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Patent GB-190606348-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Arranging, Assembling and Piecing Together Cards, Tablets, and the like, Bearing Maps, Pictures, and other Pictorial or Delineable Matter.
Inventor: WALMSLEY WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 6348. Walmsley, W. E. March 16. Puzzles.-Cards, tablets, or sheets bearing portions of maps, pictures, or series of letters or words &c., for educational, recreational, and other purposes, are formed with projecting tongues and pockets by which they may be attached one to another edge to edge. Fig. 1 shows four cards assembled, and Fig. 2 one of such cards separately. In this arrangement, the card A bearing the part of the map, picture, &c. is fixed to an intermediate sheet C formed with projections E on two sides and recesses F on the other two sides, and this is fixed on a backing-sheet B. The backing-sheet is placed so as to project beyond the card A on the two sides provided with the recesses F. These recesses form pockets to receive the tongues E on adjacent cards, and the sides of the pockets and projections are preferably inclined, as shown, to guide the cards into register with one another. In a modification, the intermediate sheet is omitted, and'the tongues E are formed on the backing-sheet, the pockets being formed between the card and the backing-sheet by leaving parts unpasted. In a further modification, Fig. 7, a single sheet A is provided with projections B, E, and with slits F to receive the tongues E. The tongues, may have locking-nicks H to retain the sheets in engagement one with another. Side cuts K and openings J serve to guide and position the tongues into the slits.
Patent GB-190608904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Devices for use in Building Constructions and the like.
Inventor: PERROT EMILE GEORGE
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-04-12
Abstract: 8904. Perrot, E. G. April 15, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bolting, methods of.-Structural members of a building are secured together in predetermined positions by means of a socket 7, fixed by a stud 13 to one member and by a bolt 10 and nut 11 to the other member or members ; spacing-pieces 15 may be used.
Patent GB-190610785-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Nicotine Absorbing or Filtering Device for Cigar and the like Smoke.
Inventor: BORUS HERMANN
Filed: 1906-05-08
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 10,785. Borus, H., and Fischer, W. May 8. Cigars &c.-In nicotine-absorbing and filtering devices for cigars &c. of the kind comprising a cone-shaped shell, adapted to fit the tip end of the cigar and contain filtering-material such as is described in Specifications No. 7517, A.D. 1884, No. 5241, A.D. 1893, and No. 9415, A.D. 1898, the filtering-material,8 is arranged so as to cover the end of the cigar, a portion of the end so covered being left free from the wrapper 1. The filtering- material is retained in place by a conical shell 4, Fig. 5, or is partly covered by the wrapper 1 and is further protected by the conical shell as shown by Figs. 1 and 2.
Patent GB-190610788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Heat Interchangers.
Inventor: STURM HENRI
Filed: 1906-05-08
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 10,788. Sturm, H. May 8. Instantaneous generators; superheaters, steam.- Relates to heat interchangers in which two or more concentric tubes separated by a helical coil project into the heating-chamber, the fluid to be heated entering the central tube and leaving the outer tube after taking a helical course between the tubes. The apparatus, which is particularly for use on war ships, torpedo boats, &c., consists of a number of concentric tubes, some of which are plain and others ribbed to form helical annular passages for the liquid. The joints between the tubes are outside the furnace, and the tubes are enclosed in a sheath. A solid rod, screw-threaded externally, may be inserted in the central space, to which the liquid is supplied, so that the element becomes a metallic block. Fig. 1 shows one form, in which four concentric tubes are arranged so that the liquid which is supplied to the centre tube flows up and down the annular spaces alternately, and escapes by the outlet 11. The outer sheath 1 and the tube 2 may be ribbed, as shown. The tube 2 has an enlarged conical end, fitting a conical seat at the upper end of the outer tube. The outer sheath 1 and the tube 2 are then drawn together by bolts passing through flanges 7 or by a nut. The tube 3 is provided with a ring 15 at its lower end. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, all the tubes are helically grooved, and an externally grooved rod 4' inserted in the central space. The rod is provided with a pin at the lower end to prevent it from rising. In a further modification, the rod 4' has an extension upwards, through which a central passage affords an inlet for the fluid. '
Patent GB-190612159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glass Furnaces.
Inventor: SLINGLUFF HARRY GLENN
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 12,159. Slingluff, H. G. June 29, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Glass furnaces; discharging.-A tank for drawing glass is provided with a telescopic hood or cover having openings through which glass may be drawn, and arranged so that, when the drawing operation is completed, the cover may be raised to allow products of combustion to pass over the glass in the drawing-tank. The drawing-tank 5, which is constructed preferably of metal lined with refractory material, is provided with a neck 6 connected to the melting-tank 1 through a valve, and the tank 5 and its neck may be heated by a furnace beneath them or by products of combustion conveyed to the flue 9. The tank has a verticallymovable or telescopic hood or cover 10, from opposite ends of which project short flue sections 11, 12, so that, when the cover is raised, these sections communicate with the flue sections 3, 13, respectively, and, the damper 4 being opened, products of combustion flow from the melting-tank into the cover, for the purpose of melting down chilled portions of the glass, and finally escape to the main flue 14. Instead of using the products of combustion from the melting-tank, an independent supply may be used. Circular openings or slots are formed in the hood for the drawing of cylinders or sheets, respectively, the openings being covered by a plate when the hood is raised.
Patent GB-190613121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve-operating Rods for Internal Combustion Motors, more especially intended for use with Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1906-06-06
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 13,121. Johnson, J. Y., [Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili]. June 6. Gas and like engines, valve - g e a r for. A valve-rod of adjustable length, intended more especially for use in motor-cars, is shown in the Figure. The plug 9, shaped so as to be grasped by a spanner, is screwed into the hollow rod 3. the upper end of which has several slots 11. After adjustment of the position of the plug, a tapered jam nut 14 is screwed over the slotted rod and compresses it firmly on the plug.
Patent GB-190613448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trasmission Dynamometers
Inventor: HOPKINSON BERTRAM
Filed: 1906-06-12
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 13,448. Hopkinson, B., and Thring, L. G. P. June 12. Optical pointers.-The torsion in a rotating shaft is measured by imparting deviation to a beam of light. Fig. 2 shows one form of dynamometer, in which a sleeve B and collar C are attached to the shaft A by screws at points B<1>, C'. The collar may form, as shown, a bearing for the sleeve. The sleeve C carries a plane or concave mirror D rotatable about an axis D<1> and provided with an arm D' which engages by the frictionless ball D' and spring D<4> with an arm B' integral with the sleeve B. A lamp E, slidable on a scale E', is adjusted. so that its filament is seen on the cross-hair of the telescope F, after reflection from the mirror. When the shaft is transmitting power, the arm B<2> turns the mirror through an angle depending on the torsion between the points B<1>, C<1>. The lamp is again adjusted until the image is seen on the cross-hair of the telescope, and the torsion read on the scale. Fig. 10 shows an end view of a modified device. In this case, two mirrors D are shown, although only one is necessary. The bearing of the sleeve B in the collar C is in this case formed by two setscrews C<3> and two rollers C<4>, one of which may be controlled by a spring C<5>, so that relative movements, other than rotary, of the members B, C are not transmitted to the mirror. In the form shown in Figs. 11 and 13, the collar C has two flanges C<6>, the mirror carrier being held between them by a a bolt C<9>. A similar flange B<3> is attached to the member B and carries the mirror-deflecting arm B'. Projections C<7> on the member C engage with extended portions B<4> of the member B, and the two members are yieldingly-connected by springs C<8>. The bearing between, the members B, 0 is in this case formed by two set-screws G<1> and a spring- controlled bearing G<2>. A method of mounting the mirror is described.
Patent GB-190618694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpenters' Jacks or Floor Clamps.
Inventor: WYER IRA ELMER
Filed: 1906-08-21
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 18,694. Wyer, I. E. Oct. 26, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cramps.-A floor cramp or carpenter's jack for matchboarding is constructed with a rack-bar 14 engaged by two pawls 6, 7 on a bifurcated handle 1. The handle is pivoted by a pin 3 to a base 5 carrying gripping-cams 22 which are interconnected by intermeshing segment gears 23 working in recesses 24 in the base. The outer end of the rackbar has a circular head 15 with a central recess 16, the outer straight edge of the head having longi. tudinal grooves 17. The pawl 6 is pivoted on a pin 8 and is held in engagement with the rack by a leaf spring 9. The pawl 7 is pivoted between the bifurcated ends of the handle on the pin 3, and is held in engagement with the rack by a coiled spring 10. In use, the head 15 in brought into engagement with the tongue of a matchboard and the base placed upon the top of a joist so that the gripping-cams are on either side. On the handle being moved towards the board, the pawl 6 carries the rack-bar in the same direction and the base 5 is forced away from the board until the cams have gripped the joist. This movement of the handle also extends the spring 10. In the backward movement of the handle, the pawl 6 is drawn backwards over the teeth, while the pawl 7 holds the rack-bar in position. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 12,744, A.D. 1891, and No. 203, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190620794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Motors Operated by a Current of Air Directly Heated by the Sun.
Inventor: CABANYES ISIDORO
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 20,794. Cabanyes, I. Sept. 19. Solar heat, utilizing.-Screw vanes D are mounted on a vertical spindle C in a shaft B, and are rotated by a current of hot air which is caused to pass up the shaft from the chamber a, b. The air between the conical surfaces a, b is heated by the sun's rays and passing through the gates c enters the shaft B The space between the surfaces a, b is divided into compartments each of which is provided with a separate gate c so that only those compartments receiving the sun's rays directly may be open. The surface of the shaft B and the surfaces a, bare blackened, and the surface b is perforated. A regulator k, comprising two flap valves, is placed in the chimney. These may be regulated by hand, or may serve as an automatic check to sudden currents or gusts of air. Entrance to the interior H may be by a door or by the steps G. When desired, the motor may be driven by placing stoves, furnaces, &c. below the wall b.
Patent GB-190622108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal and Ash Bags and Sacks.
Inventor: STUART ORSINI
Filed: 1906-10-06
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 22,108. Stuart, O. Oct. 6. Sacks and like bags.- Sacks &c. for coal or ashes, which can be roped at the sides, corners, or on the flat with wire, chain, manilla, &c., are provided with detachable handles E. The perpendicular ropes A are formed with an eye or loop C which may be strengthened with a thimble or ferrule D. The handles may be of rope, chain, wire, leather, &c., or may consist of metallic rods hooked at the ends, and may be attached in any suitable manner by loops, or by knotting, lacing, or seizing, or they may be attached to top rim ropes. The ropes A may be threaded through holes G in the sides of the bag, as shown.
Patent GB-190624805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draught Regulating Devices for Locomotive Ash Pans and the like
Inventor: MCKNIGHT SQUIRE TIMOTHY
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 24,805. McKnight, S. T. Nov. 25, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dampers; ash-pans.-Means are provided for regulating the air supply to the ash-pans of locomotives, and also for facilitating the discharge of ashes. Dampers 18, when closed, form the end walls of the ash-pan, and are arranged with their planes substantially at right-angles, being connected by cranks 21 and a link 23. The dampers are operated simultaneously by a rod 24, which passes through a strap 27 and is provided with shoulders 26 serving to hold the dampers in their respective open and closed positions. The bottom of the ash-pan is formed by a number of pivoted plates 5, which can be tilted to discharge ashes by means of the cranks 10, connecting-rods 12, 15, and the lever 14.
Patent GB-190629522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axial Flow Rotary Pumps.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM HOWARD
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 29,522. Taylor, W. H. Dec. 28. Screw pumps.-Relates to an axialflow pump comprising one or more bladed wheels e, Fig. 1, which rotate between a ring of inlet vanes d and a ring of outlet vanes b. When there is a number of wheels, they are separated by fixed intermediate drums i which carry redirecting vanes. The passages between the redirecting vanes are of such a shape that the velocity imparted to the water by one wheel is reduced before it passes into the next wheel. The length of the fixed redirecting vanes is considerably greater than that of the wheel blades, and the lips of all the passages are made cylindrical. An arrangement of two pumps in parallel is provided with a common central delivery, and the shaft is supported by a central bearing. In a compound arrangement, the delivery of one pump is connected with the suction of the other. Fig. 2 shows the shape of the blades and vanes.
Patent GB-190704642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Threads or Twines and in Apparatus for use in their Production.
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 4642. Boyd, T. A., and Boyd, J. & T. Feb. 26. Machines for nialcing twine.-Relates to the manufacture of threads or twine composed wholly or in part of twisted ribbons of paper, wood fibre, or like material, the paper &c. thread in the latter case being covered in the twisting operation with a thread of cotton, wool, hemp, &c. Each ribbon 10 is drawn from a coil 10<1> arranged on a creel, and passes over a guide-roller 13, under a guiderod 11, helically around a driven delivery roller 6, and through a guide 9 to a ring spindle, the cylinder 6, which is covered with leather, being inclined so that the twist can run up and roll the ribbon into a thread as it leaves the cylinder. When it is desired to apply a covering-thread of cotton &c., this is drawn from a cop 16 by a delivery roller or a pair of rollers 14, 15, and passes to the paper &c. thread above the guide 9. The coils 10<1>, being greater in diameter than the pitch of the spindles, are arranged on the creel in two tiers, the ribbons from the lower coils passing through goide eyes in the creel board above. According to the Provisional Specification, the ribbons pass from the creel over a damping-roller driven quickly or slowly to regulate the damping.
Patent GB-190710218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads or Attachments for same for Invalids and others.
Inventor: MONCKTON FRANCIS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-05-02
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 10,218. Monckton, F. A. May 2. Weighing-apparatus combined with bedsteads.- For weighing the occupant of a bed, a light frame a supporting a canvas or other sheet rests normally on a mattress c, and is held by pivoted links e to the framework d of a bedstead, so that the occupant can be raised, a chain or cord f being used for connecting the frame with the shorter arm of a lever g, supported on an overhead arm h of the bedstead, or from the ceiling. The beam may be notched or graduated to carry a weight i, for counterbalancing the frame and occupant, or for finding the varying weight of the latter, or this can be effected by means of a spring balance l connected by a cord k to the free end of the beam and to the ground.
Patent GB-190711287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Stitching Machines.
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 11,287. Akt.-Ges. vorm. F. Martini & Co. Aug. 4, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bookbinding.-The stitch, Fig. 12, is formed by two hook needles 19,20, Fig. 10, which pierce from below at B and receive threads from an oscillating thread-carrier 31, and two book needles 32,33, which pierce from above at A and are rotated on their own axes half a revolution to receive the thread loops that have been taken from the needles 19, 20 by the loopers 16, 17. The needles 19, 20 are carried by a bar 16, Figs. 1 and 2, actuated by a cam and links 25, 26, 27, 28. The loopers 16, 17 are carried by bars 14, 15, which slide upon one another and in the frame and are reciprocated in opposite directions simultaneously by a cam 8, links 21, 22, 23, and a threearmed lever 22. The upper needles 32, 33 slide in guides in the frame, and, being linked to a cross - bar 35, are reciprocated by cam - actuated levers 37. These needles are also mounted so as to revolve, but the mechanism is not shown. The thread-carrier 31 is oscillated by a rack-rod 41 which is cam-actuated through links 45, 46 and segmental gear 42, 43. The work-support 1 is oscillated to bring fresh sheets to the machine by cam gear 5, 7. When inset strips are used, they are held folded together until the next sheets are placed upon them by a spring finger 50, Figs. 8 and 9, which is carried by a lever 49 and is moved between the positions shown by a cam 55, links 54, 53,'and a tappet lever 59. When a number of books are being sewn together on tapes, a bar 56, Fig. 18, pivoted at 52, is arranged so that it can be swung by hand into the position shown by dotted lines in order to fold the tapes between the books and so provide the necessary band ends. In the machine shown, only one set of stitching- implements is shown. If desired, two sets may be combined in one machine.
Patent GB-190713967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Closing or Securing Devices for Stand-up Collars and the like.
Inventor: SCHOENMANN MAX
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 13,967. Sch÷nmann, M. June 17. Bar and split tube fastenings; hook fastenings.- A fastening for stand-up collars of dressef or uniforms, belts, and the like consists of two flexible plates a, b, one carrying a beaded projection d and the other a slotted. tube e. The plates are sewn to the ends of the article to bc secured and are engaged by springing the part e over the bead d.
Patent GB-190717879-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Delivering Coal and other such Material into Ships' Holds and the like.
Inventor: DAVIES REES
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 17,879. Davies, R. Aug. 6. Shoots are constructed with hinged detachable vertical flaps which form the front and rear walls and have fixed or adjustable inclined anti-breakage plates attached. Fig. 3 shows a square shoot constructed in accordance with the invention. The square hopper portion A has the hinged flaps B, C, D suspended from the rear side, and similar flaps E, F suspended from the longer front side so that their hinges are opposite to the centre of the flaps B, C. Each flap carries an inclined plate G, which in this case is fixed. The coal delivered to the hopper falls from each inclined plate to the adjacent oppositely-sloping plate mounted on the opposite wall, and is thus delivered gently to a trimming- shoot P. The side walls of the shoot are composed of bars M hinged to one flap and connected by an L-shaped slot 0 or any other adjustable fastening to the opposite flap, but slats or open-work also may be used to form the sides. Curved bars s are provided to rest the shoot on hatchways. Fig. 5 shows one of the flaps detached from the shoot and connected by a hook L to suitable hoisting-gear. The pin H is made solid with the one portion of the hinge, and the complementary hinge .member has two hook-shaped members J to receive the pins, but any other method of pivoting the flaps detachably may be employed.
Patent GB-190722649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Envelopes
Inventor: FRIEDRICH REINHOLD
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 22,649. Friedrich, R. Oct. 14. Envelopes. - T o facilitate opening, envelopes are provided along one or more edges with a row of perforations b, and a series of ribs or c orrugations a.
Patent GB-190801811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: GRIFFIN PATRICK HENRY
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 1811. Griffin, P. H. Jan. 28, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Disk wheels; brake rims.-Disk wheels comprise two plates 2, 3 springing from the hub 1 and connected by a web 4, leaving annular spaces 10, 14. The outer plate 2 terminates in an ordinary flanged tread, and the inner plate carries a brake rim 7 which is spaced from the tread. In the spaces 10, 14 and the concaved surfaces of the plates are disposed strengthening-webs 11, 15, 16, which merge into one another to form integral webs, and on the outside are strengthening-webs 12,13. The web 4 may be replaced by any means extending from one to the other of the plates, and any of the strengtbening-webs may be dispensed with. The braking-surface 8 may be chilled, or provided with insets. The tread may consist of a flanged ring carried by the outer plate, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190804136-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Shells for Ordnance
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 4136. Rheinische Metallwaaren und Maschinenfabrik. April 9, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Projectiles, ordnance.- Relates to shrapnel 1 having two bursting charges a, b, the former of which is a high explosive, and consists in packing the filling c also in a high explosive d, such as trinitrotoluol, which detonates with the charge a but is only ignited to produce smoke when the charge b is fired.
Patent GB-190805049-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of, and Means for, Locking Nuts and the like.
Inventor: RANCILLAZ CLAUDE ENNEMOND
Filed: 1908-03-05
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 5049. Rancillaz, C. E. March 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Locking nuts.-A nut a is permanently connected to a washer c by means of a circular collar b, which is formed on the nut and is bent into loose engagement with a groove d on the edge of the washer. Rotation of the washer is prevented by a projection engaging a groove f in the bolt g. When the nut is screwed down upon the washer, a tight connexion is made automatically between the two. The collar b may be formed on the washer and may engage a groove in the nut. Specification No. 9651, A.D. 1907, is referred to.