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Patent GB-190615100-A (GB)
Title: Slipper or Cradle applicable to Electric Tram Cars and like Vehicles, to Operate in place of Brakes, or in case of Brakes Failing to Act.
Inventor: BERRY JOHN CARTER
Filed: 1906-07-03
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 15,100. Berry, J. C. July 3. Brakes.-An emergency brake for tramcars, motoromnibuses, and other vehicles comprises a slipper d, which is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by a catch, but can be allowed to fall on to the rail or road so that the wheel runs on to it, as shown in Fig. 3. The slipper is suspended on slotted links k, or on ropes or chains. It has a ridge f to fit the rail groove, and a groove h to take the wheel flange, and is bevelled at its ends to facilitate the mounting thereon of the wheel. The slipper may be prevented by springs from coming into action too suddenly.
Patent GB-190615892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers for Ships.
Inventor: FLINDT CARL JULIUS HOVART
Filed: 1906-07-13
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 15,892. Flindt, C. J. H. July 13. Screw propellers.-In propellers formed of blades d fixed to a relatively large hub a, each blade is split longitudinally at the broadest end into two parts l, m, the inner tip m being of larger pitch than the outer.
Patent GB-190618206-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Liquid Fuel Burner.
Inventor: WRIGHT RALPH
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 18,206. Wright, R. Aug. 14. Spray burners.- T h e supplies of oil and air for combustion in a spray burner are induced by the action of steam jets arranged at the outlet. Steam is passed through pipes c<1> and issues through long narrow slits 8 arranged parallel to the rectangular discharge orifice 3. A funnel-shaped mouth 2 forms the inlet for air, and oil is supplied through the tube 5. A protuberance 4 prevents the flow of oil into the funnel 2.
Patent GB-190620266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Differential Driving Gear for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: VINEY HORACE
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 20,266. Viney, H. Sept. 12. Clutches.-The two parts of a differential countershaft of a motor-vehicle are locked to each other by means of a clutch which is engaged by a spring and disengaged by a hand-wheel and screw. The sleeve c connected to one element of the differential gear is provided with recesses a, which are adapted to be engaged by corresponding projections on a sleeve d, which slides on a squared portion of the shaft e connected to the other element of the differential gear. The clutch is pressed into engagement by a spring g, and is released by a hand-wheel f<2> having a sleeve portion f engaging a screw e<1> on the end of the shaft e. Accidental movement is prevented by a spring catch h with handle h<2>.
Patent GB-190622809-A (GB)
Title: Combined Invalid and Surgical Couch.
Inventor: WHITTINGTON VIRGINIA
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 22,809. Whittington, V. March 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bedsteads for hospitals &c., in which the side and end rails may be adjusted vertically on the corner posts, and provided with a sheet for lifting the patient, and with means for protecting the bedclothes while the patient is being washed or operated upon. The side bars 7 of the bed bottom are pivoted centrally at 8, and are connected at their ends by means of clamping-screws 15 to blocks 10, serrated faces on the side bars and blocks abutting together. The blocks 10 are connected by end bars 11, and can be clamped by screws 12 at the desired position on the pillars 9. The head or foot of the bed can also be engaged with supporting-blocks 17 when it is desired to incline the invalid. Braces 32<1>, secured to the pillars by screws 33', can be engaged with the side bars in order to stiffen the bedstead. A bar 37, having depressed portions 40, is socketed to the pillars at the head of the bed, and serves as a support for lifting-straps 41. A sheet 19, formed of strips of canvas or other unyielding material, is attached to the side bars by hooks 18, and is provided with an opening 20, Fig. 3, for the reception of an overflow tube 21 having an inflatable rim 22. The opening 20 is surrounded by a flexible band 23 secured in position by clips 24. A rubber cover 25. having an inflatable rim 26, Fig. 1, is secured to the sheet 19 by spring clasps 28, and an inflatable rubber pillow 43 may also be employed in conjunction with the cover 25. A lifting-sheet 31, formed of strips secured together so as to leave a number of openings 32, is secured to hooks 30 which are inserted in openings 29 in the pillars. Both the sheet 31 and the cover 25 have openings 35 in alinement with the opening 20, and these openings may be covered by a detachable sheet of waterproof material. Ankle straps 35<1> are at tached to brackets 34<1> on the pillars. In a modification, Fig. 6, blocks 10<1> having sockets 45 are secured to the pillars, and support detachable hooks 46 for the lifting-sheet or the hooked ends of the side bars 7<1>.
Patent GB-190624449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners for Pilot Flames.
Inventor: ANDERSON JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-01
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 24,449. Anderson, J. Nov, 1. Lighting gas. - In incandescent and other burners, the extinction of the pilot-jet flame is prevented by the provision of a tubular guard or casing b, which is provided with a flat, domeshaped, or other closed top t, and has holes c near its lower end for admitting air to supply the flame, and holes d, preferably countersunk, near its upper end through which the gas from the main burner is ignited.
Patent GB-190625773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators for Railway Vehicles Tramcars and for other purposes.
Inventor: BERESFORD HERBERT JAMES
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,773. Beresford, H. J. Nov. 15. Car ventilators. - A. ventilator for railway vehicles, tramcars, buildings, &c. consists of a cylindrical casing c within which are mounted two fans a, d on the same spindle b. The fan a consists of a series of radial vanes enclosed between disks j, k, and is rotated by the wind passing through the flared tubes n, o as the vehicle moves along. The tubes n, o open into the casing c on opposite sides of the fan a so that the latter is always rotated in the same direction. The rotation of the fan a causes the screw fan d to rotate and withdraw foul air from the vehicle, the foul air passing away through openings l. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 9365, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Railway &c. vehicles], and No. 421, A.D. 1906.].
Patent GB-190629051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BELLAMY ALFRED ROWE
Filed: 1906-12-20
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 29,051. Bellamy, A. R. Dec. 20. Gas and like engines.-To enable compressed air for starting to be admitted to the cylinders without providing rigid metal connexions between the cylinder wall and jacket for this purpose, the air is supplied through the stem of the admission valve a, Fig. 1, or the exhaust valve b, Fig. 2, through small mechanicallyactuated valves a<4> or b<4>. The jacket d' is split longitudinally at g, the slits being covered by plates h<1> with expansion joints. The exhaust passage d<1><x> may also be free to move independently of the jacket, being connected to it by a flexible plate f. The neck d<1> for the igniter is also disconnected from the jacket.
Patent GB-190629274-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for use in Fixing Sash Lines
Inventor: BURTENSHAW OLIVER
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 29,274. Burtenshaw, O. Dec. 22. Windows-A tool a with radiating arms c, preferably of graded size, is inserted between the sash pulley and the head of the pulley stile, to prevent the weights from running down while the workman is attaching the sash line to the sash.
Patent GB-190629579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Tanks, Reservoirs, Caissons and other Containers.
Inventor: GARRATT ERNEST ALBERT
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 29,579. Garratt, E. A., and Coates, A. Dec. 28. Caissons.-To facilitate the repair of the bottoms of reservoirs, caissons, and the like which rest upon the ground, the bottoms are made in two parts, a plain flat part c of considerably smaller diameter than the bottom of the tank, and a channel section b connected to the wall a of the tank and to the plain portion c, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shows the section b of modified form secured to the tank wall a and to the Z-iron h, to which also the part c is secured. This construction of bottom may be applied to existing tanks.
Patent GB-190701348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Insulation of Dynamo Armatures
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 1348. Electric Ignition Co., and Hall, F.H. Jan. 18. Armatures ; magneto - electric machines. - The armature winding of a dynamo, especially for use in ignition systems, is insulated from the armature core by means of a layer or coating of vulcanite. As shown in Fig. 1, applied to the H-armature of a high-tension magneto having primary and secondary windings c, d, the whole of the surface of the core in contact with the windings is coated or covered with a layer a of vulcanite, so that the insulation is thicker upon the pole-pieces b<1>, b<2>, Fig. 1, where it comes into contact with the highpotential, secondary winding. The insulation may be applied to the armature core by forcing it under pressure, while in a plastic state, into a mould in which the core is held in position.
Patent GB-190710409-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Device for Nuts.
Inventor: RUPRECHT KARL
Filed: 1907-05-04
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 10,409. Ruprecht, K. May 4. Locking nuts; rivets.-One or more divided conical rings b are pressed against the surface of the nut a to be looked, and against the threads of the bolt f, by a hollow nut c, as shown. A shell d,. which may have a spring swelling g around the cylindrical part of the nut c, partly embraces the hexagonal part of the nut, and is secured to a shoulder on the nut a by rivets or fastenings inserted through holes h in the nut a and holes i punched by tongs in the shell d. The fastenings may have divided necks and heads r, Fig. 9, and are kept tight by springs t. Fig. 10 shows. a hollow rivet having a split head wand a spring flange v.
Patent GB-190711303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: BOTTRILL FRANK
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 11.303. Bottrill, F. May 14. W h e e l s with portable tracks. - Short straight tracks are placed within a channel rim and connected to the wheel by rod or cable links passing along grooves or through slots in the bottom of the rim. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 4, two staggered series of tracks N, each comprising four, are placed side by side between the flanges of a rim formed of three angled rings D connected transversely by stays E of channel section. The tracks may be formed either of two pieces of girder iron F riveted to a plate H carrying transverse treads J, or of channel-iron 0 fitted with bearing- pieces P. Each stay E is connected to the far ends of two tracks by rods K and links or pivots. Two rods are used to connect one end of the track. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the bottom of the rim is not open, but in the form of a groove, and cables are used to connect tracks and rims.
Patent GB-190711429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appplicable to Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: HICKTON CHARLES
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 11,429. Hickton, C. May 16. Lace machines.-Relates to improvements in the means described in Specification No. 25,542, A.D. 1905, for equalizing the thread drawn off the bobbins of Levers' and go-through lace machines. In one arrangement, the back comb - bar arm 2 is slotted to receive the boss of a bracket 5 which can be adjusted in a vertical direction. The combbar 7 has.fixed to it a pin 8 which is adjustably secured in an horizontally elongated hole in the bracket 5. To allow of the comb-bar 7 being moved laterally, a depending bracket 9 is adapted to be engaged by a nut 10 on a screw 11. This screw may be rotated by hand or by suitable pattern gear to effect the desired lateral movement of the comb-bar 7. As an alternative, the back comb-bar arm may be fitted to slide with its comb-bar on a collar or an extension of the boss of the front arm as shown in Fig. 3. The bar 2 may be traversed as described above, or an edge cam 22 controlled by hand or pattern-gear may be made to work between depending lugs 21. The cam 22 may be rotated by ratchet gear, the driving-link being carried to the front of the machine.
Patent GB-190711489-A (GB)
Title: Improved Life Saving Apparatus for use at Sea.
Inventor: MACLEOD ALEXANDER JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 11,489. Macleod, A. J. May 16. Rope railways.-The line J, connected'to the shore by means of a gun firing a projectile D, is secured to the mast of a ship above a platform B, to which persons and articles on deck are lifted in a cradle H guided against the mast by guide-ropes h<1>. The fine connecting-line E fits in a longitudinal recess in the projectile and is attached to a ring lying in a recess at its end.
Patent GB-190715318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Junctions for Drain and Sewer Pipes.
Inventor: SUTTON JOHN HOLMES
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 15,318. Sutton, J. H., and Gregson, L. July 3. Drain pipe joints.-A junction piece 1 with suitable branches is inserted in a line of laid drain or sewer pipes by breaking away a length of pipe, sliding a sleeve 6 on to the exposed spigot and inserting one end of the junction piece in the exposed socket, the junction piece being shorter than the removed length of pipe to facilitate this. An annulus 5 is then inserted between the junction piece and exposed spigot as shown and the sleeve 6 is moved so as to surround the annulus 5, the joint being finished with cement, Fig. 4. The sleeve may have a flattened lower portion, Fig. 3, supporting ribs 7 to secure true invert, and an opening with a cover (not shown) for the introduction of cement. In a modification, the sleeve is made in two parts bolted together or secured by cement.
Patent GB-190719966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wind and like Screens for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HOPPER JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-06
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 19,966. Hopper, J. Sept. 6. Hinges and pivots -In a wind screen for motor and other road vehicles, the upper part A is maintained in the desired position with reference to the lower part A by means of a disk B, which is fixed tc the upper part or the axis a<2> of the hinge, and may be provided with teeth with which engage teeth b<1> on a band b, secured to the lower part and adapted to be tightened about the disk B by means of a thumbscrew b<2>. The teeth may be dispensed with, the disk being then retained by friction between it and the strap.
Patent GB-190721784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners for Heating and Cooking.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Filed: 1907-10-02
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 21,784. Smith, W. D. Oct. 2. Atmospheric gas burners.-Relates to the burners described in Specification No. 9407, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Stoves &c.], adapted for uses in ordinary fire-places and grates. Two or more additional caps or nozzles 12 are fitted on the inner coil 10 of the burners and adjoining the outer coil 5, and there is also fitted an additional nozzle 16 which, by manipulating the cocks 3, 14, may be used independently of or in combination with the main burner. The nozzles 12 are similar to the nozzles 8, described in the above - mentioned Specification. They are similarly mounted on the plate 7, so as to fit on nozzles 11, and have similar wire-gauze baffles 9.
Patent GB-190800747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Pressing Garments and other Articles.
Inventor: BROWN JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-01-13
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 747. Brown, J. A. Jan. 13. Shrinking and shaping wearing-apparel.-In apparatus for shaping and ironing the turned-up portions of trouser legs, coats, &c., the material is folded over the edge of a templet, and ironed and pressed by a heated iron, both the iron and templet having suitable contours to produce the desired shrinking or stretching of the folded part. In the case of trouser legs, for example, the material 41, Fig. 4, is turned back over the concave edge 17 of a templet 16, and then pressed and stretched by the iron x, the nose of which is struck to a curve of less radius than that of the concavity 17. If the edge to be treated is convex, the templet is correspondingly shaped and the iron turned round, whereupon the necessary shrinkage may be produced by the edge 35, which may be concave as shown, or corrugated. Figs. 1 and 3 show an elevation and plan of an apparatus suitable for carrying out these operations. The iron is suspended from a treadleoperated beam m by means of a tube y ball-jointed to the beam and to the iron. The transverse gas burner 15, Fig. 7, passes along the rear of the iron, and is shaped as shown in cross-section in Fig. 10, the gas issuing at the orifices 23. Gas is supplied through the pipe 8, tube y, and tubing 12, and the products of combustion escape through the flue 26 by the aperture 28. In order to hold down the folded material while under treatment, a framework 36, pivoted to the iron at 38, may be depressed at either end by means of the handles 37 so that one of its bearing-surfaces 40 presses upon, and so holds, the material. Instead of this device, the templet may be clamped to the table by means of a framework pivoted to and spanning the table and operated by cams on a shaft rocked by hand.
Patent GB-190806256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Imitations of Marble or other kinds of Stone and in Imitations thus Made.
Inventor: SUNDELL FRANS RICHARD ALEXANDE
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 6256. Sundell, F. R. A. March 20. Slabs; moulding artificial stone.-Artificial stone slabs and the like are made on a suitable support such as a glass plate, and after removal the face is ground to a substantial extent. A thin layer of stone composition such as that described in Specification No. 7976, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Cements &c.], of the desired ground colour, is applied to the glass, and into this layer is thrown, for example with a paint brush, wet stone masses of different colours, such masses completely or partly penetrating the bottom mass. A layer of marmorit is applied to the upper surface, and dry marmorit is sifted on to absorb moisture. The back surface is scraped away to leave a slab of any required thickness. To the back of this may be applied a piece of soaked fabric such as entrenne, or several pieces in the case of a table top, which unite with the slab on drying, dry marmorit being again sifted on. The slab is removed from the support by raising one corner and injecting water. A substantial thickness is ground off the face of the slab, which may then be polished. By using suitably shaped supports, lists or other shapes may be made.
Patent GB-190807581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-measuring Tea-canisters or other Receptacles.
Inventor: MOODY FRED EMPSON
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 7581. Moody, F. E. April 6. Boxes for tea &c. -A self-measuring tea canister &c. is provided with a removable bottom having a funnelshaped measure a', a<3>, which extends within the canister. A vertical inner chamber b, having a hinged lid in its upper end, terminates at its lower open end in the funnel-shaped measure. When the canister is inverted and the bottom removed, tea &c. is placed around the central chamber. The bottom is then fixed and the apparatus is turned to an upright position, the measure proper a<2> thus being filled. When the apparatus is inverted, the measured quantity of tea falls out through the central chamber.
Patent GB-190808418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reservoir Pens and the like
Inventor: COSSOR FRANK
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 8418. Cossor, F., and Flory, T. W. April 15. Pens, reservoir. The piston e of a self-filling fountain pen is made slidable on the piston-rod a, and is furnished with a valve formed by ports g through the piston and a conical seating f which engages a conically-f aced head d on the piston-rod a. To fill the pen, the tip is immersed in ink and the piston-rod and piston are raised by a cap c ; the piston valve is thus closed and ink is drawn into the pen through a passage v originating in an aperture u at or near the point. When the pistonrod is returned, the piston e is left behind till a slotted stop h on the rod reaches it and carries it downward, the ink passing up through its valve, which is now open. A stop on the barrel limits the piston stroke and maintains the valve open. In a modification, an air outlet p connected by ports q, r with an aperture t is provided, the barrel being made up of two concentric cylinders n, o. A conical seating d<2> may be formed on the head d, whereby in conjunction with a screw cap c the supply of ink to the point can be regulated or stopped ; or a disk provided with an eccentric port may be screwed against a face on the point section for the same purpose. A stuffing-box b, packed with alternate layers k, m of cork and vulcanite with intervening pockets, is fitted to the top of the pen. In a stylograph, the point section is made in two parts s<1>, s<2>, and the head d is provided with ports d' and an aperture d<3> and normally closes the port v so that ink does not enter till the head is withdrawn some distance. An air passage w and a vent x are formed in the rod a and cap c respectively.
Patent GB-190808800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus
Inventor: RACOT AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-04-22
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 8800. Racot, A., Renaud, J., and LanoÙ, J. April 22. Stopping engines and trains.- The wheels of a train depress a lever which raises a track contact at some distance in the rear, and this track contact applies the brakes of a following train which enters an occupied section ; the track contact is lowered when the first train reaches the next operating-lever. The contact a, Fig. 1, is raised into the operative position by a wire e attached to a short lever a', overcoming the pull of a spring c. The pull on the wire e is given when a train depresses the end b<1>, Fig. 2, of a lever b, a rod h then being pulled and held over by the engagement of a spring m in a box i with a projection o. At the same time the wire e<1> is pulled over, thus actuating the spring-held rod k in the preceding box i, which rod then rises and releases the spring m. The rod h of the previous operating-lever is therefore allowed to return its lever to the normal position, and simultaneously the previous contact a is returned to its inactive horizontal position by the pull of the sprirg c. The same arrangements may be used at a siding or at a crossing, the safety stops then being operated by the points lever and the crossing-gate respectively.