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Patent GB-190701686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Service Motors.
Inventor: COUADE MAURICE
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 1686. Couade, M. Jan. 23, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric clocks.- Electric servomotors comprising a transmitter, by which direct current is converted into alternating triphase current, and a receiver, consisting of a synchronous multipolar triphase motor, are utilized among other purposes, for synchronizing clocks. The transmitter, Figs. 1 and 2, comprises (1) a collector A, consisting of a commutator, the bars of which are connected by equal resistances calculated to yield a sinusoidal current to the line wires l, and to opposite bars of which direct current is supplied through brushes h; (2) a part B carrying three brushes which bear upon the commutator and are respectively connected to rings b<1>, through which alternating triphase current is supplied to the line wires l when either or both parts A, B are rotated by an independent source. The terminals of the receiver, to which the line wires are led, are connected through two field and two armature coils to the neutral point, the phases of the rotor and stator being oppositely arranged. The action of the combination of receiver and transmitter for the purposes specified depends on the rotor of the receiver following the motion of the transmitter and setting in the same position under the influence of the resultant magnetic field. In continuous running, the receiver moves in synchronism with the transmitter.
Patent GB-190701890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Travelling Trunks
Inventor: BULLAS STEPHEN WALTON
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 1890. Bullas, S. W., Bullas, F. J., and Bullas, P. H. Jan. 25. Trunks &c. of leather or canvas are provided with steel linings with hinged lids, as shown, which are stitched or riveted to the trunk and its lid. A removable steel tray may be provided.
Patent GB-190703409-A (GB)
Title: Method for the Permanent Removal of Saltpetre from Walls.
Inventor: FROSCHMAIER MICHAEL
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 3409. Froschmaier, M. Feb. 10, 1906, [date appdied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Preservative compositions.-Saltpetre decay or excrudescence on damp walls is prevented by first heating the surface by a soldering or like lamp, and then coating it with a solution consisting of a double soluble glass 50 parts, chalk powder 30 parts, sulphuric ether 10 parts, and water 10 parts. New walls may be previously primed with lime water mixed with pipe clay, plastic clay, or earthy or loose marl.
Patent GB-190704148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hydraulic Variable Transmission Mechanism.
Inventor: HALL JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1908-02-19
Abstract: 4148. Hall, J. W. Feb. 19. Hydraulic transmission of power.- Mechanism of the kind described in Specifications No. 7479<*>, A.D. 1896, No. 22,406, A.D. 1901, and No. 442, A.D. 1903, is adapted for use on motor-vehicles by arranging a shaft from which power may be taken to the road wheels &c., in the longitudinal axis of the apparatus. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of one form of the gearing, in which A is the pump shaft and D the rotating casing. The secondary shaft J<1>, adjustable but normally prevented from rotating, carries the eccentric J- by which the pistons in the motor cylinders G are operated relatively to the rotating casing. The shaft 1 is arranged parallel to, or coincident with, the axis of rotation of the main body of the apparatus, and is carried in a spider 3 fixed to the interior of the casing D. Epicyclic or other gearing 4, 5, 7 may be interposed between the rotating casing and the shaft. Gearing 8, 9, 10, Fig. 3, may be interposed between the motor shaft A and the pump eccentric A<2>, in order to reduce the speed of the latter below the relatively high speed of the explosion motor.
Patent GB-190706160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Fixing Adhesive Stamps to Letters and the like.
Inventor: WALKER JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-03-14
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 6160. Walker, J. March 14. Damping and affixing stamps.-Relates to appliances for damping and affixing postage stamps in which the individual stamps are piled in a magazine. The sbeet-metal case 1 is formed with an end gauge 3 for the top of the envelope, and with a water-tight compartment 4 closed by a stopper 5. The water is drawn from the tank by a wick 10 supported by a bridge-piece 9 stamped from the casing. A bush 11, attached to the inclined portion 12 of a bracket 13, rests upon the upper surface of the wick and damps the portion of the envelope to which the stamp is to be fixed. The stamps are piled in a magazine 14 supported by springs 24, 25 in a casing 22 integral with a bracket 23. A spring-returned plunger 19 presses down the pile of stamps to the envelope, and the lowest stamp is drawn past the burred edges of the case 14. A pivoted end-gauge 29 is provided, and in case two stamps are to be applied, the gauge may be raised to allow the envelope to be moved across to the bracket. A presser roller 35 may also be provided. Specifications No. 17,866, A.D. 1890, No. 13.669, A.D. 1893, and No. 24,665, A.D. 1895, are referred to.
Patent GB-190706308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Recording or Registering Messages, Memoranda and the like.
Inventor: REID JAMES FRANK
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 6308. Reid, J. F. March 15. Memorandum tablets and other memorandum appliances.-A memorandum register is used with a telephone or other permanent fitting, arrangements being provided for duplication where required. The entry paper is carried on two rollers D and passes over the table F, shown in section in Fig. 4, being wound by means of the handles or milled heads H. Cover-plates I are provided for the circular holes C through which the rolls are inserted or removed. These plates are removable, being bifurcated under the screws J, and act as bearings to the rolls D. The cover 0 has an opening P over the table. For duplication, a paper roll R is placed loosely in the brackets M, at right-angles to the entry rolls D. The duplicating-paper R<1> is carried through an opening K over a door L, over the table F, and under a carbon sheet N held by a clip or otherwise under the paper D'. A serrated or cutting edge p allows the duplicate messages to be detached.
Patent GB-190708561-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Lubricating Crank Pins, Pulleys, Shafts, and the like.
Inventor: GROVES JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 8561. Groves, J. April 12. Lubricators.-A lubricator for crank-pins. pulleys, shafts, &c., operating centrifugally, comprises a chamber a, Figs. 1 and 2, with an oil inlet pipe f and an outlet pipe c leading to the bearing. Enclosing the pipe c, and mounted on it by means of a nut c', is an angular deflecting-plate b, which may be reversed if the direction of motion is reversed, and serves to direct the lubricant into the open end d of the pipe c. The pipe c has a restricted bore e for a part of its length as shown. Fig. 7 shows a modification for use with shaft bearings or loose pulleys. The chamber a is annular and the deflecting plate may form a partition across the chamber. The oil is conveyed to the shaft bearing by a passage i in the shaft h.
Patent GB-190711485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles or Jars and the like.
Inventor: HUERLIMANN JAKOB
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 11,485. H³rlimann, J. Sept. 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bottles, non-refillable.- A hollow glass stopper c open at its lower end and containing a cork g is inserted in the bottle or jar neck and secured by cement. The top of the stopper is enlarged to rest on the mouth of the bottle &c., and has a weakened flat top wall at f. To open the vessel, the wall f is broken away and the cork withdrawn.
Patent GB-190713744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Pulp.
Inventor: CALDWELL ALFRED SOMMERVILLE
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 13,744. Caldwell, A. S. June 14. Pulping-engines.-In beating-engines having bedplates a, Fig. 1, pressed against the beating-roll c by fluid pressure, the accumulation of solid matters between the fixed outer box g and the movable inner box d, carrying the bed-plates a, is prevented by joining the tops of the two boxes d, g with elastic material, such as india-rubber m, fixed on the boxes by metal bars n secured by bolts and nuts n<1>. The india-rubber is preferably made with a corrugated part m<1> to increase its flexibility, and the movement of the inner box is facilitated by antifriction balls o, or by brass or otner strips o', Fig. 4, lubricated with a mixture of soft soap and plumbago introduced through one or more holes h<2> by a brush, mop, rod, or other convenient means. An outlet pipe, provided at one end of the outer box, may be used to indicate any leakage caused by the fracture of the diaphragms m, j. The bed-plates a are packed in boxes d by wooden or like packing- strips e,f, and the boxes are supported on an elastic diaphragm j of soft india-rubber which forms the top of a liquid chamber k ordinarily employed for the automatic adjustment of the bed plates. Fig. 2 shows a beating-engine provided with three dens, each provided with a plate box and outer box. Fluid pressure is provided through pipes q having pressure gauges q<1>. Drainage is effected by outlet. pipes q<3> Beating-engines may have fixed knives in addition to the yielding bed-plates. A refining- machine, Fig. 5, has ,the boxes arranged equidistantly around the roll c, and attached at their ends to disk-plates s, capable of being rotated upon rollers s<1> to facilitate the assembling of the parts, but ordinarily held stationary by clamping-bolts s<2>. Each outer box contains three independently movable plate-boxes d made in the form of recessed bars having lateral webs faced to slide smoothly one upon another and against the inner surface of the box g. Sheets m, j are used as before, and the plates a are held in position by bolts.
Patent GB-190714959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tar Spreading Machines
Inventor: GLOVER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 14,959. Glover, W. J. J'une 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee:not paid). Liquids, distributing.- In an apparatus for brushing tar into road surfaces, the frame a is mounted on road wheels b, from which power is transmitted through shafts f, g and bevelwheels h, i to the vertical brush - spindles j, which rotate in bearings k. The lower ends of the spindles j are square in section and slide freely in sockets in the circular stocks of the brushes l. Springs p to regulate the pressure of the brushes are mounted on the spindles j, the collars n of the springs being fixed in the required position by set-pins o. For lifting the brushes from the ground, forked clips m, embracing the spindles j and engaging in collars r attached to the brushes, are connected to a bar s which is raised and lowered by a lever t. The line of brushes is preferably set diagonally to the track. The apparatus may be attached to the tar distributor, and the brushes driven from a motor.
Patent GB-190720512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Watermarking Paper.
Inventor: TROTMAN WALTER KNOWLES
Filed: 1907-09-14
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 20,512. Trotman, W. K. Sept. 14. Dandy-rolls; watermarking; paper, making by hand.-Relates to dandy-rolls, particularly of the kind described in Specification No. 13,184, A.D. 1905, and is also applicable to flat frames in which watermarking is affected. The backing is made as usual, and the watermarking-devices are attached to removable sections of the laid-wire or wovenwire covering. The removable gauze section F, Fig. 2, of a laid-wire dandy-roll is supported at its edges by half-rings C<1> secured to the ordinary rings C of the backing, and is held in position by short stiff wires G which pass under the edges of the fixed portion D of the covering, and by pins H on the half-rings C' which engage the first longitudinal wires at each end of the removable sections. Additional pins on the half-rings C<1> may engage the edge of the permanent gauze covering. To facilitate removal, sliding fingers J are provided beneath one edge of the removable section F, mounted eccentrically on a rod J<2> rotatable from the end of the roll. The removable sections of wire-wove dandy-rolls may be provided at their edges with slotted metal plates or their wire equivalents, passing through slots in the spiral wire backing and in the rings C if necessary, and held firmly by hooks or snail cams attached to rotatable rods. The ends of the removable sections may be gripped between fixed and movable bars, these being operated by leaf springs, cams, or the like.
Patent GB-190721305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Accentuating Mechanism for the Mechanical Players of Pianos, and the like
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 21,305. Metzler & Co., and McInerny, C. F. W. March 24,1908. [Patent of Addition to No. 16,405, A.D. 1907.] Automatic instruments.-In the pneumatic action for mechanical piano players and the like, described in Specification No. 16,405, A.D. 1907, a valve, controlled from the tracker-bar, for connecting the note-operating pneumatic to a higher tension exhaust, is provided for each note, and a pad 12 is attached to the moving board of the note-operating pneumatic to cover the passage to the secondary valve when the pneumatic is collapsed. The trackerbar and tune-sheet are provided with two ducts for each note, and the accentuating-apertures in the tracker-bar may be shorter than the others. The accentuating-perforations in the tune-sheet are arranged slightly in advance of the ordinary perforations. When an accentuating-duct in the tracker-bar is uncovered, air is admitted through a duct 5 to a purse 10, thereby raising a valve 6 and connecting a note-operating pneumatic 11 to the higher tension exhaust chamber 8 ; this causes the corresponding note to be sounded with more than the normal loudness.
Patent GB-190722029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brickwork Arches or Deflectors for Boiler Settings and the like.
Inventor: POULTON FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-10-05
Granted: 1908-10-05
Abstract: 22,029. Poulton, F. Oct. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Steam-generator furnaces; baffles and arches.- In locomotive, marine, and other boilers provided with an arch of the kind described in Specification No. 4563, A.D. 1905, the metal framework b supporting the arch is protected from the heat of the furnace gases by a fire-clay block d. A recess c in this block engages a flange a on the vertical face of the frame, and the block is held in position by the pressure of the other blocks forming the arch.
Patent GB-190724305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tacheometers.
Inventor: DESPIAU DANIEL
IPC: G01C3/30
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 24,305. Despiau, D. Nov.- 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telemeters; theodolites.-An instrum e n t for giving readings of distances by sighting a surveying-rod consists of a box with a peep - hole eyepiece o which can be racked up and down, and with two glass plates a, b in front, one being fixed and the other b movable. Up to small distances readings are taken direct on the rod, but for fairly large distances, the rod serves as a fixed length and, after adjusting the eyepiece till the horizontal line y on the p 1 a t e a registers with the bottom of the rod, the plate b is racked up till an horizontal z on it corresponds with the top. The spindle v, by which the plate b is racked up, also carries a pinion t taking into a wheel carrying a scale, which can be used to give direct readings of the distance. The whole instrument can be rotated in azimuth, and a compass f can be fitted to give directions.
Patent GB-190800332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanding Devices.
Inventor: LORING BENJAMIN CLARK
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 332. Loring, B. C. Jan. 6. Sanding rails. - In a sanding-device for street cars, provided with a stirrer and a sand box 1 having a lid 2 for filling the same, the stirring- arrangement consists of a casing 3 secured by a bracket 4 to the sand box. A screw cap 5, with an oil-hole 6, closes the upper end of the casing 3, and at the lower end is a contracted shaft-enclosing neck 8 extending nearly to the bottom of the box. Fitting loosely in the enlarged portion of the casing is a cylindrical part 9 with an internal helical camgroove 10. A pin 11 engages the groove 10, and when the shaft 17 is forced up against the spring 13 by foot pressure acting through links 18, 19, 20, a rotary motion is given to it by the action of the pin and groove. To the shaft 17 is attached at 14 the valve or closing-plug for the aperture 16, which partakes of the rotary motion of the shaft 17 and breaks up the sand. The rod 23 of the actuating- linkage passes through a slot in the pipe 21, which is enlarged so that no sand falls through the slot.
Patent GB-190802902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in,or connected with, Games.
Inventor: FENNELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 2902. Fennell, W., and Perry, W. P. Feb. 10. Games played with boards and pieces.-A war or like game is played on a board or table divided iuto hexagonal areas and marked with division lines indicating the frontiers between two or more countries. Pieces P, K, A, N, PR, L, C denoting people, king, &c. are moved by the players according to rule, with the object of capturing certain pieces.
Patent GB-190802943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oscillation Receivers
Inventor: PICKARD GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 2943. Pickard, G. W. Feb. 10. Wireless telegraphy.-Oxide of zinc in contact with a metallic conductor is used to form an oscillation receiver which is capable of acting without a local source of current. The fragment of oxide used has one cleavage face, and at least one fracture face transverse to it. It is embedded in a molten conductor M in a metal cup C, Fig. 3. In Fig. 4, the oxide Z is shown mounted with a fracture face F making contact with the face of a conductor A, which may be brass. The conductors A, V are mounted on standards E, G, which are connected to the base B and to the terminals O, Q. The contact between A and Z can be adjusted by the rotating head H. Another form is described, in which a loose piece of the oxide, not embedded, is placed between two conductors pressed together by a spring.
Patent GB-190805298-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in and relating to Knife Edge Bearings.
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 5298. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. May 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In knife-edge bearings for levers, such as that used in the electromagnetic sparking-plug described in Specification No. 26,982, A.D. 1906, longitudinal movement of the bearing is prevented without the use of end plates by forming a notch a in the knife-edge which engages a projection b on the seat. The projection b is formed by stamping with a die which has a corresponding notch, the material being afterwards hardened, if necessary.
Patent GB-190809192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines
Inventor: BARTON HENRY LESTER
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 9192. Barton, H. L. May 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to means for fastening blade sections in grooves in the rotor or stator. Fig. 3 is an end elevation on the line B-B of Fig. 1, which represents a developed section of a portion of the rotor or stator 7. The latter is provided with a groove, undercut on both sides 8, 9, in which is located the blade section comprising a base ring or strip 10 fitted with several blades 11. A space is left between the side 12 of the base-ring and the wall 9 of the groove, and at intervals along the groove this space is widened, as shown at 13, to allow of the insertion, one at a time, of complementary wedges 14, shown in perspective in Fig. 4, tapered in two directions. When the wedges have been driven home, the spaces 13 may be filled with caulking- pieces, or spaces may be left between the several pairs of wedges, the metal of the neighbouring parts being beaten into slots 15 formed in the top sides of the wedges. To remove the blade sections, the metal is released from the slots 15 by a suitable tool. In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the wedges are tapered in one direction only, and are furnished with interlocking beads 16 and grooves 17, the base-ring and wall of the groove being similarly fitted.
Patent GB-190809561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: FARROW ALFRED EDWARD
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 9561. Farrow, A. E. May 2. Motor road vehicles.-In a motor road vehicle driven by an electric motor through a toothed change-speed gear, the gear is changed automaticaliy, when the motor is slowed down through excessive load, by arranging in the circuit a series of automatic devices as shown in Fig. 2. When the motor slows down, the resulting heavy current energizes the maximum-load solenoid n, whereby the contact-bar o is raised to close the circuit through the solenoid q. This solenoid when energized opens the clutch as shown in Fig. 4 and at the same time closes the switch s and allows the current to pass through the coil t. The coil t as shown in Fig. 3 contains a core 4 inside a sleeve w ; the sleeve is slotted to allowa pin 5 to pass to a link x supporting the pivoted pawl v, and, when the coil is energized, the core is raised and causes the pawl to engage the gearchanging ratchet y ; then, when the pin 5 catches the end of the slot, the sleeve is raised, and the wheel y is moved. The solenoid t may close a circuit through a coil 2, whereby a lever 3 is moved so as to lock the switch o when the clutch is opened to change gear.
Patent GB-190811482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tennis, Football, and like Game Markers.
Inventor: HIRST ROWLAND RUSHWORTH
Filed: 1908-05-27
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 11,482. Hirst, R. R. May 27. Marking-out ground.-A bucket wheel 4 attached to the usual side wheels 2 scoops up the liquid from a cast-metal tank 1 and delivers it to a guide channel 9, whence the liquid runs on to the marking-wheel 5. The channel 9 is secured to the top of an inwardly-projecting portion 7 attached to or integral with the tank, and this inwardly-projecting portion is formed, opposite the bucket wheel, with a recess to facilitate the escape of air when the machine is being moved backward. To prevent the liquid from running off the edges of the marking- wbeel 5, lugs 1<4> are provided on the tank and extend inwards over each edge of the marking- wheel, or, alternatively, the walls of the channel 9 may be adapted for this purpose. A scraper 12, Fig. 4, of spring material is provided to remove dirt &c. from the wheel. Handle-bars 11, 11 are bolted to the tank as usual, and a splash-plate 10 is secured in position by means of lugs 10<1>, 10<1> which enter holes in the handle-bars.