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Patent GB-190425127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery used in Moulding Candles, Night-lights and the like.
Inventor: DAY WILLIAM HARPER
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 25,127. Day, W. H., and Murch, W. Nov. 18. Candles; night-lights, casting. The mould tank c carrying the moulds k, Fig. 3, is supported on four pillars a, while four other pillars b act to guide an upper frame d, which is provided with two trays x carrying the mould tops j. The dies i in the moulds are carried by hollow rods h, attached to a frame g having guides l sliding on the pillars a, and the wire wick-hole formers z are attached to a third frame 2 connected by a link 5 to a pivoted lever 3. In operation, the trays x, in their lowest position, receive the wax, which flows through the holes 7 into the moulds ; the treadle-lever 3 is then depressed, completing the perforation of the form, the trays x are raised by worm-and-wheel gearing or similar means, and finally the rods h, counterbalanced like the trays by weights v, are raised to extrude the cast form. If wicks are cast in the candles &c., bobbin frames 9, Fig. 7, are placed longitudinally on both sides of the machines. The bobbins 10 are in separate compartments and the wicks are taken through holes 11 and eyelets 12.
Patent GB-190425851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for the Stopping or Damming the Workings of Mines and the like.
Inventor: SOMMER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 25,851. Sommer, F. Nov. 28. Dams and stoppings ; goafs and the like, filling. -An apparatus for conveying sludge, tailings, &c., for the purpose of filling disused workings of mines, consists of a pipe having a funnel-shaped end and provided with inlets for water under pressure. Sludge &c. is mixed with water in a funnel d formed on a pipe a which is connected by means of valves c, c', c<2> to a pipe b carrying water under pressure. The apparatus may, in some cases, be used for lifting sludge.
Patent GB-190428827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Bolometers and Space Telegraphy.
Inventor: STONE JOHN STONE
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 28,827. Stone, J. S. Feb. 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bolometers.-The receiving-apparatus in a system of wireless telegraphy comprises the antenna V, step-down transformer M, and resonant circuit C, 8, L, including a bolometer of special construction. The bolometer is in a circuit which includes the choking-coils L', potentiometer R, and telephonic receiver T. The bolometer consists of a piece of Wollaston wire W dipping into mercury, or a mercury alloy, which dissolves off the silver coating, leaving the fine platinum or gold core exposed. The wire is sealed into a protecting glass tube 6, the whole being secured to a spring 10 engaging beneath the adjusting screw 12.
Patent GB-190500853-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of a New Compound and of Colouring Matters therefrom.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 853. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Jan. 16. Benthaphthanthrones are produced by condensing naphthanthraquinone or its reduction products with glycerine by means of sulphuric acid and aniline sulphate, or zinc chloride in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 16,538,. A.D. 1904. In examples, there are used naphthanthraquinone, naphthanthranol produced from naphthanthraquinone by reduction with zinc and glacial acetic acid, and the hydro compound of naphthanthraquinone produced by reducing naphthanthraquinone with zinc and caustic soda. Dyes, artificial.-Substantive dyes of the naphthacene series are produced by fusing the benzanthrones obtained as described above with caustic alkali, either alone or in the presence of alcohol, sodium acetate, or other substance. The products can be used directly as pastes for dyeing, or can be mixed with hydrosulphites to produce vats.
Patent GB-190500961-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method and Apparatus for the Treatment of Metallic Compounds of Sulphur, Arsenic and Antimony.
Inventor: DEKKER NICOLAS HENRI MARIE
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 961. Dekker, N. H. M. Aug. 13, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Oxides and salts, metallic, obtaining.-Relates to the reduction of natural sulphurous, arsenious, and antimonious ores by the action of nascent hydrogen evolved in the electrolytic decomposition of water, and consists in causing the finely-divided ore to move over the surface of a permanent cathode so that all the particles are brought into contact with the nascent hydrogen. In Fig. 2, the lead lining 9 of a ribbed barrelapparatus 14 serves as the cathode, the ribs carrying the slime up and discharging it on to a cylindrical, lead-cased anode 10, whence it is distributed to both sides. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the ore gravitates between parallel inclined electrodes 19, 20, the bottom one 19 of each pair being the cathode. Caoutchouc insulation 21 separates successive pairs. A cast-iron elevator 24, protected by suitable varnish, and situated behind a partition 22, conveys the slime from a lead trough 23 to a hopper 18. The electrodes may be of graphite, platinum, or lead in each case, and the electrolyte may be dilute sulphuric acid or alkali. The antimony &c. pass off as hydrides.
Patent GB-190505115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: BURKITT FRANCIS GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 5115. Burkitt, F. G. March 11. Calculating-apparatus; counting-apparatus.-In a single-bank key-set and operated adding-macbine, each denomination has its own pivoted lever, the differential depression of which by plunger keys registers, and the keyboard can be moved transversely to co-operate with any lever. Multiplication and division are effected by repeated operation, an additional key is provided for registering quotients in division, complementary numbering is adopted for the keys and number wheels, and the totalizing- counter, which has a self - contained transfer mechanism, is zeroized by rotation of its spindle. Fig. 2 shows the keys in their movable frame 3, the key-stops 11 upon the shanks, and the locking piece 5. The pivoted lever 9 actuates the counter-wheels by a toothed segment, each pinion having a ratchet connexion with its number wheel 13, Fig. 3, and the transfer parts, Fig. 4, which consist of a spring pawl 16 on the lower wheel, fixed recessed cam 17 on the shaft, and ratchet - wheel on the higher element. To zeroize, the spindle is moved by hand longitudinally in opposition to a spring until it clears a locking-notch, so that when rotated the pins 28, 29 may engage and carry the wheels round. The quotient key Q operates by means of segments a similar counter 33 unprovided with transfer mechanism; there is one segment and wheel for each denomination, and the key is depressed once for each depression of a number key. Means may be provided for checking overthrow on the counterwheels, and there may be a keyboard for each denomination. The screen through which the totalizing-counter wheels are read is movable sideways to display either the addition or subtraction . numerals.
Patent GB-190508303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps
Inventor: FRENCH ALTON LEVI
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 8303. French, A. L. April 18. Rotary cylindrical valves.-In a steam trap, the discharge valve, which is operated by a float, consists of a rotary cylindrical member 17 mounted in a chamber 15. The rotary member 17 is cut away between the ends, a portion 23 just sufficient to close the passage to the outlet being left.
Patent GB-190516005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Shives or Bungs for Casks, Barrels and the like
Inventor: REDSHAW HERBERT HENRY
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 16,005. Redshaw, H. H. Aug. 4. Spanners.-The key e, Fig. 4, is used to remove the bung a, Fig. 2, its projections e<2> engaging against projections on the bung. The opening e' fits the top of the venting-valve a<2>.
Patent GB-190516343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Apparatus for Heating by Steam Circulation.
Inventor: WESTWOOD JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-08-11
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 16,343. Westwood, J. W., Barter, C., and Taylor, T. Aug. 11. Air, heating. - Relates partly to apparatus for utilizing exhaust steam, particularly from condensing or non- densing engines, for heating air in ventilating and similar processes. Fig. 10 shows a general arrangement in which steam from the exhaust steam-pipe b is led through a casing I to an accelerator controlled by the temperature of a range of pipes c or the like. The accelerator, which is shown detached in Fig. 2, consists of a live-steam jet B which with the nozzle D<2> serves as an injector to force the exhaust steam entering through a valve J into the conical chambers D<3>. The nozzle D<2> is attached to one of two perforated disks D, D<1> which rotate upon each other. The disks D may be rotated through a spindle G and worm thread or teeth H, Fig. 3, so as to close more or less the opening F. An indicator G' shows the extent to which the ports F are opened. The.plunger B<1> controlling the supply of live steam may be actuated thermostatically through levers B<3> connected to the apparatus heated. The disk D' may be actuated similarly. If the supply of exhaust steam is limited, or if the ports F are closed, the nozzle B may serve as a reducing-valve. Water may be introduced into the casing to obtain a more perfect vacuum. The acclerator is connected by a flange to apparatus for heating air or liquids, such as radiators or coils. Where a vacuum exists in the exhaust pipe a a back-pressure valve, which may be balanced by levers and counterweights and may work automatically, closes the exhaust-steam inlet to the accelerator. One form of valve consists of a plunger or flap J which works in a vertical seating and is fixed to an arm J<5> having pivoted bearings at J<1> so that the valve on operating swings away from its seat. The plunger may be held to its seat by springs, and the ends of the arms J<5> may be fitted into sleeve rollers J<2> running on a flat surface formed' on each side of the interior of the valve casing. A similar valve P, Fig. 10, may be fitted in the exhaust pipe b on the outlet side of the branch a leading to the accelerator. The valves I, P may be connected by levers so that as one opens the other closes. The exhaust steam may be passed through a superheater, shown in Fig. 6, which may be located in a by-pass to a main flue such as a boiler or steamgenerator flue. The dampers L, L' controlling the admission of the heated gases to the superheater may be controlled by hand or thermostatically by an expansion rod M. An additional accelerator may be attached to the steam outlet of the superheater.
Patent GB-190516411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-concussion Pads for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HAMMOND JAMES HILL
Filed: 1905-08-12
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 16,411. Hammond, J. H. Aug. 12. Heel protectors.-A beel pad A of horseshoe shape has the tread surface A<2> rounded, and is tapered from the rear part to the front parts A'. The back part of the pad is formed with an upwardly-projecting lip A<3>, so that it may fit snugly to a worn heel. The pad may be adjusted to fit heels of different sizes and shapes, and is preferably secured by nails C bearing upon washers B. In a modification, the pad may be formed with a web or flange, and secured to the heel by a thin leather lift or metal plate. The metal plate may be fixed with a central screw, and provided with integral spikes to prevent the pad from turning.
Patent GB-190517038-A (GB)
Title: A New Method of Obtaining Manure and Fuel out of House Refues, Furnace Refuse, or any other Refuse.
Inventor: FURSE ALBERT DONALD
Filed: 1905-08-23
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 17,038. Furse, A. D. Aug. 23. Refuse, treating; manures.-A fuel or fertilizeris obtained by submitting house, town, furnace, or other refuse to trituration and intermixture in a centrifugal disintegrator of the type described in Specifications No. 3733, A.D. 1903, and Nos. 9367 and 22,625, A.D. 1905, [A bridgment Class Grinding, crushing, &c.]. The powdered product is passed through a screen in the disintegrator. Reference is made in the Provisional Specification to the addition of other ingredients, and it is stated that for fuel the product may be briquetted.
Patent GB-190524989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Weft Replenishing or Filling Change Looms.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1905-12-02
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 24.989. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Dec. 2. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins in, automatically. -In a loom provided at one side with drop shuttle boxes operated in the usual manner by a pivoted lever rocked by cranks or eccentrics on mutilated pinions, of which the rotation is effected by a mutilated master-gear and controlled by pattern mechanism, a rocking bobbin - magazine 27 is mounted at the other side of the loom and has compartments 26 adapted to contain bobbins with weft of different colours corresponding to those in the shuttles. The bobbins 28 are suitably guided in the compartments, and the lowest bobbins are held therein by a strip 32, which has an opening 32<1> normally closed by a stop on a spring-controlled arm 34. The magazine is pivoted on a stud 29<1>, and is rocked in synchronism with the movements of the drop-box by an arm 30, a connector 31, and an arm 25 on a rock-shaft 22 connected to the boxlever, so that the compartment containing bobbins of weft of the colour corresponding to that in the active shuttle is always over the opening 32<1>. When the weft fails, a shaft 27 is rocked by weftfork mechanism, and an arm 40 on the shaft acts upon an arm 41 on a rock-shaft 42. A link 43, which is connected to the arm 41 and to a rod 35 connected to an extension of the arm 34, moves the rod 35 into position to be raised by a cam-actuated lever 44, and the arm 34 is thereby moved to move the stop thereon from over the opening 32<1>. The lowest bobbin in the operative compartment falls into position to be engaged by the transferrer 47, which is operated in the usual manner, the usual pivoted arm 50 being lowered into position to be struck by the bunter 54 on the lay by an arm 53 on the rock-shaft 42. The second lowest bobbin in the operative magazine is held up by a stop on the arm 34 until the latter moves back to its initial position. Suitable guides are provided for guiding the bobbin into the shuttle in the box 6. In a modified form of the apparatus, the lowest bobbins are held in the magazine compartments by spring arms, and a suitably-actuated conveying-arm is provided for positively moving the lowest cop in the operative compartment into the position to be engaged by the transferrer. The conveying-arm is provided with parts which engage the tip and the head of the bobbin, and one of these parts is spring-controlled and is moved positively, so that it periodically engages and frees the bobbin head or tip.
Patent GB-190603369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supporters for Stockings and other Garments.
Inventor: WOOD ELIZABETH
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 3369. Wood, E., and Wood, J. H. Feb.12. Suspenders for articles of dress.- In an ordinary stud- and-eye clip for a stocking suspender, a flap 8, Fig. 1. of leather is attached by a row of stitches 9 to the front side of the tab that carries the stud. The flap hangs down over the stud, and is nipped in under the loop 4 together with the stocking or other garment, so as to protect the latter from the abrading action of the bare stud shank. Another flap 10 is attached behind the stud tab at .the same height, and hangs between the body and the stud plate to prevent chafing. In one modification, the two flaps are made in one piece and are threaded through a loop 12, Fig. 3, in the tab. In another modification, the lower ends of the flaps 8, 10, Fig. 4, are not divided, there being a plain doubled flap having its ends sewn as in the first case to each side of the upper part of the tab.
Patent GB-190607332-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for use in Supporting Electric Cables, Pipes, Rods and the like
Inventor: MITCHELL FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 7332. Mitchell, F., and Gunn, F. March 27. Hooks s for electric conductors, pipes, rods, &c., for attaching such articles to beams, girders, &c. without drilling, bolting, or riveting, are made of. flat, round, or square strip metal as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, with ends a which can be bent or hammered down so as to embrace the flange on the girder d. The strip is doubled on itself and twisted to form a hook c as shown in Fig. 3, and in certain cases this hook may be connected to the metal strip by a swivel joint.
Patent GB-190611626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Draw-bars for Trailers employed in connection with Motor and other Cycles, Traction Engines or other Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 11,626. Pickfords, Ltd., and Bradford, J. J. May 18. Towing - arrangements for. - A draw-bar connexion for trailers used with motor and other cycles, traction engines, or other vehicles is so constructed that it may be adjusted to suit varying widths of connexions and thus rendered interchangeable. Arms e, engaged by a cross-pin b<1> upon the trailer, are pivoted at e<1> to a frame c, which at c<1> provides a bearing for a bolt d carrying an eye to receive a draw-pin a'. The arms are connected by toggle-links e<7> to a collar e<4> upon a circumferentially grooved nut e<3>, so that, by operation of a handle e<3*>, the nut is moved along a threaded extension c' of the frame and the distance apart of the ends e<2> of the arms adjusted according to the positions of the brackets b<2>. The bolt d carries a spring d<5> bearing against washers d<3>, d<6>, the washer d' being slotted to receive the frame c.
Patent GB-190619319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Determining the Acceleration of Rotating Bodies.
Filed: 1906-08-29
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 19,319. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Clinker, R. C. Aug. 29. Speed indicators; bifilar suspensions. -The acceleration of rotating bodies such as the shafts of reciprocating steam-engines, turbines, &c. is determined by causing the shaft to drive a fly - wheel through a connexion which is varied in length by the change of torque due to the acceleration. A spindle c, journaled in a fixed bracket d, is driven by means of belt or other suitable gearing from the shaft in question, and carries a heavy wheel a by a bifilar suspension, preferably of the form shown, in which an endless torsionless cord b passes over two pulleys on the spindle and two on the wheel. As the speed of the spindle varies, the wheel, which tends to maintain a uniform speed, slightly overruns or lags behind the spindle, and in consequence of the method of suspension either rises or falls, a central point controlling the balanced index-hand g as it does so. Adjustment is effected by a central spring attached to a rod which can be screwed up or down in a central hole through the spindle, and to avoid air resistance the wheel is made smooth and is surrounded by a tube, which rotates with the spindle and carries a dash-pot controlling the vertical movement of the wheel.
Patent GB-190620901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Compositions used in the Manufacture of Artificial Marble, Stone and the like
Inventor: HORNELL JAMES
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 20,901. Hornell, J. Sept. 20. Bricks and tiles; slabs.-These are moulded from artificial marble or other ornamental stones of the kind in which mother-of-pearl waste is incorporated with a cement, the invention consisting in mixing waste corals with the mother-of-pearl.
Patent GB-190620972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosion Turbines
Inventor: MANNING HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-09-21
Abstract: 20,972. Manning, H. L. Sept. 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Elastic-fluid turbines.-Siren-like turbines of the kind described in Specification No. 19,620, A.D. 1903, are adapted for use with combustion products by providing a combustion chamber a at the inlet end of the turbine, making the fixed and rotary channels j in the disks f, h of uniform area and number and making the internal parts of metal of a high melting-point.
Patent GB-190701259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Metals, such as Steel, or Steel Alloys, in order to Vary, Improve or Accentuate the Qualities or Character thereof.
Inventor: FRITH WILLIAM FREDERICK LOWNDE
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1908-01-17
Abstract: 1259. Lowndes, W. F. L. F., (formerly Frith, W. F. L.), [Grist, C. J.]. Jan. 17. Annealing; tempering; electric currents, treating with.-Relates to processes such as are described in Specifications No. 13,352, A.D. 1900, and No. 23,939, A.D. 1901, for the treatment of metals, such as steel or steel alloys, in which the metal is heated in a bath of mercury, and is subjected while heated to an electric current, and particularly to the process described in Specification No. 27,914, A.D. 1906, in which the current is passed only during a selected period of recalescence. In the case of low-quality steels in which a critical period occurs between 350-600‹ F., the operation is conducted in an open vessel instead of in a closed vessel as in Specification No. 27,914, A.D. 1906. Tools made of this kind of steel need have only their points immersed in the mercury. Suitable precautions for condensing the mercury are used when necessary.
Patent GB-190701452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Actions for Organs and like Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1907-01-19
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 1452. Lake, H. H., [Aeolian Co.]. Jan. 19. Organs and like instruments; automatic instruments.-A pneumatic action is arranged to enable the sounding-devices to be controlled by a number of independent means, such as banks of keys or sets of tracker ducts. Valves 19, 49 carried by spring-pressed levers 16, 46 in separate wind-chests 17, 47 are operated by diaphragms 15, 45, valves 13, 43, diaphragms 11, 41, and valves 4, 34. The valves 19, 49 are connected by flexible cords 52 to prevent the fluttering of a valve on its seat when the opposite valve is opened.
Patent GB-190702629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Preparing Machines for Treating or Pressing Hank Yarns.
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 2629. Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers Association, [LefÞvre, P.]. Feb. 2. Yarns, calendering &c.-In machines for pressing hank yarns, a dash-pot or other speed-regulating device is connected to the weight lever, the rollerbearing lever, or the pedal lever and one of these levers is connected to the strap-fork lever so that the strap is moved on to the fast pulley when the pedal is released and the weight applied, and on to the loose pulley when the weight is released. In Fig. 1, the dash-pot E is shown connected with the roller-bearing lever B, and the strap-fork is connected through a bell-crank lever K and rod F with ,the weight lever w so that, as the pedal is depressed, the rod F is lifted, thus shifting the belt on to the loose pulley; when the pedal is released the rod F descends by its own weight, augmented, if desired, by a spring or another weight. The bearing-lever may be provided with a toothed segment, as shown in Fig. 3, and operated through a lever B<1> and link C from the pedal; the dash-pot may be fitted to a lever fast on the shaft b<2> which carries the lever B<1>, or any of the other levers.