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Patent GB-190603111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Power Hammers.
Inventor: GRAHAM WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 3111. Graham, W. Feb. 8. Hammers, power. -A pneumatic power hammer in which the tup is raised wholly or partially by vacuum and forced downwards by air pressure from a continuouslyrunning pump placed in close proximity to the tup chamber is constructed so as to give hard blows on the anvil with a pause at the end of the blow, by delaying both admission to the hammer chamber and the vacuum action of the pump. In the form shown in Fig. 2, a shell valve e, which is rotated intermittently by a cam on the shaft u, surrounds a segmental perforated valve d, which is adjusted in position to control the action of the hammer by hand or foot through cranks and links. This valve is provided with a flap valve so that the tup may be held up or down. The piston r has a trunk s adapted to enter a recess t, and has a valved port w for the escape of air from the annular space through the passage v after the trunk enters the recess. On the suction stroke of the piston with the tup on the work, no substantial vacuum is created until the trunk s leaves the.recess At this time, the cam opens the valve e and the rapid up-stroke of the tup is produced. The valve e then closes, and the piston on its return stroke compresses air in the chamber until the valve again opens, when the tup is driven out with increased force. The trunk then enters the recess t again and the cycle is repeated. In the form shown in Fig. 6, a mechanically-operated valve is replaced by the spring-controlled non-rettirn valve 5 to control the upper passage 2, and an additional passage 1 is used for the return of the air from the tup chamber. This valve has a piston 7 which is pressed by air against the spring 6 when the valve is open. The passages 1, 2 are provided with the non-return valve 3 and the valve 4, which are operated by a hand or foot lever. In this case, the pause on the anvil may be varied by providing a spring on the valve 3. The improvements are applicable to a hammer in which a pump is in close proximity and discharges direct into the tup chamber, and in which the latter is subjected to the same fluctuations of pressure as the pump. According to the Provisional Specification, the trunk shown at the head of the piston in Fig. 2 may be dispensed with, in which case the hammerwould not be adapted to give a pause.
Patent GB-190603169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Syphons.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 3169. Adams, M. J. Feb. 9. Water-waste preventers, siphon - discharge. The long leg A is fitted with a small siphon D, of which the bell G is fixed. Water is admitted to the leg A when the seal in the siphon D is forced, and the exhaustion in the long leg thus caused starts the main siphon. The Provisioual Specification states that the air confined in the bell G may be released by opening a valve or by raising the bell pneumatically.
Patent GB-190603690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil Cases.
Inventor: PENKALA EDUARD
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 3690. Penkala, E. Feb. 14. Pencil-holders.-Relates to pencil-cases in which the lead 5 is held in a socket or sheath and advanced by means of a pin, wire, or its equivalent 7 on pushing in the sheath. The sheath 3 is coned or pointed at the lower end and bears upon the writing-surface, so that the lead 5 is advanced automatically in the act of writing. The parts 5, 7 are retained in the sheath by friction, or may be coated with wax to ensure retention.
Patent GB-190603905-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Production of Ozone.
Inventor: APPLEGARTH EDWARD
Filed: 1906-02-16
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 3905. Applegarth, E., and Quain, J. R. Feb. 16. Gases and vapours, treating electrically.-The electrodes of an ozonizer are hermetically sealed in vacuo or not, in vessels of glass or other suitable material. In one form, Fig. 1, the ozonizer consists of a sealed tube D containing one electrode d<2> and embraced by a sealed annular cylinder C containing the other electrode c<2>. The electrodes are suitably connected to a transformer supplied by any suitable electric generator or other source of supply. Suitable studs d<3> separate the two containers C, D to allow of the circulation of the air, or other materials containing oxygen to be ozonized, by a fan which is actuated, mechanically or electrically, by the generator or another source of current respectively. In another form of ozonizer, Fig. 2, the electrodes f<3>, f<4> are sealed in envelopes F made of plates of glass &c. and kept apart by separators f<5>.
Patent GB-190605150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Notice Boards with Interchangeable Numbers, Letters and the like.
Inventor: BORGMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 5150. Borgmann, W. March 2. Signs.-Relates to notice boards for railway stations, restaurants, &c., in which interchangeable letters, numbers, &c. are used. The plates are supplied by rabbeted pieces, the upper rabbet a of each row being deeper than the lower rabbet b, so that the plates can be removed by raising and tilting after the rod, strip, or cord s has been pulled out sideways. A rubber sucker is a convenient means of removing the plates.
Patent GB-190612783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Milk and Proteid-containing Liquids and the Dry Products Obtained
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 12,783. Hatmaker, J. R. June 1. Evaporating milk, blood, eggs, &c.-Milk, blood, eggs, and other proteid-containing fluids, or mixtures of the same with sugar, starch, cereals, &c., are dried in thin films in a period of time not exceeding 2¢ seconds, whereby the dried milk &c. is obtained in a soluble form without the preliminary addition of reagents. The material, mixed with water if too viscous, is supplied in a very thin film preferably to a twin-cylinder machine, heated by steam at a pressure of 2¢-3¢ atmospheres, the rate of rotation being so great that the exposure of the material is limited to the above-mentioned period. Flat or other shaped surfaces may however be used, and a vacuum may be employed.
Patent GB-190619216-A (GB)
Title: Knife Sharpening Device
Inventor: BARDTHOLDT EDMUND
Filed: 1906-08-28
Granted: 1907-08-28
Abstract: 19,216. Bardtholdt, E. Aug. 28. Sharpening.-In sharpening-devices for knives of all kinds, the jaws that sharpen the blade have bevelled edges, are arranged one above the other, and are elastically connected so that sharp edges act in rapid succession one on each side of the blade as the blade is passed between the jaws. The jaws may be composed of suitable stone or of steel, and the angle between them may be varied to suit the knife to ,be sharpened. As applied to a bread - cutting machine, the knife i, Fig. 2, is rotated by a handle f, and passes through :the sharpening-jaws t<1>, t<2>, pivoted at r<1>, r<2>, Fig. 3, and connected by a spring o. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention is applied to pen-knives, erasers, table and kitchen knives, &c. In such cases, the sharpeners are mounted on a sheath and are arranged to enclose the blade elastically, so that as the sheath is withdrawn the bevelled edges of the sharpeners move along both sides of the knife and sharpen it.. Reference is made to Specification No. 6915, A.D. 1905, as comprising sharpening-devices with bevel-edged jaws.
Patent GB-190622086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ejector Condensers.
Inventor: FOUNTAIN JOHN CALVIN
Filed: 1906-10-06
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 22,086. Fountain, J. C., and Wilkinson, J. E. Oct. 6. Ejector condensers.-The steam enters the condenser through an adjustable nozzle 27, which is capable of being screwed down on to the inner face a of the combining-chamber. The water inlet is shown at 24. The condenser delivers directly to the pump 37, which returns the water to the boiler 40 through a check valve 41. Excess of water in the pipe 30 overflows through a pipe d. An outlet for the steam when starting is shown at 33. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 190?, to Specifications Nos. 1216 and 3146, A.D. 1868, No. 4436, A.D. 1874, No. 4983, A.D. 1876, No. 1334, A.D. 1877, No. 6143, A.D. 1885, and No. 29,340, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190705872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Turbine and Internal Combustion Motor Engines
Inventor: HUTCHINGS JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1908-03-11
Abstract: 5872. Hutchings, J. March 11 Elastic-fluid turbines.- Relates to improvements in the combined internalcombustion engine and turbine described in Specifications Nos. 2355 and 3926, A.D. 1906, and consis'.s, mainly, (1) in using one end of the explosion cylinder as an air-compressing-pump, thus dispensing with the double-acting air - c o m - pressor described in the above - mentioned prior Specifications, (2) in replacing the valves in the piston of the explosion cylinder by an exhaust valve opening into an extension at one side of the working piston, and (3) in detail modifications of the heating, cooling, and fuel-injecting devices. To the piston g of the compression pump l is attached the plunger 25 of an high - pressure compressor m, which discharges into a reservoir 36 having an overflow by-pass into a lowpressure reservoir k. The reservoir k is charged by the pump l. The valves 27, 28, 29 of the highpressure-pump are automatic in their action, and are controlled by the varying pressures in the pump chambers. Highpressure air from the reservoir 36 is fed to the working-cylinder i both to form the working charge and to assist in scavenging. That stored in the reservoir k, after passing through the pump and cylinder cooling- jackets and also through coiled pipes 20, 21 in the exhaust passages, is used to operate a turbine of the type described in Specification No. 5872A, A.D. 1907, mounted on a shaft b geared to the main shaft a. For cooling purposes, water-spraying tubes e are inserted in the jackets of the explosion cylinders in addition to the air-spraying tubes described in Specification No. 2355, A.D. 1906. Water is forced into the tubes e by a pump c driven from the main shaft a, the discharge pipe being shown at d. The air-compressor l may be cooled by water-jets only, or similarly to the explosion cylinders. The pistons are cooled by being partly filled with water, which is agitated by the working of the engine. In addition, the pistons may also be cooled by air currents. The engine shown in Figs. 1 and 2 works on a two-stroke cycle. Liquid fuel for the formation of the change is vaporized in a circuitous passage x in the cylinder head, the supply of fuel to the passage being controlled by a suitably-operated valve r. Both the stem 40 of the inlet valve 47, 52 and that of a crescent-shaped scavenging air valve 57, Figs. 1 and 2, are operated by cams 44, 45 which transmit their motion through swinging levers 42. The combustion products are released through a valve-controlled port 10 when the piston has completed half its out-stroke. The products pass through ribbed passages in an extension 15 carried by the piston, and escape through a chamber 17 containing the heating-coils 21. Both the exhaust gases and the hot air are used in the turbine, from which they escape through a cooling- chamber 56.
Patent GB-190705883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ammunition Supply Mechanism for Heavy Ordnance.
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 5883. Petch, A. F., and Duncan, F. March 11. Loading-appliances. - Relates to central trunk ammunition supply of the type in which separate cages for powder and shell are hoisted by a common hauling-gear. The cages, which are charged at different levels, are hauled first at different speeds and then at the same speed. Ropes b pass over sheaves C on the powder cage A and are attached at their ends to the shell cage B and slippers d; the slippers d slide on guides d<1> secured to the trunk, and have elbow catches e pivoted at e<1> and provided with rollers f, g and guide-pulleys h. When the hauling starts, the rollers f are in engagement below the guides d' and retain the slippers d, so that the cage B rises at twice the speed of the cage A ; after a time, cam-grooves i on the cage B coact with the rollers g and releases the catches e, whereupon the slippers d and the cage B become locked together and rise at the same speed as the cage A. In the descent, the steps are reversed. Suitable sheaves may be provided for the rope b so as to obtain other velocity ratios as desired. In a modification, sheaves may be mounted upon the shell cage B and ropes passed thereon and secured at their ends to the slippers d and the rope b.
Patent GB-190709171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Supports for Invalid Stretchers and the like.
Inventor: LINXWEILER JOHANN
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 9171. Linxweiler, J. April 19. Ambulance vehicles.-Invalid stretchers are supported in railway vehicles or other places by a collapsible frame consisting of two sleepers, each of which has pairs of posts to which the stretchers are attached. The channelled sleepers c, which may be adapted to slide between bars l having studs m projecting into slots in the sleepers, have holes e to receive the lugs d of the pairs of vertical posts a. The posts have footplates b, and are secured to the channels by sliding bolts g, which engage the lugs d and have projecting finger-grips i. Two pairs of posts with separate sleepers may be used, as shown, or alternatively a single sleeper may be used, the two inner posts being adjacent to one another and having a common footplate band bolt g, in which case access to the stretchers can only be gained from their outer edges. The head and foot posts of each support may be braced by crossed bars which are secured to the posts as shown in Fig. 6. The braces have eyes v which pass over pins q on sleeves p on the posts and are held in place by slotted pins u which are turned into a vertical position and dropped after the eyes have been passed over them.
Patent GB-190711123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Conductors.
Inventor: HUNGERFORD OLIVER TOWNSEND
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 11,123. Hungerford, O. T. May 13. Cables are constructed with a central conductor surrounded by a felted coating of wool, fur, hair, or a mixture thereof, and covered with a braided, knitted, or woven sheath of fibrous threads. These two coverings are impregnated with insulating and waterproofing material, such as rubber, or asphalt compounds, oil, resin, or paraffin, and the quantity of material taken up may be varied by varying the density of the fibrous coatings.
Patent GB-190711543-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to Antimacassars.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-17
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 11,543. Willis, P. R. J., [Brantly, J. R.]. May 17. Furniture, attaching antimacassars to.-A device for holding an antimacassar on a chair or other seat consists of a hinged rod A<1>, A<2> attached to the antimacassar B and provided near its ends with pivoted flexible metal strips C, D, which are each formed in two parts pivoted together, and may be bent so as to form hooks. The whole may be folded and rolled up so as to be readily carried or packed. According to the Provisional Specification, the hinged rod may be telescopic or otherwise extensible, and the hooks may be made in two parts so constructed as to be adjustably extensible.
Patent GB-190712091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Windows.
Inventor: MITCHISON WILLIAM ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 12,091. Mitchison, W. A. May 24. Windows.-Sashes are mounted in carrying- members which are hinged or pivoted horizontally or vertically within the frame. As shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the sash a is secured by screws f to rails b, c, pivoted to the head d and sill e of the window frame. In order to maintain a weathertight joint between the sash and the window frame, strips or beads o, pare secured to the sash stiles and to the sides of the window frame, and the carrying members, head, and sill are cut away at k, m, As a modification, the head, sill, and carrying-members may be provided with beads. The carrying-member c is of the section shown in Fig. 2, so that a cavity j is formed between it and the frame, into which moisture condensed on the window pane is conveyed through conduits r from a collecting-channel q in the bottom sash rail and so passes to the outside. The bottom sash rail may be furnished with a weather bar m<1> and the carrying-members may be secured to the frame by thumb-screws or suitable clamps. In the horizontally pivoted window shown in Fig. 6, the sash is prevented from sliding on carrying-members b, c, hinged or pivoted to the frame by springs u, which also press the carrying-members into close contact with the sides of the frame so as to retain the sash when it is in the open position.
Patent GB-190712141-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Preparation for Consuming Smoke and Economising Fuel.
Inventor: LING HARRY
Filed: 1907-05-25
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 12,141. Ling, H. May 25. Composition fuel.-A smoke-preventing composition for treating coal before use consists of sodium nitrate with small quantities of ferric oxide, manganese dioxide, and potassium permanganate, and is dissolved or suspended in water and sprayed upon the coal.
Patent GB-190713334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Stokers.
Inventor: WOOD WILFRED ROTHERY
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 13,334. Wood, W. R. June 8. Grates air, supplying.-An endless travelling grate is built up of box-like sections linked together and supplied with air for combustion from boxes at the side of the furnace. As shown in Fig. 1, the links 3 are provided with T-shaped members 4 to which are secured perforated angle-pieces 5 forming box-like sections with the members 4 on the adjacent links. The sections separate when passing round the inner sprocket-wheel and allow for the discharge of ashes. The T-shaped members 4 have the bottom flange turned up at the ends and recessed to form with the adjacent members openings 10, which communicate, as shown in Fig. 3, with openings 9 in the air boxes 8. The latter are supplied with air from pipes 7, and the air supply to the grate members is regulated, so as to be greatest at the front and in decreasing amount towards the back, by means of a tapered hinged plate 12, or a plate pivoted at the front of the box 8 and adapted to be raised or lowered at its inner end. In a modification, Fig. 4, the links of the grate are provided with depending members 4 the lower edges of which form with an horizontally-disposed plate 14 chambers to which air is supplied as described above.
Patent GB-190713626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods and Appliances for Eliminating Dust caused by Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: MASTIN JOHN
Filed: 1907-07-31
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 13,626. Mastin, J. July 31. Nozzles.-A nozzle in the form of a fan-shaped flattened funnel, shown in section in Fig. 2, and in perspective in Fig. 1, is described in connexion with dust prevention in motor-cars.
Patent GB-190713979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Iron and Steel.
Inventor: OSBORN SHERARD
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 13,979. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. June 17. Cementation; vanadium steel.-Iron and steel for cutting-tools, projectiles, and the like is toughened and has its surface hardened by introducing vanadium, which is incorporated with the molten metal, and also introduced during the process of cementation. As an example, vanadium in the form of ferro-vanadium, ferro-nickel, vanadium, or ferrochrome-vanadium is added to the molten metal, the proportion of vanadium being about one per cent. The cleaned surface of the resulting alloy may then be cemented by heating it in a closed receptacle while surrounded by a mixture of vanadium oxide and carbon in the proportion of, say, 40 per cent vanadium oxide to 60 per cent of carbon.
Patent GB-190714551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Lighting and Extinguishing Lamps.
Inventor: COWPER-SMITH ALLAN THORNLEY
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 14,551. Smith, A. T. Cowper-. June 24. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-A device of the type in which both the lighting and the extinguishing are effected by temporary increases of the pressure is so arranged that a valve carried by a flexible diaphragm or floating bell is raised by the increase of pressure, and on a reduction of pressure the valve is held by a support ; on a further increase of the pressure, the valve is again raised and allowed to fall to its closed position. A governor valve is also used to maintain the pressure on the diaphragm until it has been sufficiently raised to cause the actuation. A pilot burner with a by-pass is used. In the form shown, a diaphragm c is arranged between two parts a, a<1> of a gas-tight chamber, and the gas is prevented from reaching the main burner b by means of a valve e<1> guided in a socket f and resting on a seat g. A slotted rod j, provided with arms k, k<1>, embraces the valve stem, and is raised with the valve on a sudden increase of the pressure. The increase of pressure closes a valve in a governor e, and this valve is kept closed until the pressure is reduced. Normally, a tongue m<3>, Fig. 3, on the rod engages a wedge shaped surface m on a rod m<2>, and as the valve is raised, the rod j is forced to the left, the tongue m<3> is freed from the surface m, and the end of the arm k engages an inclined strip l<1> on a rod l<2>. As the pressure decreases, the rod j falls, but the end k finally rests on a stop l<4> formed at the junction of the incline l' and an incline l similar to the incline m. The valve e<1> in this position is open and, preferably, the arm k' rests on a valve on the support o and closes this valve which, when the valve e' is closed, is open and supplies a by-pass n. On a further increase of the pressure, the tongue l<3> rises up to the incline l, and the rod j is pushed to the right, engages an incline m<1>, and finally falls on to a support m<4> similar to the stop l<4> but arranged on a lower level. In this position, the valve e<1> is closed, and the by-pass valve is open. In a modification, the inclines l, l<1>, m, m<1> are replaced by a ratchet-wheel provided with alternate shallow and deep notches, which support the main valve in the open and closed positions respectively. An upper ratchet-wheel connected by stirrups to the lower one acts to rotate the supporting-rod of the valve so as to cause it to be engaged alternately by a deep or shallow notch. The by-pass valve may be closed. by the raising of the valve e<1>, and the valve e<1> may consist of a ball valve which, when the diaphragm e is in its lowest position, is engaged by a pin which keeps the valve open.
Patent GB-190726013-A (GB)
Title: Hand Pump for Cleaning Pipe-conduits particularly those Employed for Gas-lamps and in the House.
Inventor: PFEIL PETER
Filed: 1907-11-23
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 26,013. Pfeil, P. Jan. 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spray - producers and spreaders. -Comprises a hand pump fitted with a spraying-device for cleaning gas pipes by means of air charged with spirit, benzene, or the like. The pump barrel a is surrounded by a casing e, into which air is compressed. The upper end of the casing is partitioned off to form a chamber j containing the benzene or other liquid. The gas pipe to be cleaned is connected to the pipe o containing a three-way cock n, by means of which a regulable spray of benzene can be injected into the pipe.