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Patent GB-190812734-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Sealing Envelopes and the like.
Inventor: CAVAILLE JEAN MARIE
Filed: 1908-06-13
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 12,734. CavaillÚ, J. M. July 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Seals.-Envelopes are sealed by a malleable rivet which is made up of a sheet of extensible metal stamped into the form shown in Fig. 1, the cap A being filled with talc or other powder c which is retained therein by a sheet D stuck beneath. The rivet is placed on the inside of an envelope blank, and the flaps are folded over so that a hole in each flap comes over the cap A. Pressure on this cap causes it to bulge out as in Fig. 2 and secure the flaps. A seal may be applied to produce an impression as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190818613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Extinguishers.
Inventor: SQUIRE REUBEN
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 18,613. Squire, R. March 4, 1909. Extincteurs.-Relates to a secondary or alternative discharge outlet having a spring-pressed valve, which automatically opens in the event of the usual outlet being closed or inefficient, thus acting also as a safety-valve. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the discharge passage A is closed by a valve C acted upon by a spring E, the upper end of which bears against a hollow member B screwed to a member F. The member B is provided with an enlarged outlet B', to which a hose union may be fitted if desired. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, provision is made for relaxing the pressure of the spring when once the valve is lifted. The hollow member is in two parts G, H, the latter sliding upon the former. When the valve C rises, its stem C' lifts a finger M and revolves a spindle K, thus disengaging a finger L from a pivoted catch P, which then releases an arm 0 rigidly fixed to the part H and allows the latter to rise and relax the pressure of the spring.
Patent GB-190819039-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Device for Lifts and the like.
Inventor: MICHAELY NIKOLAUS
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-09-10
Abstract: 19,039. Michaely, N. Sept. 10. Safety suspending-apparatus for lifts &c. comprises a pair of levers c, c<1>, pivotally mounted in a cross beam b and adapted to engage racks h in the shaft when the hoisting-mechanism fails, the cage being supported on the beam by spiral compression springs g<1>. The inner arms of the levers are linked to a bar e, which is connected to the hoisting-cable f, and is forced downwards by springs g if the cable breaks. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c, Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 576, A.D. 1872, No. 2297, A.D. 1903, and No. 7997, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190824370-A (GB)
Title: A Protecting Device for the Hands, applicable to Printing or Stamping Presses.
Inventor: ROCKSTROH MAX
Filed: 1908-11-12
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 24,370. Rockstroh, U. Nov. 12. Guards.-In a .protecting-device for stamping and printing presses an obstruction on the table prevents a link attached to the moving member from putting the braking-mechanism out of gear. The link c is caused to oscillate through an arm t with the stamping-member a. It normally rotates a bell-crank lever e, which pushes a hanger g clear of a lever h, but any obstruction on the table b holds up the link c, and the hanger g rotates the lever hand operates a brake through links l, m, n, o. In modifications, the member g may be attached below the table a, the links f, i may be made in one piece, and the link c may be-attached to the member a or to the table b. Specification No. 11,771, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Printing, Letterpress &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190826731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valve Operating Mechanism for use in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GREEN GUSTAVUS
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 26,731. Green, G., and Miller, J. Dec. 9. Gas and like engines, valve-gear for. In an engine having an overhead cam-shaft a, with a casing carrying the valve-levers f, and pivoted to turn about the cam-shaft so as to provide access to the valves, the casing is provided with lateral extensions e enclosing the valve-levers and forming guides for the tappets x. The casing is formed in two parts with an oil-tight joint at s ; the lower part forms an oil-bath for the cams, and the two parts are held together by a set-screw t. The adjacent extensions e are held down by a bridgepiece n secured by a single nut, and make a tight joint with domesp over the valves. The arrangement permits of efficient lubrication of the valve mechanism, without allowing the escape of fumes from any oil that may be burnt or vaporized. The valve-levers are provided with adjustable striking- pins k, access to which is provided by openings o closed by the bridge-piece n. In a modification, the cam-shaft is arranged centrally between the valves, and the valves are operated through bellcrank levers pivoted approximately above the camshaft, the extensions e being alternately on either side of the shaft. If desired, only those parts of the casing to which the extensions are attached, or only the extensions themselves, are rotated.
Patent GB-190827126-A (GB)
Title: Improved Book-cover Protector
Inventor: AVVAD HACHIG A
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 27,126. Ayvad, H. A. Dec. 14. Book-protectors.-Fig. 1 shows a blank for a bookprotector formed of cloth, paper, &c., and adapted to receive books of various sizes. The sections for the four corner-pieces 9 are so shaped that the same cutting serves in part also for the body portion. The corner-pieces are first folded as shown in Fig. 2, fastened by adhesive, and then slipped on to the book, the average size for which is shown by the dotted lines 3. The flaps 8 being folded inwards, the other flaps 4, 5 are folded over the cover-boards and fastened by means of adhesive on the parts 11 of the flaps 4, more or less of the corner-pieces being visible at the notches 7 according to the size of the book.
Patent GB-190901166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mirrors and Screens for use in connection with Advertising, Entertaining or like purposes.
IPC: G03B21/10
Filed: 1909-01-16
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 1166. Zotos, Ltd., and Perl, A. H. F. Jan. 16. Optical-projection apparatus.-Magic-lantern projections are received u p o n a translucent screen a<1>, Fig. 4, of opal glass, paper, or glass painted with a semitransparent paint, having a semi-transparent mirror a on one side away from the lantern and towards the observer. T h e screen may be replaced by the application of a semitransparent paint to the lantern side of the mirror. Vertical reflecting columns w, w<1>, Fig. 4, spirally wound with beads &c. a n d periodically illuminated by elongated electric incandescent lamps 2 with reflectors to keep the light from the interior of the casing b, occupy each side of the mirror and are shielded by silvered surfaces x, abutting upon the surface of the mirror a. The light from the columns creeps under the edges of the reflectors x, and, when the rotating columns are illuminated, the screen appears to move. The lantern slides l<1>, Fig. 3, upon a disk l are moved intermittently into position by a pawl o and pawl-wheel o<1>, operated by a connecting-rod m and crankplate k, driven by a motor through belting and worm gearing. A cam p on a shaft j, driven from the motor, periodically operates the shutter s of the lantern by means of a rod t, and also opens and closes a switch u, v in the circuit of the lamps 2, Fig. 4, when the slides are being changed, and gives an appearance of movement to the screen. The columns w, w<1> are driven by disks, that engage their edges and are fixed upon a shaft, driven by belting from the motor. According to the Provisional Specification, spirally-wound Geissler tubes may replace the columns w, w<1>.
Patent GB-190903559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candle Making Machinery.
Inventor: PLUMBRIDGE DOUGLAS VICTOR
IPC: C11C5/02
Filed: 1909-02-13
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 3559. Plumbridge, D. V. Feb. 13. Candles, apparatus for making. In a machine in which the candle composition is forced in a plastic state through tubes h provided with wick-feeding means l, (1) the wax &c. is cooled in two stages, firstly by passing it through a number of tubes f immersed in warm water, and secondly by surrounding the tube h with cold water; (2) the candle is provided with a self-fitting end by forcing it into a cooled mould w, and with a point bv advancing the compressors p, q; and (3) the required portions of the tube of wax are kept in a plastic condition by asbestos rings n, which may be heated by an electric current. The compressors p, q and moulds w are cam-actuated. The candle is severed by a knife r on the compressor p, and is then removed by a padded conveyer F. The bobbins used for the supply of wick are slotted so as to be easily removed from the spindle and its support.
Patent GB-190904256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Recording Attachments for Cash Registers.
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 4256. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. Feb. 20. Cash registers with item - printing mechanism; levers for special transactions.-Relates to recording- attachments for cash registers. For a normal " cash " transaction, the transaction lever 1 is in its topmost position as shown ; but, on being moved to designate another class of transaction, the attached quadrant 8 moves the justifying-pawl 9 so as to raise a catch-lever 23, and thus free a sliding box 26 which is then thrown outwards by a spring 27. The record strip 30 is mounted on rolls in the carriage and passes externally over the casing between the slits 32, 33 where the transaction is written down. A pawl-carrying lever 37 enables the paper to be moved by hand, or automatically on the return of the carriage by its downward projection engaging an incline 38. The carriage is returned to its normal inaccessible position inside the machine by a lever 47 operated by cam 45. The amount levers are similar to the transaction lever 1, and move along external scales and set levers 5, which have racks to actuate the registering- wheels 19. A similar but shorter lever gears with the transaction lever, so that all the levers are returned to normal at the end of the operation of the machine by the transverse bar 53, actuated by a link 54 and a cam 56 on the shaft 44.
Patent GB-190906277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam and like Superheaters.
Inventor: WIART ERNEST
IPC: F22G1/00
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 6277. Wiart, E. March 16, 1908, [Convention date]. Superheating-chambers heated by furnace gases; constant-volume superheaters. - A constant-volume superheater consists of five steel receptacles A, B, C, D, E arranged in any manner and connected together by stop-valves F, G, H, I and by non-return valves L, M, N, O. The generator V is connected to the first receptacle A by a pipe Q containing stopvalves Q<1>, P and a non-return valve K. The last receptacle E is provided with a safety-valve R, and is connected through a stop-valve J with the engine to be operated. Each receptacle is provided with a pressure gauge and an air cock. A mercury bath for ascertaining the temperature in the superheater is also provided. The superheater is covered with a casing of sheet metal, or of masonry, and is preferably heated by a small independent furnace. If the stop-valves P, F, G, H, I are opened, no increase of pressure occurs in the superheater, but, if these valves are closed, the non-return valves prevent the return of the steam to the generator and the pressure of the steam increases. The apparatus may be used as an instantaneous generator by connecting the first vessel A with the lower part of the boiler by a small pipe U provided with a stop-valve T and non-return valve S. The stop-valve Q<1> being closed and the valve T opened, water passes to the superheater and is instantaneously vaporized therein.
Patent GB-190906357-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Die Head for Screw Cutting Machines.
IPC: B23G5/12
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 6357. Heap & Co., J., and Hall, R. P. March 17. Screwing-die heads.-In a die-head for a screwing- machine of the kind in which the die-blocks are adjusted by a cam-ring, which is angularly adjusted on a clutch ring and is moved axially with the clutch ring to open the dies, the die-blocks are rigidly fixed in the die-head during screwing. The dieblocks a, Fig. 3, the rear ends of which a<2> are shaped to abut against the periphery of the scroll b, have tail-pieces a', passing through eccentric slots in the scroll, which is fixed, after adjustment, by studs e passing through bushes g in a slotted clutch ring d, and clamped by nuts g'. The dieblocks are mounted on a carrier k<1> on the main spindle k, to which the clutch ring is secured during screwing by a catch plate j<3>, which engages locking-pieces j mounted in boxes in the clutch ring. To release the clutch ring, it is moved back, the slots j<5> in the pieces rising on pins j<4>, and, when the lock-nuts strike the heads of the studs e, the scroll is withdrawn and the dies are opened. Studs m, fitted in the carrier k<1>, are used to secure a cover-plate l.
Patent GB-190910674-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus or Machine for Oiling the Axle Bearings of Coal Tubs and the like.
Inventor: MCKENZIE ALEXANDER
IPC: F16N13/06
Filed: 1909-05-05
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 10,674. McKenzie, A. May 5. Force-feed lubricators.-A fixed lubricator for oiling the axle bearings of coal tubs &c. comprises a pump mounted in an oil container. A hollow plunger m is fixed to a curved bar f pressed upwards by springs h surrounding guide-pins g, which are adjusted in guides j by nuts. The plunger m and cylinder k are fitted with valves q, p the lift of which is limited by pins r. The axles depress the bar f and receive oil pumped through an opening n. Two pumps may be mounted in the same container a for the two bearings of an axle.
Patent GB-190913942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydro-carbon Lighting and Heating Systems.
Inventor: STUBBERS JOSEPH
IPC: C10J1/26
Filed: 1909-06-14
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 13,942. Stubbers, J. June 14. Carburetting.-In apparatus for making heating or lighting gas of the kind in which hydrocarbon vapour from a generator is mixed with air in two independent mixers delivering the gas into two independent service pipes adapted to be independently used, means are provided whereby the generator burner may be supplied with gas from either service pipe, and the escape of gas from the service pipe in use into that not in use is prevented. Gas from the mixers 4, 5 passes up pipes 6, 7 into pipes 10, 11 projecting into service pipes 12, 13. The generator burner 3 is supplied through a pipe 9 communicating with an annular chamber 8 supplied with gas from either service pipe by means of a valve 17, preferably provided with a weighted handle. When the valve is in the position shown, gas passes from the pipe 13 through ports 20, 18, 19, 21 to the chamber 8 and thence to the generator burner, the pipe 12 which is not in use having then no communication with the burner 3 or the pipe 13. In the reverse position of the valve 17, gas passes from the pipe 12 to the burner 3 by way of a passage a, annular chamber 15, ports 22, 19, 18, 21 and chamber 8, the pipe 13 being closed with respect to the pipe 12 and the burner 3. The ports 18, 19 of the valve 17 are so arranged that the gas supply to the burner 3 is not cut off while reversing.
Patent GB-190914285-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Measure or Measures and Funnel.
Inventor: HORTON WILFRID
IPC: B67C11/04
Filed: 1909-12-18
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 14,285. Horton, W. Dec. 18. Measures of capacity.-A combined measure and funnel is formed with indicating - ribs 2, 3, and is provided with a fluted stem 4 having a flat metal disk 9 surrounding it to hold the funnel in position and to permit the air to escape from the vessel to be filled when the stop-cock 8 is turned on.
Patent GB-190918209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Lamps for Vaporised Liquid Combustibles.
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 18,209. Wiktorin & Co., [formerly Wiktorin & Frohn]. Feb. 10, [Convention date]. Incandescent vapour burners; vaporizing-apparatus.-In a vapour burner for inverted incandescent mantles, the liquid fuel is partly vaporized by the heat of the burnt gases in a preliminary vaporizer c from which it passes into a final evaporator g through a slit i or a series of holes in the inlet tube. Any unvaporized fuel is evaporated in this chamber, and the vapour is passed into the superheating-tube k through an orifice m bored so as to be near the top of the evaporator. The vapour is thence discharged into the mixing-tube through a removable nozzle n. The tubes and vaporizers through which the vapour passes are closed by removable caps so as to be easily cleaned. The lamp is started by a charge of fuel burned in the cap p.
Patent GB-190927599-A (GB)
Title: Composite Filtering Apparatus for Liquids.
Inventor: LEHMANN WOLDEMAR
IPC: B01D35/00
Filed: 1909-11-26
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 27,599. Lehmann, W. Nov. 26. Filters with hollow filtering-elements; filters with horizontal filtering partitions or layers; filters, cleansing.-A composite filter comprises a bed h of sand, coke, or the like in a vessel a and a filter k formed of flat or cylindrical elements covered with asbestos or like fabric and placed in a separate vessel to which the filtrate from the vessel a is passed. The bed h may be cleansed by means of a reverse flow and an agitator g or by means of an air blast ; radial brushes fixed to a rotatable spindle may be provided for the separate cleansing of the elements k.
Patent GB-190928611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Extraction of Metals from their Ores.
Inventor: HOMMEL WOLDEMAR
IPC: C22B3/44
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-12-07
Abstract: 28,611. Hommel, W., and Durant, H. T. Dec. 7. Lixiviating.-Zinc and copper are precipitated from their solutions by the action of furnace gases, containing, for instance, sulphur dioxide, which gases are afterwards used to obtain the solutions. A mixture of roasted zinc ore and water is showered down a tower B, wherein it comes into contact with the gases containing sulphur dioxide, and the zinc bisulphite solution obtained is trickled down a tower E, wherein it is converted into sulphite by contact with the hot fumes from a sulphide roasting-furnace D. The fumes, enriched by sulphur dioxide driven off during the reaction, escape through a pipe C to the tower B. Copper ores or slag may be treated in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190928868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of and Apparatus for the Recovery of Tar, Tar-vapour and Ammonia from Distillation Gases.
Inventor: RADCLIFFE JOHN
IPC: C10K1/04
Filed: 1909-12-10
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 28,868. Radcliffe, J. Dec. 10. Drawings to Specification. Ammonium sulphate. - In the recovery of ammonia from hot distillation gases, after tho extraction of tar, the gases are passed into a saturator, the temperature of the gases being such, that it is unnecessary to add to the gases extraneous heat or, extraneous gases for preventing the condensation of water vapour. The saturator is preferably double or multiple, the ammonia being partly removed by the formation of ammonium sulphate in the first or lowest of the series, and the remainder of the ammonia being recovered in an upper vessel or series of vessels.
Patent GB-190928994-A (GB)
Title: Detachable Wheels.
Inventor: HILL BARTON BERKLEY
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1909-12-11
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 28,994. Hill, B. B. Dec. 11. Hubs. - In means for securing detachable wheels of the type which comprise a rotary plate f, Fig. 1, with keyhole slots adapted to engage the heads of bolts c carried by the permanent hub a and passing through the detachable hub e, the slotted plate is provided with an extension w to facilitate its operation. and may be locked by a catch m. This extension engages the permanent hub by means of an interrupted thread, and is locked by means of the spring-pressed block y. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the locking-plate f is carried by a plate e rotating on an extension 6 of the detachable, hub, and is locked by a spring- pressed pin 11 in the bolt head engaging a nipple 10 in the plate e. Wedges x, 12, Fig. 7, on the locking and cover plates, give positive withdrawal or attachment of the detachable hub. According to the Provisional Specification, the bolts c may be engaged by toothed nuts, rotatably mounted on the face of the detachable wheel and simultaneously operated by a toothed ring; or the nuts may have threaded projections entering the hollow ends of the bolts; or the bolts may be carried by the detachable hub and have shouldered ends engaging keyhole slots in the permanent hub flange and being subsequently tightened up by the simultaneously rotatable nuts.
Patent GB-191001315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Calcium Carbide.
Inventor: JEANNERET EDMOND
IPC: C10H21/00
Filed: 1910-01-18
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 1315. Jeanneret, E., and Chapoy, C. Jan. 22, 1909, [Convention date]. Cartridges and the like of materials. - A carbide block contains, in addition to a mineral oil such as petroleum and a binding-medium, sulphur, which is solid at the temperature attained by the block when in use, a substance capable of setting hard with water and drying rapidly so as to abstract the moisture adhering to the block and check the liberation of the gas, and a salt soluble in water which effects the dissociation of the residue. The addition of these substances furthermore gives a residue which does not adhere to the block, is granular, and does not form a sludge. Suitable drying- bodies are gypsum, hydraulic lime and cement, and calcium chloride or ferric sulphate may be used as the soluble salt. The block is given a protective coating of a waterproof stratum such as fatty bodies or mineral oils. It is convenient to use a solution of hydrocarbons of high boiling-point such as coal tar or asphaltum in mineral oil, in all cases with the addition of a drying-medium such as talc or oil of turpentine.
Patent GB-191003359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Condensers.
Inventor: HOLEHOUSE WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: F28B11/00
Filed: 1910-02-11
Granted: 1911-02-13
Abstract: 3359. Holehouse, W. H., and Holehouse, W. Feb. 11 Condenser systems.-A counter-current jet condenser is provided with a water-inlet valve H, a water-outlet valve G, and an air-admission valve M, all actuated by means of levers from a single float D.