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Patent GB-190604851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Cisterns for Water-closets and the like.
Inventor: KYLE ALICK ROBERTSON
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 4851. Kyle, A. R. Feb. 27. Floa.t valves; leakage, preventing. -The spindle 4 of the inlet valve 2 of a water-waste preventer passes through a packing- gland 5 to prevent leakage.
Patent GB-190606156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means of Securely Fastening Nuts on Bolts.
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 6156. Smith, R. March 14. Locking nuts.- The nut a is formed with an undercut slot b to receive a spring fork c, which engages a square, polygonal or flattened part of the bolt. The fork c has a slot e to facilitate removal by means of a tool.
Patent GB-190609806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Valves.
Inventor: CULLER JAMES BUCHANAN
Filed: 1906-04-26
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 9806. Culler, J. B. April 26. Lift valves; actuating valves; spindles; packing, special methods of.-A casing 1 has inlet ports 2, 3 and an outlet port 4 controlled by valves 16, 7. The valve 16 is carried on a spindle 17, which is guided below by a socket 19 and pressed upwards by a spring 21. The spindle is provided at the top with a collar 22 and washers enclosed in a cap 25 firmly screwed to a nut 13. A handle 13<1> turns the nut 13 on a hollow spindle 8 which carries the valve 7. Projections 14 on the spindle 8 limit its vertical motion and prevent its rotation. By a rotation of the handle in one direction the valve 16 is raised from its seat ; by rotation in the other the valve 16 is first closed and the valve 7 then opened. In Fig. 3 is shown a flexible valve face formed of a washer a secured between a flange c and nut b. The valves may be provided with washers to check the velocity of the water until the valves are partly open, and thus reduce wear.
Patent GB-190613661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fly-traps.
Inventor: DAMETZ MAX
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 13,661. Dametz, M. June 14 Bobbin and like holders.-A fly trap comprises a long sticky strip e of paper wound into spiral form and capable of being drawn out as shown in Fig. 1, or telescoped into the receptacle b, inside which one end of the strip is fixed. The other end is attached to a small wooden block fixed to the lid d. A base a and loop g are provided for standing or hanging up the trap.
Patent GB-190621063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic-fluid Turbines
Inventor: SEYBOTH FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 21,063. Seyboth, F. W., and Baumann, E. K. A., [trading as Konstruktionsb³ro Zwickau Seyboth, Baumann, & Co.]. Sept. 22. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A turbine driven by air at atmospheric pressure which is heated by combustion products is arranged with a regenerator between the turbine and a fan which draws the exhaust from the turbine, so that fresh air passing to the turbine is heated to a certain extent by the exhaust. The combustion product is supplied to the turbine at each pressure stage. A turbine, divided into pressure stages 2, 3, 4, is supplied with fresh air by a pipe 5. The supply of combustion products at each pressure stage is effected by a main pipe 6 and branch pipes 7, 8, 9. On the turbine shaft is arranged a fan 10, which draws the exhaust gases through a regenerator 12 and discharges them through a pipe 13 into the atmosphere. The path of the exhaust gases is shown by the arrows 14, 15, 16. The pipe 5 is connected to the regenerator so that fresh air passes to the turbine in the direction indicated by the arrows 17, 18, 19. The exhaust gases may be further cooled by the introduction of water by way of the pipe 20, or by the direct introduction of water into the fan. The turbine is started by compressed air from a reservoir.
Patent GB-190623834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Subdivision of Battle Ships, Cruisers, Passenger and Mail Vessels
Inventor: ANDREWS JOHN JOSEPH FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 23,834. Andrews, J. J. r. Oct. 26. Bulkheads; compartments. - Re - lates to the class of vessels described in S p e c i fications No. 5208, A.D. 1878, No. 10,461, A.D. 1886, and No. 13,307, A.D. 1893. Two water - tight decks extend right across the ship, one being above and the other below the waterline. The lower deck is curved or carried down to the sides of the vessel to meet the lower deck stringer. In addition, longitudinal water-tight bulkheads BH are fitted, as shown, partial bulkheads D being worked between the watertight decks. The spaces at the sides may be utilized as coal bunkers. The construction may be applied to battle-ships and cruisers, and to mail and passenger vessels.
Patent GB-190624358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatically Operating Mechanism for the Regulation of the Feed Water Supply to Steam Generators and the like.
Inventor: WERNER WILLIAM ARTHUR PERCY
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 24,358. Werner, W. A. P. Oct. 31. Feed-water, controlling.-The mechanism for varying the stroke of feed-pumps as described in Specification No. 12,004, A.D.1901, [Abridgment Class Pumps &c.], is controlled automatically by the level of the water in the boiler or, in the case of a flash boiler, by the pressure of the steam. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement in which a float b in a chamber a in communication with the boiler is employed. The movements of the float are transmitted by a toothed segment i to a rack j connected at the ends to pivoted levers k, l. These levers control the pawls p, p<1> of two ratchet-wheels q, q<1> fixed on a spindle n with their teeth in opposite directions. A continuously-vibrated lever o carries the pawls p, p<1>. When the water in the boiler rises above the normal level, the pawl p<1> is thrown out of gear with the wheel q<1>, and the pawl p into gear with the wheel q, by a spring. Motion is thus given to the spindle n, which is connected directly or indirectly with the mechanism for varying the stroke. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which the rack j and segment i are operated by a diaphragm w, the underside of which is exposed to steam in the pipe s ; the upper side of the diaphragm is acted on by an adjustable spring v. A low-water alarm may be fitted with the float apparatus.
Patent GB-190700732-A (GB)
Title: A Non-skid Band for Attachment to the Wheels of Motor Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: EDMUNDS FRANCIS TREVETT
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 732. Edmunds, F. T. Jan. 11. Tyres, pneumatic &c.- A non-skid cover comprises studded leather gaiters a riveted at the ends between c lip s c fixed to steel wire rims b, one of which is in two parts connected b y a bolt.
Patent GB-190703076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedo Launching Tubes.
Inventor: JONES ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 3076. Jones, A. E. Feb. 7. Torpedoes.- The firing-lever c of the launching-tube a is pivoted at d, and is jointed to a rod h provided with cam-grooves o, p formed in the parts of the rod which slide in the supports j, i. The groove o engages with a pin q, Fig. 2, on the bolt n which operates the starting-lever 2 of the torpedo. The groove p engages in a similar manner with a pin on the torpedo-retaining bolt. When the breech-cap b is turned to open the breech, a projection f rocks the lever c, through the arm e, and pushes the rod h in the direction of the arrow J, Fig. 1, thereby causing the cam-groove p to move the retaining- bolt into operative position, and the cam-groove o to withdraw the bolt n. The firing movement of the lever c draws the rod in the opposite direction, withdraws the retaining-bolt, moves the bolt n into operative position, and effects the discharge by causing the trigger-lever y to strike the percussion mechanism z.
Patent GB-190708558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Safety Razors.
Inventor: BULLEY HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 8558. Bulley, H. E. April 12. Right to Patent relinquished. Razors, safety. The blade c, Fig. 3, of a safety razor is held between a back-plate d, which is notched to form the guard, Fig. 2, and a headplate a, which has ridges at one or both ends, between which the blade fits and so is prevented from turning. The ridges may be formed by hinges f, and, when two hinges are used, the pin of one is removable. The head-plate has a screwstem b which passes through holes in the blade and back-plate, and is engaged by the screwed-handle e. The blade, preferably two-edged, and the backplate are reversible.
Patent GB-190713801-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bottle Closure for Application to Containers for Viscous Substances.
Inventor: WARDEN ALBERT ERNEST
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 13,801. Warden, A. E. June 14. Stoppers.-Bottles, jars, and other receptacles for viscous and deliquescent substances are provided with a removable diskvalve closure. The top of the receptacle is screwthreaded, or p r o v i d e d. with protuberances, as shown in Fig. 7, to receive a removable cap a, Fig. 1, with an aperture b, which is opened or closed by a rotating cap c, of less depth than the first, slotted at d. In a modification, the cap c is pivoted centrally to the cap a, and has plain instead of screw-threaded flanges. In another modification, Fig. 3, the outer cap is retained by a band i having its lower end turned under the flange of the bottle neck, as described in Specification No. 7597, A.D. 1893. In. other modifications, Fig 5, one disk is provided with ears k, which fit into slots in the bottle neck, and the second disk is screw-threaded. If desired, the disks are kept closely together by parts m, o, which engage as shown or in some similar manner. Any of the closures may be protected by an additional plain cap with a retaining-band similar to i, Fig. 3. Disks of goldbeaters skin, paper permeated with paraffin wax, or the like may be placed under or between any of the caps.
Patent GB-190713957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Daylight Loading and Unloading Change Boxes for Photography.
Inventor: ALLEN RUPERT RICHARD
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 13,957. Allen, R. R. June 17. Change-boxes.-Daylight loading and unloading change-boxes in two parts, hinged or detached, hold a cartridge box 4 containing the plates, which are backed and have extra slips 3 along two sides, to prevent damage to one another, and are removed, after exposure, to the attached part 10 of the change-box and into an opaque envelope 8 originally enclosing the cartridge 4, which has an opaque detached flexible cover 7 fitting in grooves on its open front and extending round the back as a flap. The part 9 of the change-box has a slide 13 with limited movement, and a hinged door 14 having a spring 15 to press the plates forward, the spring passing through an aperture 5 in the cartridge back. The part 10 of the change-box has a hinged lid 23, a spring 24 to hold the plates, and a sleeve 25 to hold the envelope. The two parts of the change-box may be connected by a hinge, and the part 10 has longitudinal and transverse ledges fitting in corresponding slots in the part 9 to make the joint light-tight, and spring flaps 17, 27 are provided for the same purpose for the passage 16". The movement of the slide 13 to and fro pushes the exposed plate into the part 10, and when all the plates have been exposed they are shaken into the bottom of the envelope, which is then withdrawn as shown in Fig. 11. The envelope has one side longer than the other and with a gummed edge for sealing. In use, the cartridge is taken out of the envelope and inserted in the part 9 of the changebox, with the opening 5 at the back, and the cover 7 is withdrawn by its flap, leaving the front plate ready for exposure.
Patent GB-190716007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: AITKEN HUGH WALLACE
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 16,007. Aitken, H. W. July 12. Fans. - In centrifugal fans which have an impeller with a large number of long shallow blades, and in which the suction intake is axial and lateral, the diameter of the intake A is made greater than the over-all diameter of the impeller C. The intake is preferably flared outwards to a still greater diameter at B, and for an impeller of proper design, an inlet of substantially 8 per cent greater diameter is of best advantage, increasing to a diameter of substantially 25 per cent greater than the impeller if flared outwards.
Patent GB-190719619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus to be used in the Manufacture of Ammunition and other Articles.
Inventor: WERNER FRITZ
Filed: 1907-09-02
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 19,619. Werner, F. Sept. 2. Cartridge - loading machines. - The supply of cartridge cases from the drum a is controlled by a double-ended lever h which is operated by a spring-controlled system of levers worked by a cam k<1> on the shaft d<2>, Fig. 3. The lever h is arranged so as always to close either the inlet or the outlet of the channel g by the noses h<2>, h<3>; the closing of the outlet may however be prevented by the stoppage of the nose h<3> against the action of the spring m by a case s ; when this occurs, the inlet remains closed until the outlet is cleared, and the roller k again bears against the recessed part of the cam. In a modification, (1) the nose h<2> is replaced by an horizontal slide ; and (2) in which the part h<3> of the lever is pivoted separately and is operated by a pin on the arm i<3>. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, a recessed continuously rotating roller q controls the supply to the channel.
Patent GB-190719874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Operating upon Cartridge Cases and like Articles.
Inventor: WERNER FRITZ
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 19,874. Werner, F. Sept. 5. Cartridge-loading machines.-Cartridge cases s fed from a drum a into a channel g<1> are delivered therein with their open ends pointing the same way. A plate c with holes d' and tangential shoulders d, Fig. 2, rotates over the inclined base of the drum, the lower part of its outer edge being cut away so as to clear the annular ring e and the projection f. Cartridge cases fall into holes d' at the lower part of the drum and, resting on the surface e', are carried by the rotation of the disk c to the upper part, where they encounter the projection f on the inclined surface e<1> of the ring e, being raised thereby into a more nearly vertical position. In the circumstances illustrated in Fig. 3 the cases pass the projection f, but if conditioned as shown in Fig. 5 they fall over, as shown by the arrow, owing to the position of their centre of gravity. Those cases which pass the projection f, if permitted by the nose h<1> of the rocking lever, fall through the holes d<1> over the tilting edge g<2> into the channel g<1>. In a modification, in which the nose h' is replaced by an horizontal slide, the tilting edge g<2> is dispensed with, and the cases fall directly into the channel, their bases being then arranged in the opposite direction to that of the previous arrangement.
Patent GB-190719986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wax-burning Lamps
Inventor: BAXTER CHARLES ERNEST
Filed: 1907-09-07
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 19,986. Baxter, C. E. Sept. 7. Lamps burning solid hydrocarbons; velocipede lamps.-A cycle, carriage, motor, or other lamp of the type described in Specification No. 19,484, A.D. 1904, is formed with a wax container 2, and the wax is melted and kept liquid by a perforated heatconducting plate 5 formed with projecting fangs 6 having protuberant,' jagged, or barbed edges 6<a> around which the flame plays. The plate 5 is placed against the wick-tube 3, and is formed with a curved portion 7 so as to turn a long length of wick into the bottom of the container. A dummy wick 8 is placed against the plate 5 in a perforated tube 9 formed with supporting-feet 9<a>, and acts as a supplementary feeder to the wick 4. A second dummy wick-tube may be used.
Patent GB-190720257-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Cleaning Tennis and other Balls and such like Articles.
Inventor: HUMPHREYS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 20,257. Humphreys, J. E. Sept. 11. Balls.-An apparatus for cleaning tennis balls and like articles consists of a cup a faced with bristles a<2> or other cleaning-medium and loosely supported on a frame c. The lower portion of the frame forms a pivot f for an arm f which carries a rotatable ball holder g<2>, consisting of a number of rubber-covered spring arms. In operation, the ball is placed in position as shown, and the desired pressure applied by means of a handle f<3>, the holder g<2> together with the ball being at the same time rotated by means of a handle g<4>.
Patent GB-190723359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Means for Serving Milk through a Door.
Inventor: HAMILTON GEORGE STEWART
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 23,359. Hamilton, G. S. Oct. 23. Signals, indicator or visible.-In a device for supplying milk, a device comprising a block 0 provided with a number on each side is mounted on the wire W to indicate the quantity of milk required.
Patent GB-190808756-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Dividing a Pack of Cards into any Required Number of Parts.
Inventor: LEUBA JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-22
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 8756. Leuba, J. H. April 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Card games.-Relates to a device for dividing a pack of cards into "hands" so as to avoid the necessity of distributing the cards singly. The device consists of a holder a upon which are secured stops b, c and a compressing-finger e. The upper edges of the stops are arranged at different levels so that when the cards are placed between the finger e and the plate a, the pack is separated into four hands, which may be then distributed to the players. The cards may also be pressed down into the device by means of a piece similar to the stops, applied to the top of the pack. 368
Patent GB-190812879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reciprocating Oscillatory Rotary Engines.
Inventor: WILLIAMS WIN D
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 12,879. Williams, W. D. June 16. Revolving-cylinder type. -A number of pairs of pistons are mounted to oscillate upon spindles 15 carried by a rotary frame 33,34. The hollow pistons 19, 24 are connected to cranks formed at 180 degrees to one another upon their spindles, and drive toothed pinions 36 which gear with the internal toothing on the fixed ring 37. The rotary frame is fixed to the main shaft 7. An auxiliary shaft 47, the hollow end of which surrounds a sleeve upon the end of the shaft 7, carries a toothed wheel 45, which gears on the inner side with the pinions 36. Thus power can be taken from either or both shafts, the shaft 47 revolving at a higher speed than the shaft 7. Steam is admitted by the pipe 1 to the annular chamber 4 and passes by way of the hollow shaft, the passages 8, and pipes 10 to the steam chests 13 at the ends of the cylinder spindles. Ported passages 16, Fig. 7, in these spindles co-operate with ports in the cylinder heads to conduct the steam into the high-pressure cylinders 18, exhaust it from those cylinders, pass it into the cylinders 25, and exhaust it into the fixed outer chamber 39 from which it is led by the pipe 32. The ports 17, Fig. 7, leading to the high-pressure cylinders are controlled by long rotary valves 49 which are rotated according to the speed by centrifugal devices, Fig. 10. These devices each comprise a lever 57 linked to a valve 49 and carrying a curved weight 64 which tends to rotate the lever in opposition to a spring 69. The levers 57 are all connected together by blocks 59, mounted on a revoluble ring 60 and entering the slotted ends of the levers.
Patent GB-190813027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Obturators for Cinematographic Apparatuses.
Inventor: ARCADE MALLET
Filed: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 13,027. Mallet, A. June 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Drawings to Specification. Kinematographs.-In addition to the necessary obturation during the displacement of the film, two supplementary and equal obturations are effected at equal intervals so that the total periods of light and darkness are practically equal, and scintillation in the projection produced by too great an illumination of the eye is thus avoided.
Patent GB-190813041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprocket Wheels and Driving Chains therefor.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 13,041. Johnson, J. Y., [Link-Belt Co.]. June 18. Driving-chains.-A chain is formed of ordinary driving-links b and shallower blank links b<1>, the latter forming one or more longitudinal grooves to engage a rib or ribs c formed round the rim, instead of side flanges, to prevent lateral displacement.
Patent GB-190813765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turbines and Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: MEYERSBERG GUSTAV
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 13,765. Meyersberg, G. July 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Turbines; centrifugal Sprengel pumps.-Relates to apparatus of the kind in which gas and liquid are admitted to a multi-stage centrifugal Sprengel pump, and the liquid is caused to give up its energy in compressing the gas, or, in the case of a motor, the gas is caused to give up its energy in imparting velocity to the liquid, and the liquid used as motive fluid. The invention consists in making the mixing ratio of gas and liquid different in different stages so as to conform to the best theoretical requirements, and in details of circulation. An example of the invention applied to a compressor is shown in Fig. 5, and the conditions of flow of the liquid are shown diagrammatically in Fig. 6. The impellers a<1>, a<2> a<3> contain gas passages d<1>, d<2>, d<3> and liquid passages c<1>, c<2>, c<3>. Portions of gas are trapped between plugs of liquid in fixed passages b<1>, b<2>, b3 arranged around the peripheries of the impellers, and the gas is compressed. The gas passes through the three impellers in succession, but the water in each stage flows through that stage only and passes back to the centre of the impeller by way of passages e<1>, e<2>, or e<3>. The water passages in the impellers are of gradually decreasing size as indicated at x<1>, x<2>, x<3> in Fig. 6. The several water cycles may be completely separated, but preferably pipes y<0>, y<1>, y<2>, y<3> are provided so that cold water may be continuously supplied at y<3> and the surplus water carried off at y<0>. The arrows in Fig. 6 show how the liquid flows. A multiple stage turbine embodying the invention is shown in Fig. 7. Formed intregal with the impellers are rings of turbine blades k. The highpressure gas entering at f<0> imparts its energy to the plugs of liquid in the fixed passages b<1>, b<2>, b<3>. The issuing plugs impinge upon the turbine blades and rotate the shaft.