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Patent GB-190602138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paddle-wheels for Steam-ships.
Inventor: BEST JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 2138. Best, J., and Beamer, J., Jan. 27. Paddle-wheels.-The paddles 8 are constructed of two plates 9, 10 placed at an angle to the radius and secured together at their outer ends by a cap 12. Their inner ends are connected to a built-up drum 7. Wedge-pieces 15 are fitted to keep out floating debris. Wheels of this construction present a similar surface to the water in backward as well as in forward running.
Patent GB-190604194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Christmas Cards, Post Cards, Calendars and the like.
Inventor: DENNIS EDWARD THOMAS WEST
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 4194. Dennis, E. T. W. Feb. 20. Pictures.-A Christmas card, post card, calendar, or like article of stationery is formed with a movable portion, which on being actuated causes reed tongues to sound musical notes, preferably in imitation of chiming bells. The outside of the card may be printed with an appropriate picture, as of a bell-ringer. In one form, the front portion a of the card is hinged, as shown, to the back portion b, which contains a recess c, in which a sliding piece d works. A thumb portion d<1> is provided on the sliding piece d, which is preferably of metal and carries spurs h<1>, h<2> twisted so as to depress and raise the fixed reed tongues g alternately. The spurs h<1>, h<2> may be formed integral with the piece d, but are preferably formed on the separate plate. The position of the spurs and reeds may be interchanged, and in a modified form a rotating piece may carry similar spurs to actuate reeds arranged around a circular card. The rotating piece may be actuated by a knob or by a belt and pulley.
Patent GB-190605234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Billiard Cues.
Inventor: ADORJAN JULIUS
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 5234. Adorjan, J. March 3. Billiards.-Billiard cues are so 'constructed that their weights and the positions of their centres of gravity may be adjusted within wide limits. In one form, the cue is formed of three screwed parts, the centre one of which is formed with cavities 1, 2, Fig. 1, for receiving bodies of variable weights, which are of less diameter than the cavities and are held in place by elastic packing, when the parts are screwed together. The cavity may be provided with an internal projection, and a plug 10 of rubber may be attached to the screw-thread, for fitting into a cavity a weight 9, as shown in Fig. 3. The weight 9 may consist of sleeves 12, 13, Fig. 5, of different materials, arranged on a spindle 11 ; or, in some cases, the weight may be solid and of the same shape as the weight 9, Fig. 3 ; or the weight may be shaped as the weights 14, 15, integrally connected to a rod, such as 11. More than two cavities and weights may be employed ; or only one cavity may be used.
Patent GB-190606193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Resistance Units.
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 6193. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 14. Heating by electricity.-Resistances, stated to be applicable for electric heaters, are constructed by supporting a resistance wire on refractory supports, which are cemented to a suitable base by means of enamel or other soft material hardened by heating, the conductor not being embedded in the enamel. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the resistance wire 12 forms the weft of a fabric of which asbestos cords 11 form the warp. Additional weft threads of asbestos 13 may be added. The asbestos is fastened by enamel to the base 10, of cast iron or other suitable material. In another form, shown in Fig. 3, the resistance wire is supported on refractory blocks 15, fastened to the base by enamel.
Patent GB-190608549-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hydraulic Press for Oleaginous Fruits.
Inventor: REDFERN CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 8549. Redfern, C. G., [Soc. L. F. Fournier et Cie]. April 9. Fatty oils, extracting. An hydraulic press for dates and other oleaginous fruit comprises a perforated cylinder 1 closed by a cover 3, the edges of which on three sides form hooks engaging the flanges at the top of the press. A screw 7, roller 5, and track 6 are provided for opening the cylinder. A coil 8 in communication with a "thermo-siphon," i.e. a water-heater, is used for heating the press. The expressed oil collects in a gutter 13.
Patent GB-190610050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Hard Water Preparatory to its use for Laundry and other Cleansing Purposes.
Inventor: CANDY FRANK
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 10,050. Candy, F. April 30. Water, purifyirg and softening.-Water for use in laundries &c. is softened by the addition of soapy water which has been previously used. To ensure the settlement of the flocculent precipitant formed, a weighting-material, such as bauxite, fuller's earth, or clay, is added to the raw water or to the soapy waste. Discoloration is removed by the addition of a precipitant such as aluminium sulphate. The water so treated is passed into settling-tanks such as those described in Specification No. 7238, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Sewage &c.], and may be further clarified by means of a filter preferably of the type described in Specification No. 22,570, A.D. 1903.. The Provisional Specification mentions chalk, wood-ash, and charcoal as suitable weighting- materials, and also the use of lime instead of, or in addition to, aluminium sulphate.
Patent GB-190612726-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Work Guide for Wood-shaping Machines.
Inventor: SUNDERMANN FERDINAND
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 12,726. Sundermann, F. May 31. Planing and moulding; carving.-An adjustable arched work guide m for a wood-shaping machine consists of a semicircular body of smaller radius than the shaping-tool, to the ends of which straight tangential bars are connected. The guide, which is adjusted vertically by a screw &c. in a movable trestle b fixed to the table by slots and bolts e, may be placed over or under the shaper. In the latter case, a protective basket is provided, below which the work is guided.
Patent GB-190614076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jointing Devices for Securing Two Pieces Together, in Joinery Work, Wagon-building and other purposes.
Inventor: LAFFAN DANIEL
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 14,076. Laffan, D., and Beaumont, W. C. June 19. Pins, dowel &c. ; pinning or dowelling.-A dowel for connecting together two pieces, such as are used in wagon building, wheel felloes, brewery vats, and other kinds of joinery work, consist of two intersecting metal cylinders A, A' of different lengths which are inserted in cavities bored in the pieces and secured therein by a screw E. The two cylinders A, A' may have undercut edges or claws, or may be made slightly tapered in order to secure a firmer joint.
Patent GB-190620495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self-levelling Apparatus for Ships' Berths, Saloons, Platforms and the like.
Inventor: FORSTER JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 20,495. Forster, J. Sept. 15. Baths.-In self-levelling apparatus for ships' berths &c., the transverse and longitudinal pivots e, h are disposed on both sides of the corresponding centre lines of the berths a, which are pivoted at d to swing arms h carried by the frame c. A crossbar at each end of the frame c is connected by links g to a second cross-bar f fixed to the end support k. The links g may be crossed at one or both ends of the apparatus. The lower berth is provided with brackets m embracing the bottom of the frame c, and engaging suitable stops on the frame to limit the longitudinal movement, or stops p to engage the arms b, or a slotted link r, carried by the frame c and engaging a stop s, may be provider. The transverse movement of the frame c and berths a maybe limited by slotted links pivoted to the end supports k and to the frame c or, as shown, to slotted brackets o thereon. Two or more berths or sets of berths may be suspended by separate sets of swinging arms from a single frame. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that, in these cases, the upper berths of a set are preferably supported from the pivots of the lowest berth.
Patent GB-190623061-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Revolving Hat Holder
Inventor: MOLINS WALTER EVERETT
Filed: 1906-10-18
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 23,061. Molins, W. E. Oct. 18. Ironing; renovating.-A revolving hat holder, rotated in one direction by means of a hand-crank, is provided with two radial arms, which by means of a cam are caused to extend and clamp the hat when the hand - crank is moved in the reverse direction, a spiral spring upon the arms causing the cam to resume its former position, so that the hat may be detached when a pawl, which holds the cam, is released. The holder is especially intended to be used in conjunction with the ironing and polishing machine described in Specification No. 8879, A.D. 1905. The holder consists of diametrical guides B rotated by the hand-crank N through gearing, a ratchet E being fixed so that the guides may rotate in one direction only. Between the guides slide the radial arms A, A', the extremities of which carry spring strips G, G<1> outwardly covered with thick rubber strips H, H<1> which conform to the main periphery of the hat. Stops I limit the movement of the hat upon the holder. The driving-shaft C carries a double cam-plate L, engaging two studs J, J' upon the arms A, A', a spiral tension spring K attached to the arms serving to maintain the studs upon the periphery of the cam-plate. When the hand-crank is moved slightly in the reverse direction, the cam-plate is partly rotated and the radial arms are extended to clamp the hat, the cam being retained in position by a spring-held pawl M. When the pawl M is released by the lever M<1>, the spring K causes the cam to return to its former position, and the arms to contract so that the hat may be removed.
Patent GB-190624813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Welding and Shaping Chain Links.
Inventor: WEAVER ISAAC D
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 24,813. Weaver, I. D. Nov. 5. Making chains.-A chain link 14 has its scarfed ends welded a together with grooves 7, 7<1> of dies 6, 5, the weld being shaped or rounded off in grooves 10, 10<1>, and is then bent to an oval shape and a stud secured in position in grooves 11, 11<1>. The scarfed ends of the link are pushed over one another, and the link is held while being welded by jaws 21 on arms 15<1> secured to rock-shafts 16 operated by sectors 30, a double rack 29, and a pressure cylinder 27, one of the jaws 21 being pivoted at 22 and depressed, along with the higher side of the work and against the action of a spring 25, as the welding proceeds.
Patent GB-190626892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scissors and the like.
Inventor: ROBINSON GEORGE
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 26,892. Robinson, G. Nov. 27. Scissors. - T h e blades are held together while cutting by a U-shaped guide G, rigidly attached to both sides of one of the handles and enclosing the other.
Patent GB-190627423-A (GB)
Title: Improved Floating Dock-ship for Lifting and Docking Submarine and other Boats.
Inventor: KLITZING PHILIPP VON
Filed: 1906-12-01
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 27,423. Klitzing, P. von. Dec. 1. Docks; stranded ships and objects, raising and moving.-Relates to a twin vessel or pontoon which is used as a floating dock and is provided with means for lifting submarines and sunken vessels. The two hulls of the vessel are united at their forward ends. The boat to be docked is raised by suitable tackle w, carried by supporting-structures a, b, and is placed in the space between the pontoons. The inner parts of the decks of both pontoons have gangways, and on the outer parts Are workshops c, d, which serve as a protection against the sea and also increase the stability of the vessel. Two peaks e, f, the inner sides being parallel, may be constructed instead of a solid peak g as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The lower surfaces of the connecting-piece are curved upward, as shown in Fig. 4. The carriers for the docked vessel may consist of fore-and-aft girders which can be swung across the space between the hulls, or the girders may be carried on the pontoons and lifted into place by cranes. A third method consists in making the carrier in the form of a swingbridge as shown at k, Fig. 6. The ship may be raised until its upper surface just projects above the surface of the water, when it is lashed to the pontoon.
Patent GB-190628671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Signalling Systems and Apparatus therefor especially applicable to Railway and like Signalling.
Filed: 1906-12-15
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 28,671. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Electricitõts-Ges.]. Dec. 15. Signals, receiving- apparatus for.-In signalling -systems of the type in which signals are operated through the medium of selenium cells the signals are caused to depend on the sudden variations in current through the selenium cells, when a light carried or reflected. by a train acts thereon, energizing a secondary coil of a transformer, whereas the slower.changes due to variations in daylight are insufficient to energize the secondary of the transformer. The selenium cell a is connected in series with the primary coil c of the transformer T. The secondary d is in series with the relay e controlling the signal circuit.
Patent GB-190700415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Cutting Screw Threads.
Inventor: BORDEN BRADFORD
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 415. Borden, B., and Neracher, W. A. Jan. 7. Stocks and dies.-In a screw stock for cutting taper threads, the cutting-face of each chaser 7 is bevelled to a degree greater than the ratio of recession, to ensure working by all teeth of each chaser and to cut a thread of double taper, thefirst taper being due to recession and the second to the bevel of the chaser. The threaded sleeve 2 of the stock 1 works in the ring 3 of a work-holder upon which is rotatably m o u n t e d a collar 4 carrying posts 5, which pass through the stock and have diagonal guideways 6 open at the lower end for escape of chips. For obtaining the recession of the chasers, these grooves engage lugs 14 on a plate 12, which is clamped to the cam-plate 9. The cam-plate 9 by slots and lugs adjusts the chasers in open-ended guideways for pipes of different sizes. Each slot 10 in the cam-plate is an involute of the same circle, so that the chasers will have a uniform rate of recession when set for each size of pipe. The plates 9, 12 are held on the extension 15 by a nut 16, a flange of which passes through the plate 12 and enters a circular groove 18 in the plate 9, which fits the unthreaded portion of the extension 15 so as to exclude chips from the cam-plate. The nut is locked by a plate 19 and screw 20, the plate fitting any of the cut-outs in the extension 15 in line with the chaser guideways ; the chasers may be removed by loosening the nut 16. The workholder, Fig. 5, consists of jaws 21 pivoted at 22 to the boss 23, Fig. 3, and carrying at their free ends nuts 24 which are engaged by a right and lefthanded screw 25 operated by a handle 26 and having at its centre a plate 27, which is held in a second boss 28 by a pin 29 parsed through a slot 30 so as to allow the screw 25 lateral motion. Instead of centring-jaws, pipe-engaging members 33 may be used, set in guides in an extension 34 from the work-holder ring and operated by lugs and eccentric slots or grooves 35 in a circular plate 36, to which is held a second plate 37 by a clamp entering cut-outs in the plate 37. The plates are retained by a nut 39. The plate 36 is turned alone to bind or release pipes of different sizes, and to secure a greater range of adjustment both are turned by a screw, which passes through a lug in the extension 34 and engages a threaded opening in a lug carried by plate 36.
Patent GB-190705931-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lavatory Washing Basin.
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 5931. Shepherd, J., Patey, R. W., and Pountney & Co. March 12. Lavatory basins. -The overflow b is situated as shown, and the edges a slope from front to back.
Patent GB-190707778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Latches.
Inventor: BALDWIN ELLORY ALBEE
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 7778. Baldwin, E. A. April 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Locks, key; latches.-Relates to a reversible latch for doors, in which springs are dispensed with, and which can be locked in either its shot or withdrawn positions. The latch bar consists of two parts 8 substantially at right-angles and connected by a curved part 9. Either of the parts 8 may act as the latch and normally projects through the casing as shown, while the other, guided by the stud 3, is adapted for operation by a push-andpull spindle 14 engaging with the bevelled stump 13. In Fig. 2 the latch is shown locked in its shot position by the sliding plate 19, the shoulder 25 of which is in engagement therewith. The plate 19 is key-operated, and is blocked in either position by the tumbler 16, the projection 18 on which coacts with the projection 21<1> on the plate. When the latch is withdrawn, it can be locked in this position by shooting the plate 19 so that the curved portion 24 thereof engages with the bolt.
Patent GB-190709313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Making Bodies for Wax Matches.
Inventor: LAERN TEODOR
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 9313. Lõrn, T. April 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Matches.-Stems for wax matches are made with single wooden cores and longitudinal cotton threads, without binding threads, the wood being cut from veneer of nearly the same thickness as the finished stems. Long veneer strips glued end to end are unwound from a large drum b and pass through guides e, g and feeding rollers f to a number of parallel circular saws h, which divide them into narrow strips. These are separated by diverging guides i and led together with longitudinal threads drawn from bobbins k through one or more coating-baths m, n of paraffin or stearin, finally being wound on a collecting-drum c.
Patent GB-190714195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Measuring Persons for Clothes.
Inventor: GOBBELSCHROY JEANNE VAN
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 14,195. Gobbelschroy, J. van. June 19. Cutting out. - Try-on garments for obtaining patterns, have overlapping inextensible sections 1 ... 6, Fig. 1, connected by elastic threads 7 suitably attached to reinforcing-bands 8 on the sections, and are expanded by the figure when worn. The degree of extension is noted by marking with a rubber stamp over the edge of each section on to the underlap of the next section. After the garment is taken off, the elastic threads are detached, and the pattern is constructed from the sections with the aid of the marks on the underlap. A feature of the invention consists in arranging the elastic threads more or less closely according to the position they will occupy when the garment is placed on the body. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 2297, A.D. 1878, and No. 14,372, A.D. 1891.]
Patent GB-190714870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: ZVONICEK JAN
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1908-06-29
Abstract: 14,870. Zvonicek, J. June 27. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A radial-flow turbine is arranged so that the widths of the clearance spaces between the rotor and the casing, and at the running joints in the stuffing-box and in the end-thrust relief device are not affected by changes of temperature. Fig. 1 shows the clearance spaces x, x<1> and running joints y, z arranged in planes at rightangles to the shaft. The thrust block L1 is secured to the bearing-block L2, which is fixed in the plane II-II so that expansion of the shaft due to increasing temperature is compensated for by an opposite expansion of the bearing. The bearing L2, and therefore the position of the rotor, may be adjusted, during running, by means of wedges g1, g2 which may be moved in inclined slots by screws s1, s2. Further compensation is obtained by attaching the turbine casing E to the standard G by means of hollow tubes M fixed in the plane III-III. Steam entering the tubes causes them to expand, and a bearing-part F of the casing slides on the standard G. The turbine is shown provided with a highpressure impulse-wheel A1 secured directly to the wheel A, so that the bearing L2 can be brought closer to the rotor. The wheel A1 may be of the axial-flow type ; or it may be dispensed with. Great differences of temperature in the casing parts are avoided by forming free steam spaces, such as r, in the walls.
Patent GB-190716748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulds for Casting Pipes and the like.
Inventor: CUSTER EDGAR ALAN
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 16,748. Custer, E. A. July 22. Casting. - Metal or other permanent moulds for pipes have runners 8, Fig. 1, substantially U-shaped and equally distributed along the mould. A series of small holes 10 is provided to prevent the spread of any surface cracks due to sudden expansion on receiving the molten metal. This expansion is further provided for by longitudinal radial recesses 11, Fig. 2, filled with mica so as to be slightly compressible. Gas is removed from the mould cavity, mainly through the perforated core-bar but also by a channel 15 at the top of the cavity.
Patent GB-190717891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Pump Kettles.
Inventor: DEHNE PAUL
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 17,891. Dehne, P. Aug. 6. Suction strainers. -A pump strainer for fixing to the valve casing at the bottom of the suction pipe consists of a number of flat rings a, spaced apart by washers or by projecting portions formed on the rings and bolted to the valve casing c by bolts b. The strainer is closed at the bottom by a plate e shaped so as to guide the water into the valve opening. The rings may be corrugated in order to prevent narrow bodies from passing through the strainer.
Patent GB-190719404-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sanitary Pipe Junction
Inventor: MARTIN CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1907-08-29
Granted: 1908-08-31
Abstract: 19,404. Martin, C. Aug. 29. Drain-pipe junctions.-A sanitary junction pipe is made by forming an upper portion a with a groove d on each longitudinal edge to fit over a corresponding tongue c on the lower portion b, which is provided with an upstanding ridge e curved inwards slightly at the top, forming a space to receive cement. Specifications No. 7340, A.D. 1905, and No. 27,224, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Pipes &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190724479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators for Cooling Purposes.
Inventor: JENNINGS HUBERT JAMES
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 24,479. Jennings, H. J., and Netherclift, R. W. Nov. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Metal tubes.-In radiators for cooling purposes, tubes formed with arms or channels a are fitted with central hollow or solid stoppers arranged in the tubes or tube ends. A rod b may pass centrally through the tube, as shown in Fig. 2, or short tubes c may extend partly down the tube, as shown in Fig. 3.