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Patent GB-190728690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cable Telegraphy.
Inventor: KITSEE ISIDOR
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 28,690. Kitsee, I. Dec. 31. Telegraphs.-In cable telegraphy, signals consisting of positive current impulses each followed at a long or short interval by a negative impulse, to represent a Morse dash or dot, are received or repeated by an arrangement consisting of two oppositely polarized relays 46, Fig. 1, in series in the line circuit 59, their local circuits acting oppositely on a sounder, recorder, or repeating-relay, represented as an unbiassed armature 14 pivoted at its middle and acted on by electro-magnets 10, 11. The local circuits contain a common battery 7, and are normally closed at contacts 3, 4. The magnets 10, 11 have equal resistances and magnetizing effects, and are therefore equally energized. A positive current impulse in the linecircuit 59 momentarily opens the relay contact 4, disturbing the balance of the magnets 10, 11, and the armature 14 tilts over to the magnet 11 ; it remains in that position till a negative impulse arrives, which tilts it over to the opposite position. In this way, the signals are repeated or translated into dots and dashes. The relays 46 may be of ordinary construction, or may be siphon recorders with a conductive coating over the siphon. Resistances 50 are connected in parallel to the relay contacts 3, 4 to obviate sparking and sticking. A transmitting-arrangement is shown in Fig. 2, by which an impulse is sent to line when a key 21 is depressed, and an opposite impulse when the key is released. When the key 21 is depressed, a battery 16 is short-circuited, and an impulse flows in a certain direction round a circuit containing a battery 17 connected in opposition to the battery 16, condensers 23, 24, and oppositely polarized relays 25, 26. The armatures of the relays 25, 26 normally connect the opposite poles of two earthed batteries 30, 34 through resistances 29, 33 to line 36, but the impulse produced by depressing the key 21 causes a momentary attraction of one of the armatures, and an impulse flows to line from the battery connected to the other armature. Reverse effects are produced when the key is released.
Patent GB-190801314-A (GB)
Title: Protecting Covering or Shield for the Drivers of Motor and Horse Driven Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BRAWN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 1314. Brawn, C. Jan. 20. Motor road vehicles.-A weather shield or covering for the drivers of motor and horse-driven road vehicles, which may be folded and stowed away when not required, comprises a frame composed of rods 2 hinged together at 7, 8, 9, 10 and transverse rods 4, 5, 6 supporting a sheet of waterproof fabric 1. The lower rods 2 fit in sockets in the dashboard B, and the upper portion is turned back over the knees of the driver and supported by a strut 12, which may be turned inwards when the screen is folded. The uppermost section 3 may, if it extend above the eye level, be made of talc or glass. Removable side pieces 13 may be provided. In the case of a horse-drawn vehicle, the reins may be manipulated over the upper edge of the screen, or there may be openings therein provided with projecting sleeves for the arms of the driver. In a modification, Fig. 6, the transverse bars 4, 5, 6 are also jointed in the middle so that the frame when removed from the vehicle may be folded into a very small bulk. Sliding tubes 7, 22 serve to keep the hinges in the open position.
Patent GB-190807410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Radiators for Heating Purposes and to the System of Piping for use in conjunction therewith.
Inventor: VIVIAN AVANDO WARREN HUSSEY
Filed: 1908-04-03
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 7410. Vivian, A. W. H. April 3. Heating buildings &c.-Radiators, arranged in series, are connected to the main pipes conveying the heating-fluid, through valves of the kind shown in Fig. 2, so that each radiator can be cut out at will without interfering with the others. In the position shown, fluid enters at J, passes through the radiator Z, and issues at K. If the plug is turned into the position shown by dotted lines, the radiator is cut out without interfering with the flow of fluid in the system.
Patent GB-190809087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milk Churns.
Inventor: ABBOTT BENJAMIN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 9087. Abbott, B. W. H., and Abbott, P. E., [trading as Abbott Bros.], and Abbott, B. W. H., Abbott, P. E., and Abbott, M. A., [executors of Abbott, B. O.] April 27. Stoppers.-The neck of a milk churn is formed with bayonet-slots D, Fig. 4, adapted to receive projections P on the rim of the cover. Attached to the cover is a hasp, Fig. 6, provided with a peg C, which is adapted in the closed position of the cover to pass through a hole in the rim and enter a recess in the neck and so lock the cover. In this position, a hole in the hasp passes over a core H on the rim, and through a hole in this a hook or padlock is passed. The peg C may enter either a special recess, or one of the recesses D at the end remote from the corresponding projection P.
Patent GB-190811106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Electric Lamps.
Inventor: JOEL HENRY FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 11,106. Joel, H. F. May 22. Miners' and like safety lamps.-The battery of a portable electric lamp is enclosed in a case B of thin steel or aluminium which is held together by tubular bolts E in which the switch and connexions to the lamp are situated. The lamp case H is fixed on a cross strip I which slides on two of the bolts. These two bolts are extended and are provided at their top ends with linings L, Fig. 5, of ebonite in which terminals K are fitted. Both terminals are connected by wires passing through holes or slots in the bolts to the battery, and from one terminal a wire passes through the bolt to one pole of the lamp, the. other pole of which is connected to the case. The lamp is switched in by screwing down a cap X on the end of the other bolt till it makes contact with the terminal. A similar cap but provided with an inner insulating washer covers the first terminal. Removal of the caps is prevented by washers, fitting between rings 0 and the bottom flanges of the caps, which extend under the projecting edge of a screwed plug G over the battery. Sufficient play is allowed to operate the switch. The case is supported by a handle R of the form shown. In modifications the lamp case is pivoted to turn about an horizontal axis, or is supported by a vertical swivel on one bolt.
Patent GB-190812552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circular Knitting Machines.
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 12,552. Blackburn & Sons, G., and Spring, A. B. June 11. Circular knitting- machines.-A number of flexible threid - carriers A comprising a striping, embroidering, and spotting attachment are mounted on a head C above the needles, and are passed radially across the needle line by a cam E<1> on a rotary shaft E, while a lateral movement for wrapping the threads A<2> around the needles is obtained by means of radial staggered instruments G, which are mounted in a dial and cam-cap and displace the flexible guides A the necessary small amounts. Instead of using the instruments G, the lower ends of the guides may be made hatchet-shaped, Fig. 9, in which case they are displaced by the needles during the return movement to obtain the wrapping effect. The guides are placed at intervals of one or more needles and may control one or more threads, and the guides may be traversed as a whole over the needles. The supporting-sleeve C' is divided, and one half, carrying a corresponding number of guides, can be lifted previously to the commencement of a stocking foot, to bring the cranked or gapped portions A<3> in register with the cam E<1>. By suitably stopping the shaft E, the whole of the guides may be rendered inactive at predetermined intervals. Spotted designs are thus obtainable, and the clutch for the driving gear of the shaft E is placed under the control of the pattern-chain. The striping &c. attachment is supported by pillars C<3> from an arm J which can be raised to place the attachment out of action. The latch guard-ring T may be dished out at the out-throw point T' of the thread-guides A ; or these may be made short enough to work over the top of the guard-ring, in which case the corresponding needles are elevated on the clearing-cam.
Patent GB-190815669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Glass.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1908-07-23
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 15,669. Imray, O., [Window Glass Machine Co.J. July 23. Drawing.-In drawing glass cylinders, the shields 10, used for preventing undue cooling of the glass in the neighbourhood of the bait t 8, are formed with inward projections 14 which grip the blowpipe 4 and prevent the shield from coming in contact with the glass. The device may be in two parts, hinged together and provided with a lining 15 of asbestos &c. The shield may rest on the upper part of the bait 8, as shown.
Patent GB-190817278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Cutting and Grooving Wood and other Materials.
Inventor: GREENOP STANLEY
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 17,278. Greenop, S. Aug. 17. Sawing.-A machine for simultaneously cutting wood into pieces of definite length and for grooving the pieces, for making articles, such as the post-card frames or fire-lighters described in Specification No. 17,503, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Classes Artists' instruments &c. and Fuel &c.], consists of a number of circular saws, of two diameters, on one spindle, and a travelling carriage for the wood. The smaller saws e, Figs. 1 and 3, cut the grooves and the larger saws d cut the wood into lengths. Saws that are close together are separated by washers g<1>, and saws that are further apart are separated by pieces g of the shape shown in Fig. 3. The work-carriage f runs on wheels f<1> along rails a<1>. The boards are held down by spring-controlled pressersf<3> carried by a hinged cover f<2> . In order to vary the depth of the grooves, the height of the inner frame f 7 of the work-carriage is adjustable by means of setscrews f<4> clamped by nuts f<8>.
Patent GB-190820400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Filtering Apparatus.
Inventor: ARBUCKLE ALEXANDER JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 20,400. Arbuckle, A. J., and Osborne, A. Sept. 28. Rotary filters.-Filter-cloth, canvas, or other textile material 8 and wirescreening or curved perforated plates 7 are secured, preferably in sections, by means of segmental rings 9 and set-screws 10 against recesses in flanges 2, 3 on a cylinder 1. The spaces thus formed on either side of the cylinder are divided by transverse ribs or partitions into compartments, each of which communicates by passages 13 with a corresponding compartment 5 in the hollow flange 3. The cylinder is rotated by means of a hub 14, being supported thereon by three sets of pipes, two of which 15, 16 are represented in Fig. 1. The pipes of each set open into the compartments 5 and communicate respectively, by passages 22 with spaces 18, 19, 20 in the hub and thence by means of a hollow trunnion 32 and concentric pipes 50, 56, with fixed chambers 47, 51, 57. Each passage 22 is provided with a valve 25 opened against the pressure of a spring 29 when a roller 44 on the valve spindle engages with a curved cam-plate 39, which is fixed to the bearing 35 and bent outwards at its ends. The lower part of the filter dips into a vessel 45 in which the liquid to be filtered, for example liquid containing crushed ore products, is kept at a constant level. Three cam-plates 39 are provided, each operating the valves of one set of the supporting-pipes, and the plates are so placed that communication is open : (1) through the pipes 15 from the filter compartments beneath the surface of the liquid to the chamber 47, through which the filtered liquid is withdrawn by suction, (2) from the filter compartments that have just left the liquid to the chamber 51, which has a vacuum connexion by means of which the solid matter carried by the filter is dried ; and (3) from the other filter compartments to the chamber 57, which gives a reverse flow of fluid under pressure to remove the dry cake from the filter on to discharging-shoots. The filter may be rotated by means of a rope in a groove 65 on the hub or by other means such as a belt or toothed wheels. The passages and chambers by means of which the drying vacuun is obtained may be omitted.
Patent GB-190821692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Lubricating the Axles of Carriages, Motor Cars, and other Vehicles.
Inventor: EDWARDS JOHN
Filed: 1908-10-14
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 21,692. Edwards, J., and Hughes, G. V. Oct. 14. Axle-caps; lubricating-cans.-An axle-cap for the wheels of carriages, motor-vehicles &c., is provided with an oil-hole closed by a spring-pressed valve f on a stem e, which is guided by a plate g screwed into the axle-cap. The plate g has one or more holes to allow the oil to reach the axle. The spout j, Fig. 4, of the oil-can, which is used to press back the valve f, is strengthened by a wire k soldered along the spout. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 3048, A.D. 1888, No. 19,040, A.D. 1896, and No. 18,657, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190822376-A (GB)
Title: Firing Means for Torpedoes.
Inventor: DAVIS CLELAND
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 22,376. Davis, C. Dec. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Torpedoes, electric firing-means for. A shell 3 is mounted within the warhead 2 on insulation pieces 4, 5. One pole of the electric circuit 9, 10 is connected to the war head 2, and the other pole to an insulated contactpiece 7. The piece 7 is adapted to make contact with the shell 3 after the torpedo is launched, for example it is mounted on a screwed spindle 6 provided with a propeller 8 which winds up the spindle and then falls off. Upon impact in any direction, the war head 2 and the shell 3 are brought into contact and the fuse 10 is fired.
Patent GB-190822528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Landing Places for Aerial Vehicles
Inventor: MAYER LUCAS JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-10-23
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 22,528. Mayer, L. J. Oct. 23. Landing.- A landing- stage for aerial machines is formed of a V- shaped cradle b, supported at its ends by towers a, and provided at its apex with a series of electro-magnets c which attract the steel trailing-cable and anchor the machine. The inclined sides of the cradle protect the aerial machine against winds &c. The platform of the landing-stage may be rotatably mounted on a central support so that it can be arranged according to the direction of the wind. Gas tanks e may be provided for inflating or for storing the gas when deflating the aerostats. Vertical search-lights may be fitted to the landing- stage. The support on to which the balloon desceods may be resilient. The landing-stage may be made to travel to carry the ship into a shed. Hotels, repairing - shops, an electric generating- station, lifts for passengers, &c. may be provided in connexion with the landing-stage.
Patent GB-190823873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaving Appliances.
Inventor: CONNOLD RICHARD MARSHALL
Filed: 1908-11-07
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 23,873. Connold, R. M. Nov. 7. Shaving-appliances; flesh rubbers.-Consists in providing a rubber or like pad for the face with several projections a in form like the knuckles or ends of the fingers. The appliance may be combined with a shaving-brush either with or without the handle B.
Patent GB-190827547-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Pleated Fabrics.
Filed: 1908-12-18
Abstract: 2 7 , 5 4 7. Soc. J. Verwaerde et Cie. May 20, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drawings to Specification. Tulle.-Relates to a novel illusion fabric or a pleated fabric of the jersey kind obtainable on a tulle loom. The method of operation and the fabric obtained are not clearly described.
Patent GB-190827813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Screw Down Valves or Cocks.
Inventor: SEWELL FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-12-22
Abstract: 27,813. Sewell, F. W. Dec. 22. Seats.-A removable soft-metal seat for applying to a worn seat, has a flange d on which tLe valve b seats, and a tapered part e adapted to be pressed into the hole f by screwing-down the valve. Where the hole f is larger than the tapered part, an auxiliary ring h may be employed.
Patent GB-190828373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fluid Pressure Turbines.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-12-29
Abstract: 28,373. Parsons, C. A. Dec. 29. Elastic-fluid turbines.- In turbines of the type in which the pressure energy of the working fluid is transformed into kinetic energy by small amounts at a time in the guideblades only, the working fluid, after passin g through a segment of the blades of one or a group of running-wheels, is guided by a closed channel over the periphery of the wheels on to the inlet side again, and thence is passed through the wheel or wheels a second time. Emerging from the wheels, the working fluid may then be passed directly to the next stage, or it may be delivered freely into the wheel chamber. In the latter case a segment of guide blades is open to the wheel space, and by these blades the steam is directed on to the wheels a third time. A second closed channel may be arranged to convey the steam to the inlet side again for a fourth impingement. Fig: 4 shows the rebatment of a circular section taken through the blades &c. of such an arrangement. The initial steam is directed by the guides j and redirected for the second impingement by the guides j<1>. The steam passes out at q into the open chamber, passes over the wheei, and is directed on to the wheels a third time by the guides j<2>. After the fourth impingement, the steam is passed by the channel v to the next stage. Lateral leakage of the steam is prevented by the end blockings w, which are similar to those described in Specification No. 28,047, A.D. 1907. Several stages may be grouped in one turbine and a low - pressure stage of the Parsons annular admission type may be added. The expansion in any one of the impulse stages should not exceed four volumes. The surfaces of the wheels which rotate adjacent to the guide-blade castings are fitted with labyrinth or cellular packing. One or more turbines of this kind may be grouped to form a marine propelling-plant.
Patent GB-190900690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hang Fire Devices for Breech Loading Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A17/18
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1910-01-11
Abstract: 690. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Jan. 11. Ordnance breech mechanism. - Relates to hang-fire safety mechanism of the k i n d described in Specification 23,995/06, and consists in providing the breechoperating lever with a spring catch, which co-operates with a non-recoiling device to prevent opening of the breech unless the gun recoils; the catch is released during the counter recoil, and a special device is required to release it in all other circumstances. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a side elevation and plan of a gun breech, and Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the lever handle, showing one form of the catch. The handle B<1> of the breech-operating lever B contains a spring-plunger catch C, the nose C<Î> of which, in the locked position, enters a recess C' formed in the gun A, and is retained therein by a pawl C<2>, which is pivoted to the catch and passes beneath a non-recoiling bar D. When the gun recoils, the pawl C' passes to the rear of the bar, and, on the counter-recoil, rides up an incline d on the end of the bar and releases the catch. During the closing of the breech, the catch is lifted by an incline C'x so that it may re-enter the recess C<1>, and the pawl C<2> is guided beneath the bar D by an incline d<1>. To open the breech at other times, the catch is lifted by a pin inserted through slots b, b<1>, or by a finger on the pawl C<2>. In a second construction, the plunger of the catch C is surrounded by a sleeve, which is rotated during the counter-recoil to lift the catch through co-operating inclined faces by a projecting arm that engages with the end of the bar D. In a third form, tha catch is disposed in the lever B near its boss.
Patent GB-190902288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Carriage Lamps.
Inventor: WHISTON WILLIAM
IPC: F21S13/00
Filed: 1909-01-30
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 2288. Whiston, W. Jan. 30. Vehicular lanterns.-The front plate and the bell carrying the lamp glass are made separate from the lamp body, so that any one of a number of different front fittings may be used with the same body. The bell b is secured to or formed with the plate a, which slides in grooves in the lamp body d, or may be flanged to fit over the front edges of the body. In the form shown in Fig. 6, a catch e engages a slotted piece f secured to the body; a sliding bolt g works in a socket h on the body.
Patent GB-190902639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automobile Torpedoes.
IPC: F42B19/16
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2639. Whitehead Torpedo Works, and Dodd, F. W. Feb. 3. Tandem-cylinder engines.-Relates to torpedo engines of the kind in which a number of cylinders controlled by a single rotary valve are arranged with their axes parallel, or approximately parallel, to the axis of the torpedo, each piston being connected to the propeller shafts by suitable gearing. The cross-head guides b<2> are cylinders connected by ports b<1> to the farther ends of the main cylinders A so as to constitute auxiliary single-acting cylinders.
Patent GB-190903318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutter Heads with Adjustable Knives.
Inventor: BERTRAM CARL
IPC: B27F5/10
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 3318. Bertram, C. Feb. 10. Tools.-In a cutter-head for notching the bars of window sashes &c. on opposite edges as shown in Fig. 5, V-shaped cutters e, f, Fig. 3, are carried by blocks c, d sliding in a dovetailed groove in the head a which is inserted in the press in the usual way by means of a pin b. The cutters are mutually adjustable by means of a left and right handed screw g, which is retained in position by a disk h engaging with a groove in the head a. Scales may be provided to facilitate adjustment.
Patent GB-190905379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keyhole-plates for Bolt-and-latch Locks for Bramah Keys.
Inventor: DURET PIERRE
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 5379. Duret, P. March 5. Keyholes, obstructing.-In a Bramah lock, a plate j is provided to close the keyhole. The plate is pivoted on a pin i, and is locked in the operative position by means of pivoted levers k, the ends of which engage the main keyhole x under the influence of springs l. The levers can be disengaged by the lock-key inserted into the keyhole x in the plate.
Patent GB-190906429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Working of Electric Arcs in Series.
Inventor: PAULING HARRY
IPC: H01J37/32
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 6429. Pauling, H. March 17. Gases, treating with electric discharge.-Highpressure arcs are connected in series to a supply circuit, and all the arc-gaps but one are bridged by a high-pressure starting-circuit, which contains a resistance or inductance 8 and an independent generator 5, or a transformer connected to the main circuit 2, 3. When more than one arc-gap is bridged, resistances or inductances 14, 15, 16 are connected in parallel with all but one of the bridged arcs, and may be either independent as shown in Fig. 3, or connected in series with each other. When alternating currents are used, the auxiliary and working circuits are synchronous.