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Patent GB-190504087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Generating Plant for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SELLERS FRANK
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 4087. Sellers, F., Wallace, F. G., and Capel, C., [trading as Capel & Co.]. Feb. 27. Steam generation by gas-engine exhaust feedwater, supplying and controlling.-Steam is generated in the vessel D by the exhaust of a gas engine, which passes through the surrounding vessel B. The steam passes to the ash-pit E<1> of a suction gas-producer. Water is supplied drop by drop from a pipe G to a cup F<1> which is connected to the generator by a trap F. The water supply may be automatically controlled by a ball valve or the like.
Patent GB-190507287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Stoves for Heating Smoothing Irons and the like.
Inventor: HAMPTON JOSEPH COWAN
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 7287. Hampton, J. C., and Emery, F. O. April 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Actuating valves and cocks.-A stove, in which the gas supply is controlled by the iron to be heated, is provided with an arrangement by which the supply is automatically reduced after a certain time. Sheets 1 and 2 show respectively front and' rear elevations of one end of the stove. The gas supply is turned on by sliding the iron along the bar A, the pin B<3> being carried along the circular guide G, moving the valve arm F<1> and opening the valve, the pin then passing beyond the end of the arm. At the same time, a spring is wound up by the rack B<1> and wheels D<1>, D<2>, and the clutch K, which was held in contact with the wheel L by the arm F<2>, is released, setting free the train of wheels L, L<1>, L<2>. These are driven by the spring, the rate being regulated by an escapement. Attached to the plate 0, which moves with the wheel L, are pins O<1>, O<2>, one of which, after a time sufficient for the heating of the iron, engages a lever, ring- ing the bell P', while the other turns the arm F<2>, reducing the gas supply and locking the wheel L. Removal of the iron then allows the arm B to return to its original position, and the gas supply is entirely shut off.
Patent GB-190516924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sighting Ordnance.
Inventor: FORBES GEORGE
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 16,924. Forbes, G. Aug. 21. Sights and methods of sighting.-Relates to devices for indicating the deflexion given to allow for the relative velocity of ships at right-angles to the line of fire. Owing to the fact that the time of flight is not directly proportional to the range, in the known devices the indication is only correct for one fixed range. According to the present invention, the deflexion indicator is carried on a part which is moved longitudinally as the range changes so that the indications are correct for all ranges. Figs. 1, 2, and 4 show in plan, side elevation, and horizontal section, respectively, the invention as applied to a modification of the arrangement shown in Fig. 12 of Specification No. 10,262, A.D. 1904. The deflexion indicator is carried in a casing A on the underside of the platform c, which is moved longitudinally as the range is altered and carries the range wedge d. The deflexion bar a', which carries the telescope and turns about the vertical pivot a3, is turned by means of a worm a<4> and sector a<5>. The indicator consists of a vertical spindle B with two arms C, D. The lower arm C is connected to the graduated indicator disk G by a toothed arc E and wheel F. The spindle B is turned and its motion communicated to the indicator disk G, when the deflexion bar a' is turned by its worm and sector, by means of the upper arm D, engaging with the deflexion bar a<2>, either by means of the pin H, Fig. 4, travelling in the groove K cut in the deflexion bar at a suitable angle to allow for drift, or by being pressed against the bar by a spring.
Patent GB-190518867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bulkers for Tea and the like.
Inventor: LANE STUART THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 18.867. Lane, S. T. H., and Staunton, J. L. Sept. 19. Mixing tea &c.-Tea &c. is mixed by passing through a number of openings in a hopper, which are simultaneously uncovered when the hopper is full. In the apparatus shown, the openings 2 in the hopper 1, and the openings 9 in the square &c., box 8, are uncovered by raising the slotted plates 3, working in guides, by means of chains passing over pulleys to one point of operation. The tea may pass through a shoot 12. In modified forms, the central box 9 may be replaced by a a cone or pyramid, or it may te dispensed with, and the openings in the hopper may be closed by raising the shoot.
Patent GB-190519632-A (GB)
Title: Expansion Nozzle for Turbines Operated by Steam and Hot Gases.
Inventor: SEMMLER CARL
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 19,632. Semmler, C. Sept. 28, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas turbines. - Nozzles for turbines driven by hot gas or by a mixture of gas and steam are shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The refractory lining c, Fig. 1, is separated from its casing b by a layer of a refractory but elastic material such as asbestos wool d to allow the relative expansion of the parts. In a modification, the nozzle c, Fig. 2, is divided into two parts at its throat, the parts being flanged and fixed in the casing b by a collar h so that both ends of the nozzle are free to expand. Cooling-fluid may be introduced by means of a pipe f.
Patent GB-190522725-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Producing Colour Photographs.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN AUGUST
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 22,725. Zimmermann, A., [Chemische Fabrik auf Actien vorm. E. Schering]. Nov. 6. Colour photography.-In a process of colour photography in which two or more monochromatic positive images are superposed, silver emulsions are used and some or all of the components are produced directly upon transparent detachable backings, such as celluloid, in order to facilitate the coincidence in transferring and superimposing the component pictures. An orange-yellow positive is obtained upon a silver gelatin paper by fixing with ammonia. A positive is printed from the blue negative upon a celluloid base and tinted blue by a bath containing ferric ammonium citrate, glacial acetic acid, and potassium ferricyanide. The high lights of the print are cleared by an hydrochloricacid bath. The print is superimposed upon the yellow positive and the celluloid supports stripped off.
Patent GB-190526322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turn-up and Reversible Seats actuated by a Movable Back Rest.
Inventor: NUTTALL RICHARD
Filed: 1905-12-18
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 26,322. Nuttall, R., Mallinson, H., and Nuttall, C. Dec. 18. Seats.-Relates to turn-up and reversible seats actuated by a movable back-rest for theatres, tramcars, parks, &c., and consists in providing the seat a, Figs. 1 and 3, which is pivoted at b, with a pin c or slot d adapted to engage with a slot d or pin c, and with a coiled spring i or plate spring j which retains the seat and back in a vertical position. In garden &c. seats formed of laths carried on end supports, a thin zinc or other plate is located centrally between the upper and lower slats to prevent rain from running right through. To prevent the seat from tilting when a person sits on the edge, the pin c is formed with a projection c<1>, Fig. 6<a>, which fits into grooves d' in the slot d.
Patent GB-190600378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Signalling Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-01-05
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 378. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Jan. 5. Order or alarm apparatus; synchronous movements.-Instruments constructed on the principle described in Specification No. 16,450, A.D. 1903, are used alternatively as transmitting or receiving instruments, and are provided with locking-devices which can be removed either from the home or distant station. A simple form of the apparatus is shown in which the armature d, which revolves between the poles a, b, excited from the alternator E, is provided with teeth which engage the detent k and the arm o of the transmitting - handle. n. The armatures of a series of instruments are connected in parallel by the wires 1, 2, and brushes on slip-rings. A cam p on the spindle of the handle n closes the contacts q, thus energizing the magnets m and the alarms w except when the handle is at the position of rest, the arm o being then away from the toothed disk. To send a signal, the handle n is turned in either direction, causing the magnets m to release the detents k and then turning the wheel and armature d of the sending instrument, which causes equalizing currents to pass along the wires 1, 2, and turn the receiving armatures, and with them the pointers g, one tooth for each revolution of the handle, when they are again held by the detents k as the circuit is broken at q. Various modifications are described for locking the instruments. The magnets m may be included in the closed signalling circuit 1, 2, and energized by the alternating equalizing current, in which case the lock of the sending instrument is released mechanically or by a local circuit, or the magnets m may be connected in the circuit 1, 2 and arranged to be unaffected by alternating currents and energized by a continuous current. The arm o may serve as a lock, being normally held by the weight of the arm n and removed magnetically when receiving, the magnet being cut out of circuit when transmitting. Again, the detent k may be held in engagement by a normally excited electro-magnet the circuit of which is broken to remove the lock.
Patent GB-190603286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Letter Scales.
Inventor: STAUDENMAIER CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 3286. Staudenmaier, C. Feb. 10. Vibration, neutralizing.-In postal balances, pins e are placed at the most usual points of graduation on the scale to bring the pointer to rest quickly, and may be moved to and fro or drawn out.
Patent GB-190606218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Starting Compensated Monophase Commutator Motors.
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 6218. Elektrizitõts-Akt. - Ges. vorm. W. Lahmeyer & Co. March 16, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.-Single-phase compensated commutator motors are started as repulsion motors by connecting the field winding s and the compensating winding w in series with the part a of the secondary of a transformer, the primary b of which is connected across the mains. When the motor has reached a certain speed, the switch x is closed, thereby exciting the rotor r with current from the transformer, and thus converting the repulsion motor into a compensated motor without interrupting the main current.
Patent GB-190623498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Gloves
Inventor: VAUGHAN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 23,498. Vaughan, T. Oct. 23. Gloves. - Glove-cutting knives are provided with additional side knives for cutting strips to be made into fourchettes, t h u s avoiding the employment of skilled labour. In the arrangement shown n in Fig. 1, two parallel side knives a, b are fixed adjacent to the main knife, which is made to bulge once to allow for the palm of the hand and once for the arm swell. A parallel strip of material is cut off at each side of the blank proper and trimmed down to make fourchettes. By making notches in the e knives, the strips may be left attached to the main _ blank by-small joining-pieces, to be afterwards cut through. On folding the blank down the centre line, the arm part takes up a stepped appearance instead of the usual gradual swelf. .
Patent GB-190624330-A (GB)
Title: Battery Testing Apparatus.
Inventor: FAUVIN EMILE
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 24,330. Fauvin, E., Amiot, E., and Cheneaux, E. Oct. 31. Current meters.- A portable voltmeter for battery testing is provided with a shunt which is equivalent to the average resistance of the circuit, and can be brought into operation by a pushbutton or commutator, thus enabling the voltage to be measured on open and on closed circuit. A voltmeter of ordinary construction enclosed in a watch case has a fixed contact-point a and a movable contact-point b. The shunt resistance d enclosed in the case has one end connected to one end of the voltmeter winding, and the other end to a metal plate f. A metal plate g, connected to the other end of the voltmeter winding, makes contact with the plate f when the push-button e is depressed, thus closing the battery circuit through the resistance d.
Patent GB-190710448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Liquids
Inventor: REEVES WILFRED
Filed: 1907-05-04
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 10,448. Reeves, W., and Bramwell, B. May 4. Gas and like engines.-A tower for cooling, by contact with air, the water that circulates through the cylinder jackets is divided horizontally into a series of compartments D, E, F, surrounding a central shaft G, which in its lower portion is subdivided into a series of uptakes H, I, K, communicating separately with the compartments. Air is drawn in through openings in the external framing and passes over the cooling surfaces N, which consist of a number of wooden laths 0, inclined and preferably grooved. Troughs are arranged to distribute the water evenly. The area of cooling-surface increases as the water passes downwards. A fan M may be used to create a draught. In one form, the apparatus can be placed against the side of a building.
Patent GB-190710539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Delivering Wafers or Shavings of Soap or like Material.
Inventor: CONERY ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 10,539. Conery, A. F. May 6. Soap holders.-For use in public lavatories and the like, a cake 4 of soap is contained in a locked box 1 from which a shaving of soap is delivered as required. The soap is mounted on an angular mandrel 5 carried by a spindle 6 which descends by gravity in a slot 12, so that the lower edge of the soap rests upon a knife 9, of which the ends 10, 11 are cast into the metal of the cover 1. The soap is rotated against the knife-edge by a thumb-piece 7. rotation in the reverse direction being prevented by a pawl and ratchet 14, 15. A disk 13 covers the slot 12, and guides and steadies the spindle 6. By raising the spindle to its highest position and operating an horizontal bolt 21 by means of a key, the soap may be retained out of operative position with respect to the knife 9. The word "empty" is so placed on the cover 1 that it is uncovered by the disk 13 when the spindle 6 is in its lowest position. To facilitate the detachment of the shaving and the formation of lather, the cake of soap is made with radial grooves or perforations.
Patent GB-190713492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Washing of Body and Household Linen and other Articles
Inventor: BARTELT FRIEDRICH LUDWIG
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 13,492. Bartelt, F. L. June 11. Washing-processes, special. - To economize, or render unnecessary, the use of soap in the washing of clothes &c., air is forced into the hot washing- solution, which must be alkaline and kept in agitation. For the treatment of woollen goods, the liquid is heated to 110-140‹ F., and for cotton goods to 140-212‹ F. Specification No. 10,217, A..D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190717241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clutches and Brakes
Inventor: GABBETT-FAIRFAX HUGH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-27
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 17,241. Fairfax, H. W. Gabbett-, and Reid, J. W. July 27. Brakes.-Relates to hydraulically-operated friction clutches and brakes of the segment and plate types, in which fluid contained in a central chamber is compressed by means of rams. Fluid in a chamber e in a casing b, Fig. 1, is compressed by a ram in a tube d leading to the chamber, and segments f are thus forced outward against the drum a. Springs j are provided for withdrawing the segments. The fluid may be led by side passages to the outside of segments which internally engage the drum. Fig. 4 shows the application to a plate clutch with oppositely moving pistons f engaging the flange a' on the drum a.
Patent GB-190719250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rulers.
Inventor: SMITH HARRY
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 19,250. Smith, H. Aug. 27. Rulers.-A ruler is fitted at one end with a knife-edge C, Fig. 1, which fits tightly in grooves formed in the sides of the notch B the edges of which are bevelled. The other end may be fitted with a rubber tip D.
Patent GB-190720364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpenter's Planes.
Inventor: ARNOLD WILLIAM FREDRICK
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 20,364. Arnold, W. F. Sept. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Planes.-Smoothing, jointing, and jack planes are provided with a shoe 5 the sole 6 of which is formed with a shouldered heel 8 to bear against a corresponding shoulder in the throat 2 of the stock 1, the heel 8 being provided with low side flanges 10 which enter the throat walls. The shoe 5 has a groove 11 and a slot 12, in which is seated a slide 13 having one or more lugs 14. A lug 15 on the slide 13 passes through the slot 12 and is engaged by a reduced left-hand threaded portion 19 of the adjusting-screw 17. The screw 17 has a right-hand threaded portion 18 which passes through a lug 16 of the shoe. The shoe 5 has a central binding - screw 20 which passes through alined slots 31, 30 in the blind bit 26 and the top cap 27, and secures them to the shoe. Screws 22 passing through slots 21 in the shoe adjustably secure it to the stock. The cutting-bit 23 has a long slot 24 provided with enlargements 25 for engaging the lugs 14. The bit 26 and the top cap 27 are adjustably fixed together by screws 28 passing through slots 29. The top bit is provided with a spring tongue 32 against which a pressure screw 33 bears and clamps the cutting-bit 23 and top bit 26, 27 to the shoe.
Patent GB-190720506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Recording Apparatus
Filed: 1907-09-14
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 20,506. Webster, A. W., and Taylor, Taylor, & Hobson. Sept. 14. Timing pigeons.-Time-checking apparatus for use in pigeon-flying competitions, consists of a casing containing a clock, the spring hands of which can be pressed by turning the cover, so as to prick an annular record strip, a seal being provided to show tampering. The cover is in two parts G, H, spring-connected, the inner part G having at several points, preferably three, along its periphery a V-shaped projection to engage one or other of the corresponding notches in the outer part H, as shown. The cover has a long bayonet-joint, and is placed in position and turned so as to close the casing and carry the pivoted knife K lightly over the first part of the seal card J carried by the casing, until it rests in the aperture j in the middle of the card, at the same time leaving holes in the casing and cover alined for insertion of the tally or badge. This is placed inside the cover and turned to close the aperture, the cam ring G being simultaneously pressed against the hands so as to record the time. The knife again passes lightly over the seal card. An attempt to open the casing before or after inserting the tally forces the spring-pressed knife against the card so as to tear it. The record strip may be adapted to act as a seal. The seal card is preferably torn from a larger card across a signature or other distinction mark, and is secured by clips a' so as to be visible through the glass front of the cover.
Patent GB-190720600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wedges for Closing the Core Slots of Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: HEITMANN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 20,600. Heitmann, E., and Young, F. W. Oct. 18, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Armatures; field magnets.-Slots in the laminated core structures of alternators or induction motors are closed by wedges of cast iron or like material possessing high electric resistance. Each wedge B. Fig. 2, comprises thick lateral portions m connected by a thin web w, a wooden rod R being driven into the wedge to secure the parts in position. The wedge may be provided with transverse slits s, Fig. 3, to reduce eddy currents, and the rod R, Fig. 4, may be rounded at one end so that it presses upon the windings in the slot. Each bunch of laminae is preferably provided with its own wedges so that these do not obstruct the ventilating- passages. The wedges are insulated from the teeth by fibre, paper, hard japan, or other material I.
Patent GB-190724871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vapour Lamps or Burners
Inventor: VIALARD-GOUDOU MARIE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 24,871. Goudou, M. F.-P. Vialard-. Nov. 9. Vapour lamps and burners.-In an incandescent or like burner suitable for either light or heavy hydrocarbons, the heat from the gauze-covered burner head k. is conducted to the wick-tube c by the upper part of the mixing-ture l, the conducting-rod n, the arms i, and the sleeve h. The feeding-wicks d are arranged both within and around the perforated tube e; and, to prevent overheating and carbonization of the wicks, the outer wicktube c is provided with horizontal or vertical corrugated ribs f projecting into an air space formed by a tube b, which may be either closed at its lower end or may extend completely through the reservoir a. The choking of the vapour nipple g is prevented partly by a gauze t and partly by a needle valve r, Fig. 5, formed with an oval slot so that, by turning a cranked handle s, it can be operated to close or clean the orifice. In a modification in which the conducting-rod n is dispensed with, a cup-shaped burner head is partly closed by a disk, around the edge of which the mixture of air and vapour escapes.