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Patent GB-190711659-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Squaring the Ends of Machinery Strapping and Belting.
Inventor: ENTWISTLE WILLIAM AUSTIN
Filed: 1907-05-18
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 11,659. Entwistle, W. A., and Entwistle, W. E. May 18. Belts and bands. -A machine for squaring the ends of driving-belts has a knife J held in a sliding block I which is adapted to be moved along the guide bars C. The belt end is held between guides D, F which have bevelled, concaved, or grooved edges to grip the belt firmly. The adjustable guide-piece F has a slotted extension and is secured in position by a winged nut G.
Patent GB-190718874-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means and Apparatus for Obtaining and Employing Motive Power.
Inventor: HARRIS FRANK
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 18,874. Harris, F. Aug. 21. Self-driving. - A number of radial single-acting cylinders a, forming one casting, are mounted upon a shaft i, and are supplied with steam, water, compressed air or gas from the inlet k. The motive fluid passes through the annular passage h and radial and tangential passages g, f to the cylinders a. The pistons b, c are provided with cross - pieces y, 4 which carry bellcrank levers z, 5, Figs. 5 and 6. The short arms 3, 7 of the levers of adjacent cylinders are connected together, and the long arms 2, 6 are connected through links 9, 12 with opposite radial arms 10, 13 of the driving-wheels 11 which are keyed to the shaft i. The motive fluid, preferably air, is compressed into reservoirs by pumps operated by the eccentrics u, v upon the shaft i. Additional cylinders may be arranged upon the same shaft, and supplied by means of pipe t.
Patent GB-190719020-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Watch Movement.
Inventor: SANDOZ HENRI
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 19,020. Sandoz, H. Aug. 23 Framework; going-trains.-The barrel a drives the escape pinion f through the train b, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, no member of which overlaps the barrel or balance. The movement is shown in connexion with a 'LÚpine' watch, but may be adapted to other forms.
Patent GB-190720324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Tilting Mechanism for Mixing and similar Machines.
Inventor: MORTON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-09-14
Abstract: 20,324. Morton, T. Sept. 12. Discharging-mechanism. -In tilting the containers of dough-mixers &c. for discharging, the container can be tilted and replaced without reversing the motion of the shaft, by means driven from the main shaft of the machine, and the risk of damage by overrunning is diminished. To the container G is hinged a nut C' running on a screw C, which h carries at its lower end a bevel-wheel C' gearing with two bevelpinions B<2>, B<3> running loose on the shaft D. Either of the pinions B<2>, B<3> can be connected to the shaft D by means of friction clutches B<2>, B<3>, and the screw C thus turned in either direction. When the nut C<2> reaches the top of the screw, it strikes a stop H, and the friction clutches, if not put out of action, run on without injury.
Patent GB-190720505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glass-melting Tanks or Furnaces.
Inventor: SCHWENZFEIER CHARLES WILLY
Filed: 1907-09-14
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 2 0 , 5 0 5. Owens European Bottle Machine Co., and Schwenzfeier, C. W. Sept. 14. Glass furnaces.-Glass is melted in a rotary tank which is divided by a partition M into an inner melting-chamber N and an annular refining and working compartment O. Recesses K are arranged to leave exposed a segmental portion of the tank, which forms a dipping or gathering section for a glass-working machine, for instance of the kind described in Specification No. 14,184, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Glass]. The partition M is preferably hollow and extends to near the roof of the furnace. The furnace is charged through a central opening in the roof, and is heated by gaseous fuel in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190720629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Revolvable Targets.
Inventor: COLE HERBERT LEMON
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 20,629. Cole, H. L. Sept. 17. Targets.-A rotary - disk target-carrier F is mounted on a pivot E secured to a bracket or clamp A fixed to a timber support B, and is provided with lugs H for supporting the targets L, and with bolts having wing-nuts G for clamping the targets. The target is maintained in an upright position, when in use, by a spring sliding bolt C<3>, or a weighted pivoted catch, engaging with either of the two slots I, J in the disk. The bolt or catch is withdrawn by a cord K &c. The bottom of the target frame is slotted to slide over the bolt between the wing-nut and disk.
Patent GB-190724793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: SPOENDLIN RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 24,793. Spoendlin, R. Nov. 8. Centrifugal pumps -Consists in extracting energy from a current of water circulated by a centrifugal pump by means of turbines placed in the inlet and outlet. The pump consists of tubes a, inclined upwardly and outwardly and preferably also curved helically, which are rotated by a shaft b. The suction extension c is short and contains a non- return valve. The delivery trunk l contains a turbine m and the drowned suction pipe a turbine f. Both shafts are geared to the shaft e which drives the pump shaft. Fixed to the upper ends of the pipes a and rotating therewith are turbines h which drive electric generators j. The current generated may be used to drive the shaft e or for other purposes. The turbines f, m may also drive other mechanism.
Patent GB-190725394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: SHEPHERD LAVINGTON WATT
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-11-16
Abstract: 25,394. Shepherd, L. W. Nov. 15. Grates.-The fire-bars are carried in a frame d, which can be moved about the rear or fire-bridge end by levers m, l, n and a screw adjustment o, as shown in Fig. 1, or otherwise ; or a second set of levers is provided at the fire-bridge end as shown in Fig. 3, so that the grate can be raised and lowered parallel to itself. The end bars of the frame are perforated to allow of the supply of air above the grate.
Patent GB-190800214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Sugar from Starch Substances
Inventor: HOFF MARIAN
Filed: 1908-01-03
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 214. Hoff, M. Jan. 3. Glucose.-Starchy materials, such as potatoes &c., are converted into dextrose for making alcohol &c. by the action of the fungus oidium lactis in the presence of a small quantity of malt or malt diastase. The food substratum containing the fungus is macerated for two hours with crushed "long" malt and water. The starchy material, such as potato pulp, is introduced at a suitable temperature, and is first reduced to the liquid form by the oidium, and then to dextrose by the combined action of the ferment and the malt or malt diastase. The oidium lactis is cultivated by infecting a food substratum of potato or grain pulp with a pure culture, and disposing it in thin layers or in small heaps at a temperature of 30-35‹ C. for 12-18 hours.
Patent GB-190802399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Producing Ammonium Sulphate from Gases of the Dry Distillation or Gasification of Organic Substances.
Inventor: KOPPERS HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 2399. Koppers, H. Feb. 3. Ammonium sulphate is obtained as an almost neutral solid in the process of absorbing ammonia from the mixture of steam and ammonia obtained by distilling organic materials, cooling out the ammonia together with the contained watervapour, and distilling off the ammonia by means of steam with the addition of lime. According to the present invention, one or more gases, for example the tar-freed distillation gases of the process, are added to the mixture to reduce the partial pressure of the steam without reducing the total pressure of the mixture, so that a cooler absorption acid can be used without fear of its becoming diluted.
Patent GB-190804016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roundabouts.
Inventor: SHIPPOBOTTAM MARY
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 4016. Shippobottam, M. Feb. 22. Roundabouts. - Tracks for cycle and like roundabouts are made of overlapping movable sections a, a<2>, a<3>, &c., Fig. 1, which may be banked up and made undulating as desired. In a modification, flexible plates f, Fig. 5, form the pathway and are forced up by eccentrics c set by a hand - wheel on a shaft d. The cycles, with the exception of their front .wheels, are supported by rods k, Fig. 1, attached to a ring frame g connected by bars &c. to an inner ring m. Auxiliary seats t supported on wheels u may be added.
Patent GB-190806379-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Indicating and Recording Golf Scores.
Inventor: MORRIS WILLIAM RICHARD
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 6379. Morris, W. R. March 23. Scoring and marking.-Relates to a device, shaped like a keyless watch, in which a removable card is rotated one division for each stroke in a game of golf and is perforated at each "hole." A spindle r, which when depressed rotates the scoring- card by means of a pawl s and ratchet-wheel h, carries a cam t for pressing a point v on an arm u through the card i. The card is kept in place by holes which engage with pegs l, n on a disk k fixed to the ratchet-wheel.
Patent GB-190808040-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Displaying Continuously Changing Advertisements or the like.
Inventor: SAUNDERS WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 8040. Saunders, W. May 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Driving-chains. - Relates to advertising-apparatus of the type in which the advertisements are suspended from an horizontally moving endless band carried by travelling bearers, shafts, or rods which receive their motion from endless chains carried by chain-wheels. In the present invention, the rods are carried by special eye-links in the chains. Figs. 4 and 6 show the eye-link 5*, and the links of the chain are connected together by means of hooks 5<a>, and depressions 5<b>, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190808464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Rudders.
Inventor: RAMSAY JOHN MANSON
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 8464. Ramsay, J. M. April 16. Hinges.-Rudders of the balanced type are formed with a gap B in the upper cross-stay A of the unbalanced portion of the rudder to facilitate unshipping, the gap being sufficiently wide to admit the bottom part of the stern-post so that the rudder can be raised high enough to clear the pintles when it is turned to one side. The bottom rudder pintle C, Fig. 1, is rigidly secured to the bottom stern-post bracket D, and is sufficiently long to have bearing in not less than two rudder stays, while it is so formed that, when the nuts F, H are unscrewed, it can be withdrawn downwards through apertures in the stays. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the pintles are arranged to be withdrawn upwards, a self-centring breech-block bearing K, such as is described in Specification No. 4756, A.D. 1907, being used. A plate M situated between the securing-nut H<2> and the bearing K has one or more prongs m, which engage one or more grooves 0 to prevent the bearing from being turned round and lifted out of place.
Patent GB-190811152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Tying Mantles for Gas Lighting by Incandescence.
Inventor: COHN SAMUEL
IPC: F21H3/00
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 11,152. Cohn, S. May 22. Incandescent gas lamps.-The mantle fabric, and its supporting-ring are secured on a support in o r d e r to facilitate the attachment of the fabric to the ring. In the form shown, the mantle ring 2, Fig. 6, rests on adjustable screws 14 in a recess 13 between a vertical mandrel 7 and a graduated, preferably bullet-shaped, cap 8, fitting on a central pin 12 on the mandrel, an annular space being left between the mandrel 7 and the cap 8 to enable the fabric 1, which is fitted on the mandrel, to be tied to the ring 2. A frame 9, Fig. 2, pivoted in the lower end of the mandrel 7, is provided with a guide or adjustable eyes 27 to facilitate the tying of the mantle, and is held in the vertical or in an inclined or horizontal position by a spring plug 23, Fig. 1<a>, bearing on flat surfaces on its axis 21. The recesses 15, Fig. 14, for receiving the lugs of the mantle ring may be provided with pins a under which the lugs engage when the ring is rotated. After being tied, the mantle is turned inside out.
Patent GB-190812949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Inflated Vehicle Tyres.
Inventor: OCHS FREDERICK LOUIS
Filed: 1908-06-17
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,949. Ochs, F. L. June 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tyres, pneumatic.-The air-tube A of a pneumatic tyre has an archshaped recess at the tread portion to contain asafetychamber B. The edges A of the air-tube are in contact with the inside of outer cover at the tread. The chamber may be in form of a tube or it may be divided and have wired edges ; it may be inflated, or filled with resilient material such as sponge, rubber, or cork. The Provisional Specification describes the safety chamber as attached to the outer cover or to the air-tube ; and the chamber (described as the inner cover) may be reinforced by thin steel or wire bands placed either circumferentially or transversely. The chamber may be of leather.
Patent GB-190822025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyre and like Valves.
Inventor: STOMMEL WILHELM
Filed: 1908-10-17
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 22,025. Stommel, W. Oct. 17. Check valves.-The elastic valve-tube in a tyre or like inflating-valve is made with a thickened conical end 1, which fits against a suitable shoulder on the metallic tube 5 and bears upon a conical shoulder in.the outer tubular casing. As a modification, the elastic valve-tube is made in two pieces ; a conical head-piece 1, Fig. 5, and a plain tube. The head-piece is positioned on the tube 5, and the elastic tube is then drawn over it and the headpiece. The end of the tube 5 may be made with a ball end 9, Fig. 7, which prevents the air from rushing back between the two tubes when the elastic tube is extended.
Patent GB-190826834-A (GB)
Title: Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: BATE CHARLES MCGUIRE
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 26,834. Bate, C. M. Dec. 10. Variable - speed and reversing gearing. - A step-by-step change-speed gear or reversing-gear is combined with a continuously-variable gear of the class comprising a powertransmitting pivoted oscillating lever, in such a way that the latter may be used to vary the speed of the gears of the former that are in mesh at any time. The variable gear also may be cut out so that the change-speed gear alone is operative. As shown in Fig. 6, the variable gear is contained in a casing 27, and the shaft ends 2, projecting therefrom carry gears 35, 35<1> adapted to be engaged by gears 33, 34, on the engine shaft 32 and on the driving- shaft 32' of the change-speed &c. gearing, respectively As shown, the variable gear may be used to vary the speed of the shaft 32'. The shafts 32, 32<1> are slidable so as to disconnect the gears 33, 34 and alternatively bring into mutual engagement clutchmembers 36, 36' on the ends of those shafts. The change-speed or reversing gear, which may be of any step-by-step type, is then, in effect, used alone. The variable gear is preferably of the kind described in Specification No. 3201, A.D. 1904, modified by the use of a rotary casing and a clutch so as to allow the device to rotate as a whole. The driving- shaft 2, Figs. 1 and 3, carries a cam 4 which oscillates a pair of levers 5, which are pivoted to a fulcrum 'frame' 6. Arms 11 keep the levers 5 against the cam 4. The levers 5 have longitudinal slots engaged by tne ends of levers 13 secured to the crank-pins 13<1> of cranked transmitting-shafts 15. A turning of the frame 6 relatively to the shafts 15 causes a variation in the extent of the oscillating motion imparted to the shafts 15. The shafts 15 carry segmental blocks 16, Figs. 1 and 4, from which pass chains 17 wound around sleeves 17' loose upon the driven shaft 3. The power passes from the oscillating sleeves 17<1> through one-way grip devices 18 to a drum 31 secured to the shaft 3. The shafts 15 are supported in a drum 27 which rotates together with a sleeve 24, Fig. 1, passing out through a fixed frame 1. The rotation of the gearing as a whole is effected by sliding a clutch collar 23, which is splined on the sleeve 24, into engagement with a clutch head 26, which is fixed to the shaft 2. The frame 6 is tilted to vary the velocity-ratio also by the sliding of the collar 23. Pins 25 pass from the collar 23 through mutually-inclined slots in the sleeve 24 and in a sleeve 12 secured to the frame 6. The collar 23 is operated by a lever 20, which also serves to apply a brake 29 to the drum 27.
Patent GB-190828441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engine Driven Harvesters
Inventor: WILL JOHN MCARTHUR
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 28,441. Will, J. M. Dec. 30. Traction engines are provided with a removable harvesting - attachment comprising an adjustable frame and reel mounted on levers adjustably connected to the front end of the boiler. The supporting-levers 12 are pivoted on arms 11 on a clamping- band 8, and are adjustably fixed by eye - bolts 17 passing through arms 19 on a clamping - band 9. The long rectangular platform frame 20 is carried by a torsion rod or rock-shaft 15, and its inclination is adjusted by means of a bellcrank lever 22 connected by a rod 24 to a hand-lever at the rear of the boiler. The shaft 40 for actuating the cutter and binder is driven from the engine crank-shaft by chains 31, 36 and bevelgearing 39. The reel 54 is carried by levers 46, which are adjusted about their pivots 45 by means of cams 47 on a rock-shaft 48 actuated by a crank arm 49, a rod 50, and a hand-lever at the rear end of the boiler. The pivots 45 are adjustable horizontally in slots in frame bars 43 by means of toggle arms 63 connected by a rod 69 to a handlever at the rear end of the boiler. The reel is driven by chains 58, 68, 67, 62, 31.
Patent GB-190900847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Doors, Hatches, or like Closing Devices.
Inventor: MAZZOLINI GIUSEPPE
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 847. Mazzolini, G. Jan. 13. Operating sliding doors.--Relates to devices for cutting-off communication between any two spaces or rooms of the kind in which the door slides in front of the opening, is then brought to the frame, and is finally pressed tightly against it by a frame device having a series of wedges engaging with inclined surfaces on the door. The device is used more particularly between compartments of ships, and for hatches. The door 2 is provided with a button 5 which engages a slot 4 in a spring blade 3 secured to the operating-device 1. This device is provided with a slide 23 and is suitably guided. It may be controlled by any driving-agent with or without toothed wheels, or it may be operated by a rack and pinion. The device 1 carries wedges 6 provided with guides 20 sliding in a conduit 21. The door 2 is made with wedges 7 and slides in a groove 22, which for two-thirds of its length is parallel to the conduit 21 and for the remainder runs obliquely as shown, the oblique part being provided with two conduits 17. The door is supported on balls. The device 1 is also provided with wedges 9, 10, 18, the two former of which engage clamps 12 on the door. When it is desired to close the door, the device 1 is pushed forward, and this through the medium of the spring blade 3 carries the door with it until the door arrives in front of the opening. At this point the wedges 9, 10,18 come into operation and drive the door against the frame. Further movement of the operating-device 1 causes the wedges 6 to move over the inclined surface of the wedges 7, and thus securely press the door on to its seating. The wedges may be adjustable and may be replaced by balls or rollers travelling on inclined planes.
Patent GB-190901859-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Apparatus Employed for Collecting and Conveying Dust and Fluff Removed from Carling Engines.
Inventor: MANWOOD ARTHUR FRANCE
IPC: D01G15/82
Filed: 1909-01-26
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1859. Manwood, A. F. Jan. 26. Confining and expelling dust &c.-In a device for removing the dust and fluff generated during the stripping and grinding of carding- engine cylinders &c., of the type in which a hopper in the form of a tapering narrow rectagular box is arranged across the carding-engine and connected to a suction apparatus, baffle-plates B, Fig. 2, are arranged inside the hopper A, so that the opening is narrowest in the centre, to create a uniform suction through the full length of the opening of the hopper. The hopper is provided with a door D, which is held in either its open or closed position by a spring, and which in its open position is inclined to the vertical so that it collects the dust &c. and conveys it to the mouth of the hopper.
Patent GB-190902451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Delivery of Material from Shake-willeys and Means therefor.
Inventor: MORTON WALTER
IPC: D01G9/00
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 2451. Morton, W. Feb. 2. Openers. - In a shake-willey, the opened material is delivered on to a short travelling band d, and is blown by a current of air along a delivery shoot as it passes off the end of the travelling band. The current of air passes from a fan or fans i through one or two pipes k arranged at the side of the shake-willey to the junction of the delivery shoot f with the swift casing a below the travelling band. The delivery shoot, which is rectangular in crosssection at the swift casing, gradually assumes a circular section, so that one or more continuation pipes f<1> may be attached, a socket-piece h, which may be fixed in any position, being provided.
Patent GB-190906775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges and the like.
Inventor: HIRCOCK JOHN THOMAS MILSON
IPC: E05D11/04
Filed: 1909-03-22
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 6775. Hircock, J. T. M. March 22. Ball and roller bearing hinges.-The leaves of a hinge with ball bearings are provided with projecting lugs adapted to contain race rings for receiving the balls or rollers. Within the lower race may be placed a spacer. The leaves a<1>, C, Fig. 1, are preferably shaped as shown, and have projecting lugs a<2>, d<2>, respectively, which are recessed to receive race rings B, d<3>, Fig. 2. Balls, rollers, or other antifriction bearings E are disposed between the race rings. The pivot pin b<1> is provided with a nut b<2> so as to secure the parts together. The head b<3> of the pin and the nut b<2> may be ornamented.