ALLISON
Filed: 1906-05-03
Granted: 1907-05-03
Abstract: 10,363. Applewhite, A. May 3. Breaking down lumpy pulverulent bodies.-In a machine for cleansing the filtering-media of bacteria filter-beds, the material is first disintegrated in a hopper C provided with a series of spiked wheels C<1> fixed on the main shaft of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190613327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incubators
Inventor: BROMHEAD SAMUEL SIDNEY
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 13,327. Bromhead, S. S., [Savage, M. W.]. June 9. Incubators. - Relates to improvements in the heating and ventilating of incubators. The egg chamber 5 has double walls, with non-conducting packing between, and is provided at one end with a space 6 wherein is a vertical flue 7 placed over a lamp 10 and furnished with the usual damper and thermostat. Separated from the top of the incubator by a packing 12 of mineral wool is a chamber 13 with a cover sloping from the middle towards the sides. From the flue 7, a gradually diminishing flue14 passes to the farther end of the chamber 13, where it opens into two transverse pipes opening into the chamber 13. Outlets are provided from the chamber 13 near the flue 7. Round the flue 7 is an air trunk 22 communicating with a cold-air flue 23 with openings 24 increasing in size from the trunk 22. Openings 25 are provided in the inner wall of the egg chamber communicating by flues 26 with adjustable openings 27 in the outer wall.
Patent GB-190618247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Making Concrete Building or other Blocks.
Inventor: PALMER HARMON SYLVANUS
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 18,247. Palmer, H. S. Aug. 14. Moulding building-blocks.-Relates to moulds of the hinged - side and movable-core type for moulding hollow concrete building-blocks &c. Bars D running lengthways of the machine are adjustably secured by bolts F and slots a' to a table C having sloping under surfaces, so that the bars when fixed cannot move outwards. The side walls E of the mould are pivoted by means of lugs to the bars D, the end walls H are pivoted to brackets h<1>, and both sets of walls are provided with the usual cam-projections e', U. The core-table is raised and lowered by racks and closes the mould walls as it rises. Bars K fixed to the racks contact with the projections U and close the end walls; bars R on vertical rods S secured to shafting T attached to the core-table close the side walls. Bent pins V, adjustably secured to grooves in the end walls, register with holes in the bar R as it rises and hold the walls firmly in the closed position. These pins, by being fixed in lower grooves, regulate the height to which the cores rise. A tension spring W is so adjusted that, when the mould walls are lifted slightly from an open horizontal position, it closes the mould. Partition plates Y may be moved in and out by handles y to divide up the box into compartments. The cores may be arranged to make one or more blocks, and plates with partly plain and partly corrugated faces may be used to produce combined ornamental and smooth surfaces on the blocks. The upper ends h<5> of the walls are made sloping outwards to combine with sloping plates A<1> to form a hopper top to the mould. The plates A' are provided with handles a<5> and recessed to fit over the ends h<5>, to which they may be connected by pins B<1> ; they may also serve as strickling-plates.
Patent GB-190618738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Filaments of Metallic Tungsten or Molybdenum for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: LEDERER ANTON
Filed: 1906-08-21
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 18,738. Lederer, A. Aug. 21. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments of tungsten or molybdenum or both metals are made from the powdered metals or conductive low oxides by mixing them with a binder of the aromatic series that can be vaporized without decomposition such as camphor or artificial camphor, pressing filaments from the crumbly-mass thus obtained, and heating these filaments by passage of current in vacuo or in an indifferent atmosphere, first to volatilize the binder, and then more strongly to sinter the metal filaments. Aromatic substances having their melting-points above 30‹ C. and boiling-points above 70‹ C. may be employed, and may be mixed with alcohol or other volatile solvent.
Patent GB-190622493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: PODMORE ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 22,493. Podmore, A. F., and Thomas, J. Oct. 11. Incandescent gas lamps.-A dish-shaped plate c, d, provided with flues e through which the inverted burners i project, is carried from the gassupply pipe by a rod or tube a, and is provided with a hinged perforated globe-holder m, the plate c, d and the flues being preferably coated with white enamel. The burners are supplied with gas through a multiple-way piece, pipes g, and cocks h, and are carried preferably by brackets t from the plate c and by radial arms w from the tube a. The burner tube is tapered, and has an enlarged chamber r containing gauze s or the like. A smoke shade y is mounted on the tube a.
Patent GB-190622543-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Attachment for Tobacco Pipes and Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Cigars and Cigarettes.
Inventor: KELLY WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 22,543. Kelly, W. F. Oct. 12. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders; screening-attachments for cigars and cigarettes.-To enable persons to smoke in places where inflammable vapours may be present, tobacco pipes, cigar or cigarette holders, cigars, or cigarettes are provided with attachments or screens composed of fine wire-gauze or finely perforated metal. Fig. 1 shows a cigar &c. holder with a screen attached, the parts A, B being made telescopic if desired. The screen may be clipped to a cigar or cigarette Figs. 2 and 3 show the attachment in the form of a cap or cover for a tobacco pipe.
Patent GB-190624095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bronze-leaf, Gold-leaf, and the like.
Inventor: OESER ERNST
Filed: 1906-10-29
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 24,095. Oeser, E. Oct. 29. Bronzing &c.-Bronze leaf is made by applying a thin film of a substance insoluble in water to a glass plate, and then coating this film with liquid bronze colour. The first coating may consist of colouring-matter, collodion, ether, and turpentine oil, or of colouring-matter, water, gelatine, glycerine, and a substance to harden the gelatine; it is applied by immersing the plate in the mixture. The liquid bronze colour consists of colourless transparent size mixed with glycerine and the requisite amount of bronze powder; it is applied either by immersing the plate or with a brush. Gold &c. leaves are manufactured in the same manner.
Patent GB-190625849-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing the Outer Wearing Faces to the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: JURISS MAXIMILIAN
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 25,849. Juriss, M. Nov. 15. Soles; heels.-The soles and heels are detachably secured in position by means of studs a secured at intervals upon one of the adjacent faces of the parts to be connected, such studs engaging keyhole slots d or spring sockets g in small plates c fixed in corresponding positions on the opposing face.
Patent GB-190625987-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Incrustation of Steam Generators.
Inventor: BRUN FELIX
Filed: 1906-09-29
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 25,987. Brun, F. Sept. 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incrustation, preventing.-Apparatus for preparing a decoction of linseed for preventing incrustation in steam boilers consists of a vessel divided into three compartments a, b, c by wire-gauze partitions d, e. The seed is placed in the compartment a and is treated with steam and water supplied through a perforated pipe k. The resulting liquid passes through the gauze strainers d, e and thence to the boiler by a pipej. The rounded end m of the vessel facilitates the movement of the linseed.
Patent GB-190627589-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Receptacle for Containing Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Biscuits, Sweetmeats and the like.
Inventor: FISK EDWARD JONATHAN
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 27,589. Fisk, E. J. Dec. 4. Air-tight boxes; contents, delivering and withdrawing. - A receptacle for tea, coffee, sugar, biscuits, &c. is constructed to prevent undue access of air to the contents. The receptacle is formed of bevelled glass plates 2 inserted in a metal framework 3, the lid 4 being hinged and furnished with a spring catch for filling from above. The base portion is made from sheet metal, and comprises an inclined top, and a hinged front 8 fitted with side wings 10, which slide in recesses 11 in the sides 12. The top of the base contains an aperture closed by an adjustable slide. The front 8 is closed by a catch 15. To render the receptacle air-tight, a recess in the base which receives the glass receptacle, the recesses 11 for the side wings, and the upper edge of the receptacle may be lined with pads of india-rubber tubing. The upper portion is secured to the base by catches 20 which engage with studs 21 on the frame of the former. In modifications, the upper and lower parts may be permanently connected, and the top 4 may be secured, the receptacle being then filled through the base portion. The body may in this case be made of sheet metal.
Patent GB-190703893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs and like Talking Machines.
Inventor: HOUGH JAMES EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 3893. Hough, J. E. Feb. 16. Phonographs.-A phonograph is provided with an eccentric guiding - rod in place of the usual pivoted cam for raising the sound-box and stylus out of engagement with the record. The soundbox frame 2 is carried on the guiding-rod 5, which is mounted eccentrically on trunnions 9 and turned by a crank 10. The frame 2 has one extension 3 with a forked end engaging a rod 4, which acts as a pivot when the sound-box is raised, and another extension 6 with a wheel 7 engaging the traversing-screw 8. In one modification, the cam motion is imparted by mounting the rod 5 in eccentric bushings in the main frame. In another modification, such bushings are mounted in the frame 2.
Patent GB-190717712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Trimming Collar Blanks and Analogous Articles.
Inventor: FENWICK ALBERT DIXON
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 17,712. Fenwick, A. D., and Norwood, C. Aug. 2. Cutting-machines for collars.-Machines for trimming the edges of collar blanks and analogous articles are provided with adjustable guides h, h<1>, Fig. 3, against which the collar blank &c. is placed before cutting. The knife f, Fig. 1, is screwed to a block e, the surface of which is curved to the shape of the edge to be trimmed. The invention is described in connexion with a treadle machine having a plunger b depressing its knife f on to a wood platen d, of which the grain is vertical. The knife and block e both have vertical slots to permit of their being adjustably bolted to the plunger, which also has vertical slots in register with those in the knife and block. In use, when the block of the required shape has been bolted on the plunger, and the collar blank held against its guides, the plunger is depressed to make the cut against the force of a spring b<1>, until the lever c contacts with an adjustable stop j. The stop, by limiting the travel of the knife, prevents it from being blunted by cutting into the platen when the latter is of brass. After cutting, the treadle is re-set by a spring c<3>.
Patent GB-190718416-A (GB)
Title: A New Composition for Surface Coating
Inventor: TILLER FRIEDRICH RICHARD
Filed: 1907-08-14
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 18,416. Tiller, F. R., Benzinger, O. L., and Meyer, R. A. Aug. 14. Paints, materials for.-A coating-composition consists of finely pulverized mica mixed with solutions of pyroxylin, collodion, or celluloid in amyl acetate, ether, &c. Coloured coatings are produced by dyeing the mica, or by adding solutions of dyes or colouring-matters to the composition.
Patent GB-190720025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gassing or Singeing Machines for Yarn or Thread.
Inventor: HIGGINSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-09-07
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 20,025. Higginson, J., and Arundel, H. Sept. 7. Yarns and threads, singeing.--In gassing or singeing machines, the yarn is led through the gassing tube, and when near or within the exhaust conduit, is sharply deflected at the guide g in order to shed the charred fluff. The conduit may be provided with a bell mouth, and may be carried sufficiently high to ensure an efficient updraught instead of being led into an exhaust pipe, as shown. An aperture or slot, provided between the gassing-tube and exhaust conduit, reduces the intensity of the exhaust through the gassing-tube. The guide-eyes are mounted on a frame j so that the yarn may readily be removed from the gassing-tube when winding ceases.
Patent GB-190726373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Upright (Vertical) Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: MITCHELL FRANK HAROLD
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 26,373. Mitchell, F. H., Jones, W. Corrie-, and Millward, A. Nov. 29. Incandescent gas lamps.-The substantially cylindrical mantle a, Fig. 5, is permanently secured to a refractory disk b resting on or suspended from the mantle support c. The disk b is provided with perforations or slots, or with a slotted annular flange b<4>, Fig. 7, for the escape of the combustion products, and the perforations &c. may be adjusted by a hit-and-miss regulator e, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190804028-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Process and Apparatus for Testing Flour.
Inventor: WESTRUP CHARLES JAMES
IPC: G01N33/10
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 4028. Westrup, C. J. Feb. 22. Drawings to Specification. Dough, testing.-Flour, the strength or stability of which is to be tested, is made into dough, using a known proportion of water. The ball of dough is placed upon unsized paper and a weighed sheet of glass &c. carrying a known weight allowed to rest upon it for a definite period of time. The weight is then removed and the surface of the dough allowed to harden, its periphery being afterwards measured. For this purpose an instrument similar to an ordinary map-measurer may be used. The instrument may be held in the hand or mounted horizontally on a vertically adjustable ball and cup device. The colour and general appearance of the moist and partially dry dough may be observed as also indicating the quality of the flour.
Patent GB-190807599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Laying Machines or Apparatus Attached to Paper Cutting Machines and the like.
Inventor: COLLIS ALFRED
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 7599. Collis, A. April 6. Delivery apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for conveying sheets of paper from a printing or other machine to a piling-table, trucks, &c., and is particularly applicable to " angle" sheets obtained by cutting obliquely across a web. The sheets are carried in by a travelling band passing round a roller 29, and ride over one or more creasers 30, being depressed by tapes 11 between the creasers. The corrugations thus formed stiffen the sheets so that, when delivered between rollers 8, 22 to the piling- table, they remain horizontal instead of falling limp. Each creaser has a telescopic or other extension 31 for use when conveying angle sheets, and is supported by a bracket 40 sliding upon a cross-beam 35, about which the creaser is angularly adjustable. The tapes 11 pass round rollers 6, 8, 10 on brackets carried by spindles 4 each slidably supported by a bracket 5 pivoted to a bracket 2 sliding upon the cross-beam 1. The lower tapes 26 are carried by rollers 19, 38, 22 mounted on spindles 17, and by the roller 23 across the machine. The tape roller 22 is carried by an adjustable end-piece 21 upon the spindle 17, which is screwed to a cross-beam 15 and may be adjusted longitudinally to suit the angle of the sheets dealt with. In laying square sheets the spindles 17 are brought right in, the creaser extensions 31 are not used, and the tapes 11 serve to prevent the sheets from flying up. The sheets when piled are knocked up by means described in Specification No. 5762, A.D. 1908.
Patent GB-190812678-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Cut-out.
Inventor: GAGLIO GIOVANNI
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 12,678. Gaglio, G., and Villani, L. June 12. Cut-outs.-An automatic electric cut-out comprises a bell-crank lever a, one arm of which carries an adjustable counterweight b, and the other a metal core d, which is attracted within the solenoid e when current exceeds a predetermined limit, and a mercury vessel k arranged to tilt when the lever is oscillated and break circuit between the copper terminals l, m. A tooth f on the lever engages with the pivoted rack g, provided with a counterweight h, and holds the cut-out in the inclined position. To reset the apparatus, a handle n is provided which actuates the lever g and releases the tooth f.
Patent GB-190812979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Closing and Checking Appliances for Doors and the like.
Inventor: ADAMS ROBERT
IPC: E05F3/10
Filed: 1908-06-17
Granted: 1909-09-17
Abstract: 12,979. Adams, R. June 17. Door checks; door-closing apparatus. -Relates to closing and checking appliances for doors and the like which are enclosed in a box let into the floor and have a coupler between the pivot arm and the spring and the check. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the coupler c is pivotally connected to the arm a on the door pivot b, and also to a link h which is connected to the bearing lever i acted on by the adjustable spring n. The coupler c is attached at d to the piston-rod e of the checking-appliance f, which is pivoted in an adjustable lever p so that the position of the piston with respect to the cylinder may be altered. The coupler c may be made with a slotted end c' to engage the pin o on the arm a. In a modification of this construction, the coupler is adjustably connected to the pistonrod, and the motion of the coupler is constrained by a radius link pivoted in the side of the box. When this form is made double-acting, two springs, but only one checking-appliance, are used. The couplers are pivoted in a sliding frame secured to the piston-rod, and the checking-cylinder is adjustably fixed between a pair of brackets by the insertion of a pin or pins. In the form shown in Fig. 4 the checking-cylinder f has a lug f<1> carrying the pivots c<2>, upon which the couplers c and links k are mounted. Springs h<2> are provided to control the position of the couplers c, and also to assist in closing the door. The piston-rod e is adjustably fixed in a socket q, which can be adjusted right and left. A pair of capstan-headed screws i<1> act as abutments for the levers i, and are used for alining the door to its frame. In all forms the checking- appliance comprises a cylinder f provided with an inner shell t, Fig. 5, either made integral with or adjustably fixed in it. The shell t is formed slightly tapered or has a tapering slot t<1> formed in it. It may be provided with an adjustable by-pass as shown in dotted lines. The piston e<1> is formed with passages e<2> controlled by a valve disk e<3>. A packing-ring u is fitted to prevent escape of the checking-medium, which is preferably a viscous fluid. The ring u is held in place by a disk u<1> and spring u<2> so that it may yield when the door is opened quickly. The application of the coupler c to door-closing appliances described in Specification No. 14,809, A.D. 1903, is also described.