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Patent GB-190605127-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method and Apparatus for Supplying Steam to the Combustion Chambers of Furnaces.
Inventor: HAEBIG OTTO
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1907-03-02
Abstract: 5127. Haebig, O. March 2, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Steam-generator &c. furnaces; air and steam, supplying. - A method of supplying steam to steam - generator furnaces and smelting and reverberatory furnaces for treating copper ore consists in supplying water to receptacles in the flues, the steam generated being then conducted to the furnace solely by the action of the flow of air for combustion. As applied to a Lancashire boiler, the apparatus consists of tubes 2, 3, Fig. 1, located in the flue and in communication at the rear of the boiler with the external air, the supply being controlled by dampers 10 in a box 13 consisting of a wooden frame covered with wire. Water is admitted to the tubes 2, 3 by pipes 16, 18, and the steam generated flows with the air into a box 1, where it is distributed above and below the grate 17. Steam-pipes 11 are arranged in the tubes 2, 3 for inducing a draught. Fig. 6 shows a smelting-furnace 33 surrounded by a jacket 32 to which air and steam are supplied. Air passes through the aperture 28 into the chamber 25, and through a series of tubes 29 heated by the waste heat from the furnace. The air then passes over a number of receptacles 24 for water, which is evaporated, the steam passing with the air to a chamber 30 communicating with the jacket 33. In order to induce a draught, the steam is supplied through a pipe 36 to the uptake 26. In the reverberatory furnace shown in Fig. 11, tortuous air passages 55, 56 are arranged below and above the chamber 42, and the air passes in a heated condition through a slot 40 to the space below the fire-bars 39, and through a slot 41 to the chamber 42. The waste gases pass through the conduit 45 to a conduit 47 beneath a shallow box 51 containing water, steam being generated and then sucked through the slot 40 by the air from the conduits 55. The waste gases finally escape through the tube 48 to the uptake.
Patent GB-190606065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash, Parcel and the like Conveying Apparatus.
Inventor: PHILLIPS ERBINE CURTIS
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 6065. Phillips, E. C. March 13. Mechanical d i spatch apparatus.- Relates to apparatus in which a wheeled carrier e is shot along a stretched wire a by pulling a cord b<12>. The wire a is secured to an adjustable bolt b<3> in a block b pivoted at b<1> to the support c and adjusted by set - screws b<2>. The block b carries parallel rods b<6>, b<7> for guiding the slide f, which has a notched part f<6> for steadying the wire a. This slide is drawn back by the cord b<12> running over pulleys as shown, and is returned by a spring g. The slide carries spring catches h for engaging with the carrier e so as to draw it back. These catches are tripped, so as to release the carrier, by means of a bevelled block i fixed to the rod b<6>. The carrier e contains the propelling- spring e', which is compressed by the rod b<6>. The receptable j, Fig, 7, for the coins &c. is connected to the carrier by pins e<11> on the carrier engaging beneath a slotted ring j<2>. The parts are kept in place by a spring e<12> and a stop j<5>.
Patent GB-190607277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Making Aluminium.
Inventor: BETTS ANSON GARDNER
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1907-03-26
Abstract: 7277. Betts, A. G. April 1, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric furnaces. - Aluminium, practically free from iron and silicon, is obtained by electrolysis from impure aluminium, or from aluminium alloys, e.g. of the kind described in Specification No. 7277, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Electrolysis]. The impure aluminium is made the anode 3 in a fused aluminium-depositing electrolyte 5, which is specifically lighter than the alloy &c., but specifically heavier than pure aluminium. Suitable electrolytes are cryolite saturated with alumina, cryolite and barium chloride, &c. The cathode is a layer 6 of pure aluminium, which makes connexion with the negative conductor through a channel in a rim of alumina or other refractory material, on the top of the carbon lining of the electrolytic cell ; the castiron containing.box is connected to the positive conductor. Air is excluded by a lid of cast-iron lined with fire-brick.
Patent GB-190608756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incubators.
Inventor: HENDLE LOUIS
Filed: 1906-04-11
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 8756. HÚndlÚ, L., Marshal, F. R., and Hughes, F. E. April 11. Incubators.-Relates to an automatic incubator provided with an egg-turning device. The cabinet a is fitted with drawers or compartments b, c, d for the reception of eggs b<x>, sand c<1>, and a water tank d<2> respectively. The eggs are separated by partitions h and rest upon an endless band f passing round rollers g, which are actuated by clock-work through a removable spur-wheel g'. Pipes d<1>; d<3> are provided for the conveyance of the moisture and heat generated by a lamp e. Above the drawer b is a drying-compartment a' having a glass cover a<2> through which the chickens may be observed when placed in the compartment. Suitable regulating appliances are employed to open or close the opening a<3> in the cover and thereby regulate the temperature. The apparatus thus requires no attention during incubation, supply tanks of sufficient capacity being provided for the lamp and the water tank.
Patent GB-190609523-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Bagging Coal and for similar purposes.
Inventor: METCALFE HENRY WRAY
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1907-04-23
Abstract: 9523. Metcalfe, H. W. April 23. Shoots.-An inclined shoot b, preferably hinged, is fitted beneath an outlet a<2> of a hopper a to the side of the horizontal platform a<1> which forms the bottom, and has pivoted to its lower end at d<1> a shield d, adapted to be raised by hand as shown in dotted lines. A sliding door a<3> may be provided to adjust the size of the exit. The sides of the shoot are bent up, and side plates c are fitted to direct the coal. A hook e carried on a rod e<1> provided with a handle e<2> serves for the attachment of the sacks, and may be made to slide outwards from under the centre of the shoot. In use, the slope of the shoot b is adjusted so that the coal slides downwards from the hopper a until checked by the shield d. On this being raised, the receptacle f is filled and the shield lowered. The edges of the shield may be sharpened. Several shoots may be arranged with one hopper. If baskets are to be filled, an incline may be provided to facilitate their removal. Specification No. 8820, A.D. 1898, is referred to.
Patent GB-190612963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bowls or Rollers used for Expressing Liquid or Moisture from Fabrics, Yarns or the like.
Inventor: REDDAWAY FRANK
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 12,963. Reddaway, F. June 5. Rollers or cylinders in use for expressing liquids from fabrics, yarns, &c. consist of a metal core a on which are superposed a sleeve b of vulcanite, a layer c of soft rubber, and an outer portion d of hard rubber or ebonite. - [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2431, A.D. 1857, and No. 749, A.D. 1863.]
Patent GB-190701292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Converting Direct into Alternating Currents by Means of the Electric Arc.
Inventor: RUHMER ERNST
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 1292. Ruhmer, E. Jan. 17. Telegraphs; telephone systems.-Relates to the Duddell system of converting direct into alternating currents by means of an electric arc and an oscillation circuit, and consists essentially in constricting the arc so as to obtain an increased frequency for enabling the oscillations to be used for wireless telegraphy and telephony. The arc is constricted by placing obstructions in its path which may be entirely mechanical or may be assisted by a magnetic blow out. The obstruction may consist of a perforated plate of porcelain, quartz, steatite, or the like, or of baffle-plates as shown in Fig. 2. A constricted tube, Fig. 3, may be employed, or a funnel or series of funnels. Fig. 4 shows an arrangement with an obstruction c, which may be cooled, and a magnet e. Fig. 5 shows another arrangement in which hollow electrodes. through which a cooling-fluid flows, are employed. The electrodes may also be enclosed in a partly-exhausted tube or vessel.
Patent GB-190711839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: LATIMER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 11,839. Latimer, A. May 21. Tyres, pneumatic.-In a tyre cover having an extensible and contractile bead or thickened edge, the edge is fitted with a core consisting of closecoiled spring steel wire or flat strip spring steel made of triangular formation, The elastic core a, Fig. 1, consists of a spiral coil of wire or metal strip shaped in section to fit against the side of the cover and the inturned rim-edge. The core may be attached by means of rubbered fabric c stitched to the cover at c<2>; or, as shown in Fig. 2, short lengths of rubbered cords d with flattened ends d<1> may be stitched along. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the cord is continuous. The continuous rubbered cord i, Fig. 4, may be looped through eyes h<1> in staples h above and below the core ; the staples are used to hold together the loops f of an outer cover made from double loops or endless cords, the cover being afterwards finished. The core a may be formed from straight coils bent and riveted at their ends.
Patent GB-190711920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Hammer Rock Drilling Machines
Inventor: CHRISTIANSEN CHARLES
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 11,920. Christiansen, C. Feb. 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Rock drills.-In order to allow air from the cylinder of a pneumatic hammer rock-drilling machine, to pass through the hollow drill into the bore-hole to remove detritus, the end c of the cylinder has passages e, f communicating by a groove i in a rotary ring d with a radial passage g which is connected to an annular groove h in the interior of the end c, which allows the air to flow along grooves in the piston-rod and through the drill. The air can be partly or wholly cut off from the groove h by turning the ring. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 18,882, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190713646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Bearings of Lawn Mowers.
Inventor: HENDERSON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 13,646. Henderson, T. June 13. Adjusting for position.-In a bearing for the cutter shaft of a lawnmower, the lower brass is supported by a device which permits adjustment from above. The brasses d<1>, d<2> are placed in a cavity b in the frame a of the lawn - mower. The upper brass d' is adjusted by a screw f, and the lower brass d<2> is supported and adjusted by an L-shaped bolt g, which projects above the frame and is engaged by a nut h. In a modification, the nut h is dispensed with, and the bolts f, g are fitted with gear wheels so as to be adjusted simultaneously. The bolt g may be replaced by a U-shaped bolt, both ends projecting above the frame.
Patent GB-190715353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Reversible Propellers.
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1908-07-03
Abstract: 15,353. Thompson, T., and Villinger's Patent Reversible Propeller Syndicate. July 3. Screw propellers.-In reversible propellers in which the blades are operated or reversed while in motion by a central rod sliding in the hollow driving-shaft, the rod is operated by a screw-andnut mechanism designed to move the rod smoothly and evenly and to retain it in any position. The central rod e, Fig. 3, is connected by a cotter c passing through slots d in the shaft b to a bush a, which is loosely mounted on the hollow driving- shaft b and is provided with a projecting collar a<1>. This collar engages with the ends f <1>, f<2> of a threaded sleeve f moved longitudinally by a nut g, which is caused to rotate in a fixed bearing h by rotating the sprocket-wheel g<1>. Between the ends of the sleeve f and side faces of the collar a<1> are placed bearing-balls i which are adjustable by rotating the screw cap f<2>. An extension f<2> of the sleeve f is flattened at f<4> on both its side faces, which engage between forks h<1> of the main bearing- bracket h so as to prevent rotation of the sleeve f. To facilitate the operation of the blades and to prevent cross-winding in the example illustrated, which is a two-bladed propeller, the inner ends are enlarged at l, their adjacent faces bearing against each other and one being provided with an axial pin p fitting in an axial recess in the other. Slots n are cut for the operating rods o, and in some cases these slots are made deep so that the rods may be pushed right over to feather the blades, in addition to getting the fore and aft position.
Patent GB-190715807-A (GB)
Title: Spigot for Drawing Off Viscous Liquids
Inventor: JOERGENSEN PETER
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 15,807. J÷rgensen, P. July 9. Screw pumps.-A device for drawing off viscous or semi-fluid liquids such as syrup, tar, oil, &c. comprises a casing a, in which is situated a rotary screw f operated by a handle g. The casing is closed at both ends and has an entrance aperture c at the lower side of the inner end. A cap h, held in place by springs, closes the outlet when liquid is not being drawn off.
Patent GB-190715993-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Burning Oil for Generating Heat.
Inventor: MASON THOMAS CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-11
Granted: 1908-07-13
Abstract: 15,993. Mason, T. C. July 11. Liquid - fuel furnaces; air, supplying. - Air for combustion in an internally - heated steam-generator or other oil-burning furnace passes from a space beneath the combustion chamber floor, and is heated in passages at the sides and front of the combustion chamber, and between the latter and an enclosing arch, similar to that described in Specifications Nos. 13,166 and 15,430, A.D. 1907, before escaping through a contracted passage. In the locomotive-boiler furnace shown in Figs. 1 and 2, air passes from the chamber F through openings at G to passages I, Fig. 2, leading to the spaces beneath the arch L<2>, Fig. 2, and thence through the transverse passages I<1> with the contracted outlet J to beneath the burner in the combustion chamber L. The fire clay floor E and plate D are supported by angle-irons. The burner is supplied with oil and steam in regulable quantities through valved pipes N, Q, respectively. The ordinary dampers H<1>, H<2> are fitted to the lower part of the fire-box. The invention is. described and illustrated in the Specification as applied to a marine boiler and to a vertical boiler. In both these cases, doors or dampers to regulate the air supply to the underside of the floor E are provided on the front of the boiler.
Patent GB-190718216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inflating-valves for Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: HOEDT AUGUST
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-08-12
Abstract: 18,216. Hoedt, A., and Jacobus, J. Aug. 12. Check valves ; lift valves; casings. - A tyreinflating valve comprises a casing a fitted with a screw needle-valve f working in conjunction with the delivery fitting or "mouthpiece" g of the inflating-pump, which is fitted with a non-return ball valve i and fits tightly over the conical upper part of the valve casing a. In operation, the fitting g is applied to the valve casing, the needle-valve f is screwed back, and air is pumped into the tyre past the ball valve i; when the inflation is completed, the needle valve is closed down again. Figs. 5 and 6 show modified forms of the delivery fitting. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement in which the non- return ball valve i is situated within the valve casing a. In a modification, the flange of the screw f has an internally - threaded downward extension screwing on the valve casing ; in another modification, the flange is reduced in diameter to permit a dust cap to be screwed over the end of the valve casing.
Patent GB-190719392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Process for Obtaining Edestin from Cotton Seeds or Pressed Compositions of same.
Inventor: LEVI ROBERT
Filed: 1907-08-29
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 19,392. Levi, R. Aug. 29. Edestin, a substance forming the greater part of the protein material in cotton seeds, is obtained pure by washing the cotton seeds, or pressed compositions of them, with solutions of certain salts such as aluminium sulphate, or with solutions of salts containing free acid, rinsing with water, extracting the edestin with 3 per cent hydrochloric acid, and freeing it from the solution in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190722219-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Making Wafer Sandwiches.
Inventor: JOSEPH POLAK
Filed: 1907-10-08
Abstract: 22,219. Polak, J. Oct. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Biscuits.-A machine for making wafer sandwiches comprises an endless chain of pans d, pivoted on spindles c and moving under the outlet g of a container f, from which the filling- material is intermittently pressed by a piston hand screw i actuated by a mutilated gearwheel m on a shaft n: The pans dare hollow, and their covers q have perforations r a n d ridges s, on which rest the wafers e. Adjacent to the pans d is a long box t under partial vacuum, and having slits v in the upper surface covered by a leather flat :o, which is turned up at one end of the box in order to allow a pipe y, carried by the pan d, to pass between the flap and the top of the box t and thereby establish communication between the interior of the pan and the box t. Owing to the partial vacuum thus set up in the pan d, the wafer e is pressed on the ridges s by atmospheric pressure, while the filling-material is being pressed on it from the container f. When the pan carrying the coated wafer passes beyond the box t, atmospheric pressure again acts inside the pan, and the second wafer may be placed on the layer of filling. In a modification, the box t is replaced by a drum connected by tubes and valves with the pans, so that each pan is under vacuum during the upper portion of its path.
Patent GB-190802132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Locks and Latches.
Inventor: PARKES WILLIAM EDMUND
Filed: 1908-01-30
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 2132. Parkes, W. E., and Parkes, J. H. Jan. 30. [Patent of Addition to No. 8907, A.D. 1907.] Indicactors " engaged." - The improvoment consists in providing the sliding plate J which carries the coin - slit closing device j<1> and operates the indicator G, with a knob K on the inside of the door, and in making it necessary for the plate to be actuated by hand before the door can be opened from the inside, instead of it being operated automatically when the bolt B is withdrawn. When the door is locked after entry to the closet, the pivoted plate H bears against the follower b<2> and prevents the bolt B being withdrawn until the plate J has been operated.
Patent GB-190804562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Transmission and Reproduction of Images or the like at a Distance.
Inventor: SEMAT LAURENT
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1909-03-29
Abstract: 4562. Semat, L. Feb. 28. Telegraphs; telephone systems; synchronous movements.-In a system of autographic telegraphy, the cylinder carrying the image to be transmitted is of larger diameter than the cylinder upon which the image is to be recorded, and rotates continuously. The cylinders have the same peripheral velocity, but the smaller stops every revolution to enable the larger cylinder to complete a revolution before the smaller cylinder recommences to rotate. As shown in Fig. 1, the drum 1 carries the image to be transmitted, and is driven from an electric motor by friction gearing comprising wheels 4, 14. The drum 33, Fig. 2, at the receiver is driven in a similar manner. When the line circuit is closed at the transmitter, a bell 18 is rung at the receiver. The motors 12, 42 at the transmitter and receiver are started, and the cam 45 at the transmitter is then moved from c to d, breaking the circuit of the electro-magnet 8 between the contacts 9, 10 owing to the action of the electromagnet 20 which attracts its armature. The armature 11 is therefore retracted, and the pulley 14 contacts with the wheel 4, thereby driving the drum 1. The insulating-stop 24 soon reaches the contact 21 and breaks the line circuit at 23, de-energizing the electro-magnet 25, which releases its armature and breaks the circuit of the electromagnet 31. This also releases its armature, breaking the circuit of the electro-magnet 39, and releasing the wheel 42 which drives the drum 33 as described in connexion with the drum 1 at the transmitter. This action is repeated once in each revolution, suitable resistances 46 being provided for adjusting, the speeds of the motors. To stop the apparatus at both stations from the transmitting-stations, the cam 45, Fig. 1, is moved from d to c ; the same result can be accomplished at the receiving-station by lowering the tappet 28, Fig. 2, and moving the cam 44 from d to c, whereupon the stops 48, 35 strike the tappets 28, 38 respectively, breaking the line circuit and completing the circuit of the electro-magnet 39. If the line must be closed for telephonic communication, the cam 45 at the transmitter is moved from d to c, and the tappet 28 is then raised. The images to be transmitted may be in halftone, obtained by photo-printing methods ; or they may be in the form of reliefs and hollows on conducting supports as obtained by photo-zincographic or like means. Alternatively, the images may be printed in non- conducting or printer's ink on conducting supports, or they may be printed photographically on sensitized cylinders of crucible carbon, graphite, or the like.
Patent GB-190809020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WATT FRANK JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 9020. Watt, F. J. April 25. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In a sparking- plug, the insulation is prevented from cracking (1) by allowing it to expand, (2) by preventing it from coming into direct contact with the outer shell, and (3) by completely enclosing it in the casing. The body 1 receives a screwed gland 7, in a recess of which is a resilient packing-ring 15 against which the enlarged part 13 of the insulation is pressed. The insulator is held in place by the central conductor 16 by means of nuts 25, 27 and concave resilient washers 24, 28. The lower end of the conductor is enlarged, and bears against resilient packing kept in place by a shoulder in the bore of the insulator. The upper part of the insulator is surrounded by the cap 3 bearing on the washer 26. Sparking occurs between a platinum or other point 17 and a wire 31. The above construction prevents leakage of gas. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the conductor is of the same diameter throughout, but has annular grooves 32 which retain in place a resilient packing 33, which is moulded or otherwise applied.
Patent GB-190813363-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Friction Clutch.
Inventor: FASTING JOHAN SIGISMUND
Filed: 1908-06-23
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 13,363. Fasting, J. S. June 23. Clutches. - In hydraulically - operated friction clutches, the fluid-containing body is formed as a removable flat capsule consisting of an elastic metal sheet and a stiff metal plate secured together at the edges. In the segmental clutch shown in Fig. 2, the parts 13, 14 of the fluid-containing capsule are secured at their edges by angle-irons 15, and are secured to arms 7 carrying pins 8 engaging slots 6 in arms 5 secured to the shaft 1. Springs 10, 17 on bolts 12, 19 secured to the arms 5 and parts 13, respectively, normally keep the segments 9, 16 out of contact with the outer drum 2. Fluid, which may be air or liquid or both, is supplied through a pipe 20. Applied to a plate clutch, Fig. 3, the capsule 13, 14 is keyed to a flange 31 secured to the part 28 and presses a ring 26 sliding on the part 24 against the overhung part 32 of the flange 31. A spring 34 normally disengages the parts.