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Patent GB-190502192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Silk.
Inventor: LACROIX GEORGES DESIRE
Filed: 1905-02-03
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 2192. Lacroix, G. D. Feb. 6. 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose, non-fibrous; nitrocellulose.-Artificial silk is prepared from nitrocellulose containing from 35 to 45 per cent of water, which dissolves in a mixture of ether and alcohol containing a smaller proportion of ether than is necessary with the kinds of nitrocellulose usually employed. The nitro-cellulose is obtained by draining and slightly pressing the washed nitrocellulose, or by completely drying it and afterwards mixing with it the required quantity of water.
Patent GB-190506555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vices and in Fittings for use therewith
Inventor: TATTON FREDERICK THOMAS JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 6555. Tatton, F. T. J. March 28. Drilling.-Vices and vice-fittings for field, railway, or telegraph work are made so that the vice may be attached to a bench, a wheel or the tailboard of a wagon, and the fittings to a drill post, and also to a rail, for drilling fish-plates, or to a bench, wagon, or fence for other drilling work. The base of the vice is formed of two pieces of angle-iron a, riveted to the fixed jaw b at one end, and to a stop c at the other end, which supports the screw for traversing the jaw e. The vice may be screwed or clamped to the bench &c., or slide in a sleeve f, which swivels on an arm h of a bench clamp, on the surface l of which the vicebase may rest. The vice may be clamped by a wing-nut j<1> and a square-necked T-headed bolt i, the bole in the sleeve being shaped so that the bolt can be dropped therein, to make the upper surface of the head flush with the bottom of the grooves in the sleeve, when it is required to slide the vice. For use as a drill stand, the vice is removed from the sleeve, and its base is clamped by nuts p and bolts n passing through a pillar m to a bracket o, the vice-jaws being clamped to the bench &c.
Patent GB-190507715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Flow of Liquids in Pipes.
Inventor: KENT WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 7715. Kent, W. G. April 11. Liquid meters. - Recording - apparatus for Venturi meters comprises two floats working in chambers connected to the throat and up-stream part of the Venturi tube. The floats actuate the differential gear operating the recording and integrating mechanism. The tracing-pen and integrating-wheel are both mounted on a single carriage, supported by a single rack or equivalent arrangement in order that the zeros of the integrating-apparatus and the diagram may coincide. Fig. 1 shows the water tubes or chambers a, b connected to the up-stream part and throat of the Venturi tube. The floats a<2>, b<2> work in these chambers and are connected to the balance weights a<4>, b<4>, the connecting-cords passing over the pulleys c and operating, through differential gear, a pulley d<3>. This works a rack e on the rod e', which is connected to the carriage f, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. An arm f<2> on this carriage supports a pen f<3> adapted to trace a diagram on the clock-driven drum g. A second arm f<4> on the carriage engages a groove h<1> in a sleeve h free to move on a pivoted frame h<2>. The sleeve carries a wheel h<5> engaging the integrating- cylinder i, the portion i<1> of which is raised. The bottom of the frame supports a spindle k driven by clock-work and having a pinion k<3> on it engaging the wheel e actuating the counter. When the roller is on the raised portion i of the clockwork-driven cylinder i, the pinion k<3> is in gear with the wheel l, but, when it is not on the raised part, the frame h<2> is turned about its pivot by a spring and the pinion k<3> is taken out of engagement with the wheel l, the arrangement being similar to that described in Specification No. 13,566, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190508639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milling Tools
Inventor: NORTHUP SILAS WHEELOCK
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 8639. Northup, S. W. Apri 22. Cutters.-A tool 7 for milling the prongs of the settings of fingerrings has an interchangeable guiding- point 12 to take into the central holes of the settings. The point has a conical end 10, a threaded shank 11, and a shoulder to abut against the end of the tool 7.
Patent GB-190513914-A (GB)
Inventor: CONNELL JAMES TAYLOR
Filed: 1905-07-06
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 13,914. Connell, J. T., Haldane, F. F., and Thomson, J. July 6. Foul waters and refuse, treating.-' Pot-ale' or spent wash from distilleries, breweries, and like works is concentrated to a syrup and either injected into a furnace as liquid fuel or mixed with pulverized coal, dross, cinders, peat, or similar material or briquetted with such material. When it is used as a liquid fuel, the furnace is first made hot with coal, oil, or other fuel. Steam or steam and air may be used to inject the pot-ale, which is suitable for use at sea.
Patent GB-190516010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atmospheric Gas or Vapour Burners.
Inventor: BARCLAY CECIL HERBERT
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 16,010. Barclay, C. H. Aug. 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Atmospheric gas and vapour burners. - A series of wire-gauze or like partitions care arranged in the mixing- chamber a of an atmospheric gas or vapour burner, so as to conduct heat from the metal to the mixture and prevent lighting-back. Hollow ribs d, which may extend the length of the burner when the latter is in the form of a plate, as shown in section in Fig. 2, or which may be circular as in Fig. 4, are formed on the walls of the burner and are provided with nozzles c for the issuing gas. By the use of partitions the gas is made to burn uniformly from top to bottom of the burner, and the ribs give increased amount of heat to the walls.
Patent GB-190517807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Creasing or Folding, Severing and Delivery Mechanism applicable to Printing and like Machines.
Filed: 1905-09-02
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 17,807. Lamson Paragon Supply Co., [Bailey, W. T.]. Sept. 2. Folding paper; delivery apparatus; cutting-apparatus.-In a machine for folding or creasing, cutting, &c. paper, more particularly for use with a printing-machine, the web, 1, before passing to cylin - ders 2, 3 having folding- blades 4 and cam-actuated folding-grippers 5, is led past t a n eccentricallyrevolving bar 14, which either causes or regulates a certain amount of slack in the web just before the folding operation. Cutting - knives 16 and corresponding recesses 17 are also provided, and when the folding-devices are in operation camoperated needles are also used just behind the cutting-blades to carry the front of the severed web a short distance round the cylinder 2, the grippers 5 then carrying the sheet fold first to the tapes 60. If the folding- devices are not in use, the sheets pass along tapes 59 to the tapes 60. A fly 25, suitably reciprocated by mechanism driven from the main shaft 38, then piles the sheets on a band 26, between side guides 27<a> and a front guide 27. After a certain predetermined number of sheets has been deposited, the front stop 27, which is carried adjustably on bars 28, pivoted on a shaft 40, is lifted by a lever 42, actuated from a crank 41 on a shaft 43 which gets its motion in any suitable manner from the main shaft 38. At the same time, the belt 26 is shifted forward a short distance by the pawl 51 and ratchetwheel 52, operated by a cam 45 and spring 64. A pawl 57, by engaging with a ratchet-wheel 56, prevents the belt 26 from moving too far. Other suitable mechanism may be employed to work the stop 27 and the belt 26.
Patent GB-190521839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Separation of Metals from their Ores.
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 21,839. Saunders, R. E., and S, O. S. Syndicate. Oct. 26. Feeding - devices. - Powdered ore is fed to a separating-apparatus from a hopper J, furnished with a hinged flap J' by which the opening can be regulated. The material passes on to a travelling band K, on which it is evenly distributed by a sliding plate J<2> on the front of the hopper and thence to the apparatus. Another form is shown in Fig. 5, in which the hopper J is furnished with distributing-blades J<3>, the position of which can be regulated by means of the handle J<4>.
Patent GB-190600116-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Puzzle
Inventor: JACOB FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-02
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 116. Jacob, F. W. Jan. 2. Puzzles.-The object of the puzzle is to engage and disengage a flexible loopf, from a spiral coil of wire a, which may be fixed by means of staples c to a cardboard base b, and at its inner end e is bent or formed with a bead to prevent a ring d or the like from becoming disengaged from the coil a. The loop f is preferably threaded through a card g to render the puzzle more difficult. The base b is preferably formed with a central aperture h. The base b may be dispensed with, in which case the outer end of the spiral is connected to the adjacent coil of the spiral. The aperture h is preferably of polygonal shape, and a representation of a spider's web is preferably printed on the base b, in which case the sides of the coil a may be straight and parallel to the sides of the apertures h. The face of the base b may receive advertising matter, and the -part-g may represent a national badge, personage, or some representation, as a fly or spider, consistent with the marking on the base b; or it may represent a commercial commodity such as a tin of cocoa &c.
Patent GB-190603599-A (GB)
Title: A Reversible Turbine Wheel or Drum.
Inventor: LEWIS ISAIAH
Filed: 1906-04-20
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 3599. L e w i s , I., and Bodger, J. April 20. Impact-wheels are constructed as shown. The motive fluid enters a long channel H at A, and exhausts at C. For reversing, two similar wheels, adapted to rotate in opposite directions, are mounted on the same shaft.
Patent GB-190604013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hat Pins
Inventor: LILLEY FLORENCE MARY
Filed: 1906-02-17
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 4013. Lilley, F. M. Feb. 17. Pins, dress and like.-A hat-pin is formed with two or more prongs A, A<1> which are waved, corrugated, or bent, either for a portion of or throughout their entire length, so that the waved bends a of the one prong are parallel with those of the other prong. The head B may be either made integrally with the prongs A, A', or attached thereto, as shown at a'.
Patent GB-190614818-A (GB)
Title: A Composition for Dipping or Pouring Sheep, Goats, Dogs and other Animals.
Inventor: HUME JOHN GORDON
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 14,818. Hume, J. G. June 30. Sheep and other animals, dipping and washing. - -Ammonio-mercuric chloride (white precipitate, NH2HgCl) or other ammonio-mercuric compound resulting from the union of a mercuric salt with ammonia is used with or without the addition of soft soap, methylated spirit, and the like, for dipping or pouring sheep, goats, dogs, and other animals. The following mixture is mentioned in the Specification : mercuric chloride and common salt mixed with liquid ammonia, methylated spirit, and soft soap.
Patent GB-190615025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilation Doors for Mines.
Inventor: BOWMAN NEWTON KIBLER
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 15,025. Bowman, N. K. June 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901].. Ventilating mines.- Relates to ventilating- doors for'mines, such as described in Specifications No. 1223, A.D. 1899, No. 15,124, A.D. 1901, and d No. 840, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Mining &c.], which are opened by the passing cars. The flexible door 1, mounted in framework 2, is opened by the rocking of bars 10 fixed to. levers 6, 11, pivoted at 8 to the braces 4 and provided with arms 12 carrying adjustable counterweights 13. A rock - shaft 14 carries arms 15 connected to the levers 6 by links 16, which are adjustable in length by means of turnbuckles 17 and also adjustable on the levers 6 and arms 15, and which are provided with spring connexions 37. The rock-shaft 14 is provided with a crank-arm 22 coupled by means of an adjustable bar 23 to parallel arms 22 fixed to rock-shafts 19, 21, which are connected to a depressible rail 18, Fig. 3, by links. When the rail 18, Fig. 1, is depressed, the arms 19, 14, 21 are rocked, actuating the arms 15 and levers 6 which rock the bars 10 to open the door 1. To render the door operative from both sides, similar rock-shafts 29, 30, 31 are connected to the rail 18 on the other side of the door, and are provided with arms 22 coupled together by a bar 32 which is connected to the bar 23 by links 28, 26, 27<a>. The rock-shafts 19, 14, &c. are mounted in brackets 34, Fig. 3, pivoted at 36 to supports 35, which fit between the sleepers so that the shafts oscillate about the pivots 36, thus rendering the apparatus more sensitive.
Patent GB-190620239-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hook for use in Drawing the Warp-threads through the Reeds employed in Looms for Weaving
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 20,239. Felten & Guilleaume-Lahmeyerwerke Akt. - Ges. May 1, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Weavers' tools. - A hook for drawing warp threads through a loom reed is constructed to advance gradually along the reed as it is used. A springy blade a, Fig. 1, with a notch a<1>, Fig. 4, for the warp thread and with projections a<2>, a<3>, is held between plates b, b<1> secured to a tang-piece c. The blade a is beat at a<4> to engage a hole b<4>, Fig. 6, in the plate b, the plate b<1> is similarly bent at b<5> to engage the hole a<5>, and the projections a<2>, a<3> are received in the holes b<2>, b<3>. While passing the blade a through a split in the reed, the adjacent bar is forced between the blade a and the blade b, and passes to the space between the blades b, b<1>. During the return movement, the bar passes out between the blade a and the plate b<1>, so that the hook is then in the next split in the reed.
Patent GB-190620635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Transferring Coal, Grain, Sand and similar Materials from Barges to Vessels or to and from other Structures or Receptacles Afloat or Ashore.
Inventor: SCHENCK CHARLES STEWART
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 20,635. Schenck, C. S. Sept. 17. Loading and unloading; conveyers; shoots.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 16,611, A.D. 1888, for transferring c o a l &c. to and from vessels or other depositories, in which longitudinal scraper conveyers convey the material to inclined elevators discharging into a distributing-hopper, and comprises a special form of push-plate and chain attachment, means for feeding the material to the push-plate conveyer, and actuating-means for the distributing-hopper, adapted to feed several discharge shoots. The push-plates D<1> have notches d in the ends for receiving the links e of two conveyer chains, and equivalent holes in the middle part for receiving the links e of one or more central chains. The links are strengthened by plates b drawn against the rear faces of the pushplates so as also to lessen the wear on the edges of the notches. The lower end of each push-plate is inclined forward so that the coal bearing upon it tends to hold it in place. The form of push-plate described in the above-mentioned Specification may also be employed. The conveyer troughs or casings have at intervals arched housings K, under which the gate L is drawn on operating the pinion U, engaging the rack V, by means of the hand-wheel W mounted on the tubular shaft T. When the barge &c. is being laden, the doors L, together with the wheels M and tracks N, are drawn up flush with the housings K by rotating a shaft R passing down the tubular shaft. The extremity of this shaft is screwed into a block connected by links to two pairs of pivoted cams 0 arranged beneath the tracks N. The delivery hopper F is suspended at E<2> and is capable of being swung into the positions, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, to coincide with the upper ends of one of the shoots N fixed in the plate Y. The hopper is moved by the gearing shown from the handwheel h, or by a link attached at one end to the hopper and at the other to some eccentric point on the disk H.
Patent GB-190628261-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Heating Brewers' Wort.
Inventor: NATHAN LEOPOLD
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 28,261. Nathan, L. Dec. 29, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Heating liquids.-In addition to heating wort by means of steam coils or their equivalent, an electric heater of high temperature is suspended or otherwise arranged in the copper. The electric heater or the wort may be agitated.
Patent GB-190707637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Filaments for Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1907-03-30
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 7637. Lake, H. H., [Parker-Clark Electric Co.]. March 30. Silicon.-To coat electric-lamp filaments of carbon with silicon, they are flashed in a gaseous mixture containing a silicon compound, such as the tetrachloride, a hydrocarbon, such as methane, a reagent, such as ethylene, mercury, sodium, or potassium, which has a greater affinity for hydrochloric acid than has silicon, carbon, or a combination of these elements, and, if a silicon deposit free from carbon is required, an oxygen-containing gas such as carbon dioxide. The ethylene or the like must be present in sufficient quantity to combine with all the hydrochloric acid formed, which would otherwise prevent the deposition of silicon.
Patent GB-190712311-A (GB)
Title: Guide for Glass-cutters
Inventor: PAZIO GUSTAV
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 12,311. Pazio, G. May 28. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cutting glass. - Relates to a holder for glass cutters. A flat piece of wood is divided into two parts a, b which are pivoted to one another by a bolt c. One end of a helical spring f is fixed to the part b, and the other end to a worm-wheel e which can be rotated by a screw h. The tension thus set up in the spring f tends to turn the part b about the bolt c, the movement being limited by a pin d. The cutter is fixed to a plate c pivoted to a piece j, which can be rocked on pins k by a screw m engaging a toothed arc at the back of the piece j. The plate o can also be rocked about its pivot by a screw q engaging the toothed end v of the plate o. In use, the apparatus is laid flat upon the glass, and drawn along the straight edge. The angle of the cutter is adjusted by screws m, q, and the pressure of it upon the glass by a screw h.
Patent GB-190713603-A (GB)
Title: Expansion Apparatus Provided with a Stop Valve for Fluid Under Pressure.
Filed: 1907-06-12
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 13,603. Soc. Francaise des Wagons AÚrothermiques. July 2,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pressure-regulating valves.-Relates to expansion apparatus for cooling &c. in which a valve is held on its seat by the pressure of the fluid and of a spring capable of regulation, the valve stem being moved in the opposite direction by an exterior force acting through an elastic fluid-tight membrane and a pushpiece. The apparatus is particularly applicable to apparatus such as that described in Specification No. 4734, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Cooling &c.], in which the valve, when operated by electrical or mechanical means, automatically arrests the expansion of the fluid, as, for instance, when the compressor ceases to work. A casing is divided by a partition into two compartments fitted with an inlet pipe 3 and an outlet pipe 4 respectively. The two compartments communicate with each other by means of an opening 5, through which passes a stem 6. The stem 6, which may be hollowed out at the point where it passes through the partition, carries a valve formed by a cup-shaped shoulder 8 containing packing. The valve is pressed by a spring 13 against a rim 10 around the opening 5. The spring 13 bears against the partition and against an adjustable nut 12 on the stem. The stem bears at its upper end against a flexible diaphragm which is secured between the edges of the cover 16 and a diaphragm 17. A pushpiece 18, operated by the core of a solenoid &c., passes through the cover 16 and bears against the diaphragm 17.
Patent GB-190720214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans and Pumps.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
Filed: 1907-09-10
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 20,214. Davidson, S. C. Sept. 10. Centrifugal pumps.-The blades of centrifugal fans and pumps are twisted or otherwise formed so that the delivery edges at the ends furthest from the intake are set in advance, in the direction of rotation, of the delivery edges at the ends nearest the intake. The invention is shown applied to fans of the type described in Specification No. 4609, A.D. 1898. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 5, each blade is curved so that the delivery edge advances and the intake edge recedes from the intake end c to the further end b. Fig. 2 shows a construction in which the blades are divided. The separate parts are not twisted as in the preceding construction but the delivery edges of the second part a<2> are set in advance of those of the first part a<3>. The blades may be of any suitable section. The blades a<3>, a<2>, Fig. 2, are of flat and curved section respectively. In double intake fans or pumps, the middle portions of the delivery edges are set forward.
Patent GB-190720282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sighting Devices for Guns
Inventor: SCHANZ FRIEDRICH ALBIN
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 20,282. Schanz, F. A. Sept. 11. Sights.-In sighting-devices of the type having a mirror a, Figs. 1 and 3, in place of the usual fore-sight, and a bright mark g, Fig. 5, at the back of the barrel, a small black disk d, Fig. 3, is secured to the mirror and the back mark is made of such size that its image appears larger than the disk, so that in taking aim the disk can be centred on the white image as shown in Fig. 6. The disk d may be entirely on the mirror or may project above as shown in Fig. 3, and the back mark may be circular or triangular, and may have projections as shown in Fig. 5. The device for producing the back mark g is of the usual construction consisting of an opaque plate f, Figs. 4 and 5, having an opening or transparent part g through which light is reflected by a prism e, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190722244-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Treating the Films of Photographic Negatives or the like.
Inventor: LEES SPENCE
Filed: 1907-10-09
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 22,244. Lees, s. Oct. 9. Sensitized plates and films ; printing ;finishing.- To avoid the necessity of drying the film of a negative after washing, a very thin sheet of transparent celluloid is squeezed on to it, and printing can then take place at once, after which the celluloid sheet may be stripped off, or left on the film as a protective covering. Specifications No. 1367, A.D. 1877, No. 24,750, AD. 1898, and Nos. 25,942 and 28,793, A.D. 1902, are referred to.
Patent GB-190722846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Type Distributing Devices.
Inventor: KUTSCHBACH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 22,846. Kutschbach, W. Oct. 16. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Type, distributing.-The funnels a of channels for hand distribution are provided with a guide f for preventing twisting of the types, and with a hinged side c adjustable by means of a screw counterweight d to set the channel opening for any width of type.