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Patent GB-190415342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Wood Blocks, for Paving Roadways, Footways, Flooring and the like.
Inventor: BARACLOUGH WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 15,342. Baraclough, W. H. July 9. Wood-block paving.-Wood blocks for paving roads, footpaths, floors, steps, and the like are made up of several small blocks connected together by strips of spiked metal forced into slots made in the blocks. Blocks of wood for road paving a, Fig. 1, have a saw-cut b made in them, into which is inserted the plane part of an iron rod e, Fig. 4, the barbs d being driven into the wood. By using two barbed rods, shorter prisms g may be used, as shown in Fig. 3. For footways, the blocks are made smaller, and the two end blocks are held together by a rod e, Fig. 11, formed with spikes h. For flooring, square prisms are employed, held together by a barbed rod shown in Fig. 23, the connection being made in the centre of the block as shown in Fig. 15. The iron rods may be treated with ammonium chloride, or the blocks may be used wet, in order to produce a slight corrosive influence on the iron and cause it to adhere firmly to the wood. Various shapes and colours of blocks may be used, as shown in Fig. 22, to form a pattern, the blocks being connected by spiked, barbed, or serrated bars. Strips of wood may be placed between the blocks and afterwards removed, the interstices being filled with asphalt or cement.
Patent GB-190415395-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Bleaching Textile Materials.
Inventor: VENTER OTTO
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 15,395. Venter, O. July 9. Bleaching.-Textile materials are bleached by exposing them in a completely spread-out condition in a vacuous chamber and free from longitudinal folds to the action of bleaching liquids which generate or contain chlorine. Liquid air, oxygen, or ozonized oxygen, may be supplied to assist the bleaching action. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the material is arranged in trucks 2, either in horizontal folds as shown, or in vertical folds suspended from cross-rods. The trucks are run upon rails 1 into a vessel 3 of square, cylindrical, or other shape, the door 20 of which is then closed. The vessel is exhausted through a pipe 4 leading to a vacuum chamber or pump 5. The bleaching liquids are supplied through perforated pipes 9, 13 arranged respectively in the upper and lower portions of the vessel and connected through valved pipes 10, 14 respectively to the lower parts of two vessels 6 containing, respectively, acid, preferably sulphuric, and a chlorine bath. Oxygen, ozonized or not, can be supplied through a valved pipe 2 and a cock 24 communicates with a vessel 23 containing liquid air.
Patent GB-190415867-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Making, Repairing or Treating Roadways, to Prevent the Formation of Dust.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-07-16
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 15,867. Boult, A. J., [Loebell, F. W. A.]. July 16. Roads, making and repairing; liquid surfacetreating compositions.-For freeing roads from dust, the materials intended for, or contained in, the road are moistened and impregnated with lyes, preferably those obtained from wood-pulp manufactories. The moistening and impregnation may take place before the materials are used, or during the making or repair of the road, or after its completion. The lyes may be taken at that stage at which they are at present discharged into water or otherwise got rid of, that is, in the case of the sulphite lyes of the Mitscherlich process, for instance, after they have been freed from sulphurous acid.
Patent GB-190419755-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shifting Spanner.
Inventor: GILLIES ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 19,755. Gillies, A. W. Sept. 13. Spanners.-To the movable jaw 5 of an adjustable spanner is pivoted at 9 a lever 8, having teeth which engage those on the stem, to which it may be attached by a clasp 12 pivoted at 14.
Patent GB-190421655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Discharging Machines for Gas Retorts, Ovens, and the like.
Inventor: MCKINLAY ROBERT
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,655. McKinlay, R. Oct. 8. Gas retorts, discharging. In a machine for discharging gas retorts, ovens, and the like, a telescopic pusher ram is withdrawn from the retort, after making its working stroke, by means of a constant-pressure ram. The pusher ram a, Fig. 1, and the constant-pressure ram b are carried one above the other in a frame c ; they are connected, by means of a chain f which is attached at g to the fixed member of the ram band passes over a system of pulleys d, g, j to a loop k on the outer member of the ram a. This ram comprises three telescopic members, provided with glands and stuffing boxes at their rear ends, the innermost member being fixed in a bracket p pivoted to the cradle, and the outermost member resting on rollers q ; the front rollers rest in a movable guide s which may be pushed forwards against the retort mouth. The front end of the ram is preferably fitted with a flexible head u, which may consist of two overlapping plates connected to the ram by spring arms v. The front end, or moving part, of the ram b may be supported on a crosshead w, and a slipper x and stops y may be provided to limit the stroke.
Patent GB-190422832-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus or Means for Automatically Operating and Controlling Electric Motor Starters, particularly when used in connection with Pumps which require to be Automatically Started and Stopped
Filed: 1904-10-24
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 22,832. Tangye Tool and Electric Co., and Bate, A. H. Oct. 24. Governing or controlling pumps. -Relates to hydraulic apparatus for operating the starting- rheostats of electric motors, particularly applicable for use in connection with motor-driven pumps which require to be automatically started and stopped. The contact-arm a<2> of the rheostat is actuated by a piston d moving in a cylinder e through the intermediary of a drum or pulley c, flexible cord or the like c', guide-rods d<3>, and crosspiece d'. The cylinder e is supplied with pressure water from the supply pipe g by a two-way cock h and an electromagnetically-controlled safety-cock i, the passages o<2>, o<3> of which lead into the drain pipe o. A pulley m, around which passes a rope h<3> attached to a float &c., is mounted loosely upon the stem of the cock k, and carries upon it a peg h<4> adapted to move against a weighted arm h<5>, which in turn acts upon a projecting piece h<6> rigidly fixed to the stem of the cock. When the pulley m is moved in the direction of the arrow, the weighted arm h<5> is carried round to the top, where it falls suddenly, striking the piece h<6> and opening the cock to supply pressure water to the cylinder e. The reverse movement of the pulley places the cylinder e in communication with the drain pipe o through the passage o<2>. The end i<4> of the operating-arm i<3> of the safety-cock, Fig. 5, forms the armature of an electromagnet r either arranged together with a resistance across the mains, or placed in series with the shunt field windings of the motor and the holding-on magnet a<3> of the rheostat. On the current failing in the electromagnet r, the arm i<3> drops, opening the cock between the cylinder e and the drain pipe. When the cylinder is opened to drain, a weight d<2>, or a spring, causes the piston to drop, and, in its lowest position, one of the rods d<3> closes a switch f, which short-circuits the holding-on magnet a<3> and allows the contact-arm a' to spring back to its off position. The switch f is not closed by the rod d<3> until sufficient cord c<2> has been paid out to allow the arm a<2> to spring back. If the contact-arm is held in the on position by a mechanical device, a mechanical release arrangement may be substituted for the switch f. The circuit of the electromagnet r may be opened by hand, or automatically, for example, by a running-down clock mechanism. An overload release a<4> is preferably provided on the rheostat.
Patent GB-190504166-A (GB)
Title: Telephone Apparatus.
Inventor: BINES ROBERT
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 4166. Bines, R. Feb. 28. Transformers; switches.-In telephone systems adapted for longdistance work, the induction coil is so constructed as to be applicable for signalling as well as for speaking purposes. Fig. 2 is a view of the coil with the winding shown diagrammatically. The bore A has two pole-pieces A', connected to it magnetically. The core B is magnetically insulated from the pole-pieces by caps B'. The pole-pieces are preferably grooved and the cores slipped laterally into position. The primary windings A', B<2> are connected in parallel, and the secondary windings A<3>, B<3> are connected in series-parallel. Associated with the coil is a make-and-break device for signalling purposes. This consists of a rocker E, Fig. 1, carrying' permanent magnets, the outer ends of which are of similar polarity. The rocker also carries the contact-springs E', E<3> of an automatic reversing- switch for the battery D. A spring P holds the rocker normally in the position shown in Fig. 1. The bell G<5> is normally in the circuit H, G<6> G<3>, G<2>, J<3>, J, H<1>. The distant station is called by depression of the key F<5>, which is separated by an insulating-block J<4> from the contact-spring G'. The circuit of the battery D is thereby closed through the wire E<9>, circuit F<6>, F', primary winding of the induction coil, circuit F<3>, F, and wire E<8>. The rocker swings over, reversing the polarity of the battery, and it continues to vibrate as long as the key F<5> is depressed. Alternating signalling-currents are induced in the secondary circuit, which consists of the line-wire H, secondary coils, wire G, contacts G<1>, G<2>, wire J<3>, hook switch J, and line H'. When the receiver L is lifted from the hook, the circuit of the microphone D<1> is completed through the contacts I<8>, I<6>, wire I<7>, primary coils, wire F<3>, contacts I<4>, I<3>, battery D, and wire I. At the same time the receiver L is placed in a circuit comprising the line-wire H<1>, contact L<2>, wire G, secondary coils, and the linewire H. Continuous-current generators K may be placed in the line-wire so as to send a steady current through the secondary coils, upon which the induced speaking-currents are superposed.
Patent GB-190504881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro-magnetic Brakes.
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 4881. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Larzelere, C. B. March 8. Brakes.- An electro - magnetic track brake for railway and tramway vehicles consists of a magnetisable core or cores with interleaved pole-pieces, and the braking effect is due to the retarding influence of induced currents in the rail. The exciting-windings a are mounted on a core m supported by rods g with its axis at right-angles to the rail. Plates c of magnetic material are fixed at opposite sides of the core and have secured to them a number of pole-pieces f, Fig. 3, the lower ends of which are situated just above the rail surface. The air gaps between adjacent pole-pieces are arranged to have a greater reluctance than the path through the rails.
Patent GB-190505250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neckwear
Inventor: FIGG GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 5250. Figg, G. E. March 13. Neckties; bows; collars.- Two lengths of tie fabric of the form shown in Fig. 3 have at the end fastening- hooks e which are passed into slots at the side of the collar. The hooks are mounted on plates f, Fig. 4, holes g being provided for attachment to the tie &c. The two parts are then tied together at the front. The fastening hooks may be applied to the neckband instead of to the tie.
Patent GB-190506045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Explosives.
Inventor: GIRARD ADAM CHARLES
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 6045. Girard, A. C. April 5, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Amines; phenols; azo and nitro compounds.- When certain pairs of solid aromatic compounds of the above types are mixed in molecular proportions, solids of low melting-point are obtained, which are soluble in nitric ethers, such as nitroglycerin. The solutions have a low freezing-point, and are employed as explosives. Examples of suitable pairs of bodies are given.
Patent GB-190510618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanically Played Musical Instruments.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-05-20
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 10,618. Boult, A. J., [Mills, H. S.]. May 20. Switches.-In an electrically - actuated violin, shown in Fig. 1, and having circuits arranged as shown in Fig. 18, the cut-out magnet 34 stops the motor 28, after the breaking of the circuit by the time-sheet, owing to its armature being held away from the contact 38 by the action of the weighted arm 44 and the rock shaft 42. To start the motor, the arm 44 must be depressed to turn the shaft 42 and bring a recess in it into registration w it h a tongue, and allow the magnet armature to be raised by the spring 36 to close the motor circuit.
Patent GB-190516071-A (GB)
Title: Process of Fermentation in relation to Brewing Beer and other Beverages.
Inventor: WITTEMANN JACOB FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 16,071. Wittemann, J. F. Aug. 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brewing; beverages, ageing or maturing and flavouring; hops, treating.-In a process of brewing beer &c., the wort and yeast are mixed at a temperature of 10‹ C., and the fermentation is allowed to proceed without retardation and to almost complete attenuation, the temperature rising to 20‹-25‹ C. The gas evolved during active fermentation is collected, free from air, cooled, compressed, and used to impregnate the finished beer as described in Specification No. 4877, A.D. 1900. The fermented liquid is cooled, allowed to settle, and run into clarifying-vats in cold storage, being kept under pressure of carbon dioxide after the second day. The beer is then impregnated with the cooled, compressed fermentation gas, which is expanded into the saturation vessel so as to cool the beer slightly. The beer may be filtered before or after the saturation. To flavour the beer, hops in a container are immersed in the beer during fermentation, or the compressed fermentation gas is passed through the dry hops. Fermentation gas obtained from a high-gravity wort may be used to impregnate beer from a low-gravity wort. The composition of the wort is arranged so that a beer of definite composition is obtained.
Patent GB-190516085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Atmospheric Gas Burners.
Inventor: YATES HARRY JAMES
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 16,085. Yates, H. J., McNeill, D. R., and Taylor, F. H. Aug. 5. Lift valves.-To regulate the supply of gas to atmospheric gas-burners, the nipple a is made with an inner and an outer series of holes a<1>, a<2>, and a flat-ended screw c controls the supply through the inner series ; or there is only a siogle inner hole in which fits a screw having conical longitudinal slots c<2>. The screw may be fixed and the nipple adjustably screwed on a neck of the casing d.
Patent GB-190517594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladders.
Inventor: KROUPA ANTONIN
Filed: 1905-08-31
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 17,594. Kroupa, A. Aug. 31. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Gymnastic apparatus.-A ladder apparatus, more particularly adapted for firemen, gymnasts, &c., is shown in front elevation in Fig. 1 and in side elevation in Fig. 2. It consists of two uprights, between which slides a carriage provided with a bracket, the ladder being attached to this bracket in such a way that it can turn in two planes. The carriage is provided with rollers 7, 8, and with rollers 9, 10, Fig. 2, at right-angles to the rollers 7, 8, the former running along the edges and the latter along the faces of the webs of angle-iron rails 11 attached to the uprights 3, 4. The central member 13 of the carriage has guides 12 at the ends, in which work bolts 15 forced outwards by springs 14. These bolts enter holes in the web 17. of the angle-irons 11, and can be withdrawn, when it is desired to move the carriage up or down, by pulling a rope 20. The motion is communicated to the bolts through links and bell-crank levers 18. The V-piece 19 engages with a pin 22 on a downwardly-extending arm 21, and holds the bolts out of engagement. The ladder 1, Fig. 2, is secured to a spindle 26, mounted on a bracket 23, by means of a bolt 27 passing through a transverse beam 28, so that the ladder can be swung in its own plane about the bolt 27, and also in a plane at right-angles.
Patent GB-190517757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pedestal Bearings and the like.
Inventor: SHEPHERD THOMAS
Filed: 1905-09-02
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 17,757. Shepherd, T. Sept. 2. Plummer blocks and pedestals.-In a pedestal bearing a are mounted brasses b<1>, b<2>, formed with segmental blocks c of a curvature corresponding to that of the bore of the pedestal. The brasses are prevented from rotating by a saddle block g engaging a V-shaped ridge e and pressed down by set-screws. A similar block g* may be placed under the lower brass. The brasses, which are reversible, are provided with lugs to facilitate clamping while being bored. Oil-holes i, j are provided.
Patent GB-190521138-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: OWEN EVELYN HUGH
Filed: 1905-10-18
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 21,138. Owen, E. H. Oct. 18. Gas and like engines.-The power of engines for road vehicles and boats is regulated by varying the piston stroke. In the - Figure, which shows one cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine, the piston A is connected by a rod B to an oscillating arm pivoted at D, motion being communicated to the crank-shaft through a connecting-rod G. The end H of the connecting-rod G is adjusted by a screw or other connexion controlled by hand or engine-operated gearing. The direc. tion of running may be reversed by bringing the engine to rest and turning the crank over the dead-centre by adjusting the position of the end H of the connecting-rod G through the screw C. It is stated that the engine may be used without a change-speed gear. The Specification contains a disclaiming reference to Specification No. 18,181, A.D. 1892, [Abridgment Class Steam engines].
Patent GB-190522329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drums and like Musical Instruments.
Inventor: HARRIS GEORGE
Filed: 1905-11-01
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 22,329. Harris, G., Nov. 5, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drums.-A drum head is secured and tightened as shown in Fig. 2. The skin passes round a ring g to which it may be glued, and is held between an external flange on the rim b and a hoop d. The rim has also an internal flange 3 on which rests a grooved ring f, and a cord h presses the skin into this groove and tightens it. This cord passes through slots in the hoop over a tightening-device and similarly round a second ring at the other end of the drum, the ends of the cord being fastened to two blocks, one by each hoop. The tightening-device, Fig. 7, consists of a screwed spindle with a grooved nut 16 as shown. The spindle is kept from moving longitudinally by a collar, and can be turned by a squared end, the other end resting in a stepped bearing. The bearing shown is suitable for bass drums where the cord is under great tension. In this case, the lower end of the spindle is threaded oppositely to the rest and carries a nut 22 supported by a spring. This spring becomes compressed by rotation of the spindle. Guide-blocks p, m<2> for the cord are provided where required, and the top and bottom hoops are laced together.
Patent GB-190524323-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mechanical and Electrical Register Counting Entries through Turnstiles and the like and Recording them at a Distance.
Inventor: PENNIKET ALFRED LAURENCE
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 24,323. Penniket, A. L. Nov. 24. Turnstiles ; counting-apparatus. - A make-and-. break contact-wheel 12 on the spindle of a Veeder counter 8 fitted to a' turnstile 3 causes an intermediate electric current to pass through a solenoid 27, Fig. 7, actuating another Veeder counter 24, which is placed at a distance from the turnstile and serves as a tell-tale. The bevel-wheel 5 is connected to the spindle 6 by means of a boss having a circumferential slot 22, which engages with a radial pin 23 in the spindle. This allows the turnstile to rotate backwards without actuating the counters. The core 26 of the solenoid 27 may be connected, as shown in Fig. 7, to the spindle 25 of the tell-tale counter. In a modification, the necessary ratchet gearing is external to the counter.
Patent GB-190525983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ROOTS JAMES DENNIS
Filed: 1905-12-13
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 25,983. Roots, J. D. Dec. 13. Gas and like engines of the continuouscombustion type..A two-strokecycle oil engine is shown in Fig. 1, in which the products of combustion are expelled either by the upward movement of the piston or by air currents, some of the air or products being allowed to remain in the cylinder, after the closing of the exhaust valve, to cushion the movement of. the piston, and to prevent the reduction of temperature of the incoming charge. On the up-stroke of the piston B, air is drawn into the pump chamber D through the valve E, while liquid fuel, entering through a valve-controlled orifice N<4>, N<8>, Fig. 4, flows over a series of plates or perforated disks N<6>, N<7> and carburets the air as it is forced into the combustion chamber G through the valve F during the latter part of the downstroke of the piston. The ignited charges, which are fired at starting by a cartridge inserted in the chamber G, are admitted to the working end of the cylinder through a partly balanced and camactuated valve H. The exhaust valve is operated by a cam which runs in a bath of oil. If preferred, one combustion chamber may serve several cylinders ; or a separate air-pump may supply the air charges. The engine may also be operated by gas.charges which are fed to the pump chamber with the air. To. prevent the bursting of the combustion chamber, it may be wound with wire. When starting, a charge of fuel and air is pumped into the combustion chamber through the nozzle R<2>, R<3>. Reversing; governing; valves and valve-gear.- Reversing is effected by advancing the time of opening of the inlet valve and thus admitting the ignited charge before the completion of the upstroke. The time of opening is adjusted by varying the position of the roller K' through which motion is communicated to the valve-rod K<3>. The roller is mounted on an arm K carried by an eccentric, the sheave of which is adjustedby a spindle L<1>, Fig. 1. The cam I, Fig. 5, is loosely mounted on the cam shaft J, and is driven by a key which engages with the respective ends of the slot I<1>. As the engine reverses, the position of the cam is automatically adjusted by its engagement ,with the end K<2> of the valve-rod. The lift of the .valve H and the time of cut-off are varied by imparting a transverse movement to the roller K<1> through the hand-lever M. The contour of the cam I is shown in Fig. 5, one face Y being used for forward running, and another Z for running in the reverse direction, or vice versa. If preferred, the inlet, valve may be operated by eccentrics. Governing may also be effected by mounting a throttle valve E<2>, Fig. 4, in the air-supply pipe on an extension of the oil-valve spindle N<2> so that both supplies may be regulated simultaneously. If preferred, the spindle L may be. connected to the spindles of the air and fuel valves.