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Patent GB-190918699-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Photographic Apparatus.
Inventor: WOLFF HARRY ASHTON
IPC: G03B17/53
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 18,699. Wolff, H. A. Aug. 13. Automatic apparatus.-The various operations are performed solely by electric devices under the control of an electric motor, a negative being produced from which a positive is automatically taken; measuring - vessels and automatic valves are provided for supplying the developer &c. to the various baths, and special devices are provided for feeding the sensitive cards from the magazines. The circuit having been closed by prepayment, an electro-motor 8 drives an arm 6 over a disk 7 bearing a series of contacts, so as to cause the various electromagnets to perform their operations in turn. A warning-bell is first rung, and then the illuminating-device 14, 15, 16 is switched on and the lens 11 opened. After exposure, the negative is released and passes in turn into the troughs 18, 23, in which it is developed and fixed respectively, the trough 23 then being turned on its axis by electro-magnets 27, 28, causing the negative to pass to a chamber 31 behind a lens 30 to enable a positive to be made on a sensitive card at 36. The positive is developed, fixed, and washed in baths 37, 38 and passes thence to a slide 41 in a hot-air chamber 40, from which it passes to an external tray 47. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement for delivering the developer &c. to the troughs 18, 23, 37, 38. A series of measuring-vessels 51 are filled from reservoirs 50 by valves 54, and the contents of a particular vessel are delivered to the corresponding trough by a pipe 66 when the circuit of an electro - magnet 63 is closed and the valve 58 opened. Each trough is provided with two electro-magnets 20, 22, Fig. 1, of which one is adapted to operate a valve opening into a discharge pipe and the other to control a lever 21 which supports the negative in the trough. The pile of sensitized plates or cards is pressed forwards against catches 7, Fig. 7, behind an aperture 14 by a plate 6 connected by chains 8 to a spring barrel 9. After exposure, electromagnets 10, 11 are energized, causing the reciprocation of sliding bars carrying the catches and permitting the exposed plate to pass to the developing-trough.
Patent GB-190921333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Valves and Valve-operating Mechanism of Internal Explosion Engines.
Inventor: GILLIBRAND ROBERT THOMAS
IPC: F01L7/02
Filed: 1910-03-18
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 21,333. Gillibrand, R. T. March 18, 1910. Rotary cylindrical valves.-A valve c for use in an internal-combustion engine is reduced in diameter near the ends, and the casing is similarly enlarged so as to form a chamber for packing which comprises a metal washer k, placed across the joint between the valve and its casing, and fibre washers j, placed between the washer j and a ball bearing, the whole being retained by covers i.
Patent GB-190922980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gill Boxes.
Inventor: BARBOUR THOMAS
IPC: D01H5/04
Filed: 1909-10-08
Granted: 1910-10-10
Abstract: 22,980. Barbour, T., and Crosbie, D. Oct. 8. Gill boxes.-Relates to gill boxes of the kind which comprise spring cushions for the fallers and operating-screws in which a portion of the circumference is removed for the reception of broad lifting - tappets. A yielding or elastic guide or latch 7, Fig. 1, is provided, which is compressed by the passage of a faller and automatically resumes its position under the faller after its passage. The spring cushion 15 is maintained at a slightly higher level than the slide 16 to which the fallers are being transferred, and the fallers are guided by a spring-actuated guide 14 in their fall. Fig. 3 shows a form in which the guide or latch 7 is operated by a spiral spring 9.
Patent GB-190923092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sample or Display Book for Christmas Cards and the like.
Inventor: HERBERT HORACE PERCIVAL
IPC: B42F5/00
Filed: 1909-10-09
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 23,092. Herbert, H. P., and Berry, W. E. Oct. 9. Picture and like mounts.-A sample book for Christmas cards &c. holds them by means of pairs of parallel slits in the leaves, through which the backs of the cards pass. The inner portions c', Fig. 4, if any, of the cards may be gummed or pasted to the strips e formed between the slits. The back of each leaf may be covered by pasting on to it a thin sheet of paper, or by interleaving the book..
Patent GB-190923403-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process of Treatment of Straw, Dried Grasses or the like for the Production of Articles of Commerce, a Machine for Carrying Out the Process and the Products Derived therefrom.
Inventor: CARRE LOUIS
IPC: C06F3/02
Filed: 1909-10-13
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 23,403. CarrÚ, L. Oct. 13. [Cognate Application, 11,895/10.] Fabrics composed of fibrous materials agglutinated by adhesives.- Straw, grass, &c. is pressed flat and then split lengthways into fine fibres, which, after the addition of an adhesive, are heated and pressed into sheets or boards, optionally between sheets of paper or the like; the splitting allows access of the adhesive to the inside of the straw &c. The material before or after being split may be impregnated with aseptic, waterproof, or non-inflammable liquids. Flat or other sheets may be obtained,' or compound sheets having the fibres of successive layers differently directed, or special sheets for making matches, as described below. Fig. 4 shows an apparatus for feeding a uniform stream of straws, arranged in the direction of motion, to crushing and splitting rolls. A paddle-wheel a delivers the straw, which may have been cut to length, to remove roots, by a double guillotine, down a shoot into which project blades on one or two moving bands b, by which it is deposited on a conveyer band c with spikes to keep the straws parallel. The crushing-rolls are ribbed longitudinally, and advance the straws in a flattened layer between pairs of rolls having splitting-rings and corresponding grooves. The resulting fibres may be made into sheets in the apparatus shown in Fig. 5. A uniform layer of fibres is deposited on a paper or like band j<1>, previously coated with starch &c. by a brush k<1>, and adhesive is.supplied to the fibres by a tap k, a second adhesive band j<2> being applied on the top. The fibres may be delivered direct from the splitting rolls, or may be formed into a layer by a, jigged hopper p containing horizontally-corrugated plates p<1>. Starch &c. may be supplied as a liquid, or semi-liquid, or as a powder if the layer is wetted before or after. The process must be interrupted before or after the formation of sheets, as the succeeding operations are slower, and several sets of apparatus therefor may be used for each splitting apparatus. The wet band obtained is squeezed between rollers, and then moulded by endless chains q, Fig. 7, in a heated chamber, which may be long enough for the material to be heated before and after moulding; or alternatively the band may be cut into sheets and these pressed in moulds.
Patent GB-190926026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dyeing Yarn or the like.
Inventor: DANIELL FREDERICK HAYWARD
IPC: D06B5/16
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 26,026. Daniell, F. H., and Hebden, J. C. Nov. 10. Tubes or bobbins. - The pervious support or tube for yarn that is to be subjected to dyeing and mordanting liquids and gases is contractible longitudinally so that the yarn may be compressed into an homogeneous mass to ensure even dyeing, and to prevent disturbance of the windings and consequent breaking or snarling of the yarn when it is being unwound. The tube may consist of a pair of helically-wound metal bands b b<2>, Fig. 1, arranged one inside the other with the windings parallel, the bands being perforated for the passage of liquor; or the inner one may be crimped or fluted for this purpose, and in this case the outer one need not be provided with perforations or both bands may be perforated. In another form, the windings cross at an angle, the strips being narrow to form gaps for the flow of liquor; or one strip of perforated metal or wire-netting with the windings overlapped may be used. In the form shown in Fig. 5, there is one band l only and this is provided with inter-connecting lugs m which close the gaps between the windings and also act as stops to limit the expansion and contraction of the tube. In other forms, the tube is in sections which telescope, and these forms contract without lateral expansion. As an example, the support consists of sections r, s, Fig. 8, the inner parts s being fluted. Endplates secured to the support confine the yarn.
Patent GB-190929987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Embroidery Machines.
IPC: D05C3/04
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 29,987. Vogtlõndische Maschinen- Fabrik vorm. J. C. & H. Dietrich Akt. - Ges. Dec. 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Embroidery machines. - In an automatic embroidery machine, the jacquard needle, that puts a cord-laying device into operation, simultaneously releases the needle-thread tension devices. The tension-wheels 7 are released in the ordinary working of the machine, after the stitches are set, by the cam-gear 11, 12. A jacquard operated lever 35, when it is moved to the right, lowers two sets of thread-carrying hooks 18, which hold the ends of straight cords, into the needle planes. The two pairs of hooks 18 are linked together by a rod 19. By means of lugs 42, 43, when the rod 19 is raised, it raises the bar 12, and so releases the tensionwheels. The lever 35 is moved from one or other of the holding-stops 37, 38 into engagement with a cam-actuated lever 33, for the purpose of positioning the cord-laying gear, by a rod 40 under the control of a jacquard needle.
Patent GB-191002431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tracing Cloth or Fabric.
Filed: 1910-01-31
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 2431. Peltzer & Co., F. March 30, 1909, [Convention date]. Conipound fabrics.-A substitute for tracing- cloth is produced by cementing &c. a suitable paper to a fabric having fine threads and loose texture or open mesh, the material thus obtained being dressed and made transparent in the usual manner.
Patent GB-191004903-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Manufacturing Knives, Forks and similar Articles.
Inventor: DORSCHEL ALBERT
IPC: B21D53/62
Filed: 1910-02-26
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 4903. Dorschel, A., and Brinker, F. Feb. 26. Handles; fixing.-The handles of knives and forks consist of lengths a of preferably colddrawn metal bar formed at one end with a recess b to receive a necked extension d on the knife blade or pronged forked end c. The parts are fitted together, and the handle portion is then subjected to a strong pressing or striking action in a die, by which it is shaped to the desired form and the permanent connexion between the two parts effected simultaneously. The Provisional Specification also states that the operations of shaping the handle portion and connecting the two parts together may be performed separately.
Patent GB-191006008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heating Apparatus for Gas-holders.
Inventor: KNORR LEONHARD
IPC: F17B1/007
Filed: 1910-03-10
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 6008. Knorr, L. March 20, 1909, [Convention date]. Holders.-In a method of heating the sealing liquid in the lutes of telescopic gasholders, heating- fluid is delivered . to the topmost lute, and overflow pipes are provided from each lute to the next lower lute. In the form shown, steam or hot water from a heating - device passes by a flexible pipe g, carried on a pulley supported by a counter-balance, to a pipe r surrounding the lift, whence branch pipes s convey the fluid to the lute. Overflow pipes m convey surplus liquid to the lower lutes in series and then to the tank of the gas-holder, whence it is drawn by a pump and forced through the heating device to reach the upper lute again. A thermometer may be placed in the circuit preferably before the heating-device.
Patent GB-191006381-A (GB)
Title: A Coupling Device for use with Vehicles Fitted with Limbers.
Inventor: WARCHALOWSKI AUGUST
IPC: B60D1/07
Filed: 1910-03-14
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 6381. Warchalowski, A. Nov. 17, 1909, [Convention date]. Shafts and poles.-A coupling for vehicles having limbers consists of two plates 2, 4, each having a segmental plate 15 engaging a groove 16 on the other plate, relative tilting about the projections 15 being resisted by a single spring 9 acting through a bolt 3, and in order to ensure a greater resistance to downward movements of the pole than to upward movements the front projection 15 is at a greater distance from the bolt 3 than the rear projection. The bolt 3 has an hemispherical bearing at each end the upper bearing being formed in a sleeve 12, which is supported by means of a flange 8 upon the spring 9. The grooves 16 are concentric with the bolt 3 to allow free rotation about the bolt.
Patent GB-191010546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Laundry Marks Indicating Apparatus for Packing Racks.
Inventor: BAKER WILLIAM EXCELL
IPC: G09F3/00
Filed: 1910-04-29
Granted: 1911-05-01
Abstract: 10,546. Baker, W. E., and Baker, G. H. April 29. Displaying announcements and information.- An indicator for use with a row of racks for laundry work consists of a rod bearing marks such as A capable of being moved in a casing B having an aperture E for each rack. By moving a pin D on the rod from the first notch 1 to the second notch 2, the marks shown at each rack are changed so that as many charges can be made as there are notches. Several of these indicators may be connected so as to be operated simultaneously.
Patent GB-191017544-A (GB)
Title: Swimming Apparatus for Life-saving, Instructive and Sporting Purposes.
Inventor: LENTZ PHILIPP
IPC: B63B35/74
Filed: 1910-07-23
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 17,544. Lentz, P. July 23. Swimming-appliances. - A swimming-appliance comprises a saddle-sbaped strap 1 having buoys 6, 7 at its ends and shaped so that the swimmer rests upon it and is kept above the water. A tube 4 containing a lead rod 5 is fitted at the lower portion of the apparatus. A tin 8 for provisions and a lamp 9 are provided, the lid of the tin having a compass with a phosphorescent dial fitted to it. Swimming-fins 11 are attached to the feet of the user, and comprise hinged leaves 13, 14 having riblike lugs 16 forming cells to retain a hold on the water. Stops 18 limit the movement of the leaves 13, 14, and the hinges are so arranged that a central passage for the water is formed. Fins, as shown in Fig. 7, may also be grasped in the hands. These have holes 20 to release some of the confined water. The handles of these are loosely mounted so that the fins may automatically feather. When using the apparatus, the swimmer is nearly horizontal.
Patent GB-191018613-A (GB)
Title: Device for the Transformation of a Reciprocating Movement into a Revolving Movement and vice versa.
Inventor: GREGER ROBERT
IPC: F16H19/04
Filed: 1910-08-06
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 18,613. Greger, R. Aug. 6. Toothed gearing.-A device for converting reciprocating into rotary motion, and vice versa, applicable to steam-engines, naphtha and other motors, &c., comprises a pair of racks 2, 3 on a reciprocatory frame 10 which alternately engage a toothed sector 1 on a fly-wheel shaft 22, a lever 15 on the fly-wheel shaft being provided with a roller 6 at one end and a pair of cams 4, 5 at the opposite end, adapted to cooperate with bridge-pieces 8, 11 on the reciprocatory member to overcome dead-centres and to assist reversals. When, as shown in Fig. 1, the sector 1 is carried out of engagement with one rack 3, the roller 6 bears against one of the bridge-pieces 11 while the cam 5 momentarily bears against the opposite bridgepiece 8 to prevent jarring. When, during the dead-point position of the piston operating the reciprocatory member, the lever 15 and sector 1 are carried round by the momentum of the fly-wheel, the reverse motion of the reciprocatory member is initiated by the cam 4 bearing against the bridge-piece 8, after which the sector 1 engages the rack 2, this action being repeated at each end of the stroke.
Patent GB-191024438-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Hat Fastener or Holder.
Inventor: BRIGHTMAN THOMAS WILLIAM
IPC: A42B7/00
Filed: 1911-04-08
Granted: 1912-04-09
Abstract: 24,438. Brightman, T. W. April 8, 1911. Hats, securing to head.-Hats are secured by loops fixed inside and adapted to be placed over combs &c. inserted in the hair. A band A, Fig. 1, is secured in a hat to form loops by screwed eyes as shown. The combs, examples of which are shown in Figs. 4 and 5, are provided with projections D, preferably bent somewhat downwards, over which the loops are placed. The band A may be fitted in the hat by means of a frame comprising two wires F, bent to form eyes G by which the wires slide on each other, and which are drawn together by a spring H. The ends of the wires F are thus thrust outwards, causing spikes on the strips J to penetrate the hat. In a modification, two semicircular or semielliptical wires &c. are provided with eyes so as to slide on one another and so form an expansible loop which is fitted in the hat.
Patent GB-191025179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Selective Signalling Devices.
Inventor: MANNY IRA FERRIS
IPC: H04M1/31
Filed: 1910-10-29
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 25,179. Manny, I. F., and Binzel, A. V., [trading as Manny Signal Co.]. Oct. 29. Party-line systems and apparatus.-Relates to selecting-devices for telephone systems of the kind described in Specification 22,439/08. Any station on a telephone line is called by a predetermined number of current impulses, which rotate a ratchetwheel at all stations by means of an electrumagnetic escapement mechanism. A subsequent lateral movement of the ratchet-wheel frees it from the operating-pawl, and enables this to engage with the switch at the desired station to close the local calling-circuit. The first impulse in the line magnet 44 releases the arm 38, which is enabled to fall from the position shown by means of a loose pin-and-slot mounting. The ratchet-wheels are stepped round until the pawl 43 at the desired station engages the tooth opposite the arm 50. The ratchet-wheel and the arms 49, 50 are mounted on a disk which is driven from a power shaft through a yielding spring and a cam connexion, and after the wheel has been stepped round, it is moved laterally so as to be disengaged from the pawl 43 which engages with the arm 50. The ratchet-wheel now continues its rotation under the pressure of its spring connexion with the power shaft, and the arm 50 is pressed back by the pawl 43 into engagement with the contact blade 56, as shown in Fig. 2. Further rotation releases the arm 50 from the pawl, but the dog 59 engages the end of the arm and holds it against the contact spring 56, until, on the completion of the rotation, the dog is rotated by the projection 60 of the starting-arm 38, and the arm 50 returns to the position shown in Fig. 1. The switch spring 56 is connected, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to a conducting-ring 57, which is rubbed by a fixed brush 58 connected to the bell 87. A cam is mounted on the power shaft, and is timed so that after all the selecting impulses have been received over the time, it operates the switch contacts 81, 82, 83, 84 to connect the bell to' the line. In the case of a station which is selected by a smaller number of impulses than the desired station, the arm 50 has passed the pawl 43 before the lateral movement of the ratchet apparatus takes place ; at other stations, the pawl comes first into engagement with the arm 49, which presses on the pin 54 and moves the arm 50 out of the path of the pawl. The arm 66, connected to the pawl 43, is arranged to operate the ratchet-wheel 67 to rewind the clock-work of the power shaft.
Patent GB-191026691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriages for Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: CREASSEY FRANK
IPC: D04C5/00
Filed: 1910-11-17
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 26,691. Creassey, F. Nov. 17. Carriages.-A bobbinless carriage comprises a plate 1 of standard external dimensions, and provided with a central boss 3, on which the thread is wound, and with a cover-plate 8, which is held in place by a number of slides. A ring 7 of triangular cross-section is mounted round the central thread-holding recess 2 on a wire 9, and can be slightly rotated by means of a toothed disk 12. Between the ring 7 and the carriage are mounted flat levers a, b, c, which are pivoted loosely to the carriage and the ring 7 so that, by slightly rotating the ring, the levers are forced out beyond the edge of the cover-plate. The edge of the levers a, b, care staggered as shown in Fig. 3, so as to clip the edges of the cover-plate. The thread drawn from the supply passes through the central hole 4 to the back of the carriage, under an adjustable tension spring 6 and along a groove 26 to the top thread-eye 25. In modified forms, the radial inward movement of the levers is provided for by pin-and-slot connexions.
Patent GB-191100552-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Article for Smokers' use.
Inventor: KING HENRY ROBERT
IPC: A24F47/00
Filed: 1911-01-09
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 552. King, R. R. Jan. 9. [Cognate Application, 6930/11.] Cleaners and pickers for tobacco pipes; tobacco-pipe stoppers; tobacco pipes. - A pipecleaner, a knife blade which may serve as a picker, and a match-box are combined in one case of the size and shape of a watch and having a ring for attachment to a chain. A disk of wood, metal, or the like is pivoted in the case a, which is open at one side. A cleaning-wire with a pear-shaped knob d at its end is wound on the disk, and emerges through a slit in the case when the disk is rotated by placing two fingers in the indentations c, c. A knife blade is pivoted to the back of the case. According to the Provisional Specification, the centre of the disk is fitted with a pipe cover and stopper, instead of with a match-box k.
Patent GB-191101635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Perforating Paper Strips and the like.
Inventor: POLLAK ANTOINE
IPC: B41K3/38
Filed: 1911-01-21
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 1635. Pollak, A. Jan. 21. Selective punching-machines. -Relates to improved selecting-mechanism and feed-arrangements for telegraphic and like perforators of the kind described in Specifications 17,718/02 and 11,903/05, in which the selection of the punches a and the feed-control of the paper strip v are effected by blades F<1>, &c. displaced by keys x acting upon the inclined faces y, y<1> of the blades. According to the first improvement, the c o u n t e rpunches a<2> are all held raised. and the depression of a key x simply displaces a blade F<1> so as to bring its heel f<3> beneath a counter-punch a<2>. When the matrix b, b<1> enclosing the strip v and the plates d, e are caused to descend, the heel f<3> opposes the descent of this counter-punch and obliges the corresponding punch a to perforate the paper. The other counter - punches descend freely into the recesses f<4> of the other blades F<2>, &c. According to the second improvement, the oscillating frame k, which moves forward t h e paper strip after this returns to the raised position, is furnished with a stepped sector h which encounters an adjustable stop-lever which can be turned round the axis j<1> by means of a special key - blade F<5> so as to restrict the swing of the sector h to a greater or lesser extent. The sector h has the number of its steps reduced by one-half as compared with the number hitherto necessary, and, instead of being locked directly by the lever j, it is stopped by one of two stepped planes i<1>, i<2> of a slide i mounted in a dovetailed recess in the lever j. The position of the slide is manipulated by means of a key-blade F<6>, pin f<6>, and rocking-arms i<3>, i<4>. The sector h may thus be stopped in two different positions for a single angular displacement of the lever j. The pin f<5> of the blade F<5> bears against a spring j<2> closing a recess in the lever j.