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Patent GB-190515455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary or Straight-bar Knitting Machines.
Filed: 1905-07-27
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 15,455. Cotton, Ltd., W., and Aldridge, C. H. July 27. Straight-bar knitting-machines.-Relates to means of effecting plain or ornamented plating on the Cotton's machine, in conjunction with the mechanism described in Specification No. 20,393, A.D. 1904. In order to bring the thread - carriers smoothly and easily into reciprocation at each traverse of the slurcocks and to avoid any " snatch" due to the sudden coupling of the thread-carrier rods with their actuating-mechanism, the latch or release C attached to the adjustable stop A<3>, Fig. 2, for the purpose of engaging a carrier-rod B, is made to move obliquely into or out of the notch B<2>. The latch is jointed to the lower end of an arm C<1> depending from a shaft C<2> on the adjustable bracket C<4> ; another arm C<3> of the shaft is linked at C<8> to a lever 0<6> pivoted to the bracket and having a lower depending finger 0<5> resting on a bar D'. The bar traverses with the slur-cock, and when the rounded end D<3> passes from underneath the arm 0<5>, the weight of the latter assisted by a spring lifts the arm C<3> and rocks the shaft C<3>. The latch C is thus brought obliquely into the position shown in dotted lines, being made to yield in the direction of motion of the carrier-rod by the rocking of the arm C<1> and being lifted to release the former by an extension C<11> of the latter. When the bar returns, the rounded end D<3> depresses the catch C into engagement with the notched rod B, and the oblique motion of the catch brings the rod up against the stop A<3>. This action may also be effected by a separate incline acting on a loose finger to give a lift to the arm C<5> in advance, and independently of the rounded end D<3>. Where a simple pivoted latch, operated directly by an incline, is used, any rebound of the carrier during the return lift of the latch is obviated by pivoting the depending portion on which the incline acts on an axis at right-angles to the main axis of the latch. On the return of the incline, the finger instead of being lifted by the latter, is brushed aside by a side incline. Two fingers F <8>, F<3>, Fig. 8, or more may be used in conjunction, different fingers being turned up out of action to vary the " lead " of the carrier. In some cases, to allow of the loops of the main and plaiting threads passing with as little disturbance as possible into the fabric, supplementary knocking-over bits H<1>, Fig. 9, are provided. The bits H<1> are mounted on a bar H, suspended by links H<4> and arms H<3> from a rocking shaft, and is connected by links H<7> to arms H<6> on a second independently rocked shaft H<5>. The combined movement causes the knocking- over bits H<1> to lift the fabric, as the new loops slide off the sinker nebs, and then lower the new loops on to the knocking-over bits G<2>, when the loops are knocked over and cleared as the needles descend.
Patent GB-190516268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Games
Inventor: SENGER KARL
Filed: 1905-08-10
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 16,268. Senger, K. Aug. 10. Belts.-A belt 1, for use in playing a game, is fitted at the back with a hook 3 having a ball 5 at the end.
Patent GB-190525122-A (GB)
Title: Process of Separating Metals.
Inventor: HYBINETTE NOAK VICTOR
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 25,122. Hybinette, N. V. Dec. 4. Alloys, refining.-The constituents of a nickelcopper alloy B are separated electrolytically by making the alloy the anode in a vat containing a greased copper cathode C mounted in a wooden frame E, and a filtering-diaphragm D consisting of two layers of canvas stretched on a framework K. A dilute solution of nickel sulphate, mixed with lactic, phosphoric, boric, or other weak acid, is supplied to the cathode compartment and continually passes to the anode compartment, the liquid levels being adjusted so as to cause this circulation. Nickel, in a non-adhering condition, is deposited upon the cathode, while nickel, copper, and iron are dissolved from the anode and pass away from the cell as sulphates. This solution, maintained at a boiling temperature, is caused to pass over bars &c. of nickel, or of nickel-copper alloy containing upwards of 70 per cent of nickel, the metal or alloy being practically free from carbon, silicon, and sulphur, whereby the copper is cemented out of the solution, being replaced by more nickel. The process is repeated to remove the last traces of copper, and the solution is then electrolyzed with insoluble anodes, for example of platinum, lead, or carbon, in order to convert all the iron into the ferric state. The addition of excess of nickel carbonate precipitates the iron as ferric carbonate, and the pure nickel solution is then returned to the cathode compartment and again circulated. The anode sludge contains insoluble metals, such as gold, platinum, palladium, &c., as well as quantities of copper and copper sulphide. Specifications Nos. 8661 and 15,988, A.D. 1885, are referred to.
Patent GB-190526286-A (GB)
Title: An Elastic Wheel with Device for Preventing Side Slip.
Inventor: MINNIGERODE BARON HILMAR VON
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 26,286. Minnigerode, Baron Hilmar von. Dec. 16. Springs wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to wheels of the type in which the deformation and radial play of an outer rim are controlled by means of spring plungers. The rim b, which may be fitted with an outer rubber or leather tyre g, comprises one or more steel bands held by claw bolts d, the radial shanks of which are passed through inner rims m, n. Spiral springs l fitted on the bolts are adjusted by means of screwed nuts k. Caulks or studs, or other non-clipping devices, may be fitted on the claw heads f of the bolts d so as to project beyond the tyre. Sleeves o, Fig. 1, may be fitted round the springs.
Patent GB-190526561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Miners' Safety Lamps.
Inventor: BEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-12-20
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 26,561. Best, W. Dec. 20. Miners' safety lamps.-The two glass cylinders 1, 2 are permanently secured together by being cemented into annular end caps 4, 5, whereby they are removed and cleaned with the same ease as a single glass cylinder.
Patent GB-190606906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Wheels and Axles of Motor Cars, Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBERTS HARRY TUDOR
Filed: 1906-03-22
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 6906. Roberts, H. T. March 22. Axles; driving-mechanism. - Relates to that method of mounting the wheels of motor-cars, cycles, and other vehicles in which the frame or body of the vehicle is suspended from the wheel axle by links or by cranking the axle, and leaving it free to turn in its bearings. Fig. 5 shows the invention applied to the steering-wheels of a motor-car. The knucklejoint 4 is pivoted to the cranked part of the axle h by means of the bolt shown, and ball bearings 5 are provided. Fig. 11 shows a modification in which two links 16 are used, connected to the main axle by the arm 15, the wheel axle e being carried by the plate 17. Fig. 3 shows the invention applied to the driving-wheels of a motor-car. The suspending-link has a prolongation o to which are attached the controlling-springs k, and the motion of the wheel axle i relative to the chassis may be allowed for by a telescopic shaft r. This shaft is connected by any well-known gearing to the crossshaft s carrying a sprocket-wheel t, which drives the sprocket-wheel v on the driving-wheel. A distance-rod w, freely suspended at one end by a link x, connects the cross-shaft s to the wheel axle i to keep the distance between them constant. The rod w may also carry the double-armed lever z for operating the brake band 1 on the drum 2. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the axle h, enclosed in a sleeve k, drives the wheels by means of the spur-wheels 6, 7. In this case the cranked part may wholly or partly enclose the gearing. In Fig. 7, the cranked part is made in the form of a circular disk 9 fixed eccentrically to a casing 11 mounted on the axle h, and preferably having ball or roller bearings (not shown) on which the enlarged hubs 10 revolve. The wheel axle 12 passes through the disk, and the spur-wheel 7, which gears as before with the wheel 6 on the axle h, is either attached to it or to the front of the hub 10. In another form, the hub is provided with internal teeth into which the toothed wheel 6 gears.
Patent GB-190608912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Burners, or Lamps, for Burning a Mixture of Air and Petrol, or other Volatile Hydrocarbon, for Heating and Lighting purposes.
Inventor: KENT HENRY ANDREW
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 8912. Kent, H. A. April 12. Carburetting.-In the "petrolite" type of lamp or heating apparatus the carburettor is arranged at a higher level than the burner or burners, preferably within range of the heat from the burners, and its discharge opening d<2> is preferably a little above its floor. The preferably annular carburettor may contain cotton, glasswool, asbestos, sand bricks, or preferably perforated, recessed, or grooved blocks B of common salt, a part or the whole of the blocks being raised above the floor of the carburettor.
Patent GB-190614092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: ELLIS WILLIAM J
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 14,092. Ellis, W. J. June 19. Externally fired boilers; Cornish &c. boilers; flues, internal; saddleshaped.-An arched space 32, serving as a flue, is formed in the shell of a cylindrical boiler 30.
Patent GB-190617225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Price Varying Mechanism for Pre-payment Meters
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE
Filed: 1906-07-31
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 17,225. Wilson, G. July 31. Gas-meters.-To allow for changes in the price of gas &c. in prepayment meters, means are provided for varying the rotation imparted by the inserted coin to the toothed wheel E, which is geared to the crediting-mechanism of the meter. Coin action; coin-discharging mechanism.-The arm inserted in the pocket B in the drum A is pressed by the spring H, which almost completely encircles the base of the drum and passes through slots in the walls of the pocket, into engagement with the shield F loose on the drum shaft A'. On rotation of the drum by the handle A<2>, the shield F, owing to pressure of the coin, moves with it until the projection F<1> engages the removable stop G<2>, which is screwed in one of the holes G' in the ring G forming part of the casing. The coin then escapes past the spring F<2> on the shield, and engages and rotates the wheel E until it arrives opposite the slot G<5>, when, aided by the spring H, it falls into the money-box. The motion of the drum is limited by the engagement of stops A<4>, G<4> on the drum and casing, respectively, and a second stop G<3> on the drum returns the shield, and a ratchet and pawl prevent reverse rotation of the wheel E. Casings; money-boxes.-The prepayment mechanism is covered by a plate D<1>, which engages a lug G<6> and is secured to the casing D' by a lug D. This lug is covered by a rim D<6> on the money-box when the latter is placed in the casing D<2>, the whole being secured by locking the cover D<3> to the hasp on the casing D<2>.
Patent GB-190622271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Platform and similar Weighing Machines.
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 22,271. Pooley & Son, H., and Jacob, L. Oct. 9. Platform machines; steelyard apparatus ; relieving - mechanism. - Relates to weighing-machines in which a number of weigh-bridges are used in connexion with one steelyard. Figs. 1 and 3 show an arrangement in which three weighbridges are connected through rods o, levers p, and rods i to a common bar e, which is suspended from knifeedges b in a double steelyard arm a. The movable weight d slides upon the upper edge of each bar in the arm a, thus facilitating graduation according to any two-weight standards ; the weight passes over the point of suspension. A movable balance weight l and bar h are provided for each weigh-bridge, so that only the net weight upon the weigh-bridge comes upon the steelyard. The knife-edge q for each rod o is adjustable in the arm p. Any weigh-bridge may be thrown out of action by means of a cam m on a shaft n.
Patent GB-190700845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of an Elastic Fibrous Tissue.
Inventor: HOFFMANN GEOFFREY
Filed: 1907-01-12
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 845. Hoffmann, G. Jan. 12. Balls.-The cores of golf balls are made of a special rubber substitute and are afterwards covered with tape or rubber threads and gutta-percha. The rubber substitute is made from animal connective tissue treated with tannic acid &c.
Patent GB-190701734-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Facilitating the Buttoning of Collar Studs and the like.
Inventor: HUNTER ROBERT HOPE ALSTON
Filed: 1907-01-23
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 1734. Hunter, R. H. A. Jan. 23. Studs, instruments for inserting.-A device for facilitating the buttoning of collar studs &c. comprises a thin round stem a, Fig. 1, having a handle a' at one end, and a tapering loop a<2> at the other to engage the head of the stud, the loop being bent at an angle to the stem. In a modification, Fig. 3, the thickness of the loop is increased at its end a<3>, acting as a slight wedge to open the buttonhole as the device is withdrawn. Specification No. 12,363, A.D. 1888, is referred to.
Patent GB-190706051-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Live Steam Feed Water Heater and Purifier
Inventor: WOOD JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 6051. Wood, J. E. March 13. Heating water.-Apparatus fitted in the steam space of the boiler comprises inclined trays a alternating with settling-chambers d. These chambers are provided with a filter e consisting of a perforated box filled with coke or the like, the filter being placed in an inclined position, as shown. From the last chamber j, the water overflows into the main water space. A pipe l, connects each settling-chamber with a blow-out pipe k.
Patent GB-190708547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Mechanically Operable Tramway Points
Inventor: COCKERILL ERNEST ALFRED
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 8547. Cockerill, E. A. April 12. Points and switches, tramway, operating mechanically from the vehicles. Fig.1 shows a plan of a junction, the coverplates being removed to show the operating-mechanism. The point tongue e is connected to one end of a lever h pivoted to a cross-beam d, and the other end of the lever h is formed into a plate k adapted to slide on a cross-beam c. The plate k carries two fixed inclined blocks l, m and a pivoted triangular plate n, shown detached and reversed in Fig. 5, adapted to oscillate between the fixed blocks. The pivot of the plate n carries an arm p which can oscillate in a slot g formed in the upstanding por tions f, Fig. 4, of the beam c. The cover-plates are provided with a longitudinal slot through which a bar or bolt carried by the car can be depressed so as to engage the sides of the blocks l, m, n and operate the point tongues. The action of the arm p and slot g is to reverse the position of the plate n as the points are reversed and thus to leave it ready for the reverse operation. The overhead - conductor points on electric systems may be simultaneously operated. To prevent the point tongues from being left in a mid-position by a car trailing through the points, two-thirds of the length of the tongue is made to engage the side of the adjacent rail.
Patent GB-190710730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surveying Instruments.
Inventor: TALLACK HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 10,730. Tallack, H. T. May 8. Theodolites; levels; levelling heads.-To reduce the height of theodolites, levels, &c. with a ball-andsocket attachment to a tribrach, the usual device is replaced by a cup A gripped by similar plates B, C.
Patent GB-190718768-A (GB)
Title: Foundations for Poles or the like.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-08-20
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 18,768. Lake, W. E., [Rostock, R.]. Aug. 20. Posts.-A foundation block for posts is made in concrete, and is provided at one or at each end with a socket 2 having a conical lower part 5 and a conical neck 4 connected by a cylindrical passage 6. The pole 3 fits the cylindrical part and is tapered as at 7 to engage with the part 5, and wedges 8, which may be replaced by a wedgeshaped annular washer, secure it firmly in place. Tubular reinforcing-pieces 9 serve also as ventilating-passages, and annular channels 11 leading by passages 12 to the outside serve to carry off water. The sockets may consist of a series of stepped cones as indicated in Fig. 3. To diminish the risk of the wedges breaking the open ends of the sockets, the necks should be bevelled as indicated at 14, and a cap 13 may be provided to exclude water.
Patent GB-190719574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Steering of Road Locomotives and Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1907-08-31
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 19,574. Roberts, D., and James, C. Aug. 31. Traction engines; motor road vehicles.-Traction engines, road locomotives, or motor vehicles running on endless tracks as described in Specification No. 16,345, A.D. 1904, are provided with hand and power steering-gear in which brake bands are adapted to retard the driving gear-wheels on one or other side of the vehicle according to the direction in which it is desired to turn. Fig. 1 shows the band-wheel controlling-gear and the brake mechanism on one side of the vehicle. The ends of a brake band applied to the driving sprocketwheel are connected to arms f, f<1> of a bell-crank lever mounted on the pin i. The bell-crank lever is also provided with arms f<2>, f<3> connected respectively to an open-ended brake cylinder h and an arm t<1> of a lever mounted on a transverse shaft t. The brake band on the other side of the vehicle is similarly connected to an arm t<2> mounted on the opposite side of the shaft t. The shaft t is connected to the hand-wheel v<1> by the link - work shown, so that the brakes may be applied alternately according to the direction of steering. The. link s<2> are slotted so as to allow operation of the brakes by the power gearing independently of the hand-gear. The brake cylinders h are supplied alternatively with pressure air from a controlling- valve operated from the hand-wheel o<2>. The valve casing, Figs. 3 and 4, comprises a lower part m with a pressure inlet k<1>, and an upper part m<1> with exhaust ports p, p<1> and outlets q, q<1> leading to the two brake cylinders. The casing contains a rotatable disk n with a port n' and segmental grooves. The valves may be turned in either direction by the band-wheel o<2> so as to admit pressure air to either brake cylinder, the other cylinder being opened to exhaust. In a modification each gearwheel is provided with two brake bands, one operated by hand, the other by power.
Patent GB-190719812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drawing Apparatus.
Inventor: MEYER ERNST
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 19,812. Meyer, E. Sept. 4. Perspective drawing - instruments, mechanical.- Relates to means for obtaining a perspective drawing, having given a plan and an elevation. The elevation is pinned to a frame e hinged at f to a pivoted arm, the plan is fixed on an horizontal board a, and the perspective is drawn on a vertical board c by means of a pencil r on the end of an arm q carried by a fixed pivot o and an adjustable pivot p. The T-square k attached to the guide i carrying the pivot p is adjusted to lie along any line in the elevation, and a pointer h on the frame e directly under the pivot p is then run over the corresponding line in the plan.
Patent GB-190720647-A (GB)
Title: Method in the Manufacture of Calcium Carbide.
Inventor: HARTENSTEIN HERMAN LEWIS
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 20,647. Hartenstein, H. L. Sept. 17. Furnaces for calcium compounds ; rotary kilns; waste gases, utilizing.- Relates to a process for the manufacture of calcium carbide. The carbon monoxide evolved in the final fusion stage of the process is mixed with air that has been heated by the waste lime-kiln gases and is burnt in the lime kiln, and the carbonaceous material used is preheated by means of the lime-kiln waste gases before being mixed with the lime. The calcium carbonate is introduced into one or more rotary inclined kilns 1, 2, from hoppers 11, 12 and is burnt by means of a hot blast, such as may be produced by burning gas in stationary chambers 15 connected with the kilns. The gas is supplied by a generator 17. The lime falls through an opening 21 at the hottest portionof the kiln,preferably formed in a separate housing 22, and is delivered to a weighing machine 26. Coke or other carbonaceous material from another weighing machine 28 is added, and the mixture is treated in the mixer 27, and then fused in one or more electric or other furnaces 31, 32. The carbonic oxide from these furnaces is passed through the mains 33 and 20 by means of an exhauster 36 into the combustion. chamber 15, with the necessary supply of air to support combustion. This air is preferably first heated by passage between a jacket 44 and an horizontal chamber 42, which is fed with waste gases from the kilns 1, 2 by way of the chamber 37, drum 40 and up-take. The coke &c., supplied from the hoppers 54, is heated before admixture with the hot lime, by being passed along the chamber 42 by means of an endless conveyer 52, provided with pockets 53 or other means for conveying the coke &c. towards the hopper 30.
Patent GB-190726816-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Combustion of Liquid Fuel and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: KOCH AUGUST
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 26,816. Koch, A. Dec. 4. Spray burners.-The oil is introduced into a whirl or eddy of air produced by two oppositely directed sets of air jets or currents which effect its disintegration. Fig. 1 shows a burner consisting of an air-supply casing or trunk a, and an oil nozzle b. The air passes from the chamber a through a conical passage c and a ring of apertures k, which are directed so as to cause the air streams to meet in front of the nozzle b. The apertures k are in axial planes, and are directed backwards towards the nozzle b, but they may be formed so as to produce a whirl rotating oppositely to that produced by the vanes d. The eddy thus produced in the chamber f sprays the oil introduced into it by the nozzle b. The passages d, k are regulated respectively by a ring-like valve l, operated by means of bars m, and by screwing in the nozzle n carrying the vanes d. The ring l may be attached to the nozzle n so that all the air passages d, k are regulated simultaneously.
Patent GB-190800686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Thermostatic Valves.
Inventor: HORNE ALEXANDER DEWAR
Filed: 1908-01-11
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 686. Horne, A. D. Jan. 11. Lift valves; casings; seats; actuating valves.- A thermostatic valve for controlling the passage of steam, hot air, or like heating-medium in accordance with the temperature of the heated liquid, comprises a valve E operated by means of gutta-percha enclosed in a tube O dipping into the heated liquid in a tank B. The valve E slides in an adjustable guide D mounted in a cylindrical casing having a steam inlet H, an outlet I, and a hot-water outlet U, the top being enclosed by a cap C. The expansive material operates through a plunger K<1>, which transmits pressure to close the valve through the medium of a weak spring L. The opening of the valve is effected by a strong spring M. The plunger is packed by a conical-shaped piece P, which leaves a space T in which any leakage of excess of the expansive material may collect.
Patent GB-190801190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-hose Nozzles and the like.
Inventor: DAVIES JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1909-01-18
Abstract: 1190. Davies, J. Jan. 18. Actuating l i f t valves.-A fire-hose &c. nozzle is provided with the known longitudinally-moving coneshaped valve h. This valve is actuated by cams c through a screw and nut d.