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Patent GB-190710605-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Air Spring for Reducing Shock and Vibration on Motor Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: BYROM JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 10,605. Byrom, J. May 7. Springs; undercarriages.-A pneumatic cushion which is adapted to be used between the body and undercarriage of a motor-car or other road or railway vehicle, or for supporting the saddles or handle-bars of bicycles, is composed of an upper chamber A filled with air and closed at its lower side by a flexible diaphragm C to which is attached a plunger B. The outer edge of the diaphragm is secured by a ring D and nuts F screwed upon studs E, and also by small pins screwed or driven into the chamber A and arranged between the studs E. The plunger B, which is of less diameter than the chamber A, is secured to the diaphragm by an internal plate I and rivets J. The air is preferably contained in a bag K fitted with a valve L. Fig. 3 shows the plunger B secured to a tubular framed chassis by a saddle piece M and elbow bolts N, while the chamber A is formed with lugs P for attachment to the body. The diaphragm C may be formed of leather, or of a number of layers of canvas, previously treated with india-rubber and vulcanized, and arranged with their warps crossing obliquely. The casing A may be formed to contain more than one of these springs, and in this way a bicycle saddle may be mounted upon three springs, two of which may be disposed at the rear and one at the peak, or the three springs may be attached to the steering-head, the handle-bar being connected to the plunger B. When a number of springs are used, they may be connected by a common inlet pipe in order to secure uniform air pressure.
Patent GB-190713057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cotton Gins.
Inventor: WEST DANIEL KEMP
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 13,057. West. D. K., [West, D. G., and Lewis, T. R.] June 5. Gins.-The lower or stationary grid of cotton gins is increased in depth to about one inch, so as to prevent seed &c. from being caught between its lower edge and the upper edge of the movable grid when this is rising. The fingers of the lower grid are bevelled as shown at c and their operative edges are flat, bevelled, or curved as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 ; the fingers h of the upper grid are parallel for the greater part of their length, and are so dimensioned as just to clear those of the lower grid, as shown in Fig. 5. The uppermost position of the movable grid is adjusted so that only seeds that have been stripped can pass completely through it. Both grids may vibrate and the stroke and position of one or both are adjusted in any known manner. Fig. 7 shows the invention applied to a Macarthy double-roller gin, the bottom grid a being fixed to a bracket k and the upper one attached to the arms of the vibrating beater m.
Patent GB-190713679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Compressing Elastic Fluids.
Inventor: STUART CLAUDE HOUSTON
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 13,679. Stuart, C. H., and Snell, C. S. June 13. Hot-air engines.-Relates to apparatus for compressing air and gas, particularly for lighting, and hot-air motors for actuating the apparatus. The motor is of the type in which a displacer g works in a cylinder a heated at one end and cooled at the other. To the displacer g is attached a rod k passing through an extension f of the cylinder a and attached at its other end to a chain l passing over a wheel p and carrying a counterweight t. When the pressure in the cylinder a increases owing to the contained air being collected at the hot end, a diaphragm j in a chamber i connected to the cylinder rises and by means of the lever k and link m raises an arm n loosely journaled in the axle of the wheel p. The arm n carries a pinion q gearing with a pinion r connected to the wheel p and on the same axle, the two pinions being connected by a spring s, so that, when the diaphragm j rises, the displacer g is also raised, but the connexion is elastic. When the displacer g rises, it drives the air to the cold end of the cylinder a, and the reduction of pressure brings the displacer back. The lower end of the cylinder a consists of a flexible diaphragm d connected by toggles 3, 4 and slotted links 6 to a diaphragm v or a piston which serves to compress the gas. Owing to the slots in the links 6, the diaphragm v is only raised by the diaphragm d, and is depressed by a spring x, so that, if the pressure in the service pipes becomes excessive, the motor can continue to work without actuating the compressor. The toggles 3, 4 are so arranged that, as the pressure on the diaphragm d becomes smaller as it approaches the displacer g, the mechanical advantage increases and the force acting on the diaphragm v remains approximately constant. The diaphragm v draws in air or gas by a valve 11 and drives it out through a valve 30, inequalities of pressure being corrected by means of a spring-pressed diaphragm 16. A valve is provided by which gas returns from the service pipe to the supply when the pressure in the former rises above a certain limit, This valve may be dispensed with, in which case the lever k is actuated by the diaphragm d and returned by a spring 28, as shown in Fig. 2. Various forms of elastic connexion between the diaphragm d or j and the displacer g are described, including one in which the energy derived from several strokes of the diaphragm is stored in a coiled spring which actuates the displacer.
Patent GB-190713874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Colour Photography and Photographic Printing
Inventor: DONISTHORPE FRANK WORDSWORTH
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 13,874. Donisthorpe, F. W. June 15. Producing coloured photographs ; positives, producing directly; transparencies; printing.-A process for obtaining coloured prints consists in dyeing a negative after treatment in an appropriate bath to cause the parts affected by light to refuse the dye, several formulµ being given, and then pressing it into contact with gelatinized paper, which takes out the dye, yielding a coloured print. For threecolour work, the paper is brought into contact with three negatives in succession. Colour - positives may be obtained directly from the dyed negatives by bleaching out the image by any reducing-solution. In three-colour work by this process, one direct and one reversed plate colour-positive and one film positive are superimposed.
Patent GB-190716457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Wadding
Inventor: BUCKINGHAM WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-07-20
Abstract: 16,457. Buckingham, W. July 18. Wadding. - By a duplication of apparatus, wadding is sized on both sides. The fabric is sized on one side at b, passed round the heated calender d, fed along the drying-chamber e by a chain or lattice, sized on the other side at b<1>, and passed again through the drying-chamber by means of a second chain or lattice, the material emerging finally at g. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 2362, A.D. 1859. No. 12,499, A.D. 1887, and No. 3685, A.D. 1898.]
Patent GB-190719631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Resilient Tyres.
Inventor: SLEE JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-02
Granted: 1908-09-02
Abstract: 19,631. Slee, J. Sept. 2. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; spring wheels.-Relates to tyres of the kind in which an india-rubber tyre of arch section secured at its sides between rings is extended by a metal spring ring, such as are described in Specifications No. 26,316, A.D. 1906, and No. 9655, A.D. 1907. The segments h of the tyre are formed with transverse pockets l in which fit wood strips y screwed to the leather band H. The metal ring j, formed in sections connected by metal strips m, is guided by channel-pieces I carried by some of the strips y.
Patent GB-190720677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to Filtering, and in Apparatus for the same.
Inventor: JAEGER BERTRAM MAURICE
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 20,677. Jõger, B. M. Sept. 17. Filters; cleansing; air supply; supplging liquid. -A filtering-layer E of sand, gravel, peat, spongy iron, or other granular or fibrous material is supported on a corrugated partition B of wire-gauze or perforated metal. At the bottom of the corrugations are perforated pipes D, covered with wiregauze, to which steam, hot air, or other fluid for cleansing the filter is supplied from the main N through valves Q, the valves being operated to cleanse the various portions of the bed successively. A back flow of wash water enters from the pipe K, and the impurities are carried through gauze H into a trough C which has a valved connexion with the drain. The syrup to be filtered is supplied from the tank G through a float-controlled tap F and distributed over the filter by the trough C, which may be deep enough to allow sediment to settle. The gauze H retains pieces of wood, rag, &c. The filtered liquid passes from the outlet L on to a switch P delivering to a double trough O. The corrugations of the partition B may have a double thickness of wire-gauze at the apices.
Patent GB-190721896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Regulators for Steam Engines or like Motors.
Inventor: BLAND ASA
Filed: 1907-10-04
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 21,896. Bland, A. Oct. 4. Transmitting-mechanism; safety gear.-In steamengine or like governor transmitting-mechanism of the type described in Specification No. 23,609, A.D. 1895, wherein the governor rocks a pivoted T-shaped lever b carrying at its end a rack b<1> tn engage and turn a pallet-plate d which when moved allows one of two reciprocating pawls g to engage with a face-wheel f, a safety device is provided and the spur-wheel i, which transmits the movement of the face-wheel through a pinion k to a sleevenut l, is made separate from the face-wheel so that interchangeable gear-wheels may be employed. Rotation of the sleeve-nut varies the length of the valve rod. The pawls mounted on a carrier h and the pallet plate move about a regulator spindle e to which the face-wheel is keyed. To prevent the regulating action from continuing after the valve has been fully opened, the pawls are lifted from the face-plate by action on the T-shaped lever of a finger u carried by a wormwheel t, this wheel being rotated by a worm on the regulator spindle. A similar device may be used to act when steam is being cut off. The spur-wheel is connected to the face-wheel by keys or screws, and in the former case is interchangeable with the pinion k. The sleeve-nut rotates with, and slides relatively to a bush o on which the pinion is mounted ; or the pinion may be directly mounted on the sleeve-nut.
Patent GB-190723756-A (GB)
Title: Electric Fans.
Inventor: DIEHL FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 23,756. Diehl, F., and Becker, A. F. April 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fans.-An electric fan is arranged to oscillate about a vertical axis by means of differential gearing on the armature shafts. The device comprises two concentric internally-cut gear-wheels 21, 23, the numbers of the teeth on which differ by one or more, while an externally-cut gear wheel 25 intermeshing with both internal gears is loosely mounted on an eccentric bushing 15 carried by the motor shaft 8. The driven gear-wheel 23 is carried by a sleeve 17 fitted loosely to the hub 10 of the motor frame, and is provided with a circular cavity for the gears closed by a cap-plate 26 which, in one form, carries a segment of a rubber tube 31 to afford an elastic rolling contact with the top and bottom alternately of guide-rails 4, of the shape shown. The sleeve 17 also carries a lubricator which, as the sleeve rotates, comes into alinement with the holes 29, 30 in the hub 10 and bushing 9. In a modification, the cap is provided with a peripheral cam-groove, which is entered by a roller stud on the shorter arm of a bell-crank lever connected by links to the motor support and so causes the motor to oscillate.
Patent GB-190801195-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Instrument for Enlarging or Reducing Plans, Drawings, and such like.
Inventor: BEST PHILIP LIONEL
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 1195. Best, P. L. Jan. 18. Scales. -Relates to instruments for enlarging or reducing plans, drawings, &c., in which a rule is provided with two or more series of graduations, and with means for pivoting one or both ends so that proportionate measurements on radial lines from the pivot point as a pole may be taken. The pivoting, the reading- off on the original plan &c., and the marking-off npon the reproduction are all performed along one outside edge of the rule. A rule a, Fig. 1, is marked with a duplicate scale a<3> having two zeroes at points a<4> at opposite ends, at which points the rule may be pivoted by means of a pin c<2>, Figs. 1 and 3, projecting from a plate c adapted to be secured to the drawing-board &c. by means of a point c<3>. A number of secondary scales d, e proportionate to the principal scale a<3> are marked along a bar f, Figs. 3 and 4, which slides in a groove f<2> in the rule a and may be replaced by different bars bearing different proportionate scales. The distance from the pivot a<4> of a point on the original drawing is read off on the scale a<3> along the edge a', and' a slide g, Figs. 1 and 4, is then moved to the corresponding reading on the proportionate scale, the corresponding point of the enlargement &c. being marked on the paper by means of a pricker g<2>, for example, on the slide g.
Patent GB-190803016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sectional Boilers.
Inventor: BOSLEY ELIJAH MERRYMAN
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 3016. Besley, E. M. Feb. 9, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Steam-generator &c. furnaces; air, supplying; grates.-In a sectional boiler having a downdraught furnace, the gases pass upwards from beneath the grate 15 through vertical flues 10, and enter an horizontal flue 7<a> extending through the upper part of the boiler. Each section consists of hollow water-walls 2 connected at the top and bottom, as shown, and containing a depending water-chamber 3, which forms the sides of the combustion chamber. The sections communicate with each other at their top and bottom through nipples 13, 14. The chamber 3 is connected to the main water space by hollow webs 5, which form the sides of the vertical flues 10. The vertical passages 7, which connect the chamber 3 with the upper part of the main water space, form side walls of the horizontal flues 7<a>. The sections of the water-grate 15 are connected to the boiler walls by hollow nipples 16, removable plugs 19 being provided in the outer walls to facilitate the insertion and renewal of the sections. Perforated tubes 2 placed above the grate supply air to the fire when the furnace door is closed.
Patent GB-190804279-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Plastering and Making Partitions, Walls and the like.
Inventor: VASS JOSEF VON
IPC: E04F21/12
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 4279. V a s s, J. von, and G e s z t i, J. Feb. 25. Spray-producers.-Mortar already mixed is delivered under pressure by a pipe 1, Fig. 1, into a chamber 2, whence it is blown out through the nozzle in the form of a spray by compressed air entering by a pipe 3. Part of the compressed air may be delivered at the outer end of the nozzle, as shown in Fig. 3. The dry constituents may be delivered to the sprayer by the pipe 1, while water or milk of lime is delivered by a small pipe into the compressed-air pipe 3, the wet mortar issuing as a spray from the nozzle. The unmixed materials may be sprayed from separate nozzles so as to mix in their passage through the air.
Patent GB-190808709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dress Forms
Inventor: UFFORD CHARLES AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 8709. Ufford, C. A., and Newland, J. April 21. Screws or b o l t s.- Clamping - screws for detachably securing parts of a lay-figure stand are provided with T-shaped heads having serrated under and side surfaces.
Patent GB-190808793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Pleating of Fabrics, Paper and the like.
Inventor: TRAVITZA NICOLAS J
Filed: 1908-04-22
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 8793. Travitza, N. J. April 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Pleating.-The liability to bending of a pleated fabric &c. is reduced by forming subsidiary pleats parallel with or oblique to the general direction of the principal pleats. As shown in Fig. 1, the additional pleats b are arranged parallel with, and may rise gradually to the same height, as the principal pleats a. The additional pleats may run the whole length of the principal pleats; or the latter may be interrupted where the additional pleats begin, as shown in Fig. 3. In addition to the pleats b, Fig. 1, the principal pleats may also be pleated along the crest. Another method of reinforcement consists in making chains of bosses d, Fig. 9, running in any direction across the principal pleats ; or the auxiliary pleats may run diagonally across the principal pleats, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12. The plane of the extra pleats may be at right-angles or inclined to the plane of the fabric. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications Nos. 295 and 3265, A.D. 1874, and No. 1829, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190813942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Receptacles for Forwarding Samples or Articles to Customers or Consumers.
Inventor: CARR ROBERT DALE
Filed: 1908-07-01
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 13,942. Carr, R. D. July 1. Lids and covers.-The lid of a box for enclosing samples &c. is secured to the body by means of a flexible tapered strip 3, Fig. 1, of metal &c., which passes through holes 5, 6, 7, 8 in the body and lid. One end 3<b> of the strip 3 is passed through a slot in the other end 3<a>, and the end 3<b> is then turned back and may be passed through a slot 9 cut in the lid. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, no slots are formed in the lid, but the strip 3 is passed through slots 7<a>, 8<a> formed in a separate disk 11. A postage stamp or other seal may be applied over the backwardly-turned end 3<b> of the strip to pre vent unauthorized opening of the box. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the underside of the lid may bear inscriptions relating to the contents, and in the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 such inscriptions may be placed upon the upper surface of the lid proper, or upon the underside of the disk 11, or upon a piece of paper inserted between the disk 11 and the top of the box, and the address may be written on the outside of the disk 11.
Patent GB-190815785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Steel or other Metal Tubes.
Inventor: GARDINER ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-24
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 15,785. Gardiner, R. J. July 24. Forging; rolling. -Mandrels for use in piercing in the manufacture of seamless metal tubes have the bulb portions c cast on to the mandrel bars a, which are provided with suitable projections b or with recesses, collars, or the like. Tapered central sockets are left for steel points d. For renewal, the cast-iron portions are broken away and then recast.
Patent GB-190820043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Regulating the Pressure of Gases.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 20,043. Fairweather, W., [Jaspersen, M.]. Sept. 23. Pressure-regulating valves; draining off water of condensation from valves.--A diaphragm-operated gas-regulator comprises two valves 14, 16, Fig. 1, suspended from the diaphragm 25 by an unguided spindle 19 which is jointed at 20 and 21. In order to prevent the gas current from acting directly on the diaphragm and thereby prejudicially affecting the. regulator, a tubular projection 22 from the top of the casing projects into a recess 34 in the top of the valve 14, as shown. A piece of wick 35 carries away any glycerine which may collect in the recess. An alternative device for this purpose comprises an enlargement 31, Fig. 4, on the spindle which co-operates with the central aperture 23 in the diaphragm casing or, as shown in Fig. 5, the said casing has a second opening 33 for the escape of gas, the said opening being closed by a conical valve 33<1> carried by the spindle 19, at the same time that the shoulder 19<1> on the spindle 19 closes the central opening 23. Water of condensation in the pipe connexions above the valves drains into a chamber 2, which is secured in the casing 1<a> by a screw 17, and runs away through a wadding plug in an aperture 4 or, alternatively, past a flap 5, or a valve operated by a float in the chamber 2. In an emergency, when the diaphragm 25 is injured and it is desired to cut out the regulator, the flap 5 is opened positively by a pin suspended from the valve spindle, as shown, whereby the water of condensation is completely discharged. A valve disk 15 is fitted on the spindle 19 between the two valves 14, 16. When the diaphragm 25 is ruptured or leaks the valves are lowered until the disk 15 rests on the upper side 12 of the lower valve seating in which position a small gas passage only is left through the upper valve 14 thereby lowering but not extinguishing the lights to which the gas is supplied and giving warning of the defect. In the event of excess of water accumulating in the casing 2, the water buoys up the lower valve 16 whereby the flow of gas is restricted and the lights are lowered to give warning.
Patent GB-190826129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Separating the Fibrous Parts of Leaves or Stems from the Pulpy or Woody Parts thereof.
Inventor: MARSHALL JAMES
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 26,129. Marshall, J., and Andrews, E. J. Dec. 3. Breaking and scutching apparatus; cleaning or scraping leaves; heckling-machines.-A holding and travelling arrangement for machines of the type described. in Specification No. 23,626, A D. 1905, consists of chains formed of V-shaped links b<1> connected by hooks b<2>, Fig. 2, and bars b<l>, and mounted on sprocket-wheels on spindles d. The lower spindles are driven by worm gearing in a casing h. The upper spindles are carried by swinging brackets e pivoted at f to accommodate the various thicknesses of fibre, and are driven by chain and bevel gearing. The material is gripped between the upper and lower chains, of which any suitable number may be used.
Patent GB-190828163-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Treatment of Megass and other Vegetable Fibre.
Inventor: MALCOLMSON NORMAN
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 2 8 , 1 6 3 . Malcolmson, N., [Lamarre, L. B. de]. Dec. 24. Materials, fibrous; raw materials, treating; boiling; processes.-Megasse and similar vegetable fibre is fermented in water containing 2 per cent of caustic soda until the parenchymous cells are destroyed. The material is then treated with sulphurous acid and washed with water, then boiled at a steam pressure of from 20 to 100 lbs. per square inch with caustic potash and caustic soda in a rotary boiler. The potash dissolves the vasculose and combines with the silica to form silicate of potash. By increasing the quantity of potash, a fast brown compound is formed with the laevo sugars present, which is suitable for brown paper stock. According to the Provisional Specification, this boiling operation is performed with a mixture of caustic lime and caustic soda. The trunks, stems, leaves, or roots of the sugar cane, bamboo, banana tree, para-grass, sunflower, corn stalks, hybiscus, aloes, and similar plants are crushed, before fermentation, in a roller or other crusbing-mill such as is used for the extraction of juice in the manufacture of sugar. After boiling, the material is washed, beaten by pallet wheels revolving in water, and then conducted to a machine known as a breaker, beater, or potcher, from which it passes, over the sand tables and through strainers, which may be of the "Wandel," flat jog, or bellows type, on to the presse-pate.