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Patent GB-190605374-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Friction Igniting Device for Miners' Lamps.
Inventor: WOLF PAUL
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 5374. Wolf, P. March 5. Lighting oil lamps &c.- In friction igniting-devices wherein the fuse a is wound from a bobbin b on to a spindle d and passes over a guide h, the igniter g<1> is flexibly held in a guide k, and its upward yielding motion is controlled by a spring f and limited by a stop n.
Patent GB-190606042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads, Cots, and like Articles of Furniture.
Inventor: EVANS ROBERT EVAN LLEWELLYN
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 6042. Evans, R. E. L. March 13. Bedsteads and cots.-Bedsteads, cots, and like articles of furniture having falling side rails are provided with collars F on the pillars A to engage with extensions E fitted to the ends of the upper portions of the side rails. In fixing the side rail in position, the extension E is lowered until it is seated upon the lower portion F<1> of the collar F. The collars F may be of any suitable shape, and may be tapered. The invention is applicable to bedsteads &c. in which the side rails do not slide up and down.
Patent GB-190607302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Opening and Closing Swinging Windows, Ventilators, or the like Casements.
Inventor: CARTLAND JOHN HOWARD
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 7302. Cartland, J. H., and Lilly, J. March 27. Window opening and closing apparatus.-In fanlight and casement operating mechanism, such as is described in Specifications No. 14,076, A.D. 1904, and No. 18,089, A.D. 1906, and shown in Figs. 1 and 4, respectively, the stay rod 7 is formed with a cranked end 8 pivoted to a bracket 10 attached to the window frame, so that when the fan-light is closed the rod assumes a parallel, or nearly parallel, position.
Patent GB-190614511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controllers suitable for Electro Motors.
Inventor: SCHUIL JOHANNES
Filed: 1906-06-25
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 14,511. Schuil, J., and Reyrolle, A. C. June 25. Switches.-Relates to arrangements for providing an increased number of regulating-steps in motor controllers. In the form shown, the controller comprises a set of main resistances 9, 10, 11, which may be of equal or varying value, connected in series and at their junctions and extremities to a set of main contacts 1 ... 4, and a set of subsidiary resistances 18 ... 22 also connected in series and at their junction and extremities to a series of subsidiary contacts 12 ... 17 arranged on a movable slide or body, so that they may engage with the main contacts 1 ... 4, the last of which is connected to the motor as well as the resistance. The arrangement is such that at first all resistances are in series. The resistances 18 ... 22 are gradually cut out, and the subsidiary resistances are then thrown in shunt with resistance 9 and gradually cut out, the contact-piece 17 being made to reach the contact 1 before the contact 12 reaches the contact 2, and also of such length as to just bridge the contacts 1, 2. In controllers so constructed, either the subsidiary contacts or the main contacts may be mounted on the controller spindle, the line of contact of the metallic parts being parallel to the axis of the controller spindle, so that the current-carrying capacity may be increased by lengthening the contact without increasing the diameter of the drum, the other set of contacts being fixed round the drum. Figs. 7 and 8 show such a construction. The iron frame p is fitted with an iron cover p<1> and steel casing p<5> carrying an insulating-base p' and bearings p<3>, p<4>. To the spindle g, carrying a ratchet-wheel g', a pentagonal shaped body q is keyed carrying bars c, to which the main contact-fingers b are fixed. At each end of the body q is an insulating-finger q<1> carrying two slip-rings n connected to the bars c. Current is conveyed to each slip-ring by braided copper tapes 1<a>, 2<d>, 3<a>, 4<a> kept under tension by springs m. On the base p<2>, the subsidiary contacts 12 ... 16 are mounted. A magnetic blow-out r may be provided ; or, the controller may be mounted in oil. Insulated bushes are provided to lead out the cables to the mains, motor, and resistances, the contacts being connected to a series of terminals curved by the base. For polyphase currents, two or more controllers may be mounted in the same casing.
Patent GB-190614542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tiles for Filter Beds and the like
Inventor: NAYLOR GEORGE WILFRED
Filed: 1906-06-26
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 14,542. Naylor, G. W., and Naylor, J. F. June 26. Tiles for filter-beds. The floors of filter-beds and the like are provided with a number of open channels formed by inverted tiles a, cemented in position, such channels being covered by loose tiles b, which are recessed or perforated for the passage of liquid and may be of the forms described in Specification No. 17,837, A.D. 1905. The invert tiles a may be of semicircular, semi-oval, or rectangular cross-section, and are preferably flattened at the bottom and sides. The sides may be recessed at the top, as shown in Fig. 1, or grooved, as shown in Fig. 14, for the reception of a clay band e, above which is placed cement f. In the form shown in Fig. 14, filtered liquid passes through slots d, and in order to guide it to the bottom of the channels, the tiles are bevelled as shown. The lower tiles may be formed so as to overlap both at the side and end joints, and their undersides may be fluted or corrugated.
Patent GB-190615177-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Facilitate the Removal of the Leather Coverings from Drawing Rollers.
Inventor: COOK JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-07-04
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 15,177. Cook, J. W., [trading as Cook & Co.]. July 4. Cutting-machines for leather. -To remove the leather coverings from drawing-rollers employed in spinning-machines, the roller is placed on a grooved support M and is clamped by transverse rods D, D<1>, which are mounted in pivoted arms B and serve as guides for a knife-carrier H adapted to be traversed along them by band. The arms B are normally retained in the raised position, shown in dotted lines, by helical springs mounted on the spindle C<1>, and are lowered to engage the work by a handle I, secured to another transverse rod F. The knifecarrier is made in two sections N, N<1>, Fig. 5, penetrated by a screw O locked by a nut P, the depth of the knife S, which is carried centrally, being adjusted by an eccentric on the screw O.
Patent GB-190619917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Controlling and Operating Coal Hoists and the like Electrically.
Inventor: DIXON WALTER
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 19,917. Dixon, W. Sept. 7. Distributing. - Relates to electricallyoperated coal hoists and the like in which current is supplied to the electromotor by means of a generator driven by a suitable engine, the output being controlled by varying the current in the generator and motor fields. The present invention consists in combining with this system a flywheel C, interposed between the generator A and prime-mover D, and adapted to carry the latter over occasional abnormal loads. The generator supplies current to the motor E, and the fields of both motor and generator are excited by a suitable constant voltage supply R. A controller F regulates the strength of the exciting- current. Several motors may be supplied by the generator, if the motors do not work simultaneously.
Patent GB-190622986-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Pin
Inventor: FREDERIKSEN ANTON
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 22,986. Frederiksen, A. Oct. 17. Safety-pins.-In safety-pins of the kind having two outer wires a, c and a central movable pin b, the closing-cap f is formed with an inclined front face having a series of notches h, Fig. 3, to receive the point of the pin.
Patent GB-190700523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electro Capillary Apparatus.
Inventor: GODDIN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1907-01-08
Granted: 1908-01-08
Abstract: 523. Goddin, E. A. Jan. 8. Current meters.-An electro-capillary apparatus, of the type in which the movements of the menisci in a number of capillary tubes are combined to produce an additive effect, is arranged with the mercury in each tube separate from that in the others, so that in each tube the meniscus can be brought to its best working position by separately adjusting the height of the mercury. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, a difference of potential applied at terminals 7, 19 produces a movement of the liquid in the narrow part of a tube 20. A number of tubes b pass through the cover f of a closed glass vessel a, each tube having a ground-in stopper portion, held down by,a spring r. A selected capillary portion c is joined on after the stopper portion has been ground in. The cover f is clamped to a flange on the vessel a by means of rings g, h, which are provided with rubber washers and held together by six clamping-bolts k. A good joint between the flange and cover may be secured by applying paraffin wax while the parts are warm. Three of the bolts k screw into the tops of supporting standards m, and are continued upward to support an adjustable perforated plate v for engaging the springs r, and an insulating- ring 5, on wbich a contact-plate x is fixed by clips 6, one of which carries the terminal 7. The plate x has a series of screw-threaded holes, one over each of the tubes b, into which split tubular nipples z can be screwed by means of a special tool, thereby clamping a series of rods 2, having platinum ends which dip into mercury in the tubes b. The height of the plate x is adjustable by means of nuts 9. The vessel a, which contains a mercury electrode 10 and electrolyte 11, by which it is completely filled, communicates at its bottom through a tube 13 and stop-cock 14 with a vessel 12, supported by a padded clamp on a universal holder. The vessel 12 has two ground-in spring-secured stoppers 15, 16, the lower of which serves as a removable support for the terminal 19, while the upper is continued into a tube 20, having a narrow end portion. The vessel 12 may also be connected, by means of stop-cocks 23, 24, with an adjustably supported reservoir 21, to adjust the normal height of liquid in the tube 20. For observing changes of level in the tube 20, the narrow part of the tube may contain a liquid of low surface tension. In a modified form, the tube 13 and vessel 12 are dispensed with, the bottom of the vessel a being formed with a well into which dip two tubes. One of these tubes has a capillary end and contains a column of mercury connected by a platinumended rod to an insulated terminal on the plate x. The other tube is bent at right-angles and leads to the tube 20, in which the changes of level are produced. All the tubes pass through the cover f, in which they are made tight by rubber collars.
Patent GB-190715698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Device for Holding or Clamping Sheets.
Inventor: WAGONER HENRY VAIL
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 15,698. Wagoner, H. V. July 8. Filing papers &c.-A spring clamping-device for loose sheets of paper, or a pad of papers, comprises a rock-shaft C, of D or similar section, actuated by a lever c, and springs E, connected through washers F with the shaft at one end, and acting on clamping- arms J at the other end. The arms J are mounted freely on the shaft. The washers F on the other hand turn with the shaft, being provided with D-shaped holes to fit it while being capable of sliding thereon. The clamping-bar H, which is pivotally connected to the arms J, may be of inverted U-shape so as to present two bearing- edges h, h squarely to the paper a. One or more springs may be mounted on the shaft. The lever c is held down by a catch D. Instead of the lever c, a key fitting on the squared end c' of the shaft may be employed, in conjunction with a ratchet holding arrangement. The bar H may be omitted, the arms J then pressing directly on the paper. In a further modification, the projecting ends of the springs may press directly on the paper, or the papers may be perforated at a<11> to receive the turned-down ends e<1> of the springs, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190723423-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of Soda Water and other Beverages.
Inventor: BLUM HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-10-23
Abstract: 23,423. Blum, H. Oct. 23. Measured quantities, delivering.- The apparatus consists of two measuring - vessels s 42, 44 and a cylindrical valveblock having four valve chambers 35 arranged in quadrature about a common centre, the valves within these chambers being operated in pairs. Referring to Fig. 1, each valve chamber 35 is provided with a valve 25 which is actuated by a rod 24, passing through a bearing 27 and provided at its other end with a rounded head 26. Diametrically opposite pairs of valves are raised from their seatings against the action of springs 29, by a cam plate 17 mounted on an axle 4 and bearing on its surface two diametrically raised portions 19. The inlets of two adjacent valve chambers c, d, Fig. 2, are connected by pipes 39, 40 to the source of supply, while their outlets h, i are connected to the inlets of the measuring- vessels by tubes 41, 43. The outlets of the measuring-vessels are connected to the inlets of the valve chambers a, b by pipes 45, 46, and the outlets f, g of these chambers are connected by tubes 47, 49 to the delivery pipe 3. By successive revolution of the cam plate through 90 degrees, the measuring- vessels are alternately charged from the supply and discharged through the delivery pipe 3.
Patent GB-190723733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Curtain Rod Attachments for Windows and the like.
Inventor: SWINBURNE FRANK ROLAND
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 23,733. Swinburne, F. R. Oct. 28. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-In curtainrods of the kind provided with screwed sockets a<1> at the ends, which are threaded on to screwed plugs A carried by fixing-plates C, the plugs are attached to the fixing-plate by means of a bent piece B of wire passing diametrically through the plug and riveted to the fixing-plate, so that the rod may be placed at any angle with the fixing-plate. Two plugs may be attached to one fixing-plate as shown, for bay or angle windows.
Patent GB-190724973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Steam Engines.
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 24,973. Legg, Ltd., R., and Crawford, W. B. Nov. 11. Fixed-abutment type with piston having outwardlysliding vanes. A compound rotary engine, of the type in which a revolving drum is fitted with outwardly - sliding vanes, is so arranged that during part of the revolution the steam supplied to one cylinder is free to pass directly through that cylinder to the next cylinder. Figs. 3,4, and 5 are sections on the lines 3-3, 4-4, and 5-5 of Fig. 1. Steam enters the highpressure cylinder a by the pipe d and port a', and at the moment when the parts are in their position shown in Fig. 3 is free to pass round the cylinder a through the port a', passage h, and port b<1> into the cylinder b. When the vane f<1> passes the port a', only the exhaust steam from a will feed the cylinder b. Similarly the low-pressure cylinder c during the greater part of the revolution is fed by exhaust steam from b by the port b<2>, passage j, and port c<1>, but a small interval occurs in which the exhaust steam from a is free to pass through b', b, b<2> into the cylinder c. Packing-devices for the drum and vanes are shown in Figs. 6 and 7. One edge of the vanes f<1> is slotted to receive slides f<4> pressed outwards by springs f<5> so as to make tight joints against the end covers of the cylinders, and the central portions of the drums f are, for the same purpose, recessed to receive plates f<6> pressed outwards by springs f<7>. Wearing-pieces g adjustable by means of set-screws g<1> are provided.
Patent GB-190725305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Regulation of Electric Induction Motors.
Inventor: SCHERBIUS ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 25,305. Scherbius, A. Nov. 14. Motors, alternating-current; motors, controlling. -The speed of an asynchronous motor is controlled by regulating the field currents of the alternating-current commutator motors which are connected to the slip-rings of the polyphase rotor of the main motor for the purpose of altering the power-factor. The field of each motor is excited from at least two phases. The auxiliary motors d, e, f, Fig. 1, are mesh-connected between the three-phase lines a, b, c of the wound rotor, and are series excited by pairs of coils g, h, i. The motors, shown in Fig. 2, are star-connected across the three-phase lines, and are shunt-excited so that each field is energized from two phases, as before.
Patent GB-190803027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taps or Cocks.
Inventor: PRESTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3027. Preston, W. Feb. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Casings; cleaning valves.-To facilitate cleaning, the spouts B of taps and cocks are cast separately from the casings, and are connected therewith by a union nut C. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 562, A.D. 1878, No. 14;339, A.D. 1889, No. 14,635, A.D. 1896, and No. 26,727, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190805087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Casein-derivatives or Compounds.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 5087. Wetter, J., [Knoll & Co.]. March 6. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Casein, chlorine derivatives of; tannic acid compounds.-Chlorinated, and at the same time oxidized, casein derivatives are prepared by the action of alkali hypochlorite or chlorine upon casein dissolved in a caustic alkali, or alkali carbonate solution, in the presence of excess of alkali, or until the solution becomes just neutral, at ordinary or elevated temperatures. The chlorinated oxidation products are precipitated by acids, and can be combined with tannic acid in alkaline or alcoholic Solution to form compounds which are excellent antiseptics for the intestine or digestive tract. The chlorine derivatives themselves are also possessed of strong antiseptic properties.
Patent GB-190805849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Intermittently Illuminating Signs or the like.
Inventor: THOMAS HERBERT MOY
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1909-03-16
Abstract: 5849. Thomas, H. M. March 16. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-In means for intermittently operating gas-lighted signs &c., the spindle b<4>, Fig. 5, of the diaphragm valve is mounted in the valve cover a<8>, and the end b<4>* is notched to take a lever d of spring wire. The lever is pivotally carried at one end by a post a<9> mounted on the cover a<8>, while the other end is cranked to engage a cam-wheel d<1>, Fig. 1, for the purpose of intermittently opening and closing the valve. The cam-wheel has alternate teeth d<5> and broad notches d<4>; the tops of the teeth are arcs struck from the axis d<2>, and the bottoms d' of the notches are either tangents to arcs, or, according to the Provisional Specification, the arcs themselves. One side of the teeth is sloped, and the other side is arranged to give a sudden operation of the valve. The cam-wheel is driven by clock-work or other motor, and, as shown in Fig. 1, the motor is stopped by a hand-operated rod f engaging the fly d'. In a modified construction, shown in Fig. 7, the valve is normally closed by a spring b<6>, and the lever d is held in the notch by a pin b<4*1> , and acts on the opposite side of the cam-wheel ; or the cam-wheel may act directly on the end of the valve spindle. In the diaphragm valve shown in Fig. 5, the seat a<5> extends nearly to the end of the box a, and the diaphragm of rubber &c. is held between the box and the cover a<8>. Gas is led from an annular groove a<*> round the seat, and a by-pass c may be taken from the recess a', or a separate connexion may be used for this purpose. The valve may be of the conical type as shown in Fig. 8, the valve being secured to the diaphragm ; in this case the valve when closed does not completely shut off the gas, a gap c being made in the valve seating ; or the valve may be counterbalanced.
Patent GB-190807615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cans and Openers therefor.
Inventor: BRACHT JOSEPH VON
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1909-07-06
Abstract: 7615. Bracht, J. von, and Rosenheim, D. J. April 6. Cans, opening making cans. - A can-body blank 1, formed of tin &c., has a slot 2 terminating near the ends and closed liquid-tight by an opening - wire soldered in it. The wire is preferably provided at one end with a finger-loop. The blank is bent to form the can in the usual manner, the unslotted ends 5 being folded to make the joint.
Patent GB-190808126-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Breaking and Cleaning the Stalks of Fibrous Plants.
Inventor: MUELLER RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 8126. M³ller, R., Petschel, P., and Schneider, W. April 13. Breaking and scutching apparatus.-Stalks of hemp, flax, &c. are fed by coarsely fluted rollers a through a diametrical slot in a roller c, which is oscillated so to break them against iron blocks d, e, f. From propellers or cleaners n, the stalks are transferred by a conveyer o, comprising endless bands fitted with triangular bars of wood, to finely fluted breaking-rolls and cleaners t, and are delivered from the machine by another conveyer. The top iron d is fitted with an excluder 4 to prevent the waste from obstructing the roller.
Patent GB-190810836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel-pumps for Reversible Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HESSELMAN KNUT JONAS ELIAS
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 10,836. Hesselman, K. J. E. May 19. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-The fuel pump is arranged to deliver fuel only when the engine is running in tne direction corresponding to the position of the valve-gear, so that, on reversing, the delivery of fuel is suspended until the engine starts to run in the opposite direction. This result is effected by a cam sleeve 9 slidable on the crank or other shaft 3 and connected with the reversing- mechanism, this cam opening the suction valve 5 of the pump, allowing the same to be opened by a spring 8, or opening a valve 24 between the pressure and the suction sides of the pump, during the pressure stroke of the pump. The lift and the duration of opening of the valve may be determined by means of a wedge 29 or by adjusting the fulcrum 16 of the lever 17 manually or by a governor. The valve 5 may be fitted with a small pressure-relieving valve as shown in Fig. 6.