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Patent GB-190524280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Interlocking of Railway Signals with Block Telegraph Instruments.
Inventor: SYKES WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 24,280. Sykes, W. R., Hollins, F. T., and Leake, F. W. Nov. 24. Controlling traffic on railways, staff and ticket systems for interlocking - apparatus; signalling - instruments. -Electric tablet instruments are interlocked electrically with the hand-levers for the signal at the entrance to the section so that the signal cannot be pulled off until a tablet is withdrawn and, when once pulled off and replaced, cannot be again pulled off until a second tablet is withdrawn. The invention is described as applied to Tyer's No. 2 and No. 6 tablet instruments. Fig. 1 shows the latter form. After preliminary signals, the advance signalman depresses his plunger and moves the arm 45 to ring the bell 34 and energize the locking-coil 36, thus allowing the commutator handle 22 to be moved and to connect the terminals 29, 30 and display the word 'out.' The tablet slide 31 may then be withdrawn, and this allows the lever 41 to hang freely on its pivot. The signal lever 1 is normally locked by the locking-piece 4 entering a notch in the tappet 2. The circuit of the locking-magnet 6 is completed after withdrawal of a tablet through the contacts 40, 39, wire 67, contacts 29, 30, wire 52, and contacts 11, 12 which are closed by the movement of the projection 14 on the catch rod of the lever 1. The magnet 6 when energized causes the pin 10 to break contacts 7, 8, and to make contacts 8, 9 cutting out the locking-coils 35, 36 and inserting the compensating resistance 50, thus preventing the instrument from being restored to normal. As the lever is pulled off, the switch-arm 18 closes contacts 16, 17 and energizes the magnet 38 causing it to lift its armature 37 on to the detent 43 on the lever 41, thus keeping the circuit of the leverlocking magnet 6 open and preventing more than one movement of the signal for each tablet withdrawn from the instrument. The application of the invention to the No. 2 instrument differs in detail only from the above.
Patent GB-190526227-A (GB)
Title: Neck-stud.
Inventor: DANKWORT FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 26,227. Dankwort, F. Dec. 16. Neck - tie retainers; studs. -A neck-tie retaining stud is formed of a head a and shank b to which is spring-pivoted a turned-in clasp c, having rounded serrations. d at its end, to hold a cravat in position. The rounded form of the clasp enables the waistcoat or c o a t collar to slide smoothly over it. Any method of pivoting the clasp may be employed, but, in the form shown, the bar g is held in the notch h by the spring i.
Patent GB-190526886-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing a Material Rich in Nitrogen and Phosphorus and Application of the same for Manurial purposes
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 26,886. Thompson, W. P., [Schlutius, J.]. Dec. 23. Manures.-A material rich in phosphorus and nitrogen suitable for use as a fertilizer is obtained by treating natural phosphates, especially those containing considerable percentages of iron and aluminium, with nitric acid or other nitrogen-oxygen compounds, preferably obtained by oxidation of the nitrogen of the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190527250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Resilient Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: WEDDERBURN JABEZ WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 27,250. Wedderburn, J. W., Webber, W. A., and Wedderburn, W. H. Dec. 30. Spring wheels.- The axlebox b is enlarged at d to form a seating for a rubber or other resilient cushion a, upon which rests the nave c. Side plates e are secured to the nave and slide between the part d and flanges h formed on the caps g.
Patent GB-190605602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Field Magnets of Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: BURLEIGH JOHN WESLEY
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1907-03-08
Abstract: 5602. Burleigh, J. W. March 8. Field magnets.-Each pole is divided into two separately-wound portions 1, 2, as shown for a two-pole machine, and the circular yoke is partly cut away at 7 between the parts of each pole, to improve the ventilation and reduce distortion of field. The cut-away portions of the yoke may be covered with thin perforated metal.
Patent GB-190606659-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in connection with the Mariner's Compass.
Inventor: JOHANNESEN HANS AUGUST
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 6659. Johannesen, H. A. March 20. Compasses, magnetic.-The heeling error is corrected by a vertically adjustable magnet a arranged centrally above the compass b. The magnet is secured by a screw c to a socket d secured to the binnacle glass e by a nut f.
Patent GB-190614011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety-suspending Apparatus for Mining Cages, Hoists and the like.
Inventor: PRATT FRANK
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 14,011. Pratt, F. June 19. Safety - suspending or retaining apparatus for mine cages, hoists, and the like comprises bellcrank gripping-levers operated by vertically-sliding bars, which are kept normally in the raised position by the tension in the winding-ropes and also are arranged to prevent the grips from coming into action when the cage is at the bottom of the shaft and the winding-rope is slackened. In the Figure, one set of gripping-apparatus is shown. The ba.r A is mounted outside the cage and slides in a socket S. To prevent it from moving laterally in one direction, the upper portion is slotted and is engaged by a pin E on the cage. At the upper end of the bar, the extra bridle chain F and the levers G are attached, the latter being connected also to the inner ends of pivoted bell-crank levers L carrying separate gripping-shoes at the outer ends secured thereto by a zigzag arrangement of bolts. The bell-crank levers are supported on shafts M carried by extended bearings formed by cranked portions of the brackets N bolted to the cage. When the tension on the bridle chains is relaxed, the bar A falls by gravity, thereby depressing the inner ends of the bell-crank levers and causing the outer ends to kink the ropes. The extreme lower end of each bar A is bent at right-angles and works in a recess in the bottom of the cage, so that the bars are prevented from falling when the cage is at the bottom of the shaft. Distance-blocks and washers may be used to prevent the bars A and levers G, L from rubbing against the cage framework. Specifications Nos. 6352 and 15,291, A.D. 1902, are referred to.
Patent GB-190618533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete Caissons or Cylinders.
Inventor: MCALPINE THOMAS MALCOLM
Filed: 1906-08-18
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 18,533. McAlpine, T. M. Aug. 18. Caissons or cylinders are constructed in courses, the bottom one B having rods b affixed to it upon which the upper courses are threaded.
Patent GB-190618729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: CHARLES O WINGREN
Filed: 1906-08-21
Abstract: 18,729. Wingren, C. O. Aug. 21, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Electric furnaces. -A resistance furnace, applicable for obtaining fused silica free from bubbles, is contained in an airtight casing 3 connected with a pump with clack valves and a two-way valve for eghausting or compressing air inside the furnace. Terminal blocks 5, 6 are separated from the casing 3 by mica or other insulation 32 ; the space between them and surrounding the melting-crucible 34 is filled with coke 33, and the rest of the furnace with a mixture 31 of coke and sand. When the furnace has been filled, the removable cover 4 carrying the dome 11 is bolted in place. A glass plate 13 in the dome enables the operator to inspect the contents of the crucible through the tube 37.
Patent GB-190628241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: COWAN THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 28,241. Cowan, T. W. Dec. 11. Incandescent gas lamps.-The globe holder 15 of a cluster-burner lamp, having a central gas supply 1, is held in position by the shoulders 14 of a spring 10 on the valve chamber 3 engaging under its lower, preferably flanged, end, and an asbestos-faced ring 19, secured by screws 20 to the top of the globe, is provided with guide - pieces 22 which slide, when the spring is disengaged from under the holder 15, on parallel rods 23 connected to the lamp hood 2 and to a bridge-piece 24. The gas supply is regulated by a screw-down valve 6, and the lower end of the valve chamber is provided with a flanged nut 8 to act as'a guide. Specifications No. 23,616, A.D. 1896, and No. 17,361, A.D. 1904, are referred to.
Patent GB-190703517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rails.
Inventor: UEDELHOFEN VALENTIN
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 3517. Uedelhofen, V. Feb. 12. Rails; rail joints.-Compound rails are constructed with renewable caps and supports in continuous chairs ; the joints in the wearing portions are scarfed, and means for preventing creeping are provided. The cap portion 9 is of inverted U-section and may be of harder steel than the rest of the structure. It fits over the web 7 of the supporting-rail 6 and its ends enter recesses 8. The compound rail is supported on the outer side by a continuous angle-plate 15, having a tread portion 16 and extending over and under the base flange 6 of the rail. On the other side is a plate 17 which extends over the base flange, and at the joints in the cap rail, is provided with projections 19 fitting into notches in the plate 13 and secured by turn-buttons 21. The plates 15,17 have notches 14 to take the spikes.
Patent GB-190707702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steering Gear for Self-propelled Road Vehicles
Inventor: SCHIELE FREDERICK JACOB
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 7702. Schiele, F. J. March 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to operating-mechanism for steering-gear combined with a friction device to prevent reaction. The steering-spindle 1, Fig. 1, operated by the hand-wheel 14, is mounted at the upper end on the fixed column 13, and carries at the lower end a pinion 2, which gears with a toothed sector 5 carried by a lever 4 connected to tha steering-wheels. A friction disk 3, connected to or formed integral with the pinion 2, works freely in a recess in the casing 9, and forms a bearing for the lower end of the steering-spindle. Any reaction from the steering-wheels causes the circumference of the disk to bear against one side of the recess in the casing, and prevents rotation of the steering hand-wheel.
Patent GB-190711445-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Surgical Truss.
Inventor: BROAD DONALD
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 11,445. Broad, D. May 16. Trusses.-The pad b of a truss is hinged to the body spring at e and is adjusted by means of a screw d. A small spring f serves to hold the pad against the screw.
Patent GB-190720771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette Rolling Devices
Inventor: GEORGUE EMIL
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 20,771. Georg³, E. Sept. 18. Cigarette machines.-In a cigarette machine of the type in which a reciprocating or oscillating table has a rolling-apron fixed at one end thereof and, at the beginning of the rolling operation, allows a trough, for the reception of the tobacco, to be formed in the apron, behind a roller under which the table afterwards moves, the arm 9 to which the front end of the apron 1 is fixed is held stationary or is moved forwards at a slower rate than the other end of the apron at the beginning of the rolling operation. When the edge 10 of the table 7 has passed below the roller 3, the arm 9 is moved at a quicker rate, to contract the pocket of the apron to the size desired for the cigarette. The apron is fastened at one end to a winding-roller 8 mounted on a table 7. The table and arm may be moved in a rearward direction to effect a backward rolling of the cigarette. The trough 5 can be formed obliquely in the rolling-table to counteract the tendency of the apron to lift from the trough. The table may be flat, and may have a sliding motion.
Patent GB-190721684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Colour Photography and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: WEDMORE EDMUND BASIL
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 21,684. Wedmore, E. B. Oct. 1. Drawings to Specification. Colour photography.-Relates to processes in which from a single original with discontinuous fields, such as autochrome and screen negatives, three continuous tone negatives or positives of the individual colour components are obtained for printing the components of a three-colour print or photograph. Colour filters are used to obtain the coloured light for printing, and the requisite continuity of tone is obtained by diffusion. For the latter purpose use may be made of stops partly obstructed, or of stops of other special form suitably related to the formation of the discontinuous tone photograph. Or the pinatype process may be used in which the diffusion of the colouring-medium occurs in the process of printing. The diffusion by this method may be controlled in several ways, for example by controlling the thickness of the coating. on the printing-surface, or by heat, or by controlling the rate of drying. The sensitiveness of the plates used for the components to the colours other than the colour being copied should be less than its sensitiveness to the colour being copied. Suitable apparatus consisting of a conical box with aperture, screen, frame, &c. is described for printing and copying the components, and combines means for supporting the colour negative, the sensitive plate. and the colour filter, aud for controlling the diffusion of light, with means for registering the position relatively to the source of light.
Patent GB-190725558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Operated Pumps
Inventor: GRUSSENDORF GEORG
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 25,558. Grussendorf, G. Nov. 18. Direct-air, gas, &c. pressure apparatus.-Relates to fluid-operated pumps for wells, ships, &c. The water to be raised enters into the barrels d1, d, through valves a1, a2 actuated through rods t1, r1, n1, t2, r2, n2 by diaphragms h1, h2 which form the walls of chambers i1, i2 alternately communicating with the source of fluid pressure and the exhaust through pipes l<1>, l<2>. These pipes communicate with the pipes b1, b2, Figs. 1 and 2, opening into the pressure cylinders c2, c3 and exhaust cylinders c1, c4. The water is discharged through pipes V1, V2 with non- return valves W1, W2. Pressure is supplied to the barrels through the pipes b1, b2. The valves in the cylinders c1, c4 are of the flexible-diaphragm type, and are worked by cams on the shaft e. The rods r1, r2 are connected by a lever g in a watertight box q. Only one barrel d, may be used and the inlet valve may be returned by a spring. The inlet valve may be worked by two superposed chambers provided with flexible diaphragms. Additional steam exhaust pipes z1, z2 may be used.
Patent GB-190727427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Dividing Dough and like Plastic Material
Inventor: POINTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 27,427. Pointon, J. E., and Pointon, C. E. Dec. 12. Moulding dough.-Dough is.fed from a hopper h into moulds in a rotary drum a by means of feedrolls i driven from the main shaft j through variable-speed gearing. The dough is maintained under a constant pressure by means of a plunger l, pressed downwards by means of a counterweighted lever m. A cam-actuated lever intermittently raises the lever m and releases it when one of the moulds is in alinement with the hopper ; or the plunger l may press continuously upon the dough. The moulds in the drum a are fitted with flanges b carrying rollers e adapted to engage with cams c, d, which respectively adjust the capacity of the moulds and effect the discharge of the divided dough portions. The rotary drum a may be replaced by a reciprocating mould-carrier, and the ram l may be mounted horizontally.
Patent GB-190810322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Knives for Tapping Trees, and for other purposes.
Inventor: HILL THOMAS HESLOP
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 10,322. Hill, T. H. May 12. Horticultural knives.-The handle of a knife for tapping india-rubber trees and for other purposes is formed in two parts a, b which hold the two reversible blades e, the cutting-edges not in use being shielded by the handle. Studs c on one part a pass through holes in the blades and other handle part b and bolts d, secured by nuts m or thumb-screws, clamp the whole together. The blades are sharpened at f and have turned-up ends g and depressions k which form a recess in the channel cut by the blade and so prevent the latex from being wasted in rainy weather. The blade may be made adjustable in length by having two or more holes h. The ends of the handle may be bent at right-angles to the main part, and holes j form a spanner for the nuts m on other knives.
Patent GB-190810398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: APPLETON WILLIAM MORTEN
Filed: 1908-05-13
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 10,398. Appleton, W. M., and Burnell, W. May 13. [Patent of Addition to No. 1346, A.D. 1908.] Gas and like engines.- Relates to the engine described in Specification No. 1346, A.D. 1908, and consists in arranging a pair of cylinders each with its own inclined charging- pump so that the front pump charges the rear cylinder and vice versa. The pistons of the pumps and working cylinders are driven from a doublethrow crank-shaft. In Fig. 1 the front working cylinder is shown at A and its corresponding pump at E<1>, the section being taken on two parallel planes.
Patent GB-190812416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of White and Coloured Resist Effects on Textile Fibre.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 12,416. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. June 9. Dyeing.-Resist effects are obtained on textile fibre by first applying a resist in the usual way and then dyeing in a machine of the jigger class with a bromindigo, thioindigo, indanthrene, or sulphur vat colouring-matter. According to samples, a resist for white is obtained by boiling a mixture of china-clay, gum thickening, lead sulphate, lead nitrate, zinc sulphate, and water ; and a resist for red is obtained by adding diozotized p-nitraniline and sodium acetate to the above-described mixture, the fabric being prepared with #-naphthol.
Patent GB-190813004-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking Nuts to Bolts and the like.
Inventor: TOWELL GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 13,004. Towell, G. F., Nettleton, A. A. M., and Amory, T. W. June 18. Locking nuts.- A nut is locked by turning-up one or more tongues formed by slits c<3> on the upper of two interlocking washers b, c. The washer b has a flat tang b<1> engaging a flat a<1> on the bolt a, and a circular recess b<2> which enables it to be placed on the bolt. The nut c has a recess c' to receive the tang b<1>, and a circular tang c<1> interlocking with the recess b<2>. The nut b is also slit at b<3> so that the washers are reversible.
Patent GB-190815435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WELLINGTON JOHN MORECRAFT
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-07-21
Abstract: 15,435. Wellington, J. M., and Dawson, G. C. July 21. Motor road vehicles.-The bevel-pinions or the like of the differential gear of a motor-vehicle are mounted in a rotatable cage, and the drive is transmitted through springs located in pockets in the cage from a driving-wheel engaging a worm on the transmission shaft. The worm-wheel 2 is made in the form of a ring with two inwardly projecting lugs 2<1>, and is bolted to two plates 3 the central portions of which extend outwards so as to form sleeves 3<1>. The outer surface of the sleeves 3<1> constitute the journals of the wheel 2, while their inner surfaces serve as bearings for sleeves 4<1> which are non-rotatably mounted on the parts of the divided axle and carry large bevel-wheels 4 forming the outer members of the differential gear. The bevel pinions 6 are mounted on spindles 7 screwed into the central portions of a revolvable cage 8 having trunnions 8<1> bearing in the sleeves 4<1>. The cage 8 is provided in front and rear of the pinions 6 with walls 8" connected together by side flanges 8<111>. The segmental channels thus obtained form housings 10 for pairs of spiral springs 11 placed between the walls 8<11> and the lugs 2'. For adjusting the springs, one side of the cage 8 is provided with sector-shaped openings which are closed by correspondingly-shaped plates sliding into grooves in the cage. The invention can be applied to a differential gear of the planetary type.
Patent GB-190816118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slabs or Blocks Composed of Concrete and Wire Netting.
Inventor: MEDVECSKY SIGMUND VON
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 16,118. Medvecsky, S. von. July 29. Slabs ; building- blocks. - A slab or block for embankments, stoves, &c. consists of a layer of concrete K arranged between two sheets M, N of wire netting connected by transverse wires c. The net M, and, if necessary, the net N are reinforced with stronger wires b, which may be passed through the bends of the wires c, and the meshes may be filled out witb straw, rushes, &c. The slabs may be bent, before they have hardened, to the shape of the embankment &c. In shaping the slab to cylindrical form for use as a mantel or shell for a stove, one sheet of netting is preferably dispensed with, the ends of the transverse wires c being bent over as shown at c<1>. The slab is bent round a core R having segmental filling-parts r, and is joined at the ends. The mass is then allowed to harden and the core is removed.
Patent GB-190825132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Woven Belting applicable for Driving and Conveying Purposes.
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 25,132. Bright & Bros, J., and Lye, F. Nov. 23. Conveyers. - To improve the grip on the driving- pulley, the driving- face of a woven conveyer belt is provided with a strip of canvas or the like b, attached by stitching or otherwise, so as to form air pockets or cushions d.