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Patent GB-190501412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN EDWIN
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 1412. Davidson, J. E .Tan.24. Heels; heel protectors; slipping, preventing.-The heel is made in two parts a, b, each of which consists of several layers of wood c cemented and nailed together with the grain running at rightangles in alternate thicknesses. The part a is shaped to fit the boot, and is also provided with a number of holes to receive short dowels d fixed in the part b. Instead of, or in addition to, these dowels, the two parts may be secured together by screws &c. The bottom part b is recessed to receive an india-rubber rim f, which tapers both in thickness and width from the back to the front of the heel. These rims can be interchanged when worn. In military boots, an iron or other metal &c, rim is used.
Patent GB-190511265-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Toasting Bread
Inventor: KITE WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 11,265. Kite, W., and Sumner, J. May 30. Toasting appliances.-A series of pivoted links c or links in the form of lazy-tongs carry a rotatable plate f having one or more arms which support revolving holders g for the bread &c. to be toasted. The links c are supported by a pin b on a bracket a fixed to the front of the range or to a standard, or attached by a hook to one of the fire-bars.
Patent GB-190521550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Shafting including Pulleys, Toothed and other Wheels.
Inventor: HAMMOND OLIVER SHARVEL
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 21,550. Hammond, O. S. Oct. 23. Pulleys and driving-drums ; toothed wheels.- Pulleys and toothed and other wheels are constructed to facilitate mounting &c. The rim is built up of segmental strips A<5>, preferably of wood, in layers as shown in Fig. 1, and has a transverse opening or passage A<6>. The spokes B, B' are similarly formed in layers glued &c. together, the ends of alternate strips extending between strips in the rim to secure the parts together. A key or gate A<8> fits the concaved, tongued, &c. ends of the rim to close the gap. The shaft is held in a central bushing B<12> having a separable segment B" corresponding to its internal diameter. The bushing is supported in a bearing-block B<7>, attached to the spokes by tougues B<8> and tap screws B<9>. When adjusted on the shaft, the cross draw bolt D' draws the ends of the rim together to hold the key. In Fig. 4, a modification is shown in which a partly bifurcated metal spoke D' is used.
Patent GB-190602045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Drying of Pulp White Lead.
Inventor: SMITH HENRY ALFRED EDWARD
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 2045. Smith, H. A. E. Jan. 26. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Liquids, spreading in thin layers; evaporating white lead to dryness. White lead is dried between heated cylinders rotated and reciprocated axially. The pulpy material falls from a valved hopper e, through pipes e<1>, between the cylinders, and after drying is removed by knives f controlled by springs or weights f<1>, the knife blades also preventing any dried powder from escaping upwards with the vapour evolved. A casing c<x> further prevents escape of powder. The cylinders are shown as being rotated by spur gearing from belt pulleys d<3>, on the shaft of which is a pinion meshing with a wheel d<5> co-axial with a long pinion d<7>, which drives a wheel d<8> belonging to the lower cylinder and a wheel d<9> belonging to one of the upper cylinders ; the other upper cylinder is driven from the wheel d<9>. Reciprocation of the cylinders may be effected by providing on the cylinder shafts worms b<1> meshing with wheels b<2> carried by casings b<3> sliding on fixed bars b<4>; rods b<5> are connected to the frame of the machine and to eccentric pins on the wheels b<2>. Steam is supplied to the cylinders through pipes i jointed telescopically at i<1> and swivelly at i<2>; drain pipes i<3> and a steam trap i<4> may be provided. The dry material may be conducted direct into kegs or barrels, and the discharge aperture h may have a valve or shutter. The vapour evolved may be led from the upper part of the apparatus to a chimney.
Patent GB-190605246-A (GB)
Title: The Production of Easily Dischargeable Claret Shades on Cotton Goods.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 5246. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella & Co., L.]. March 3. Dyeing.-Easily dischargeable claret shades are produced on cotton goods by impregnating the gonds with a mixture of #-naphthol and a#-naphthol sulphonic acid, and afterwards passing them through a solution of diazotized alpha-naphthylamine. In an example, the goods are impregnated with a solution of caustic soda, #-naphthol, and the 2 : 7-sulphonic acid, with or without addition of para soap, and are dried, passed through the diazo solution, and printed with a discharge paste of hyraldite C extra, glycerin, and thickening. They are then steamed and dried.
Patent GB-190605698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Telegraphs.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-03-09
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 5698. Wilkinson, J., and Lynch, J. D. March 9. Telegraphs, mechanical.-In ships' and other telegraphs for use with triple or turbine engines, the centre engine transmitter handle C is provided with a reply pointer d secured to an arm D mounted on a bush carrying a wheel actuated from the engine-room, the bush being loosely mounted on the spindle of the usual transmitting-mechanism.
Patent GB-190607346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in connection with the Straining Aerating, Filtering and Reheating of Bath Water and the like.
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1907-03-27
Abstract: 7346. Row, 0. M., and Royles, Ltd. March 27. Water supply.-The water supply of swimming or plunge baths is purified, aerated, and reheated by a method similar to that described in Specification No. 10,865, A.D. 1903. The water is drawn off from the deep end of the bath a through the strainer l, pipe b, and pump e to the aerator c. Thence it passes to the filter f and the open tank i, from which it is supplied to the shallow end of the bath through the heater j. In the aerator c, which may be situated on the roof of the building, the water falls from a pipe 2 through perforated trays 8 into the tank h. To prevent the spray from being blown aside as it is submitted to the action of light and air, louvers 4 are mounted in a framework formed by V-shaped end standards 1 and intermediate standards 3. The louvers of each section are linked together by bars 5 and can be set at any required angle by means of a lever handle 6 and stud 7. The filter, which is preferably of the kind described in Specification No. 24,526, A.D. 1893, [Abridgment Class Filtering &c.], may be cleansed by means of the head of water in the tank i, while air may be blown through the filter by the air blast n. Or the pipe i<x> may have a branch to supply water for cleansing from a town main. Exhaust steam from the pump cylinder and live steam from the boiler are used in the heater. According to the Provisional Specification, the strainer consists of a cylinder of finely perforated metal or woven wire, held in position by a bayonet-joint in a casing closed at one end by a hinged cover.
Patent GB-190607896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Free-wheel Clutches or Driving Mechanism for Cycles
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 7896. Perry & Co., and Bayliss, J. W. April 2. Clutches ; ratchet gearing.-Relates to free-wheel devices for cycles, combined with means for locking the cranks against backward rotation during free-wheeling. The sprocket ring cl runs loosely on a ring g, fixed to the frame, and on a ring e secured to a bush a screwed on the driven hub b. A loose clutch ring c, which may be provided with teeth on its lateral faces, is provided with coarse external screw-threads engaging similar threads on the sprocket d. A spring i acts as a drag between the parts a, c. During forward driving, the teeth on the clutch ring c engage similar teeth on the ring e and the hub is driven. During free-wheeling, the ring c runs momentarily forward with the hub b, and is moved by the stationary sprocket d into engagement with the fixed part g.
Patent GB-190607966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Apparatus.
Inventor: LEIGH ARTHUR GRAHAM
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 7966. Leigh, A. G. April 3. Water - waste preventers, valvedischarge. The service pipe is fitted with a cock 4, check-valve 2, and ball cock 7. Water enters by the extension 7<a> and drives out the air by a vent hole 5<a> until this is closed by the rising of the float 1. A flush is given when the valve 19 is opened against the action of a spring 3. A flush may be effected automatically by means of valves 17, 20, Fig. 2, pivoted at 16. When the float 8 reaches a certain height, water passes by a pipe 14 to a chamber 18 beneath the valve 20, which it lifts thereby opening the discharge valve 17. The water then drains away from the chamber 18 by a hole 15 in the bottom. The flush-pipe may have a siphon trap.
Patent GB-190608622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motors or Pumps.
Inventor: CARL ALRIK HULT
Filed: 1906-04-10
Abstract: 8622. Hult, C. A., and Hult, O. W. April 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Compound and multiple-expansion engines.-In an engine described as an internal-combustion engine, the cylinders act directly on the crankpin, which may itself serve as a piston moving in a cylinder at' right-angles to the other cylinders. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, a large cylinder 12, 14 with pistons 7, 9 and a small cylinder 13, 15 with pistons 8, 10 are arranged in tandem on opposite sides of the crank-shaft 2. The pistons 7, 9, which may be connected by tierods, act on the crank through the medium of a ring 4 with ball bearings. In some cases plates secured to the pistons act on the crank-pin. The cylinders 13, 15 act as working cylinders, and the cylinders 12, 14 as compressing-'cylinders. Air compressed-in the cylinder 14:passes by a pipe 17 to the cylinder 13, where it blows out the products of combustion through a passage 19. Similarly, air from the cylinder 12 passes through the cylinder 15 through a pipe 16. The piston ring 4 may also compress air, drawing it in through passages 24, 25 and discharging it through passages into chambers 28, 29, from which it passes to the pipes 16, 17, which are in this case fitted with check valves. The ring 4 may be replaced by a block. The cylinders 12, 14 may compress the charge. In the case of a triple-expansion steam-engine, the chambers 22, 23 may act as high-pressure cylinders, the cylinders 13, 15 as intermediate cylinders, and the cylinders 12, 14 as low-pressure cylinders. The cylinders on one side of the crank-shaft may be replaced by a sliding cross-head.
Patent GB-190611069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Case-hardening of Steel and Iron Articles
Inventor: MACHLET ADOLPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-11
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 11,069. Machlet, A. W. May 11. Retorts; oil gas.-Relates to the case-hardening of steel and iron articles, particularly small articles in bulk, wherein the articles are heated in an atmosphere of carburizing gas. The process is carried out in a retort 2 mounted within the flame-chamber, 3 of a furnace 4 preferably consuming a mixture of hydrocarbon fuel and air, supplied through pipes 15, 16 and burnt in horizontal openings 19 20 in the opposite walls of the furnace. The flames play round the retort and pass out at 23. The retort is mounted on rolls 24, 26, and may be slowly rotated in operation by gearing 54. 56. A cover 32 is provided with a screw 33 by means of which it may be drawn off far enough to permit the articles to drop through apertures 36 to the outlet 23, and the cover is wholly withdrawn through an extension 29, by means of a removable yoke 35, to charge the retort. The apertures 30, 23 in the furnace are so formed as to allow for permanent peripheral and axial expansion due to repeated heating and cooling. The carburizing-gas may be coal-gas, oil gas, water gas, or other hydrocarbon gas, or oil gas produced in situ, the heat of the retort being used for converting oil into gas. The gas is supplied under pressure through pipes 41, 43, 49 to a sprayer 48. The air and gas escape through a valved vent 50, where the gas is ignited and constantly burns. A temperature above red heat, but below melting-point, say 1500-1800‹ F., is employed. When the cementation has proceeded to the desired extent, determined by experience, the contents of the retort may be discharged, either directly or after partial cooling, into a tempering-bath comprising a sieve 82 supported in a tank 80. To facilitate discharge, the opposite end of the retort is adapted to be elevated by means of a screw 64 and nut 68. Tools may be used for charging' the articles into the retort, consisting of a cylindrical scoop having therein a piston or a semicylindrical scoop to be rotated within the retort.
Patent GB-190612325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Glow Lamps.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-05-26
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 12,325. Justice, P. M., [Deutsche Gasgl³hlicht Akt.-Ges. (Auerges.)]. May 26. Incandescent lamps.- Supports b for tungsten filaments a are made of carb'on, and may be flexible carbon filaments, with hooks or loops to receive the tungsten filaments.
Patent GB-190615916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves and Valve Gearing for Steam Engines
Inventor: KENDAL RAMSEY
Filed: 1906-07-13
Granted: 1907-07-13
Abstract: 15,916. Kendal, R. July 13. Valves and valvegear.-In valve-gear, which is especially applicable to the combined fluid-actuated and electrical gears described in Specification No. 24,009A, A.D. 1904, two independently-operated inlet valves are used, and also two exhaust valves which are moved simultaneously. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the inlet valves 3, 4 are secured on spindles 7, 6, respectively, while the exhaust valves 1, 2 are loosely mounted on a sleeve 5 which is secured to the spindle 7. When the valve 3 moves to the left, the valves 1, 2 are moved with it by means of the collars 10, 11. When the valve 4 moves to the right, it moves the valves 1, 2 to the right also, by means of pins 12, 13 carried by the spindle 6 and passing through slots in the sleeve 5. In a modified arrangement, the exhaust valves are loose on the sleeve 5, which is moved to the left by a tappet on the rod 7, and to the right by a tappet on the rod 6. The valves may be operated by fluid-actuated pistons 24, 25, to each of which steam is distributed by a valve 50, Fig. 4, moved by ateam admitted by a valve 53 controlled by a solenoid 42, and returned by a spring 51.
Patent GB-190619961-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Isobornyl Oxalates
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 19,961. Basler Chemische Fabrik. May 5, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Isobornyl oxaiates are prepared from camphene and oxalic acid in the presence of a solvent and a condensing-agent, or by heating camphene with oxalic acid in the presence or absence of a solvent. In an example, sulphuric acid is added to a solution of camphene and anhydrous oxalic acid in acetone, and the mixture is kept at 15-25‹ C. for three days. The acetone is distilled off, and the sulphuric acid is neutralized with sodium carbonate. The remaining oil is freed from oxalic acid by shaking with hot water, and the acid isobornyl oxalate is shaken out, and separated from the neutral oxalate by means of sodium carbonate solution, which is then neutralized with a mineral acid. The neutral isobornyl oxalate is freed from camphene by distillation in steam. Its crystals from alcoholic solutions have a melting-point of 113-114‹ C. In another example, a solution of camphene and anhydrous oxalic acid in acetone is boiled for eight hours in a reflux apparatus with sulphuric acid or phosphoric acid. The product is worked up as in the previous example. In another example, camphene, anhydrous oxalic acid, and a mixture of acid and neutral isobornyl oxalate, such as may be obtained according to the foregoing examples, are heated for twelve hours at 100-105‹ C. The condensation of camphene and oxalic acid by heat alone also produces formyl ester. The acid isobornyl oxalate is saponified by caustic alkali at ordinary temperature, and by lime or baryta on heating ; the neutral salt is split up into isoborneol and oxalic acid by hot caustic soda lye or boiling baryta or lime. Thus, a mixture of acid and neutral isobornyl oxalate boiled with caustic soda or lime produces isoborneol which may be distilled with steam.
Patent GB-190626175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Superheaters
Inventor: SISTERSON GEORGE ROBERT
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 26,175. Sisterson, G. R. Nov. 19. Superheaters, steam.-Relates to superheaters of the type having double tubes, the inner ones of which serve as continuations of the fire-tubes of a locomotive or similar boiler, the annular steam space being provided with longitudinal partitions for lengthening the path of the steam. The header a is divided by partitions i into longitudinal chambers so disposed, and in such relation to the partitions h dividing the annular spaces e, that alternate chambers communicate with the inlet chest k and the inlet side of the annular space, and the others communicate with the outlet chest l and the outlet side of the annular space.
Patent GB-190629567-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Ring Shaped Hurdle Dryer.
Inventor: PHILLIPS ROBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 29,567. Phillips, R. E., [Saatmann, F. W.]. Dec. 28. Conveyers for rotary drying - apparatus. The material is fed on to a series of plates or trays arranged in rings one above the other and occupying the full width of the annular space 2. These plates are formed with two radial edges and are attached to channel-iron rings 7 which have rollers 8 running on rails 5 supported by radial bars 4 and are rotated by means of toothed wheels 15 and racks 16 on the rings 7. Each plate is hinged on the side towards the direction of motion, and the other edge is supported in an horizontal position by a roller 10 turning on a ring-shaped rail 11. These rails are interrupted and the end bent downwards in each floor slightly in advance of the gap in the rail of the floor beneath, and on the other side of the gap a roller is provided to raise again the dropped edge to the horizontal position. Thus, when a tray 9 drops, its contents are deposited in a tray of the ring beneath, which has just emptied itself and been righted by the roller last described. The material is collected at the bottom by a shoot. Drying is effected by hot air blown in. The apparatus is stated to be applicable to treating solids with gases.
Patent GB-190702521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mills.
Inventor: SACK HUGO
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 2521. Sack, H. Jan. 31. Rolling. -In three-high or other mills with two or more sets of rolls, mounted in housings with closed tops, one housing of each pair is movable endways, to permit of the ready removal &c. of the rolls. In the mill shown in Fig. 2, the housings c', c<4> are slid on the bed-plate by means of hydraulic cylinders 6, 7, the motion being limited in one direction by shoulders w on the roll frames b, and in the other direction by bolts 3 and cotters t. The adjusting- screws in the movable housings are operated by square shafts 23 and sliding wheels 22 from motors 5. The coupling-sleeves 9 move with the housing c', as also does the support 12 for the intermediate spindles, but only to half the extent of the housing, this being effected by rods 10 and cotters. In the mill shown in Fig. 9, the housings c', c' &c. are movable, the rolls being shown ready for removal along with their bearings.
Patent GB-190704105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Apparatus.
Inventor: BARNHART CLARENCE LESLIE
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 4105. Barnhart, C. L. Feb. 19. Roundabouts of the kind described in Specification No. 26,295, A.D. 1906, are constructed with the means for imparting the gyratory motion arranged below the gyratory shaft, and the ball on the gyratory shaft is driven by a gear-wheel which surrounds the ball. As shown in Fig. 1, the annular platform A is supported from caps d, d<1> on a gyratory shaft D in a manner similar to that employed in the Specification referred to above. The shaft D is provided with a ball E mounted on balls c<3>, Fig. 2, in a socket c' of a plate C secured by bolts or screws to a supporting- frame B. The shaft D extends through an opening c in the plate C, and is provided preferably with a roller or sleeve d<9>, Fig. 5, which engages a slotted plate M mounted as shown on a shaft N, which is mounted in a bracket n<1> and is rotated in order to oscillate the shaft D. The ball E is driven by a gear-wheel H provided with studs h<3> which engage longitudinal slots e in the ball. The wheel H is driven by suitable means, such as a gear-wheel H<1> driven from a shaft I, which is mounted in bearings i, i<1> and may be formed in two parts connected by a universal joint I. The wheel H is preferably mounted on balls h<1>, and is prevented from rising by keepers L secured to the plate C.
Patent GB-190705625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Calendering Presses and the like Machines.
Inventor: WAHL NIKOLAUS
Filed: 1907-03-08
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 5625. Wahl, N., and Wahl, J., [trading as Wahl & Co., N.]. Feb. 13, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Embossing ; feeding-apparatus for w e b s. - A machine for calendering, pressing, and dressing long strips of material comprises a drum 2, adapted to be heated by steam and wormdriven from the main shaft 3. The fabric, which is drawn over guide-rollers 15, 16 and through tension rollers 18, 19, is pressed against the drum 2 by feltcovered rollers 12, mounted on revoluble spring-pressed levers 13 carried by fixed arms 14. The rollers 12 are driven by means of an endless rope &c. passing round all of them at a surface velocity 1 per c e n t greater than that of the material. The steam-heated calendering-rollers 9 are oscillated over the face of the fabric by crankactuated levers 7. A resilient medium 9<a> of rubber &c. is inserted between the adjusting-screws and their bearing-surfaces in order to regulate the pressure. The fabric leaves the machine by means of the folder 20, 21. Before passing the rollers 9, the fabric is continuously exposed to the action of steam, emitted transversely to the axis of the drum through a steam - pipe (not shown) fixed outside the drum 2. For certain kinds of material, the machine may be constructed in a duplex form, in order to treat both sides in one operation. The surface of the main roller or of the calendering-rollers may be engraved with patterns in order to produce moirÚ &c. effects. The roller-groups 18, 19 are adjustable round respective centres 22, 23 to vary the tension.
Patent GB-190708281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 8281. Winton, A., and Anderson, H. B. April 9. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. In a carburettor comprising an air passage 3, in which a body of gasolene or other liquid fuel is maintained for surface carburetting at low engine speeds, and which acts as a spray carburettor at higher engine speeds when the fuel is evaporated more rapidly thanit is replaced by gravity-feed from the constant-level reservoir 1, a deflector is placed within the air passage. In the construction shown, the deflector is a rectangular hinged valve 6 having an opening 8 suitable for the slowest air current used, and is of such weight that it is suitably raised by the air current when the throttle 5 is opened further. Ribs 9 on the deflector permit adjustment of its weight. It may be removed through the cover 11.