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Patent GB-190629535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Rules and Squares.
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 29,535. Humes, H. S., and Young Building & Investment Co. Dec. 28. Squares.-A carpenters' rule or the like is provided with a hinge A which allows the arms 5, 6, to open through an angle of 270 degrees to form a square. The arms may be set by a thumb-nut 18 at any intermediate angle indicated by the graduations on the face of the hinge. The disk 10 on the arm 6 is pivoted between the disks 12, 13, on the arm 5, the inner face of which, when the instrument is in use as a square, abuts against the end of the arm 6. The arm 6 carries a plate 15 which is pressed by the thumb nut against the disk 12 when the arms are fixed at an angle. The edge of the plate 15 indicates the angle between the arms. The hinged ends 7, 8 of the arms are formed with recesses 20 which receive the thumb-nut when the instrument is folded.
Patent GB-190702990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Closing the Ends of Collapsible Tubes.
Inventor: HEINISCH VALDEMAR RUDOLF LAURE
Filed: 1907-02-06
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 2990. Heinisch, V. R. L. Feb. 6. Tubes or containers, collapsible.-In a machine for closing the ends of collapsible tubes, the ends are first flattened by means of rollers and the flattened ends are turned up at an angle of ninety degrees by a reciprocating slide and then folded over by a helicoidal cam finger and compressed by a roller. Rollers 4, 5, Fig. 5, are provided with ratchet-wheels allowing motion in one direction only, and the roller 4 has another ratchet locking it until the pawl is released when the two rollers are in contact. The rollers are operated by rackbars 26, 27 operated through a rod 31 by a footlever, springs 35 causing the return motion. The rods are connected at the tops by links to bell-crank levers 44, the other ends of which are attached to a block 52, which, on striking a bar 55, moves the bars out so that they ara out of engagement with the rollers on their return motion. A bar 54 returns them to the working position, a spring 51 assisting the action of the levers 44. Thus, on depression of the foot-lever, the rollers first approach and then rotate at different speeds, the wheels 24, 25 being of different sizes. Scrapers 59, 60 are provided. The flattened tube is then placed on a guide 97, Fig. 10, and against a stop 84 contained in a bar 61. The latter has pivoted levers 63, 64 operated by projections 99, 100 on a foot-lever operated drawbar 68, the lever 63 coacting with a jaw 82 to hold the flattened end, while a slide attached to the lever 64 bends the projecting portion through an angle of ninety degrees. A helicoidal cam finger 90, Fig 11, attached to the draw-bar then enters a hole 89 and bends the end completely over, a roller 95 serving to give a closing pressure.
Patent GB-190705690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Relieving Apparatus of Weighing Machines.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-03-09
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 5690. Hipkins, W. E. March 9. Compound-lever apparatus; platforms; relieving- mechanism. - Relates to means for preventing the platform from tipping, and for raising the weighing- levers from their bearings. When the platform f is raised for relieving, slotted extensions i engage fixed studs k and L-shaped hooks p attached to the platform raise the levers b, c.
Patent GB-190708536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling Devices for Vehicles.
Inventor: MILLER CHARLES JOSEPH SIBLEY
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 8536. Miller, C. J. S. April 12. Signals, road-vehicle. -An automobile or other vehicle is provided at its rear with a visual sign, which can be illuminated by an electric lamp in a circuit controlled by the driver, in order to signal to other vehicles when the vehicle is about to stop. An electrically-operated buzzer may be included in the lamp circuit to give an audible signal at the same time. The word "stop" is preferably painted in black on red glass forming the front of the casing 4, which is provided with an outlet 7 for the buzzer.
Patent GB-190711310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Reversing Valves for Smelting and other Furnaces, Heated by Gas.
Inventor: MORGAN GEORGE
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 11,310. Morgan, G. May 14. Valves for reversing regenerative furnaces. The arrangement is such that the hot furnace gases do not pass over the gas-inlet valves, and a special method of seating is adopted to avoid defects due to unequal expansion. Gas is supplied to a chamber B, and thence passes to the furnace by the openings F or K, while the hot gases return to chambers C or A by the openings H or E respectively, thus avoiding the inlet valves L'. The inlet and outlet valves L', L<2> are hollow, and have plane under surfaces, their seatings N having upper edges so shaped as to make contact with them. They are preferably suspended by rods and chains from curved arms at the extremities of a rocking lever. According to the Provisional Specification, by closing both valves L<2> and the separate gasregulating valve, heat can be stored in the furnace.
Patent GB-190713048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Floor Tiles.
Inventor: MCGIEHAN ISAAC SEAMAN
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 13,048. McGiehan, I. S. June 5. Flooring-tiles A composed of carborundum and a binding-agent are reinforced with wire netting D or the like, the edges of which may project beyond the sides of the tile, so as to assist in retaining the tiles in position when bedded in cement.
Patent GB-190716485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Appliances for Regulating or Controlling and Measuring Electric Currents.
Inventor: LENNER RAFFAELLE
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-07-20
Abstract: 16,485. Lenner, R. July 18. Energy meters.-An electro-magnetic switch is used for limiting the consumption of current, for example in lamp circuits, or for connecting an energy meter in circuit when the current is excessive. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, an electro-magnet, with two windings S', S", when an excessive current flows through the winding S<1>, attracts an armature A, mounted on a flexible blade M in order to respond quickly, and lifts a steel pin P out of a mercury cup, thus putting the winding S<11> and a resistance R into the circuit; a screw V may be adjusted in order to gauge the apparatus. Fig. 2 shows a modified form, in which, when the armature A is attracted, the consumption circuit is broken and the winding S<11> and the resistance R are put across the mains by means of an additional contact N<1> and a pin N on the spring M. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 3, a mercury cup H<1> and a corresponding contact arm P<1> are substituted for the contacts N, N', Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a simpler type of apparatus with one electro-magnetic winding S' and a resistance R proportioned to the resistance in the consumption circuit. The protective resistances may be lamps of five to ten candle power. When used in connexion with a meter, the arrangement shown in Fig. 4 is preferably adopted, and the meter is then connected in place of the resistance R. The armature A may in this case be mounted on a spring acting in opposition to the electro-magnet so as to cut out the meter automatically when the current is reduced. Specifications No. 20,394, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.], and No. 20,666, A.D. 1905, are referred to.
Patent GB-190721000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: WOLODIN GEORG THEODOR
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 21,000. Wolodin, G. T. Sept. 21. Movable-abutment type.-Outwardly-sliding abutments comprise two parts e, f having interlocking projections g, h, so that when the part e is raised it carries the part f with it. One side of the part e is bevelled, as shown in Fig. 1, the casing being similarly bevelled. The parts e, f are pressed apart by a spring k. Spring-pressed packing-bars n prevent leakage of motive fluid past the abutment.
Patent GB-190723688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casements or Folding Windows
Inventor: HAMANN FRANZ
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 23,688. Hamann, F. Oct. 26. Casements fare detachably hinged to vertical tongued strips b, which are hinged at c to the grooved frame a. Horizontal strips d are hinged to the frame so as to fit exactly between the strips b when the casement is in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The strips b, d may be secured together by catches g. The casements f normally swing outwards ; but when the strips d are swung inwards, the casements may be turned inwards on the strips b and may be closed, as shown in Fig. 4, so that an opening is left between the casements and the frame at the top and bottom for ventilation.
Patent GB-190726305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attachments for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: WALKER JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-28
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 26,305. Walker, J. W. Nov. 28. Heel protectors.-In detachable heel pads, of the type described in Specification No. 26,450, A.D. 1906, the base-plate b, which bears against the heel, is shaped at its edge as shown in Fig. 3, the rubber h entirely surrounding the flanged edge, and passing through perforations k therein, so that the pad cannot become detached from the base-plate except on the rupture of the rubber.
Patent GB-190800717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Bucket-discharging Mechanism.
Inventor: BARRY HERBERT ALFRED LUCAS
Filed: 1908-01-11
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 717. Barry, H. A. L. Jan. 11. Skips, tip-boxes, and tip-buckets.-An automatic bucket-discharging mechanism operates so that when the loaded bucket reaches the ground the mechanism is released, and when the bucket is next raised it is unstable and tips ; after tipping, the bucket is again rested on the ground and the mechanism so adjusts itself that, when the bucket is again raised, it is in stable equilibrium whether full or empty. The bucket a is of the usual shape having one slanting side a<1>. Two other sides are provided with trunnions b, mounted on pivoted levers c and engaging with the extremities of the bridle b<1>. The pins may be carried by the bridle and may engage in bearings on the levers. The movement of the lever c on either side of the bucket is limited by a stop c<1>. Hinged at d<2> is a pawl d engaging with the upper surface of the lever c, which is curved about d<2> as centre. The end of the lever is provided with an inclined slot at c<2>. When the skip touches the ground, the mechanism assumes the position shown in Fig. 1, and owing to the inclination of the slot c<2>, that end of the curved lever is a little nearer to d<2> than the nose of the pawl d, so that, on raising, the pawl does not move up the curve. The skip in this position is in unstable equilibrium, and tips, righting itself automatically. It is then again rested upon the ground and the balance-weight d<1> pulls the pawl d to the upper part of the curve. When the skip is again raised, the nose c<3> of the lever c comes into contact with the weight d<1> and tips it over, so that the mechanism takes up the position shown in Fig. 5, and the skip is in stable equilibrium whether full or empty. Stops a<2>, a<3>, d<3> are also provided.
Patent GB-190802113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Fastening Handles or Tappets of Wood and the like in the Holes or Sockets of Brooms and the like.
Inventor: HEILDORN HUGO
Filed: 1908-01-30
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 2113. Heidorn, H. Jan 30. Handles, fixing. A casing for insertion in the sockets of brooms &c. when fixing the handles is formed with a wood-screw thread a on the inside, which is characterized by a thin sharp edge and a broad flat groove, and is made uneven on the outside by turning up the edges of holes b ; or the thread may be on the outside, the inside being then made uneven.
Patent GB-190802281-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Operating Electric Switches.
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 2281. Drake, B. M., Barnes, A., and Drake & Gorham. Feb. 1. Switches. - Hand-actuated electric switches are operated through Bowden wire mechanism, the outer member of which is fastened at one end near the switch, and at the other end to a loose knob or frame, which may be brought into any desired position. The invention is especially applicable to switches placed near a bed, and is shown as applied to an ordinary tumbler switch. The inner wire of the Bowden mechanism is fixed at one end to the switch lever d, and is insulated from it by a bush e ; at its other end it is fixed to a slide f fitted in the loose knob or frame.
Patent GB-190808555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Regulating the Level of Oil in the Crank Casings of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GRIMM OSKAR
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 8555. Grimm, O. April 16. Gas and like engines.-In order to regulate the level of oil in the chambers of divided crank casings of motor vehicles, the chambers a<1> are connected by pipes b<1> which can be closed by cocks c<1>. All the cocks are operated simultaneously by a rod d from the driver's seat, and are intended to be opened when driving on level ground.
Patent GB-190809074-A (GB)
Inventor: KUHN HARRY ADDISON
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 9074. Kuhn, H. A. April 25. Drawings to Specification. Undercutting etc.; breaking-down appliances.-A process for mining coal and the like consists in making a number of cuts at the same time in the wall of material, and applying intermittent forces, during the cutting, to each portion of the partially severed material so as gradually to weaken and break down the material in lumps between pairs of incisions. The process may be carried out by means of the apparatus described in Specification No. 9094, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Mining &c.], in which each of a series of parallel cutters is provided with wedges mounted thereon so as to apply forces alternately in opposite directions upon the material between the cutters.
Patent GB-190813670-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Balanced Cut-off Valve.
Inventor: KOENIG JOHANN
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 13,670. Koenig, J. June 27. Lift valves; casings; actuating valves; packing, special methods of.-A balanced lift valve comprises a hollow cylindrical member d, Fig. 1, which slides within a cylindrical member c supported within an outer casing a, the valve and guidecylinder being pointed at the ends, as shown, to reduce the resistance to passage of fluid ; by this arrangement also any contraction of the free area of passage is avoided. The valve is operated by a screw g acting through an angle lever m which engages the valve spindle s. A packing p between the valve and the guide is secured by a plate r, as shown. The valve seating e is formed on a separate member b of the casing. Openings j, i, k are formed in the valve whereby the fluid enters the space behind the valve and balances it. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the valve d<1> slides on the guide c<1>, and the operating-mechanism' is situated in a member a<1> of the casing corresponding to b, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190820998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Journal Bearings for Axle Boxes.
Inventor: MAYO CHARLES ROBERT
Filed: 1908-10-05
Granted: 1909-12-06
Abstract: 20,998. Mayo, C. R. Oct. 5. Roller bearings; lubricating.-An axle-box for railway vehicles is provided with roller bearings, and the ordinary brass is recessed to receive the rollers, or is fitted with a recessed adapter, the brass or the adapter having a rounded edge or edges engaging the journal to take end-thrusts. The rollers a, Fig. 1, are linked together to form an endless chain and dip into oil in the lower part of the axle-box e. The brass c is recessed at d and rounded at the ends. Guard plates may be fixed to the sides of the axle-box to prevent undue swinging of the rollers. The rollers may be mounted in a cylindrical sleeve o, Fig. 11, which is either adapted to the brass as shown or inserted in a recess in the brass. The rollers are either free or journaled in the end flanges of the retaining-sleeve. Should the rollers cease to operate, the sleeve o is free to turn with the journal j. Oil may be supplied to the rollers by a disk p bolted or screwed to the end of the journal j. The disk may be provided with vanes or grooves r for deflecting the lubricant on to the rollers. The sleeve o may be provided with an oil-raising flange.
Patent GB-190821570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers.
Inventor: HUDSON GEORGE REGINALD
Filed: 1908-10-12
Granted: 1909-10-12
Abstract: 21,570. Hudson, G. R. Oct. 12. [Cognate Application No. 11,259, A.D. 1909, dated May 12.] Tills are provided with improved means for printing a record of the amount of the transactions ; a written entry may also be made. Two forms of the invention are described with reference to the drawings of the Provisional and Complete Specifications respectively. In Fig. 1, of the former, the ends of the keys 1 act as stops to engage studs on type-bars 5 the ends of which extend over a platen 8, over which a record strip and a carbon ribbon are led from rollers 12, 13 respectively. Printing is effected by a hammer 9 operated by a link from an incline 11 on the drawer, which also carries a double pawl 21 for feeding the record and carbon strips. The keys have pins to engage bevels in detent plates 2, so that a key on depression moves the corresponding detent plate to raise, by means of its bevelled end, a bolt 20, which locks the type-bars at the amount set, the key simultaneously unlocking the last-operated key of the same bank and being in turn locked down by the detent plate. Each type-bar on being so released is thrown forwards by a lever 3 connected to the drawer by a spring. The lever is linked to a toothed quadrant 15 for setting an indicator drum, the drums and pinions being assembled on nested sleeves. In the modified form shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings of the Complete Specification, each key stem is bevelled to engage a spring-pressed sliding detent plate d and has a supplementary bevel e of deeper slope to ensure the unlocking of the key previously depressed. Similar type-bars are employed but are actuated by levers f connected to the casing by springs and having links h abutting against a stop on the drawer. The indicator drum sleeves have crank arms linked to the corresponding levers f. The platen is placed beneath the type-bars and is carried on a lever pivoted so as to strike the record and carbon strips directly against the type.
Patent GB-190824309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosion Turbines.
Inventor: MORGAN EVERARD HOME
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1910-07-11
Abstract: 24,309. Morgan, E. H., and Kemp, A. D. May 11, 1909. Gas engines; gas turbines.- In a turbine driven by the exhaust of a reciprocating gas engine, the vacuum is maintained by part of the exhaust, and the cooling-air in the case of an air-cooled _engine, is circulated by and passed into the turbine with the other part. Fig. 1 shows an air-cooled reciprocating gas engine A combined with a turbine K. The exhaust from the majority of the cylinders passes by a pipe B to a silencer C and then through an injector H to the turbine supply pipe J. The injector H draws in through the pipes D, E, the cooling air from the air spaces surrounding the cylinders, and passes it into the turbine. An auxiliary valve-controlled air-inlet L may be provided. The exhaust from the remaining cylinders passes by a pipe B' to a chamber C' and thence by pipes F, G, to the low-pressure end of the turbine to establish a vacuum. The chamber C' may be connected to the chamber C or to the pipe J. In the. case of a water-cooled engine, the pipe J leads to an annular chamber surrounding the high-pressure end of the turbine. A pump may be used to increase the turbine vacuum. Solid or liquid fuel may be used in the gas engine, solid fuel being introduced by a mechanism similar to that used in a machine gun. Specifications ,No. 9297, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Steam engines], and Nos. 6853 and 20,685, A.D. 1908, are referred to.
Patent GB-190825662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling the Admission and Exhaust of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HORSLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 25,662. Horsley, T., Horsley, H. O., and Horsley, H B, Nov. 27. Gas and like engines, valves for. A rotary disk valve d, having one or more ports for controlling admission and exhaust, is mounted on the inner surface of a separate water-cooled cylinder head a having curved inlet and exhaust passages b, c, as shown. The cylinder head and the valve are of larger diameter than the bore of the cylinder. The valve is held to its seat by a spring h pressing against the underside of a ball bearing j, and is driven by bevel or other gearing g secured to its spindle. The valve may rotate at various speeds according to the cycle on which the engine works.
Patent GB-190901458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Lamps and Burners.
Inventor: HARTLEY WILLIAM
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1910-01-21
Abstract: 1458. Hartley, W. Jan. 21. Incandescent vapour burners; vaporizing - a p p a - ratus.-In an inverted incandescent vapour lamp, the vaporizer - tube A is placed above the burner, and vaporization is assisted by heat conducted from the burner head to the vaporizer by a heat conductor K. A hollow branch from the vaporizer may also be connected to the burner head. The vapour and air are mixed in a chamber D placed outside the external casing of the lamp, and the mixture is superheated by the waste gases as it passes down the mixing-tube. Two valves p<3>, p<5>, combined in one casing, are provided for the regulation of the vapour supply. One of these valves is used simply as a stop-cock, and the other for the final adjustment of the fuel supply.
Patent GB-190901770-A (GB)
Title: Improved Oil Pump.
Inventor: RAFFAEL JULIUS
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 1770. Raffael, J., Frank, A., and Rozary, S. Jan. 25. Force-feed lubricators. -A force-feed lubricator comprises an oil reservoir g connected by a hollow rod e to a piston d working in a cylinder a. The reservoir g is guided by means of lugs h engaging vertical rods k, which are screwed into the cylindercover i and are attached to a bracket r on a baseplate c. Rods m fixed to the reservoir g pass through holes in the top and bottom covers i, n of the cylinder a, and are connected by a cross-bar o. In the raised position of the reservoir, oil flows past a cock f into the space beneath the piston d. The cock is then closed and the oil is forced through an outlet p by the weight of the reservoir and piston, which may be reinforced by disks &c. The end of the stroke is indicated by an electric bell u, operated by means of contacts s, t on the reservoir g and on one of the rods k. A number of separate lubricators may be supplied from the outlet p.
Patent GB-190901797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Calliper Gauges.
Inventor: CRAIG ARTHUR EDWARD STEWART
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1910-01-25
Abstract: 1797. Craig, A. E. S. Jan. 25. Linear-dimension gauges.-Relates to internal gauges of the pivoted-legs type and having an index arm pivoted to one leg. The contacts for giving the diameter of the article tested are adjustable, the lower contact v screwing into a broad circular flange r which steadies the gauging-points in approximately diametrical position; the upper contact consists of one of a set of interchangeable pieces q clamped into a screwed socket s. The upper leg of the calliper rests against the index arm c and has a stop c for adjusting the index to a middle zero position The lower leg of the calliper is extended to form a handle, and has a spirit level w to facilitate correct adjustment of the gauge in use. A rest-piece l is clamped on the end of the end of the article tested, and has an arm l<1> with a spring adjustable block p to support the gauge, the lower leg of which is graduated to read against the fixed rest l. A modified form of rest and guide-bar is shown in Fig. 5.