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Patent GB-190628342-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytic Production of Pure Tin.
Inventor: THIROT ADOLPHE JEAN MARIE
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 2 8,3 4 2. Thirot, A. J. M., and Mage [called Nouguier], L. A. March 26, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tin, obtaining.-Tin slimes, tin ores, tin dross or waste, or old tin plates are treated with boiling soda lye in iron vessels to form sodium stannate ; preferably a series of vessels is used and the liquid is passed methodically through them ; in some cases fusion with soda and subsequent solution is adopted. The stannate solution is purified from other metals, e.g. arsenic, antimony, copper, lead, precious metals, &c. by treatment with hot sodium sulphide, and decantatiom while hot. The purified solution is electrolyzed in iron tanks with iron anodes, and cathodes of sheets of tin or of tin plate. The solution is heated by steam during the electrolysis, the vats being insulated from each other by insertion of, say, lengths of rubber tubing in the steam-pipes. A low voltage and currentdensity are employed ; the electrolyte is preferably made to circulate throughout a series of vats arranged in cascade and connected by rubber tubes ; water may be added to the vats to maintain a uniform strength of soda in the solution. The electrolyte after deposition of the tin is mixed with fresh soda and used again for dissolving more tin. When cathodes of tin-plate are used, they are freed from the deposited metal by dipping in a bath of molten tin and are then ready for re-use.
Patent GB-190701605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wind Screens for Motor Cars.
Inventor: FARR JAMES EDWIN
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 1605. Farr, J. E. Jan. 22. Pivot adjustments. - Relates to a wind-screen joint for motor-cars and like vehicles. The lower half a has attached to the upper end of each side a bracket b with a curved slot b<1> enlarged at one end b<2>. The bracket b has also a fixed pin c, screwed at its outer end, and having at its inner end a pair of slightly curved flattened faces c'. The upper half d has similarly a bracket e extending below its lower edge and cranked so as to overlap the part b. The bracket e has a slot e<1> enlarged at one end e<8>, and a short pin f suitably curved and Battened projects from its inner face. The pin f engages with the slot b<1> non-rotatably except at the end b<2>. Similarly the pin c engages with the slot e<1> non-rotatably except at the end e<2>. The pin c has a clamping-nut g with a spring washer. The upper half can by these means be folded flat as shown in Fig. 3, or locked in any position between that position and a sloping position on the other side, the adjacent edges of the glass of the two halves of the screen remaining close together.
Patent GB-190702327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Flushing Tanks.
Inventor: GREENHALGH ANDREW
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 2327. Greenhalgh, A., and Farrar, T. Jan. 30. Water-waste preventers, siphon-discharge. When the cistern 1 is tilted on the pivots 2 by means of a pullchain 9, the bend of the siphon 7 becomes submerged and siphonic action is set up. The siphon d i s charges into the open mouth 8 of a down pipe. Stops 6, which contact with the supporting-bracket 3, limit the motion of the cistern. The ball cock 5 is placed as shown.
Patent GB-190709132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Reciprocating Engines.
Inventor: STEAD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 9132. Stead, W., and Mensforth, H. April 19. Cylinders.-A method of securing a removable held between the cylinders of a tandem engine is described. The head 3 is provided with a flange 8 and a conical seat 4 which engages a seat 5 cast on the smaller cylinder. Pins having eccentric parts 13, Fig. 3, are placed in radial holes in the cylinder 1, and are turned by means of the heads 15 to engage the flange 8. Packing is inserted between the seats 4, 5 and may be inserted between the pin collars 14 and the cylinder 1. The pins are provided with looking-plates 16. The cylinders may be of equal diameter, or the head may be introduced through the smaller cylinder and engage a flange cast between the cylinders.
Patent GB-190710945-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Catch, Hasp, and Lock, for Doors Gates, and the like.
Inventor: CHIPPINDALE AMOS
Filed: 1907-05-10
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 10,945. Chippindale, A. May 10. Latches; locks, key.-In means for locking pivoted latches for doors, gates, &c., the hasp D, mounted on the striking-plate B, is turned up to engage the bevelled catch-piece E and lock the latch H in position ; a padlock is then hung in a hole F in the catch-piece.
Patent GB-190712961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sighting Gear for Ordnance.
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 12,961. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Richardson, J. June 4. Sights.-Relates to sights of the kind described in Specification No. 3126, A.D. 1906, having means for correcting the setting of the range pointer for muzzle-velocity changes. The radially-moving range pointer b is guided by a roller working in a cam-groove d<1> in a cam-plate d adjustably attached to the back of a bracket e. A pointer h<2>, connected to the plate d, moves over marks e<3>, on the edge of the bracket, which lead to charge-temperature graduations upon a straight or curved slide i. In using the apparatus, the slide i is moved until an index mark i<1> is opposite the appropriate muzzlevelocity graduation on a fixed scale k, and the plate d is adjusted by moving the pinf in a slot el in the bracket e until the pointer h<2> is upon the mark e<3> leading to the appropriate temperature graduation on the scale i. The cam d<1> is thus set so as to correct for muzzle-velocity changes due both to wear of gun and to charge-temperature. The bracket e has two slots e<1>, and the cam-plate d is reversible so that corrections may be made for both increases and decreases in the muzzle-velosity. The apparatus may be so modified that other corrections than for charge-temperature may be made.
Patent GB-190713419-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lifting, Jack for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: RICH HERBERT CHARLES INGRAM
Filed: 1907-06-10
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 13,419. Rich, H. C. I., and George, W. June 10. Lifting-jacks for raising the wheels of motor and other vehicles are placed in an inclined position under the wheel with the lifting-crutch engaging the axle, and the vehicle is then moved until the jack assumes a vertical position. The jack comprises an adjustable notched member b sliding in a casing a and fixed by a hand-operated pawl f secured to a spring g. The member b carries a lifting-crutch h at its upper extremity, which preferably has one arm longer than the other. The casing has a lateral extension d at the base which prevents the jack from overturning when in the inclined position, and it is provided preferably with a drag hook e to prevent the jack from being moved along by the vehicle.
Patent GB-190717359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Music Sheet Mechanism.
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 17,359. Marks, E. C. R., [Simplex Piano Player Co.]. July 29. Automatic instruments, winding-mechanism for. The driving-shaft 10 is longitudinally adjustable by a screwed shaft 23, having at its outer end a disk 27, against which the end of the driving-shaft 10 is pressed by a spring 17.
Patent GB-190718241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Testing Machines
Inventor: CILLARD ALFRED DESIRE
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-09-14
Abstract: 18,241. Cillard, A. D. Aug. 12. Testing strength and elasticity of materials and the like dynamometers.-Testing-machines, in addition to having means for testing by compression, tension, bending, and percussion, are provided with means for testing tissues, caoutchouc, paper, leather, belts or straps, metal sheets, wires, threads, and the like, and also for determining durability, coefficient of friction, and viscosity of specimens. The bed of the machine carries the dynamometer head, which is detachable for calibration and has an eye h for suspending it ; the spring a is threaded on the rod carrying one of the testing clamps which has an arm b on the rod for operating the pointer through a rack and pinion, the other clamp being attached to the screwed rod n with bevel and worm gearing for quick or slow travel. The bed also carries a vertically-sliding block, bearing in which is the wheel d, the edge 8 of which is adapted for testing wear and which has an adjustable crank-pin, as shown, for facilitating repeated bending, tension, percussion, or like tests ; the wheel is provided with worm and change-speed drive as shown. For repeated bending, the roller grip 13, 14, Fig. 7, is employed in the reciprocating block driven from the wheel d, and pivoted clamps are employed to prevent breakage at the end of the specimen. For testing wear, durability, friction, &c., the specimen 9, Fig. 5, under tension is pressed by means of the plunger and counterweighted lever as shown. The same apparatus is employed with a point or blade to test by perforating or shearing a tissue, fabric, or metal or gutta-percha sheet, which may be supported or not by the wheel d. For paper, leather, and like fabrics, the plunger is fitted with a rod having a small spherical tip of 3 to 5 mm. diameter, as shown in Fig. 10, and the fabric is tensioned. For testing viscosity and plasticity of substances such as wax, caoutchouc, and the like, the ordinary apparatus of reversion is employed with a steel plunger D, Fig. 11, working in the steel cylinder C, in which a perforated plug E is screwed. For testing at different temperatures, the ordinary clamps are replaced by bent jaws which enter a receptacle containing a heated or cooled liquid. For testing wires and cords, pulleys on which they are wound are mounted in the clamps ; collars, keys, or wedges may also be employed. A stress-strain diagram of the test is obtained, as shown in Fig. 9, by driving a drum carrying a recording-sheet by a cord attached to one end of the test piece and led over a pulley at the other end, the tracing-point being moved by a lever from the dynamometer spring. A series of interchangeable springs a gives a wide range of sensibility.
Patent GB-190718688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: LOWDEN TOM WISEMAN
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 18,688. Lowden, T. W. Aug. 19. Incandescent lamps. - The support 4, upon which the tungsten or other filament 3 is mounted, is resiliently connected to the bulb by a glass or metal spring or springs 6, 9. The filament may be connected to the leading - in wires by wires 8 bent to permit of vibration and connected to the support 4 near its axis ; or if metal springs are used, these may convey the current to the filament.
Patent GB-190723754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Games or Toys wherein a Ball or like Missile Forms a Part.
Inventor: MARSHALL DALE
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 23,754. Marshall, D. Oct. 28. Games played with balls and pegs; toy targets; bats; rackets; goals for games.-A target for playing games consists of a number of spikes B mounted on a base A so as to permit a ball C projected thereat to wedge itself between the projections, or to impale itself as shown. The spikes may be fixed to goal-posts, portable frames, bats, &c. so as to serve the same purpose. Specification No. 1143, A.D. 1868, is referred to.
Patent GB-190728286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Belt Conveyors.
Inventor: WHITE JOSEPH WALWYN
Filed: 1907-12-23
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 28,286. White, J. W. Dec. 23. Conveyers.-Relates to belt conveyers in which the tension is taken by a number of cables or flexible members, upon which the belt is supported and to which driving-power is imparted. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which a troughed form is given to the belt, a number of pulleys are mounted on the terminal shafts a, the outer pulleys b being of larger diameter than the inner pulleys c. One or more endless cables d are passed around the pulleys b, c and also around independent tensioning-pulleys k, which may be adjusted intermediate of the end pulleys by a device m. Motion is imparted to the cables from one or more of the pulleys b. The belt e rests upon the cables on the upper run, but hangs clear from any crossing of the cables on the lower run. The ropes d may pass round an end drum A provided with grooves or with pulleys B, Fig. 6, for distancing the ropes d. The lower run of the belt e may be supported upon a second set of endless travelling cables. In this case, slates or buckets may be connected to the belt so that the apparatus may convey on an incline. Two or more sets of ropes may be employed for supporting the belt, in which case, the shafts a of each set of ropes are placed adjacent to one another ; or the pulleys may be mounted on a common shaft. This arrangement may be employed when the inclination changes. In cases where the direction deviates in an horizontal plane, the adjacent shafts a are placed at an angle, and supporting and guiding rollers for the belt are placed between them. The belt may be of any character, and may be formed of perforated plates and used as a screen. The arrangement is of use in collieries for conveying from the working face to the trams, as the length may be varied by adjusting the tension pulley ; or chains may be used instead of ropes, so that a length of chain may be linked in or out. The belt may then be made in sections buckled together. Where the head-room is small, the form shown in Fig. 6 is employed, side flanges for the belt being provided on the drum A, and horizontal and vertical carrying and guiding rollers may also be used to keep the belt in position and prevent it from trailing along the ground. The device may be used with trippers, or for discharging transversely by deflecting the belt. The cables may be attached to the belts.
Patent GB-190803005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MARSHALL CHARLES LANCASTER
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 3005. Marshall, C. L. Feb. 10. Tyres, pneumatic.-Covers for pneumatic tyres are formed of a fabric having warps composed wholly or mainly of a soft and flexible hair, such as camel hair or mohair from the China camel or Angora goat. The warps are held together by a right and left handed helical winding to produce cords which are sewn together in the manner described in Specifications Nos. 3413 and 23,033, A.D. 1905, so as to form a trough-shaped cover in which the endless warps are composed wholly or partly of soft and flexible hair.
Patent GB-190803899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with "Incandescent" Gas and Oil Lamps.
Inventor: ROYLE JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 3899. Royle, J., and Darbyshire, J. Feb. 21. Incandescent gas and oil lamps. - To support a mantle in the event of breakage and to prevent oscillation of the mantle, a conical sleeve or ferrule a of stamped metal is attached to the burner, the sleeve being formed with slots a<2> so as to grip the burner in a manner which permits of vertical adjustment. The sleeve a is formed with a lip a<1> to support the lowered edge of the mantle. The lip a<1> may be formed by turning up the lower edge of the sleeve in parts only.
Patent GB-190805919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Receptacles for Coins, Tickets, Fares, Admission Fees and the like.
Inventor: COX WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 5919. Cox, W. March 17. Money and like boxes.-A receptacle for coins, tickets, fares, admission fees, &c. consists of a receiver and a cabinet or container. The receiver consists of a casing b formed preferably with glass sides within which are arranged plates d. These plates are mounted in holders e, which are suspended by hinged pins so as to be capable of vibration to loosen adhering coins &c. The upper opening of the receiver is almost closed by inclined plates, between which a slot a<3> is formed. The bottom of the receiver is provided with a hinged trap leading to the shoot k by which the coins &c. pass to a deposit box contained in a carriage t. The carriage lid v is provided with lugs having slotted arms x, Fig. 10, which engage rods z fixed to the cabinet to effect the opening and closing of the lid as the carriage is moved inwards and outwards. Access to the carriage is obtained through a door 2, which registers with a doorway in the cabinet. The door consists of a panel having inwardly-projecting flanges which are hinged to the front off the carriage t. The door is thus opened to its fullest extent when the carriage is at its extreme forward position. The deposit box k<1>, shown in position. in Fig. 2, is fitted with a lid which is locked before the box is placed in the carriage. As the box and carriage are moved to their extreme rearward positions, a key r fixed to a plate at the back of the cabinet passes through an opening at the back of the carriage and automatically unlocks the deposit-box lid. The lever n<11> of the latch holding the box lid may be pivoted, and abuts against a sliding cylinder n as shown in Fig. 6. When the key shown in Fig. 9 enters the cylinder, it releases the combination n<4> and presses the cylinders inwards, thus oscillating the latch lever. The lid is then raised by a spring hinge to receive the coins &c. from the shoot k. The carriage lid is fitted with a plate d<11> pivoted by a spring hinge. When the carriage is at its extreme forward position, the plate d<11> passes under a plate z<1> mounted across the rear end of the carriage. At the same time the lid v is locked by hooked bolts c<3>, which engage slotted arms z<11> connected to the side flanges of the door so that no access can be obtained to the trap shutter l or the key r. When the door is closed, the slotted arms z<11> release the lid v, which is raised through the arms x and rods z. The lid of the deposit box is unlocked and raised by its spring hinge. The trap shutter l is then opened through levers p<11>, S connected to the sides of the carriages. Aprons y<11> guide the coins &c. from the shoot to the deposit box. A register s<3> is operated by a pawl attached to the side of the carriage. A lamp t<4> may be fixed in the hopper.
Patent GB-190812281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Additions to Gas Producers.
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 12,281. Tangyes, Ltd., and Robson, M. June 6. Dust-collectors.- In a dust-separator a, which is located between the generator and the scrubber of a gasproducing plant, the separated dust is adapted to be discharged from a receiver c without interfering with the operation of the separator. According to one method, a pivoted valve d, normally held open by the engagement of a catch e on the weighted valve arm with a pin g on the separator, is turned to close the passage a from the separator to the receiver while dust is being removed through a door c<2>.
Patent GB-190812452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Processes for Improving the Physical Properties of Metals and their Alloys.
Inventor: LAMON DAVID
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 12,452. Lamon, D., and Thomas, T. H. June 9. Tempering. - A process for improving the physical properties of metals and alloys consists in treating the heated metal with a mixture of boric acid and a double sulphate of aluminium, or a borate and a single sulphate of aluminium, a suitable proportion being one part of boric acid to two of double sulphate of aluminium. The metal is heated to a temperature sufficiently high to cause the mixture to adhere, and is theu further heated and maintained at a suitable temperature for some time, after which it is passed through a water solution of two or more of the above substances together with a copper salt such as the sulphate. The temperature in the case of copper may be about 900‹ F., and in the case of brass about 1200‹ F. The metal is finally cleaned and allowed to cool slowly.
Patent GB-190814647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Portiere Rod Brackets.
Inventor: ROBERTSHAW WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 14,647. Robertshaw, W. T. July 10. Ball bearings.- The eye bracket a in which one end of a portiÞre rod slides is provided with a ball bearing d. The balls may be first placed between two annular p a r t s c, Fig. 5, and then placed on the bracket, the eye of which is provided with a removable part b.
Patent GB-190820610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Vapour Lamps.
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 20,610. Kitson Empire Lighting Co., and Stephens, R. H. Sept. 30. Incandescent vapour lamps.- A lamp of the type described in Specification No. 13.752, A.D. 1908, comprising an horizontal or nearly horizontal vaporizing-tube 1, a mixing- tube 2, and an inverted burner 4, is provided with a shield 9 in the form of a truncated cone, having at its upper smaller end, at the level of the intersection of the vaporizer and the mixing-tube, a slot 10 from which slots 11, provided with vertical side pieces 12, extend to the chimney 13, so as to cause the combustion products to pass close to the vaporizer. A concave baffle 14 with a slot 15 is arranged over, and parallel to the vaporizer. An annular trough 17 surmounted by an inverted gauze channel 21, and containing asbestos &c. 18, is supplied with alcohol through the funnel 23 for starting purposes. A door 28 is arranged in the hood 27 to allow the withdrawal of the igniting-torch, which comprises a plug carrying asbestos 26 and a handle 25. The reflector 16, which is provided with airsupply openings 19, supports the trough 17. The hole 6 in the mixing-tube is shaped as shown so that combustion products may circulate therein, and to permit of the passage therethrough of the nozzle 8. The mixing-tube has an ordinary gauze cap 4<a> and also a conical piece of nickel gauze 4b which extends upwards to a point at which the temperature is too low to ignite the mixture. The outlet orifice in the nozzle 8 is cleaned by means of the device shown in Fig. 1, which is described in Specification No. 21,224, A.D. 1909.
Patent GB-190822737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Fixing Artificial Teeth to the Roots of Natural Teeth.
Inventor: KOHRS EMIL
Filed: 1908-10-26
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 22,737. Kohrs, E., and Witt, R. G. Oct. 26. Teeth, crowning. - An artificial tooth d is secured to the natural root a by fastening a plate e bearing the tooth to an internally-threaded slotted tube b, which is inserted in the root and expanded by inserting a fastening-screw c. The tube b is anchored by projections v fitting into suitable recesses in the root. A set of teeth may be secured in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190823676-A (GB)
Title: Process of Increasing the Keeping Quality of Compounds Containing Unstable Oxygen.
Inventor: SARASON LEOPOLD
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-12-06
Abstract: 23,676. Sarason, L. Nov. 5. Hydrogen peroxide; sodium perborate, percarbonate, and peroxide.-The keeping-quality ot compounds containing unstable oxygen, such as hydrogen peroxide and sodium peroxide, perborate, and percarbonate, is increased by adding alkali pyrophosphates, particularly sodium pyrophosphate, thus inhibiting the action of heat and catalysts, such as particles of dust. The mixtures may be dry or in solution. and, in the latter case, the substances may be crystallized out together. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also the use as inhibiting- substances of alkali borates, pyroborates, and phosphates, or a mixture of boric alkali salts and phosphoric, metaphospboric, or hypophosphoric alkali salts. The borates do not increase stability against heat. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.