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Patent GB-190628928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aniline and other Agers, Steam Chests, Steam Boxes and other Heated Vessels or Chambers used in the Printing, Dyeing or other Treatment of Woven Fabrics or the like.
Inventor: LIDDELL JOHN PEMBERTON
Filed: 1906-12-19
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 28,928. Liddell, J. P. Dec. 19. . Printing fabrics.-Aniline or other agers, steamchests, steam boxes, &c. used in printing woven fabrics and the like are provided with means for preventing the escape of steam &c. at the points of entry or exit of the material. These means consist of upper or lower pipes or chests, preferably heated, forming the lips of an aperture for entrance and exit of the material, and an intermediate hollow heated vessel bearing against the lips and closing the aperture. This vessel is arranged to yield against a spring or load, and so allow the entrance and egress of the fabric on opposite sides of it. In one modification, the aperture is closed by a vessel d, Fig. 1, of approximately oval section which swivels on end bearings, and is loaded by a lever f and an adjustable weight g or by springs so that it is normally held at a slight angle from the vertical, bearing against the inner side of the upper pipe b and the outer side of the lower pipe b, or vice versa. The contact surfaces are preferably machined. Steam or hot air is conducted to the pipes b by pipes c, and to the intermediate vessel d by a pipe e. The fabric g<1> at entrance and egress is nipped at these two contacts, escape of heat or pressure in the ager being prevented while the intermediate vessel will yield to pass varying thicknesses of, or joints in, the material. In a second modification, Fig. 3, the intermediate vessel d is rotatable upon a steam-heated pipe n, connected to end pipes m slidably mounted in bearings k, and is held up to the steam-heated chests b by springs o coiled on the pipes m between the bearings k<2> and nuts k<1> on the ends of the pipes m. To prevent condensed moisture from dropping on to the material, the upper pipe b is provided with a trough b<1> which may have a drain pipe k, Fig. 3, to carry away such moisture.
Patent GB-190701256-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Decomposition of Chlorates and Perchlorates by Combustion.
Inventor: JAUBERT GEORGE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1908-01-17
Abstract: 1256. Jaubert, G. F. May 23, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Oxygen.-In the production of oxygen or a gas under pressure suitable as a motive agent by the decomposition of chlorates or perchlorates mixed with catalytic or combustible substances and with a substance which is incombustible, absorbent, and a non-conductor of heat, for example the infusorial earth used in the manufacture of dynamite, the mixture is enclosed in an envelope made of porous and incombustible material such as asbestos fabric. The decomposition may be effected by a source of combustion, which burns independently of the chlorate &c., for example by introducing an ignition cartridge, consisting of a mixture of iron and potassium permanganate, into a hole in the mass. Light oxide of iron or manganese, obtained by heating the oxalate, carbonate, &c. of the metal, may be used as the absorbent substance, either alone or mixed with infusorial earth. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 states that the decomposition of a mixture of chlorates or perchlorates and catalytic or combustible substances may be effected in a porous and incombustible envelope, or by the method of decomposition described above ; and also that this method is applicable to blocks, cakes, or agglomerates of chlorates or perchlorates. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190705836-A (GB)
Title: Alternating Current Commutator Motor.
Inventor: FRANKLIN WILLIAM SUDDARDS
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 5836. Franklin, W. S , and Seyfert, S. S. March 11. Locomotive railway vehicles.-For railway work, the commutator of the alternating-current motor described in Specification No. 7248, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Dynamo-electric generators &c.], having an external and stationary armature 2, Fig. 1, and an internal and rotating field magnet 1, is separated from the motor proper so that all the space between the wheels may be available for the armature and field magnet. The commutator consists of an annular series of segments 5 clamped by rings 6, 7 upon a plate 4. The brushes 8 are mounted in holders 9 fixed to a shaft 11, which is rotated through spur gearing 12, 13, a universal joint 16, and bevel gearing 18 from the axle 19. The pinion 13 is bored with a hole having lugs 15 engaging a square shaft 14 to prevent movements of the commutator from interfering with the driving of the brushes. The commutator segments 5 are connected to sections of the armature winding 30 through choking-coils 27, as described in the above Specification. The brushes 8 and the field magnet 1 are supplied with current from the mains 36, 37 through slip-rings 22, 23 and 33, 34 respectively, the armature and field magnet being shown connected in s ries. The motor may be operated by direct current. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the commutator segments 37 are connected at starting to the choking-coils 48 through ohmic resistance coils 43, the latter being short-circuited at a certain speed by lowering, either by hand or automatically, a number of metal blades 51 upon the contacts 41, 45. The segments 37 are secured to the plate 38 by drawing down the ring 39 by means of a bolt 40.
Patent GB-190707317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose Leaf Binders.
Inventor: ROBINSON SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 7317. Robinson, S., [trading as Robinson Bros.]. March 27. Filing papers &c.-A loose-leaf binder for letters &c. comprises two plates 2, 5 carrying posts 3, 6 respectively for engagement with holes in letters &c. The plate 2 is attached to a binding-cover of wood, leather, or paper. Carried also by the cover is a frame 7 containing a slide 8, holes in which are adapted to engage notches 4 on the ports 3 under the action of a spring 9. The binder may be opened for the insertion of leaves when the plate 8 has been released by means of the handle 12, . According to the Provisional Specification, the bars carrying the posts may be attached to or from part of each back of the cover. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 6775, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190712686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Submergible Vessels.
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1907-06-01
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 12,686. Lake, S., [Peacock, E. L.]. June 1. Manoeuvring submarine boats.-The hydroplanes used for submerging the vessel on an even keel are constructed and arranged so that they may be closed and lie flat against the side of the vessel, when on the surface, and be opened to an horizontal position, from which they may be inclined, when submerged. The hydroplanes are further disposed so that their line of thrust will be as nearly as possible at the sections of greatest submerged area. The hydroplanes H are pivoted to the cylinder K, Fig. 4, which is mounted in the bearing J so that it may be turned by the lever R'. The cylinder K contains a piston N<2>, the rod of which is continued through the sleeve K<2> and fitted with a piston N which is operated by fluid pressure admitted to the cylinder M. The movement of the piston N is transmitted to the hydroplanes H by the link N<4>. The position of the hydroplanes H is indicated inside the vessel by the pointer P<2> oparated by the rod P, having a spiral groove passing through the nut P<4>, the rod P being turned through an angle by the movement of the piston N. The hydroplanes are inclined by means of fluid pressure. Levers R' mounted on the sleeves K<2> are actuated simultaneously from the rods R<2>, which in turn are actuated by levers on the end of the crank-shaft R' operated from the cylinder R<8>.
Patent GB-190714339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for use in Holding Adhesive Fly-papers.
Inventor: HAMILTON JOHN HENDERSON
Filed: 1907-06-21
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 14,339. Hamilton, J. H. June 21. Traps for flies. A holder for adhesive or poisonous fly-papers is made in the form of an umbrella and is suspended with the fly-papers cut to any shape, such as circles or polygons, laid thereon so as to be out of sight. The holder is of any convenient material, such as paper, metal, or earthenware, and may be of any suitable design, the form described being a small Japanese umbrella g. This is suspended by means of a loop of string or wire c attached to the handle, and carries two semicircular fly-papers e, with or without notches to fit the handle.
Patent GB-190715194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements applicable to Apparatus for Removing Water from the Drying Cylinders of Paper Making and like Machines.
Inventor: WHITE JOHN
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 15,194. White, J. July 2. Drying-apparatus.-The water, discharged from the drying-cylinders of paper making machines and the like in the manner described in Specification No. 4174, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Paper &c.], is removed from the chamber B, Fig. 1, through a discharge valve C automatically controlled by a float A. Pivoted on the end of a rod c, attached to the valve, is a block E<1> carrying an adjustable catch pin e<1> and a pivoted lever E. The lever E is operated by a rod D attached to the float A to move the catch piu e<1> into the path of a lever G<1>. The lever G<1> is mounted on a shaft g and is reciprocated by a crank pin fixed on the end of one of the drying-cylinders or other suitable moving part and acting on the arm G. The lever G<1> thus raises the valve C and allows the water to escape. A signal indicating that the valve C is in motion may be attached to the catch pin e<1> by a chain. In a modification, shown in Fig. 5, the lever E is pivotally mounted on the valve C inside the chamber, and operated by direct contact with the float A. The valve spindle C is actuated by the lever G<2> and is free to move without lifting the valve C. As the float rises, it lifts a part of the lever E into engagement with a pin or projection c<3> on the spindle c and causes it to lift the valve. The lift of the spindle is adjusted by a screw I, and weights J assist its fall. The water to raise the float may be caused to pass over a partition C<1>.
Patent GB-190715589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Evaporators.
Filed: 1907-07-06
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 15,589. Bradford Dyers' Association, and Worsley, E. July 6. Evaporators.-Air is admitted automatically to vacuum evaporators whenever priming takes place. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, two air-inlet valves e are fitted to the top of the catch-vessel or separator b and are operated by a float a. The liquid in the catch-vessel can be passed back to the evaporator through a pipe l. The float may be fitted in the evaporator, and the air valve on the pipe connecting the evaporator with the catch-vessel.
Patent GB-190717716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Petroleum and like Lamp Burners.
Inventor: ANDREASEN TOENNES
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,716. Ardreasen, T. Aug. 2. Oil-lamp burners; air supply; chimneyless; attach. ing; hand lamps-The wick-tube a of a burner for petroleum and like lamps and stoves is provided with an outer sheath b filled with glycerine c, and the base d is conical and hollow and filled with asbestos, cork, or the like e. A wire-gauze cylinder or jacket g surrounds the wick-tube a and sheath b, and supports the burner cup hand chimney holder i. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, an asbestos disk j is provided instead of the sheath b, and an horizontal plate k is placed near the top of the wick-tube a to steady the light. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, for use without a chimney, the wire-gauze jacket g<1> is conical, and the base is made entirely of cork for insertion in the mouth of a bottle. The cork is surmounted by a combined disk and cone filled with glycerine.
Patent GB-190722808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Contact Breakers particularly for use with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: POPPE PETER AUGUST
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 22,808. Poppe, P. A. Oct. 16. Switches.-In an electric contact-breaker, particularly for use with internal-combustion engines, a contact-spring A is carried parallel to the revolving spindle D by an arm B, and, as it rotates, it makes contact with rollers or disks K carried by studs H, which are spring-pressed against washers M. The device may run in oil.
Patent GB-190726039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: BASTEL JOSEPH FRANK
Filed: 1907-11-25
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 26,039. Bastel, J. F. May 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Rail joints; tie-plates; rails, securing to sleepers.- Rail joints are displaced askew and formed in a fish-plate, the fish-plate and chair being notched for insertion in a brace and being held to gauge by a tie-plate secured to the brace. A brace 7, Fig. 1, formed on a base-plate 8 has a central depression to take a second base-plate 16, the braces being shaped as shown in Figs. 4 and 9 to take into notches in the rail joint at one end, and to receive at the other end a rail which is also notched. Keyhole slots 25 are formed in the braces to receive a bar 26 used to secure a tie-plate 21 to the brace. A supporting-bar 30, Fig. 2, may be inserted in the chair and the tie-plate secured to the brace by pins 53, the central depression and second base-plate being omitted; or a brace 57 may be used with a bar 59 secured to its flange.
Patent GB-190726416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnaces for Heating Air for Drying Foundry Moulds and for like purposes.
Inventor: CAYGILL JOHN
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 26,416. Caygill, J. Dec. 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Air - heating furnaces.-In furnaces for drying moulds &c., air supplied by pipes 29 is heated in a number of small chambers 20 depending from a main air - heating chamber above the furnace. The heated air is delivered through the pipe 32 and, passing across the outlet 12 from the furnace, is mixed with the hot combustion products and increases the draught.
Patent GB-190727020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Extraction of Zinc from Ores and Zinc Residues.
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 27,020. Hommel, W., and Metals Extraction Corporation. Dec. 6. Zinc oxide; zinc sulphites; sulphurous acid.- Zinc residues, which contain a considerable amount of carbonaceous matter, are mixed with previously roasted zinc ore, and the mixture ignited in a furnace or blowing-hearth, whereby the zinc-contents of the mixture are volatilized as oxide, as described in Specification No. 23,901, A.D. 1907. The consequent treatment is the same as that described in the above-mentioned Specification, consisting in extracting the zinc as bisulphite by sulphurous acid, precipitating zinc monosulphite from this solution, and igniting the monosulphite to oxide with evolution of sulphur dioxide. In some cases carbonaceons matter may be added to the mixture.
Patent GB-190727509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bending Pipes and the like into Offsets.
Inventor: GLOVER JOHN BLAKELEY
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 27,509. Glover, J. B. Dec. 13. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bending.-A device for offsetting and bending pipes, tubes, angle-irons, &c., comprises a grooved wheel C loose on a pin Z<1>, on which is also mounted a cog-wheel B ; to the wheel B is fixed an arm E carrying a grooved wheel D loose on another pin Z<3>. The pin Z of a wheel F is fixed, and a wheel G is mounted on a standard M the height of which may be adjusted to regulate the offset. The wheel B is driven by another cog H or worm J, and holes T are made for limiting its rotation. By removing the wheel G, the pipe may be bent round. For 'small pipes the machine shown in Fig. 4 is used.
Patent GB-190801847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows of Railway and other Carriages.
Inventor: LAYCOCK WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 1847. Laycock, W. E. Jan. 27. [Cognate Application No. 11,380, A.D. 1908, dated May 26.] Windows.-A railway or other carriage sash is balanced by spring lazy-tongs and held in the closed position by a spring- pressed plate e<1>, which forces a ledge g<1> on the bottom rail c of the sash over the fixed weather rail. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, the plate e<1> is hinged to a plate e fixed to the garnish rail d<1> and is pressed against the sash by springs f. When the sash is raised by means of a lift attached to the top of the sash, the ledge g<1> on the bottom rail c is forced over the weather strip g, and a projection c<4> on the rail c enters a pocket e' in the spring - pressed plate. To lower the sash, the finger-piece c<6> is pulled inwards and the sash is pressed down against the action of the lazy-tongs. Fig. 11 shows an angular pivoted strut e<5>, which holds the spring plate e<1> and sash against wind pressure. When the finger-piece is pulled, the projection e<4> releases the strut. In a modification, shown in Fig. 14, the spring-pressed plate e<13> is pivotally mounted on the garnish rail d, and has its upper end projecting through a slot in the sliding plate c<7> by which the device is operated. A second member e<15> is pivoted to the plate e<13>, and is pressed inwards through a slot in the casing e<10> by a spring e<6> attached to the pivotally-mounted plate e<13>, serving as a strut to hold the window against wind pressure. Fig. 15 embodies the features shown in Figs. 7 and 11 together with a rail g<6>, which is attached to the bottom rail of the sash by screws g<7> passing through slots, so that when the window is raised, the rail g<6> moves independently over the weather strip g<1> while the projection g<2> moves in the channel g<5>.
Patent GB-190807571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Field Magnets for Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 7571. Brookes, A. G., [Cushman Electric Co.]. April 6. Field magnets, for variable-speed motors &c., are made with poles having a longitudinal recess which also extends into the yoke to receive the stem of a removable pole tip, the ends of which form a flaring pole shoe ; the pole tip is secured in the recess by a bolt which is on the longitudinal axis of the pole and at the back of the area of the field winding. The pole is formed with a deep recess b extending into the yoke, as shown in Fig. 3. The pole tip C, Fig. 5, is fixed in this recess by a bolt passing through a hole c and the end cover of the machine. The projections b<1> are bevelled as shown at b<2> to form, together with the flaring pole shoes c<1>, a notch which concentrates the lines of force. Fig. 6 shows a modification, and Fig. 4 shows the form of the end plates used in the case of laminated field magnets, one or more of which plates may be interspersed among the disks to strengthen the structure.
Patent GB-190811025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Show Cards for Advertising
Inventor: BURNET ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 11.025. Burnet, A., and Temple, H. May 21. Displaying.-Relates to a show card for displaying articles connected with the coiffure, such as combs, hair slides, and the like. A card representation 1 of the back of a woman's head is painted the desired colour for the hair, or it may be covered with hair or imitation hair. A hank of hair 3 is fastened by glued strips 4 and is raised by fillets 5 to give a natural outline to the hair. Articles, such as the comb 6, may thus be suitably displayed.
Patent GB-190812680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Balancing of Engines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 12,680. Boult, A. J., [Ges. f³r Thermo- Lokomotiven Diesel-Klose-Sulzer]. June 12. Gas and like engine.-The cylinders of a balanced gas or other engine are inclined at 45 degrees to th e horizontal and are arranged in pairs A<1>, A<2>, B<1>, B<2> on cranks placed 180 degrees apart, the cylinders of a pair working on one crank. One or two pairs of cylinders B<1>, B<2> are arranged on each side of the cylinders A', A<2> according as the motor has a two or a four stroke cycle. The mass of the centre pistons is double the mass of the outside pistons. When the motor is applied to a locomotive, the crank-shaft is arranged in a horizontal transverse position and is connected to the wheels as shown in Fig. 3. In a motor having two pairs of cylinders A', A<2>, B', B<2>, Fig. 9, the balance is effected by weights C arranged on arms, opposite to the cranks, of a definite length and distance apart, Fig. 10. The coupling-rod arms are arranged at right-angles and are balanced by weights k, k0.
Patent GB-190813092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Transformers.
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 13,092. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. June 28, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Rotary transformers; field magnets.-A directcurrent transformer of the type referred to iu Specification No. 9146, A.D. 1908, in which are utilized two magnetic fields at right-angles to one another, is constructed with two independent direct - current armatures with independent or common field systems. The arrangement of the two machines is such that the flux produced by the armature of the one machine, or of the armature and part of the winding of the field system in series therewith, or by the latter only, always enters the other rotor perpendicularly to the excitation axis of this rotor. In Fig. 1 the two machines a, b are shown with independent field-magnet systems. In the modification shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the field system of the transformer is composed of four pole-pieces p<1>, p<1>, p<2>, p<2> magnetically insulated from each other and without exciting-windings. The brushes b', b<2> of the primary and secondary circuits respectively are arranged at right-angles to each other so that the magnetization produced by the two circuits follows the paths f<1>, f<2> respectively. In a further modification, the poles p<1>, p<1>, p<2>, p<2>, Fig. 3, are divided and connected together in pairs, giving the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, in which the flux produced by the circuit I follows the path f<1>. The characteristic of the transformer may be varied by altering the number of windings, the air gaps, the position of the brushes, or by means of resistances. The system may be rotated by disturbing the equilibrium of the torque of the two halves of the machine. Auxiliary poles may be provided to improve commutation.
Patent GB-190813730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphy.
Inventor: KITSEE ISIDOR
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 13,730. Kitsee, I. June 29. Telegraphs.-In a system of telegraphy, stated to be specially applicable for submarine cables, equal currents in opposite directions are sent on the closing and opening of the key through the primary of a transformer, the secondary of which is in the line circuit. The receiving-system consists of a polarized relay or siphon recorder in shunt with a condenser in the line. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the batteries 4, 5 are in opposition, and the battery 4 is stronger than the battery 5 so that the short-circuiting of the battery 4 by the key 7 reverses the current in the primary 8 of a transformer, the secondary 9 of which is in the line. Dot-and-dash signals are sent by the key 7 in the usual way, and are received by the polarized relay 13 in shunt with the condenser 16 through the variable resistance 15. The transformer may be adjusted by moving the tube 10, by making the primary coil movable, or by connecting the winding of the secondary in different ways.