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Patent GB-190600205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Catches for Window Sashes.
Inventor: GEORGE HARRY ATTWOOD
Filed: 1906-01-03
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 205. George, H. A. Jan. 3. Sash fastenings; catches, gravity.- Relates to an improvement on the sash fastener described in Specifications No. 9588, A.D. 1885, and No. 18,247, A.D. 1905. The gravity catch A is made from sheet metal and is mounted on the hollow bracket H, over which it fits and which is also made from sheet metal. The pin N is used to lock the catch when desired. Instead of the catch engaging with slots B in the side rails of the upper sash, it may be so arranged as to engage with a bracket W fixed on the side of the rail as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190608499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Glow Lamps and in the Manufacture of same.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-09
Abstract: 8499. Justice, P. M., [Deutsche Gasgl³hlicht Akt.-Ges. (Auerges.)]. April 9. Incandescent lamps.-In a lamp with a filament of metal, e.g. tungsten, excessive deposition of metallic particles on those parts of the thoria supports which guide the filament, and the consequent adhesion and breakage of the filament, is prevented by providing surfaces inside the bulb, before use, with a uniform layer of the metallic deposit, so that subsequent deposition occurs over the whole of these surfaces and not locally. The deposition may be effected by admitting hydrogen under low pressure to the lamp before finally exhausting it and then glowing the filament for a short time ; or supporting-frames which have previously been used, or have otherwise been coated with the deposits, may be employed.
Patent GB-190610190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose or Garment Supporters.
Inventor: PHELPS GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 10,190. Phelps, G. H. May 1. Stocking suspenders.-In stocking suspenders of the stud-and-slot type, the shank of the e stud is covered with a multiple sheath resembling rubber, felt, or leather. Specification No. 21,249, A.D. 1894, is referred to. The sheath D, Fig. 5, may be cut from a tube made (1) of paper strips wound spirally over a mandrel X, Fig. 6, and subsequently covered either by braiding as at G, Fig. 9, or with tex- ; tile material wound round and cemented on to it ;: (2) by winding textile instead of paper strips on the mandrel, the outer layer being cemented down as before; or (3) by covering an inner dry paper tube with an outer layer of paper impregnated with a solution of glycerine and gelatin and adding a covering of textile material. The solution is applied outside in each case as a finishing, and may be treated with chromic acid and exposed to sunlight to render it waterproof. A tube with a thin, paper or fabric foundation may be dipped repeatedly in the solution, so as to form sheaths with a tough outer layer Z, Fig. 15.
Patent GB-190611837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Holding Hams and other Meats during the Operation of Cutting for Retail Sale or otherwise.
Inventor: MERRILLS JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-21
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 11,837. Merrills, J. H. M 1 Meat-carving appliances. - Meat is adjustably held between two side frames A, B by a hinged screw chuck F and a screwed spindle S. The chuck F is rotated by a handle L and fixed in position by the engagement of a pin 0 on the handle with holes in a circular plate J, the handle having a spring hinged joint a to allow the;pin to be moved into and out of the holes. Slots E may be provided in the base C to allow the position of the frame B to be altered.
Patent GB-190612431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Apparatus for Drawing Glass.
Inventor: FOURCAULT EMILE
Filed: 1906-05-28
Granted: 1907-05-28
Abstract: 12,431. Fourcault, E. June 8,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Glass furnaces.-In a glass-drawing furnace, the molten glass passes from the melting-chamber into a chamber 3 which is divided into compartments 5, 8 by walls W extending downwards below the surface level of the glass. The glass is kept at the required temperature by burners 7 in the chambers 8. The drawing-chambers 5 are heated by conduction through the walls W. The drawing- machine 10, which is of ordinary construction, may be heated by hot gases passing from the chambers 8 through passages 12, which may be wholly or partly closed by movable bricks 13. The floats 4 may be heated at starting by burners placed at the corners of the chambers 5. Loss of heat by radiation is retarded by a layer 9 of insulating-material such as sand.
Patent GB-190614249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shaft Bearings.
Filed: 1906-06-21
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 14,249. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 21. Vertical-shaft bearings; lubricating.-The vertical shaft of a dynamo-electric machine &c. is provided with two thrust bearings, between which the load is evenly distributed. To the shaft 1 are fixed similar bearing-blocks 5, 5<a>, the lower one having a limited axial movement along the shaft, and supporting the weight of the rotor 2 through a spring 8. Each block has horizontal and vertical flanges 6, 6<a>, 9, 9<a>, running in fixed bearings 3, 4, which are surrounded by oil chambers 11. Oil passes to the bearing-surfaces through a number of passages 12, 13, is thrown centrifugally through radial grooves 14, and returns to the reservoir through openings 16.
Patent GB-190614944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Air Pump Plant for Supplying Internal Combustion Engines with Air Compressed to both a High and a Low Pressure.
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 14,944. Abel, C. D., [Sulzer, Geb.]. June 30. Gas and like engines.-The air-pump plant of an internal-combustion engine consists of a lowpressure pump 1 with a reservoir 2 supplying air for scavenging, and a two-stage high-pressure airpump 3, 4 with a reservoir 5 supplying compressed air for starting. The pump 1, reservoir 2, and pump cylinder 3 are connected by a pipe 6, communicating with the atmosphere through a threeway cock 7. According to the position of this cock, the two pumps work independently, or the pump 1 serves as first-stage compressor to the pump 3, 4. The pressure in the reservoir 2 is controlled by a throttle valve 8 in the discharge.
Patent GB-190617688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Large Turbine Drums, Tubes, and other Hollow Cylinders, of Steel, Iron or other Metals.
Inventor: MELLOR PETER
Filed: 1906-08-07
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 17,688. Mellor, P. Aug. 7. Rolling. - Turbine drums, tubes, and other large hollow cylindrical bodies are rolled from hollow ingots in a mill having an adjustable external roll K and an internal roll A which can be moved longitudinally to permit of the insertion and removal of the work by a lift M. The roll A is extended at F and fitted with a bearing B operated by a rod E to draw the roll through the bearing C, but the bearing C may be movable as shown. One of the two housings R is movable on a bed J<1> to accommodate longer or shorter rolls, and the work is steadied during rolling by adjustable rollers D and moved to and from beneath the rolls by bars P having lugs to engage the table M. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 1085, A.D. 1861, and No. 15,072, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190619740-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Liquid Fuel Burner.
Filed: 1906-09-05
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 19,740. Niederrheinische Glashiitten-Ges., and Becker, K. Sept. 5. Spray burners.-Liquid fuel supplied through the channel g is sprayed by compressed air from an annular chamber d, which communicates with the oil-supply channel through holes f. The casing b of the chamber d and the nozzle e are preferably formed in one piece, which is attached to the body a of the burner, or the casing b may be made in one piece with the body part a.
Patent GB-190620775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, the Attachment of Hinged Seats to Earthenware Water-closet and analogous Basins
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 20,775. Levick, J. Sept. 19. Closet seats and seat lids; commodes; urinals.- Relates to the attaching of seats and seat lids to the basins of closets, commodes, urinals, &c. A metal band b, to which is screwed a bearing- plate c for the hinge, is fastened by a bolt b<5> in a groove between flanges a', a<2> on the basin. The seat d and lid e are fitted with lugs d<1>, e' respectively, through which and through lugs c<2>, c<3> on the plate c a hinge pin f passes. To restrict the backward motion of the lid, the lugs e<1> are formed with ledges e<2> to engage stops c<9> formed on the plate c. In a modification, the ends of the band b are bolted to the sides of the plate c and, as in the form of plate shown in Fig. 1, may be formed with lugs for the pin f. The band b may be in two or more parts screwed together at the front of the basin.
Patent GB-190622627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Wrapping Materials
Inventor: BECKER ALFRED VICTOR LEONARD
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 22,627. Becker, A. V. L. Oct. 12. Mixed fabrics ; paper fabrics ; fabrics, materials for.-A fabric for use as a wrapping-material for wood pulp, paper, furniture, and other objects is woven with a warp of thin threads 3, and a paper weft 2 consisting of the narrow side strips that are usually cut away from the paper in the papermachine. The weft is inserted by means of a long shuttle 1 ; as the reed beats up the paper strips, it compresses or folds them so that a comparatively thick and strong fabric is produced. It is stated that after the fabric has been suitably mordanted it is proof against water, or the mordanting may be dispensed with as the material is waterproof in itself.
Patent GB-190629287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Vehicles and Boats
Inventor: CHARMON EDDIE FRANK
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 29,287. Charmon, E. F. Dec. 22. Boats convertible into vehicles. - A combined vehicle and boat is provided with flanged wheels 11 arranged outwardly of the road wheels 10 and is adapted to travel on roads or railways, or on water. The machine is driven by a motor 12 through bevel-gearing 14<1>, 15 and a sprocket chain 19, and is steered by a lever 30 provided with a sprocket-wheel 31 which engages a chain 32 connected at its ends to the front axle 8. The machine is propelled on water by a propeller 22 adapted to be connected by a clutch 26 with the driving-shaft 13 of the motor, and is steered by rudder blades 33 connected to the front axle.
Patent GB-190701566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 1566. Marks, E. C. R., [Leyland, W., and Leyland, J. W.]. Jan. 21. Lubricators. - A condensation lubricator for rock drills, hoisting- engines, &c. has a passage a for inlet of steam and outlet o f o i l, communicating with the chamber A by means of a port a<3> and valve chamber a<2>. A regulating- valve B, screwed into the top of the lubricator and fitted with a stuffing-box a<6>, has s an axial passage b<1> communicating with a valve-chamber b<3> containing a valve d, which normally closes the passage b<1>. When the valve d is opened, oil is forced along the passage b' and through a port into the air, or between the threads of the valve-spindle D, to test the presence of oil in the lubricator.
Patent GB-190711219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surface Condensers.
Inventor: QUIGGIN DANIEL ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 11,219. Quiggin, D. A. May 14. Condensers.-In a surface condenser in which the condensing-tubes are arranged transversely to the flow of the steam, the upper part of the casing diverges from the steam inlet 2 to the upper part of the tube-stack, and the remainder of the casing is of trough-like form, the sides converging to the longitudinal outlet 3. Bulbous portions or side pockets 8, formed between the steam inlet and the ends of the casing, give the steam free access to the sides of the tube stack, and tend to distribute the steam uniform'y within the casing. Perforated and inclined deflectors 9 are also fitted in the steam entrance. To guide and diffuse the circulating water from one stack of tubes to the next with a wheeling motion, the doors 12 enc'osing the water chambers are curved and are provided with deflectors 14 at right angles to the tube plates. Perforated plates 15 are also fitted in the water chambers. The air outlet 16 may be arranged separate from, and at a higher level than, the water outlet 3<a>, as shown in Fig. 5. The combined air and water outlet 3<b> is arranged on the side of a pocket 17 so that the lowest tubes are always submerged. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the depth of submergence of the tubes may be raised. The trap 21 is formed with a weir 22, and is connected to the condenser and the delivery pipe 23 by swivelling joints. The tubes may be of the kind described in Specification No. 24,745, A.D. 1906, and may be laid with a slope.
Patent GB-190715725-A (GB)
Title: A Work Board fitted with Improved Mechanical Devices for Preparing Sawing and Shooting Materials at any Angle between 30° and 150° and for Wood-working generally
Inventor: MARRIOTT EDWARD
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 15,725. Marriott, E. July 9. Mitering; planing.-A work-board for woodworking is constructed and provided with attachments for preparing, sawing, and shooting at any angle between 30 and 150 degrees. The board, which may have ledges on its underside, and may be used on a bench, table, desk, &c., has fixed to it a block partly divided vertically, and provided with adjustable saw guides C. The table D, which has a vertical face E, and lining K to prevent injury from saw cuts, turns on a pivot situated under the point of the guides C and in line with the opening, to support the material on both sides of the cut ; it is graduated on its curved surface and fixed by a peg G or cramp H. The shooting- device, Fig. 2, consists of a board L turning on a pivot M under the point Y between the two sides of a block N which form a right-angle. The block is fixed to the work-board by dowels O, and the board L is fixed in position by a screw P passing through a curved slot V. For edge-planing &c., the block N is removed and the board L is fixed by a stop R and dowel. The work-board may also be fitted with a bench stop and vice. When preparing and setting-out work, the attachments are removed.
Patent GB-190716776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for Shafts, Journals, or Axles, subject to Vibration, or Shaking, more especially intended for the Journals, or Axles, of Tube-rolls for Supporting the Wires on the Vibrating Frames of Paper-making Machines.
Inventor: NUTTALL JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 16,776. Nuttall, J. July 22. Thrust and end-pressure bearings; adjusting for position.-A bearing for shafts, journals, or axles subject to vibration, such as the journals of tuberolls for supporting the wires on the vibrating frames of paper-making machines, are provided with adjustable thrust devices, are adjustable vertically, and are self-alining. Each bearing is mounted on a spindle 6 which swivels in a sleeve 1 fixed by a nut 5 to the frame 3, and is adjusted vertically by screw 7. A bearing 11 of semi-circular section is mounted in the box 9 and is prevented from rotating by side projections 13 which bear upon shoulders 14 in the box. The bearing 11 has an upturned end 15 to take thrust, and is adjust. able endways by a screw 16. A collar 18 on the journal 12 may bear against the other end of the bearing 11.
Patent GB-190720387-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Disinfectant and Insecticide and Process of Producing the same.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 20,387. Howorth, F. W., [Chemische Fabrikswerke Ges.]. Sept. 12. Soaps.-Nitro-halogen compounds of the aliphatic or aromatic series, such as chloro-picrin, are rendered soluble in water, and suitable for use as disinfectants and insecticides by incorporating them in a soapy mass or emulsion prepared by the action of an alkaline lye on oil, fat, or resin. Disinfectants such as creosol, nitro-benzol, formalin, naphthalin, camphor, or terpene may also be added to the emulsion.
Patent GB-190723242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locks for Lifts or Elevators and for the Doors thereof.
Inventor: RUPPMAN FRANK WALLACE
Filed: 1907-10-21
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 23,242. Ruppman, F. W. Oct. 21. Lifts.-L coking- devices, for lifts or elevators, of the type in which a pivoted retaining- member is operated by a projection on the cage to release the well - door locking-lever, are provided with means for operating a special form of cage projection, for preventing injury to the contacting ends of the cage projection and d retaining- member, for locking the well door in position without any play, and for returning the members of the lock to the unlocking position if the cage projection becomes detached from its locking- member through creeping of the cage. Fig. 1 shows the mechanism for operating the plunger or projection 20 on the cage. The pinion B on the hand-wheel shaft operates a sliding rack D and transmits motion to the cranked end of a shaft G. A second crank 13 on this shaft carries a roller 19 working in a V-shaped slot at the end of the plunger bar 16. To stop the lift at a floor, the roller is brought to the centre of the slot, and the plunger is thus thrust outwards to engage the locking-mechanism in the well. In a modified form of mechanism, the lever carrying the roller 19 forms one arm of a bell-crank lever. The locking- mechanism, which is mounted in the well, includes a vertically pivoted lever 22 having unequal arms set at an angle and retained normally in the position, shown in full lines, by means of the spring 25. The short plunger-engaging arm is connected by the pivot 41 to a pair of V-shaped striking plates sliding in guides 42, to prevent it from being deformed or bent should the plunger on the cage be projected at the wrong time. The longer arm of the lever normally retains the lever 32 in its raised position, and thus by means of the weighted detent 34 prevents the well door 36 from being opened. The arm 35 on the well gate engages the lever 28 and maintains it in the raised position when the gate is closed. When the plunger on the cage is thrust outwards, it engages the short arm of the lever 22 and rotates it to release the levers 28, 32. The lever 32 assumes the position shown in dotted lines as the gate is opened, after which operation the lever 28 falls by gravity and engages the notched end of the cage plunger, thereby preventing the operator from starting the cage until the gate is closed. A pivoted lever 43 is connected by a flexible member 46 to the lever 28 so that it falls into the position shown in dotted lines when the lever 28 is in the locking position. If the cage sinks in the well through leakage of the power supply, and the plunger on the cage falls below the level of the striking plates and the locking plate, the spring 25 restores the lever 22 to its original position, and a pin 44 on the lever engages the inclined undersurface of the lever 43 and restores the lever 28 to its unlocking position.
Patent GB-190725570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling on Ships by Lights.
Inventor: PEDLEY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-19
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 25,570. Pedley, F. W., [Gibbings, W. H.]. Nov. 19. Signal lamps; lens holders; lamp brackets.-A masthead signalling- lantern has a number of lowpower incandescent lamps l arranged on a circular plate n within a dioptric or other lens a<1> and connected in parallel with a switch r. The lantern is fitted to the masthead by a universal taper socket b and held by a set-screw c. The lens a<1> is clamped between flanged top and bottom plates b<1> by bolts g, a watertight joint being ensured by rubber rings d'. The switch r is connected by a flexible connexion to the bridge or other part of the ship.
Patent GB-190804850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-producers for use on Ships or Boats
Inventor: GIANOLI GUIDO
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 4850. Gianoli, G. March 4, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas a n d explosivev a p o u r engines. - The Specification, in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises an internal - combustion engine for propelling ships &c. The engine prefer ably has six cylinders, the cranks being in pairs at 60 degrees apart and Dowson gas being used as the fuel. Starting is effected by admitting air or combustion products under pressure to the particular cylinder indicated by marks on the flywheel and by the positions of the valve-rods. The air may be forced into a reservoir by a compressor B, Fig. 3, combined with a separate internal-combustion engine A, or the products of combustion from the main engine may be allowed to pass partly through two valves 2, 3, Fig. 6, and a pipe b to the reservoir, these valves being depressed by means of a lever g and a rod d at starting. Each cylinder is fitted with a separate valve-carrying part F, Fig. 7, and a liner D, the latter being withdrawable when the cover and part F are removed. When the engine drives a single propeller the crank-shaft A, Fig. 8, carries two loose wheels 2, 1, which can be clutched thereto by means of a clutch C. and which directly and through an intermediate wheel 5 gear with wheels 4, 3 on the propeller shaft B. The gearing runs in oil, and the wheels 2, 5 may be arranged so that both are not in gear simultaneously. The gearing may give any desired speed reduction. When there are two propeller shafts, they are driven in opposite directions by gear-wheels-2, 4, Figs. 9 and 10, on the engine, and propeller shafts and one intermediate wheel 0 for going ahead and in the reverse directions by gearing 1, 3, 5, 0, as shown in Figs. 9 and 11, for going astern. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190809552-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrical Block Signalling Apparatus for Railways.
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-05-08
Abstract: 9552. Brown, G. H. May 8, 1907. [Patent of Addition to No. 2413, A.D. 1907.] Switches.-A reversing-switch for use in a railway signalling system described in Specification . No. 2413, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Railway signals &c.], is constructed as follows. The switch is built behind and is operated by the reversing- lever m, a pin on which engages with a short slot in the switch lever o. The switch lever o carries a set of contacts D, E, F, which pass through it and connect the contacts A, B, C behind it with the contacts G, H, J or G', H<1>, J' in front of it.