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Patent GB-190511218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Fluid Pressure Engines applicable also to Compressors.
Inventor: ROYE ALEXANDRE
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 11,218. RoyÚ, A., Becht, A., and Marquet, C., [trading as Soc. en Participation pour l'Exploitation des Moteurs Becht]. May 28, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Annular-chamber type. - The piston 2 carries vanes 4 which move through cavities 7 in the rotating abutments. Oscillating steam valves are shown at 8 and exhaust ports at 12. A compound engine is shown in Fig. 2, consisting of two cylinders 1 arranged end to end and separated by a division wall 14. The exhaust port of one cylinder is connected by pipes 16 to the inlet port of the next, and any number of cylinders may be employed. The valves and abutments are mounted on continuous shafts running in bearings in the covers 15. The abutments 6 are driven by spur gearing 17,18. The shaft 3 carries a governor wheel 19, Fig. 4, with a weighted arm 20, which carries an eccentric 21 connected by rods 22 and valve arms 23 with the steam valves 8, which are thus oscillated. Two abutments and two vanes are shown for each piston, but this number may be varied. More than one high-pressure cylinder may be employed in each motor, and any suitable pressure fluid may be used. The engine may be driven by a belt and used as an air-compressor.
Patent GB-190513092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Mines.
Inventor: NOVERO TITO
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 13,092. Novero, T. June 24. Explosive mines.- A submarine mine consists of a float 1 with an external charge container 2 and an anchor A wit h means for regulating the depth of immersion. A heavy percussion pellet 3 is, while the mine is being immersed, held on a tray 4 by a projection 5 on the bottom of a chamber 6. The tray is supported by arms 8 depending from a vertically - sliding plate 7 with a spindle 10 centred in a tube 11 in the cover 12. A soluble cotter 14 holds the plate 7 in its raised position until dissolved, when the pressure of the water lowers the plate in the chamber 6 and thereby releases the pellet 3 from the stud 5. If, when struck, the mine is tilted beyond a given angle, the pellet rolls off the tray 4 into the funnel 17, and, striking the firing-pin 18, ignites the fulminate 24, which in turn ignites the priming composition 23 and explodes the charge 22. In order to sink the mine to a predetermined depth, the cable 26 is wound on a drum 25 in the anchor A, Fig. 5. The flange 31 of the drum is provided with ratchet teeth engaged by a pawl 28, to which a weight 41 is attached by a cable 40 of such a length that the weight touches the bottom just as a sufficient length of the cable 26 has been paid out. The tension in the cable 40 being thus removed, the pawl 28 is raised into engagement with the ratchetwheel 31 by a spring 39, and the rotation of the drum is checked. The anchor continues to sink, and drags the mine with it for the remaining distance. A friction brake 27, which acts against the flange 32 of the drum while the cable 26 is being paid out, is actuated by the flow of the water past a plate 35 in the upper side of the anchor. The mine may be rendered inoperative from a distance by a cord 53 attached to a ring 52, to which is also attached one end of a cord 51. By pulling the cord 53, the mine is tilted sufficiently to slip the ring 52 off the tube 11 ; the pull is then transmitted .by the cord 51 to the releasing-lever 50 of a hook 62, and the mine, released from the cable 26, rises to the surface. Another cable 57 lightly coiled at 59 still connects the upper part of the float 1 with the cable 26, so that, as it rises, the mine is suddenly inverted, the action, it is stated, being too rapid for the ignition of the charge. The mine then floats with the casing 2 uppermost so that the priming-charge 23 may be removed.
Patent GB-190514263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Raising and Lowering of the Head Rests of Barber's Chairs
Inventor: DAVIS ISRAEL HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 14,263. Davis, I. H., and Davis, M. July 11. Chairs.-In an arrangement :for adjusting the head-rests of hairdressers' chairs, the head-rest slide 1 has fixed thereto, by brackets 4, 5, a screwed spindle 6 arranged to work through a bush 7 formed integrally with a pinion 8 and mounted in a bracket 12 fixed to the chair back. Another pinion 9 engages with the pinion 8, and is fixed to a short spindle 10 mounted in the bracket 12 and fitted with a hand-wheel 11. The head-rest slide 1 is guided by a slot 14 in the bracket 12, and also by a bracket 16 fixed or hinged to the underside of the seat 15 and carrying a rubber roller 17. In modifications, the bush 7 may be driven by teeth on the hand-wheel instead of by the pinion 9, and the screw 6 may be attached directly to the headrest, being fixed against rotation by having its lower end squared and working through a fixed bracket, or by having two rods 24, 25, Fig. 5, at its lower end, sliding through a bracket 26. In another modification, the guides 24, 25 are placed on the head-rest, as shown by dotted lines.
Patent GB-190519903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonograph Records and Process of Making the same.
Inventor: ADAM MATTHEW ATKINSON
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 19,903. Adam, M. A., [New Jersey Patent Co.]. Oct. 2. Phonographs &c.-In a process for making sound records for phonographs &c., wherein one or more independent record grooves are cut between the windings of another groove, one record groove a' is preceded by a continuous smooth portion a, the position of the second groove b<1>, also having a preliminary smooth portion b, being adjusted thereby by means of a microscope.
Patent GB-190527087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: RICHTER OSKAR
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 27,087. Richter, O. May 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901 ]. Elastic-fluid tur- Lines.-The blades and guides of turbines are made with a wedgeshaped foot g, Figs. 1 and 2, which lies in an undercut groove c. Between each two blades is placed a packing- piece d, which is expanded to fill the spaces e, f and secure the blades.. The feet g may rest in a subsidiary groove j, and engage with the packing,-pieces by tongues and grooves. In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the ends of the blades are bent to form a foot on one or both sides of which the packing- pieces are placed.
Patent GB-190600069-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing Premature Ignition in Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: REICHENBACH FRITZ
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1907-02-01
Abstract: 69. Reichenbach, F. Jan. 1. Gas and like engines, preventing premature ignition in. In engines working with charges, the composition of which varies from time to time, means are provided to vary, according to the quality of the fuel employed, the maximum amount of charge that enters the combustion chamber, in order to prevent premature ignition. The inlet valve 6 may, at the option of the driver, be actuated by either the cam 3 or the cam 4. These cams are mounted on the half-speed shaft 2, and one of them acts through an angle of ninety degrees and the other through an angle of eighty degrees. The result is that with generator gas there is no cut - off, while a rich gas such as coal-gas is cut off before the end of the stroke.
Patent GB-190601129-A (GB)
Title: Improved Materials or Composition for Making Red Bricks, Tiles and other Articles
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 1129. Smith, W. Jan. 16. Bricks, tiles, &c. are made by adding to clay or sand a mixture of ferrous sulphate and a clay which would of itself, if fired, yield a red product.
Patent GB-190610068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Buoys
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM FRANKLIN
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 10,068. Clark, W. F. April 30. Buoys &c.-A life-saving buoy capable of holding a number of persons and adapted to be placed upon the deck of a ship is provided with a collapsible sea-top and means for inflation, and the body portion of the buoy is made conical, the apex being of solid steel. The sea-top 11, Fig. 4, consists of a number of separate sections 16 as shown in Fig. 6, which is a section on the line 6-6, Fig. 4. These sections are inflated from a tank 18 adapted to be filled from a pump 19. At the top of the buoy is a hinged cover and tunnel 27 reached by a rope ladder.
Patent GB-190623019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Atomising Liquids and Simultaneously Mixing them with Air or Gas.
Inventor: KESTNER PAUL
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 23,019. Kestner, P. Oct. 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Scrubbers and washers.-Liquid is sprayed and mixed with air or gas by discharging it into the interior of a drum similar to that described in Specification No. 24,033, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.], the periphery being formed of a number of annular rings D, Fig. 1. These rings are attached to the pieces T, and the whole is secured to the shaft by being mounted on the disk P. Fig. 3 shows the apparatus arranged in the casing of a centrifugal fan, the air intake being at 0 and the discharge "at U. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 states also; that, when the apparatus is used for separating a gas or vapour from dust or water, the air &c. is forced in at U, against the current set up by the sprayer, and is discharged at 0. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190623084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Driving and Reversing Gear for Internal Combustion or other Engines more especially intended for Marine Purposes.
Inventor: WESTMACOTT ALFRED
Filed: 1906-10-18
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 23,084. Westmacott, A., and Thomas, W. F. Oct. 18,. Brakes.-In a braking-device used in connexion with reversing-gearing stated to be suitable for propelling ships and motor-vehicles, a drum c is locked to a fixed casing a<1> by means of a coil clutch f<2>, secured to the casing at its outer end, and to a loose ring f at its inner end. The ring J is coned internally to engage a friction surface c<3> upon a drum c, and externally to engage a like surface upon an annulus d which slides on feathers on the drum c. The annulus d is moved sideways to operate the coil f<2> by means of a non-rotating ring e fitting in a groove d<1>, and a hand-lever e<5>.
Patent GB-190623140-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Filing Letters, and the like.
Inventor: BOURNE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 23,140. Bourne, W. Oct. 19. Drawers.-Relates to a filing-device in which a number of drawers c carried by compartments b are mounted round the circumference of a wheel a, Fig. 3, so as to be withdrawn in a direction parallel to the axis of the wheel. At the side of the compartments b are mounted flanges e, upon the upper edges of which are moved slides f carrying the drawers. The drawers are preferably of the kind described in Specification No. 3078, A.D. 1906. The wheel is mounted in a roll-top desk or any other suitable casing, and is rotated in any suitable manner, e.g. by a spring-pressed pin passing through a slot in the casing and engaging with a series of holes l in the wheel. In a modification, rotation is effected by a wheel u operated from a treadle r through a loosely-mounted spur-wheel s and a pawl t. The drawers may be similarly mounted upon a travelling band supported by one or more drums
Patent GB-190624572-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Dough-moulding and Loaf-making Machine.
Inventor: DERRIMAN HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 24,572. Derriman, H. G. Nov. 2. Moulding dough.- Dough delivered down the funnel f<4> is made into roll shape between halfmoulds e travelling on an endless band, and a fixed half-mould f adjustably mounted by means of bolts f<1> on cross-heads f<2> on the frame a. The rolls pass down shoots g, h into the space between other fixed and travelling half-moulds l, i, which are shaped as shown on the right of Fig. 1 to give a loaf-shape to the rolls. The plummer blocks are adjustable longitudinally, so that the band d can be slackened, and, by disconnecting a link in the band, the loaf-shaping moulds can be put on the drums and frame in place of the roll shapers. In this way, when all the rolls needed have been formed, the loaf-shapes can be formed in moulds in the same place so that space is economized. The bands of the transport shoots can be driven from the drums of the endless bands. By making the frame adjustable in width, different-sized moulds can be used.
Patent GB-190625024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fanlights
Inventor: HAWGOOD HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 25,024. Hawgood, H. Nov. 7. Window opening and closing apparatus; stays.- Fan-lights and sashes on horizontal pivots are operated by a pole, the ferruled end S of which, on entering an aperture H in a bracket G attached to the sash, depresses a latch M, thus effecting the disengagement of a spring bolt P from a fixed recess Q. The sash is then free to open, the end of the bolt P travelling along a smooth pivoted stay-bar A and acting as a brake. The sash can be turned right back for cleaning &c., on the removal of a thumb-screw K.
Patent GB-190625030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guns and Projectiles therefor.
Inventor: NOACK EMIL
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,030. Noack, E. Nov. 7. Ordnance design; built-up; taken to pieces for transport.-A disk-shaped projectile a is fired from a gun b having a rectangular bore, enlarged on one side at the mouth, from f to g, so that the propelling gases may escape past the projectile and, by entering the notches e in the edge of the disk, impart a rotatory movement thereto. The projectile may be fired with its axis either vertical or horizontal, and several projectiles may be discharged simultaneously or successively from a. multi-barrelled gun. The gun may be constructed of several plates riveted- or bolted together.
Patent GB-190625606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burner Heads for Forming and Hardening Incandescent Bodies or Mantles.
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 25,606. Export - Gasgl³hlicht-Ges. Jan. 26, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent gas lamps. -The heads of burners for forming and hardening mantles consist of one or more wire sieves b, into the meshes at the upper part of which refractory material a is pressed, to form a deflector which does not present any projecting surfaces for the flame to attack.
Patent GB-190627477-A (GB)
Title: Improved Treatment of Suet and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: COAD AGNES MARY
Filed: 1906-12-03
Granted: 1907-12-03
Abstract: 27,477. Coad, A. M., and Williams, J. O. Dec. 3. Drawings to Specification. Fats.-Suet is washed, chopped, and mixed with borax and salt which are then washed out ; it is next melted, drawn off, and the dirt separated. It is then melted in a vessel with a strainer bottom, is granulated by falling into cold water, and is dried in apparatus which may comprise a rotary perforated drum, upon which blasts of cold air are directed, e.g. by fans. The suet may be pressed through the strainer by steam, or, according to the Provisional Specification, by hot air or water.
Patent GB-190700570-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Enabling Bows, Neckties, Ribbons, Rosettes and other Articles of Dress to be Attached to Larger or other Garments.
Inventor: MOSS MARY JANE
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 570. Moss, M. J. Jan. 9. Studs; neck - tie retainers. - Bows, neck-ties, ribbons, rosettes, &c. are removably attached to garments &c. by means of a safety or other pin or hook c, Fig. 2, or a pair of spring-controlled sliding hooks c, Fig. 5, with a solid or hollow rod b, Fig. 4, to engage the hollow solid shank e of a stud e'.
Patent GB-190702951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flushing Cisterns and the like.
Inventor: BRETT WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-06
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 2951. Brett, W. J. Feb. 6. Water-waste preventers, valve-discharge. Water enters the closed cistern 2 through the orifices 7, 8 and accumulates until the pressure of the compressed air becomes equal to that in the main. When the chain is pulled, the lever 11 turns upon a pivot 13 and the valve 9 is opened. Entry of water during the discharge is prevented by the closure of the holes 8 by the piston 6. In a modification, the valve-rod 10 is hollow, and the passage of water from the casing 4 into the ciston is effected through two series of perforations in the rod. In another modification, Fig. 3, the discharge valve 9 and supply valve 35 are differently disposed. The former is held against its seat by a spring 12 and when it is closed the supply valve is open, and vice versa. An air-tight inspection cover 38 may be provided. An automatic form, Fig 4, is made with similar halves A, B which act alternately. As the chamber A fills, the pressure increases until the excess pressure on the underside of the piston 44 raises it, cutting off the water supply through the holes 8, and, on engagement with a stop 45, lifting the valve 9<a>, and closing the valve 9<b> through the lever 42. The same operations then take place in chamber B, the chambers discharging alternately at intervals of time determined by the rate of inflow. All the forms may be fitted with an air check valve 14, and the non-automatic forms with a dash-pot 25, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190704528-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Mercerising Vegetable Fibres or Textile Materials.
Inventor: BOUSFIELD JOHN EBENEZER
Filed: 1907-02-23
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 4528. Bousfield, J. E., [Heberlein & Co.]. Feb. 23. Fibres, treating ; yarns, mercerizing.-Vegetable fibres and materials, such as cotton, linen, ramie, jute, &c., particularly in the loose state but also in the form of yarn, cops, and fabrics, are prevented from shrinking during mercerization in a centritugal machine by setting the machine with the material arranged therein in motion before admitting the lye Special mechanical devices, such as described in Specifications No. 7093, A.D. 1897, and No 16,823, A.D. 1898, and in the journal " Osterreich's " Wollerund Leinen-Industrie," dated June 16th, 1906, for preventing shrinkage are thus rendered unnecessary. The motion of the machine is maintained during the subsequent washing.
Patent GB-190704624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tooth Brushes.
Inventor: DROWNE FREDERICK PEABODY
Filed: 1907-02-25
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 4624. Drowne, F. P. Feb. 25. Handles. - The handles of tooth. brushes have a resilient fork-shaped forward portion c of steel or other metal adapted to be sprung into grooves or openings a<2> in the brush head for interchangeably connecting the head to the handle. The head has a short shank provided with a groove a<4> between the parts a<3>, a<5>. The fork c may have a pin fixed therein which is adapted to snap into a hole p<1> in the part a<3>, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The outer ends of the fork prongs may be bent inwardly, as shown in Fig. 9. The back of the brush head may be of bone, ivory, or other non-metallic material, and the handle may be of gold, silver, or other metal and stamped in dies to form a hollow member to which the portion c is soldered or otherwise fixed.
Patent GB-190706411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Preventing Vibrations in Vehicles.
Inventor: CHRISTOPHE ANDRE
Filed: 1907-03-16
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 6411. Christophe, A., Menteyne, P., and Estainville, C. d'. March 17, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Springs.-A damping-device for use in connexion with vehicle bearing-springs comprises a cable wound upon one or more fixed drums and having one end connected to the chassis by a spring, initially stressed, and the other end to the vehicle spring or axle, or vice versa, the arrangement being such that the deflexion of the bearing-spring caused by the approach of the body and axle is unimpeded, while, upon the separation of the body and axle, friction is produced between the cable and drum which is proportional to the original deflexion of the bearing-spring. A cable 5, Fig. 2, with or without wooden or metal shoes 6, is wound upon a drum 1 fixed by a bolt 3 and held against rotation by studs 4; one end of the cable is secured to a plate 7, which is also mounted upon the bolt 3 and carries one end 10 of a spring 8, placed under initial torsion and having its other end 9 inserted in a hole in the drum 1. As the body and axle approach, the slack produced in the cable is taken up by the spring 8, the cable being wound on the drum by an amount which is proportional to the flexure of the bearing- spring. The initial stress upon the spring 8 may be varied by providing a series of holes in the drum 1 for the insertion of the end 9 of the spring. A modified form of shoe 6 is shown in Fig. 3. In a modification, the amount of cable wound upon the drum is practically constant, the proportionate friction being obtained by varying the tension in the cable by means of a curved lever 7, Fig. 4, pivoted at 3 and connected toa spring 8 adjustably attached to the vehicle. -In another modification, the cable is wound upon a number of fixed drums and is connected directly to a spring under tension The cable may be of metal or hemp, or may be replaced by a flexible band or chain.
Patent GB-190709334-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Heater for Keeping Food and the like Hot, by means of Waste Heat from Tea, Coffee and similar Refreshment Urns.
Inventor: PALMER GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 9334. Palmer, G. H. April 22. Urns. - Relates to apparatus for heating andkeeping hot, food &c. by means of waste heat from tea, coffee, and similar refreshment urns. A jacketed receptacle containing the food &c. is placed on the urn so that steam or vapours may circulate in the jacket B, the condensed vapour returning to the urn. The lower part of the outer casing has an opening surrounded by a flange E, which fits into the opening in the urn. An outlet pipe G allows excess of steam to escape. The receptacle may be similarly fitted to urns having two openings by providing two flanged openings in the bottom of the receptacle. In a modification, the receptacle may be also jacketed on its upper side, and provided with a side door.
Patent GB-190710964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Moving Targets.
Inventor: BUXTON GERALD
Filed: 1907-05-10
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 10,964. Buxton, G. May 10. Targets.-A holder for moving targets is constructed of side rods a, a heavy slotted tube d or the like and strips g spaced apart to receive a target f. The lower ends of the rcds are secured to the slotted tube by nuts e, and the upper ends are bent at right-angles to receive rollers b which run on inclined rods or wires i, which may be carried by T-shaped supports i<4> as shown in Fig. 2. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the wire is anchored at the ends and at points i<2> , and the target travels behind a screen h<1> provided with one or more apertures h. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the target is drawn up an inclined wire by a cord j with an eye or ring j<1> which engages with a trigger or releasing-device k.