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Patent GB-190417442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Controllers
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM HARDING
Filed: 1904-08-10
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 17,442. Scott, W. H. Aug. 10. Motors, controlling.- Controllers of the drum type for series or for shunt motors are provided with an automatic cam - operated circuit - breaker, (which is replaced when the controller is brought to the 'off' position), and with an auxiliary switch operated by another cam on the controller arranged to close and energize an electromagnet which holds the switch closed, before the main drum contacts complete the circuit. For shunt-wound motors, a cam A, Fig. 1, has a limited loose motion on the controller shaft B, so that it can hold the circuit-breaking switch C on until the first of the main contacts of the drum controller is made, when the motor shunt is energized, and the switch is then held on by the electromagnet or electromagnets E. The cam now moves round with the controller arm, rapidly out of engagement with the switch. In the event of an overload or a failure of voltage, the electromagnet E becomes demagnetized, and the switch is broken by the springs F. The controller handle must be brought round to the 'off' position again in order to replace the circuit.breaking switch C, and, owing to the limited free motion of the cam A, the cut-out switch during its operation by the cam will act a little later on break than upon make, so that the switch will not be replaced until the drum contacts D have broken the circuit. For serieswound motors, the cam A, Fig. 4, is fixed on the shaft, and the magnet or magnets E in a separate circuit of high resistance. A switch H, operated by an additional cam G on the controller shaft, closes this high-resistance circuit against the spring I after the drum contacts D are broken. To prevent the controller from stopping in the halfway positions, a specially-shaped cam-wheel M is connected to the drum D. A roller N at the end of the lever O is pressed by a spring Q on to the cam M, so that the cam and drum are constrained to stop at certain places. A spring with ends L, L' pressing upon the projection P surrounds the spindle B, so that the pin K connected to the handle on being turned round to the left will first open the spring L, L'. The pin K then comes into contact with the cam-wheel, and the cam is carried round into the position shown in Fig. 6. By reason of the spring, the cam-wheel, however, is unstable in this position, and will return to the former position unless it is taken onward to the position shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190418383-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Indicating Device for Electrical Fire Alarms.
Inventor: HOENICKE REINHOLD
Filed: 1904-08-24
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 18,383. Hoenicke, R. Aug. 24. Alarms, fire and temperature. - The alarm is operated by the expansion of a bent spring A, and is provided with an adjusting- disc B. Should one of a system of alarms be wrongly adjusted, so that it breaks the circuit at a lower temperature, it is localized by the dropping of a sleeve E,normally suspended from the contactpoint C. If the alarm is horizontal, o r inclined, the sleeve may be actuated by a spring. In a modification, the pointer consists of an arm pivoted near the bottom of the casing and pressed by a spring against the contact-point C, so that, when the contact is broken, the pointer swings to one side and projects through the casing.
Patent GB-190423510-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Dissolution and Proportional Feeding of Solid Anti-fouling Agents for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: JACQUIN-BARBIER LOUIS
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 23,510. Barbier, L. Jacquin-. Oct. 31. Drawings to Specification. Date indicators.-An apparatus for supplying antifouling agents to steam generators carries a dial provided with three index fingers of different lengths for recording, by hand, the time, day, and date of the last supply.
Patent GB-190424176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: DION ALBERT DE
Filed: 1904-11-08
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 24,176. Dion, Marquis A. de, and Bouton, G. June 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosivev a p o u r engines, carburetting i n, The carburetter is provided with tubular valves 6, 7, the inner valve 7, which may be adjusted longitudinallybysligbtly rotating the shaft 15, regulating the air supply, while the valve 6 regulates the supply of mixture to the engine through the outlet 11. The normal air supply is fed to the interior of the inner valve 7 through the passages 8, 9 and past the underside of the valves 6, 7. An auxiliary air inlet is provided by bringing the port 12 into coincidence with the inlet 13 in the valve 6. The engine may be governed by cutting off the supply of mixture by rotating the outer valve 6. The two valves are arranged to rotate simultaneously by means of a pin working in a vertical slot (not shown). The hydrocarbon supply, which is controlled by the piston suction, is fed through the spraying-nozzle in the ordinary way
Patent GB-190425437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Joints of Stoneware and other Pipes
Inventor: EWING ROBERT
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 25,437. Ewing, R. Nov. 23. Spigot-and-socket joints.-Relates to spigot-andsocket joints of stoneware &c. pipes, of the type described in Specification No. 14,926, A.D. 1893, in which a projection in line with the bore of the pipe springs from the perpendicular face of the socket, and has a band or collar with a saddle to support the spigot end of the pipe, as described in Specification No. 10,895. A.D. 1900. The inner wall F, Fig. 1, about one-half the length of the outer wall of the socket, is provided with a collar, faucet, or saddle, such as K, which is recessed or scored, as shown in Fig. 5, or provided with a. concentric or crescent-shaped piece A, Fig. 2, or A<b>, Fig. 3, so as to support the spigot end in alignment. A saddle collar C, Fig. 4, attached to, or forming part of, the spigot or outlet is fitted to assist in retaining the jointing-material, which is poured through holes L into the recess I around the abutting ends of the pipes. The abutting ends may be formed with a ring or rings E, Fig. 6, or G, Fig. 7. A fillet of cement may be used instead of the collar C.
Patent GB-190425788-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Non-conducting Coverings, Blocks and Slabs suitable of Covering Steam Pipes, Boilers and the like and for other purposes.
Inventor: MICHELL HENRY COLBECK
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 25,788. Michell, H. C. Nov. 27, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Refractory blocks; slabs.-Non-conducting coverings, blocks, and slabs for covering steam pipes, boilers, and the like and the pipes used for conveying cooled brine in refrigerating-apparatus, and for other purposes, and composed of asbestos and a silicious binding-agent, with or without other ingredients, after being moulded and dried in the mould, are subjected to a temperature of about 1000‹ C. to cause the silicious material to combine with the asbestos. The non-conducting bodies may be built up by distributing a solution of sodium silicate over a layer of loose asbestos, or by intimately mixing the asbestos and the silicate solution. The bodies may be in the form of shells filled with mica and open filling-material of the kind described in Specification No. 4970, A.D. 1901, or with other non-conducting material ; or they may be formed of an intimate mixture of asbestos, filling-material, a binding-agent, and a non-hygroscopic substance, moulded to shape as described in the above-mentioned Specification. When the filling-material comprises a substance that will be burnt out during the subsequent heating, the non-conducting properties of the resulting product are often enhanced.
Patent GB-190427757-A (GB)
Title: White Pigment.
Inventor: GIBAND JACQUES
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 27,757. Giband, J., and Bang, O. March 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pigments.-Calcium sulphate, calcium carbonate, magnesia, and magnesium carbonate, either separately or together, are added to, or precipitated with, zinc sulphide or lithopone to form a white pigment.
Patent GB-190428648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic and other Elastic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: MCCONECHY JAMES
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,648. McConechy, J. Dec. 29. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A leather, balata, or like band e of dovetail section is secured in the groove b in the tread of a pneumatic or other tyre for a motor car or the like. The band may be secured by cementing, by grooves and projections on it and the tread, by rivets or the like i<1>, or by transverse leather and metal straps o. The band may be a complete ring, when it is sprung into the groove on the tread, or its ends may be connected by a hinge joint l, Fig. 7, or it may be in lengths which are separated by portions of the tread. In one form, a metal wire or ring, which may be capable of expansion by springs, is let into a central groove on the face of the band.
Patent GB-190501093-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Winding and Supply Roll for Typewriters.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-01-19
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 1093. Marks, G. C., [Hammond Typewriter Co.]. Jan. 19. Typewriters.-Relates to a winding and supply roll for the paper-carriage of a typewriter. Between the end plates 1 of the carriage is secured a cylindrical paper-holder 2, preferably of wire netsting. Within this is a winding and supply roller 6 pivoted in brackets 7 attached to the end plates by pins 8 and thumb-screws 9. The roller may be rotated by means of a button 10 on the end of its shaft, and is provided with a deep longitudinal groove 12. The paper to be written on is passed between the feed-rolls 3 and into the groove 12 in the roller 6. The roller is then rotated, so that the paper is wound on to it. A spring-pressed pin in the roller enters a recess in one of the plates 7 to show when the mouth of the groove 12 is below the feed-rolls. The paper is fed for line-spacing by the rolls 3, which can overcome the resistance offered by the spring-pressed pin to the turning of the roller. The roller 6 may be used to support cards of different sizes by providing it with grooves 16 of different depths. The roller is then fixed in the required position by means of a nut 19 engaging a screw on one of the end plates 15 of the roller.
Patent GB-190502879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements pertaining to the Production of Motive Power by Means of Rotary Motors or Turbines.
Inventor: SAYERS WILLIAM BROOKS
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1906-02-10
Abstract: 2879. Sayers, W. B. Feb. 11. Drawings to Specification. Impact-wheels.-Relates to improvements on the method described in Specification No. 24,742, A.D. 1903, of imparting the energy of steam to a working liquid, and consists in making the expansion tube of such a length that the energy of the steam is efficiently imparted to the working liquid. The invention may also be applied to apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 2878, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190507916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Purification of Sulphuric Acid
Filed: 1905-04-13
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 7916. Driffield, V. C., Wright, F. W., and United Alkali Co. April 13. Arsenic salts; sulphuric acid.-Sulphuric acid is freed from arsenic by treatment with air and hydrochloric acid or a suitable chloride, such as common salt. The hydrochloric acid may be in the liquid or in the gaseous form, and the treatment with air may take place simultaneously with, or after, the treatment with the acid. A suitable apparatus for carrying out the process is shown in the Figure. The sulphuric acid enters the vessels A, by the pipe B ; liquid hydrochloric acid is admitted by the pipes C, and air by the pipes D. The purified acid issues by the pipe E, while the arsenious chloride produced and the residual hydrochloric acid escape by the pipes F. If the impurity is present in the arsenic state, a reducing-agent, such as sulphur dioxide, is used. The arsenious chloride may be treated as desired for the preparation of arsenic compounds.
Patent GB-190515888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Furnace Flues of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: ROGERS RICHARD
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 15,888. Rogers, R., and Leuty, J. H. C. Aug. 3. Flues, internal.-The furnace is cut short at the front end and is made up to the required length by a separate ring A. The object is to enable the furnace to be tilted to allow the back flange to pass under the edge of the rear tube-plate. The sides of the combustion chamber are suitably shaped, as shown in Fig. 2, for the passage of the back flange. To protect the joint between the ring A and the furnace from the heat, the dead-plate may be widened or the air spaces between the front ends of the fire-bars may be closed for a distance of three to six inches.
Patent GB-190516064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermostatic Devices for Indicating when Lamps are Extinguished.
Inventor: ELI ALEXANDER CHARLES
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 16,064. Eli, A. C., and Kelsey, S. W. Aug. 5. S i g n a l s, automaticalarm.-An electric device for indicating when lamps, such as the rear lamps of motor-cars and railways trains, are extinguished, is controlled by the contraction on cooling of a metal bar d placed above the flame. The metal bar d connects two pivoted arms a, a<1>. One a<1> of these is movable and has an extension a<2> at the back, which, when the bar d contracts, is moved against an insulated contact e and so causes an electric current which rings a bell, lights a lamp, or otherwise gives the alarm. In modifications: (1) One end of the bar is fixed and the other connected to a spring arm; when the bar contracts it pull the spring arm against an insulated contact and so causes a current; (2) the bar is enclosed by a porcelain or other tube.
Patent GB-190517531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polarized Electromagnets
Inventor: DRURY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-08-30
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 17,531. Drury, W. Aug. 30. Telegraphs; telephones. -Relates to the polarization of electro-magnets used for telegraphy, telephony, and other purposes. Magnetism is induced in the cores of a pair of electro-magnets E, E<1> by one or more permanent magnets M fitted together and charged so that their extreme ends N, N' are both of the same polarity. The electromagnets E, E' are fixed upon these extreme ends with their cores in the same plane and with their free ends facing each other. A soft-iron armature A is pivoted close to the permanent magnet or magnets at S so as to play between the electromagnets.
Patent GB-190517861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Shafts
Inventor: HERBERT MILLS SMITH
Filed: 1905-09-04
Abstract: 17,861. Smith, H. M. Sept. 6,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Step and verticalshaft bearings.-A yielding pivot bearing for electric meters &c. com. prises a pivot 8 engaged by a spring 5 placed in a bore 4 in the shaft 3. The motion of the pivot is limited by a rod 6 and by the head 7. A guiding-plug 9, screwed into the shaft, is provided with gear teeth 10 to engage a wheel 11 of the registering - train. The pivot engages a revolving jewel 12, or is cup-shaped to engage a ball. In a modification, the teeth 10 are formed on the shaft and a conical plug is driven into the mouth of the bore 4.
Patent GB-190519265-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Trimming Bottle and like Caps
Inventor: HADFIELD JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-23
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 19,265. Hadfield, J. H. Sept. 23. Slitting. - Relates to a device for trimming bottle and like caps, and comprises two mutually pivoted arms a, c which carry cutting-rolls g, i. One of the arms is rigidly mounted on a stand b, and the arms are normally held apart by a spring j. In operation, a bottle with its applied cap is inserted between the rolls, which are caused to grip the bottle neck and cap, the bottle is then given a turn, and the cap is trimmed off by the cutters.
Patent GB-190525353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Devices for Generating Electricity on Motor Cars or Motor Boats.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 25,353. Taylor, J. Dec. 6. Motor road vehicles.-A wind motor and dynamo are mounted on a motor car or boat so that the air or wind resistance is utilized to generate electricity for charging batteries, lighting, &c. A fan 1 is mounted within a conical casing 9 upon the armature shaft 2 of a dynamo which is carried by a bracket 5 from the car. When used for a motor running on rails, the entire apparatus may be mounted on pivots so that it can be reversed at the end of a journey, and it may be fitted with a tail or vane 14. The shaft 2 has a small end long motion, and bears against a spring 7. When the wind pressure on the fan is sufficient, and consequently when the fan is revolving at sufficient speed, the shaft and spring are forced back and a stud 8 completes the circuit. Two or more fans may be mounted on each shaft. The Provisional Specification states that a turbine may be used, that the dynamo may be driven from the wind motor by a belt, that several tubes may be employed to conduct air from several points to the wind motor, and that the electricity produced may be used as an auxiliary driving power.
Patent GB-190605921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Let-off Mechanism for Looms for Weaving.
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 5921. British Northrop Loom Co., and Hollins, D. M. March 12. Loom let-off motions. - Relates to means for readily disconnecting the let-off and rotating the warp beam rapidly to slacken the warp, and refers to let-off mechanism which is governed automatically by the tension of the warp, and particularly to the type in which the warp beam is positively rotated by a pawl-driven ratchet-wheel d loose on a shaft c but conveying motion through simple reducing-gear f, g to the shaft c and thus to the let-off beam, as described, for example, in Specification No. 25,314, A.D. 1903. Instead of being fast, the toothed wheel f is loose on the shaft c, but is provided on its outer or front face with an annular series of teeth f<1>, with any of which a spring-pressed finger h pivoted on a stud i<1> on a boss i on the shaft c is adapted to engage, so that the warp roller is normally rotated. The finger h is provided with a knob or handle h<1>, by which it may be drawn back, thus disconnecting the wheel f and shaft c, and the latter can then be turned rapidly backwards by means of the handle h<1>.
Patent GB-190607152-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Shape of Shirt Collar.
Inventor: LANE ROBERT BAILEY
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 7152. Lane, R. B. March 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Collars. - T h e peaks of stand-up collars are made of semicircular or segmental shape . as shown in Fig. 1. The fold-over line a, b may be vertical.
Patent GB-190607312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway Wagons
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 7312. Crumpton, T., and Turner, Ltd., G. R. March 27. Door opening and closing apparatus.-Relates to a device for operating discharging-doors of railway wagons. For hinged doors, the screwed rod e abuts against the door c and a pair of links b hinged to the door a are connected to a nut f. By the movement of the handle e<1> at the side of the wagon, the nut traverses the screwed rod e and the doors are opened or closed. The arrangement is also shown in the Specification operating single hinged or sliding doors.
Patent GB-190611002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bath-room Wash-basins and Fittings therefor
Inventor: ADAMS ERNEST FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 11,002. Adams, E. F. May 10. Hinges for attaching lavatory basins to baths. The hinges i are fastened to the bath rim a' by one of the following means :-A clamping-screw above the rim, Fig. 6, or below ; a pivoted lever s and screw k, Fig. 7 ; a link u, Fig. 9, hinged to the hinge and fastened to the wall by a screw k ; or the hinge may be in the form of a screw, Fig. 8, passing through a lug clipped to the rim or screwed upon a wooden rim and bearing against the wall.
Patent GB-190613212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Turbines.
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 13,212. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, & Co. June 7, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-To enable the high-pressure part of a compound turbine to be fitted with long blades, the low-pressure part is formed in two balancing sections working in parallel. The lowpressure blades G<1>, G<2>, Fig. 1, are arranged in two symmetrical opposing groups, and steam from the high-pressure portion H divides and passes in opposite directions through the low-pressure blades, one part passing through the hollow drum N.
Patent GB-190613659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paint Brushes
Inventor: SCHMID-ENGWEILER HERMANN
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 13,659. Engweiler, H. Schmid-. June 14. Handles.-Two, three, or more knobs b of bristles, each forming a brush, are combined with a common handle a for the purpose of marbling &c.
Patent GB-190620916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRAMLEY-MOORE SWINFEN
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 20,916. Moore, S. Bramley-, Sept. 20. Check valves.-To facilitate the removal of the poppet valves of internal-combustion engines, the spring bears against a flanged collar secured to the end of the valve stem and bearing against 'and locking a transverse cotter, slotted washer, or other suitable device. To remove the valve A, Fig. 1, the collar B is screwed up the valve stem a until clear of the cotter D, whereupon the latter is withdrawn and the collar is screwed off. The collar may have an hexagonal head b<1>, Fig. 2, or may be adapted to be held by a tommy. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the collar is screwed on to a sleeve E secured to the valve stem by a cotter F, and bears against and locks a slotted washer G, Figs. 5 and 7..
Patent GB-190622821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heel Pads for Boots & Shoes.
Inventor: LEACH JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-16
Granted: 1907-10-16
Abstract: 22,821. Leach, J. Oct. 16. Heel protectors.-Relates to a heel protector of the kind wherein one or more pads of rubber &c. are detachably held by a plate conforming to the curvature of the boot heel, and are retained in position by a filling-piece disposed between the ends of the plate. This filling-piece, Figs. 3 and 4, is let into the breast of the heel so as to be flush with the surface, as shown in Fig. 2<B>, and is secured there by a screw &c. Fig. 6 shows the filling-piece used in conjunction with a pad consisting of a number of independent sections, while Figs. 11 and 12 are views of a clip used in a similar manner to secure a protector, consisting of a pad or pads slid on to a wedge-shaped piece attached to the heel. This wedge is made with projecting pieces at the rear, as shown in Fig. 9, so as to act as a stop for the pad.
Patent GB-190624558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Propelling Navigable Vessels.
Inventor: MASSON EMILE
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 24,558. Masson, E. Nov. 2. Driving-gear for screw propellers. - Relates to the propulsion of navigable vessels of that class in which the stuffing- boxes for the propeller shafts are dispensed with, the shafts rotating in tubes open to the water. The mechanism, which is driven by a sprocket-wheel R provided with cranks and pedals P', P", consists of bevel-pinions A, C driving the vertical shaft V, housed in the tube T, and the horizontal shaft O through bevel-gearing. The shaft O is mounted in bearings L, L<1>, L<2> above which are fitted inspection doors D, D', D<11>. The vertical shaft is carried by the adjustahle bearing J, regulated by screws fixed to the 'tube, and a footstep bearing H. All the bearings are either roller or ball bearings.