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Patent GB-190503289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Heaters.
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 3289. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 16. Heating by electricity; heating water.-Figs. 1 and 2 show two forms of an electric heater for cooking. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the circuits showing means for automatically cutting off the current when it reaches a predetermined value. A casing, jacketed by a layer of heatinsulating substance, such as asbestos, fire-clay, or mineral wool, is filled with lumps or a loose mass of refractory material 5, such as quartz or a fireclay composition. Within this refractory material is embedded a granular resistance material 6, which is preferably silicon. The terminals 7, 8 are adjustable so that the active length of the silicon bed may be increased or decreased. The cover of the stove casing is provided with a removable plug 4. The casing may be surrounded with a water tank 28, as shown in Fig. 2, in which case the jacket is preferably made thinner. An oven, tea-kettle, or other vessel 27 may be inserted in the opening in the lid of the stove. When the resistance material 6 is heated beyond red-heat, an electro-magnet 17, Fig. 3, arranged in the heating-circuit draws down a spring-pressed armature 18, which makes contact with a terminal 21, thereby energizing a solenoid 22 located in a battery circuit. This solenoid 22 attracts a core 24, secured to a double-pole switch 16 in the heating-circuit, so as to break this latter circuit. When the current returns to its normal condition, the armature 18 is drawn by its spring into contact with a terminal 20, thereby energizing a second solenoid 23 in the battery circuit. This solenoid 23 then closes the switch 16.
Patent GB-190503394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Ignition Apparatus for Internal Combustion Motors and for like purposes
Inventor: MORRIS TIMOTHY
Filed: 1905-02-18
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 3394. Morris, T. Feb. 18. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The central conductor of a sparking-plug is rotatable and carries on its inner end a make-and-break device. The conductor may be directly connected to the magneto or may be driven by other means. With this arrangement, several sparks are obtained for each revolution of the conductor. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the rotating stem a, insulated from the plug body b by a porcelain bush or sleeve, carries a cross-piece c with contact-pieces d which slide over other contact-pieces e in the body of the plug. These contact-pieces consist of spring-loaded balls, as shown in Fig. 3. Another form of contact-piece is shown in Fig. 4, in which the spring-like pieces d pass over fixed pegs e. In Figs. 5 and 6 are shown rigid contacts d which engage ball contacts e projecting within an extension f of the body b. In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8, instead of the stem a, the fixed contacts e are irsulated from the cylinder.
Patent GB-190508366-A (GB)
Title: Decanting Apparatus for Purifying Water
Inventor: PULINX GEORGES CONSTANT GHISLA
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 8366. Pulinx, G. C. G., and Pulinx, C. A. G., [trading as Pulinx, C. & G.]. May 16, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Decanting and settling; filters.-Water, to which reagents &c. have been added, is delivered by the channel wand central tube k to the bottom of the cylinder a. It deposits sediment on the conical diaphragms l as it passes upwards through slits 6, and, after traversing the filter n, leaves by the pipe p. Orifices at the bottoms of the diaphragms are closed by annular valves 8 fixed to the tube k, and the sediment is discharged when the tube is lifted by the screw s so as to open the valves. The bottom of the tube is closed by a plug m. As shown, the diaphragms are supported by tubular sockets u, but they may be attached to the wall of the cylinder. The valves 8 may be arranged to open by a rotary movement of the tube k.
Patent GB-190509940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Regulation of Electric Circuits subject to Rapidly Fluctuating Loads.
Inventor: ARMISTEAD WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-11
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 9940. Armistead, W., and Tilney, M. J. E. May 11. Distributing; regulating.-Relates to the method of controlling the current in a circuit which is subject to rapid fluctuations of load, in which a secondary battery or a fly-wheel auxiliary machine is connected in series with a booster machine across the circuit leads, and consists in automatically varying the voltage of the booster machine by means of an electro-magnetic regulator, which controls the booster field current so that energy is supplied to the circuit or is stored up in the battery or fly-wheel machine according as the load on the circuit is above or below the normal. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the field k of the fly-wheel machine b is connected directly across the mains, and a variable resistance f placed in series with the field e of the booster c, which is driven by an independent motor c<1>. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the field of the regulator g, the armature of which is connected across the leads d, d', is excited by two coils h, i, which are wound to oppose each other and carry currents respectively proportional to the current from the generator a and to the pressure of the leads d, d', while in the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 the regulator g is excited by three coils, of which the coil i<1> is connected across the leads d, d' through the booster field e and the resistance f, and the coil j connected across the armature of the fly-wheel machine b. In the arrangements shown in Figs. 3 and 3<a>, the fly-wheel machine is replaced by a battery m and;the regulator g excited by three coils, of which the coils h, i carry currents respectively proportional to the current from the generator a and to the pressure of the leads d, d<1>, while the third winding i' is in one case connected across the booster c and in the other case connected in series with the booster field e and the resistance f across the leads d, d<1>. A subdivided coil may be used as described in Specification No. 27,168, A.D. 1904, in place of the coil i<1>, one part of the coil being effective while the battery m is discharging, and the other part while the battery is charging. In the arrangements in which a battery is used, the regulator g is adapted to change the direction of the booster field current. Either of the arrangements including the auxiliary fly-wbeel machine may be used in conjunction with any suitable arrangement of battery and reversible booster, or with either of the arrangements shown in Figs. 3 and 3<a>.
Patent GB-190513759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steel Railway Ties and Means for Securing Rails thereto.
Inventor: GULLIFORD ALDEN SIDNEY
Filed: 1905-07-04
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 13,759. Gulliford, A. S., and Rhoades, O. F. July 4. Sleepers; rails, securing to sleepers.-Relates to metal railway sleepers and to means for securing rails thereto. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 a transverse section, of the sleeper with a pair of rails fixed in position. Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of an end portion of the sleeper. The sleeper has its edges bent downwards so as to produce side flanges 2, another set of longitudinal ribs 3 being formed on the underside of the sleeper. Near each end the sleeper has a pair of slots 4, a bolt hole 5, and a rectangular opening 6 in which fit the clamping- pieces 8, 9, shown detached in Figs. 5 and 6. These clamping-pieces are assembled and bolted together so as to secure the rail to the sleeper as shown in Fig. 2. The slot 6 is made wide so that the clamping-pieces may be adjusted for rails having base flanges of various widths.
Patent GB-190515463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Copying Machines.
Inventor: SCHWEERS RAPHAEL
Filed: 1905-07-27
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 15,463. SchwÚers, R. July 27. Copying documents.-A means for smoothing and feeding the letters to the copying-rollers 2, 3 of the copying-apparatus 1, 2, 3, throngh which the moistened web of copying- paper 9 passes, comprises a swinging feed and smoothing roller 6 and a feeding-plate 18, fixed or pivoted in the oscillating frames 19 carrying the roller 6. In Figs. 1 and 2, the letter 21 is shown placed on an inclined table 20 against the stop on the frame 19, and the latter then moves down, permitting the letter to fall on to the roller 2. The frame 19 then moves up, the plate 18 directing the letter between the rollers 2, 3, and the rollers 6, 3 feeding it in. The roller 6 lays the letter round part of the roller 3 and acts to smooth it. In Figs. 3 and 4, two feedrollers 6, 7 and an horizontal feed-table 20 are shown. The letter is fed up to the plate 18, Fig. 4, and the plate and roller 6 then move down to the feeding position, Fig. 3. Similar arrangements to that described in Figs. 3 and 4 are described in connexion with copying-rollers 2, 3 having their axes in the same horizontal plane or nearly so.
Patent GB-190515665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Siphons.
Filed: 1905-07-31
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 15,665. Idris, T. H. W., Griffith, R. H., and Idris & Co. July 31. Siphon bottles.-The horizontal channel c, by which the liquid passes from the passage b to the nozzle, is made D-shaped as shown in Fig. 1. This gives a large flat surface d on which the washer may bear and prevents it from being drawn into the channel c and so causing spluttering. Preferably also the channel is eccentric to the passage b as shown.
Patent GB-190517316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Firearms.
Inventor: STAMM HANS
Filed: 1905-08-26
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 17,316. Stamm, H. Aug. 26. Breech actions, sliding breech - block; magazines. -Relates to gas-operated automatic guns of the type described in Specification No. 7497, A.D. 1902. Means are provided for covering the longitudinal slot 12, Fig. 1, in the breech casing for the breech-bolt handle 17 and the firing- pin handle 27, and for locking the handle 27 in either position. The cover consists of a plate 51 hinged about its lower edge, and provided with recesses 53, 54, for engaging the handle 27, slotted at 28, Fig. 6, the handle 17 being secured in the longitudinal slot between the plate 51 and the end of the slot 12. The firing-pin 25 is locked to the cylinder 20 during recoil by the broad part of the handle 27 engaging in a recess 46, Fig. 6, at the rear end of the cylinder 20, being carried during the unlocking rotation of the cylinder out of a deeper recess 45 along a connecting-incline to the shallower recess 46. Should the sear tooth 30 fail to engage the cocking-piece 26, the cylinder 20 remains locked to the firing-pin and the locking rotation cannot take place until the bolt has been drawn back again. The trigger 29 is pivoted on a pin 32 carried by a forked pivoted lever 31, and is provided with a nose 42. The sear tooth 30 is carried at the forward end of a pivoted lever 38, with a downwardly-bent rear part against which bears a lug 33, mounted on the pin 32 in a forked part of the trigger and pressed forward by a spring plunger. On the trigger being pulled, the nose 42 bears against the casing and the lever 31 is depressed so as to lower the end of the sear lever 38 by means of the lug 33, which finally releases itself by slipping off the lower edge of the lever 38. The magazine spring is connected both to the platform 41 and to the bottom 57 of the magazine box, which is formed in one piece with the breech casing 8. The bottom 57 is removably carried in transverse grooves, and is held by a' spring catch 58.
Patent GB-190522896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joint for Railways and the like.
Inventor: BUSH CHARLES
Filed: 1905-11-08
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 22,896. Bush, C. May 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. . Rail joints; chairs; chair keys and wedges.-Relates to rail joints of the type in which bolts having broad flat shanks, pass through angle-shaped fish-plates embracing the rails, and are tightened by vertical wedges locked in position by a bent metal strip, and consists of a novel combination and arrangement of parts. Fig. 3 shows a joint in which the fish-plates 2, 3 are provided with notches for spikes at their outer edge so that they can be forced against the rail and at the same time secured to the sleepers. The outer fish-plate 3 has an upper flange 7 bearing against the head of the rail, thereby forming a recess in its surface between the upper and lower flanges, into which is fitted a cushioning-piece 8, preferably of wood. A washer plate 9 with an inwardly-projecting head bears against the cushioning-strip 8. Bolts 11, Figs. 3 and 4, having outwardly-extending thicker heads 12 pass through the fish-plates, rail webs, cushioning-pieces, and locking-plates, and are secured by wedges 15 passing through holes 14 in each bolt and through holes 16 in the base of the fish-plate 3. The wedges are locked in position by a metal strip 21 which is bent under the washer-piece 9 and over the wedge-heads, and is wider at the top than the bottom so that shoulders are formed which rest on the bolt.
Patent GB-190525357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Casks, Barrels and the like and to Bushes for the Bung-holes thereof.
Inventor: RUSSELL HERBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 25,357. Russell, H. C. Aug. 17. Bungs ; vent pegs. -Relates to the class of bung-hole bushes having two flanged parts screwing together, the flanges gripping the stave between them. The object is to enable the bushes t o b e inserted in made-up casks without unheading. In one form, the inner part A is in vertical halves which are inserted separately through the bung-hole and then held by a suitable tool while the part B is screwed into place. The flange A' of the inner bush A may be channelled to allow washing-water to flow away. The interior of the bush A may be smooth for a cork &c., or may be screwed, as shown, for a metallic bush D, waxed cloth or the like E being inserted to make a tight joint. The nipple D' may be pierced for a screwed vent tube covered at its extremity by a rubber-tube valve. In a modificatioo, the bung-hole is furnished with slots C', Figs. 3 and 6, through which the flange A' of the bush A, made smaller than the bung-hole, can be passed when it is turned into the position shown in Fig. 6. The flange or the body of the bush A is furnished with pins A<3>, which enter the slots C<2> when the bush is in acting position and prevent it from turning. The hole of the bush B may be smooth or screwed, and the bung may have a vent peg as above.
Patent GB-190601810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tumbler Switches.
Inventor: DAVIES EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1906-01-24
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 1810. Davies, E. T. Jan. 24. Switches.-In a tumbler switch with two contacts on the base, a handle with toggle-levers moves a forked contact - lever, and a snap action is obtained by use of a spring. The forced ends d<2> of the coupler d are adapted to engage contacts c on the base, and the coupler d is secured to an arm e by rivets e<4>. The ends d<2> are connected by the rivets e<4>, but are insulated from the arm e, one end of which is pivoted by a pin f<2> to a bracket f on the base. A spring on the pin f<2> tends to keep the arm in its 'off' position. A link g is loosely jointed to the handle at h<3>, and to the end of the arm e, the parts being so arranged that, when the switch is closed, the pivot h' falls beyond the line joining the pivot at the end of the arm e to the pivot h'.
Patent GB-190604294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Driven Boring and Turning Mills, Slotting, Shaping, Planing, Punching and Shearing Machines or the like.
Inventor: STIRK JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1906-02-21
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 4294. Stirk, J. G. Feb. 21. Motors.-The electromotor A for driving a boring and turning mill, or a slotting, planing, shaping, punching, and shearing or other non- portable machine, is arranged within the body, bed, or frame of the machine, the bed &c. forming part of the magnetic circuit of the motor.
Patent GB-190609434-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Composition for use in Making Cakes, Buns, Scones and the like.
Inventor: VOLLENHOVEN HENDRIK WILLEM VAN
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 9434. Vollenhoven, H. W. van. April 21. Food preparations.-A fat mixture to be used for making cakes, buns, scones, gingerbread, &c., for the purpose of rendering them capable of remaining moist for long periods, consists of lard, calves' fat, olive oil, and sugar.
Patent GB-190611657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Heaters.
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1907-06-18
Abstract: 11,657. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 18. Heating by electricity.-Relates to an electric heating or cooking device consisting of a heating frame or ring within which the portion of the device to be heated fits closely. A ring, surrounded by a heating-coil 3, has an inner tapering surface 2 within which fits closely a cooking or other utensil having the lower portion tapered to correspond with the surface 2. The heating-coil which is shown detached in Fig. 3 may be separated from the ring by a layer 4 of mica, rings 5 of insulating- material further binding the coils together. The terminals 9, 10 project below the casing near the handle thereof, the terminal 10 being insulated by a sleeve 13. The apparatus may be fitted with a separate auxiliary heating-device, such as the gas burner 16, shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190612700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Homogenizing Liquids and Semi-liquids.
Inventor: SHEARS JAMES CHARLES
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 12,700. Shears, J. C. May 31. Emulsions, making.- In apparatus for homogenizing liquids and semi-liquids, the liquid is forced by a rotary pump or pumps a through orifices k in a valve seat j, and enters a chamber l against the pressure of a valve i which is rotated by spur gearing &c. h<1>, h from the pump shaft d.
Patent GB-190613927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rolling Machines for Leather & the like.
Inventor: SCHMALE ADOLF
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 13,927. Schmale, A. June 18. Supporting or mounting bearings.-In a machine for rolling leather and the like, one of the rollers is mounted in slidable spring-controlled bearings which may be lifted in order to insert the material. Sliding g bearings a carrying a roller b may be placed either above or below the fixed bearings carrying the roller c, and the pressure between the rollers is varied by adjusting- screws f which bear on the springs e. The roller b may be lifted from the roller c by means of levers k and tongues h pivoted on the shaft i or by means of projections m on the driving-wheel l, these projections giving way when the wheel is rotated in one direction and operating the tongues when rotated in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-190619146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regenerating Coke-ovens.
Inventor: DEFAYS VICTOR
Filed: 1906-08-27
Granted: 1907-08-27
Abstract: 19,146. Defays, V. Aug. 27. Coke ovens.-A regenerative coke oven, with constant direction of flame in the heating-flues, is arranged so as to obviate the use of a reversing-valve exposed to the heat of the gases, and to shorten the travel of the gases. Figs. 1 and 2 show longitudinal sections, and Fig. 5 shows a cross - section of the oven. Sole-flues k each communicate with two regenerators x, y, the alternative passage of the gases thereto being controlled by dampers a, a<1>. The dampers may be connected to levers w, h, operated by a reversing-valve. The supply of air to the heating-flues f is preferably effected by means of parallel conduits p, p<1> extending the entire length of the oven and communicating, respectively, with the regenerators y, x, and also communicating through channels l, l<1>, respectively, with combustion chambers r. The gas-supply conduit d is connected with gas-pipes c and is capped with a refractory wall e having apertures for the gas. When the oven is working, gas passes into the heating-flues from the conduits d and air is supplied from one of the regenerators to one of the conduits p, p<1>, the products of combustion passing away through the flues g and the flues k to the other regenerator. The arrangement of the flues p, p<1> forms the subject-matter of Specification No. 19,146A, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190620940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Generators.
Inventor: MANNIN CORNELIUS
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 20,940. Mannin, C. Sept. 21. Acetylene.-In a generator, water from a tank FWT open to the atmosphere flows by an orifice O to a perforated tube PT in the carbide container CO. The varying head of water is compensated for by a tapered needle N, attached to a Boat F and partly throttling the orifice 0. The tube T carrying the orifice 0 is fixed to a tapered tube T' which is pressed into a tapered tube N' by a spring S. Holes are drilled through the tubes T<2>, N<2> and when these holes coincide water is fed to the carbide. When a key K is turned, the water is shut off from the carbide but fills the tube T<2>, effecting a quick start in generation when this is again commenced. Gas produced is conducted away by a pipe D, and any excess passes by a pipe G to a chamber A' displacing water therefrom by a pipe W to an upper chamber B. Additional excess of gas bubbles up the pipe Wand escapes by orifices E to the atmosphere. The water tanks B and FWT may be undivided. In the Provisional Specification, means are described for ensuring that the gaseous pressure in the carbide container is exerted over the surface of the feed-water.
Patent GB-190623138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solid Tyres for Vehicles
Inventor: LATIMER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 23,138. Latimer, A. Oct. 19. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A solid tyre for the wheels of heavy vehicles is composed of a plurality of circumferential rows of rubber sections b, Fig. 1, and metal, papier mÔchÚ, wood pulp, or other inelastic sections a arranged alternately across the rim. Each section, Figs. 3 and 4, has a rounded crown a', b<1>, a flat or curved base a<2>, b<2>, parallel sides a<3>, b<3>, and radial ends a<4>, b<4>, and is pierced with holes. Metal rings g enclose the sections, which rest upon a bed of canvasstrengthened rubber and are held together by transverse bolts d, f. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the rows are staggered, metal or rubber sections being in alinement. According to the Provisional Specification, the sections may be threaded on transverse cords or cores of wire, rope, or other material, the ends of which are secured to the rim flanges or threaded on side retaining-bands.
Patent GB-190627434-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Blotting Appliance, and Copy Holder.
Inventor: BOURNE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-12-03
Granted: 1907-12-03
Abstract: 27,434. Bourne, W. Dec. 3. Copy-holders.-A blotting-appliance, which may also serve as a copy-bolder, comprises a base K carrying supports A in which is pivoted a rod I of non-circular section. To each of two blocks B, which can slide on the rod I, are pivoted one or two bars F on which slide bands H. Clips J, M are secured to the blocks B and bands H respectively. When the device is to be used as a copy-holder, the bands H are placed near the tons of the bars F, and the matter to be copied is held by the clips J, M. If two bars F are provided on each block, the copy may be secured between them. The device may be secured to a desk or table, or to a base containing inkstands, or the like.
Patent GB-190701381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Tar Concrete or Artificial Asphalt for Road Making, Foundations and other Purposes.
Inventor: MILLER ERNEST
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 1381. Miller, E. Jan. 18, Asphalts.-Tar concretes or artificial asphalts for road-making, foundations, and other purposes are made by impregnating the broken stone, cinders, &c. with mineral oil, such as creosote oil, oil of tar, crude petroleum, petroleum residue, &c., previous to mixing with tarry or pitchy matters.