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Patent GB-190812477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Paring, Cutting, or Splitting Leather.
Inventor: HIRTH CARL ALBERT
Filed: 1908-06-10
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 12,477. Hirth, C. A. June 10. Cutting-machines for leather.-Leather splitting and paring machines having a revolving knife are provided with positively-driven feed-rollers for the work on both sides of the cutting knife surface, the upper feed-roller being capable of tilting for bevelling and of vertical adjustment to take leather of varying thickness. The feed-rollers 29, 7, Fig. 1, which feed the material to the revolving knife 5, are driven from a shaft 13 through the medium of other shafts having universal connexions, pinions 20, 21 connecting the upper and lower lines of shafting. The shaft 28 of the upper feed-roller 29 is carried by a member pivoted at 31 to a slide 32, capable of vertical adjustment in the head of the machine. A spring 34 pulls the slide 32 up to an adjusting-screw 37. The belt of the roller 29 is adjusted by means of nuts 41, 42 working on a screw 40 which is pivoted to a ring 38 on the outer end of the shaft 28. The feed-rollers are driven from the shaft 4 of the knife through the medium of a belt and pulleys and a worm 19 gearing with a worm-wheel 17 on the shaft 13. The box containing the worm gearing is closed by a lid 15.
Patent GB-190814604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Generating Furnaces.
Inventor: BOLZ CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 14,604. Bolz, C. July 9. Gas retorts; mixing gases; retort houses.-Relates to means for heating vertical gas retorts, to the relative arrangements of the various portions of the plant, and to means for bracing the furnace structure. The producers g are arranged beneath the working floor a, and the gas is carried through conduits c to distributing- channels f situated at both sides of each retort chamber. Air is supplied from regenerators e arranged between the sets of retorts, and the products of combustion pass through the heating-chamber in the manner indicated by the arrows. In a modified arrangement, Fig. 4, for use in furnaces with large retorts, the gas is delivered from the conduits c to a longitudinal medial distributing channel f, and the products of combustion pass through the retort chamber in a sinuous manner as before. The two sets of retorts may, in this case, be separated by a partition built above the air and gas distributing channels. The chimneys for carrying off the products of combustion are mounted directly on the tops of the regenerators. The coal is fed from the charging wagons on to an inclined plane from which it passes into the retorts. The larger pieces of coal are thus separated from the dust, and the free escape of the gases evolved during distillation is facilitated. The hot coke is discharged through travelling shoots u on to a conveyer t, or into water-gas producers r, which are arranged in the space usually occupied by the regenerators. The water-gas is conducted into the coal-gas receiver, and the mixture may be carburetted. The retort chambers and regenerators are braced independently of the producers, which are thus unaffected by the expansion of the hotter parts of the furnace structure. The column b carrying the girders which support the retort chambers &c. can be used as supports for the roof of the retort house.
Patent GB-190816296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Miner's Safety Lamps.
Inventor: MUELLER OTTO MAX
Filed: 1908-07-31
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 16,296. M³ller, O. M. Aug. 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Miners' safety lamps ; incandescent vapour lamps. -A miners' lamp is fitted with an incandescent mantle heated by a vapour burner, and this burner is combined with an oil burner which may be lighted to test for fire damp when the main burner is extinguished. As shown, a mantle d is supported anti-vibrationally by a helicallytwisted vapour tube f, which is fitted with a burner g supported by a spring The tube f rises from a ring-shaped vaporizer e, and is formed with a cone h over the mantle d which assists vaporization. Air is supplied to the burner through hollow frame rods k, and the liquid fuel is supplied from a chamber a by a wick i in a tube m, which can be adjusted by means of a wheel f actuated by a key t. When the tube m is depressed to lower the light, wheels s, s<1> actuate the spindle r of a wick burner q and raise the wick ; this burner may be used to test for fire-damp. The spindle r may be adjusted independently of the tube m by pushing-in the key t, so as to uncouple a spring-controlled sleeve r<1>; with a square head v which normally couples the spindles r with the wheel s'. The burner e receives its oil from a chamber a'. To light the lamp, fuel is pumped from the chamber a<1> to an 'evaporating-dish x, and, when ignited, heats the chamber e. The rod y of the pump w can be held fixed by a nut z.
Patent GB-190817033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distributors for Electrical Ignition Systems for Automobiles
Inventor: CLEVELAND ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1908-08-13
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 17,033. Cleveland, A. J., [Backe, T. A.]. Aug. 13 Switches.- A circuit closer or distributor for electric ignition apparatus in internal-combustion engines is constructed with an outer case 6 adapted to enclose a toothed ring consisting of segments 3, 5 insulated from each other and from the case ; the segments 3 are connected to the sparking-plugs through terminals 10, which pass through the case and are provided with nuts 12 on the outside, by means of which the terminals and with them the segments 3 are fixed to the case ; the segments 3 enlarge inwards, so that when they are fastened to the case they serve to retain the segments 5 in place. A pinion 19 carried by an arm on a rotatable shaft 15 engages with the teeth of the segments as it rotates, and conveys current to them. The lever arm 20 is provided to allow of the rotation of the casing for varying the time of ignition, and has such a range of rotation that any one of three or more segments may be connected with the circuit by rotating the casing while the engine is still ; the engine may be started in this way.
Patent GB-190817328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shoe Sewing Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 17,328. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Aug. 18. Boot - sole sewing - machines ; governing needle thread.-Relates to chain-stitching machines in which the needle-thread loop is tightened by the take-up on to the shank of the needle as described in Specification No. 13,366, A.D. 1888. In order to control the supply of thread given up by the take-up to ensure a proper tightening of the thread loop, whatever the character of the work may be, an adjustable stop 42 is placed in the machine frame to limit the upward movement of the auxiliary take-up. Alteration of the upper limit of movement of the auxiliary take-up alters the timing in the cycle of operations of the auxiliary take-up. So, to prevent it from stealing thread from the thread finger, which holds a supply of thread on the other side of the needle from the take-up, a second screw stop 41 is fitted to the auxiliary take-up arm by which the lower limit of its motion may be determined. Needle-driving.- To prevent an objectionable pull of the needle on the thread as the shoe is swung during the sewing of the toe, in addition to the usual forward movement given to the needle during the feed, the needle-driving gear is constructed to permit a yielding of the needle-lever during the feed. The needle-lever is linked to the cam lever 4 by a link 3 which is pivoted to a block 5 sliding in a slot in the lever 4. Daring the retracting movement of the needle, in the latter part of which the preceding stitch is set by the pull of the needle on the thread, the block 5 is held in the slot 4 by a locking-slide on the lever 4 which is pressed by a spring into the path of the block 5, and the needle is actuated positively. At the completion of the retracting movement, a screw-stop in the end of the link 3 presses the locking-slide back and frees the block 5 so that, during the feed, only a light yielding stress due to a spring 11 is exerted on the loop of needle thread. Needles, hook, threading-devicesfor.-The thread is laid in the hub of the needle by a looper 21 pivoted on a cam-actuated slide 25. It is oscillated by a pin 27, on a cam-actuated lever 28, which slides in an eye in a plunger 26 sliding in the looper body. The slide 25 is inclined to the workplane and as the looper has to pass above the thread finger 17, the possible upward movement of the latter is increased.
Patent GB-190824617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: PEACHE GILBERT ALAN
Filed: 1908-11-16
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 24,617. Peache, G. A. Nov. 16. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling.- In order to render an aerial machine longitudinally stable, the line of action of the propelling-force is arranged below the line of horizontal air-resistance, and the centre of gravity is arranged forward of the centre of pressure so th it the machine is acted upon by two normally equal and opposite couples, the one constituted by the propelling-force and the horizontal air-resistance and the other by the weight and the sustaining-pressure. Tilting of the machine, by causing a variation in the speed, shifts the centre of pressure, and the disturbance of the equilibrium of the couples results in a restoring- couple. The arrangement also prevents a toorapid descent in the event of break-down of the motor. The propeller n is therefore arranged as low as possible at the bow of the machine, and the motor at k. Aeroplanes.-The supporting-surface comprises a series of aeroplanes a<1>, a<2>, &c. mounted on laths c. They have an upward curvature from the side outwardly to give lateral stability to the machine, and this is increased by providing a central vertical sheet s. Framework.-The laths c are supported by bars d, e, which form extensions of triangular frames f<1>, f<2> connected by longitudinals g, g<1>. The bars d, e are braced by wires b, and the frames f<1>, f<2> are connected by tie-rods b<1>. Intermediate triangular frames f connected by diagonals h form the lower part of the framework into a strong girder. Steering is effected by the horizontal tail plane p and vertical rudder q. Shock of landing, deadening.--The wheels r are mounted on spring - controlled levers to deaden shock on landing.
Patent GB-190900994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Adjustment Mechanism for the Joints of Steering or other Rods of Motor Vehicles.
IPC: F16C11/06
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 994. Napier & Son, D., and Clark, H. C. Jan. 14. Joints. - Relates to steering and like rods for motor road vehicles, and consists in means for adjusting for wear of the end bearings whether cylindrical or spherical. The righthand part of Fig. 2 shows an application to spherical joints, and the left-hand part to plain bearings. The bearing-brasses B, C, are made with a gap between them to allow for adjustment. A strap D has its inner end ring-shaped and is screwed with a fairly coarse thread D<2>. Movement about the rod is prevented by a pin D<3>, which slides in a longitudinal slot A<2> in the rod A. Adjustment is made by a union nut F, which screws on the rod A by a fine thread A', the difference between the threads supplying the longitudinal movement. The union nut is secured from turning by a split pin which passes through a pair of diametrically opposite holes A<3>, of which there are several pairs round the rod. The holes A<3> are elongated longitudinally to permit the adjustment to be made.
Patent GB-190906341-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Device for Mail Bags, Documents, and the like.
Inventor: BIRD WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: E05B65/52
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 6341. Bird, W. T. March 17. Portable locks; keyholes, obstructing.-A lock for mail bags or the like consists of two metal strips a, b, hinged at c and lined with rubber or the like g. The free end of the strip a carries a box d, in which is a spring-pressed bolt h withdrawable by a key. The free end of the strip b carries a staple or hasp e, which, when the parts are closed, is engaged by the bolt h. The strip b also carries a box f, in which may be displayed a destination label. The keyhole is covered by an escutcheon m, the operating-piece o of which projects through an opening o<1> in the strip b.
Patent GB-190908774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Yarn or Thread Guides for Spinning and like Machines.
Inventor: PALMER ISAAC EMERSON
IPC: D01H13/04
Filed: 1909-04-13
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 8774. Palmer, I. E. April 13. Thread-guides; clearing-apparatus.-A threadguide, of the type that is capable of adjustment so that a new and unworn part of the surface can be presented to the thread, is provided with a superficial and protruding thread-cleaning formation and is so located relatively to the spindle that the thread, while twisting, is subjected to a continuous clearing-action. The thread-guide 10, Fig. 3, is in the form of a grooved disk of metal, glass, or porcelain, and is adjustably held in any suitable frame 1 adjustably secured to the thread-board 3; the thread-cleaning formation consists of emery &c. applied by cement or otherwise to the grooved guiding-disk, or the emery &c. may be applied to the edge of a disk 14, Fig. 4, secured between the two parts 13 of the grooved guiding-disk. The disk 14 may have a roughened periphery or saw teeth; or the parts 17, Fig. 6, of the grooved guiding-disk may be provided with interlocking tooth-like formations.
Patent GB-190909703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kerosene and like Burners for Melting Furnaces and other uses.
Inventor: KUEHL LUDWIG THEODORE
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1909-04-23
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 9703. Kuehl. L. T. April 23. Wickless burners; oil supply.-A kerosene or like burner for melting and assaying furnaces, steam-generators, steam and hot-water heaters, &c. comprises a perforated tube A, flanged at its upper end for attachment to the furnace, and provided with a pan C secured by a binge 8 and a catch 10 to its lower end, the liquid fuel being fed to the pan through a pipe 17 from a reservoir tank. The burner is started by saturated cotton waste or the like placed in the pan C, and the burner tube may be circular, oval, polygonal, rectangular, or of other cross-section. In order to observe the amount of fuel supplied, the supply pipe 17 is provided with a gap, the part ot the pipe below the gap being provided with a funnel. In crucible furnaces, the passage 20 above the burner is flared upwardly, and the fire-brick lining 22 is formed with projections 23 to support the crucible.
Patent GB-190909904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliver Cans.
Inventor: CRANE JOHN PHILLIP
IPC: B65H75/16
Filed: 1909-04-26
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 9904. Crane, J. P. April 26. Bodies.-A sliver can A is provided with a telescopic top B, which is kept in its raised and lowered positions by means of a stud d riveted or otherwise secured to the body, and a groove f, f<2> in the upper section. The main part of the can and its upper section are provided with flanges a, b. To facilitate the securing of the stud d, a small hole i is made through the wall of the upper section. A similar stud and groove on the opposite side of the can may also be employed.
Patent GB-190919468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: STERNE LOUIS
IPC: B60B9/20
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 19,468. Sterne, L. Feb. 14, 1910. Pneumatic, hydraulic, and like springs. - Consists in forming an elastic annular cushion for use in the hub of a vehicle wheel of a flexible chamber h in two parts, filled with liquid and kept together by the walls e of the hub, the faces h<1> of the parts being formed with registering hemispherical recesses to take pneumatic balls i.
Patent GB-190920976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stops for Sliding Sashes of Windows.
Inventor: WHITE ROBERT
IPC: E05C17/62
Filed: 1910-01-28
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 20,976. White, R. Jan. 28, 1910. Catches, spring.-In a device for preventing the sashes of a window from opening beyond a certain extent, spring catches e, e<1> are provided adapted to bear against metal plates i on the sashes and engage notches b<1>, c<1> therein. The catch e<1> is pivoted to the frame-plate d, and the catch e is mounted on a spindle f carried by the frame-plate. The spindle f has an arm f<3> which can be actuated by a pin g projecting from the bolt of an ordinary key lock, and an arm f<1> on the spindle f carries projections f<2> adapted to operate the catches when the spindle is rotated
Patent GB-190922017-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Producing Bar, Tubes, Bands, Wires, Fibres and the like of Metal.
Inventor: SCHALLER OTTO
IPC: B22F3/20
Filed: 1909-04-13
Granted: 1910-06-13
Abstract: 22,017. Schaller, O. June 12, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 8751/09.]. Filaments of metal, making. In the process described in the parent Specification tubes, wires, &c. of metal are obtained by pressing a mass containing finely divided metal through a nozzle a into a current-conducting liquid, the liquid being connected to the positive pole and the mass to the negative pole of a source of electricity. According to the present invention, increased density or strength is imparted to the metallic product by placing the contents of the holder b containing the liquid under pressure or varying pressure. The pressure may be obtained by forcing a gas or gases into the space above the liquid, or it may be generated or increased by the gases formed during the sintering process. The electric tension may, if necessary, be regulated by hand or automatically, depending on the pressure. A separate holder c may be provided for the reception of the wire &c.
Patent GB-190922423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Blow-off Valves.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
IPC: F22B37/54
Filed: 1909-10-01
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 22,423. Haddan, H. J., [Wardlaw, F. A.]. Oct. 1. Lift valves.-A blow-off valve is so arranged that it cannot be forced on to its seat by the operating-spindle. Spindles.-The valve spindle I has a head I' held by a screwed plug H in a recess in the screwed operating-spindle F, which has a circular stop Z to limit its downward movement. A modification is described in which a head on the operating-spindle engages an undercut groove on the back of the valve member. Packing, materials for and methods of.-In the closed position the stop Z rests on a packing-ring N of woodite or klingerite, held in a recess M in the casing A by a bonnet O, which also carries a stuffing-box P. Seats.-The semi-plastic seat J, of such materials as woodite, ebonite, vulcanized rubber, and lenolite, is gripped between two metal parts G, T provided with ridges K, and is heated and retightened before use. A loose metal cap L is fitted over the seat to prevent rapid wear at the edges. Repairing valves.-Repairs are facilitated by arranging a plug cock B in the casing between the main valve and the inlet flange.
Patent GB-190924643-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brush-cleaner for Clothes, Hair, Paint, and like Brushes.
Inventor: WINEBERG REUBEN
IPC: A45D24/40
Filed: 1909-10-27
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 24,643. Wineberg, R. Oct. 27. Brush - cleaners. A brush - cleaner comprises either scrapers 2 or bars 3, o r both, mounted on a detachable frame in a containing casing, the whole to be held in the hand or hung on a wall. In one form the internal frame may be reciprocated by a handle 6 or 6<a>, Fig. 5, and there may be a pivoted scraper 7, Fig. 7, to clean the reciprocating brush-cleaner 2. The outer casing is beaded as at 4a.
Patent GB-191008839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Propelled Harrows or Diggers in which the Harrowing or Digging Tools are Revolved.
Inventor: VERMOND EDMOND NICOLAS
IPC: A01B33/08
Filed: 1910-04-12
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 8839. Vermond, E. N., and Zuellennec, E. M. April 30, 1909, [Convention date]. Cultivators, diggers, and harrows. - Rotary d i g g e r s or harrows driven by motors are provided with special means for suspending and driving the tools and controlling and indicating their position. The long digger shaft 2 is mounted in arms 3, which are placed outside the rear wheels 7 and are pivoted between the front wheels 6 and rear wheels 7. The shaft 2 is driven from the motor 17 through reversing gearing 18, chains 21, shaft 23, spur-gearing 24, 25, chains 27, and spur-gearing mounted in a casing 30. Change speed gearing may be employed. The chains 27 are tensioned by rocking the casings 30 about the shaft 2 and then fixing them by means of bolts 36 and serrated, jointed, and slotted segments 34. The arms 3 are supported by rods 9 acting through springs 12 and bearing-pieces 11 and provided with racks 10 gearing with pinions 15 on a shaft 16, which is connected with a shaft 44 by worm gearing 54, 55 and reducing gearing 53. The shaft 44 is connected with the driving- shaft 23 by spur gearing and reversing bevel gearing which is thrown into gear to raise or lower the digger shaft 2 by means of a clutch connected by link and lever mechanism to a hand-lever 52. The racks 10 are held against the pinions 15 by rollers 56 carried by pivoted forks. The arms 3 are provided with pins 59 engaging in fixed guides 58 which are curved about the pivot shaft 4. A shaft 63 is driven by a chain from the shaft 44 and is connected by bevel-gearing 64, 65 with a screw-threaded rod 66 passing through an indicator nut 67, which moves in front of a scale 68. Specification 8838/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191009969-A (GB)
Title: Improved Superheater for Tubular Boilers.
Inventor: HABERMANN EGON
IPC: F22G7/02
Filed: 1910-04-23
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 9969. Habermann, E. April 23, 1909, [Convention date]. Field-tube superheaters. - In a superheater of the kind comprising a number of Field tubes inserted in the smoke-tubes of a boiler and connected at their outer ends to distributing - chambers, each chamber is divided into compartments b, each of which communicates with one of the Field tubes e. The steam may be led downwards through a chamber into the lowest compartment, from which it passes upwards through each Field tube in succession, or it may be led into the highest compartment and compelled to take a downward course through the tubes.
Patent GB-191010623-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Directing the Air Supply into Locomotive Furnaces.
IPC: F23L9/00
Filed: 1910-04-30
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 10,623. Howden & Co., J., and Howden, J. April 30. Doors; baffles.- In a locomotive furnace in which air under forced draught is supplied through the door - opening, means are provided for deflecting the air current on to the fuel while the door is closed, the deflector being raised by opening the door so as to permit of freely firing the furnace. The deflector comprises a curved, bent, or other suitably-shaped plate A, carried by and depending from a rocking-shaft B and bent downwards and inwards so as to direct air from the usual casing C on to the fuel. The shaft B is operated from the door spindle F through mitre wheels E, E', an arm I, and a link H jointed to an arm G on the shaft B. The deflector is counterbalanced by a weight K.
Patent GB-191010729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stretching or Opening Fabrics.
Inventor: TAYLOR THOMAS
IPC: D06C3/06
Filed: 1910-05-02
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 10,729. Taylor, T., Winstanley, J. H., and Rooney, J. H. May 2. Drawings to Specification. Feeding and registering webs.-Rollers used for stretching or opening fabrics, of the kind having right- and left-handed scrolls or screwthreads cut thereon running from the centre of the roller outwards, are constructed with peripheral parts made of glazed earthenware, glass, or similar vitreous material. The peripheral part may be made in one piece, or in several sections separated by rubber washers.