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Patent GB-190527275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Bacterial Treatment of Sewage.
Inventor: LUCAS GUSTAVE ALBERT
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 27,275. Lucas, G. A. Jan. 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sewage and foul waters, treating bacteriological processes ; filtering and straining. - Sewage &c. is liquefied and purified bacterially by passing it through the series of chambers b, c, d, e,f, g in the direction shown by the arrows, Fig. 1. The apparatus is placed in a cesspool or pit, and the treated liquid is passed through the vessel shown in Fig. 5, which is filled with filtering-material.
Patent GB-190600948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 948. Mather & Platt, and Chorlton, A. E. L. Jan. 13. Gas engines; pumps. -The gas and air pumps of a double-acting two - stroke - cycle engine are in line and at one side of the cylinder. Fig. 1 shows a double-acting gas pump 2 and two singleacting air-pumps 3, 4. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the gas pump. The inlet valves for the air-pumps are in the pistons and the outlet valves deliver into chambers 5, 6. The inlet ports of the gas pump consist of slots 12 in the casing, and the outlet valves also deliver into the chambers 5, 6. By this arrangement of valves, plain castings can be used for the pump cylinders. When the piston has overrun the slots 12, gas enters the interior of the piston through slots 11, and passes into the cylinder during the suction stroke through valves 10. Governing.-A centrifugal governor controls a valve 25 normally closing a, by-pass between the two ends of the gas-pump cylinder.
Patent GB-190607347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Locking Devices for Collapsible Extending Racks
Inventor: PARSONS STANLEY
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1907-03-27
Abstract: 7347. Parsons, S. March 27. Displaying and storing.-Divided frameworks for racks or shelves, the divisions in which are capable of adjustment as regards size, are constructed with vertical pieces A made of T-iron or the like, to which hooks or studs B are fixed so that crossstays or shelf bars C may be held thereby in slots F formed in such cross-stays. As shown in Fig. 6, the cross-stays may be made in form of a rectangle 7. The vertical members may be made so that the cross-bars engage studs across channels made in the vertical members, or channel-iron may be used for the vertical studs, in which slots are made for engaging the cross-bars C, which may be locked in position by wedges or by projections R carried on a sliding bar Q inside the vertical member. A round cross-bar S, Fig. 7, may be used instead of a flat bar, and this may be locked in position by an eccentric V. For shelves such as are shown in Fig. 9, the vertical pieces A may be slotted to receive the ends of other bars W, and the corners of the cross-bars V may be cut away as at Z.
Patent GB-190608447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gear Changing Devices.
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-09
Abstract: 8447. Three Speed Gear Syndicate, and Archer, J. April 9. Variable - speed gearing. - Relates to operating means for variable - speed gearing applicable to bicycles. Inside a barrel a, bent from the flat and mounted by a clip c, a short tube e fits loosely. This tube carries a lever f working in a slot b which has notches h engaged by a spring latch i, Figs. 1 and 2. Caps g close the ends of the barrel a. The Bowden or other wire for operating the gear passes through one cap and is attached to the lever f, while the cover is attached to the cap. To avoid the use of a latch, the slot may have a waved form with recesses and a retaining-spring j, as shown in Fig, 3, or instead of a slot, the end of the barrel a may be suitably shaped as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190609102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Anthracene Dyestuffs
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 9102. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. April 17. Dyes, artificial, of the anthracene series, are obtained by condensing alizarin, or derivatives thereof, with 1:2-, or 2:3-diaminoanthraquinones. The reaction proceeds as follows :- In example, the 2 : 3-diamino body is condensed with alizarin blue, purpurin-a-sulphonic acid, #-nitroalizarin, leuco alizarin bordeaux, purpurin, and alizarin respectively, and the 1 : 2-diamino body with alizarin, purpurin, and purpurin-a-sulphonic acid. The condensation is effected in the presence of boric acid, and impurities are removed from the precipitate by washing with organic solvents, such as pyridine, &c. The dye-stuffs are soluble in concentrated sulphuric acid, quinoline, and alkali hydrosulphite, and yield various brown to blue shades on unmordanted cotton. The product obtained by condensing alizarin blue with the 2 : 3-diamino body is stated to be probably identical with the dye stuff described in example E of Specification No. 12,756, A.D. 1905, and that from alizarin and the 1 :2-diamino body with the known indanthrene.
Patent GB-190609702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes.
Inventor: REYNOLDS FRANK
Filed: 1906-04-25
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 9702. Reynolds, F. April 25 Windows, swivelling - sliding. To allow of the sashes being reversed for cleaning, supplementary, slightly flexible, sliding stiles d, e are provided, and are tongued to correspond with grooves in the frame linings and parting-beads. Slots k of T-shape, working on pivot pins h, enable the sashes to b e reversed and if necessary dismounted. Slot- and-pin connexions l, j or equivalents, with a slight locking effect, provide for draught-proof joints for the sashes in the sliding position.
Patent GB-190619569-A (GB)
Title: A New Game
Inventor: SHELTON REGINALD JAMES
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 19,569. Shelton, R. J. Sept. 3. Games played with boards, disks, and mallets; scoring and marking.-A game is played on a board a made of millboard, pasteboard, glass, &c. and marked as shown with distinctively coloured spaces b, c &c. and circles n. Distinctively coloured disks which are marked with the capitals D, I, M, E, S, are driven by means of rubber-faced mallets from one end of the board towards the spaces b, c, and circles n, points being scored for getting the disks into similarly coloured spaces and similarly marked circles. The scores are marked on boards r with numerals arranged in circles and with metal, wood, rubber, or papier mÔchÚ arms or hands.
Patent GB-190620494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Bleaching, Scouring, Dyeing or otherwise Treating Fabrics in the Open Condition.
Inventor: HUNT EDWARD WILSON
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 20,494. Hunt, E. W., and Moscrop, W., [trading as Hunt & Moscrop]. Sept. 15. Bleaching, dyeing, and washing fabrics in the open state is effected in a closed vessel upon a portable wagon or carriage which carries batch rollers upon radial arms, reversible gear for driving these rollers alternately, and a supporting-bowl. When the wagon a has been transported into the kier b, the batch rollers m, n are driven through gearing from a main shaft c outside the kier, and as one roller is filled with fabric at the expense of the other, it rises through the are of a circle by means of the radial supporting-arms o, p, the peripheries of both rolls resting on a bowl w made of metal or other suitable material. The ends of the batch rollers m, n are arranged to engage with coupling-devices r forming part of rotatable spindles u<1>, v<1> carried in bosses u, v at the outer ends of the radial arms o, p. The other ends of the rollers m, n are also supported in radial arms, means s being provided whereby one roller can be removed from the wagon a for batching or removing the cloth. Similar means may be provided for both rollers. The radial arms o, p are journaled on studs t carried by the sides q of the wagon a. The rollers m, n are driven with equal speeds and alternately, depending upon the position of a clutch d upon the main shaft c, from bevelwheels h, g on the fame shaft and gearing with other bevelwheels i, k, mounted respectively upon a countershaft j, in the axis of the studs t and upon a sleeve l loosely mounted on this shaft j. The other ends of the shaft j and sleeve l carry spur-wheels j<1>, l<1> which mesh with spurwheels j<2>, l<2>, carried on the spindles v<1>, u<1> of the batch rollers n, m. The fabric from the full batch roller is led below or above the bowl w on to the empty batch roller ; the clutch d is thrown in to drive the latter until full, and then it is thrown over to drive and refill the first roller, and so on. Automatic means may be provided for effecting this reversal, or to give audible sound so that reversal may be effected manually, at the proper times. Suitable means may also be provided for braking the batch during unwinding, e.g. a brake pulley and strap.
Patent GB-190622069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Coin-freed Door Locking Mechanism.
Inventor: GILBODY FRED HAMPSON
Filed: 1906-10-06
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 22,069. Gilbody, F. H. Oct. 6. Indicators, " engaged " and like.-In coin freed locks for the doors of lavatories &c., the operator after prepayment turns the external handle 8, when the arm 10 withdraws the slide 2<a> and bolt 2 by bearing on the pin 17, which simultaneously raises the guided indicator plate 24 to the ' engaged ' position by means of the bevelled extension 25. The indicator is retained in this position by the engagement of the nose of a spring- actuated lever 28 with the notch y. When the door is opened from within, the lever 13 on the spindle of the internal handle withdraws the lever 28, allowing the indicator to return to the vacant' position. A projection 32 on the internal bolt 31 is adapted to restore the indicator to `engaged' by engaging the bevelled extension 33 in case the occupant should inadvertently turn the internal handle.
Patent GB-190625213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Finishing Printers Leads.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,213. Mackenzie, J. W., [American Type Founders Co.]. Nov. 8. Leads.-In a machine for cutting and smoothing the ends of printers' leads, a number of leads are clamped in holders which are fed one at a time to a rotating carrier by which they are conveyed past rotating and fixed cutters. The leads are secured by a clamping-screw 20 in a holder F, Fig. 15, having a rib 23 which is cut away to form a stop 24. The holders are placed with their ribs uppermost between adjustable guides 26, Fig. 2, and are fed one by one to a rotating carrier C by a rocking feeder D. The carrier C consists of a plate having a number of flat peripheral faces, and provided with spring-actuated clamps 73 which hold the ribs 23 of the holders F against the side of the carrier. The clamps are opened to engage and release the holders by cam projections on the machine frame. The leads are carried first between rotary cutters E and then between fixed cutters El. Each rotary cutter comprises tools 89, Fig. 7, fixed to a disk 88 on a shaft 91 which carries a belt-pulley 115. The shaft 91 is free to slide in bearings in a carriage 92 which can be traversed by means of a screw 96. The carriage is adjustable in an horizontal plane by means of set-screws. Fine adjustment of the tools is obtained by means of a shaft 106 havirg an arm 108 which rests between thumb-screws 104 on the carriage. A slotted arm 110 on the shaft 106 engages a disk which is fixed to the shaft 91. The fixed cutters consist of a pair of blades 117, Fig. 6, each of which is pivoted to a carriage 119 which can be traversed by means of a screw 121. The knife is adjusted on its pivot by means of bolts 124. On leaving the cutters, the holders F are removed from the carrier by inclined rails 85.
Patent GB-190626910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: EDGAR ELLIS FREEMAN
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 26,910. Edgar, B. F. Nov. 27. Water-tube boilers.-Relates to boilers consisting of upper and lower drums connected by tubes and having baffle walls on each side of the tubes. Figs. 1 and 2 show a boiler with one upper and three lower drums, and with walls 7 on each side of the central tubes 4. The furnace gases pass upwards at each end of the arch. 6 into the space between the tubes 4, 5, and thence between the walls 7 to the uptakes 11. To check the flow of gases around the upper ends of the tubes, the uptakes are fitted with a draught baffle or damper 20. In the raised position, the baffle 20 increases the draught through the boiler, thereby causing the dust &c. that is removed from the tubes to be carried up the chimney. The cleaning-device is inserted through the doors 12 and openings 10.
Patent GB-190702143-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Machine for "Seaming" Metal Boxes
Inventor: BERNARD CELESTIN
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 2143. Bernard, C. Jan. 29, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable - speed gearing.-The head of a can - seaming machine maybe driven at different speeds from pulleys 6, 6<1>, and to enable the belt to run taut at each speed the jockey pulleys 8, 9, Fig. 3, are mounted in bearings on hinged plates 12,13, flanges of which run in a conical slot 15. By moving the plates along the slot and fixing them by a set-screw 16, the pulleys 8, 9 can be adjusted to suit either of the pulleys 6, 6<1>.
Patent GB-190704402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gearing.
Inventor: BARKER JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 4402. Barker, J. E. Feb. 22. Variable-speed gearing. -Relates to expanding pulleys and particularly to those described in Specification No. 18,765,: A.D. 1906. In order to hold the rim-supporting arms firmly, a series of wedges S secured to a frame C, are moved longitudinally to bear upon the backs of the arms. The end of the shaft-bearing H and the loose sleeve F have engaging spiral surfaces and grooves G<1>, so that when the sleeve F is turned by a lever L, longitudinal motion is imparted to the sleeve, and to the frame C &c. through the tongue F<1> and groove C<2>. The lever L may be connected to a similar device on the other pulley.
Patent GB-190706921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Coke Ovens.
Inventor: JONES ARTHUR OWEN
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 6921. Jones, A. O. March 22. Coking.-The sole of a vertical coke oven such as is described in Specification No. 11,660, A.D. 1906, is mounted upon a screw pillar carried by a wheeled cradle, by means of which the sole can be lowered and withdrawn from the oven. The sole comprises a tray 1 having an inclined flange 2 which abuts against the framework 21 of the oven 4, the tray being mounted upon a screw pillar 5 with extending arms 6, 7. The thread of the pillar engages with a sleeve 8 mounted upon a wheeled cradle 9 by ball bearings 11. The sleeve can be rotated by a shaft 18 carrying a worm 17 which engages a worm wheel 16 attached to the sleeve, whereby the sole may be vertically moved relatively to the cradle. The cradle runs upon horizontal tracks 14 and may be withdrawn from the oven by a rack connected to a projecting bridle 22. The tray 1 is filled in with fire-bricks 3, flues being formed therein if required. To connect these flues with the uptake when the sole is in position, a tapered nozzle thereon enters a mouth at the near end of the oven.
Patent GB-190707132-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Photographic Films
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 7132. Boult, A. J., [Soc. des Plaques et Papiers Photographiques A. LumiÞre et ses fils]. March 25. Drawings to Specification. Films.-Compound films consist of two parts, one a non-actinic and pervious film serving as a support and backing united by a soluble agglutinant to the other, which is an ordinary emulsion coated film. The films are particularly adaptable for roll-films. The backing also serves as a ligbtprotective medium when the films are put up as film packs, and serves in lieu of a paper backing for a roll-spool. Numbers can be printed on the gelatin backing without detriment to the film.
Patent GB-190711685-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastener for Window Sashes or the like.
Inventor: BERNSTEIN BENJAMIN SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-05-18
Granted: 1908-05-18
Abstract: 11,685. Bernstein, B. S., and Woodall, S. May 18. Sash and like fastenings; fastenings, hook.-A fastener for window sashes, applicable also to bags and boxes, consists of a pivoted hook piece 5 on one part engaging a pivoted U-shaped locking-loop 9 on the other bearing a bow-spring 11. The pivoted piece 5 has a thumb-piece 7 and a projection 10 ; the projection bearing upon the bow-spring 11 moves the loop 9 automatically into the locking position shown. To release, this loop 9 must be turned back by hand. The inner surface 16 of the hook 8 is cam-shaped to prevent rattling. In cheap forms, the spring 11 is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190718630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Roofing of Dutch Barns, Stables, Sheds and the like.
Inventor: BERTRAM JAMES
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 18,630. Bertram, J., and Oakes, F. Aug. 17. Roofs. - Roofing- boards, extending from the ridge to the gutter, are laid on studs, pins, or pegs H secured to the ridge, purlins, &c., and nails are driven through the centre of the boards and between the studs. The edges G<2>, G<3> are bevelled, and grooves G<1> and rabbets G<4>, or grooves in the edges G<3>, are provided to carry away moisture. The boards touch each other, but their adjacent edges are free to rise or fall in warping. The invention is applicable to barns, stables, sheds, &c.
Patent GB-190718871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Strainer Connections for Intake Pipes
Inventor: FOSTER WILLIAM STUART
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 18,871. Foster, W. S. Oct. 17, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hinge joints.-A strainer 7, suitable for use in connexion with the intake pipe 1 of a reservoir or well, is attached thereto in such a manner that it can be lifted above the water level for cleansing, by means of a cord, chain, &c., without interfering with the flow of liquid. The pipe 1 and the short strainer pipe 8 are provided with coupling-members 2, 3 hinged at a point 4. The member 2 has an extended lip 9 which engages with a recessed seat 10 in the member 3, and the members have their faces 6 inclined towards the directions of the pipes. The weight of the strainer thus closes the coupling.
Patent GB-190720484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor and other Vehicles
Inventor: GRELL FRANZ
Filed: 1907-09-14
Granted: 1908-09-14
Abstract: 20,484. Grell, F. Sept. 14. Undercarriages; springs.-In motor - cars and other vehicles, instead of the usual springs, pneumatic wheels are mounted on the axles and support the body. The wheels a may be fitted with solid rubber or cushion tyres b, or with metallic tyres, and are mounted freely rotatable in roller or ball bearings. On each axle are mounted wheels d, having pneumatic tyres f which are received into annular rims g fitted to the body, a firm connexion being made when the tyres are inflated. The car body h may be directly connected to the frame i carrying the rims g. Additional springs k may be interposed between the car body and the frame i. The wheels a may be firmly connected with the axles, in which case the pneumatic wheels d are freely rotatable in roller or ball bearings on the axles. Such an arrangement is of importance when the motor drives the wheels through the medium of the axle. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 15,505, A.D. 1905, and Nos. 12,248, 15,830, and 20,052, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190723033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring Granular Goods, Powders, or other Material and Delivering the same to Paper Bags or other Receptacles.
Inventor: KIRTLEY GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-18
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 23,033. Kirtley, G. H. Oct. 18. Measured quantities, delivering. - Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 7547, A.D. 1902, for measuring granular goods, powders, or other material, and delivering the material into paper bags &c. To prevent the cutoff slides from being jammed the upper reciprocating slide c is provided with one or more holes e which are alternately brought into and out of register with the discharge end of the hopper a. The holes, which may be circular, diamond-shaped, or circular wtih a V-notch or knife-edge, are formed with a cutting - edge, to cut through any grain that might otherwise prevent the slide from closing. To increase the speed of discharge, a hinged trap-door h, or double centrallyopening trap, is substituted for the lower slide. The upper slide c and the trap-door h are operated synchronously. In one arrangement, the slide c is connected by a lever m to a rotating disk o. The disk o carries two cams q which engage and depress one end of a fulcrumed lever l. The other end of the lever l is connected by a knuckle-joint to a lever j which engages a lever k, the levers j, k opening and closing simultaneously the two portions of the door h.
Patent GB-190724123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ordnance Breech Mechanism.
Inventor: HAMMAR SIGARD AXEL STEN
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 24,123. Hammar, S. A. S. Oct. 31. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Consists in arranging the eccentric collars or threads described in Specification No. 6602, A.D. 1901, in a series of steps as described in Specification No. 11,417, A.D. 1891. Fig. 3 shows the breech-screw in the locked position, and Fig. 9<a> shows the threads in the unlocked position. During the locking, the breech-screw B is drawn forwards by the inclined thrust surfaces h' on the breech-box A. The invention may be also applied to non-cylindrical breech-screws.
Patent GB-190726452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Pendulum Bobs
Inventor: GRIVOLAS CLAUDE
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 26,452. Grivolas, C. Nov. 29. Pendulums.-In torsion pendulums in which the adjustable weights are contained within the bob, the latter is formed of a flat disk shape enabling ornaments &c, to be applied, and additional fixed weights are used for effecting a rough adjustment. The bob comprises a case A having a central portion D which is secured by a screw E to an ornamental part F carrying the suspension ribbon G: Mounted in the part D is a spindle H with oppositely-cut screw-threads H<1>, H', on which weights J<1>, J' travel when the spindle is turned by a key applied through an opening A' in the case to the square H<4>. The bottom B of the case carries fixed weights K, K<1>, by means of which a rough adjustment is first effected, the weights J<1>, J' being placed at the centres of their arms.
Patent GB-190726486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gas Cooking Stoves.
Inventor: SERNE LEON
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 26,486. SernÚ, L. Nov. 30. Gas cooking- stoves.-The waste hot gases from the oven of a gas cooking - stove are led round afood-warming oven or hotcloset fitted in a ventilated hood or canopy above the hot - plate. The gases from the oven a are conducted by the flue b<8> to the spaces between the bottom, side. and back walls b<*> of the oven and the corresponding parts of a casing b<5> surrounding it, and pass through an aperture b<6> to the flue b<4>. The walls b<5> are enclosed in an outer casing b<3>, the sides and back of which extend downwards and form a ventilating - hood. The combustion products from the burners of the hot-plate pass away through the flue b<11> between the casings b<5>, b<3>. The oven has a curved front b<1>, and a sliding door b<2>. The flue b<8> is fitted with a funnel-shaped extension b<12>, normally fitted with a stopper b<12*>, which is withdrawn when it is desired to heat the upper oven, independently of the oven a, by means of a small swing burner supplied with gas by a branch pipe c'.