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Patent GB-190923080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Players for Musical Instruments.
Inventor: RILEY WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1909-10-09
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 23,080. Riley, W. J., [trading as Yote Manufacturing Co.]. Oct. 9. [Addition to 23,209/08.] Transposing-means; winding-mechanism.-Relates to improvements on the means described in the parent Specification, for adjusting the winding-rolls laterally, and for engaging and disengaging the pinion on the driving-shaft from the spur-wheel on the take-up roll spindle of an automatic musical instrument. The handle 15 for adjusting the rolls is provided with a pointer 22, which moves over a scale, and a toothed sector 14, which engages with teeth provided on a sliding member 9. This is also provided with teeth 8 which engage with a toothed sector 7, mounted on a vertical spindle 1, which carries other toothed sectors such as 2, engaging teeth on the sliding pins 3 for effecting the lateral adjustment of the rolls. A spring 21<a> is provided to counteract the effect of the spring 5, and a spring of adjustable tension is provided on the pivot of the handle 15. For shifting the pinion on the driving-shaft, the vertical spindle 30 is provided with a loosely mounted arm 28 which is connected by a spring 34 to a fixed collar 33, and engages a collar 32 on the shaft carrying the pinion, so that the spring tends to push the pinion into gear. A fixed collar 35 on the spindle is provided with a pin 36 engaging, with lateral play, a notch 27 in the collar 29, so that, when the spindle is rotated in one direction, the pinion is taken into mesh by the action of the spring 34. When the pinion is taken out of mesh, it is clutched to a sprocket-wheel which drives the music roll.
Patent GB-190924057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Decorticating Machinery for the Extraction of Fibres from the Leaves of Fibre Bearing Plants.
Inventor: DOWNHAM JOHN
Filed: 1909-10-20
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 24,057. Downham, J. Oct. 20. Breaking and scutching apparatus.-Relates to machines for extracting fibres from the leaves of fibre-bearing plants such as agave, of the type in which the plants are gripped between bands and stripped by a drum co-operating with a fixed shoe. Crushing-rollers c mounted on spring bearings break or crush the leaves while they are being delivered to the stripping-drum by the endless bands b ; and the shoe i which cooperates with the drum J is provided with one or more pieces t arranged spirally or diagonally. Duplicate stripping-drums and shoes may be used to strip first one end and then the other; or the machine may comprise one stripping- drum and shoe.
Patent GB-190928028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Tyres.
Inventor: CARBONE TITO LIVIO
IPC: B60C7/16
Filed: 1909-12-01
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 28,028. Carbone, T. L. Dec. 1. Tyre attachments to spring wheels of the kind in which an inner rigid ring secured to the felloe is suspended from an outer rigid ring by an india-rubber cover enclosing both, the sides of the cover are curved inwards, as shown at b, Fig. 1, or outwards, to provide additional. resilience. The outer ring c may be of channel form with concave sides c'. The tubular canvas foundation of the cover may wholly or partly form the exterior layer, or the cover may consist of alternate canvas and rubber layers with a thickened. tread. In the form shown in Fig. 8, the cover is divided and fitted with an external rigid ring with or without a rubber tread. This ring is sectional or integral according as the outer internal ring c is right or split and expansible. 'The edges of the cover are beaded, and engage grooves f in the inner ring d. The parts are forced on the rim by means of pivoted fork members k engaging fixed and detachable rim flanges.
Patent GB-190929804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vices.
Inventor: STANBRIDGE HENRY
IPC: B25B1/24
Filed: 1909-12-21
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 29,804. Stanbridge, H. Dec. 21. Vice.-A parallel vice is provided with a groove a<2> in the side of the body to receive a dovetail slide B carrying a central clamping- screw C. A nut for the screw C is mounted in the body. The slide is provided with a laterally projecting boss b<2> having a hole b<3> arranged centrally with the body to receive the trunnion d<1> of the swivel jaw D, which may be plain or V-shaped. The jaw D may be fixed by a pin d<2>. The screw C is retained in the slide by a collar c<3> and screwed gland c<2>. Specification 26,879/07, is referred to.
Patent GB-190930378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Underfeed Devices for Furnaces for Gas Producers and Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: LALLIE NORBERT
IPC: C10J3/30
Filed: 1909-12-29
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 30,378. LalliÚ, N. Dec. 29. Mechanical stoking.-An underfeed stoking- device for furnaces, gas-producers, &c. comprises a screw-conveyer 4 by which the fuel is carried from a hopper 2 to the interior of the furnace, and a reciprocating plunger 5 for lifting the fuel so introduced into the combustion zone. In the form shown, the screw is intermittently operated from the shaft 7 through a half-pinion 10, and the arrangement is such that fuel is fed from the hopper only during the downward movement of the piston. In a modified arrangement, the screw is rotated continuously, and the piston is so operated that the upward movement is rapid compared with the downward. The piston casing may be inclined, as shown, to deliver the fuel to the middle of the furnace, or may be vertical and arranged at the side. The piston and screw may deliver at the level of the grate as shown, or into a flared duct beneath that level. In both cases, the body of the furnace is made conical to prevent choking. The conveyer shaft is preferably conical, and portions of the screw may be cut away beneath the hopper to prevent crushing of the fuel. If desired the shaft may be made hollow to admit supplementary supplies of air and steam. The piston may be provided with a groove adapted to hold a number of antifriction balls.
Patent GB-191003577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Billiard Tables.
Inventor: LASVIGNES GEORGES
IPC: A63D15/04
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 3577. Lasvignes, G. Feb. 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Billiards, tables for.-A folding billiard table of the French or American pattern consists cf four cushion rails A, B, C, D, Fig. 1, provided with cushions a, b, c, d and joined at the corners by pins passing through plates m, n secured to the rails. A ring o attached to each pin enables the frame to be strapped to an even surface. The cloth T, Fig. 3, has hooks x at its edges which engage a flanged strip g of iron adjustably secured to the frame. The frame may also be made to fold on hinges in the middle of the shorter sides. In tables of the American pattern constructed in this manner, the pockets j, Fig. 6, consist of recesses in the frame, and small auxiliary cushions w, Fig. 7, are provided to fit into these pockets to convert the table to one on the French pattern.
Patent GB-191007391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Spinning or Building of Cops and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: D01H1/30
Filed: 1910-03-24
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 7391. Smith, W. T. March 24. [Cognate Application, 21,890/10.] Drawings to Specification. Cops resembling or having the characteristics of mule cops are spun in a flyer frame, the yarn being wound from the nose finishing at the shoulder and the whip crossing from the shoulder to the nose of the cop.
Patent GB-191010923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Mausoleums.
Inventor: KING JAMES BROWN
IPC: E04H13/00
Filed: 1910-05-03
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 10,923. King, J. B., Hughes, W. E., and Hall, F. W. Jan. 11, [Convention date]. Vaults, burial.-Mausoleums for the storage and desiccation of corpses are provided with insulated receiving crypts R, each with its own ventilating and disinfecting system, the object being to prevent putrefaction by eliminating bacteria and moisture. The crypts R are arranged in tiers on a bed of hollow tiles 8. and are placed back to back except at the ends of the building, the spaces between the tiers forming lobbies 5, to which access is gained bv external doors. The sides and rear-ends of the crypts are constructed of hollow tiles built so as to form vertical passages, and the crypts at the ends of the building are separated from the walls by spaces 13 through which air circulates freely to check condensation of moisture. The vertical passages 21, 22 in the partition walls communicate with the hollow floor tiles 8 and upper air spaces 19 and serve as inlet and outlet passages respectively for each crypt. A vessel with volatile disinfecting fluid is placed in each crypt close to the inlet and outlet apertures 24, 25, which are situated as far apart as possible, to afford the greatest possible disinfecting &c. action. The passages 23 at the rear of the crypts also communicate therewith by means of apertures flush with the floor, and drain on to an inclined channel leading to a septic tank.
Patent GB-191011718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: GERALD FRANCIS ALEXANDER JAMES
IPC: F27D11/02
Filed: 1910-05-11
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 11,718. FitzGerald, F. A. J. May 13, 1909, [Convention date]. Resistance furnaces.-Gaseous fuel is passed first through a furnace chamber and then around it. The resistance, which may be formed of carbon rods d stacked between terminals e, is placed between a cover b and the furnace chamber c, being separated from the latter by a plate or plates g of refractory material such as carborundum or fused alumina, preferably of good heat conductivity. The furnace chamber consists of U-shaped sections l having flanges l<1> to rest on brickwork. Holes l<2> are provided in the flanges and other holes m in the sides of the end section. In preliminary heating, fuel gas enters by a pipe h, flows over the resistance, and meets cold or hot air entering by a pipe k; the flame then passes through the furnace chamber c, through the holes m, and round the outside of the chamber, escaping through a pipe n. During the electric heating an oxidizing, inert, or reducing gas may be introduced into the chamber c, or the pipes h, 7c may be plugged and fuel gas and air passed in through the pipe n, the burnt gases escaping through lateral pipes at the other end of the furnace, without passing through the chamber c.
Patent GB-191014198-A (GB)
Title: Folding Stretchers for the Conveyance of Invalids and Wounded Persons.
Inventor: JOSEPH NOEL MARIE AUVRAY
IPC: A61G1/013
Filed: 1910-06-11
Abstract: 14,198. Auvray, J. N. M. June 12, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Litters.-A folding stretcher is constructed with two tubular steel side frames, hinged in the centre and provided with telescopic handles, telescopic cross-pieces, short feet capable of being turned through a right-angle on the side tubes, and folding supports for a pillow. The side tubes A, B are reinforced at the hinges, and a tube C, Fig. 5, closed by a plate C', is inserted in the end of one section of each side tube to act as an additional stop. The crosspieces consist of two tubes L, L<1>, M, M' sliding the one within the reinforced end of the other, and are provided with spring stops N, Fig. 3, operated by a small handle O. Two small supports T, Fig. 4, mounted on the cross-piece M, M<1> carry a strap U for supporting a pillow, and can be turned down within the frame. The stretcher is covered with straps or with continuous canvas. The handles I are of steel tube sliding in the reinforced ends of the side tubes A, B, and may be provided with spring stops. The short feet P are turned inside the apparatus when folded.
Patent GB-191018769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toy Animals, Dolls, or the like.
Inventor: TRAGER HANNAH
IPC: A63H3/00
Filed: 1910-08-09
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 18,769. Trager, H. Aug. 9. Drawings to Specification. Animals, dolls, and figures.-Toy animals such as teddy hears, cats, and dogs, dolls, and the toy heads on such wearing-apparel as muffs, stoles, and similar articles, are provided with electrically illuminated eyes, and a circuit connected with any battery enclosed within the animal or article and arranged to produce intermittent effects. The eyes consist of small electric lamps, and intermittent effects are produced by manual operation of a switch, or by clock-work arranged for alternately lighting and extinguishng the lamps, or openng and closing the eyes. Specification 3818/99 is referred to.
Patent GB-191019621-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Sterilising Milk and Milk Products.
Inventor: WIENER EMIL
IPC: A23C3/08
Filed: 1910-08-22
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 19,621. Wiener, E. Aug. 22. Sterilizing milk &c.-Milk &c. is sterilized by being atomized in ozone, the gas being removed by a current of sterilized air. The milk and ozone are mixed by an injector v, Fig. 3, to which either or both are supplied under pressure, and flow into a vessel d, in which the ozone is removed by air either passed into the liquid through a pipe f, or over the liquid as it flows over inclined plates or a series of cones i, k, Fig. 2. Atomizing - apparatus may be arranged below the injector v, and suction apparatus for supplying the ozone may be provided. The air may pass through the vessel d, Fig. 2, in either direction. Specifications 15,151/98 and 6438/08 are referred to.
Patent GB-191019742-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Carburetter for Internal Combustion Engines using Petrol or other Volatile Liquid Fuel.
Inventor: CONNOLLY WILLIAM
IPC: F02M17/04
Filed: 1910-08-24
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 19,742. Connolly, W. Aug. 24. Spray carburettors.- A suction-actuated diaphragm d actuates the fuel-valve v, and no float chamber is used. The valve v is loaded by a spring b, and its downward movement is limited bv a nut r on the spindle s. The fuelvalve is either fully open or completely closed. Air enters at a, and the mixture leaves by the pipe i. In a modification, a disk is used in place of the diaphragm.
Patent GB-191021732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wagon Tongue Yoke Attaching Devices.
Inventor: MITCHELL FREDERICK GIBBONS
IPC: B64C5/04
Filed: 1910-09-19
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 21,732. Mitchell, F. G. Sept. 19. Yokes, neck ; fastening.-Means for attaching a yoke to the tongue of a vehicle whereby the driver has control of the horses at all times comprises a leather or other sleeve 5, which tapers so as to fit the tongue 1 and to which is secured an iron strip 6 formed with an eye 7 for a strap connexion 9 and with a head 8 provided with slots 11, 12. Straps 13 embrace the yoke 2 and are secured through the slots 11, 12. Straps 14 connect the head 8 by means of snaps 15 with the rings 16 of the yoke straps 3 connected to the harness collars. The strap 9 is secured to a bolt 10 by means of which the doubletree is held to the tongue 1. The yoke has the usual leather collar 4 fitting over the tongue. Should the yoke or a swingle-tree break, the horses remain attached to the vehicle. In the case of wagon manufacture, the tongue attachment may be permanent, the sleeve 5 and strap 9 being dispensed with.
Patent GB-191027539-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Utilisation of Washing Liquids Obtained in the Manufacture of Cellulose Products by the Copper-process.
IPC: D01F2/04
Filed: 1910-11-26
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 27,539. Vereinigte Glanzstoff - Fabriken Akt.-Ges. June 18, [Convention date]. Ammonia; cuprammonia. -Ammonia given off during the precipitation of. cellulose from a solution in cuprammonia, is absorbed in a counter-current of the liquid which is obtained on washing cellulose precipitated by alkaline or acid reagents. In the latter case, the power of the lyes for absorbing ammonia is increased by the addition of ammonia-binding salts, such as calcium chloride. The washing-liquor from the alkaline - precipitation process contains copper hydroxide, which forms cuprammonia with the ammonia. The ammonia may be recovered by treating this liquor with steam, and the alkaline liquor, which remains, may be used to set free the ammonia absorbed in the acidliquors, if necessary, with the addition of more alkali.
Patent GB-191028950-A (GB)
Title: Improved Alarm Device for Lubricators.
Inventor: SADOWSKI ANASTASIUS
IPC: F16N29/04
Filed: 1910-12-13
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 28,950. Sadowski, A. Dec. 13. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Indicators, alarm.-A lubricator is connected to an electric alarm bell which indicates when the oil has been consumed. A float a in the lubricator b carries two vertical rods c provided at their upper ends with non - conducting buttons d, which are encircled by a metal ring e. Chains g suspended from projections f on the ring e carry balls h, which, when the float falls to its lowest position, engage two cups i and complete the circuit of the alarm bell.
Patent GB-191029370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hand-bags and Purses.
Inventor: GAEDKE WILHELM
IPC: A45C1/02
Filed: 1910-12-17
Granted: 1911-12-18
Abstract: 29,370. Gaedke, W. Jan. 12, [Convention date]. Hand-bags; purses.-A hand-bag or purse has pockets of different depths arranged with their openings at the same level, in order that small coins &c. may be accommodated, apart from larger ones, in the upper part of the purse &c., so as to prevent undue bulging of the lower part. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the deep compartments a and the shallow compartments b are arranged side by side. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the small pockets b are arranged in the large pockets a.
Patent GB-191107582-A (GB)
Title: Spark Generator for Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: WALKER ERNEST OCTAVIUS
IPC: H03B11/06
Filed: 1911-03-27
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 7582. Walker, E. O. March 27. Wireless telegraphy.-Signals are transmitted through space by means of the sparks produced by the interruption, of a circuit containing a simple iron-cored inductance. A signalling-key K is arranged in circuit with the inductance C and its automatic interrupter I, at which the sparks are produced. No aerial or ground connexions are used. Specifications 14,219/01, 7331/03, 29,086/06, 26,834/07, 12,140/08. and 2169/09 are referred to.
Patent GB-191113715-A (GB)
Title: Thermo Electric Batteries.
Inventor: SUECHTING HEINRICH
IPC: H01L35/00
Filed: 1911-06-08
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 13,715. S³chting, H., and Oloff, F. June 8. Thermo-electric batteries.-The elements e project into a chamber a shown in vertical section in Fig. 2, fitted with flue tubes d, and filled with a substance of high boiling-point and electrically non-conducting, such as paraffin, which is heated by a furnace h, the space surrounding the chamber being exhausted of air. The other ends of the elements may project into a space in a casing c containing a fluid such as paraffin, which is circulated and cooled by water or air. The space between the walls b, c may be arranged as a worm; otherwise the casing c may be omitted, the elements being cooled by air. The inner surface of the wall b may be polished, and polished plates may be inserted in the vacuous space. At the joints with the inner wall a, the elements are packed with asbestos secured by nuts, and at the other ends, rubber packing may be used. An automatic fluid-fuel feeder may be provided.
Patent GB-191113734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Glass.
Inventor: RICHARDSON SOLON OSMOND
IPC: C03B5/06
Filed: 1911-06-08
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 13,734. Richardson, S. O. June 8. Melting - pots for glass refining. The raw materials are fed into a chamber E through an opening D. The fused mass runs through an opening g into an intermediate chamber F and thence, through a passage H, to the working pot C. The pots are enclosed in a furnace A.
Patent GB-191119363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicating Apparatus for Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: ORCHARD JOHN LIDDON
Filed: 1911-08-30
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 19,363. Orchard, J. L. Aug. 30. Indicating - appliances.-An instrument having a spring-controlled pointer is provided with a device mounted independently of the pointer spindle whereby the zero position of the pointer is adjusted. The pointer is controlled by a spiral spring 6, which is attached at one end to the arbor and at the other end is secured to an arm 7 of a sector 8 gearing with a pinion 10. The shaft of the pinion 10 is separately mounted on the framework and carries a convex rubber disk 11 or other clutch which is adapted to be engaged by a similar part 12 when the shaft 14 of the disk 12 is pressed in against the action of a spring 19. The shaft 14 is mounted in bearings 15, 16 in the casing 17 and is provided with a notch whereby it may be operated from without the casing.
Patent GB-191121386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hub Contained Variable Speed Gears for Cycles.
Inventor: BOWDEN FRANK
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1911-09-28
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 21,386. Bowden, F., [trading as Raleigh Cycle Co.], and Raven, W. H. Sept. 28. [Cognate Application, 23,413/11.] Variable-speed epicyctic gearing. -In a hub-contained variable-speed gear for cycles, motor-cycles, motorcars, &c., of the kind comprising a double train of epicyclic gearing, the two sun pinions are movable together along the axle, the one pinion g<1> being rotatably mounted upon a sleeve or extension of the other pinion g<2>, and the arrangement is such that the clutching and declutching of the two pinions to and from the axle are effected at one and the same end. As shown in Fig. 1, the trains are locked solid for the direct drive by the engagement of the sun pinion g<1> with both sets of planet pinions f<1>, f<2>, the pinion g<2> being locked at b<3> to the second carrier b<2>. A lower speed is obtained by moving the sun pinions to the left to bring the pinion g<1> into engagement with fixed clutch teeth d<3>, the other sun pinion being still locked to the carrier b<2>. A still lower speed is obtained by a further movement of the sun pinions to the left to carry the pinion g<2> clear of the teeth b<3> and to bring its sleeve g<3> into engagement with fixed teeth d<4> so that both sun pinions are locked to the axle. The drive is transmitted to the hub on all speeds by, preferably, a friction clutch which may be of the controllable plate form o. The driving- sleeve b<1> may carry the belt pulley and the carrier b<2> a pedal-driven sprocket-wheel, a oneway clutch being interposed at b<4>. In a modification, instead of the sun pinion g<1> engaging both sets of planet pinions for the direct drive it is made of larger diameter and is arranged to engage with internal clutch teeth upon the part forming the first carrier and the second internal wheel e<2>. As additional means for preventing rotation of the part d<2> it may have a projection to engage a keyway in the fork end.
Patent GB-191123124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Web Rotary Machine Printing.
Inventor: JULES DERRIEY
IPC: B41F3/12
Filed: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 23,124. Derriey, J. Oct. 19, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Rotary machines; inking - apparatus. - A rotary machine for printing on webs is constructed with two cylinders, each of which bears plates on half its circumference and coacts with two impression cylinders of half its diameter. As shown in Fig. 1, two printing-cylinders 1, 2 fitted with stereos 3, 4 co-operate with impression cylinders 7, 8, 9, 10 respectively. The web passes round the cylinders 7, 9, 8 10 in the order named, so that it receives prints alternately on opposite sides. The plates 3, 4 are inked by ordinary rollers before making their first impressions, and are again inked before the second impressions by spring-pressed rollers 13 which receive ink from plates 5, 6 of less height than the stereos 3, 4, the plates 5, 6 receiving ink from the same rollers that ink the stereos. The rollers 13 are acted on by cams to make them contact correctly with the ink-distributing plates and the stereos. In a modification, the cylinders are not all geared together, but the cylinders 1. 2 are separated further than is shown in Fig. 1. The rollers 13 are greater in this case; or two rollers may be used.