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Patent GB-190418264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Engines
Inventor: MCKINNEY WALTER SABIN
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,264. McKinney, W. S. Aug. 23. Cylinders; valve chests and casings; valves and valve gear; valves, reversing. - The admission piston valves 6, 7, Fig. 3, are fluid-actuated and control the communication between the ends of the cylinders and the inlet chamber 5, Fig. 1. Each valve stem 14 has a piston 17 which slides in a chamber 15, the inner end of which communicates with the main cylinder through the passage 26. The outer end communicates with the interior of a spirally-perforated tube which registers with holes in the main cylinder. When the piston passes one of the holes in the cylinder, depending upon the position of the tube, steam enters the tube and acts on the valve piston and cuts off steam to the main cylinder. The tubes 21, 22, Fig. 6, one for each inlet valve, may be simultaneously turned by a hand-wheel with a screw gearing with teeth on their surfaces, to vary the expansion. When the piston finishes the stroke; the cushioned steam enters the passage 26 and opens the inlet valve. In automobile engines, the tubes may be rotated by a more rapidly operating mechanism than that shown. The exhaust chamber 27 is situated opposite the steam chamber and communicates with the cylinder through ports 28, 29. The valves 31, 32 have a common stem 33 and pistons 34, 35 fitting chambers 36, 36<1> which communicate with the ends of the cylinder. As the main piston finishes the stroke, the cushioned steam acts on the back of the small piston and places the valve in the position for the return stroke. The tubes 21, 22 need not rotate but may reciprocate, in which case they may be of other than circular section. In Figs. 7 and 8 are shown modifications of the above arrangement. In Fig. 7 is shown a governor which, through a rack and pinion, turns the screw controlling the tubes 21, 22. In Fig. 8, the passages leading from the exhaust small piston chambers are shown communicating first with a reversing-valve 45 provided with crosspassages. The valve is turned to reverse the engine, and, as soon as the engine is reversed, it is returned to its normal position.
Patent GB-190418654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines and the like.
Inventor: RENE THEODORE FERDINAND
Filed: 1904-08-29
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,654. Rene, T. F. Aug. 29. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The sparking-plug shown in Fig. 2 comprises a metal body a, having a perforated hemispherical base c into which projects a platinum or irridium pointed wire carried by the conductor g. The conductor passes through an insulator f, preferably formed of layers of mica. Upon the passage of a current, sparks pass between the platinum or irridium pointed wire and the sides of the hole formed in the hemispherical end of the casing.
Patent GB-190427559-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gear for Boring Tapering Holes.
Inventor: HALLIDAY GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,559. Halliday, G., and McPherson, J. Dec. 17. Boring.-A machine for boring tapered holes has its tool-box i connected with the bar a by keys working in a straight groove g, the tool m being gradually projected by a cam-ring k having a key working in a spiral groove h, while the box is advanced along the bar by means of a screw p and a star-wheel or otherwise. The screw is mounted in a collar c and in another collar working in the bearing e, the bar being mounted on centres f and operated by gearing from a belt pulley s or one of the square-ended, winch shafts t. The machine may be clamped to the work by screws g<1.>
Patent GB-190429297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Implements for Cleaning Windows, Walls, Carriages, or for like purposes.
Inventor: TYERS FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 29,297. Tyers, F. Dec. 31. Windows, walls, and the like, cleaning; carriages, washing.-An implement for cleaning windows, walls, carriages, &c. comprises a handle to which are attached a removable squeegee B, a brush A which may be replaced by a washing- leather or polishing-cloth, and an arrangement of spraying-nozzles. The squeegee B is carried by a socket E and is supported between metal plates J, and the brush A is secured in a socket O by means of the spring-held bolt P. At the underside of the squeegee is arranged a perforated pipe C, supplied with water through a pipe C<1> and a flexible valvefitted tube H, either from the main or from a portable reservoir provided with a foot or hand pump. The wash-leather device, which is shown in Fig. 4 and may take the place of the brush A, consists of a leather T attached to a padded block R<1> by means of a frame or clip S. A revoluble nozzle arranged to project a stream of water upon the brush or squeegee may be fitted at the end of the instrument. According to the Provisional Specification, the water may pass to the nozzles through the handle, which may be constructed of light metal tubing ; and the supply pipes may be provided with self-closing valves operated by levers.
Patent GB-190505048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Buttons.
Inventor: DIEDRICHS FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 5048. Diedrichs, F., and Meeson, W. J. March 10. Buttons and button -fasteners. - A button a, Figs. 1 and 3, is furnished with a metal shank b provided with a circular flanged base. The shank is retained in position by means of a metal counterpiece c, Fig. 3, consisting of two wires passing through holes in the button and base of the shank and flattened out on the upper side of the same.
Patent GB-190508680-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Means for Suppressing Dust Raised by Motor Cars.
Inventor: BOURKE JOSEPH PATRICK
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 8680. Bourke, J. P. April 25. Motor road vehicles.-The dust raised by the front wheels of motor-cars is deflected towards the rear wheels, and is, together with the dust raised by the rear wheels, directed into a conduit, from which, after being moistened, it is discharged either on to the ground or into a receptacle. A V-shaped deflector 1 is arranged underneath the car with its apex near the front axle and its other ends connected to the inner sides of casings 2, which embrace the rear wheels and are connected by a transverse conduit 3 provided with a discharge pipe 4 into which water is sprayed through a pipe 5. A receptacle for receiving the discharged dust is shown in Fig. 6, and may be arranged in the discharge pipe 4 and be emptied by tilting. Fans may be provided in the casing or conduit for increasing the draught. The spray may be produced by forcing water through a fine rose by means of a pump, or, in the case of steam-driven vehicles, the exhaust steam may be utilized for this purpose. The sides of the deflector may be hinged to the casings and opened outwards when not in use, or may be hinged at the apex and folded together. Dampers may be arranged in the conduit for rendering the device inoperative when desired.
Patent GB-190510695-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Neutralizing Static Electricity.
Inventor: CHAPMAN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 10,695. Chapman. W. H. May 22. Condensers.-In neutralizing static electricity in printing-presses and like machines, the inductor k is connected to the source of highpotential alternating current through a cond e n s e r composed of sheets of tinfoil e, separated by a dielectric of slight conductivity such as slate. Specification No. 19,419, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190511612-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Screw Stoppers for Bottles and the like.
Inventor: GARSIDE WILLIAM WALTER
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 11,612. Garside, W. W. June 2. Stoppers, screw.-Screw stoppers of the type in which the heads are formed with flats or facets, after the manner of an ordinary nut, have the upper peripheries of the heads bevelled, as shown at b, to prevent injury to the usual rubber extremity of the plunger of an ordinary stoppering-machine.
Patent GB-190512520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machines for Printing Staves for Casks or the like.
Filed: 1905-06-16
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 12,520. Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers, and Ellis, O. L. June 16. Printing - apparatus combined with drying-apparatus ; printing on wood; rotary machines; feeding sheets.-In a machine for printing on the staves of casks or the like, more particularly for working in conjunction with dry- _ ing-apparatus as described in Specification No. 24,950, A.D. 1903, [Abrigment Class. Drying &c.], and preferably driven through conveyer chains a, the staves are automatically. fed from a magazine i to the type m on a drum k by chains c, a certain predetermined number being printed on. By operating a handle g, one of the chains a is made to drive the shaft e through a clutch, and thereby moves the chains c and the drum k at the same surface speed. Catches c' engage with the staves, and pass them between the printing-roller k, formed of two clamping-disks holding type-bars longitudinally in between, at predetermined distances, and an impression cylinder q, the staves being finally delivered on the drying-chains a to the drier b. Ink is supplied from a ductor r and rollers s. The frame t is hinged at u, and the chains a are kept in tension by a rope v passing over a pulley and weighted at the end. A safety chain x prevents damage to the apparatus in case of derangement of the conveyer chains. Screws o, acting through springs n, are provided to lift or lower the roller k.
Patent GB-190513597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sterilizer Mouthpieces for Telephones and the like.
Inventor: SAVAGE ORRIN HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 13,597. Savage, O. H. July 1. Telephones. - A device for applying sterilizers to telephone mouthpieces comprises an annulus b, extending into the ordinary mouthpiece a, but which is spaced therefrom so as to receive on its exterior surface a suitable pastelike sterilizer, or an absorbent material c for a liquid sterilizer. The device is held in position by a collar e and catch f, so that it can be removed to renew the sterilizer.
Patent GB-190519299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Unions for Connecting Covers or Bonnets to Valve Casings or Cylinders, Plugs or Stoppers to Pipe Ends, and the like.
Inventor: BAILEY WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-25
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 19,299. Batley, Sir W. H., and Bailey, A. J. Sept. 25. Cylinders.-Covers are connected to cylinders , by a screwed cap d, which holds a flange c<1> of the body of the gland or stuffing-box c upon the casing a. In order to actuate the cap d, an hexagonal or octagonal key bush e, fitting loosely round the valve stem b, is placed in a corresponding opening in the cap and turned by a spanner. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the bush e may have a flange e<1> fitting in a corresponding recess in the cap d.
Patent GB-190524144-A (GB)
Title: Process for Liquefying Air and Winning Oxygen.
Inventor: RUDOLF MEWES
Filed: 1905-11-22
Abstract: 24,144. Mewes, R. Nov. 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents. Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Oxygen.-In a process for liquefying air, obtainiug liquid oxygen, &c, cooled compressed air is caused to stream into an artificially maintained vacuum, and the expanded air, after exchanging its heat in a counter-current with the air streaming in after it, is conducted into the atmosphere, or into a reservoir ; the apparatus employed is so arranged that the air suffers a minimum loss of kinetic energy during the process, thereby preventing the production of detrimental heat by friction and impact. In the form shown, the air, after passing from a compressor a through a finishing cooler b, streams into a chamber e in - which a vacuum is maintained by an exhauster c. The air enters by way of the pipe g, and part passes through ports into the liquefying-jacket f, from which liquid is drawn off by cocks l, k ; the remaining air passes through the doubly-bent outlet m, undergoes a counter-current exchange with the air in the jacket f, and traverses a long conduit i before reaching the working turbine d, which may, however, be dispensed with. The doubly-bent outlet tube m constitutes an important feature ; by its use the expanding air is preserved from detrimental impacts, while an increased vacuum is obtained by ejector action.
Patent GB-190524860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrel-pitching Equipments.
Inventor: SHERRER PHILIP
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 24,860. Sherrer, P. Nov. 30. Actuating pumps.-In an apparatus for pitching casks, the pump D submerged in the liquid pitch is operated by the lever b, so that the pitch is forced through the pipe c and the three-way cock d controlled by the lever d', and expelled through one or other of the nozzles e, f. The lever d' has two handles i, i<1> so that it can be operated from either side of the pitch kettle C, and the pump lever b has a swivelling handle j.
Patent GB-190600793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Disentangling Fibres or for Feeding Fibrous Material to Carding Engines.
Inventor: FISHER DANIEL CALVIN
Filed: 1906-01-11
Granted: 1907-02-11
Abstract: 793. Fisher, D. C. Jan.] 11. Feeding carding-engines; openers.-The material is fed by an apron B, to a toothed cylinder A, in conjunction with which work two vibrating toothed segments D, E, the first for disentangling the fibres held by the teeth on the cylinder, and the second for completing the opening operation and removing the fibres from the cylinder ; F is a fixed toothed segment for clearing the fibre from the segment E. The toothed lugs, with which the cylinder and segments are provided, may be replaced by others having coarser or finer teeth according to the nature of the material to be operated upon. In order that. the swing of the two segments D, E may be independently adjustable, they are connected with separate slotted cranks, and the arms on the rocking shafts D<9>, E<2> carrying the segments may be made in two parts D<3>, E3, as shown in Fig. 4, of which the part E<3> is fast on the shaft, while the part D<3> is loose and may be secured to the first part by means of the curved segments shown.
Patent GB-190602669-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Drive suitable for Steam, Petrol, and Electrically Propelled Vehicles and other Machines.
Inventor: HANNAN CATHERINE BLAIR
Filed: 1906-02-03
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 2669. Hannan, C. B. Feb. 3. Shaft couplings.-A spring shaft coupling suitable for steam, petrol, or electrically-propelled vehicles or machines is contained in a tubular casing q, which may be bolted to flanges c, d, in case of breakage of the spring, to form a rigid coupling. The flanges c, d are formed with tubular sleeves, f, g, respectively, by means of which they are keyed to the shaft ends a, b, the sleeve f being of considerable length to enclose the abutting ends. The coil spring l, of square or other section, is bolted &c. at each end o, p to the flanges c, d. The casing q is normally fixed to the flange c only.
Patent GB-190603272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Safety Devices for Hoists.
Inventor: CRABTREE GODFREY
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 3272. Crabtree, G., Crabtree, W., and Woodhead, A. Feb. 10. Safety suspending-apparatus.-Relates to safety suspending apparatus for lift and mine cages of the type in which levers, pivoted on the cage, are connected at one end to the hoisting-apparatus, and at the other end have eyes through which the guide-ropes pass. The cage 1 is suspended at the corners by four chains 3, and is steadied by the guides 5. The levers 4 are pivoted on pins 6 and are held up at their ends by the hoisting-rope 2, so that normally the eyes 4<a> slide freely on the guides. In the event of the hoisting-rope parting, the levers 4 are tilted and the eyes grip the guide ropes or wires. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 18,800, A.D. 1890.]
Patent GB-190610087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Soap Dispensing Machines.
Inventor: SHAVER GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 10,087. Shaver, G. F. April 30. Soap holders.-In a machine for dispensing soap in thin strips or shavings, a circular cutting-plate 5 is rotated by a handle 3 and the soap is given an intermittent feed at each revolution. The cutting- plate 5 is formed with a number of cutting-edges 26, Fig. 3, arranged preferably in a spiral so that the whole under surface of the soap is cut away equally. This plate 5 is supported by a fixed ring 6, Fig. 1, the edge of which is formed with wave-like projections so that it will become automatically lubricated by soap, and yet will not become clogged. A scraper 25 rotates with the cutter to prevent soap from accumulating at the outlet. The feed mechanism consists of a screwthreaded hollow shaft 8, fitting over the operating- shaft 4, and of the eccentric mechanism shown in Fig. 2 for imparting intermittent motion to this shaft. Fixed to the operating-shaft is an eccentric 13 which operates a strap 12 restrained at one end by a peg 16 and slot 15, so that a pin 11 on this strap moves in an elliptic path. This pin is arranged so that during a part of its course it engages a cog of the wheel 10 fixed to the feeding- shaft. To produce a faster feed, a second pin 11<1> is fixed on the other side of the strap, or more than one extra pin may be used. The screw-threaded feeding-shaft 8 operates a plate 20, Fig. 1, resting upon the top of the soap. This plate 20 is prevented from rotating by a projection 22 which engages a web 23 fixed to the inside of the container. This web 23 also serves to prevent the soap from rotating.
Patent GB-190611092-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Bolt Rifles.
Inventor: FRANCOTTE AUGUSTE
Filed: 1906-05-11
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 11,092. Francotte, A., and Francotte, C., [trading as Francotte & Co., A.]. Aug. 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to the trigger mechanism of bolt guns. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the trigger pulled back. The sear a, to which the trigger e is pivoted at o, is pivoted at its forward end on a bracket b carried by the trigger plate c.
Patent GB-190612035-A (GB)
Title: Hat Box
Inventor: BLANCK HEDWIG
Filed: 1906-05-23
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 12,035. Blanck, H. May 23. Had-boxes are provided with a hollow cylinder b which is partly slitted and adapted to contain a secondary cylinder c carrying a loop handle h and a button e engaging with the slit. The cylinder c can be varied in position by means of the button e and L-shaped slots d. The hat is placed on the cylinder and secured by means of pins passed through holes i into a piece g of felt at the bottom.
Patent GB-190612383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means for Fastening Straps or Bands.
Filed: 1906-05-28
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 12,383. Hobbies, Ltd., and Jewson, H. May 28. Fastenings for straps and d bands. The ends of looped double strips of wire are inserted through holes e, f in the ends of the strap, and the loops or eyes of the wire strips are passed over the free ends B, which are then hammered down on the strap away from the butt joint D. Sheet-metal strips with eyes may be used. The ends of the strap &c. may be pierced by a punching-tool such as is described in Specification No. 15,031, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Cutting &c.].
Patent GB-190613413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vapour Electric Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-06-11
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 13,413. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 11. Converting alternating and direct currents.-A starting-device for vapourelectric apparatus for rectifying or the like consists of a body which when heated emits negative ions or negative electricity. In the mercury vapour lamp shown in Fig. 1, a helix 10 is described which may be a wire of platinum, tantalum, tungsten, or the like, coated with one or more of the oxides of barium, calcium, thorium, zirconium, yttrium, and lanthanum. For example, a wire may be repeatedly dipped in barium nitrate solution and dried, and then heated in a flame. Fig. 3 shows a rectifier having a Nernst glower 34 as the oxide member with a heater 35, an electro - magnet 39 being arranged in the glower circuit to switch out the heater when the glower becomes conductive. In the lamp shown in Fig. 1, the helix 10 is connected at one end to a bare wire 9 passing through the mercury from a leading-in wire 8 connected to one of the mains. The other end of the helix 10 is insulated from the mercury, as by a glass tube 12, and is connected to the other main through a steadying resistance 14. Two anodes 2, 15, of tantalum, iron, tungsten, or the like, are shown connected through resistances 4, 17. The lower or starting anode 15 may be omitted, or may be cut out by a switch 16 after the discharge has transferred itself to the main anode 2. The rectifier of Fig. 3 is shown connected to a transformer, a smoothing inductance 31 being provided between the central point of the transformer secondary and the work circuit, mercury, and glower. An iron-wire ballast resistance 41 may be used in series with the glower. The oxide member may be used only at starting, or may be left in circuit during the operation of the apparatus, a light then being produced similar to that of a mercury arc lamp but without a cathode spot. The oxide member need not touch the mercury as in Fig. 1, but may be connected to insulated leads, in which case the negative lead is bared below the mercury. A battery or other source of current may also be used to heat the oxide member.
Patent GB-190624664-A (GB)
Title: Improved Washing Machine.
Inventor: WILLERSDORF ELIZA
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 24,664. Willersdorf, E. Nov. 3. Washing-machines. - Clothes are washed in a trough between an endless band constructed of transverse slats and a rotary brush. Handles A' formed of piping flattened at the ends are screwed to the trough, which is longer at the top than at the bottom. The slats of the endless band E are linked by metal eyelets F and links G, Fig. 4. The band moves on four pulleys H, J, the shaft K of the pulleys H bearing in pieces on the inside of the trough. The shaft L of the toothed pulleys J passes at one side through the trough, and carries at its outer end a toothed wheel 0 gearing with a wheel P, which is driven by a crank-handle and is mounted on a shaft R in bearings on the sides of the box. The shaft of the brush roller U revolves in eyelets in the ends of two arms W which, at their tops, are set on the sbaft R. The brush roller and arms W may be lifted out of position by a handle U<2> until they rest on a stop. piece X.
Patent GB-190624938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Jointing of Pipes and similar Bodies.
Inventor: KEEP CLAUDE CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-06
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 24,938. Keep, C. C. Nov. 6. Drain-pipe joints.-In spigot-and-socket joints for earthenware drain or like pipes in which cement is run into annular recesses, two or more annular recesses d, d<1> are used, communicating at the lowest point by openings such as c<3>. Each recess is vented at the highest point by openings a, a<3>, through one of which cement is introduced. The cement passing from one recess through the opening c<3> rises in the other recess, displacing the air so as to form a secure joint. Fig. 3 shows the application to a sleeve for connecting two spigot ends. The recesses may be formed by rings separate from or integral with the pipes.
Patent GB-190624955-A (GB)
Title: Means for Packing Rotating Shafts.
Inventor: CAMUS ERNEST
Filed: 1906-11-06
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 24,955. Camus, E. Nov. 6. Lubricating stuffing-boxes. The rubbing surface between a revolving collar 1 and a non-rotating sleeve 2 capable of axial adjustment is supplied with lubricant by a yielding helical pipe 19.