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Patent GB-190619353-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Coffin.
Inventor: TOOLEN JOHAN JACOB
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 19,353. Toolen, J. J. Aug. 30. Fastenings for coffins. In a coffin constructed to allow persons prematurely buried to escape therefrom, the lid is held against the action of a spring by a bolt which can be withdrawn by mechanism operated by levers near the hands of the person buried. The lid 2 is provided with arms 3 which run in inclined metal-lired grooves 5 and under parabolic projections 7,. the grooves being covered by slotted plates 8. A spring 9 is compressed between a disk 11, carrying a draw-bar 17 connected to the coffin, and a disk 10 carrying bars 12 connected to the lid. A locking-bolt 22 works in a casing 20 against a spring 24 and bears against a pulley 26 upon an angle-piece 27. A spring 32, for engagement with a projection 33 upon the bolt 22, is held by a lever 34. Side levers 38 with handles 40 slide in links 42, and at the bottom are connected by wires passing over guide-pulleys to each other and to the lever 34, which is held by a pivoted catch 53 connected by a wire 54 to a lever 38. The spring 9 is set in tension by sliding on the lid, and the levers 38 are so connected that a movement of either handle 40 moves the catch 53 and lever 34, so that the spring 32 is released and withdraws the bolt 22. The bolt 22 may be depressed through a hole 29, and casings 62 &c. are provided to cover the mechanism.
Patent GB-190619610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Goggles and the like.
Inventor: JACQUEMIN JEAN BAPTISTE
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 19,610. Jacquemin, J. B., and Melon, H. L. Jan. 19, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Goggles. - The eye-cups of goggles used by motorists are formed of a fabric composed partly of threads of a good conducting-material such as aluminium, and partly of threads of a good absorbent material such as silk or cotton.
Patent GB-190619647-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bench Stops
Inventor: SMART FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-09-04
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 19,647. Smart, F. Sept. 4. Bench fittings.-Bench stops are constructed so that they can be adjusted by means of a thumbscrew. The thumb-screw e has its head supported on a bush c forming part of a metal cup a screwed to the bench. The screw is provided with a collar d for retaining it in posi. tion, and engages a nut f fixed to the vertical sliding member g of the stop. The head of the stop is serrated and abuts against the work in the usual manner, while the member g slides in undercut grooves formed on the outer face of a vertical depending flange of the metal cup, which also is provided with a slot h<1> to permit free movement of the arm of the nut when the screw is operated.
Patent GB-190619973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, Furnaces, or Kilns, for Preparing Cement Making Materials, or the like.
Inventor: MATCHAM CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 19,973. Matcham, C. A. Sept. 7. Cement furnaces or kilns.-Rotary furnaces or kilns of the kind described in Specification No. 16,588, A.D. 1904, are so arranged that a main clinkering portion A is combined with two or more auxiliary portions C, C', in which the cement-making materials are heated by the waste gases from the main portion. The various portions are of ordinary construction, and are heated by a liquid, gaseous, or pulverulent fuel burner a. The products of combustion pass from the portion A to a hood B where they mix with air supplied through openings b<2>, and on through the auxiliary portions C, C' to the chimney d or to a drier. The cementmaking materials pass from the portions C, C<1> to the main portion A by a shoot b<1>. The auxiliary portions are preferably longer, but smaller in diameter, than the main portion.
Patent GB-190628119-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Candle Holder.
Inventor: BACON BENJAMIN JAMES
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 28,119. Bacon, B. J. Dec. 10. Candle holdees and save-alls ; candlesticks.-In a candle holder and save-all made detachable from a candle tray A, a U-shaped wire bridge-piece J bas its looped end E adapted to engage, under the cleat formation D, with a neck in the handle clip B, preferably secured to the rim of the tray A, the downwardly curved free ends H which serve as a handle being retained by the margin pins G of a gapped lock-piece F secured to the opposite side of the tray. Each limb of the bridge-piece J carries a flexible loop K supporting one half of the candle grip N, one of the tubular parts 0 of which may serve to carry a rotatable lever P and attached save-all cup Q.
Patent GB-190704397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Automatic Electric Circuit Breakers.
Inventor: ECKSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1908-02-22
Abstract: 4397. Eckstein, A., and Heap, A. C. Feb, 22. Cut-outs; switches.-The circuit-closiug brush of a circuit-breaker is connected to the operating- lever through a toggle joint. In the example shown, the links 11, 14, united by a pin 15, form a toggle. Stops 13, 16 enable this toggle to form a rigid link when closing the switch, a lever 7 and the rigid link 11, 14 forming a second toggle which is overset in the closed position. The links 11, 14 are connected to the bell-crank lever 7 and to the brush lever 4 by pivots 12, 17 respectively. The lever 7 carries the operating-handle 6, and has a bearing on the switch frame through a pivot 8. A projection 24 on the lever 7 limits its motions. The brush lever 4 is pivoted to a switch contact at 5, and a spring 22 tends to open the switch. A tappet lever 18, also pivoted to the frame, has a foot-piece 20 struck upwards by suitable means when abnormal conditions are present. A projection 19 on this lever communicates the blow to a pin 15, and opens the toggle 11, 14. The spring 22 then opens the switch whether the handle is held or not. To reset the circuit breaker, the handle is first moved downwards to straighten the toggle, if necessary.
Patent GB-190705241-A (GB)
Title: An Elastic Wheel Tyre.
Inventor: BARDET GEORGETTE
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 5241. Bardet [nÚe Bon], G. March 4. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-In an elastic tyre of the kind consisting of an undulatory spring band held loosely in a channel rim by transverse bolts, the band is formed of a number of curved elements riveted together. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each element 1 is of C-form, and is kept within the rim 5 by two bolts 3. The ends of the elements are formed with heels 7, and are riveted across the rim by two pins 2, each end being turned in the opposite direction to that of the adjacent end, i.e. adjacent series are staggered. Leather or other washers are interposed at the sides of the rim as shown in Fig. 2. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the element 9 is formed with a double loop, and each end is riveted to the middle of an adjacent element and the opposite end of another adjacent element, its centre being riveted to the ends of two adjacent elements. The elements may be separated into two or more groups seated in two or more channels, and may be somewhat triangular in shape or may have their ends turned outwardly.
Patent GB-190706783-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine and Means for Forming or Producing the Teeth of Files and the like Tools.
Inventor: HAYES FRIEDERICK
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1908-03-21
Abstract: 6783. Hayes, F., and Palmer, A. March 21. File-cuttting machines.- A file-cutting machine of the non-percussive type has a cross-head i, which is driven from an adjustable crank e by a flexible connecting-rod h. The cross-head slides along rods j, pivoted in bearings k<1> and capable of slight transverse angular movement. A tool n, Fig. 4, which is triangular in section, is fixed in a cranked tool-holder o mounted diagonally in slides on the cross-head i and capable of slight movement along the slide under the control of springs. The work is held in a swivelling vice s. Specification No. 13,009, A.D. 1901, is referred to.
Patent GB-190709072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Pendants and similar Gas Fittings.
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 9072. Netherclift, E. H., and Irving & Co., G. April 19. Gaseliers.-A gas pendant is constructed so that it can be fixed to any support, and can be moved in any direction relatively to the support, and is adapted to retain such position. The gas does not pass through the joints of the fitting. As shown, the pendant comp r i s e s a guide-tube d, which is suspended by a universal joint formed by two similar connexions. The lower one is formed by a plate c on the tube d which is pivoted on the pin e, and is held frictionally by two plates a, b and a spring f. The plate a is integral with a plate g which is mounted in the same way as the plate c. The gas-tube h, which can slide relatively to the tube d, is guided by clips i, j and held in the desired position by a spring k, Fig. 2, regulated by a screw l. The burner is suspended from a spring r, and is connected to an elbow joint n on the tube h by means of a flexible pipe p, and the upper end m of the tube h is connected by a flexible tube to the gas supply. According to the Provisional Specification, the tube b may be modified to slide in the tube d, and a gland and stuffing-box used to render the connexion gas-tight.
Patent GB-190713460-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Flexible Article for Cleaning and Polishing Glass, Metal Plate, and Motor Cars and for other analogous purposes.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS VICTOR
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 13,460. Griffiths, V. June 11. Mops, squeegees, and like cleansing-appliances.-A flexible device for cleaning and polishing glass, metal, plate, parts of motor-cars, &c., and for other analogous purposes, comprises tufts, rolls, or folded pieces of leather or other suitable flexible material secured to a backing of canvas or other flexible material. The tufts &c. B are secured by stitching or by staples, eyelets, &c. to the backing A, which may be made in the form of a fingerless glove as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be provided with a pocket for the finger ends and a tightening-strap at the wrist, or be made in any other suitable form.
Patent GB-190715023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Indicating Apparatus for Turnstiles.
Inventor: FLUEGELMAN ISIDOR
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 15,023. Fluegelman, I. June 29. Turnstiles.-The rotation of the shaft of a registering turnstile operates through intermediate gearing a mechanical counter of any suitable type and also a distant electric counter by means of a rocking lever adapted to close a circuit. The shaft b, Figs. 1 and 2, is directly connected to the shaft of the turnstile, and rotates through gearing c, d the shaft d<1>, which is provided with a ratchet-wheel e controlled by a pawl e<1>, and thus operates the shaft g<1> of the mechanical counter h through bevel-gearing f, g. To the shaft g<1> is fixed a ratchet or similar wheel i, each tooth of which rocks a contact lever k pivoted at k<1>, causing it to bear upon the spring-controlled contact l. A circuit, of which the leads m m<1>, n n<1> n<2> are shown, is thereby energized, and the distant indicator operated.
Patent GB-190717474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Current Motors of the Commutator Type and Methods of Operating the same.
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-08-31
Abstract: 17,474. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 30. Motors, controlling; sparking, preventing; field magnets. - Single - phase alternating-current commutator motors having inducing and exciting windings C, B on the stator are operated by connecting the field windings in series with the armature, short-circuiting the armature at starting, and modifying the armature connexions to produce a voltage at the armature terminals so as to obtain good commutation at all speeds. When the motor has been started with the connexions shown in Fig. 1, the armature is short-circuited through an inductive winding either separate from or consisting of the exciting-winding B, Fig. 2, so as to produce a field for neutralizing the electromotive force of " commutation reactance." By designing the inducing-winding C with a greater number of effective turns than the armature, the transfer of the exciting-winding from the circuit containing the inducing-winding to that of the armature also effects an increase of the exciting-current. When operating such a motor with direct current, it is necessary to connect a resistance across the inducing-winding C to prevent over-compensation. This increase in the exciting-current may also be effected by changing the number of turns of the exciting-winding. As the speed of the motor rises, the inducing-field which gives rise to the rotation voltage is reduced by including in the armature circuit a source of voltage, Fig. 3. The armature winding A, Fig. 7, is given a fractional pitch corresponding to the distribution of the inducing-winding C, thereby rendering effective those coils only that are adjacent to the part of the stator carrying the inducing-winding, the currents in the coils adjacent to the stator carrying the exciting-winding B neutralizing each other.
Patent GB-190717910-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Composition for the Cleaning and Lubricating of Gun and Rifle Barrels.
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 17,910. King's Norton Metal Co., Bayliss, T. A., Smith, H. M., and Brownsdon, H. W. Aug. 7. Cleansing-compositions.-A paste for removing metallic fouling from gun and rifle barrels consists of a mixture of vaseline or other lubricant and mercury, or a salt or compound of mercury, or potassium or sodium amalgam containing one part of potassium or sodium to about 100 parts of mercury. A small quantity of alkali such as sodium hydrate may be added to the lubricant before the addition of the mercury, or salt or compound.
Patent GB-190721413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means of Controlling the Locks of Railway-carriages, Strong-rooms and the like
Inventor: TAYLOR HENRY
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 21,413. Taylor, H., and James, C. T. Sept. 26. Handles.-The handle spindle p of a railwaycarriage door bolt of the pivoted type is secured to a cylinder q, which carries a pin r<2> engaging in the bayonet slot s in the barrel portion t of the handle x. In closing the door, when the handle is pressed on it is pushed on to the cylindrical piece q and brings the circular part of the slot s opposite the pin r<2> so that the bolt, shot by an auxiliary bolt, can turn into the fastening position without turning the handle, a spring u afterwards returning the latter to its correct position.
Patent GB-190724482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Methods of Floating Sunken or Stranded Vessels.
Inventor: WOTHERSPOON WILLIAM WALLACE
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 24,482. Wotherspoon, W. W., and King, R. O. Jan. 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sunken ships, raising; stranded ships, raising and moving.-Relates to the method of raising stranded or sunken vessels, in which the ordinary means of communication with the various compartments are made air-tight, the decks and walls of the compartments are braced and strengthened to withstand the pressure, air-locks are provided for the ingress and egress of workmen, and compressed air is admitted to expel the water from the compartments. According to the present invention, when the leak is in the side of a compartment, the water is expelled to the top of the hole by the air pressure, and the hole is closed by the progressive downward application of a covering. When leaks occur in a number of compartments, means are provided for adjusting the air-pressure according to the different hydrostatic pressures encountered, and in making the hatchways air-tight, the hatch cover and gasket are temporarily held against the coaming until the compressed air is admitted. Fig. 2 shows a vessel with a leaking compartment. The deck is strengthened by beams or braces D or by other means. To render the compartment airtight, a plate or covering d is held against the coaming of the hatchway with a rubber gasket packing interposed. The plate is temporarily held in place before the admission of compressed air by means of vertical stay-bolts E. To the covering of the hatchway is applied an air-lock F with doors f, f for the entry and exit of workmen. The air is admitted by the pipe g from the compressor G placed in any suitable position. To adjust the air pressure according to the hydrostatic pressure encountered, the air-pipes such as g may be provided with reducing-valves.
Patent GB-190727908-A (GB)
Title: Newspaper Carriers.
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 27,908. Victor Automatic Carriers, Ltd., and Filteau, V. Dec. 18. Delivery apparatus.-An independently driven conveyer for carrying folded newspapers from the machine to any convenient distributing- point, comprises a series of slowly moving belts 16, on to which the papers are delivered in overlapping relation beneath guides by two series of belts 15. The papers are then carried between the adjacent flights of vertical belts 4, horizontal belts 5 kept taut by rollers 6, and vertical belts 7, 8, which deliver them on to sets of belts 11 on the level with each of the floors, where they are stacked against stops 13. Switches 10 are employed to direct the papers on to the belts 11. The top of the tubular frame 1 supporting the vertical belts 4, is capable of being turned with the horizontal conveyer 5 through an angle of 180 degrees to direct the delivery to any desired point.
Patent GB-190801287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Drawing Rollers of Spinning and Drawing Machinery.
Inventor: ABBOTT THOMAS
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 1287. Abbott, T. Jan. 20. Rollers and roller heads.-In spinning-machinery in which the top drawing - rollers are provided with endless belts passing over them and over guide - rollers, the belts are kept at a uniform working tension by an arrangement of springs or weighted levers. The leather belt 2 passes over the top drawing-roller 3 and over the guide-roller 4, which is carried by sliding sockets on levers 12 fulcrumed on a shaft 13. The levers 12 are controlled by springs 16 stretched between the end 15 of the lever 12 and a lever 17 fixed on the shaft 13. The ends 15 of the lever 12 may be extended, and sliding weights may be mounted on them in place of the springs 16. The belt is guided by forks 18. The guide-roller may be arranged on the opposite side of the top roller to that shown. According to the Provisional Specification, the guide-rollers may be adjustable in a direction at right-angles to the levers by being mounted on rods in adjustable sockets.
Patent GB-190810880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 10,880. Clark, W., [Adlerwerke vorm. H. Kleyer Akt-Ges.]. May 19. Typewriters.-In machines provided with radiallysliding type-bars, (1) increase of the number of the type-bars without unduly increasing the size of the machine is obtained by using a radially-slotted horizontal guide plate, so that the usual tail-pieces of the type-bars can be shortened or dispensed with, and (2) a comb is provided for locking the typebars to prevent tampering with and to prevent disarrangement of the set when being exchanged. (1) Fig. 1 shows an arrangement in which the tailpieces of the type-bars 7 are reduced to hooks 13, which do not function as guides. The usual driving-levers 4 are guided in radial slots 15 in a horizontal plate 11, and the type-bars 7 are guided horizontally on the plate 11 by projections 14. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which shortened tailpieces 7<1> are guided horizontally by a short plate 11, which is slotted and formed with a comb 22 to guide radially the tail-pieces 7<1> and blocks 24 of the type-bars. The ends of the tail-pieces are formed into eyes or heads 25 to prevent the type-bars from falling through the slots. (2) A locking-comb 12, Fig. 1, can be adjusted by means of nuts and screws, a lever, an eccentric, or otherwise, into engagement with the hooks 13, Fig. 1, or the heads 25, Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190815504-A (GB)
Title: A Table for Attachment to Walls and the like
Inventor: ANLEY FREDERICK EUSTACE
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 15,504. Anley, F. E. July 22. Tables.-One edge of the top A of a collapsible table, designed to be secured to a wall, rests in a recess on a batten B secured to the wall, while the other edge is supported by stays C fitting at their upper ends into recesses in the table-top and bearing at their lower ends against the wall. The lower ends of the stays, which are covered with india-rubber, are supported by cords D passing up through eye-bolts E, attached to the batten, to eye-bolts secured to the front of the table-top.
Patent GB-190819873-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Connector or Coupling for Tubes, Pipes, Wires and Cables.
Inventor: BRUCE DAVID ROBERTSON
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,873. Bruce, D. R. Sept. 22. [Cognate Application No. 1872, A.D. 1909, dated Jan. 26.] Couplings.-A connector for cables &c. consists of a tubular member, of hard metal such as steel or iron, with tapered unsplit ends b and external screw-threads a, on which are screwed nuts c with internal conical surfaces e, which compress the ends b on to the cables &c. to be connected. A hexagonal portion i is provided so that the connector may be held while the nuts are being tightened. According to the Provisional Specification, No. 1872, A.D. 1909, the connector is formed with one end tapered, the other end having an internal screw-thread.
Patent GB-190820925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cornice Pole Joints.
Inventor: BARNES JABEZ
Filed: 1908-10-05
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 20,925. Barnes, J. Oct. 5. Hinges.-Relates to those cornice-pole joints in which two hollow sheet-metal hemispherical stampings c, d, provided with threaded shanks e, f, are jointed together by a central pin, the stampings being closed over the rims of two sheet-metal disks a, b, in stamped recesses in which the shanks e, f are respectively riveted. The pin h passes through holes g, i in the disks a, b, and in the hemispheres c, d respectively, and washers l are secured in the recesses k by riveting over the ends of the pin. A collar h<3> forged on the pin forms an abutment for the hemisphere d when the parts are being assembled.