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Patent GB-190421538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Blast Furnace and like Gases.
Inventor: SAHLIN AXEL
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,538. Sahlin, A. Oct. 7. Coking.-Coke-oven and like gases are cleansed in an apparatus consisting of a cylindrical shell which contains a rotating perforated or gauze drum. The drum 4 is mounted by means of spokes 5 on an axle 3 which is parallel with, but vertically below, the axis of the shell 1. Inside the drum, solid discs 6 are fixed between the sets of spokes; outside the drum, diaphragms 7 are fixed so as to close the space between the shell and the drum. Gases flow through the inlet 2 and are forced, by the diaphragms and discs, to pass in and out of the drum on their way to the outlet 11, during which time they are washed by water jets 8. The level of the water in the bottom of the apparatus is determined by a trapped outlet 9, to which the dust is carried by spiral blades 10 fixed on the exterior of the drum.
Patent GB-190423625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-opening and Closing Umbrellas, Parasols and the like.
Inventor: SELIGSTEIN ABRAHAM
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 23,625. Seligstein, A. Nov. 1. Automatic opening and closing. - Fluid under pressure is contained in the holder d, and may be admitted to the hollow stick c by means of the valve e ; the piston j, to which the runner f is connected by means of the pin f<1>, being thus forced up the tube, opening the umbrella, and at the same time stretching the spring i. The umbrella may be held open either by the usual catch or by the pressure of the fluid. If the valve p<o> be opened, the fluid escapes to the air, and the tension of the spring i causes the umbrella to close.
Patent GB-190427725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Post Hole Augers.
Inventor: HERTZIG FRED GOTTLIEB
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 27,725. Hertzig, F. G. Dec. 19. Ground augers.-A post-hole auger 16, with serrated cutting-edges 17, is pivoted to a vertical screw 13. Mounted on a frame 7 provided with wheels 8 are two arched plates 9, 12 having screwthreaded holes adapted to engage with the screw. A bevel-wheel 20<1>, which gears with a wheel 18, is driven by a flywheel 21 provided with a handle. The operator stands upon the platform 23. Fixed to the wheel 18 is a lug 19<1> adapted to engage with a longitudinal slot 20 in the screw 13, so that, by rotating the wheel 18, the screw 13 is rotated and consequently moved in a vertical direction.
Patent GB-190427748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling the Supply of Fuel to the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Motors.
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 27,748. Soc. Nouvelle des Etablissements Decauville a¯nÚ. Sept. 23, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines, governing in. To regulate the supply of mixture to the cylinders of engines suitable for motor road vehicles, an auxiliary piston valve f, operated by the arm j from some external source, controls the aperture formed by the rising of the lift valve c.
Patent GB-190501512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Carriage and other Windows.
Inventor: NICHOLSON CHARLES
Filed: 1905-01-25
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 1512. Nicholson, C. Jan. 25. Fastenings.-The lifting - strap for raising carriage and other windows passes between a fixed upper roller c and a rotatable lower roller d, and is caused by the weight of the sash to be gripped by serrated ribs e. To release the strap, an arm g on the lower roller is pressed towards the sash.
Patent GB-190514221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Producing Current or Radiations for a Transportable Wireless Transmitter Station.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 14.221. Thompson, W. P., [Ges. f³r Drahtlose Telegraphie]. July 10. Wireless telegraphy.-Relates to a portable wireless transmitting-station. The aerial shown in Fig. 1 consists of several vertical masts, which may be of metal and adapted to telescope, or of wood and adapted to fold up, the upper and lower ends of the masts being joined across by wires, so as to form two flat polygonal areas. Additional wires are carried to the centres of these areas, which centres are connected by a vertical wire f containing the receiving-apparatus g. With such a construction, it is not necessary to earth one end of the aerial. In order to generate the necessary electric power, a small dynamo is driven by a motor or other cycle.
Patent GB-190520432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Card-albums.
Inventor: BUHTZ GUSTAV
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 20,432. Buhtz, G. Oct. 10. Picture and like mounts.-Openings a in the leaves of albums for picture post cards allow the writing &c. on the front of the cards to be viewed from the back of the leaf without removing the card, which is held in the album by the usual slits d, e to receive its corners.
Patent GB-190520982-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Automatically Shaping Masses of Dough to the Form Required for Loaves.
Inventor: THOMAS WILLIAM GWYNNE
Filed: 1905-10-16
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 20,982. Thomas, W. G. Oct. 16. Moulding dough. -Relates to machines of the type described in Specifications No. 14,056, A.D. 1902, and No. 26,564, A.D. 1903, and consists chiefly in keeping the bowls a, which are given a circular motion in an horizontal plane, always inverted. The dough masses are fed in the manner described in the second Specification referred to, to boards g mounted on supports arranged to move on rollers round guides h<1>, h<2>. The bowl supports b on brackets c are also rotated round the central shaft d, which by means of a spur-wheel e<3> drives pinions n' and through them the crank disks n<2> which give the circular motion to the bowls. Ball joints o<2> on the rods o can move as shown up and down the rods and thus alter the extent of the bowls, the feeding of the dough coinciding with the minimum. The boards g when receiving the dough and till after the masses are rolled are horizontal, but as they retreat from the bowls they slope and deliver the shapes to a belt r. Motion is transmitted from a pulley to the shaft d, when a pin k<4> on an incomplete disk k<3> engages with one of the slots m<1> on a cam piece m, with the curved faces m<2> of which the disk engages at intervals, when no motion is transmitted.
Patent GB-190525971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Lighted Miners' Safety and like Lamps.
Inventor: JONES THOMAS ANTHONY
Filed: 1905-12-13
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 25,971. Jones, T. A., and Jones, A., [trading as Patterson & Co.l. Dec. 13. Miners' and like safety lamps. - In lamps lit by electric sparks between the wick-tube and an insulated conductor, the c o nductor a is arranged to go through the base ring c and end in a contact-piece e at the side of the lamp. Insulators d, b and guiding-lugs g are provided.
Patent GB-190600772-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of Formates.
Filed: 1906-01-11
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 772. Elektrochemische Werke Ges. April 14, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Formates.-In making formates from solid caustic alkali and carbon monoxide subjected to pressure and heat, the alkali is used in large pieces without admixture of diffusing media such as coal, lime, &c.
Patent GB-190604028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Machines for Filling Bottles with Liquids Under Pressure and for Corking same.
Inventor: BINNS PICKLES
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 4028. Binns, P. Feb. 19. Bottling; corking.-In machines for filling bottles with aerated liquids, and for corking the filled bottles, means is provided for replacing the mouthpiece of the filling-nozzle by another which will allow of a larger or smaller cork being used as the case may be. Also, the cork feed is rendered inoperative when a bottle is omitted. The mouthpiece or bush a is screwed into bearings c,. and liquid and vent openings d, f respectively are formed through the bush. These openings are independent of the central opening g through which the cork passes. The cork is fed into the corking- tube and compressed by a laterally-moving sliding piece k working in a guide h. The corking-plunger has two movements, first forcing the cork down into the part g, and then, after the bottle has been filled, driving the cork into the bottle. If a bottle is omitted from the machine, the cork feed is rendered inoperative by mechanism operated by the continued travel of the bottle rest, as described in Specification No. 21,348, A.D. 1904, with regard to the liquid and syrup valves..
Patent GB-190605305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stocking Suspenders
Inventor: DALGLEISH JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 5305. Dalgleish, J. March 5. Stocking suspend e r s. - Stockings are suspended from the waist by side straps B fastened to an elastic waistband A at their upper ends and to the stockings by safety-pins D at their lower ends. The waistband is fastened by means of a button C.
Patent GB-190608268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Safety Valves.
Filed: 1906-04-05
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 8268. Hopkinson, J., and Hopkinson & Co., J. April 5. Safety - valves. - Relates to a deadweight safety-valve of the kind described in Specification No. 7956, A.D. 1903. The valve is constructed so that the load is lower than previously, and is preferably below the valve seat; the steam is discharged into a dome above the outlet pipe; the weight - holder is provided with a central pivotal support which rests on the spindle ; the weight-holder and cover are connected by central connexion, and the valve spindle is shortened. In the form shown, the valve E discharges into a cylindrical chamber C, in which the inlet B is arranged, the steam escaping between the inlet B and the chamber C. The spindle F is guided in its movements by an opening G in the chamber C. The weights are arranged on a holder H, which is preferably connected to a cover J by means of a central screw L pointed at its end, so as to rest in a recess M in the spindle, or supported by the spindle by means of ball bearings. The holder H and cover J may be connected by separate bolts, and a central pin is then used only as a pivot. The holder H and cover J are so formed that the centre of gravity of the load is preferably below the valve seat. The cover J may be dispensed with, or may be formed merely to prevent the weights from being lifted off the valve while at work. The rise of the holder H is limited by a flange Q, which comes in contact with a stop P.
Patent GB-190608711-A (GB)
Title: Method and Means for use in Building Up Louis and like Heel-work of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: WARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-11
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 8711. Ward, W. April 11. Heels.-Relates to building Louis and like heels, and consists of a device for holding the extension of the sole leather to the heel front until the glue or cement has set. A piece h of leather, flexible or otherwise, is blocked or shaped to fit the front of the heel and the waist, and is connected on both sides with strong india-rubber bands i, which are detachably secured through tabs i<2> to fixed studs d' on the table or bench d which carries the last-support e. The piece h extends as at h<2> beyond the extension f of the sole leather. In addition, a second clamp j may be used. This is connected by a flexible piece j<3> and a strong rubber band j<2> to a strap j<4> secured to an upright l. Instead of -the rubber bands i, j<2>, spiral springs may be used.
Patent GB-190614800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers
Inventor: SMITH NORMAN ROGERS
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 14,800. Smith, N. R. June 28. Screw propellers. - The driving-face 2 of the propeller blades is of gradually increasing pitch, while the other face of the blades is of constant pitch. The outer portions 1 of the surfaces of the blades are curved outward to reduce the centrifugal discharging tendency, and the front edges are rounded, as shown at 7. A groove 6 is made in the outer edges, extending from the point where the outer edge widens to the rear, in order to counteract the increase of weight due to the cupping of the blades.
Patent GB-190615416-A (GB)
Title: Improved Reed Mechanism for Self-playing Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1906-07-06
Granted: 1907-08-06
Abstract: 15,416. Lake, H. H., [Aeolian Co.]. July 6. Organs and like instruments; automatic instruments.-The pneumatic action of a manuallyoperated or self-playing reed instrument operates the reed valves and the percussion devices connected therewith positively in both directions. Each reed valve 34 is connected by rods 32 to a pair of pneumatics, one of which 30, inside the pressure chest, opens the valve, and the other 23, outside the chest, closes the valve, thus dispensing with a spring. The hammers 39 are operated by jacks 40 connected by rods 37 to the valves 34. By cutting off the wind supply from the reed chest 35, the percussion devices act alone and produce a harp-like effect. A cover 42 is provided to throw the tracker bar out of action during manual playing.
Patent GB-190622165-A (GB)
Title: Improved Leather Watch Wristlet.
Inventor: GEORGE ROBERT
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 22,165. George, R., and Jarvis, F. Oct. 8. Attaching articles to the person.-A metal 'rim stamped out as shown in Fig. 3 is inserted in the dome of a leather watch wristlet and pressed to the shape shown in Fig. 2. The rim is provided to keep the opening circular and to preserve the edges of the leather.
Patent GB-190624531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ventilators for Cars or the like.
Inventor: SWAN EUGENE RADALPH
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 24,531. Swan, E. R., and McDonnell, G. E. Nov. 2. Controlling automatically; ventilators.-Relates to a combined inlet and outlet venti!ator for railway carriages, ships, buildings, &c. Within a casing 3 are disposed flues 11, 12 extending from the roof of the car &c. nearly to the floor, and closed at the bottom by hit-and-miss valves 15, 16. The casing is divided into compartments 7, 9 by a partition 5, the compartment 9 being further divided into compartments 8, 8<a> by a partition 6. The foul-air flue 12 communicates with the compartment 8, which is closed to the rest of the casing but is provided with an inlet 42 for the withdrawal of foul air from the car. The fresh-air flue 11 leads into the chamber 8a which communicates at the bottom with the compartment 7, in which are disposed heating and cooling coils 40 for attemperating the incoming air, and a filter screen moistened by water, supplied from a tank 35, a drip pan 38, and waste pipe 39 being provided at the lower end of the screen. The flues 11, 12 communicate with a casing 4 situated above the roof 1 and divided into longitudinal passages 23, 22. A sliding valve 27 is situated within the passage 23, and is operated by the wind caused by the motion of the car &c. to deflect air into the flue 11. Screens 25 prevent the ingress of cinders &c., and openings 26 are made in the side of the casing to permit of the ready removal of any debris that may lodge in the casing. Within the casing 22 are disposed two hinged valves 30 connected together by a link 31 ; these valves are operated by the wind so as to close the passage towards the wind, and cause a suction of foul air from the car through the flue 12. The valves 15, 16 are operated by means of chains 17, the valves being caused to rotate when moved longitudinally by means of spiral slots 21 engaging with pins 20. The chains 17 are connected to arms 18 fastened to a shaft 19, so that they are operated simultaneously. The ventilation is automatically regulated by means of a weighted lever 44, Fig. 6, engaging with an arm 43 fitted to the shaft 19. As the current of air increases, it tends to depress the valve 15, raising the arm 43 and giving the lever 44 and weight 47 greater leverage about the shaft 19.
Patent GB-190625869-A (GB)
Title: Improved Agent for Fixing Photographic Images.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,869. Bloxam, A. G., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin-Fabrikation]. Nov. 15. Fixing.-Ammonium hyposulphite is used for fixing. The fixing-bath is prepared by adding a suitable ammonium salt, such as ammonium chloride or sulphate, to a solution of sodium hyposulphate. When prepared in the solid state, the desiccated sodium hyposulphite is mixed with the ammonium salt. The mixture'may be incorporated with a proportion of sodium bisulphite to give an acid bath.
Patent GB-190626191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heads for Syphons, Seltzogenes, and like Vessels
Inventor: DURAFORT VICTOR ERNEST JULES
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 26,191. Durafort, V. E. J. Nov. 19. Seltzogenes; siphon bottles.-Relates to the construction of a head for a seltzogene, siphon bottle, &c. in which all the parts with which the liquid comes in contact are of pure tin, while the remaining parts are formed of a cheaper metal. The head 1, which is formed of cheap metal, is provided with an opening 3 to receive a spout 5 of pure tin. The inner end of the spout is formed with openings 6, 7 for the passage of the liquid and the stem of the outlet valve. A washer 8 formed of pure tin is provided with a central tube 9, the upper end of which projects into the opening 6 in the spout. The parts are connected by soldering with pure tin.
Patent GB-190703082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Electrically Detecting Railway Points or the like.
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 3082. S i e m e n s B r o s. & Co., and Ferreira, L. M.G. Feb. 7. Points and switches and the like, railway, electric detectors. for. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the point tongues are co nnected through the rod g to -a lever f suspended from the crank-pin e in the short crank d, which also carries the contact-spring operating-cam b. When the points are operated, the lever f is swung on the pin e until it touches one of the adjustable screws i. The screws are adjusted to meet the lever when the tongues are within about 1/16 th inch of their final position ; the lever then continues to move on one of the screws as its fulcrum. By this arrangement, the remaining movement of the rod g is considerably multiplied and the cam b is sufficiently moved to ensure good contact between the spring c and contact c<1>. The fineness of the detection can be varied as desired by ths screws i. Figs. 4 and 6 show a modified arrangement in which the detention also depends upon the current movement of the locking-bolt. The screws i are dispensed with and adjustable cams k having a bevelled surface are mounted on the shaft l, which is rocked by means of the crank n coupled to the locking-bolt. After the points have moved over, the movement of the bolt brings one of the cams k against the lever f and causes it to move about the fulcrump p. It is stated that the contacts may be of the form shown in Specification No. 26,983, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.].
Patent GB-190705663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes.
Inventor: CLARKE WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-08
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 5663. Clarke, W. March 8. Windows.-Casements and windows reversible on vertical pivots are provided with hinged and tongued sill-beads 4, which are turned down to allow of the window being swung inwards for cleaning purposes. To exclude draught and weather, the top rail is bevelled at 7 while the bottom r a i lis throated at 11. A supplementary hinged light 9 or other means for ventilation may be added.
Patent GB-190706005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheels.
Inventor: GENILLON MARIE JEAN FRANCOIS
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 6005. Genillon, M. J. F. March 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spring wheels.-Wheels of the kind in which the axle, supported eccentrically upon springs in a non-rotating chamber, forms a centre of oscillation for the centre of the wheel or the chamber, which rises on encountering an obstacle, are characterized by the arrangement of the axle underneath the centre or spindle of the wheel. The axle E, Figs. 1 and 2, is mounted to turn in the lower part of a frame X, which slides upon a squared sleeve O<1> rigidly secured to the walls d, e of the chamber and is guided in vertical slots K in the same. The axle and frame are supported upon springs R resting against cups S carried by the walls d, e. The spindle 0 of the wheel, which by means of a Cardan shaft transmits the drive from the differential to the spoke ring A by means of a plate k closing the hub, is thus able to oscillate about the axle which remains in a horizontal plane, against the springs R, additional springs R<1> damping the rebound. The spoke ring rotates on ball bearings G. The oscillation of the chamber is checked by springs M connecting an arm L to other arms integral with the axle or to the vehicle body. If the wheel is chain - driven, the chain wheel connected to the differential by a Cardan shaft is also connected to the spindle O by a tensioning-device, the chain passing round a sprocket - wheel fitted to the sleeve A.
Patent GB-190709869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire-arms.
Inventor: MARGA ULDARIQUE
Filed: 1907-04-29
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 9869. Marga, U. April 29. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-The recoil movement of the breech block of an automatic gun is checked by means of a piston 23, which is pressed against the breech-block 3 by the pressure of the powder gases passing from the barrel through;the passage 22 to the underside of the piston 23. The return of the breech-block to the closed position is effected by means of the spring 9 acting upon the cylinder 7 which is connected by screws 6 to the breech-block 3. The shock at the end of the recoil is taken by the plungers 27, 28 which are pushed forward by powder gases from the barrel entering behind the plungers through the passage 31. In a modification, the return springs are dispensed with, the powder gases entering through a non-return valve being utilized to drive the parts forward. A safety device for the striker, which may also be used for retaining the recoiled or retracted breechblock, is described. In a modified form of breechblock, the cartridge base rests against a piston which is driven into a recess in the front end of the breech-block against the action of a spring.
Patent GB-190710993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electric Lighting of Surgical Specula and the like
Inventor: KAPLAN SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-05-11
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 10,993. Kaplan, S., and Batault, E. May 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Supporting lamps. - A small electric incandescent -lamp 8 is clamped inside a surgical speculum or the like by a flat spring 5 which may be fixed in a conical support 3.
Patent GB-190714795-A (GB)
Title: A New Mode of Manufacturing Insoluble Briquettes of Fuel
Inventor: TAVERNIER ALPHONSE
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 14,795. Tavernier, A. June 27. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Materials for making coke and like products.- Charcoal is made by moistening refuse wood with dilute acid and subjecting it to the action of furnace gases, the wood being placed in brick chambers which can alternately be put into communication with boiler furnaces and the chimney by means of dampers.