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Patent GB-190619086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multi-stage Impulse Turbines for Elastic Motive Fluids under Pressure.
Inventor: MERTZ EMILE
Filed: 1906-08-27
Granted: 1907-08-27
Abstract: 19,086. Mertz, E. March 30, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stuffing - boxes, substitutes for. - A labyrinth packing for a turbine consists of a number of disks 30, Fig. 1, secured alternately to the shaft 28 and to the casing 29. The disks are provided with lateral concentric flanges, as shown, so as to provide a labyrinth passage of great length. A second packing comprises a casing 33, Fig. 22, enclosing a disk 34 fixed on the shaft 28. One side of the disk is provided with short wings 35 and the other side with longer wings 36 so that, in rotation, a stuffing-box liquid, for instance oil, is drawn up from a well and forced to the periphery of the disk 34, where it makes a fluid-tight joint with the casing, and is circulated through the pipe 38 to other parts of the apparatus. In a modification, the casing 33 is closed, and mercury is used as the packing-liquid.
Patent GB-190619322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Compounds of the Anthracene Series.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1906-08-29
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 19,322. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin c& Soda Fabrik]. Aug. 29. Dyes, artificial. -The conversion of 1-aminoanthraquinone into azine dyes of the anthracene series is effected by heating it with an acid or a salt as condensing -agent, e.g. hydrochloric acid, hydriodic acid, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, sodium bisulphate, copper sulphate, copper chloride, ferric sulphate, ferric chloride, chromic sulphate, chromic chloride, chrome alum, mercuric sulphate, vanadium tetrachloride, aluminium sulphate, aluminium chloride, mercuric chloride, strontium nitrate, barium nitrate, copper phosphate, copper pyrophoshate, and the like. An oxidizing-agent, e.g. copper sulphate, finely divided manganese dioxide, chromic acid, or ferric chloride, may also be added. The acids are not necessarily concentrated, but may be dilute, and in the case of sulphuric acid it must not contain more than 40 per cent H2SO4; the salts may be solid or in solution. The products appear to be identical with those described in Specifications Nos. 3239 and 22,762, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190700594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Filtering Petrol or other Liquid Fuel and Deodorising the Fumes caused by the use of same in Motors of Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BARNES ALFRED JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 594. Barnes, A. J. Jan. 9. Filtering and straining liquids.-Apparatus in which petrol or other spirit used on motor road vehicles is purified and its combustion products deodorized comprises perforated cylinders enclosing material obtained by powdering or granulating aromatic roots or fibres. The cylinders have wiregauze coverings and are held in position by rings on the bottom and lid of the casing.
Patent GB-190702380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 2380. Roberts, D. Jan. 30. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-In engines in which the vaporizer is separate from the cylinder by a contracted neck, the clearance spaces are reduced by providing a single valve, in the water-jacketed portion of the vaporizer, for controlling the admission and exhaust of both the air charges and combustion products, respectively. Behind the vaporizer admission valve is a pair of lift or piston valves for regulating the distribution of the air and exhaust gases. In the combustion chamber d of the four-stroke-cycle engine shown in Fig. 1, a single valve h. controls both the admission of the air charges, which enter through the double-heat valve l, and the escape of the exhaust gases through a valve-controlled port k. Several modifications of the valves l, m, both as regards their combustion and disposition, are described.
Patent GB-190703889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Weft Pile Fabrics.
Inventor: ZINTH AUGUST
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 3889. Zinth, A. Feb. 16. Looms, pile forming and cutting in lays; reeds; beat-up motions; shuttle-races.-In a loom for weaving weft-pile fabrics, the pile loops are formed over longitudinal wires 3, which are raised and lowered in accordance with the design by jacquard leashes 25 or by healds, and the loops are beaten up over the wires on to rods 1, to which the wires are attached, by reed dents 6, which are moved forwards in succession from one side of the loom to the other, the necessary weft being drawn out of the shuttle. The rods 1 are provided at their front ends with knife-edges to cut the loops and are fixed to a transverse bar 2, and the rear ends of the wires 3 are attached to springs 4. Plates 8 pass between and guide the dents 6, and serve as a shuttle-race, and stationary shuttle boxes are used. The leashes 25 pass over a curved plate 10, and are drawn down by springs 11. The dents 6 have noses 7, and are provided with slots, through which the cotton or linen warps 5 pass. The dents are pivoted on a shaft 17, and extensions of the dents are guided by plates 16, 18. Studs 15 on the rear extensions of the dents are engaged by a curved slot in a traversing slider 12, which is guided by bars 13. The slider is traversed by means of a chain 20, which runs over rollers 26 and is driven by toothed wheels at the sides of the loom. To the chain is fixed a projecting piece 21, which engages a knob 22 on a handle pivoted to the top of the slider. The slider is thereby traversed to cause the dents 6 to be moved forwards in succession, until a projection on the handle runs over a pin at the side of a loom, thereby moving the handle against the influence of a spring to free it from the projection 21, so that the slider is stopped. Another weft is then inserted, and the projection 21 engages a knob on a similar handle at the bottom of the slider, which is thereby moved back across the loom. Springs 9 hold the dents at rest in their rear positions, and a lever 19, which carries a transverse rod for acting upon the dents, may be raised to prevent the dents from moving forwards when the weft in the shuttle is nearly exhausted, the means for driving the slider being put out of gear simultaneously.
Patent GB-190706564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Lubricating the Axles of Small Trolleys or Wagons for Collieries, Brickyards and the like.
Inventor: SIMKISS JAMES
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 6564. Simkiss, J. March 19. Lubricators.-A fixed lubricator for the axles of trollies or wagons for collieries, brickyards, &c. consists of a wheel c mounted in bearings d<1> on a U-shaped cradle d sliding in grooves e in the sides of a tank f. The cradle is supported on one or more springs g placed in a small well f<1> in the tank f. The spring may be covered by a cup j, as shown in Fig. V.
Patent GB-190707176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling the Ignition of Gas Burners.
Inventor: AUBLANT JEAN JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 7176. Aublant, J. J. March 30, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lighting and extinguishing gas.- Relates to automatic apparatus actuated by temporary decreases of gas pressure. A gas bell 1 carries a liquid seal valve 4 and a slide rod 13 having a tappet 14 and a flexible pawl 15, which coact with stops 10 and teeth 9 on a ratchet-wheel 8. Figs. 1 and 2 show one form of apparatus in the lighting position, gas being free to pass from the supply pipe 3 to a pipe 5 leading to the burner. If the pressure is decreased, the bell falls and the tappet 14 passes down a space 11 between two stops 10 ; the pawl 15 then comes into engagement with the ratchet-wheel 8 and turns it round the space of one tooth, whereby a stop 10 is substituted for the free space 11. When the normal pressure is restored soon after, the tappet 14 encounters a stop 10, the bell cannot rise farther, and the lamp remains extinguished ; the pawl 15 however rises far enough to engage with a second tooth. A second temporary decrease of pressure will rotate the wheel 8 the space of another tooth, whereby a space 11 is presented anew in the path of the tappet 14 ; the bell therefore rises and the lamp is turned on. In a modification, the stops 10 extend over the space of two teeth, so that the second operation is ineffective and a third one is required for lighting the lamp. In another modification, two tappets, one above and one below, and similarly two pawls are used in connexion with the wheel here shown ; in that case one operation is ineffective between the lighting and the extinguishing. It is stated that other cycles of operation may be obtained by similar modifications. A spring pawl 16 prevents the return of the ratchet-wheel. The lamps may be lighted by means of spongy platinum or other convenient device.
Patent GB-190713793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Beer Engines
Inventor: KENDRICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 13,793. Kendrick, W. June 14. Waste liquid, catching and returning.-The waste beer falling into the usual counter trough drains through the strainer m into a receptacle i, which when full discharges to the pump barrel through the medium of a float valve j. A check valve d and stop - cock c are provided. Specification No. 16,962, A.D. 1904, is referred to. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 15,833, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190715521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pencil Sharpeners
Inventor: SPENGLER CHARLES CASPAR
Filed: 1907-07-05
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 15,521. Spengler, C. C. July 5. Pencil-sharpeners. - In a pencil-sharpener, particularly of the type in which the pencil is inclined relatively to the cutter and is intermittently rotated by the moving cutter member, this member is mounted yieldingly to prevent breakage. The shaft 20, Fig. 2, rotates in the bearing 19, which is recessed at the crank end to receive a compressed spring 32. The cutter device, Fig. 6, is secured to a face-plate at the other end of the shaft 20 by a screw 25 and pins 26. In an alternative method, to obtain yielding, the recess and spring 32 are omitted and a slotted dished spring washer is inserted between the hub of the cutter and the head of the screw 25, the cutter being slidable along this screw. In an alternative form of cutter, shown in Fig. 10, the knife-bar 37 is pivotably and slidably connected to the disk 4, and the knife-blade 42 is attached to the end of the bar. The knife-bar 37 is pivoted by a wrist pin 41 to the face-plate 40 upon the front end of the shaft 20. The pencil is gripped in the loose sleeve 8 by the bent ends 12 of the spring fingers 11, the other ends of which are attached to the periphery of the sleeve 8. The sleeve and pencil are rotated by the tips 30 of the cutter blades 28, Fig. 6, or the finger 45 on the knife-bar 37, Fig. 10, engaging with the teeth 16 arranged round the ring 15. The sleeve 8 is held in place by spring fingers 17 which frictionally hold the ring 15 against the top of the boss 6. To prevent breakage &c. of the sleeve 8 should the moving cutter member engage a tooth 16 when this is in a wrong position, a brace 31, Figs. 2 and 10, is arranged close above the teeth 16. The bottom of the opening 5 is formed with a seat 7 on which the point of the pencil bears when sharpened, and enlargements 5<a> are provided to prevent the accumulation of cuttings, which fall instead through an opening 2 into the drawer 3
Patent GB-190719085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tremblers for Electric Sparking Apparatus.
Filed: 1907-08-24
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 19,085. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., and Mitchell, C. Aug. 24. Springs.- A spring for use in the tumbler of an induction coil is constructed of a single piece of metal of greater width in the middle than at one end ; the sides a of the spring are bent up to form a trough, and the narrow end is nicked or thinned at a<1> to determine the point of bending.
Patent GB-190720931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Explosives.
Inventor: HIMALAYA MANUEL ANTONIO GOMES
Filed: 1907-09-20
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 20,931. Himalaya, M. A. G. Sept. 20.' Explosives.-Relates to explosives containing potassium chlorate, starch, and an oil as described in Specifications Nos. 3179 and 4439, A.D. 1907. According to the present invention, 70-78 per cent of potassium chlorate, 16 per cent starch, and 6--9 per cent heavy mineral oil are mixed together. The starch may be puffed-up; hot or cold water may be added. Binoxide of manganese in the proportion of 4-10 per cent. (or protoxide of copper or anhydrous chromium oxide) may be added to increase the quickness of the explosive, in which case the proportion of potassium chlorate is reduced to 68-74 per cent.
Patent GB-190800217-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Automatic Pressure-regulating Valves.
Inventor: SZPERKOWSKI ANTON BOLESLAUS
Filed: 1908-01-03
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 217. Szperkowski, A. B. Jan. 3. Pressure-regulating valves; safety-valves.-A valve for regulating the pressure of the supply of steam to a heating or like apparatus which utilizes exhaust steam from a steam-engine, is shown in the Figure. The heating-apparatus is connected to the lower flange b of the valve casing, the upper flange c being connected to a conduit leading to the atmosphere. The hollow piston d has two series of slots e, f, the major dimensions of which are arranged transversely to the axis of the piston. At normal pressure, a weighted lever i keeps the piston in the position shown. Fall of pressure in the heating-apparatus causes the piston to descend. The slots e are thus brought opposite the steaminlet port g. Owing to the transverse arrangement of the ports e, f, a slight downward movement of the piston causes a comparatively large passage to be opened, so that sufficient steam to restore the normal pressure is at once admitted, and the .piston returns to the position shown. Rise of pressure causes the slots f to be lifted above the seat h, so that steam escapes into the discharge conduit. The device may be modified by connecting the slots e, f, and also by making the slots continuous round the circumference of the piston, the parts of the piston being in this ease connected together by a central rod or other suitable means.
Patent GB-190800726-A (GB)
Title: Electro-chemical Process for the Manufacture of Acetates and in particular Acetate of Soda.
Inventor: JACOB CHARLES HENRI
Filed: 1908-01-11
Granted: 1909-01-11
Abstract: 726. Jacob, C. H. Jan. 11. Acetic acid; aldehyde.- Ethyl alcohol, denatured alcohol, or fermented liquor is supplied to a vessel B which may have air-inlets B<1>, where it passes through filtering-diaphragms a and then through porous diaphragms b, which may be perforated and which support lead sponge c, preferably formed by placing two plates of aluminium into a solution of plumbite of potash containing some sodium carbonate. The lead sponge thus o b t a i n e d contains much alumina. The alcohol is oxidized to aldehyde by the action of the lead sponge and then enters the anode compartment of an electrolytic cell C containing a solution of a salt of soda potash, lime, &c., where it is oxidized to acetic acid. It then flows into the cathode compartment, forming an acetate of the base present and passes to a crystallizing-tank E, where surplus water is evaporated by an electric heating-coil.
Patent GB-190803508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Carriage Lamps.
Inventor: BARNES ANDREW
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 3508. Barnes, A. Feb. 17. Carriage lamps; acetylene lamps.- An acetylene generator, particularly adapted to fit into a carriage lamp, comprises a water receptacle c, from which water passes by a valve l to a pipe which can be closed by a cock o and thence to a perforated tube k in the carbide container g. The valve l is normally kept o p e n by a spring m, but excessive pressure of gas closes the valve and stops the water feed. Gas generated passes by pipes q, q<1> to a pipe s, the lower end of which is closed, and through gauze; to a chamber v carrying the burner and provided with a safety valve v<2>. In the modified form of valve shown in Fig. 6, a casing l<4> surrounds the valve and stem, and water is admitted to the valve by a tube n<3>.
Patent GB-190808286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Electric Switching Devices.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 8286. Boult, A. J., [Voigt & Haefher Akt.- Ges.]. April 14. Switches.-A time relay for high-pressure current automatic switches, having the release retarded by a clock-work which is released by a device moved by a current relay, is provided with a coupling-device inserted between the clock-work and the transmission lever c that effects the switching out. The coupling is controlled by the releasing-lever b in such a manner that the transmission lever acts on the switch only when the deviation of the releasing- lever by the current relay is maintained during the whole time for which the device has been set, so that momentary overloads are prevented from acting on the switch. In the construction shown, the coupling is effected by a weighted lever g resting against a bell-crank lever connected to the lever c. The lever g is actuated through a differential gear train w, e, y. The wheel w is secured to a pinion k, which is driven by the clockwork by means of a wheel x. The wheel y is mounted loosely on the spindle and is secured to the ratchet-wheel i. The third bevel-wheel e is mounted loosely on the weighted lever g, which can rotate about the axis of the wheels w, y. When the device is driven from the clock-work, the three bevel-wheels rotate idly as long as the ratchetwheel i is free, but when the lever b passes from its position of rest I into its working position II, Fig. 4, the ratchet-wheel is locked by the lever h and the lever g begins to move. At the same time, the driver s acts on the lever t, thus releasing the notched wheel and disengaging the lever u for releasing the clock-work. If the overload is of short duration, the releasing-lever b returns to its original position I, disengaging the locking-lever h and permitting the weighted lever g to fall back into its original position. The clock-work continues to run until the lever t reaches the next notch of the wheel z. The number of releases effected may be recorded by means of an indicating- device connected to the spindle. A pin m acts on the .lever c when the clock-work has run down, whether the releasing time has expired or not. The stop against which the weighted lever g falls back is made adjustable, and a pointer and scale are provided to indicate the adjustment.
Patent GB-190810665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding Machines and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 10,665. Thompson, W. P., [Duplex Adding Machine Co.]. Oct. 29, 1907. Calculating- apparatus.-In multiple-bank adding-machines, which as described are of the type in which sectors set by the operator's fingers carry the item types and actuate the totali z i n g-counter by means of rack-bars, provision is made for dividing the machine into two or more separate groups of denominational elements, which may list and add items separately, by disabling the transfer connexionsbetween desired p a i r s of c o u n t e r-wheels. The wheels 155 of the totalizing-counter are divided from one another by partitions having suitable apertures through which travelling-pawls move to effect transfer; adjacent to each such. partition is a pivoted plate 175, which may be turned down by a key 179 and pivoted lever 180, 181, to bring its extension 177 over the aperture and prevent transfer. Stops limit the movement of the plates.
Patent GB-190814221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements appertaining to Belt Driving Mechanism for Hoists and Lifts.
Inventor: WADSWORTH ALFRED
Filed: 1908-07-04
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 14,221. Wadsworth, A. July 4. Brakes.-In a belt reversing-gear for hoists and lifts, sliding belt shifters are operated by means of peripheral cam-grooves on a rotary drum which is also adapted to put a brake into or out of action. A brake block v carried by a lever v' fast on the shaft g is controlled by an annular flange w on the rotary drum, upon which a roller v<3> on the lever rides. When both belts are clear of the fast pulley the roller enters a recess w<1> in the flange, allowing the brake to come into action under the influence of springs x<1> attached to arms y<1> on the ends of the shaft g.
Patent GB-190814933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel and similar Metallurgical Operations.
Inventor: REYNOLDS ALLEYNE
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 14,933. Reynolds, A. July 14. Crucibles.-A crucible nr tapping- ladle a, for receiving a partly purified charee of steel &c. to be further treated, is provided with a counterweighted lid e of refractory material which is shaped to fit the mouth of the crucible loosely, and to rest lightly upon the charge, the space f between the lid and the mouth being packed with powdered material. A hole g in the lid. normally closed by a plug g', permits the introduction into the charge of solid or molten ferro-tungsten or acetylene.
Patent GB-190816632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows.
Inventor: CRINDLE JOHN M
Filed: 1908-08-07
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 16,632. M'Crindle, J. Aug. 7. Hinges for the movable stop-beads of hinged - sliding windows comprise plates o, p pivoted together e c c e n - trically and secured to the fixed and movable portions of the bead by stamped-up projections r.
Patent GB-190827949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Loom Shuttles for use in connection with Automatic Filling Replenishing Looms.
Inventor: BAUER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-23
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 27,949. Bauer, C., [Draper, W. F.]. Dec. 23. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically ; shuttles.-Two separate and similar holding-jaws 7, Fig. 3, are employed for the bobbin, the jaw-shanks 10, Figs. 3 and 4, being placed face to face between the side pieces of a retaining- member or rigid housing, shown in Fig. 6, which is placed in a recess in the shuttle. The retaining- member has a wide top portion 14, fitting in undercut or grooved recesses 6 in the shuttle and rigidly connected by a part 18 to a narrower bottom portion 15. The retaining-member has also a defending tongue 19 overlapping an enlargement 20, which supports the bent bases 9 of the jaws. A bolt 12 is passed through the shuttle and through holes in the pieces 16 and shanks 10, and is secured in position by a nut 13. The jaws 7 and their shanks may have longitudinal openings 22, 23, Fig. 8, to make them lighter and more resilient. The usual guide on the bobbin for forcing the shuttle into its correct place to receive the bobbin is dispensed with, the jaws 7 having an increased number of notches. The usual recesses 21 fur the jaws are continued round the end of the bobbin opening 2, but the shuttle wood is carried forward to the end of the part 15 to form an additional support for the enlargement 20. The jaws are stamped or cut from sheet metal. The retaining - member is formed by stamping-out the blank shown in Fig. 7, and then bending it along the parts shown in dotted lines into the form shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190903190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Gas Lighting and Extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: ANDERSON JOHN
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 3190. Anderson, J. Feb. 9. Tampering with valves and cocks, preventing. -In an automatic gas lighting and extinguishing apparatus, the up-pipe e to the burner is swivelled at h and is bent into close proximity with the cover d of the valve - actuating mechanism, so that access to the interior of the apparatus can only be obtained by unlocking the swivel-joint by means of a special key. A stud g working at the end of a recess in the swivel-joint, is adapted to engage recesses in the pipe e.