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Patent GB-190410131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trunks.
Inventor: STEIGER PETER
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,131. Steiger, P. May 3. Trunks.-A trunk is provided with a tray support in which the tray may be elevated or not, as desired, when the lid is opened. Bars b at each end of the trunk A are pivoted to the horizontal bar c, on which are lugs d, which rest in notches g in the walls a of the trunk when the tray is lowered. The link e, pivoted to the vertical arm b<1>, has a pin h, engaging the slot j in the plate I, and extending into the groove l in the wall a<1> of the lid A'. The plate I is secured to the wall of the lid, and has a flange i<1> engaging beneath the wall, as shown in Fig. 5. The tray F has on each side a projecting hook flange f<1> taking over the top of the bar c. When the lid is closed, the pins h lie in notches at the ends of the slots j, and, when the lid is opened, the tray is elevated, as shown in Fig. 4. If it is desired to open the lid without raising the tray, the lid is opened slightly and the pins h are disengaged from the notches. As the lid is further opened, the pins h slide along the slotsj. Each link e may consist of two parts pivoted together.
Patent GB-190411094-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Manufacturing Soluble Albumen from Milk.
Inventor: LEWIS CHARLES
Filed: 1904-05-13
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 11,094. Lewis, C. May 13. Food preparations.-A concentrated food consisting of soluble albumen is obtained from milk. Alcohol is added to the skimmed milk to precipitate casein. The precipitate is strained and dried at a temperature of less than 149‹ F. It is then ground, preferably in a current of hot air. For use, it may be mixed with water, milk, beef-tea, cocoa, or other hot liquid.
Patent GB-190411915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fly Screen Attachments.
Inventor: KNOWLES FRANKLIN PEARL
Filed: 1904-05-25
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 11,915. Knowles, F. P. May 25. Traps. - Fig. 3 shows a section of an attachment for the top of a fly screen, so that flies can pass out of a room but cannot return. The outlet passage 3 has converging walls, and the upper end of the fabric 2 of the screen is held between teeth 8,11.
Patent GB-190412722-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Truss or Appliance for Support in Hernia.
Inventor: ROBINSON HERBERT LEE
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 12,722. Robinson, H. L. June 6. Trusses. - In a hernial truss, a spring b with S- shaped bends, is attached outside the leather belt a by screws taking into leathercovered washers forming pads d, d<1>. The flattened pad f is attached tu the spring by an adjustable slide g, which may have rows of screw holes radiating from the centre or the ends. A sleeve j attached to the slide has screwed into it a rod k, which by a flattened loop at its end engages with a screw m connected to a ball bearing in the casing n. The pad is adjusted about the axis of the sleeve j by a boss s on the sleeve, attached to the pad by a wire t passing through a loop v ; it is also adjusted about the axis m by a wire w looped around the rod k and attached to the pad by a screw taking into one of the holes x.
Patent GB-190427190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: RUSSELL JAMES
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,190. Russell, J. Dec. 13. Tyres, pneumatic.-For preventing puncture, the air tube of the tyre of a motor car or like vehicle is protected by a metallic band or cover formed of pieces e, g, hooked, hinged, or otherwise connected together, the band being attached to the rim so as to retain the tube in position. The pieces may be embedded in rubber, or arranged upon a leather or other foundation k with beaded edges m. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the pieces g are hooked into section plates c engaging the rim and a tread o is provided. When no foundation is used, flaps with beaded edges engage the edges of the rim. The series of plates may be arranged with intervening spaces. According to the Provisional Specification, a rubber or like cover with a tread portion may be provided around the flexible metallic band, the sides of the cover being divided into flaps, stiffened at the edges by wires and connected by straps passing round the felloe.
Patent GB-190429014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: LONGDEN ROBERT
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 29,014. Longden, R. Dec. 30. Drawings to Specification. Junction boxes. - According to the Provisional Specification, the containing-box of a switch in wbich the contacts are fixed on an insulating-block suspended in a water-tight casing may be used as a draw-box.
Patent GB-190500620-A (GB)
Title: Improved Protective Devices for use in Games and Athletic Exercises.
Inventor: BOOTH WALTER
Filed: 1905-01-12
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 620. Booth, W. Jan. 12. Guards for games.-A device, shown in transverse section, for protecting the private parts of persons playing cricket or football, wrestling, &c., consists of a hollow, elliptical guard b of papier mÔchÚ, coco-nut shell, &c. provided at the edge b<1> with a padded, pneumatic or rubber cushion b<5>. The device is held in place by a slip a having holes a<2> for the wearer's legs.
Patent GB-190504375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 4 3 7 5. Pohl, R., Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Co., and Pohl, F. March 2. Field magnets; sparking, preventing.-The auxiliary poles or pole-shoes for preventing sparking, situated between the main field poles, as described in Specification No. 28,155, A.D. 1904, are arranged, in the case of dynamos and motors, nearer to the main poles of like polarity for the purpose of allowing a non-central setting of the brushes and of reducing magnetic leakage. In Fig. 3, the central position of the auxiliary pole f is retained, while the pole-shoe is unsymmetrically disposed. A portion of the main pole-shoe S facing the auxiliary pole may be removed, and, in order to maintain a symmetrical appearance, similar portions may be cut off from the other sides of the shoe. Fig. 6 shows the auxiliary pole arranged towards one end of the armature with the corners p or o, p of the main poles removed, this arrangement being especially suitable when there is only one auxiliary pole in every alternate gap. The cores of the main poles d, e may be elliptical or oblong in section with their principal axes at an angle to one another, and the auxiliary pole is placed as far away from the main cores as possible. A similar arrangement may be adopted when the auxiliary poles are equal in number to the main poles, in which case all the auxiliary poles of one polarity are at one end of the armature and those of opposite polarity at the other end of the armature.
Patent GB-190508476-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Combined Separation of the Head and Tail Products in Continuous and Periodic Distillation and Rectification.
Inventor: PAMPE OTTO
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 8476. Pampe, O. April 21, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Distilling spirits. -Steam is conducted through that portion of the rectifying-column at which the fusel oils collect. The mixture of steam and f usel - oil vapour obtained in this way is used for heating the "after vaporizer" B, and is thus separated into a liquid poor in fusel oil,which flows back through the inlets 3, 3<a> into the rectifying - column, and a vapour rich in fusel oil which is led away through the outlets 4, 4<a>. The vapours coming from the dephlegmator at the top of the rectifying- column are led into the "head-products "separator" A by the pipe 12, and are separated into vapours rich in head products, which pass away by the outlet 13, and a nearly-pure alcohol. which passes by the pipe 5 into the chamber B. Here the remainder of the head products are volatilized, a pipe 7 being provided for their return to the chamber A. The chamber A is provided with cooling-tubes and baffle-plates 11. The chamber B is formed with an irrigating-tube 5<a> Figs. 6 and 7, which distribute the alcohol over, winged tubes 2, Fig. 5, through which the steam and fusel vapours pass. Specification No. 5794, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190512315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Galvanic Batteries.
Inventor: BLAMEUSER BENJAMIN JACOB
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-06-13
Abstract: 12,315. Blameuser, B. J., Blameuser, E. C., Kribs, N., and Bauerle, W. J. Juno 13. Primary batteries.-Relates to the construction and arrangement of the electrodes and porous diaphragms in a two-fluid battery, such as a zinccarbon cell in which sulphuric acid and potassium bichromate solutions are employed. A zinc cylinder 16 is placed between two cylindrical porous diaphragms 7, 10, Fig. 1, which are integral or otherwise connected with an annular chamber 4 carried by feet 11. The chamber 4, which may be of porous material, or of porcelain or other impervious and acid-proof material, has an annular opening 17 barred at intervals by cross-pieces upon which the cylinder 16 rests. The carbon is in the form of a perforated cylinder 2 with a central core 6, all integral with a plate 3 which acts as the cell cover. A filling-aperture 23 and connexions 5, 20 are provided as usual. The solution in contact with the inner and outer carbons 6, 2 is kept circulating by the action of gravity, while the descent of the waste products in the porous cell displaces fresh acid from the chamber 4 into contact with the zinc in the upper part. In a modification, Fig. 7, the part 4 is dispensed with, a double porous cell 7, 10 being used. An aperture 12 establishes connexion between the chambers containing the parts 2, 6 of the carbon. An insulating gasket 8 may be placed between the zinc and the plate 3 if desired.
Patent GB-190522578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Trolley-heads Employed upon Electrically Propelled Vehicles
Inventor: MCLAREN MAURICE PATERSON
Filed: 1905-11-04
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 22,578. McLaren, M. P. Nov. 4. Electric railways and tramways on the overheadconductor system. Collectors.-Guiding-arms are fitted to trollyheads to facilitate the placing of the trolly on the wire, without hindering the vertical swivelling action of the trolly during the operation. Figs. 1 and 2 show the levers B, C, mounted on the spindle A and having upwardly and outwardly extending portions covered with insulating-material E. The lower ends of the levers B, C are suitably curved to clear the trolly D and casing M, and are connected at the rear of the trolly wheel to each other and to the steel cord H which passes through the hollow spindle G to the usual operating-cord. To guide the trolly on to the wire, the operating-cord is pulled, thereby raising the insulated ends of the levers from an approximately horizontal to a vertical position against the action of the spring J. In a modified construction, the portions of the guiding-levers above and below the pivot are substantially at right-angles, the lower portions of the levers meet near the front of the trolly wheel, and the cord H is passed round a guide-pulley before passing through the hollow spindle. A guard may be fitted on the lower end of the levers B, C to prevent the cord H from coming in contact with the trolly wheel. The Provisional Specification states that a small steel roller, mounted on a bracket in the hollow spindle, may be used to guide the cord H, and that an extension or tail-piece may be cast on the trolly-wheel cheeks' to prevent the overhead wire from becoming entangled in the trolly head, should the latter swivel round and face in the reverse direction.
Patent GB-190602058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescence Gas Lamps
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 2058. Imray, O., [Pintsch, J.]. Jan. 26. Incandescent gas lamps; reflectors and holders therefor.-The mixing-tube a is pivoted at band held in position by a spring plug c. The mantle holder f is pivoted at e to an arm d projecting from the mixing-tube, and is held in position by a spring plug i. The reflector k is pivoted at m. The parts when released hang clear of one another as shown in Fig. 2. The mantle holder f has a ring enlargement p, which receives the protecting screen h for carrying the mantle g and which embraces the nozzle l when in position. Specification No. 3876, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190603747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable or Stationary Apparatus for Sterilising Foods and other Articles.
Inventor: HISLAIRE ISIDORE
Filed: 1906-02-15
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 3747. Hislaire, I. Feb. 15. Disinfecting &c.-Food or other articles to be treated with antiseptic vapours are placed in the lower of two compartments d,j into which the chamber a is divided by a grating c provided with a closing slide i. The slide having been so placed as to shut close the communication between the two chambers, formalin or other vapours are generated in the stove f, and when the treatment is deemed sufficient the grating is opened, and the vapours are drawn into the upper compartment j by raising the switch piston k ; the grating is then closed and the articles withdrawn. When it is required to make a fresh treatment, the vapours may be forced back to the lower compartment by opening the grating and depressing the piston. To effect a treatment under pressure, the vapours are generated with the grating open and the piston raised, the latter being depressed when the whole chamber has thus been filled with vapour. The upper compartment may be formed as a bellows.
Patent GB-190607890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governors
Inventor: HODGKINSON FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 7890. Hodgkinson, F. April 7,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Centrifugal and inertia governors ; transmitting- mechanism.-To facilitate the movements of the sleeve that actuates the throttle valve or other controlling - device, it is arranged to move up and down, without rotating, on a rotating spindle, or to rotate along with the balls on a fixed sleeve projecting from the supporting standard and surrounding the governor spindle. Fig. 1 shows a centrifugal governor in which the non-rotating sleeve 11 is pushed upwards by rollers 12 on the governor arms and acts through a ball bearing on a spring-pressed part 15 of the casing 18 on which the sleeve 19 is formed. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement in which the rotating sleeve 18 moves on a fixed sleeve 20 formed on the pedestal 37. The invention is stated to be applicable to shaft or inertia governors.
Patent GB-190613345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sieves or Screens for use in Threshing Machines.
Inventor: RAINFORTH WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 13,345. Rainforth, W., and Rainforth, H. S. June 9. Sifting and separating grain &c. - The overlapped edges d<1> of the corrugated slats d of an inclined reciprocating sieve for use in separating grain from chaff in a thrashing-machine are bent downwards so as to form with the overlapping edges d<2>of the slats transverse channels e adapted to catch and deflect the air blast upwards through the screen. The bent edges d<1> also shield the shafts c employed to adjust the mesh of the screen.
Patent GB-190617762-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Dispensing Liquids which tend to Foam.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1906-08-07
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 17,762. Howorth, F. W., [Cornish, H. S., and Hills, C. I.]. Aug. 7. Beverages, drawing-off. - The retailing of frothy beverages is facilitated by the employment of a settling-tank with a float valve and of a compound tap, which is connected both to the settling- tank and to the stand-pipe so as to allow draught first from the former and then from the latter, or from both simultaneously. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, an outer casing A contains an inner one B, the upper part of which is occupied by the settling-tank C and the lower part by a pipe D with cooling-coil E and joint fitting F. The pipe leads the liquid up from the storage tank G through reducing- valves H to a ball cock I. The flow through the ball cock is cut down by trial by a needle valve N so as to allow the foam to settle without overflowing. The compound or mixing tap P, which is connected to the settling-tank by a full-sized pipe O and to the joint fitting F by a small pipe f, is preferably of the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The valve proper is a rotary disk W having two ports a<1> connected by a passage b<1>, and the seat X has two pairs of ports c<1>, e<1>, the former corresponding to the large pipe 0 and the latter to the small pipe f. A pipe Z runs from the small ports to the orifice of the spout Y.
Patent GB-190618812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Metallic Filaments for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: LEDERER ANTON
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 18,812. Lederer, A. Aug. 22. Incandescent lamps. - Supports for tungsten or other metallic filaments are made of refractory material coated or impregnated with one or more difficultly fusible metals. Preferably, oxides of rare earths, magnesia, alumina, or mixtures of these are employed for the supports, but carbon may be used. Impregnation may be effected in several ways ; a solution of metallic compounds which can be reduced to metal may be applied, if desired, in a vacuum, to remove occluded gases. The supports are dried, heated in hydrogen or other reducing-gas, and allowed to cool in the gas. The compounds used may, for example, be metatungstic acid, colloidal tungstic acid, ammonium or amino salts of tungsten, or thio-tungstates. Alternatively, the supports may be exposed to the vapour of halogen compounds of tungsten or molybdenum, or be introduced into the molten halogen compounds such as tungsten chloride, in some cases in a vacuum, removed, and heated in hydrogen.
Patent GB-190619074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Traction Systems.
Inventor: POTTERAT LOUIS
Filed: 1906-08-27
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 19,074. Potterat, L. Aug. 27. Electric traction on the series system. Conductors; switches.-Energy is supplied to the vehicles through two sets of sectional conductors 2, 3 connected at their ends through the switches shown, which are normally closed but can be opened in any suitable manner from the cars or stations. As the car moves along, the corresponding switches are opened so as to place the car motors in series with the supply generators. By the use of double collectors and the overlapping arrangement of the sectional conductors shown, interruption of the current is avoided when passing from one section to the next. When two sets of independent cars are required, three sets of conductors are used, all placed so as to overlap. The current in the conductors is equalized by the auxiliary connecting-wires 13.
Patent GB-190619730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Moving Display-signs
Inventor: KUTNOW HERMANN
Filed: 1906-09-04
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 19,730. Kutnow, H. Sept. 4. Advertising.-An endless band k carrying advertisements passes between guides n in front of an extensible or telescopic frame e from right to left, over end rollers l, m, thence along the back of the frame e, over an inclined guide o, down a standard a, between rollers p, q, up the standard a, over another inclined guide t, and so to the roller l, the band having a half-turn so that both sides are utilized, or if it is desired to use one side only, the band is passed over the guide o, for instance, in the reverse manner to that shown in Fig. 3. The hand is driven by a motor u through a wheel v. The tape is pressed against the roller p by the loosely-mounted roller q, which is adjusted by means of a device w, Fig. 4, comprising a set-screw z, spring y, and slotted plate x. The standard a is strengthened by ornamental rings c, d, and scrolls f,j, and is supported upon a base-plate b.
Patent GB-190622709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for Forming Screw Threads on Wire by Rolling.
Inventor: DENNE MARK THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-13
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 22,709. Denne, M. T. Oct. 13. Screwing.-Screw-threads are rolled on wire W by spirally grooved rolls H, H<1> mounted in a frame D, G carried by the rotating shaft B. The rolls H, H' are driven by gearing J, K, L, M, N, O, C at such a speed that they slip to a certain extent over the work and thus, by means of their spiral ribs, feed the work along. The parts rotating with the shaft B balance each other.
Patent GB-190623869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sintering Fine Ore
Inventor: BERGQUIST JOHN GOSTA
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 23,869. Bergquist, J. G. Oct. 26. Rotary furnaces; slag and the like, removing.-A rotating tubular furnace, for sintering flue dust from blast furnaces and fine ores generally, is provided with a travelling scraping- mechanism for removing the slag from the interior of the furnace during the operation. The ends of the two rotating sections 3, 4 of the furnace extend within a housing 5, which has the lower end of its rear wall omitted, as shown in Fig. 2, while the front wall is provided with a door 6 to afford access to the end of the section 4. A partition 7, having iti upper side covered with refractory material, is pivotally mounted on a shaft 8 and is supported at its upper end below the delivery end of the section 4. The narrowed lower end 9, Fig. 2, of the partition extends into the furnace section 3, and a removable closure 10 is placed at the rear to close the passage between the two sections. Ore is supplied to the furnace from a shoot 15 connected to an elevating apparatus 16, and is delivered into a chamber 18, Fig. 3, mounted on wheels and provided with a discharge opening 19. Scrapers 20<1>, each of which is formed of a disk with a concave front face and a bevelled periphery, are carried on an endless chain, trained round guide-pulleys 21, 22, 23, 24 and driven by a pulley 25. The pulleys 21, 22 are so disposed that the weight of the chain aids in holding it in engagement with the interior of the furnace, and as the rotation of the furnace imparts a rotary movement also to the chain, fresh edges of the scrapers are continually presented to the furnace wall. This agitation of the chain, and the chilling it receives as it passes through the water trough 26, effectually dislodges the clinker from the scrapers. The furnace is fed with pulverized coal which is introduced by a blast pipe 33, the supply being regulated by a slide valve 36.
Patent GB-190627322-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Diacetyldiaminophenol Derivatives and of Dyestuffs therefrom.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 27,322. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella & Co., L.]. Nov. 30. Nitrodiacetyl-2: 4-diaminophenol is obtained by the action of nitrous acid on diacetyl-2 :4- diaminophenol. Aminodiacetyl-2: 4-diaminophenol is obtained by reduction of the above nitro compound. Dyes, artificial.-The above amino body is diazotized and coupled with the sulphonic acids of naphthols, dioxynaphthalenes, aminonaphthols, and naphthylenediamines. In examples the production of dyes from this diazo body with 1 : 8 : 4-aminonaphthol sulpbonic acid or 1 : 8-dioxynaphthalene- 3 : 6-disulphonic acid is described. These dyes are respectively a bronze-like blue-black powder dyeing wool violet shades which by chroming are changed to a fast greenish blue, and a body dyeing wool violet (purple) shades changed by chroming to a pure blue.