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Patent GB-190824791-A (GB)
Title: Improved Chemical Testers for Drains and General Sanitary Arrangements.
Inventor: BARRON JOHN
Filed: 1908-11-18
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 24,791. Barron, J. Nov. 18. Fumigating, testing drains by. A chemical drain-tester comprises a glass or like container A, adapted to be broken when a spring lever H, held to a metal or like casing B, is released. The lever H forms part of a spiral spring D, and is held by a cord I secured to the case B by a knot at 0 and by sealing-wax at J ; the spring D is attached to the case by solder and by a wire E. To render the container water-tight, a cork M and sealing-wax L are inserted at the open end. The tester is used by releasing the cord I at J, securing the loop K, and then flushing the tester into the drain. This unwinds the cord and so releases the lever H, which springs round, passes through an opening C in the case B, and breaks the container. A modification is described in which no casing is used, but the container itself is of metal and is provided with a corresponding opening C closed by a glass or other suitable disk.
Patent GB-190902180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases or Covers for Pocket-books and the like.
Inventor: WEARE FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1909-01-29
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 2180. Weare, F. H. Jan. 29. Fold-engaging files.-In covers for pocketbooks &c., having a central loop to retain the papers &c. b, a spring pencil-clip d is attached to the wire c or flat strip of stiff material forming the loop, which is bent at right-angles at the ends and preferably provided with plates c' whereby it may be securely fastened to the cover a. The wire c may be flattened between the ends.
Patent GB-190903676-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Railway for Recreation.
Inventor: ZIMMER GEORGE FREDERICK
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 3676. Zimmer, G. F. Feb. 15. Railways for recreation.-A series of tracks A are laid in a trough-shaped depression, the ends of the tracks being at a greater elevation than the centres, and connected to one another by means of automatic switches B of usual construction, so that a car starting from the point D, on arriving at the opposite side of the track, is switched on to the adjacent track for the return journey, and so on throughout the whole series. The tracks may be curved in plan or in elevation. According to the Provisional Specification, the tracks may be replaced by overhead ropes, and, instead of using automatic switches, the cars are in this case arranged to run round curves at each terminal.
Patent GB-190903978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Perambulators and other Folding Baby Carriages.
Inventor: ROBOTHAM ALFRED ERNEST
IPC: B62B9/00
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 3978. Robotham, A. E. Feb. 18. Axles. - Relates to construction of a jointed bar or axle such as is used between the wheel axles of folding perambulators of the kind described in Specification 15,523/07. Each spring a is strengthened between the wheels by a bar o, and a bracket c for each wheel axle is fastened to the spring a and the bar b by bolts n, o. The bracket c is shaped to receive one end of the jointed bar or axle, which is built up of four rods d, e, f, g. The outer ends of the pair d, e are rigidly connected by a collar h shouldered at its ends to fit holes in the rods, and the outer ends of the pair f, g are similarly connected by a collar i. The two pairs of rods are pivotally connected by a central collar j; and the inner ends of the pair f, g which fit between the rods d, e are rigidly connected by a collar k having an arm l to contact with the edges of the rods d, e and prevent the rods from moving past the central position shown. Springs m, centred on the bolts o, act against the ends of the rods d, f to hold the rods in this position. The collars h, i turn on the bolts n.
Patent GB-190906307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Webs of Fabric into Longitudinal Strips and Winding up the Strips.
Inventor: SCHUERMANN AUGUST
IPC: D06H7/04
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 6307. Schurmann, A., and Hollander, B. March 16. Winding webs.-A machine for cutting moving webs of fabric into strips, comprises a spindle 12 on which the material is finally wound and which is driven from a shaft furnished with fast and loose pulleys 27, 28, respectively, Fig. 2. The winding-apparatus is normally locked by a bolt 17, which is adapted to be withdrawn to allow the shifting of the driving-belt on to the fast pulley by the depression of a foot-lever 19 acting through a link 20 and a bell-crank 18. A spring 21 serves to return'the belt on the release of the treadle 19. One end of the spindle 12 is mounted in an open hinge bearing 24, and the other is clamped by a pin 34 to the end of an axle which is driven from a pulley 22 through a spring-actuated friction clutch 22, 32 in order to secure for the roll of material on the spindle 12 a constant peripheral speed of rotation.
Patent GB-190908106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding and Gumming Threads in the Manufacture of Fabric without Weft.
Inventor: CHEVALIER PIERRE
IPC: D06B3/04
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 8106. Chevalier, P. April 5. Imitations of textile fabrics.-A machine for making fabric without weft by gumming threads together comprises a heated drum a and an adjustable blade e, between which a solution of gum is placed. Bobbins of thread are placed on a carriage l, which is moved parallel to the axis of the winding-drum a by means of a screw n, and the thread passes to the revolving drum, on which it is wound and coated with the gum solution. An adjustable roller f presses the threads against the drum, and a knife e spreads the gum on the threads. The gum may be placed between the roller f and the drum, disks being provided at the ends of the roller to prevent outflow of the gum.
Patent GB-190913190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Parallel Vices.
Inventor: BATEMAN RICHARD WILKINSON
IPC: B25B1/12
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,190. Bateman, R. W. June 5. Vices.-Relates to parallel vices of the class in which a divided nut is engaged with the operating-screw when the work is to be gripped and disengaged therefrom when the movable jaw is being slid to or from the work in the vice. The half-nuts 2, 6 are connected together by rocking- levers 4, which are pivoted in depending lugs 3 of the upper half-nut 2, have rollers 17 bearing on stops 18 of the vice body, and abut at their inner ends on the boss 5 cast on the lower half-hut 6, this boss having a projection 7 with a notch 8 for one edge of the rocking bar 9. When this is turned by the trigger 10, the half-nuts are disengaged for rapid adjustment, after which the parts are returned to their normal position by a coil spring at the end of the rocking bar. Self-adjusting washers 22, one of which has a convex face, are provided between the forward ends of the nuts and a shoulder 21 of the base 20, so that an even pressure is exerted on the washers and nuts. The fixed jaw 25 of the vice is secured to the base 20 by staple-like devices 26 encircling curved portions 27, passing through the jaw and fixed by nuts.
Patent GB-190913201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Levelling Multiple Face Matrices in Typographical Composing Machines, preparatory to Distributing them.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
IPC: B41B11/18
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,201. Pollen, A. H., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik Ges.]. June 5. Distributing matrices.-In means for levelling multiple-face matrices (or type-dies) before distribution, the matrices are swung edgeways clear of the ledge which supports the higher matrices. In the first elevator 1, Fig. 1, the lower matrices 4 rest with their top lugs on a bar 6 carried by a lever 7, and the higher matrices 2 rest with their bottom lugs on the known supporting-ledge 3. The bottom lugs of the matrices and the ledge 3 are bevelled as shown. When the elevator rises, the lever 7 encounters a fixed stop 11, Fig. 2, by which it is rocked so that the bar 6 lifts the matrices 4. As the matrices rise, they are swung outwards by the bevelled part of the ledge 3 and finally rest on the top of the ledge at the same level as the matrices 2. In a modification, the lifting-bar 6 engages the feet of the matrices. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the higher matrices are pushed down to the level of the lower ones by a bar 27 carried by a lever 28, which is rocked by a projection 32 on the machine frame. To permit the swinging of the matrices, the rear face 23 of the elevator is pivoted and is held in position by a spring. In the form shown in Fig. 8, the matrices are swung by a slide 36, which engages their bottom lugs, so that no bevelling of the matrices or of the ledge 3 is necessary. Specifications 14,582/90, 18,886/95, 17,962/98, and 25,046/07 are referred to.
Patent GB-190914109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Labels or the like.
Inventor: BROOKS WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: G09F3/14
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 14,109. Brooks, W. J. June 16. Labels &c.-The edges of labels, checks, tickets, &c. are strengthened by enfolding string, thread, wire, tape, &c. within the material. The labels &c. may be of t h e ordinary eyeleted construction, or the strengthening-string S may protrude to form a loop as at L, Fig. 4, and this loop may be long enough for the label to be secured by being passed through the loop, or the string may protrude in two separate pieces. A wire staple W, Fig. 10, may be inserted to embrace the string and prevent the two parts thereof from separating when the label is pulled.
Patent GB-190914348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lawn Tennis and like Balls.
IPC: B29D22/04
Filed: 1909-06-18
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 14,348. Rubber Patents, Ltd., Turner, J., and Buxton, A. June 18. Balls. - In the manufacture of lawn - tennis or like balls, hemispherical shells, segments or parts of the same, of rubber or rubber compound, are shaped by means of a plunger and die and held thereby during the curing process. The edges of the hemispherical shells or parts, after removal from the mould, are moistened with an adhesive say gutta-percha solution, which will not cure by the fumes from the cured parts. The shells are placed round an inflated rubber ball b provided with a seal of gutta-percha h<1>, and the whole is treated to heat and pressure in a second mould. The ball is next removed and inflated to the desired extent by passing an air needle through the outer cover and the plug h<1>. The rubber bladder b may be dispensed with, in which case the plug h<1> is attached to the outer rubber segments. After shaping the segments, the rubber may be semi-cured only, the remainder of the curing being done in the second mould.
Patent GB-190915285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Turbines.
Inventor: DAVIDSON HENRY
IPC: F01D1/02
Filed: 1909-06-30
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 15,285. Davidson, H. June 30. Jet-wheels; circularflow type; regulating.- Steam turbines, of the jet-wheel type having a rotor fitting in a cylindrical casing closed at the ends, both casing and rotor being formed with longitudinal pockets so that steam passes from the pockets in the casing into those of the rotor, are provided with circumferential grooves formed in the casing and extending on one side of the inlet only for distribution of the steam. Rotary distribution valves consisting of disks or a hollow cylinder are provided, and are furnished with ports corresponding in number with the number of pockets in the rotor. Steam enters through pipes q into diametrically opposite pockets g in the casing a, and acts on the substantially radial faces h<1> of pockets h in the rotor b. Circumferential grooves g<1> are provided in the casing. Cocks s are provided in the exhaust outlets i for adjustment and regulation of the exhaust. Two disk valves j, Fig. 2, are rotated continually by gear-wheels n, m in unison with the rotor b. Stop cocks r in the steam passages q are provided, so that the power may be varied. Instead of a disk valve used in connexion with each pocket in the casing, a single cylindrical valve t, Fig. 5, may be employed, having equidistant ports u corresponding in number with the number of pockets in the rotor. The ports u alternately place the steam passages q leading to the pockets in the casing in connexion with the steam space v supplied through the passage w. Any number of pockets in the casing or rotor may be used.
Patent GB-190916503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor-car Bodies.
Inventor: WINN ROWLAND
IPC: B62D47/00
Filed: 1909-07-15
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 16,503. Winn, R. July 15. Seats, arrangement of. -A motor-car body to seat four persons is constructed with an adjustable rear seat which also enables the rear portion of the car to be transformed into an open wagon or a jaunting- car. The car has a fixed front seat 2, and an adjustable rear seat consisting of a three-sided box-like structure 3 provided with a removable seat portion 4 which is secured by side fastenings 8, the seat structure being secured in various positions on the chassis by side fastenings 5. To convert the vehicle into a jaunting-car, the box 3 is moved to the end of the chassis, a back rail 9 is removed from the rear seat and placed in a central longitudinal position on the vehicle, back-rests 10 normally carried on the front seat are removed and fixed to brackets 12 on the box 3 to act as back rails at the corners, and the cushions 13 of the rear seat are laid on the chassis. Luggage holders.-The seat portion 4 acts as a luggage-carrier when the vehicle is converted into a jaunting-car.
Patent GB-190919868-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cosmetic Preparation Containing Boracic Acid.
Inventor: RHEINBERG HERBERT
IPC: A61K8/19
Filed: 1909-08-30
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 19,868. Rheinberg, H. Aug. 30. Cosmetics. -An antiseptic preparation consists of a mixture of 6 parts of boracic acid, 2 parts of acetanilide, and 1 part each of sulphate and hydrochlorate of quinine, compounded with 10 parts of cacao butter.
Patent GB-190920930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding Safety Razor Blades for Stropping Purposes.
Inventor: MORGAN JESSE CANBY
IPC: B26B21/52
Filed: 1909-09-13
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 20,930. Morgan, J. C. Feb. 10, [Convention date]. Razors.-A device for stropping safety-razor blades consists of two parts 10, 16, the part 10 having means for positioning a blade. An offset portion on the part 10 has an opening 18 which is engaged by an offset finger 17 on the part 16, a tongue 24 and groove 25 at the opposite end of the parts preventing lateral movement. The members are preferably hollow and are prevented from separating when in use by the hand of the operator. Means are described for positioning perforated wafer blades, blades with a backing, and blades with projections or notches at the rear edge.
Patent GB-190929102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheel Tyres for Road Vehicles, Velocipedes, and the like.
Inventor: BELDAM GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1909-12-13
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 29,102. Beldam, G. W. Dec. 13. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-Tyre treads are made non-skidding and circumferentially-inextensible by embedding therein metal or other hard links b, which are flush with the treads a and with the sides thereof when they' project from the tyre body, and are connected by small links c of the kind shown in Fig. 1 or of any other kind, the main links b being rectangular, or curved as shown in Fig 6, and having their hollow parts filled with the rubber or other material of the tyre. The links b may be arranged transversely or circumferentially in two or more rows, and the parts of the tread coming between them may be concave, corrugated, or recessed. When applied to a tyre having the usual curved tread, curved links of the form shown in Fig. 6 are preferably used and arranged transversely in the tread.
Patent GB-190930242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Extinguishers.
Inventor: HARRISON LILLIAN
IPC: A62C13/00
Filed: 1909-12-28
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 30,242. Harrison, L. Dec. 28. Extincteurs. - T h e undissolved portion of the soda rests upon a perforated plate or grid 3, and upon a perforated flange 4 surrounding the lower part of the acid-container 2, in order to facilitate the reaction with the a c i d when the extincteur is inverted.
Patent GB-191012232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Small-arms.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: F41A17/66
Filed: 1910-05-18
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 12,232. Lake, H. W., [Winchester Repeating Arms Co.]. May 18. Breech actions, sliding breechblock.-Relates to guns of the type in which a compound - movement breech - block operated by a slidi n g forearm i s employed, and consists in mechanism whereby the firing-pin is positively retracted and locked during the opening of the breech, and is positively unlocked after the breech is closed. The breech-block 4, Fig. 2, is operated by the bar 5 and a handle sliding on the tubular magazine 7, and is locked by the nose 15 engaging the notch 16. The retracting and locking lever 2, shown separately in Fig. 5, is pivoted on a pin 18, which also limits the movement of the firing-pin 20. The left-hand side of the firing-pin is cut away, as shown in Fig. 6, to receive the lever 2, and a cam-surface 23 and locking-shoulder 22 are provided to co-operate respectively with surfaces 24, 25 on the lever 2 to retract the firing-pin and to lock it in its retracted position. A spring placed in the notch 26 and in a socket 28 in the breech-block normally presses the lever 2 into locking position. As the breech-block moves rearwards, a projection 31 on the lever 2 engages the corner 32 of the hammer 33, thus moving the lever 2 upwards and retracting and locking the firing-pin. If the locking is not performed during the rearward stroke, or if the locking-lever drops due to jarring &c., the hammer will again raise the locking-lever during the forward stroke of the breech-block. A projection 36 on the lever 2 engages the casing 10 as the breech-block swings upwards for locking, to unlock the lever 2 and set free the firing-pin.
Patent GB-191013320-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Transforming Boiled Sugar into a Creamy Paste.
Inventor: SLUKA WILHELM JOSEF
IPC: A23G3/02
Filed: 1910-06-01
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 13,320. Sluka, W. J. Feb. 1, [Convention date]. Confectionery.-In a machine for converting boiled sugar into a creamy paste for use in icing cakes or filling sweets, the boiled sugar issues from an adjustable opening 6 in a receptacle 5, and is directed by a current of air from a pipe 11 against a curved plate 9, down which it flows and is cooled. The sugar then passes into a mixing-chamber 1, where it is further cooled by a water-jacket, and is worked into the creamy state by a worm 2, along which it travels to the outlet 12.
Patent GB-191014532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with High Speed Steam Engines.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1910-06-16
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 14,532. Davidson, J. June 16. Slide valves; valve spindles.-In a high-speed terminal-exhaust engine the admission is controlled by sleeve valves g, controlling ports b, and working in steam belts f. The upper and lower valves may be operated by the same rods h; and in the example shown, the upper and lower steam belts communicate by means of the passages o through which the rods h pass. The valves g are formed with flanges gripped between rings l on the rods h. The exhaust ports c open into an exhaust belt communicating with an exhaust pipe c<2>.
Patent GB-191015496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Seal Flushing Apparatus.
Inventor: MOISE HARMON DE LEON
IPC: E03D1/16
Filed: 1910-06-28
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 15,496. Moise, H. de L. June 28. Siphon-discharge water-waste preventers.- Air is injected beneath the siphon bell D by means of an air passage G on the supply-pipe B<1>. An air-lock is thus formed between the lower edge of the bell and a trap in the siphon E'. By forcing down the end a of the valvefloat H, the seal is broken and the tank is discharged. In an automatic form, Fig. 4, with a continuous supply, air enters continuouslv by a pipe G. When the pressure in the tank is sufficient to force air up the leg P of the trap, water is forced over the lip 0, and, when equilibrium is destroyed, the siphon discharges.
Patent GB-191017308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-spillable Vents for Accumulators.
Inventor: JOHN DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: H01M2/12
Filed: 1910-07-21
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 17,308. John, D. W., and Berry, J. H. July 21. Gas exits.-A stopper A, screwed on the top of an accumulator, has a cup D in which rests a heavy ball E attached by a rubber cord F to a valve C, so that, if the cell be upset, the ball pulls the valve against a seat, preferably provided with a rubber washer, and thus prevents escape of acid. Either the ball E or the cup D is grooved to permit free escape of gas. If the cell is of celluloid, the stopper A may be in one piece therewith. A perforated cover may be screwed on the stopper.
Patent GB-191019938-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Biscuit Forcing and Moulding Machine.
Inventor: MATHEWS GEORGE FREDERICK
IPC: A21C3/00
Filed: 1910-08-26
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 19,938. Mathews, G. F., and Mathews, H. J., [trading as Mathews & Co.]. Aug. 26. Extrusion machines.-A biscuit-forcing machine comprises, in combination, a cylinder b supported by pins f in rests g attached to a base a, a plunger operated by a pivoted handle c, pawl e, and lever d, and removable dies carried in a dovetail slide on the end of the cylinder. For filling, the cylinder is raised on the pivots f. The extruded material is received on a board h.
Patent GB-191025058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treads for Stairs, Steps, and the like.
Inventor: DOEL HERBERT RANDOLPH
IPC: E04F11/16
Filed: 1910-10-28
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 25,058. Doel, H. R., and Prentice, W. R. Oct. 28. Fittings, external-Non-slipping studs care secured in sockets b by means of conical points f; the inner face of the rim b may be corrugated or screwed, and a gap i is provided in the rim to facilitate the removal of the worn studs. The sockets are secured in place by prongs or screws g and may be arranged on a strip or sheet of material.
Patent GB-191029840-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Engine.
Inventor: FRANCOIS FEVENS
IPC: F01B3/00
Filed: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 29,840. Feyens, F. Dec. 24, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Revolving-cylinder reciprocating - piston type. - Four cylinders, two of which c<1>, c<3> are shown, are arranged parallel to and rotate about a central shaft g. The cylinders are carried by a disk a with a heavy rim d, and between an extension e of the disk and the shaft g is placed a bush f. Motive fluid is admitted to inlet valves l through orifices i and a pipe k, and exhaust takes place through valves n to a pipe o. T h e valves are actuated through levers q by tappets on a fixed member r. The connecting-rods b<1>, b<3>, &c. form a cone with axis in a rod t, which is carried in a bearing u. The stroke of the pistons is varied by varying the position of the bearing u in a guide v.