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Patent GB-190428995-A (GB)
Title: Bill Delivery Mechanism for Meters.
Inventor: GALLAGHER RICHARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 28,995. Gallagher, R. W. Dec. 30. Receipts, checking and recording; counting-apparatus; liquid meters. - Apparatus applicable to gas, electricity, liquid, and other meters enables a printed or perforated record to be taken of the amount registered at any time. The record may be taken in duplicate, one to serve as a bill for the consumer, the other to be filed by the inspector. The apparatus may be controlled mechanically or electrically f r o m the registering-train, with or without the usual directr e a d i n g dials. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the record is perforated in three strips, wound off spools 22, over a rubber or other platen 25, two of the strips passing out through a slot in the door of the casing, and the third being wound on a roller 32. A frame 12 adapted to slide on guides 17 carries a plate 20 with a number of fixed perforators, arranged to give the number of the meter and other details, and numbering-wheels 15 with driving-wheels 40 normally gearing with the wheels of the registering-train 44. The frame is depressed by means of the slotted yoke-shaped lever 5 and the pins 11. The end of the lever works through a slot in the door 2, so arranged that the door can only be opened, for re-setting the mechanism, while the lever is depressed. On the return of the lever by springs 9, the strips are fed forwards between rollers 27, 28, the latter being driven by wheels 29, 30, ratchet and pawl 35, lever 34, and link 33. The door 2, hinged at 3, is secured by a padlock or otherwise, and a door 24 is provided for access to the spools 22. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, contacts 54 arranged on each of the dials of the ordinary register are connected to one pole of a battery, while the four pointers are connected through four electromagnets 67 to the other pole. The armatures 77 of the electromagnets are carried by levers, pivoted on two cross-bars 75, and having spring- pressed pawls to drive ratchet-wheels attached to numbering-wheels on a shaft 73. Detents are arranged to prevent backward motion. The frame carrying these parts slides in the casing, and can be depressed on to the strips and carbon sheets 84, 85, 87, 88 by means of a push-button 83. An oblong flange 97 with cutting-edges is arranged to enter a corresponding trough 95 and cut out a piece from the upper strip only, the detached portion passing over a sharp edge through a slot 107. The lower strip, carbon strips, and the remaining portion of the upper strip are all wound on to a roller 92 driven by a spring pawl 99 attached to the sliding frame.
Patent GB-190501475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clogs.
Inventor: VERE JOHN DE
Filed: 1905-01-25
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 1475. Vere, J. de. Jan. 25. Clogs; noise, preventing.-The object of the invention is to enable the wearing surfaces to be easily renewed. The wooden or other heel-piece 8 and the sole-piece 9 are fitted in a frame 1 of aluminium or other light metal, which is cast with a horseshoe flange 2 at the heel, and with flanges 4 along the sides of the sole. The heel and sole pieces 8, 9 are secured in place by nails or screws 10, and, to prevent them from moving endwise, cross ribs 11, 12 are sometimes cast on the frame 1. The upper surface of the frame 1 is fitted with a lining 6 of wood, woodite, or other non-conducting material secured in place by rivets 7, or by cementing, a space, however, being left round the edges of the frame for the clog upper and binding, which are nailed to the wood lining 6. The solepiece 9 may, if desired, be divided into several parts separated by ribs cast on the frame 1, thereby enabling any one part to be renewed separately when worn. Plugs of rubber, composition, &c. 14 may be inserted in the sole and heel-pieces to prevent noise, but, if desired, they may be provided with the usual clog irons.
Patent GB-190509126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring the Supply of Steam from Steam Generators.
Inventor: GEHRE MAX
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1906-06-01
Abstract: 9126. Gehre, M. May 1. Steam meters.-Relates to improvements in that class of steam meter described in Specification No. 21,178, A.D. 1904, for indicating the amount of steam raised and the exact load on the unit surface of the generator. The openings from both sides of the contraction o are connected by steam pipes e leading to separate water tanks k, k<1>, which are connected by water tubes c with the upper ends of a U-tube containing mercury. One limb of the U-tube may be enclosed in a protective tube g and arranged in proximity to a rotating indicator drum h. Any suitable means may be employed for recording the - motions of the mercury on the drum h. The apparatus may be modified by (1) placing the tanks k, k<1> at different levels, when a correction has to be introduced on the indicator, (2) using two capillary or other tubes, or one capillary tube and one tank. To prevent rapid fluctuations in the mercury and the passage of dirt to the mercury tube, one limb of the U-tube may be contracted, or if the tube is made in separate parts one. limb has a very small lower opening.
Patent GB-190509451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locomotives.
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-05-04
Abstract: 9451. Lentz, H. May 4. Locomotives.-In the application of steam turbines to locomotives, the steam is sent in parallel through turbines or groups of turbines mounted one upon each driving-axle, the exhaust being assisted by an induced current of air as described in Specification No. 3988, A.D. 1905. High-pressure steam is supplied to the turbines d, e, f through the nozzles j, k, m from the longitudinal steam pipe i, and the exhaust from the turbines passes between wings p in the inner wall of the chamber n and mixes with air passing through the chamber, the air being supplied from a collecting-nozzle placed at the front of the locomotive. The number of axles to which the turbines are applied may be varied, and in a locomotive with four axles the turbines may be arranged in two groups, the turbines on the two front axles receiving high-pressure steam and exhausting into the turbines on the two rear axles.
Patent GB-190510869-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Process for Treating Nickel Ores or Oxidised Nickel Mattes.
Inventor: MACIVOR RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 10,869. MacIvor, R. W. E., Fradd, M., and Metals Extraction Corporation. May 24. Nickel chloride.-Relates to a process for treating nickel ores or oxidized mattes containing nickel. The ground ore or mixed oxides resulting from the roasting of the matte is digested under pressure in a strong solution of magnesium chloride, the nickel oxide passing into solution as nickel chloride, forming a liquor from which the nickel can be obtained by known means.
Patent GB-190519871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Files.
Inventor: WINDLE EDMUND CHARLES
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 19,871. Windle, E. C., and Lavender, H. P. Oct. 2. Filing papers &c. -Relates t o improvements in letter files of the kind described in Specification No. 19,670, A.D. 1903. The lower wire 1 is bent to form the base bar 2, and has an eye 3 to receive the joint pin 4 of the stirrup piece 8, Fig. 6, secured to the upper wire 5. The base bar 2 works in a trough 10 stamped out of the bracket, which has screw holes for attachment to the file and a loop 9 for hanging up. A blade spring 18, retained by bentover lugs 16 on the bracket, presses on the surfaces 19 of the stirrup to hold the wire 5 closed, and on the surfaces 20 to hold it open. When folded down sideways for packing, the wires are held by the spring engaging the side of the stirrup piece.
Patent GB-190520131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements applicable to Pneumatic Tyres for Wheeled Vehicles
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 20,131. Taylor, C., and Riding, J. F. Oct. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tyres, pneumatic.-To prevent skidding and puncture of pneumatic tyres, the outer cover is formed with a circumferential groove a in which is placed a baud c of leather covered by overlapping metallic plates d secured to the leather band by rivets e.
Patent GB-190520600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of and Devices for Producing Scenic Effects.
Inventor: STEVENSON JOHN
Filed: 1905-10-11
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 20,600. Stevenson, J. Oct. 11. Colour effects and optical illusions, producing.-A scenic colour effect is obtained by 'means of a coloured picture, figure, or object, or a performer dressed in clothing of different colours, the performer &c. being illuminated by light of complementary colours or viewed through complementarilycoloured transparent screens. Thus, apartofthebody dressed in red is invisible in green light, while green is invisible in red. The stage is draped in a deadblack material, and the coloured clothing is preferably of velvet material, as this only reflects light of its own colour. Partial or total disappearance of a dancer is obtained by movement within regions of different coloured lights. The effect of a zoetrope or kinematograph may be produced. A toy may be made by mounting coloured pictures or objects on a sheet of black cardboard, and viewing them through a rotatable, sliding, or movable coloured transparent screen, the colours of which are complementary to those of the picture &c.
Patent GB-190521437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for use in the Manufacture of Bleaching Liquor.
Inventor: KOTHER RICHARD
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 21,437. Kother, R. Oct. 21. Hydrogen is liberated during the electrolytic manufacture of bleaching-liquor from rock-salt solution in special apraratus, consisting of bipolar electrodes h, d arranged in step fashion, the cathode h in each compartment being above the anode d, and either perforated, as in Fig. 1, or built up of rods, to allow of the ready escape of the hydrogen.
Patent GB-190523284-A (GB)
Title: A New Game.
Inventor: EDWARDS EDWARD
Filed: 1905-11-13
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 23,284. Edwards, E. Nov. 13. Games imitating chess and draughts.-Relates to a game which is played on a board, half of which is shown, the board being divided into 360 or more squares. The squares are coloured black and white with the exception of four sets of fifteen distinctively coloured ones b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, &c. which are enclosed in zones bounded by lines d. Each player has fifteen coloured pieces, which represent sailors, soldiers, or animals &c., and are formed with flat tops marked with different numbers, the front piece of each set being preferably larger than the rest and marked with a greater number. The game consists in moving the pieces from one zone d to the opposite one, the pieces being moved forwards diagonally or in a similar manner to a chess knight. The pieces can take each other, and the large pieces can move backwards as well as forwards. Two or four players may play, and the pieces used may be replaced by flags, disks, or the like.
Patent GB-190523306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nut Tapping Machines.
Inventor: RALSTON JOHN MILLER
Filed: 1905-11-13
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 23,306. Ralston, J. M. Nov. 13. Tapping.-A nut-tapping machine of the kind described in Specification No. 22,612, A.D. 1904, is modified to tap nuts of various sizes. The locking- bars q<1> for the upper grips are mounted on angularly adjustable eccentric pins q<3> so as to be able to accommodate larger or smaller tap shanks, the lower grips 3<a> are acted on by springs 4b in torsion instead of in compression, the nut-sockets 24<c> are slid sideways on to the bottom of the plunger 24<a> and locked by being a quarter rotated, and the plunger is pivoted at 24b to the upper spring- pressed half 24 of the same to permit of the removal and replacing of the taps and sockets.
Patent GB-190601513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Lever Locking and Controlling Devices, more especially for Cycles, Motor Cycles and other Road Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-01-19
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 1513. Larkin, G. F., and Bowden's Patents Syndicate, E. M. Jan. 19. Brakes. - Levers such as those described in Specifications No. 22,374, A.D. 1901, and No. 9641, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Velocipedes], for operating brakes, valve-lifters, ignition devices, change-speed gears, and the like are provided with a locking-device for holding the lever in any "on" position. In a case a attached to the arched clip of the lever is a cam-shaped block i to which is attached the inner member d of the Bowden mechanism, this member being fixed to a pin pivoted in the block. The outer member f is brought up against the stop e on the forward part a' of the case a.. A pin k, fixed to the lower part of the block i, passes through slots j in the case a and through slots l in the bulge of the lever c. In transmission mechanism where there is a push on the outer member f and a pull on the inner, the outer member would be pushed by the block i, and the inner would be fixed to the box ; where there is a push upon the inner member and a pull on the outer, the inner would be fixed to the block i, and the outer to the case a, the block sliding and being forced in the reverse way to what is done in the case of the ordinary Bowden mechanism.
Patent GB-190612271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Velocipede Ambulances.
Inventor: BEATTIE ERNEST
Filed: 1906-05-26
Granted: 1907-05-25
Abstract: 12,271. Beattie, E. May 26. Cycles adapted for use as ambulances.-In a velocipede ambulance propelled by the riders or by a motor, a frame A supported upon two wheels in line and a third outer wheel carries three tubular stretcher-supporting sockets, one G upon a lateral projection or bracket G<2>, and two H<1>, H<2> upon the axle of the rear wheels. Each socket contains a spring on which the feet of the stretcher rest, and the sockets are of such a height as to allow the stretcher to lie above the outer wheel. Four sockets may be provided. The front rider alone steers. Reference is made to Specification No. 13,006, A.D. 1905. The Provisional Specification refers to a modification in which there are two road wheels at the front and two in the rear.
Patent GB-190612717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners.
Inventor: WEBB JOSEPH EDMUND
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 12,717. Webb, J. E. May 31. Incandescent gas burners. -The burner head comprises a removable ring 12 surrounding fingers 10 supporting a closing-plate 9, provided with a screwed socket I having a lateral hole 15 and with a gauze 8, which when below the plate 9 may be cylindrical. The burner head is carried on a pipe 13, which is preferably formed separate from the mixing-tube 7 and rests on a rubber or other elastic base 14, which is preferably located above the mixing chamber 1. A cone 6 is provided to increase the velocity of the mixture of gas and air, the supply of the latter, which passes through gauze 2, being preferably regulated by a screwed cap 3.
Patent GB-190615539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Corundum for the Manufacture of Ceramic and other Compositions.
Inventor: ENGELHORN FRITZ
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 15,539. Engelhorn, F., [trading as Boehringer & Soehne, C. F.]. July 9. Pottery. - Natural or artificial corundum or molten aluminium oxide is mixed with water and cement, lime, or gypsum, or other binder which hardens with water, and is moulded or cast, and burnt, for the production of ceramic masses for all kinds of implements, vessels, and articles for chemical, metallurgical, and other purposes, for alkali-proof diaphragms, for coatings and linings for metals, and as protective coatings for fireproof and other cements.
Patent GB-190620241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Making Cigarettes.
Inventor: APTEKMAN LAZARIDAS
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 20,241. Aptekman, L. Sept. 11. Cigarette - making appliances. -In cigarette-making machines of the kind in which tobacco is moulded in a cylindrical chamber and forced longitudinally into a paper cigarette tube by a stopper or filler provided with a concave extension which holds the tobacco, the moulding-chamber d is formed in a metal cylindrical bar c secured at the ends to standards b, b<1>. The bar c is fitted with a thin tube f, having an opening i one edge of which opens and closes the chamber d, and is provided with a radial plate j which, in conjunction with a similar plate j<1> secured to the bar c, forms' a feeding-hopper for the tobacco. A stopper l, fitted with a spoon or concave holder k, carries the tobacco into the paper tube which is held on the delivery tube o by a spring holder.
Patent GB-190624508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanically-operated Signs or Advertisements on Motor-driven Road Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 24,508. Wellington, F. F., and British Automobile Commercial Syndicate. Nov. 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Advertising. -Motor-vehicles are provided with a plurality of signs, emblems, letters, or advertisements, each carried by a vertically-movable rod operated by a cam, eccentric, &c. mounted on a shaft receiving motion from the motor-driven vehicle ; the rods are located between screens or side plates, and the movement is such that the advertisements &c. are intermittently exposed to view. In the construction shown, a series of tablets 6, each bearing a sign &c., are carried on the ends of vertical rods 1 mounted in guides 2 carried by side plates 3, 4. The lower ends of the rods 1 rest on eccentrics 7 mounted on the shaft 8 driven from the countershaft 9, which is itself driven from the driving-shaft 10 of the vehicle. Cams &c. may be used to raise the rods and tablets, or the lower ends of the rods may be provided with eccentric straps which surround the eccentrics. The tablets may be formed hollow and translucent to admit of interior illumination. According to the Provisional Specification, the tablets &c. may be carried at the ends of straight or curved arms radiating from an horizontal shaft arranged transversely of the vehicle. The shaft is driven by belt or other gearing from the driving-mechanism of the car, and the arms as they rotate emerge from between the side plates.
Patent GB-190624752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture or Production of, Covers for the Rubber Springs of Railway and Tramway Bogie-trucks and the like
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 24,752. Levick, J. Nov. 5. Springs.-Covers or caps e for protecting rubber springs or buffering - devices a of railway and tramway bogie - trucks and the like, instead of being formed integrally with the washers c, d used with such springs, are made from separate pieces of sheet zinc or other metal pressed into the form shown by a spinning or similar process.
Patent GB-190625112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Air for Blast Furnaces
Inventor: HARBORD FRANK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,112. Harbord, F. W. Nov. 8. Drying air.-In drying air for blast furnaces, salts other than calcium chloride or salts that liquefy in their water of absorption which are capable of absorbing moisture and of being dehydrated at a moderate temperature, are employed. Porous bodies, such as pumice or infusorial earth, are saturated with solutions of the salts, such as zinc, copper, and magnesium sulphates, and dehydrated by hot air or gas. The blast is then passed over or through the porous bodies, which are subsequently dehydrated by the passage of hot air or gas. The porous bodies may be placed in one or more chambers so arranged that the blast and a current of hot air or gas may be alternately passed through them.
Patent GB-190629488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Bedsteads
Inventor: BRENNAN GEORGE
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 29,488. Brennan, G. Dec. 27. Bedsteads.-A foldiug bedstead comprises end frames A, B, Fig. 3, hinged at 5 to a connecting- bar 4, and a spring mattress C, Fig. 6, pivoted upon a rod 13 supported by struts 12, 17, Fig. 3, the latter being swivelled to leg extensions 10. When the mattress is tilted, the end frames are folded inward against the bar 4, as shown in dotted lines. The extensions 10 being rigid upon the posts 1 turn outwards, and serve to support the folded bed. When unfolded and in position, the structure is locked by means of pins 20, Fig. 6, upon the mattress engaging in lugs 18, Fig. 3, carried by the posts 2. In a modified form for a double bed, the frames A, B are pivoted between their ends, to a rod 23, Fig. 16, which carries extra legs 10 and journaled struts 27, the latter serving as pivots for the mattress. In the open position, pins on the mattress engage lugs 18, 18<x>, the latter being hinged so that they may be turned up to allow the mattress to pass, in folding or unfolding the bed. The bedclothes may be retained in position by means of straps and buttons.
Patent GB-190700037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cans and Closures therefor.
Inventor: DUCKER ORLANDO
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 37. Ducker, O. Jan. 1. Stopper.-The friction surfaces 47, 48 of a can lid, shaped as shown in Figs. 1 and 7, engage parts 7, 8 of a separate piece of metal having flanges 5,12 which are soldered to the sides of the can body. The double edge 49 of the lid bears against the shoulder 10. The air in the enclosed space 13 tends to maintain the parts 7, 8 in their original positions when the lid is taken off and replaced repeatedly. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 8 show modified arrangements in which different sections of the separate annular piece of metal are employed, and Figs. 2 and 3 show arrangements in which the parts 7, 8 are formed integral with the body of the can.
Patent GB-190700599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Disinfecting, Distributing Perfumes and the like for Air Purification in Lavatories, Earth and Water Closets, Hospital Wards and the like.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM LACY
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 599. Clark, W. L. Jan. 9. Disinfecting. - When the piston M is drawn downwards by means of a pull-chain, disinfectant is drawn from a reservoir B through pipes E, E<1> into the upper part of the cylinder J, the supply being regulated by a stop tap F. When the pull is released, the piston is forced back by a spring N and the liquid forced along the pipe 0<1> to a flushing-cistern or closet basin. At the end of the stroke the surplus liquid is returned to the tank B along a pipe G<1>, which also serves as an air-vent. As the piston is drawn down, air is forced along a pipe P<1> and inlet P<3> into a tank Q, from which it forces disinfectant or perfume in the form of spray at the nozzle S. The apparatus may be used in lavatories, hospital wards, &c., and may be arranged to act automatically.
Patent GB-190701636-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Partially Impregnating Articles of Wood or other Materials
Inventor: OHLSSON JOHN OLOF
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 1636. Ohlsson, J. O. Jan. 22. Wood, treating.-In order to impregnate piles, posts, logs, &c.only in parts although wholly immersed in the impregnating liquid or gas, the surface is coated at those portions which it is not desired to impregnate, or to impregnate in a lesser degree, with some material which offers resistance to the impregnating- matter. The resistant material may consist of sheetmetal sleeves or ribbons, resinous or fatty substances, of silica precipitated within the pores of the surface, gypsum, aluminium hydrate, or even the natural bark or bast of the log which is allowed to remain where impregnation is not desired. The resistant material may be removed or left on the article after the impregnation.