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Patent GB-190613667-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Recording the Position of Distant Signals on Railways.
Inventor: DONNERSBERG SIGMUND
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 13,667. Donnersberg, S. June 14. Recording signals.-The position of a semaphore or like signal is recorded on a chart fixed to a clockwork-driven revolving drum by a pair of marking- points attached to a sliding carriage which is rocked so as to bring the second point into contact with the paper when the signal is operated. The clockwork is wound by the actuation of the signal, and arrangements are made to prevent damage by overwinding due to frequent use of the signal. The signal is connected by a chain passing over the chain-wheel 13 to the apparatus, shown in Fig. 1. The chain-wheel is loose on the shaft 12, which has a square end for key-winding and has fixed on it a ratchet 16 engaged by a spring pawl 17 in a hollow in the wheel 13 so that motion of the latter in the direction of the arrow 1 winds the clock spring in the barrel 18, which drives the shaft 11 one revolution per hour by means of gearing. In order to prevent damage to the spring by overwinding, the end of the spring is fixed to a second stronger spring, of which the other end engages in notches in the barrel, in which it adjusts itself if the tension becomes excessive. The recording-drum 21 is slipped on to the shaft 11 and is held by the spring 22 and a pivoted latch which engages a neck at the free end of the shaft. The recording-points are carried on the lever 39, which slides along the square bar 38 under the action of the screw 36 on the projecting toe 41. The rod 38 is rocked when the signal is operated by means of the pin 47 on the wheel 13 engaging a notch 48 in the disk 45, causing a pin 46 on the latter either to lift, or to allow to fall under the action of the spring 52, a lever 44 fixed on the bar 38. A spring 49 keeps the point 43, which may be a black pencil, continually in contact with the drum 21, thus tracing a helix on the chart. The point 40, which may be a colouredink nib, only marks the chart for such time as the signal is at 'clear.' Specification No. 3213, A.D. 1873, is referred to.
Patent GB-190615830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Wheels of Motor and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WALTON FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-07-12
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 15,830. Walton, F. July 12. Disk wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to a construction of wheel for vehicles of the type described in Specification No. 15,505, A.D. 1905, which are adapted to be utilized on existing motor and other road vehicles without increasing the width of the wheel base. The invention is shown applied to the driving- wheel of a motor-omnibus, which comprises a flanged disk A formed with a recess D to receive the cushion F, a bridge-piece G resting upon the cushion and connected to the vehicle body by tubular rods H or other devices. In a modification which shows the application to the steering-wheel of a motoromnibus, the cushion is located within a recess formed on the inner side of the wheel in the manner described in Specification No. 12,248, A.D. 1906. The cushion may be stationary and be provided with ball, roller, or other bearings as shown in Fig. 2, or, according to the Provisional Specification, the cushion may rotate with the wheel, the ball bearings being then inserted between the cushion and a shoe carried by the supporting bracket. The tyres may be cased by circular grooved rims attached to the periphery by a flange bolted or otherwise fixed to the wheel. These bolts may also extend through the rims and tyres, or the tyres may be secured by screws passing through the base of the wheel flange.
Patent GB-190619945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Storage Batteries.
Inventor: BOYLE JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 19 945. Boyle, J., and Hartley, H. Sept. 7. Secondary batteries. - The positive plates a are made from compressed powdered lead which may be obtained by precipitation from lead acetate by means of zinc; these plates may be enclosed in perforated lead envelopes. The negative plates b consist of compressed powdered lead mixed with powdered copper or a copper alloy such as brass, and entirely en closed within envelopes of copper or brass gauze ; these plates are e produced by cutting and folding a sheet of gauze to the required size and shape, inserting the powdered material therein, and finally securing the gauze along its edges by wire sewing &c. The plates are separated by perforated corrugated sheets c of ebonite, celluloid, &c. According to the Provisional Specification, the positive plates may have perforated lead plates embedded therein, or may be made of lead oxide mixed or not with powdered lead, and the negative plates may have perforated brass sheets or gauze embedded therein.
Patent GB-190619958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blouses and like Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: FRENCH JOSEPHINE MARY
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 19,958. French, J. M. Sept. 7. Blouses.-To facilitate putting on, a blouse of the kind that fastens at the back has no fastenings between hooks and eyes F at the neck and tapes G at the waist. The undergarments are covered by a flap D made integrally with, or detachable from, one half B of the back, the flap underlying the other back half C. A shoulder strap E, armhole, or hook &c. fastening is provided on the flap D, to keep it stretched over the back. Where transparent or open material is used for the blouse, the parts B, D may be lined with the same lining; or the part D may be extended to form a complete lining for the blouse.
Patent GB-190629276-A (GB)
Title: Improved Telephone Apparatus
Inventor: FRIEDLAENDER ALBERT
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 29,276. Friedlõnder, A. Sept. 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Primary batteries. -The parts of a telephone set suitable for household use are compactly arranged as shown on a single switchboard. The battery b is provided with fixed or spring pole strips f which make contact with terminal pieces on the board d, the battery being secured in place by a holder e, or by clamps or the like.
Patent GB-190629736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: SHERER FRANK Z
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 29,736. Sherer, F. Z. Dec. 31. Water - tube boilers. - Boilers having a steam and water drum at the front and back, and an intermediate. steam drum 18, are fitted with sectional headers 10. The headers may be sinuous ; or they may be plain and inclined laterally.
Patent GB-190700965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Paraffine Candles.
Inventor: AGOSTINI GUISEPPE
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 965. Agostini, G. Jan. 14. Candles.-In order to increase the stiffness of candles made of paraffin or of paraffin aud stearin, a lead salt is added to the molten wax. The salt is prepared preferably by dissolving lead in nitric acid and precipitating with carbonic acid. The lead carbonate is made into a paste with linseed oil, nut oil, or other fatty substance before being added to the molten wax.
Patent GB-190702807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' and Analogous Berths
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 2807. Hoskins & Sewell, and Johnson, C. Feb. 5. Berths ; couches ; mattresses; seats ; ; settees.-Relates to berths for ships, dormitories, railway carriages &c., and to couches, seats, settees, &c. of the type having a main bottom frame provided with a folding or turn-down extension, so that they can accommodate either one or two persons, the wire or other mattress fabric being in a single piece, a part of which is adapted to be folded down along with the extension. The object of the invention is to. provide means for supporting and stretching the mattress fabric when the extension is turned down, such means also serving to secure and brace the extension when the latter is in the horizontal position. The main section a of the bottom frame is formed of three angle-iron bars a<1>, a<2>, a', and may be slidably supported in brackets f<1>, f<2> on the bulkheads g &c. at the head and foot of the berth. The extension b is formed of three bars b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, and is connected by butt hinges c<1>, c<2> to the frame a. Secured to the frame a by means of brackets i<1>, i<2>, is a rail i, which lies at a sufficient distance below the mattress to prevent an occupant of the berth from resting upon it. Stays k, Figs. 1 and 4, pivoted to the rail i, are provided with forked ends adapted to embrace a bar j, which is carried by hangers j<1>, j<2>, Figs. 4 and 7, pivoted respectively to the bars b<1>, b<2> of the extension When the hangers j<1>, j<2> are in a vertical position, blocks j<3> at their pivoted ends abut against the insides of the angle-bars b<1>, b<2> and act as stops. The extension b is thus supported and braced in the horizontal position. When the extension is to be turned down, the stays k are swung back against the rail i, and the hangers j<1>, j<2> and bar are swung into a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 4, 7, and 8. and are supported by means of catches m, pivoted to the bars a<1>, a<2> of the frame a. When the extension b is turned down, the mattress-fabric is strained over the bar j. In the Provisional Specification, the hangers j<1>, j<2> carrying the bar are stated to be pivoted to the front section a, and the stays k to the folding extension.
Patent GB-190703469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ticket Issuing and Registering Machines.
Inventor: OHMER JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 3469. Ohmer, J. F., and Bridenbaugh, E. H. Feb. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act. 1901]. Drawings to Specification Omnibus and like tickets.-In an improved ticketissuing and recording machine of the type described in Specifications No. 8511, A.D. 1904, and Nos. 22,117 and 24,653, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Registering &c.], the tickets are stored in a roll and are previously printed with the names of stations, fares, direction of travel, dates, &c. in transverse columns, the corresponding punches being transversely adjustable in the machine.
Patent GB-190703524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Logs
Inventor: KLAPPROTH HEINRICH GEORG ALFRE
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 3524. Klapproth, H. G. A. Feb. 12. Logs and leeway indicators.-In ships' logs and speed indicators of the kind in which a plate is subjected to water pressure, an inelastic plate 1 is pivoted to a bracket 2 on a cylinder 7, and bears against a knife-edge 6 attached to the piston, from which the pressure is communicated by means of viscous oil or glycerin to a manometer which may be empirically graduated .to indicate speed.
Patent GB-190708543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Producing Metal for use in the Manufacture of what are known as Malleable Iron Castings and by the same Process the Production of such Castings.
Inventor: GALBRAITH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 8543. Galbraith, W. April 12. Bessemer or pneumatic processes.-Malleable iron for castings, or for further treatment in the production of malleable castings, is obtained by partly de-siliconizing ordinary pig iron in a converter in which a sufficiently high temperature is maintained, by injecting Mond gas and air above the surface of the charge, as described in Specification No. 23,293, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190711861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Packing for Stuffing Boxes or the like.
Inventor: FEARON WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 11,861. Fearon, W. May 22. Stuffing - boxes. - The packing consists of superposed compound sections, each consisting of an inner segmental metal ring 6 having a rounded outer surface acted on by fibrous rings 12; the whole is surrounded by a split india rubber ring 16. Each ring 6 is grooved to contain a split steel ring 10. The rings 12 may be formed with cores and may be secured to the outer rings 16.
Patent GB-190713510-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Freeing Gases from Solid or Liquid Particles with which they are Charged.
Inventor: SEPULCHRE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 13,510. Sepulchre, F. June 11. Impurities, separating from gases. -To free gases from dust or other solid and liquid particles, the gases are directed at a high speed in the form of thin streams against a layer of water or other liquid. The preferred form of apparatus comprises a vertical downtake a delivering into a bell chamber b having an outlet c for the purified gases. The distance of the lower extremity of the downtake above the level of the bath of liquid d is proportional to the speed imparted to the gases, by pressure or suction. A cone e causes the gases to take the form of a thin annular stream.
Patent GB-190721001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows.
Inventor: SHUTTLEWORTH JONATHAN
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 21,001. Shuttleworth, J. Sept. 21. Windows.-The parting and stop beads are movable in recesses in the frame to enable the sashes to swing inwards for cleaning &c. Fig. 3 shows a bead pressed outwards by springs s, held in brackets K provided with flanges k<1> which are fixed by screws to the frame. The bead is held in its retracted position by a catch V. Fig. 6 shows stop and parting beads B, C secured to the pocketpiece P, which is held in its retracted position by a catch T engaging with a cross-bar j in a hole p<1> in the packet-piece. Fig. 7 shows a pocket-piece P which is retracted by springs S and forced outwards by a cam-disk g operated by a handle from outside the frame. Fig. 9 shows a hinged bead C<1> connected to the parting bead B by a wire w so that when the bead C<1> is turned back the parting bead B is withdrawn into the frame.
Patent GB-190726564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spindle Footsteps for Spinning Frames.
Inventor: ASHWORTH THOMAS
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 26,564. Ashworth, T., and Whitely, B. Dec. 2. Lubricating; thrust and end-pressure bearings.- The footstep bearing of a spindle for spinning- machines consists of a a flanged step 3, of gunmetal or other suitable material, loosely fitted in the cylindrical oil-cup 1 fitted in the bottom rail. The step is centrally bored and the bottom is closed by a hardened steel plug 7, on the flat top of which the coned end of the spindle rests. As the spindle rotates, the grit &c. in the step is washed out with the oil through the radial holes 9 into the annular cavity at the bottom of the oil-cup.
Patent GB-190800868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrel Recoil Ordnance.
Inventor: HAYN GEORG
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 868. Hayn, G., and Koch, N. May 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907], Mountings.-In guns arranged to be loaded in the recoil position, and fired during the run-out, the trunnions are situated near the position occupied by the breech end of the gun just before run-out takes place. Fig. 2 shows the gun in its extreme run-out position. The cradle consists of a part E<1> which forms the recoil cylinder, and is above the gun, a part E which carries the trunnions e<3> and is below the gun, and a part e<2> which joins the parts E<1>, E and envelopes the gun F F'. The gun is provided with guide-pieces f<5>, f<2>, which during recoil' engage with slides e<6> e5 on the upper and lower portions of the cradle respectively. The mounting is shown supported on an automobile carriage, but it may be mounted upon an ordinary field carriage.
Patent GB-190801859-A (GB)
Title: Hygienic Trap Valve for Water Waste Pipes
Inventor: STONE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 1859. Stone, W., and Manuel, C. Jan. 28. Traps, valve. In order to prevent the entrance of foul gases or the like from the water-overflow pipe of a tank, cistern, &c., used for domestic purposes, the upper end of the pipe is provided with an upwardly-closing valve H, of gun-metal, brass, or india-rubber, operated by a float A as shown. When the water-level falls below the top of the pipe, the valve is closed by the weight of the float, thereby sealing the pipe. The valve is opened when the level rises above the pipe.
Patent GB-190803161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Metallic Tubing.
Inventor: BOWLEY WILLIAM HENRY KANZOW
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 3161. Bowley, W. H. K. Feb. i2. Flexible metal tubes of helically-wound metal strip with interlocking convolutions are strengthened by bending part of the strip over upon itself and inserting a continuous wire c at the bend. An additional strengthening-wire d may be fed into the bend f as the strip is being helically wound, or the wire d may be used without the wire c.
Patent GB-190804631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Appliances and Means for use in Supporting Detached Rims of Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: DOOLITTLE PERRY ERNEST
Filed: 1908-02-29
Granted: 1909-03-01
Abstract: 4631. Doolittle, P. E. Feb. 29. Building wheels.-A device for supporting a tyre-carrying rim 3 so that the tyre 4 may be manipulated when the rim is detached from the wheel comprises a frame or bar 1 with jaws 6, formed with recesses 6<a> to receive the rim, the inner one of which has a claw 8 adapted to co-operate with a second claw 7 to grip the wheel rim 2 when the lever 9 is screwed up. A preferably detachable pin 10, which enters the valve aperture in the felloes, is provided to facilitate the setting of the device. To allow the device to be also used as a vice for repairs, suitably-formed gripping-pieces 14, Fig. 2, which can be brought together by screwing-up the lever 9, are provided. More than one device may be used to hold the tyre-carrying rim. According to the Provisional Specification, the device may be fixed to structures other than wheels to support the rim 3.
Patent GB-190805387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-10
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 5387. Bloxam, A. G., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. March 10. Incandescent lamps.-Unfinished filaments consisting of a refractory metal mechanically combined with a ductile metal are mounted on their final supporting-frames, allowance being made for shrinkage if necessary, and current is passed through them to drive off the ductile metal. The frames and hooks are then cleaned mechanically or chemically, preferably by an acid which removes the deposit produced during heating but does not appreciably attack the filament. The raw filaments may be made by embedding the powdered refractory metal in the ductile metal, or by making an alloy of the two, or by encasing a rod of the former metal in the latter.
Patent GB-190809462-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Feeding Cartridge Shells or Cases so that they may be Presented One by One in Any Position
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 9462. Nobel's Explosives Co., and Hodge, H. D. May 1. Cartridge-loading machines and apparatus.- Relates to means for feeding cartridge cases so that they may be presented one by one in any desired position. Cartridge cases are placed head downwards on an inclined plane a so that they slide down to a rotating disk b, which carries them round to a guideway c. An irregularly toothed disk d, driven by a belt d<2> from the main spindle b<1>, moves back some of the shells and prevents jamming. A regularly toothed wheel f driven by a crossed-belt f <2> feeds the shell forward at a definite rate. Cartridges that miss the guideway c are carried round by the disk b against a fence e inclined downwards towards the centre of the disk, which fence causes the disks to return towards the circumference, where they pass forward underneath the fence. The extension of the guideway c may be bent so as to deliver the cartridges in any desired position. At the end of the guideway, there is a distributing- device comprising a gate g' and fingers g mounted on a bracket g<2>, reciprocated up and down by a spring-controlled lever g<3> and a cam h.
Patent GB-190810207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hose Couplings.
Inventor: GOLD EDWARD ETHEL
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 10,207. Gold, E. E. March 14, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Couplings, disconnectible. -A locking-device for brake-pipe couplings comprises a lever pivoted to the coupler-body, the arm L of the lever being attached by a chain K to the car body. When the parts are coupled, the weight of the couplers causes the arm M of the locking-lever to press on the arm B of the coupling- member, retaining it in the coupling position. The weight of the couplers is taken off the chains K when the couplers are raised considerably above the level of the coupled position, as in uncoupling or the pulling-apart of the carriages, so that the arm M ceases to press on the arm B. A spring may be used tending to retain the lever in the locking position, the lever being moved clear during the coupling and uncoupling operations by a handgrip on the arm L. In a modification, Figs. 10 and 11, the locking-lever is capable of vertical and h orizontal movements, the chain K<1>, being attached to the car body to one side of the point of attachment of the hose-pipe, Fig. 3. The weight of the coupler causes the chain to move the arm M<1> laterally over the arm B of the other coupler, an inclined projection R being provided against which the arm M' acts whereby the vertical movement of the lever L is converted into a lateral movement. Springs may be provided to move the locking-arms out of the way during the coupling operation ; or the arms M may have cam-surfaces so that they are moved clear by contacting with the parts B on coupling. The movement of the arms M, M<1> is limited by contact with the coupler-body so that the uncoupled members are supported slightly below the coupling position by the chains, which may be adjustable in length and may have a spring W tending to shorten the length of the chain.
Patent GB-190810935-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Constructing Buildings.
Inventor: MARSHALL GEORGE MILLER
Filed: 1908-05-20
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 10,935. Marshall, G. M. May 20. Shafts are built of hollow blocks 29 having their top and bottom surfaces grooved for the reception of ironstone composition or like binders which may consist of simple lengths or of frames of circular, square, or angular shape according to the crosssection of the shaft being built.
Patent GB-190810993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bending and Straightening Metal Bars and Beams.
Filed: 1908-03-27
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 10,993. Arthur, N. S., and Arthur Patent Roller Bending Machine Co. March 27. Bending; straightening. -A roller bending or straightening machine for girders or beams has separate rolls for the web and the flanges, the former being of adjustable length so as to suit girders of different widths. Fig. 1 shows in elevation a machine having two rolls b, g for the flanges, and four rolls c, d, e, f for the web. All except the rolls e, f are vertically adjustible. Fig. 3 shows one of the web rolls which are made with disk-like ends e<2>, e<3>, the latter capable of being slid in or out by a handle e<5> working a screw e<4>.
Patent GB-190811036-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Actuating Dock Gates and the like.
Inventor: WRIGHTSON THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 11,036. Wrightson, Sir T., Wrightson, T. G., and Ringquist, J. M. May 21. Docks.-A dock gate is provided with a roller carried by the bottom girder near the meeting post and running upon a circular track p, and on the inner face of this track rack teeth p<1> are cut, which engage with a pinion q operated by a capstan r<1>. The gate is constructed of horizontal plates a of trough-section, which may be connected together so as to form water-tight chambers a', Fig. 7. The heel post is formed of vertical plates d, d', Fig. 6, and timbers e, and is covered by a cap k, Fig. 4, in a casting l connected by rods P to anchor plates l<2>. According to the Provisional Specification, water-tight chambers or tanks may be attached to the gate.