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Patent GB-190420781-A (GB)
Title: Sighting Apparatus for Ordnance.
Filed: 1904-09-27
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 20,781. Abel, C. D., [Rheinische Metallwaren-und Maschinenfabrik]. Sept. 27. Sights -In guns with . independent sight - lines, i.e., sight - lines which when laid on an object are not disturbed by any subsequent elevation of the gun, correction for drift is made by mounting the fore - sight M, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, on a slide B working on an inclined guide A concentric with the trunnion of the cradle. A bar E, rigidly connected to the elevating - arc K, which also carries the rear-sight L, is pivoted by the arm F to the trunnion, and is slidably jointed at D to the slide B, so that, as the gun is elevated, the slide B and sight M, while remaining in the same horizontal plane, are forced outwards from the gun by the guide A, which moves with the cradle. A rear elevation is shown in Fig. 3 with the gun horizontal, and in Fig. 4 with the gun at its maximum elevation, the sight M having moved outwards a distance G from the vertical plane containing the axis of the gun.
Patent GB-190428041-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Detonator for Blasting and Mining Cartridges.
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,041. Rennick, R. H. F., and Aerators, Ltd. Dec. 21. Blasting-fuzes.- A detonating-charge a of gunpowder or other safe explosive is contained in a spherical, cylindrical, or other shell b, of steel or suitable strong and brittle material. The shell may be necked at the opening or turned inwards as shown, the opening being closed by a plug through which the electric leads h<1> pass. The plug may be secured by shoulders or ledges formed in the orifice, or by indenting the neck.
Patent GB-190506301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Pressure Turbines
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 6301. Lentz, H. March 24. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In a multiple-impulse turbine, the motive fluid, whether steam or gas, is brought back to the buckets after discharge by means of an inversion chamber i, Fig 5. The direction of flow is reversed by guides k which are separated from the converging nozzles l by a collecting-chamber m.
Patent GB-190508200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Transmission of Electrical Energy.
Inventor: TESLA NIKOLA
IPC: H04B13/02
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1906-04-17
Abstract: 8200. Lake, M. H., [Tesla, N.]. April 17. Signals, electric.-Consists in a method of transmitting energy by establishing stationary electrical waves in the earth. Electrical oscillations are produced in a conductor connected to earth and the oscillations are taken up by the earth and reflected, so producing stationary waves through the e a r t h having the usual characteristics of nodes and ventral segments. Receiving-apparatus placed in certain positions are acted upon by the waves, o r the wave lengths may be so adjusted as a to affect apparatus in fixed positions. Waves of different lengths may be produced simultaneously, so producing a slowly-moving resultant wave, or several sets of such waves may be produced, so establishing regions of definite activity. The waves may be varied in intensity so as to produce different effects, and may be used for signalling &c., determining the course of moving objects such as ships, indicating time and distance apart of objects, latitude and longitude, &c. The oscillations impressed on the earth have a frequency of from six to 20,000 per second, and the wave train should continue for not less than one - twelfth of a second. The apparatus for producing the oscillations may consist of a transformer A with its secondary C connected in series with the primary or otherwise to an elevated terminal D and to earth at E, as.described in Specification No. 20,981, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.]. The total length of conductor E D should be a quarter of the wave length of the electrical disturbance in the system E C D, or an odd multiple of that. One form of receiver is described in Specification No. 11,293, A.D. 1901, and is shown in Fig. 2. It consists of a cylinder C<2> of insulating-material rotated by clockwork or the like and carrying contacts S engaging with contact-fingers b, b<1> connected to a condenser C, an indicator R, and adjustable commutator d. The contacts S also engage contacts a connected to terminal plates P, P<1>, one of which may be in the ground and one in the air,-or both may be in the ground at a considerable distance apart. When a number of stations are at work, the arrangement described in Specification No. 14,579, A.D. 1901, may be employed to prevent interference. For receiving energy in appreciable amount, a transformer similar to that shown in Fig. 1 and described in the prior Specifications may be employed.
Patent GB-190508957-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Absorbing Shock applicable for the Wheels of Vehicles and other Mechanical Appliances.
Inventor: MUIR JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-28
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 8957. Muir, J. April 28. Shocks, preventing.-Relates to means placed in the hub of a wheel &c. for absorbing shocks. The hub comprises two vertical metal cheeks, connected by bolts 2 passing through openings in the ring formed by the inner ends of the spokes, which slide between the cheeks. A steel collar 5 covers the bottom of the channel, and the ring formed by the inner ends of the spokes is also lined with metal 3. The space enclosed by the cheeks and the rings 3, 5 is almost filled with steel halls, rollers, or the like, and the small space left' is stated to allow the balls to adjust themselves to any shock suffered. Resilient cushions may be provided between the rings 3, 5 and the other parts of the hub, and bolts may be placed in the ball area for further rigidity iq driving. The anti-vibration hub is applicable in other rotary elements.
Patent GB-190511956-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Vertical Retorts for the Carbonisation of coal.
Inventor: WOODALL HAROLD WHITEMAN
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 11,956. Woodall, H. W., and Duckham, A. M. June 7. Gas retorts. - Vertical gas retorts a are constructed with h a number of longitudinal ribs e which abut against the walle of the setting c, or against each other. When such retorts are built up of a number of fire-clay sections, each section is moulded with the desired number of ribs.
Patent GB-190516778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Lubricating the Spindles in Spinning and Twisting Machines and the like.
Inventor: BAEUERLE WILHELM
Filed: 1905-08-18
Granted: 1906-08-18
Abstract: 16,778. Bõuerle, W. Aug. 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1907]. Lubricators.-In apparatus for supplying a number of spinning-spindles simultaneously with oil from one or more containers b, each container is provided with an overflow pipe g and a vessel e into which the oil which overflows may drip. The oil may be withdrawn from the bearings through a nozzle h in the common supply pipe c.
Patent GB-190521751-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Double-salts of Antimony Lactate.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1905-10-25
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 21,751. Ellis, G. B., [Chemische Fabrik von Heyden Akt.-Ges.]. Oct. 25. Lactates.-Double lactates of antimony with alkalies or metals such as aluminium or magnesium, the sulphates of which are soluble, are obtained by the action of neutral lactates upon antimony sulphate ; if alkaline earth lactates are also present, triple salts are formed. In an example, crude antimony sulphide is converted into sulphate by treating with sulphuric acid, cooling, precipitating with water, and washing. This sulphate, or sulphate otherwise prepared, is formed into a warm solution of neutral sodium lactate, stirred, filtered if necessary, and concentrated until the bulk of the sodium sulphate formed crystallizes out ; after removal of this the liquid is evaporated to dryness and a crystalline antimony-sodium lactate is obtained. In another example, antimony sulphate is stirred with neutral sodium lactate solution, and a solution of neutral calcium lactate is added ; the calcium sulphate formed is removed, and the filtered liquid or evaporation yields a crystalline antimony-calcium-sodium lactate.
Patent GB-190521848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mills for Crushing Sugar Cane, or the like.
Inventor: SASSIN CAMILLE BENJAMIN ONESIM
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 21,848. Sassin, C. B. O. Oct. 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sugar-cane mills.-Roller mills for sugar cane, bagasse, and the like comprise two tiers of horizontal rollers a, b, c, d of the same size and connected one with the other by gear-wheels. Plates f, g provided with cheeks direct the material between the rollers b, c and c, d, respectively. The feed-table e and the plates f, g are perforated or provided with gratings. The liquid expressed between the rollers a, band b, c falls into vessels i, k respectively and escapes by conduits j, l, while that expressed between the rollers c, d falls into the usual tank in the base-plate. The liquid from the vessels i, k may be run into the base-plate, or be collected separately. Cheeks or disks on the ends of the rollers b, d fit into grooves in disks on the end of the roller c and prevent the material from escaping at the ends of the rollers. The roller c coupled to the driving-motor is mounted in fixed bearings, while the bearings of the other rollers are adjustable horizontally. In a modification in which the material receives ouly two passes, the upper roller a is omitted and the plate f forms the lower end of the feed-shoot e.
Patent GB-190522016-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Recoil-check for the Springs of Vehicles.
Inventor: HOUSE HENRY ALONZO
Filed: 1905-10-28
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 22,016. House, H. A., [House, H. A.]. Oct. 28. Springs.-The sudden recoil of vehicle springs after compression is prevented by a device in which friction blocks are pressed by toggle-levers against the inner wall of a cylindrical casing as the springs are returning to their normal position. The cylindrical casing 1, Fig. 1, is supported from the framing 5 of the vehicle, and the friction blocks 10, 11, Fig. 3, are loosely connected by a rod 8 and an adjustable strap 6 to the vehicle axle 7. During the compression of the springs 9, the friction blocks 10, 11, which slide easily in the upward direction, are raised by springs 31, 32. The toggle-levers 19, 20 are pivoted to the gripping-blocks, and their free ends meet in an opening 22, formed in a block secured to the end of the rod 8. As the springs 9 recoil, the rod 8 is drawn downwards and the free ends of the toggle-levers engage and press the leather &c. gripping-surfaces 12 against the casing 1.
Patent GB-190523518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Work Tables.
Inventor: SIMOULIN PIERRE-JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-11-15
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 23,518. Simoulin, P. J. Nov. 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wood substitutes.-Tables for chopping, cutting- out, and like work are made of sheets or strips of cardboard compressed together and placed perpendicularly to the surface of the table. Rods or tie-bars may be embedded in the thickness of the material and bolted to prevent foliation. The tables may also be cut out of blocks of large dimensions.
Patent GB-190526743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balls for use in Golf and other Games
Inventor: URQUHART ANDREW
Filed: 1905-12-22
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 26,743. Urquhart, A., and Hansen, H. Dec. 22. Balls.-The inner cores of rubber-cored golf and like balls are formed by adding rubber solution &c. to a mixture of cork dust and rubber or rubber waste or tailings, the mass being stirred until a paste-like consistency is attained, when it is pressed or moulded into the desired shape. Heat may be applied during the operation. The core formed as above is wound with rubber tape under tension, and the outer coat applied as usual. In a modification, a nucleus of glass, metal, gutta-percha, &c. is arranged centrally within the composite core.
Patent GB-190526794-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of and Improved Alimentary Product.
Inventor: CLARKE FRANK HENRY LAVANCHY
Filed: 1905-12-22
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 26,794. Clarke, F. H. L. Dec. 22. Cocoa preparations.-A preparation adapted for use in cases of dyspepsia consists of triturated cocoa beans, banana flour, milk powder, and malt extract. The bananas are peeled and the pulp is cut into strips, which are dried by exposure first to the sun and then to a current of hot air, reduced to a granular form, further dried by hot air, and finally ground to flour and sifted. The aroma lost is restored by bringing into contact with the granular material during desiccation, or with the powdered material during sifting, the vapour of the essential oil preferably obtained by subjecting the peel, either fresh or preserved in alcohol, to a pressure of 3-4 atmospheres and a temperature of 30‹ C. When the pressure is reduced to half an atmosphere, the ethers distil off and the essential oil is left. For making tablets, the banana flour is mixed with milk powder and malt extract, ground cocoa containing all its fat is then incorporated, and sugar is added, but for making powder or compressed cakes the cocoa is mixed with liquid, condensed, or dry milk, dried, ground, and mixed with the banana flour. Violent action during grinding and incorporation is avoided, to preserve the nitrogenous products in their natural state.
Patent GB-190613396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spurs.
Inventor: SCHWARZ KARL
Filed: 1906-06-11
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 13,396. Schwarz, K. June 11. Spur-carriers.-On the front of the heel is fixed a plate c having at its ends spring bolts d, which fix the spur by engaging notches e in its sides.
Patent GB-190615599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire-lighters
Inventor: NAYLOR JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1906-07-10
Granted: 1907-07-10
Abstract: 15,599. Naylor, J. J. July 10. Lighting fires.- A piece of pumicestone a, Fig. 1, secured to a wire or other handle b, serves as a firelighter when saturated with paraffin &c. It may be kept, when not in use, in a receptacle d, Fig. 2, containing the liquid fuel. According to the Provisional Specification, lamps of pumice stone saturated with paraffin &c. may be placed in or secured to a grate for fire-lighting purposes. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 411, A.D. 1889, [Abridgment Class Fuel, Manufacture of].]
Patent GB-190619652-A (GB)
Title: A Selective Taking-screen or Filter Plate for Colour Photography at One Operation
Inventor: FINLAY CLARE LIVINGSTONE
Filed: 1906-09-04
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 19,652. Finlay, C. L. Sept. 4. Colour photography.-A screen is made by impressing oval or circular patches on transparent material in regular sequence and order for the first two colours, the space between the patches being coloured with the third colour. An impression is made in one colour by means of a plate on transparent material, as indicated at A. The plate is then moved and an impression made in another colour so that the colours do not overlap, as shown at B. The screen is placed in contact with sensitized material, which is exposed to light and then immersed in a suitable dye. The sensitized material is only coloured on the exposed portions C, and is cemented or otherwise placed in register with the first-mentioned transparent material. In a modification, sensitized stripping paper, holding in suspension a silver haloid, is used, and is printed with two of the colours and exposed to light. The coating is then transferred to a suitable transparent support. The screen may be adapted for photography in two, four, or more colours.
Patent GB-190621139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Food for Animals
Inventor: MICHAELY CARL THEODOR
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-09-24
Abstract: 21,139. MichaÙly, C. T. Sept. 24. Food for animals.-Dry brewer's grains or the like are mixed with hay and straw, or hay alone, and a small quantity of molasses or melasse, soaked grain is added without grinding, and the whole is then compressed, crushing the grain. The gluten and, if the grain has been heated when soaking, the pasted starch help to bind the materials. The grain is soaked in order to render the distribution of the molasses uniform. The following mixture may be used :-36 per cent rough food preferably chaff from hay or straw, 22 per cent dry brewers' grains and 8 per cent molasses, all of which may be heated before mixing, and 34 per cent steeped grain, say oats, maize, and rye. The briquettes may be grooved for breaking up.
Patent GB-190623128-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Sparger for Distributing Liquids in Mash Tuns or other Vessels.
Inventor: BRIGGS SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-10-18
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 23,128. Briggs, S. Oct. 18. Spray-producers.-The arms of rotary spargers for mash-tuns or other vessels are constructed so as to deliver either fine or coarse streams of water. The arms are formed of tubes divided longitudinally into two compartments or of two tubes A, Fig. 3, side by side, having flat sides C, through which the perforations are drilled, one side being perforated with fine holes and the other with larger holes. Tha arms are attached to plugs G, Fig. 5, which are rotatably connected to the body of the sparger by union nuts H. Partitions J, K are fitted in the plugs G and the body D of the sparger so that water is admitted only to one compartment of the arms, and the arms may be rotated on their axes so that either compartment may be connected with the water supply. In larger spargers, the plugs G are connected to the body of sparger by conical or taper-plug joints. The arms may be of square, triangular, or other cross-section which gives a flat side.
Patent GB-190624165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Drawing Hollow Articles.
Inventor: GOSSWEILER KARL
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 24,165. Gossweiler, K. Oct. 30. Bending.-In dies for drawing hollow articles from sheet metal, paper, pasteboard, cardboard, &c., the edges m, n corresponding to the parts of the finished articles where it is preferable to have the crowding together of the material, are rounded off more, as shown in Fig. 2, than the edges p, q, shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190626394-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Closing and Locking and Unlocking the Doors of Railway Carriages and the like.
Inventor: BROCKWELL CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-21
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 26,394. Brockwell, C. J., and Faro, L. Nov. 21. Door opening and closing apparatus.-Railwaycarriage doors are closed and fastened by means of a vertically-sliding block a, mounted on the carriage frame and carrying a wheel c, which cooperates with a fixed rail c<1> running the length of the platform. The doors are fastened by sliding bolts m<1>, mounted in the frame and operated by links m and sliding spring-controlled rods running in bearings at the bottom of the carriages. When the train has left the platform, the bolts m<1> are maintained in their shot position against the action of a spring l<3> by means of a wedge-piece o, carried by the sliding block a engaging a block o' on the rod l. When the train enters a station, the block a is raised by the wheel c running on the rail c<1> and the wedge o is released from the block o<1>; but the bolts m<1> are kept shot while the train is in motion by means of a governorj, which is rotated bythewbeel c through bevel-gearing i<1>, and draws down a rod j<1> which is connected to the rod l by a bell crank k. When the train stops, the governor ceases to rotate, and the rod l is drawn forward by the spring l<3> to release the doors. The doors are provided with spring striking-plates to allow them to be slammed after the train has started. A rack-and-pinion device p is provided to enable the doors to be opened in case the automatic arrangement fails, and a spring transverse pin r serves to lock the block a in its uppermost position when desired. Connected to the sliding block a is a rod d, connected through bell-cranks d', f and a rod e to the vertical rods g at the side of each door and arranged to operate an arm through a pin g' and slot h<1> for closing the door. When the block a falls after the train has left the station, the arms h are rotated from the position shown in Fig. 1 to close the doors.
Patent GB-190626704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stilts
Inventor: KELMAN ALEXANDER
IPC: A63B25/00
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 26,704. Kelman, A. Nov. 24. Stilts.-In stilts for the use of plasterers, painters, &c., the foot - plate C, provided with the usual straps, is carried by a bracket B, which is adjustably clamped to the stilt A and is strengthened by adjustable stays D. Above the bracket is an adjustable legpiece E, which is concaved partly to encircle the leg. A comparatively large base-piece F is provided, and each stilt, or one of each pair of stilts, is fitted with a scale.
Patent GB-190627118-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Leg for Tables, Seats, and the like.
Inventor: SHARP JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 27,118. Sharp, J. Nov. 28. Stays.-In folding legs for tables, seats, &c., each leg a being Y-shaped as indicated, the block b is secured to the table, the leg a is pivoted to it, and the stays c, d, which are themselves hinged together by the bolt ,g, are pinned to the table top and to the leg a, respectively. The pivot bolt e, which connects the parts d, a, engages with the locking-plate f, and the pivot bolt g with the locking- plate h. By pressing on the thumbbit k, the leg is unlocked, and can be folded.
Patent GB-190700525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Lubrication of Bearings Engines and the like specially applicable for Motors Cars.
Inventor: BURGESS GEORGE FRANK
Filed: 1907-01-08
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 525. Burgess, G. F. Jan. 8. Pressure-regulating valves; locking valves.-Compressed air in a chamber l acts upon oil in a reservoir k, and a constant pressure is maintained by a valve n resting on an ebonite seat n<1>, on the spindle of which is mounted, by nuts o', a. xylonite disk o, clamped between a shoulder o<2> and a flanged cap q. The disk o may be reinforced by a series of flat xylonite rings of varying diameter. A spring r tends to open the valve against the air pressure on the disk o, and is adjusted by a screw s. The oilsupply valve, of the screw-adjusted needle type, is locked in any, adjusted position by a bar which is arranged to engage notches on the head of the valve spindle.
Patent GB-190701694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reversible Turbines.
Inventor: BARHAM CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 1694. Barham, C. J. Jan. 22. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In parallel-flow turbines in which the blading arrangement permits of driving in either direction, the moving blades, or the stationary guide-blades, are arranged parallel to the axis of the turbine. The blades consist of flat plates and are secured to wheel-like disks. Fig. 1 shows the moving blades b parallel to the axis, and the guide-blades a arranged at an angle, preferably of 60 degrees. Steam is admitted to the side d or to the side d', and is exhausted from the opposite side. The turbine may be divided into two or more portions suitably connected for expansive working, and the connecting-ducts may be formed integrally with the respective casings. The exhaust pipes always lead from the bottom of the turbine to prevent accumulation of water of condensation. The moving blades b consist of flat plates having one end bent to form a base and root b<2>, Fig. 6<a>. Around the periphery of each rotor wheel is disposed an endless band b<3>, Fig. 5, in which slots are formed to take the tongues b'. The tongues are then clamped between side plates k, which are themselves fastened together to form the wheel. A shrouding-ring b<1> is also fitted. The fixed blades a are mounted in sections between plates a<1>, a<2>, Fig. 7, the outer plate a<1> being secured tu blocks a<3> upon the rim of the disk.