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Patent GB-190611026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: RIGNOLD HARRY REUBEN
Filed: 1906-05-11
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 11,026. Rignold, H. R. May 11. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The petrol supply is controlled by the annular float 4, through the lever 6 and valve 13. A ring, held in place by means of the screwed sleeve 18 pressing on a flange of the outlet pipe 19, fits the conical seating 24 and has grooves cut in it through which passes fuel from the float chamber. The air-inlet tube 21 is screwed and is adjustably held by the screwed ring 22<a>, so that the air space between the face 23 of the tube and the inner face of the seating 24 can be varied. The main air supply reaches this space through holes 25 in the tube 21, which holes are controlled by a ring valve 26. Supplementary air is admitted by ports 28, controlled by the spring-loaded valve 29, the tension of the spring being adjusted by a wing nut on the valve spindle. The level of the petrol may be viewed through a slit in the casing 10, a glass tube 35 being provided.
Patent GB-190617703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single-phase Alternating-current Electric Motors.
Inventor: DAVIES FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-08-07
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 17,703. Davies, F. W. Aug. 7. Armatures; motors, controlling.-A combined single-phase repulsion and induction motor comprises a laminated stator D, D<1> and two rotor sections A, C mounted on the same shaft, one of the rotor sections being provided with a continuouscurrent winding connected to a commutator B provided with repulsion-motor brushes, and the other carrying short-circuited windings having a high impedance compared with that of the repulsion section. The inside ends of the coils of the induction section C may be connected to one conducting-ring and the outside ends to another ring, or, if there is an integral number of coils per pole, they may be connected up in groups, each group being connected in a wave winding leaving free inside and outside ends which are connected as before. The coils may be grouped in three-phase fashion, the three ends corresponding to the three phases being electrically connected, or, according to the Provisional Specification, a winding of the squirrel-cage type may be employed. To increase the ventilation, vanes may be fitted in the space between the two rotor sections. The stator is preferably of the distributed-iron type, although a form having salient or consequent poles may be used. That part of the stator iron opposite to the space between the rotor sections may be removed to form a wide ventilating-duct E. The rotor sections are provided with numbers of teeth prime to the number of teeth in the stator, and, if possible, in each other to avoid locking. The stator is preferably built up in two sections clamped together and separated by ventilating- rings. The motor may be started by means of an auto-transformer or a resistance between the stator winding and the mains, and may drive the load through a pulley provided with an internal friction clutch of the centrifugal type.
Patent GB-190617751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: ADLER IGNAZ
Filed: 1906-08-07
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 17,751. Adler, I. Aug. 7. Feed-water, purifying; settling-chambers.-The feed is delivered by a pipe a, Fig. 6, to a collector c fitted inside the boiler, as shown in Fig. 1, and provided with a series of rising pipes e, which terminate below the water level. These rising pipes are connected together by pipes i and provided with enlarged outlets containing check valves. The pipes i may be ribbed to increase the beating- surface. A pipe g connects the collector c with a blow-out valve h. In some cases, the rising pipes may branch in two directions, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5.
Patent GB-190618541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Show Stands for Confectionery and the like.
Inventor: HARDY THOMAS
Filed: 1906-08-18
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 18,541. Hardy, T. Aug. 18. Contents, viewing.-A show stand, for displaying confectionery, comestibles or other articles, such as sweets, tea, coffee, sugar, cereals, tobacco, &c., consists of a base carrying a vertical support or stand, a glass or transparent flat, bent or semicircular front, and a hollow block or box of semicircular, rectangular, &c, shape resting on the base, a small space being left between the front and block in which the goods are placed. Fronts and boxes of gradually decreasing sizes may rest one on the other. The cases may also be arranged on both sides of the support. In the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a glass front d rests on the base of a stand b and is attached to the support a by flanges d<1> and grooves e. A hollow block c, which may be attached to the back by means of a hook c', also rests on the base, leaving a space f between the front and block. A second front with its corresponding block may rest on the block above described, and so on, as shown in Fig. 2. A brass or other thin metal rim is fitted to the upper edge of the front, and to the lower an india-rubber or composition tube. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, a rectangular board p rests on the base and carries a rectangular block o. Side pieces k, attached to the support by grooves e and tongues l and to the block by grooves m and tongues n, retain the block in position. A glass front h slides in grooves i forming a space f Brackets fixed to knobs may be attached to the stand.
Patent GB-190618905-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Switch for Automatic Electric Lifts or Elevators.
Filed: 1906-08-23
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 18,905. Richmond & Co., J., Burnett, A. C., and Lyon, F. K. Aug. 23. Switches.-A switch, operated by the cage of an electric lift to reverse the current through the lift motor, is composed of three fixed brushes, a rotatable contact-disk, and a rubber-tyred disk traversed by a vertically moving skate on the lift cage. Fig. 3 shows a plan of one modification, and Fig. 1 a front view with the rubber-tyred disk 1 removed. Behind the disk 1 on the axle 6 is secured a disk 3 of insulating-material, on the edge of which are two narrow contact-strips 4, 5 adapted to put one of two narrow brushes 7, 8 into electric connexion with a third brush 9, which is broad enough to cover both contact-strips. A notched disk 12 coacts with a spring pin 10 to fix the positions of contact. In a second modification, shown in Fig. 4, the insulating-disk 3 is'provided with only one contact 12 having an edge 4 capable of meeting either of two brushes 7, 8, and always in contact with the spring pin 10 which forms the third terminal. The brushes 7, 8 are adjustable in curved slots 13, 14. The operating skate is shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190625145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belts for Motor Cycles and like purposes.
Inventor: BERISFORD WILLIE HILL
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 25,145. Berisford, W. H. Nov. 8. Belts and bands.-A V-shaped driving-belt for use with grooved pulleys of motor-cycles &c., is made of overlapping tapered short lengths of leather A, Figs. 1 and 3, united by rivets &c. r. The broad ends a' of the strips form the upper side of the belt, and the inner and outer edges of the strips may be rounded. Parallel leather strips may also be used.
Patent GB-190625209-A (GB)
Title: Improved Control System for Electric Lifts or Elevators.
Inventor: SPROWSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 25,209. Sprowson, W., Hall, A. S., and Burn, W. G., [trading as Sprowson & Co., W.]. Nov. 8. Lifts. - Relates to controlling apparatus for electric lifts, and comprises the control of the lift for one direction by a main solenoid arranged in combination with the main switch gear, brake, and rheostat, and for the other direction by a second solenoid which first operates the reversing-switch and then connects up the main solenoid, interlocking means being provided between the plungers of the solenoids to prevent the main current from being reversed without its circuit being previously broken. Fig. 2 shows the brake drum a acted upon by blocks b, carried by levers c and normally applied by springs m. Tie rods d' having stops d<3> cause the movement of the brake levers to be about the same. The brake levers c are connected by the lever e and link h to a lever i pivoted at j. The brake is released when the lever ! i descends under the action of the plunder g of the solenoid f. When the solenoid f is energized, the main switch n is closed and the rheostat arm t is moved over its contacts by a link s. The contacts p<1> carried on the plunger of the reversing-switch p for one direction of motion are in contact by gravity with lower contacts p<2>. In order to reverse the current in the main circuit, the solenoid q is energized, and the contacts p<1> are brought into contact with the upper contacts p<5>, so as to connect up the motor in the opposite direction. The circuit of the main solenoid f is subsequently made by the engagement of contacts p<4>, p<5>. The plunger of the switch p carries a collar u. A pivoted lever v has one arm resting on a pin x on the plunger of the solenoid f. When the solenoid is energized, the arm v falls, and the pin y is projected into the path of the collar u, so as to prevent the plunger falling when in the upper position or rising when in the lower position. The direction of the current cannot therefore be reversed until the main circuit has been opened.
Patent GB-190629431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bronzing-machines, Powder-machines, Talcing-machines, Rubbing-machines, Dusting- and similar Machines.
Inventor: LAMBERGER HANS
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 29,431. Lamberger, H. Dec. 27. Bronzing and the like.-The dusting and rubbing devices of bronzing, powdering, talcing, rubbing, dusting, and similar machines are mounted so that they can be tilted away from the working cylinder during the actual working of the machine. The dusting brushes or rollers are mounted in the sides a of a box-shaped carrier pivoted at c, and are driven as shown from a pulley r. The casing is held closed so as to be dust-tight by means of a fastening h. The whole casing may be removed for cleaning purposes. The spindles v, Fig. 3, of the dusting-rollers are eccentrically situated in bearings u having flanges capable of rotation for the purpose of adjustment. A pointer on the flange moves over a fixed scale, and a screw w holds the parts in position. The rollers are readily detached from the casing by first removing the screws w, and then rotating the flanges so that the shaped bearings u may pass out through the slots shown. The rubbing-device, consisting of fixed or movable bars H, is pivoted about B and may be enclosed by a pivoted cover D.
Patent GB-190700090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for use in the Attachment of Belt Fasteners.
Inventor: STONE JAMES BARNS
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 90. Stone, J. B. Jan. 1. Stapling.-Relates to a stapling-device as described in Specification No. 18,572, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Hand tools &c.]. A metal bed-plate 1, secured by lugs 13, is provided with an inwardly inclined portion 2 and raised ribs 3, 5, extending across the plate and having grooves 6, 7 to support the staples 12. Series of holes in the rib 3 receive rods 8, 9 to hold the staples between them. The rod 9 has eccentric grooves 16 adjusted and held opposite the grooves 6 by means of a screw 10 in a groove 15, Fig. 3. The rod 8 having been removed, the staples 12 are dropped into the grooves 6 ; then the rod 8 is replaced and the rod 9 turned to clamp the staples. The belt end is inserted between the prongs of the staples 12, which are then hammered into it. The grooves 7 serve to hold the staples for the final pressing home into the belt end.
Patent GB-190701938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Valves of Engines for Driving Torpedoes.
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1908-02-25
Abstract: 1938. Whitehead Torpedo Works (Weymouth), Ltd., and Dodd, F. W. Jan. 25. Compressed-air engines. - In torpedo engines using compressed heated air or gas, the admission slide valves are prevented from becoming overheated by making them hollow and prolonging their outer ends so as to pass through the outer end of the valve-casing. By this means, the water through which the torpedo is passing flows into the hollow valve stem and cools it. The valve C, Fig. 2, has a hollow interior C', and the extension C' is enlarged at C<3> to work in a packing-ring B<2> held to the conical seat by a screwed ring B<3>. The two enlarged portions C<3>, C form a relief device. The spindle C<5> works in a guide B', and the port B<6> opens into the cylinder A. The valve C is shown opening the cylinder to the exhaust chamber A<1>. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the enlargement c<3> is produced by a screwed ring which permits the relief valve c to be placed in the annular groove c'. This valve, in conjunction with ports C<6>, prevents accumulation of water in the working cylinder. The invention is applicable to valves of other forms than that shown, as for example those described in Specification No. 1930, A.D. 1907,
Patent GB-190705273-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Removing Enamel or Metal Coatings from Enamelled or Metal Coated Ware.
Inventor: SPITZ GUSTAV
IPC: C23G1/02
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 5273. Spitz, G. March 5. Cleansing-compositions.-A solution for removing enamel or metal from metal goods consists of a dilute acid or alkaline solution, such as oxalic acid or caustic soda, to which may be added an oxidizing-medium, such as saltpetre, manganese, chromic acid, or potash. The solution is employed at a temperature considerably over 100‹ C. and under a pressure of from 7 to 15 atmospheres.
Patent GB-190710583-A (GB)
Title: Improved "Horse" for Beer and other Casks.
Inventor: ROWLANDS JOHN PENRY DAVIS
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 10,583. Rowlands, J. P. D., and Mallen, J. B. May 7. Stands and tilters.-A horse or barrow for carrying beer and other casks is provided with means for tilting the barrel as it gets empty, without danger of disturbing the sediment. The truck frame consists of side beams a connected together and mounted on wheels b and legs c, staples d being provided to receive detachable shafts e. The cask is carried on V-shaped brackets f, g, the latter being supported on a screwed spindle h, by which the barrel may be tilted by means of a hand-wheel i. The rear end of the cask rests against the turned-up end of a longitudinal stay j extending from the front of the frame.
Patent GB-190721506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Tins, Cans, and the like.
Inventor: WALLER WILLIAM
IPC: B21D51/26
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-10-28
Abstract: 21,506. Waller, W. Sept. 28. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining. - Rotary - head can-seaming machines are provided with adjustable guides, which lead the tins &c. into position on the lower chuck a n d expel the tin in a backward direction when treadle - operated ; means are also provided which prevent the seaming rollers from operation when there is no tin between the chucks. 'The guides r, which may be lined with leather, are mounted on pivoted levars u and the lower chucks n are mounted on spindles m. Arms on the levers u carry pawls or tumblers w, Fig. 4, which are engaged by pins or rollers q as the spindles m are lowered, the tins being thus ejected. Weights u<2> return the guides to the original position and the pins q pass freely over the pawls as they rise again. The motion of the seaming- rollers is controlled by two-path cams 25, Figs. 7 and 8. The pins actuating the seaming-rolleroperating levers 24 normally run round inner paths 26 ; when tins are clamped in position, however, pins 31 operated by rods 19 prevent switches 28 from opening, and thus the outer paths 25 come into operation.
Patent GB-190723105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vacuum Cleaning Systems
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-10-19
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 23,105. Boult, A. J., [Matchette, F. J.]. Oct. 19. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-A vacuum cleaning- apparatus is provided with a governor actuated by variations in the degree of vacuum and adapted to control automatically the exhausting means so that a substantially - constant vacuum is maintained under varying conditions of load. In the apparatus shown, dust-laden air from several suction implements provided with cut-off plugs b, b<1> is drawn through a centrifugal separator g by means of a steam air-injector s, the steam supply to which is controlled by a governor v in accordance with the vacuum produced. The governor, which cuts off the steam supply when a predetermined vacuum occurs, comprises a piston slide valve w, Fig. 6, integral with a hollow differential piston x and normally held in the " open " position by means of a long spring of adjustable tension. The space above the piston is in communication with the vacuum in the separator by way of a pipe 2, and the space below the piston is open to the steam pressure, a pipe 4 serving for the discharge of water of condensation. The cut-off plug b<1> is located at the junction of the handle of the implement and the flexible-tube connexion f, and is operated by means of an external pin 15, Fig. 4, working in a circumferential slot. The centrifugal separator is provided with a curved inlet pipe h, so that the dust-laden air enters tangentially, and has a downwardly and outwardly curved outlet pipe g<1> leading from the axis by way of a ball check valve r and pipe q to the ejector. The separator walls may be washed down with water admitted through a rose p, and deposited dust may be removed through a door i or flushed into a discharge pipe l by means of water supplied from the pipej. A secondary separator 5 for fine dust and water of condensation is interposed in the exhaust pipe 6 from the ejector, and is provided with a trap 8.
Patent GB-190724838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hub Brakes for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: BRAMPTON ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 24,838. Brampton, A., Thorneycroft, C. W., and Richmond, R. H. Nov. 9. Brakes.-In hub brakes for cycles &c., of the kind having a cylinder 2 expanded from a rotatory cone 9 provided with control mechanism, the cylinder is arranged to be expanded by means of balls or rollers 10 between the cone and the cylinder. The grooves in the cylinder may be doubly inclined so that the brake is applied when the cone is turned in either direction ; or the grooves may be inclined one way only so that the brake is applied only when the cone is turned in one direction. The cylinder is supported by disks 5 carried by a square or equivalent-shaped portion of the spindle. To ensure an even engagement, the hub bore or the cylinder is tapered ; but if desired, the cylinder may be expanded simultaneously from both ends, two rocking cones being employed, and in this case, no tapering is necessary. The cone is recessed to receive a lever 11 connected to an operating-lever upon the handle-bar. The hand-lever is normally in a central position with the cylinder contracted, but when it is released a spring engaging the lever 11 moves this lever in one direction and applies the brake ; by moving the hand-lever in the reverse direction any desired brake pressure may be obtained. The nut 12 is arranged inside the fork.
Patent GB-190726354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Chain Welding Machines.
Inventor: RYAN MICHAEL BARTHOLOMEW
IPC: B21L3/02
Filed: 1907-11-28
Granted: 1908-11-30
Abstract: 26,354. Ryan, M. B. Nov. 28. Making chains.- An electric chainwelding machine has stationary electrodes 16, adjustably secured to the secondaries 12 of the transformers, water passages being provided for cooling. There are two sets of electrodes, the chain sagging, Fig. 2, between them and being given a quarter turn so that the complete chain is welded in one passage through the machine. Cam-operated longitudinal slides carry transverse slides operated by cams 42, Fig. 1, on which are mounted toggle-operated jaws 47, 48, which grip the chain and feed it forward after the welding has taken place, and central jaws for forcing the links against the electrodes. The sleeves on which the cams 42, 59 for operating the transverse and toggle slides are mounted, are splined to the main shaft 28 of the machine and are engaged by arms on the longitudinal slides so that they partake in the movement of the latter. The secondaries 12, Fig. 2, of the transformers have lugs 12<a> by which they are secured to brackets 11 on the machine frame. Jaws mounted on arms 77 secured to a cam-operated shaft 72 hold the chain while the jaws 47, 48 are moving back from feeding the chain forwards. The jaws 79 are pressed on the work against spring pressure which can be adjusted by means of thumb-nuts 81. The cams are timed so that the two welders act at different times and the supply of current is regulated by controllers 85, Fig. 1. These controllers consist of insulated sleeves 87, 107, Fig. 7, of which the former is spring-mounted and the latter is fixed on a cam-operated slide 101. The leads 90, 110 are secured to washers held between washers on the sleeves and contact-pieces 93, 112 of german silver or other good conductor are fixed at the opposite ends. Carbons 94, 113 are adjustably mounted in the sleeves, the former being spring-pressed and the first come into contact when the sleeves approach, so that the contact-pieces 93, 113 are prevented from damage. To vary the time of action of the current, the operating-cam 103 is formed of two pieces relatively adjustable. To remove the burr formed in welding, jaws 115, Fig. 12, may be provided beyond the electrodes, such jaws flattening the burrs and enabling cutters 117, Fig. 14, to slit the flattened portions off.
Patent GB-190727018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces for Volatile Metals.
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 27,018. Hommel, W., and Metals Extraction Corporation. Dec. 6. Metallurgical furnaces; hearths. - Relates to furnaces in which zinc ore is heated with coal or other reducing-agents and subjected to a blast of air or other gas so that the zinc may be burnt to form zinc oxide, and is particularly applicable in the process described in Specification No. 23,901, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys]. At the front of the furnace chamber A, a rectangular trough-shaped hearth C, mounted on hollow trunnions D, is held in its normal position by supports H, which are provided with means for tilting the hearth to the position shown in dotted lines so as to discharge the contents into the chamber beneath. The air blown through the ore is supplied to the trunnions, and may be passed through hollow perforated fire-bars E. A preliminary heating-chamber L is formed at the upper part of the furnace, and is provided with means for transferring the charge to the lower chamber. At starting, when carbonaceous gas is evolved from the coal, a damper N is adjusted so that the chamber A communicates with the stack M until the volatilized zinc is ignited, after which the damper is again adjusted so that the zinc oxide formed may pass through a flue B to the condensing-chambers. The invention is stated to be applicable for the treatment of any ore, and to be suitable for sintering charges such as copper pyrites.