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Patent GB-190504051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Position of Moving Objects, for use in Naval Defence, and for other purposes.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 4051. Justice, P. M., [Bethlehem Steel Co.]. Feb. 27. Range-finders.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 11,184, A.D. 1903, and to the employment with apparatus for continuously indicating the distance and direction of a moving object, such as a ship, of a reduced and transparent chart through which the movements of the indicating-pointer may be observed, or upon which a trace may be made by such pointer. Fig. 3 shows an inverted plan of the apparatus. Two arms 28, 29, extending over the chart, and pivoted at 23 and 22, respectively, are kept parallel to two observing-telescopes at the ends of an observation base, the length of which is to the distance between the pivots 23, 22 in the ratio of the reduction scale of the chart. The point of intersection 31 of the arms 28, 29 thus traces on the chart the movements of, say, an observed ship. The chart and its supporting-table J may be transparent or translucent so that the recording-pointer may be seen through it, or the table may be of ground glass upon which the course of the observed object may be traced by a pencil. The apparatus may be employed for the automatic firing of mines by mounting contacts 6 on the chart at points corresponding to the positions of the mines. A mine circuit 7, 8 will then be closed upon the pointer 31 making contact with the stud 6 ; or the connexion may simply ring a warning bell.
Patent GB-190508035-A (GB)
Title: Illustrated Geographical Puzzle
Inventor: DEWDNEY ERNEST ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-04-15
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 8035. Dewdney, E. A., and Stickland, S. S. April 15. Puzzles.-A map cut into a number of pieces, the rearrangement of which in their correct positions constitutes a puzzle, is provided on its face with pictures representing the trades, manufactures, &c. carried on in the country.
Patent GB-190511500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holdback Attachments for Vehicles.
Inventor: MILLEN JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1905-06-01
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 11,500. Millen, J. T. Oct. 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Breeching.-A holdback bar for the shafts of vehicles, by the use of which the ordinary breeching may be dispensed with, consists of a bar A, Fig. 1, secured at its ends to the shafts. The ends a<1> of the bar are secured in sockets between the ribs c' formed on a plate C and attached at its ends c to the shaft B, by bolts E passing through a slot c<2> in the plate C. The position of the bar can be adjusted by detaching the plate C from the shaft and moving the ends a<1> into the required socket.
Patent GB-190515186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Pockets
Inventor: HAY ROBERT DUNLAP
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 15,186. Hay, R. D., and Bieber, J. F. July 24. Pockets.-A safety pocket for insertion bodily in the pocket of a garment comprises a tab 10 which forms a closure by passing under an elastic strip 5 on the inner part of the pocket. The strip 5 is secured to the inner part of the pocket and round the side bars 8 of a frame consisting of two strips 7 and the sides 8 enclosed in the pocket material. The lower strip 7 normally bulges out beyond the strip 5, so that the pocket is conveniently closed by inserting the index finger beneath the elastic strip 5, and pressing the tab 10 over the bulged strip 7 and under the elastic strip 5, the strip 7 tending to force the tab 10 outwardly from the strip 5.
Patent GB-190525639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns Employed for Burning or Fixing the Colours or Glaze upon Glass, or Earthenware, and other Materials, applicable also for other purposes.
Inventor: THORNTON HARRY
Filed: 1905-12-09
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 25,639. Thornton, H., Sharp, R. N., Ingle, J. H., and Stanley, L. W. Dec. 9. Atmospheric gas and vapour burners. - The burners j of a kiln are each provided with a refractory perforated hood or cap k enclosed within asbestos n. A combustible mixture of gas, or oil, or spirit vapour with an excess of air, is supplied to the burner nozzles from chambers or pipes h connected to a main supply pipe, and, by causing the gaseous mixture to travel at a greater speed than that of the flame and by restricting the egress of the vapours, ignition takes place at the cap k so that a blue flame is produced.
Patent GB-190608477-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tin-tubes for Paint and the like.
Inventor: GOETZE THEODOR
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 8477. G÷tze, T., and Pr³sar, C. April 9. Handles for brushes. A flexible tube e for paint or the like is covered by a protecting-case b corresponding to the form of the tube. The case is pressed out of a strip of tin &c. which is doubled in the middle and is kept in position by a ring e. A cylinder i carrying a brush and an elastic tube f may be affixed to the tube e. The cylinder i is provided with a groove m into which the inwardly projecting edge m<1> of the case b fits. In order to press out the paint from the tube, a key a, which turns in the two slips between the halves of the case, is provided.
Patent GB-190614592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Measuring Apparatus
Inventor: HARRIS GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-26
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 14,592. Harris, G. W. June 26. Thermometers.-An electrical measuring-instrument of the two coil ohmmeter type for use with an electrical resistance thermometer, is provided with a differentially wound coil. The differential coils S, X are connected to the comparison or standard resistance s and the thermometer x, respectively, the compensating-leads being included with the resistance s ; the controlling-coil D is connected to a resistance unit d, in terms of which the resistance is measured, the scale being graduated to read the temperature directly. The resistance may be subdvided to increase the range of measurement, and the resistance d may be correspondingly subdivided, to compensate for errors due to shunting by the coils of the instrument, and both resistances may be varied simultaneously by a double sliding contact arm.
Patent GB-190618661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Invalid and like Cycle Chairs
Inventor: HOPKINSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 18,661. Hopkinson, W., and Oaks, E. Aug. 20. Manumotive cycles. - In a three-wheeled cycle chair for the use of invalids &c., the parts of the frame are made telescopic so that the relative positions of the various members may be altered and adjusted as desired. The seat-supporting frame comprises a pair of crossed telescopic tubes c, c', which are clamped to the fork members d of the two front driving-wheels a and are secured at their rear ends to curved members f attached to the head h of the steering-wheel b, the forks d being adjustable at d<1> to vary the height of the hand-cranks n. Side tubes k clamped to the brackets l are integral with or secured to telescopic tubes j connected to the head h. Steering is effected by the back-rest s or by an attendant holding a handle t, the tube u being adjustable at u<2> and the stem u<1> being clamped in the split upper end of the stem of the fork i<1>. The footboard v is carried by a frame w adjustable at w<2>.
Patent GB-190623233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Change Speed an Reversing Gear.
Inventor: LOUIS RENAULT
Filed: 1906-10-19
Abstract: 23,233. Renault, L. March 8, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-Relates to change - speed and reversing gearing of the sliding-gear type suitable for motor - vehicles. The driving-shaft 1 has a projection 3 supported in ballbearings inside a sleeve 4, which is rotatively connected to a driven shaft 4<1>. A wheel 11, secured to the sleeve 4, is permanently in mesh with a pinion 22 fast upon a countershaft 18 along with a pinion 21 and wheels 20, 19. A wheel 16, sliding on feathers &c. on the shaft 1 and adapted to engage the pinion 21 to produce the second speed, carries clutch teeth 17 adapted to engage apertures in the end of the sleeve 4 to effect a direct drive. Pinions 13, 14 sliding together on the shaft 1 yield two lower speeds when caused to mesh with the wheels 19, 20, respectively. Reversal is brought about by sliding a double pinion 23 into mesh with the elements 19, 13, simultaneously. The sliding trains are operated by a plate 26 actuated from a single spindle 32 through a sector 31 and pinion 30. Sleeves sliding on a fixed spindle 37, Fig. 1, are connected on the one hand to forks 35, 36, and on the other to rollers 33, 34 engaging cam-slots 27, 28, Fig. 3, on opposite sides of the plate 26. The fork 25 operating the pinion 23 is connected to an arm 40, which is engaged by a projection 38 on the plate 26 and guided into, and traversed by, a recess 39. The plate 26 is held in proper gear positions by notches 43 in its periphery engaged by a spring pawl 44. Access to the gear is had through a door in the casing.
Patent GB-190623288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Removable Bottoms of Annealing Muffles Furnaces and the like.
Inventor: MOORE WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1906-10-20
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 23,288. Moore, W. G. Oct. 20. Annealing-furnaces; hearths.-Relates to the movable bottoms of annealing muffles and furnaces. Channel section plates A, A<1>, dovetailed at their ends, are fixed upon a brick foundation or concrete, and receive rollers C upon which rest channel section plates B, B<1> fixed to transverse plates or girders E. To prevent cold air from passing into the annealing-chamber from underneath, the upper transverse plates, which are dovetailed together and support the brick bed of the furnace, are formed with a part L projecting into a sand-filled groove k<1> on each of the side walls. The rollers are kept at relatively fixed centres by rods M and pins m<1>, and the bottom is moved by screwed rods, or by a chain H connected at each end to a chain-wheel J.
Patent GB-190624992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing for Fixed and Moving Joints.
Inventor: CONRAD EMMETT
Filed: 1906-11-06
Granted: 1907-11-06
Abstract: 24,992. Conrad, E., and Miller, C. E. Nov. 6. Joint-making packing is made from the husks of maize, from which the butts and coarse woody portions are first removed. They are then twisted or braided to form a rope of the desired size, which may be passed between rolls and is then steamed and placed in a vat containing a moderately-heated mixture of, for example, one gallon of cylinder oil, half a pound of tallow, four ounces of graphite, and one ounce of glycerine. After a thorough soaking, which may be facilitated by kneading, the rope is removed and cooled and dried in the open. It is then coated with dry graphite and is ready for use.
Patent GB-190704788-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stencil Copying Device.
Inventor: BLUHM KARL
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 4788. Bluhm, K. Feb. 27. Copying documents.-In a stencil copying-press, the stencil frame 5 is hinged to an axis 4 of square section capable of vertical movement in guides 2. Springs 3 coiled around the axis 4 tend to swing the stencil frame open, but extensions of the springs pass through holes 7 in the table 1 so as to enable the axis 4 to move vertically. The axis is provided. with terminal rollers 9, which are engaged by pivoted slotted levers 12, connected with a hand-operated rod 15. A spring 16 tends to move the axis 4 to its lowest position. As the pile 8 of sheets becomes smaller, the frame 5 descends, but by pushing the rod 15 inwardly, a fresh pile can be laid upon the table. Rails 22 adjustable by means of set-screws 24 engaging rods 23, Fig. 5, cover the edges of the wax stencil sheet which is itself covered by silk gauze.
Patent GB-190706394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Butter
Inventor: BORGSTROM ARTHUR HJALMAR
IPC: A23D7/02
Filed: 1907-03-16
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 6394. Borgstrom, A. H. March 16. Butter and butter substitutes.-In making natural or artificial butter, the milk, cream, or the like is churned at a temperaiure below 9‹ C., so that no butter separates during churning, but only on allowing the temperature to rise. afterwards ; the liquid then either "breaks" and needs gentle stirring to separate the butter, or divides at once into butter and churn milk. The temperature may be below zero in cases when the addition of salt is allowable. In the souring of the cream, the acid may be added immediately before or during churning instead of several hours previously ; this secures also that the cream is churned before thickening.
Patent GB-190706766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slot Protectors of Bobbins Spools and Pirns.
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 6766. Wilson, W. B., and Wilson & Co. March 21. Bobbins, spools, and pirns.-Slot protectors for bobbins, spools, and pirns are' made of the section shown at 1, Figs. 1, 5, and 9, and are fixed in the wooden bobbin so that a portion of the-protector is flush with the margin 2 of the slot 3 and so in contact with the driving - studs. The protectors may be made of brass or other metal tubing, or by rolling or stamping sheet or ribbon metal to the required section, and cutting off the requisite lengths ; they are pressed into the wood when applied endways to the grain, or when applied to cross-grained woods a blocking-saw or mortising- chisel may be used to form a groove or recess similar to the outline of the protector applied.
Patent GB-190707205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fanlight and Analogous Catches
Filed: 1907-03-26
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 7205. May & Padmore, and May, W. F. N. March 26. Latches.-In latches for fan-lights &c., a spring- pressed bolt b is withdrawn by a pivoted lever d working in a slot in the bolt. A cover-plate f, which keeps the bolt and the spring in position, is formed as shown in Fig. 5 with two ears f<1> partly enclosing the lever d, and with bent portions f<3> <a> having recessesf<4> for the pivot pin e.
Patent GB-190707814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Perforating and Rewinding Continuous Bands of Paper and the like.
Inventor: CHAMBON LOUIS
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 7814. Chambon, L. April 3. Printing in several colours. - Relates to a machine for printing bands of paper in several colours, perforating the bands in order that the perforated parts may be separated into cigarette papers, chocolate wrappings, &c., and winding up the perforated band, all the motions of the machine being obtained from a common shaft. The paper 1, Fig. 1, passes through feed cylinders 2, 3, and a number of impression cylinders 4, 5, according to the number of colours to be applied, this arrangement being similar to that described in Specification No. 23,428, A.D. 1895. The paper then passes through a perforating-device 6, and is wound up by a reel 7. The perforating-device is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and comprises a cylinder 8 with dies 9 co-acting with pins 26, 27 carried by a cross piece 19. The cylinder 8 and bar 19 are oscillated by rods 11 working in sleeves 12 and actuated by gearing 13 and crank-pins 14. The gearing 13 is driven by gearing on a shaft driven by worm gearing 16, 12, and gearing 28, 29 on the main shaft 22. The bar 19 has a vertical reciprocation and forces the pins through the paper at a time when the circumferential speed of the cylinder 8 is equal to the speed of the paper fed by the cylinders 2, 3. The punched-out pieces of paper are carried away by conduits 32, 33. In order to wind the paper up at a constant speed, the paper is passed around a roller 20 carried by arms 23 attached to a lever 31 adjustably controlled by a spring 30. The lever 31 is connected by levers 34, 36 and a rod 35 to the shaft of a friction roller 32, which engages a spring disk 21 on the shaft 22. The shaft of the roller 32 drives the shaft of the reel 7 by means of an endless screw and worm, and as the size of the roll increases, the increased tension moves the arms 23, and this causes the roller 37 to move towards the centre of the disk and the angular speed of the roll 7 is diminished, the rate of winding the paper, however, remaining substantially constant. The driving-mechanism consists of a dynamo 42 which drives a pulley 40 on the shaft 22, a friction device for starting and stopping being inserted between the pulley and shaft. The details may be modified.
Patent GB-190708872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double-acting Air Pumps.
Inventor: MENZIES ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 8872. Menzies, A. April 17. Air-pumps, s t e a mengine.-Relates to that type of double-acting airpumps for steam-engine condensers in which the pump may be run as a single-acting pump when the valves require repair or renewal. Inlet passages E lead from each end of the cylinder into a valve casing F having two compartments fitted with suction valves G, each compartment communicating with the condenser by a separate pipe provided with a stop valve. When either stop valve is closed, the pump becomes single-acting.
Patent GB-190720454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Newspaper Vending Machines.
Inventor: KINCH DAVID BLAIR
Filed: 1907-09-13
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 20,454. Kinch, D. B., and Stewart, D. H. Sept. 13. Feeding sheets. - In coin - freed apparatus for vending newspapers, magazines, &c., these articles are arranged on end in a chamber 2 and fed forward to the position for delivery by means of a follower 20 connected by cords 24 passing over pulleys to stretched springs 22. By these means the articles are subjected to a comparatively great pressure at their lower ends, which are engaged by a delivery roller, while a spring plate 21 attached to the follower exerts a light pressure over the upper portions.
Patent GB-190724924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing and Spraying Sewage or other Liquids upon Filter Beds.
Inventor: BURN ROBERT GEORGE LAING
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 24,924. Burn, R. G. L., Burn, J. D., Burn, L. A., and Brown, C. R. B. June 4, 1908. Spray producers and spreaders.- Apparatus for distributing sewage or other liquids over bacteria or filter beds comprises a supply pipe A fitted with rotatable inverted c o n e s, as shown in Fig. 4. A nozzle B is-fitted into an orifice in the pipe and supports a spindle E on which the cone is mounted. This cone is rotated by the liquid impinging on vanes arranged on its surface. The vanes may be graded in length, as shown in Fig. 1, in order to obtain an even distribution ; or they may be of the same length and the upper part of the cone may be shaped to give tongues G of varying inclination for the same purpose. The speed of the cone and the area of distribution may be still further increased by admitting compressed air to the distributor some distance below the mouth of the nozzle.
Patent GB-190726865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Chains for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: YOXALL HENRY SMALLWOOD
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 26,865. Yoxall, H. S., and Wadhams, G. Dec. 5. Driving-chains.- In driving-chains for motor vehicles &c, the driving- blocks are adapted first to engage the apices of the sprocket teeth, and then to come gradually into contact with the sides of the teeth without noise. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, cranked side plates a are connected together by driving-blocks c and pins b passing through the blocks. The blocks are arranged at an angle to the direction of travel, and are provided on their driving-faces with recesses c' which engage the apices of the sprocket teeth with practically a sliding motion. The rounded portions c<2> of the blocks then gradually engage with the sides of the teeth. Projections on the sides of the blocks engage with holes in the side plates to prevent relative rotation.
Patent GB-190806273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Boots, Shoes or the like.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 6273. Lake, H. W., [Schuhfabrik Bonndorf Geb. Kriechle]. March 20. Stiffeners.-A process for the manufacture of boot and shoe caps consists in first coating a length of material, such as buckram, on both sides with thin layers of celluloid in the known manner, and evaporating the solvent so that the material becomes stiff. A piece of this material is then stamped to the required form and inserted between the upper and lining, and the three layers are united by sewing on one side in known manner. The upper and lining are next turned back, and the insertion piece is dipped in amyl acetate, acetone, or like solvent to soften the celluloid ; the upper and lining are then folded down again and united to the insertion piece by pressure.
Patent GB-190810493-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Stereoscopy and Apparatus for the Application of this Method.
Inventor: BALMITGERE GEORGES
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 10,493. BalmitgÞre, G. May 15, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Stereoscopes. - Stereoscopic negatives carrying laterally-reversed pictures of different size, as in Fig. 3, are made usable without cutting-up by utilizing an apparatus in which two mirrors x, y, Fig. 8, are so placed that the negative n is seen by reflection on looking through the eyepieces e, f. The pictures c, d, Fig. 14, which are taken in a stereoscopic camera having lenses of different length, may be projected into pictures of equal size on a plate z by means of suitable lenses a, b. Mirrors may be placed between the pictures and the lenses in these rectifiers to give a more suitable disposition with the pictures in the same plane &c.
Patent GB-190813774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 13,774. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Seibert, W.]. June 29. Movable-abutment type.-In a rotary engine of this type, the axially-sliding abutment is controlled by the rotatable pistoncarrying bead. The casing a, Figs. 2 and 3, comprises two centrally bored disk sections 1, 2 bolted together and provided with adjacent semicircular recesses 17, in which works the piston 5 carried by the annular rib 13 of the rotatable head 4. The head 4 rotates in the central boring of the disks, and has packing strips 16 in annular recesses 15 extending into the disks. The piston consists of two parts 7, 8 bolted together and provided on their adjacent faces with recesses 10, 11 for packing 12. A reversible valve 22 of the usual forms operates in a chamber 21 fixed to the casing, and is carried by a shaft 23 on which are also mounted valves 25, working in recesses 62 of the casing and controlling exhaust ports 26, 26<a>, so that when the handle 48 is pulled to close the port 28 and open the port 29 by means of the valve 22, the exhaust is also changed. The sliding abutment 30 moves in the chamber 31 projecting laterally from the casing, and carries a rod 34 which is reciprocated through the stuffing-box 33, the other end of the rod being attached to an angled portion 38 of the member 39. The inner end of the member 39 carries a roller 40 which co-operates with a cam projection 41 of the head 4, and the roller journal is extended and guided in a recess 42, of the chamber to ensure an even movement of the abutment. The abutment, after being operated by the cam 41, is returned by the tension of the spring 43. To the section 2 of the casing is secured the steam chest 50 which communicates with the chamber 21 by a passage 51. The passage is alternately opened and closed by a valve 52 connected to a rod 53 which passes through a stuffing- box 54 and is operated by a cam 55 on the main shaft, the rod carrying a roller 56 which is held in engagement with the cam by a spring. The casing is provided with lugs 47 by which it may be secured to any suitable support.