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Patent GB-190618939-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Loading and Unloading Transport Waggons, Vans Lorries and the like
Inventor: LIST PAUL
Filed: 1906-08-24
Granted: 1907-08-24
Abstract: 18,939. List, P. Aug. 24. Loading and unloading; lifting by lazy-tongs links.-A detachable lifting-appliance of the lazy-, tongs type is secured to the side of a transport wagon or lorry. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the lazy-tongs links k carry a loadsupporting platform at their lower end, and are connected at the upper end to nuts operated by oppositely-threaded screws on the shaft h, which is mounted in a channel - shaped support a and rotated by a handle fixed to one end. A stiffening- bar b is mounted behind the lazy-tongs links. The support a is hinged to long hooks c which fit into brackets d secured underneath the wagon. When used for lifting or lowering operations, the apparatus is positioned as shown ; when not in use, however, the support a is raised above the base of the wagon by raising the hooks c until notches c<2> engage the brackets d.
Patent GB-190619771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Diving and Dredging Apparatus.
Inventor: RESTUCCI GIUSEPPE
Filed: 1906-09-05
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 19,771. Restucci, G. Sept. 5. Diving ; dredging.- A combined diving and dredging apparatus for picking up pearls, corals, sunken objects, &c. from the sea bottom comprises a cuirassed diving - chamber fitted at the bottom with mechanicallyoperated rakes 62, 63, Fig. 2, or with an alternative form of rakes 86 shown in elevation and plan respectively in Figs. 6 and 7. The chamber is pivotally suspended from a yoke 34 by means of two half-rings 32 held in place by studs 31. Five sight-holes 1, 2,3,4, and 7, a light reflector 6, shoulders 10, 11, sockets 36, 37 for receiving the ventilation tubes, and sockets 38, 39 for electric cables, are fitted in the upper portion of the chamber. Fig. 4 shows a section of one of the elbows, Fig. 3, on a plane passing through the pivot 14, which is fixed in its bearing 15 by a nut 16, leakage being prevented by a washer 16<1> and nut 17, and by a gland 22 and packing 23. Chambers 25, 26, Fig. 3, are attached to the arms to receive devices for operating the hands. The rakes 62, 63 are operated by gearing 43 ... 47, and racks 48, 49, and the bottoms of the frames 60, 61 are closed by wire gauze, as is also the space formed by the supporting-ribs 41. In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the revolving rakes 86 and their frames 83 slide by means of gear 89, 91, 92, 93, 87 and worm-wheels 88, which in their turn rotate screws 79 operating nuts 84, attached to the frames 83 and to the rakes 86. The rakes are simultaneously rotated by means of pinions 85 engaging racks 82.
Patent GB-190624031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roofing Tiles.
Inventor: CRUMP JOHN
Filed: 1906-10-29
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 24,031. Crump, J. Oct. 29. Roofing-tiles. - A roofing-tile of burned clay, marl, earthenware, &c. is shown in end elevation in Fig. 2 and in section in Fig. 3, and has approximately the lower fourfifths of its underside formed with wide longitudinal corrugations D extending over the whole width of the tile, the upper part A of the underside being flat. The upper surface is flat. The object of the corrugations is to prevent the entry of water through-capillary attraction. Nail-holes E may be provided.
Patent GB-190627006-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Producing Oxides of Nitrogen by Electric Process.
Inventor: MOSCICKI IGNACY
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 27,006. Moscicki, I. Aug. 8, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric furnaces. -In an apparatus for the electrical production of nitrogen oxides, in which a rapid cooling of the reaction products and rotation of the arc flame are produced, an electrode a is cylindrical with a rounded end and is cooled by liquid circulating through it by means of the tube c and the outlet d. The other electrode b consists of a body containing a large number of passages communicating above and below with hollow cylinders ; this electrode is provided with a cooling-jacket. An insulating sleeve e separates the electrodes ; a coil h surrounds the middle of the electrode b, and produces a magnetic field in which the lines of force are vertical to the flat surface of the electrode. The gases enter through the pipe i, pass through the arc which rotates in the magnetic field, and are forced through the passages in the electrode band are thereby rapidly cooled. The passages in the electrode b may be zigzag or the electrode may be constructed like a tube boiler, or be made grid shaped with solid bars or with tubes. The electrode a may be formed with a central depression at the end ; the electrodes may be of copper, iron, &c.
Patent GB-190703319-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Improving the Aim of Indifferent or Bad Shots
Inventor: COLLINS GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 3319. Collins, G. Feb. 11. Rifle practice, teaching.-To enable an instructor to follow the movements of a beginner's rifle, two rifles or equivalent sighting-devices are rigidly mounted on a movable platform or frame h so that they are both aimed in unison. In the construction shown in side view in Fig. 1, and in end view in Fig. 2, a base b fixed to a stand a carries two vertical pillars c, in which rods e are mounted by ball-and-socket joints. Each rod e is fixed to a cross-bar f carrying two rods g connected to the platform h by ball-and-socket joints. The rifles or their equivalents are fixed by screw clamps i, j. Means may be provided for clamping the platform h in any position.
Patent GB-190706376-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Razor Stropper.
Inventor: ENTWISLE WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 6376. Entwisle, W. H. May 6. Sharpening.-A device for stropping razors comprises two cylinders A, B, geared together and rotated by a detachable handle and mounted in a rectangular framework, which is provided with a slot S for carrying the heel, and a fork F for carrying the toe, of the razor. The cylinders have an inner covering of felt or like yielding-material, and an outer covering of leather or like material to which razor paste is applied. The framework is reinforced adjacent to the slot and is lipped over to retain the lining M, M<1>, of cork or other yielding material ; the fork may be extended to engage with the opposite side of the framework, as shown in dotted lines, each prong being bent downwards and outwards at right-angles and clear of the ends of the cylinders, so that the pressure of the blade, when the device is working, tends to close the fork. A top and bottom may be fitted so as to convert the framework into a box, and the cog-wheels may be provided with a pawl to prevent their being rotated in the wrong direction.
Patent GB-190707396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Rendering Ships or Vessels Unsinkable.
Inventor: HARVEY EDWARD CHARLES
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 7396. Harvey, E. C. March 27. Drawings to Specificatian. Shelves.-In order to permit the expansion of air chambers, fitted to ships' cabins, passages, &c., shelves &c. in the way are removed by releasing the catches which support them by means of an electro-magnet simultaneously with the releasing of the chambers.
Patent GB-190708245-A (GB)
Title: Process of Manufacturing Oils and Soaps suitable for Turkey-red Dyeing.
Inventor: SCHMITZ ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 8245. Schmitz, A. April 9. Oxyfatty acids are obtained by "sulphonating" with sulphuric acid in the usual way castor oil, or a fatty oil, or an animal or vegetable fat producing a similar effect, or a mixture of one or more of these with other fatty oils, fats or fatty acids, for example olein, or oleic or ricinoleic acid, freeing the reaction product of sulphuric acid by washing with water, alkaline or not, separating it from the under lye, continuously boiling it alone or with water in an open vessel until the sulpho-acid compound is split up and the sulphuric acid completely disengaged, washing thoroughly, and dehydrating.
Patent GB-190714263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermally Actuated Electrical Contact Makers
Inventor: STONEHAM HERBERT SKYRING
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1908-06-22
Abstract: 14,263. Stoneham, H. S. June 20. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Thermo meters.-A n electric contact-closer is formed of two glass thermometer tubes a with bulbs at their lower ends, joined together at their upper ends, the two tubes being continued as a single tube b for a short distance above the junction. The tubes a are partly filled with mercury so arranged that at a given temperature the mercury rises in the tubes and coalesces, thus completing the circuit. Platinum wires are fixed into the bulbs for connecting to a fire alarm or any other circuit. In another 'form of the arrangement, a single tube in the form of an inverted U with a bulb at each end is used.
Patent GB-190716431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Incandescence Electric Lamps.
Inventor: STEARN CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-07-17
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 16,431. Stearn, C. H., and Topham, C. F. July 17. Testing; resistances.-In a special multiplefilament incandescent lamp, in which the independently-removable filaments are operated in series, means are provided for determining the faulty filament when the lamp fails. The detecting device consists of an insulating handle carrying contact pieces 18, and is inserted in holes in the lamp holder so as to short-circuit each of the filaments in turn. The contact pieces may be connected directly or through a resistance equal to that of a single filament.
Patent GB-190719000-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Closures for Bottles and Vessels.
Inventor: ERNST DIESFELD
Filed: 1907-08-23
Abstract: 19,000. Diesfeld, E. Aug. 23, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Stoppers.-A cap a is forced down over a rubber ring d which encircles the bottle neck. The ring d rolls down to the position shown in Fig. 2 past a swelling g, and tends to draw the cap a tightly down on the bottle mouth. The invention is also stated to be applicable to plug stoppers, in which case the ring d lies between the plug and the interior of the neck.
Patent GB-190722814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Roller Mills.
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 22,814. Maschinenfabrik und M³hlenbauanstalt G. Luther Akt. - Ges. March 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Feeding - devices for roller flour mills. An inclined plate or shoot 6 is arranged between the upper and lower feed-rolls 3, 4, and the lower roll 4 delivers the material direct to the grinding-rolls 1, 2. The lower roll 4 is smaller and revolves at a greater circumferential speed than the upper roll 3, which is arranged opposite a regulating-device 5.
Patent GB-190724848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Tuning Appliances of Pianofortes and other Stringed Instruments
Inventor: GRESSWELL JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 24,848. Gresswell, J. H. Nov. 9. Pianofortes ; instruments with sonorous strings.- In a tuning-appliance for pianofortes and other stringed instruments, the wrest-pin has a toothed collar which engages teeth on a collar fitting in the wrest-board, and the wedging action of a tapered pin or screw is utilized for making fine adjustments. A pin b is attached to the wrestpin a and engages a notch in a toothed collar. Several notches may te provided to facilitate preliminary tuning. The collar c has a projection d which fits in a slightly larger depression in the wrest-board f, so that by depressing the tapered pin or screw e the wrest-pin a and collar c are caused to rotate slightly against the tension of the string. If a taper screw is used, the sides of the slot and projection have suitable screw-threads. The wrest-pin plate, if used without a wrestplank, is provided with projections to form supports for the pins. In a modification the wrest-pin is made hollow and placed over the movable bearing and its fixed support. According to the Provisional Specification, a device may be added to fix the pin rigidly to the movable bearing and the bearing to its fixed support, and the wrest-pin plate and wrest-pin may be made of iron, steel, brass, or aluminium, the former being cast in one piece with the frame.
Patent GB-190724882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling Horns or Hooters.
Inventor: ARON EUGEN
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 24,882. Aron, E., [Jackson, G. S.]. Nov. 9. Fog and like horns.-A horn or hooter giving two notes is formed by two tubes coiled one within the other. Air blown in at d sounds a reed e in the first tube a, part of the air then passing a second reed in the tube c, which passes through, and opens into the tube a. The air escapes from the ends a<1>, b<1> each of which fits closely within the convolutions of the other. Bell-mouths may be fitted to both tubes.
Patent GB-190805893-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Endless Track for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HOLLINRAKE FRANK
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 5893. Hollenrake, F. March 17. Wheels with portable tracles.-A flexible endless track is carried by a pulley capable of lateral movement in a bracket fixed to the vehicle. The bracket D, Fig. 3, which consists of a square casting, is fixed to the vehicle frame by bolts passing through holes P, and is provided with tubes H passing through holes S and screwed into holes Q. The pulley E is mounted on a pin G between two hangers ; the outside hanger K carries rods M telescoping into the tubes, and the inner hanger K<1> is provided with pierced lugs L sliding over the tubes. The hangers are braced by rods N, 0, and a catch I secured to the bracket by a set-screw engages the rod O to secure the pulley in its working position. The flexible track consists of three ropes U, Fig. 7, of cotton, hemp, or other suitable material connected by wire passing through them and through rubber distance-pieces Wand riveted at their ends V ; or the ropes may be embraced by strips of leather X, Fig. 6, riveted between the ropes. When not in use, the track is suspended from hooks fixed to the vehicle frame in the neighbourhood of the bracket.
Patent GB-190810707-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lamp Globe.
Inventor: MYGATT OTIS ANGELO
Filed: 1908-05-16
Granted: 1909-06-16
Abstract: 10,707. Mygatt, O. A. May 16. Globes; shades. -Glass lamp globes or shades are covered partly with double reflecting- prisms 1 on the outside, and partly with light directing or concentrating prisms 2 on the inside, these two kinds of prisms being grouped in bands or sections, as shown, in order to throw the light laterally in definite directions. The prisms are arranged approximately vertical, so that if produced they would meet at a common centre.
Patent GB-190813135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Tretment of Flour.
Inventor: HUMPHRIES ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 13,135. Humphries, A. E. June 19. [Cognate Application No. 17,279, A.D. 1908, dated Aug. 17.] Malt compositions.-To provide food for the yeast and thus to increase the quantity of gas generated in bread, the flour, either during or after milling, is sprayed with a solution of diastase, maltose, dextrin, malt extract, or a known nitrogenous yeast food.
Patent GB-190813661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for Incandescence Electric Lamps.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 13,661. Bloxam, A. G., [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. June 27. Lamp-shade holders.-A ring b or other intermediate piece, having screws, springs, or the like c to secure it to a holder a for an electric incandescent lamp, is provided with an external screwthread upon which a shade d is screwed:
Patent GB-190818878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliding Sash Windows.
Inventor: HALASZ MANO
Filed: 1908-09-08
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 18,878. Halßsz, M. Sept. 8. Windows.-To prevent undue wear of draughtexcluding material secured to the rabbeted surfaces of the fixed window frame, against which the sash is pressed by an inner auxiliary frame hinged to the top of the fixed frame and pressed against the sash by springs, inter-engaging angle-plates, U-plates, or grooves are secured to or formed in the sash and the auxiliary frame, such devices being arranged so that the parts do not project beyond the sides of the sash. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, an angle-plate 4, secured to the sash 3, engages a groove formed by the plate 6 and rabbet 2 in the auxiliary frame 1 so that when the sash is drawn forward over the weather strip 10 and lowered, it is held away from the draughtexcluding strip 7 on the fixed frame.
Patent GB-190819197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Wagons.
Inventor: TURNER ARTHUR EDWIN
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1909-09-13
Abstract: 19,197. Turner, A. E. Sept. 12. Couplings, automatic.- Automatic couplings for railway wagons are so constructed that their height from the rails remains substantially constant under varying loads. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan. The draw-bars C', C<2> rest in bridles E', E<2>, which are rigidly attached to the axle-bearings and are free to move between brackets G<2>, G<3>, G<4> on the bodies of the wagons. The draw-bars are connected to draw-springs H<2> at one end, and are forked at the other to receive the pivoted heads I', I<2>. Lateral movement is provided for at the brackets G<2>, G<3>, and springs n<1>, n' hold the hooks in engagement after locking. Coupling takes place by horizontal movement, but uncoupling is performed by a vertical movement of one of the hooks, controlled by a lever Q through a shaft P and a system of levers q<1>, q<2>, q<3> carried on the draw-bar. The inner ends i<3> of the couplings are so shaped that the heads k cannot fall below the position for coupling. A modified arrangement for uncoupling and for preventing the heads from falling below the coupling position, comprises an arm on a transverse shaft adapted to engage the inner end of the pivoted coupling-heads. The usual three-link coupling W may be fitted on the pivot pin j.
Patent GB-190819789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Propulsion of Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: GOODRICH OSCAR AMER
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 19,789. Goodrich, O. A., and Warren, J. N. Sept. 21. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to driving-gear for steering and other axles of the type in which tubes, rotatable on the axle, form the driving- members, the gear being particularly applicable to ordinary road vehicles. Steering-gear is also described. Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation of the front steering-axle of an ordinary road vehicle, and Fig. 2 a plan of the underpart with driving-gear applied to both axles. A shaft 14 driven by friction gearing from the motor 13 drives both the front and rear pairs of wheels through bevel gearing and tubular shafts 5, mounted on the fixed axles which carry the wheels. The ends of the tubes are provided with a clutch of the form shown in Fig. 6, having a number of spoke-engaging members 7 and a connecting-rim 8. Universal joints in the shaft 14 allow play of the springs and steering-adjustments of the front axle. Overrunning clutch connexions 17, 35 are provided. The front axle is adjusted for steering by means of a flexible connexion 24, the ends of which are attached to the axle and pass around guide-pulleys 25, 26, the guide-pulleys 26 being arranged at the base of the steering-column. The flexible connection is given several turns around a drum 28 which is rotated by the steering hand-wheel 29, as shown in Fig. 7. The steering-standard may be swung backwards and forwards about the axis of the guide-pulleys 26, and is held in position by a toothed segment and a bolt. The steering handwheel 29 may be held in position by a brake 32 operated by a foot-lever 33.
Patent GB-190821237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Can Openers or such like.
Inventor: BAGNALL EDWIN
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 21,237. Bagnall, E., Easton, G. W., and Broadbent, T. Oct. 8. Cans, opening.-A can-opener A is provided with a slidable cutter C, which is adjustably secured in position by means of a rack B. The cutter C is made from a piece of metal bent at right-angles and secured to the can-opener by means of a plate 6 riveted to the cutter. The point F may be curved as shown, or it may be arranged parallel to the opener A at a distance from it.
Patent GB-190827998-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Anchor for Air Ships adapted to be used on Land and Water.
Inventor: NEUNER HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-12-23
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 27,998. Neuner, H. Dec. 23. Anchoring.-To anchor an air-ship, whether over land or water, a bag or holder a is connected by ropes b to the air-ship, and water is drawn into the bag from any convenient source by an aspirator operated by compressed gas. The bag is provided with a tap g which allows a gradual discharge of the water and a gradual ascent of the air-ship. The car itself may be formed under the bottom as a water-container.
Patent GB-190900747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Trolleys or Collectors for Electrically Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: BRYAN SOLON
IPC: B60L5/06
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 747. Bryan, S. Jan. 12. Trolly heads; trolly pulleys.- The harp N carrying the collecting- wheel A is pivoted to the trolly-pole M at G so that it can swing laterally to adjust the wheel to variations in the relative positions of the car and conductor C. The harp is controlled by a rope I, which passes round a pulley H mounted in a loop in the trolly - pole. A fan-shaped casing L houses the lower arm of the harp. The trolly-wheel has a bead B of insulating-material, such as glass, set into the inner faces of its flanges, which assists in keeping the conductor in the wheel groove and also prevents sparking. Oil cups P provided with lids S are secured to the harp on each side of the wheel.
Patent GB-190901450-A (GB)
Title: An Instrument for Placing Coins in Slot Gas Meters when Out of Reach or Placed High Up from the Ground.
Inventor: ORCHARD GEORGE RANDALL
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 1450. Orchard, G. R. Jan. 21. Gas, supplying by meter.-A reacher or long-arm for inserting coins in gas-meters, which are placed out of reach, consists of a length of iron or steel wire bent so as to form a spring handle a and parallel legs b, c, the leg c working in eyes or rings d on the leg b. The ends of the legs are bent at right-angles to form T-shaped jaws b<1>, c', which are pressed together by the spring of the handle. A ring or loop k is arranged near the outer end of the leg c for engaging a crank-pin i on an extending arm h, which is secured to the operating handle or wheel. In use, the operating-wheel and its attendant pocket or receiver are brought into position to receive a coin, by means of the ring k. A coin is then inserted in the jaws b<1>, c<1> and dropped into the coin-slot f. The operating-wheel is then returned to its normal position by means of the ring k. According to the Provisional Specification, the arm h is operated by the jaws, and the eye k omitted.