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Patent GB-190524858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fire Alarm Systems and Apparatus.
Inventor: HAWTHORN HAROLD
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 24,858. Hawthorn, H. Nov. 30. Alarms, fire.- Thermal devices of different degrees of sensitiveness are adapted to give a "home alarm" on the occurrence of a small fire and subsequently a " brigade call if the fire is serious. One form of the apparatus is shown in elevation in Fig. 1 and in section through the line C-D, Fig. 1, in Fig. 3, and comprises three Bourdon tubes 1,2, 3, the first two mounted on opposite sides of an insulating support 5 and the third on an insulating support 6. The free ends of the tubes are connected respectively to pivoted arms 8, 9, 19, provided at their ends with contacts 14, 15, 21. On a sudden rise of temperature, the contact 14 connected to the quickacting tube 1 overtakes the contact 15 and sounds a "home alarm," while, in the event of a smouldering fire, the contacts 14, 15 move at about equal speed until the contact 15 reaches an adjustable contact 26, which is also connected to the '' home- " alarm " circuit. The " brigade call " is given by the tube 3, which is less sensitive than the tubes 1, 2, and brings the contact 21 against an adjustable contact 23 only at a higher temperature. The modification shown in Fig. 4 is similar to the abovedescribed form, except that the tube 3, Fig. 3, is dispensed with, and the contact 26, adapted to give a " home alarm " in the event of a smouldering fire, is mounted on a flexible arm 28, so that the contact 15 can push it aside and continue its movement until it reaches an adjustable contact 29, when a " brigade call" is given. With either form of alarm, suitable switches, relays, &c. may be introduced in the circuits in such a manner that, when desired, the "home" " and "brigade" " alarms will be given simultaneously at the time of the "home alarm." The "brigade-call" circuit contains an automatic telegraphic transmitter of the kind described in Specification No. 20,051, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190526117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Cowls.
Inventor: DOUGLAS GEORGE CAMERON
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 26,117. Douglas, G. C. Dec. 15. Fans.-To induce an updraught in a ventilating-shaft or the like, a fan 4 in a rotary cowl 3 is mounted on the same shaft 5 as an external fan 7 which is made to rotate by the wind. The external fan is also said to act as a vane to turn the cowl, which is not provided with h a fixed directing-vane.
Patent GB-190603154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Temples for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: CHAMBERS ERNEST
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 3154. Chambers. E., and Chambers. J. Feb. 9. Loom temples.-Temple rollers b with brass shells a are provided with metal pivot heads d fixed by screws e, with or without washers f, and the pins c are driven into the wood centre, being preferably arranged to form screw lines of diminishing pitch towards the edge of the cloth. The invention is applicable to temple rollers formed entirely of wood.
Patent GB-190603213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Incandescing Bodies for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1907-02-09
Abstract: 3213. Just, A., Hanaman, F., Landesberger, H., Salzmann, I., and Vereinigte Electricitõts Akt. - Ges. Feb. 9. Incandescent lamps.-Incandescing bodies consist of tungsten containing one or more metals of lower melting-point which effect its sintering. Chromium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, osmium, ruthenium, zirconium, and thorium may be used, or their oxides or compounds which are reducible by carbon. Filaments are made from finely divided tungsten mixed with up to fifteen per cent of the added metal and with an organic binder such as zinc chloride cellulose or glacial acetic acid collodion. These filaments are carbonized, after denitration if desired, and the carbon is eliminated, e.g. by heating in steam and hydrogen. Finally, the filaments are sintered by passage of current, in a vacuum or inert gas.
Patent GB-190609122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Mechanism for Explosion and other Engines
Inventor: CANTONO EUGENIO
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 9122. Cantono, E. April 17. Starting and stopping.-A powerstoring brake for retarding and starting explosion motors and other machines works through differential gearing. A spurwheel b on the driving-shaft gears with a pinion d carried by a brake pulley e, which also forms a casing for the mechanism. The pinion d gears with a toothed wheel c, clasped by a band attached to a spring, weight, or other means i for storing energy. When the pulley e is arrested by the brake, the pinion d rotates the wheel c, and so stretches the spring i. At starting, the pulley e is released, and the spring rotates the wheels c, e, b together.
Patent GB-190610187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filter Presses.
Inventor: HEMMERLING JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 10,187. Kemmerlingr, J. May 1. Filter - presses.- The press is arranged for the purpose of expressing only liquid from moist materials such as peat. On the table e is placed a perforated plate which forms the bottom of the mould g. The top a is formed with troughs b and in ridges between are perforations c which open into transverse grooves. The expressed liquid collects in the troughs b. As many layers may be formed as the press will accommodate.
Patent GB-190614019-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Actuating Temperature Regulators Indicators and Alarms
Inventor: LAWLER JAMES JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 14,019. Lawler, J. J. June 19. Thermometers &c. -A special arrangement of levers magnifies the alterations in length of a metal tube due to varying temperatures and operates temperating, regulating, indicating, or alarm devices. Four links 8, 8<1>, 8<2>, 8<3>, preferably cruciform in cross-section, are knucklejointed in pairs to each other and to fittings 2, screwed to the ends of a brass or copper tube 1, exposed to the fluid Whose temperature is to be regulated &c. A pair of metal straps 14, 15 are jointed to the link 8<2>, at 13 and to one extremity of a link 19, the other end of which is pivoted between lugs 17 projecting from the link 8<1>. Secured to an extension of the link 19 is a lever 24, the outer end of which is provided with a flat spring 29, having a projecting pin 27 for engagement with one of a series of holes 26 in a flat plate 25. The latter is connected by chains 28 with the .. regulating &c. device, a spring 30 being interposed to prevent damage to the linkage in case of derangement of the chain. If the apparatus is placed horizontally, the lever 24 is secured to the link 19 so as to take up the position shown in dotted lines. The whole of the joints employed are of the knuckle type to prevent motion in any plane other than that through the links 8, 8<1>, 8<2>, 8<3>. The lever 24 might be arranged to operate an alarm or temperature indicator, through electrical or other means.
Patent GB-190615024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Propelling and Steering Apparatus for Boats.
Inventor: POST CHARLES WESLEY
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 15,024. Post, C. W. July 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Propelling and steering by water jets.-In apparatus of the class in which the jet is ejected from a lateral orifice in a hollow plug, which can be turned so as to produce steering effects, the orifice is placed below the plug casing, so that a wider range of angular movement is possible. The casing A is provided with a flange a which is fitted inside the bottom of the vessel, the part a<1> extending through the bottom into the water. The plug B, which may be rotated by the steering-wheel C, has a passage-way H with a contracted lower end h, while at its upper end it communicates with a chamber I through apertures J. Water is pumped through the pipe a<11> and is ejected in an horizontal direction through the orifice h so as to propel the ship. By turning the wheel C the vessel may be steered.
Patent GB-190617802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers.
Inventor: RABBENO GIORGIO
Filed: 1906-08-08
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 17,802. Rabbeno, G. Aug: 8. Screw propellers. The blades are formed of two sheets of metal with an intermediate space and united at their edges only by being cast solid. The shape of the intermediate space is shown in the development in Fig. 1. The object is to render the blades more flexible. In a modification, the Jaminµ are brazed together. Small propeller 'blades may be made by flattening a hollow cylinder of metal by pressing it upon a series of moulds.
Patent GB-190626914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Regulating the Admission of Air to Carburetters or Mixing Chambers for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: TWEMLOW SAMUEL POOLE
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 26,914. Twemlow, S. P. Nov. 27. Centrifugal governors combined with the air-inlet throttle valve of a gas engine. The links b form the governor weights.
Patent GB-190703417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Whip Sockets.
Inventor: CONRAD PETER ISAIAH
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 3417. Conrad, P. J. Feb. 11. Fastenings, spring-catch. A whip is secured in its socket by arms 9, 10 pivoted at 12 to the flange 3 and provided with spring catches 13, 14 which engage with each other when the arms are brought together. The arms are released by a key 18 which lifts the catch 14, and the arms are moved apart by a spring 19.
Patent GB-190703784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Knives.
Inventor: SCHRADE GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1908-02-15
Abstract: 3784. Schrade, G. Feb. 15. Pocket-knives.-Relates to knives in which the blade automatically opens when released, and in which the blade is locked in position both when open and when closed. To minimize the friction between the tang of the blade and the lining, the tang is provided with a bushing d, slightly thicker than the tang, which rotates on the pivot c. The invention is described in connexion with knives having a handle formed of linings B and covers A, one or more blades D, springs for throwing open the blades, and a spring controller trigger G for each blade pivoted to ears secured to the linings.
Patent GB-190709525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Navigating Turrets for Submarine Vessels.
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 9525. Lake, S. April 24. Ordnance, design; sights; turrets; mountings.-The navigating turret of a submarine vessel is made with double walls, the intervening space being filled with cellulose, pith, &c., or used as ballast tanks. The forward and after ends of the turret are formed of castings each provided with a spherical socket which carries a quick-firing gun G<1> having a corresponding spherical enlargement. The sights K are carried in similar spherical sockets.
Patent GB-190714158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: HOLMAN STEPHEN
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 14,158. Holman, S. June 19. Incandescent gas burners. -An ordinary burner a is connected by a sleeve c to the tapered end of a tube b, in which fits a tapered plug d having longitudinal recesses e around it, increasing in cross-section from the tapered end, for the passage of the gas and air, the air entering by an aperture in the pipe on' which the burner is screwed. In the position shown in the Figure, the gas is restricted by the narrow ends, but it passes more freely when the plug is inverted. The plug also supports the mantle-rod f. The wire-gauze cap g, having its top face formed with a downward concavity, fits on the flared edges of the cylindrical part h, and serves as a mixing-chamber for the gas and air.
Patent GB-190714850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Differential Gear for Automobile Vehicles.
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1908-06-29
Abstract: 14,850. Daimler-Motoren-Ges. June 29 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Toothed gearing.-Relates to differential or balance gearing for motor-vehicles of the type in which the driving - member carries spur planetpinions, meshing with a sun-pinion and with an internally-toothed annulus connected to the roadwheel axle parts, respectively. The planet-pinions c, which mesh with the pinion g and with the annulus f on the part-axles &c. i, h, are mounted in recesses b in the driving-body a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Specification No. 6202, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Locomotives &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190721201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ADENOT LOUIS
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 21,201. Adenot, L. Nov. 2, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Felloes or rims.-The detachable rim 7 has on its underside pairs of dovetail tenons 8 adapted to engage mortises cut in the walls of a channel ring 1 fixed to 'the felloe of the wheel. The rim is locked in place by means of a correspondingly mortised ring 3 seated in a channel and capable of limited circumferential displacement. The ring 3, which may be provided with lubricating recesses, is operated by means of pins 4 projecting through slots 5 in the ring 1, and may be locked by a pivoted catch or the like. For protecting the channel from grit &c., the rim is formed with a flange 9.
Patent GB-190727156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Hinges
Inventor: ACHENBACH WILHELM
Filed: 1907-12-09
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 27,156. Achenbach, W. Dec. 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hinges.-In rising hinges for doors, the movable flap 1 and the upper and movable part 9 of the hinge pin have oblique bearing - surfaces 5, 7 adapted to move over similar surfaces 6, 8 of the fixed flap 2 and pin 10 respectively.
Patent GB-190727722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery, or Apparatus, for Enclosing in Wrappers, Blocks, or Packages, of Material
Inventor: ROSE WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-12-16
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 27,722. Rose, W., and Rose, H. Dec. 16. Parcelling.-Relates to a machine of the horizontal rotating table type for wrapping-up blocks of material. The sheets of wrapping-paper are fed to a table 22, Fig. 1, by endless bands 18, 19, and are pasted along one edge by a pasting-roller of the ordinary kind. The blocks are simultaneously fed to a shoot 40 by an endless band 37. An horizontal plunger 41, Fig. 7, then moves the block to the end of the shoot 40 over a hole in the bottom, through which it is pushed by a cam-operated plunger 15, into one of the receptacles 2 mounted on an intermittently rotating table 1. The sheet of paper being on the table 22 immediately below the block, is also pressed into the receptacle 2 and surrounds two sides and the bottom of the block. The bottom 61, Fig. 7, of the receptacle 2 is raised by a cam-operated lever 129 to receive the block, and descends with it as the plunger 15 presses it down. The side 84 of the receptacle 2 is hinged, and is opened somewhat, by a lever 133, ready to receive the block. The table then rotates till the receptacle 2 containing the partly wrapped block comes beneath a plunger 80, Figs. 1 and 8, which folds the upstanding pasted part of the wrapper down over the top of the block. The side 84 of the receptacle 2 is then opened by a lever 86, and the arm 83, which carries the plunger 80, descends, carrying with it a blade 79 which tucks in the overhanging edge of the wrapper. The arm 83 rises and the side 84 closes, thus pressing down the pasted edge of the wrapper. The table then rotates one fourth of a revolution, and two folding-blades 89, Fig. 3, one at each end of the packet, are advanced by a cam 95 and fold in the ends of the wrapper. The top and bottom end-folds are made by scissor-like folders 90, 91, which are closed by the action of a cam 94. The carriage 103, upon which the folding-mechanism is mounted, is raised by a cam 99, so that the mechanism rises clear of the receptacles 2 and does not interfere with the farther rotation of the table. The final folds are made by curved stationary folders between which the packet passes. The wrapped packet is then drawn into a delivery shoot 125 by an arm 124. A spring catch 126 retains the last fold till it is held by the next packet.
Patent GB-190808432-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Clockwork Target
Inventor: HARDWICK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 8432. Hardwick, W. H. April 16. Targets.-A sliding plunger opposite to a bull's-eye aperture c in a target plate b is driven back against the force of a spring m, when struck by a shot, and a bent wire locking-arm i carried by the plunger is withdrawn from a hole through a wheel j in a spring motor or clockwork train, which rings a bell for a definite length of time. To prevent turning of the plunger, the wire i may be bent to pass through a guidebole in the back-plate. The bell hammer l may be carried by an escapement axle, or a rotary or other form of hammer may be used. The casing a can be fixed to a wall or stand, and is formed with an opening for the removal of spent shots. The period of ringing of the bell may be varied by causing the locking-arm to engage with different wheels in the train, or by using a wheel j with more than one hole. A paper target is secured to the face of the target plate b.
Patent GB-190810526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arrangements for Softening, Purifying and Heating Water.
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1909-05-14
Abstract: 10,526. Stevens, F. J. Warden-, Cooper, E. E., and Lawrence Patent Water Softener and Sterilizer Co. May 14. Heating water and other liquids.-Relates to means for softening and purifying water in conjunction with an ordinary hot-water circulation system, and for obtaining supplies of hot and cold purified water for use in factories &c. A suitablyshaped vessel with a jointed door or cover is connected to the hot-water storage tank in the usual manner and takes the place of the ordinary hotwater boiler. An auxiliary source of heat, such as movable gas or oil burners, may be used if the main source of heat is stopped. The purifying- vessel is provided with easily-removable baffles or trays for catching the sediment, and may have its heating-surface increased by gills, corrugations, or internal tubes. Fig. 7 shows the arrangement for obtaining supplies of hot and cold purified water, in which the purifying-vessel is heated by a separate furnace. Water from the main C flows through the valve D, which is controlled by a float in the cold-water storage tank E, into the pipe 0 which leads to the interchanger B. The water is heated by the hot water surrounding the tubes in B, and then passes to the purifier A by the pipe F. The softened hot water rises through the pipe G to the storage tank H, and then passes down the pipe L to the interchanger B, where it is cooled, and finally passes to the cold purified storage tank E by a pipe M. A branch connexion and check valve are provided at N to allow the water to circulate to and from the tank H when no water is being drawn. Cold and hot water are drawn off by the taps R, P respectively.
Patent GB-190811239-A (GB)
Title: Sample Holding Appliance or Display Rack in Book Form
Inventor: WERMERSKIRCHEN ANTHONY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 11,239. Wermerskirchen, A. W. July 5, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Pattern books. - The Figures show a book designed for the display of painted or varnished wood, jewellery, fabrics, &c. The back of the book shown in Fig. 3 is formed of two angle plates 3 hinged together on a rod 5, the side pieces of these plates being seated in the book covers. The eyes 10 of rods 11 are threaded loosely on the rod 5 near its ends. and the other ends of the rods 11 are soldered or otherwise secured to clamping-members 8 holding the leaf sections. These sections may be of cardboard or wood secured between clamping-pieces 8, 9. Varnished or painted wood may be protected by loose sheets of paper held by the pieces 8. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, metal sheets 12 are held between clamping-pieces 13 which are separated by distance-pieces 14 so as to form compartments. The hinge may be covered by a cushion 16, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190811844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means of Hauling for Lifts, Hoists and the like
Inventor: LUCAS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 11,844. Lucas, J. E. June 1. Lifts.-The cage B of a lift, hoist, &c. is suspended from a drum C connected with a second drum E from which a rope D passes to a drum F at the bottom of the well. On the same shaft as the drum F is a second drum G from which a rope H passes around guide sheaves to the counterweight L. The ropes are attached to the drums on which they are wound. The cage is raised or lowered by pulling either of the ropes D, H in the required direction. In a modified form, the drums E, F are connected by a second rope, which winds up on the drums as the first rope unwinds. For heavy loads spur or worm gearing is used for driving the drums.
Patent GB-190817159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Ignition Devices.
Inventor: POSTANS ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 17,159. Postans, A. J. Aug. 14. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In electric ignition devices of the type described in Specification No. 5194, A.D. 1907, wherein an electrode is pivoted by means of a ball joint within the sparking - plug and is rocked to break contact by means of an electro-magnet, a slotted or cup - shaped member is attached to the armature to engage the end of the electrode. The screw plug A, Fig. 2, forms one electrode, and in its interior and insulated therefrom is a coned piece A<4> having a spherical-bearing-surface for the rocking electrode B. The latter carries at its upper end a square nut or collar K having on its under surface a number of slots or ridges K<1>. A casing D is secured to the screw plug by a nut D<3>, and contains the two part electro-magnet. An armature F, on a shaft F<1> mounted in ball-bearings, is placed between the two poles, and on an extension F<2> of the armature the cup-shaped member I is screwed. A spring J, engaging in one of the ridges in the collar and in a slot P on the armature extension, tends to maintain the rocking electrode in contact with the cup-shaped member and with the fixed electrode. The electric circuit is as follows : the positive pole of a battery is connected through a timing-device to a terminal D<4> on the casing D ; thence to the magnet winding, which, at the other end, is in connexion through the casing D with the rocking electrode, the circuit being completed through the fixed electrode and the engine framing back to the battery. When a current is flowing, the armature is attracted and breaks contact, the cup-shaped member being of sufficient internal diameter to allow lost motion between the armature and electrode : when the timing-device breaks the circuit, the armature and electrode are returned to their normal places by the spring J. A spring - pressed button L, having a rod M attached thereto bearing on the armature, may be used to break contact at starting. In a modification, two pivoted armatures F, Fig. 3, are situated one at each end of the electro-magnet. A block I, fixed on the armature shaft by screws, forms the slotted member, the spring in this arrangement engaging the block and the collar K. Crescent-shaped pole-pieces E' are provided on the electro-magnet. The electrode in this modification is cylindrical throughout its length and may be adjusted for wear by turning through a rightangle, the spring J then engaging in a different ridge in the collar K. The block I may be adjusted on the shaft by screws H.