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Patent GB-190526615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sad-irons.
Inventor: BEACH ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1905-12-20
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 26,615. Beach, A. T. Dec. 20. Ironing.-An improvement in gas-heated sadirons of the type described in Specification No. 27,488, A.D. 1902, consists in making the burner portion readily removable from the body of the iron. The fitting B, provided with the central passage B<1> and the burner head D<1> of gauze or other suitable material, is inserted in a cylindrical socket in the body of the iron, being retained by a countersunk screw S or by a latch. The baffleplate G has a squared front end which abuts against a flattened part of the fitting B, thus preventing its rotation.
Patent GB-190527229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Night Latches.
Inventor: BEARDS DAVID
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 27,229. Beards, D., Beards, E., Beards, D., Beards, A. C., and Cope, F. Dec. 30. Locks, key.-The lever of a night-latch, in which the usual runner plate is dispensed with, is raised and also moved endways by the key, thereby withdrawing the bolt, to which it is pivoted. The spring-pressed bolt A has pivoted thereto a lever C, Figs. 1 and 6, a stud on the bolt entering a slot e. The lever has also an open slot f adapted, when raised by the key to the correct height, to slide over the fixed stud g, extensions h, i serving as stops to the vertical motion. The key, having raised the lever, engages the shoulder n thereon and draws back the lever and with it the bolt A. The lever has a spring k and a shoulder o engaging a stop p to prevent forward motion. The usual slide p<1> is provided. The shoulder n is extended along the lower edge of the lever to prevent picking. Further security may be obtained by employing a number of similar additional levers, having vertical slots to engage a stump on the lever C.
Patent GB-190604015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Bye-passes of Gas Burners.
Inventor: GRIGG HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 4015. Grigg, H., and Breeden, F. V. Feb. 19. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-The by-pass passage E, Fig. 3, is closed, when the gas cock is opened, by a valve F, and an inverted bell C, which normally dips into mercury C<1> and closes the gassupply passage a', is raised so as to admit gas to the upright or inverted incandescent or other burner. An adjustable screw M may prevent the valve F from completely closing the passage E, and a branch pipe connected to the gas pipe at each side of the main cock and provided with a separate cock supplies the gas to the by-pass when the main cock is closed.
Patent GB-190604336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: BINGHAM CHARLES
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 4336. Bingham, C. Feb. 22. Electric furnaces.-In a furnace applicable for making calcium carbide, the core which solidifies in the tapping-hole D is fused, when required, by current passed between one of the main electrodes B and a supplementary electrode E, in or just outside the tapping-hole and in two or more parts.
Patent GB-190605402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draught Excluders for Doors and the like.
Inventor: SCHWARZ RUDOLF
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 5402. Schwarz, R. March 6. Draught-excluders.-A lath a, faced with rubber, baize, or like material a<1>, is hinged near the bottom of the door, and is held in the raised position against a stop d by a spring a<2> so long as the door is open. When the door is closed, a projection e catches against the door frame f, and the strip is forced down against the floor. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the lath a, is hinged to another lath g screwed to the door, and is provided with a metal facing-plate e<1>, which, when the door closes, engages a projection f<2> on the door frame. The appliance may be fitted in a cavity at the bottom of the door. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 8198, A.D. 1884, No. 8338, A.D. 1888, Nos. 16,993 and 17,784, A.D. 1890, No. 26,855, A.D. 1898, and No. 21,408, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190614864-A (GB)
Title: A Water Heater or Boiler for Gas or Oil Fuel.
Inventor: BARRALET THOMAS EUSTACE
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 14,864. Barralet, T. E. June 30. Heating water.-Apparatus for heating water is provided internally with smoke-tubes B and externally with a casing E forming a flue space. An oil or gas burner C is fitted some distance below the boiler. The casing E is provided with outlets discharging directly into pipes H, which lead to a chamber I on the top of the boiler. To prevent back-draught, the pipes H are open at the bottom, or openings G are formed in the casing E. A thermostat, operated by the temperature of the water, may control the supply of gas.
Patent GB-190619017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Colouring-paper, Linen, or the like.
Inventor: ZEUNERT THEODOR
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 19,017. Zeunert, T. Aug. 25. Washing-blue and other similar laundry colouring- preparations. - In order that colouring - paper, colouring - linen, and the like for tinting linen, damask, &c., and more particularly blueing-paper, may yield its colour freely in cold water, even if a long time should elapse between the preparation and use, sugar is incorporated with the non- poisonous soluble colour. The sugar can be added directly to the colour solution for coating or impregnating the paper, or the paper may be treated alternately with solutions of sugar and of colouring-matter.
Patent GB-190626490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Presses
Inventor: HORDERN ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 26,490. Hordern, A. W., [trading as Hordern & Mason]. Nov. 22. Stamping; drawing.-In a press for drawing or raising metal, and having a reciprocating table d in addition to a reciprocating die, the table is reciprocated by toggles e, f, one set of such being placed at each corner of the table. The two toggles f on each side of the machine are mounted on shafts f<2>, which are connected by links h<4> to a block h which is reciprocated from the shaft c by crank, cam, or other mechanism.
Patent GB-190628578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, the Manufacture and Production of Vat Colouring Matters containing Sulphur.
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 28,578. Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik. Jan. 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyes, artificial.-Dye-stuffs of the thioindigo series are obtained by the internal condensation of arylthioglycollic acids of the type R-S-CH2, COOR1, in which R represents a simple or substituted benzene or naphthalene residue, and R1 represents hydrogen, or an alkyl or aryl group, the leuco bodies so obtained being subsequently oxidized. The use or treatment of the o-carboxyphenylthioglycollic acid and the oxidation of thioindoxyl and its carboxylic acid to thioindigo described in Specifications Nos. 22,736 and 23,316, A.D. 1905, are disclaimed. The reactions are represented by the following formulµ :- When the residue R does not contain a carboxy group in the o-position to the sulphur atom, acid condensing-agents are employed, for example concentrated sulphuric acid, phosphoric anhydride, acetic anhydride, anhydrous oxalic acid, zinc chloride, or potassium bisulphate. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 also mentions the use of chlorsulphonic acid, aluminium chloride, and the chlorides of phosphorus, and states that the condensation processes may be varied; for example by the use of diluents. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted. When the aryltbioglycollic acids from either sulphocyanbenzoic acid or xanthogene-benzoic acid and chloracetic acid or the like are employed, alkaline condensing- agents can be used, and the preparation of the said arylthioglycollic acids and their condensation to leuco bodies are effected in a single operation. The oxidation is performed by means of any suitable agent, a large number being mentioned. By means of vat reducing-agents, the dye-stuffs yield leuco bodies, which on contact with air are oxidized yielding fast red to brown-red shades. In examples are mentioned the production of leuco bodies and dye-stuffs from (i) a mixture of o-sulphocyanbenzoic acid or o-xanthogenebenzoic acid with chloracetic acid and caustic soda, and (ii) p-tolylthioglycollic acid ethyl ester and phosphoric anhydride. If, in the latter example, a mixture of phosphoric anhydride and concentrated sulphuric acid is employed, the temperature must not exceed 100‹ C., otherwise sulphonation takes place Arylthiogylycollic acids and their esters.-The bodies for use in the above process may be obtained in the same way as the already known phenyl-, o-tolyl-, p-tolyl-, p-bromphenyl-, and o-carboxyphenyl-thioglycollic acids, namely by the reaction of chloracetic acid or its esters upon the corresponding thiophenols, arylsulphocyanides, or arylxanthogenates. The preparation of naphthylthioglycollic acid is mentioned as an example.
Patent GB-190629558-A (GB)
Title: Improved Grate or Lattice for Counting Coins and the like.
Inventor: WESTFELT AXEL ULRIK
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 29,558. Westfeet, A. U. Dec. 28. Counting.apparatus.-A grate or lattice for counting coins &c. is placed in an inclined position and catches in its interstices coins which are caused to slide down it. The grating consists of guidelaths 2, Figs. 1 and 3, having their ends suitably shaped to cause the coins to enter the channels so formed, and cross-pieces 3, Figs. 3 and 10, of such a section that their front edges 20 and thickest portions 21 are at a less and greater distance respectively from the bottom 4 of the grate than the thickness of the particular coins 23 to be counted. The guide-laths may be replaced by rows of pins, and the cross-pieces may be of broken formation as shown in Fig. 1<a>] A shaking movement may be given to the grate by means of the toothed wheel 25 which engages with the lug 26, a retracting-spring 27 being provided. The counting-apparatus may also be combined with means for supplying coins thereto, which comprise a receptacle 1 containing the coins to be counted, and a piston 9, extending the whole width of the receptacle, and adapted to be moved up and down by a motor or the like. The coins are carried up by the inclined head 12 of the piston through the opening usually covered by the spring flap 14, Fig. 2, and fall on to the inclined plane 13. Thence, on the withdrawal of the piston, they slide down the grate, and those not caught therein pass by-means of the channel 5, which falls away in opposite directions from the edge 6 opposite the middle of the lower edge of the grate, into the receptacle through openings 7 in its sides. When filled with coins, the grate may be emptied in any suitable way ; or its base 4 may be lowered to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that the coins fall by means of the inclined plane 15 into a convenient receptacle for the counted coins. For counting coins of a different denomination, the grate can be replaced by another of suitable construction, the head of the piston being adjusted in size to give the required feeding- surface ; or, by dividing the coin receptacle, grid, and piston into separate portions, coins of different denominations can be simultaneously counted.
Patent GB-190702969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Lavatories
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-06
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 2969. Levick, J. Feb. 6. Fastenings, spring-catcb. A catch for fastening a hinged lavatory basin a in a raised position in a casing b consists of an arm k pivoted to the casing and acted upon by a spring.
Patent GB-190709160-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Explosive Shells.
Inventor: HALE FREDERICK MARTEN
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 9160. Hale, F. M. April 23. Fuses for projectiles. - In a delay action base fuse, the pellet F carrying the needle J is held at safe by a collar G or wire which is sheared on impact by a separate weight H.
Patent GB-190710101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mouthpieces of Tobacco Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: STEWART HENRY
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 10,101. Stewart, H. May 1. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders - The end 2 of the mouthpiece of a tobacco pipe or cigar or cigarette holder is made wedge-shaped as shown and may have upper or lower abutments or both if desired. The abutments 4, 5 have their outer faces 4<a> substantially vertical to bear against the smoker's teeth. The upper abutments 5 are preferably not so long as the lower ones, and when only one abutment is used the end limb 6 of the mouthpiece may be slightly longer on the side of abutment. The end of the mouthpiece may be cut away as indicated at 3.
Patent GB-190711498-A (GB)
Title: Compositions for Improving Pitch and Bitumen and Improved Pitch and Bitumen Final Products containing one of such Compositions.
Inventor: MARRIOTT THOMAS
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-05-18
Abstract: 11,498. Marriott, T. May 16. Pitch.-A mixture of tar, preferably refined, and kaolin or the like, with or without soft pitch, indiarubber, gutta-percha, and balata, is mixed with pitch or bitumen for the purpose of improving the properties of the latter, particularly to render them applicable as electric insulators. Non-gritty hardeners, such as resin or mineral waxes, may also be added. According to the Provisional Specification, pitches, treated as described in Specifications Nos. 3063 and 10,699, A.D. 1907, may be used, and the product is acid-proof.
Patent GB-190712691-A (GB)
Title: Improved Re-action Spring Drill or Brace.
Inventor: MCGREGOR ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-06-01
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 12,691. McGregor, A., and Bradley, G. June 1. Hand drills.- The spindle c is enclosed in a sleeve f carrying a drum g for a driving-cord h and has a bearing at a<1> and on a centre a'. An internal ratchet-wheel m on the spindle engages with a spring-controlled pawl on the drum to allow the free return of the latter by a spring e attached at its lower end to a slider on the sleeve f prevented from rotating by the framing a, which is stiffened by crossbars a<3> which also act as cord guards. The drum may be stepped to give different speeds.
Patent GB-190713023-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Substitute for Celluloid and the like, and Process of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: ROUXEVILLE EMILE AUGUSTE LEOPO
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-06-05
Abstract: 13,023. Rouxeville, E. A. L. June 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose and cellulose ethers.-The complex product, nitrated or not, obtained, as describedin Specification No. 17,773, A.D. 1906, by polymerizing oil of turpentine or the constituents of such products, for example cymene, terebene, diterebene, colophene, &c., but not nitrocymene or camphene, are used as solvents for nitrocellulose or other cellulose derivative in the manufacture of celluloid substitutes. The nitrated complex product may be manufactured as follows : 100 grammes of oil of turpentine, with or without resin, are treated with 80-100 grammes of strong sulphuric acid, and, after standing, the black viscid mass is separated and treated with nitric acid. The product is then washed with water or alkali, and if desired is purified by dissolving in acetone or by distillation. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also the use of " cellulose " in place of cellulose derivatives. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190719802-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Support for Watches, Compasses, Medals, Sweetmeat Boxes and the like.
Inventor: SCHAEFER-WALKER HENRI
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 19,802. Walker, H. Schaefer-. Sept. 4. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel.-A support for a watch, compass, &c. comprises a frame carrying fixed claws and one or more hinged spring pressed claws. In the watch-holder described, a hoop a carries fixed claws b, rings c for attaching to a flexible member, such as a bracelet or belt, and a forked claw g hinged; at i. This is held in the open or gripping position by one end of a threearmedspring m, the flexible member passing between the arm p of the spring and the hoop.
Patent GB-190721953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Walls, Arches, Vaulting, Stairs and other Building Structures.
Inventor: HUGHES HANS EDWARD
Filed: 1907-10-04
Granted: 1908-10-05
Abstract: 21,953. Hushes, H. E., [Trepat, J. M.]. Oct. 4. Walls; arches; floors ; roofs; bridges ; stairs.- Thin briquettes or tiles of uniform size and made of hard porous material are set in two or more layers one against or upon the other, without the use of centering or reinforcement, the joints in one layer breaking bond with those of the contiguous layers ; the tiles are united by quick-setting cement or plaster. Fig. 1 shows a bond for a wall of single-tile thickness, and Fig. 3 two bonds for a wall of double thickness. The system may be used for arches, bridges, floors, roofs, stairs, &c., Figs. 5 and 8. A tile is cemented on two edges in the angle between two walls or a girder and a wall ; another tile is then cemented by its side, and so on, using only a guiding plank. The complete span is then covered with another layer of tiles b breaking joint with the lower layer and with the edges parallel or inclined thereto If required, a concrete filling may be applied above ; for heavy work, three layers of tiles may be used. The vaults may be conical, spherical, elliptical, or helicoidal. Fig. 28 shows the application to flights of stairs. A stone arch, Fig. 16, may be built on a temporary tile vault A and sand B.
Patent GB-190722644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Account Registers
Inventor: STAPLES ALBERT FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 22,644. Staples, A. F., Potter, C. W., and Dorsey, F. F. Oct. 14. Filing papers &c.-In account registers consisting of pivoted bill-holding frames, the frames are independent and are removably supported by bars pivoted on a common axis. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation with one side of the base removed, and Fig. 3 a front elevation of the register. The bills are held in frames 1 against sheets 5 by means of flat spring clips 6, and parts 8, 9 formed with outturned edges are provided to form divisions. The top bar 3 is inclined and may receive index numbers. The bottom bars 2 of the frames are formed with holes which take over pins 14 on bars 11 having uprights 12 formed with inclined tops notched to receive pins 13 on the frames. The bars 11 are provided with arms 15 journaled on alined shafts 16 fixed between the sides 17 of the base and brackets 18. Extensions 21 set at different angles on the arms 15 are tensioned by springs 22, the extensions and the springs being arranged so that the tension is not quite sufficient to raise the frames from the horizontal position, and also so that the forward arms 15 are under greater tension than the rear arms. Buffers 24, 25 limit the movement of the frames. The frames may be raised to remove them bodily from the supporting-bars 11, the arms 12 turning sufficiently to allow the pins 13 to clear the notches. To keep the frames together while being removed or replaced, they are formed with engaging notches and projections 26, and a hook 27, which is pivoted to the rear frame and may be turned up to engage a pin 28 on the front frame, is provided.
Patent GB-190722869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Resistance Material.
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 22,869. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 16. Pottery.-In making electric resistances, purified and fused alumina, known as 'alundum,' is mixed wet with a binder such as fire-clay and a small proportion of a conducting-material such as graphite, and optionally with feldspar and flint, the mixture being shaped, dried, and baked at a temperature of 1100-1300‹ C. The resulting bodies may be enamelled, and may be provided with contact surfaces by carbonizing, copper-plating, or shrinking on metal caps. Specification No. 11,146, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Measuring &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190727287-A (GB)
Title: Gas Turbine
Inventor: PECHEUR HENRI
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 27,287. PÚcheur, H. Dec. 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches.-A rotary distributor for ignition purposes consists of a commutator 33, with two contacting- fingers 34 driven by a variable-speed cone pulley 38.
Patent GB-190802055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storage Bins.
Inventor: TROMANHAUSER JESSE HERLIN
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 2055. Tromanhauser, J. H. Jan. 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Reinforced concrete.-A bin formed of a concrete mixture of cement and refractory material is strengthened by metal truss rods e having looped ends h. Fig. 2 shows in plan the construction at a corner where four walls meet, the walls being shown in section with one set of truss-rods. The rods are spaced from one another and a larger space is left between the sets, the loops passing ronnd a concrete column j, which unites with the material of the walls, in the spaces between the rods. Centring-rods i of small diameter are provided for correctly arranging the truss-rods.
Patent GB-190804339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnetos for Ignition Purposes in Explosion Engines.
Inventor: WARDELL THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-26
Granted: 1909-03-26
Abstract: 4339. Wardell, T. Feb. 26. Gas engines, igniting in. In order to obtain a spark over a considerable range, magneto-electric machines are constructed with two or more magnetically separated armatures, connected to a single insulated terminal, one of the armatures coming into the magnetic field in advance of the other, so that a spark is obtained over a considerable range. The armatures A, B revolve within field magnets C<1>, or are mounted on separate shafts connected by gearing, and are relatively displaced by an angle not exceeding 45 degrees, being connected at one end to an insulated terminal and in series or, preferably, in parallel. In a modification the armatures may be placed in line, the field magnets being relatively displaced. In magnetos having fixed armatures and field magnets and a rotating sleeve, the armatures are fixed in line and the sleeve is divided into two magnetically separated and relatively displaced portions. In types having rotary pole-pieces or inductors, the armatures may be fixed at a suitable angle on one side of the axis, or on opposite sides thereof at an angle less than 180 degrees by an amount giving the range required, or the armatures may be placed in line and the inductors relatively displaced. Specification No. 23,058, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Dynamoelectric generators &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190806261-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing Down Draughts in Chimneys.
Inventor: BARRAS JAMES
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 6261. Barras, J. March 20. Chimneys and flues.-A chamber connected with a flue at one side thereof receives down-draught, which is deflected into it by an horizontal baffle extending across the flue and into the chamber. The chamber may be formed of fire-clay slabs g, bound together by sheet metal h and supported along the edges by angle-irons j bearing on a member k at their outer ends, the baffle being formed by a plate b.