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Patent GB-190521929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recoil Brakes for Guns.
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 21,929. Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik. Oct. 29, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field carriages.-Relates to recoil apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 27,093, A.D. 1903, in which the recoil stroke is adjusted according to the elevation of the gun by the rotation of the piston-rod. Cam-surfaces are formed on a rod e working in the hollow piston-rod d, against which cut-off slides h', h<2> are pressed by springs i. The slide h<1> controls the flow of the liquid through the recoil port g', and the slide h' controls the flow through the run-out port g<2> on the return stroke. By rotation of the piston-rod d, the slides are caused to work against differentlyformed surfaces on the rod e, so that the passages are closed sooner or later according to the elevation of the gun.
Patent GB-190523995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrappers for Samples of Fabric, and the like.
Inventor: CREMER JEAN
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 23,995. Cremer, J., and Kasburg, P. Nov. 21. Fastenings. - Relates to postal wrappers for samples of fabric or the like which would be injured by creasing. The sample is laid on the flexible sheet b, Fig. 1, and the sample and the sheet b are then rolled round the stiff 'tube a, to which the sheet b is secured. The wrapper c is wound round the roll thus formed, the package being secured in its closed position by passing the elastic string f round it in the manner indicated in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190600705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling Mechanism.
Inventor: PEARCE WALTER ALLAN
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 705. Pearce, W. A. Jan. 10. Signals, semaphore.-The semaphore arm is controlled by the hand-operated thrust-rod 6 and the electro-magnet 13, the circuit of which is closed at a contact made by the first movement of that part of the coupling attached to the handlever. Other contacts, as a track treadle 30, may be included in the circuit. The thrust-rod 6 rocks the cranks 8, 9, about the spindle 4. The switch 10, 11 closes the circuit of the electro-magnet, and the large stud on the crank 9 engages the lever 15 pivoted to the disk 2 and connected by the link 16 to the bell-crank 17 also pivoted to the disk 2, to which the signal rod 1 is pivoted. The end 19 of this member 17 is pivoted to the armature 20 of the electro-magnet, which when energized holds the armature to afford a fixed pivot about which the bell-crank is then turned by the thrust-rod and so operates the disk 2 and the rod 1. When the magnet is de-energized, the armature 20 moves about the pivoted link 21, and no movement of the semaphore arm can be caused by the thrust-rod 6.
Patent GB-190601870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for use in Truing or Rectifying Shafts and the like
Inventor: ARSCONE GIOVANNI
Filed: 1906-01-24
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 1870. Arscone, G., and. Santamaria, A. Jan, 24. Lathes.-An apparatus for trueing-up or rectifying propeller &c. shafts in situ consists of a divided ring 1, Figs. 1 and 2, concentrically adjusted on the shaft 7 by wedges or blocks 8 and rotated by a worm and wormwheel 3, 2, the former being adjustably carried by a bracket 4 on a divided ring 6 which is rigidly connected as by wedges such as 8, with the shaft The ring 1 is sup ported against axial movement by rollers 10, and carries a bracket 14 which can bemoved, radially, or along which a tool-slide can be moved axially, by means of a star-wheel 17 or 19. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, there are two rings 20, 21, corresponding to the ring 1, connected by extensible columns 39 and fitted with a radially adjustable block 27 and a pivoted block 28 respectively, between which are the feed-screw 31 and the guides-29, 30 for the tool-slide 38. The rings 20, 21 rotate on rings 22, 23, which are separated from the shaft by packing-rings 41, 42. When a screw-thread is being trued up, the ring 42 is replaced by a block 43, Fig. 8, clamped to the shaft, the ring 42 carrying fixed wheel 44 connected by change gearing with a wheel 52 on the feed-screw 31.
Patent GB-190602355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Turbine and Internal Combustion Motor Engines
Inventor: HUTCHINGS JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1907-01-30
Abstract: 2355. Hutchings, J. Jan. 30. Pistons.- A motive power plant in which an internal - combustion engine is combined with an air-compressor which drives a turbine has pistons for the internalcombustion engine and compressor as shown in Figs. 3 and 10. The compressor c, Fig. 3, has a double - ended piston b actuated by connecting- rods 28 and a cross-bead i. The piston is cooled by air circulating through channels in the cross-bead and piston, and then through channels p surrounding the compressor. A mixture of hot air and vapour from chambers surrounding the cylinder 8, Fig. 10, of the internal-combustion engine passes through the hollow crossbar r into channels 16 in the double-ended piston e and is further heated ; thence it passes through a pipe 22 leading to the turbine. The exhaust products, after the explosion, escape past mechanically or pneumatically. operated exhaust valves s in the ends of the piston and pass into passages 20 formed with projections 21 on which the gases impinge, so assisting to drive the engine
Patent GB-190609290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Rubber.
Inventor: WILDERMAN MEYER
Filed: 1906-04-19
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 9290. Wilderman, M. April 19. Distilling and condensing apparatus, general arrangement. of.-In one form of apparatus for purifying rubber and recovering the solvents, such as benzene, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride, with or without methyl or ethyl alcohol, pieces of rubber are placed in pans which have perforated sides to allow excess of solvent to run off and are placed on shelves on a coil f in an absorption vessel e. The mixture of solvents is pumped from the stock tank a through a measuring-vessel 50 into the absorption ves-el, and is run off into a draining-ve-sel j, the rubber thereby being transformed into a jelly. The excess of solvent remaining in the rubber is then distilled into an intermediate tank v through a condenser r, first under atmospheric and then under reduced pressure. From the readings of the gauges 51, 52, 53, the amount of solvent still remaining in the rubber may be ascertained, and, whin the desired stage is reached, the distillation is stopped and the absorption vessel is filled with hot water. The solvent in the vessel j may be evaporated through a condenser s, first at atmospheric then under reduced pressure, into the tank v or a. If desired, the tubes from the vessels e, j may lead into mains 25, 26. Specification No. 20,606, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class India-rubber &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190610612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Purifying and Regulating Boiler Feedwater or other Liquids.
Inventor: GAMBLE JOSEPH WILLARD
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 10,612. Gamble, J. W. May 5. Feed-water, heating, purifying, and supplying; settling-chambers.-When a filter through which the water is passed becomes clogged, heated and chemically-treated water is supplied through a by-pass to the boiler. Water and chemicals enter the heater A from the pipes 4, 5, respectively, and come into contact, as they fall over the trays 10, with exhaust steam supplied through the pipe 1 and separators 2. The treated water passes through the filter 15 to the outlet 16. A float 8 in the chamber 7, which has a vent pipe 9 connected with the heater, operates the water-supply valve 6. When the filter becomes clogged, water from which the impurities have settled rises up under the hood 11, to which a vent pipe 12 is fitted, and passes by the pipe 13 to the space below the filter. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, a different method of drawing-off the water beneath the hood 11 is adopted, and the pipe 13 is fitted with a regulating valve 17. In the form shown in Fig. 3, a spring or otherwise loaded check-valve 24 is used, so that the water passes through the by-pass only when the clogging of the filter has led to an increased head of water in the purifier. Some other form of resistance may be substituted for the loaded valve.
Patent GB-190618784-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Soaping the Seams of Garments and the like purposes.
Inventor: TAYLOR THOMAS
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 18,784. Taylor, T., and Gilham, J. E. Aug. 22. Seams.-In a machine for soaping seams of garments, slabs of soap are attached at their extreme ends to pins d, Fig. 1, on plungers e', e<2>, working above and below the work-plate b. The garment is drawn between the slabs by spring-pressed feedrollers p', p<2>, and the plungers are reciprocated vertically in covered cases c', c' by rods g', g<2> connected to diametrically opposite points of a disk i. A lever j, pivoted at s ard having a weight k adjustable along its short arm, is depressed by the foot and rotates the disk by a connecting-rod. The plungers are thus separated to their extreme positions, and soap is inserted in the cases. The weight k returns the disk, and nips the seam between the slabs. The lower roller p<2> is longer than the upper, and both are rotated by spur gearing.
Patent GB-190619027-A (GB)
Title: Means for Closing and Fastening Clothing in General.
Inventor: MARIANI JEAN SEBASTIEN
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 19,027. Mariani, J. S. March 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Clip fastenings. - The thickened meeting edges b of boots, shoes, corsets, dresses, gloves, leggings, shirts, and other articles of wearing apparel are held together by a number of double sliding clips a connected by a cord e threaded through edges d. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 3114, A.D. 1868, No. 3896, A.D. 1877, No. 17,360 A.D. 1892, No. 16,989, A.D. 1896, and No. 20,450, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190628100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single Phase Commutator Motors with Commutation Fields.
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 28,100. Siemens Schuckert Werke Ges. Dec. 11, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field magnets; sparking, preventing.-The commutating-windings w, Fig. 1, of a singlephase-motor, which are excited in shunt with the armature circuit, are supplied with an additional current from a variable transformer, the primary p of which is connected across two points of the armature circuit, e.g. across the exciting- winding f. A compensating-winding c may be used.
Patent GB-190700230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Main and like Governors.
Inventor: DUNPHY AUGUSTINE LOUIS
Filed: 1907-01-03
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 230. Dunphy, A. L. Jan. 3. Pressure - regulating valves.-In gas - main and retort-house governors, the bell, the balancing- weights, and the supporting-levers are all suspended by metallic tapes from their supports, so as to obviate undue friction and to produce sensitive governors. Fig. 1 shows the application to a main governor, f, j, k being the metallic tapes. The levers or lever may be supported alternatively on knife-edges, or in roller or like friction-reducing bearings.
Patent GB-190700697-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Pipe Cutter and Threader
Inventor: WOOLLEY HORACE DAVIS
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 697. Woolley, H. D., and Levy, H. Jan. 10. Stocks and dies. -A combined pipe &c. cutter and threader consists of two members 1, 2, slidable on each other and formed with cross-bars 5, 6, each of which carries a die section 9, 9<a>, and the former being recessed at 8 to cooperate with one or more cutting- wheels 7 on the bar 6. The members are provided with handles 3, 4, the former of which is threaded to receive the screwed end 10 of the member 1, a cross - handle 12 being used to facilitate the operation of the handle 3. According to the Provisional. Specification, after adjusting the jaws, they are locked or wedged firmly in place.
Patent GB-190701561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 1561. Winton, A., and Anderson, H. B. Jan. 21. Motor road vehicles.- An automobile is provided with a solid rear axle of bent girder iron supporting the balance gear at its centre, the ends of the axle being formed as sockets which support the bearing springs, and receive the hollow wheel-bearing spindles. The axle 1 is of curved form, and has at each end a socket 2 to which are attached the wheel supports 3, fitted with roller bearings for the road wheels. The casing 7 of the balance gear is bolted at the centre of the axle 1. Each wheel is driven by means of a removable shaft 14, squared at its outer end to receive a clutch piece 17 having teeth engaging corresponding teeth on the wheel hub, the whole being enclosed by a hub-cap 20. The arrangement of the brakes 22, 24, and the flange 23 on the end of the axle 1, are described in Specification No. 28,488, A.D. 1906. The sockets 2 form seats for the bearing-springs 26.
Patent GB-190707033-A (GB)
Title: Improved Locking Device for Magneto-electric Machines for Igniting Purposes
Inventor: UNTERBERG GUSTAV ADOLF
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 7033. Unterberg, G. A., and Helmle, F., [trading as Unterberg & Helmle]. March 23. Gas engines, igniting in. The armature of a dynamo -electric machine, for igniting in internalcombustion engines, is locked in the position in which the switch contacts in connexion with it are broken by passing a pin, screw, wedge, or the like c through a hole in the cover plate a into a cavity b<1> of the armature cover b<0>. When the bolt is withdrawn, the cavity is closed in some convenient manner. The bolt may pass horizontaliy from the front, or it may pass vertically through a hole in a projection of the cover plate and engage a cavity in the armature shaft.
Patent GB-190708732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: UHLEIN JOHN COPLEY
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 8732. Uhlein, J. C. April 15. Bottles, non-refillable. -Relates to non-refillable bottles of the type having a conical valve seated on a contracted portion of the bottle neck, and in which tampering is prevented by a series of superposed disks with staggered liquid passages. In the present invention, the hollow conical valve D is recessed at D<1> to facilitate its being opened by the liquid when the bottle is inverted. Three disks E, F, G with staggered peripheral liquid outlets are arranged on a central rod H<1> which is angular in section and separate from the disks. Above the disks, openended tubes K are passed through a cork J and disk N aud seated in cement Q. The mouth of the bottle is closed by an ordinary cork.
Patent GB-190713729-A (GB)
Title: Improved Clothes Hooks and Arrangement thereof
Inventor: SCHEBANEK ADOLF
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 13,729. Schebanek, A., and Tiltsch, O. June 13. Hooks on which clothes, towels, &c. can be hung are so attached to the top of the cupboard or other piece of furniture that they can be placed out of sight when not in use. The hook 1, Fig. 1, is hinged to a plate 2 so as to fold back. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the book is pivoted to a plate 3 and is provided with a stud or the like 4 adapted to engage the holes 5 so that the hook need only be slightly raised in order to turn it from one position to the other. In a further modification, the hook is guided between rails on the plate, and is provided with a shoulder to prevent it from being drawn out too far and with a stud similar to the stud 4 to hold it in position. Fig. 8 shows a number of hooks connected by levers 9 to a sliding rod 10 of square section guided in eyes fixed to the plate 14. To lock the books in the position shown, a cylindrical rod 11, Fig. 9, inserted in the hollow end of the rod 10, is turned so as to bring the pin 12 into engagement with an opening 15 in the plate 14. Several of the hooks shown in Fig. 1 can be connected to a common axis, so as to be collectively turned by a crank or the like.
Patent GB-190720863-A (GB)
Title: Cinematograph Apparatus for Continuous Taking and Projection by Means of Photographic Plates.
Inventor: FAUCONNET ROBERT ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 20,863. Fauconnet, R. A. Oct. 4, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Kinematographs.-The pictures are taken in a sinuous series and projected from the same apparatus. The plates &c. are carried in the upper part of a carriage 46, which is traversed along the rails 50 by means of a pinion 54 and rack 47, the pinion being actuated from the driving-handle 10 through suitable gearing. A projection on the carriage comes into contact with a stop at either end of the motion and throws the clutch 38 over so that the motion is reversed. A stop, as 76, by contacting with one end, as 70, of the lever system shown, tilts the levers and causes the ratchetwheels 65, 90 to be moved round one step. At top and bottom of the upper part of the carriage 46 are shafts carrying endless screws embracing the plates 80. The lower shafts also carry pinions taking into vertical racks controlled by the plates. Consequently, at the end of one movement, the untouched plates are fed slightly forwards and the plate on which the pictures are being taken is fed downwards so that a fresh series can be taken as the carriage moves back. The lens 84 is the objective and with the lens 85 also serves for projection. Obturators 82 are fitted behind the lens 84. The finished plates drop on to a transporter 77, and are kept till required in a bellows extension 81.
Patent GB-190722094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Melting and Drawing Glass.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 22,094. Imray, O., [Window Glass Machine Co.]. Oct. 7; Glass furnaces; discharging. - The molten metal flows from the tank 2, Fig. 1, by a spout 3 into a reversible pot 9, mounted in a portable kiln 8. The flow of the metal is controlled by a block 5, which is moved to and fro in a flared opening 6, by a lever 7. When charged, the pot 9 is moved on tracks 13, Fig. 3, to one of the stations 14, where the glass is drawn into sheets or cylinders. The empty pots are reversed and moved by way of tracks 12 to melting stations 15, where the flames from burners 16 are directed through holes 8<1> into the kiln 8. This process is repeated with each of the pots.
Patent GB-190722807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting-dogs.
Inventor: PARRY DAVID
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 22,807. Parry, D., and Evans, E. Oct. 16. Lifting-dogs for raising metal ingots, blocks of stone, or heavy goods or packages, are constructed with automatic mechanism, connected with the lifting or operating chains, which locks the unloaded dogs in the open position during lowering, and releases them when they are in contact with the load to be raised. Figs. 2 and 3 show the apparatus locked and released. The dogs comprise a pair of levers a pivoted together at e. Sliding rods b, connected to the hoisting-chains by pins f, are guided by slots d and rings h on the upper members of the dogs, so that they have limited motion in all directions. When the dogs are in the open position, the portions of the gripping- levers that carry the pivot e are in alinement, and the wedge-shaped slots on the lower end of the members b engage inclined hooks c on the lower half of each gripping-member. When the dogs rest on the load the lifting-chains are slackened, and the apices of the wedge-shaped slots slide on the upper surfaces of the hooks and force the rods b outwards until they are disengaged from, and fall below, the hooks ; the rods then move inwards again to one side of the hooks. When the lifting-chain is raised again, the inclined wedge-shaped surfaces surrounding the slots move the bars to one side and prevent re-engagement of the bars with the hooks. When the pins f reach the upper ends of the slots g, the levers are moved about the pivot e to grip the load in the usual way. When the load has been deposited, the chains are slackened further, and the horizontal bars at the bottom of the members b slide upon the upper surfaces of the hooks and finally pass under them. By raising the lifting- chain, the hooks are re-engaged and the dogs can then be lowered in the open position.
Patent GB-190804444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Electrical Radiators.
Inventor: DOWSING HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-27
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 4444. Dowsing, H. J. Feb. 27. Heating by electricity. -The free ends of electric radiator lamps a are supported by encircling bands c having loops or eyes f engaging - other loops, eyes, or pins h on the angular sides of the reflector b so that the bands c may be turned into a vertical position to disengage the lamps. The loops or eyes h on the reflector b may be stamped out of the metal, or may be formed by passing a wire through holes in the angular sides of the reflector and bending each end of the wire into a loop ; or a single long pin may be passed through holes in all the angular sides of the reflector and through the eyes in the bands c supporting several lamps in a row.
Patent GB-190807813-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Products in Addition to Alcohol by Fermentation of Saccharine Solutions, preferably Maltose.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-04-08
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 7813. Boult, A. J., [Sparre, F.]. April 8. Yeast and other organized ferments.-Alcoholic fermentation of saccharine solutions, such as maltose, is carried out so as to increase the production of by-products such as glycerine, by the use of a ferment obtained by cultivating a ferment of the saccharomyces group in successive quantities of saccharine solution, the maximum growth of the ferment being attained in each solution. After complete fermentation, the alcohol is distilled off as usual, and the glycerine is separated from the residue by distillation in vacuo.
Patent GB-190809923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Traps.
Inventor: STRALENDORFF FREDERICK HERIBER
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 9923. Stralendorff, F. H. A. von. May 7. Steam traps.-A trap in which the drainage valve d is periodically opened by leakage of water into an open-topped float a, contained in a casing b normally filled with water, is provided with a reservoir c, in which a sufficient quantity of water remains on the discharge of the trap, to sink the float. The water in the reservoir c flows back into the float through a small aperture h, which opens into a pipe f extending from the bottom of the float to the top of the reservoir. When full, the float sinks and opens the valve d, condensed water ard steam then passing into the casing b from the drainage pipe e, and the water in the float being forced up the pipe f into the reservoir c and thence escaping through an outlet pipe g. A handrod i is provided to depress the float. A non- return air-inlet valve is fitted on the reservoir c to prevent all the water from being siphoned out. The size of the aperture h may be made adjustable to regulate the period of the trap.