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Patent GB-190428973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Rise and Fall and Level of Liquids.
Inventor: MIDDLETON VICTOR GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 28,973. Middleton, V. G., [Last, A. J.] Dec. 30. Liquid levels, indicating. - The alteration of level of a liquid causes, through the medium of a float spindle, the insertion or withdrawal of electric resistances forming one arm of a Wheatstone's bridge, in the corresponding arm of which is placed a rheostatic indicator. In the actuating-mechanism is shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 1, the vertical movement of the non- rotatable float spindle c, which, together with the float, may be counterweighted if desired, causes the rotation of a bush m by means of the engagement of projections n with a spirally-formed slot o. Brushes 3 are carried by the bush and make contact with resistances 2 arranged in a double semicircular row. Connection with the brushes may be made either directly or by means of another brush in electric connection with them and arranged to work over a conducting-path formed in the cover. The projections n, and also the projections h, which are attached to the plate j and engage with the groove g, to prevent the rotation of the spindle c, consist of rollers mounted on discs n<1>, h<1> respectively by means of pins. The plate j may be rotated in order to adjust the position of the brushes 3 as desired. The indicating- mechanism shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 5 consists of a similar arrangement of brushes 22, which, together with the index hand 27, are carried by the spindle 23. A switch 16 is operated, simultaneously with the grasping of the hand-wheel 28, by means of a knob 31 and rod 30. The galvanometer 17 may conveniently be placed inside the same casing. Two alternative methods of arranging the instruments in the arms of the Wheatstone's bridge are diagrammatically illustrated and described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190502915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Plate Holders.
Inventor: WARNOCK WALLACE SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 2915. Warnock, W. S. Feb. 13. Printing - surfaces.- A mounting-block for printing - plates comprises a number of square hollow blocks 2, Figs. 1 and 4, grooved at their upper edges and ruled as shown to facilitate adjustment of the plate. The blocks 2 are clamped together in a chase 1, and longitudinal and transverse grooves 4<1> thus formed are provided with sliding clamps 5 adapted to engage the bevelled edge of the plate 3. The clamps 5 are retained in the grooves by springs, of which the curved portions 6<1>, Fig. 14, pass beneath the body of the clamp, and the parts 7 engage the underside of lips 6 on the blocks 2. To enable the clamps to be removed from the grooves, the parts 7 of the springs are compressed into grooves in the clamps 5. The clamps are operated by means of double-headed screws a or single-headed screws b, the heads a<1>, b<1>, of which bear against plates 9, 12 respectively, engaging the lips 6 and provided with projections 13 which engage the grooves to prevent longitudinal motion of the plate. In order to economize space, the outer row c' of blocks 2 may be replaced by a strip the surface of which is formed to accommodate the plates 12. When an angular adjustment of the plate 3 is desired, clamps having pivoted jaws may be employed.
Patent GB-190503343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light Diffusing Glass Structures.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1905-02-17
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 3343. Imray, O., [Pressed Prism Plate Glass Co.]. Feb. 17. Daylight reflectors and refractors.-In order to diffuse the light and prevent a strong glare or bands of colour, the surfaces 3, 3<1> of prism plates 2 are roughened by etching, sand blast, scoring with fine parallel lines, or otherwise. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, a roughened sheet 4 of glass is placed in front of the prism plate and keeps the surfaces of the prisms clean in addition to diffracting the light.
Patent GB-190504173-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Adapting American Standard Automatic Couplings for use with Central Buffer Pin and Link Couplings.
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 4173. Allen & Co., E., [Hyde, P. A.]. Feb. 28. Couplings, automatic.-Couplings of the American standard pattern are adapted to engage with the non-automatic pin-and-link central-buffer coupling. The pin e, Figs. 1 and 2, to engage the opposing link is carried in holes in the knuckle d and also passes through holes in lugs e on a buffer plate a, which extends across the front of the coupler and has an extended lug g forked to embrace the horn f of the conpler. A hole h, preferably rectangular, admits the link.
Patent GB-190507030-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Boot Sole Levelling and Sole Polishing Machine
Inventor: BAUER CHARLES
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1906-04-03
Abstract: 7030. Bauer, C., [Maschinenfabrik Moenus Akt.-Ges.]. April 3. Soles; burnishing.-Relates to a method of giving adjustable motions to the work-holder and frame carrying the tool of a sole levelling or polishing machine, so as to adapt the machine to boots &c. of different sizes. The various motions are obtained by the use of slidable pattern cams, secured to spindles by means of spring pins ; the cams are adapted to be cast from wooden patterns, and may be adapted to be turned through an angle of 180 degrees. The work is held on a carrier 1 pivoted to a spindle 2, and the carrier is normally coupled to an arm 3 by means of a spring bolt, which is drawn back, when the carrier is to be uncoupled, by means of a cam 5 and levers 6, 7, 8, the cam 5 being on one of the driving-shafts. The arm 3 receives motion, which it imparts to the carrier 1, from a pattern cam 13 connected to a spindle 15 mounted in a frame 17, which is reciprocated in guides by means of a crank 21 and connecting-rod, the crank being mounted on a shaft driven by means of worm gearing from a rod 25, which is itself driven by worm gearing from the main driving-shaft. The cam 13 actuates a weighted bell-crank lever 10 connected by a rcd 9 to the arm 3, When the crank 21 has completed half its revolution, the shaft 15 is rotated through half a revolution by a toothed segment lever 18, which engages a bevel pinion on the shaft, the lever being actuated by fixed stops 19, 20 at each semi-revolution of the crank. While the shaft 15 is rotating, the roller on the ball-crank lever 10 is carried by a circular plate 22 adapted to prevent jarring. As the slide 17 commences its return motion, a second part of the can 13 effects the motion of the lever 10. The polishing tools or rollers 29 are carried by a frame 30, which is given a change of inclination by similar mechanism to that used to actuate the holder 1. The frame 30 is connected to a tube 32, which is mounted on a spindle 31, and the tube is oscillated, in order to swing the frame, by means of a series of levers which are oscillated by a cam 42 similar to the cam 13 and mounted in a similar manner on the shaft 15. The cams 13, 42 may be reciprocated by other mechanism, and the parts of the machine are in duplicate, so that, while one boot is being operated on, a second boot is being got ready by the operator. The cams 13, 42 may be replaced by non-rotatable ones, such as bars 44, Fig. 6, mounted on reciprocating slides 45, which are connected by a left and right hand screw 48, adapted to alter the position of the cams 44. A pinion 49 on the screw 48 is rotated, at the end of each reciprocation of the slides 45, by a toothed segment lever 47 actuated by stops, and this causes the rollers which engage the cam-surfaces to engage a different cam 44 owing to lateral movement of the slides 45. The cams 44 are adjustable. The screw 48 may be turned by means of a hand-wheel if desired.
Patent GB-190508378-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Reclaiming Waste Vulcanized India Rubber
Inventor: GREGORY HENRY RICHARD
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 8 3 7 8 . Gregory, H. R., and Thom, T. M. April 19. India-rubber waste, utilizing.- Consists in recovering waste vulcanized rubber by means of aniline and naphtha. The waste rubber, after a preliminary washing, is finely ground and heated with dilute hydrochloric acid to destroy mineral matter ; the rubber is then boiled with water and washed. If the rubber contains much sulphur, it is heated with dilute soda and washed before the acid treatment. The washed and dried rubber is placed in a steam-jacketed vessel and a mixture of crude aniline and mineral naphtha added in the proportion of about 25 lb. of aniline and 10 gallons of naphtha to 100 lb. of india-rubber, the mixture being heated to 250-280‹ F. and stirred until the rubber is completely dissolved. The solution is strained and used for any purpose required. The solvent evaporates at the temperature used for moulding the lubber, and no re-vulcanizing should be attempted.
Patent GB-190508746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Chlorated Explosives
Inventor: THOMAS LEON
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 8746. Thomas, L. Dec. 12, 1904, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Explosives.-Pulverulent chlorate explosives are obtained by incorporating a suitable chlorate or perchlorate with melted solid dinitrotoluene. An example contains 25 per cent of dinitrotoluene and 75 per cent of chlorate. To obtain a plastic explosive, nitrocellulose is incorporated with the molten dinitrotoluene, and the chlorate or perchlorate is added. An example contains 23 per cent of dinitrotoluene, 2 per cent of nitrocellulose, and 75 per cent of chlorate. A disclaimer is inserted with reference to the invention described in Specification No. 12,837, A.D. 1885.
Patent GB-190509339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Band Sawing-machines.
Inventor: BERCK-BOURGY CAMILLE
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 9339. Bourgy, C. Berck-. May 3. Sawing. - A multiple - band sawing - machine, readily adjusted for sawing any desired width, comprises a frame of sides 1, 2 and top and bottom cross-bars 3, upon which slides 4 are adjustable by means of screws 14 passing through screw-threaded pinions, the upper ones of which are turned by handles 17 and are connected with the lower ones 15 through vertical shafts 16 or other suitable means. The upper slides are provided with guideways for the bearing-blocks 11 of the shafts of the upper band-saw pulleys 9, which are adjusted vertically by'screws 12 to regulate the tension of the saws b, the saws having guides 18 attached to the slides so that they can be raised or lowered to suit the height of the work. The lower slides carry the shafts of the lower band-saw pulleys, which themselves also carry belt pulleys 8, the belts of which pass round pulleys supported in adjustable brackets. These lower slides have brushes 37 for removing sawdust, which is collected in a receptacle with inclined faces. The table 19, which slides in vertical guideways in the sideframes, has horizontal friction rollers 20, and vertical rollers 26 arranged in brackets 27 pressed towards the work by springs 35 on guide-rods 34, and the feeding is obtained by corrugated rollers journalled at each end of the table, the bearings of the upper rollers being adjusted vertically by screws.
Patent GB-190511071-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Water Heater.
Inventor: GLOVER THOMAS
Filed: 1905-05-26
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 11,071. Glover, T. May 26. Actuating valves.-The gas supply to a gas heated boiler is controlled by a valve N actuated by the distortion of a vessel K produced by increase of internal pressure due to use of temperature.
Patent GB-190516721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Generating and Superheating Steam.
Inventor: HAUGHTON FRANK ALRICKS
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1906-08-17
Abstract: 16,721. Haughton, F. A. Aug. 17. Locomotive b o i l e r s ; superheaters, steam ; steam separators; tubes, smoke.- Relates to various constructions of steam superheaters in combination with locomotive boilers, and includes certain improvements inthe arrangement and operation of the throttle valve and connexions placed within the superheating-chamber. In the form shown in Fig. 1, steam is led through the pipe 13 to the superheating-chamber 9, traversed by the smoketubes 6 of the boiler, and escapes through the throttle valve 16 operated by the rod 17 passing through the pipe 13. To circulate the steam and to throw down the moisture, partitions are arranged as shown, and to prevent the steam taking a circumferential path around the chamber radial baffles are added. In the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4, longitudinally-disposed baffles 30 cause the steam to take the course indicated, and the central tubes 35 are enlarged and may be fitted with internal or external pipes to retard the transmission of heat to the boiler water. A screen 31 prevents undue heating by the superheated steam of the tube-plate 27. The throttle valve 16 is operated by the rod 35 which, to avoid the use of a stuffing-box, passes through a pipe 34 traversing the water space of the boiler, the pipe also serving to convey steam to the injector, steam blower, or other accessories. In a third arrangement, shown in Fig. 6, a removable cylindrical chamber 73 provided with longitudinal baffles is traversed by tubes 76 telescoping with tubes 71, the steam being led away through a trough 78 to pipes 18. Water separated from the steam collects under the horizontal plate 80.
Patent GB-190519050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coach Wrenches.
Inventor: FOX WILLIAM PARKER
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 19,050. Fox, W. P., and Fox, T. Sept. 21. Spanners.-In a coach wrench of the type described in Specification No. 15,851, A.D. 1891, in which the lower jaw is fixed by a bar or bars to the handle link G, and receives the threaded slide attached to the e movable jaw, the nipple B, instead of being riveted to the hollow handle D, is formed on a barrel A, which is internally threaded at the upper end to receive the threaded slide and is either screwed into the handle and fixed by rivets passing also through a plug F or enclosed by the handle and riveted to a flanged plug, screwed to it or not, the flange of which rests on the bottom of the handle. The end of the sleeve may be left open and the barrel fixed by a series of pins.
Patent GB-190521745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Locking and Unlocking Railway Carriage Doors.
Inventor: SIMS RANDOLPH PERCY GEORGE
Filed: 1905-10-25
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 21,745. Sims, R. P. G. Oct. 25. Fastenings, railway-carriage door.-Relates to a latch-bolt device for railway-carriage doors to be used in connexion with any suitable mechanism for operating all the doors of a train simultaneously. The spring-controlled bolt c<7>, Fig. 3, is mounted in a casing c<3> which is itself adapted to slide in the casing c let into the floor of the carriage underneath the edge of the door b<2>. The casing c<3> is operated to shoot the bolt into the door by means of the rod c<5> screwed thereto and shown by way of example connected to a centrifugal governor mechanism. In another arrangement, shown in Fig. 10, the fastenings are operated by the guard turning a hand-wheel, which is in connexion with revoluble shafts h running the length of the carriage and provided with cams h<2> which ca-operate with rollers on the ends of the rods c<5>.
Patent GB-190600926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Goldschmidt or Alumino-thermic Process.
Inventor: GOLDSCHMIDT HANS
Filed: 1906-01-12
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 926. Goldschmidt, H. Jan. 12 Composition fuel.-A reactive mixture containing calcium and aluminium or an alloy of these is used for welding metal rails and other metal bodies &c. The best results are obtained with mixtures composed in such a way as to give a very liquid slag. As an example, a composition containing 60 per cent of a mixture of aluminium and iron oxide and 40 per cent of a mixture of calcium and iron oxide is mentioned. Materials such as silicon and manganese which take an active part in the reduction process may also be added to the aluminium and calcium ; or an inactive metal, such as iron, which merely becomes melted down, may be added. If the alloy or mixture is easily attacked by the air, it is enclosed in air-tight receptacles. Other mixtures giving good results contain (1) 70 parts of calcium-thermic compound and 30 parts of aluminothermic compound ; (2) 50 parts of aluminothermic compound, 70 parts of calcium-thermic compound, and 100 parts of silicon-thermic compound. The best reduction of chromium is obtained when a slag is formed of the composition 3 CaO, Al2O3. Oxides such as alumina may be added to the mixture to give a slag of the desired composition. It is stated that the reaction when oxides of vanadium, lead, or copper are reduced by calcium alone is more rocket-liko than when chromic oxide is similarly reduced; also that sulphide of copper is more easily reduced to a regulus by calciumaluminium than by calcium-silicon, and a good reguline separation of lead is effected by calcium and silicon. Specifications No. 22,294, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys], and No. 788, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190603337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Treating Quill Substance.
Inventor: WEBSTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 3337. Webster, W. Feb. 10. Cutting-machines for quills.- Relates to machines for treating quills in the manufacture of what is commercially known as " featherbone," a flexible resilient substance for use in wearing-apparel. The machine is designed successively to split the quills into halves, remove the pith, cut them longitudinally into a number of thin narrow fibres with the end portions of successive bunches overlapped and intermixed, and finally to bind the fibres together by means of a winding of thread. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the machine, part of which is shown enlarged in Fig. 2, Fig. 3 shows an elevation, Fig. 8 a section through the feeding-device, and Figs. 15, 16, and 22 the cutting- device. The stripped quills 8 are placed one above the other between vertical rods 6, 7 with their ends in a groove 10 formed in an upright post 9, and are pressed downwards by metal arms 14 connected to a weight 16. The lowermost quills periodically fall between the flattened portions 19<c> of the rotating feed-disks 19, 19<a>, whereupon the quill is carried forward between rotating disks 21, 21<a> against a knife-blade 33, which splits it longitudinally into halves. One half passes between the feed-rollers 21, 27 to a rotary cutter disk 28 which removes the pith, and is thence conducted through the guide-channel 23 to meet the other half, which has been treated in a similar manner but which has traversed a greater distance, so that the two portions overlap one another by half their length. The pith is drawn away by a current of air passing through tubes 50, 52, which open into the bed-plate of the machine just below the cutting-disks. The cleaned half shells pass between milled feed-rolls 34, 34<a> into another guide-channel 42 which conducts them to the fibering - mechanism. This consists of two stacks of superposed rotary cutting-disks 58, 61, separated by stationary washers 59, 62 which serve both to space the disks apart and to prevent them from clogging. The lowest washers 59<a> 62a are connected by a bridge-piece 63, which has a forwardly-projecting point 64 and a V-shaped ridge 65 forming a pair of divergent channels 66, 67. A similar bridge-piece 68, resting upon the ridge 65, connects the washers which lie half-way up the stack of cutters, and forms a similar pair of channels 70, 71. The fibres issuing from the cutters are separated by the bridge-pieces into four portions, which are guided into the flared ends of the tubes 86 of the winders. The winding- thread from the spools 84 passes through small holes 87 in the tubes 86 and, as the winding-device rotates, the thread is bound round the fibres, which pass on between rolls 85 to the receiving-spools 103. The various feed rollers, guides, and similar parts are provided with adjusting-devices, so that their positions can be slightly varied. The rotating parts are driven by means of suitable spur-gearing from-a a main shaft 109, with the exception of the cutters 28, 28<a>, which are driven independently from the pulley shaft.
Patent GB-190605489-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Hoisting Apparatus.
Inventor: KRUEGER RUDOLPH HENRY
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 5489. Krueger, R. H. March 6. Pulley-blocks and lifting-tackle.-A portable hoisting-apparatus comprises a differential pulleyblock suspended from a frame and combined with weighing-apparatus. Suspended from the framework 17 is the frame 5 of sheaves 1, 2 of a differential pulley-block. The endless hoisting- chain 8 hangs in two bights, one of which supports the load by a pulley 13, while the other may carry a weight 14 to prevent slip. Disposed between the sheaves 1, 2 is a chain-wheel 3, over which passes the endless band-chain 16. A pawl 18, pivoted to the frame 5 and kept in contact with the wheel 5 by a weight 19 prevents the load from running back. The pawl 18 may be released by a handrope 20, and the weight 19 is then fashioned as a brake shoe and carried on a spring 21 so that the descent of the load may be regulated. Weighing- apparatus carried on a stand 25 braced by a stretcher bar 28 may be carried on the frame. The beam 24 of the weighing-apparatus is provided with three scales. The scale 31 counteracts the weight of the apparatus when the scale 32 is used for weighing the load by the chain 35 attached to the beam and the hand-chain ; the scale 33 is for ordinary purposes.
Patent GB-190606706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cam-driven Pumps for Raising and Distributing Water.
Inventor: LUITWIELER SAMUEL WOODS
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 6706. Luitwieler, S. W. March 20. Actuating pumps. -Relates to cam - actuated pumps of the kind in which the barrel is provided with two buckets, the rod of the upper bucket being tubular, so that the rod of the lower bucket can be passed through it. Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a pump having a cam shaft E<11> driven by means of a belt pulley P and spur gearing N, O. To produce the upward stroke, balanced cams E, E<1> operate, respectively, the bucket-rod I and tubular bucket-rod I<1> through rollers H, mounted in the upper part of sliding cam-frames C, and the quicker downward stroke is obtained by means of rollers L, with which side portions K of the cams engage. Front bearing-blocks B of the cam-frames C slide in vertical guide-ways A, while rear bearing-faces F, F<1> engage slides D, the two central slides D being formed on the front part of a hollow column R. In the case of small pumps, the outer slides D may be dispensed with. Instead of the belt pulley P, a crank and connecting-rod, driven by a steam or gas engine, may be employed. The hollow column R may be used as an air vessel.
Patent GB-190617334-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Applying Busks and the like to Corsets and the like.
Inventor: JONES JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 17,334. Jones, J. W., and Clay, C. W. Sept. 11. Corsets.-The busks g of corsets &c. are e inserted into pocketsf provided at their meeting edges, and the fastenings b, care separately attached to the corset above the busks by pieces e.
Patent GB-190619624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filtering Gas.
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 19,624. Robertson, J., and Willans & Robinson. Sept. 3. Filtering.-The material in one or more of the trays of a gas filter or scrubber is covered with a screen of textile material In the form shown, the last of the trays a, containing shavings b and sawdust c, is covered by a blanket d with edges turned up round a wooden grating e secured in position in a gas-tight manner by fillets f.