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Patent GB-190618278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Railway Systems
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 18,278. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Kintner, C. J.]. Aug. 14. Electric railways on the sectional third-rail system in which the track rails, one of which is insulated and sectioned, and the wheels and axles of the cars automatically complete local low - voltage circuits through switchoperating solenoids so as successively to connect the sections to the feeders, means being combined therewith by which the third rail in the rear of the car is prevented from being connected to the feeder. Conductors; switches. - The Figure shows a double-track railway in which the third rails 3 are supplied with energy from the generator d through the feeder 4. The track rails 2 are sectioned and insulated, and electrically connected to the other track rails through a solenoid m and a battery b or motor-generator h, g. The motor portion of the motor-generator is placed between the feeder 4 and the track rail 1. The connexion between the third rails and the feeder is normally broken by the springs s, but, when a vehicle passes on to a section, the corresponding solenoid m is energized, and the switch closed through the completion of the battery or motor-generator circuit by the wheels and axles of the car. To prevent the third rail behind the one on which the car is moving from becoming energized, a safety solenoid n, placed in circuit between the third rail in advance and the earthed track rail, is adapted to act on an auxiliary arm i of the switch lever. This solenoid is able to overcome the action of the low-voltage solenoid m.
Patent GB-190625862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guards or Screens for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BANKS OSCAR THOMAS
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,862. Banks, O. T. Nov. 15. Pivot adjustments; stays. - A glass guard or screen for the front of motor road vehicles is made in two sections enclosed in the frame b, b<1>, the lower of which is adjustably pivoted to sockets r fixed to the dashboard, while the upper section is adjustably pivoted to the lower as shown in Fig. 6. The glass of the upper section can slide in its end frames b<1> in order that it may adjust itself to variations of the angle between the two sections, so that its edge adjacent to the upper edge of the lower section always fits closely against the latter. The end frames b<1> are tubular and enclose springs j, Fig. 4, which press the glass against that of the lower section. Stays k clamped in swivelling guides n hold the lower section at the desired angle. The meeting faces at the pivots h' are formed with interlocking teeth g, Fig. 4 ; they are pressed apart by a spring i, Fig. 5, and are clamped together by the nut h. Alternatively, the sections may be hinged together by knuckle joints.
Patent GB-190627575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Valves.
Inventor: BIRLEY EDWARD HORNBY
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 27,575. Birley, E. H. Dec. 4. Safety-valves.-The casing a, Figs. 1 and 2, is made as shown and is provided with an outlet e, a removable seat m, and a cap d having a diaphragm j in which is a cylindrical hole for the reception of a piston p formed on the hollow valve stem n. The cross-sectional area of the hole for the piston is slightly less than that enclosed by the valve seat. Shot may be placed in a cup u to make a fine adjustment. A hand-lever r having connexions working between collars s serves to test the valve for free lifting. The positions of the piston and the valve may be reversed.
Patent GB-190627700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in connection with the Filtration of Water.
Filed: 1906-12-05
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 27,700. Candy Filter Co., and Candy, F. Dec. 5. Water, purifying ; water, hardening.-Water is hardened, neutralized, or rendered alkaline previous to filtration by submitting it to the action of chalk, limestone, marble, &c. in a rotary receptacle which, in the case shown, is situated above the filter. The water is delivered to the interior of the cylinder b, and comes into contact with the material as described in Specification No. 14,464, A.D. 1906. The material is agitated by rotating the cylinder by means of a toothed ring b* engaging with a pinion d on a shaft d*, which passes out of the casing through a stuffing-box f. The shaft of the cylinder may, however, be carried throngh the casing and support a toothed wheel, by means of which the shaft is driven. The material may be supplied to the cylinder b by means of a trough, which is inserted through the passage l and then overturned. As shown in Fig. 4, the water from the supply pipe c is used to turn the cylinder, part being retained in buckets h while the rest passes into the cylinder through orifices near the mouths of the buckets. The material may be carried into the cylinder by the supply current, being placed previously into a bopper or other receptacle q, Fig. 6, connected to supply pipe c through a valve q*.
Patent GB-190628868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change-boxes for Photographic Apparatus.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 28,868. Boult, A. J., [Streiff, E.]. Dec. 18. Change-boxes with a telescopic magazine drawer. The upper plate 10 is retained by the draw-frame 6, Fig. 8, its end drops on to the spring 14 of the casing or camera carrying the change-box, and it slides under the pile on re-inserting the drawer. The walls of the change-box are of single thickness. The end of the drawer 2 is closed by the block 8<a> of the frame 8. The frame of the drawer is bent over at 1<1> to prevent complete withdrawal. Rightangle pieces 3 are provided to hold back the plates, except the uppermost. The edges of the frame 6 slide between the edges 1<a>, Fig. 3, of the drawer and the frame 8 and drawer 2 together with the shutter 9 form a light-tight casing.
Patent GB-190629465-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mechanical Perpetual Calendar.
Inventor: HEITHERSAY JAMES SINCLAIR
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 29,465. Heithersay, J. S. Dec. 27. Calendars.-A perpetual calendar consists of a fixed plate A, Fig. 2, which has an opening B to display the years printed on a circular card K pivoted behind the plate, and an opening 0 in which is inserted a circular disk D. This disk has an opening E to display the month names printed on the fixed plate A, and an arc slot F to display through the opening C the week days printed on the rear card. An arc slot H allows the central tongue of the card to be brought over the fixed plate A so as to be held by the central pivot, the ends of the slot serving as stops to limit the to-and-fro movements of the disk D.
Patent GB-190629763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circulating or other Pumps of the Rotary Type.
Inventor: ALLAN JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 29,763. Allan, J. July 24, 1907. Movable-abutment type.-Relates to a circulating- pump which can be modified to work as a force pump of the type in which a piston drum e is carried round in a chamber a by a crank-pin i<2> and is connected by a web g with a cross-head f which slides in a guide-chamber b. The cross-head is provided with a non-return valve l<1>. As shown in Fig. 1, the pump is used for circulating water under little or no pressure taking it in at c and discharging it at d. If the outlet d is closed and the top of the guide-chamber is opened, the water is delivered into the guide-chamber past the non-return valve l<1> and is then forced out against pressure through the exit d<1>. Both drum and cross-head are covered by a continuous strip e' of leather which is secured to the connecting-web g. Fig. 5 shows a modification with the ports in the cylinder ends and designed to obtain maximum port area.
Patent GB-190709110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roofing Tiles.
Inventor: GERSUM JOHANN VON
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 9110. Gersum, J. von, and Brost, J. April 19. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Roofing-tiles.- The sloping ribs e, f of one tile fit in the groove between the ribs a, b, c, d of the next, and the straight ribs i, k embrace the lower ribs g of a spaced pair g, h on the other. The long sides of the tiles interlock and one side has sloping parts l, m to carry off the water.
Patent GB-190709366-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Graining Printing Rollers.
Inventor: REDFERN CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1908-04-22
Abstract: 9 3 6 6. Redfern, C. G., [Stark, H. S.]. April 22. Lithographic printing.-To grain a lithographic printing-roller c, it is mounted in bearings b in a trough a containing marbles, balls, &c. e, and is rotated while sand and water are alternately sprinkled over the balls from holes l, m, at the corners of a revolving receptacle f. The used-up water and abrading-material pass into a trough o.
Patent GB-190709436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Hanging Clothes and other Articles.
Inventor: BATTS JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 9436. Batts, J. T. April 23. Clothes - hanging apparatus.-Relates to extensible garment-hanging apparatus comprising a telescopic arm mounted on a run-rail upon which it is adapted to travel. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a rail 1 of steel &c, is attached at each end to a cabinet &c. by flanges 2. Near one end is a depression 4 and at the other is an opensided hanger 6 supporting a roller 8. The upper part of the hanger 6 is prolonged to form guard 9. Supported from the bar 1 by the hanger 6 and by a hanger 12 having rollers 13, 14 is a telescopic c arm comprising sections 11, 16, 22. A stop-pin 5 prevents the arm from being drawn too far along the rail 1. and the depression 4 secures it against accidental displacement when in the closed position. The section 11 consists of a solid steel rod carrying a roller 15 within the section 16, which is provided with a collar 17 having ears 20 embracing the rail 1 and preventing the tube 16 from turning. A roller is mounted between the ears 20. A stop 19 on the rod 11 prevents the over-extension of the tube 16. The tube 22 forming the third section carries at its extremity a handle 32 which is screwed in place and locked by a pin 30 operating a spring 27 which carries a stud 28 engaging a hole on the inside of the tube 16 to lock the sections 22, 16 together. A stud 24 mounted on a spring 25 engages a slot 23 to prevent overextension and rotation of the section 22. The garments are suspended from hooks 33, Fig. 3, having rollers 34 which run on the extensible arm. In a modification, shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the runrail 37 is hinged to a bracket 38 fixed to a wall and is supported at its outer end by means of a stay rod 40. The hanger 42 is supported on the rail by means of a sliding or fixed e3 e 43. The tube 46 is prevented from turning by means of a stud 47 engaging a slot 48 in the inner member 44. Spring catches 52, 53 are employed to fix the end member 50 in the closed or extended position. The runrail may also be tubular an other furms of catch may be employed. The rollers may be omitted when desired. Ball or other antifriction bearings may be employed for the rollers.
Patent GB-190709537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Products or Compounds Resembling Celluloid.
Inventor: LEDERER LEONHARD
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 9537. Lederer, L. April 24. Celluloid and like compositions; plastic compositions.-Chloral hydrate, chloral alcoholate, and the like are used as substitutes for camphor in the manufacture of celluloid. The nitrocellulose may be replaced wholly or partly by one or more of the following compounds, namely : organic esters of nitrocellulose, cellulose, hydrocellulose, or oxycellulose, or by hydrated cellulose esters, or mixtures of them. Specification No. 19,330, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Acids and salts, Organic, &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190711189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Couplings for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: DOWNING WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-14
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 11,189. Downing, W. May 14. Couplings, non - automatic; draw - gear. - The couplings can be operated from the sides of the vehicle, and can be tightened by adjusting the draw-bar. Two cross-shafts A on each vehicle carry handles C at their ends, and are connected by jointed arms D to arms H, which are in one with the links G connected to the draw-hook by jointed rods F. When not in use, the parts assume the position shown at the right-hand side of Fig. 3. To couple, the back handle C is pressed downwards and the front handle is lifted, turning the shafts A and bringing the links G over the draw-hooks, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 3. To tighten the coupling on carriages, there is provided a pinion L, mounted over a screw-threaded part of the draw-bar, which is held in position by fixed plates O, and can be operated by means of a cross-shaft N, and bevel-wheels from either side of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190715053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Discharging Vertical or substantially Vertical Retorts
Inventor: WOODALL HAROLD WHITEMAN
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 15,053. Woodall, H. W., and Duckham, A. M. June 29. Gas retorts.-In a vertical retort, the charge is supported on a sloping surface at the end of which is a moving device controlling the rate of discharge. A retort a is provided with a hopper c having a sloping side d down which the charge gravitates to the discharging-device. This may consist, as shown in Fig. 1, of a roller e having a plane or toothed surface, or, as shown in Fig. 2, of a table g on which a slide g<1> reciprocates. Two methods are shown of removing the coke without loss of gas ; in Fig. 1 a pocket f is closed by slides f<1>, f<2> at the top and bottom, these slides being operated alternately ; in Fig. 2 a rotating wheel h provided with pockets serves for the same purpose. The hopper d may be cooled by quenching the coke, or by a water-jacket.
Patent GB-190723380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Receiving Milk, Letters, Newspapers and the like.
Inventor: BALOCHE CHARLES AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 23,380. Baloche, C. A. Oct. 23. Letter-boxes and like receiving-devices; collecting- boxes.-A box a for receiving milk, letters, newspapers, &c., and adapted to be secured to a street door or in the wall of a house, is provided with a hinged door c secured by a fastening-device, and a rear door d opened from the house. A tray d' is provided to facilitate the removal of the milk vessel. A sliding bolt e, actuated by a handle e', slides in guides f on the door and engages a recess g in the wall of the box. A pivoted catch k, actuated by a spring k<1>, is arranged above the slide-bolt and may be maintained in the raised position by a second sliding bolt n movable by a handle p. An extension q on the sliding-bolt e is arranged to bear against the handle p. When the goods have been delivered, the tradesman shoots the bolt e by the handle e<1> and the locking-catch falls into operative position, the bolt n having been pushed back during the act of opening the door c. The box may be divided into compartments and may have a number of doors.
Patent GB-190724228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Grinding or Crushing Mills.
Inventor: BARRON WILLIAM STEPHENSON
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 24,228. Barron, W. S., and Barron, G. S., [trading as Barron & Son, W. S.]. Nov. 1. Disk mills.-The running and stationary stones D, D<1>, mounted on horizontal axes A, E, are provided with adjustable kibbling disks or plates d, d<1> at their centres. The stones are built up of segments with intervening metal furrows h, h<1>, and the segments of the running stone D are secured by bolts c to a carrier-plate C mounted by means of a feathered cone B upon the driving-shaft A so as to be removable. The rotating kibbling-plate d is bolted to the plate f carrying the furrows h and to the plate C, washers e allowing it to be adjusted. The bedstone D<1> is carried by a plate F having a trunnion H adjustable in the boss G by means of a nut i. The fixed kibbling-plate d' is secured by bolts g to a plate f <1> mounted on the screwed end of the spindle E, and is adjusted by means of a nut j. The plates d, d' are made of chilled iron or steel with radial projecting edges, and the grain &c. is fed to the centre of the plates by a hopper M.
Patent GB-190724338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Carriages of Machines for Distributing Artificial Manure, Grain and the like.
Inventor: COLE ERNEST JAMES
Filed: 1907-11-04
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 24,338. Cole, E. J., and Twose, E. V. Nov. 4. Drawings to Specification. Shafts; undercarriages.-In a manure-distributor in which the frame is mounted so that it may be swung round at right - angles to the axle for transport purposes, the draught shafts are removably attached to the side or end of the frame by means of an horizontal rod passing through the ends of the shafts and through lugs on the frame, and a vertical bolt passing through the frame and through a crossbar on the shafts.
Patent GB-190806247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Casein
Inventor: BAECHLER CARL ALBRECHT
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 6247. Baechler, C. A. March 20. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Casein in a finely divided condition is obtained neutral by first adding to milk, if necessary, a substance such as calcium chloride which enhances the tendency of the casein to coagulate ; next adding a coagulating-ferment and a substance such as alum which causes the coagulated casein to shrink together ; and then stirring to subdivide the casein, heating and cooling, and finally separating and drying. Acid casein can be obtained by using an acid ferment or an acid to coagulate the casein, and alkaline casein can be obtained by moistening the neutral casein with alkali.
Patent GB-190808477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Butchers" Steelyards.
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 8477. Pooley & Son, H., and Bayliss, A. W. April 16. Steelyard apparatus. - A butchers' steelyard consists of a main scale arm a fastened to a hollow butt e, containing the knife-edges c, g and a sliding weight f for indicating the minor orders of weight. A guide l terminating in a loop m limits the oscillation of the steelyard.
Patent GB-190809779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Marine Signals.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 9 7 7 9. Jones, H. Sefton-, [International Marine Signal Co.]. May 5. Explosive-gas and like machines. - Devices in which gas is intermittently exploded and used to operate submarine signals, especially bells. In the signal buoy shown in Fig. 1, gas from a carbide chamber c is supplied to an explosion device E, which sounds a submerged bell F by means of a central rod 39 acting on a bell-crank lever. The explosion device is shown separately in Fig. 2 and comprises an explosion chamber E and an ignition chamber 19. Alternate puffs of explosive mixture and air are supplied to the chamber E through an inlet port 10 near the top of the chamber until a portion passes out through a port 16 to the chamber 19, in which an ignition flame 17 is maintained. An explosion then occurs, and a valve 13 is unseated so as to lift the rod 39. After rising a certain distance, the valve uncovers exhaust channels 15, through which the products of combustion escape. The blast of gas which issues from the port 16 after each explosion is prevented from affecting the ignition flame by providing a bent flue 21, which conducts it away to an annular baffle chamber 24, from which it escapes through holes in the bottom. The ignition chamber 19 is provided with a threaded projection by which it screws on to a boss at the side of the explosion chamber E. The air supply for the ignition flame enters by a small port 28 provided with a baffle-plate, and escapes through a small hole in the wall of the flue 21. Specification No. 14,663, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190811273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail Joints
Inventor: HART FRANK BROOKS
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 11,273. Hart, F. B. Nov. 25. Rail joints.-Undue movement at joints is prevented by the addition to the usual fish-plates of links or hooks and bolts, sufficiently elastic to permit of expansion and contraction. The links d, Fig. 1, are made to fit tightly in the holes e in the rail web a, and may taper, and may be adjusted by nuts f on back side of the fish-plates b, the usual fish-bolts c being also used. 'The links may be bolted on, as shown in Fig. 5, and may lie vertically instead of horizontally, a link being used on each side of the rail.
Patent GB-190815528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: DAVIS FITZWILLIAM RICHARD
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 15,528. Davis, F. R. July 22. Gas engines, carburetting in and governing. In an exhaust-heated vaporizer of the kind described in Specification No. 26,672, A.D. 1906, the mixture valve W, the air valve H, and the valve R for controlling the paraffin supply to the pump L are simultaneously operated by a governor F by means of a rod E passing through the shaft D of the mixing- fan C. The position of the valve R relatively to the other valves can be adjusted by means of a tapered sleeve Z on the lever T. The pump L delivers paraffin or other heavy oil to the nozzle O<1>. Petrol for starting is admitted through the nozzle 0.
Patent GB-190819971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Track Brakes for Colliery Corves, Trucks, or Waggons and the like.
Inventor: RITCHIE DAVID MALCOLM
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 19,971. Ritchie, D. M. Sept. 23. Brakes.-Colliery corves, trucks, wagons, &c. are braked by means of apparatus arranged on the permanent way, blocks being applied to the sides of the wheels by hand or automatically. In the hand-applied form shown in Fig. 2, a transverse shaft 1 is rotated by a hand-lever 4, and is connected, by a slotted link 7, with a beam 5 lying, parallel to the rails, on the sleepers 6. Beams 8 are also laid down parallel to the rails but not normally in contact with them. An angle-iron 9 is secured to the outside of each beam 8 with one flange next to the rail 3 and rising above it. The beams 8 are pressed apart by coacting wedges 10, 11 when the beam 5 is drawn forwards by the shaft 1, thus braking any vehicles that may be on the rails. The beam 5 may be moved to expand the brake by means of a trigger 15 acting against a rod 16 pivoted to a.link 17, which disengages a stud pin 19 on the boss 20 on the shaft 1 against the action of a spring 25. The lever 4 is weighted, and the release of the pin 19 causes the lever to fall, thus moving the beam 5 as before. The trigger is actuated by the vehicle. The shaft 1 may be rotated also by steam or hydraulic power. The brake blocks 8 are prevented from moving longitudinally by stop-blocks 13.
Patent GB-190823715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lacing Hooks.
Inventor: HERRICK FRANK ALLAN
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 23,715. Herrick, F. A. Nov. 5. Lacing-fastenings.-Lacing-hooks are provided with means to prevent dresses from catching in them. The lacing-hook comprises a body 2, Fig. 5, having an integral hook 1 to which a tongue 5 is pivoted. The hook 1 is formed with spurs 4, Fig. 2, on which the tongue 5 is pivoted. The tailpiece of the tongue is weighted so as to hang down and close the entrance of the hook, but when the lace is tightened, the weighted end is made to lie close to the hook, the other end closing up the entrance. The tongue is made of sheet-metal which is folded to form the tail-piece giving it the desired weight.