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Patent GB-190716201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Filling Detector Mechanism for Weft Replenishing Looms.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 16,201. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. July 15. Loom weft-replenishing mechanism.-A wire feeler 13 enters the shuttle box at each beat-up, and is forced back by the weft, thereby operating a spring- pressed bell-crank 16 and a rod 19. When the weft is exhausted to a predetermined amount, the rod 19, which moves longitudinally in a side extension 20<1> of a pivoted arm 20, is not moved out of the path of a reciprocating pin 30, whereupon the arm 20 and a second arm 21 connected thereto are operated to rock a shaft 22 and to effect the weft-replenishing by mechanism which may be of the Northrop or other type. The pin 30 is adjustably connected to a pin on a stand connected, in turn, to a camlever 25 carrying a roll 24, which bears against a cam on the shaft 10.
Patent GB-190716939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 16,939. Evans, W., and Adams, F. W. July 24. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. An annular float chamber A surrounds the carburetting-chamber E and contains a cork float J with flanged metal ends J<3> secured by a pin J<1>. The spray nozzle is mounted in an elbow N with a screw N<2> for providing access to the nozzle, and it is surrounded by a tube E with a conical ported valve H, Fig. 2, for controlling the primary supply of air. The supplementary air is supplied through a steel flap valve O<5>, and it and the mixture are controlled by a rotary throttle valve Q. A piston valve R, held up by a spring S and adjusted by a lever R<2>, also controls the passage of fluid through the port Q'. The mixture is heated in a spiral heater T3.
Patent GB-190719612-A (GB)
Title: Improved Central Alarm and Telephone Apparatus.
Inventor: FETT BENDET
Filed: 1907-09-02
Granted: 1908-10-02
Abstract: 19,612. Fett, B. Sept. 2. Signals, time alarm.-A central alarm clock is arranged at the exchange of a domestic telephone system and is adapted to close the circuit through the call bell of any of the telephone sets at any predetermined time, thus giving an alarm at that hour. To set the clock to ring the alarm of any of the telephone sets at a particular time, a plug 11 corresponding to the telephone set is inserted in one of a series of holes provided round the face of the clock, corresponding to the time of alarm. The insertion of the plug causes the depression of a spring 10 into the path of a contact 9 carried by a wheel 8 mounted on the spindle of the hour-hand. When the contact touches the spring, an electric circuit is completed through the clock-work, plug, and flexible cord connexion, to the bell of the telephone set. The wheel 8 which carries the contact 9 is connected to its spindle through a ratchet arrangement which allows the position of the contact 9 to be properly adjusted by hand. An alarm may be simultaneously rung at all the telephone sets by turning the spindle 18 by hand, contact springs 19 then closing the circuits of all the bells of the system. Any two telephone sets may be connected to one another for talking by the insertion of the two plugs 11, Fig. 4, corresponding to the two instrument sets into the holes in the contact-piece 13 on the exchange switchboard. The two sets of instruments are thus set in parallel with one another, and in order that with this arrangement of circuits communication may be possible the resistance of the battery and other parts of the circuit that are common to both talking circuits are properly proportioned with relation to the resistance of the parallel parts of the circuit containing the instruments.
Patent GB-190725485-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Construction of Joists for the Support of Ball-room or other Floors.
Inventor: MAWER FRED
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 25,485. Mawer, F. Nov. 18. Floors; girders and beams.-Wedge-shaped openings B are cut in the joists A supporting ball-room or other floors to produce an amount of spring at the ends equal to that at the middle.
Patent GB-190800648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mules and Twiners for Spinning and Twisting.
Inventor: LINON IVAN
Filed: 1908-01-10
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 648. Linon, I. Jan. 10. Mules and twiners.-A pneumatic or hydraulic cushioning-device is employed for regulating the suddenness with which the backing off and taking- in clutches are engaged and disengaged. The backing-off lever 11 is connected on the one hand to the piston 15 of a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder, and on the other hand, through a spring 14 and also through a rod 19 and a pin and slotted link 18, with the three-armed taking-in lever 12, 21, 24, which is actuated in one direction by a spring 22, and is held in the position shown with the clutch 23 disengaged, by a catch 20. The backing-off lever 11 is held in the withdrawn position by a catch 13, and the pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder is fitted with inlet and outlet cocks 26, 16 provided with non-return valves. When the catch 13 is disengaged, the backing-off clutch 25 is gradually forced into gear by the spring 14, the stud 17 on the backing-off lever 11 moving in the slotted link 18. At the end of the backing-off operation, the catch 20 is disengaged and the taking-in clutch is placed in gear and the backing-off dutch disengaged by the spring 22, the backing-off lever being moved to the left by the rod and link 19, 18. At the end of the taking-in movement, the clutch 23 is disengaged by a cam. Fig. 2 shows a cylinder to which fluid is admitted on both sides of the piston, the fluid passing from one side to the other through two cocks 27, 31 and non-return valves 29,32.
Patent GB-190802268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Axle-caps for Colliery Trams and like Vehicles.
Inventor: OSBORN SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 2268. Osborn, S. Feb. 1. Axle-caps.-An axle-cap for lubricating and securing the wheels of colliery trams &c. comprises a casting a having a screwed portion b engaging the boss c of the wheel, and secured by a screw e. A groove l is formed on the axle g to receive a flange made in two parts, one part d being cast on the cap a, and the other part f being loosely inserted and secured to two lugs n on the cap by screws m. An oil-hole h is closed by a spring- pressed plug j. In a modification, the flange consists of two loose parts which are jammed against the face of the wheel by an annular projection on the cap. Holes are made in the two parts of the flange to allow free access of the oil to the bearings.
Patent GB-190808095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Floor Pile Fabrics and their Mode of Manufacture
Inventor: COLE ALBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 8095. Cole, A. F. June 29, 1907. Pile fabrics.-Axminster or moquette and analogous floor pile fabrics are made with spaces between the tufts in the several rows, the spaces in any row being opposite to the tufts in contiguous rows. Pile threads of somewhat coarser count, or of greater length or thickness, are employed to compensate for the spaces in the carpet. Looms, pile-forming in.-In order to produce these fabrics, the alternate tubes or guides d only are used, or the tubes are formed with spaces between them, a tube in one row being opposite to a space in the next. If grippers are employed to carry the tufts into the carpet foundation, the jacquard is adapted, for example, by suitably perforating the cards, so as to permit alternate tufts only to be seized by the grippers for the formation of each row.
Patent GB-190808891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Reversible Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 8891. B e a r d m o r e & Co., W., and MacBrayne, L. April 23. Gas and like engines.-A reversing engine for marine propulsion is started in either direction by an auxiliary motor actuated by electric, steam, or other power. This auxiliary motor is connected to the engine shaft by a clutch, which is automatically disengaged after a certain speed has been attained and re-engaged when the speed fails below a certain limit. The Figure shows an electromotor B connected to the engine shaft A<1> by a magnetic clutch D. To start the engine, the reversing-switch K of the motor is placed in position for either forward or backward running, and the main switch E is closed. The switch K is held in position after the engine has started by a band k passing over a friction drum k' and pulley k<2>. The closing of the switch E excites a solenoid h so as to hold a brake band H away from a boss h<1> on the fly-wheel, a solenoid F being also excited so as to close two switches, one of which sends current to the starting panel G of the motor, and the other to the circuit of the magnetic clutch. When the engine shaft has attained a certain speed, a centrifugal governor J moves a lever j<2> so as to open a switch j<3> in the circuit of the solenoid F, thereby stopping the electromotor and disengaging the clutch. To stop the engine prior to reversing, the main switch E is opened, bringing the brake H into action and at the same time opening the circuits of the electromotor and of the clutch.
Patent GB-190816730-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wire Weaving Machine.
Inventor: VANOBBERGHEN LEON HENRI
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 16,730. Vanobberghen, L. H. Aug. 8. Making wire fabrics.-In a machine for making coiled wire fabrics in which two or more coilers are used to form simultaneously a number of fabrics, the coilers E are arranged on spindles which are driven by toothed wheels A, B from a central shaft D. One roller J for receiving one of the fabrics is arranged above the table and the other roller H below, a slot being formed in the table for the passage of the fabric to the lower roller.
Patent GB-190817401-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Detachable Protector or Pad for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: TOWNSEND ARTHUR PERCY
Filed: 1908-08-19
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,401. Townsend, A. P., and Bloomer, B. Aug. 19. Heel protectors.-A detachable heel pad or protector, of the type that is secured by a central screw, is formed by a circular wearing-piece 4 of leather, india-rubber, &c. inserted in a circular sheet-metal stamping 1, Fig. 3, the wall 2 of the stamping being closed in on the leather &c. after this has been inserted, as shown in Fig. 1. According to the Provisional Specification, when the pad is not made to revolve, it is preferably of the shape and size of the heel, to which it is secured by screws, spikes, &c. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 472, A.D. 1878, No. 14,874, A.D. 1893, and No. 11,508, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190823175-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Elevating Liquids by Means of Gaseous Fluid Under Pressure.
Inventor: SCHWANINGER VITUS
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 23,175. Schwaninger, V. Oct. 30. Direct gas-pressure apparatus.-In apparatus for elevating liquids by gaseous pressure with an electrically-controlled admission valve for the gaseous fluid, the liquid entering the pressure chamber closes a normally-open electric circuit when it reaches a certain level and thereby induces the actuation of contact mechanism which closes a circuit and causes the admission valve to be held open until the liquid level falls away from a contact located below its maximum level. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus. The liquid enters the vessel 1 by the pipe 4 and valve 3 and is discharged through the pipe 2 which is in circuit with the battery 18. The entering liquid makes electrical connexion between the pipe 2 and the adjustable contact 20 and when its level rises, electrical connexion is also made with the contact 15. This latter action completes the circuit 18, 19, 2, 15, 16, 17, 33, and the armature 27 of the electro-magnet or solenoid 17 is raised. This causes the lifting of the lever 11 and valve 7 which controls the admission of the pressure fluid. At the same time the circuit is also closed at 23, 24, so that when the liquid level falls below the contact 15 the valve will remain open until the level falls below the end of the rod 20. The escape valve 8 for the fluid is normally held open by a spring 14, but is closed when the pressure fluid enters the pressure chamber.
Patent GB-190823816-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Measuring Small Volumes of a Liquid, applicable to Manometers, Gauges and the like.
Inventor: SPURGE JAMES BLEWITT
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 23,816. Spurge, J. B. Nov. 6. Gauges measures of capacity.-A device by means of which the volume of liquid displaced, for example by the expansion of a body immersed therein, can be measured, is utilized for measuring the variations of capacity of a chamber when subjected to internal pressure or for measuring the internal pressure itself, and may also be used for calibrating pressure gauges, or for registering the maximum pressures reached in the hydraulic ram chambers of testing-machines. The apparatus can be applied to the calibration of tubes. To measure, for example, the internal pressure to which a gascylinder is subjected, the cylinder is surrounded by a jacketed-vessel connected to the tube 20 of the apparatus which is itself connected by a three-way cock 15 to cylindrical vessels 11, 12, and by a tube 13 to a third cylindrical vessel 1. The whole apparatus is filled with liquid, and by manipulation of the level-adjusting device 22, 23 the meniscus in a glass tube 24, connected to the vessel 11, is made to appear on the cross-wires in the field of view of a telescope. If the three-way cock be turned so as to disconnect the vessel 12, every increment of pressure within the gas-cylinder will be shown in the tube 24, and can be read by adjusting the micrometer head 7, 8, 9, which is connected to a piston within the vessel 1, so as to bring the meniscus in the tube 24 again on to the cross-wires of the telescope. To register the maximum pressure, the micrometer head is set to zero, the three-way cock is turned so as to cut off communication between the tube 20 and vessel 11, and the leveladjusting device 22, 23 is manipulated until the liquid just appears at the orifice 28. Every increment of pressure then causes liquid to be expelled from the vessel 12 and tube 26 into the tube 24, and can either be measured at once or the maximum pressure may be obtained by measuring the total quantity of liquid so expelled. If the scale is reversed and the apparatus suitably modified, the expansion of closed vessels when subjected to internal hydraulic pressure can be ascertained. In this case the vessel under examination is filled with water and connected through an hydraulic test pump with the tube 20, which thus forms the suction-pipe of the pump. The additional water required to raise the internal pressure at successive points within the given vessel is thus supplied from the vessel 11 and tube 24, and can be ascertained.
Patent GB-190826278-A (GB)
Title: Nut and Pipe Wrench.
Inventor: STEWART DAVID
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 26,278. Stewart, D. Dec. 4. Wrenches ; handles.- A pipe wrench, of the type described in Specifications No. 4749, A.D. 1901, and No. 26,844, A.D. 1903, comprises a jaw 27 pivoted to a sleeve 18 by a rounded dovetailed lug 28, a screw 23 passing through a lug 20 of the sleeve 18 into a cavity 26 in the heel of the jaw 27 for securing the same. A coil spring 30 is placed between the heel and the lug 20. The handle is formed of a metal portion having side wings 6, a cylindrical non - metallic grip-piece 9 enclosed by the wings 6 and having the tang of the fixed jaw passing through it, and a metal thimble 12 secured to the end of the tang by a pin 11 and covering the ends of the side wings and the grip-piece. The spring 30 may be dispensed with, in which case the securing-screw fits snugly in the small diameter of the cavity 26. The side wings 6 are provided with a chamfer 10 and securing- flanges 7.
Patent GB-190826798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Poultry.
Inventor: COX WILLIAM MARKEE
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 26,798. Cox, W. M. Dec. 10. Feeding-appliances for poultry. -In a poultryfeeder which is adapted to be operated by the birds pecking at an imitation corncob or the like, the corn-cob 12 is fixed at the lower end of a rod 11 which is connected at its upper end with a second rod 6 carrying a disk 9 adjustably fixed on the rod. The upper end of the rod 6 is adjustably fixed to a curved bar 5 within a corn receptacle 1, provided with an opening 4 and suspended by a bail 2. The rod 11 carries a cone-shaped distributor 13 which is also supported by rods 14. In a modification shown in Fig. 2, the disk 9 is replaced by a ball 16 which rests on the edge of the opening 4. The ball is provided with grooves 18 and has a depending rod 17 to carry the corn-cob or the like. In this form the cone 13, the rods 14, and the bar 5 may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190903063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Sliding and Swivelling Windows.
IPC: E05F11/00
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 3063. Schubert & Co., M. July 20, 1908, [Convention date]. Sliding sashes in one plane.-Relates to sashes guided by pins &c. working in g r o o v e in the frame so that the sashes may be moved from one groove to another, both sashes being in the same plane when closed. The grooves b<1>, b<2> are continuous, and the guiding- devices d<1>, d<2> recede into the sashes when pressed against the edges of the grooves, so that the sashes may be moved from one groove to the other. The guiding-device shown in Fig. 3 comprises a vertical roller 1 supported in a yoke 2 pressed outwards by a spring 4. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, a projecting guide 1<1> yields in the direction of the arrows 7 about a vertical axis against the action of a spring 4<1> coiled on pin 3<1>, the ends of the spring being held in brackets 6 formed on a plate secured to the sash stile. The stop-bead h may be hinged to allow the sashes to be swung inwards.
Patent GB-190903889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Curtain Rods and Brackets therefor.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM
IPC: A47H1/142
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 3889. Thompson, W. Feb. 17. Brackets; curtains, suspending.-A curiain-rod c and its bracket a are interlocked by a tongue a<2> engaging a recess c<1>, Fig. 2. The bracket a may be connected by a pivot a', Fig. 5, with an L-shaped bracket a<3> provided with screw-holes.
Patent GB-190916875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Transference of Designs or Outlines to Stone, Zinc, Aluminium or other Substances for Lithographic and like Processes.
Inventor: AKESTER ERNEST
Filed: 1909-07-20
Granted: 1910-07-20
Abstract: 16,875. Akester, E., and MacLeod, F. July 20. Printing-surfaces; transfers.-Relates to a method of transferring designs or outlines to surfaces of stone, zinc, aluminium, &c. for use in lithography, of the kind in which a sheet of celluloid or other transparent medium is placed over the design, and the parts thereof to be transferred are traced with a pen or brush. According to the present invention the sheet of celluloid is coated on one side with gelatine, starch, or the like and placed coated side up over the design, and the design is traced in aniline ink. The surface to receive the dtsign is damped, and the film is applied face downward. The design may be repro duced on several stones by applying the film thereto in succession.
Patent GB-190918089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Cylinders or the like Vessels for Storing Fluids under Pressure.
Inventor: POOLE ERNEST WILLIAM
IPC: F17C13/08
Filed: 1909-08-05
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 18,089. Poole, E. W. Ang. 5. Junction-pieces. - Cylindrical or other vessels for storing fluid under pressure are provided with a common outlet union and retained in a rigid position by a single fastening. Figs. 2 and 3 show a pair of cylinders mounted on the usual plate a through which the holts b<1> pass. An upright c mounted on the plate between the cylinders has an internally-threaded boss c<1> and an upwardly-extending pin c<2>. A yoke d passes over the cylinder cocks e and the pin c<2>. The cylinder outlets are united by a chamber f with nipples f<1> entering the outlets g, and with an outlet pipe f<2> leading where required. Washers are provided between the nipples f<1> and outlets g. A bolt i with a handle passes through a boss h in the chamber f and is screwed into the boss c' in the upright c. Three or more cylinders may be united by extending the yoke-plate and chamber f and using extra bolts. In the form shown in Fig. 6. no yoke-plate is used and the chamber f is pivoted to one arm of a bell-crank lever k, the fulcrum being mounted on the base-plate a. The opposite arm carries a bolt m which passes through the base-plate and is secured by a nut holding the parts tightly together.
Patent GB-190921744-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin-handling Device.
Inventor: GALLAHER EDWARD BEACH
IPC: G07D9/02
Filed: 1909-09-23
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 21,744. Gallaher, E. B. Sept. 23. Coin-handling appliance.-A coin-handling device, comprising one or more cups 5 hollowed out of a plate 4, is fitted in the window of a ticket office or the like, the plate 4 fitting within the base of the window 7 and against the change-slab 3 to form a continuous surface, over which coins may be slid. The cups may be corrugated, as shown, to facilitate the removal of change.
Patent GB-190926118-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Separating Potatoes in Potato Harvesting Machines.
Inventor: SCHULZE FRIEDRICH
IPC: A01D15/04
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 26,118. Schulze, F. Nov. 11. Potato diggers and harvesters. - Apparatus for separating potatoes &c. in potato-harvesting machines comprises a rotary shaft mounted transversely behind the share, and having rods fixed to it at one end, and wound spirally round it. Three sets of three rods b are shown, fastened to the rotary shaft a at one end and free at the other.
Patent GB-191003784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Finger Rings, specially applicable for Carrying Parcels.
Inventor: POWELL HAROLD HORSFALL
IPC: A44C9/00
Filed: 1910-02-16
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 3784. Powell, H. H. Feb. 16. Finger-rings.-Rings are provided with hooks such as 1, Fig. 1, or 3, Fig. 4, or a rim as shown in Fig. 6, from which a parcel may be suspended by its string. The ring may have enamelled advertising matter on it, or it may be provided with imitation stones on which the advertising matter is enamelled.