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Patent GB-190425304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warming Railway Carriages.
Inventor: RAPS NAPOLEON JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-11-21
Granted: 1905-11-21
Abstract: 25,304. Raps, N. J. Nov. 21. Footwarmers; heating.-In a system for heating railway carriages by steam from the locomotive, the steam is distributed at high pressure along the train by a large well-lagged pipe 1, Fig. 1, irom which it passes through a reducing-valve 4 on each carriage to a pipe 6 leading to radiators 8 and footwarmers 9. A return pipe 10 for collecting condensed water is connected to a steam trap 11 and to an automatic discharge valve 12, which allows air and water to escape when the apparatus is being started or after use. Steam traps 5 and similar discharge valves are also connected to the main pipe 1. The radiators consist each of two casings 13, 14, Fig. 4, connected by tubes 15, 16, between which the steam circulates, entering at one end and leaving at the other. Vanes 16 are fitted over the outer tube. The radiators may have a valve 25 actuated by a rod 28 for regulating the admission of steam and the discharge of water of condensation, and a vent valve 21 for admitting air. The footwarmers consist each of two casings 32, 33, Fig. 6, united by a flattened tube 34 covered by a striated plate 35, on which are riveted sufficient brass plates 36 to keep a temperature of 75‹ on the surface. The space containing the footwarmer is lined with sheet lead 37. A cock on the locomotive for admitting steam to the main pipe consists of a plug 83, Fig. 13, working in a casing connected at 82 to the boiler, at 86 to the main pipe, and at 87 to an exhaust pipe. The cock can be turned to connect the port 86 either to the boiler or to the atmosphere, or to blank it and thus retain a certain amount of steam in the main pipe. The plug is held down by a cap 89, a metal ring 88, and a number of regulating-washers 90. The reducing- valve for supplying steam from the main pipe to the branch pipe on each carriage consists of a piston valve 70, Fig. 11, connected to a spring- controlled piston 66, and controlling the connection between the main-pipe port 65 and the branch-pipe port 6. The steam admitted to the branch pipe 6 also has access to the top of the piston 66, and shuts off the valve 70 when the pressure reaches the required limit. A chamber 79 below the valve is connected to the atmosphere by the pipe 80, and to the space below the piston 66 by a port 78. A safety-valve 76 and a vent valve 77 are fitted above the piston 66.
Patent GB-190426437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Omnibuses and other Vehicles.
Inventor: JENNINGS JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 26,437. Jennings, J. W. Dec. 5. Brakes.-Wooden blocks b are inserted into sockets formed in a brake shoe a, and are fastened by means of jagged iron pins d with the end of the grain at c. The shoe is cast with a lug e to receive bolts g and a plate f.
Patent GB-190427247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beam-compasses.
Inventor: JENSEN RICHARD
Filed: 1904-12-14
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 27,247. Jensen, R. Dec. 14. Compasses, drawing.-The fixed leg of a beam compass is hinged to the beam so that it can be folded to the beam or turned to a right-angle, but no further. The carriage of the movable leg is prevented from rotating by a slot passing over a feather on the beam, or by a groove and set-screw. Extension bars are provided. The beam c has an elbow piece d at the end, which is pivoted in a slot in the fixed leg a, or attached in any other suitable manner. A stop or enlargement of the end is provided, to bear against the fixed leg and prevent the raising of the beam past the horizontal. The sliding socket g and feather k shown in Fig. 1 are replaced by a sleeve t and groove p in Fig. 5. The extension bars are made with projecting feathers, or with a groove, according to the form of beam.
Patent GB-190508454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Condensing and like Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 8454. Soc. Anon. Westinghouse, and Leblanc, M. Dec. 2, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Condensers.-Water is fed into a chamber 1 by a rotary distributor 4, and, after condensing the steam, passes by a nozzle 5 to a centrifugal pump which forces it in a jet of high velocity into an ejector 7, whereby the uncondensed gases are drawn off through the passages 8, 9. Reference is made to Specification No. 8452, A.D. 1905, in which a like apparatus is said to be used for such purposes as cooling and freezing water by exaporation &c.
Patent GB-190510875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Centrifugal Separating Apparatus
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 10,875. Aktiebolaget Separator. May 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Separating liquids from solids.-In combination with the scrapers described in Specification No. 3807, A.D. 1904, for removing the deposit from the sides of a separating-bowl, scoops o, Fig. 2, are used. The scoops are secured to the cross-piece g which carries the scrapers h, and are arranged to point in the direction of rotation of the shaft e relative to the bowl. The material passes through the aperture r in the cross-piece to the outlets l. i
Patent GB-190517314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Regulators or Rheostats for Electric Currents.
Inventor: KENNEDY PATRICK
Filed: 1905-08-26
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 17,314. Kennedy, P. Nov. 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Acts, 1901]. Switches.-Rheostat switches, particulary suitable for controlling lighting-systems on railway and like vehicles, are constructed so that the regulating-arm of the rheostat moved in both directions by a single electro-magnet through a cam and a doubleaction pawl-and-ratchet device. A small motor 46, Fig. 1, mounted in a case 1, drives the cams 8 through worm gear 5 and the shaft 6 carried on the bracket 7, Fig. 3. Two shafts 10, 11 operate the arms on two rheostats 48, 49 which regulate the lamp circuit and dynamo field circuit respecttively. The arms are moved step by step in one direction or the other according to which of the two ratchet wheels mounted on each shaft is engaged. For example, as the specially-shaped cam 8 rotates, it imparts, through the rollers 26, 27, a rocking movement to the lever 16, carrying the armature a of the electro-magnet 47 and pivoted at W so that, under normal conditions, the pawls 18, 19 pressed inward by the spring 21 and piston 20 do not engage with the oppositely-acting ratchet-wheels 12,13 on the shaft 10. The lever 16 is acted upon by three springs, one 30 tending to force it away from the electro-magnet 47, and the other two 28 acting as indicated on the upper and lower surfaces respectively. These springs are shown in detail in Fig. 6, wherein the head 36 of the lever 6 is pressed by a bar 37 carried by a spring 28, and all the springs are provided with ratchet adjustment devices so that they may be made to hold the armature a in the neutral position shown in Fig. 3. Should the current become too weak, the spring 30 forces the lever 16 down, puts the pawl 19 into engagement with the wheel 12, and thus allows the rocking lever to cut out resistance till the current becomes normal. Should the current become too strong, the other pawl 18 engages the ratchet-wheel 13, and resistance is put in. Fig. 5 shows the general arrangement of the circuits, the electro-magnet 51 being wound with two reverse windings and the electro-magnet 47 being in a shunt in the lamp circuit, as described in Specification No. 15,243, A.D. 1903. The pawls 18, 19 may be separate from each other.
Patent GB-190518564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Automatically Sorting Packets by Weight.
Filed: 1905-09-14
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 18,564. Hipkins, W. E., and Nield, J. Sept. 14. Separating or sorting by weighing automaticfeed weighers.-The machine automatically directs packets, the weights of which are to be tested, into one of three receptacles, according as they are under, over, or of correct weight. A packet, having been fed down the shaft 15, Fig. 2, by any suitable means, is pushed on to the weigh-plate 16 from the carrier 13 by the plunger 11, operated by one of the cam-vanes 7 on the drum 6, which is geared to the continuously-rotating operating-shaft 2. As the drum rotates, the cams 7, by means of the stop 9, draw back the slides 12, 63 from the knifeedges 21, 22 on the weigh-beam 17, thus freeing the latter, and, by means of the stops 8, 10, return the plunger 11 and raise the carrier 13. The weighplate 16 then rises or falls according as the packet is under or over weight (this motion being limited by the contact of the knife-edges 21, 22 with the forked portion of the slide 12), thus placing the knife-edge 21 or 22 in the path of the catch 26 or 27, pivoted to a bracket 30 on the slide 12, as the latter continues its backward motion. The packet being light, the catch 26 is forced back, drawing back the plunger 37 by the stud 35 from engagement with a slot in the plunger 45, which then falls, and, being carried by the slide 12, is brought into contact with the fork 50, turning the rod 53 and eccentric cam 54, the latter pushing out the slide 55 and thereby revolving the positioning-rod 59, when the door 61 falls inwards and receives the light packet and directs it to its proper channel. The packet being heavy, the catch 27 is forced back and the cam 54 turned in the reverse direction, so that the door 62 falls inwards to receive the heavy packet and direct it to a second channel. The hinged flaps 82, 83 of the weigh-plate 16 fall back at the right moment to allow the packet to drop on the door 61 or 62, the projections 80, 81 being turned back by rods 74, 75, which are operated by the rod 66 when the latter is rotated by the backward motion of the slide 63. The flaps are returned and the rods 74, 75 maintained in locking position by means of springs. If the packet is of correct weight, the knife-edges 21, 22 pass between the knife-edges 98, 99, and the positioning- doors 61, 62 are not operated, so that the packet falls between them into a third receptacle. The pins 86,87 push the guide-plates 88, 89 under lugs 92, 93 on the weigh-beam, so that during the return of the slide the beam is kept at centre. As the slides 12, 63 return, the packet carrier is raised, the fallen plunger 45 operates the fork 50, causing the return of the doors 61, 62, and the slide again locks the beam in position. Levers 100, 101, carrying adjustable weights 104, 105, pass under and over the spindle 106, which is attached to the weighbeam, and allow the machine to be adjusted to pass, as correct, packets slightly under or over weight. Alternative arrangements and constructions of the different parts are described.
Patent GB-190519540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Solidification of Hydrocarbons such as Petroleum and Benzine.
Inventor: HEYDEN WILLIAM VANDER
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 19,540. Heyden, W. van der. Oct. 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Solidifying oils.-Hydrocarbons, such as benzine and petroleum, are made into briquettes by emulsionizing them with glue, adding to the emulsion either tannin or a substance containing tannic acid, and running the product into moulds to cool. Specification No. 10,797, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190522792-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Portable Liquid Fuel Stove for Domestic Purposes and the like.
Inventor: GALLOWAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-11-07
Abstract: 22,792. Galloway, W., and Campbell, J. C. Nov. 7. Oil an d spirit stoves. - A liquidfuel " burner " b, Fig. 3, for heating the air of a room, boiling, stewing, frying, sterilizing milk, food-warming, &c., comprises a casing n, packed with the saturated absorbent material described in Specification No. 20,138, A.D. 1904, and covered by an indented gauze or perforated cap o, which is secured by bending over the edges of the lower part. A staple r, which may engage a bent wire handle, is secured to the lower part of the casing: The burner is attached to a stand a, Fig. 1, and rests upon turned-in parts s of the stand, the staple r engaging the slots v of a bayonet-joint. The legs and utensil rests e of the stand are secured by bent portions i engaging slots in the cylindrical part of the stand, which is preferably provided at the top with tongues c for directing the air to the flame. The parts of the stand and burner may be disconnected and packed in a casing containing also liquid fuel, cutlery, containers for food, a frying-pan, and a kettle with a jointed nozzle. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 2580, A.D. 1874.]
Patent GB-190522861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Alarms and Indicators of Variations in Temperature.
Inventor: OWEN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-11-08
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 22,861. Owen, J. Nov. 8. Thermometers.-Mercury in a U-tube m, M, m<1> closes a single alarm circuit by means of adjustable platinum wires D, D' at a predetermined decrease or increase of temperature. The upper parts m, m<1> of the U-tube are contracted, and the wires D, D' which project into them are connected to terminals C, C<1> on cross-bars b, b<1> of insulating- material, these cross-bars being adjustable vertically by means of screws B, B<1>. The temperatures to which the wires D, D<1> are set are shown on suitable scales by indicators d, d<1>. Sealed into the tube M is a platinum wire G, connected by wires F, F<1> with an electric circuit through a cut-off switch S. When the temperature rises sufficiently to cause the mercury in the arm m<1> to make contact with the wire D<1>, a circuit is closed through wires F<1>, F, D', h. To give a low-temperature alarm, the wire D is coated with an insulating-material except at the lower end, which is enclosed in a palladium or similar cap N, Fig. 2, floating in the mercury and insulated on the inside except at the neck. When the mercury contracts, the cap N falls and its neck contacts with the end p of the wire D, a circuit being completed through wires F<1>, F, D, H, h. Washers are fixed to the undersides of the cross-bars b, b<1> to close the openings of the U-tube when required.
Patent GB-190523771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffers for Railway Wagons and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: HYDE ROBERT
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 23,771. Hyde, R., and Hyde, J. R. Nov. 18. Buffers.-A buffer adapted to be fitted to railway wagons and similar vehicles, so as not materially to reduce the strength of the headstock, comprises a casing f, Fig. 1, bolted to a back-plate e, a volute or spiral spring d, and a shank a formed with a groove i and bearing-shoulder c. A horseshoe-shaped disk h is fitted into the groove i and has screwed thereto a retaining-washer k, and another washer b may be provided to bear against the spring. In a modification, the horseshoe plate i<1>, Fig. 9, is fitted upon flats h<1> formed on the shank a<1> and is screwed to the back-plate e', the inner end of the buffer shank entering a recess o in the headstock.
Patent GB-190525966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cabinets for Filing Drawings.
Inventor: REISS ROBERT
Filed: 1905-12-13
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 25,966. Reiss, R. Dec. 13. Filing papers &c.-In cabinets for filing drawings, the alphabetically - arranged portfolios or cases l containing the drawings may be transferred from suspending-bars k at the back of the cabinet to bars j on a plate h pivoted to the front e. Fig. 4 shows the cabinet in its open position. As the front e is swung open, rollers i on the plate h traverse guides f and the portfolio containing the drawing to be examined finally remains in an horizontal position. The points of the bars j, k do not meet when the front e is closed.
Patent GB-190527211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Appliances for the Attachment of Horses and Cattle to Stalls and other Places.
Inventor: LOVIE CHARLES
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 27,211. Lovie, C. Dec. 30. Fastenings for attaching halters and the like to stalls &c. A metal fitting A having projecting arms as shown and slotted at E is fixed at C to the end of the chain to which the horse's head collar D is to be attached. The arms of the fitting A are inserted in the ring B at the head of the collar as follows :-The slot E is first fitted on to the ring, and the fitting A is then turned sideways completely through the ring. The body of the fitting is then pulled back through the ring, leaving the arms engaging the ring as shown. The appliance, instead of being attached to the head collar, may be employed to form a neck loop in the tethering-chain. For this purpose, the fitting A engages with a ring at about the centre of the chain.
Patent GB-190601117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Clutches and the like.
Inventor: RICHTER JOSEF
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 1117. Richter, J. Jan. 15. Ratchet gearing; clutches.-In freewheel clutches and ratchet gearing, wedges, engaging recesses in both driving and driven parts, are used and may be put in or out of action by cams engaging projections on the wedges. Wedges d, Figs. 2 and 3, carried in recesses c in the shaft a, engage recesses in the wheels b, and are pressed forward by springs g bearing on pieces h<1> fixed to the shaft. Drive takes place in the direction of the arrow. Projections e on the wedges fit recesses j in a longitudinally-movable rod i, tbe recesses being so arranged that the wedges may be pressed back and put out of action. The recesses in the rod i may be so formed that the wedges are operated by rotation of the shaft. The wedges may be carried by the outer part and operated by a rod outside the shaft, in which case the drive is in the opposite direction. The device may be arranged to act in either or both directions by the use of two wedges d, as shown in Fig. 4, either or both of which may be controlled by a split rod i<1>, i<2> provided with separate recesses. In Fig. 5, the wedge d is shown carried in the driven part a, teeth being formed on the part b. A ratchet drive in the direction of the arrow is obtained, the direction being reversed if the wedge is carried by the part b and the teeth formed on the part a.
Patent GB-190601646-A (GB)
Title: Means for Locating and Raising Sunken Vessels.
Inventor: CAIN WILLIAM GILL
Filed: 1906-01-22
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 1646. Cain, W. G. Jan. 22. Sunken ships, raising; buoys.- The buoy 8 for locating the vessel is attached to a light line 7, which in turn is attached to a cable 3 wound on a drum 1 for raising the vessel as shown. The cable 7 is stored in a receptacle 4 arranged vertically over the rising end of the cable 3.
Patent GB-190608408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuses for Projectiles.
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 8408. Petch, A. F. April 7. Fuses for projectiles. -The detonator 7 of a percussion fuse is carried in an annular recess 6 in a cylindrical pellet 5, rotatable on pivots 2<a>, 3<a> in the fuse body 1. Rotation of the pellet is normally prevented by centrifugal bolts 10, 11, which are released during the flight of the projectile, so that when, on impact, the rotation of the shell is retorted, the pellet will rotate relatively thereto and throw the detonator 7 on to the firing-pin 16, and at the same instant will cause the flash passage 9 in the pellet to register with the passage 3<b> of the base 3. A calf-skin or other washer 18 is placed between the pellet 5 and the base 3. The creeping of the pellet during flight may be prevented by the friction of the heads 10<a>, 11<a> of the bolts 10, 11, against the walls of the fuse body 1, or by a torsion spring.
Patent GB-190609419-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Table Salt.
Inventor: EDWARDES THOMAS JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 9419. Edwardes, T. J. April 21. Condiments.-A table salt is prepared by adding to common salt a small proportion of plasmon, magnesium carbonate, and casein, with or without pure sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. The mixture is heated and passed through a sifting or mixing machine.
Patent GB-190610468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases for Cigars, Cigarettes, Matches, Cards, and the like.
Inventor: CONNOR WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1906-05-04
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 10,468. Connor, W. T. May 4. Cigar and cigarette cases.-Cases for cigars, cigarettes, matches, cards, &c. are made to facilitate withdrawal of the contents and to provide means whereby more than one kind of article may be enclosed. A frame 11, Fig. 1, provided with a secondary frame 14, is carried on springs 17 and connected to a crank 13 secured to the lid 5, so that, on releasing the catch 9, the frame 11 is lifted and the lid opened.
Patent GB-190617409-A (GB)
Title: A Self Propelled Vehicle for the Collection by Pneumatic Means of Dust or other Light Road Refuse
Inventor: LISTER FRANK SOMERSET
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-08-02
Abstract: 17,409. Lister, F. S., and Courteen, H. Aug. 2. Refuse, collecting. - A motor road-scavengering machine agitates the dust on the roadway by means of brushes, and then draws it, by means of hoods and pipes, into a fan chamber, and afterwards delivers it to a storage receptacle fitted with filtering - appliances or passes it through a centrifugal separator before it reaches the storage tank. The area of the hood and pipe connexions leading to the fan inlet are proportioned so as to ensure an even degree of suction at all points. Fig. 1 shows one construction of machine with the suction apparatus fitted between the wheel axles. The brushes K, preferably extending the whole width of the wheel base, are mounted slidably in brackets D carried by the framing, and the dust agitated thereby is drawn through the double hood E, pipe E<1>, flexible connecting-pipe D, and the pipe C into the fan chamber A, whence it is delivered to the collecting - box F, from which the air escapes through the filter G of coke or other suitable material. The fan is driven, through variablespeed gearing on the shaft B, by the prime-mover M, by any moving part of the vehicle, or by a separate motor. A water spray or jet of steam may be introduced at J to facilitate the separation of the dust from the air. Figs. 3 and 4 show a modified arrangement in which two collectors E depend from the rear of the car and are connected to sleeves S on the larger horizontal conduit R, which has an uptake C leading to the fan chamber. By raising either of the collectors sufficiently, communication with the conduit R can be cut off, thus putting it out of action. The hoods in this case are pivoted at u to enable the brushes to adjust themselves to the road surface ; they may also be connected telescopically with the collector pipe, so that they can be turned through a rightangle when raised. The vehicle may be provided with side collectors for cleaning gullies and the like ; also all the hoods may be provided with dampers or slides for decreasing the opening to increase the draught, or to put any selected hood either out of action or into communication with one of a pair of fans carried by the vehicle. The receptacle for the dust may be tiltable or may be provided with a hinged or sliding door at the bottom or sides to discharge the load.