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Patent GB-190614727-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Preventing Dispersion of Dust Raised by Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BIRTWISLE HAROLD
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 14,727. Birtwisle, H. June 28. Motor road vehicles.-In dust-collectors for selfpropelled and other road vehicles, of the type in which pipes or conduits deliver the dust-laden air to a separating-device preferably consisting of a filtering-box from which the filtered air escapes through a sieve, filter-cloth, or the like, each conduit is fitted with an inner pipe open to the atmosphere to produce an inductive action. A bell-mouthed pipe C, Fig. 2, is supported behind the wheel by a bar H secured to the axle, and is connected by a flexible tube D' to an uptake leading to the box E. Air collected by the motion of the vehicle in the bell-mouthed pipe J<1>, which leads to a short pipe terminating within the uptake, is used to increase the draught in the latter pipe. The air escapes through the sieve F, and the dust is retained in the box, which may be provided with a suitable lid or trap for emptying it. When running over muddy roads, the collector may be removed from the periphery of the wheel by bending the flexible pipe D'.
Patent GB-190615030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Burners for Liquid Fuels.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 15,030. Boult, A. J., [Barthel, G.]. July 2. Atmospheric vapour burners; vaporizing-apparatus.-The outlet from the mixing-chamber of an atmospheric vapour burner is contracted so as to deflect part of the mixture of vapour and air through apertures in the head of the burner, subsidiary flames being thus produced there for heating the vaporizing-coil surrounding the mixing-chamber. The devices for contracting the outlet consist, in the examples shown, of a tube 11, Fig. 1, inserted into the mixing-tube 5, a flange 12, Fig. 3, or reducing- bends 13, Fig. 4, on the mixing-tube, a flange 15, Fig. 5, or an inwardly-turned part 16, Fig. 7, on the perforated sleeve 14 surrounding the head of the mixing-tube 5. These devices deflect the inflammable mixture through the apertures 10, 17 in the mixing-tubes 5 and the sleeves 14, and heat the vaporizers 2 surrounding them.
Patent GB-190618345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Travelling Photographers.
Inventor: SCHMIDT JEAN
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 18,345. Schmidt, J. Aug. 17, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Apparatus combined with motor road vehicles.- A motor road vehicle is fitted up with a photographic dark-room, studio, arrangements for printing and other accessories, the electric lighting being provided from the motor of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190621171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Camphor.
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 21,171. Goldsmith, J. N., and British Xylonite Co. Sept. 24. Camphor is produced by the oxidation of isobornyl ethers, such as the ethyl and methyl ethers. As the oxidizing-agent, dilute nitric acid may be used and the nitrous fumes may be absorbed. To hasten the process, dilute sulphuric acid, treacle, starch, copper filings, or other reducing-agents may be added. Instead of nitric acid, substances that yield nitric acid, or nitrous acid, for example, sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite and sulphuric acid, may be employed. The crude camphor obtained is distilled in steam, dissolved in an indifferent solvent, for example, petroleum spirit, washed with warm caustic soda, and then sublimed.
Patent GB-190622417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Guards for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 22,417. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Oct. 10. Boot-sole sewing-machines; guiding materials.- A guiding-plate or guard 6 is secured to the feedcarriage and is formed so as to hold the loose material on the farther side of the boot but of the way of the needle and awl. In the construction shown, it is placed on the channel guide 4 and secured to the bracket 8 of the feed-carriage by the same screws 9. The guard is shown applied to the Goodyear inseam-sewing machine described in Specification No. 13,366, A.D. 1888.
Patent GB-190624481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Jointing Sanitary or other Pipes with Liquid Cement or other Liquid Composition
Inventor: LOMAX CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 24,481. Lomax, C. J. Nov. 2. Drain and sewer pipe joints; testing.-For jointing sanitary and other pipes the liquid cement or other composition is introduced into the annular chamber between the pipe ends through a flexible tube A provided with a funnel B. The tube is introduced through one orifice C and is pushed round until the end reaches the invert of the chamber. The cement is then poured through the tube until it reaches the other orifice D, when the tube is withdrawn until the cement appears at the orifice through which the tube has been introduced. The tube may also be used for introducing and withdrawing water for washing out the chamber before the introduction of the cement. According to the Provisional Specification, also, the tube may be used for testing purposes, as described in Specification No. 6542, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190628309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Surface Condensers.
Inventor: DAME WILHELM
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 28,309. Dame, W. Dec. 15, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In a surface condenser, applicable to turbines, the steam is rapidly guided over cooled hollow surfaces formed in regular curves so that the particles of condensed water are thrown against the curved cooled surfaces by centrifugal force. The condensed water passes out by openings in the surfaces. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, steam enters tangentially by the inlet a at one end of a jacketed cylinder and describes a helical path. The condensed water passes through openings d into longitudinal conduits e which communicate with a discharge pipe f. In another arrangement, shown in Fig. 3, the steam passes from an outer annular space a through concentric hollow rings c to the centre of the condenser. The condensed water passes through slots d into concentrically-arranged conduits e, and is discharged through pipes into the chamber k. The cooling-surfaces maybe provided with ribs arranged in the direction of the path of the steam. The surfaces may also consist of a group of parallel tubes, as shown in Fig. 7, the spaces d between the tubes serving as outlets for the water of condensation. The condenser may be arranged near the exhaust port of the turbine. It may also be used as a preliminary condenser in connexion with an ordinary condenser.
Patent GB-190629762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ammunition Hoists for Ordnance.
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 29,762. Petch, A. F., and Shepherd, F. W. H. Dec. 31. Loading - appliances.- Relates to ammunition hoists for heavy-gun mountings of the turret type, particularly to that type of hoist in which the ammunition is supplied through a central trunk fixed to the ship. The cage b, Figs. 1 and 3, works on guides in the trunk a, and has shelves d, e for the shell and explosive charges respectively. A water-tight door u, operated by means of a hand-wheel v and rope w, shuts off communication between the truok a and the shell chamber f and trunk k. The shells are received, from the usual overhead run-way, on a tray g which is fitted with stops z, z<1>, operated by gearing z<2>, z<3>, to control the passage of the shells to the cage b. The charges are conveyed from the magazine chamber h to the cage b by means of an auxiliary cage i working in the trunk k provided with a door n, which is preferably connected with the cage i to close and open the doorway m automatically when the cage i descends or ascends. The shelves j, j<1> upon which the charges are supported are connected by a link j<2>, and are moved to the discharge position automatically when the cage i reaches its lowest position, the charges passing to the cage b when the door u is raised. This door is interlocked, by means of a bolt y, rods y<1>, and a spring-actuated catch y', with the cage b, so that the door can only be raised when the cage is in its lowest position. The apparatus may be duplicated to supply two guns. The auxiliary cage i may be fitted with braking. devices.
Patent GB-190705505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Chain Wheels.
Inventor: PHILLIPS WALTER
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5505. Phillips, W. March 7. Chain - wheels.- Removable teeth are employed in chain-wheels, so that a constant cross -section of tooth may be obtained for wheels of varying diameters and numbers of teeth. The line 3, 4, Fig. 1, joining the points where the chain links rock on each other is taken to be the direction of pull, and the angle between the line 3, 4 and the tooth face 2 is constant, irrespectively of the number of teeth in the wheel. To attain this, the axis of the tooth is inclined to the radius by an amount predetermined for each wheel. To secure the teeth in their slots, a removable plate 5, Fig. 4, is provided with a wedge-shaped annular feather 7 engaging in a way 8 in the shank ; the feather and featherway are inclined to the axis of tooth, so that on screwing up the plate, the feathers draw the teeth into place. The side plates may be extended to form shrouds to the teeth for guiding the chain, or the teeth may be provided with a central guide-groove.
Patent GB-190711880-A (GB)
Title: Improved Projectile.
Inventor: HOFFMANN SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 11,880. Hoffmann, S. May 22. Projectiles, ordnance.-In a projectile having two bursting charges, the fore-part A containing balls b and a dynamite chamber c is forced out of the rear part i when the explosion occurs in the chamber h, and is subsequently exploded after an interval determined by the fuse e.
Patent GB-190712953-A (GB)
Title: Combined Drinking-cup and Filter.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 12,953. Lake, H. W., [Abercrombie & Fitch Co.]. June 4. Drinking - vessels. -A suction filter, comprising a tube 5, Fig. 1, having a mouthpiece 8 at one end and a conical extension 6 containing disks of filtering-material at the other, is contained within n a drinking-cup 1. Spare filtering-disks 16, Figs. 1 and 5, are carried in an annular chamber 26 which fits into the closing- cap 20.
Patent GB-190713585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Filters.
Inventor: WOLFF LOUIS
Filed: 1907-06-12
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 13,585. Wolff, L. Feb. 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filters. - Filtering - medium d is attached by friction or pressure to form the bottom of a removable casing c placed within an outer filter casing b. A container g, which may receive a filtering-medium, loosely engages the bottom of the casing c.
Patent GB-190715890-A (GB)
Title: Improved Flying Machine.
Inventor: ADDIS FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 15,890. Addis, F. H. July 10. Aerial machines without aerostats; aeroplanes; parachutes; propelling; steering. - The aerial machine is propelled and raised by paddle-wheels arranged in pairs in the framework A, and the blades C of the paddles are feathered by a cam guide D. The blades C, Fig. 4, are mounted.on the ends of spokes B, and the shaft of each blade is cranked at one end and provided with a roller P which engages the guide D. The paddle-wheels may be mounted on an inner frame pivoted to the frame A so that the inclination of the wheels may be altered. One or more fixed aeroplanes may be used as a supporting-surface, and parachutes F are hinged to the front and rear of the machine and controlled by the aeronaut. A double rudder T, Fig. 8, is hinged to a part V of the frame at the rear of the machine, and the two parts are connected by a hinged stay W, to which a handle Z is secured. The blades may be moved to the right or left, or may be brought together by collapsing the stay W. to form a brake.
Patent GB-190717686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Space Telegraphy.
Inventor: STONE JOHN STONE
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 17,686. Stone, J. S. Aug. 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-The elevator conductor system of a receiving station for wireless telegraphy is adjusted relatively to the associated tuned receiving circuit or circuits so that (1) a persistent train of waves of a predetermined frequency causes the circuit or circuits to respond energetically, (2) a train of waves of any other frequency does not cause the tuned receiving circuits to respond, and (3) abrupt or impulsive electric forces acting on the antennµ produce but feeble response or no response at all. As shown in Fig. 1, the elevated conductor V is connected to earth at E', E, through a circuit comprising an inductance L and capacity C, and through another circuit which divides into two parallel branches, one including the primary I1 of a transformer M, the other a condenser C<l>1. The oscillation detector W is connected in circuit with a telephone T, battery B, and potentiometer R. The earth connector o E' and conductor V o are tuned to the same frequency, and the parallel branch circuit I1 C<1>1 at the wave frequency has a reactance equal and opposite to the resultant reactance of the conductor V o and earth connector o E'. The circuit C2 I2 is tuned to the wave frequency. Oscillations set up in the conductor by waves of different frequency or by abrupt electric forces are conveyed to earth through the circuit o E', while the system is highly responsive to persistent trains of waves having the frequency of those the energy of which is to be received. In a modification, the antenna includes an inductance connected in series. Curves are given showing the variation with frequency of the reactances and current amplitudes in the various circuits. As shown in Fig. 3, the depression of the key K, by opening a contact at k<11> and closing contact at k prior to closing contact at k<1>, enables the receiving operator to interrupt the transmission from a distant station. The circuit of a generator A which is inductively connected to the antenna is thus completed, while the detector circuit is broken at k<11> and a shunt connexion is made to earth at the point k. In this case, the earth connexions E, E' are made at the same point. Specifications Nos. 25,644 and 28.826, A.D. 1904, and Nos. 9417 and 9422, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190718559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dirigible Air Ships
Inventor: GATHMANN LOUIS
Filed: 1907-08-16
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 18,559. Gathmann, L. Aug. 16. Aerial machines with aerostats; cars and cabins; propelling and steering; shock of landing, deadening.-Air-ships are provided with two cars, the upper car 7 for the passengers being permanently attached to the balloon 6, while the lower car 12 for the motors, propellers, &c. can be disconnected on emergency. The supporting-rod 10 of the car 12 is secured, by means of couplings 11, to the rod 8 permanently attached to the balloon. The buoyancy of the balloon is sufficient only to sustain the passenger car, the raising force required for the car 12 being provided by the propeller 16. Should the machinery break down, the rapid descent of the passenger car is checked by operating, through a lever 27, a bar 28 to disengage the couplings 11 and allow the car 12 to fall away. The propellers 17, 17<1> are connected to the motors 15 by shafts provided with universal couplings 20, 20', and steering is effected from the hand-wheel 25 by acting on bearing-blocks 21 capable of radial movement. Spring legs 26 serve to deaden shock on landing.
Patent GB-190720591-A (GB)
Title: A Lock Stitch Hand Needle
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 2 0,5 9 1. Boult, A. J., [Degail, P.]. Sept. 16. Sewing-needles.-A hand sewing-needle for use in sewing lock stitches in boots is formed with a barb D masked by a rounded tongue f. The needle is used in conjunction with an awl, and is not sharpened. The part B is reduced to let the thread pass freely when the operative expands the loop on the underside.
Patent GB-190726963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twiners.
Inventor: BOWMAN JAMES MALCOLM
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 26,963. Bowman, J. M., and Hesselden, F. Dec. 6. Twiners.-Fourfold "doubles" are broken by means of a series of notched " spoons " or levers c mounted on a bar, which is partly rotated by a lever m operated by an incline on the bed of the machine or on the floor, so as to depress the " spoons " at the end of the outward run. The spoons are retracted by a spring p.
Patent GB-190800860-A (GB)
Title: Fire Resisting Composition.
Inventor: WILSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 860. Wilson, W. Jan. 14. Fire-bricks.-A composition for making silica bricks is composed of 7 to 8 parts of Belgium silver sand or Scotch white silica sand, 1 to 1“ parts of calcined lime, and “ part of fire-clay.
Patent GB-190804778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed Water Heaters or Circulators for steam Generators.
Inventor: BARKER WILLIAM BENJAMIN
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-03-03
Abstract: 4778. Barker, W. B., and Smalley, J. March 3. Feed-water, supplying ; water circulation, promoting ; feed-water, heating.-Water is fed to a marine or other type of boiler containing a furnace flue tube through a cylindrical chamber 1 placed in the water space at the side of the flue tube 6. Water-tubes 11 depend from the chamber into the lower part of the boiler water space. An internal perforated tube 12 compels the feed-water to pass to - and - fro within the chamber before being delivered into the boiler. The feed-pipe 8, Fig. 3, may open into the perforated tube, or according to a modification, Fig. 5, the feed-pipe may open into the chamber itself. In this case, two of the depending tubes 10, 11, which open into the inner tube 12, draw water from the lower part of the boiler up into the chamber, where it mixes with the incoming feed, the whole being delivered through a tube 9 of small bore or having a restricted opening at its lower end. A loose connexion is made inside the boiler between the casing of the feed-valve and the pipe 8, so that, when the feed-pump is not working, water may circulate from the lower part of the water space through the pipe 8 into the upper part of the boiler.
Patent GB-190806396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Distillation of Whisky.
Inventor: MCDOUGALL ROBERT MELVIN
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 6396. McDougall, R. M. March 23. Washers. -A rectifier of the bubble - washer construction has three superposed sections. The section d corsists (f diaphragms provided with perforated arms k, the section e is provided with bubbling hoods p, and the section f contains a water-jacketed cone s.
Patent GB-190813612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Fancy Covers for Carding Machines
Inventor: WHITE JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 13,612. Fiske, A. M. July 19, 1907.] Typewriters.-The platen T is provided at one end with a smooth disk v<9> and a toothed disk V. The detent roller v<5> is carried by a spring-actuated pivoted arm v', so that it may engage either with the smooth disk to act as a brake, or with the toothed disk to act as a detent.
Patent GB-190815414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing.
Inventor: WATKINS ARTHUR OCTAVIUS
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,414. Watkins, A. O. July 21. Printing in light colours on dark ground.-Paper is embossed by un-inked type, and is then inked uniformly by a roller or otherwise, leaving the sunk characters of a lighter shade than the surrounding background. The indentations may be effaced subsequently by passing between rollers or by other means.
Patent GB-190816187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wrapping and Labelling Machines.
Inventor: MALSCH OSCAR
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 16,187. Malsch, O. July 30. Affixing labels.-Relates to a machine for wrapping and labelling cakes of chocolate, rolls of disks, tin boxes, bottles, &c. The materials are placed by hand in troughs 3, Fig. 1, on a travelling band which presents them to grippers 4 mounted to slide and rotate on a shaft 40. They are moved into contact with the endless rotating band 9, carried partly on a rocking lever 7, Fig. 5, which closes down on it as shown in Fig. 1. Paper is fed over a guideway 26 and is severed by a knife 28 operated by a notched disk 30, and a gumming-device 31 moves downwards to effect the gumming. The gummed wrapper is pulled by rollers 10, 34 upon the endless band and around the article or material.
Patent GB-190816515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Breech Mechanism of Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 16,515. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Aug. 5. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to modifications of the devices described in Specification No. 5211, A.D. 1808, for locking the primer retainer when the breech-block is slammed-to. In the first form, a two-armed lever F<1>, F<2>, Fig. 1, is mounted upon a shaft F in the swinging carrier A. In the unlocked position of the breech-screw B, the lever-arm F<2> is in contact with the arm G<2> of a second two-armed lever G<1>, G<2> mounted in the flange of the breech-screw upon a radially-disposed spindle G. The leverarm G<1> has a toe g<1>, Fig. 3, which projects beyond the inner face of flange and, when the carrier A is slammed-to, to close the breech, is pressed back by the breech-face C, of the gun. The two sets of levers are thus actuated, and the primer-retainer E<2> is locked until the leverarms G<2>, F<2> are separated by the locking rotation of the breech-screw. In the second form, the lever G<1>, G<2> is replaced by a radially-sliding rod, which normally projects to a slight extent beyond the edge of the breech-screw flange and is pressed inwards to rock the lever F<1>, F<2> by a bevelled projection upon the breechface C of the gun.
Patent GB-190818593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers for Locomotives.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
Filed: 1908-09-04
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 18,593. Schneider, E. Sept. 4. Steam - generator furnaces; ashes and flue dust, collecting and removing.- Relates to a watertube boiler for use in locomotives. The soot and cinders deposited among the front water-tubes 5 collect in a bottom passage 14, from which they are removed through a hopper 16. The back water-tubes 4 forming the firebox are arranged to intersect at the top of the fire-box in order to protect the upper drum from the flames.