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Patent GB-190517419-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Pasteurising Beer in Barrels.
Filed: 1905-08-29
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 1 7 , 4 1 9. Stanz-und Emaillirwerke vorm. C. Thiel & S÷hne Akt.-Ges., and Gronwald, H. Aug. 29. Beer, preserving.-In pasteurizing beer, a smaller vessel is connected to the cask and is completely filled therefrom before heating, after which operation the apparatus is inverted and the cask refilled from the smaller vessel, so that subsequent filling-up of the barrel and loss of carbonic acid are avoided. In a suitable form of apparatus, Fig. 3, the barrel A, completely filled with beer, is connected to a receiver B by means of connexions C, shown in Fig. 7 and consisting of two cocks 1, 2, fixed to the receiver, which are closed after it has been filled with carbonic acid and connected to branches 5, 6 by unions 3, 4 fitted with fibre washers. The cock 2 communicates with the receiver by a pipe 6<a>, and with the barrel by a bend 6 on the socket 11, which is fitted by a union cap 12 upon the metal bung-hole rim 13, while the cock 1 communicates with the barrel by a long pipe 10 screwed into the branch 5 and surmounted by a jacket 15, of the same length as the threaded portion of the cap 12. The apparatus is placed upon the bottom of a frame D, Fig. 4, which is placed over the barrel and locked to the bottom. The frame is lifted by the links 19, inverted on pivots 20 and locked in position, and the cocks 1, 2 are opened, when the receiver is filled through the socket 11 and the pipe 6<a>, while the barrel receives carbonic acid through the pipe 10. The apparatus is carried to the pasteurizing-stove and cooling-reservoir, and is then rocked on the pivots 20 to cause absorption of the evolved gas. The apparatus is then set upright, when the barrel is filled through the pipe 10, the frame is removed, and the receiver removed by unscrewing the cap 12, the bung-hole being closed temporarily by a back-pressure valve or by the closing of an elastic disk 14, cut into sectoral flaps which slide off the jacket 15. The disk is held in a groove of a metal rim, and a metal bung is subsequently screwed on the rim 13.
Patent GB-190520385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Working Heat Motors.
Inventor: BERGMANS RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-10-09
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 20,385. Bergmans, R. Oct. 9. Closed-circuit engines.- A method of and apparatus for working heat engines by means of a pressure-increasing device is shown in Fig. 1 applied to a turbine. The exhaust steam from the turbine M is heated in a superheater H, and, after passing through a heatreducing and pressureincreasing nozzle chamber D, enters and drives the turbine. The nozzle chamber has a convergent tubular inlet nozzle a, Fig. 3, leading into a double - walled w a t e i r cooled tube a, which opens into a tubular divergent pressing-increasing nozzle d having a tangential outlet R.
Patent GB-190521447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vertical Retorts for the Destructive Distillation of Coal.
Inventor: WOODALL HAROLD WHITEMAN
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 21,447. Woodall, H. W., and Duckham, A. M. Oct. 21. Gas retorts.-Relates to apparatus for discharging vertical watersealed retorts such as are described in Specification No. 16,497, A.D. 1903. The retorts are continuously fed; and the rate at which the coal is fed depends on the rate at which the coke is discharged. Plates arranged beneath the retorts and preferably above the water line are traversed by pushers which discharge the coke on to a conveyer, the main objects of the invention being to prevent the coke from absorbing water and to make one conveyer serve for several retorts. As applied to a setting of six retorts in two rows, plates d are supported on girders m under each retort a, the retort structure being formed with a sump. Two rods e provided with pushers c are reciprocated by such means as rams o and discharge the coke on to a conveyer h. The upper stretch of the conveyer is not immersed in the water except beneath the plate k, so that the coke is immersed only for a short time. The rod e may be formed hollow, and the pushers c may be perforated to permit water being passed for cooling purposes As applied to a setting of retorts in one line, one rod e carrying a pusher for each plate is employed, and the conveyer may be wholly immersed.
Patent GB-190523405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weaving Shuttles.
Inventor: SUMMA HANS
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 23,405. Summa, H. Aug. 10, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Loom shuttles.- Relates to the employment in shuttles, such as that described in Specification N o. 23,395, A.D. 1905, of a transverse part 42, carrying a spring body 43, which circularly embraces the open hinge hook 3 of the spindle head. The spring body is of such shape as to relieve the hinge-pin 26 in the direction of the axis of the shuttle and to secure the spindle from falling out when in its raised position. Spring grippers, shown in dotted lines, embrace the spindle head 2. The part 42 is fixed by screws 30 to the body of the shuttle, and serves to fix the insertionpiece 28 described in the above-mentioned Specification. A plate 29 also fastened by the screws 30 is placed on the top of the part 42 and the insertionpiece 28. The spring grippers may be dispensed with, and the spring 43 may then serve directly as a stop for securing the shuttle spindle. The part 42 may be modified to serve instead of the cover plate 29.
Patent GB-190527047-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Retaining Bands or Belts of Silk or other Limp or Non-stiff Material in Shape when in use.
Inventor: COHN EMILY
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 27,047. Cohn, E. Dec. 28. Stays or stiffeners. - A device for retaining belts of silk or other limp material in shape when in use as articles of attire consists of two thin pieces a, b of celluloid &c. pivoted at c with an aperture at each end of the strip a. The edges e<1> of the belt e are passed between the ends of the two strips, and then the ends of the narrower strip b are sprung into the apertures of the broader one a as shown.
Patent GB-190600847-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Extinguishing and Non-leaking Appliance for Paraffin Lamps and the like.
Inventor: LOCKE JAMES
Filed: 1906-01-12
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 847. Locke, J., and Shercliff, T. R. Jan.12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Oil lamps and burners, extinguishing; reservoirs, filling, indicating oil level in, venting, and preventing and collecting overflow from.-The extinguisher flaps 1, 2 are interlinked by means of a lever 15, and are operated by the cranked upper ends of wires 6, 7 rotated by weights 13, 14 when the lamp is upset. The arms 11, 12, carrying these weights, are hinged to allow them to be folded in for removal. The flaps 1, 2 may be independently operated by a trigger 17. The reservoir has a filling-tube 22 provided with a float valve 23, and a vent tube 19 opening out into a perforated chamber 20 filled with asbestos or the like to absorb any slight overflow.
Patent GB-190605304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Alarums.
Inventor: HILL WALTER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 5304. Hill, W. C. March 5. Electric bells; gongs.-In electric bells of the type referred to in Specification No. 3501, A.D. 1900, having an air- or water-tight enclosure which is used as a bell or gong, a head piece 1 of insulating-material, screwed to the bell 4 is provided with a supporting terminal 5 and with a washer 2, through which screws pass into the electro-magnet 3. The bell 4 is formed in halves which are afterwards united. The electro-magnet winding is connected to the terminal 5 and to the make-and-break contact-spring 6, the circuit being continued from the armature spring 7 through the metalwork of the electro-magnet to the washer 2.
Patent GB-190605329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clocks and Chiming Mechanism therefor.
Inventor: GINGER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 5329. Ginger, F. W. March 5. Chimes.-For clocks 4, Fig. 1, not containing chiming mechanism, it is provided in a separate form in its own frame plates 2, 3, Fig. 2, to be set at the side or back of the time movement, and actuated at the quarters by a lever 53. The mechanism comprises a spring-barrel 5, a going-train ending in a fly 45, a chiming-barrel 20, a count-wheel 11, a locking-detent 39 for the train, a companion detent 48 for the count-wheel, and a two-armed lever 49 with a warning-piece 44. Striking-mechanism.-When the clock to which the chiming-mechanism is added has striking- mechanism, a cam 12 is affixed to the count-wheel 11 for the purpose of letting fall a detent 31 after the third quarter to hold the striking-mechanism till the hour chimes have been rung, after which the detent is lifted from a pin 33 on a disk 34.
Patent GB-190608465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Temples for use in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: WILSON ALBERT
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 8465. Wilson, A. April 9. Loom temples.-Metal &c. rollers for temples are covered with vulcanized india-rubber. The indiarubber is but slightly vulcanized at the outer parts in contact with the fabric to be stretched, the intensity of vulcanization increasing towards the parts in contact with the metal roller. The elasticity is thus greatest at the outer parts. The invention is particularly applicable to temples of the type shown.
Patent GB-190611061-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in and connected with Hand Grips for Cycles, Motorcycles, and the like.
Inventor: DENNIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-11
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 11,061. Dennis, W. May 11. Handles for motor and other cycles and the like are provided with an extension a<1> to prevent the rider's hands from slipping off. The extension may be integral with, or secured to, the grip a.
Patent GB-190611113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Automatic Couplings for Railway Carriages and other Vehicles.
Inventor: RILEY JAMES
Filed: 1906-05-11
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 11,113. Riley, J., Spiers, F. A., and Strettell, C. R. D. May 11. Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling for railway carriages and other vehicles, a hook d on each vehicle engages under a broad hook-shaped projection e on the opposing vehicle, being pressed into engagement by a jaw f, which is pivoted at f<1> and is pressed upwards by a spring f<2*> or counterweight connected to an arm f<2>. Each hook d is linked to its draw-bar c to one side of the centre line, and rests in a groove f<4> formed in the jaw f of the same vehicle. The jaws f are also formed with grooves f<4*> for the entrance of the opposing hook, and have side cheeks meeting bevelled edges e<3> of the projections e which are connected to the draw-bars by cranked rods e<1>. Uncoupling is effected by cams g, mounted on transverse rotary shafts g<1> and adapted to bear against the jaws f, the parts being held in the uncoupled position by the engagement of pawls g<5> mounted on shafts g<6> with notched disks g<3> fixed to the shafts g'. To allow for motion on curves, the projections e and jaws f are curved transversely, as shown in Fig. 3. The hooks d may be used with the ordinary chain coupling. Draw-gear.-In order that the hooks d may be arranged to one side of the centre, the draw-bars c may be arranged diagonally, as shown in Fig. 3, their ends c<2> being connected by a spring c<3>, or the draw-bar may be formed in one length, springs being arranged to act in either direction of pull. Again, the draw - bars may be cranked, or two parallel draw-bars may be used.
Patent GB-190612744-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically and Consecutively Moving into Position for the Purpose of Advertising, Examination or Display, Picture Post Cards or other Printed Matter.
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR FREDERICK LOUIS
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 12,744. Smith, A. F. L. June 1. Advertising; displaying. -Picture post cards or other sheets of printed matter are moved automatically and consecutively into position behind a transparent glass plate ia the top half of the front of a box by means of the arrangement of rollers and india-rubber bands shown. When the roller h is turned, the rearmost of a number of post cards which are resting upon the false bottom c is lifted by the indiarubber band g and is deposited with its edge upon the india rubber band j. When the roller b is turned, the card is moved up to the glass pane and then lowered again on to the sloping bottom.
Patent GB-190618060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Cooling Dynamo-electric Machines, or Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-08-11
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 18,060. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. Aug. 12, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Casings.-In machines comprising a jacket through which a cooling-medium is passed and a magnetically-active part built up of wrought-iron sheets carrying the exciting-winding and united to the jacket, the contacting-surfaces of the casing and of the core are machined to ensure better heat conductivity. The casing may be shrunk or screwed on to the iron core, and an intermediate layer of compressible heat-conducting material, such as lead or tin foil, may be interposed
Patent GB-190621030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Boats, Launches, and the like.
Inventor: SAUNDERS SAMUEL EDGAR
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 21,030. Saunders, S. E. Sept. 22. Planking.-The inside framing of boats consists of a series of narrow strips of wood C, Fig. 2, of convex or approximately triangular section. These strips may be worked in any direction and are close-jointed. The outside planking D is similar to the framing C but is worked in a different direction. A layer E of canvas, saturated with a waterproof solution, is fitted between the framing C and the planking D. The interstices in the planking D formed by the sectional shape of the planking are filled in with composition and covered with canvas. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the inside planking L, N is of the sectional form shown, and the outside planking H is constructed with hollow and round seams, intervening layers of planking J being wrought in a direction opposite to that of either the framing or the planking. Layers of canvas K, M are provided, and the whole structure is firmly secured together.
Patent GB-190622702-A (GB)
Title: Elastic Metallic Tyres.
Inventor: BAUER HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-10-13
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 22,702. Bauer, H. Oct. 13. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Relates to the type of tyre formed of plate springs tangentially arranged with their free ends overlapping. The springs f are secured by bolts r passing through lateral flanges in their inner ends and countersunk in a tapered ring e, which is attached to a correspondingly bevelled felloe u by flanges z and bolts s. On the end of each spring is riveted a shoe a overlapping at its end the rear spring and recessed to hold tread-blocks m. An auxiliary spring h is riveted near to the base of each main spring f and pushes up the preceding spring to diminish clattering. The rubbing portions of the springs and shoes are faced with chilled steel v.
Patent GB-190623055-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Drying Yeast and Products Containing Yeast for use as a Food, Fertilizer, Insecticide and Fly Preventative.
Inventor: OXFORD ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-18
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 23,055. Oxford, A. J. Oct. 18. Malt compositions.-Yeast and yeast products are liquefied and sterilized by heating, as described in Specifications No 1164 A.D. 1900, and No. 5936, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Agricultural appliances, Farmyard &c.], or by the action of chemicals, such as common salt, preferably with heating, and are then dried, either alone or combined with other substances, such as molasses, blood, flesh, &c., in a thin film upon the surfaces of internallyheated, revolving cylinders. The process is applicable to yeast from which part of the ingredients has been removed, and the product may be added to linseed meal &c. as set forth in the abovementioned Specification, with or without the addition of bone meal, molasses, flesh, &c. According to the Provisional Specification, (1) the apparatus described in Specification No. 28,087, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Drying], may be used, (2) the yeast &c. may be filtered and heated before being dried, and (3) the process is applicable to drying mixtures such as yeast, cereals, &c. as set forth in the above-mentioned Specification, bone meal, flesh, water, and blood, the whole being allowed to ferment if desired.
Patent GB-190623371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Three Speed Gears for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: GILBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1906-10-22
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 23,371. Gilbert, G., and Jenks, W. G. Oct. 22. Driving-mechanism.-In a three-speed gear for cycles &c., having features of the gear described in Specification No. 21,627,A.D. 1905, but adapted to be contained within the crank bracket, a sunpinion F upon a loose sleeve C is clutched to the spindle for a direct drive and is prevented from turning backwards or forwards according as the low or high gear is in operation. The sleeve is connected by a feather G to a clutch sleeve M, carrying oppositely-disposed pawls Q, R and clutch jaws or teeth P. With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, the sleeve M is clutched to the part A' upon the spindle and the sun-pinion thus locked thereto. Dogs S upon the carrier are also in engagement with dogs T upon the crack boss, so that the chain-wheel is driven direct through the internal ring K and teeth W, W<1>. By allowing the clutch-sleeve to be pressed towards the right by a spring 0, the pawls Q are brought into engagement with the ratchet teeth B<3> within the bracket, so that the sun-pinion is prevented from rotating in a forward direction. The carrier is driven as before through the dogs S, T and the chain-wheel is carried round at high speed. To obtain a low-speed drive, the clutch-sleeve is moved to the left by a lever N, engages a ring Z, and so moves the carrier, internal ring, and sun-pinion for a short distance in the same direction. The parts S, T, W, W<1> are thus disengaged, while the pawls R in engagement with the teeth B' prevent backward rotation of the sun-pinion. The internal ring is then driven through pawls X<1> engaging a ratchet ring X, the chain-wheel being carried round by the engagement of pawls V with a ratchet ring U upon the carrier.
Patent GB-190626274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for the Formation of Coverings on Streets, Roads and other Places.
Inventor: BEHMER JOHN EMIL
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 26,274. Behmer, J. E. Feb. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Road rollers; roads and ways, making and repairing.-Figs. 1 and 5 show in elevation and plan a road roller fitted at the front, rear, and sides with rammers. A framing 5 is attached to the engine by supports 4<x>, and carries front and rear crankshafts 13 which reciprocate levers 9, from which rams 6 are suspended by curved plate-springs 7 and links 8<x>. The shafts 13, and the short shafts which operate the side rammers, are driven by belting from the engine shaft 15. To graduate the impacts, the whole frame 5 may be mounted on rollers with means to alter its distance from the ground ; or, 'as shown, the rows of rammers may be carried in frames 18, which can be tilted about hinges 19 by hand-operated worm-shafts 20 and worm-wheels 22 engaging screws 23 carried by the framing 5. The crank-rods of the side rammers consist of two parts 26, 27, Fig. 2, the latter of which is screwed to enter a worm-wheel 28, which, together with the worm 29, is carried by the part 26. The worm is coupled by open and crossed belts 31, 30 to a drum 32, Fig. 5, which may be driven from the engine by a fast and loose pulley. The belts 30, 31 are normally slack enough to allow the crank to operate without impediment, and either of them may be tightened to rotate the worm to lengthen or shorten the crank in order to graduate the ramming. This is effected by jockey pulleys carried on arms 35, 36, which are coupled by oppositely-coiled cords 38, 39 to a hand-operated drum 37. The rammers may be moved transversely across the framing by screws 23<x> ; and they may be so arranged that the front and rear sets act respectively during the forward and backward motion of the road roller, or both sets may act together. The cranks may be set so as to lower all the rammers in a row simultaneously or in turn, and the rammers may be varied in number and arranged in longitudinal or zigzag rows, obliquely, or in any other manner. In an alternative form, each rammer is driven by toothed wheels or friction gearing from an electric motor, the energy being supplied from, a dynamo carried on the machine or from an external source ; a switch arrangement enables any rammer to be operated at will. By substituting pointed tools for the rammers the machine may be used for breaking-up roads.
Patent GB-190627211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electric Train Lighting.
Inventor: LEITNER HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-29
Granted: 1907-11-29
Abstract: 27,211. Leitner, H. Nov. 29. Lighting, systems of ; regulating.-The field winding of the main dynamo of an electric train-lighting system is energized by an exciter running synchronously therewith, the field of the exciter being connected to a pair of subsidiary brushes and placed in parallel with an adjustable circuit. The main dynamo has two armatures a, b, the former supplying the lamps n and the latter the battery m. The field c is energized by current from an exciter d having a field winding k in parallel with a constant negative resistance j. Subsidiary brushes b<1>, b<2> are connected by a resistance b<3> to compensate. for variations in the battery-charging circuit, and an automatic switch o is provided for connecting the lamps n to the armature a or battery m. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the armature a<1> supplies the lamps n, while the voltage is increased by the armature b<1> to charge the battery m. A cut-out A is provided for breaking the circuit of the armature a<1> when the train stops. A further modification is shown in Fig. 3, in which the lamps are supplied from the brushes q, p, or q, p<1>, according to the direction of rotation of the armature, and the battery from the brushes q, q<1>.
Patent GB-190700011-A (GB)
Title: Reducing Gear and Belt Control for Motor Bicycles and Tricycles combined with Large Band Brake
Inventor: ROBINSON EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1908-01-01
Abstract: 11. Robinson, E. T. Jan. 1. Motor-cycles; driving-mechanism; disconnecting driving-wheels; brakes.-The driving-belt of a motor bicycle or tricycle is tightened and slackened by means of a hand-lever, which is also connected to a band brake on the rear wheel. On the crank-shaft f of the motor is fitted a sprocket-wheel g driving by means of a chain another sprocket-wheel i mounted on a hand-lever a which is pivoted on a boss on the crank casing concentric with the crankshaft. Fixed to the wheel i is a pulley h connected by a belt m to the rear driving-wheel. The lever a is extended downwards and is connected by a rod s to a band brake t, which is brought into action when the belt is at its slackest point, The lever a is held in position by a ratchet p. The tension of the chain j may be adjusted by means of an eccentric bearing for the sprocket i. By varying the size of the sprockets g, i, the gear ratio can be varied to any extent.