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Patent GB-190423759-A (GB)
Title: Tea in a Combined Form and the Admixture of Ingredients Forming a Whole.
Inventor: FAIRCLOUGH JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 23,759. Fairclough, J., [trading as Barber & Co.]. Nov. 3. Tea preparations.-A mixture of tea with milk and sugar is prepared as a dry powder or in tablets. Tea, as leaves, siftings, or dust, is mixed with about equal amounts of dried milk or cream and sugar or sugar substitutes.
Patent GB-190423816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Control Systems, particularly applicable to Electrically Heated and Propelled Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 23,816. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 3. Heating.-In an electrically propelled vehicle, heating-coils are connected to the train wire until the motor current reaches a predetermined value, when they are cut out by an electromagnetic switch. The system of motor control is described in Specification No. 13,721, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Dynamo-electric generators &c.], the two motors M', M' being connected in series and parallel with varying resistance by the controllers M, M. The heating-device H consists of a number of sections h connected to the trolley T by the train wire 1 and also to the ground G. The circuit is completed through a switch B operated preferably by an electromagnet A connected in series with one of the motors, or, as shown in Fig. 1, in parallel with the field of one of the motors. The heating-coils are normally energized, but the current through them stops when the core of the electromagnet A is raised by the motor current. In a modification, Fig. 2, a relay D is operated by the motor current, and controls the switch B. When the motor current rises sufficiently, the core of the relay is lifted, and closes the circuit of the coil A'. The core of the switch B is then lifted, and the circuit of the heating- coils is broken.
Patent GB-190426333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Tables or Stands of a similar nature
Inventor: JONES EDGAR
Filed: 1904-12-03
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 26,333. Jones, E., and Jones, C. A. Dec. 3. Tables.-A folding table comprises a top 1 supported by pairs of legs 2, 3 strengthened by crossbars 14 and hinged to the top at points 5, 13. The legs 2 are connected to the table top by struts composed of parts 7, 8 jointed together at 9 and so proportioned that when folded they lie flat against the table top. The struts are connected by a cross stay 6 which prevents the parts 7, 8 from moving beyond the fully-opened position, in which they are locked by a turn-buckle 12. The other legs are hinged to blocks 13 deep enough to permit them to fold flat on the legs 2, and are connected to the legs 2 by struts consisting of pieces 15, 16 connected by a link 17. A cross-piece 18 serves as a stop to limit the movement of the strut pieces, which are proportioned so as to lis flat when folded. If the legs be not long enough to overlap, the blocks 13 may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190500819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Cycles.
Inventor: BLATHWAYT CHARLES REGINALD
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 819. Blathwayt, C. R. Jan. 16. Brakes.-A back-pedalling brake for bicycles, motor-cycles, &c. is adapted to be applied by the action of a toothed cam 5 on the crank or crank axle upon a sliding arm 2 connected with the brake. In driving, a pawl 9, held down by a spring 10, drops over the teeth 6, 7, but, on backpedalling, it engages with one or other of the teeth, and, being pivoted upon the arm 2, forces the block into contact with a brake rim or other braking-surface 12. The pawl may be pivoted on the right of the crank axle so that the brake is applied by a direct thrust, or, if desired, the brake arm may be bent round at the front of the axle and the pawl so mounted that a brake is applied to the inner face of the rim 12. The pawl may also be mounted on the lower limb of the forked end of the brake arm, so that the brake is applied to the rim by a forward thrust. As shown in Fig. 1, the cam upon the axle has flats 14 to engage the crank, but the cam may be carried by the crank, in which case a plate integral with the cam extends a distance down the rear of the crank and has end jaws to clip thereon. The arm 2 may ride on the crank axle, on a boss thereon, or on a boss upon the cam. For wheeling the machine backwards, the pawl may be held out of its acting position by a wire or the like. According to the Provisional Specification, the pawl may be connected to the saddle by a rod, so that, when the cyclist is seated, the pawl is depressed into its acting position. The Provisional Specification also states that the pawl may be adapted to engage a stud or studs on the crank instead of the toothed cam, and that, as a modified arrangement, a snail on the crank may act directly, or through a lever, on a stud, arm, or cam on the sliding arn.
Patent GB-190502518-A (GB)
Title: Renewable Lip, Check or Guard to Tramway Rails.
Inventor: BROWN ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-02-08
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 2518. Brown, A., and Crosta, L. W. Feb. 8. Rails.-Relates to the application of renewable guards or checks for tramway rails of the form described in Specification No. 13,601, A.D. 1901, and consists in forming the lip G, Fig. 1, of new rails lower than the face J, so that the surface of the renewable lip A is the same height as the railface J. Worn rails of ordinary construction may have the lips ground down below the level of the faces and then be fitted with renewable lips.
Patent GB-190506349-A (GB)
Title: A New and Useful Process of Manufacturing Dressing or Bandaging Stuffs for Dressing Wounds.
Inventor: COHN MAX
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 6349. Cohn, M., and Cohn, M. March 25. Dressings; bandages; disinfectants and antiseptics. -Absorbent dressing or bandaging stuffs, for dressing wounds, are made by treating the gauze &c. employed with a liquid made by stirring a special paste in water and then drying the fabric. The paste is obtained by first boiling bole, mixed, if necessary, with resinous soap, in a solution of caustic soda, adding turpentine oil and colophony, and finally, in certain cases, benzoic or acetic acid.
Patent GB-190507228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Privies or Latrines, Earth Closets and Water-closets
Inventor: RAWLENCE ERNEST ALFRED
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 7228. Rawlence, E. A. April 5. Closet seats and seat lids; footboards; casings. -To enable the sitter to assume the natural position, dry and water closets are provided with a narrow inclined seat b. The top of the frame is also inclined and the centre part removed to form a concave support for the back. For children's use, a sliding cover f and a hinged footboard e are provided. An enamelled iron plate is preferably attached to the inner side of the front board a'. A ventilator may be placed in the wall just below the cover c. Specification No. 7371, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190510450-A (GB)
Title: Improved Materials for the Destruction or Retarding of Vegetation.
Inventor: BLACKIE ALFRED
Filed: 1905-05-18
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 10,450. Blackie, A. May 18. Weeds, destroying.-Boracic acid and soluble borates are used to destroy vegetation or retard its growth. The dissolved or powdered material is sprinkled over the leaves or soil, or applied to punctures made in the roots or stems. The borates and acid may be mixed or combined together or with other substances.
Patent GB-190513312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Frames for Railway Carriages and the like
Inventor: RADBRUCH ERNST
Filed: 1905-06-28
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 13,312. Radbruch, E. June 28. Window opening and closing apparatus.-A combined window holder and operating device for motor-car, railwaycarriage, and like windows comprises a bearing d<2> on the window frame carrying the lower end of a lever d, the upper end of which runs in a slotted plate b on the sash. The sash is raised and lowered by turning a handle g attached to a stud d' fixed to and embraced by the lever d. The handle g has slight freedom of movement about its attaching pin i, and is normally held in contact with a toothed segment h by a spring k to support the window in some half-open position.
Patent GB-190600145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toys
Inventor: LAESSIG THEODOR
Filed: 1906-01-02
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 145. Laessig, T., and Sernau, S., [trading as Laessig & Co.]. Jan. 2. Dolls; toy animals; musical toys.-A toy figure or animal is constructed with a body a formed of paper of honeycomb structure, which is sewn along a central space k, Fig. 3, of a foundation plate b upon which is painted a head of the figure. Arms c and legs d are glued on the figure between strips of the body a, and strings are attached to the arms c, and connected to a string g which passes through eyelets f on the body a. Normally, the figure assumes the position shown in Fig. 1, but on pulling the string g, the arms and legs come together and the body a folds up. On releasing the string, the spring action of the honeycomb structure returns the figure to its original position. The arms c may carry cymbals. A loop i is attached to the head. The figure may have other shapes, and may be made to fold up.
Patent GB-190600981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriers, Broaches, or Skewers for Roving and the like Bobbins.
Inventor: BOOCOCK EDWARD HANSON
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 981. Boocock, E. H. Jan. 13. Skewers.-One or both h nipples are formed apart from the skewer and attached thereto in such a manner as to reduce the liability of breakage. The top nipple B, made of hard wood, such as boxwood, is provided with a collar C against which a spiral spring E abuts whereby the nipple can yield to side e pressure; a metal ferrule G secured to the skewer A retains the nipple in position. The bottom nipple may be formed in the same manner as the upper one or may consist of a metal peg H provided with a collar J which abuts against the spring E in the recess D.
Patent GB-190605948-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for the Filling of Teeth with Gold
Inventor: ELVY RUPERT WOODWARD
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 5948. Elvy, R. W. March 12. Dental instruments.-An instrument for filling teeth with gold comprises a burnisher or plugger 4 attached to an archimedean screw spindle 2, which is rotated by reciprocating a handle 1 formed with a nut 5. The pressure applied through a spring 8 acting upon a collar 6 is regulated by adjusting the spring by rotating a cap 14, which screws into a thimble 9 capable of sliding in the handle 1. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 20,337, A.D. 1892, and No. 15,265, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190606255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spanners or Wrenches for Spring Lock Nuts.
Inventor: DADLEY BENJAMIN BAINES
Filed: 1906-03-15
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 6255. Dadley, B. B., and Dadley, B. L. March 15. Spanners used principally for operating volutespring lock-nuts, of the type described in Specification No. 24,818, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Nails &c.], are constructed with one or more pairs of oppositely-inclined wedge-shaped surfaces adapted to raise the locking-tooth of the nut above the locking surface during the operations of tightening and unscrewing. Figs. 2 and 3 show the improvements embodied in a 'box' spanner which has a nut-engaging portion b provided with recesses d<2> to pass successively over the projection e on the nut. The inclined surfaces c, d provided on either side of the stops d' are adapted to engage the underside of the projection e, and to raise the locking-tooth f from the surface B when the spanner is rotated When the side of the projection e abuts against one of the stops d<1>, the nut is rotated in the usual manner. The nut-embracing portion b of the spanner may be made separate from the handle, and may have an external surface shaped to fit an ordinary hexagonal or like spanner, in which case only one pair of inclined surfaces would be fitted thereto ; or, as a further modification, the portion b may be made revoluble within the handle and fixed in any desired position by pawl-and-ratchet mechanism. The inclined surfaces may also be formed separately and fixed to the main spanner so that they can be renewed when worn.
Patent GB-190607231-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Holding Together the Ends of Umbrella Ribs.
Inventor: SCHMIDT CARL LUDWIG
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 7231. Schmidt, C. L., and Schmidt, F.R., [trading as Schmidt Geb.]. March 26. Holding closed.-The ribs of an umbrella are held together by means of a chain which is fixed to a stud on the stick. The chain is passed round the rib tips, and a convenient link is passed over the stud. In a modification, the chain and stud are attached to a split ring fixed to the stick. One end of the chain may be fixed to a spring by which the chain is kept taut.
Patent GB-190608418-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Stair Rod Eyes or Rod Brackets.
Inventor: SWANSER JOHN
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 8418. Swanser, J., and Swanser, J. F. G., [trading as Swanser & Son]. April 7. Brackets; stair-rod eyes.-Self-locking stair-rod eyes, or other rod brackets, are made with a catch B on the hinged front bar A which, on being closed, forces a pin E in the angle bracket C to ride np in its inclined slot F as shown in Fig. 3, until the notch in the catch B comes beneath it and allows it to fall and hold the arm A in position. To open the eye, the pin E is raised by the external retaining-heads, and the bar A is pulled forward.
Patent GB-190609309-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Labelling Tins, Jars and like Cylindrical Vessels.
Inventor: LEAKER RICHARD HOWARD
Filed: 1906-04-20
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 9309 Leaker, R. H. July 19. Corrugating.-In a labelling-machine, the labels are creased or indented along their length so that they fit the unequal diameters occasioned by the tops and bottoms of tins, jars, &c. The labels are carried along a table 1 between belts 40, 41 passing round pairs of rollers 24,25,42,43, which are mounted in adjustable spring-controlled bearings 21, 22, 49, 50 in pedestals 5b, 5<c>. The edges of the roller 43 are flanged and engage with corresponding recesses cut in the roller 42 to indent the label during its passage. The edges of the label may be damped from a roller 11, dipping in a trough 12, through a roller 32 carried by a spring-controlled lever 30, the roller 32 rubbing against felt pads arranged on each side of the roller 24. After passing the rollers 42, 43, the labels are gripped by resilient fingers 65 on an intermittently-rotated segment 63 mounted in adjustable bearings in a pedestal 5<d>.
Patent GB-190610353-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wheel Cutting Machine
Inventor: PEDERSEN MIKAEL
Filed: 1906-05-03
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 10,353. Pedersen, M. May 3. Variable-speed gearing; clutches.-The cam shaft of a gear cutting machine is driven by worm gearing, a single worm-wheel being designed to gear with either a single-thread worm 20, or a triplethread worm 21. The worms are mounted on a telescopic shaft, driven through variable-friction gearing 12 and spur gearing from a speed cone 101, Fig. 6. A pinion on the shaft of the disk 12 meshes with a spur-wheel 97 fast on a shaft 96 and driven by a sliding pinion 99. A fixed pinion 105 drives a wheel 104 for a lower speed. The wheel 104 is loose on the shaft 96 when the pinion 99 is driving, but when the latter is out of mesh, cam teeth 108 force friction surfaces 110, 111 into driving contact. Cranks.-A variable-throw crank comprises a split-ring 81 eccentrically secured on the end of the shaft 96 and adjustably clamping a disk 78 with an eccentric pin 77.
Patent GB-190613906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Firegrates Furnaces and the like
Inventor: MORGAN EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 13,906. Morgan, E. H. June 18. Grates; feeding and stoking.-Relates to firegrates for furnaces, domestic fire-places, and the like of the underfeed type in which the fuel is fed into the bottom of the fire-grate to ensure complete covering of the fresh fuel with burning fuel. One form of grate, shown in Fig. 1 applied to a domestic fire-place, consists of lower grate bars d connected at the sides and back by walls e to an upper set of bars f, Fig. 2. The latter are inclined upwardly from the mouth of the receptacle formed by the grate d and side and back walls e, towards the sides and back of the fire-place. The fuel receptacle is enclosed at the front by a sliding " gate" h mounted within guides h<1>, to which are secured the top bar i and the bars g. In its normal position, the bottom of the " gate " h is a short distance from the grate d to allow for the insertion of a shovel, which may be of the form described in Specification No. 13,907, A.D. 1906. When stoking, the " gate " and burning fuel are first raised by the shovel, fresh fuel is then placed upon the bars d, and the shovel is afterwards withdrawn and the " gate lowered. Draught-excluders c regulate the supply of air to the undersides of the grate.
Patent GB-190615915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescence Lamps
Inventor: NERNST WALTHER
Filed: 1906-07-13
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 15,915. Nernst, W., and Stockem, L. July 13. Incandescent lamps.-For the production of conductive incandescence bodies, a tungstate of thorium, zirconium, yttrium, or the like is heated in hydrogen or other reducing-gas, so as to give an intimate mixture of tungsten and rare earth. The tungstate is obtained by chemical action between the rare earth and a compound or alloy of tungsten, such as the oxide, chloride, or nitride ; for example, oxide of thorium or of zirconium may be melted in an iridium crucible by means of an oxyhydrogen blowpipe, together with tungstic acid, in the proportions required by the formula ThW2O8 or ZrW2O8. The bodies produced must be used in a vacuum, or indifferent atmosphere, preferably with alternating current, and in series with a resistance, which may be of iron.
Patent GB-190615994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines, or Pumps.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-07-13
Abstract: 15,994. Justice, P. M., [Taylor-Herrick Rotary Engine Co.]. July 14. Fixed-abutment type with piston having axiallysliding vanes. Relates to the type of engine in which an eccentrically-mounted barrel D revolves in a cylindrical chamber and carries round with it a piston C, which is slidingly connected with it and is integral with the main shaft. Steam is admitted by a valve 12 rotated from the shaft by chain gear. It passes from the outer chamber to the inner by channels t which are radially disposed with reference to the centre of the outer chamber. The channels t are uncovered one after another by the piston C. The piston passes through a rocking bearing E, the ends of which are provided with trunnions 4, Fig. 6, which are mounted in the barrel D. The sliding joint is packed by spring- pressed strips 5. In order to obtain a steam-tight contact between the barrel D and the cylinder wall, the latter is recessed slightly at y where the surface has a radius equal to that of the barrel, so that contact is ensured through a large arc ; at the centre of this arc, a spring-pressed strip 2 is arranged. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the valve 12 rotates inside a second valve 10 which may be operated by hand. When the valve 10 is in the position shown, the steam is cut off as desired by the valve 12 and may work expansively. When the valve 10 is rotated so that the channel 71 connects the steam-pipe and the pipe 13, the steam is admitted constantly to the inner chamber and the engine is reversed and works non-expansively. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, in addition to the above features, the valve is so arranged that the passage 69, which connects to the inner chamber, can be put in communication with the steam supply by the ports 70, so that the engine can work expansively in the reverse direction. Further, the port 7 can be connected to the steam supply by the channel 71, so that the engine can work non-expansively in the forward direction. In this construction, the shaft hub 1 is made hollow and the steam exhausts from the inner chamber into it through the opening n, and then passes through the holes s, Fig. 4, into the annular passage r and finally to the chamber 8. The piston is packed by strips 15, 16, and in the sliding joint with the rocking bearing by side pieces 5 and U-shaped end pieces 19, Fig. 6. In order to give strength to the trunnions 4, the piston is bevelled, as shown. The hub 1 is packed by rings 1. The barrel is packed in its running grooves by annular conical strips 26, which can be moved inwards to take up wear by the screws 27. The barrel is formed in halves, and is jointed at j ; this permits the use of adjustable shoes for the rocking bearings. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 show forms of the passages t. As shown in Fig. 8, the pipes t are carried into a steam chamber so as to superheat the steam passing through them. The invention is also described in the Specification as applied to a pump in which the valves 10, 12 are taken out and a non-return valve substituted.
Patent GB-190620049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Loading Apparatus for Turret Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 20,049. Dawson, A. T., and Horne, J. Sept. 8. Loading-appliances.-Figs. 1 and 2 are sectional elevations at right-angles. The non-rotating trunk E of the ammunition hoist opens at its upper end into the rotary working chamber B, and is provided with a rotatable top D. An hydraulic motor H, mounted upon the rotatable top, may be connected by a clutch to either of the racks B', E', arranged.upon the race d' on the floor of the chamber B, and upon the trunk E, respectively, so that the top may be rotated relatively to the trunk or to the working chamber. Locking-bolts for locking the top to the trunk, or to the working chamber, are combined with the clutch mechanism so that when either of the bolts is in operative position, the clutch cannot be actuated. Powdercharge receptacles J' and projectile receptacles K<2>, arranged upon the rotating top, receive the ammunition from the lower hoist, and transfer it to the cage C of the upper hoist. The receptacle J<2> may be moved in the direction of its length by the rack-and-pinion gear L, and it may be caused to slide vertically, to permit the passage of the projectile beneath it from the cage F' to the receptacle K<2>; in another construction, in which the cage F<2> is deflected from the vertical on arriving at the top of the lower hoist, an hydraulic ram is caused to move the receptacle K<2> automatically into position to receive the projectile. The cages F<2>, G<2> of the lower hoist, whether the trunk E is fixed or rotatable, may be permanently connected and caused to work in the same passage. Means is provided for loading the cages simultaneously, at the lower end of the trunk, from the same or separate platforms or chambers.
Patent GB-190620947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Whisks for Beating or Mixing Eggs, Batter, or the like.
Inventor: BINKS REUBEN WARD
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 20,947. Binks, R. W., and Binks, J. Sept. 21. Egg-beaters. - A device for beating eggs, batter, &c. consists of a. spindle a rotated by a quick-threaded screw and nut, or bevel-gear, and carrying one or more sets of screw blades b. These blades are preferably formed by cutting a disk radially and twisting the sectors into the shape shown. They may have a reciprocating motion instead. of rotating.