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Patent GB-190524622-A (GB)
Title: A New Elastic Material or Plastic Compound suitable for Electrical & Mechanical Purposes Varnishes or the like.
Inventor: KERSHAW HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1905-11-28
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 24,622. Kershaw, H. E. Nov. 28. Varnishes.-An elastic or plastic material suitable for making varnishes by mixing with a little . shellac or the like is made from the gum of the Sapota mullerii by treating it with carbon bisulphide and simultaneously or subsequently with inspissated tar, pitch, wax, or the like together with a small percentage of sodium phosphate or other alkaline phosphate. If the gum be treated with bisulphide alone, the solution is run on to plates, and, when dry, the thin sheets are dissolved in a mixture of naphtha and inspissated tar, &c., preferably in the following proportions : naphtha 50, tar 20, phosphate 5,'Sapota mullerii. 25. IE the amount of tar or phosphate is increased, the elasticity of the product is decreased.
Patent GB-190524855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Resistances.
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 24,855. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 30. Rheostats.-The resist ance of a mass of granular or flake silicon is varied by pressure. The variation may be controlled by hand or automatically, and the apparatus may be mounted on the shafts of dynamo-electric machines and operated by centrifugal force. Such apparatus may be used with other suitable granular material. In the rheostat shown in Fig. 1, the granular mass is enclosed in a receptacle 2, with an insulating lining 2<1>, supported by a spring 8 in a casing 7. A plunger 3 is operated by a hand-wheel 5, and the resistance is finally cut out of circuit by contact of the receptacle with a stud 14. Fig. 8 shows an apparatus in which the descent of a lever 36, carrying an adjustable weight 35 and connected by a spring 44 to the plunger 41, is checked by a dash-pot 34, thus gradually reducing the resistance. The apparatus is set by raising the handle, the valve 43 opening during this movement. In Fig. 2 the apparatus is shown mounted upon the shaft of an induction motor and connected directly to the windings of the rotor 18. The heavy plungers 17 are yieldingly held by springs 17', so that as the speed increases the resistance is gradually reduced. An automatic short-circuiting device may be added. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the plunger 28 is operated by a weight 26, pivoted at 27 and provided with a contact 29 to co-operate with a contact 30 to short-circuit the resistance.
Patent GB-190601389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cables.
Inventor: KINGSBURY JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-01-18
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 1389. Kingsbury, J. E., [Western Electric Co.]. Jan. 18. Cables.-To obviate inductive action in telephone &c. cables made up of several pairs of conductors, the different pairs are transposed with reference to each other at intervals in the cable length, the transposition being effected in the forming of the cable and not at the joints only. For this purpose, alternate pairs of conductors may be led through holes in two concentric rings in front of the drums from which they are fed, the outer ring being rotated at intervals so that each pair of conductors in it is crossed over two pairs in the inner ring. Each pair of conductors consists of two insulated wires twisted together with a variable twist in a succession of lays, the length of twist being longest in the middle and decreasing in length toward each end of each lay as in Fig. 3. The cable may be formed of pairs twisted in any fashion, or of pairs twisted in the particular way, but not transposed with reference to each other.
Patent GB-190605060-A (GB)
Title: Improved Display Rack.
Inventor: SMITH CHARLES SUMNER
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 5060. Smith, C. S., North, G. H., and Brewster, W. F. March 1. Lubricating; thrust and end pressure bearings.- A stand for displaying clothing such as, coats, trousers, vests, and the like consists of a top G, to the underside of which is secured an annular metal plate E, with bearing - surface E<1> and a downwardly projecting flange E<2>, engaging the inside of another annular plate A, which has a bearing-surface A'. The bearing-surfaces E', A<1> have oil wells E<3>, A<2>, the oil in the wells A<2> being sucked into the space between the bearing-surfaces whenever the holes E<3> register with the holes A<2>. The plate A is supported upon a table or counter C, a layer B of felt or the like coming between.
Patent GB-190605994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Inventor: LEGH GILBERT
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 5994. Legh, G. March 12. Golf.-The heads of. golf clubs are weighted so as to bring the centre of mass as close to the driving-face as possible. This is effected by attaching to a club head a a heavy steel face-plate c and a broad steel sole f integral with the face-plate and diminishing in thickness towards the rear, as shown in Fig. 4. The shaft may be attached in the usual manner to the wooden head a, or, as shown in a modification in Fig. 3, to a metal socket integral with the face-plate and sole. The wood may be hollowed out behind the face-plate, and filled if desired with lead weighting or india-rubber or other resilient medium. Wood may be replaced by aluminium, or, in the modification shown in Fig. 3, dispensed with entirely. In the latter case, the striking-face is quite clear of the socket.
Patent GB-190608263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Mechanism for Playing Keyboard Musical Instruments
Inventor: MAXFIELD JOHN
Filed: 1906-04-05
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 8263. Maxfield, J. April 5. Automatic instruments. -The pneumatic operating-devices of keyboard instrument players are arranged in a frame or block with means for transposing them relatively to the key-striking mechanisms, and in such a manner as to facilitate removal. The arrangement may be applied to external as well as. int e r n a players. The pneumatics are arranged in tiers or shelves. connected by ties 23, Fig. 1, in a frame h, the bottom board of which is provided with metal pieces to slide upon blocks l, fixed on a bar a, to which a row of levers b is pivoted. The bar a is fixed within the case of the instrument, and the levers b engage with the piano action. The frame is supported by bolts passing through slots in a bar f attached to the case by nuts g, and is connected by expending pipes t to the wind trunks v. The frame is moved by means of a rack m and pinion n, operated by a key, and is held by a catch p. To prevent transposition while playing, the catch p is locked by a bolt s operated by a pneunntic q so long as there is any suction. Accor ling to the Provisional Specification the valves of the action are made thin and are provided with metallic seatings, preferably of stamped aluminium, and the bottom boards of the motor pneumatics are bored out to accommodate the valve-heads so as to economize space. Also the tracker-bar and tune-sheet mechanism may be arranged to move with the pneumatic action.
Patent GB-190609001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Cots and Bedsteads.
Inventor: TAYLOR ROWLAND HAND
Filed: 1906-04-14
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 9001. Taylor, R. H. April 14. Fastenings.-To hold the side frame of a folding bedstead or cot in a fixed position, a bolt g, Fig. 3, cranked at each end, works in a bolt-carrying case h attached to the pillar b<2>, and enters a groove i in the side frame. The side i<1> of the groove i is wedge-shaped, the bolt g gripping against the side i<1>. Alternatively, the bolt may be carried on the sliding side frame a<3> and enter a groove on the pillar b<a> ; In. this case, the bolt is inclined, so as to fall by gravity or be forced by a spring into the groove on the pillar as the side a<3> is raised.
Patent GB-190612673-A (GB)
Title: Contrivance for the Utilisation as a Heating Surface of the Lower Surface of the Flues in Horizontal, or Inclined, Internally Fired Boilers.
Inventor: WEINBRENNER FERDINAND
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 12,673. Weinbrenner, F. May 31. Evaporative efficiency, increasing. - The steam bubbles forming on the lower surface of the flue or flues are detached and set in motion by jets of steam, water, air, or the like issuing from a perforated pipe or pipes d. The flue is fitted with the usual baffles b.
Patent GB-190612674-A (GB)
Title: Acting Device for Bicycle-bells Operated by One of the Wheels of the Bicycle.
Inventor: HINTERPOHL GEORG
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 12,674. Hinterpohl, G. May 31. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Velocipede bells.-In bicycle bells of the class in which the bell is frictionally driven from the wheel, the bell k is controlled through a cord &c. i from a lever d, arranged so as to be operated without removal of the hand from the handle f. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 16,776 and 21,486, A.D. 1897, and Nos. 1247, 11,586, 14,521, and 17,459, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190612949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges.
Inventor: SPRAGUE FRANK ELLSWORTH
Filed: 1906-06-02
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 12,949. Sprague, F. E. June 2. Hinges.-A metal disk 13, inserted in a recess formed in one of the socket pieces, has an opening 14 by means of which it engages an annular groove of the hinge pin 10 to prevent it from working up during the movement of the butt-hinge parts. The opening 14 is large enough to allow the hinge pin to be withdrawn when the hinge is opened out. The disk 13 is also formed with an eccentric piece 15 terminating in a tongue 16 so that the movement of either flap moves the disk into engagement with the hinge pin.
Patent GB-190615423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Carts and Two Wheeled Road Vehicles
Inventor: TILLOTSON ROBERT
Filed: 1906-07-07
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 15,423. Tillotson, R., and Hall, G. July 7. Brakes.-The blocks A engage the hub B of a twowheeled vehicle when the hand-lever D is depressed or when the horse backs, as when on an incline. One end of the brake is attached at C, Fig. 1, to the lever D, and the other is joined to a rod E, which is coupled by a lever E<11> to a bar E<1> sliding in bearings on the shafts and to a rod or chain I which is fixed to a bracket K on the axle-tree. The breeching-strap is attached to the hooked end P of the rod E', and a pin 0, by abutting on the bearing N, prevents the horse from backing too close to the cart. In the alternative arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the chain I is carried over or through the axle-tree, over a lever L, and under the bar M prior to its attachment to the hand-lever. According to the Provisional Specification, a toggle may be included in the rod E<1> for locking the brake on or off, or a screw or weights may be used for this purpose.
Patent GB-190622283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: WALLIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 22,283. Wallis, W., and Longden, G. Oct. 9. Lace machines.-The supporting-brackets A of the thread-guide bars are mounted on a bar B, which can be moved by hand, to follow the movement of the thread-guide bars, when the latter are adjusted, as described in Specification No. 19,545, A.D, 1906, for the purpose of working equal amounts of thread off the bobbins. This adjustment of the bar B renders unnecessary the undue lengthening of the bracket-pin slots, and the consequent weakening of the thread-guide bars. The bracket bar B is provided with grooves, such as F<2>, above and below, and is adjusted transversely of the rail D by suitable means, such as a hand - lever G capable of being held in predetermined positions by a locking-pin K.
Patent GB-190623489-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Tap for Water Conduits and the like.
Inventor: MEILAND THEODOR
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 23,489. Meiland, T Oct 23 Self-closing valves.-A cylindrical valve c is guided by ribs i in a barrel-shaped chamber a, and is pressed on to its seat b by the fluid pressure and, if necessary, by a spring n. The valve is opened by a detached screw m, the end of which bears upon the valve. The valve and the seat are covered by india-rubber or like washers e, d. To facilitate cleaning, the casing is open at the rear and is screwed on to a nipple l.
Patent GB-190626399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators or Devices for Cooling Water or other Liquids.
Inventor: HULLINGHORST FRIEDRICH JOHANN
Filed: 1906-11-21
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 26,399. Hullinghorst, F. J. D. Nov. 21. Gas and like engines. - Relates to devices for cooling water or other liquids, more especially such as are used for cooling the cylinder - jacket water in motor cars, and consists in the combination of an air-propelling fan i with the annular chamber a rectangular in crosssection and provided with rings or channels e, through which the air or water or other liquid is caused to pass. The liquid to be cooled is forced in by a pump through the pipe c and after cooling is returned through the pipe d. The open ends of the hollow annular chambers of thin metal communicate at one end with the circular chamber g and, at the other end, with an outlet passage. The air from the central fan of the usual kind is, at one end of the thin annular chambers, driven through the air passages of the chambers until it is discharged by an aperture adjacent to the air inlet.
Patent GB-190702634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Estimating or Computing Balances
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 2634. Hipkins, W. E. Feb. 2. Indicating-mechanism.-In apparatus for estimating the weight of a number of articles from the weight of one article, the graduations outside certain limits are omitted to ensure greater accuracy in the readings. The scale shown in Fig. 3 is adapted for articles between 1 oz. and 2 ozs. in weight, and the position of the poise-weight indicates the corresponding weight of a gross. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 5289, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190705842-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Pharmaceutical Compounds.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 5842. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. March 11. Succinyldisalicyclic acid and its homologues.- Succinyldisalicylicacid of the formula and its homologues, for use in pharmacy, are prepared by treating the acid dihalogenides of succinic acid with salicylic acid, its homologues, or their salts. In this manner are prepared succinyldi-o-, m-, and p-cresotinic acids. The acids thus obtained form neutral and acid salts, those for example of sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, and hexamethylenetetramine being easily prepared in the usual manner. The acids and the salts have valuable diaphoretic properties.
Patent GB-190718500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Utilisation of the Waste Heat of High Pressure Steam Generating Plant for the Production of Low Pressure Steam.
Inventor: THAULOW ERLAND
Filed: 1907-08-15
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 18,500. Thaulow, E. Aug. 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Waste heat, utilizing. - In high-pressure steam plants in which a portion of the steam is used under low pressure, for example for heating and cooking purposes, the waste heat of the furnace gases is utilized by reducing the pressure and temperature of the high-pressure steam and reevaporating the mixture of steam and water produced. The steam, which is to be used under low pressure, is passed through a feedwater-heater c and reducing-valve d, and the mixture of condensation water and steam produced is re-evaporated in a series of tubes e arranged in the path of the waste gases from the furnace.
Patent GB-190722462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Pumps.
Inventor: FLEUSS HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1907-10-11
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 22,462. Fleuss, H. A. Oct.] 11. Exhausting. - Relates to vacuum pumps of the Fleuss type, and consists in means for preventing the loss of efficiency due to the conveyance into the vacuum of the pump barrel of air, moisture, and impurities which cling to the piston-rod during its downward stroke. The piston-rod F is now maintained out of contact with the atmosphere, being arranged to move in and out of a casing I which is located above the stuffing-box G of the oil vessel C and is connected by a downwardly-directed pipe K at its lower end to the suction of another pump. The piston-rod is coupled to an extension piece H, which passes through an upper stuffing-box J, and the stuffing-box G presents a conical upper surface down which the oil &c. that clings to the pistonrod flows into the pipe K instead of being carried into the oil vessel and pump cylinder. Fig. 2 shows a pair of vacuum pumps operated from a rocking beam 0 and delivering alternately by way of pipes E to a union piece P connected by the pipe Q to the suction of a pump (not shown) working in series with the above pumps. The pipes K from the casings I also lead to the union piece, and waste lubricating-oil is collected in a chamber R. The vacuum pumps may themselves be arranged to operate in series by providing connexions as shown in dotted lines. The rocking beam operates the extension H of each piston-rod through the medium of a cross-head L, M, for which the casing I forms a guide, and connecting-rods N.
Patent GB-190723003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gearings
Inventor: ROULLOT JEAN MARIE
Filed: 1907-10-18
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 23,003. Roullot, J. M. Oct. 18. Variabde-speed gearing.-A variable-speed belt or friction gear comprises a pulley having receiving and transmitting portions consisting of cone frusta rigidly joined at their small ends, the whole moving longitudinally relatively to an interpenetrating element to vary the speed transmitted. The double cone pulley B slides upon a sleeve b rotatable upon a non-rotatable screwed axle g. Spokes c, Fig. 2, or c<1>, Fig. 5, pass through longitudinal slots e in the pulley B and connect the sleeve b rigidly to a rim a to form a power-transmitting wheel A. Driving and driven belts, such as the tapered belt s and round belt &c. s<1>, Fig. 2, or bevel friction-gears, are always pressed against the sides of the wheel A, and move towards or from the axle g as the pulley B moves longitudinally, actuated by a screwing hand wheel G. The axle g is supported externally upon pivoted levers or upon one lever, such as i, Fig. 5, pivoted upon a stud m. The form of pulley shown in Fig. 5 is adapted for flat belts. Treadforming blocks v, v<1> slide in guides on the faces of the pulley B, and are articulated to the wheel A by links w.
Patent GB-190723078-A (GB)
Title: Combined Scrubber and Cooler for Treatment of Producer Gas.
Inventor: HALL-BROWN EBENEZER
Filed: 1907-10-19
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 23,078. Brown, E. Hall-. Oct. 19. Scrubbers; condensers. - A combined scrubber and cooler for producer gas comprises a chamber A having a removable cover A' and plates B extending across the box but not reaching the top or bottom. Between each two consecutive plates B there extends across the box a hollow metal shell E which has an upstanding rib E<2> reaching to the cover A. Perforated pipes C above the pipes B are connected to a supply of water. Baffles C' may be provided to ensure that the plates B are covered by a film of water, and suitable fibrous material may lie against these plates to assist the uniform distribution of water. The water outlet D<1> from the chamber A is higher than the lower edge of the plates B, so that the bottoms of the compartments are water-sealed. At the inlet and outlet for the gases, baffle-plates G', H', respectively, ensure that the gases traverse the whole extent of moistened surface. A cleaning-hole is provided, closed by a door H<2>; and a scum cock may be fitted at the level of the overflow. Air may be passed through the shells E to assist the cooling. According to the Provisional Specification, when air is not to be passed through the shells, their bottoms may be open for ease in manufacture.
Patent GB-190724087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal and like Pumps
Inventor: ALBERGER LOUIS ROSS
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 24,087. Alberger, L. R. Oct. 31. Centrifugal pumps.-In centrifugal pumps &c. of the type in which a portion only of the fluid passes through the impeller, drawing the rest of the fluid past the impeller, blades in the outlet channel are dispensed with. In the form shown in Fig. 2, water passes through the impeller 5 to the outlet channel 1 and draws more water through the spaces 14. A form is described in which the impeller consists of blades rotating in a fixed casing. The impeller may be placed directly on the shaft of a steam turbine.
Patent GB-190724798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pendant Closing Devices for Watches.
Inventor: ROSENHAFT MICHAEL
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 24,798. Rosenhaft, M. June 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pendants.-The pendant of a keyless watch is so constructed as to prevent the entry of dust. The guide-piece f attached to the cap and to the stem e is recessed, the inner face g of the recess being threaded at the bottom. The projecting piece fits in a corresponding channel b in the part a of the pendant, provided with a thread at its upper portion. There is also a tubular projection h on the guide-piece, engaging in a recess in the pendant.
Patent GB-190725291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 25,291. Shearing, E., and Liversidge & Son, J. Nov. 14. Spokes.-To enable spokes to be removed without interference with the felloes, their inner ends are supported by removable wedge-shaped segments B which are provided with shoulders B' and inclined edges B' engaging with the correspondinglyformed ends of the spokes. The parts are held together by side plates E. To remove a spoke, the adjacent sections are removed and the spoke is then moved inwards out of engagement with the socket for it in the felloe. It is stated that the invention is applicable to that type of wheel in which the tyre is permanently fixed to the rim of the wheel.
Patent GB-190802531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tensioning Devices for Pulley and the like Driving Belts.
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 2531. Soc. Anon. des Automobiles Peugeot. Feb. 18, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Motor road vehicles.-To allow automatic tensioning of a driving-belt, a spiral spring is attached at one end to a fixed point and at the other directly or indirectly to the axle pin of the pulley as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. The spring may be enclosed by a casing g, Fig. 3, and the pulley mounted eccentrically thereon. Fig. 6 shows a form in which the lever or casing is fixed and its axle rotates. The casing k, bolted to a fixed annular member o, has the spring attached to it by a screw. The rotatable axle r, to which the other end of the spring is attached, has an eccentric part s serving as axle to the nave of a ventilating-fan as used on a motor road vehicle. If the rotation of the lever or casing approaches 180 degrees, further rotation and the unwinding of the spring are prevented by a screw t. The device may be applied in friction gearing, for example in driving a pump.
Patent GB-190803428-A (GB)
Title: Method for Manufacturing Formic Acid
Inventor: DYES WILHELM AUGUST
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 3428. Dyes, W. A., [Hempel, A.]. Feb. 15. Formic acid is prepared by treating formates with strong acids, or with acid salts of such acids, in vacuo, the acid being added gradually in small quantities to the formate. The acid salt is preferably added in the same way.