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Patent GB-190608340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphs for Transmitting Orders.
Filed: 1906-04-06
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 8340. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Lauckert, E. F. H. H. April 6. Order apparatus.-Relates to improvements in the order telegraph and mine signalling system described in Specification No. 26,072, A.D. 1905, in which a primary station actuates an indicator at an intermediate station, and this station in retransmitting the order to a final station restores its own indication to zero. According to the present invention, each primary station has an indicator to check the transmission and retransmission of the order, and the intermediate station has a selecting-device to prevent confusion owing to two primary stations transmitting an order simultaneously. Two primary stations S', S<2> are shown connected to an intermediate station H, M being the final station. The magnets g<0>, g, g<1>, g' step the respective indicator pointers forward, the magnets c, c', c' step the pointers backward, and one energization of the magnet p returns the pointer of the final indicator to zero. If the operator at station S' wishes to transmit an order, he depresses the key t', thus completing a circuit from the battery q through the key t<2>, magnet 9<2>, bell or indicator w', resistance A, and the magnets g, p back to the battery. This current is too weak to energize the magnets g<2>, g, p, but if the operator at the intermediate station is disengaged he makes connexion at L and L' with the station S', cutting out the resistance A, so that, when the key at station S' is again depressed, the said magnets are energized. When the operator at station H has received the order, he retransmits it by successively depressing the key until his own indicator returns to zero. The circuit includes the magnets c', c, g<0>, so that the indicators at stations H, S' return to zero and the required order is given at the final station.
Patent GB-190608533-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Ventilating, Warming, Cooling, Purifying or Disinfecting Rooms, Mines and other Places.
Inventor: SIMPSON WILLIAM SPEIRS
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-09
Abstract: 8533. Simpson, W. S. 'April 9. Air, purifying; air, supplying, methods of; forced ventilation.- A portable apparatus for ventilating mines, rooms, &c. comprises a casing 1 fitted with a fan 5 and divided into upper and lower compartments 3, 2. The fan is driven by any suitable means, such as an electric motor, hot-air engine, &c., and forces the air of the room &c. down into the compartment 3, which contains a suitable liquid for moistening or disinfecting the air. The liquid may be heated or cooled so as to heat or cool the air. In a modification, the compartment 3 is closed, so that the air is only warmed or cooled. In a further modification, the bottom of the chamber 3 is made red-hot so as to impart a dry heat to the air and also to burn up any debris contained therein. The air may also be ozonized by providing suitable electric sparking- devices.
Patent GB-190609027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trip Valve-gearing.
Inventor: BAVIER THEOPHIL VON
Filed: 1906-04-14
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 9027. Bavier, T. von. Dec. 15, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Valve - g e a r .- In releasing-gears in which the trip-hook c is hung on the actuating-lever b and is tripped by a roller g adjusted by the governor, the hook engages directly with the valve stem so that only the valve, its stem, and the cushioning - -piston are moved by the closing- spring. The valve stem has a slotted enlargement e in which the lever b oscillates. The hook c engages a bar f crossing the slot.
Patent GB-190609608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Entrenching Tools and the like.
Inventor: PHELPS MALET PEYTON
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 9608. Phelps, M. P. April 24. Handles; picks and pickaxes; combination tools. -An entrenching or pioneering tool, of the type in which the blade A can be slid to the opposite end of the shaft B into a position parallel with the shaft for convenience in packing or transport, has at one end of the shaft a short metal elbow B<2> channelled out for lightness and provided with a flange B<4>, Fig. 1, to keep the blade from coming off. The other end of the shaft has a tapered enlargement B' on to which the blade is jammed when in its working position. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, a short portion B<3> of the end of the shaft is hinged by a screw c and tubular nut c', so that it can be turned through a right-angle. The blade A has a blunt extension A<2> or a removable spike D or other tool screwed into it, a strengthening-rib A<3>, and notches A<4> to form a bearing for a small strap when folded up.
Patent GB-190613356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thorn or Nail Extractors for the Tyres of Cycles, Motor Cycles and the like
Inventor: WEBB HENRY
Filed: 1906-06-11
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 13,356. Webb, H., and Taylor, P. June 11. Drawings to Specification. Fastenings, clip. In tyre scrapers or thorn or nail extractors for the wheels of motor and other cycles &c., the ends of the bridge-piece pass round the mud-guard stays and carry cam levers which when turned up engage slots in the bridge-piece ends.
Patent GB-190615991-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Checking Skidding and Side-slip of the Wheels of Automobile Vehicles
Inventor: LOWRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 15,991. Lowry, W. July 14. Slipping, preventing, attachment to wheels for.-A device for preventing both circumferential and side slipping of the driving-wheels of a motor road vehicle comprises shoes 6 pivoted between the spokes so as to go into and out of operative position transversely to the wheels when actuated by mechanism controlled by a trailing-wheel 33 mounted in a frame 31 pivoted to the vehicle. The pivots on which the shoes turn are mounted to allow the shoes to yield with the compression of the tyres. The shoes are held normally in inoperative position by spring catches 14, which, when slipping of the whee's occurs, are withdrawn by tappets 18 and allow springs 12 to draw the shoes across the tyre treads. When slipping ceases, the shoes are returned and locked by the spring catches by means of cams 20 which engage levers 19 fast on the shoes. In the case of side slipping, the trailing- wheel is caused by contact with the road to rock about its pivot and operate a system of levels which bring the tappets 18 into engagement with the catches 14. In the case of circumferential slipping, the frame of the trailing-wheel is rocked by means of a cam-clutch 42, 43, which moves the frame relatively to the wheel when one member 42 of the clutch rotates faster than the other 43 by means of the slipping, the member 42 being normally rotated by a band 41 from the driving-mecbanism of the vehicle at the same speed as the member 43 and the trailing- wheel which is rotated by contact with the ground. The trailing-wheel is kept in contact with the road by its weight or by springs and is mounted so as to be capable of slight rotation about a vertical axis. The cams which return the shoes to inoperative position may be actuated by the lever mechanism or may be fixed upon the vehicle when they return each shoe at every rotation of the wheels. When the device is used with twin-tyred wheels, shoes may come into position from each side of the wheels. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the skid shoes may comprise chain mail stretched on a frame of rods bent to the form of helical springs.
Patent GB-190619042-A (GB)
Title: Improved Holder or Frame for Carrying Rolls of Paper of Different Widths.
Inventor: ROSENVINGE ODIN
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 19,042. Rosenvinge, O. Aug. 25. Paper-holders.-A holder or frame for carrying rolls of paper comprises a pair of stepped side standards a, Figs. 1 and 2, of metal, carried by a base b and tied at the top and bottom by rods f. The paper rolls are mounted upon wooden cores d having projecting pins e resting in bearings h in the standards a. The pins are removable from the bearings, as through slotsj. A metal knife bar k rests on each roll of paper, and has extensions or pins l resting removably in grooves m in the standards. In a modification, the holders are built up of single-roll portions mounted above one another and connected together, side standards of the form shown being dispensed with. The knifebar may have two cutting-edges, and may be perforated for the passage of the standards.
Patent GB-190619354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handles for Baskets
Inventor: STODDART JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 19,354. Stoddart, J. Aug. 30. Baskets. - Relates to detachable handles for baskets, more especially chip baskets &c. for fruit. A blank a of thin sheet metal &c. is formed with two cuts b, Fig. 4. The outer portions c are then folded inwardly along the dotted lines b<1>, and the blank is bent into a shape suitable to form a handle. The outside portions or clips c are passed from the outside of the basket through a slit e, under the rim, as shown in Fig. 2, and are bent up inside. The part d is then passed out from the inside, and bent up, thus locking the clips c, as shown in Fig. 1. The clip d may be locked by the clips c, or it may pass in from the outside. The clips c may be folded over for only a short distance from the ends and may be arranged to fold crossways of the length of the handle. In another form, two clip portions as above may be attached to the ends of a wooden &c. handle.
Patent GB-190622486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Adjusting the "Head-rest" applicable to Barbers' and other Chairs.
Inventor: BROOKES SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 22,486. Brookes, S. Oct. 11. Chairs.-An adjustable head-rest for barbers' and other chairs, such as low-backed easy or other sitting chairs, comprises a rest E provided with a bar D which slides in guides B, U secured to the back A of the chair. A quick-threaded screw H carried by supports I, J on the sliding bar D passes through a fixed nut M located in the upper guide B. The top end of the screw carries a fixed toothed wheel O engaged by the end of a lever P which is held by a spring T. The rest is adjusted by pressing the lever P to release the wheel 0, whereupon the rest is free to be raised or lowered by hand.
Patent GB-190622714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: LAKE ARTHUR ERNEST
Filed: 1906-10-13
Granted: 1907-10-12
Abstract: 22,714. Lake, A. E. Oct. 13. Lifting - jacks.-Comprises a construction of ratchet lifting-jack of the type operated by a hand-lever for raising vehicles or for other purposes. Fig. 3 shows a jack, having a central toothed slider d sliding in a movable sleeve b and carrying the load-supporting crutch d' at its upper end. The sleeve b works freely in a slotted standard a', and has a lateral extension b<1> carrying suitable pivots c, c<1> for a pair of pawls and for the end c of the operating-lever. One pawl d' engages the teeth on the slider d and is released by a spring-controlled rod and pivoted thumb-lever of the usual type arranged on the main band-lever ; the remaining pawl a<4> engages teeth on the fixed standard and has a weighted extension a<5> to release it. The operating-lever is extended beyond the pivot c' and is connected to the slider d either directly or by means of a pair of links which engage the upper portion near to the crutch d'. In operation, the hand-lever sleeve b and slider d are raised bodily in the standard until the crutch engages the axle of the vehicle. The parts are then maintained in the raised position by the engagement of the pawl a<4> with the standard. The lever is then depressed, thereby causing the central slider d to be raised relatively to the sleeve b. The pawl d' maintains the slider in its raised position. The pawls may be pivoted at c' or otherwise suitably mounted on the apparatus, while any other means, such as chains, for withdrawing the pawls may be used. In a modified form of jack, the central stem is fixed, and a hollow pillar surrounding the stem acts as the lifting-device, the general arrangement being similar to that previously described. A modification of this latter construction is shown in Fig. 6, in which the crutch is mounted on a vertical link pivoted to the hand-lever which is pivoted on the sliding sleeve f. This sleeve is maintained in position on the pillar by a pawl g, while a spring catch f<2>, engaging a notched quadrant on the sleeve, maintains the loaded lever in position relatively to the sleeve. In another form,: the vertical link is omitted, and the crutch is mounted directly on the end of the hand-lever. Wheels k may be mounted on the base of the jack to facilitate its removal.
Patent GB-190625908-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mirrorbox for Photography in Colours.
Inventor: PFENNINGER OTTO
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 25,908. Pfenninger, 0. Nov. 16. Photochromoscopes.-In photochromoscopic apparatus such as is described in Specification No. 3784, A.D. 1895, methods are described for compensating for the unequal contraction of the three component pictures which results from the passage of light through the inclined reflectors for the component images, and which materially affects the superposition of component prints in three-colour printing. In the mirror box shown in Fig. 2, no objective lens is used in the front aperture, three lenses o<1>, o<2>, o<3> being provided for the component images. In one method of compensation, plates P<3>, P<4>, P<5> similar to the reflecting-plate P' are interposed in the side compartments, so that each beam forming a component image is transmitted through two of these plates. An additional plate or lens Z may also be required in the central path to compensate for the shorter path of the central beam. If it is desired to correct for the contracted images so as to bring the shape more nearly to correspond with its normal shape, three or other additional plates must be used in the compartments, but sloping from front to back in the same manner as described in Specification No. 25,907, A.D. 1906. In another method, prismatic reflectors P, Fig. 5, of small angle, are used. If two such reflectors are used, the plates P<3>, P' shown are not necessary. Reflecting-prisms may be used instead of reflectors m. The reflectors P need not be used at forty-five degrees, but smaller angles can be employed as shown in Fig. 6. The prisms in such cases are not right-angled, but greater or less as the case may be. Specifications No. 3784, A.D. 1895, No. 23,940, A.D. 1898, Nos. 13,666, 15,753, and 17,514, A.D. 1899, Nos. 10,795 and 12,181, A.D. 1900, No. 13,468, A.D. 1902, Nos. 3729 and 24,829, A.D. 1903, and Nos. 322 and 14,623, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Photography], are referred to.
Patent GB-190626461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spinning Machines
Inventor: HOUGHTON LEWIS THERON
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 26,461. Houghton, L. T. Nov. 22. Rollers and roller heads; stop-apparatus, non- automatic.-Means are provided for relieving the pressure or weight from all the top rollers bimultaneously when the machine is not running, for preventing the weight from being relieved when the machine is in motion, and for preventing the machine from being started when the weight is relieved. Lifting - rods 20, running the whole length of the machine in guides 21, engage the weighted ends of the pressing-levers 16, which are weighted in the usual manner by weights 18. The rods 20 are themselves lifted by hooked portions of lifting-brackets 24 raised by toggle-levers 30, which are simultaneously operated by the longitudinal bar 33. The bars 33 on both sides of the machine are connected by a cross-bar, and are actuated together by a screw and band-wheel 36, or independently. The rod 20 may be raised by levers 40, Fig. 7, actuated by the rods 33, and the belt is shifted by turning a shaft 13 which actuates the lever 11, secured to the shipper rod, through a crank. The lever 11 is secured to a locking-pin 48 by a flexible member which may be of such length that the locking-pin is withdrawn from the handwheel 36 only when the belt-fork is fully shifted on to the loose pulley 8 ; when the belt is shifted on to the fast pulley, the lever 11 engages the pin 48 and locks the 'wheel 36. The machine being stopped, a notch 52 in the shipper rod is linable with a pin in a pawl 51, one end of which is raised by the lifters 20, thus engaging the pin and the notch and locking the shipper rod while the weights are lifted ; when the rods 20 are again lowered, the pawl is retracted by its own weight or by a spring.
Patent GB-190629480-A (GB)
Title: Process for Converting Silver Pictures into Platinum Pictures having Catalytic Power.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 29,480. Bloxam, A. G., [Neue Photographische Akt.-Ges.]. Dec. 27. Printing; producing pictures which can be used as originals in reproduction by catalysis, as in Specifications No. 22,841, A.D. 1901, No. 27,896, A.D: 1902, and No. 13,920, A.D. 1903. A platinum picture obtained from a silver picture by treatment in a bath containing a platinum compound is not generally available, owing to the presence of substances interfering with the catalytic action of the platinum. A bath of ammonia removes the silver salt and imparts catalytic power, which however quickly deteriorates. According to the present process, a platinum picture, obtained by treating a silver picture with a bath containing alkali platinous chloride and a substance having an acid reaction in presence or absence of alkali chloride and hardening-agent, is treated either separately or simultaneously with a strong oxidizing-agent. and ammonia or an ammonium salt of a feeble acid. In cases in which the oxidizing-agent forms a precipitate which has a powerful catalytic action upon hydrogen peroxide, the precipitate is removed. For example, if potassium permanganate is used, the negative is treated with a solution of oxalic acid and alum.
Patent GB-190702218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Adhesive Strips of Paper or the like for Wrapping Around Packages, as Labels, or for other purposes
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1907-01-29
Granted: 1908-01-29
Abstract: 2218. Justice, P. M., [Anable, F. S.]. Jan. 29. Bobbin, spool, &c. holders and cases.-A gummed or ungummed strip of labels or of paper for wrapping around packages is pulled off from a roll and is drawn over a damping or gumming device, the required length being severed by pulling the strip against a stationary cutter. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, when the strip 20 is drawn from a roll in the casing 11, the pressure of the strip upon the bar 15 tilts the pivoted gummer or damper 16 and causes it to bear against the strip. The strip is severed by pulling it against a serrated cutter 18, or by a cutter arranged at the upper edge 17 of the tank 12. The gummer or damper 16 is supplied with the liquid from the tank by capillary attraction. A plate 19 serves to support the free end of the strip. The casing 11 may carry means for tensioning the strip. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the pressure of the strip upon the piece o turns the pivoted lever k and raises the padded roller i into contact with the strip. The roller i normally rests against a wick g dipping into the liquid in the trough f. The cutter t serves as a front guide for the strip.
Patent GB-190704036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closing Devices for Bottles.
Inventor: BERGSTROEM SVEN
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 4036. Bergstr÷m, S., and Cardell, O. W. Feb. 18. Stoppers. - The bottle neck is loosely encircled by a wire ring a, to which is linked a wire bail b. A handle f, pivoted at c to the bail b, is formed with studs engaging diametrically opposite holes or grooves g in a ball d. When the handle f is raised from the position shown, the ball d is lifted from a loose washer i, which forms a seal between the ball d and the mouth, when the bottle is closed as shown. The handle f bears against the bottle neck in the closed position.
Patent GB-190705437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches.
Filed: 1907-03-06
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 5437. Callender's Cable and Construction Co., and Brennan, R. March 6. Clutches.-Relates to toggle-o erated rope coil friction clutches. As shown in Fig. 6, the ends of the rope K, which surrounds the driving-drum C, are secured to projections H<1> on a lever H, pivoted on the driven part D and operated by a sliding collar F and toggle-link G. In the form shown in Fig. 2, two ropes are used, each secured at one end K to the part D and at the other end J<1> to a pivoted bell-crank lever L connected by a link L' to one of the toggle-operated pivoted levers H<1>, H<2>. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the ropes are secured to levers M<1>, M<2>, which are operated by other levers H<1>, H<2>.
Patent GB-190708089-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Connecting Clip and Spacing Member for Rods and the like, for Reinforced Concrete, Fences and like Purposes
Inventor: CUMMINGS ROBERT AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 8089. Cummings, R. A. April 6. Tanks.-Relates to adjustable clips for connecting metal bars or bands forming the reinforcement of concrete tanks. A blank, cut as shown in Fig. 3, is bent as shown in Fig. 4 ; the bars lie in the bend 8 and slots 5, and may be adjusted by pressing the wings 9 together. The lip 11 is bent to grip the bar 2, and tongues 7 determine the position of the reinforcement in the concrete. Fig. 5 shows a modification with a bent tongue 15 instead of the lip 11 ; Fig. 6 shows another form having the sides instead of the centre turned inwards ; and Fig. 7 shows a form having a loose spacing-member 7 which may be U-shaped.
Patent GB-190717676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Dyes.
Inventor: ULRICHS ERNST
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 17,676. Ulrichs, E. Nov. 2, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyes, artificial.-Lakes are manufactured from azo dyes containing sulphonic groups by grinding the dry alkaline-earth or heavy metal salts with substrata. According to examples, the barium salt of orange II B is ground with gypsum; the barium salt of the dye from 2 : 1-naphthylamine sulphonic acid and #-naphthol is ground with barium sulphate; and the barium salt of lake red P is ground with aluminium hydrate. The products are suitable for wall-paper colours, oil paints, printing and lithographic ink, &c.
Patent GB-190717748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Manually Propelling and Steering Boats.
Inventor: CUTLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-08-03
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 17,748. Cutler, W. Aug. 3. Propelling and steering by screw propellers; steering-gear.- Comprises arrangements whereby persons seated in a boat may propel it, by operating the driving-gear by means of their feet. Rods A are arranged along the centre of the boat and suspended by links a<1> or mounted on rollers. Shoe pieces a<3> mounted on the rods enable them to be reciprocated, the motion being transmitted to the vertical crank-shaft C by rods b<1>. The shaft C is fitted with a fly-wheel D and drives the vertical shaft F at the stern by chain-gearing f<2>, the tension of which is maintained constant by a spring stay c<4>. The shaft C is mounted in a footstep bearing c<1> and a longitudinal slot c<2>, which permits slight movement of the top of the shaft C. Steering is effected by mounting the vertical shaft F, carrying the propeller H, in a tube L, and turning the tube by chain-gearing l<3> from the handle l<5>.