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Patent GB-190722364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horseshoes.
Inventor: ADAM EMILE
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 22,364. Adam, E. Oct. 10, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fixing; upper and lower shoes.-An overshoe for use when snow or ice is upon the ground comprises a heavy leather sole 5 having at the heel an upward tongue 6, of reduced thickness, with slits 7 cut in it to receive straps 8, 9. To the sole is attached an upper portion 10 provided with gores 11 and slits to form loops 13 for the strap 8, which fastens the overshoe on to the foot. The strap 9 is attached to the upper 10 at one side, and its buckle is attached to the other side of the upper. To the lower surface of the sole 5 is secured, by rivets 16 and stitching, the subsole 15 of rubber or similar material.
Patent GB-190723560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Traps for Vermin and the like.
Inventor: LANE HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 23,560. Lane, H. Oct. 25. Traps.-Relates to the type of trap described in Specification No. 2388, A.D. 1907. A narrow projection c is formed by pressing it out of the solid on the bottom plate a, and is provided with a slot d and with a hole for the reception of the pin f. The cross-piece b is fitted on to the bottom of the plate a in such a way that the projection c comes either on the top or bottom thereof and the rest of the plate a above or below a stud g on the piece b, in which also is a hole e<1>, Fig. 5, through which the pin f passes. The spring h is attached to the plate b by means of a projection h<1>, which passes through a slot in the flange b<1> and is provided with a slot h<2> engaging a projection j. A slot b<2> is also cut out of the plate b to engage the projection c.
Patent GB-190723728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescope Sights for Firearms.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 23,728. Lake, W. E., [Winchester Repeating Arms Co.]. Oct. 26. Sights.-A telescopic sight 3 is mounted to slide longitudinally in two supports 10, 18, and is prevented from rotating by a tongue-and-groove connexion comprising a projection 4, Fig. 3, on a spring plunger 5 located at the bottom of the front mount and a groove 2, Fig. 2, formed on the underside of the fore part of the telescope. The front end 17 of the groove forms a stop to prevent the telescope being pulled back too far. Specification No. 23,713, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190725459-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Resins adapted for Polishing Purposes.
Filed: 1907-11-16
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 25,459. Chemlsche Fabrik Dr. Elkeles & Co. Nov. 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Resins and resinous compounds.-Shellac substitutes for polishing purposes are prepared by intimately mixing, by mechanical or chemical means, resins, such as copal, with small quantities of waxes similar to shellac wax, for example, chinese wax, or with wax alcohols or other alcohols of high molecular weight. In an example, copal is dissolved in caustic-soda solution, ¢ per cent of chinese wax is stirred into the hot solution, and the solution is precipitated by the addition of mineral acids. To render the resinous compounds soluble in alcohol without the subsequent formation of a deposit, the precipitated material is warmed with excess of acid.
Patent GB-190800879-A (GB)
Title: Improved Socket Shells suitable for Holders for Electric Lamps.
Inventor: HUBBELL HARVEY
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 879. Hubbell, H. Jan. 14. Incandescent lamps, holders for. A case is made in two parts screwed together, one part being provided with an annular collar separated from its threaded portion by a space, which receives the other part ; this allows thin metal to be employed. The collar may be inside or outside the threaded portion. Fig. 3 shows, in section, the lower part of one construction of case, in which the collar 26 is secured to the outside of the threaded portion 24 by a soldered flange 28 ; but in another form, the lower edge of the collar is rolled about a circumferential bead at the base of the thread. The upper part of the case may have a similar bead to which the collar may extend, concealing the threads ; or the collar may be narrower and expose part of the threads. A slot in the upper part is covered at its outer end by the collar, leaving an opening just large enough for the shank of a switch. Both parts are lined with insulating- material 25. In a modification, the collar is inside the threaded part, and may be retained by an outwardly-turned flange engaging a groove.
Patent GB-190806541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Boxes or like Receptacles.
Inventor: COMINGS WILLIAM RIGHTER
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1909-04-26
Abstract: 6541. Comings, W. R. March 24. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining.-The lid or body of a box or like metal receptacle is formed by inserting a dished piece 3, Fig. 11, into a tubular piece 1 with a curled edge 2 and then pressing the parts together, so that they first assume the form shown in Fig. 9 and finally the form shown in Fig. 13. When the tubular piece 1 has a longitudinal lap joint, a small portion of the lap at the top of the tube is cut away before the edge 2 is curled. A label 7, Fig. 11, may be placed upon the part 3 of the lid before the lid is secured to the piece 1. The seam connecting the parts 1, 3 may be arranged to have fewer folds than are shown in Fig. 13.
Patent GB-190812006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Controlling Winding Engines used in connection with Mines, Hoists, Lifts and the like.
Inventor: WILDE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 12,006. Wilde, W., and Petrie, W. June 3. Hauling and winding engines; overwinding, preventing; speed, governing; starting in wrong direction, preventing; brakes.- Winding-engines for mine cages, lifts, hoists, &c., operated by steam, air, or water pressure, are controlled by means of one or more pistons moving in cylinders containing liquid which is adapted, in the event of excessive speed or of an overwind, to release a weighted rod so as to shut off the motive power and apply brakes. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement of the apparatus, and Fig. 4 the control cylinders. The pistons b arranged in the oil-containing cylinders a, a<1> are moved in opposite directions by means of screwed rods c, c' driven from the e winding - engine. The pistons carry tapered needles d, d<1> which, towards the end of the wind, enter tubes f, f<1> communicating with each other by a cock. g<1>. The cylinders are also connected by a pipe i which communicates with a cylinder j containing a piston and rod j<1>. During normal working, the oil passes freely from one cylinder to the other, but in the event of excessive speed, the pressure rises and lifts the rod j<1>. The maximum allowable speed varies according to the position of the cage in the shaft, and near the end of the wind is reduced by the needle d entering and partly closing the tube f The speed of normal working is adjusted by the cock g<1>. The piston-rod j<1> is adapted to operate a lever k and to release a pawl m, thereby allowing the weighted rod n to fall. By means of a lever p and link w, a bar s is raised and the throttle valve v is closed by a weighted lever. The steam brake x is also applied by a lever z<1> and links connected to the brake valve. To allow the steam brake to be controlled from the pedal y, the lever z' is connected to the rod n by a pin and slot. The throttle valve is normally controlled by a hand-lever t, the link wand bar s being slotted to give freedom of movement. The apparatus prevents the engineman from starting the engine in the wrong direction. A single cylinder may be used instead of the two cylinders a, a<1>, the piston performing either a single or double stroke at each wind. The seating of the needle valve is loosely mounted in the cylinder end in order that it may allow free ingress of the liquid during the inward motion of the piston.
Patent GB-190814569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Lace Fasteners
Inventor: ATKINSON FRANCIS FORBES
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 14,569. Atkinson, F. F. July 9. Lacing-fastenings; buckles.-A boot lace is secured by each of its ends being passed through diagonally opposite slots E in a box-like casing which is provided with a hinged lid carrying a sharp spike S, which, when the lid is closed down, passes through the crossed laces and is received in a small hole D in the centre of the casing. The lid is secured to the casing by passing a loop C attached to it over a pin P on the casing.
Patent GB-190816116-A (GB)
Title: Improved Locking and Alarm Device for Wheeled Vehicles
Inventor: OSCHMANN REINHOLD
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 16,116. Oschmann, R., and Kirchner, K. July 29. Brakes.-Relates to a locking and alarm device for preventing the theft of wheeled vehicles, chiefly bicycles, in which the bending of an arm placed against the spokes causes a detonator to be fired and an intermediate arm to spring against the spokes where it is automatically bolted. The device is enclosed in a casing 1 clamped to the frame in such a manner that the arm 4 pivoted to the casing by means of a pin 5 can be brought to rest against a spoke 6 of either wheel. The pin 5 has a rectangular portion 7 which acts on a spring- controlled safety-plate 8 when the arm is moved. A firing-bolt 9, controlled by a spring 10, is mounted in the front part of the casing ; on its release its pin 15 strikes the cap of a cartridge 16 inserted in a small vessel 18 screwed into the firing-bolt cylinder. A notch 19 on the bolt engages a catch 20 on the safety-plate. The firing-bolt is cocked by means of a key 21 screwed on its pin 22. When the arm 4 is moved into the position shown by full lines, in Fig. 2, the part 7 presses against the safety-plate and releases the firing-bolt. The plate 8 is provided with a second notch 25 which co-operates with a counter notch 26 of a folding arm 28, keeping the latter in contact with the casing 1. When the safetyplate is forced back by the part 7, the arm 28 is released and locked in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5 by the action of a spring 29 on a lever 30 pivoted at 31 and provided with a bevelled projection 32 resting against the back counter notch 26 of the arm 28. The arm 28 may be unlocked and the alarm device reset by raising the lever 30 by means of a key 34. In order to prevent a thief from preventing the release of the alarm device by unscrewing the barrel 18, the safety-plate 8 is provided with a hook engaging with the barrel. To prevent the accidental firing of the alarm during riding, the key 21 is divided into two unequal parts by a collar 38. When the key is screwed with its shorter end of the bolt 22, the firing-bolt is prevented from passing into its firing condition by the collar.
Patent GB-190820066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescope Levels with Horizontal Mirror and Optical Square Prism or with Vertical Mirror
Inventor: WILD HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-09-24
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 20,066. Wild, H. Oct. 7,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Levels; telescopes.-The figure shows an optical system for an automatically-adjusted sighting-level. Rays from the distant point sighted on the left pass through the objective a and the optical square c to a mercury reflector b, by means of which they are thrown back again to give an image of the point sighted in the plane of the objective, where it can be seen by means of a terrestrial eyepiece consisting of the usual lenses e, f, g, h and the reflecting -prisms i, 'k. The cross-wires d are mounted on the objective. In a modification the axis of the objective is vertical and the optical square is mounted above and outside it.
Patent GB-190820468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Element Devices applicable to Electric Circuit Breakers and other Apparatus.
Inventor: STATTER JOHN GRICE
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-09-29
Abstract: 20,468. Statter, J. G. Sept. 29. Cut-outs; switches.-Relates to time-lag or startdelaying devices of the " sucker " type described in Specification No. 16,846, A.D. 1904, applicable for electric circuit-breakers. The present invention consists (1) of a parallel-bar device 4, for adjusting the time-lag. The two members of the sucker are attached respectively to the fixed bar 5 and the movable bar 4 which constitutes the armature of the circuit breaker trip mechanism. The effective pull of the magnet 2, 3 upon the magnetic bar 4, tending to separate the suckers, and the consequent time-lag depends upon their position relative to the pivot 11. (2) To compensate for changes of temperature which affect the force required to separate plane metal suckers, one or both suckers are formed of two or more metals of different coefficients of expansion, for example copper and steel. As shown in Fig. III, the upper disk only is the compound disk ; with a fall of temperature this disk becomes convex on the face in contact with the other fixed disk 15, diminishing the surface in contact, and thereby compensating for the increased attraction due to a fall of temperature. Radial grooves may be cut in the compound disk to permit free expansion. The suckers are contained in a box 1, Fig. III, of which the lower sucker may be a part. The spindle 20, carrying the upper sucker, passes through an aperture in the cover 18 of the box, and the aperture is covered by a hood 21. (3) An additional device for adjusting the current value of the tripping-device comprises a bridge 22 of soft iron pivoted between the limbs of the horseshoe electro-magnet 2 so that it may take up various positions to shunt more or less of the lines of force that ordinarily pass through the armature 4. An index 29, moving over a scale, indicates the position of the magnetic bridge. In this manner, the attractive force acting upon the armature 4 may be adjusted at will. The compound sucker and parallel-bar adjustment may be employed for delaying the start of any other mechanism, which is then connected to the bar 4. According to the Provisional Specification, the bar 4 may be acted upon by an electrostatic force.
Patent GB-190821577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to X-ray Tubes.
Inventor: RITTERSHAUS FRITZ PAUL
Filed: 1908-10-12
Granted: 1909-10-12
Abstract: 21,577. Rittershaus, F. P., and Bautze, G. Oct. 12. Vacuum tubes.-The anode a of an X-ray tube is cooled by a fluid such as air or water conveyed by a tube which passes completely through the apparatus. In the form shown the anode a is a hollow nickel cylinder, connected by short tubes b, preferably of platinum, with glass tubes c, c<1> which may have rubber tubes placed over their projecting ends. One of the glass tubes is of spiral form.
Patent GB-190825327-A (GB)
Title: Appliances for Raising the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: HALL FREDRICK HAROLD
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 25,327. Hall, F. H. Nov. 25. Lifting-jacks.-The wheels of motor road vehicles are raised by a curved member which is attached to the axle or wheel of the vehicle and projects beyond the wheel with which it is rotated. In one form of the invention a shoe a, formed with a flat bottom and curved sides, is bent over as shown in Fig. 3, and is tapered so as to fit into a socket b bolted to the rim of the wheel. In a modification the shoe is pivoted to the bracket and is turned up out of the way when not in use. In a second modification a lever having a flat foot with curved ends is fixed to the vehicle axle, and is hinged so that the foot can be turned up.
Patent GB-190827658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Devices for Boxes and the like.
Inventor: HEYNE ALFRED VON
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 27,658. Heyne, A. von. Dec. 19. Lids and covers.-The lids of boxes &c. are provided on the underside with undercut and preferably dovetailed lugs or battens, which enable the box to be opened on two sides, and may also serve for strengthening purposes. The lid a, Fig. 1, is provided with a single transverse batten b which is adapted to slide in grooves c in the sides of the box d. When closed, the lid is secured in position by a screw e entering into a fitting f in the wall of the box, the screw being covered by a seal. In a modification, two battens b may be provided having enlarged dovetailed ends engaging with grooves in the box, the central portions of these battens being of reduced width and taking no part in the sliding action. In a further modification, shown in Fig. 7, two battens p are provided situated at the extreme ends of the lid o and engaging with the corner grooves q of the box. In this case, one batten is made to engage with a corner groove, the lid being then given a turning motion to bring the battens into a suitable position for engaging the remaining corner-grooves.
Patent GB-190827717-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Indicating Device for Establishing Synchronous Running of Cinematographs & Gramophones or the like.
Inventor: THOMASSIN FRANCIS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 27,717. Thomassin, F. A., and Nathan, H. R. Dec. 21. Kinematographs. - Synchronous working of a kinematograph and a gramophone is obtained by having differential control of a single indicator. The gramophone spindle 12 transmits intermittent movement to the pointer 7 through the electrical escapement 3, 6. The kinematograph shaft 13 through the worm-wheel 26, transmits movement in the reverse direction to the disk 22, supporting the entire electrical escapement and the pointer. The resultant movement of the pointer 7 is nil so long as synchronism is maintained; when synchronism is disturbed, the direction of movement of the pointer indicates which instrument requires acceleration. The connexion between the kinematograph and indicator may be. electrical. Coloured translucent disks may be used as indicators instead of a pointer.
Patent GB-190828481-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Connector for Rubber Hose Pipe, Flexible Tubing, Flexible Electric Wires and the like.
Inventor: CANN ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 28,481. Cann, A. J. Dec. 31. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Couplings.-A connector for attaching flexible tubes to supply pipes &c., applicable for coupling electric conductors, comprises an inner member D adapted to be screwed on to the supply pipe, and an outer member A having slots G and a conical threaded portion F, on which a nut H works, so as to compress the end of the flexible tube in the space B. The member A may screw on to the member D ; or it may be connected by set-screws I. [Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications No. 3223, A.D. 1882, No. 13,571, A.D. 1886, No. 17,492, A.D. 1887, and No. 10,264, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Pipes &c.].]
Patent GB-190900086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razor Stropping Machines
Inventor: YATES HARRY
IPC: B24D15/08
Filed: 1909-01-01
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 86. Yates, H., and Millington, D. R. Jan. 1. Stropping-apparatus.-A blade-holder, for use in machines for stropping single or double-edged blades in one operation, consists of two plates, of which one, having studs corresponding to the usual holes in the blade and other plate, is mounted by semicircular end pins 9 in the sides of an outer frame 3, Figs. 1, 5, and 8, and the other 2 is mounted in the sides of an inner frame 4 by pins 10 engaging open-ended slots 12 and by pins 13 engaging closed slots 14 in the sides of the frame, so that when the hinged frames are closed, the blade is firmly held and the holder can have a rocking motion imparted to it ; by opening the frames, the plates are separated for the removal or insertion of a blade. The holder may be used in the usual kind of machine, Figs. 1 and 5, in which the strop passes over a roller 17 so that, when reciprocated, it rotates the roller and so rocks the blade-holder through the medium of links 15, 16, the link 15 engaging with an extension of one of the pins 9; or the holder may be used in a special machine, Fig. 8, in which the blade is stropped on leather-covered rollers 34, 35, journaled in the frames 4, 3, respectively. The rollers 35 are rotated by reciprocating the machine along a plane surface 28, and actuate the rollers 34 through a gear wheel 33 journaled on a bush 29 secured on the projecting pin 9. The bush carries an adjustable spindle 25 carrying a roller 27 which drags on the surface 28 and causes the blade-holder to rock when the motion of the machine is reversed. The inner frame carries a roller 19 having reduced ends so that, when closing, the inner frame can be slightly compressed, thus allowing pins 22 to engage with holes 23 in the outer frame, and secure the two frames together.
Patent GB-190901910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Coin Freed Mechanism.
Inventor: BEAUMONT FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: G07F15/02
Filed: 1909-01-26
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 1910. Beaumont, F. J. Jan. 26. Electricity and gas, supplying by meter.-A disk 16, carrying a valve-closure 15 for a supply pipe 27, Fig. 1, and a pin 35, Fig. 5, for operating a switcharm 28<a>, is connected by one or more cords 17, 18 passing over guide-pulleys to pulleys 19, 20. An endless cord 24 passes over the pulleys 19, 20, a guide-pulley 4, and sprocket-wheels 3, 9. After prepayment, a spindle 5, carrying the sprocketwheel 9 and a ratchet-wheel 6, is rotated, thereby raising the pulley 20 and rotating the disk 16 to open the valve or switch. The working of the meter rotates the sprocket-wheel 3, thereby lowering the pulley 20 and returning the disk to close the valve or switch. To allow for variations in the price of gas, a meter-driven pinion 2 carried by the sprocket-wheel 3 is mounted on an arm adjustable in a slotted race 39 and secured by a thumb-screw 40. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the pin 35, by engaging a projection 31, raises the weighted switch - arm 28<a> to the top contact 29, the nose 32 of the arm simultaneously engaging the lowest tooth on a spring-controlled rack 33. During the reverse rotation of the disk the pin 35 by engaging a projection 34 presses back the rack 33, thereby permitting the nose 32 to escape, first to the middle tooth, whereupon the circuit is closed through a contact 30, and the lamps are dimmed, and finally to the topmost tooth when the circuit is broken. Coin action, mechanical - connexion. - The coin couples a pocket on an external handle with a pocket 10 on the spindle 5, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190906943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Supply Controlling Devices.
Inventor: BLIZZARD ALBERT EDWARD
IPC: F23L1/02
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 6943. Blizzard, A. E., Todd, H., and Cotton, R. Dec. 9, 1908. Dash-pots.-Consists in an air-supply controlling- device particularly applicable to apparatus for consuming smoke in furnaces of the t y p e described in Specification 25,833/02, [Class 51, Furnaces &c.], or for controlling an air-supply for o t he r purposes. The supply of air to the heaters at the back of the furnace is controlled by the movement of a piston in a cylinder f, and the time of the piston is regulated by an air tap a. In the arrangement described in the above - mentioned Specification, the tap had to be opened so slightly that dust would interfere with the action of the piston. To obviate this defect, a valve b is arranged in the top of the cylinder f in series with the tap, and layers of felt or cloth c are secured on the valve by a screwed cap d. The tap a is screwed into a cover e, which is screwed to the cylinder top.