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Patent GB-190520142-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paper Clip.
Inventor: THORWIRTH WILHELM
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 20,142. Thorwirth, W. Oct. 5. Fastenings, bent metal tongue, for papers. The fastener comprises two portions a, b which are adapted to be folded together about the central portion f, so that they hold the papers between them. The piercer c is formed by stamping out a triangular piece and bending it as shown. A hole d, to receive the piercer when-the-clipis folded, is formed in the portion b, and a part e corresponding to the shape of the bole in the part a is stamped up to form a protuberance, so that, when the clip is folded, the part e enters the hole and assists in gripping and retaining the papers.
Patent GB-190520705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Protecting Shores and Cliffs, and Sea Walls and other Structures against the Erosive Action of Sea Waves.
Inventor: LATHAM FRANK
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 20,705. Latham, F., and Webb, J. E. Oct. 12. Break waters; groins and the like, beach.-Erosion of coasts is prevented by a floating breakwater which is moored in such a manner that when the tide recedes it rests on the shore and acts as a groin. A number of booms a, loosely connected to one another by chains, are moored to weights c in a vertical tube d set in concrete, so that they yield to the waves, but return to their original position immediately. They may be provided with vertical pieces to break np the waves.
Patent GB-190523658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hygroscopic Packing-materials
Inventor: BRAUN PHIL WILHELM
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 23,658. Braun, W. Nov. 17. Drying-agents or desiccants. -A hygroscopic packing-material for packing photographic plates and other goods is made by mixing finely ground calcium chloride, phosphorus pentoxide, or other hygroscopic compound with plaster of paris and then adding powdered turf. If desired, the mixture may be exposed for a certain time to damp air, whereby it becomes converted into a solid mass.
Patent GB-190524844-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trunk of Cane-plaiting.
Inventor: POHORZELECK ARNO
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 24,844. Pohorzeleck, A. Nov. 30. Trunks are made from cane-plaiting placed over skeletons of wood, cane, or band iron so that the cane faces outwards. The insides of the skeletons shown in Figs. 2 and 3 are covered with leather, leather stuff, or other fabric turned over their edges and fastened on the outside. The four sides of the body and cover are each formed from a single piece of cane plaiting bordered by ledges 7, Fig. 6. Strengthening-pieces 8 are provided, connected at their ends by decorative metal anglepieces 9 and protected by metal trunk head nails. The counter-edge 10, Fig. 5, for the cover is made of fabric or of stuffed ledges of wood or cane, and the trunk opening has a skeleton 11, covered by fabric, leather stuff, or the like. The cover is hinged to the body by winding tinned or galvanized wire round the ledges 7 of the cover and body, and tinned or galvanized nails are used for fastening various parts of the trunk together.
Patent GB-190609582-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Capstans for Motor-driven Fishing-craft.
Inventor: JOERGENSEN PETER
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 9582. J÷rgensen, P. April 24. Capstans.-Relates to net-hauling capstans for fishing-vessels propelled by explosion motors, and consists in an arrangement whereby the barrel may be driven either by hand power or from the propelling-motor of the vessel; when the latter driving means are employed, a friction coupling is provided in the transmission gearing to prevent excessive strain from being imparted to the hauling- cables. The drum 3 of the capstan is mounted upon a vertical spindle 1, carrying at its upper end an horizontal spindle 6 actuated by hand cranks 10 and rotating the drum through bevel-wheels 4, 5. This hand-gear may be removed by withdrawing the nuts 8. The lower end of the drum has an internally toothed ring 12 engaged by a pinion 13 sliding into and out of gear along a spindle 14. The drum is driven from the propelling-motor of the vessel by a belt passing over a pulley 18, Fig. 2, provided on the inside with dogs 19 carrying soft disks 20. On the spindle 17 is a hub 21 which by a projection 22 carries hard disks 23 intermediate between the soft disks. These disks are pressed together by an end piece 24 actuated by a spring 25, the tension of which is adjusted by nuts 26 in such a manner that the pulley normally carries the spindle 17 with it and transmits the motion by bevel-wheels 15, 16 to the vertical spindle 14, but revolves more or less without carrying the spindle under a suddenly increased pull. The spindle 6 may have a small auxiliary sheave.
Patent GB-190618308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dry Seats.
Inventor: THOMSON WALTER
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 18,308. Thomson, W. Aug. 15. Seats.-A dry seat for use on omnibuses, trams, steamboats, and piers, and in other exposed places, is provided with a seat proper, mounted on pivoted arms and counterweighted so as to swing automatically into a sheltered position after use. The seat proper consists of a front part g and two side parts f, over which is stretched waterproof material h to which half-round bars are attached. The side parts f are connected to side arms k, carrying counterbalance weights m and pivoted on a rod e connected to the standards a. The seat proper is weighted by bars n at the back, so that after use it is swung automatically into a protecting casing formed by the standards a and boards b, arranged as shown. The seat may be further protected, as described in Specification No. 25,800, A.D. 1903, by tumblers or weather bars p connected by rods r to a lever t operated by the seat proper. The weather bar p is held in the position shown in Fig. 3 by a spring catch u. As the seat moves back, a catch v engages a projection on the rod r, so as to move the bar p upwards out of the way in case it is accidentally depressed while the seat is in use.
Patent GB-190618792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Production of Steel Alloys.
Inventor: CHURCHWARD JAMES
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 18,792. Churchward, J. Aug. 22. Chrome steel ;manganese steel; ; nickel steel; ; tungsten steel; vanadium steel.-A self-hardening steel contains : steel 84-90; nickel 4-6, tungsten 0À5-1À5, chromium 2À5,5, manganese 0-35-1, and vanadium 0À05-10 per cent. The steel may contain 0À2-1 per cent of carbon, and, when a very tough steel is required, tungsten may be omittea. Ferro compounds of the alloying metals may be employed instead of the pure metals. A specimen alloy contains: steel (containing 0À6 per cent carbon) 90, nickel 5, tungsten 1, chromium 2À5, manganese 1, and vanadium 0À5 per cent.
Patent GB-190622404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Valves.
Inventor: NEWMAN GEORGE
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 22,404. Newman, G. Oct. 10. Actuating lift valves.-A lift valve a is actuated by a cam d pivoted at e in line with a spindle b and provided with recesses gÀinto which a ball h confined against horizontal movement, slips under the action of a spring c beneath the valve, thus keeping the valve open in a given position. The cam may be operated by a lever f or otherwise. Packing k is preferably of the cup-leather type.
Patent GB-190624651-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Fire Escape with Alarm Device.
Inventor: JAEGER FRITZ
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 24,651. Jõger, F. Nov. 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Fire-escapes ; alarms, fire.-A ladder 1 is hinged to the wall adjacent to the windows, and normally lies flat against the wall as shown in Fig. 1. The ladder carries an extension 2 which is normally supported by a bracket 5 ; but on turning the ladder 1 about its hinges 3 by means of arms 6, the extension 2 drops to the ground, as shown in Fig. 2. An alarm is given when the ladder is turned by an arm 6 actuating the switch 7 of an electric bell circuit.
Patent GB-190624669-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Inductor Electric Generator.
Inventor: RABBIDGE PARNELL
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 24,669. Rabbidge, P. Nov. 3. Electric bells.-An inductor electric generator which may be used as a means for operating a call bell comprises a field-magnet between the poles of which are two concentric circles of iron projections, the inner circle having wound upon it a coil or coils, and a star-shaped inductor adapted to rotate before the ends of the projections. Upon the base-plate C secured to the south pole of the field-magnet is secured the outer iron cylinder D, having inwardly projecting end pieces d, and an inner concentric iron cylinder E with outward projections e. A main coil F is wound round the cylinder E, and, insulated from it, a second coil G is wound upon the first when the apparatus is used for telephones The inductor consists of a brass hub H having iron projections h, corresponding to the projections e, rotating upon the shaft c so that the inductor projections rotate iu front of the fixed projections. The base-plate and cylinders with their end flanges are made in halves as shown to enable the coils to be inserted and to prevent eddy currents. The magnetic flux from one pole to the other alternates between the inner and outer cylinders. When the apparatus is used for ringing a bell, one pole J is connected to a projection e and another pole K is connected to the projection d, and between these vibrates an armature L pivoted to an iron support M connected to the north pole of the magnet, this pivoted combination causing the hammer of a bell to vibrate. The fixed projections may be secured one set to each pole, in which case the inductor is caused to rotate between the two sets.
Patent GB-190628278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Automatic Block Signalling Systems for Railways.
Inventor: SAYERS JOSIAH
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 28,278. Sayers, J. Dec. 12. Automatic systems. - To overcome difficulties arising from leakage currents in track circuits, each relay is provided with two windings or with two electro-magnets, one of the electro-magnets being mechanically connected to the armature of the other electro-magnet. One circuit passes through the rails from a battery in one section, and the other directly from a battery in the next section. Thus, while leakage in the first section weakens the current in one winding, leakage in the next section increases the current in the other winding. One winding 7<a> of a relay is connected through the rails of a section 2 with a battery 4, and the other winding 7<b> passes directly to a battery 5 in the next section 3. It is assumed that in adjacent sections leakages due to weather &c. are approximately equal. Thus, leakage in section 2 weakens current in the winding 7<a> but similar leakage in the section 3 increases the current in the winding 7<b>. The windings or magnets are so designed that if a relay, such as the relay 7<a>, 7<b>, is short-circuited, the increase current in the winding 6<b> of the adjacent relay is not sufficient to hold up the corresponding armature if the winding 6<a> is also short-circuited.
Patent GB-190628337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Way Taps for Filling and Emptying Vessels.
Inventor: CORE FREDERICK LEONARD
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 28,337. Core, F. L. Dec. 12. Plug cockes. -A plug cock for filling and emptying urns, filters, and other vessels is constructed with a through-way A for emptying the vessel, and a hollow part C into which open two ports D, F, at a distance of fortyfive degrees apart, through either of which the vessel may be filled. In the position shown, the supply and discharge ports are both open ; by turning the plug through an angle of forty-five degrees the discharge port is closed while a supply port is still open ; finally, by turning the plug through a further angle of 135 degrees, both supply ports are closed, and the discharge is opened. The liquid supply may be passed through a coil G so that, as in an urn, the incoming liquid may be heated by the liquid in the vessel.
Patent GB-190628531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double Image Angle-measuring Appliances.
Inventor: KOENIG ALBERT
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 28,531. K÷nig, A. Dec. 14. Clinometers; prisms; polarizers. - A variableangle prism for the determination of angular distances is obtained in effect by superposing and relatively rotating two double-image Rochon prisms. In this way, one image of an object or point can be superposed on that of another, providing the angular separation of these points does not exceed the maximum angle of separation that the superposed prisms are capable of effecting. A circularlypolarizing mica plate f g is fixed and oriented on the inner face of each of the prisms a, b, so as to ensure that the two rays given by the first prism are not further split up by the second.
Patent GB-190702349-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Automatic Rapid and Uniform Printing, Controllable at Will, of Positive Photographs by Gelatino-bromide.
Inventor: COTTILLON ADRIEN
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 2349. Cottillon, A. Jan. 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Printing.-A closed box with electric lamps is used. The pressure board is operated electro-magnetically and synchronously with the switching on and off of the lamps. The apparatus is also combined with means for perforating and cutting the paper as printed. The current distributor is constructed to allow the exposure to be varied, and consists of a rotating cone g, Fig. 1, with an insulating-segment i. The contacts k, k<1> connect with the electro-magnets e and lights respectively, and are adjustable along the rod o so as to provide for varying durations of conductivity, according as the brushes are moved towards the base or the apex of the cone. With these connexions, the lamps are switched on after the electro-magnets are energized, and switched off before they release the pressure board. An alternative construction for the conedistributor consists of a disk g<1>, Fig. 9, with radial insulating-arms. The pressure pad is a pneumatic one, and is returned by springs on the guide-rods c, Fig. 2. The apparatus includes two adjustable side guides u for the paper. The perforating-pins v work in conjunction with the pressure-board. The cutting may be done immediately after printing by the cutter w, which is operated by the treadle and adjustable along the support x, thereby regulating the length of the cut prints. Additional perforating-points are provided upon an adjustable crossrod y, which is itself also adjustable along the support x.
Patent GB-190706558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Certain Kinds of Snap Fasteners or Clasps.
Inventor: CHENEY CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 6558. Cheney, C. W. March 19. Fastenings, spring-catch. Relates to means for securing- together the front and back plates a, c of a fastener of the type usually employed on purses, bags, satchels, &c., and to the method of mounting the actuating - spring. A securing- tongue l is formed from the metal of the plate a in piercing the hole j, through which the pin on the purse flap is adapted to pass to engage the spring bolt e ; two other tongues m, n are cut out of the metal in such a position as to be covered by the operating finger-piece i. By this means, the holes from which the securing tongues are cut are not visible from the outside. The operating- spring d is of the coiled type and lies in a recess in the plate c, operating between projections on the plate and the bolt e, respectively.
Patent GB-190707153-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Illusion Amusement Device.
Inventor: HICKS CECIL EUSTACE
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 7153. Hicks, C. E., and Wigan, E. March 25. Exhibitions, scenic and spectacular.-To obtain the movements of a ship at sea, a platform e, with seats e<1> for the spectators, is mounted loosely on a central vertical pivot e<2> and is rocked by an horizontal lever k connected by links k<1>, P to a central link i and two side links i<2> pivoted to the platform. The platform may be steadied by crossed diagonal chains or flexible connexions e<4>, e<5>, e<6>, e<7>, and the rocking motion of the platform is limited by stops m. Pictures are projected on a screen h in the usual manner. The structure is designed to represent a portion of a ship, and is provided with a pay-box, steps, entrance and exit doors, &c. The lever k is operated by a drum or capstan l and an endless chain l<1>.
Patent GB-190707808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cleaning Appliances in connection with Flues, or Passages, subject to Deposit of Soot, or other Matter, from which they have to be periodically Cleaned, more especially intended for use with Kitchen Ranges and Cooking Stoves.
Inventor: MANTLE ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 7808. Mantle, A. W. April 3. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-A device for cleaning flues, described with reference to a kitchen range, consists of a tray 8 carrying scrapers 6, 7 for discharging the soot through openings 3, 4, 5 in the fixed bottom 2 of the horizontal flue 1 under the oven. This tray is also provided with openings 9, 10 and is adapted to be drawn over the fixed bottom of the flue. Scrapers 15, 16 may be fixed in the flue 1 to remove the soot from the tray as it is drawn out. Additional scrapers 11, 12 carried by the tray 8 project into the vertical flues 13, 14. Specification No. 16,828, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Chimneys &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190710104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, the Safety Mechanism of Automatic Pistols.
Inventor: CARTER JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 10,104. Carter, J., and Murray, F. T. May 1. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to safety mechanism of the kind described in Specification No. 24,382, A.D. 1906. The pivoted safety lever e acts indirectly by means of the pivoted lever f to depress the sear-operating bar d<1> out of engagement with the sear-tail a<1> when the sear is blocked by the safety lever. The lever f is acted upon by the forward end e<4> of the lever e. In order to disconnect the bar d<1> from the sear-tail when the breeh-slide and barrel are disconnected from the body, the pivot pin f<2> of the lever f is formed with a flat, which is acted upon by the disengaged breech-slide returning lever h<1> to turn down the lever f and depress the bar d' as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190713328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Supply to Postage, or other Stamps, or Vouchers, and also for Affixing the same to Envelopes, Labels, Paper or other Substance.
Inventor: DANIEL PERCY GORDON ECKERSLEY
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-07-29
Abstract: 13,328. Daniel, P. G. E., and Bullock, C. A. H. June 8. Sale apparatus; delivery mechanism.-Relates to means for delivering and affixing postage stamps &c. in which the stamp-strip is fed forward by teeth taking into the perforations between the stamps and operated from the plunger which cuts off and affixes the stamp. The apparatus may be fitted with any suitable form of coin-freed apparatus. A plunger B works in a casing A, and is operated from a handle D through a rod C controlled by a spring E. A bracket M' is carried by the rod C, and is provided with a roller M, against which presses a link L jointed at its lower end to a carriage K sliding on guides Q, down which the stamp-strip is led from the spool F. A spring-pressed finger H is provided with inclined teeth G, which engage with the perforations to feed forward the stamp-strip the length of a stamp during the down-stroke of a plunger. A spring-pressed pivoted tooth may also be provided to prevent the stamp-strip from being forced backwards as the feeding device returns. The stamp is cut off by a knife R pressed against the wall of the casing A by a spring V and participating in the downward movement of the plunger through a spring T until it encounters a stop. The envelope is damped by water ejected by the fall of an air-tight reservoir X guided on rods Y and operated by a nose M<2> through a link 2. A counting- device may be provided to register the number of stamps supplied.
Patent GB-190717957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Quilting Frames:
Inventor: GAINES WISTER FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 17,957. Gaines, W. F. Aug. 7. Work-holders.-The end bars A of a quilting- frame are provided with a series of apertures 10 in which may be fitted a pin 9 fixed at the lower end of an arm 7 which is hinged in the bracket 1 secured on the end bars A. When the quilt is wound on to one of the rollers C and one side of the frame becomes consequently heavier, the upper ends of the arms 7, from which the frame is suspended by cords passing through the eyes 12, are pressed inwards and the pins 9 withdrawn and replaced in other recesses to cause the frame again to take an horizontal position. The device may be applied to one end of the frame only, and the apertures 10 may be replaced by projecting teeth or pins to engage the lower end of the arm 7.
Patent GB-190719299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sight Feed Lubricators.
Inventor: PATERSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-08-28
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 19,299. Paterson, A. Aug. 28. Lubricators.-Relates to the lubricator described in Specification No. 28,745, A.D. 1906, and consists in substituting for the glass sight tube a cylindrical metal chamber 6 fitted with a glass window. The glass 9 is held by a screwed ring 8 against a flange 7, packing 10 being inserted either around the edge of the glass or before and behind it. The glass and the flange 7 are preferably bevelled. The twoway branch 11, receiving steam from the boiler and oil from the reservoir 1, is connected directly to the chamber 6.
Patent GB-190719479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Azo Colouring Matters.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 19,479. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Aug. 30. Dyes, artificial.-Zinc-alkali salts of the disazo dye from 2 : 6-tetrazophenol-4-sulphonic acid and #-naphthol, described in Specification No. 2397, A.D. 1901, are produced by treating the alkali salts of the colouring matter with oxide, hydroxide, carbonate, or other salt of zinc ; or the free acid dye-stuff is treated with one of these compounds in presence of alkali or alkali salt ; or the dyecomponeuts are coupled in presence of one of these compounds. The tetrazophenol sulphonic acid may be prepared from diaminophenol sulphonic acid or from diaminochlorbenzene sulphonic acid, as describe in Specification No. 16,811, A.D. 1901. In the latter case, the tetrazochlorbenzene sulphonic acid is treated with, say, carbonate or hydroxide of zinc to replace chlorine by hydroxyl, and the solution thus obtained is combined with alkali #-naphthol. These double salts are more soluble than the alkali salts or the free acid dye.
Patent GB-190720849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continously Operating Drying and Carbonising Kilns.
Inventor: BOCK RICHARD
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 20,849. Bock, R. Sept. 19. Kilns.-A drying and carbonizing kiln, in which the material is carried by a conveyer upwards and downwards through a series of chambers, is divided by means of constrictions e, just big enough for the conveyer to pass, into a heating-compartment a, a cooling - compartment a' from which air is excluded, and a cooling-compartment b through which a current of cold air passes. The partitions g may be hollow and provided with dampered openings through which gases, steam, &c. may be withdrawn to the chimney. Heating is effected by hot gases passed through the hollow partitions f.