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Patent GB-190713774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vibratory Massage Appliances.
Inventor: SCIPLE HENRY MADISON
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 13,774. Sciple, H. M. June 14. Massage.- The shaft of a vibratory massage appliance comprises a handle 1, a tube 9, and two bars 13, between which are mounted a train of wheels 15, 16, 18 for the purpose of rotating a sbaft 5 carried in the tube 9. This shaft carries a stepped cam 4 of any suitable form, and a floating wheel 3, the end of the shaft passing through a radial slot in the wheel, so that when the shaft rotates the wheel oscillates to and fro, and thus imparts a succession of blows to the applicator 7. By means of a nut 8, the wheel 3 may be clamped on the shaft, and by varying its eccentricity in the clamped position, the violence of the impulse imparted to the applicator 7 can be varied. A short tube 10, mounted on the tube 9, carries a tubular boss 11 through which passes a plunger 6, the end of which is pressed on the cam 4 by a spring placed between the end of the boss 11 and a shoulder on the plunger. The plunger passes through one of a number of holes 25 in the tube 9, so that its end can be made to press on any one of the steps of the cam 4, and thus the extent of the vibration can be varied. The tube 10 can also slide round the tube 9, a series of holes round the tube allowing the plunger 6 to pass through. The shaft 5 is rotated by a cranked handle through the train of wheels 15, 16, 18, 19.
Patent GB-190718958-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for the Manufacture of Driving Belts from Layers of Fabric.
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 18,958. Aktieselskabet Drivremmefabriken Dana. Nov. 30,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Belts and bands.-A machine for the manufacture of belts and bands from several layers of fabric comprises a frame a having bearings for the axles of rolls b, on which the materials are wound. After passing beneath a spring tension-roller c and over a guide-pulley d, the layers are separated and pass under rollers g, mounted in a bath f containing a suitable adhesive and any substance with which the belt is to be saturated. A water bath h may be used to maintain any desired temperature. Scrapers k, m remove superfluous adhesive, and the layers after passing over rollers n, are pressed between the rollers p, u, and a power-driven roller q of large diameter ; the belt then passes to a take-up roll. The rollers n are arranged so that the length of fabric between the rollers d, p is the same for all the layers. A very wide belt may be made and then divided into narrower belts as required.
Patent GB-190723264-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical Advertising Mantle, Rotating by Stop-motion.
Inventor: HEYDE MORTIMER WHITELEY VON DE
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 23,264. Heyde, M. W. von der. Oct. 22. Spring motors.-A clock-work motor for driving advertising-apparatus consists of two spring motors A, B, the former running continuously under the control of a fly C. A star-wheel 6 on one of the shafts of the train A intermittently trips a lever 8, which engages a pin 9 and raises a lever 11, releasing a pin 25 on a wheel 23 of the train B from a stop 27 on the lever 11. The motor B then drives under the control of a fly D, the lever 11 being held out of engagement until the pin 9 drops into a notch on the disk 12.
Patent GB-190725391-A (GB)
Title: Rail Bond for Rail Joint Circuits.
Inventor: KARNS WILLIAM ELLIOTT
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 25,391. Karns, W. E. Nov. 15. Couplings.-The rails of a railway, used as conductors for electric signalling, are connected by a rail bond P in the form of a spring clamped in position by the fish-plates 3, and consisting of two contact-plates 5 united at their bases 6<a> and having the form of the cross-section of the rail, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190726557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hackling Machines, for Treating Flax, Hemp, Jute and other Fibres
Inventor: COTTON CHARLES CLARK
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 26,557. Cotton, C. C., and Kirk, J. B. Dec. 2. Cams.- A rack-and-pinion turntable-actuating device for heckling-machines is operated by a cam device as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The rack a is moved up and down by the rising and falling main channel c, to which it is attached and is moved horizontally by a cam d acting on a roller a<1> on the end of the rack. An auxiliary cam or guard rail d' acts on a second roller a<2> and either supplements or replaces a coiled spring s or the like adapted to press the roller a' against its cam.
Patent GB-190727051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Basins and Traps
Inventor: FINCH ELI
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 27,051. Finch, E., and Staley, J. Dec. 7. Traps. - A closet basin terminates in a pipe e, which dips into a bowl f integral with or supported by an outlet fitting h. The basin is supported by a cover g.
Patent GB-190727960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drop-down Guns.
Inventor: RYLAND CHARLES
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 27,960. Ryland, C. Dec. 19. Breech actions, dropdown barrel.-The cocking-mechanism is arranged on the flat open sides 1 of an action body free from slots, and is enclosed by an open-ended detachable box 2. The Provisional Specification also states that three thin plates may be used instead of the box 2.
Patent GB-190800344-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a New Red Vat Dyestuff.
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 344. Basler Chemische Fabrik. Jan. 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Dyes, artificial.-A yellow-red vat dye-stuff of the thioindigo series, is produced by heating acenaphtbenequinone with salicylthioacetic acid, or with 3-oxy-1-thionaphthene, or with acetyloxythionaphthene in preseuce or not of a solvent, such as naphthalene, acetic anhydride and sodium acetate, or alcohol, and in presence or not of a condensing- agent, such as an alkali or a secondary amine, for example, piperidine. The dye-stuff on being heated with concentrated sulphuric acid, or stirred with fuming sulphuric acid, is converted into sulpho-acids, which dye wool brick-red tints in a slightly acid bath. On treating a slightly alkaline suspension of the dye stuff with sodium sulphide or hydrosulphite, a violet-grey vat is produced, from which cotton is dyed in grey-violet tints passing to yellow-red in the air.
Patent GB-190801849-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cycle for Fluid Pressure Heat Engines.
Inventor: ROND LOUIS JULES JEAN BAPTISTE
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1909-04-27
Abstract: 1849. Le Rond, L. J. J. B. Feb. 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drawings to Specification. Elastic-fluid turbines; rotary engines.-The efficiency of heat engines is increased by adopting a cycle of operations referred to in the Specification as a " recuperating cycle," which consists in using as the motive fluid a mixture of a vapour and a gas so that during expansion the vapour condenses and gives up its latent heat to the gas. The cycle is applicable to steam, explosion, furnace-gas, hot-air, and other engines, whether reciprocating or rotary or turbines. In this connexion the thermic motor described in Specification No. 1919, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Heating], is referred to. The cycle is carried out in several ways : for example condensation of the vapour begins with the expansion of the gas and terminates with it (tbis is the normal cycle) ; condensation begins with the expansion but terminates before it ; condensation begins with expansion but is not complete at its termination; and, finally, condensation does not begin until after expansion has begun. A cycle may comprise the second and fourth of the above cycles.
Patent GB-190802300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Systems of Lighting by Gas.
Inventor: ANDREWS ROBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 2300. Andrews, R. E. Feb. 1. Lighting buildings &c., systems of.-For purposes of safety and economy, means are provided whereby the gas supply to particular rooms &c, can be not only regulated but the gas-supply pipes of such rooms can be entirely cut off from the gas main without interfering with the gas supply to other rooms. Each pipe B, B<1>, B<2> branching from the house main A is provided with a board S, S', S<2> on which are two cocks E, E', Fig. 4, and two pipes C, B<1>, the pipe C supplying the pilot-jet and the pipe B' the main burner. The valve E regulates the light at the burners, and the valve E<1> controls the gas supply from the main. As shown in Fig. 4, each valve is operated by a disk F or F<1>, but the valve E may be operated by levers or pushes.
Patent GB-190802481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Holders for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 2481. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Wheat, H. C. Feb. 4. Hooks.-A hook d for suspending a cluster holder for electric incandescent lamps is provided with a ball m, screwed on the hook to prevent its accidental detachment from its supporting r i n g or eye.
Patent GB-190804414-A (GB)
Title: Harness Buckle Tongue.
Inventor: DENNEY SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-02-27
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 4414. Denney, S. Feb. 27. Buckles. -In order to allow a straight pull on the strap and to prevent the stress of the buckle frame from coming on the strap at the punched holes, the buckle tongue a, Fig. 1, is bent at right-angles at a<2> at some distance from the point. The point a<1> may be either slotted or plain. Specification No. 12,576, A.D. 1891, is referred to.
Patent GB-190805686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Current-collecting Devices for Electric Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: CHRISTIAN EDWARD ALAN
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1909-03-15
Abstract: 5686. Christian, E. A. March 13. Collectors. - Shoes are supported in brackets carried by the vehicle without the use of bolts or the like, and having a vertical and rocking motion. The shoe A has upturned ends D and projecting lugs E entering guides Gin the supporting- bracket. These guides are preferably U-shaped and are closed at the top by a filling-piece H bolted at I. A flexible copper tape K connects a rib C on the shoe to the bracket, which is insulated from the vehicle.
Patent GB-190808861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scene Shifting Apparatus.
Inventor: SCOTT FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 8861. Scott, F. W. April 23. Theatrical appliances.-Relates to means for raising and lowering theatre scenes &c. In'the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, two shafts A<1>, A<2>, driven in opposite directions by an electric motor, each carry a number of sliding keyed friction cones B<1>, B<2>, which are brought into contact with central friction cones A by electro-magnets N<3>, N<4> acting through cores N', N', springs O<1>, O<2>, rods X, and crank-arms M', M<2>, P', P', P', P<4> on shafts E', E<3>. Each cone A carries a winding-pulley, round which passes an endless rope attached to a balance weight of one of the scenes. A vertical weighted rod G carries a brake block arranged to bear against the inside of the rim of the pulley A. When either of the pulleys B', B<2> is brought into action to raise or lower the scene, the brake block is automatically taken off by one of the cranks L<1>, L<4> on the shafts E', E<3> acting on one of the cranks L<3>, L<3> on an intermediate shaft E<2>, which carries a hooked or forked lever on which a pin on the rod G rests. Electric currents can be sent through any of the solenoids N<3>, N<4> by pressing push-buttons, and are cut off automatically when the scenes reach the upper or lower limit of motion by the balance weights acting on limit switches. Additional push-buttons may be provided to cut scenes out of action, or to cut off both solenoids when the scene is at any desired height. In one modification, the axle of the winding-drum A is mounted in sliding bearings which are moved sideways by the solenoid cores acting through togglelevers. In another modification, the central winding-drum is moved into contact with either of the side cones by a slotted lever acted on by spring collars on the solenoid cores, and brake blocks are carried by two vertical levers which are connected by rods to opposite ends of a tappet lever actuated by the slotted lever. V-shaped clutches may be used instead of the friction cones.
Patent GB-190812439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Conduits or Casings for the Permanent Way of Railways and Tramways
Inventor: ANDRICK MOSES TOBIAS
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 12,439. Andrick, M. T. June 9. Conduits and culverts.-Conduits or casings 14 are laid under railway lines to carry hose-pipes across the track. The casings are made of concrete, metal, or other material, and are provided with hinged covers 19, 20, 21. For tramways, the casing is extended to the curbs so as to prevent the blocking of the streets when the hose is laid. The bottom of the casing may be arranged at a slight angle to permit drainage.
Patent GB-190813632-A (GB)
Title: Evaporator for Sea Water.
Inventor: KOEHNKE CARL
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 13,632. K÷hnke, C. June 27. Evaporating water; stills.-Sea-water is evaporated by means of free steam admitted to the body of the water by means of a pipe a terminating in a rose. A blow-off valve b, communicating by a pipe d with the bottom of the evaporator, is actuated by means of a float c. The circulating water from the main engines is fed to the still through a valve f, which is adjusted so that the valve b blows off continuously and uniformly. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 617, A.D. 1861, No. 2678, A.D. 1870, [Abridgment Class Steam generators], No. 4939, A.D. 1876, No. 14,265, A.D. 1888, [Abridgment Class Steam generators], No. 5871, A.D. 1889, Nos. 8314 and 13,059, A.D. 1889, and No. 13,946, A.D. 1890, [Abridgment Class Steam generators], No. 9548, A.D. 1893, No. 13,004, A.D. 1896, No. 20,078, A.D. 1904, and No. 5240, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190820969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Control of Electric Motors.
Inventor: LANG JOHAN GUSTAF VIKTOR
Filed: 1908-10-05
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 20,969. Lang, J. G. V. Oct. 5. Motor control systems.-In series-parallel. control of traction motors, the change from series to parallel is made by short-circuiting the armature and series winding of one motor across the series field of another, then disconnecting the shortcircuited motor, and finally re-connecting in parallel. Diagrams a ...f show the successive changes in the case of two series motors, A<1>, B<1> representing the armatures, and A, B the fields respectively. In the case of compound motors, in which the shunt fields are placed in series with each other, before short-circuiting the motor AA<1>, that is between stages c and d, its shunt winding is placed across a non-inductive path and disconnected from the power circuit, being finally re-connected as before at the last stage.
Patent GB-190821830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Power and Speed Indicating Devices for Explosion-engines.
Inventor: HOPKINS NEVIL MONROE
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 21,830. Hopkins, N. M. Oct. 15. Gas and like engines.-Apparatus for indicating the working condition of explosion engines is based on the principle that the energy of explosion of gas-mixture is a function of the temperature attained, which may be measured by a thermo-couple. When the apparatus is applied to motor road vehicles, an electrically-operated speed indicator may be provided, a common pointer serving to indicate upon different scales either the particular function of the energy or the speed. Thermo-couples B<1> ... B<4>, Fig. 1, having their junctions within the engine cylinders A<1> ... A<4> may becarried by the usual sparking-plugs, and are connected to a switchboard C, shown in detail in Fig. 2, so that by positioning the knob 48 any one of them, or all in series, may be connected to a milli-voltmeter D. One form of thermo-couple 7, 8 not connected with the sparking-plug is shown in detail in Fig. 4, and one carried by the sparking-plug fitting is shown in Fig. 6, suitable provision being made in all cases to cause the radiation of heat to be sufficiently rapid to maintain the junctions at a temperature below the ignitionpoint of the gaseous mixture employed in the cylinders. Various other forms of thermo-couples are described. The voltmeter is so arranged that under ideal conditions of working the reading of the electromotive force due to any one of the thermo-couples should be approximately united. A lower reading indicates that some one of the conditions of explosion is imperfect. The voltmeter is provided with independent binding-screws 24 which may be used in connexion with a shunt to determine the working condition of the sparking- batteries.
Patent GB-190826216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jacquards for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: ROSS HUGH ROBERT
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 26,216. Ross, H. R., and Laird, A. Dec. 4. Jacquards.-In a loom jacquard, each of the brander or griff frames is suspended from a band d, Fig. 3, secured to the periphery of an oscillating pulley or segment D. The two pulleys &c. D which operate a pair of griff frames are arranged side by side, and are adjustably connected to rocking arms F jointed to a rod G. A connecting-rod B communicates motion to the rod G by a bellcrank lever H having a slot h engaged by a sliding pin g, which is connected with the rod G and has prolongations adapted to slide in curved slots k in fixed side brackets K. The rod G may be arranged to operate more than one pair of pulleys and griff frames, and may be connected to the lever H by a simple pivot. One or more radius links k<1>, Fig. 5, may take the place of the slots k. In a modification, each griff frame A, Fig. 3, has two supporting-straps, which are secured on either side of the frame and are operated by a pair of pulleys &c. geared together. In another modification, which is applicable to jacquards of the Bessbrook type, the griff frame is supported from below by a pivoted lever A, Fig. 11, operated by a rod G, which is connected to a lever H in either of the ways previously described for connecting together the rod G and the lever H, Fig. 3. The lever H, Fig. 11, is oscillated by a crank and a connecting- rod B.
Patent GB-190828286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Self-winding Clocks.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 28,286. Boult, A. J., [Jackson, H. 0., and McNaughton, T.]. Dec. 28. Electric clocks.-Relates to a clock in which the spring is wound at short intervals by the oscillating armature of an electro-magnet. The armature 35, mounted on a fixed rod 34, swings between the concave pole-pieces of the electro - magnet, and when the circuit is open it is held by a spring in an oblique position, the lower end of the armature being the nearer to the corresponding magnet-pole. A rod 54, projecting from the armature, carries pawls which engage with ratchet-wheels 43, 50, also loose on the spindle 34, the wheel 43 preferably having four specially-shaped teeth which correspond in position with alternate teeth on the wheel 50. To the hub of the ratchet-wheel 50, which passes into the going- barrel, one end of the clock-spring 53 is attached. Two insulated arms 65, 61, forming part of the electric circuit, and pivoted on a rod 60, are provided with contact-pieces 64,63, and with fingers 66, 62 resting on the peripheries of the wheels 43, 50. As the spring 53 runs down, the barrel turns the wheel 43 by means of a pawl and ratchet-wheel 47, until the finger 66 drops from the tooth that has supported it, and the arm 65 thus closes the circuit. The armature is swung round, and turns the ratchet wheels 43 and 50, the spring being thus rewound and the arms 65 and 61 raised together by the ratchet-wheels until the next notch of the wheel 50 allows the arm 61 to fall. Since the arm 65 is still held up, the circuit is broken, and the armature. returns to the oblique position. Should the battery have become so weak that the armature fails to turn the ratchet-wheels through the normal amount, the continue d movement of the ratchet-wheel 43 under the driving action of the spring, brings a curved portion 46 of the periphery under the finger 66, and owing to the diameter of the ratchet-wheel 43 being greater than that of the ratchet-wheel 50 the contacts 63, 64 are then separated. By this means, even when the battery has nearly run down, the spring is periodically rewound to some extent, until the battery is completely exhausted.
Patent GB-190901060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resilient Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BEAVEN CHARLES
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1909-01-15
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 1060. Beaven, C. Jan. 15. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and metal springs other than helical and volute springs.-Curved blade spring spokes 3, Figs. 2 and 3, resting at their ends on the surfaces of the hub and felloe are clamped between plates 6 bolted to the hub and rings 10 bolted to the rim. Each spring is sharply curved at the point where it leaves the rim, and the contacting ends are formed with lateral projections 5 fitted in grooves in the plates and rings. The hub is bifurcated in sections so as to provide a tight attachment of the spokes, the bolts 8 passing through the spaces 14. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the hub itself is divided and clamps the spokes in undercut recesses 9, which engage the bevelled edges of the spokes. The rings and plates may be sectional. In another construction two series of spokes oppositely curved are secured similarly.
Patent GB-190904957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Armouring Cables or the like with Metal Tubing.
Inventor: WITZENMANN EMIL
IPC: B21C37/15
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 4957. Witzenmann, E. March 1. Coiling.-In a device for armouring cables and the like with a metal band which is shaped in the known way and wound upon itself in the form of a screw thread, a rigid part is interposed between the winding-rollers and the cable to relieve the cable from the pressure of the winding-rollers and protect it from injury. The winding-head a, which rotates about its own axis, is provided in its central opening with a piece b which rotates with it. The winding-roller c, which supplies the band being wound on, bears against a tongue-shaped projection d on the piece b, and the other two winding-rollers c<1> have guides e on their axes which bear on the cylindrical portion f of the piece b.