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Patent GB-190619950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dust Settling Apparatus, applicable to Road Vehicles.
Inventor: STITT SAMUEL STEWART
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 19,950. Stitt, S. S. Oct. 9. Motor road vehicles.-To prevent the raising of dust by motor and other road vehicles, wheel shoes are constructed with internal baffle-plates, and curved baffle-plates and aprons are fixed under the body of the car. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the preferred form of wheel shoe, constructed of bent metal a which may be perforated. The covering d of sheet metal or flexible material has an opening for the passage of the wheel, with a flexible portion g of split leather behind the wheel. At the rear of the partition b, the lower part of the shoe is provided with baffle-plates k, shown in Fig. 3, while the upper portion is provided with baffles l. The air escapes through a hole e in the covering plate. Fixed to the lower surface of the shoe is a band of leather h fitted with depending V-shaped strips of metal gauze or perforated metal, while a rearward extension m carries a curved guard with a flexible lower edge of split leather m. Any or all of the baffling-surfaces or the partitions may be perforated, damped, or coated with a viscid liquid, while the flexible portions may be made of chain mail or other flexible material. In some cases, curved baffle-plates p and an apron o are carried underneath the body of the car to assist the dust-preventing action of the scoops. The rear plate is provided with an opening q to allow air to escape to the rear of the car. Specification No. 12,459, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190628973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Children's Portable Carriages.
Inventor: SIMPSON DAVID
Filed: 1906-12-19
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 28,973. Simpson, D., and Simpson, J. J. Dec. 19. Perambulators, children's mail-carts, and like vehicles; springs. - A child's carriage has the handles and front wheels rigidly connected to the body and is folded by shortening the wheel base, for which purpose the rear wheels are connected to a spring frame which is pivoted to the body. The rear axle 9 is connected to the body by a spring frame or a pair of springs 10 pivoted to the body at 11 and bearing against abutments 12, the carriage being retained in the extended position by a strap 13 attached to a button 14, as shown in Fig. 1. When the carriage is folded, as shown in Fig. 3, the strap is attached to another button 15.
Patent GB-190702942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Blast Furnace Pitch.
Inventor: CRAIG GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-06
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 2942. Craig, G. Feb. 6. Pitch; tar. - Pitch is prepared from blastfurnace tar from which fine solid impurities, or ash, have been removed by centrifugal separation, filtration, or both, when the tar is in a dehydrated and heated condition. The separated residues may be treated for the recovery of tar or oil from the ash, which in some cases may be used as a potash manure.
Patent GB-190707024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Signs or Lamps.
Inventor: BHISEY SHANKER ABAJI
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1908-03-23
Abstract: 7024. Bhisey, S. A. March 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Advertising.-In an advertising sign or lamp, in which an outer drum bearing an advertisement is intermittently rotated about a continuously driven inner drum provided with plates of different colours, the advertisements on the outer drum are in varying colours, so that a new colour is produced by the combination of the coloured advertisement and a coloured plate of the inner drum. The advertisements are cut or otherwise formed in the outer drum, and are glazed or provided with prisms, gems, &c., wholly or partly coloured. The inner drum may be similarly constructed, and the plates may be arranged in continuous or broken rows, or in a spiral manner. In the construction shown, the inner drum b, having longitudinal coloured plates b<1>, is mounted on a frame a', and is driven by clock-work, electromotor, &c., through a spur-wheel a<1>. The outer drum c, either prismatic or cylindrical, is mounted on the spindle a of the inner drum, and is intermittently driven through a star-wheel e by the tooth f<1> of a mutilated spurwheel f, Fig. 3, driven from the spindle a. The frame a<2> supports the lamp, which may be provided with reflectors. Inclined plane or corrugated reflectors may be arranged in the enclosing casing to reflect the advertisements. The apparatus may be arranged as a facia-signboard or in a vertical fashion ; or it may be mounted in a kiosk or a layfigure. According to the Provisional Specification, the apparatus arranged vertically, and provided with a rapidly revolving fan, for carrying off the hot gases, is combined with a kinematograph driven by the inner drum, or apparatus for delivering advertising-tablets &c. by projecting pins on the outer drum. It is also stated that the apparatus may be actuated by the vibration set up by a moving vehicle.
Patent GB-190712466-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing Reels of Cotton Silk or other Thread from Becoming Unwound.
Inventor: MORGAN JANE MARGARET
Filed: 1907-05-29
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 12,466. Morgan, J. M. May 29. Bobbins, reels, &c. -The loose end of thread is held between the end d of the bobbin or reel and the padded under face of the h e a d of a pin pressed into the end of the reel.
Patent GB-190715173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Weft-replacing Devices for Looms
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-07-01
Abstract: 15,173. Boult, A. J., [Wõchtler, F.]. July 1. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism. - In shuttlechanging devices which are operated (without stopping the loom) after a predetermined number of picks, the notched disk 17, Figs. 2 and 3, driven by spur-wheel and ratchet gearing from an eccentric on the shaft 2, is provided with a supplementary ratchet-wheel 63 driven by a rod 60 and a pawl 62, which is operated from a shaft 29 rotating only during the shuttle-changing. The notched disk controls a lever 18 and rod 22 in connexion with the shuttle-changing mechanism, and the supplementary drive from the pawl 62 turns the disk sufficiently to raise the projection on the lever 18 out of the notch on the disk, and, moreover, enables the number of picks that elapse before a subsequent shuttle-changing to be varied. When the rod 22 is raised, a projection 57 on a lever 56 is released from a rigid finger, and a bell-crank 55 is turned under spring action, a pin 27 being thereby depressed. This actuates the cam - surface of the sleeve of a wheel 23, Fig. 6, which is then moved against spring action into position to actuate a wheel 28 on the shaft 29. After this shaft has made a complete revolution, a grooved cam-disk thereon moves a rod 50 provided with a pin and a roller 53, and rocks a bell-crank 51 connected to the bell - crank 55, the lever 56 being thereby actuated so that its projection again engages behind the rigid finger. The pin 27 is raised and the wheel 23 returns into a recess in a disk 28<a> mounted on the wheel 28.
Patent GB-190718329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Admission Nozzles for Elastic Fluid Turbines
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 18,329. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 13. Elastic-fluid turbines.-The inlet or stage nozzles of a partial impact turbine are divided in a line concentric with the axis of the turbine, the portions being secured together at their ends and held in contact throughout their length by flanges formed on the support. The nozzle support 7 is formed with two flanges 8, 9, which form a recess to receive the nozzles. The latter consists of two parts 12, 13. The part 12 contains a plurality of discharge passages 14 and also the greater portion of the bowls 15. The passages are made by a milling operation. The part 13 forms a wall for one side of the discharge passages, and also contains a small portion of the bowls 15. The plane of division between the two parts of the nozzle may be varied. The two parts form a steam-tight joint and are secured together at the ends by bolts 16. The intermediate portions are held together by the flanges 8, 9, and are secured to the part 7 by screws 17.
Patent GB-190726159-A (GB)
Title: Improved Low-water Alarm for the Feed Tanks of Steam-propelled Vehicles.
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 26,159. Belliss & Morcom, Keene, L. P., and Everard, F. O. Nov. 26. Water levels, indicating &c.-A warning is given to the driver of a steam-propelled vehicle, when the feed-tank is nearly empty, by the escape of exhaust steam through a pipe b fitted to the tank and behind the driver's seat. The tank is also provided with a vent pipe f for the escape of the exhaust steam when the water is above the end of the pipe b. A float c with a rod c<1> indicates the height of the water.
Patent GB-190726989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Moulds.
Inventor: ADAMS EDWARD LINCOLN
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 26,989. Adams, E. L. Dec. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Moulding pipes.-A pipe mould is formed of two sections 1, 2, held together by straps 6 and clamps 8 and resting upon a pallet 4. The mould is held, during the formation of the pipe, by means of links 18 carrying projections 20 which engage with slotted plates C secured to the floor A ; the links 18 are connected through spring devices 25 to members 14 pivoted to hooks 12 hinged to the mould sections, these hooks being adapted to engage with members 11, as shown in Fig. 1. In forming a pipe the members are assembled as shown in Fig. 1, a core is inserted, and plastic material is introduced into the mould. The links 18 are then forced inwards as shown in dotted lines, causing members 10 fixed to the links 18 to engage with the under surface of the pallet 4 and clamp the mould and pallet together. The mould is next removed for the drying of the pipe. The hooks 12 are then turned down as shown in Fig. 2 to release the pallet 4, and the clamps are released and the mould sections disconnected.
Patent GB-190727495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Adjustable Brackets for Shelves or other purposes.
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 27,495. Wood, W. L., and Castle, Desmond, & Co. Dec. 12. Brackets.-A device for adjusting and securing brackets &c. on vertical supports comprises a pivoted grip-plate, which surrounds the vertical support and is tilted by means of a spring, which also surrounds the support. In one form, shown in Fig. 1, the grip-plate e is pivoted at d in a casing a, surrounding the vertical member b and containing a spring f. The casing is out away at k to enable the finger to release the grip-plate by means of a projection h, a stop i being provided to limit the downward motion. Modifications showing different arrangements of casing and methods of pivoting the grip-plate are described. In a further modification, shown in Fig. 9, the separate spring is dispensed with, the grip-plate itself being made springy and being attached firmly to the casing.
Patent GB-190728138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 28,138. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. Dec. 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent lamps.-In series with a lamp having a tungsten or other metallic filament is connected a resistance, such as an iron wire in hydrogen, having a positive temperature coefficient. The resistance maybe on the lamp or separate therefrom. With this arrangement the lamp can be run at a higher efficiency, and may be made for a higher pressure than usual, the injurious effects of the reduction of resistance that occurs when a metallic filament is worked at high efficiency being avoided.
Patent GB-190800516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Stokers for Marine an other Boilers and Furnaces.
Inventor: HODGKINSON JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 516. Hodgkinson, J. July 9. Fire-bars.-In mechanical stokers of the kind described in Specifications No. 13,984, A.D. 1894, and No. 2631, A.D. 1904, in which the fire-bars are reciprocated to feed forward the fuel on the grate, adjustable abutments are provided for the actuating- cams, so that the travel of the fire-bars may be varied to suit requirements, In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the abutments b are carried on screwed spindles c, which may be rotated by ratchet-and-pawl gearing. The adjustments for a number of fire-bars may be made either singly or simultaneously. In another arrangement, the abutment is carried in a slot in the jaw of the firebar, and may be fixed in the required position by packing-strips. Mechanical stoking.-The travel of the reciprocating fuel ram h, Fig. 7, may be varied by adjusting a plate i, against which a rotating arm o bears.
Patent GB-190802608-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with High Pressure Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: GLOVER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-05
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 2608. Glover, W. Feb. 5. Pressure - regulating valves.-The volume of gas passing to the mixing- chamber of an incandescent gas burner is rendered independent of the gas pressure in the supply pipe by means of a valve 2 placed within the nozzle 1 of the burner. When the gas pressure is low, the valve rests upon a ring 6, as shown, and gas passes through the openings 4, 5. If the pressure increases, the valve is raised and rests upon the seating 7, and the gas passes through the central passage 4 only.
Patent GB-190804660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable-speed Gearing
Inventor: WILSON ERNEST
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 4660. Wilson, E., and Wilson, E. L. March 2. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to a locking-device for adjustably securing a rotating part against longitudinal movement, and is described as applied to an expanding pulley suitable for motor cycles and cars. The flange 1 is fixed to the engine shaft 2, and has an extension 3, which carries a movable flange 4, a free-running ring 15, and a locking-device for the flange 4. Balls 5 are placed between the part 3 and an inclined surface on a boss 7 of the flange 4. The balls are forced inwards to a locking position by a ring 9 and springs 8 which are supported by a ring 10 secured to the boss. The balls are released, and the pulley diameter altered, by operating a grooved ring 12, which carries screws 14 passing through slots in the boss 7 and engaging a ring 11. A screwed pin 16 working in a slot prevents the flange 4 from rotating on the sleeve 3. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, metal pieces 17, 18, fixed to the flange 4 and boss 7 respectively, are in contact at their centres 19, and pass through slots in the sleeve 3. If further guidance is necessary to steady the flange 4, a concentric sleeve may be attached thereto. The balls may be arranged to work between inclined surfaces and the inner surface of the sleeve 3, the surfaces forming part of a piston attached to the flange 4, and working within the sleeve. The pulley is applicable for use with V-shaped or flat belts, wedge-pieces being used in the V-groove in the latter case.
Patent GB-190812422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: ERFMAN HENRY FRED
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 12,422. Eriman, H. F. June 9. Bottles &c., non- refillable.-After a bottle is filled, the neck is closed by a glass piece 4 consisting of a tube 5 provided with a hood 7 integral therewith and covering orifices 6. The tube is kept in position by a flange 8 and by springs 10, the lower ends of which are retained by a tight - fitting washer 11.
Patent GB-190814147-A (GB)
Title: Dusting and Blackening Material for Moulds, and a Process for Producing the same.
Inventor: KUDLICZ JOSEF
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-07-05
Abstract: 14,147. Kudlicz, J. July 3. Moulding.-A material for dusting and blackening moulds comprises approximately 40 parts of bolary earth, 40 parts coke, and 20 parts charcoal. The ingredients are ground separately to a fine powder or dust, and are afterwards mixed in the required proportions in a mixing-machine. The mixture is dusted over the surfaces of the moulds, or is mixed with water and applied with a brush for blackening them. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 258, A.D. 1866, and No. 3282, A.D. 1874.]
Patent GB-190817620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Refractory Electric Conductors suitable as Filaments for Lamps
Inventor: COOLIDGE WILLIAM DAVID
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 17,620. Coolidge, W. D. Aug. 24, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Working by electricity; working by unclassified operations.-A plurality of refractory metal electriclamp filaments, which have been partly shrunk by baking, are completely shrunk by passage of an electric current through them simultaneously in a single treating vessel, ballast resistance being used if the resistance of the filaments has not been made sufficiently uniform by the baking. The baked filaments may be suspended by spring clips between two conducting rails 5, 6, within an enclosing vessel which is narrowed at one end for exhausting or admitting gas. When each filament is in series with ballast resistances, which may be of iron wire, one rail 6, Fig. 4, is non-conducting, and wires 9, each connected at one end to the ballast resistances for one filament, pass through the enclosing vessel and are bent round the non-conducting rail 6, where they each make contact with a spring clip.
Patent GB-190822423-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coupling for Pipes and the like.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 22,423. Clark, W., [Dellwik-Fleischer Wasser- Gas Ges.]. Oct. 22. Spigot-and-socket joints.-The ends of the pipes a, z are formed with conical enlargements c, h forming bearing-surfaces for flanges or rings p, q which are drawn together by means of screw-bolts s. The packing m is enclosed in a wedge-shaped annular space formed by the interior of the enlargement c and by a second conical enlargement g on the pipe z. The portions b, e, f of the pipes are made cylindrical, as shown.
Patent GB-190822583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding-engines.
Inventor: HULME STEPHEN
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 22,583. Hulme, S. Oct. 24. Carding-engines.-The taker-in A is run at a greater surface speed than the main cylinder B, and a carrier roller C conveys the fibre treated by the taker-in to the main cylinder. The shaft of the taker-in is preferably mounted in ball-bearings and driven as shown.
Patent GB-190904226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic and like Fire Grates.
Inventor: SPARKS CHARLES HENRY
IPC: F24B1/195
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 4226. Sparks, C. H. Feb. 20. Grates; canopies.- In an open fire-place, the canopy A, pivoted at its upper edge, is connected by chain or other gear to the fire grate B, which is hinged at its rear end, so that the movement of the canopy causes a corresponding movement of the grate, and enlarges simultaneously the air inlet to the ash-pit and the outlet from the fireplace to the chimney. The chain C passes over a pulley or cog-wheel D, the shaft of which is fitted in long bearings which have a slight braking action. The grate may be fitted with a counterbalance weight, as shown.
Patent GB-190907079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Subaqueous Rock-breaking Machines.
Inventor: COFFEY BARTON HAXALL
IPC: E02B3/02
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 7079. Coffey, B. H. March 24. Vertically-driven rockb r e a k e r s.-In a subaqueous rock-breaker of the type in which a weight reciprocating in a vertical cylindrical caisson strikes a chisel at the bottom of the cylinder, a mouthpiece movably engages the lower end of the cylinder and holds the chisel in working position. Means are provided for rotating the chisel relatively to the cylinder, and for converting the apparatus into one of direct-impact type. The chisel preferably has a curved cutting-edge and curved faces. As shown in Fig. 1, a vertical cylindrical caisson A, in which reciprocates a weight B, is reinforced at its lower end by a ring a and closed by a mouthpiece C supporting and guiding a chisel D having a removable point d<2>. In normal working, the caisson rests on a shoulder c<2> of the mouthpiece, and the mouthpiece rests on a shoulder d<7> of the chisel, which rests on the rock. At each blow the chisel moves downwards through its guide d<8>, which is polygonal to prevent relative rotation. The mouthpiece and caisson follow the chisel down by gravity. The heads b, d' of the weight and the chisel are interchangeable. For swinging the rockbreaker to a new position, wire ropes E secured to lugs c on the mouthpiece are carried by a band e<3> at the top of the caisson, each connexion having a hook and a weak link e<2>. The hook allows removal of the mouthpiece, and the weak link allows the mouthpiece and chisel to fall out of the caisson should inadequate resistance be offered to the blow. Normally the ropes E are slack as shown at e<5>, Fig. 2, to allow relative movement between the caisson and mouthpiece. In case the chisel and mouthpiece have rotated during the descent, the ropes E bring them back to the normal position as the apparatus is lifted. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the chisel is formed integral with the mouthpiece, and a set-screw a<3> projecting into a space d<5> limits the downward movement of the chisel and also constitutes a safety device giving way under abnormal strain. By making the space d<5> triangular, rotation of the chisel is automatically rectified on lifting the caisson ; or the chisel may be rotated by a hand-wheel f actuating a pinion engaging a gear segment f<5> on the mouthpiece. The apparatus may be converted into the directimpact type by removing the mouthpiece and chisel and securing a chisel point to the weight B. The chisel point d<2> preferably has curved faces, and a cutting-edge of the form generated by a vertical V moved in an arc the lowest point of which is in the vertical axis of the chisel.
Patent GB-190907605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sound Reproducing Apparatus.
Inventor: ELLIS WILLIS OTIS CASIMIR
IPC: H04R21/04
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 7605. Ellis, W. O. C. March 30. Microphonic sound-boxes.- Relates to an improved form of microphone for transmitting sound from a phonograph record to a telephone receiver. In a metal shell 1 is fixed an insulating strip 11, which carries a carbon block 14, which is in contact with two carbon blocks 15, 16, respectively secured to flat springs 17, 18, the spring 17 being connected with the metal shell and the spring 18 connected with the insulating strip 11. The spring 18 is connected by a wire 21 with a telephone receiver and battery, and the spring 17 and metal shell 1 connected with the other pole of the battery. The pressure of the carbon contacts is varied roughly by screwed rods 22, 23 and finally by a screwed rod 29 connected by a piece of silk 30 with a spring 31 attached to the stylus lever 32, which is pivoted at 33 to a block 34 attached to the spring 18. A point 18<a> on the spring 18 enters a corresponding hole 18<b> in the stylus lever 32 to hold the latter in position when the whole device is raised from the record. The device is stated to be capable of use with a wireless telephone, being connected with the sending-apparatus thereof.