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Patent GB-190624529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dust-laying Compositions also applicable for Road Making Purposes.
Inventor: WOOF THOMAS
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 2 4 , 5 2 9. Woof, T., and Murphy, T. Nov. 2. Roads and ways, making; asphalt paving.-An insoluble composition containing an oil or tar, together with small proportions of pitch or bitumen, is used for laying dust or as a road-making material for macadam &c. roads, either alone or in combination with the soluble mixture described in Specification No. 16,611, A.D. 1906. The consistency of the composition is varied by the addition of asphalt, resin, and cement. The composition may be used in conjunction with calcium, magnesium, or other chloride. Tar-oil, oil-tar, green oil, shale oil, crude oil, black fluxing oil, and petroleum are mentioned as suitable oily constituents. A binding-material, for example plaster of paris, gum, glycerine, sulphur, size, glue, shellac, alum, flour, or ammonia, and, in addition, lime, lead oxide, a drier, and gutta-percha or indiarubber, may also be added. The mixture is applied hot when necessary. The mixture may be combined with a road-making material, preferably one containing bitumen, cement, sand, clinker or slag, sawdust, and fibrous material, together with gravel.
Patent GB-190625332-A (GB)
Title: Deformable Skip or Hoisting Bucket or Sack.
Filed: 1906-11-09
Abstract: 25,332. Soc. Veuve C. DÞcle et Cie. Nov. 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Hooks.-A receptacle a of flexible material is suspended by chains d from a device consisting of a crossbar g having fixed hooks f and movable hooks i capable of being tripped by a cord k. When the receptacle is used as a container, the links of the chains are connected by a hooked tie.
Patent GB-190700714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleansing Corks.
Inventor: ACH MAX
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 714. Ach, M. Jan. 10. Corks, cleaning.-The corks or bungs are placed in a hopper a which may have a perforated hotwater tube b and a shaking-plate c, and are cleaned by a pair of brushes d, d' facing each other side brushes e are also in some cases provided. Springs support the brush d resiliently against a block d<2> while the brush d<1> is oscillated through a supporting-rod f by an eccentric driven by a chain from a wheel g. The corks, after passing between the brushes, are rinsed, by a jet of cold water from a pipe i, on a sieve h, the soiled water passing off by the duct k. The corks are finally squeezed, in a stream of water from the pipe i, between smooth or ribbed rollers l pressed together by springs acting on one of them. One of the rollers is driven by a wheel m which engages with a wheel m<1> on the shaft of the chain-wheel g. The water drains through an inclined sieve n, over which the corks fall into a receptacle.
Patent GB-190705722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gearing for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BROWNE TOM BOUSQUET
Filed: 1907-03-09
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 5722. Browne, T. B. March 9. Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-In change gearing for motor road vehicles, of the type in which a countershaft is employed which may be at rest during a direct clutch drive, the inner end of the driven shaft B' is supported by a bearing a' in the inner end of the driving - shaft B, which is in turn supported by a bearing a<2> coupon the casing A. The shaft B carries a fixed clutch f, a loose wheel J, and a sliding clutch K. The shaft B<1> carries double and single sliding clutches G, M, respectively, and two loose wheels H, L. The countershaft N carries fixed wheels 0, P, Q in permanent mesh with the wheels J, H, L, the wheel P also meshing with a wheel R which is clutchable, when reversal-is required, to a lay shaft S geared to the wheel L. For the direct speed, the clutches G, f alone are engaged. The shaft N is brought into action by engaging the wheel J by the clutch K, and the speeds are effected by engaging the wheels H, L in turn by the clutches G, M. The clutches K, G may be operated by one selection rod.
Patent GB-190706262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brake Mechanism for Tramway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: SPENCER CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 6262. Spencer, C. H. March 15. Brakes.-In track brakes for tramcars and similar vehicles, the brake B is applied to the rails R by means of a handle operating a chain or the like, attached as usual to brake-operating rods A, shown in plan in Fig. 1. The rods A are connected by means of a pivoted bar C to a lever D. The bar C and lever D are pivoted on the car bottom, and the lever has rods or levers F connected to it at either end. The other ends of the rods F are connected to downwardly-extending double rods H, Figs. 2 and 3, by studs G. These rods H are attached at their lower ends to a bar J provided at each end with projections J<1> pivoted by studs J<2> to the car at K. On the opposite side of the bar J are formed forks L, Fig. 1, carrying blocks or brake carriers M with a threaded stud N for carrying the long metal brake block B. The blocks M are pivoted at M' in order to ensure a nearly vertical travel of the brake block during the rotation of the bar J on its pivots J'. Adjusting-nuts P are provided. Springs S release the brake blocks, and springs S<1> cause the bar C to take up its initial position. In operating the brake, the lever D moves on its centre and draws the levers F inwards, thus pulling upon the upper end of the double rods H, which cause the bar J to turn about its pivots J<2> and press the block B in contact with the rail R.
Patent GB-190706649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compensated Dynamo Electric Machines of the Commutator Type.
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 6649. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 19. Armatures ; field magnets ; sparking, preventing. -A compensated machine of the commutator type, more particularly an alternating-current series motor, is provided with a commutating field without employing an interpole construction by making the armature D with a winding having a fractional pitch approximately equal to the width of the pole face. The compensating-winding C is distributed over a portion only of the field structure correponding to the pitch of the armature coils, and the magnetizing-coils occupy the portion of the field magnet not occupied by the compensating-winding. To secure the proper phase of the commutating field for an alternating-current motor, a coil is located at the tips of the poles ; or, as shown in Fig. 4, the two coils of the compensating winding that lie in the slots nearest the pole-tips are shunted by an impedance G.
Patent GB-190707674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Escapes and the like.
Inventor: BRYERS JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 7674. Bryers, J. J. April 2. Door opening and closing apparatus; window and ventilator opening and closing apparatus.- A hinged trap-door, window, grating, skylight, ventilator, or the like C is balanced by, and conn ected on its underside by a frame D to, a ladder, shoot, or the like I, to be used for the passage of persons or goods from one level to another. The ladder or the like I is pivoted by means of links H, and, when the trap-door C is closed, takes up an horizontal position under the floor F. The trap-door is secured in the closed position by snap-bolts, and can be raised by means of a flush ring secured to the trap-door, the snapbolts being automatically withdrawn by the lifting of this ring. A rod J passes transversely through the extremities of the side members of the frame D, and is provided with an antifriction roller J'.
Patent GB-190708057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disappearing Gun Carriages.
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 8057. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. July 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mountings for disappearing-guns. The armoured cover is so constructed that, when the gun is in the loading position as shown in Fig. 1, the front portion J<1> of the cover is below the barrel, while the rear portion J<3>, which may be provided with automatically-actuated hinged doors i<5>, is above the breech end of the barrel. The two portions J<1>, J<3> are connected by a sloping portion J'.
Patent GB-190714106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Variable Speed Gears for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: ALLTREE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 14,106. Alltree, A. June 19. Driving-mechanism for motor and other cycles &c. In the type of hub three-speed gear employing two epicyclic trains, the direct drive is furnished by locking one sun-pinion to the driving-member and the other tu the driven member, while the high and low gears are obtained by the engagement of one of the sun-pinions with an internally-toothed fixed clutch-piece placed between them. As shown in Fig. 1, the clutch-piece B pinned to the axle supports by ball bearings a cage C carrying two sets of planet-pinions D, E, the sun-pinions K, L being adapted to engage teeth b, b<1>, i, h. The sun-pinions are pressed to their outermost positions by springs m, n, their movement inwards being effected by pieces o, p upon a rod Q engaging loosely-mounted cross-pieces O, P. The hub S is connected to the internally-toothed member I, J by the engagement of pins R upon one member with holes or slots in the other, a locking-ring U being provided to secure the connexion. The gear may thus be detached as a whole. A screwed cone f permits the assembling of the part C and balls F, F<1>. As a modification, the part B may rotatably support a member carrying the two internal rings J, G, the planet-pinions being mounted on members connected to the driving and driven members. In this case, for additional support, the studs of the planet-pinions may be screwed to plates supported by the ball bearings upon the fixed clutch-piece, while the carrier of the pinions D may be connected by a one-way clutch to the part I secured to the hub. The clutch-piece may be mounted upon a squared portion of the axle, or it may be in the form of two parts screwed upon the axle, the member C being supported by balls in a race formed by the two parts, In lieu of the springs m, n, a single spring within the axle may bear upon the cross-pieces sliding upon the rod Q ; or springs one on each side of a central abutment piece within the axle may be used.
Patent GB-190716834-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Treating Ores by the Precipitation Process by Means of a Superheated Liquid Reacting Metal.
Inventor: IMBERT ANTOINE HENRI
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 16,834. Imbert, A. H. July 23. Metallurgical furnaces.-In smelting ores by the precipitation method, the iron or other reacting metal is passed through the reduction chamber in a superheated liquid condition, the flow being continuous or intermittent. The metal is melted and superheated in a furnace C, and flows through a duct D to the reduction chamber A, into which the crushed ore is introduced through a hopper B. The ore is mixed with the necessary flux and may also be mixed with a "dissolvent," such as a mixture of iron peroxide or sulphide and slaked lime. The metal flows in a shallow stream through the chamber A, the flow being maintained by a pump or paddle wheel F. The slag and iron sulphide, when such is formed, are run off through a trapped exit K, the excess of iron returning to the superheating furnace by a duct E, when more iron is added to make up for that absorbed by the reaction. Volatile metals, such as zinc, leave the reaction chamber through an opening L.
Patent GB-190717986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Water Gas Apparatus.
Inventor: CARROLL LAFAYETTE DALY
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 17,986. Carroll, L. D. Aug. 7. Producers.-In watergas apparatus, such as that described in Specification No. 6335, A.D. 1904, the air-blast valves each comprise two disks b, the space between which is provided with an atmospheric vent e in order to prevent explosion. Each vent may be provided with a valve connected with h interlocking mechanism such as that described in Specification No. 24,934, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Furnaces &c.], so that when the air-blast valve is open its vent is closed, and vice versa ; or the vents may connect with a common discharge pipe provided with a, valve.
Patent GB-190721985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to what are known as "Plaiting Down" Machines.
Inventor: THOMSON ANDREW
Filed: 1907-10-05
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 21,985. Thomson, A. Oct. 5. Piling fabrics in rope form.-A machine for plaiting goods in the rope state into pits, stocks, boxes, keirs, &c. consists of a frame or carriage A mounted on wheels and arranged to travel along rails B<1>. The frame carries a winch W or a number of pulleys driven from a suitable source by means of belts and pulleys. Near the winch is mounted a bar carrying one or more pot-eyes linked together and arranged to slide on the bar, and deriving a traversing-motion from a worm F and worm-wheel F<1> through shafts F<2> carried in brackets at both sides of the machine. Each shaft F<2> carries an eccentric G mounted in a keyway so as to be capable of travelling with the frame A, which has brackets H for guiding them. On the eccentrics are mounted grooved pulleys G<1> for ropes or chains R, similar sets of pulleys G<2> being situated beneath the eccentrics. The rope R has one end secured to one of the pot-eyes, and passes alternately round the pulleys G', G<2>, the other being attached to the frame A. The eccentrics are arranged in opposite directions as regards the centre of the machine, and move in the same direction, so that the pot-eyes are given a motion to and fro across the frame A. The winch shaft carries one or more eccentrics W<2> operating through a lever motion L a plate L<1>, which acts on the cloth after it has passed over the winch and causes it to tend to fall in folds. The frame may be given a motion along the rails by rope gearing similar to that actuating the pot-eyes and operated from the cross-shaft J<1>, and beneath this shaft is a shaft M carrying brackets M', which in turn carry pulleys K<2> set at different angles. This shaft M is operated by worm gearing from a hand-wheel M<4>, and serves to set the travelling carriage in any desired position along the rails. The cloth is laid in the pit in flat coils or in folds according as the frame is or is not operated.
Patent GB-190725399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal Separators.
Inventor: HOLZER WILHELM
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 25,399. Holzer, W. Nov. 15. Centrifugal drying-machines. - Relates to centrifugal machines for drying granular and other materials, of the kind comprising a revolving conical drum enclosing an elevating-screw, which is so rotated, relatively to the drum, as to give the material an axial movement along the drum. The material enters the machine through a central stationary pipe j, and falls upon a plate g, which is formed as part of the elevating- screw h. During separation, the solid materials are forced against the walls of the drum and are cunveyed to the top by the screw ; the liquid falls to the bottom and flows away through the passage o between the drum and the plate g. By reason of the relative rotation of the disk and drum, this passage is always clear. The end of the screw serves to remove solid material accumulating in front of the passage. A chamber b containing a screw-elevator n may be provided beneath the drum, to collect and return any solid material that may be carried away with the liquid. The semivertical angle of the conical drum is preferably less than the angle of friction between the solid material being separated and the material of the drum. In a modification, an inwardly projecting ring, which may be formed with an inner bevelled edge, is fixed to the lower end of the drum.
Patent GB-190727792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Switches.
Inventor: COX HARRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 27,792. Cox, H. W. Dec. 17. Switches; cut-outs; couplings.-The movable contacts H are mounted on a rectilinearly moving frame D, which is connected by a pin-and-slot D<2>, B<4> to a bar B, and by a pivot D<1> to a frame C, the bar B and the frame C being mounted on pivots B', C' in a bracket A, and connected at their inner ends by a slot B<2> of a pin C<2>, or by links or toothed gearing. A lever E, which is pivoted on the pin C<1>, is connected by a spring to the frame C, and is arranged to actuate a locking-bolt E<1> in moving to the 'on' or 'off' positions, as described in Specification No. 18,872, A.D. 1902. The spring also causes a quick make and break between the fixed contacts L and the contacts H on the rectilinearly moving frame D. The lever E is secured to a crank O mounted on pivots O<2>, O<1>, the latter pivot having an external part which receives an operating- key. The contacts H are each secured by a plate H<2> and screws H<1> to a pair of bars G projecting from the frame D and covered with tubes of mica &c. The pairs of contacts H are connected by fuses J clamped by the screws H<1>. The casing is in two parts K, K<1> hinged at K'. The fixed contacts L are mounted on an insulating-base M in the part K<1>, and the bracket A carrying the frame D is secured to a girder N in the part K, so that the switch mechanism swings away from the fixed contacts when the case is opened. To prevent the case from being opened when the switch is closed, a spring-pressed catch P is pivoted in the part K, and engages a pin in the part K<1>. After opening the switch by means of the crank O and attached lever E, a further movement brings the crank O into engagement with the tail of the catch and unlocks the case. To prevent the position of the switch from being changed when the case is open, there is provided a spring arm Q, attached to the part K and provided at its free end with studs Q', Q<2>. When the case is closed, the stud Q' engages the part K<1>, and the stud Q' is held clear of an extension O<3> of the crank O. When the case is open, the stud Q' is in the path of an extension O<3> and prevents operation of the switch. When the switch is combined with plug connexions for the leads, the plugs may be locked by means operated by the crank O or the frame D.
Patent GB-190728130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Utilizing Solar Heat and in Apparatus to be used therefor.
Inventor: SHUMAN FRANK
IPC: F24J2/46
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 28,130. Shuman, F. Dec. 20. Tanks. - In an apparatus for utilizing solar heat, a liquid is heated in a shallow tank divided by partitions 3, and having a floor 5 of plastic material s u c h as asphaltum or pitch, and covered by a roof having two layers of glass 7, 9, the partitions and roof being used to prevent air circulation and loss of heat, while the plastic floor cannot crack and leak.
Patent GB-190800349-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Detachable Tyre-rims.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1909-02-08
Abstract: 349. Clark, W., [Adlerwerke vorm. H. Kleyer Akt.-Ges.]. Jan. 6. Felloes or rims. -A detachable tyre-carrying rim is secured by means of an expansible clamping-ring mounted in a groove on the felloe, an angle ring P, Fig. 6, being interposed between the clamping-ring D and the detachable rim F. The ends of the clamping- ring overlap and are shaped as shown in Fig. 2, so that in the contracted position of the ring, the projections G, G<1> abut against the sides H of a rib placed in the groove C, and in the expanded position, the ends are supported. The ring is bevelled at E where it bears on the ring P, and the lower edges J, J<1> are guided in correspondingly-shaped inclined surfaces K, K<1> on the bottom of the groove C.
Patent GB-190803075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sheaths for Road Vehicle Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: BERNALES HORACIO DE
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 3075. Bernales, H. de, and Bernales, I. de. Sept. 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act 1907]. Tyres, pneumatic; spring wheels.-Metallic protective sheaths fitted to pneumatic tyres when deflated and held closely by inflation only are formed, as shown in Fig. 3, with a flattened central part a and curved sides a<2> diverging from the tyre. The exterior is formed with a groove a' holding a soft non-skid band consisting of a felt band b, Fig. 4, a metal band c, transverse leather strips d, and a leather band e secured to the metal band c by headed studs. The leather strips may be connected by means of slotted plates f, Fig. 2, which engage pins on plates d' secured to them and are tightened by a turn-buckle g.
Patent GB-190810110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Preparation of Plastic Compositions.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 10,110. Lake, W. E., [Spackman Engineering Co., H.S.]. May 9. Cements.-A plastic or cementitious material comprising lime or the like is mixed with hydraulic calcium aluminate or a similar accelerator rich in alumina-like material, with or without plaster of paris or other controlling material, and puzzuolanic or siliceous material, such as infusorial earth. The aluminate, which contains three molecules of lime to one of alumina, may be prepared by sintering lime and bauxite, kaolin, high-grade aluminium clays, &c. The composition is particularly suitable for wall plasters.
Patent GB-190814614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Supporting or Hanging Sliding Doors, and the like.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 14,614. Jones, W. H. July 10. Ball bearings.-Sliding doors are hung from inverted T-shaped rails by means of hangers fixed to the top of the door and running on ball bearings interposed between the hangers and the rails. The sides a<1>, a<2> of the rail a are formed with grooves a<3> to receive the balls b, and the banger c has corresponding grooves c<3>, c<4> and overhanging portions c<1>, c<2> to bear on the balls. The balls are retained in position on the hangers by a channel or U-shaped wire e, which passes around the balls and has its arms e<1> fastened to the hanger. The width of the base of the supporting-rail is slightly less than the distance between the ball centres, so that the rails can be formed by rolling.
Patent GB-190816626-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Dressing Case.
Inventor: WICH FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-08-07
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 16,626. Wich, F., [trading as Wich & Co., F.]. Aug. 7. Dressing-cases.-A leather dressing-case comprises a tray A, which is adapted to be separated from the flanged lid B and securing-strap C in order that it may be placed alone upon a dressing- table. The lid B is provided with a handle for carrying the dressing-case.