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Patent GB-190523742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rackets or the like for Playing Tennis or other Games.
Inventor: IMLACH FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 23,742. Imlach, F. Nov. 17. Rackets.-In a device for adjusting the tension of the strings of rackets or the like without any danger of cutting them, the strings are passed round pulleys C, or pins, arcs, &c., carried by a frame D, adjustably secured to the wedge E by screw pins F and nuts G. The heads of the pins F may be engaged by a plate H, seated in a depression in the wedge E, this plate being fastened in position by a screwed bolt I, or otherwise. The tension of the strings is controlled by the position of the nuts G.
Patent GB-190524713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artists and Decorators Brushes and the like.
Inventor: CULMER THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-29
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 24,713. Culmer, T. W. Nov. 29. Drawings to Specification. Handles.-Artists' and decorators' brushes are provided with long or short handles as desired by the use of either detachable bayonet-jointed sections or handles of different lengths. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 3278, A.D. 1886, No. 22,393, A.D. 1903, and No. 19,389, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Brushing &c.].]
Patent GB-190603682-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Stretching the Fingers in order to Facilitate Pianoforte Playing and similar Operations.
Inventor: MENNES WILHELM JOHANNES
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 3682. Mennes, W. J. Feb. 14. Exercising-apparatus.-The fingers of musicians, typists, and telegraphists are rendered supple by the application of a tongs-like device in the manner shown. The longer arms 2 of the tongs are fitted with curved finger-plates 3, pivoted at 4, and are extended against the action of springs 6 by the pressure of the hand.
Patent GB-190603893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glazed Roofs
Inventor: GOTTSCHALK HERMANN
Filed: 1906-02-16
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 3893. Gottschalk, H., [Alb, Geb.]. Feb. 16. Glazing roofs.-Glazing - bars are formed of supporting iron channels A, stirrups D secured to the channels by bolts or rivets E passing through elongated holes, and zinc trough bars B carried on the end of the rounded stirrups. The glass panes are mounted on the trough bars and fixed in position by zinc spring cover strip H compressed by brass nuts J screwing on bolts passing through elongated holes in the trough bars and stirrups. Leakage and condensation water are conveyed away by the trough bars and iron channels, any which escapes being caught by a transverse sheet-zinc channel attached to the bottom purlin. At the joints the glass sheets overlap, as shown in Fig. 4, the edge of the upper glass sheet resting against the upper edge of the lower cover strip, and a lead strip X being inserted to obviate bending the upper cover strip. The interstices between the sheets may be closed by lead or copper wires bent so as to conduct the condensation water to the channels. The ridge cap is secured by stirrups carried by the uppermost bolts G.
Patent GB-190606088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrodes for Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1907-03-13
Abstract: 6088. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 13. Arc lamps, electrodes for. Flame-arc electrodes are made of a refractory conducting substance, which may be of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 7298, 7299, and 14,196, A.D. 1904, and a fluoride, or a fluoride and oxide, or a phosphate of an alkaline-earth metal such as calcium, thorium, or strontium. The mixture is contained in a metal sheath, e.g. a sheet-iron tube, closed by a metal disk at one end and a wooden plug at the other, both ends of the tube being crimped. These electrodes give a light containing a considerable proportion of red and yellow, and are slow-burning. Proportions are given for electrodes containing magnetic oxide of iron, or a mixture of it with titanium oxide and chromite, and calcium fluoride, or calcium fluoride and oxide, or calcium phosphate or a substance containing it, such as apatite. According to the Provisional Specification, calcium oxide may be used with a refractory substance.
Patent GB-190607952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firing Guns or Ordnance.
Inventor: HOLDEN HENRY CAPEL LOFFT
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 7952. Holden, H. C. L. April 2. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to firing- mechanism for friction primers and tubes. A lever f is caused to act upon a rod c and to push inwards the friction bar b to fire the primer or tube a.
Patent GB-190608678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bottles and the like.
Inventor: CLOWES JANET JANE
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 8678. Clowes, J. J. April 10. Bottles, non-refillable.- The bottle neck made in a neck mould separate from the body mould, is formed in two parts b, d which are separated by a deep weakening-groove e. The cork is driven into the lower, part band sealed by wax &c. g. The upper part of the neck may either be sealed permanently, or by means of a cork disk and wax. To open the bottle, the upper part of the neck is broken off at the groove e. After the part d is broken off, the remainder of the bottle may be used in an ordinary manner.
Patent GB-190612495-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Holding Measuring Tapes when in use
Inventor: PEEL FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 12,495. Peel, F. W. May 29. Measures of length.-An architects' or surveyors' tape measure is provided with an attachment to the free end whereby it may be pressed into the ground or clasped to the corner of a wall and the tape in consequence manipulated by one person. Figs. 1. and 2 show the attachment, which is preferably made of sheet brass, and has jaws b to receive the tape, a recess d for the straight part of the terminal ring of the tape, and a curved portion ending in sharp points g, the distance between these points and the recess being such that they correspond to the extremity of the tape ring. The points may be forced into the ground or held tightly upon the corner of a building by a alight pull upon the tape.
Patent GB-190618598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Reconducting Waste Water into the Boiler of a Steam Engine.
Inventor: GAUSS PAUL
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 18,598. Gauss, P. Aug. 20. Feed-water, supplying. -In apparatus for returning waste water or water of condensation to the boiler, the waste water is led into a tank a, Fig. 1, placed above the water level in the boiler and connected with the water and steam spaces by pipes k, t, respectively. The inlet t for the boiler steam is controlled by a valve e operated automatically by the rise and fall of a counterbalanced vessel b, which is connected by flexible pipes c, d with the vessel a. The valve e is shown separately in Fig. 4. The plugp is provided with two ways q, r, the latter of which allows the interior of the vessel a to communicate with the atmosphere when the boiler steam is shut off. In a modification, Fig. 3, the pipes c, d are connected to stand pipes m, n. The pipe n communicates with the casing of the valve e through a relief valve o, Fig. 4, which prevents steam or air from passing direct to the vessel b from the valve casing. [Reference has been directed under patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 1005, A.D. 1859, No. 700; A.D. 1871, No. 1484, A.D. 1884, No. 6908; A.D. 1887, and No. 21,822, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190618613-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire-lighter.
Inventor: FISHER FRANCIS GEORGE
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 18,613. Fisher, F. G. Aug. 20. Lighting fires; oil burners.-In a fire-lighter of the absorbent type for use with petroleum &c., the edges of two disks of gauze &c. enclosing asbestos, slagwool, or like absorbent are secured together and to a continuation B of the handle A by means of a ring E bent over them, Figs. 2 and 4. In a modification, Fig. 6, one of the disks F is of perforated metal and the ring E is dispensed with. One or both disks may be dished.
Patent GB-190619392-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust Valves for Gas Engines.
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 19,392. Marks, E. C. R., [Southwark Foundry and Machine Co.]. Aug. 30. Casings, -To facilitate the assembling and removal of the parts, the exhaust-valve casing P has a cylindrical bearing P<3> for the body of the valve, and a removable portion P' which forms the seating. The valve is inserted and removed through the bottom of the casing after the portion P<4> has been, removed. The portion P<4> forms a slip joint with the exhaust conduit P<5>.
Patent GB-190619600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Starting and Feeding Incandescent Burners and Heating Apparatus using Alcohol, Lusol, and the like.
Inventor: GIRARDET MARIE ANTOINETTE
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 19,600. Girardet, [nÚe Dumas], M. A. Sept. 3. Vapour burners.-The vaporizer d is fed by and contains capillary conduits, and is heated by a burner h arranged below it and fed with a mixture of air and vapour from the mixing-tube g of a ring burner, or a row of burners. In one arrangement, the vaporizer d contains asbestos threads b separated from a chamber d' by a metal netting f, and is fed by a wick a. The burner h is regulated by a sliding row or screw, which can be made to cover any number of orifices in the burner.
Patent GB-190622205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Apparatus.
Inventor: GROUVELLE PHILIPPE JULES
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 22,205. Grouvelle, P. J., Arquembourg, E. H., and Joret, L. J. Oct. 8. Lubricating-pumps.-A multiple-delivery pump lubricator, so constructed that the quantity of oil delivered at each outlet may be regulated without dismounting any of the apparatus, comprises a casing a having a chamber b<1> in the base b which receives the lower part of the pump. Over the base b is mounted a rotary distributing-valve e provided with a channel e<2> and orifices e<3>, e<4>, which place an annular channel b<4> alternately into communication with an annular admission channel b<5> and with the outlets b<7> connected to pipes d. Oil is admitted to the channel b<5> by a pipe c and passes through hollow spaces b<8>, the channels e<2>, b<4>, and passages b' to the chamber b<3>. It is thence forced by the piston f to the outlets b<7> in succession. The pump barrel e<1> rotates with the valve e, and the piston is also caused to rotate by projections f<1> engaging grooves e<6>. The distributor e is rotated by toothed wheels e<7>, g, g<1> actuated intermittently by teeth h on a rotating part h<1> driven by worm gearing h<2>, j. The piston f is raised by cams h<3> on the part h<1> engaging rollers k on a ring l upon which are also mounted rollers bearing against a flange f on the piston f. The descent of the piston is effected by a spring n bearing against a fixed cross-bar o. The stroke of the piston is limited by a number of stops p<1> of different heights, according to the requirement of each outlet, engaging an arm q. The case a may be provided with an overflow pipe t, and the chamber b<1> may be fitted with a tube u for connexion with a manometer. In a modification, the passages b<2> are replaced by an annular space, and the pistonrod q<1> is connected to the piston by a ball-andsocket joint.
Patent GB-190622606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tremblers for Induction Coils.
Inventor: PRESTED HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 22,606. Prested, H. G. Oct. 12. Switches.-The trembler tongue of an induction coil, particularly adapted for use in ignition circuits, is vibrated by a forked armature which is spring- controlled, and a lever is fitted for locking it in position upon the core of the electro-magnet. The core b protrudes through the top of a box a containing the coils, and its forked armature f is mounted upon a pillar g. The screw c forms one. terminal and the screw d, the other, the circuit being made and broken by a trembler tongue e. vibrated by the armature f. A spring i keeps the, armature from the core when the coils are: not excited. To throw the coils out of action, a pivoted lever having a cam-shaped lower end is turned' in order to keep the trembler e from the terminal d.
Patent GB-190624328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Bottle Stoppers.
Inventor: RUSSELL HERBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 24,328. Russell, H. C. Oct. 31. Cleaning stoppers.-An apparatus for washing bottle stoppers comprises a water tank a in which rotates a perforated conveyer d. The stoppers are fed into the smaller end of the conveyer and are carried through the tank to the larger end, their progress being facilitated by d i s c o n - tinuous s projections d<1> secured to the conveyer. The latter is provided at the discharge end with an enlargement f divided by partitions f<1> into chambers f<2>, which receive the stoppers and elevate and discharge them into the inclined shoot g leading to a receptacle h.
Patent GB-190625469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Purifiers.
Inventor: GREEN HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1907-09-29
Abstract: 25,469. Green, H. Nov. 12. Purifiers.-A purifier cover joint, which is made by the aid of a compressible gasket, is tested by means of a temporary water seal so that the gasket need not be unnecessarily compressed. For this purpose, a ledge or wall a is secured round the opening in the top of the purifier, so as to form a channel f with the cover e and gasket e<1> ; a second channel g<1> may also be provided to conduct away the seal liquid which escapes through openings a<1>. In a modification, the seal channel is formed by means of Z-iron bolted to the underside of, or formed integrally with, the purifier top. The cover is secured by means of bolts h and nuts i with handles, or by means of a series of bars k, Fig. 3, each of which is held in position at one end by a bolt b and provided at the other end with a set-screw m to bear on the cover ; or the ends of the bar may bear upon the purifier top and cover, respectively, the tightening then being effected by means of a central bolt.
Patent GB-190626359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guards for the Dies of Stamping, Cutting, and Pressing Machinery.
Inventor: DAVIES SYDNEY EDWARD
Filed: 1906-11-21
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 26,359. Davies, S. E. Nov. 21. Guards.-Relates to guards for stamping, cutting, and pressing machinery used in making hollow-ware and in cutting sheet metal. A ring c, of the section shown in Fig. 1, is adjustably supported by bolts d over the die a. The punch works vertically inside the ring, and the sheet metal to be operated upon is fed, between the ring c and the die a, up to a stop e, being guided by a plate f. In a modification, the ring c is carried between springs h, i, Fig. 3, its motion being limited by the nut and the collar j.
Patent GB-190628130-A (GB)
Title: Improved Metal Foot Stand for Flower Pots.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 28,130. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Blossfeldt, W.]. Dec. 10. Flower stands.-An adjustable stand for supporting a flower-pot or the like out of contact with the drainage water, consists of a strip of metal or the like provided with inwardly projecting tongues for the pot to rest on and with any suitable fastening for adjustably connecting the ends together. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a hook 3 is provided to engage with slots formed between crenulations 2. The supporting-tongues 4 may be formed at the centre of the strip or at its upper edge, and may be horizontal or vertical. The strip may be smooth or embossed and ornamented, and the lower edge may be straight or provided with outwardly-turned crenulations 7. A water-collector 5, Fig. 5, made with or without a rim 6, may be inserted in the stand.
Patent GB-190701326-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus applicable to the Boiling of Milk and other Liquids
Inventor: GRIME ROBERT
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 1326. Grime, R., and Wood, T. J. Jan. 18. Saucepans &c. - Milk &c. is prevented from boiling over by the device shown in Fig. 1, whict is placed in the saucepar &c. employed. Openings a, b in the conical base c and cylindrical tube d permit a free circulation of liquid, the latter rising within the apparatus and flowing down on the outside. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 4192, A.D. 1888, No. 2565, A.D. 1892, and No: 22,805, A.D. 1893, [Abridgment Class Cooking &c.], and No. 5929, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190702379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal Shearing and like Machines.
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 2379. Leeds Forge Co., and Sharp, R. G. Jan. 30. Shearing.-Shear-blades for shaping the ends of bars or.plates of various widths, or for cutting-out shaped pieces from plates, are made in sections a, j between which spacing-blocks e, m can be inserted. The sections a, j and the blocks e, m may have separate cutters g, n secured thereto by screws, and the cutters n may be inclined as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190706849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fuse Boxes and Fuse Holders therefor.
Inventor: GROSE RICHARD
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 6849. Grose, R. March 21. Insulators.-The branch circuit and main terminals of one pole in a distributing fuse box are mounted in two parallel porcelain bars D<1>, D<2> preferably of rectangular section, and the bars are supported in the metal case by insulating-pillars E fixed to the base. The bar D<2> forms also a support for the bus-bar H. The other pole is similarly furnished.
Patent GB-190708015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grain Driers.
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 8015. Lake, H. H., [Mason & Co., M.]. April 5. Drying g r a i n berries, &c.-Grain berries, &c. a r e dried in the space between two rotary concentric perforated cylinders by air passing through from the interior of the inner cylinder. The two cylinders 5, 6 their ends, and a central hollow shaft 11, are se. curely braced to. gether ; a door 17 is provided on the outer cylinder, and hollow trunnions 9, 10, larger than the shaft 11, are affixed to the ends of the cylinder and bear in standards 14. Air is passed in through the open trunnions 9, and part of it passes through the space between the trunnion and the shaft 11 secured to it by spiders ; the other part passes through the shaft, and at the other end is deflected between the other trunnion and the shaft by a concave shield stopping the trunnion. Air is thus supplied at both ends to the inner cylinder. Above the cylinders is a shield 18 carried by screw-threaded bolts 19. These bolts are threaded into nuts 20 operated by mitre gearing driven by a wheel 22, so that as the grain, in drying, shrinks and leaves a space at the top, the shield 18 may be lifted, a greater air - blast coming through the thinner layer of material.
Patent GB-190708848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Rectification of Alcohol or any other Product which is similarly Treated.
Inventor: GUILLAUME EMILE
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 8848. Guillaume, E. April 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Distilling spirits &c.-The tail products are removed from the alcohol before it is passed into the final purifying column, special apparatus being also provided for regulating the discharge of the head products. In the form of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, a " pasteurized " spirit, containing the tail products which have reached the top of the rectifier 1, is extracted by means of a pipe 2 from the upper plates of the column, the purified spirit passing in the form of vapour by a pipe 5 to the final purifier 6-7 for the removal of the ethers. The finished alcohol flows away at 8. The regulation of the head products is effected by means of a cock 12 situated on a pipe 11 communicating by pipes 14, 15 with the refrigerator 17 and condenser 18, respectively. This arrangement ensures that when an excess of liquid is condensed in the refrigerator 17 the excess shall overflow to the condenser 18, whereas when an insufficient amount is condensed the deficiency is made good by a withdrawal of liquid from the condenser 18, a constant flow thus taking place through the cock 12. Instead of extracting a pasteurized liquid from the plates of the rectifier 1, a separate column may be placed between the rectifier and the final purifier. In this case, the liquid retrograding in this column encounters the incoming spirit vapours, and in this way collects the tail products. This product is led away from the base of the column, while the spirit vapours pass to the final purifier. This intermediate column may also be arranged for the redistillation of the alcohol collecting at its base, the alcohol to be purified in this column being derived, either from the condenser outlet of the column 1 in the form of vapour, or from the base of this condenser or from one of the upper plates of the column 1 in the liquid condition. The process may be used in direct distillation and rectification, as well as for the removal of the last traces of impurities from high degree alcohols. The vapours arising from the distillation of the wines are then used for heating the column between the rectifier and the final purifier, the condensed liquid thus obtained being fed either to the low degree purifying-column preceding the rectifier or, where this column is dispensed with, to the rectifying-column itself.
Patent GB-190710746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Frames or Foundations for use in Dressing the Hair.
Inventor: BROWN AUGUSTE
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 10,746. Brown, A., and Brown, D. F. May 8. Hair frames.-A pompadour frame is formed by attaching a number of loops B to the front edge of a band or frame A. The device is preferably made of steel wire, and is covered with a net or gauze. like material. The Provisional Specification states that false hair may be attached to the frame.
Patent GB-190711863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Suspension of the Cars of Balloons
Inventor: CASTAGNERIS GUIDO
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 11,863. Castagneris, G. May 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Aerostats; cars.-The cords e for suspending the car h from a spherical or other balloon are attached to the inner sides of the balloon at a, b, c, d and pass through the envelope at the points g. The cords e may be attached to the material f forming part of the envelope of the air chamber l.
Patent GB-190712416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprinklers or Devices for Spraying and Distributing Liquids.
Inventor: BRYAN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-05-29
Granted: 1908-05-29
Abstract: 12,416. Bryan, A., and Jones, W. May 29. Watering roads.-Spreaders of the type described in Specification No. 3228, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Hydraulic Machinery &c.], for distributing liquids upon the surfaces of roads &c. are so constructed that a spreader used in conjunction. with an annular-jet orifice may slide along the stalk which carries it and so control the opening of the orifice. Fig. 1 shows the form of the apparatus, the spreader C being mounted upon the stalk B and having a slot c<1> in the part c. A projection b<1> on the stalk slides in this slot so that the spreader may be raised into its open position. When the projection b<1> is out of engagement with the slot and the spreader turned, this is held in its lower position. In order to give the spreader more than one height of lift, the part c may have a number of slots of varying depths, as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows a stud b<2> on the stalk engaging with a notch c<2> in the slot. Fig. 8 shows a modification, in which the slot c<1> is provided with two notches c<2>. Fig. 9 shows the slot c' with a number of additional notches c<3> for fixing the spreader at more than one height of lift.