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Patent GB-190621120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Condensing Steam and for Cooling Water Intended for Air Cooling and Condensing Purposes.
Inventor: MORISON DONALD BARNS
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 21,120. Morison, D. B. Sept. 24. Condensers.-Relates to condenser systems in which the uncondensed gases are cooled on their way to or in the air-pump, and consists mainly in cooling the water obtained in the condenser and injecting it into the pump suction in controllable quantity and consequently at a regulated temperature, thus minimizing the introduction of air into the system and increasing the efficiency of the system. The condensed water is removed from the condenser a, Fig. 1, by a pump e, and is delivered to a pipe e<1> communicating with an open feed-water tankf. A portion of the water passes under atmospheric pressure, in a quantity regulated by a valve w, to a coolerp formed in the base of the condenser, and either completely or partly separate therefrom. The cooled water flows by a pipe t to the suction h of the air-pump i, and is ultimately delivered by a pipe m to the tank f. Float-controlled valves provided in the tank f regulate the lever therein and prevent the access of air to the pipe e<1>. The injection water may also be obtained direct from the feed-water tank instead of from the pipe e', or may flow either by gravity or aided by a water jet from the condenser or from one or more compartments of a multi-compartment condenser into the cooler. The lower part of the condenser may be used for cooling purposes, the uncondensed gases passing through the cooler to the air-pump. The cooling device may also be arranged at the base of an auxiliary condenser or of a supplementary air cooler provided in the systems, or may be an entirely separate structure. The apparatus may be applied to any form of condenser, and is particularly suitable for use in conjunction with steam turbines and other engines.
Patent GB-190621904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Pumps.
Inventor: MELLING JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-04
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 21,904. Melling, J. W. Oct. 4. Centrifugal pumps. -A pump is constructed with rings of blades attached to a rotatable disk and coacting with rings of fixed blades, as in a radial-flow turbine. Feediog screws or vanes may be fitted on the inlet side. Fig. 2 shows the disk d on the shaft c provided with rings of blades d', d<2>, intermeshing with rings of blades e<1>, e<2> fixed to the casing. The blades, as shown in Fig. 1, are designed so that the liquid pumped may have a continuous and unchecked movement. Screw blades g are fitted on the shaft c in the inlet b. The pump may be arranged to take in water at the periphery and deliver it at the centre. To secure balance of liquid pressure, communication may be arranged between one side of the disk and the other at different points. Several pumps may be arranged on the same shaft.
Patent GB-190625327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators.
Inventor: KNUDSEN IVAR PETER BAGGER
Filed: 1906-11-09
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 25,327. Knudsen, I. P. B. Nov. 9. Supporting or mounting bearings for centrifugal separators. The drum a is freely suspended on the driving-shaft b and to it is attached a piece d turning about the end of a tubular piece e supported in a ball-and-socket joint f. The joint f is supported by an elastic split cylinder h resting on an ebonite or leather ring i attached to the tube e, the whole being kept in place by a gland k. In a modification, the support of the joint f is not elastic and the ring i is omitted, the lower end of the tube e being held between stretched cords l, m, Fig. 3, passing through guides p and round pulleys n and tightened by nuts and screws r. Other means of holding the piece e so as to absorb the shocks transmitted from the drum may also be employed.
Patent GB-190704374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Bearings or Supports of Conductor or Conveyer Belts.
Inventor: HEBBLETHWAITE GEORGE HIRST
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 4374. Hebblethwaite, G. H., and Hebblethwaite, W. W. Feb. 22. Conveyers.-The inner surfaces 1, 2 of angle-iron guides for conveyer belts are faced with hard wood, leather, or fibre, or a combination of these materials 3, so that the bearing-surface can be readily removed and renewed. The facing-portions are made of angle-shape, or in two strips, and are secured to.the guides by screws or rivets.
Patent GB-190705958-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Push-button Apparatus for Operating or Controlling Electric Lifts.
Inventor: MAIR JAMES
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 5958. Mair, J. March 12. Lifts.-In a push-button control system for lifts, the cage d is provided with a grooved cam-plate J adapted to co-operate with pins F on two-way or limit switches S', S<2>, S<3> fixed in the well at the various floors, so as to set them in circuit with the up and down solenoids A, B, according as the cage passes below or above the corresponding floor. The cage and landing switches P<1>, P<2>, P<3> are connected to the negative main, and when any one is pressed the current passes to. the up or down solenoid through relays R<1>, R<2>, R<3>, which establish a parallel circuit 5 to the negative main serving to maintain the control circuit after the button has been released. When the cage reaches the selected floor, the cam J throws the Hoor switch to the central position, and the control circuit is broken.
Patent GB-190708439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Crank Shafts.
Inventor: SPYKER JACOBUS
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 8439. Spyker, J. April 11. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Ball bearings for crank-shafts. A crank-shaft is formed in one piece from a cylindrical bar by turning in a lathe, the disks 5, 6, 7, 8 and the central piece 9 being in the form of circular disks. The outer edges of the crank-disks are hollowed out and fitted with ball bearings.
Patent GB-190717887-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reversing Valve Gear for Internal Combustion Engines, Steam Engines and the like
Inventor: LAPAGE JOHN NORMAN
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 17,887. Lapage, J. N. Aug. 6. Gas and like engines.-The inlet and exbaust valves of two- or four-stroke-cycle internal-combustion engines and of steam-engines are each provided with two sets of cam gearing A, B, one for each direction of rotation. The cams, which for an internalcombustion engine operate the valves through a wide roller Q and through a dash-pot and spring-controlled lever P, are formed or mounted on the straps of eccentrics, the sheaves of which are fixed on a common cam shaft E. These straps are connected through projections A<0>, B‹ and links H, I to bell-crank levers J, K moved by the governor or other regulating-device, or hand-gear through the rod O. For high speeds, an auxiliary cam R is fixed on the cam shaft symmetrically between each pair of eccentrics and serves to accelerate the roller Q before the operative cam strikes it. For marine purposes the valve-gear can be arranged on the crank-shaft.
Patent GB-190718192-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Automatically Washing or Cleansing Tumblers, Glasses and like Vessels.
Inventor: HENDERSON JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 18,192. Henderson, J., Henderson, A., and Henderson, D. Aug. 12. Drinking-vessels, cleaning.-Apparatus for washing drinking-glasses &c. comprises two sets of spray pipes E, F, arranged above and below rails B on which run trays C, D made of wire netting or the like. After the glasses on one tray have been sprayed inside and out, the tray is removed to one end for the glasses to drain, and the other tray, similarly loaded, is run to the centre. The movement of the trays may be utilized for controlling the water supply. The base of the casing A slopes towards the middle to facilitate drainage.
Patent GB-190722407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shearing Apparatus for Rolled Iron and the like.
Inventor: JOHN HUGO
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 22,407. John, H. Oct. 10. Shearing.-Apparatus for shearing bars of channel, Z, and similar rolled sections at any angle has an upper shear blade a moving at an angle of forty-five degrees and fixed side and bottom shear blades e, f, the width of the blade a being equal to or slightly greater than half the width of the bar. By this means the bar is sheared at two cuts, the work or the blades being rotated through 180 degrees between the cuts. Figs. 4 and 5 show the arrangement of the blades for cutting at opposite inclinations, and such blades may be arranged on one machine, or, to avoid turning of the blades or work to complete the shearing. four sets of blades may be used as shown in Fig. 7. As shown in Fig. 2, the cutting-edges of the blades do not meet, the amount of deformation of the portion w being thus minimized. When the second half of the section is being cut, the deformation is partly restored. There is no deformation at the second cut, and if desired the deformed portion may be obviated by shearing a narrow strip of material at the same time.
Patent GB-190728060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for use in connection with the Dyeing of Cotton and the like
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 28,060. Pugh, Ltd., C. H., and Read, J. Dec. 20. Dyeing.-Hollow perforated cop tubes or skewers, used for dyeing cops or cheeses by circulation of the dye therethrough, and made from sheet-metal blanks, have their upper ends closed by a permanently - secured solid and rounded tip which will not burr or roughen. In one modification, Fig. 3, the rounded part b<1> is part of a solid plug b, around the shank b<2> of which is wrapped the sheet metal forming the body of the skewer a. The two parts are rigidly secured together, preferably without soldering, as by means of a taper in the shank, or of one or m o r e grooves or depressions b<3> in the shank into which the metal of the skewer-body is displaced by creasing or otherwise, Fig. 9. In another modification, a rounded cap &c. is closed over the end of the skewer, as by means of grooving, Fig. 10.
Patent GB-190800206-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cutting Mechanism for Tubes and Rods
Inventor: BARTHOLOMAEUS RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-01-03
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 206. Bartholomõus, R. June 4,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Pipe and rod severing machines; lathe carriers.-An apparatus for cutting circular or non- circular articles such as tubes and rods, of the type in which radially adjustable blades are advanced by a rotatable cam - disk, the blades are advanced automatically by the friction between the work and a revolving part of the advancing-mechanism. The apparatus may be of the class in which either the work is rotated in a lathe, or the cutter is rotated by hand or machine power. The tools c are adjusted by cam-slots n in a disk d, prevented from falling out of the tool-holder a by screws e. The disk d carries screws g, which pass through slots m in a part h, so that the part may be adjusted up to the work. The other side of the part h has guides for a screw-operated brake block i, and the friction between this block and the work causes the rotation of the cam when the cutting resistance decreases. When cutting non-circular articles, the screw operating the brake block may be replaced by a spring. To enable the use of the apparatus with cutters not ground to equal lengths, the slots m are made large in comparison to the screws, so that the part h may have a vertical as well as an horizontal adjustment.
Patent GB-190802209-A (GB)
Title: Explosion Turbine.
Inventor: ESNAULT-PELTERIE ROBERT
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 2209. Pelterie, R. Esnault-. Feb. 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Patent of Addition to No. 27,724, A.D. 1907.] Elastic-fluid turbines. - Relates to the combustion chamber for explosion turbines described in Specification No. 27,724, A.D. 1907, and consists in forming the chamber as a series of connected spheres a, b, Fig. 1, constructed as Helmholz resonators. In a modification, the chamber consists of two spheres only. As in the previous case, light check valves c connect the chamber with the mixture supply. The escape pipe e' is centrally situated, and the ignition devices are placed in apertures f. Each ignition device consists of a part a<1>, Fig. 3, having a cavity c' at its end, an insulated conductor d<1> being provided within the part a'. The parts a', d' are electrically connected by a wire g', which is kept incandescent. The part a<1> screws in and out, whereby the time of ignition may e varied.
Patent GB-190803009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ellipsographs
Inventor: BECK NIELS DANIEL SOFUS KRISTI
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 3009. Beck, N. D. S. K. May 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Ellipsographs. - Slides 8, 15, working in grooves 2 of a cruciform frame 1, have blocks 7, 16 pivotally connected to them by spindles 11, 17. The operating - handle 25 is pivoted to one spindle and passes loosely over the other. The blocks are connected to one another by a graduated rod 18 which also acts as a carrier for the pencil or cutter, and the relative distances between the blocks and the instrument can be varied by means of rods 22, 23 Each rod passes loosely through one block but has screw engagement with the other. The handle is depressed against the force of a spring 29 to bring the instrument into contact with the paper.
Patent GB-190807492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dispensing Stopper for Liquid Receptacles
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 7492. Fairweather, W., [Flow-Arresting Stopper Co.]. April 4. Stoppers. - Relates to dispensing-stoppers for liquid receptacles of the type having separate passages for the outflow of liquid and the inlet of air respectively. The airtube is closed at the top 8 and is provided with an air vent 9 in its side, while the lower end 10 of the air-tube is bent back at an acute angle, to prevent liquid from entering the air-tube when the bottle is inverted. The air-tube is bent towards the liquid tube. Both tubes are closed by a screw-cap 4, which also closes the air vent 9. The air vent is preferably less in diameter than the air passage, and being in the side of the tube is conveniently disposed for being closed by the finger to stop the flow, without the liquid, which may have entered the air tube, coming in contact with the finger. The device is particularly applicable to ink - bottles, druggists' dispensing - bottles, drop bottles, oil cans, and bottles used in laboratory work.
Patent GB-190812261-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bearing Bush for Rolls or Rollers.
Inventor: SEMPELL RUDOLF
IPC: F16C33/28
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 12,261. Sempell, R. June 5. Brasses and bushes. -A bush for the bearings of rolls or rollers is provided with grooves n, which are filled with white metal and extend partly over the end of the bush which takes the thrust of the flange or collar of the roller. One or more segmental filled grooves are formed in the end surface of the bush.
Patent GB-190817150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bird-shaped Aeroplanes or Flying Machines.
Inventor: WEISS JOSE
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 17,150. Weiss. J. Aug. 14. Mounting wheels on shafts. -The sprocketwheels for driving the propellers of an aerial machine are connected to a ring 18 provided with projections 19 disposed alternately with projections 20 on the driving-shaft. The space between the projections is filled with rubber to provide a resilient driving-connexion.
Patent GB-190819991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Road Vehicle Suspension Arrangements.
Inventor: WALTON FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 19,991. Walton, F. Sept. 23. Springs.-Annular or similarly-shaped vehicle bearing-springs of the type described in Specification No. 12,978, A.D. 1908, which are arranged edgeways and are unsupported at their inner peripheries, are provided with means forming part thereof or attached thereto for supplementing their resistance to deflection or bending from their normal shape. In one form, Fig. 1, two compression springs F, arranged at right-angles to two tension springs G, are employed, both sets of springs being supported within the annular spring A. The springs F are supported in sockets formed in shoes F<1> fitting against the cushion A, and in a central block H. The springs G are connected to the block H and to sleeves G', which slide upon pins H<1> projecting from the block H, and are formed with saddle-pieces G<2> embracing the cushion A. The springs F may serve as emergency springs if the cushions A should become deflated. In other forms, a resilient band or bands of steel, whalebone, or other material may be arranged within the inner circumference, or embedded in the material of the cushion. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention may be applied to solid cushions of annular or similar shape, or the springs F, G may be replaced by an elastic or inelastic belt encircling the cushion.
Patent GB-190821905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cigar-cutters Combined with Match-boxes.
Inventor: FADUM LUDWIG
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 21,905. Fadum, L. Oct. 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Nail cleaners.- Parts f, g of a cigarcutter combined with a match - box are adapted for use as finger-nail cleaners.
Patent GB-190826488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smith's Tongs, Pliers and other Gripping Tools.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 26,488. Robinson, A. S. F. Dec. 7. Pliers and pincers; vices.-Relates to smiths' tongs, pliers, and like gripping-tools, of the type comprising gripping-members or jaws pivoted to each other, an operating-lever pivoted to one of such members, and a link connecting this lever to the other of said members and consists in locating the pivot of the gripping - members between the fulcrum of the operating-lever and the hand-grips. The jaw b is adjustably pivoted to the other jaw b<1>, and the jaws are operated by means of an adjustable link a and an adjustably pivoted hand-grip g, to enable the range of action of the appliance to be adjusted. The jaws may be locked in position by means of a link t and a bolt wand fly-nut. To enable the appliance to be used as a vice, the arm f may be bolted to a support. Detachable jaw faces q may be attached by means of pins r. The jaw-piece b, link a, extension m, and hand-grip g are provided with a series of holes o, p to facilitate adjustment. The arm f may be formed of plates with a block or plate of fibre or other material riveted between, or it may be pressed to the required shape from one plate.
Patent GB-190826554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Device for Regulating the Draught and Combustion.
Inventor: HENRY CHILAUD
Filed: 1908-12-08
Abstract: 26,554. Chilaud, H. Dec. 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Dampers.-A device for effecting the gradual closing of the damper after stoking has been completed comprises a ratchet-wheel a carrying a cam d, which is adapted to operate a lazy-tongs system l carrying the damper counterweight p. The wheel a is rotated by a pawl t, which is oscillated by any suitable gearing, and the effective stroke of the pawl and consequently the speed of rotation of the wheel can be regulated by an adjustable mask u. In the position shown, the damper q is closed, and no further rotation of the ratchet takes place owing to the plain portion b of the wheel. When the furnace door is opened, the arm f with the pawl i falls to the position indicated at f<1>, and on closing the door, after stoking, the arm is returned to its original position, thus rotating the ratchet-wheel through a corresponding angle. The sliding block j then moves from the position shown to bear against the partion of the cam with the shortest radius, and the pawl t is again brought into engagement with the ratchet. The damper is thus opened, and its closing is gradually effected by the cam. An adjustable pivoted catch z is provided so that the damper can be held in any desired position. A mechanical or electrical alarm may be sounded when the damper has been completely closed. The cams may be of any desired contour to suit varying conditions. Modifications are described in which the cam acts on different parts of the lazytongs system.
Patent GB-190827663-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hand Shaping-machine.
Inventor: ALEXANDER ALFRED HINDLEY
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 27,663. Alexander, A. H. Dec. 19. Shaping.-A hand shaping-machine has the bedplate formed to a circular arc 20, Fig. 3, so that the horizontal inclination of the slide to the bed may be varied. The machine has an improved starwheel traversing-motion and work-gripping vice, and is provided with a slotted front apron 28 Fig. 1, to enable work to be clamped vertically. The traverse motion is obtained from an eccentricadjusted pawl 15, which engages a star-wheel 14 splined to the screw-shaft 5 ; a latch plate 50, Fig. 3, is provided to control this pawl, and carries projections 53, 54, which may engage the pawl on either side to prevent it from turning in one direction. The latch plate is controlled by a handle 51, which may be in a neutral position to give no feed. The vice comprises a base-plate 21, which, with the fixed jaw 22 and nut 25, which are separate from the base-plate to allow gripping of inclined work, is clamped by bolts to the bed. For thick work, the base-plate may be dispensed with, and, the jaw 22 and the nut 25 bolted direct to the bed. A rib 27 enables the machine to be secured in a vice, and V-grooves are provided to enable small shafts &c. to be secured to the machine ; means are also provided to secure the machine to shafts of larger size, the apron being then removed.
Patent GB-190900066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Filtering Devices for Connecting to Taps.
Inventor: PETERSEN PETER
IPC: B01D35/04
Filed: 1909-01-01
Granted: 1910-01-03
Abstract: 66. Petersen, P. Jan. 1. Tap f i l t e r s.- Spreaders 9 a r e fixed in pieces 4 which close the ends of a casing 3 containing layers of various filtering- materials separated by metal gauze. The pieces 4 are flanged and screwthreaded, o n e of them being screwed on the tap 1 and the other receiving a spout 6. The filter is reversed for cleansing.
Patent GB-190905906-A (GB)
Title: An Improved DEvice for Securing Keys in Railway Chairs.
Inventor: COPLAND CHARLES DALZIEL
IPC: E01B9/58
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 5906. Copland, C. D. Oct. 11. Chair keys and wedges.-Keys are secured by an arched strip d of spring steel, embracing the chair jaw and corrugated in its key face. The strip may also be corrugated on its inner face.
Patent GB-190910005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Open Fire Places.
Inventor: IDE FREDERICK GORDON
IPC: F24B1/193
Filed: 1909-04-27
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 10,005. Ide, F. G. April 27. Open fire - places; grates; ash - pans.- A removable grate e, exactly fitting the lower part of a fire - brick back a, is supported by legs g above an ashpan h, the front m of which forms a fret and is provided with a hit- and - miss regulator n governing the air supply beneath the grate. The grate slopes upwards at the front f and may be provided with front bars p. The rear legs g may be angled in plan, and the bottoms of the legs are turned under to form supports for the ash-pan. The fire-brick back is partly inclined forwards and partly backwards as shown.