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Patent GB-190511670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic View Finders
Inventor: ADAMS ARTHUR LEWIS
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 11,670. Adams, A. L. June 3. Cameras. - The parts of the view - finder are constructed and arranged in connexion with the rising front, so as to show the correct angle, and the actual view projected on to the plate. In one construction, the front lens plate g of the finder has a sliding movement r e l atively to the body part f, which is attached to the rising front a. Slotted links i pivoted to the fixed front d engage pins k, m on the front lens and body part of the finder respectively. When the view-finder is raised in the motion of the rising front, an adjusted relative movement is set up between the parts g, f of the finder, giving the correct angle and view. Alternatively, any fitting may be linked to the front part of the viewfinder, or instead of the front lens or fittings of the finder being made movable, a mask or indicator such as a pointer or wire may be adapted to travel over the top of the finder at a differential speed relatively to the motion of the rising front.
Patent GB-190523531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines
Inventor: OSCANYAN PAUL CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1905-11-15
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 23,531. Oscanyan, P. C. Nov. 15. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to radial and parallel flow turbines provided with pressure-transforming chambers and pressure-equalizing arrangements An outward-now turbine has a wheel 4, Fig. 1, with rings of blades 5. The wheel and casing are annularly ridged to form chambers 9 for transforming pressure into kinetic energy on the nozzle side of the blades and receiving chambers 10 on the outlet side. The central inlet chambers 6 are connected to the receiving-chambers by valved pipes 12 so that an additional steam supply can be admitted to any chamber or an additional outlet can be opened leading to subsequent chambers. The pressure on both sides of the wheel is balanced by means of apertures formed in the wheel. A modification is formed as a duplex parallel - flow turbine. A modified outward-flow turbine has two sets of wheel blades with one set of intermediates in each stage. Another modification has two sets of guide blades 18, Fig. 9, and two sets of wheel blades 5 per stage, and at the periphery of the wheel a final set of enlarged blades 51 is arranged. In the machines shown in Figs. 1 and 9, the flow is wholly outwards, the tendency being thus to rid the apparatus of moisture in the steam.
Patent GB-190526382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles
Inventor: SCRYMGOUR WILLIAM HARRINGTON
Filed: 1905-12-18
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 26,382. Scrymgour, W. H. Dec. 18. Spring wheels.-Relates to wheels in which the rim is connected to the hub by a coiled spiral spring. Flanges 3 on the axle-box 2 enclose the wooden hub 1, and the rim 4 is of wood of considerable depth, provided with a suitable tyre. The laminated spiral 1 spring 6 is attached near each end to the hub and rim by clamping - plates 7, 8, dovetailed as shown. A continuous or other pneumatic or solid rubber cushion may be placed in the space 22 between the coils. Radial arms of angle metal 10, clamped to the hub by means of plates 11 and wooden filling-pieces 15, carry, clamped between a rim 16 and a ring 17, leather or other flexible dust-excluding rings 18, as well as segments 20 which bear against metal plates 19, attached to the rim. The spaces between the arms are filled up by sectors 21.
Patent GB-190602047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Cyanogen Compounds and Bye Products from Humus.
Inventor: COOPER WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 2047. Cooper, W. F. Jan. 26. Hydrocyanic acid and cyanides; humic acid.- Cyanides are obtained from hydrocyanic acid, which is produced by treatment of humus with nitric acid and distillation of the product. Humus, such as peat, farmyard or stable manure, &c., or that artificially produced as described below, is treated with nitric acid, preferably hot and either strong or diluted, and hydrocyanic acid and nitrous fumes are evolved. The gas is collected and treated in any convenient manner for the removal of impurities and the production of the desired cyanide, e.g. potassium cyanide. The residue in the retort or distilling-vessel contains nitrogenous compounds, possibly cyanogen compounds, from which hydrocyanic acid may be obtained by further distillation. The solid residue usually contains nitrogenous compounds, and may be dried and ground, or otherwise done up for manure. Humus may be artificially prepared by heating a carbohydrate, such as sugar and wood refuse, cotton waste, and gum residue, with an acid such as hydrochloric, sulphuric, or hydrobromic acid, preferably until the dark product, humus, is produced.
Patent GB-190606915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BROWNE TOM BOUSQUET
Filed: 1906-03-22
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 6915. Browne, T. B. March 22. Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-Relates to a change-speed gear for motor-cars in which worm gearing is employed so as to obtain a direct drive on top speed, while the usual train of wheels is used to reverse the car. Two shafts A, A', Fig. 2, are mounted longitudinally in the gear box. The shaft A carries a loose worm D and also a double spur-wheel E, F, which slides on a feather and may be clutched to the worm D. The shaft A' has keyed to it two spur-wheels G, H and also a worm D<1>, both worms D', D engaging with a worm-wheel C on the differential shaft B as shown. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the worm D, D<1> together with the differential shaft are mounted in one casing. The shafts A, A' are connected to the worms D, D<1> by shafts X, X' and universal joints. In this case, the piece x is hollow and fits over the end of the shaft A in its bearing, and is provided with one member of a dog clutch. The gear box may be mounted with either side uppermost so that the height of the primary shaft can be varied according as it is desired to place the engine high or low in the frame. This object may also be attained by making the shafts A, A<1> interchangeable in their bearings.
Patent GB-190609152-A (GB)
Title: A Powder or Preparation for Destroying Slugs.
Inventor: SMEATON EUPHEMIA
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 9152. Smeaton, E., and Smeaton, E. April 18. Animals, destroying.-A mixture of equal quantities of coco-nut fibre, ground alum, powdered glass, and silver sand is used to destroy slugs.
Patent GB-190615172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Cord Sealing Devices and Labels.
Inventor: REICHE JULIUS
Filed: 1906-07-04
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 15,172. Reiche, J. July 4. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Seals and sealing. - Cord-sealing devices having a pair of tablets a, b of sheet metal with a connecting - neck c, the ends d being held between the tablets which are fastened by a flange e, are adapted to hold a cross-pin f carrying labels g. The cross-pin &c. may be integral with the sealing- device.
Patent GB-190618216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Liquid Meters.
Inventor: KLEIN RICHARD
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 18,216. Klein, R. Aug. 14. Liquid meters.- The stroke of the two pistons of a liquid meter is determined by screws p, which are adjusted from outside the meter. The pistons a carry pipes c in which slide rods d with heads e. The pipes c are limited in motion by one set of screws p, and the rods d by the other set.
Patent GB-190619108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Outlet Fittings and Overflow Fittings of Baths, Lavatories and Sinks.
Inventor: SMITH FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1906-08-27
Granted: 1907-08-27
Abstract: 19,108. Smith, F. C. Aug. 27. Baths; sinks; lavatory basins.-Nuts and unions are dispensed with in outlets and overflow fittings. The flanged spigot part A is fastened to the bottom 5 by means of a screwed flanged socket piece B into which the pipe C screws. Alternatively, the end of the pipe may be flanged and form the socket, Fig. 3, or the socket B may be short and enter the hole 4 in the bottom, Fig. 5. In the case of plug outlets, the spigot A is made with a grating 2. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2747, A.D. 1859, No. 23,526, A.D. 1894, and No. 13,835, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190620637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sand-blast Apparatus for Dressing Castings.
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 20,637. Vereinigte Schmirgel - und Maschinenfabriken Akt.-Ges. vorm. S. Oppenheim & Co. und Schlesinger & Co. Sept. 26, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sand blast; rumbles.-In machines for cleaning castings by treatment with a sand blast in a rotating drum a, the castings are fed from a hopper c through an open-ended drum by helical guides b, which may be continuous as shown or interrupted, and out through a shoot d. The sand-blast nozzles e are fixed in position to dispense with the use of hose.
Patent GB-190620800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Vehicles and Shafting.
Inventor: COTTINGHAM THOMAS JAMES SAYLE
Filed: 1907-03-18
Granted: 1908-03-18
Abstract: 20,800. Cottingham, T. J. S. March 18, 1907. Brakes.-A brake of the expanding-segment type for vehicles and shafting comprises eccentricallyguided segments b<1>, b<2> adapted to be wedged against the inner surface of the rotating drum a. The segments carry renewable wearing-blocks b<3>, and are formed with slots d, which are eccentric to the drum a and are fitted upon studs c projecting from a fixed disk e. The segments are forced apart by rotating a pinion h engaging racks g<1>, g<2>. Any tendency of the drum to seize one segment is counteracted by its action on the other segment.
Patent GB-190626306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Working or Carburetting Apparatus
Inventor: ZWICKY JULIUS
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 26,306. Zwicky, J. Nov. 21, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Carburetting.-In a carburettor arranged to produce carburetted air free from water and other residues, a bell d, vertically guided in a vessel h which contains carburetting-liquid to the level of an inlet f, is divided internally by a partition d', and the lower compartment is formed with a spiral passage containing porous material extending not quite to the bottom, in order that any water &c. collecting there may not be absorbed. Such water may be withdrawn by means of a cock. Air enters by a pipe a passing nearly to the top of the bell d when the latter is in its lowest position, and passes round the spiral passage, out through holes near the bottom of the bell d, and up through the liquid in the vessel h. The carburetted air passes through porous material supported on a sieve e in the vessel h, and through porous material in an external vessel c. In use, the air pressure causes the bell d to rise somewhat in the vessel h. In a modification, porous material is arranged between a series of permeable concentric rings, and the air passes radially therethrough.
Patent GB-190629623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Disposition of Bossed-frames, for Double or Triple Screw-vessels, and Modification of Vessels Form in Afterbody.
Inventor: COCKBURN EDWIN
Filed: 1906-12-29
Granted: 1907-12-28
Abstract: 29,623. Cockburn, E. Dec. 29. Hulls.-Relates to the form of the after-body of twin- and triple-screw vessels, and particularly to the bossed frames for the stern tubes. The contour of the sections at about one-eighth of the length of the vessel from the aft perpendicular is. approximately the same as a normal bilge at midships. Where the bossed frames run into the normal form of the vessel, the curve is made larger than usual, being at about one-eleventh of the length of the vessel from aft, of about the same as an inverted form of bilge amidships. The lines are preferably faired by diagonals through the centre of the shaft, as shown. The bottom of the vessel is raised slightly towards the stern.
Patent GB-190702853-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Aneroid Barometer
Inventor: ASTEN JOSEPH CHARLES
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 2853. Asten, J. C. Feb. 5. Barometers.-Long-range aneroid barometers are provided with a second dial so that finer readings are given, as by the second hand of a watch, both for pressure and altitude.
Patent GB-190706288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Trembler Coils and Contact Breakers.
Inventor: METCALFE ARTHUR WILSON
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 6288. Metcalfe, A. W. March 15. Tension arrangements.- In an electric trembler coil device for use in primarycurrent interrupters for the ignition in internal - combustion engines, the varying of the time of sparking may be accomplished by mounting a sprocketwheel h upon a shaft f carrying a cam which actuates the contacts, and connecting the sprocketwheel by a chain r to an engine shaft p. The chain passes over idlers s, s'. By moving the latter apart from one another, so as to straighten one side of the chain wbile taking up the slack of the other, a relative motion of the sprocket h from A to B is obtained.
Patent GB-190716655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of Dyeing or Printing Warps and Yarns of all Kinds, Woven Fabrics, and Various other Materials, such for instance as Felt and Paper, by Means of a Vacuum, and in Apparatus for Carrying Out the New Process.
Inventor: OELSNITZ OSCAR ALBERT
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 16,655. Albert, O. July 20. Stencilling-apparatus ; printing fabrics, felt, yarns, threads, and the like. - A suction-apparatus is passed over the materials resting on stencilpatterns which are supported above a dye beck by a blanket on a metal sieve, the liquor in the beck being kept in contact with the blanket by a constant-level apparatus working in conjunction with a second tank. The patterns d having been disposed upon the felt blanket c, the material e to be dyed is drawn into position above them. Above the material e is an apron g, and over this the suction-apparatus n is guided from one end of the table to the other. When the suction is completed and the apparatus n withdrawn, the material e is drawn off the table, the apron f being caused to travel with it to prevent obliteration of the designs. The beck a contains a single dye-bath i or may be divided into several compartments by partitions extending up to the blanket as shown.
Patent GB-190721425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors.
Inventor: CAMPBELL DUNCAN
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 21,425. Campbell, D., Binnie, R. B. J., and Reid, W. Sept. 27. Driving and like chains.-Relates to scraper conveyer chains. Each chain link is formed from a single strip of metal, bent as shown, with the front edge N sloping downwards so as to tend to bury itself when moving. The links are connected by pins R, which pass through holes in the sides of the links and bear for the whole of their length against the link. The pins are secured to the links by bolts S, so that any movement takes place upon the greatest bearing-surface, that of the transverse member N. To increase this surface, the bar N may be formed to fit the pin, or the pin may have a sleeve with flattened sides.
Patent GB-190722616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mudguards for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DAVIES THOMAS MORRIS
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 22,616. Davies, T. M. Oct. 14. Guards, mud.-Road vehicles, more particularly motor-cars, are provided along the outer edge of the ordinary mud guard with a detachable and folding mud-guard extension in the form of a strip of flexible material secured by a number of clips. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in connexion with a mud guard having a beaded edge, the strip d is secured to a pair of spring metal arms a which grip the edge of the fixed guard b and are sufficiently long to pass across the strip. The arms are preferably lined with leather at c, and the ends a<2> are spread apart so that the clips may be readily pushed into position on to the fixed guard. One or both of the arms may be curved at a<3> to receive the beaded edge b<1>. With a mud guard having no bead at its edge, the strip is preferably secured to metal pieces riveted to V-shaped clamping-pieces which are fastened to the guard by screws carrying leatherlined clamping-disks ; or the clamping-pieces may be extended to take the place of the metal pieces. For attaching the extension to a guard having a downwardlydepending flange, the strip is preferably secured to lateral extensions of vertically-arranged U -shaped clamps which are fixed by screws to the flange of the guard ; or the clamps may be extended a short distance to carry metal supporting-pieces.
Patent GB-190801155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Delivering Measured Quantities of Tea.
Inventor: SUMERLING HERBERT
Filed: 1908-01-17
Granted: 1909-01-18
Abstract: 1155. Sumerling, H. Jan. 17. Measured quantities, delivering.-Tea is measured in chambers or pockets formed in opposite sides of a drum rotating in a cylindrical casing. One end or side of the pocket is adjustable to determine the quantity for one, two, or more persons, and is returned automatically to its normal one-portion position immediately after the delivery of the measured quantity. Twin sliding plungers e are mounted in longitudinal grooves formed by partitions d, d<1> at opposite sides of the drum, so that the ends e<1> of the plungers serve as adjustable ends to the pockets formed by the partitions. The plungers are integral with a bar f, which passes through the drum casing and is formed with an annularly grooved cylinder g, which serves as a rack engaging a pawl h. A longitudinal groove i interrupting the rack allows the cylinder to be disengaged when the bar f is turned. A sliding block o determines the normal one - portion position, and a similar sliding block r determines the position for two or more persons. The barf is provided with a scale l. The plungers are returned to their normal position by one or more springs m, passing through the hollow sides of the drum.
Patent GB-190802817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Capped Armour Piercing Projectiles.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 2817. Hadfield, Sir R. A., and Jack, A. G. M. Feb. 7. Projectiles, ordnance.-Relates to armour-piercing projectiles, such as are provided with soft-metal caps as described in Specifications No. 20,983, A.D. 1898, and No. 19,104, A.D. 1907, and consists in the provision of a mantle a having a larger radius of curvature than the nose of the projectile, in contradistinction to the mantle described in Specification No. 16,901, A.D. 1898. The clearance d may be filled with cement, aluminium, pitch, or other material of low specific gravity. The mantle a is secured at a' to the projectile b<1> and may also be secured to the soft-metal cap c. When soft metal caps, such as are shown in Fig. 2, are used, the part c<1> is cut away.
Patent GB-190807613-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Raising the Temperature of Substances containing Bodies Sensitive to Change, especially applicable to Physiologicochemical Substances.
Inventor: BROUGHAM FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1909-04-06
Abstract: 7613. Brougham, F. J., [Preyss, W. von]. April 6. Albumens and albuminoids; ferments; cholesterins; glycerides; phosphates, ethereal; uric acid &c. -High-frequency alternating-currents are used to effect heating in the production of organic preparations, either by passing the current between electrodes applied to the substance to be treated, or inductively, or by capacity effect ; the current may be sent by several paths through a place to be specially warmed, so that a greater effect is obtained there. Any organ in a living body may thus be warmed, and undesired reactions such as oxidation by the oxygen in the air in the case of lecithins or cholesterins, or coagulating or splitting processes, in the case of a solution containing protein, can be avoided. By confining the heat to different layers of a liquid, solutions of precipitates can be effected, or fractional precipitations can be made. The method of heating can be used to cause frictional coagulation of sensitive albuminoid bodies, and for rendering catalytic bodies such as enzymes more effective.
Patent GB-190809636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for Electric Glow Lamps.
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 9636. Siemens - Schuckertwerke Ges. June 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lamp shades; reflectors. - A case m, formed as above or otherwise, of dull or polished metal, rests on or is rigidly attached to an electric incandescent lamp holder, and is pressed concentrically against the lamp bulb to prevent rattling and accidental detachment of the lamp. When applied to a bayonet lamp holder, the case m has an inturned ledge h, which rests loosely on the top of the holder, and the case is pressed down by a spring g bearing on a ring r fixed inside the case. If the lamp has a screw cap, the top of the case is screwed or otherwise rigidly connected to the holder.
Patent GB-190809752-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Treating the Exhaust on Automobiles.
Inventor: BATES CHARLES
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9752. Bates, C. May 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-In an apparatus for treating the exhaust on automobiles, the products of combustion are discharged by a pipe a<1> into a safety-chamber a provided with safety valves a<4> and are withdrawn therefrom by a pump b or the like through a pipe a<2> not diametrically opposite the inlet pipe and having a non-return valve a<3>. The products then pass through a pipe c<1> having a non-return valve c<2> into a filter chamber c. The chamber c is provided in the centre with a door c<4> by which filtering-matter may be introduced. The filter comprises two rings f<1> carrying wire-gauze disks f<2> held together by bolts f<3>. The filtering- medium comprises outer layers of silica cotton, intermediate layers of charcoal, and a central layer of unslaked lime. The gas passes from the chamber c to the atmosphere through a pipe c<3>, or it may be led into a cylindrical reservoir d having a discharge outlet g and may be used for illuminating or in the engine itself. A valve g<1> is provided by which, it is stated, the heavier air escapes, leaving the gas in a sufficiently pure state to be used for illuminating purposes. In a modification, a fan chamber is formed integral with the chamber a, and the products are led by the fan into the condenser c.
Patent GB-190810295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Gas Burners.
Inventor: KELLEY WILLIAM VAN DOREN
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 10,295. Kelley, W. van D. June 3, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas burners, regulating flame of.-The flame of a gas burner is periodically varied by a thermostat operating the gas cock, and a magnetic or other retarding-device prevents the gas cock from being operated too rapidly. In the form shown, the free end 8, Fig. 2, of the curved thermostat 6, preferably consisting of iron and brass strips, engages with pins 9 eccentrically arranged on the gas cock and also vibrates between the poles of a permanent magnet 10. The free end 8 is made of or carries magnetic material, and the cock is held in its seat by a spring. A globe 15, Fig. 5, carrying lettering or advertisements may be provided.