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Patent GB-190523013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railroad Ties or Sleepers.
Inventor: CATLETT JASPER LUCIUS
Filed: 1905-11-09
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 23,013. Catlett, J. L. Nov. 9. Sleepers; rails; r a i l s, securing to sleepers.-Steel railroad ties or sleepers of special section are provided near the ends of their upper faces with upwardly-projecting shoulders arranged diagonally so as to hold the bases of the rails, and may be secured in position by ballast or, when used upon bridges, by downwardly - projecting shoulders which engage the longitudinal stringers of the bridge, the requisite distance between the sleepers being maintained, in the latter case, by flanges depending from guardrails secured to the ends of the sleepers. A suitable. section of sleepers is ahown in Fig. 3. It comprises a bent plate a having a thickened portion a<3> provided with flanges a<5>, a<6>, which are cut and bent upwards to form shoulders a<8>, a<10>, a<11>, a<12>, Fig. 1. The shoulders a<8>, a<10> at one end of the sleeper are square cut so as to bear against the rail bases, while the shoulders a<11>, a<12> at the opposite end are undercut so as to overlap the rail bases. The shoulders of adjacent sleepers A, A<1> are arranged in reverse directions, as shown, and the pairs of shoulders at the same ends of the sleepers are alternately square cut and undercut. Upon curves, the rails are further secured by overlapping plates c, c<1>, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, arranged at right-angles to each other and formed with flanges c<3>, c<3>, which engage, respectively, the outer edges of the rail bases and the flanges a<5> of the sleepers, the two plates being secured by a bolt c<4>. These fastening- plates c, c<1> may be used to secure straight rails to their sleepers before ballasting. The sleepers may be filled with cement or concrete. Sleepers for use on bridges are preferably of H-section and are provided on the underside with shoulders c<9>, c<10>, Figs. 8 and 9, which are arranged similarly to those on the upper side and engage the stringers F. The sleepers are furthur formed on their upper sides with inwardly projecting and undercut shoulders d<3> and notches d<4>, which serve, respectively, to take the flanges e, e<5>, Fig. 10, of guardrails E. The flanges e<4> of the guard-rail rest upon the sleepers, while the flanges e<5> serve to space the sleepers apart. The guard-rails E are secured against being lifted from the sleepers by plates bolted to the depending flanges e<5> and having lateral projections which bear against the undersides of the top flanges of the sleepers.
Patent GB-190524743-A (GB)
Title: Reversing Gear for Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: ALBERTINI PETER
Filed: 1905-11-29
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 24,743. Albertini, P. Dec. 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, reversing in. The reversing-gear of a two - stroke - cycle engine shown in Fig. 1 comprises means for varying the phases of the fuel-inlet valve a and the compressed air or gas inlet valved. The valve a is operated by a cam f acting through a series of levers h, h<1>, h<2>, and the air inlet or exhaust valve b; by a cam i and lever l. The compressed air or gas valve d, for reversing, is operated by an eccentric m which transmits motion to the actuating-lever p<2> through a link p<1>. The eccentricrod is connected by a lever o to an arm n which turns about a fixed point, shown in Fig. 1. When reversing, the fuel valve a is closed by throwing the roller d off the cam f by turning the bellcrank q into its central position II. At the same time, the arm n, shown in Fig. 1 in its inoperative position, is moved into one of its extreme positions to actuate the valve d and admit compressed air during the up-stroke of the piston. When the original motion of the piston has been arrested, the engine starts in the reverse direction. After the engine is reversed, the arm n is moved back to its central inoperative position, while the phase of the valve a is reversed by. throwing the bell-crank q into its extreme position III. In a modification of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the valves a, b are arranged concentrically. Fig. 4 shows a device, which may be used when the valve b does not open on the dead-centre,: for reversing the phase of the valve b simultaneously with that of the inlet valve a. A cam-surface is formed on the strap of the eccentric v. and transmits its motion to the valve through a lever l, reversing being effected by varying the position of a lever x mounted on the shaft s. An engine having the reversing-devices described may be used for marine and other purposes and may be modified to work on a four-stroke cycle. The gear may also be used at starting.
Patent GB-190525086-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Clip and Bush Attachment for Moving Rods or Tubes in Cycles and other Machines.
Inventor: WEBB HENRY
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 25,086. Webb, H. Dec. 4. Fastenings, clip. In a clip of the type having a spair of parallel eyes a<1>, a<2>, one to engage the handle-bar or other rod or tube of a cycle or other machine and the other to carry or accommodate a rod or tube which is to be capable of motion therein, a bush C is so constructed and arranged within the clip that tightening of the securing- bolt d in no way affects the movement of the movable tube. Fig. 12 shows an arrangement suitable for clipping a rolling brake-operating lever upon the handle-bars of a cycle, when, to prevent longitudinal motion of the lever b, it is provided with a projection e, the bush being furnished with a notch f to allow the initial passage of the bush over the projection. The bush is made preferably by stamping and piercing operations from a sheet-metal blank. Provided with holes near its two ends, one hole being of somewhat smaller diameter than the other, the blank is doubled at its middle and the doubled part formed into a cylindrical tube c to receive the stem of the bolt d. The marginal edges of the two parts of the doubled blank are flanged in opposite directions, the combined width of the flanges at the parts c<2> being equal to the distance between the sides a, Fig. 3, of the clip. As shown in Fig. 3, the edge of the smaller hole is turned in over that of the larger hole. If desired, however, the bush may be made from two blanks, the hole of one being turned over that of the other and the part c being semi-tubular, or it may be produced in other ways.
Patent GB-190525281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Lubricating Apparatus.
Inventor: MICHALK WILHELM
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 25,281. Michalk, W. Dec. 5. Lubricators.-A condensation lubricator which supplies a mixture of steam and oil is provided with a throttle nozzle 8, Fig. 2, screwed laterally into the pipe 22, and communicating by passages 23 with the discharge pipe d. The nozzle is fitted with a perforated strainer or distributer 9. The nozzle 8 and screw 25 may be in separate pieces. A number of pipes d may communicate laterally with passages in one nozzle 8. The nozzle 8 may be separated from the lubricator by a pipe 25, Fig. 7, which cools the oil before reaching the strainer 9, and a separate nozzle 26 may be placed in front of the pipe 25. Fig. 9 shows an arrangement in which the nozzle 8 is placed at the junction of two or more pipes d, fixed to tubular connexions 28.. The nozzles 8 may take the form of the perforated plates placed in the branch passages 29. Fig. 12 shows a modification in which the part 9 takes the form of a hollow screw with slots 30 forming a strainer, into which the nozzle 8 is screwed.
Patent GB-190526970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Plugs for Combustion Engines and the like.
Inventor: FORCE HIPPOLYTE-JOSEPHE LA
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 26,970. La Force, H. J. May. 12, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The sparking- plug shown in Fig. 1 comprises an outer metal plug a and two pieces b, c of insulating-material which surround the central sparking-terminal d and are secured by a nut'j. The lower piece c is held on the rod d between asbestos washers f, f<1> by a nut h, which is contained in a recess in the piece b. The collar i on the part b is held between asbestos washers k, m<1> by a nut and by a second nut l on the terminal d. The arrangement of the lower part of the plug ensures the formation of a chamber around the insulation c to facilitate ignition. The central terminal d is connected to the conducting wire, by a curved plate n, the bulged portions of which enter recesses in the con. nexion l when the parts o<1>, o<2> are in the position shown in Fig. 1. The curved conducting plate n and its connexions are withdrawn by turning the parts o', o<2> into the vertical position shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190606000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Casting of Metals or the like.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER FRANK
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 6000. Schneider, F. March 12. Moulding.-To prevent runners from carrying away a portion of the casting when broken off, especially when as in the case of wheels the runners are broken off while the wheel is still hot, the runner is made with its weakest part a little above the casting surface. The pattern is recessed to carry a metal runner seat a, Fig. 2, with a recess to receive the foot of the runner pattern. An inclined exterior d meets the vertical walls c at substantially an edge b. A recess e may be provided so that the seat may also serve as a lifting-plate.
Patent GB-190609161-A (GB)
Inventor: ROGERS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 9161. Rogers, W. E. April 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Levels.-For the adjustment of levels &c., a screw head with scale is provided at either end of the instrument. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a pair of metal checks A on either side of the level are connected at the bottom by a V-shaped boxing C and fixed plate G. The thumb-screw E works in the metal insertion D in the level B,. and its end is rotatably fattened to the plate G. A scale on the plates A gives the gradient. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 23,675, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190609563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire and Temperature Alarms.
Inventor: MUNRO WILLIAM TOM
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 9563. Munro, W. T. April 24. Alarms, fire and temperature. - An automatic firealarm consists of two bulbs a, b filled with gas and connected by a tube c containing an electricallyconducting liquid g and having receptacles f, f<1>. The gas in the bulb a, which is thinner than the bulb b, is at a greater pressure than the gas in the bulb b. On a rise in temperature, the gas in the bulb a expands at a greater rate than the gas in the bulb b, the liquid g bridging two or more terminals d, e of an electric circuit. Specification No. 27,956, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190615999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Operating Valves for Fluid Pressures.
Inventor: WHITE EDWARD LEWELLIN
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 15,999. White, E. L., and Hoegerstaedt, E. C. July 14. Actuating valves.-Double-beat valves are opened by unbalanced fluid pressure and closed by springs, the forces being allowed to act when the valve is released from a magnetic lock in either the open or closed position. A hollow valve b is attached to a spindle c which carries an armature i, which is attached by a coil h so as to overcome an adjustable spring l. The valve is opened by fluid pressure which acts on the lower end of a sliding sleeve e forming part of a cover f which carries the coil h and the valve with it. On demagnetizing the coil h, the spring l closes the valve which is held down by energizing a second coil g, which draws down the cover f and compresses the spring l.
Patent GB-190627639-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Furnace applicable for use in Roasting Ores and the like.
Inventor: HOMMEL WOLDEMAR
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-12-04
Abstract: 27,639. Hommel, W. Dec. 4. Roasting and calcining furnaces; air, supplying charges, agitating.-A rotary furnace for calcining materials, and particularly for roasting sulphide ores, is so constructed that the ore undergoes its final treatment on a fixed annular hearth to which the air supply is restricted. The furnace consists of a rotary dome-shaped portion B, and a fixed annular portion b beneath which passes a flue C communicating with the furnace and with a return flue c in the roof a. The ore upon the rotating portion B is fed radially by fixed rabbles a<2> on to the annular portion b, from which it is moved by rabbles b<1>, attached to the rotating portion, to the discharge openings in the floor. The gases from the ore escape to the chamber a' in the roof. Air is led through a passage d' to a chamber D surrounding the pivot b<4>, and escapes through pipes d to a ring-shaped chamber b<3> in the rotating portion B. The air finally escapes to the ores through perforations in the bottom of the chamber b<3>. The flue C may extend over the rotary portion B.
Patent GB-190627767-A (GB)
Title: Vessel for Boiling Milk and other Foamy Liquids.
Inventor: MUELLER HERMANN
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 27,767. M³ller, H. Dec. 6. Saucepans and cooking- kettles.-A vessel 2, for boiling milk and other liquids which h tend to froth and boil over, is surrounded by a jacket 1 divided by a partition 8 into two parts, which communicate by openings 10. The lower part of the jacket receives water and the upper part 5 serves as a steam space. The steam is allowed to escape through one or more pipes 7, which terminate in distributing-roses 11 and deliver the steam on to the surface of the liquid.
Patent GB-190628142-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Arresting or Checking Side Slip of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DOOLITTLE PERRY ERNEST
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 28,142. Doolittle, P. E. Dec. 10. Disk wheels; slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for.-To check side-slip in motor-c a r s, motor - ommbuses, and other road vehicles, auxiliary dish-shaped wheels c are loosely mounted on spherical bearings b at the ends of an axle of the -vehicle or a supplementary axle, and normally run with elastic tyres n in contact with the ground; on the occurrence of side - slip, the lower edge of one of these wheels approaches the main wheel, or a fixed disk mounted on the supplementary axle, thereby causing a narrow steel or other non-skid rim m to grip the road. Fig. 3 shows the device applied to a running wheel of the vehicle. To keep the wheel c steady, a weight g, carrying a pronged lever h provided with--rollers j or other contacting-devices, may be suspended from the wheel hub by a support f. A lever k, bearing against the upper part of the wheel c to help it to assume its operative position, may also be connected to such a weight. When applied to a driving-wheel, a friction or clutch device is mounted on the outside of the driving-wheel and on the inside of the loose wheel so that the driving effort may be transferred to the latter when they come in contact during side-slip.
Patent GB-190629378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Offal.
Inventor: JOHNSTONE JOHN FORSYTH
Filed: 1906-12-24
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 29,378. Johnstone, J. F. Dec. 24. Glue.-Relates to improvements in the apparatus described in Specification No. 25,660, A.D. 1898, for treating offal. The steam jacket a' is stopped short of the bottom man-holes c as shown in order to prevent the leakage of steam into the cylinder. The scrapers g, preferably wooden, are carried by two arms f bolted to three sided sockets i e<a>, which in turn are secured to the bosses e<1>. In this way, the scrapers are rendered strong and easily replaceable. Two suction pipes d and two discharge openings c are provided.
Patent GB-190701086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Iron Shaping Machines
Inventor: KNUTSEN CARL ELIAS
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 1086. Knutsen, C. E., and Knutsen, O. M. Jan. 15. Bending.-In the making of bridle irons' &c. for structural purposes, a part of a bar 31 is twisted relatively to the remainder of the bar. The bar is fed up to a gauge 35 and between the flange 9<a> of the bed and blocks 11 adjustable on the bed, and is locked by levers 14 against the inclined faces of the blocks 11. The bar is engaged by the parts 29 of dies 26 on a reciprocating slide 17 and is partly twisted. The twisting is completed on the next descent of the dies by the parts 26<a>, the dies 26, during the second operation, sliding on the blocks 19 secured to the slide 17. The dies 26 are adjustable towards and from each other by means of bolts 22. When the press-slide attachment, shown in Fig. 9, is used, the twisting is effected in one operation, the work being engaged by the chamfered corners of the dies 51, which with their carrier 43 slide on the press head during the operation. The movement of the dies is limited by stops 48, 50, 46.
Patent GB-190706757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing Side Slip of Motor or other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: KINSEY HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 6757. Kinsey, H., and Challenger, G. March 20. Slipping of wheels, preventing. - To p r e v e n t side - slip in motor and other road vehicles, one or other of two auxiliary wheels or shoes mounted in divergent arms pivoted beneath the vehicle comes into contact with the road during side-slip, owing to the lateral displacement of the vehicle relatively to a wheeled trailer. An horizontal frame a, supported by a wheel f, is pivoted to the vehicle so as to be capable of lateral and vertical displacement, and is provided with projections which bear against arms g pivoted to the axle or underframe. The arms g carry shoes or wheels h having metal, rubber, leather, or other tyres, the peripheries of which are preferably tapered, and are either grooved as shown in Fig. 1, or plain as shown in Fig. 3. Two or more sets of apparatus may be used. The wheels f, h are mounted vertically beneath the axle of the vehicle so as to enable it to turn freely. When the device is not required, the trailer is raised by a lever or pedal. In a modification, the trailing wheel f and projections j are carried on a frame pivoted longitudinally in the trailing bar, which is fixed horizontally. The movement of the arms g is limited by stops g<1>.
Patent GB-190708876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pumps and Motor Engines for use in Fluid Circulation for Power Transmission and other purposes
Inventor: HARDY GEORGE HURLSTONE
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 8876. Hardy, G. H. April 17. Fixed-abutment type with axially-sliding vanes. Relates to improvements in rotary engines of the type described in Specification No. 3213, A.D. 1890, and consists in the arrangement of several collateral parallel-sided chambers on one shaft and in the utilization of one vane for more than one chamber. Figs. I and II represent a rotor carrying four series of vanes sliding across the annular passages constituting four adjacent working chambers. The top abutment has barriers B closing the first and third chambers, while the bottom abutment has barriers B*` closing the second and fourth chambers. The vanes e are actuated by sine-curved cams working between fixed rollers F, F*. Fig. III gives an internal view showing the abutments. Fig. IV sbows the admission ports P. The casing is eased off where admission takes place as shown in Figs. III and IV. The sine-curved cams may be fixtures, and, as shown in Fig. VIII, are the terminals of the inner cylinder a'. In this case the vanes bear rollers V which press against the cam-surfaces and are moved bytension. High-pressure steam enters the central chamber 4, and passing out is led to the adjacent chambers 2, 6. The outflow of these two chambers is led round to the inlets of the four chambers 1, 3, 5, 7 on the opposite side, and then exhausts. The abutments are adjustable by set-screws S. The Specification also describes and illustrates a similar type of engine in which longitudinally divided vanes are used. The cams used are those described in Specification No 29,511, A.D. 1906. In other modifications, the elliptical curvature is interrupted at the transition period and resumed after an interval of one-eighth to one-quarter of a circle. Specifications No. 253, A.D. 1863, No. 2758, A.D. 1868, No. 1247, A.D. 1874, No. 2499, A.D. 1875, No. 5181, A.D. 1883, Nos. 2334 and 17,572, A.D. 1890, No. 9602, A.D. 1892, Nos. 15,333 and 16,975, A.D. 1898, No. 13,992, A.D. 1899, No. 17,484, A.D. 1900, No. 20,745, A.D. 1901, No. 1280, A.D. 1903, No. 25,377, A.D. 1904, and No. 6107, A.O. 1906, are also referred to.
Patent GB-190708943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beds
Inventor: KOEHLER MAX
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 8943. Koehler, M. April 17. Bedsteads.-Relates to a bed for stretching the human body, employing the weight of the body itself. The bed m is supported on rollers o which tend to roll down levers b pivoted to the side bars a of the bed, and to bars g which may be moved longitudinally by means of a screw i and wheel k. The patient is laid upon the bed, and the limb to be stretched is fastened to the hook n ; the tendency of the bed to roll down the levers b exerts a pull upon the patient's body and so stretches the said limb. The apparatus may be made folding and the height of the bed is adjustable by means of the rod g, screw i, and wheel k.
Patent GB-190715029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Shades and Lenses.
Inventor: WARD THOMAS
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 15,029. Ward, T., and Cooper, M. June 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Lamp shades and globes.-In a combined lamp shade and globe or lens, the lamp shade A is constructed with a ledge B either outside as shown, or inside, of which a portion C is removed and the end D turned up. The lens, formed from a glass rod F wound spirally with a space between each convolution, can be attached to the shade by passing the free end G of the glass rod over the flange B, and turning it until it meets the turned-up end D of the ledge. Instead of a flange, the shade A may be formed with internal or external threads to receive the top convolutions of the lens.
Patent GB-190716478-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Stripping Brush.
Inventor: PHILIPSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 1 6 , 4 7 8. Philipson, W., Philipson, T. W. H., and Philipson, P. C. July 18. Rotary brushes.- A stripping - brush for cleaning the flats of carding-engines consists of a wooden roll A clothed with straight wire filleting B and with horsehair, M e x ican-fibre, Madagascar-fibre, or like bristles D mounted on strips of wood C let in longitudinal or spiral grooves G. The cotton or other deleterious matter is stripped from the brush by a fixed comb or hackle H attached to a rod I fixed to an arm K. The stripping-brush may be rotated in either direction at will, thus enabling its teeth to be worn equally.