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Patent GB-190601108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cryptographic Machines.
Inventor: BURG HUBERT
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 1108. Burg, H. Jan. 15. Ciphers.-To a base-plate a is secured a pin b, on the upper end of which is fixed a disk c having a ring d of letters, figures, or signs. Rotatably mounted on the pin b are, (1) a disk e carrying a second ring of letters f and having ratchet teeth g which are engaged by a stop-pawl z ; (2) a ratchetwheel h fixed to the disk e ; (3) a toothed wheel i having a segment j carrying a pawl k which engages with the ratchet wheel h (4) a ratchet-wheel m engaged by a stop-pawl n mounted on the plate a ; and (5) a segment o carrying a pawl p which engages with the wheel m. On the pin b slides a carriage q, which is guided by means of a slot r and the pin b and a second slot s and pin t. A rack v on the carriage q gears with the wheel i. A reading is made on the rings d, f, and the carriage q is moved to the right by means of a handle. An incline w rocks the pawl p and advances the wheel m one tooth. The carriage moves to the right until a stop x meets one of a number of pins y on the wheel m. During this motion, the pawl k slides over the teeth of the ratchet h. The carriage is then pushed back to its initial position, and the pawl k rotates the ratchet h and disk e to an extent depending on the travel of the carriage. The pins y are arranged at different distances from the centre of the whe.l m, and the disk e and ring f are thus rotated to a different extent after each reading. In a modification, the base-plate a and carriage q are both provided with downwardlyextending handles so that the device can be held and operated by one hand. The carriage is moved to the right by springs, and the pins y are placed on the underside of the disk e.
Patent GB-190602574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Recording and Indicating the use of and Current used in Electrical Heaters, and other Electrical Appliances.
Inventor: PHILLIPS THOMAS ERNEST RAYMOND
Filed: 1906-02-02
Granted: 1907-02-02
Abstract: 2574. Phillips, T. E. R. Feb. 2. Winding-mechanism; maintaining power; stopmechanism.-A device for driving clock-work in an electric meter comprises a weighted lever 26, Fig. 2, which is pivoted at 28, and engages by a pawl 29 with a ratchet-wheel 30. When the lever falls, it completes the circuit of an electromagnet 27 by touching a contact 32 on the armature 33 of the magnet, whereupon the armature is pulled in and throws the lever up, breaking the circuit, and a spring 38 pulls the armature back again. The ratchet-wheel 30 rides loosely on the spindle 24, and drives it through springs 40, Fig. 12, connected to pins 41 carried by the spindle. A pawl pivoted at 28 prevents the ratchet-wheel from turning back. A device for stopping the clock-work when neither set of lamps is in use comprises an electro-magnet 45 in the main circuit, and a pivoted armature 47, carrying a spring piece the end of which is hook shaped and bears, when the armature is free, against a flat-sided attachment on the escapement, spindle. When the magnet is excited and attracts the armature, the spring piece gives the escapement a sharp turn, which starts the clock-work.
Patent GB-190603329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Armor Piercing Projectiles and Process for Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: JOHNSON ELIAS MATTISON
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 3329. Johnson, E. M. Feb. 10. Projectiles, ordnance.-In armour-piercing projectiles, the point up to about the region A consists of the hardest steel, the body, to the region B, of a gradationed blend of the hard steel with a softer steel, and the base entirely of the softer steel.
Patent GB-190605090-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance or Apparatus to be used in the Removal or Breaking Up of Obstructions in Sewers or Drains
Inventor: WARD ERNEST ALFRED
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 5090. Ward, E. A. March 2. Cleansing.-An obstruction-remover is constructed of inclined semicircular, circular, or horseshoe-shaped blades a riveted to rods b, c, d, e which have pointed projecting ends b<2>, c<2>, d<2>, e<2>. At the rear only, the rods b, e are pointed, the other two being secured to a joint for connexion to a flexible rod. In a modified form, the four rods are pointed behind and before and a fifth rod is riveted to the bottom of the blades a, of which there are three ; the ends of the fifth rod are looped for connexion to a rod or the like. Antifriction rollers h are provided.
Patent GB-190606199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Storing and Preserving Cigars and other Products.
Inventor: LORBER ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 6199. Lorber, A. March 14. Cigar cabinets; cigars.-Relates to a cupboard in which cigars or other products may be stored and preserved in a moist condition. The inner walls and shelves 2 are lined with zinc, frosted glass, or other suitable material, and the front is closed by a door comprising two leaves each fitted with a panel 4 of glass &c. To humidify the air inside the cupboard, water is caused to trickle d o w n the glass panels 4 in a thin film, being supplied to a perforated pipe 5 through a pipe 12 and flexible tube 13. The water is collected at the bottom in a trough 9 connected by flexible tubes 10 to a reservoir 11 fitted with an overflow pipe 15 leading to the exterior.
Patent GB-190608146-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Two-stage Air-compressor
Inventor: ISIDOR ROSINA
Filed: 1906-04-04
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 8146. Isidor, R., (trading as Doremi & Co.), [Marsicano, C.]. April 4. Compressing.- The air is compressed in two stages. In the down-stroke, air is drawn into the cylinder 1 through a valve 12 and expelled in the up-stroke through valves 13, 14 in the hollow rod 4 joining the pistons into the lower cylinder 2, from which it is expelled into the cooling-coil 16 in the next down-stroke, being discharged through a pipe 17. The pistons are connected to the motor by rods 9. Water, entering by a pipe 19 and leaving by a passage 11, is circulated through the casing by a small pump, and passes behind the pistons so as to wet the leathers 7, 8, while it passes through holes 21 to cool the plag of the valve 15. A lubricating-device (not shown) is settled on the valve 12.
Patent GB-190609700-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Phenylglycine or its Homologues.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1906-04-25
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 9700. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. April 25. Phenylglycine and its homologues. - Phenylglycine is prepared by the action of chloracetic acid and iron upon nitrobenzene. In an example, nitrobenzene, ground cast iron, and aniline are heated together and chloracetic acid is run in ; the whole is boiled for some time and neutralized with sodium carbonate. The mass is distilled with steam, and aniline is recovered ; the mixture is filtered and washed, and the phenylglycine is precipitated by acid. The tolylglycines are obtained similarly from the nitrotoluenes.
Patent GB-190611736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Stilts
Inventor: THENSER JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-19
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 11,736. Thenser, J. May 19, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stilts. - Adjustable stilts are formed with a series of grooves 4 in the uprights 2, which are' mounted on blocks having turned-up ends to allow of a rocking movement such as is given to the ball of the foot in walking. A foot-rest 11 with a toe-strap 12 is fixed in one of the grooves 4 by means of a U-shaped clip 13, which is locked in position by nuts &c. A rod 7 with a handle 8. can also be' adjusted by fixing a sleeve 9 in the desired groove 4. The' rod 7 is fixed to the sleeve 9, and passes through a sleeve 6 on a collar 5 clamped to the upper end of the stilt.
Patent GB-190614645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Tyres for Wheels of Road Vehicles
Inventor: CHALLINER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-06-27
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 14,645. Challiner, C. June 27. Felloes or rims.-The elastic tyre g having a canvas or metal insertion c is secured on the rim a by means of an endless helical spring d seated in a groove b in the rim. The rim may be formed with an ordinary flange at one edge, or both edges may be formed to receive the spring rings as shown. The springs may be fitted with tubular metal sleeves or casings. In a modification, the spring may be replaced by a metal ring having a diagonal split, the edge of the rim having a corresponding split or gap opening into the groove b.
Patent GB-190621861-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Material Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Soling for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HULOT ALPHONSE HENRY JOSEPH PI
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 21,861. Hulot, A. H. J. P. Oct. 22, 1907. Drawings to Specification. India-rubber compositions.-A rubber composition, specially adapted for the manufacture of an impermeable and non-slipping sole for boots and shoes, is prepared by dissolving 1 kilo of pararubber in 30 litres of benzine, adding 6 decilitres of pulverized cork per litre of dissolved rubber, kneading the mixture, adding 1 decilitre of chalk per litre of mixture as it now stands, and finally adding a small quantity of bath brick and emery powder. The material may be used alone or incorporated with a rough support, such as file card. The chalk may be replaced by infusorial earth.
Patent GB-190625707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertisement Signs and the like and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: CROWDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 25,707. Crowden, A. Nov. 14. Advertising; signs.- Transparent or semitransparent hollow hemispheres &c. B are passed through holes in a metal background A, and are retained therein by their flanges b<1> and a transparent or semitransparent plate D secured to the sheet A by the turned-over edges a<1> of the latter. The sheet D may be dispensed with, the pieces B being retained by lugs a<2> forming parts of the sheet A, Figs. 5 and 6. In this case, holes may be formed in the flange b<1>, so that by turning the piece B it can be removed. Or the piece B may be held by a ring E having lugs e<2> passing through slots in the plate A and then turned over, Figs. 7 and 8. The background A may be made in one piece or in sections.
Patent GB-190627479-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for and a Method in connection therewith of Sinking and Constructing Wells, Mining Shafts, and Shafts of the like nature.
Inventor: HUBBARD WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-12-03
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 27,479. Hubbard, W. A. Dec. 3. Excavating.- Apparatus for sinking wells and shafts comprises a vertical cylinder adapted to be lowered intermittently as the work proceeds, formed with manholes and other orifices, and arranged to contain the excavating-machinery and other materials required. The cylinder C tapers slightly from the bottom to the middle, and the upper half is uniformly cylindrical. The top is partly closed by two plates S with upturned flanges in which are hinged trap-doors T closing at an angle of forty-five degrees on a girder G fixed to the cylinder. Water-pumps, excavating-machinery, motors, drums for electric power cable and telephone wire, and the necessary tools &c. are supported within the cylinder. The cylinder, suspended from tackle, is placed on the site, and an excavation is made beneath it to a depth of half the length of the cylinder and of a diameter to allow for the proposed lining, the spoil being passed out through manholes M. Lengths of air-tube A, water-pipe P, and, if required, compressed-air pipe, into which pipes branches are inserted as required, are then fixed in the space to be occupied by the lining, and an electric cable E, E<1> and telephone wire Y, Y' are also fixed, each being unwound from two drums so that they may be continued downwards in unbroken circuits as the work proceeds. The external surface of the lower half of the cylinder and of the covers of the manholes M are suitably coated, and the cylinder is lowered to the bottom of the excavation. Moulding bars, to form two pairs of vertical grooves U to receive sliding steadying-rods attached to the skips X, are fixed vertically in' the space, resting against the cylinder ; or the bars. may be integral with the cylinder ; or iron gutters may be used, which then form a permanent lining to the grooves. The space is filled with concrete, packed or armoured when necessary, the man-holes being closed successively as the concrete reaches them. A fresh excavation is made to the same depth as before with due precautions to support the lining above, and the various operations are repeated, stoppered orifices 0 being utilized to complete the lining. The cylinder may be formed with a crevice which can be contracted when necessary to free the cylinder from the concrete, or a weight attached by a chain to the girder G may be released to jerk the cylinder for the same purpose. Means may be provided for supporting a beam across the well to which the lowering-tackle may be attached. The skips X are raised and lowered by an endless wire rope, the loop at the bottom of the excavation being lowered from time to time as the work proceeds by moving a frame, around which the rope passes above ground, nearer to the mouth of the well.
Patent GB-190628469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Motor and other Road Vehicles and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: DEYKIN CLEMENT PEMBERTON
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 28,469. Deykin, C. P. Dec. 13. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Relates to metallic protectors for pneumatic or solid rubber tyres consisting of chains or chain links connected by projecting staples. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, parallel chains A are connected by separate headed staples B formed with rounded undersurfaces and pins b<1>. Fig. 2 shows an underside view. The chain links are bent so as to be evenly on the tyre, and are indented for this object to receive the pins b<1> which may be riveted to plates underneath. As shown in Fig. 3, square chain links are used and the connexions B are rounded. In a more open form, less advantageous to prevent punctures, separate chain links are connected by separate staples to form a kind of chain fabric. The band so formed is attached to the tyre by means of spring hooks or chain, which connect the lateral links to a continuous wire on one side, and to a pair of semicircular wires secured together on the other. According to the Provisional Specification, the metallic protector may be filled with rubber and vulcanized to the cover, or moulded in the cover.
Patent GB-190628863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Effecting the Lubrication of Ring Spinning and other Spindles.
Inventor: HOLLAND JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 28,863. Holland, J., and Fielding, N. Dec. 18. Spinning - s p i n d l e type; lubricating.- Cups for supporting ring spinning and other spindles, particularly such as those described in Specification No. 17,221, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Spinning], which are secured in position by means of a helical slot H engaging in a pin I, are made to bear throughout the length of the papered portion on a corresponding surface in the bolster, as shown, to ensure rigidity and to minimize the liability of the escape of lubricant. They may be provided with a channel W to catch the overflow of lubricant, or the shoulder may be left square.
Patent GB-190703482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Supporting Fittings of Sofa-back Berths and Analogous Convertible Furniture
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 3482. Hoskins & Sewell, and Johnson, C. Feb. 12. Berths ; sofas.-A folding support for sofa-back ships'berths and analogous convertible furniture consists of an angle-piece a, fixed to the wall and provided with a slot d in which one rear trunnion e<1> of the berth frame f rests, and of a bracketb hinged vertically thereto and adapted normally to support one of the front studs e of the berth frame f. The bracket b can be folded inwards behind the frame f when this is turned down as a sofa back, and it may be provided with an horizontally hinged flap c formed with an open-topped bearing c<1> for the front stud e, or this bearing may be formed in the bracket b, and the front stud e carried by a depending hanger. In the folded down position, the front stud e fits under a part d' shaped as shown to prevent the frame from lifting.
Patent GB-190703724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Generators for Flour Bleaching and Subsidiary Purposes.
Inventor: LORING FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 3724. Loring, F. H. Feb. 15. Lubricators.-In an air-compressing pump for supplying air to a sparking dynamo for flourbleaching operations, the piston k, which is driven from an eccentric on the dynamo shaft, is lubricated by a wick o which dips into the oilwell of the dynamo shaft bearing, the casing i of the pump being formed integrally with that of the bearing.
Patent GB-190707301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Manufacturing Rovings of Ramie, Rhea, China Grass, Hemp, Jute, Flax and other Long Fibrous Material.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 7301. Smith, J. March 27. Processes.-Relates to a method of manufacturing rovings of ramie, rhea, china grass, hemp, jute, flax, &c. The woody matter is separated from the fibrous material by a single or double needling or stabbing operation performed in any suitable machine comprising vertical stocks filled with horizontal needles or heckle pins, and the material is then passed successively through a spreadboard, a drawing frame, and a roving machine, a number of the usual operations to which flax and the like fibres are subjected being thus dispensed with.
Patent GB-190707932-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Treatment of Effluents from Ammonia Stills.
Inventor: GROSSMANN JACOB
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 7932. Grossmann, J. April 5. Ferrocyanides ;sulphocyanides.-Effluents from ammonia stills are agitated with carbonate of barium or strontium at ordinary, reduced, or augmented temperatures and pressures, in order to remove calcium sulphate and other compounds. As the reaction proceeds better in neutral or slightly acid solution, free ammonia may be removed by passing air or steam through the liquor, which can be rendered neutral by means of a current of carbon dioxide or flue gases. The purified effluent may be used for raising steam in boilers, for quenching coke, or for washing coal ; by adding suitable substances, sulphocyanide as copper salt, ferrocyanides as zinc or iron salts, thiosulphate as barium salt, and other valuable products can be precipitated as insoluble compounds, either from the purified effluent or from the blow-off of the boilers. The calcium carbonate and insoluble barium compounds, contained in the solid matter removed from the effluent after treatment, can be separated by levigation.
Patent GB-190708901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Cleaning Pipes and Conduits and the like.
Inventor: ALEXANDER ALBERT EDGAR
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 8901. Alexander, A. E., [National Water Main Cleaning Co.]. April 17. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-Relates to meana for drawing cleaning-tools through pipes and conduits, and particularly for passing cables through water mains, and comprises a flexible cup 5 attached by spring members 7 to a head 6, the front of which carries a cage 8 enclosing float' 9. The cable 11, by means of which any suitable cleaning-device may be pulled through the pipe, is attached at 10. The cage 8 is so shaped that its point is prevented from coming in contact with the sides of the pipe. Two or more such devices may be connected in series in order that while passing a branch pipe there may always be one cup 5 acted upon by the full force of the water, the foremost being provided with a float 9.
Patent GB-190710482-A (GB)
Title: Lower Part for Gas Generators.
Inventor: REHMANN HUGO
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 10,482. Rehmann, H. May 6. Producers.-Perforated or slotted oblique plates are used to discharge the ashes from a rotating ash-pit. The perforated plate 8 is attached to the lower part of the wall of the producer and dips into the water-seal formed by the ash-pit 10. A second plate 11 adjustable in height may be provided in order to remove the finer particles. The lower part of the wall is formed of a series of fixed and detachable segments 1, 3 which are connected together by means of bolts 5 and a ring 7.
Patent GB-190710975-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for High Pressure Gas Lighting.
Inventor: EDGAR WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-10
Granted: 1908-05-11
Abstract: 10,975. Edgar, W. May 10. Lubricating.-Lubricant is supplied to a pump brough two passages L, M in the cylinder cover. The passage L opens above a passage N in the piston which admits the lubricant to a slot C, in which a crank-pin E works. The passage M leads by passages P to the shaft.
Patent GB-190715770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Indicators or Alarms.
Inventor: SMITH CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 15,770. Smith, C. July 9. Alarms, fire.-A fire-alarm, adapted to be connected to an ordinary electric-bell circuit and to close the circuit on the melting or softening of a fusible substance, is shown in front sectional elevation in Fig. 2 and in horizontal section in Fig. 5. On a non-conducting base-plate 1 are two terminals 2, 3, the former of which serves as a pivot for a weighted lever 4, which is held in the position shown in Fig. 2 by means of an extension 7 resting upon a fusible strip or segment inserted in an aperture in a removable cover 9. If the segment 8 is melted or softened by heat, the lever 4 drops and makes contact with a projection 6 on a metal strip 5, which is in electric connexion with the terminal 3. The device is suspended from a nail on the wall by means of a tongue 11, and the terminais 2, 3 are connected by two wires to the terminals of an electric-bell push. The cover 9 is detachably secured to the base-plate 1 by means of bayonetjoints.
Patent GB-190717839-A (GB)
Title: Device for Throwing Boomerangs.
Inventor: WOHLMEYER ROBERT
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 17,839. Wohlmeyer, R. Aug. 6. To y projectilethrowing apparatus; missiles.-A device for throwing a flat boomerang consists of a smooth supporting plate or frame 12, having an abutment 2 at one end and a spring blade 10 at the side which strikes the boomerang on being pulled back and released. The blade is fitted with a piece of rubber at the striking point. The supporting plate may have a handle 11, or may be adjustably mounted on a stand. A piece of metal may be fitted on the boomerang at the point where it receives the blow from the spring, or this point may be marked by an indentation. The boomerang may be connected to fireworks and used as a rocket.
Patent GB-190719726-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Hardening or Annealing the Edges of Reaper Blades and like Plates.
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,726. Fletcher, Russell, & Co., F., Neil, A., and Fletcher, T. W. Sept. 4. Tempering.-In an apparatus for hardening or annealing the edges of plates such as reaper blades without the remaining portions of the plates being affected, a number of the plates are placed horizontally in a chamber a of corresponding shape surrounded by tanks b, b<1>, b<2> through which water is caused to circulate, the tank b which forms the bottom being of less width than the plates. The edges or portions of the plates which extend beyond the bottom tank are heated by gas. When the edge of the bottom plate is sufficiently heated, the plate is pushed forward by means of a sliding plate d, which may be operated automatically, and falls down a shoot g into a bath. The apparatus may be adapted for plates of different sizes by inserting temporarily false sides or backs.