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Patent GB-190512450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Compound Engines.
Inventor: DEFAYS VICTOR
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 12,450. Defays, V. June 15. Compound engines ; starting and stopping.-The intercepting- valve of a compound winding- engine is reversed by a governor which is operated by the engine at a predetermined speed. The high-pressure cylinder is supplied with steam through pipes 2, 3, Fig. 4. Between these is interposed a reducing-valve 4 actuated by a handle 5. The low-pres-. sure cylinder is supplied with steam, when the stop valve 11. is open, through passages 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, stop valves 4, 11, and the differential pressure-reducing valve 10. When the engine is working compound, the valve 11 is closed by a rod 36, Fig. 1, attached to the intercepting- valve rod 24. The high-pressure exhaust passes by passages 16, 17, 13 to the low-pressure cylinder. The intercepting- valve 20 is actuated by a piston 25 working in a cylinder 29, which is connected to the boiler by a pipe 27. The ends of the cylinder are connected by a pipe and one end is fitted with an exhaust pipe and valve controlled by the governor. On the valve being closed, the valve 20 is moved forward and the stop valve 11 opened, the exhaust from the high-pressure cylinder passing by a pipe to the atmosphere or condenser, and the engine then works as a twin engine.
Patent GB-190513228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone or like Transmitters.
Inventor: SAWREY JOHN SHEPHERD
Filed: 1905-06-27
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 13,228. Sawrey, J. S. June 27. Ear appliances.-Microphones for the use of deaf persons are constructed with hollow balls of carbon, or material coated with carbon, either polished or unpolished. The back carbon electrode B has a number of polished recesses C to receive the hollow carbon balls N. The polished carbon diaphragm A is supported in the cover D by insulated rings F, A, and is connected to the leads T<1>, T<2> by a metal ring 0, touching the diap h r a g m but insulated from the cover D. The microphone is mounted in an outer casing H, acting as a sound resonator, and formed with a number of segmental openings Z, and a central cone Y, whereby the sound is deflected into the hole K of the cover D.
Patent GB-190513824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firebricks for Fireboxes or Furnaces of Steam Generators.
Inventor: BARRINGER HERBERT
Filed: 1905-07-05
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 13,824. Barringer, H. July 5 Fire-bricks.- Bricks for protecting the backs and sides of the fireboxes or furnaces of steam generators are provided with interlocking tongues and grooves a, b, and one or more recesses c to receive the heads or nuts of stays or stay bolts.
Patent GB-190526809-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for use in Cleaning Floors and the like.
Inventor: DAYES ARTHUR CHARLES
Filed: 1905-12-22
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 26,809. Dayes, A. C. Dec. 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Mops;- mop wringers.-The brush a is pivoted on a frame c which slides upon a rod d and two of the four bars o, which are secured to a tube n enveloping the rod d. A flannel is passed through a loop h on the brush, and the ends are secured in a clamp f on the rod d. In the position shown in Fig. 4, the rod d and the tube n are relatively fixed by a catch u, and the flannel is stretched to hold the brush against a stop t in position for use. In the position shown in Fig. 3, the rod has been pushed through the tube and has by means of the chain v carried the frame c along with it, thereby, since a chain m anchors the brush at q, rotating the brush and wrapping the flannel over its back for use as a mop. In the former position, the flannel can be wrung by rotating the rod n in the tube, a ring p keeping the edges of the flannel close together.
Patent GB-190603699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CAMERON-WALLER WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-02-15
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 3699. Waller, W. A. Cameron-. Feb. 15. Tyres, pneumatic.-A detachable tyre-carrying rim d is locked in position by a removable side ring, which is fixed by giving the ring a circumferential movement. To the wheel a is fixed a ring b of angular cross-section. The ring carries a number of blocks c, the detachable rim d having a number of pairs of ears e adapted to engage these blocks. The side ring f for locking the rim has keyhole slots h, which engage headed studs g carried by the blocks c ; the ring f is locked in position by a set-screw i, entering one of the blocks c and passing through a web m connecting one pair of ears e. The valve and nuts for the tyre are housed in the closed chamber formed by the angle-ring b and the side ring f, but the valve may project through an opening in the felloe, or an opening in the ring f may allow of access to the valve. As an alternative to the angle-ring b, two removable side rings may be used.
Patent GB-190606132-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shuttle Guard for Looms.
Inventor: WILSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 6132. Wilson, W. March 14. Loom shuttle guards. - A shuttle guard is so arranged that it automatically rises and falls with each stroke of the lay. When it is lowered, it covers the shuttle s, and when it is raised it stands above, and clear of, the temples j. The guard consists of two or more rods c, c<1> mounted on curved side rods b, b<1>, which pass through guidebrackets d, d<1> secured to the lay e. The lower ends of the rods b, b<1> are pivoted to levers f, which carry the balance weights l and are fixed upon the pivoted cross-bar g. The guard may be raised to give free access to the shuttle by pulling upwards the rods c, c<1>, thus turning the levers f. When the loom is re-started, the brackets d, d' strike the cranked parts m of the rods b, b<1> and cause the guard to resume its working position. In the Provisional Specification, a modification is described in which the guard is raised, to give access to the shuttle, by rotation of levers f by means of an arm on the cross-bar g. This arm is worked from the breast rail by a slotted lever adapted to be readily thrown into or out of operation.
Patent GB-190608439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Manufacture of Head Lock Rings for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: OSMOND GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 8439. Osmond, G. E. April 7. Nuts.-Head lock rings for cycles &c., provided with a raised or dome centre, are made from metal stampings in such a manner that the lips are formed after the rings have been threaded by passing a tap completely through them. According to the construction shown in Fig. 5, a blank a is pressed to form a flange b round a central. hole and threaded; a thin sheet-metal dome c is then pressed round the ring a. The dome may be formed without a central hole, and the ring a may be made thick enough to dispense with the formation of the flange b as shown in Fig. 12. In a modified form, Fig. 10, the lock ring is made of one piece, the top being turned over after the body is tapped. Slots may be provided in the edge of the part c for the adjusting-spanner.
Patent GB-190611641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: DOVER HORACE WALTER
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1907-05-18
Abstract: 11,641. Dover, H. W. May 18. Tyres, pneumatic ; felloes or rims.-A pneumatio tyre is enclosed between deep side flanges C of such a form that the tyre has three lobes, the central lobe forming the tread, and the side lobes entering the sides of the flanges, which are of approximately semicircular cross-section. The outer edges of the flanges, which are of rolled, pressed, or cast metal strengthened by ribs, are beaded and incurved to overhang the sides of the felloe, and the inner edges are inturned to overlap and enter grooves in the sides of the felloe. The flanges are secured by through bolts E passing through the edges of the cover, which bear against a metal band or hands B shrunk on the felloes. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the felloes are of wood surrounded by a metal channel rim K, while in the form shown in Fig. 4, in which a broad tyre has two treads separated by an inestensible ring 0 opposite a groove in the felloes, the felloes are of wood only with annular projections g ; in another form, the felloes may comprise a metal rim K only. The tyre is protected by a leather or rubber cover j, side flaps of which engage between the tyre and side flanges, these flaps being in some cases provided with stude n or beads which engage with the flanges. The treads may be covered with studded bands. According to the Provisional Specification, the side flanges, in some cases integral with the felloes, may be apertured to lighten them and to prevent them from retaining mud, and may be connected by cross stays passing through the tread of the tyre.
Patent GB-190702517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Moulding Articles from Sheets of Fibrous Material
Inventor: BAKER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 2517. Baker, W. H. Jan. 31. Moulding pulp; moulding electric insulators.- Covers for the conductors of electric railways &c. are shaped from sheet fibre round a former 34, which is carried on a support 16 traversed by a pinion 18 and rack 17, through and under rollers 58, 60, 31, another roller supported from the rod 42 but not shown, and a finishing-roller 52. The form is shown with an enlargement 36 at its end ; the fixed rollers 58, 60 press the fibre sheet on to this head, but an extension on the support 16 presses the rollers 31 to the side against the force of springs 28. At the same time the rod 50 is carried to the left, Fig. 3, so that the narrow part only of the rod 53 connects the support 42 and the bar 15, and the weight 46 can raise the support and its roller. In this way the second set of rollers, though placed nearer together than the first set, are forced apart to allow the head 36 to pass. They then approach to press the fibre sheet on to the body of the former. The object of the roller 52, which is adjusted by hand, is to smooth off the ridge left at the junction of the lines of action of the horizontal and vertical rollers of the two sets. The vertical rollers, as shown, have bulges 64 to press the sheet on to the sides of the former. Spur-wheels at the bottoms of the shafts carrying the vertical rollers take into racks 33 on the sides of the support 16.
Patent GB-190706043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Masts for use in Yachts, Sailing Boats, and like Craft.
Inventor: CURRIE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 6043. Currie, R. March 13. Masts. - Sailing- vessels are fitted with a a mast, which is pivoted towards its lower end and can be swung towards the wind by mechanism operated from a capstan; at the same time, it moves a ballast weight towards the weather side of the vessel. The lower end of the mast a is fitted in a movable socket c in a block d, which is provided with cushioning - pistons f. The mast is swung over to the weather side of the vessel by means of a capstan j, and in doing so operates a vertical shaft i by means of a projecting arm i<2>. The upper end of this shaft is fitted with a lever arm l which turns the weight k about the shaft m so that the weight is moved to the same side of the ship as the mast. A screwed spindle r is provided to adjust the tautness of the rigging.
Patent GB-190708026-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Bodies from Chromated Glue Compositions.
Inventor: NEUFELD RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 8026. Neufeld, R. April 5. Plastic compositions.-A process for manufacturing compact bodies from layers of a composition containing glue or gelatin and chrome salts consists in applying to a sheet or layer of the mass a coating of a light-reflecting substance, and superimposing another layer of the material with some liquid glue and chrome salt compound interposed. The material is exposed to the action of light for a time, after which a further layer of the composition is applied in the same manner, and so on for any thickness of material.
Patent GB-190711487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sanding Appliances for Locomotives.
Inventor: GRESHAM HARRY EDWARD
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 11,487. Gresham, H. E. May 16. Sanding rails.-The object is to clear sand traps employed on locomotives from obstructions. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a rotatable spindle b is mounted parallel to the passage c in the body a of the sand trap. At the upper end of the spindle is a valve plate d adapted to close the upper end of the passage c. At the lower end of the spindle b is a handle plate e adapted to close the lower end of the passage c. A spring pin g in the handle h moves in a groove i in the edge of the part f of the body a and serves to retain the spindle b in position. Normally, the lower end of the passage c is closed by the handle plate e, and the upper end is open. By moving the handle plate e, the lower end is opened and the upper plate d closes the upper end of the passage and so shuts the sand from the sand box.
Patent GB-190712261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulling Over Machines.
Inventor: ROEDERS FERDINAND
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 12,261. R÷ders, F. May 28. Lasting.-A pulling-over machine is constructed so that the upper can be gripped all round by the pincers, and after it is stretched, part of the machine can be raised clear of the tools, then moved to one side about a vertical axis, and finally rotated about an horizontal axis to bring the insole uppermost and in a convenient position for lasting. The shoe is supported on an adjustable rest 18, Fig. 1, in a frame 2, which can be rotated about a shaft 3 mounted in a bearing 5 at the upper end of a pillar 6. This pillar is rotatable, and can be raised vertically to move the frame 2 clear of the various tools when it is desired to rotate it. A hold-down 13 is provided to engage the last and force it against the rest 18. The pulling-over of the upper is effected by four sets of adjustable toggle-pincers 41, 42, 43 (one not shown), which are actuated by hand-levers or by the depression of treadles. The pincers at the sides and back are guided to move in curved paths so that the upper is drawn well over the last and laid under it. The front pincer jaws are bent so that they embrace the toe of the last, and are guided to move firstly outwards and then under the last. After it has been pulled over, adjustable holding-devices 32, 36, Fig. 5, are forced against the upper to clamp it against movement, and then the pincers are released, springs being provided to return them automatically to their normal positions. The frame 2 is then raised and rotated ready for the lasting operation. The adjustments provided for the pincers, the holding devices, and the rest, enable the machine to be used for various sizes of boots, and for right and left lasts.
Patent GB-190713989-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing Oxide of Nitrogen by Means of Explosions.
Inventor: HAUSSER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 13,989. Hõusser, F. July 2, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Concentrating nitric acid and nitrates.-In the production of nitrogen oxides by the explosion of suitable gaseous mixtures, the waste gases are utilized for concentrating the nitric acid and nitrates obtained by absorption of the said gases.
Patent GB-190715123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves.
Inventor: OWERS HARRY AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,123. Owers, H. A., and Owers, J. C. July 1. Spring coil valves. - Relates to helical - spring valves for controlling the flow of fluids, and is particularly applicable for automatically supplying air to carburettors for motor-cars &c. The valve comprises a spring 4 which engages in a corresponding thread in the flange 5 of the casing 3. A plate 6 is fixed to the spring 4, and to the centre of the plate is detachably fixed one end of an auxiliary spring 7, which is adjustably secured at the other end by means of a screw and nut to the cap 8, which is secured in the cover 9 by a set-screw 10. The spring 4 is rigidly attached to the cap 8, and the cover 9 is provided with wire-gauze 11. When the motor is running at low speeds, the ordinary fixed air supply furnishes sufficient air ; but as the speed increases, the diminishing pressure in the spraying chamber of the carburettor causes the plate 6 to move and distend the spring 4, thus allowing an additional supply of air to enter between its coils. The spring 4 is adjustably arranged so that more or less of it can come into action. This is effected by loosening the screw 10, and rotating the spring 4 within the thread on the flange 5, thereby altering the amount of the spring projecting within the casing 3. The spring 4 may be so made that it begins to admit air at the moment when the partial vacuum in the carburettor is such that the additional supply of air is required. It is, however, preferable to make the spring stronger or weaker than this and to provide an auxiliary spring 7, the tension of which can be adjusted so as to cause the main spring 4 to open at the required moment. The spring 7 may also be so adjusted that the spring 4 is normally closed but will open as soon as a partial vacuum is formed in the spraying chamber, and in this case no fixed supply of air passing through holes in the carburettor is required. The spring 4 may also be kept permanently distended, opening still more to admit the additional supply of air. The fixed supply of air may also be obtained by providing a number of openings in the plate 6. The valve is applicable to pumps.
Patent GB-190716819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: MACARTHUR JOHN DUNCAN
Filed: 1908-01-23
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 16,819. Macarthur, J. D., Moffat, A. A., and Large, T. H. Jan. 23, 1908. Spring wheels.-The hub portion J carrying a pneumatic cushion H is faced with plates and formed with apertures through which pass shouldered bolts F surrounded by rubber sleeves I of less diameter than the apertures Plates C overlap the hub, from which they are separated by leather rings M. They are connected by the bolts F and by other spaced shouldered bolts G carrying metal rollers K on which the cushion bears. Detachable side flanges E holding a twin tyre are secured by the bolts G.
Patent GB-190727974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating and Controlling the Amount and the Quality of the Explosive Charge supplied to an Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: BROWN CLEMENT
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 27,974. Brown, C. Dec. 19. Piston valves.-A pair of semicylindrical or segmental sliding valves c, d work in a common cylinder A and are operated by Bowden wires e. They are retained on their seats by the resultant force due to the tension in the offset operating wires e and in the inclined springs f or the valves are lengthened, and the periphery of the member b acts as a guide for them. In the latter case, the springs f are preferably arranged parallel to the direction of motion of the valves. The Provisional Specification states that the valves may be retained on their seats by a spring fitting into a blind hole on one valve and having a sliding connexion with the other, also that rotary displacement may be prevented by a screw or the like projecting into the cylinder. The ends of the Bowden wires are enlarged and fit into the slots on the valves or, as stated in the Provisional Specification, the ends may be bent up and placed beneath projecting flanges on the valves. The wires pass through removable sleeves which are clamped at one end by screws and washers g to the fixed cylinder head or to the revoluble centre portion of a screwed cap forming a removable cylinder head. The wires may be surrounded by compression springs which abut against projections on the casing and tend to keep the valves in the open or closed positions.
Patent GB-190728412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling by Electromagnetic Waves
Inventor: FESSENDEN REGINALD AUBREY
Filed: 1907-12-24
Granted: 1909-03-24
Abstract: 28,412. Fessenden, R. A. Jan. 14, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wireless telegraphy.- The antenna in a system of directed wireless signalling consists of an horizontal or inclined conductor grounded at both ends or resting on the ground and disposed in the direction of wavepropagation. A series of such antennµ suspended from a low central mast and radiating from this centre may be used. A commutator is used to place any desired antenna in circuit. When the antenna is resting on the ground, radiating trenches 22 are dug between the branches of the antenna, to cause a sudden change in the electrical conditions. Specification No. 4710, A.D. 1907, is referred to. The Specification, in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also a transmitting system in which a number of grounded or ungrounded loop-antennµ are used in conjunction with a high - frequency dynamo and wave shoots. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190728755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Recoil Brakes for Guns
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 28,755. Rheinische Metallwaaren und Maschinenfabrik. Jan. 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field carriages ; mountings.-The rotary member of valves for recoil cylinders for ordnance of the kind described in Specifications No. 27,093, A.D. 1903, and No. 289, A.D. 1907, is relieved of the fluid pressure in the axial direction by the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, in which this pressure acts in the direction of the arrow h on the fixed part of the valve g, and is transmitted by means of a collar d to the piston-rod a. The rotating part of the valve b is separated from the fixed part g by a small space x, in which the liquid becomes throttled so that no pressure is transmitted. The invention may be applied to valves in which the rotating part envelopes the fixed part.
Patent GB-190801141-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-sealing Air Tube for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: JONES CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 1141. Jones, C., [representative of Jones, W.], and Newman, H. C. July 15. Tyres, pneumatic.-A self-sealing air tube comprises two separately vulcanized concentric tubes with an intermediate layer of rubber combined with sulphur and naphtha, or with pontianak or rubber solution.
Patent GB-190805325-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance to be Rendered Operative by an Impellent Liquid, for the Extraction of Air, Vapour, Gases, and such like.
Inventor: NANCE CHARLES WESLEY
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 5325. Nance, C. W. March 9. Ejectors.-Relates to apparatus for exhausting the air from vessels containing articles of food, such as eggs, meat, fish, &c., but applicable also for use in pneumatic carrier systems, and for exhausting electric-light bulbs. The impellent fluid is contained in a vessel F, from which it is pumped to a pipe V and enters a compression chamber G, to which is attached an air reservoir T. A cupleather S is placed in the cell G<1> to prevent leakage. The fluid enters the tube D provided with a coned mouth D', and reaches a nozzle J, attached to which is a "friction ferrule " K. This ferrule is secured by a screwed washer L, which fits inside a bridled collar M to which the exit tube N is secured. The stream of fluid induces a carrent of gas through the inlet port A<1> into the chamber A. The gas passes through ports C', controlled by a flexible valve C<1>, into the chamber B, the concave end H<2> of which is formed by the inner face of an adjustable plug H. A. conical bore I in the centre of the plug H is adapted to receive the exit tube N. The combined fluid and gas flows into the chamber P and thence into the outlet pipe P<1>, provided with a circular reaction cavity P' and an adjustable nozzle Q. The aerated liquid passes through the floating screens W, falls over the lip F<5> on to the screen X, and passes into the container F and through the ice vessel F<1>. The diameters of the tubes V, D, J are in the ratio of 5 :4 : 2.