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Patent GB-190502038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Process and Apparatus for Drying Air
Inventor: LAMBERT CHARLES JOSEPH SEVERIN
Filed: 1905-02-01
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 2038. Lambert, C. J. S. Feb. 1. Dust &c., separating from air.-Air is freed from moisture, microbes, ferments, and dust by being cooled in two stages. In the first stage, the air is cooled nearly to the freezing-point of water, being passed either over cooling-pipes or other surfaces, or in direct contact with cooling-liquids. In the second stage, the air is further dried by physical contact with an uncongealable liquid which has a vapour-tension corresponding to a lower percentage of water than that which the air in its dried condition is required to contain. Any form of apparatus may be employed. For instance, in the first stage, the air may pass over pipes or metal vessels, or in contact with a cold liquid trickling over flat or corrugated walls, or over surfaces arranged in cascade fashion, or in contact with a liquid which has passed through an atomizer. In the second stage, the air may be circulated in contact with a solution of calcium chloride.
Patent GB-190502943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Car and the like Lamps.
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 2943. Metallic Mirrors of America, Ltd., and Lewis, I. E. Feb. 13. Carriage and velocipede lamps ; reflectors.-For illuminating the number plate of motor cars and like vehicles, corrugated or other convenient reflectors d are provided inside the casing b to reflect the light from a lamp a uniformly on to the opaque stencil c, wherein the number is formed in translucent material.
Patent GB-190503587-A (GB)
Title: Wire Gauze, Web, Screens and the like.
Inventor: CHALLIS CHARLES EBENEZER
Filed: 1905-02-21
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 3587. Challis, C. E. Feb. 21. Wire fabrics.-Wire-gauze, webs, screens, &c. for filtering, straining, sifting, &c. are made with very fine interstices by depositing metal upon ordinary - woven wire-gauze by electro-deposition.
Patent GB-190503824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Utilizing a Gyroscope to Control other Apparatus.
Inventor: LEAVITT FRANK MCDOWELL
Filed: 1904-02-23
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 3824. Leavitt, F. M. Oct. 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Steering-engines; starting and stopping.-Relates to a gyroscopic apparatus applicable, among other purposes, for controlling the valve-rod k of a stram, air, or hydraulic engme or cylinder K which operates a rudder &c. The gimbal ring c is surmounted by a circular plate d, at one part of which is a cam D. Normally, the toes g of the feeler E on the rocking lever F touch lightly the inclined sides of the cam D, as shown in Fig. 2, but, when the framing C moves relatively to the plane of the fly-wheel a, the feeler E at the next upstroke engages with one of the rods H, H<1>, thus rocking the lever J and moving the valve attached to the rod k. The precession of the gyrostat is thus reduced to a minimum.
Patent GB-190508452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Condensing and like Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 8452. Soc. Anon. Westinghouse, and Leblanc, M. April 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cond ensers.- Water is fed' to a centrifugal pump 2 through a nozzle 1, and the jet of spray thereby formed after condensing the steam in the chamber 3 is used to actuate an ejector 7, whereby the uncondensed gases are drawn off through the passages 8. The size of the feed nozzle may be varied to any extent, a corresponding alteration being made in the form of the ejector. In the extreme case the ejector forms a ring surrounding the pump. The apparatus may further be combined with a surface apparatus for cooling the condensing-water.
Patent GB-190510381-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool for Opening Tins.
Inventor: BLAKE WALTER STONEWALL GLADSTO
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 10,381. Blake, W. S. G. May 17. Cans, opening.-In a. tool for opening tins, consisting of a rod a, Fig. 1, having a handle c, and carrying a right-angled spike b, for perforating and hooking under the centre of the lid of the tin, a disk cutter e, of hardened steel, with one sloping and one flat or hollow face, is fixed on the neck of a sleeve d and serves to make a circular cut in the lid. The spike b may be separate or formed as part of the rod a, and, in a modification, it may have the form shown in Fig. 4. The sleeve d may be adjustably fixed to the rod a by the set-screw g bearing on a flat on the rod, or both sleeve and rod may be threaded, and, as shown in Fig. 2, the handle c may be carried by the sleeve. The rod a and the hole in the sleeve d may also be made square.
Patent GB-190511704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Couplings.
IPC: F16D3/72
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 11,704. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Ahlquist. K. June 3. Shaft couplings ; universal joints.-A flexible coupling, to allow slight angular displacement of a pair of shafts, particularly intended for connecting the shaft of a turbine to that of an electric generator, or for turbo - generators in which the shafts are arranged vertically &c., consists of a pair of annular disks a, b of the form shown, which are secured to the extremities of the shafts c, d and taper in thickness so that the torsional strength is practically the same at any radius, and are connected together by bolts e at their thickened or flanged peripheries.
Patent GB-190511902-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Scissors and Shears
Inventor: SCHOLZ RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 11,902. Scholz, R. June 7. Scissors and shears. - Relates to means for obtaining a pressure at the cutting-edge approximately equal at all points and greater than that applied at the handles. The blade a carries a lever arm f bearing pins d, e. A lever g, of which the end i bears against the blade b, the opposite end being attached to the pin e, passes under an adjustable roller h carried by the blade b. The pin d and the pivot pin c, carried by the blade a, work in slots l; k in the blade b, thus giving a longitudinal motion to the blade. On the handles being pressed together, the arm f pulls the lever g in the direction j, bringing the bent-up portion o under the roller h, and shortening the arm i with the object of increasing the pressure on the cutting-edge s as the cutting-point moves away from the axis c.
Patent GB-190514050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Quantity Meters of the Electrolytic Type.
Inventor: PIPER EDWARD JESSE
Filed: 1905-07-07
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 14,050. Piper, E. J. July 7. Quantity meters, electrolytic. In meters of the type described in Specification No. 21,476, A.D. 1891, in which gas collecting in a bell is periodically discharged by an inverted siphon, means are provided for keeping the siphon normally closed and for adjusting the quantity of gas for each stroke. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the siphon d is closed by a valve f carried by a preferably overbalancing lever g, which also carries a rod h threaded through a float i. By removing a cap the rod h may be adjusted to regulate the volume of gas. In a modification, the lever is mounted on the outside of the bell and is actuated by tappets, one fixed and the other adjustable. In the meter shown in Fig. 3, the siphon valve is dispensed with, and the adjustment of volume is obtained by means of a block n on a screw stem o. In a modification of this form, the block is fixed to the base of the container and the stroke of the bell is adjusted by means of a screw stop. The block may in this case be an inner vessel constituting the electrolytic cell. In the meter shown in Fig. 5, the block n is carried by a balance beam r, connected at its other end to a vessel s, which automatically compensates for temperature and pressure variations in the manner described in Specification No. 6105, A.D. 1882. This compensating device may also be used to control the siphon valve, which is linked to a lever pivoted near the axis of the balance beam, on which there is an adjustable trip. The containing vessel in all cases is provided with means such as a bird fountain for maintaining a constant level, and with an overflow. The bell operates a counter, and the meter may be controlled by prepayment mechanism.
Patent GB-190514341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taps and Cocks.
Inventor: COSSLETT RICHARD
Filed: 1905-07-12
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 14,341. Cosslett, R. July 12. Lift valves; spindles; casings; seats. - Screwdown valves are made with a hollow screwed spindle, in the hollow of which is situated a wooden plug I, Fig. 2, with a tapered stem and a hemispherical extension which forms the meeting face of the valve. The seat L is bevelled at an angle of from fifty-five to sixty degrees. A set-screw D limits the upward movement of the spindle. A draining-channel G is cut through the casing.
Patent GB-190514369-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Removing Restoring and Adjusting the Seal on the Dip Pipes of Gas Retorts.
Inventor: TOWNSEND HARRY
Filed: 1905-07-12
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 14,369. Townsend, H. July 12. Dip -pipes; hydraulic mains.-Relates to improvements on the apparatus described in Specification No. 25,050, A.D. 1904,for sealing and unsealing the dip-pipes of gas retorts, and consists in operating the valve K for removing and restoring the seal and the cock R for supplying liquor, from the same spindle O. By moving the handwheel L in one direction, the valve K is opened and the cock R closed, thus removing the seal, while on movement of the wheel L in the reverse direction, the seal is restored.
Patent GB-190516440-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cleaning Matrices.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1905-08-12
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 16,440. Howorth, F. W., [Charlottenburger Farbwerke Akt.- Ges.]. Aug. 12. Casting.-In apparatus for cleaning matrices for stereotype &c. from excess of talc &c. by a blast of air, a blower d is driven by a belt h passing over part of a wide pulley b, so mounted on a pivoted lever m that by depression of a foot-lever c it is forced against a continuously-moving belt g. The lever c is raised by a spring f, and its range of movement is adjusted by a screw e.
Patent GB-190518772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: SACRIPANTI GIUSEPPE
Filed: 1905-09-16
Granted: 1906-09-15
Abstract: 18,772. Sacripanti, G. July 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Spring metal plates F, which bear on one another, are secured between the rim of the section shown in Fig. 3 and the stirrups S, which are permitted by the slots p to slide radially on the bolts fastening them to the rim, and which may be covered by rubber or the like.
Patent GB-190601241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Musical Instruments.
Inventor: KLEEMICHEN EDWARD RICHARD
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 1241. Kleemichen, E. R. Jan. 17. Ornamental effects.-A musical instrument comprising a series of rotating wheels carrying sonorous bells and tubes is provided with coloured electric incandescent lamps mounted on the wheels. Adjoining wheels preferably rotate in opposite directions. The faces of the wheel and frame are covered by decorative material or ornamental cloth.
Patent GB-190606618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Variable Speed and Power Gear Mechanism for Velocipedes
Inventor: PINSON WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1907-03-20
Abstract: 6618. Pinson, W. C., and Clarke, W. March 20. Variable-speed gearing.-In a device for effecting the sliding and locking of the sun pinion of a velocipede variable-speed gear, a turning cone J has spiral grooves j<1> engaged by studs m upon a sleeve M, which, provided with pegs ml to engage longitudinal channels n in the axle, is connected by an internally screwed ring J<2> and balls j<2> to the sun pinion C, so that, by the operation of an arm R, the cone is turned and the sun pinion moved from engagement with the carrier at c into engagement with the fixed clutch teeth h. A spring P connected to a fixed arm N returns the parts to normal position when the tension upon the cord p is relieved. To facilitate the engagement of the teeth c with the teeth h, the fixed teeth are thinned down from their leading towards their rear ends, as shown in Fig. 5. The collar H is prevented from turning by flats d upon the axle fitting within a groove d<1> upon the face of the collar.
Patent GB-190610948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Non Oxidizing Protective Gas for use in conjuction with Petroleum and other Combustible Liquids.
Inventor: MARTINI CARL
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 10,948. Martini, C., and H³neke, H. May 15, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mixing gases.-Relates to the production of a non-oxidizing, protective gas to be used in conjunction with petroleum, and other combustible liquids, to prevent the formation of an explosive mixture. For this purpose, combustible gas and air are supplied from separate chambers a, b through valved pipes c, d to a mixing-chamber e, in such proportions that the mixture can be entirely burned in a tank h. The final product escapes through a pipe k to a gas-holder, or directly for use. Water, introduced through a pipe, may be used to force the gas and air to the mixing-chamber.
Patent GB-190615467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Devices for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: BATISSE EMILE MICHEL LEOPOLD
Filed: 1906-07-07
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 15,467. Batisse, E. M. L., and Drevet, A., [known as Drevet, P.]. Jan. 10, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Turning-gear.-In gear of the kind shown in the Figure, the rack is returned to its original position by the gas used to operate the pistons. After the rack has been moved in the direction. shown by the arrow f<1>, during which time the ports 2, 4 of the cock B are in communication, the cock B is turned, first putting the cylinder ends in communication, then closing port 2 and connecting the ports 1, 3. The gas stored in the pipe T<2> actuates the pistons. .Gas taken from the engine cylinder maybe used to operate the gear.
Patent GB-190619862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Shipping and Transferring Coal and other Materials.
Filed: 1906-09-06
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 19,862. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Wright, R. Sept. 6. Lifting-cradles; lifts; tipping apparatus.- Cradles for lifting and tipping railway wagons are formed of an open framework to allow of the passage of the material through it when being discharged, and are provided with stops for retaining the wagon in position ; the stops are raised into operative position by the tension of the hoisting-c h a ins, and are withdrawn by counterweights. Fig. 1 is a plan of the cradle, and Fig. 3 a side elevation. The cradle comprises a pair of longitudinal girders a under the wheels of the wagon, and four cross-girders b, one at each end, and one beneath each axle, thus leaving a clear space for discharge either through end doors, or through bottom doors inside or outside the axles. The stops d for securing the wagon in position are connected to counterbalance levers e, which are suspended by chainsf from the hoisting-chains g. When the cradle is resting on the quay, the levers e fall and withdraw the stops d ; when the hoisting-chain is again tightened, the stops are automatically returned to the looking position. The wagon may be tipped by a chain h.
Patent GB-190628185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means Employed for Plugging and Tapping Barrels
Inventor: PENNY JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 28,185. Penny, J. Dec. 11. Tapping; bungs and bung-holes.-The tap-hole bush a is curved so that the internal diameter is less at the centre than at either end, and is closed by a plug b driven into place by a shouldered punch c provided with a rubber or other washer to prevent concussion. When the tap is driven in, the plug is forced into the barrel but is not damaged.
Patent GB-190703172-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Valve for Steam Engines Air Compressors and other purposes
Inventor: BAXENDALE HUGH
Filed: 1907-02-08
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 3172. Baxendale, H. Feb. 8. Pressure-regulating valves; lift valves; ball-andfloat valves; actuating valves.-An automatic valve for governing steam-engines, air-compressors, and for other purposes comprises a screw-down mushroom valve m, Fig. 1, and a cylindrical seating h which slides to and from the valve m automatically, thereby controlling the passage of fluid. The seating is spanned by a bar k through which the spindle of the mushroom valve slides freely. The seating h is connected to a rod n which passes out through a stuffing-box and is counected to a lever x, Fig. 2, which is mounted on a bracket p at the side of the casing. The lever x is connected to a rod t provided with a piston u working in a cylinder v. A spring E on the rod t is confined between an abutment s and an adjustable collar d<1>. The fulcrum of the lever x can be varied by means of an adjustable bracket A and holes C. By connecting the pipe z of the cylinder v to the outlet side of the valve, a reducing-valve is obtained, and when thus used for supplying steam to steam-engines, the valve governs the speed of the engine when under a constant load. When used in connexion with an air-compressor; if the pipe z is connected to the airreceiver, the valve controls the compression. By dispensing with the cylinder v and connecting the rod t to a centrifugal governor, the valve is adapted to govern the speed of a steam-engine under varying loads. By connecting the rod t to a float, the valve can be utilized to control the supply of feedwater to the boilers, or to control the inlets to tanks or reservoirs.
Patent GB-190704954-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for and Method of Drying or Airing Bed-clothing and the like.
Inventor: CRAVEN JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-03-01
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 4954. Craven, J. March 1. Drying and airing clothes.-Each article q to be aired is provided with an eyelet at or near two or more corners. Hooks l, n engage with these eyelets and are secured to cords k, m, which pass through the rings d and e, f respectively. The rings d and e, f are fixed to bars a, b screwed to the ceiling. The cords k, m pass through the ring h attached to the upright bar j on the wall g, and are made fast to the ring or handle p engaging the hook i. The handle p may be weighted. Instead of the two rows of rings e, f, one row may be used; in this case, the cords k, m pass through the same ring on the bar b.
Patent GB-190706325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Rudders for Boats.
Inventor: THIRY FRANCOIS AUGUSTE LEON JO
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 6325. Thiry, F. A. L. J. March 15. Rudders.-Ships are provided with multiple rudders, maintained at fixed predetermined angles, but free to be moved vertically so that they may be rendered operative and inoperative by immersion or emersion. One method of raising and lowering the rudders is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Each rudder d is carried by a rod c rigidly attached to a piston b. Four-way cocks e admit fluid under pressure through conduits f, g to one side of the piston, the other side communicating with the atmosphere through conduits f, h. The rudders are kept in fixed vertical planes by the slide-ways i, and other appropriate raising-apparatus may be used. The rudder on the longitudinal axis may be of the ordinary type. The rudders may be tapered towards their lower extremity, so that they act gradually in proportion as they are immersed.
Patent GB-190710307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Foot-balls and the like Inflated Articles.
Inventor: SILKSTONE WILLIAM
IPC: A63B41/08
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 10,307. Silkstone, W. May 3. Balls.-Covers for footballs and like inflatable articles are constructed so as to close without the use of lacing, and the construction is adapted to facilitate the inflation of the ball, to prevent injury to the players, and to make the flight of the ball true. In the form shown, one section of the cover is formed in two parts A', A, preferably sewn together along the lines C. The piece A is formed with an opening A? into which fits a tongue B on the piece A<1>. The pieces A<1>, A may be integral, and the tongue B and opening A<2> formed by a single cut. A flap D is secured at E to the inner side of the tongue B, and preferably is sewn along the lines E' where the pieces A, A' are sewn to the next section of the cover, the flap extending to the end of the piece A, or not, as desired. A hole D<1> in the flap D receives the neck F of the bladder, which is accessible before inflation. After inflation, the neck F is tucked under the piece A, and the air pressure causes the tongue B to close the opening A<2>. The pieces A, A' and flap D are sewn together when the cover is inside out, and the other sections are also sewn together with the cover inside out. The cover is turned before the last seam is completely sewn, and the sewing is finished with the aid of a bent awl, or by a flat seam with a double welt the ends of which are brought outside and cut off close to the seam.
Patent GB-190711130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Apparatus of the Gravity Railway Type
Inventor: BISHOP ROBERT HODGES
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 11,130. Bishop, R. H., and Down, W. May 13. Railways for recreation.-Relates to amusement apparatus of the gravity-railway type, which comprises an inclined track and an elevator for raising the cars to the point where the descent begins. The elevator consists of a pair of endless travelling chains a carrying forked triangular platforms b, which form horizontal supports for the cars while being raised. The platforms are provided with two pairs of wheels f, g running in the same grooves e as the chains a ; the grooves form parallel-sided figures with irregularly-shaped ends, which are duplicated, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The extremities of the axle of the front wheels f are attached to the chains a, and are carried round the path indicated by the broken line in Fig. 1, while the wheels g deviate at the top and bottom to follow the duplicate path. To prevent the rear wheels g from falling back into the channels at the lower end of the elevator, each platform is provided with laterally projecting plates h adapted to ride on lugs i, and thus give the necessary support at the crossing points. The cars are brought into position at the foot of the elevator by means of a chain with a projection l, which engages a bracket m on the cars, and moves them one by one along a forked stage d. The cars are provided with rollers o, Fig. 10, mounted on T-shaped plates r which are pivoted on pins s on the underside of the cars. The rollers underlie aT-shaped guide and safety rail n, and the axles of the wheels are secured to the plates r, with the result that curvature of the track is met by a corresponding change in the positions of the axles.
Patent GB-190721137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of the Lags of Lattice Conveyers applicable for Bale Breakers, Hopper Feeders, and similar Machines.
IPC: D01G23/00
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 21,137. Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association, and Young, J. Sept.24. Conveyers. - Relates to lattice conveyers em. ployed in bale breakers, hopper feeders, &c. in which spikes project from the surface of the lag or lath. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a lag, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section. The lag a is made of metal of hollow section and has holes punched towards one edge for the staple pins B which are driven in from the inside of the lag. The interior of the lag is filled in with a wood lath D in which a groove is cut to receive the base of the pins. The lag and lath are secured together and to the band E by a split pin C forming a fastening of the kind described in Specification No. 19,130, A.D. 1904, although screws or bolts may be used. The lags for cylinders are formed in a similar manner with metal strips shaped to the curve of the cylinder.