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Patent GB-190504942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Distributing Artificial Manures, Fertilizers and other Materials such as Sand, Soot, Lime and the like.
Inventor: SIMPSON AUGUSTUS JOHN
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 4942. Simpson, A. J. March 9. Sand, scattering.-In apparatus for distributing artificial manures, sand, and the like, the material falls from a hopper on to a reciprocating or vibrating tray, which constitutes the sole means for regulating the amount distributed and is adapted to close the hopper outlet when desired, and which may be provided with springs and with teeth to act in conjunction with teeth on the rear edge of the mouth of the hopper. The rear side of the lower part of the hopper A may be vertical and the front side inclined at an angle of thirty degrees, or both may be inclined at fifteen degrees. The tray D is suspended by rods, links, chains, or ropes, and is horizontally reciprocated in a longitudinal or transverse direction, or its front edge may be hinged to the hopper and its rear edge reciprocated vertically. It is actuated from the travelling wheels B by cams and levers, eccentrics, or the crank-shaft h and gearing shown, means being provided for throwing it out of gear. The discharge is regulated by raising the rear edge by means of ropes b and a roller c. A movable partition may be inserted in the mouth of the hopper. The tray may be carried by blade springs; or coiled buffer springs may act upon the suspending- links a or on arms projecting from the tray. An horizontal rod or series of rods, or a vertical plate, may be linked to the tray D so as to reciprocate in the mouth of the hopper.
Patent GB-190505471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Joints of Stoneware and other Pipes.
Inventor: EWING ROBERT
Filed: 1905-03-15
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 5471. Ewing, R. March 15. Spigot-and-socket joints.-Relates to joints for stoneware and other pipes, similar to those described in Specifications No. 10,895, A.D. 1900, and No. 26,820, A.D. 1902. The spigot A is provided near its end with a concentric collar B having a raised part C to hold the pipes in alinement and a rectangular scored rabbet E forming a receptacle for a roll of clay &c. before the pipes are driven home. The joint may then be completed by filling in with Portland cement, and, if liquid cement is used, a collar G, having an enlarged part H to support a roll of clay &c., is used at the mouth of the socket. Pouring-recesses are provided in the top of the collar G, and other recesses I in the end-wall of the socket allow of the collar being removed. In a modification, the outer collar G alone is used and a roll of plastic material at the end of the spigot prevents the liquid cement from passing into the pipe. The above-described collars may be moulded on or integral with the spigot.
Patent GB-190506381-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Case or Holder to Receive Sheets of Paper for Making Notes or Memoranda.
Inventor: CHARTRES JOHN SMITH
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 6381. Chartres, J. S. March 25. Box or case for filed papers &c.-Relates to a portable case or holder of pasteboard &c. for receiving sheets of paper, upon which notes, memoranda, &c. can be made without removing the sheets from the case. The back b of the case is rounded in book form, and the two sides are hinged by means of linen &c. strips to the bottom a. The interior of the back b acts as a stop for the piece c' which may also be fastened by a hook i. The cover or top e, with its triangular ends g, g<1>, is hinged so as to enclose the box portion of the case, and may be fastened in its closed position in any suitable way.
Patent GB-190508655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro-mechanical Block Signalling Systems for Railways and the like.
Inventor: BEER ATTILIO
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1906-07-21
Abstract: 8655. Beer, A. April 22. Locomotives.-A pivoted train stop 38, Figs. 4 and 5, actuated by a flexible connexion 37 to the balance-weight side of the semaphore arm, engages with a lever 41 pivoted at 42 on the locomotive, to withdraw its support from a shoulder 43 on a vertically-moving rod 44, which is then depressed by a spring 45 to apply the air brake or to sound an alarm whistle. The semaphore arm may be dispensed with if the stop 38 is always used, but the signal-operating motor will still be necessary for the lever actuating the stop 38.
Patent GB-190511838-A (GB)
Title: Process for Purifying Masse-cuite, Syrups or Impure Sugar Solutions.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1905-06-06
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 11,838. Wetter, J., [Weinrich, U.]. June 6. Drawings to Specification. Purifying syrups; refining sugar.-Massecuite and syrups, such as centrifugal runnings, are purified by a process which is similar to that described in Specification No. 21,146, A.D. 1902, for purifying raw sugar, and in which lime is added to concentrated solutions and care taken to avoid the decomposition of fruit sugar or glucose. The centrifugal runnings or molasses are mixed with powdered quicklime, stirred in a second vessel, stirred and diluted in a third vessel, carbonated in tanks to 0À1 per cent alkalinity, and filtered. More lime is added, and the mixture carbonated to neutrality and filtered. In place of carbonic-acid gas, phosphoric or sulphurous acid may be used. For example, the mixture may be carbonated, the second time, to 0À1 per cent alkalinity and neutralized with phosphoric acid. In treating massecuite or a n ixture of raw sugar and syrup, the mass passes from the second vessel into a centrifuge, and the sucrate which has been formed and which adheres to the crystals is got rid of, as above, when the sugar is dissolved. Slaked lime or milk of lime may be used, and in this case no granular sucrate is formed with massecuite. The process may be used in sugar factories, and enables a part of the runnings from the first product to be boiled with the first product.
Patent GB-190511868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Axles.
Inventor: THOMPSON FRANK MORGAN
Filed: 1905-06-06
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 11,868. Thompson, F. M., Findley, B. C., Kelly, J. T., and Kelley, E. S. June 6. Axles.-To allow the wheels of railway and other rolling-stock to pass easily round curves, the axles are formed in two parts B, C, which revolve with the wheels B', C<1>. The axle section C is enclosed by a sleeve D secured to the section B. An annular groove F is formed in the section C to receive a fastening-block G, which passes through a slot D<1> in the sleeve D and prevents longitudinal movement of the section C. The block G is provided with a lug G', which engages with a slot H<1> in a band H secured by means of rivets H<2> to the sleeve D. When used for motor-driven cars, a gear-wheel I is provided. The sleeve D is provided with a series of lubricating-cups J, each having a hinged lid J<3>, Fig. 5, which is held open or closed by a spring J<3>, and is made oil-tight by a packing- strip J'. In a modification, the sleeve D, Fig. 1, is made in one with one part of the axle.
Patent GB-190516148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Switches.
Inventor: HIBBETS CHARLES MICHAEL
Filed: 1905-08-08
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 16,148. Nibbets, C. M. Aug. 8. Points and switches ; rails.-At the junction of a main rail with a siding, one of the main rails is provided with an inclined projecting surface, and near the other rail a curved guide-rail is fixed, with the object of automatically replacing the train on the metals in the event of the wheels " splitting "the points." The points are of ordinary construction. one point 4 being pivoted to one of the siding rails 2, the other point 3 to one of the main rails 1. The inner main rail is provided, slightly in advance of the point-hinge, with a projection 5, horizontal near the hinge, but rising to the level of the rail surface, and forming part of the rail head, at its other end. The inner siding rail 2 has connected to it, also slightly in advance of its pointhinge, a guide-rail 7, which is curved outwards towards the main rail 1 in the part opposite the projection 5, and continues parallel to the main rail, to which it is connected by bolts and distancepieces 8. The half of the rail head 7 towards the main rail is cut away. If the car-wheel flanges are forced in between the point-tongues and the outer rails, the flange of the left-hand wheel runs up the slope 5, and the other flange is forced outwards by the curved guide-rail, thus preventing the right-hand wheel from leaving the main rail, and also dragging the left-hand wheel back into its proper position.
Patent GB-190521527-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Producing Openings in Concrete or like Pavement.
Inventor: MELAUN FRANZ
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 21,527. Melaun, F. Oct. 23. Roads and ways, repairing.-Holes and channels are cut in concrete pavement by compressed-air chisels which chip pieces off without disturbing the surrounding mass.
Patent GB-190522028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ploughs
Inventor: BIPPART ERNST
Filed: 1905-10-28
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 22,028. Bippart, E. Oct. 29,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Whipple-trees.-In a two - share plough, in which each share is carried by an independently movable and adjustable beam, the draught apparatus is attached by means of a double connexion so as to ensure uniformity of work. The beam of the ordinary plough B is connected to the draught bar by ordinary chains y, and the beam 1 of the subsoil plough A is connected to the axle 4 by chains 3. The axle is rigidly connected with the draught hook 8 by bars x, and the point of attachment of the chains 3 is connected with the swingle bar or the draught hook by a chain 9 provided with a spring 10.
Patent GB-190522084-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Window Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: RIORDAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-10-30
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 22,084. Riordan, W. Oct. 30. Windows, cleaning.-An apparatus for cleaning windows consists of a telescopic stand a supporting a vertically. reciprocating rod b to which the duster or the like is secured. As shown in end view in Fig. 1, a cloth, brush, or leather g is gripped by the jaws e attached to the rod b. The latter is reciprocated in the socket b<1> by means of a winch i and a cord k passing over a pulley h and fastened to an eye l protruding through a vertical slot in the socket b<1>. Electricity or other motive power may be employed.
Patent GB-190522244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Feeding and Liquid Raising Devices for Steam Boilers and other purposes.
Inventor: INNES JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 22,244. Innes, J. T. Oct. 31. Feed-water, supplying and controlling. - The invention is described in connexion with the feeding of steam boilers, but is stated to be applicable generally for raising and feeding water. The tank a, Fig. 3, is connected w i t h an overhead w a t e r supply by a pipe a<1> and with the water and steam spaces, respectively, of the boiler by pipes c, d. Instead of using the pipe a<1>, the water may be supplied from a lower chamber e' in which it is heated by steam discharged from the tank a. The chamber e<4> may receive water from overhead through a pipe a<3>; or, preferably, water may be drawn into it from below through a pipe a<4>. For condensing the steam in the tank-a after each discharge into the boiler, water is supplied to a perforated pipe D under pressure of air from a vessel E. This pressure of air is created automatically by the water which enters the vessel E from below during the discharge of the tank,a. A check valve D<1> is fitted in the pipe D, and another in the pipe connecting the vessel E with the pipe a<4>. The steam inlet and outlet openings of the tank a are controlled by rotary valves f, f<2>, Fig. 1, mounted on a fixed spindle and operated together by a float t, Fig. 2. This float is suspended by a chain passing over a wheel v, which carries a striking weight z. The weight is raised by one or the other of the spokes x, y, and in .falling engages a lug on the valves. A stop limits the movement of the valves to a quarter of a revolution.
Patent GB-190526138-A (GB)
Title: Improved Circular Railway for Recreation Purposes
Inventor: BENNETT ALFRED ROSLING
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 26,138. Bennett, A. R. Dec. 15. Railways for recreation; r o u n dabouts; toy roundabouts.-A circular railway for recreation, in which selfpropelled electric or motor cars, or cars drawn by a steam, petrol, or other engine, are used, is provided with two means of counteracting the centrifugal force. The outer of the rails D is raised, and the cars and engine are connected by means of tie-rods I to a collar B, which revolves on a central post A, Figs. 1 and 6, sunk in the ground and stayed by adjustable struts C con-. nected to a fixed collar Q on the post. The inner rail 0 is supported by struts H connected to this collar. The collar B revolves on a number of steel rollers V, supported by a collar S fixed to the post by means of a cap T, and ball bearings W are provided for resisting any upward pull. The collar B is formed with flanges u<1>, u<2>, to which the tie-rods I are connected. The tie-rods may be trussed as shown, and their length may be adjustable. The cars may have fixed bodies, or, as shown in Fig. 5, these bodies may be arranged to swing outwards by centrifugal force, the cars being suspended from bearings N supported by brackets M. In order to reduce friction between the wheels and the rails, the axles of the cars are arranged radially, and the wheels are: of. such a size that the surface joining their peripheries is a cone with its apex in the axis of revolution. When a steam locomotive and tender are used, a seat for the driver, and also means for storing coal and fuel, are provided. The boiler of the engine is so designed that the crown. of the fire-box is always covered with water. The tie-rods I may be reduced in length, and, instead of being attached to the collar B, they are carried by a truck running on inner concentric rails. The rails D may be fixed or portable ; in the latter case, they are made in sections, aid are supported by trestles, wooden beams, &c., suitably trussed. The apparatus may be made small for use as a toy.
Patent GB-190605607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Car Unloading Machines
Inventor: MCMYLER JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 5607. McMyler, J. March 8. Tipping -apparatus ; lifts ; shoots.-Relates to staiths in which wagons are hoisted and automatically tipped into a discharging - shoot. The staith is provided with two or more longitudinally-arranged platforms H, each resting upon curved segments J mounted upon a cradle G, and connected by chains M to cables S passing over pulleys a<7>, a<8> to counterweights W. The hoisting-cables N are attached to the front of the lower portion of the cradle G and pass over pulleys g<2>, a<2>, P, a<4>, a<5> to the hoisting - drum R. When the cradle is hoisted, the platform H is drawn toward the vertical side of the cradle and raises with it a rod C by an overhanging portion engaging the side of the vehicle. On reaching the shoot, the upper end of the cradle is caught by a stop b<3>, and further winding of the hoisting- rope causes the cradle to tip into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Small projections m on the chain M prevent damage to the side of the vehicle by causing a direct thrust thereon. Stops V prevent the frame from tipping so far that it will not return by gravity when the hoisting-cable is paid out. On the frame being lowered, the bar C is caught upon its support so as to release the wagon. As the cage reaches its lower limit, a bell-crank lever K pivoted to the cradle contacts with a fixed stop L to return the platform H, so that its rails coincide with those of the fixed track. The shoot D is adjustable in inclination and position and is provided with a short hinged flap F to prevent material from falling over its upper edge.
Patent GB-190608703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: MCCALLUM JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 8703. McCallum, J., and McCallum, J. April 11. Couplings, automatic; buffers.-Relates to means for operating a railway-vehicle coupling of the type in which the draw-hooks are formed integrally with segmental buffer faces which afford a support for retaining the coupling-link in the position for automatic coupling. A draw-hook b is formed with a buffer face b<2> having projections b<3>, Fig. 5, and providing surfaces b<4> for supporting a link d connected to the hook at c. The link may be set in the coupling position as shown at the left-hand side, or moved to the uncoupled position shown on the right-hand side of Fig. 2, by arms h having ring, U, or other shaped pieces i engaging the link d and having bosses h<1> which are mounted loosely on a transverse shaft e and are formed with segmental recesses h<2> in which work projections g<1> extending on each side of a collar g fixed to the shaft e. Distance-pieces e<1> surround the shaft e between its supporting-brackets e<4> and the arms h, the ends of the shaft e having counterweighted handles f.
Patent GB-190609991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling or Revolving Openwork Shutters.
Inventor: SCHUBERTH JOHANN
Filed: 1906-04-28
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 9991. Schuberth, J. April 28. Window-shutters.-A revolving shutter for stop fronts consists of a series of parallel bars 1 connected by links 3 held in place by tubular distance-pieces 4 which are threaded on to the bars. Cylindrical or spherical rollers 5 are fitted to the ends of the bars and run in guides 6. The side plates 7 of the lock 8 are bent round the bars 1 and links 3 and held together by screws 9, so as not to increase the width of the shutter at this part. In Figs. 4, 12, 13 and 14 show modifications in which the ends of adjacent links 3 are close together, this construction allowing the apertures to be much smaller. 16, 17, and 18, Fig. 4, show modifications in which the links 3 and distance-pieces 4 are formed in one piece perfectly stamped out of sheet metal.
Patent GB-190617408-A (GB)
Title: A Medicine and Food for the Cure of Tuberculosis and other Diseases.
Inventor: OWEN RICHARD FOSTER
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 17,408. Owen, R. F. Aug. 2. Medicines.-A medicine and food for the cure of tuberculosis &c. consists of a mixture of iodine dissolved in glycerine, phosphorus dissolved in almond oil, "maltose diastase," olive oil, and nutritious excipients such as glycerine and sugar. The "maltose diastase" is produced by adding half its quantity of water heated to 120‹ F. to extract of malt, filtering, and evaporating in vacuo.
Patent GB-190622078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Hardened Steel Rolls and the like to the Shafts of Crushing Machinery; specially applicable to Stone Crushing Machinery.
Inventor: DARBISHIRE CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1906-10-06
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 22,078. Darbishire, C. H. Oct. 6. Roller mills.- Relates to means for securing hardsteel crushing-rolls to shafts, specially applicable to stonecrushing machinery. The rolls 2, Figs. 3 and 4, are made in separate rings or sections with inwardly projecting teeth 2<a> which engage in keyways 4<a> in keys 4 fitted in beds cut in carriers 3, secured by keys 3<a> to the square part 1<c> of the shaft. Each ring is shown with four teeth 2<a> and each carrier with eight keyways 4<a>, so that the roll can be turned partly round in the event of a keyway becoming worn. The rings 2 and carriers 3 are held in position axially by end plates 5 made in halves secured by bolts on the circular portions 1<a> of the shaft. The end plates are kept in position by bolts 6 passing through the shaft, each bolt having two square washers 6<a> bearing against the end of the plate 5. The rolls, carriers, keys, and end plates are all reversible and interchangeable.
Patent GB-190623750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Manufacture of Pipes.
Inventor: COCHRANE ALFRED ORMESBY
Filed: 1906-10-25
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 23,750. Cochrane, A. O., and Goodwin, J. T. Oct. 25. Moulding.-A press machine for forming sand seats and cores for moulding pipes has a double - acting hydraulic ram A, and a two-part core box J moving in slides I. The ram has a projecting portion A', a conical compression piece C, and a conical portion B, and passes through a ring F. The two portions of the core box J are held together by a taper ring L. The core box having been filled with sand &c., the cap N is cottered to the projecting portion A<1> of the ram. Pressure is then admitted to the top of the piston Q and the flange part of the core is thus rammed, the cap N being held in lower position by levers. The ram is then driven upward, the compression piece C being thus lifted to complete the formation of the core, and a sliding cotter S is placed under the piece C. The cap N is provided with a loose flanged bush T which permits the portion A<1> to rise after the cap has been fixed. After the operation, the ram is again lowered and the cap lifted off, and the two halves of the core box are moved to the end of their slides.
Patent GB-190700919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Clocks.
Inventor: PARSONS ISAAC HARDY
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1908-01-14
Abstract: 919. Parsons, I. H., and Ball, A. E. J. Jan. 14. Electric clocks.-The pendulum of an electric clock of the type described in Specification No. 24,620, A.D. 1904, is adapted to trip and receive an impulse from the gravity lever in one and the same swing. Fig. 7 shows a centre seconds escape-wheel progressing with a seconds movement. Every halfminute, as the pendulum A swings to the left taking with it the bell-crank F and trip lever G, one of the pins J, J<1>, on the escape-wheel engages the bell-crank and raises its weighted arm F. The trip lever then falls into position to free the catch M from the roller O during the return swing, freeing 'the weighted lever N, which falls just as the apex of the pallet passes the roller P, the latter running down the surface R<1> and imparting an impulse to the pendulum. The weighted lever is restored by an electro-magnet the circuit of which is closed at S, S', as described in the previous Specification. In an alternative arrangement, a centre escape-wheel progresses with a two-seconds movement, a click on the trip lever advancing the escape-wheel by two-second steps. In the arrangement shown in-Fig. 4, as the pendulum swings to the right, the arm G engages the detent arm M<1> feeding the escape-wheel E through the space of a tooth by means of the click C<2>. When the arm G escapes from the detent, the table M<3> raises the screw G<6> allowing the click to return to a position ready to engage the next tooth on the return swing of the pendulum. When, however, the click enters a deeper cut tooth at prearranged intervals, the catch C<3> engages and turns the hook M to free the weighted lever N which falls, the roller P running along the pallet R<1> and imparting an impulse to the pendulum at or about its centre of oscillation. The descent of the weighted lever closes the circuit of the electro-magnet U through the contacts S, S<1>, the lever then being restored to its normal position, while the circuit is broken by the contact of the screw S<2> and insulating stud S<3>. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the nose G<3> of the trip lever G frees the weighted impulse lever every time the pendulum swings to the right. The pin G' acting on the incline G<1> raises the trip lever, permitting the restoration of the weighted lever by the electromagnet. A cast-metal base with bridges and bars adapted for carrying the pivots of the working parts is described, as are also various forms of angular impulse pallets with rollers or their equivalents.