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Patent GB-190703875-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Excavator or Machine for Carrying on Earth Work.
Inventor: KOWTUNOFF THEOCTISTE POLJAKOFF
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1908-02-15
Abstract: 3875. Kowtunoff, T. P. Feb. 16. Excavating.-An excavating-machine comprises a combination of knives fixed to a frame which may be moved on a trolly, and the trolly itself on rails, together with conveyers for removing the spoil, the knives cutting a thin and wide layer of earth. Knives 1, 2, which cut alternately during the forward and backward travel of the machine, are fixed to a frame 3 movable in the direction of the face of the work on rollers 4 on a frame 5 movable on rails 7 parallel with the face. The motion of the machine along the face to produce the cuts is obtained from an engine 11 through gearing 13, 14, 15, 19, 20. The motion of the machine towards the face is produced either by moving the frame 3 on the rollers 4, for which purpose the shaft 15 is free to slide in a bearing 17, or by' moving the rails 7 with the aid of mechanism situated at each end of the machine. The spoil is removed by conveyers 8, 9. In making cuts going into the depths of a layer of soil, the machine takes curved cuts, and is modified to rest on two wheels only rolling along a single curved rail, the other pair of wheels being replaced by a column fixed at the centre of the rail curve. The travel of the machine along the rail is performed as above, and the movement of the knives in the direction of the face is obtained either by shifting the moving platform or by shifting the rails together with the central column at the two ends alternately for which purpose the curve of the rail is so formed that the centre of gravity of the machine in its extreme positions falls outside the rail and facilitates the shifting of the opposite end. For excavating tunnels, the upper knife is suitably bent according to the profile of the tunnel. In a third form of machine for use when the height of the excavation is great, the work is performed on an incline from top to bottom. The machine for this purpose, Fig. 13, has two knives 93, one on each side of rails 92 laid on an incline. The machine is raised and lowered by a rope 107 from a trolly planted on top of the wall, and the feed of the knives towards the face is effected automatically by screws 99 actuated by gearing 118,115, a handle 113 which has ratchet connexion with the wheel 115 being depressed by an abutment on the upper trolly each time the machine is raised. Work with this machine is performed as indicated in Fig. 20, the projections I, II, &c. being successively excavated when the rails 92 are in the positions 1, 2, &c.
Patent GB-190708860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Wheels for Electrically Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: BALACHOWSKY DMITRY
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 8860. Balachowsky, D., and Caire, P. May 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Detachable wheels.-Relates to detachable electrically-driven motor wheels for vehicles of any kind, and consists in a special arrangement and construction of the commutator and in the disposition of the braking-surfaces. The rotating armature a is mounted on the wheel, and is supported on ball bearings by a ribbed plate c on the one side and a commutator supporting-plate d on the other side. The stationary field structure b is mounted within the wheel hub, and is provided with sleeve-like extensions carrying the ball bearings. An external brake drum fo is provided on the crown r and an internal brake surface on the plate c. The wheel is fixed as a whole to the axle m by means of keys. The commutator has an internal rubbing surface n, and the strips are held in place by two wedgeshaped plates d, s, which are drawn together by screws. The brushes are fixed and are supported on a collar o.
Patent GB-190710251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock Drills
Inventor: KEYMER HENRY JOHN CUBITT
Filed: 1907-05-02
Granted: 1908-08-04
Abstract: 10,251. Keymer, H. J. C. May 2. Drawings to Specification. Tripod &c. stands.-In a rock drill; the legs or stretching bars have transverse serrations along the whole of one side and are gripped by corresponding serrated keys actuated by wedge, screws, or bolts.
Patent GB-190711882-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Obtaining Wort from Unmalted Grain
Inventor: BAILEY RICHARD DOUGLAS
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 11,882. Bailey, R. D. May 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Brewing. - Relates to the process of utilizing unmalted grain in brewing, in which wort is prepared by boiling the grain with acid, as described in Specification No. 27,343, A.D. 1906. In addition to the use of maize grits therein described, cooked and granulated, popped, or flaked maize may be used, and the grain may be boiled with acid either in a glass - lined cylinder or in any other suitable conversion vessel, such as a wooden, iron, copper, steel or other vessel, which may be lined with lead or enamelled. After partial conversion, some of the product may be run off, and the remainder completely converted, to obtain two worts of different composition.
Patent GB-190714519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Signalling Apparatus for Railways.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 14,519. Boult, A. J., [Zorge Safety Railway Equipment Co.]. June 24. Detonator apparatus; semaphore signals; signalling-systems ; fog signals. - An apparatus for warning the driver of his approach to an open switch-point comprises apparatus similar to that described in Specification No. 14,518, A.D. 1907, but having the rotary carrier driven, and the weightdriven ejector controlled, by a weight motor instead of by an electric motor, the electric motor in the present invention being used to wind the weight up after each actuation. The circuit 85, Fig. 16, is broken when a train approaches the open points, and the magnet 87 therefore releases its armature, the circuits 80, 88 are broken, and the circuit 166 is made. The breakage of the circuit 88 allows the weight attached to the rod 18 to eject a detonator, and the completion of the circuit 166 energizes the magnet 84, which attracts the latch-lever 81 thereby permitting the weight 73 to draw the lever 70 out of the path of a fan 66. A train of wheels, attached to the fan and driven by the weight 32, Fig. 8, thereupon turns the segmental gear to which the magnet 136 is eccentrically attached, which causes the magnet 136 to slide on the rod 19, and to become locked thereto at the end of its movement. The gear train is locked at the end of this movement by the arm 75 of the locking-lever 70 engaging in the recess 78 of the cam-wheel 76 which is attached to the gear-train, thus causing the stop 69 to engage the fan 66. When the circuit 85 is completed by the movement of the points, the locking-lever is attracted by the magnet 79 to its normal position and latched by the lever 81, which is attracted by the magnet 83. The gravity motor is thus again permitted to actuate the gear-train which operates the rotary carrier and the ejector, whereby the ejector is retracted and the carrier revolved, if the detonator has been exploded. At the end of the desired movement, the arm 74 enters the recess in the cam-wheel 76 and the train is again locked. The weight 32, Fig. 8, of the weight-motor is hung on a rope passing round a drum 29 journaled on the shaft 27, the rope being wound on the drum by a train of wheels driven by the electric motor through a ratchet and pawl. The motor circuit is completed by the projections 158 moving the projection 95 of a switch piece 93, the latch 97 locking the lever 93 in position until the weight is wound up to its original position, when the projection 96 is released by the piece 103 moving upwards. The segmental gear 34 on the shaft 35 is driven by the motor to wind up the drum, the motion being assisted at first by the engagement of the pin 157 with the projection 158. The shanks of the detonators are perforated to facilitate fracture on explosion.
Patent GB-190719294-A (GB)
Title: A Dry Tomato Product and Process of Producing the same.
Inventor: SCHROEN OTTO
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 19,294. Schroen, C. Aug. 27. Drying tomatoes.-Tomato pulp is formed into threads &c. and dried in vacuo. The tomatoes are pulped, and are then boiled, either before or after straining off the skins and pips. The pulp is partly dried in vacuo, is formed into threads or ribbons, as by an extrusion press, and the drying is then finished in vacuo. The temperature must not exceed 50‹ C., and towards the end a little air, preferably freed from oxygen, carbon dioxide, &c., may be admitted.
Patent GB-190721527-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in and relating to Thread-guiding Means for Spinning Machines
Inventor: PREST JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 21,527. Prest, J. E. Sept. 28. Thread-guides. - The finger-boards of threadguides for spinning-machines are provided with journals D<1>, which are carried in sockets C' adjustably secured to the thread board. The finger board is ribbed on its upper or lower edges and has a stop D<2> beneath, the guide finger being retained by a sheet-metal cover secured by a bolt.
Patent GB-190723637-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Rotary Coolers for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MEGEVET CHARLES JULES
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 23,637. MÞgevet. C. J., and Weber, P. Oct. 25. Centrifugal pumps; f a n s.-A water-cooler for use on motor-vehicles comprises a rotary fan, through the hollow vanes of which the water circulates. E a c h vane is connected to a boss b by tubes m, e leading to the inner and outer extremities of the vane. The boss b is accurately fitted to, and makes a watertight joint with a fixed axis f, which is provided with passages g, h for the admission and exit of the water respectively. These passages lead to grooves o, p in the axis f, into which the pipes m, e also lead, thus providing an open water passage through the fan. A pump i connected to the engine maintains the water circulation, the water passing in at the centre and being withdrawn at the outer extremities of the vanes. In an alternative construction, vanes consisting of an upper and a lower chamber connected by a row of tubes are used.
Patent GB-190724025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives.
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 24,025. Anglo-French F. & S., Ltd., and Edwards, Sir J. B. Oct. 30. Moulding explosives.-Explosives having a nitroglycerine or nitro-cellulose basis are subjected to a series of operations as follows : corrugated sheets &c. are first obtained by extrusion through rectangular, circular, or annular dies, Fig. 2 ; in the case of an annular die the resulting tube is cut by means of a knife c, Fig. 4, to produce a flat sheet ; this sheet is rolled, then incised by passing through rollers, Fig. 5, which produce incisions of progressive depth from the centre to the edges of the sheet, Fig. 6. The incised sheet is finally rolled.
Patent GB-190728212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Locking Apparatus for Railway Signals.
Inventor: HOFFE JOHN AITKEN
Filed: 1907-12-21
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 28,212. Hoffe, J. A., and Jelfs, G. H. Dec. 21. Controlling and locking.-In an electro-magnetic slot of the type described in Specification No. 19,829, A.D. 1900, the two rods may be locked together by a pivoted bolt controlled by the armature of an electro-magnet either when the magnet is energized or de-energized. The former arrangement is shown in Fig. 4, and the latter in Fig. 1. In both forms, a rod b, which is moved by the signal wire, carries a pivoted bolt a, the toe a<1> of which engages a slot c' in a rod c attached to the signal. The nose a<2> of the bolt a engages a lock-piece d, which may turn on its pivot unless prevented by the armature e<1> of the electro-magnet e. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the armature is pulled up by the spring when the magnet e is deenergized, and prevents motion of the part d so that the rod c is lifted by the toe a'. If the armature e<1> is drawn to the magnet e, the piece d is free to turn, and the bolt a moves to the position shown in dotted lines, while the rod b moves independently of the rod c, which is not moved thereby. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, the piece d is free to move under the action of the bolt a against the force of the spring only, but the magnet, when energized, holds its armature against such motion, and the bars b, c are accordingly locked. The quadrants a<3> on the bolts a prevent the dogs d from turning so far as to interfere with the return movement. In order to economize current in the case in which the magnet is energized to lock the rods b, c, the circuit is completed by movement of the contact h effected by the first movement of the rod b. The armature is held during this movement by the stop i.
Patent GB-190800725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Convertible Perambulators.
Inventor: FORD JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-01-11
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 725. Ford, J. Jan. 11. Perambulators, children's mail-carts, and like vehicles. - Relates to a perambulator, parts of which may be used to form a go-cart, a cradle, a swing cot, or a child's chair. Secured to the bottom 11 of the body 1 are iron or steel angles 7, Fig. 10, to which a baby chair 2 is secured by means of hooks 32 passing through slots in the angles. Slots 9 and notches 12 are formed in the angles 7 to engage with a bar 5 and a rod 6 connecting the shafts 3. To each shaft is attached two springs 13, 17 having their inner ends formed into eyes 15, Fig. 8, which are secured to a stay - bar 20, depending from the shafts, by a shackle 16. The boot consists of a back 22, Fig. 1, hinged to the bottom 11 of the body by hinges 27, and to a bottom piece 23. Slots are cut in the end piece 25 of the bottom 23 to clear the binges 27 when the boot is folded. The rear end of the boot, when folded, rests on battens 35, Fig. 13, projecting from the baby chair 2, so as to form a cot, which may be detached from the shafts and mounted on rockers to form a cradle, or suspended by links 51 form a stand to form a swing cot. When used as a go-cart, the rear springs 13, with their wheels, and the seat 2 are removed, and legs provided with small wheels are secured to the stay-bars 20 by means of the shackles 16. When used as a cradle, the rockers are secured by pins, projecting from the rockers, which fit into holes in the bottom of the body 1 and seat 2. These rockers 38, Fig. 10, are connected by bars 42, 43 each having sockets 44, 45 in which the other may slide, a pin 46 keeping them in the extended position. The rockers and bars, when the body is used as a swing cot, as shown in Fig. 10, form a spreader for four standards 48 having lateral cross-bars, from two 49, 50 of which the cot is suspended. The standards are also connected together by four tie-rods 56 linked to a plate 57. Fig. 13 shows the baby chair 2 mounted on the standards 48, which have pins 59 entering holes in the bottom of the seat. The spreader, in this case, consists of an iron frame 60 recessed at its corners to engage the standards 48. The rods 56 are raised, and the plate 57 is secured to an eye under the seat 2 by a hook bolt 62 and wing-nut 64. A table 61, supported by rods 65 hinged to the standards 48, can be raised and held in position by a bar 67 passing through the arms of the chair.
Patent GB-190804866-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Sprinkling Roads, Buildings, and the like with Tar or other Liquid.
Inventor: STEPHAN HANS
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-03-03
Abstract: 4866. Stephan, H. March 3. Liquids, distributing.-Tar or other liquid is heated in a wheeled tank a from which it is sprinkled by a pump on roads, buildings, roofs, &c. The distributing-pump consists of two cylinders c and an air-compression cylinder d having pipes e with cocks e<1> connecting with distributing-hose. The distributing-pump is actuated by means of handles i, or by a motor which may also propel the vehicle. A filling-pump b may be actuated by the same motor, or by hand. The vehicle may also be propelled by means of a handcrank acting through intermediate gearing on the rear wheels. A thermometer f and pressure gauge g may be provided.
Patent GB-190809034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire and Temperature Alarms or Indicators.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE LAWRENCE
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 9034. Smith, G. L. April 25. Switches, thermal, for fire-alarms of the kind described in Specifications No.2511,A.D.1906, and No. 7718, A.D. 1907. A pipe 9 and passage 10 lead to an expansible case 12 provided with a contact 15, which, on a sudden expansion of the air, contacts with a spring 16 to ring a fire-alarm bell 17. On ordinary rises of temperature, the air passes slowly through a vent 14 into a chamber 13 and thus balances the increase of pressure in the case 12. The chamber 13 communicates by a passage 18 with an expansible case 19, so tbat, in the event of a disabling reduction of pressure in the pipe 7, case 12, and chamber 13, a contact 21 is brought into contact with a spring 22 to ring a trouble alarm bell 23. On a gradual increase of pressure in the chamber 13 due to a stoppage in the tube 7, a contact 20 is forced against the spring 22, and a trouble alarm is given. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the tube 7 passes into the chamber 24 containing the expansible case 19, the chamber 24 being provided with an air vent 26. In the event of a break or leak in the tube 7, or of a stoppage in the tube, the pressure in the chamber 24 falls below that in the chamber 13 and case 19, and a trouble alarm is thus given.
Patent GB-190813025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 13,025. Lundberg, A. P., Lundberg, G. C., and Lundberg, P. A. June 18. Switches.-In a two-way tumbler switch, the contacts 4, 7 are insulated from the switch arm 1 by means of mica washers 10,13, and are held together by one or more screws 18 fastening into metal washers, one of which 17 is insulated from the contact 4 by a mica washer 15 ; the washer 10 is bent up into a trough to insulate the contact 7 from the sides of the arm 1. The mica washer 13 has a central hole occupie d by a porcelain disk 21, Fig. 5, which serves to insulate further the parts 1, 4 from each other and the screw, and to prevent rotary motion between the parts of the switch. A modification of the device is applied to a single-contact tumbler switch.
Patent GB-190814758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sheet-metal and other Boxes
Inventor: MASON CHARLES
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 14,758. Mason, C. July 11. Opening boxes.-Sheet-metal or other boxes, for boot polishes &c., in which the lid fits over the body, are opened by means of a flexible strip c secured against motion relatively to the box and passing down between the lid and side so that by pulling the strip the lid is raised. A second strip d may be attached to the box to afford a grip, or the strips c, d may be in one piece passed through a hole f. In a modification, the strip c passes across the mouth of the box and may be separate from or attached to it. Rings e may,be attached to the ends of the strips.
Patent GB-190817482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screws, Nuts, Bolts, Studs and the like.
Inventor: PETERS WALTER CLAY
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-11-22
Abstract: 17,482. Peters, W. C. Aug. 20. Drawings to Specification. Locking bolts, nuts, studs, and screws.-For locking bolts, nuts, studs, screws, &c., part of the thread of either element of a screw pair is cut of a different pitch from the remainder. In the case of nuts one portion of the aperture may be slightly tapered, and the differential threads cut therein to a somewhat greater depth than the leading threads. The device is particularly applicable in permanent connexions as in railway fish-plates, chassis construction, and bridge work.
Patent GB-190817585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire-places.
Inventor: PIGRUCCI DANTE
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 17,585. Pigrucci, D., and Febbraro, A. Aug. 21. Fire-places.- Partitions 4 are fitted at the sides of a fire-place to form passages through which air is delivered to the flue gases. The arrangement is stated to increase the draught in the chimney and to improve the ventilation of the room.
Patent GB-190819596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail-ties.
Inventor: MURPHY ASA
Filed: 1908-09-17
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 19,596. Murphy, A. Nov. 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Sleepers ; rails, securing to sleepers.-Rails rest on wood blocks 5, Figs. 1 and 2, secured by bolts 8 and concrete filling 7 in sleepers 1, which have flanges 2 cut away to receive the rail. The rail is secured by cover-plates 10 having channels to engage the ledges 2 and held by bolts 13 through one of the holes 15 which are provided to allow for adjustment when the blocks 5 wear. In a modification, the plates 17, Fig. 6, have closing ends 23 and secure the rails by their tapered flanges 20. For rails with thin bases, a packing 21, Fig. 10, is inserted between the plate flanges 20 and the rail base.
Patent GB-190825306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprinklers for Powder.
Inventor: MULLER CARL FERDINAND
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 25,306. Muller, C. F. Nov. 24. Contents, delivering &c.-In a device for sprinkling powder, the neck of the container a terminates in an inturned flange b having a central opening and a depending rim d for the reception of a perforated cap c. This cap has a down-turned flange c<1>, preferably of slightly bulging contour and with slits formed therein. An outer cap e, provided with a cork disk f, is screwed on to the neck of the container when not in use.
Patent GB-190826824-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bedstead.
Inventor: HANKS ORLANDO HORACE
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 26,824. Hanks, O. H., and Hanks, A. E. Dec. 10. Toy bedsteads.-The bedstead comprises htad and foot frames A having sockets a for the reception of side-bars b. The head and foot frames are held in engagement with the side-bars by means of spiral springs d which are detachably engaged with projections B.
Patent GB-190900666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fountain Pens.
Inventor: DRUMMOND MALCOLM
IPC: B43K5/08
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 666. Drummond, M. Jan. 11. Reservoir pens. - A self-filling fountain pen is provided with a spring-controlled piston k sliding in an air chamber d of preferably the same capacity as the ink-reservoir a. The dividing-plate f is fitted with a ball or other valve h, which is attached to a rod i fixed on the piston k, so as to open when this is forced down. The airchamber may be flanged at e to engage means such as a rim l on the piston k, and a packing- ring m is interposed to form a tight joint. The rim l may be integral with, or separate from, the piston k, and may be of elastic or rubber, in which case the packing m is dispensed with. The controlling-spring j may be loosely mounted on the rod i, or attached to the piston k; or it may surround the piston and be held on by a plate at the top. The piston k is protected by an ordinary nib cap r when in use, and a clip &c. may retain the piston in position, or a guard cap carrying the nib cap r may be fitted over the piston k. The air-chamber d may be integral with, or connected by a screw or external band or the like to, the ink reservoir a.