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Patent GB-190720455-A (GB)
Title: Improved Firearm adapted for Hand or Automatic Action
Inventor: FROMMER RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-09-13
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 20,455. Frommer, R. Sept. 13. Breech actions, sliding barrel and breech-block.- In an automatic gun which by turning a single lever can be adjusted for hand - operation, the arrangement is such that when adjusted for automatic action the handle is disconnected from the breech-block, and when adjusted for hand operation the barrel is locked, the handle is connected to the breech-block, and the return spring is disconnected. The parts are so constructed that the converting movement can only take place when the breech is closed, and the gun cannot be fired when the converting-lever is in an intermediate position. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a rifle embodying the invention, Fig. 2 a sectional plan, Fig. 3 a section on the line III-IV in Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is a rear elevation. The breech-block 1 is connected to one of two sliding rods 5, 10, one of which is operated by the handle 4 and the other 10, in the closing direction, by the return spring 9. These rods are mounted so that they can rotate, and are geared together, preferably by means of a cranked lever 19, Fig. 3, having toothed ends, so that rotation of one causes a corresponding rotation of the other. At the rear end, each rod has a projecting lug 6, 12 which on rotation engages or disengages a recess 2, 3 in the breech-block ; when one is engaged the other is disengaged. The rods are rotated either by turning the handle. 4 up or down, or by turning a lever 26 at the rear of the gun. The lever 26 is coupled to the rod 10 by an intermediate tube 24. A spring catch 27 locks the lever 26 in one or other of its extreme positions. In the position shown in Fig. 3, the gun is adjusted for hand operation and one arm of the lever enters a slot 22 in the barrel to lock it. To ensure that the lever 19 is kept locked when the rod 10 is drawn back, there is provided in.front of the rod 10 a spring plunger 33, Figs. 1 and 2, having a notch 34 which engages a tooth 35 on the lever 19. When the bar 10 is in the forward position, the plunger 33 is pushed out of engagement. To prevent the converting movement from being made except when the breech is closed, a stud 42, Fig. 2, on the breech-block engages a slot 41 in the tube 24, the slot having a cross cut 43 at the point where the tooth fits when the breech is closed. In an alternative construction, a stud on the tube 24 fits a groove in the breech-block. To prevent firing from taking place except when the converting movement has been completed, the lever 26 is fitted with a segment 38, Figs. 1, 2, and 7, which in any intermediate position engages a groove 39 in the firing-pin. The segment is bevelled at the ends so that the firing-pin is slightly drawn back to allow the sear to re-engage if the trigger has been pulled and then released.
Patent GB-190724513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: NORTH WILLIAM STANLEY
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 24,513. North, W. S. Nov. 5. Chain-stitching machines ; multiple - needle machines. -Relates to a machine having several needles carried by one bar and co-operating with loopers on one shaft, the needles and loopers being laterally adjustable, and consist essentially in locating the driving-shaft below the work - support and in arranging adjacent loopers to work upon opposite sides of the needles so that they may be placed close together. The looper shaft is oscillated so as to give the loopers a quick entering movement and a dwell at each extreme position, by a crank 39, which is connected to the lever 35 on the looper shaft by a link 37. Feed.-The feed-dogs are mounted adjustably upon a slotted feed-bar which is operated in a known manner. Presser - feet ; guiding materials. - The broad presser - foot is provided at each side with an adjustable hook for guiding the edges of a braid to be applied.
Patent GB-190727567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Out Ammonia from Coal Gases and the like.
Inventor: FELD WALTHER
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 27,567. Feld, W. May 29, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Purifying gas; tar.-In the purification of coalgas &c., the gases are mixed, before the ammonia is washed out, with other gases containing but little water-vapour, so that the dew-point of the resulting gases is lowered below the temperature at which the ammonia is washed out, in order to avoid separation of water and dilution of the ammoniacal liquor. The purified gases may be afterwards cooled to separate water and tarry products, in some cases by fractional cooling to separate the latter into various fractions. The resulting gases are preferably used as the diluting gases in the washing- out process. Tarry products may be separated from the unpurified gases by cooling them to their dewpoint as regards water. If any water should condense during this part of the process, it may be added to the ammoniacal liquor, or be treated with lime and the ammonia added to the uncondensed gases. The ammonia may be absorbed by an acid, or by an acid or neutral saline solution.
Patent GB-190727725-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Conveyors.
Inventor: SCHENCK EMIL
Filed: 1907-12-16
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 27,725. Schenck, E. Dec. 16. Conveyers; elevators.-Relates to a bucket conveyer having buckets connected by universal joints, and consists in connecting the buckets by links which permit of a rotation of the conveyer about its longitudinal axis, so that the buckets may travel in a helical path. Each connecting-link a is made in two parts, and has a collar b at the outer end, the two collars being held together by a two-part bush c, over which is pushed a sleeve d.
Patent GB-190815033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Coverings and Paving Devices for Reducing or Preventing the Dust Nuisance.
Inventor: GREENWOOD EDWIN
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 15,033. Greenwood, E. July 15. Paving - blocks.- An alloy, preferably of two parts of lead and one part of tin, with or without a suitable proportion of aluminium, spelter, or copper, is used in various ways for paving. In one form the alloy is applied to wood blocks or setts by forming these with undercut or roughened surfaces, placing them in moulds, and pouring the molten alloy into the moulds.
Patent GB-190816915-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flusher for Water Closets and the like.
Inventor: TURNBULL WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 16,915. Turnbull, W. Aug. 11. Waste-preventing valves.-Relates to water-closet and like flushing-valves of the type in which two valves are employed in series, one valve being under the control of the operating-lever and the other being automatic in its action for the purpose of giving a predetermined amount of flush, and for preventing the valve from being operated again within a predetermined time. The first-mentioned valve, shown on the left-hand side in Fig. 1, is constructed and arranged as described in Specification No. 12,930, A.D. 1906. The second-mentioned valve comprises a lift valve 32 connected by a neck 34 with a piston 33 situated in a chamber 7. A second piston 41, superposed thereon, has a seating rim 42 adapted to close upon a valve seat 43 at the top of the chamber 7. When the flush water from the first valve reaches the second valve, it raises the pistons 33, 41 and opens the valve 32 leading to the closet &c. Air confined above the piston 41 is expelled through the passage 45. The valve 32 gradually descends and closes as water passes through the hole 35 and adjustable screw 39 nto the space between the pistons 33, 41. The valve 32 cannot be opened fully again until the water between the pistons has escaped through the adjustable screws 39, 38 into the discharge passage.
Patent GB-190817338-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Holding Cuffs in Position.
Inventor: TUCKER THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 17,338. Tucker, T. Aug. 18. Cuff suspenders.- A device for holding cuffs in position comprises a flat, slightly - dished plate a having holes b, c for sewing to the inside of the coat sleeve, and a screwed pin d. The pin d engages with a series of holes in the cuff, which is kept in position by means of a milled nut e.
Patent GB-190817644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Machinery or Apparatus for Purifying Trade Effluent or the like.
Inventor: WAITE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-22
Granted: 1909-08-23
Abstract: 17,644. Waite, T. Aug. 22. Spray -producers and spreaders. - The effluent liquid from wool-washing or similar processes is treated in tanks 2, from which it is drawn off by hinged pipes 3, Fig. 2, and passed to a water-wheel 14 which drives a stirrer 15 in the tank 16, to which lime solution is supplied by a bucketwheel 17. After passing successively through two settling-tanks, the liquid is delivered by a siphon 25 to a wheel 26 which actuates, through chain wheels 37 and shaft 38, a revolving distributor, Fig. 3, by which the clear liquor is sprinkled over a filter-bed 30. A bevel-wheel 40 on the shaft 38 gears with a wheel 41 on the underside of a casing 35, which rotates on ball bearings 42. Liquid enters by a pipe 33 and passes out through sprinklers 27. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 11,366, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Filtering &c.].
Patent GB-190819296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coated Iron or Steel Sheets.
Inventor: NORTON EDWIN
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 19,296. Norton, E. Sept. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Plates; soldering.-Iron or steel sheets, to be. used as a substitute for tinplate, are coated along the lines of the intended seams with solder or solderable material, as shown in Fig. 1. The intermediate spaces are coated with a metallic, non- solderable, non - corrosive, acid-resisting material united to the surface of the sheet by the action of heat. The solder or solderable material may be applied by a machine as shown in Fig. 2, the end rollers 3 being adjustable to suit plates of different widths. The central rollers 4 are broader than the end ones so as to coat a wide strip along the centre of which the plate may be divided. The non- corrosive material is preferably aluminium bronze powder, and is applied to the sheets by a coating of size or varnish which is afterwards evaporated by heating 'the plate to a temperature between 230‹ and 400‹ F.
Patent GB-190825178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Printing Machinery
Inventor: READ GEORGE FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 25,178. Read, G. F. Nov. 23. Rotary machines; associating - apparatus; cutting- apparatus; delivery -apparatus.- In machines for printing newspapers &c. having an inset sheet, separate webs a, b, Fig. 1, are submitted side-byside to one type-cylinder c, turned over at h, and resubmitted so that each web receives the same impression on both sides, the impression of the first half of the type-cylinder being backed by that of the second half, and vice versa. The printed webs are led to two pairs of cutting-cylinders i, j, Fig. 3, arranged to receive the separate webs in opposite directions, and to deliver them alternately to the folding and delivery apparatus k, l, m, n. Fig. 4 shows the paging of the uncut web.
Patent GB-190827807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Detonators for Railway Fog Signalling.
Inventor: CLAYTON HERBERT FITZROY
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 27,807. Clayton, H. F. Dec. 21. Detonating signals.-To reduce the liability of a detonator to be sent out for use without percussion caps, and at the same time to render unnecessary the placing of two detonators on the rails, a detonator is provided with two or more powder chambers, and in each chamber are placed a number of percussion caps of different sizes or shapes. The detonator is divided by a partition 3 into two powder chambers 4, 5 in which are placed the members 6, 7, carrying the nipples 8 of the caps either on the upper or lower side. Several detonators 9, 9<a>, 9<c>, of different sizes or shapes, are placed, those of each size or shape by a different operative, in the chamber 4, and also several detonators 9, 9<a>, 9<b>, 9<c>, of different sizes or shapes, are placed by further separate operatives in the chamber 5. The detonator may be of any crosssection instead of circular. Further, caps of different sizes may be placed in one chamber, and caps of different shapes in the other, while more than two chambers may be provided.
Patent GB-190901984-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Pharmaceutical Compounds.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1909-01-27
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 1984. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Jan. 27. Soaps, materials for making; fatty acids, obtaining and purifying.-Chaulmoogra oil is saponified, for example by means of alcoholic potash, and the resulting soap is dissolved in water and the solution acidified to precipitate the fatty acids, which are then freed from malodorous by-products by treatment with hot water or steam.
Patent GB-190906185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Door Fastenings.
Inventor: GIBBONS FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1909-03-15
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 6185. Gibbons, F. J. J. March 15. Latches, lift and thumb.-A pivoted latch bolt d is operated by a square spindle e and thumbpieces b. The thumb-pieces are journaled in the side plates a<1>, and are provided with shoulders b<3>, which engage shoulders e<1> on the cylindrical ends of the spindle, thus allowing them to work independently of one another. Tne bolt is provided with projections d<1>, d<2> to block the aperture in the case. The latch may be combined with locking- mechanism such as that described in Specification 29,015/06. or with a locking-pin as described in Specification 3491/08.
Patent GB-190906311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat, Coat, and Umbrella Locks.
Inventor: LORD GEORGE WILLMARTH
IPC: E05B69/02
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 6311. Lord, G. W. March [16, 1908, [Convention date]. Hat, coat, and umbrella holders.-In locking- apparatus for coats, bats &c., the hook 5 for the coat is closed by a sliding belt 10 located within the casing and operable by a handle 11 against the action of a spring 14. The bolt is locked in its closing position by means of a friction clutch 20, pivoted in the expanded part 21<a> of the casing. The clutch is held in the engaging position by. means of a pawl 38 engaging a pin 39 thereon, and is operated against the action of a spring 24 to release the bolt by means of projections 28, 29 on a cog-wheel 26, operated by the key. The arm 37 of the pawl 38 extends into the keyway and is operated when the key is inserted. The cog-wheel 26 also operates a sliding bar 43 which closes the umbrella fork 48. When the bolt 10 is pulled downwards, it operates a curved bolt 49, which serves to clamp a bat placed on the rest 48 against the cam piece 50.
Patent GB-190910507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mop-wringers.
Inventor: SANTIN JAMES
IPC: A47L13/60
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 10,507. Santin, J. May 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Mop-wringers.-A mop-wringer consists of aplatform which holds a pail &c., is mounted on castors, and is provided with rollers for wringing the mop, and with means operated by the foot for simultaneously operating the rollers and holding the platform against casual movement while the mop is being wrung. The wringing-rollers 27 are carried on levers 26 pivoted to double guiding-brackets 24 and operated through toggles 28 which are connected by a frame 31, and operated by means of pivoted arms 20. The arms 20 are connected by means of a footboard 18, which is normally pressed upwards by a spring 19, and are provided with extensions 21, which press upon the floor and raise one end of the platform when the foot is placed on the footboard. In a modification, one pair of the wringing- rollers is adjustably fixed to the pail. The pail may be provided with a bracket for fixing it to a front wall on the platform, which may be provided with a clip for moving it from place to place.
Patent GB-190910514-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Shuttle Changing Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: WINN SAMUEL
IPC: D03D45/34
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 10,514. Winn, S., and Winn, W. May 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Shuttle-changing mechanism; shuttles. - A portion moving with a tilting bottom of the shuttle box serves to actuate the magazine pusher. When the feeler mechanism described below detects exhaustion of filling, a hooked rod 8, Fig. 1, is moved into the path of the pin 6 on a cam-actuated lever 4, and the rod 8 is drawn down, and, by means of a chain &c. 13 passing over a pulley 14, raises or tilts a hinged portion of the shuttle box. This portion, hinged at 65, comprises the shuttle-box false bottom 1.5, bearings 64, 68 for the picker spindle. 37, and parts supporting a hinged frame 36 carrying a sheet-metal front rail 35. The bearing or lug 64 comes into contact with, and actuates, the T-headed plunger 27 of the magazine, this plunger being cushioned by a spring on a cylinder 29, and rocking a lever 30 against spring action. The lever 30 is connected to a pusher 24, which feeds the bottom shuttle of the magazine to the shuttle box across outer magazine prongs 30 and prongs 34, registering therewith, and connected to the false bottom 15. The shuttle enters underneath, and pushes up, the front rail 35, which afterwards falls by the action of gravity to its normal position, determined by stops, the flat inner side of the rail then preventing the new shuttle from falling out. The magazine comprises racks 19 furnished with spring doors 21, to prevent the lowest shuttle from being shaken out of position. The shuttle is provided with a detector finger 40, Fig. 4, on a rod or plunger 39, which fits in an inclined tube or channel 38, the finger being normally supported in contact with the weft 41 by a shoulder 42 at the side of a slot or groove 43. When the weft is nearly exhausted, the finger 40 approaches the centre of the cop and falls off the shoulder into the slot 43, allowing the plunger 39 to protrude from the shuttle so as to strike a plate 44, Fig. 5, pivoted on the framework of one of the shuttle boxes, thereby rocking the plate, which is provided with a hook 51 engaging a lever 47 connected to a spring- actuated rod 53. The lever 47 has a lug or pin 49 normally. resting'upon the shuttle-race, but when the plate 44 is rocked, the lug or pin is pushed off the edge of the shuttle-race, the lever. 53 is then moved by its spring and the lever 47 is rocked. Rods 56, 57, Fig. 1, are connected to, and participate in, the movement of the rod 53, Fig. 5, and a collar 60, Fig. 1, on the rod 57 turns a slotted, bell-crank lever 61, thereby rocking a rod 10 against'spring action. The rod 10 is connected by, means of a rod 9 to the rod 8, which is thus moved into the path ofthe pin on the lever 4. The rod 56 slides in a slotted bracket 58, and is provided with a collar or stop 59 to limit and reverse its movement. A handle may be placed, on the.rod 10 or otherwise connected to the bar 8, whereby the shuttle may be changed when desired.
Patent GB-190912193-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Resilient Wheel for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: FOKKER HERMAN
IPC: B60B9/04
Filed: 1909-05-24
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 12,193. Fokker, H. May 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Spring wheels with continuous outer flexible ring.-Relates to wheels of the kind in which the rigid rim is suspended from a flexible rim by movable stirrups or bolts. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, stirrups h embrace the two rims, and are fitted at their inner ends with transverse strips i which slide on rods o fixed in the inner rim. Surrounding each rod is an india-rubber or like cushion l held between two plates k, m, the latter of which is fixed to the rigid rim. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the stirrups are replaced by T-shaped bolts, which pass through both rims, and are fitted at their inner ends with hemispherical nuts p. An annular cushion l' is held between annular blocks m<1>, k<1>, the former of which is fixed to the rim, the latter being formed with an hemispherical seating.
Patent GB-190914100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spraying Nozzles.
Inventor: WEEKS WILLIAM RICHMOND
IPC: B05B1/34
Filed: 1909-12-02
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 14,100. Weeks, W. R., and Ashdown, J. W. Dec. 2. Nozzles for producing whirling sprays.-A nozzle used for horticultural purposes is provided internally with a disk, which is relatively adjustable with respect to the casing, and the edges of which are tapered and grooved. As shown in Fig. 1, a cap B with a rubber ring Wand lock - nut C is screwed on to the main body A. This body has a stem E on which is mounted the disk D with grooves F on its tapered edge. By adjusting the cap B, anything from a fine spray to a practically solid jet can be obtained. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the cap B<1> is fixed, and the stem E<1> is adjusted by means of the nut L<1> and is hollow for the passage of the liquid. Specification 20,199/91 is referred to.
Patent GB-190915802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Ignition Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BROOKS BOULTBEE
Filed: 1909-07-07
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 15,802. Brooks, B., and Alston, F. H. July 7. Rotary distributors.-In ignition systems for internal-combustion engines, a revolving induction coil is used as the rotary part of the distributor. The induction coil 1, Fig. 1, mounted on ball bearings 8, 24, is rotated by gear wheels 7, 10 from the armature shaft, or if not combined with a magneto, is driven direct from the engine. Low-tension current from the armature is supplied through the insulated terminal 23 to a spring plunger 15, which rotates with the coil, by means of a ball or roller bearing 19. The live end of the secondary coil is brought out to a brush 31, which makes contact with the usual distributor segments 32 ; or the spring plunger may be replaced by a plain or serrated stud which passes near enough to the segments to permit a spark to jump across. The distributor is secured in place by lugs 33 engaging projections 34, one of which has a spring catch 35. The coil is kept up against the fixed spindle 25 by a spring 29, the heads of the screws 11 being allowed play in their countersink holes. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the coil is provided with a spring brush at each end, or both at one end, and revolves about a transverse axis 41, opposite pairs of distributor terminals being connected to sparking-plugs in the same cylinder. Or, with the coil thus mounted, the stationary contacts may be arranged in two parallel planes, the brushes being positioned accordingly ; or one end only of the coil may be brought to a brush, the other being earthed.