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Patent GB-190713954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Catalytic Bodies, more especially intended for use in the Manufacture of Nitric Acid.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 13,954. Johnson, G. W., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron]. June 17. Catalysis; nitric acid. - Platinum in a form suitable for use in the production of nitric acid from a mixture of air and ammonia, and for other reactions, is prepared by depositing a thin layer of platinum black on a suitable carrier, for example quartzite, porcelain, or the like, which may be coated with a soft glaze such as feldspar and caustic potash and then raising it to a temperature at which it begins to soften but does not melt, whereby the platinum black is converted into microscopic metallic drops.
Patent GB-190713978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Vanadium Alloys.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 13,978. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. June 17. Electric furnaces.-In a furnace for obtaining an alloy of vanadium and aluminium or other metal, the current is passed through a charge of vanadium oxide by means of two electrodes, one of which is made of carbon and the other of the metal to be alloyed with the vanadium. On the passage of the current the metallic electrode fuses, and the metal combines with the vanadium liberated by dissociation of the oxide.
Patent GB-190714630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buttonhole Strips for use with Shirt Waists, Skirts and Pants Supporters
Inventor: MCKINNEY EVA JANE
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 14,630. McKinney, E. J. Oct. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Button holes; belts for personal wear; coats and jackets; dresses; pants. - Dresses or blouses are provided with a waistband 5 having button-holes 7 which are reinforced by pieces 8 of tape or cloth preferably stitched on; these pieces have loose ends serving as tabs or grips. Secured around the waist is a band 1 of tape- or other .material provided with three or any number of studs, to which the waistband of the garment is attached by means of the button-holes.
Patent GB-190716519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Screw Propellers.
Inventor: FUKAGAWA BUNJIU
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 16,519. Fukagawa, B. July 18. Screw propellers. -In order to obtain the necessary crosssection of the blades at the root without undue thickening of the blades, one pair of blades is disposed in advance of another p a i r upon the same hub, the roots of one pair of blades overlapping the roots of the other pair, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. By this arrangement, the whole radial length may be shaped for a particular pitch. Any number of pairs of blades may be used disposed at suitable angular displacements. Each pair of blades has a pitch greater than that of the pair immediately forward of it.
Patent GB-190718938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tanks or Cisterns for Hot Water Circulation-systems or the like.
Inventor: HARRISS WILLIAM RICHARD
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 18,938. Harriss, W. R. Aug. 22. Water supply.-Relates to tanks or cisterns for hot-water circulation systems. Diaphragm plates A', A<2> are carried up from the bottom of the tank to a height below the normal water level, between the inlet and outlet pipes C, B and between the outlet pipe B and the make-up pipe E respectively, in order to prevent premature mixture of the hot and cold water. A baffle-plate F is arranged above the make-up inlet to prevent the entrance of cold water from disturbing the hot water in the tank. A non-return valve G is fitted to the mouth of the pipe B. This valve remains open during the normal condition of circulation, but should any acceleration of the flow occur, due to drawing off a considerable quantity of water at the cock C', this valve closes, and the water drawn off will come down the pipe C. The pipe C may have one or more branch pipes C<3> in addition to the orifice C', the orifices of the branch pipes being of smaller cross-section than the orifice C' and also being situated at a lower level in the tank. Non-return valves may also be fitted to the branch-pipe orifices and may be arranged to remain open during normal circulation but to close when water is drawn off.
Patent GB-190722368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Signalling
Inventor: VITAL CESAR
Filed: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 22,368. CÚsar, V. Oct. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Conductors.-The track contact conductors 13 used in railway signalling systems have their upper flanges recessed in the shape of fish bones so as to offer more or less sharp ribs to the collecting brushes to which no foreign matter can adhere.
Patent GB-190722929-A (GB)
Title: Improved Terminal Holders or Connectors for Wires or Rods, for use, for example, in the Brake-operating Mechanism of Cycles and like Vehicles.
Inventor: THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 22,929. Thomas, J. Oct. 17. Brakes.-Relates to holders or connectors for holding the enlarged terminals of rods or wires, and detachably connecting them to devices such as cycle brakes. Various forms of connectors are shown, all of which have an open slot e, a cavity a, and a part b for engaging the device to be connected up. The rod f is passed through the slot e and then pulled up to seat its terminal c in the cavity a. The connectors are used in a non- adjustable manner by arranging the part b to engage directly the device, such as the arch, Fig. 14, of a cycle brake. The connectors are used in an adjustable manner, as shown in Fig. 16 applied to a cycle brake, by providing above the part b a loose part b x having arms which pass through slots g in the arch d and engage a nut h. The arch d is made in two parts having engaging ears d<1> and secured by a nut i. The connectors can be lowered through the part b<x>, below the brake, to permit of the removal of the rod. In another form of adjustable connexion, the arms which pass through the slots are formed on the part b, and the nut i is slotted to permit of the parts being assembled.
Patent GB-190727893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Musical Instruments.
Inventor: MARSHALL JOSEPH HERBERT
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 27,893. Marshall, Sir J. H., Smith, W. H., and Gunton, F. W. Dec. 18. Automatic instruments.-In an automatic player for organs, pianofortes, or combined instruments, three ducts in the tracker-bar must be opened to the atmosphere in order to accentuate a note, namely, a duct leading to the primary pneumatic, a duct leading to a pneumatic controlling a group of notes, such as an octave, and a duct leading to a passaga controlled by a diaphragm, the lastmentioned duct controlling all the notes of the same name throughout the instrument. When these conditions are fulfilled, the corresponding note-operating pneumatic is connected to hightension exhaust. Similar means may be employed for playing the solo part in an organ. Thus, when it is desired to accent a certain note, holes are made in the tune sheet for ducts leading to the corresponding primary pneumatic C, the diaphragm G controlling all notes of the same name and the group-controlling pneumatic K for the particular octave in which the note occurs. The valve K is therefore raised, connecting the space above the diaphragm G to exhaust. The diaphragm G thereupon rises, admitting air to the duct D<2> and thereby raising the valve D, which cuts off the primary pneumatic from the normal vacuum chamber E, and connects it to the excess vacuum chamber F. To accentuate a group of notes, additional tracker apertures may be provided to connect all the secondary pneumatics to hightension exhaust. In operating the solo part in an organ, three groups, of four tracker ducts each, are used. Each tracker duct leads to a conduit controlled by a diaphragm, the diaphragms being arranged in boxes containing four diaphragms, and in order to play a note, it is necessary that three tracker ducts, one out of each group, should be opened. In this way, sixty-four notes may be operated by twelve tracker ducts, and the arrangement may be duplicated for playing duets. According to the Provisional Specification, twelve holes appropriated to notes of one denomination, and five holes appropriated to the different octaves, may be used for operating the solo part in an organ. Specification No. 7502, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190728591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wave Motors.
Inventor: MCMANUS JOHN AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 28,591. McManus, J. A. Dec. 30. Wave mills.-Water pumped by the operation of a wave motor is used to drive a turbine or other motor coupled to an electric generator. Four or more side floats B, hinged to a central float A, carry blocks E, which are jointed to the rods of pivoted pumps C, the delivery pipes of which are connected to the turbine H arranged near the generator I. An air vessel G is connected to the pipe F.
Patent GB-190804208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Oil or Gas Lamps and the like.
Inventor: LEWIS FREDERICK ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 4208. Lewis, F. A., and Pike, R. S. Feb. 25. Signal lamps; carriage lamps; velocipede lamps; railway-carriage roof lamps; cowls; wind guards.- Lamps for use on railway signals, trains, motor cars, carriages, and bicycles are constructed to prevent the lamp from being extinguished by a downdraught. Above the lamp chimney A is arranged a transverse passage C in which a baffle-plate B is fixed, and a hinged flap D permits the up-draught to escape but prevents a down-draught. The motion of the flap D is limited.by a stop F. The whole may revolve about a vertical axis.
Patent GB-190809600-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Closing Bottles by Means of Metal Capsules.
Inventor: MESSERSCHMIDT CHRISTIAN WILLIA
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 9600. Messerschmidt, C. W. V. May 4. Capsuling and sealing.-An apparatus for applying metal capsules to bottles consists of a heavy metal block A drilled with a hole, which is partly closed at the bottom by a hollow nut m. A rubber ring g rests on the nut, and a hollow piston s having a conical recess F at its base, rets on the ring. A cylindrical block D is placed inside the piston s and is prevented from moving relatively to the block A by a bolt b, which passes through slots in the piston. The piston projects above the block A and is pivoted to two levers V, the inner ends of which are pivoted to the block and the outer ends of which support heavy weights Q, as shown. The levers rest on stops k when the apparatus is out of action..The bottle, with a capsule on its head, is placed on a plate T and the plate is raised. The bottle head rests against the cylinder D and raises the block A, causing the piston s, under the action of the weight Q, to compress the rubber ring against the capsule.
Patent GB-190809861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Supplying Hydro-carbon to Carburetting Apparatus.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1908-06-09
Abstract: 9861. Lake, H. W., [Kittel, R. C.]. June 7, 1907. [Patent of Addition to No. 13,250, A.D. 1907.] Liquids, regulating flow of. -In a means for feeding hydrocarbon to carburettors, particularly applicable for use with the carburettor described in Specification No. 13,250, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Gas manufacture], the liquid is automatically supplied from a tank 1 through a pipe 2 provided with a partition 3 having two holes, the upper of which communicates by a pipe 6 with the air space above the liquid in the tank 1.
Patent GB-190811373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Mounts, Fittings and Ornamental Parts of Bedsteads and other Articles, and the Manufacture of same.
Inventor: STAPLES JOHN CROSBY
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 11,373. Staples, J. C. May 26. Metalwork, ornamental.-Relates to the form, and to the method of manufacture, of mounts, fittings, and ornamental parts of bedsteads &c., the object being to produce fittings of crystalline form by means of a single steel matrix or lining which may be fitted into different cast-iron blocks so as to allow the crystalline fitting to be used with a variety of 'spun' attachments. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of one form of matrix and block, Fig. 3 showing the male die. and Fig. 4 the crystalline fitting. The mount or fitting comprises a series of square, rhombic, rectangular, triangular, or irregular planes extending around the pillar, spindle, &c. to which the design is applied. It is formed from sheet metal in a die comprising a cast-iron block B fitted with a removable steel lining C having the desired configuration. The steel lining is open at the bottom, and the block B is provided with a hole suitable to the size of the spun part to which the ornament is attached. The steel lining can be fitted in any one of a series of blocks, B having different shaped sockets b<3>, or these sockets may be formed in removable plugs b<1>, as shown in Fig. 2. The plug b<1> is removed by a rod b<2>, which also removes the fitting from the die after stamping. The top of the block B may be provided with an interchangeable annulus d. The male die E is of a form suited for shaping the sheet metal, and is provided with an extension e<1> which projects into the recess b<3> and thereby roughly stamps the metal prior to spinning. The fittings may be made in various designs, such as shown in Figs. 6 and 10, by substituting appropriately shaped dies.
Patent GB-190814879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Recovering Oil Grease and the like from Bilge-pump Discharge Water.
Inventor: PHILP JOHN
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 14,879. Philp, J., and Philp, R. July 14. Decanting and settling.-Oil, grease, &c. are recovered from bilge-pump discharge water by passing it into a vertical chamber in which part of the water is in a quiescent state, discharging water from the bottom, and leading the part containing the oil from the top to a separating-tank. The bilge water is pumped through the pipe b into the vessel a at about one-third of its height, and water is discharged from the bottom through the pipe c. Oil &c. passes through the pipe d to the separating- tank f, whence water is discharged through the pipe h, and oil &c. is floated off through the cock j, if necessary, water being supplied through the funnel i<1> and pipe i to the bottom of the tank. In modifications, (1) the water is discharged from the vessel a through a central pipe which opens near the bottom of the vessel, (2) the vessel a is cast in two parts bolted together and the water is supplied to the upper part, and (3) an external pipe is used for discharging water from the bottom of the tank f.
Patent GB-190815500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Target-practice Apparatus.
Inventor: MITCHELL FRANK
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1908-08-17
Abstract: 15,500. Mitchell, F. Aug. 17, 1907. Rifle practice, teaching.-In target - practice apparatus in which the aim is recorded by indicating-mechanism such as a pointer or needle and a miniature target, the parts of the mechanism carried by the gun and by the stand are not brought into engagement until the firing action takes place. Thus the aiming movements made by the gun are not followed by the indicator. The two parts between which engagement is made on firing may take the form of a conical recess and a point, so that if the aim is not accurate one of them is deflected. In the constructional form shown in Fig. 1, the conical recess F<2> is in the indicating-needle F, and the point G' is carried by the gun. The needle F and sub-target H are both mounted on a stand B of the kind described in Specification No. 2883, A.D. 1907, in such a manner that on the firing action taking place, the needle and target move forwards together until the needle is deflected and stopped by the pin G'. The target then continues its forward movement alone on to the point of the needle. These results are attained by mounting the target at the rear end of a sliding spring- controlled tube D, and mounting the needle at the forward end of a tube E telescoping in the outer tube D and normally pressed forwards by a spring D<2>, The outer tube D is connected to the firing-pin by a wire A<2>. Various modifications are described of the mechanism for obtaining relative movement between the target and needle. Modifications are also described in which the needle and sub-target are carried by the gun, and in which the conical recess, instead of being in the needle, is on the other part. The invention may be employed in conjunction with a firing limit device such as described in the concurrent Specification No. 18,638, A.D. 1907. In the form shown in Fig. 5, a needle R co-operates with a plate R<4> forming a combined indicator and firing limit device. Specification No. 9977, A.D. 1906, is also referred to
Patent GB-190827659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pistons.
Inventor: ALLEN ROBERT
IPC: F16J1/02
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-05-05
Abstract: 27,659. Allen, R. May 5. Pistons.-To take up the wear of the piston of a horizontal cylinder, an adjustable centring-ring, separate from the packing, is mounted on the piston. The ring a is housed between a junk ring and a flange on the piston, and is formed with a number of in. clined surfaces p, with which wedges o, o<1> are adapted to engage. These wedges are moved either by right and left band screwthreads on crosspins, or by screwing the hollow bolts q<3> into one of each pair of the wedges, the bolts q<2> passing through the hollow bolts and screwing into the other wedges ; the two bolts are connected together by a pin r so as to move simultaneously. A pin p<2> prevents rotation of the centring-ring. When the piston is formed without a junk ring, the centring- ring is in two parts bolted together by plates a<1>. The wedges are situated at the bottom of the piston, but the ring is provided with inclined surfaces around its circumferences to permit displace. ment for taking up the wear on the ring. In place of the wedges, thin plates inserted between the ring and piston body may be used to adjust the ring. Ordinary picking-rings are used in addition to the centring-ring.
Patent GB-190905300-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Calculating Interest and the like.
Inventor: VANCU EUGEN
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 5300. Vancu, E. March 4. Tabular calculators for computing interest &c., consist of stepped series of pivoted plates 11, Figs. 1 and 2, representing various amounts of capital, which, when displaced, are adapted by means of arms 12 to engage pivoted plates 13, 14, representing the corresponding amounts of interest for a certain time and at a certain rate, and bring them beneath apertures in the casing of the apparatus so that the amount of interest may be read. As shown in Fig. 1, the plates 11 are arranged on four axes 2 in three pairs of rows, and the interest, at a fixed rate shown by a plate 21 for each pair, upon the capital sums represented by a pair of rows of plates 11, is given for various periods from 1 to 8, or more days, by a series of groups of the plates 13, 14 mounted upon a shaft 17. The groups of a series corresponding to a given rate are symmetrically arranged about the shaft 17, in the same transverse plane, and any group of a series can be positioned beneath its row of 'capital' plates, so as to be actuated by the arms 12, Fig. 3, thereof by means of an index arm 18 and perforated index plate 19. The method of mounting the plates 11 upon the axes 2 is shown in Fig. 3. A strip of paper 20, Fig. 2, may be provided, upon which the amounts of interest shown by the plates 13, 14 may be added.
Patent GB-190908539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glass Shades and Reflectors.
Inventor: MYGATT OTIS ANGELO
IPC: F21V5/00
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 8539. Mygatt, O. A. June 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Forming articles with projections on the surface. - Glass shades or reflectors, having a smooth interior surface X and a ribbed or prismatic exterior surface E, are formed with a number of lens-like projections B so that the light from a source S is partly reflected and partly transmitted as shown by the dotted lines.
Patent GB-190909721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines, Pumps, Meters, and the like.
Inventor: BARNES THOMAS HENRY
IPC: F01C3/02
Filed: 1909-04-24
Granted: 1910-07-25
Abstract: 9721. Barnes, T. H. April 24. Fixed-abutment type.-The engine is driven by any fluid or liquid, or, when acting as a pump or meter, solids in fine particles, such as wheat or sand, may also be pumped or measured. The engine comprises an annular casing containing a number of helical guides fixed in the annular piston race, in which rotate a number of rotatably-mounted pistondisks carried on the periphery of a disk, which is concentric with the casing, the piston-disks being slotted to receive the helical guides. Fig. 2 shows a central sectional view, and Fig. 3 a similar view with the rotor portion removed; Fig. 4 shows an end view with one part of the casing removed, but with all the guides in position. The rotor comprises a disk d mounted on a shaft c and carrying four piston-disks f, mounted on its periphery to rotate in planes perpendicular to the plane of the disk d. The piston-disks are slotted to receive the four helical fixed guides b mounted in the annular casing a. Each guide b extends half-way round the casing, as shown in Fig. 4; and each pistondisk f is caused by the engagement of one of its slots with any particular guide b to rotate on its axis through a semicircle in traversing this guide. Each piston-disk f, therefore, rotates once on its own axis for one revolution of the main rotor disk d. An inlet port i and an exhaust port are provided in the casing on opposite sides of the rotor disk d. A spring- metal packing-ring k surrounds the disk d. The casing may be supplied with any number of separate helical guides, but a corresponding number of piston-disks must also be provided. Lubricating-passages may be provided in the interior of the shaft c, the disk d, and the piston disks f. Ball bearings may be used and rollers may be provided on the slot sides of the pistondisks f. The casing may revolve and the rotor be fixed.
Patent GB-190912492-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Floating Buoy or Receptacle for Carrying Valuables, Food, or other Necessaries, in Case of Shipwreck.
Inventor: JENKINS KATE MARY
IPC: B63C9/20
Filed: 1909-05-27
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 12,492. Jenkins, K. M, May 27. Buoys; body attachments, buoyant.-A buoy for carrying valuables, food or other necessaries in case of shipwreck may be made in various forms. Fig. 1 shows the buoy in the shape of a jacket. Fig. 2 shows the buoy made with a water-tight compartment k for the preservation of valuable papers. Fig. 3 shows a buoy capable of receiving valuables, showing signal lights e and carrying a rope q from a wreck.