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Patent GB-190614934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cycle or like Pedals.
Inventor: WIPPERMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 14,934. Wippermann, W. June 30. Pedals.-The inner sleeve or hub of a cycle pedal consists of a tube a with end caps b loosely inserted therein. The caps are pressed out of a piece of sheet iron, and the ball-bearing cups f are introduced as shown.
Patent GB-190617065-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Applying Coal Tar, Heavy Oils or the like to the Surface of Roads and Open Spaces.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON JOHN
Filed: 1906-07-28
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 17,065. Hutchinson, J. July 28. Sweeping and scraping machines; oil and other liquids, s, distributing.- Roads are swept and sprinkled with hot tar or oil, which is spread by a squeegee and may be lightly sprinkled w i t h sand or road dust when it is partly hardened. The tank A may be heated by a fire-box or steam coils, or it may be filled with separately heated tar by pumping or by direct transfer from the heating-vessel. The sprinkler D, which has adjustable orifices fed by a valve C, is placed be- tween an oblique rotary brush E and a sectional squeegee O, the blades of which may be made of rubber belting or of rubber stiffened by strips of pliant metal, such as lead or zinc, and are yieldingly pressed on to the road by springs. Levers P, L are used for raising the squeegee and for throwing the brush out of action.
Patent GB-190618611-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Fermenting Worts.
Inventor: GROSFILS PIERRE
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 18,611. Grosfils, P. Aug. 20. Brewing; hops, treating.-Hydrogen peroxide or a similar compound containing oxygen in unstable combination, such as sodium or manganese peroxide, sodium or calcium by pochlorite, or potassium perchlorate, is added to wort before undergoing fermentation and has a retarding effect similar to the use of low temperatures. The solution of hydrogen peroxide obtained by the distillation of essences such as turpentine, lavender essence, or hop essence in steam mixed with hot air, may be used, the solution being subjected to a second partial distillation to remove the essence. The solution obtained by passing steam and hot air over hops may be used, and the hops may be subsequently used in the manufacture of beer.
Patent GB-190618834-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Knuckles for Railway and other Couplings and of Draw-bars.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 18,834. Hadfieldy R. A. Aug. 22. Couplings, automatic; draw-gear.-The knuckles of railway and other couplings of the Janney type and the draw - bars of railway vehicles are made of manganese steel and subjected to a special toughening process. The coupling-knuckle, after having been cast and allowed to cool to a certain extent, is heated gradually to a red heat, and then more quickly to between 900‹ C. and 1050‹ C., or thereabouts, after which it is quenched in cold water or other cooling-baths, or cooled as quickly as possible in air, as by air blasts. In order that the walls of the knuckle may not be too thick for withstanding the heating process, the knuckle is cast with cavities 3, 8 and recesses 4, 9 of the forms shown, the cores for the cavities 3, 8 being removed through a gap 7 and the pivot hole 1, respectively. The heads of draw-bars are cored out in a similar manner. The metal used is preferably Hadfield's "Era" manganese steel and may contain from 1 to 1À5 per cent of carbon, from 10À5 to 15 per cent of manganese, and, in some cases, suitable proportions of one or more of the following metals, namely : chromium, nickel, tungsten, molybdenum, or vanadium.
Patent GB-190624672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Transporting Alive of Gill Breathing Animals, more particularly Fish and Crabs, in a Moisture Retaining Packing
Inventor: ERLWEIN GEORG
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 24,672. Erlwein, G., and Marquardt, E. Nov. 3. Fish tanks.-In a tank for transporting live fish, the fish are packed in moisture-retaining packing contained in separate perforated compartments 2 through which passes a current of air rich in oxygen and saturated with water vapour. The air is circulated through a washer 16 where the carbon dioxide is removed from it by means of a current of lime water or other absorbent, and oxygen is continually introduced from the cylinder 11. In other forms of the apparatus, the absorbent for the carbon, dioxide is placed within the tank, the circulation of gas being maintained from the oxygen cylinder ; the fish may be periodically or continuously sprayed with water.
Patent GB-190626277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Account Registers.
Inventor: STAPLES ALBERT FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 26,277. Staples, A. F., and Potter, C. W. Feb. 26, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filing papers &c.-An account register is shown open in Fig. 2. The accounts are clipped to a number of metal frames 1 which are fastened together by hinges 5 at the bottom, the front frame being pivotally mounted in bearing-blocks 44 fixed to the side of the casing. The last frame is provided with rollers 50 engaging metal strips 7 attached to the cover 8. As the frames are turned down, the remaining frames are always raised and drawn forward the same distance ; thus, since the cover 8 is held at an angle of forty-five degrees by the links 11, the tops of the frames are moved forward the same distance, and the front frame always occupies the same position at the front of the cabinet. The frames as a whole can be easily removed from the case and placed in a safe &c. if desired. To facilitate turning, the weight of the frames is partly counterbalanced by the action of springs 22, which, acting through the arms 21, 26 and the link 27, always tend to lift the frames. Jarring is prevented as the frames are moved into and out of the casing by rubber pads 38, 51, and by the cushioning of the air in an openended cylinder 33 journaled in brackets attached to the casing. To prevent unauthorized opening of the register, an electric contact-device 58 is provided, and is normally held out of contact with a contact-piece 39 by a lug attached to the front frame. When the front frame is opened, the circuit is completed and an alarm given.
Patent GB-190700184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Filling Bottles with Liquids.
Inventor: CRETNEY THOMAS NEIL
Filed: 1907-01-03
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 184. Cretney, T. N. Jan. 3 Bottling.- A r o t a r ytable bottling-machine is provided with a number of filling-heads E, to which liquid is supplied by pipes L connected to a central chamber K adapted to revolve round a stationary bolt K<1>, provided with liquid passages K<3>, K<4> and packed with washers K<2>. Each bottle-holder is normally pressed upwards by a spring, and is depressed to allow the insertion of a bottle by the inner end of a pivoted lever D riding over a stationary cam J. Connected to the lever D by a link D<4> is a lever D<5>, provided with a roller D<6> adapted to ride over a stationary cam H, H<1>, H<2>, Fig. 2, and so operate the filling and snift valves, as described below. When no bottle is in position, or when a bottle breaks, the bottle rest rises and so maintains the roller D<6> in contact with the lower and cylindrical part H of the cam, and the valves are not operated. When a bottle is in position to be filled, the lever D<5> and roller D<6> are maintained in the raised position, and the roller engages projections H<1>, H<2> on the cam to operate the liquid and snift valves respectively. The snift valve E' is operated through a bent lever G by a projection F<3> on the end of the spindle of the liquid supply valve F, so that the first movement of the lever D<5> opens the liquid valve, and a further movement operates the snift valve. In a modification, to adapt the machine for operation by hand, the snift valve is replaced by an air-tight chamber M the volume of which is adjusted by a piston N. The piston is made in two parts N, N', which may be forced together by means of a nut P<2> to compress a washer N<2>. The piston as a whole may be moved to vary the capacity of the chamber, by slacking the nut P<2> and turning a crank-handle O<1>. The machine may be adapted for filling internallystoppered bottles by removing the snift valve attachment or air-tight chamber, and modifying the upper cam to close the liquid valve as soon as the bottle is filled. For this purpose, the upper cam is made cylindrical and its projections detachable.
Patent GB-190701164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Turning or Collecting Hay and other Crops.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-01-16
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 1164. Wilkinson, L., and Ellis, E. J. Jan. 16. Composition fuel.-A composition for treating coal or briquettes before use, to diminish smoke, contains sodium nitrate, salt, calcium hypochlorite, slaked lime, and a little camphor. The nitrate and salt are heated to 140‹ F. and ground together ; they are then mixed with the previously-mixed lime and hypoehlorite, and a little camphor is added. The resulting powder may be kept in airtight packets, and is dissolved before use. The coal may be sprinkled with the solution in a cylindrical metal veesel which can be covered.
Patent GB-190702560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turbines.
Inventor: CRAMP RICHARD
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 2560. Cramp, R. Feb. 1. Elastic-fluid turbines.- Relates to turbines of the type in which the blades of the rotor are pivoted thereto, so that their angle can be reversed for the purpose of reversing the the direction of running. The turbine is of the one wheel per stage type, the casing a, Fig. 1, being divided by partitions h<1> into compartments t, each of which contains a wheel d. Each partition contains two oppositely-arranged sets of guide-blades i, Fig. 3, adapted for forward and reversed running respectively. A reversing slide valve l is operated by worm-gearing &c. o engaging a peripherally toothed ring m and is adapted to open either set of guide-blades and to close the other set. The blades c have bifurcations g at their admission end adapted, when the valves are reversed, to receive the impact of the steam jets and cause the blades to swing over on their pivots e. The blades rest against stops f, and the curvature of the blades and the arrangement of the stops maybe varied to vary the effect of the steam on the blades. The blades are fixed to the wheels of pivots e, e<1>, Fig. 4, the upper pivots e being inserted in notches p<1> in the shrouding ring p and being secured by a strip &c. s, the lower pivots fit in sockets q<1> formed partly in the wheel d and partly in a securing-ring r fixed to the wheel.
Patent GB-190702848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Medical Devices particularly adapted for use in the Local Treatment of Female Diseases
Inventor: ROLFSON-SCHMIDT SVEN
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 2848. Schmidt, S. Rolfson-. Feb. 5. Dressings; pessaries; tampon introducers.-An appliance for the local treatment of female diseases consists of a mass of absorbent material 1, Fig. 1, confined at or near its centre by a tube 3 with flared ends 4, 5 of different diameters. The absorbent used consists preferably of threads of unspun silk, and is impregnated with suitable medicines or antiseptics. A thread, tied round the absorbent at its centre, serves to withdraw the tampon. The appliance is inserted by means of the tube 7 and ejector rod 8, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190703075-A (GB)
Inventor: WILD RALPH
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 3075. Wild, R. Feb. 7. Boxes for dentifrices etc.; lids and covers. - Boxes for toothpowder or other powder are made with an opening in the cover provided with a spring-actuated hinged lid C. The lid may be also made to cover the box completely. The box may have sloping sides B and a flat bottom.
Patent GB-190703557-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Recovering Gold Silver and like Dust from Jewellers' and Others' Washings or Slop Liquids.
Inventor: ASTON ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-02-13
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 3557. Aston, A. Feb. 13. Filtering jawellers' washings.-In recovering gold, silver, &c. without the aid of electric devices, arrangements are made for upward filtration or for the liquid to pass upwardly through connexion or outlet passages, so that an opportunity is given for the solid particles to settle. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the liquid is distributed over the filter by a perforated plate c, which may be faced with baize, felt, &c. The filter comprisss layers of sawdust and breeze e, f on a support g covered with baize or felt. After the first filtration, the liquid rises through a baize or felt partition a<4> and up the passage a<3>, from which it passes to a similar filter in the tank d. It finally rises through partition m<2> and passage m to the outlet. In one modification, three filters on the same level are provided, and filtration is downward through the first and third, upward through the second, and the outlet passage from the third is turned upward. In another form, there are two filters, the second at a higher level than the first, and the liquid is supplied from a level such that the pressure is sufficient for upward flow through both filters. Fig. 5 shows a third modification, in which filtration is upward through the second filter d, and the outlet pipe s<3> is turned upward. The tanks, passages, &c. are of wood, preferably pitched or tarred on the inside, as the liquids may contain acids.
Patent GB-190708682-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for the Production of Beer-wort.
Inventor: BREKER HERMANN
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 8682. Breker, H. April 15. Brewing. - R elates to processes for the production of wort, such as are described in Specifications No. 28,579, A.D. 1897, and No. 18,944, A.D. 1899, and consists in means for shortening the time required. Four chief vessels are utilized, namely : a mash tun a, a clearing-vat b, a boiling-copper c, and an auxiliary wort pan d. While the boiling is proceeding in the copper c, the wort running from the clearing-vat is collected in the pan d and is subsequently run into and boiled in the copper c. In breweries provided with a double brewing-apparatus consisting of four vessels, the mash copper is adapted for use as a wort pan d, and connexions f, g are made between the vessel and the clearing-vat b and copper c.
Patent GB-190709336-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Lasting Machine for Welted Boots and Shoes, and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON ALFRED
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 9336. Johnson, A., Johnson, G. A., Johnson, W. H., and Johnson, J. E. [trading as Johnson et ses fils, A.]. June 5, 1906, [ date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lasting.-Relates to a machine for lasting the toe pieces in the manufacture of footgear, which is also capable of being employed for lasting the rest of the footgear by hand. A socket c<1> integral with a forked lug c<2> is mounted on trunnions c in a frame b, and can be rotated by means of a handle d' operating an eccentric d situated in the forked lug c'. Fitting into the socket c<1> is a hollow sleeve e integral with a pedestal e', which is formed with two forked portions e', e<3>. A rod f passes centrally through the pedestal e', and has a hand-wheel f<1> and helicoidal cam f<2> at the lower end and a sleeve f<3> pressed upward by a spiral spring f<4> at the upper end ; also fitted to the upper end is a collar f which engages one arm of a beat last carrier g pivoted to the arm e' by a pin g<1>. By rotation of the hand-wheel f the last carrier may thus be moved backward or forward as desired. At each end of the pin g<1> is a rectangular block g' engaging a stirrup h, which branches into two arms h<1> each terminating in a roller h' over which passes a metallic cable i. The ends of this cable are attached to a block adjustable on a sliding bar k which may be depressed by means of a pedal. The last p is supported at the heel by a pin g<3>, and at the toe by a roller q mounted at the upper end of a support q<1>, which is pivoted at q<2> upon the arm e<3>. This arm e<3> terminates in a sector e<7>, on to which a corresponding sector q<3> may be pressed by means of a lever q<5>, thus locking the last support in position. In operation, after the last with the upper r and insole s has been adjusted in the position shown in Fig. 1, the upper is pulled as usual, with pincers, over the insole and the loop of the wire i is passed round the pulledover portion, by depression of the treadle, the wire is drawn strongly and regularly against the raised lip s' of the insole. For manufacturing boots &c. of less importance, the stirrup h is lifted off its bearings, and the last may be brought into any desired position.
Patent GB-190713649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Closing the Orifices of Valves, Cocks, Containers, and the like.
Inventor: LEIGH EMMA
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 13,649. Leigh, E. June 13. Lift valves; seats.-A valve for hot or cold water or steam, or a stopper for a petrol or other container, comprises a tubular head a, Figs. 2 and 4, of thin yielding metal, preferably copper, which is capable of being pressed into intimate contact with a conical seating e to form a tight joint. The head a is connected to the screw spindle d of the valve, as shown in Fig. 2, or otherwise, or to the screw cap k of the container so as to be readily renewed. The conical seating may be formed upon the valve spindle or upon the cap or the like, and the tubular head placed on the valve seating or on the container.
Patent GB-190716002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Liquid Seal Shaft Packings.
Filed: 1907-07-11
Granted: 1908-07-13
Abstract: 16,002. Warwick Machinery Co., and Ahlquist, K. July 11. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-A turbine or other shaft ia packed by a liquid pressure created by the action of screwthreads. In the packing shown in Fig. 1, a sleeve a secured on the shaft is formed d with screwthreads, which are of opposite inclination on opposite sides of the central space e. The casing c is formed with threads internally, these threads being of opposite inclinations to those on the sleeve a. Water is supplied to the space e, and the action of the threads is to drive the water back to the space e. The pressure surfaces of the threads are formed square.
Patent GB-190718205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Pane Fasteners
Inventor: OLSON MARTIN ALFRED
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 18,205. Olson, M. A. Aug. 12. Glazing windows.-A rubber strip 5, Figs. and 3, the section of which is a right-angled triangle, is grooved to receive a galvanized metal strip 9. The compound strip is fastened to the sash bar by screws passing through holes 13.
Patent GB-190722481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Electric Motors.
Filed: 1906-10-13
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 22,481. Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges. Oct. 13, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches; motor control systems.-In a control system for motors, the coil of an electro-magnetic switch energized by the line potential may be short - circuited by an electro - magnetic device actuated by the armature potential. The switch in opening interrupts the circuit of the electromagnetic device, and inserts resistance or completes a shunt braking-circuit. The actuating-coil 14 of the switch 15 is connected with the resistance 13 across the line conductors 19, 19<1>. The switch when closed short-circuits the section 18 of the starting-resistance 12, and also connects the actuating-coil 20 of a second electro-magnetic switch to the motor brushes through the contacts 22. This second switch carries an arm to bridge the contacts 21 and so short-circuit the coil 14. When the controller is first operated, the spring contact 11 slides on the wing contact 11<1>, and the fingers 10, 10<1> are also in contact. This closes a circuit from line 19 through contacts 10, 10<1>, 11<1>, 11, part of resistance 13, and the actuating-coil 14 to line 19'. The switch 15 is then closed to short circuit the resistance 18 and to complete the circuit of the coil 20. A further movement of the controller inserts the remainder of the resistance 13 in circuit with the coil 14, the current being sufficient to maintain the switch 15 closed, but not to close it if it opens for any cause. The controller is then in the position employed to run the motor at a low speed under light load. If the motor speed becomes too high, the current in the coil 20 becomes large enough to cause the arm to bridge the contacts 21. As the coil 14 is then short-circuited, the switch 15 opens and inserts the resistance 18 into the motor circuit. For greatly varying loads, the switch 15 may be arranged to connect a braking-resistance in shunt to the armature when the starting-resistance is out out. This arrangement may also be combined with that shown in Fig. 1. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the operation of the switch 15 short-circuits the first step 18 of the starting-resistance, and connects the braking- resistance 24 across the armature 1. The coil 20 may be energized by the fall of potential on a resistance or on the field coil 2 as shown in Fig. 4, and'its armature is normally bridging the contacts 21. When the controller is moved to its first position, the coil 20 attracts its armature, thus breaking the circuit of the coil 14 before the switch 15 can be actuated. As the speed rises, the current in the coil 20 diminishes until its armature is released to bridge the contacts 21. The switch 15 connects the braking-resistance 24 across the armature, and also closes its maintaining circuit through the contacts 22. To open the switch 15, the controller must be moved back to its initial position. The same method of energizing the coil 20 may be employed in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190726908-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic Transmission Device for Vehicles (Automobiles, Ships or the like) Driven by Motor Power.
Inventor: HUBER CARL
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 26,908. Huber, C. Dec. 5. Turbines.-In power systems for propelling automobiles, ships, &c., a centrifugal pump, driven by any suitable motor, is so arranged that it may deliver directly on to a forward or reverse turbine, and may be so controlled as to deliver on to the turbines at a variable distance from their shafts. Fig. 1 shows a system applied to an antomobile, in which the centrifugal pump b is fixed to the propeller shaft a and delivers liquid to one or other of the turbines e, d arranged on the live axle or on a countershaft c, according as a forward or reverse motion is desired. The pump may have several delivery orifices corresponding with the concentric rings 1, 2, 3, 4 on the turbine wheels, and slide valves k, shown in Fig. 1<a>, control the delivery orifices of the pump. Fig. 2 shows a system in which an axially-movable pump b has only one delivery orifice, and an auxiliary device comprising a pump f and turbine-wheel g is fitted to reduce the high velocity of the pump b. In order to reduce the high velocity of the driving-shaft, the turbine-wheels may be arranged horizontally and may drive the shaft through worm gearing, as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows the application of the invention to the propulsion of ships using ordinary steam turbines ; in such cases the separate reversing steam turbine is unnecessary.