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Patent GB-190409558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: NEWMAN WILLIAM FARISH
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1905-05-26
Abstract: 9558. Newman, W. F. April 26. Steam &c. turbines.-The main features of the invention are the construction of the fixed and moving blades, the provision of expansion spaces, and the injection of the exhausted or partiallyexhausted steam by means of high-pressure steam. The shaft 2 carries a hub 3 which has fitted to it the moving blades 4 constructed and arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, i.e., a long blade joined nearest the hub to an intermediate blade, with a short blade between them. The blades may be dovetailed together, or secured by pins 25, as shown in Fig. 7. The fixed vanes 5 are of similar construction, and both moving and fixed vanes are divided into rows by pairs of concentric rings 8 held together by screws or the like. Single rings may be used in attaching the vanes to the casing. These rings preferably coincide with recesses in the vanes, and are provided with flanges 10 to prevent the moving and fixed vanes from touching. Three rows of vanes are shown, but any number may be employed, and each row may be composed wholly of short vanes. The vanes are set at an angle to a radial line. The outer rings 12 may have flanges 11 to hold a packing-ring 13, or a light flanged band wound with wire may be used instead of the rings 12. A steamtight ring 14 encloses the moving vanes. A steam ring 15 with diverging nozzles 16 supplies the steam to the vanes through passages 17. The inner casing is shown at 18 and divergent guides at 19. The screws 21 bear on the inner casing, and the valve 20 supplies steam to the steam ring 22. The fixed blades are secured to perforated rings 7, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The steam enters by the valve 20 and passes through the rings 22, 15 and nozzles 16, 17, the fixed vanes 5, moving vanes 4, and then again through fixed vanes to the first expansion chamber 19. From here it moves through the vanes in a reverse order to the second chamber 19, and then again through the fixed and moving vanes to the chamber 23 and through the rings 7 back towards the exhaust nozzles 16. A separate nozzle is provided for each row of vanes in the case of a reversible turbine. The injector action can be varied by moving the piece 30, Fig. 8, by gear outside the casing. The fixed vanes may extend only over a part of the return or expansion space or may be dispensed with altogether, and the steam from the nozzles 16 may impinge directly on to the moving vanes. The passages 17 may be dispensed with, in which case the expanded steam is led to the exhaust pipe. The Provisional Specification states that the vanes may be arranged to cause the steam to flow radially.
Patent GB-190415462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Steaming, Cooking, or otherwise Treating with Fluids, Oates or other Granular Material.
Inventor: GRAY CHARLES
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 15,462. Gray, C. July 11. Fats and fatty oils.-An apparatus for extracting oils and the like from crushed seeds &c. by means of vaporous solvent or the like consists of two stationary concentric cylinders A, B, the inner one perforate and the outer imperforate. The material is fed through the inlet G into the inner cylinder B, and, after treatment, leaves at H. Stirrers E and ploughers E<1>, for gradually propelling the material towards the outlet, are attached to a central rotating shaft D. The vaporous solvent or the like enters the outer cylinder at I and leaves at J.
Patent GB-190416216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portiere Rods
Inventor: CHISHOLM GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,216. Chisholm, G. July 22. Lever linkages for use in connection with portiÞre rods. A portiÞre rod B is lifted and the curtain raised from the ground on opening the door by pivoting one end of a supplementary rod A to a bracket D fixed to the architrave, the other end being connected by the pivot joint a<3> to the lever support K. The lever K is pivoted at e<1> to the bracket E, and a second inclined lever k<2> assists in holding the portiÞre rod B. The end of the rod A may be forked to embrace the lever K instead of fitting in the slot. Upon opening the door, the lever K is pushed outwards and upwards.
Patent GB-190420493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: FOSTER HARRY
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 20,493. Foster, H., and Beresford, A. Sept. 23. Gas and like engines.-Combustion begins at the maximum pressure and continues until the pressure falls to a certain limit determined by the governor cutting off the gas supply. The air is supplied in excess of that needed for combustion in order to keep down the temperature. The valves and valve gear also form a feature of the invention. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a fourstroke-cycle engine. The air is highly compressed into a reservoir C in the cylinder cover by the in-stroke of the piston, the fuel being compressed by a separate pump to a slightly higher pressure- The fuel entering the cylinder by the passage D' mixes with air issuing from the passages D<5> when the valve D is opened, and burns at a high temperature, the remaining air in the reservoir C gradually passing through the automatic valve E into the cylinder until the exhaust valve is opened. The valve D is balanced by a cylinder and piston J, J<1> open to the reservoir C. Fig. 4 shows modified forms of burner valve D, which is closed by a spring, and reservoir C, which is always open through the annular passage E' to the cylinder and communicates with the burner valve by the post D<8>. In two-stroke-cycle engines, the air is compressed in the front end of the cylinder, the delivery valve being worked by resilient gear. The exhaust valves G, Fig. 7, are balanced by admitting gases from the cylinder to the space behind the piston G<3> through a passage G' controlled by a needle valve G<5>. The burner valve D, Fig. 1, is closed by the pressure in the reservoir C and opened by admitting pressure to the other side of the piston J by a distributing-valve under the control of the governor
Patent GB-190423454-A (GB)
Title: Feed-device for Wood-working Machines.
Inventor: WALTER HERRMANN
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 23,454. Walter, H. Oct. 31. Sawing.-Wood b is fed up to the saw by a fluted roller j on a shaft i mounted in movable bearings g, h, the latter of which is carried by a jack d fixed to the table and provided with a spindle n and nut p for adjusting the pressure of the spring q on the roller, which is consequently moved to or from the wood to be worked. The bearing g is carried by an arm f, and rests on a spindle m, also provided with-a nut and spring. The shaft is rotated either directly by a belt over the pulley k or, for reduction of the speed, through intermediate gearing for which a detachable support is provided.
Patent GB-190423591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Embroidering Machines.
Inventor: LAUBSCHER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,591. Laubscher, A. Nov. 1. Ornamental-sewing machines; cords, applying; presser-feet.-A cord carrier 30 is caused to lay a cord alternately on either side of the needle so as to produce the effect shown in Fig. 6. The carrier 30 is pivoted on a bracket and is suitably actuated by a cam 27 carried by a shaft 19, which is geared to make one revolution during two or more complete needle-bar movements. The cord is led through suitable guides, around a tension device, and finally through an eye 9 attached to the presser-foot. The head of the cord carrier is pierced to receive the cord, and is shaped to divert the slack of the needle thread.
Patent GB-190427279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Box Making Machines.
Inventor: SPENCER ALFRED THORN
Filed: 1904-12-14
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,279. Spencer, A. T., and Wykes, E. C. Dec. 14. Making boxes.-Flies are made and attached to boxes in machines which glue the free ends of continuous lengths of paper, feed them to and press them on the inner edges of the boxes, and then sever the paper. The paper passes from a roll 2, Fig. 1, being prevented from unwinding too rapidly by a weighted strap 90 and plates 93, 94, and between guides on a shaft 88 to the feeding-arrangement 3, where it is gripped between the edges 8, Fig. 5, of a rod 7 and a pad 14. The rod 7 is mounted on eccentric pivots 9, bearing on springs 10, and the rod 15 keeps the edge of the paper raised. As the shaft 20, Fig. 1, revolves, the cam 19 permits the weight 18 to draw the feeder up to the box support 17, when the end of the paper gummed during the preceding cycle of operations is pressed down inside the box edge by the presser-bar 4, carried on the transverse spindle 34 and operated from the cam 48 by levers and connecting-links 53, 54, 50, 51. The cam 19 then operates through the connections 26, 27, 24, 25 to cause the feeder to return. As it leaves the box support, a projection on the bar 32 carrying the presser engages, through a recess in the bar 13, the rod 15, and turns it and the rod 7, as shown in Fig. 6, so that the feeder during its return motion pulls the paper taut without tearing it. At the end of this stroke, the feeder is again caused to grip the paper by the projection 38 on the rod 7 contacting with a fixed stop on the shaft 40. A cam 42, Fig. 7, then causes the gumming-plate 41, supported by loosely depending arms from the shaft 40, to be raised by means of the lever 43 and link 44 to gum the paper just beyond the feeder. The gumming-plate is curved in cross-section so that surplus adhesive runs back into the tank 57. The paper is then severed between a fixed blade carried on the transverse bar 59, Fig. 1, and a movable blade 60, operated from a cam on the shaft 20 by means of a lever 64 and the link 65. The shaft 20 is driven from the main shaft 70, on which is the belt pulley 66, Fig. 11, connected to it by a spring-controlled clutch, which is automatically thrown out of action. The machine is started by depressing a pedal, connected by the flexible connection 76 to the lever 75, a pin 74 on which engages the latch 73 and moves it forward, thereby throwing the clutch into action. At the end of a revolution of the shaft 20, a pin 79 on the disc 78 releases the latch and so throws the clutch out of action, the spring 80 raising the pedal and putting the lever 75 into position for again engaging the latch. To obtain flies of varying widths, the position of the box support 17, Fig. 1, is altered by means of the screw 81, and the link 51 is adjustably connected to the lever 50 and secured by the thumb-screw 54.
Patent GB-190500433-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Time Valve for Photographic Shutters.
Inventor: CRABB HUGH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 433. Crabb, H. A. Jan 9. Air-escape valves.-Relates to a time valve, more especially for use with the pneumatic release of photographic shutters. A conical nozzle c, within a hollow outer sleeve b, runs into the central passage of an inner tube d. The latter is flanged at c<1> to be in contact with the nozzle when the shoulders f are in contact, thus forming an unbroken passage. Variation in exposure is effected by unscrewing the sleeve b and allowing an escape of air round the tapered nozzle. The sleeve b is formed with longitudinal slits, and carries a pointer to travel over an indicating-scale on the stem d. The tapered nozzle may be formed on the stem d and act in conjunction with an air passage in the stem b.
Patent GB-190506179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: STILL WILLIAM MUDD
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 6179. Still, W. M., and Adamson, A. G. March 23. Incandescent gas lamps ; railway-carriage roof and like lamps.-An upright burner, which may be employed with new or existing lamps, comprises a bunsen tube 3 communicating by outlets 5 with a gauze-covered annular groove 10 in the base of a chamber 6, of which the outlet towards the mantle may be adjusted by means of a ring 8. Air supplied to the chamber 12 by the tubes 13. is directed on to the upper surface of the flame by a fireclay or refractory deflector 14, which is shaped to correspund to the shape of the annular mantle 7. Thus the flame impinges upon, or sweeps over, the upper surface of the mantle without passing through it. The boss 20<a> of the arms 20 carrying the asbestos, steatite, metal, or other ring 15, to which the outer edge of the mantle is attached, and the deflector 14, are both mounted upon a thimble 18, which can be adjusted by screwing it upon the upper end of a split tube 17, of which the lower end is turned into a groove 16<a> in the stem 16 to prevent the detachment of the mantle holder and the deflector when the pivoted arm 23 is swung out. The mantle 7 may be shaped by a mandrel and shrunk on to the ring 15 by incineration. The Provisional Specification states that the mantle ring may be mounted on spring wires or other resilient supports.
Patent GB-190507310-A (GB)
Title: Process for Maintaining the Temperature in a Gas Producer Working with a Varying Consumption of Gas.
Inventor: CAPITAINE EMIL
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 7310. Capitaine, E. April 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Generators or producers. -A suction gas-producer is maintained at an approximately constant temperature by the use of the surplus gas, when the engine runs at light load, for heating the air and steam supply, or for directly heating the producer. For this purpose, the pipe 4 supplying the, engine is fitted with a gas-outlet port 5, which is controlled by a valve 6 adapted to be operated by the governor 10 of the engine, or by a band-lever. When the load falls below a certain amount, this valve is opened and a part of the gas, drawn from the producer by an exhauster 3, escapes to pipes 12, 12<a>, 12<b>. These pipes conduct the gas to burners 13 for heating the air and steam supply or to burners 16 surrounding the producer, or the gas may pass to an annular chamber 17, surrounding the lower part of the producer, and communicating by passages 18 with the fuel, and be mixed with steam and air, and burned.
Patent GB-190508210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Rim Brakes for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: LAMPLUGH HENRY ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 8210. Lamplugh, H. A. April 17. Brakes.-In cycle brake-operating mechanism of the type described in Specification No. 26,944, A.D. 1903, in which the handle-bar is turned to apply the brake, means are provided for locking the handle-bar in position when the trake is not in use, and, if desired, also when the brake is applied. The rotary handle-bar a turning in a socket b is connected by a pin h to a lever e, which, as shown, operates the rear brake. Normally, the handlebar is locked by a spring-pressed pin k, which, mounted in a socket l upon the handle-bar, engages a hole in an arm i of the socket b. The pin k is connected to a loose handle m by a wire p and a pin n working in an inclined slot o, so that, to apply the brake, the handle is twisted to release the handle-bar and then depressed to actuate the lever e. By providing a second hole in the arm i, the handlebar may be locked in-position with the brake applied. A lever r turning in the arm i operates the front brake.
Patent GB-190510043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding Knotting Threads in Looms.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 10,043. Howorth, F. W., [Schelling & Sta³bli]. May 12. Fastenings.-Clamps or clips, each comprising a leaf spring 2, secured to a sheet-metal strip 4 between two curved springs 3, are used for holding a bundle of knotting-threads for use in connexion with looms for weaving. The springs 2, 3 are pressed into the positions shown in dotted lines to admit the bundle. The strip 4 is secured to the loom top beam 1 by means of a turned-up end 5 and springs 6.
Patent GB-190515231-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus & Method of Extracting Oil & Fatty Matters from Substances containing them
Inventor: RIDGILL ERNEST
Filed: 1905-07-25
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 15,231. Ridgill, E. July 25. Evaporating and condensing solvents.-In the extraction of oils and fats, the material under treatment, contained between perforated plates 9, 6, in the extractor A is treated with carbon bisulphide, which is pumped from the tank E through the pipe 2. The grease-laden solvent passes away by the pipe 10. The solvent remaining in the material is distilled off by means of steam admitted through the vertical perforated pipe 7 and the horizontal coil 3, and is condensed in a double-coil condenser C. The grease-laden solvent is distilled in a similar manner, the condensed solvent being returned to the store tank E. The pipes 29, 30 provide for the escape of uncondensed gases. The surface of the bisulphide in the tank E is covered with water. Specification No. 4693, A.D. 1880, is referred to.
Patent GB-190515494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balanced Floors for Ships' Cabins.
Inventor: DEWEY ROBERT PARR
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-10-27
Abstract: 15,494. Dewey, R. P. July 28. Self-levelling apparatus.-In pendulum-controlled apparatus for counteracting the rolling of a ship, the floor 4 of a cabin, saloon, &c. is carried upon a fore-and-aft shaft 5 supported in fixed bearings 6. The end of the shaft in proximity to the pendulum 7 is fitted with a cross-head 11. In order to reduce the liability to oscillation of the system, the head 9 of the pendulum, which is formed as shown, is carried in segmental bearings 10 of large radius concentric with the shaft 5, but independent of the shaft bearings 6. The pendulum head is in contact with the cross-head 11, and the relative positions are adjusted by set-screws 15. The pendulums 7<1> of side cabins 7 may be connected as shown to that of the central cabin. Fore-and-aft swing of the pendulums is prevented by crossguides 13.
Patent GB-190518203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for use in the Cleaning of Carpets and the like by Suction.
Inventor: BUDER SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1905-09-08
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 18,203. Buder, S. April 6, [date appliedjor under Patents Act, 1901], Vacuum cleaning-a p p a r a t u s.- For cleaning carpets &c., dust-laden air is drawn into bellows a and a cylinder b through valves in the bottoms f, d, the solid particles being from time to time removed by detaching the bottom d by the thumbnuts e and by taking out the plug g. The arrangement of the valves in the bottoms facilitates s their cleaning.
Patent GB-190525003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Individual-cup Communion Cruets or Stands.
Inventor: TOWNSEND EDMUND
Filed: 1905-12-02
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 25,003. Townshend, E. Dec. 2. Chalices trays.-Individual communion cups are provided with a removable cover c, which forms s a receptacle for bread. The cups are intended for use in communion-cup cruets, consisting of a number of stacked trays as described in Specification No. 8052, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190526245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Anchors.
Inventor: COLTART CLYDE BIRKMYRE
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 26,245. Coltart, C. B. Dec. 16. Anchors.-Stockless anchors, in which the flukes lie in the same plane and are adapted to oscillate about an axis at right-angles to the direction of length of the shank, are made quicker in their action and less liable to roll over by providing each fluke c with a toggle e which extends the whole width of the arm and is provided with a projecting curved flange e<1>, of which the farthest points, i.e. the edges, lie behind the centre of the axis of the head. The inside edges of the flange e' join the toggles e at right-angles.
Patent GB-190601488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hand Embroidery
Inventor: FRIEDBERGER NATHAN
Filed: 1906-01-19
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 1488. Friedberger, N. April 26, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Woven fabrics. - Fabrics woven to facilitate embroidery are made of a plain closely-woven ground b, to which long parallel threads a, which may be of different and distinctive materials, are connected at intervals hy the weft threads. These floating threads may be arranged in the loom as an independent series of warp threads, or may form part of the warp of the fabric.
Patent GB-190601848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted-mantle Incandescent Gas Lamps
Inventor: STEINICKE GEORG
Filed: 1906-01-24
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 1848. Steinicke, G. Jan. 24. Incandescent gas lamps; globes; globe holders.- In a lamp having a bent mixing-tube, the globe 4, Fig. 1, has a lateral aperture, and the detachable part 9 of the mixing- tube fits in a socket 7 fixed to the inclined flange 6 of a preferably perforated globe-holder 5 having an air inlet at its lower part and engaging the upwardly-directed mixing-chamber 8. In a modification, a socket 20, Fig. 2, connects the two parts 19, 21 of the mixing-tube, and the part 19 is detachably connected by a screw 18 to the gas pipe. The aperture may be formed in the bottom of the globe, and the mixing-tube 27 is then shaped as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190603530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Generation of Steam.
Inventor: COWAN JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 3 5 3 0. Cowan, J., and Fuller, A. J. Feb. 13. Thermal storage apparatus. -A superheater is fitted in connexion with thermal storage vessels in steamgenerating plant. Superheated steam is thus supplied to the storage vessels in place of saturated steam. The invention is described in connexion with Stirling boilers. The outlet k of the superheater e, which may have two or more passes for the steam, is connected by a pipe n with the storage vessels a and by another pipe q with the main steam-pipe s. The pipe q has a branch t communicating with the middle steam and water drum through a stop valve u. By means of this branch, saturated steam may mix with the superheated steam. The temperature of the latter may also be regulated by a butterfly valve f, forming the usual partition in the upper drum of the superheater. The storage vessels are fitted with internal baffles such as are described in Specification No. 18,350, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190604681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dough Dividers
Inventor: HOUTEN FRANK HENRY VAN
Filed: 1906-02-26
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 4681. Houten, F. H. van. March 23, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Moulding dough.-In machines of the type described in Specifications No. 16,404, A.D. 1904, and No. 3794, A.D. 1905, openings K are provided for the escape of dough crumbs &c., frusto-conical guards L, preferably held down by bolts l<1> passing through lugs l at their ends, preventing the return of the crumbs when they have once passed out. The sides of the openings act as stops for the projections i, which limit the travel of the heads D.