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Patent GB-190603877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a System of Controlling Valves for and Installation of Water-meters.
Inventor: MEINECKE CARL
Filed: 1906-02-16
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 3877. Meinecke, C. Feb. 16. Valves closing with rush of fluid; rotary disk valves; sliding valves; tubular valves.-A valve for a liquid meter is formed by a sleeve C formed with orifices l, those in the top flange of the sleeve being partly closed by a rotatable plate p as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the opening allowed through the orifices l is insufficient to permit of the free flow of liquid through them, the whole sleeve C is raised and closes the inlet to the pipe s.
Patent GB-190610455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoppers for Bottles, Jars and the like.
Inventor: CORDES AUGUST WILHELM
Filed: 1906-05-04
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 10,455. Cordes, A. W. May 4. Stoppers. - Relates to stoppers of the type described in Specification No. 11,663, A.D. 1905, in which a cap provided with depending fingers is locked upon the bottle neck by a cam ring. In the present invention, the fingers 5 are forced into engagement with a bead 8 on the bottle neck by a ring 10, provided with cam - surfaces 12, adapted to engage lugs 13 on the cap. The ring may be milled, as shown in Fig. 1, or plain, and the cams may be inclined slots in the ring, as shown in Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190615131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Edge-setting and Stitch-wheeling Machines for Boots and Shoes
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1906-07-03
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 15,131. Brookes, A. G., [Booth, I. E.]. July 3. Burnishing; ornamenting.-Relates to a combined edge-setting and stitch-wheeling machine in which the indentations are formed and the edges of the sole are set simultaneously. The indenting-wheel J is preferably frusto-conical in shape, with the teeth arranged axially around its periphery, and it is removably mounted on a pivot pin v<1> at the front end of a spring plunger R in such a way that its operating plane is parallel to the axis of the plunger. The wheel is held in place by a slotted clamp W. The plunger R works in a cylindrical casing P, pivoted to an off-set O of a carrier I, the casing being adjustable upon its pivot by means of a segmental slot o and clamping- nut. The edge-setting tool K is mounted in the lower end of the carrier I, and is pressed forwards by a spring N so that its guiding edge k is kept in contact with the bottom of the shoe. The horizontal portion k<1> of the tool which sets the edge of the sole is wide enough to accommodate thick soles, and is forked to overlap the sides of the indenting-wheel so as to smooth over the ends of the indentations after the passage of the wheel. The carrier I is pivoted between two flanges at the lower end of a pivoted rocking-arm F, which is actuated by a connecting-arm from a crank-pin driven by a pulley and belt. The carrier I is constantly pressed downwards by a cushioning-spring L through an amount limited by a stop i. The indenting-wheel and edge-setting iron are preferably heated as usual.
Patent GB-190615445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Nitrogen Compositions
Inventor: CARLSON OSCAR FREDRIK
Filed: 1906-07-07
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 15,445. Carlson, O. F. Feb. 28, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cyanides ; cyanamides. - Carbide-nitrogen compounds are prepared from carbides of alkaline earths at a lower temperature than heretofore by adding fluorspar, or one or more alkaline-earth fluorides, with or without a sulphate of an alkaline earth or alkali. The addition of from 5 to 30 parts of fluorspar to 100 parts of calcium carbide, with or without the addition of an alkali or alkaline-earth sulphate, has been found effective. The difficulty of procuring suitable vessels for the carbide is diminished by this method. The carbide-nitrogen product is stated. to be more suitable for use as a fertilizer than that heretofore produced by calcium chloride, since it is not hydroscopic.
Patent GB-190619960-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Camphene.
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 19,960. Basler Chemische Fabrik. May 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Camphene is prepared by heating pinene hydrochloride with an easily fusible salt of a higher fatty acid for some hours at 200‹ C. Specification No. 26,618, A.D. 1901, is referred to. Salts of lead, copper, manganese, and mercury are used. In an example, litharge is heated with stearic acid until the lead stearate is anhydrous ; pinene hydrochloride is then added and the solution is heated to 195-200‹ C. for four hours in a vessel with a reflux condenser. The camphene is distilled off in steam. Lead oleate and palmitate may be used. The acids need not be pure, but may be obtained by saponifying oils or fats. In another example, a dried mixture of copper oleate and stearate is heated with pinene hydrochloride until the distillate is free from chlorine. The camphene is distilled in steam, and the fatty acids recovered. To less easily melted fatty acid salts, a substance such as diethylaniline may be added to aid liquefaction. In another example, manganese oleate, made from manganese sulphate and oleic-acid soap, is heated with pinene hydrochloride and diethylaniline and is distilled in steam. The diethylaniline and camphene in the distillate are separated by the addition of acid.
Patent GB-190623678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, the Brewing of Beer.
Inventor: ZIMMER CONRAD
Filed: 1906-10-24
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 23,678. Zimmer, C. Oct. 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Brewing.-In the production of brewers' wort, the malt is divided into two products, meal and husks, which are mashed separately. The husks are mashed at a temperature of about 75‹ C. The two worts are mixed and boiled. The mealy constituents which adhere to the husks may be separated by passing the husks, together with water, between smooth rollers, before or after the mashing. The meal may also be passed between the rollers. The boiled wort is clarified by passage through a filter press, or in a centrifugal machine. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 26,655, A.D. 1896, and Nos. 21,721 and 21,731, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190623724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN GEORGE AULSEBROOK
IPC: B60C5/18
Filed: 1906-10-25
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 23,724. Kitchen, J. G. A., and Storey, I. H. Oct. 25. Tyres, pneumatic.-The outer cover af a pneumatic tyre is formed of a number of sections fitting together with scarfed or overlapping joints. In the form shown in Fig. 1, each section A is formed with a spigot part B and a socket part C, the rim being of the "Clincher" type. The spigot part is extended to pass under the beaded edges. As shown in Fig. 2, the spigot part B is formed separately from the socket part A and is formed with a central ridge or cushion b<2>. A raised tread portion is formed on the part C. In modifications, corresponding faces of the joint are corrugated and the tread wall itself is somewhat sinuous, so that on inflation the joints tend to tighten. The cover may be clamped to the sides of the felloe between rings secured by transverse bolts.
Patent GB-190627282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Devices or Scales for Computing Time and Value and the like.
Inventor: COLTON JESSIE
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-11-30
Abstract: 27,282. Colton, J. Nov. 30. Computing-scales.-For calculating the payments due for different periods of work at different rates per hour, a scale for estimating the intervals between various times of the day is combined with a ready-reckoning table. The slide k is marked with intervals of a quarter of an hour throughout the working day, and is movable against the fixed time-argument j of the table a, the required value being taken out by means of a cursor d.
Patent GB-190700852-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Golf Ball.
Inventor: MCDAID MARTIN
Filed: 1907-01-12
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 852. McDaid, M. Jan. 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Balls.-Golf balls are constructed with an outer shell, which is adapted to be thinner and stronger than the usual gutta-percha covering. A wound rubber core of larger size than usual is covered with a thin layer or sheet of gutta-percha, or rubber, or a mixture of the two, and this layer is wound with india-rubber tape, cord, linen, cotton, or other thread. The ball is moulded under pressure, so as to cause the gutta-percha &c. to exude through the windings and integrally combine therewith, and to give the ball the usual appearance.
Patent GB-190704092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Train Speed-recording Apparatus.
Inventor: SHORTT WILLIAM HAMILTON
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 4092. Shortt, W. H. Feb. 19. Contacts, electric; recording signals.-Portable apparatus for recording the time occupied by railway trains in passing over a measured distance and the total member of wheels on a train, together with the relative times of their passing a fixed point, consists of a clock-actuated record strip t, Fig. 3, marked by two electromagnetically-actuated pens p<1>, p<2>, the former being controlled by the clock or an electrically-actuated tuning-fork to mark the strip in terms of time, and the latter controlled by switches clamped to a rail. The pens are attached by springs s<2>, Fig. 3<a>, to flexible armatures p<2> secured to brass plates h<2> attached to the magnet frames, the vibrations of the pens being destroyed by springs s<4> fixed to the ends of the armatures. The clock is stopped when not in use by a spring s<5>, Fig. 4, which normally engages one of the clock pinions and is removed therefrom on depression of a spring push p<3>. The electric connexions for the switches and magnets are shown in Fig. 5. On the approach of a train, a switch n is turned by hand to connect the terminals w, x and throw both batteries z<1>, z<2> into circuit with the fork f Further rotation of the switch connects the terminals x, y, leaving the battery z<3> in circuit with the fork and bringing the battery z<1> into connexion with the magnet m<2> and the switches g<1>, g<2>, g<3> secured to the rail. When the clock is started by depressing the button p<3>, the magnet m<1>, actuating the pen p', is brought into connexion with the fork. The switches g<1>, g<2>, adapted to become inoperative after the first wheel has passed, are each provided with a pivoted catch a<3>, Fig. 8, which when depressed allows a piece b<2> to revolve under the influence of a spring c<3>, thereby making contact between a piece d<3> and a plate e<3>. The cam b<3> is shaped so as to prevent the return of the catch a<3> until re-set. The switch g<3> is constructed to record the passage of every wheel of the train, and consists of a spring-supported bolt a<4> carrying, by means of a pin c', an arm l<1>, which is drawn down, when the trigger a<4> is depressed, by a weak spring h' to make contact with a fork f<4>. After the wheel has passed, the trigger rises, carrying the arm l<1> with it.
Patent GB-190704555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators for Self-contained or other Lamps.
Inventor: MILLS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-02-25
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 4555. Mills, W. Feb. 25. Acetylene lamps ; velocipede lamps.-A generator for acetylene lamps which can easily be disassembled for cleaning comprises a carbide container c formed of a tube open at both ends, with a base d having an annular groove e containing packing. The base is cut away at g, and has grooves x so that water from a reservoir r may flow from the annular space surrounding the carbide container, and through a small tube y in the centre of the base, to a perforated tube h secured to the base and extending through the container. A cap k closes the upper end of the carbide container gastight, and from the cap depends a perforated tube p fitting over the tube h, and a filtering-chamber o, whence a flexible pipe e<1> conveys gas to the burner pipe b<1>. The base and cover are secured by a wing-nut j engaging the tube h. Filtering-material is also placed in a chamber f<1> below the burner. A screw stopper may be provided at the bottom of the generating-chamber for the withdrawal of surplus water. The generator may be arranged horizontally.
Patent GB-190706930-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Arylthioglycollic-ortho-carboxylic Acids.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-03-22
Abstract: 6930. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. March 22. Arylthiolglycollico-carboxylic acids are prepared by treating diazotized and preferably neutralized o-aminobenzoic acid, or a substitution product thereof, with an alkali sulphide, and then heating with an alkaline solution of a chloracetate. In an example, anthranilic acid is diazotized in the usual way, neutralized with sodium carbonate, and gradually poured into an aqueous sodium-sulphide solution. A solution of sodium chloracetate and caustic soda is then added, the solution heated, and the phenylthioglycollic.o-carboxylic acid precipitated with hydrochloric acid. In another example, methylphenylthioglycollic - o - - carboxylic acid is similarly prepared from homoanthranilic acid.
Patent GB-190708808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Phonograph and like Apparatus
Inventor: MENDEL GEORGES
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 8808. Mendel, G. Jan. 11, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Phonographs &c. - Relates to compressed-air loud-speaking phonographs of the type in which a multiple-ported valve is controlled by the movements of the stylus. The stylus j of the reproducer is fixed by means of a screw in the rigid arm i, which is suspended by two springs l. Another spring n is arranged at right-angles to the springs l so as to intersect them in their line of bending, in order that the line of bending may be rendered invariable. The springs l, n and the spring or spring washer p press the valve f against the valve seat c. The valve seat is provided with a number of radial slots d, and the valve with a corresponding number of radial arms. The valve is capable of horizontal motion only, the shank g forming the guide, while the pins h prevent any rotary motion. Compressed air enters at b, and passes through the slits d in the valve seat and between the valve and the seat to the conduit e, which terminates in a horn. The indentations on the record cause the stylus, the arm i, and the valve to vibrate, and the escape of compressed air is rendered intermittent thereby, and sounds are produced to correspond with the indentations on the record. The pressure of the valve on its seat may be adjusted by means of the screw q. In a modification, the air after escaping through the slits d passes into a conical space and escapes through a reduced orifice to the conduit e and the trumpet.
Patent GB-190709625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turning-platforms for Track-railroads.
Inventor: MOELLER WILHELM HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-04-25
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 9625. M÷ller, W. H. April 25. Crossings or turning platforms for the railroads used in mines or other places. The crossin g or platform, shown in plan in Fig. 1, consists of several parts p having a quarter of a circular rail s, k in two opposite corners on both sides of the plate. The parts are secured to a wooden frame r by the nails or bolts n, and, when one surface is worn, the parts can be reversed as desired.
Patent GB-190712785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Brake Mechanism applicable to Mine Skips or Cages, Lifts, Hoists, Elevators and the like.
Inventor: WALKER HENRY ALFORD
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 12,785. Walker, H. A. June 3. Sofety suspending-apparatus.-Lift, mine, or hoist cages for vertical or inclined shafts are arrested, in the event of the hoisting-cable breaking, by means of brake blocks actuated through screw and worm gearing, the rotation of which is effected by means of a wheel thrown into contact with the guides by springs. Fig. 1 shows one form of the apparatus in elevation, Fig. 3 being a plan view. An open framework 2 is pivoted at one side of the cage on a shaft 3 mounted in blocks on the frame of the cage. The frame 2, which is kept normally in an inclined position by the tension of the hoisting-rope attached to the shackle 5, carries a worm shaft 7 fitted at its ends with wheels 8 adapted for contact with the guides 9. The worms gear with worm-wheels 14 mounted on screwed shafts beneath the frame 2 ; these shafts are connected at their ends to a beam 16. If the hoisting-cable breaks, springs 23 force the frame 2 downwards, so that the wheels 8 contact with the guides. The worms and worm-wheels 14 are rotated, causing the beam 16 to be pulled inwards, and the pivoted wedge-shaped brake blocks 19 to be pressed against the guides. A tumbler 24 locks the mechanism in operative position. Rods 25, connected by a cross-beam beneath the cage, prevent the mechanism from being brought into operation when resting on the ordinary supports. If desired, only one worm and worm-wheel may be used.
Patent GB-190715986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Vacuum Cleaning.
Inventor: VIOLA IMRE OTTO FRANK
Filed: 1907-07-11
Granted: 1908-08-11
Abstract: 15,986. Viola, I. O. F. July 11. Fixed-abutment type ;governing and regulating.- To enable low-pressure water to be used for vacuum cleaning-apparatus in which the suction is produced by means of a water jet-pump, water is sucked through the jet by means of a rotary pump. Water from a supply pipe A is drawn through a pipe D and a nozzle E with a knife-edged orifice F by means of a rotary pump K of the crescentshaped-chamber type, having radially-movable vanes N, thereby producing a suction in the pipe G to which may be attached the cleaning-nozzle, dustcollector, and separator. The pump is driven by an electric or other motor, and the water supply is opened and closed at a valve C controlled by means of a shaft governor Q, which operates a sliding cam R engaging the valve-rod S. The movement of the valve-rod is also adapted to cut in and out the motor resistances W. When the pump is stopped, the water in the pipe D discharges through a pipe H past a valve J.
Patent GB-190717396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mine Hoist, or Hoisting Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: DOUGLAS ERNEST
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 17,396. Douglas, E. July 30. Lifts; mine - cage fittings; safety suspending or retaining apparatus; shocks, preventing. - If the hoisting - rope breaks, a weight or spring is released, which, operating through levers and rods, causes rollers to grip the guide-ropes. The cage b is provided preferably at its upper part with metal boxes c through which pass the four guide-ropes a. In connexion with each box, but outside of it, are vertical rods d at each side, passing through plates k, j, of which the upper plate k extends across the cage from side to side. The rollers e have elongated axles f which extend through the inclined slots g, which converge towards each other from the bottom of the box, there being one roller on each side of the guide a; these axles lie loosely on cross-pieces h fixed to the rods d, which also carry cross-pins i, i, above and below the axles of the rollers. The rods d pass through the bifurcated ends of a yoke plate l, to which they are connected by cross-pins. Attached to the yoke plates are cross-bars m connected to the weight or spring o through the levers n. Normally the weight o is in the position shown and connected by the chain r to the suspending- rope ; but if the rope breaks, the weight descends, and the rods d are lifted up and carry with them the rollers, which running up the inclined ways of the boxes grip the guide-ropes, the grip being further increased by the downward movement of the cage. In some cases the rollers e are fluted, or they may have toothed edges and engage racks fastened in the boxes c. The guides a are supported at their upper ends by springs, or by weights passing over pulleys.
Patent GB-190721405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Manufacture of Threads, Filaments, Strips, or Films of Cellulose
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 21,405. Courtauld & Co., S., and Wilson, L. P. Sept. 26. Cellulose.- Artificial filaments &c. are prepared by projecting the viscose into a bath consisting of glucose or other sugar and a mineral acid or a mixture of mineral acids, with or without addition of salts. Suitable acids are sulphuric, hydrochloric, and phosphoric acids ; a suitable bath is one containing 10 per cent of sulphuric acid, and 30 per cent of glucose. Other coagulating- organic substances may also be used to replace the sugar partially or wholly, for example, glycerine, alcohol, or a fatty acid such as acetic acid.
Patent GB-190721895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clam Scoops and Clam Dredgers.
Inventor: RAMSDEN THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-04
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 21,895. Ramsden, T. H. Oct. 4. Grabs.-A two-rope grab is provided with a top piece carrying the two axles of the scoop halves and having three pairs of slots guiding three shafts which are linked together, the middle shaft carrying a slot bar for operating the scoop halves. The halves 1, 2 hinge upon the axles 3, 4, which have loose pulleys 5, 6 mounted on them. Two shafts 9, 10 are provided for the halves, and are attached at equal distances from the axles 3, 4. A top piece 11 having vertical sides and open at the bottom carries the axles 3, 4 and is provided with four curved slots having these axles as centres. The shafts 9, 10 and axles 3, 4 may be linked together by coupling-bars. The top piece is also provided with two vertical slots for a third shaft 12 linked to the axles 9, 10 near its ends, and carrying at its centre a slot bar 17 which has attached to it the opening rope 18. A hoisting-rope 19 terminates with a bridle astride the opening- shaft axle 12. The ends of the bridle are passed under the pulleys 5, 6 and fastened to the middle of the shafts 9, 10 respectively. The ropes 18, 19 wind and unwind together on separate drums. On winding up the hoisting-rope 19, the halves 1, 2 scrape into the material and close together. When the scoop is hoisted, the drum of the opening-rope 18 is put into action, the little sl?ck on the rope is wound up, and the bar 17 raised, lifting the shaft 12 to the top of its slot and emptying the scoop. The Provisional Specification describes a modification, in which each half of the scoop may be divided into two parts by an oblique line from one of the two axles.
Patent GB-190723774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Connection Devices.
Inventor: GRAETZER OTTO
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 23,774. Graetzer, O. Oct. 28. Couplings. - An electric coupling comprises frictiongrip balls c mounted in chambers in a carrier b, which is guided in a conical casing a. The cover f which closes the end of this casing serves as the guide for the stem of the carrier. The wire d, inserted in a hole in the carrier, is gripped by the balls, which are wedged against the casing by the action of the spring e. The carrier is drawn up to liberate the wire by a key screwed into the end of the stem ; or, the stem may project and be provided with a knob of insulating-material. In a modification, the stem does not pass through the cover, but the carrier is formed with an extension to pass through the bottom of the casing. The device may be used for branch connexions, and it may be duplicated, as shown in Fig. 9, to form a coupling. The balls may be arranged to press the wire against one side of the carrier.
Patent GB-190724165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Enumeration of Telephone Calls
Inventor: WILLIAMS SAMUEL DICKINSON
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 24,165. Williams, S. D. Nov. 1. Indicator or annunciators for telephone systems. The operator's metering key m has an extension 4g, which, on the depression of the key, raises the flap of the annunciator p into engagement with its armature.