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Patent GB-190612293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Throttle Vlaves.
Inventor: COCKBURN GEORGE
Filed: 1906-05-26
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 12,293. Cockburn, G., and Cockburn, A. May 26. Hinged valves; casings; spindles.-To prevent leakage in throttle valves for steam-engines and steam-supply pipes, the valve B is constructed with a boss B<1> which is formed with two sockets b adapted to engage and turn on the ground ends of glands or sleeves D connected to the casing A. The valve B in its closed position is perpendicular, or nearly so, to the axis of the cylindrical seat.
Patent GB-190620002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopes.
Inventor: KOENIG ALBERT
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 20,002. K÷nig, A. Sept. 8. Telescopes; polemoscopes.-A telescope with two objectives and a common eye-point is designed to give, in the upper and lower part respectively of the eyepiece field of view, images of two different, and it may be widely separated, parts of the horizon. Half-images of the fields of the objectives a<1>, a<2>, Figs. 1 and 3, are formed at the emergent surfaces of the erecting prisms c', c<2>, as in a coincidence telemeter. In the present instrument, however, the axes of the objectives are inclined to each other and are laterally displaced, so that the images of two different and continuous parts of the horizon may be seen superposed in the eyepiece. In one form, Fig. 4, of the instrument, the objectives embrace fields 180 degrees apart. In this case, separate oculars e', e<2> are provided for the image of each field, and the optical system is arranged so as to give the necessary lateral invertion to the image of the rear field. The lens d is common to the two parts of the optical system.
Patent GB-190620614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Inventor: BREWSTER FRANCIS WENTWORTH
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 20,614. Brewster, F. W. Sept. 17. Golf.-To facilitate the manufacture of golf clubs, such as are described in Specification No. 9514, A.D. 1897, and to ensure a more exact formation and weighting, they are formed partly of an aluminium alloy, preferably aluminium copper or zinc, and partly of a light material, such as compressed wood-pulp, papier-mÔchÚ, leather, or preferably wood. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a driver is formed of an alloy part a which is cast or formed with a mortice and a hole a<2> for the reception of the shaft, a hole a<3> for the reception of a wooden block b, and a hole a' for a wooden block b<1>. The block b is preferably formed as two complementary wedges ; when in position in the hole a<3>, a hole is bored in it in continuation of the hole a<2>, and the shaft is fixed by a pin. The block b<1> is preferably made of jarrah, oak, ash, &c., and it is forced in with its grain in the striking direction. It may be kept in place by cement. The invention is also applicable to clubs other than drivers, and the block b<1> is dispensed with in some cases.
Patent GB-190624186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slugging or Nailing Machines.
Inventor: DENNE MARK THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-10-30
Abstract: 24,186. Denne, M. T. Oct. 30. Nailing.-Relates to a slugging or nailing machine of the class in which a length of wire is intermittently fed in a horizontal direction and a slug cut off and turned by means of a carrier into a vertical position to be driven into the work. The wire W is fed by a pair of feed-rolls actuated from a cam-groove 14 through a series of levers and a ratchet-wheel, the effective arm of one of the levers being adjustable to permit of variation of the feed. The end of the wire to be severed enters the carrier 20, Figs. 1, 8, and 9, is cut off by cutters 16<a> fixed to the end of cam-actuated levers 16, and the carrier is turned until the slug is vertically under a driver 23, the latter operation being performed by the engagement with a toothed sleeve 72<b> of a rack formed on the end of a bar 72<a> actuated at the correct time by a lever 72 and cam 6. A crank-disk 25<a> mounted on a gear-driven shaft 25 operates the driver 23. The work is supported on the usual horn 63 carried by a spindle 64, Fig. 2. On this spindle is a rack adapted to receive a spring-pressed pawl 68 carried on one end of a lever 69 actuated from a cam 71. On the upward movement of the pawl, disengagement with the rack is effected by contact with a trip plate 67, and the horn under the action of a spring holds the work firmly in position. Downward movement of the pawl releases the work, to permit it to be fed forward. This feed is performed by an awl 27 carried on an arm 27<a> of a vertical sleeve 27b which is reciprocated vertically from the cam-groove 5 ; horizontal reciprocation to feed the work is effected by means of a camoperated bell-crank lever 37 which reciprocates a block in an adjustable slide attached to the lower end of the lever 27<b>. Alteration of the angle at which the slide is set adjusts the throw of the awl. An edge gauge such as is described in Specification No. 24,186A, A.D. 1906, is used.
Patent GB-190625911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Couplings.
Inventor: MUSKETT JABEZ
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 25,911. Muskett, J. Nov. 16. Couplings, disconnectible.-Relates to the coupling described in Specification No. 20,310, A.D. 1901. The female member is made rotatable by forming the socket in two parts b, c, the former being kept in place in the latter by a ring g. The usual projecting trunnions are replaced by a belt or ring k having openings i in which the spring-bolts n are housed. The springs q are placed in recesses in the bolts and bear against a recessed screw-cap p, as shown. The ring k is hollowed out at m to decrease the weight.
Patent GB-190626054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Sparking Plug and Valve Cap of Gas Explosion Engines.
Filed: 1906-11-17
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 26,054. Whitehead, D. H., and Morgan & Co. Nov. 17. Hand-hole covers. -Valve caps of explosion engines which are held down by beams or levers carry the sparking-plugs. The cape is dropped into the recess above the valve b and is secured by a beam e having a fulcrum at f and a slot g at the other end which fits over the stud h. A spherical hand-nut i presses the beam on to the cap c. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the beam has a recess which fits the sparking-plug, and in that shown in Fig. 7 the beam has a hole large enough to clear the plug which is fixed vertically in the centre of the cap. In the arrangements shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, the beam is turned in a vertical and horizontal plane, and in that shown in Fig. 7 in a vertical plane only.
Patent GB-190626179-A (GB)
Title: Improved Elastic Felloe for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: LEVI EDMOND
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 26,179. Levi, E. Jan. 10, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spring wheels.-Rubber bands 6 of diamond or other section are interposed between an outer metal rim 2 of I-section, and an inner hollow rim 1 with a removable side, so that the wheel is suspended from the outer rim. Bearing-strips of leather 3 are interposed, and a safety-buffer 7 is provided. A duplicated form is used for heavy wheels.
Patent GB-190628563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machinery for Introducing Enclosed Packets into Sliding Trays and Boxes.
Inventor: BRACY EDWARD LEROY
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 28,563. Bracy, E. L Dec. 14. Parcelling cigarettes. - Packets of cigarettes &c., for example those produced in the machines described in Specifications No. 6819, A.D. 1902, and No. 9531, A.D. 1904, are automatically inserted into the trays or drawers of boxes of the drawer-andshell type. When the packets e, Fig.1, are discharged from the packeting-machine, they fall upon an endless travelling belt a, which carries them along a guideway d, and delivers them to another endless travelling belt f set at an angle to the belt a. The guideway d is so shaped that the packets e make a partial revolution while traversing it, as shown in Fig 1. The belt f delivers each of the packets upon one of the plain portions of an intermittently-rotating horizontal table i having recesses j, into which the box-trays are inserted by mechanism not forming part of this invention. The packet resting on the table i is pushed over a box-tray, lying in one of the, recesses j, by a pivoted cam-actuated lever k, Fig. 4. A camactuated plunger then descends vertically and pushes the packet into the box-tray. Spring-hinged pieces q prevent the packet from falling into the box-tray before the plunger descends. A piece u projecting from the lever k prevents packets from being fed to the table i, except when the lever k is in its proper position to receive them. The motion of the table i brings the packets opposite an ordinary discharging-mechanism, which forces the packets from the recesses j into box-shells. A turntable for altering the direction of motion of the packets may be arranged between the belts a, f.' '
Patent GB-190700856-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Maintaining the Level of Suspended Cars or Platforms.
Inventor: SAYER ROBERT COOKE
Filed: 1907-01-12
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 856. Sayer, R. C. Jan. 12. Electrically-actuated apparatus ; lifting-cradles. -In apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 14,702, A.D. 1903, in which a platform or car is suspended from cables passing to electrically-actuated winding-drums mounted on standards, whereby the platform may be raised and lowered and moved to any point between the standards, special means are provided for automatically maintaining the platform horizontal. The platform a is carried by a frame b hinged at e to links d connected at f to the cables c. Screws h, hinged at g to the links d so as to be capable of revolving, slide through collars k mounted on trunnions on the platform a. The screws h pass through nuts integral with the armatures i of electromotors having field magnets j, slidably mounted on guides l secured to the platform and curved about centres k. Current is supplied to the motors, when the balance is disturbed, by contacts s, t, connected to any pendent vibratory part of the platform a, coming into contact with other contacts u, v carried on each side of the motors, so as to rotate the motors in one or the other direction to operate the platform by means of the screws h and restore it to the level position. The contacts s, t, u, v then disengage and the motors come to rest.
Patent GB-190700979-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Handle for Starting and Working Machinery, applicable also as a Wrench or Spanner.
Inventor: MAFFUNIADES ALEXANDER JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 979. Naffuniades, A. J. Jan. 14. Wrenches.-Starting-handles for machinery are furnished with jaws e to enable the apparatus to be used as a wrench or spanner.
Patent GB-190702520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Reduction of Organic Substances.
Inventor: BEDFORD FRED
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2520. Bedford, F., and Williams, C. E. Jan. 31. Alcohols; amines; ethyl stearate; hydrocarbons. -Organic substances in the liquid state, or in solution, are reduced by passing them in the form of spray or films over a catalytic substance while a current of hydrogen is passed in the same or opposite direction. The process is applicable to the conversion of unsaturated into saturated substances. Thus, oleic acid is converted into stearic acid ; linseed oil is solidified ; the hydrocarbons C17 H32 and C17B30 from linseed oil yield heptadecane; ethyl linoleate is converted into ethyl stearate and paraffin wax yields a wax of higher solidifying- point. According to the Provisional Specification, unsaturated gases may be treated. The process is also applicable to the reduction of nitro bodies such as nitrobenzene, of ketones such as benzophenone, and according to the Provisional Specification, of aldehydes. When nickel is employed as the catalytic agent, pumice, porous earthenware, or other suitable substance is soaked in nickel nitrate and is then heated to convert the nitrate into oxide. It is then placed in a suitable tower and heated in a current of hydrogen till nickel is obtained. The contents of the tower are then allowed to cool to a suitable temperature, the substance to be treated is sprayed in at the top of the tower, and hydrogen is introduced from below ; the reduced substance is drawn off, preferably continuously. Instead of pure hydrogen, watergas free from sulphur, or other gas - mixture containing hydrogen, may be employed.
Patent GB-190702646-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Locking the Door in Front of the Main Cylinder of Carding Engines.
Inventor: SAGER FRED
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 2646. Sager, F., Haworth, J., and Brindle, T. Feb. 2. Carding-engines.-Relates to mechanism for preventing the door in front of the main cylinder from being opened while the belt is on the fast pulley, and for preventing the belt from being moved from the loose to the fast pulley while the door is open. The door is held in its closed position by a finger K<1> on a shaft K, and is locked in position by a key L which is also mounted on the shaft K and enters a slot in the bearing J. When the door is locked, the end of the shaft K is moved into a position to allow the belt to be shifted by the belt-fork N, N<1> on to the fast pulley G<1>. On the driving-shaft B is mounted a clutch A, grooved at its periphery for the engagement of the forked end of a lever C. A slot E, Fig. 3, in this clutch, engages a projection on the shaft B. This slot is continued at G in the form of a civity or recess, which the projection on the shaft enters during the rotation of the cylinder. The clutch, therefore, can only be moved when the shaft is at rest, or travelling so slowly that the projection can be taken out of the cavity G. This is done by hand, enlargements D being provided for that purpose. The lever C is pivoted at C', and at its other end M surrounds the shaft K and serves to prevent the key L from being withdrawn from the bearing J while the cylinder is in motion.
Patent GB-190703402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Clutches.
Inventor: MARCHANT ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 3402. Marchant, A. G., Marchant, G. P., and Brand, G. A. Feb. 11. Clutches.-Relates to friction clutches of the type described in Specification No. 18,275, A.D. 1902, in which radially - moving segments are operated by toggle-links. Segments G, which may be circular or straight on their outer edges, engage inclined surfaces on an oil-containing casing A', a ring H provided with slots H<1> engaged by pins A<3>, and a cover D pressed inwards by springs F. Engaging with recesses in, or with wedges J<1> bearing between, the ends of the segments are toggle-links J guided by projections C' on the operating-sleeve C to which the links are pivoted. The springs F oppose the inward motion of the sleeve C until the links J are perpendicular to the sleeve, but prevent its outward motion when it passes that position.
Patent GB-190704747-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Blasting Cartridge for Blasting Operations Under Water.
Inventor: SELBACH PETER
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 4747. Selbach, P. Feb. 27. Blasting-cartridges.-A blasting-cartridge for use under water is closed by a screw plug c, and the passage for the electric wires l, m to the detonator k is rendered water-tight by greasy packing secured in position by a screw gland d. Floats, such as cork disks v, for indicating whether the cartridge is exploded are connected by chains i, cords, or the like to ears g, h on the gland d.
Patent GB-190705504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kinematographic Objectives and the like for Wide Angle Work.
Inventor: IVES ROBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 5504. Ives, R. A. Oct. 7. Kinematographs; optical projection apparatics.- In using projection lenses working without stops and collecting a convergent beam from a lantern condenser, a wide angle of picture is obtained by bringing the light to a focus sooner, either by separating the back from the ,frout member a distance equal to at least half the-focal length of the front member, or by making the power of the back member large compared with that of the front combination. Fig. 6 shows a lens in which the separation is about two-thirds the focal length of the front member a, and both members o., b are achromatic with their plane surfaces r', r<6> outwards. In Fig. 7 a lens is shown consisting of a reversed Petzval c, d with one or more positive achromatic combinations e, f, having their plane faces r<10>, r<13> towards the film, interposed between it and the film. The achromatic lenses consist of dense flint and hard crown glasses. Particulars of the lenses used are given.
Patent GB-190708814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perforated Container Tops for Dredging and like purposes
Inventor: HARBECK JERVIS RALPH
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 8814. Harbeck, J. R. April 16. Powder distributors.-The top 1, of sheet-metal or fibrous material, has a series of plugs 3 severed from the body for almost the whole periphery. The plugs are punched by a punch 5 smaller than the hole in the die 6, causing them to taper upwards, so that they cannot be forced outwards through the hole. A groove 7 on the punch is provided to form the tongues 4. At the end of the stroke, the follower 8 presses the disk 3 flush with the surface of the top. For use, the plugs are forced inwards. Figs. 5 and 6 show two forms of punches.
Patent GB-190711245-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chain Coupler.
Inventor: FREEMAN DAVID WISWOULD
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 11,245. Freeman, D. W. May 14. Coupling-links.-A chain coupler is formed of two C-shaped pieces A, of which the smaller hook of each fits inside the larger hook of the other ; they are prevented from coming apart laterally by projections B on the smaller hooks engaging with apertures C in the larger hooks. The projections B may be provided with locking- pins D or latches, or they may be slightly riveted over.
Patent GB-190711885-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sheep Dipping Machine.
Inventor: MCNALLY GEORGE
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 11,885. McNally, G. May 22. Foul waters, treating; filtering. - Relates to a filtering-device used in conjunction with a sheep-dipping apparatus. A pump l, Fig. 1, actuated from the platform gearing, raises the liquid from the bottom of the tank a to a filtering-device m fixed so that it rests on the edge of the tank. This device, Fig. 5, consists of a casing m, having the divisions m<1> and the lid m<2>, the part m<1> containing the filtering- media consisting ot a porous substance m<3> wrapped round a wire m<4> and a piece of porous fabric m<5>. The liquid passes through, as shown by the arrows, and, being purified, passes through the opening m<6> into the tank a. The liquid dripping off the sheep standing on the drainer c passes through the openings o into a suitable filter p, and thence into the tank a.
Patent GB-190713087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for the Manufacture of Earthenware Pipes or Mains and the like.
Inventor: YARROW MATTHEW
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 13,087. Yarrow, M. June 6. Moulding earthenware pipes, retorts, &c.-Pipe extrusion machines are provided with means for forming the pipes socket-end uppermost to avoid the necessity for subsequent inversion. Clay is forced from a container c by means of a plunger band passes between the socketing-die d and cores k, m, which are carried by sleeves q, r loosely mounted upon a rod s. Slots are formed in the sleeve r and rod s to receive a cotter t which supports the cores k, m in their operative positions, as shown in Fig. 6. The barrel w of the pipe is first formed, and after a sufficient length is extruded the plunger b is raised and engages with a flange x formed on the sleeve r, raising the core m; this in turn raises the core k and with it a piece k<1>, which forms the interior of the socket and also severs the pipe from the material in the container c. The die d is formed in two portions, which are separated to release the finished pipe. As shown in Fig. 6, the sleeve q may be dispensed with, the core k sliding loosely upon the sleeve r. A loose hoop y prevents the slot in the rod s from being filled with clay.
Patent GB-190713698-A (GB)
Title: A Cushioning Device
Inventor: KILGORE FREDERICK OSCAR
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 13,698. Kilgore, F. O. March 18, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Means for absorbing mechanical shocks.-In a cushioning-device which is specially adapted for use with h automobiles and other vehicles and comprises a piston working in a cylinder containing air or other elastic fluid, means are, provided for allowing fluid to pass from one side of the piston to the other during a certain portion of its stroke, and further for varying the length of this portion of the stroke in proportion to the strength of the ordinary vehicle bearing- springs. A cylinder b, closed at its ends c, d, receives a piston e, the rod f of which passes through the end c and is fixed to the end g of a second cylinder a which surrounds the cylinder b. One method of providing a variable passage of fluid between the opposite sides of the piston, which is described by way of example, comprises the provision of port holes 10 to 17 arranged at symmetrical inclinations in the cylinder b, as shown in Fig. 5. These ports may be connected in pairs by a groove 21, Figs. 5 and 6, formed in a jacket 20 adjustable upon the cylinder b. For use with stiff bearing-springs having a comparatively short spring action, the inner ports 13, 14 are connected so as to give a long cushioning action, while for use with long bearing-springs, the ports 10, 17 are connected. The cylinder a is attached to the car body by a ball-and-socket joint 30, 34 having a lining 36 of composition or other antifriction material, a similar joint being provided on the cylinder b for attachment to the bearing-spring or axle. The jacket 20 may be fitted with blocks 45 of antifriction material, and the piston-rod f may be surrounded by a flexible dust-guard 50.
Patent GB-190714936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brooders or Foster Mothers
Inventor: KING WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-06-29
Abstract: 14,936. King, W. H. June 29. Foster-mothers; poultry houses.-A structure of wood &c. is divided into three compartments. The warm chamber P is provided with a door w having a glazed inspection opening x and ventilating- perforations y, a sheet of perforated galvanized iron being attached to the inside to prevent draught. A casing O of wood and perforated zinc covered with felt surrounds the hole I in the chick-floor H. The heater L, having air inlet and outlet holes M, N respectively, projects through the hole I over the water-jacketed or other suitable lamp K. The top Q of the hover rests upon the casing 0, supports strips S of felt, and is provided with ventilators and a thermometer. The hover may be raised as the chicks grow by slipping the bar W into notches X and placing a prop V beneath the other side of the hover. A sliding door a<1> is provided in the partition E, and a ladder c leads to the floor, openings b<1> being provided in the partition F. The partitions may be moved to the position shown in dotted lines, a piece e<1> being used to lengthen the floor. The roof is made in sections hinged at q, r, and the side is fitted with ventilating-panels closed by sliding glazed sashes. The door l leads to a run having a roof composed of three panels, one of which is provided with a door.