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Patent GB-190618546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines.
Inventor: SANDT MAX
Filed: 1906-08-18
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 18,546. Sandt, M. Aug. 18. Sewing-machines; governing needle thread in.-In a rotary take-up in which two or more pins are carried by the rotating member, two pins e<1>, e<2> are arranged between 'disks a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, which are mounted on the end of the machine shaft and are rotated by an eccentric pinion an outer arm of the needle crank. The thread passes in succession over a guide i, the pin e<1>, a guide k, the pin e<2>, and a guide m. The disks are enblosed by the casing h. To facilitate placing the thread between the disks, a guide-ring n is fitted to lead the thread to the inner space, and a groove n<1> is provided in the ring n for threading the outer space. A similar construction is shown having three pins.
Patent GB-190620768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Domestic Fireplaces.
Inventor: GIBSON WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 20,768. Gibson, W. J. Sept. 19. Cooking-ranges; air supply; ash-pits.-The ashpit is divided by partitions, forming chambers through which the air flows to the fuel, so that the quantity supplied to the front and rear parts of the grate may be regulated independently. In a range having a grate of the kind described in Specification No. 13,904, A.D. 1906, the partitions F, G divide the ash-pit, and the air supply is regulated by doors H, L. Two ash-pans J, K are fitted. The rear chamber E may be fed with air by ducts at the sides of the front chamber.
Patent GB-190620889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives
Inventor: LUIS CAESAR GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 20,889. Luis, C. G., and Williamson, J. C. Sept. 20. Explosives.-Consists in combining the product known as green-oil, or red-oil, obtained in the fractional distillation of coal, with one or more oxidizing-salts or nitro compounds, such as ammonium nitrate or perchlorate, potassium perchlorate, and trinitrotoluol.
Patent GB-190622883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pump Valves.
Inventor: ODDIE PHILIP FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-10-16
Granted: 1907-10-16
Abstract: 22,883. Oddie, P. F. Oct. 16. Pump valves; valves &c., arrangement of.-Pump valves, especially such as are operated by the mechanism described in Specification No. 9978, A.D. 1906, are formed like piston valves, and are provided with spring rings or soft packings, which allow the passage of water in one direction even when the valve ports are closed by the body of the valve, and, on the other hand, ensure that the valve tightly closes without shock. Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of a pump barrel fitted with a suction valve mounted on the sliding rod h. The valve is formed by mounting packing- rings h<4> on the head h<2> and holding them in place by a ring h<5>, as shown on the lower half of Fig. 1. At the beginning of the suction stroke, the valve is in the position shown in Fig. 4, and water is drawn past the edge of the packing h'. Fig. 5 shows the position of the valve at the point of maximum velocity of the plunger, and Fig. 6 shows the position of the valve and the packing- ring, which tightly and automatically closes the port g<1> at the beginning of the delivery stroke. In place of the packing-rings, the split ring h<4>, shown in the upper part of Fig. 1, may be used. The action ot this ring is such that, at the beginning of the suction stroke, it allows the passage of water, and, at the beginning of the delivery stroke, it is forced against and so closes the ports. By suitably modifying the form of the apparatus shown, the valve may be placed outside the cylinder g, and the water drawn from the interior of this cylinder outwards to the pump chamber, or the valve may be used as a delivery valve.
Patent GB-190625965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mariners' Compasses.
Inventor: CHETWYND LOUIS WENTWORTH PAKIN
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 25,965. Chetwynd, L. W. P. Nov. 16. Compasses, magnetic.-In liquid compasses in which the diameter of the card is made less than the diameter of the bowl, thus leaving a ring of the liquid to take up the friction of the bowl and leave the card unaffected, a pointer D replaces the usual lubber line. The liquid employed is usually 30 per cent alcohol, and may be placed under pressure.
Patent GB-190626721-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Non-slipping Tread Step.
Inventor: BLANDFORD MAURICE FIELDING
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 26,721. Blandford, M. F. Nov. 24. Treads for stairs.-A non-slipping tread for stairs consists of a base-plate a provided with a number of dovetailed channels b ... b<3>, filled with lead, lead and antimony or cementitious &c. material in which strips of harder material are embedded.
Patent GB-190628227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Telephones
Inventor: HOUGHTON STEPHEN CHASE
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 28,227. Houghton, S. C., and Potter, F. M. Dec. 11. Telephones.-In a band telephone set, the horseshoe permanent magnet of the receiver is extended to form the handle of the instrument and to support the transmitter. The cores 7 of the receiver electro-magnets 5 are fixed by pins 8 to the bifurcated ends of the arms of the permanent magnet 2, which extends through an opening in the receiver casing, and at its lower end is formed with a circular heel 6 embracing the transmitter 3. The hand switch consists of three springs 12, 13, 14, the spring 14 being longer than the others and normally engaging the spring 13 so as to close the bell circuit. When the finger-piece 16, mounted on a spring 17, is pressed, the springs 14, 12 close the speaking circuit..
Patent GB-190628484-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing a Driven Member to a Driving Member of a Machine.
Inventor: HARDINGE FRANKLIN
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 28,484. Lake, H. H., [Hardinge, F.]. Dec. 13. Shaft couplings ; mounting and securing chucks &c. on shafts.-Relates to a connexion for transmitting rotation and applicable to lathes &c., in which the tapered end of one member is wedged into a corresponding recess in the other. As applied to a lathe head-stock, the spindle nose 7, Fig. 1, is tapered to fit the tapered hub 17 of the driving- plate 11. The nose 7 has a longitudinal slot 13 with spiral end branches 14, 15. A pin 16 extends through the hub 17 and takes into the slot 13 when the plate 11 is fitted on to the nose 7. A slight twist then causes the pin to pass along the slot 14 or 15, according to the direction of drive, wedging the parts together. When the taper is slight, the base of the longitudinal slot 13 is cut parallel to the opposite side of the nose. To avoid chipping of the slot edges, they are cut at an angle as at 20, Fig. 6. The pin and slot may be interchanged, as shown in Fig. 4, and more than one pair may be employed.
Patent GB-190705301-A (GB)
Title: Electric Furnace.
Inventor: IGEVSKY BASIL
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1908-05-05
Abstract: 5301. Igevsky, B. March 5. Electric furnaces.-A metal-working furnace has a lining c of material which becomes conductive at a high temperature, and carbon or other electrodes b are embedded in the wall adjoining the lining ; the charge is heated by radiation from the lining, and by current passing through it from one part of the lining to another, as indicated by arrows in the Figure. High or low pressure current may be employed, direct, or single or multiphase alternating. More than two electrodes are generally provided, at least three being required for multiphase working. For low-pressure current, as many electrodes as possible may be arranged in the same cross - section. The lining, which requires preliminary heating, is made of oxides, preferably magnesia, lime, and other oxides, basic or acidic, and similar to the usual converter or furnace lining. Furnaces with basic and acid linings may be used consecutively. The furnace may be rotatable, in which case more than two electrodes are necessary, and it may be provided with blast-pipes. Preliminary heating may be effected by gas or fuel, after which sodium hydrate or carbonate may be introduced and the furnace rotated, so that the interior can be heated to incandescence by current. Slag may also be used for preliminary heating. Applications of the furnace include its use for the production and refining of iron and steel ; for the production of crucible steel ; as a Bessemer converter for iron that is poor in heat - generating substances, such as silicon and phosphorus ; for producing copper and nickel by the Bessemer process from rich ores; for working metals difficult to melt; and for reheating metals that have cooled during rolling, forging, &c. ; for heating soaking-pits ; and for melting obstructions on the hearths or in the boshes of blast-furnaces.
Patent GB-190705859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubber Corks or Stoppers for Bottles.
Inventor: WANKLYN HERBERT ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 5859. Wanklyn, H. A. March 11. Stoppers, making.-Stoppers for bottles containing acids, alkalies, &c. consist of a core of rubber composition coated with pure or vulcanized india-rubber. The resilience of the stopper may be altered by varying the composition of the core. Trade marks &c. may be moulded on the stopper, and the outer coating may be coloured.
Patent GB-190709821-A (GB)
Title: Improved Case for Gramophone Record Discs.
Inventor: BECKEDORFF ALBERT
Filed: 1907-04-27
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 9821. Beckedorff, A. April 27. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Gramophones.-A case for storing record disks consists of horizontal partitions having part of the front edge cut away for easy removal of the disks. Small name-plates are secured to each partition.
Patent GB-190711359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inkstands.
Inventor: ASHLEY FRANK MERWIN
Filed: 1907-05-15
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 11,359. Ashley, F. M. May 15. Inkstands.-Relates to inkstands provided with a dipping-tube C<1> in a float C. The lower end of the reservoir B is made of conical form in order to facilitate manufacture in pressed glass, and the lower end of the float C is correspondingly tapered so that the annular ink passage is gradually restricted as the float is depressed and spurting of the ink is prevented. Spurting is further prevented by contracting the lower end F of the dipping-tube. The dipping-tube and float are made separate and connected by a friction joint c, and the lower end of the dipping-tube extends below the float to form a stop for preventing wedging of the float in the reservoir. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the upward movement of the float is limited by a cap D grooved to form air passages. In another construction, the float is not restrained and its height is adjusted before the dipping-tube is inserted. The reservoir B may be extended laterally above the conical portion.
Patent GB-190712302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bell Alarms for Door Handles
Inventor: DIPPERT KARL
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,302. Dippert, K. May 28. Alarms, burglar and like.-A clock-work alarm bell g is sounded as long as a door-handle c is depressed, a lever e on the stud of the handle engaging a finger i so as to free the bell hammer from a stop. The alarm can be put out of action by turning the support h out of the vertical. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 188, A.D. 1884, and No. 28,560, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190712952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jacquard Mechanism
Inventor: STERNENBERG AUGUST
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 12,952. Sternenberg, A. June 4. Jacquards.-In order to change more readily the cards of a Verdol or other jacquard, Figs. 1 and 3, the card cylinder is supported by spring-actuated hooks 4, which are kept in position by cams 9 fixed to a spindle 11 having bearings on prolongations 10 of the cylinder bearings 6. To change the cards, a handle 13 is turned in the direction of the adjacent arrow, Fig. 1. The inclined surfaces of the cams 9 act on the upper members 4<a> of the hooks and disengage the adjustable supporting- springs 8 from the bosses 5 on the card-cylinder bearings. The cylinder then falls downwards and outwards from the needle-plate 1, about a bar 14, as shown in Fig. 3. The cards are lifted from the cylinder, and the bar 14 is thrust aside, carrying with it, by means of a ring or collar, the card cylinder and parts 10 &c. The chain of cards can thus drop through the free space on to external guide-rolls, and be replaced by a fresh chain by a reversal of the operations described. The bar 14 is suitably supported in slots in hangers 17. The pawls 21, which engage the lantern-wheel 22, are disengaged therefrom by means of an arm 23, when the hooks are lifted. Accidental displacement of the bar 14 is prevented by a spring.
Patent GB-190713877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Balls and the like.
Inventor: BILLENNESS WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 13,877. Billenness, W. R., and Weeks, J. W. June 15. Balls and the like are brushed by an apparatus which consists of a frame A provided with a handle B, and a rotatable brush-holder L journaled in a spindle N fixed to the frame. The brushes F are clipped to the holder L which carries a pinion O driven by a crown wheel P mounted on the frame. The ball is held between a plate J rotatably mounted in the brush-holder, and a plate H provided with a hollow sleeve H<1> sliding on the spindle N. The plate H is pressed against the ball by a spring H<3>, and is prevented from rotating by the engagement of a pin N<1> attached to the spindle with a slot in the sleeve. The rotating brush-holder may be supported by a second spindle carried by an extension of the frame A, or the brush-holder may be fixed to the frame and the ball holder rotated by an archimedian screw.
Patent GB-190715498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steel Alloys.
Inventor: CHURCHWARD JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-05
Granted: 1908-10-05
Abstract: 15,498. Churchward, J. July 5. Chrome steel manganese steel; nickel steel tungsten steel vanadium steel.-Steel alloys of the kind described in Specification No. 18,792, A.D. 1906, contain small percentages of nickel, chromium, manganese, vanadium, and sometimes tungsten. The various metals, when tungsten is not used, are employed in the following proportions, namely : steel (containing about 0À20-1À00 per cent carbon) 98À65-91À5, nickel 1À00-4À00, chromium 0À15-2À50.manganeseOÀ15-1À00, and vanadium OÀ06-1ÀOO per cent. When tungsten forms a constituent of the alloy, the latter may contain steel 98À50-89À00, nickel1À00-4À00, tungsten 0À15-2 50, chromium0À15-2À50,manganese0À15-1À00, and vanadium OÀ05-1ÀOO per cent. Ferro compounds of the alloying metals may be used instead of the metals themselves. The proportions of two specific alloys are given in the Specification.
Patent GB-190801502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Filed: 1908-01-22
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 1502. Hookham, G., and Chamberlain & Hookham. Jan. 22. Energy and quantity meters.-A mercury motor meter having a mercury seal is provided with an additional chamber connected with the main mercury bath and so arranged that mercury may be forced out of it to fill the additional space formed by the operation of the seal. In the construction shown, the mercury seal is formed by a telescopic tube h and a soft washer j on the armature spindle l, and a plunger c, connected by a lever e and link d to the tube h, works in a passage a in the upper wall of the mercury chamber band displaces therefrom sufficient mercury to keep the tube h full. The lever e is operated, through a spring-pressed lever g and a link m, by a screw u. The plunger c may be replaced by a collapsible tube.
Patent GB-190804501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Entree and like Dishes.
IPC: A47J36/12
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 4501. Cooper Bros. & Sons, and Cooper, T. Feb. 28. Dishes.-EntrÚe or like dishes are provided at the ends with standards carrying open-topped bearings C, in which hinge pins D on the cover fit. The cover is provided with a handle E by which it may be swung about the hinge pins into a vertical position so as to rest against the upper part B of the standards, or it may be removed altogether and used as a separate dish. As an alternative arrangement the hinge pins may be fixed to the dish and the open bearings to the cover.
Patent GB-190808915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: STRANG WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-24
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 8915. Strang, W. April 24. Loom shuttles.-In order to secure the pirn upon the spindle, the latter is formed of two members capable of moving relatively so as to expand a third member, which engages the bore of the pirn. In one form of device, Fig. 1, a sleeve E slides upon the spindle A. When the spindle is pressed into the shuttle, the flange J of the sleeve E engages a fixed shoulder K, thus causing a rubber or like tubular member H to expand and engage the bore of the pirn. In another form of device, Fig. 3, relative motion is effected by mounting the spindle A and a link L, which acts upon the sleeve E, upon separate pivots B, M, so that a spring H is expanded when the spindle is depressed. In another modification, the pivot M takes the form of an eccentric fixed to the pivot B. The distensible member H may consist of a split ring of steel or other resilient metal, or of a series of blade springs. According to the Provisional Specification, the expanding-device may be operated by hand.
Patent GB-190812663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-controlled Vending Apparatus for Cigarettes and the like
Inventor: SAHLIN JONAS
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 12,663. Sahlin, J. June 12. Sale apparatus; casings ; delivery mechanism.- Cigarettes &c. are contained in a holder 1 which consists of a glass casing 1<b> and an outer metal casing 1<a>. After payment the holder is depressed into the inner cylinder 2<a> of a lower casing 2 against the action of a spring 3, when a push-rod 6 attached to the fixed base 5 passes through the lower funnel-shaped end of the holder and forces a cigarette out through spring-plates 7<b> and the upper end 7<a> of the holder. Jamming of articles, preventing.-The cigarettes are moved at each operation by means of the wing 4<b> of a funnel 4<a>, which is rotated in the fixed end 4 of the holder by the engagement of the corkscrew shaped end of the push-rod 6 with a crossshaped slot in the base of the funnel. Coin action.-The coin inserted in a slit 8 is caught by hooks 9<b> on levers 9 pivoted to the cylinder 2<a>, and as the holder is depressed, forces the levers apart, permitting the passage of projections 2<f> on a plate 2<d> on the holder.
Patent GB-190823241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luggage and Parcel Carriers for Cycles and Motor-cycles.
Inventor: ASHBY FRANK
Filed: 1909-04-15
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 23,241. Ashby, F. April 15, 1909. Luggage-carriers.-In folding or collapsible luggage and parcel carriers for cycles and motorcycles, of the kind wherein the platform is formed of a number of separate folding sections hinged together by stop or rule joints, a clip g, hinged at the inner end of the platform, is turned over to engage the rear cross-bar a<2>. The joints may be formed by hinging overlapping ends of adjacent side plates a' upon the ends of the cross-bars and arranging inwardly and outwardly turned tongues b<1>, b<2> to abut when the platform is extended. -The platform may be shortened by turning up one or more sections, the extended portion of the platform being brought to an horizontal position by adjusting the clamp c.
Patent GB-190911415-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of and Apparatus for the Pressing of Moulding Sand or the like into Moulding Boxes and the like.
IPC: B22C15/06
Filed: 1909-05-14
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 11,415. Mathieson, A., and Wilsons & Mathiesons. May 14. Moulding-machines.-The sand in the moulding- box containing the pattern is pressed by one or more rollers moving over it. The roller R, provided with a plain or broken surface, and weighted, is carried by a bracket attached by an arm A' to a shaft S. The shaft carries a pinion E' moving on a fixed rack E, motion being obtained by linkage G, F, H from a shaft H<1>. A scraper N precedes the roller R in its passage, and a rubber roller J is placed at the entrance to the box B. A gap R<2> in the roller allows a flat side R<3> to enter the box at the edge. For adjusting the roller, making-up pieces M may be employed. The shaft H<1> is driven by belt gearing controlled by a foot-lever and band brake. The foot-lever Y is mounted on a shaft N' which operates, by links N<5>, N<6>, a belt fork L'. The link N<6> is connected to rods N' carrying a bowl N<3> working against a cam, the cam and bowl returning the belt fork to a loose pulley at the end of an operation. To ensure the mechanism stopping, a weighted band brake P normally acts on a drum P', but the drum is set free by the shaft N'.
Patent GB-190917021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disc or Plate Carriers for Kinematographic Apparatus.
Inventor: HUET LOUIS HENRI
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 1909-07-21
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 17,021. Huet, L. H. July 21. [Addition to 14,837/08.] Cameras for taking a series of photographs on one plate.-A double dark-slide containing rotatable sensitized disks is used in conjunction with the apparatus described in the parent Specification, to take photographs for reproduction in a kinematograph. The dark-slide is provided with a partition 3 carrying pivots 6 on which the disks S are rotatably mounted. If the photographs are to be taken in spiral form on the disks, the pivots 6 are slidably mounted in grooves. The dark-slide is provided with means for attaching it to the apparatus and with shutters 4, 5 which slide in grooves in the casing and are retained in position by catches 4<a>, 5<a>. A spring - pressed buffer 7 presses the disk against the aperture of the photographic apparatus when a shutter is drawn.
Patent GB-190918243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Igniting and Extinguishing Gas Lamps.
Inventor: MOWAT JOHN
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1909-08-07
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 18,243. Mowat, J. Aug. 7. Actuating valves. - Relates to apparatus for lighting and extinguishing street lamps &c. of the type in which a pilot jet is used and alternate increases of the gas pressure open and close a mercury seal which normally closes the passage to the burner. The seal is formed by a sleeve B<2>, and the gas pressure acts upon it through a bell as shown, or a diaphragm. The alternate action is obtained by means of a hook H carried by a pin B<3> on the sleeve B<2> and adapted to be alternately engaged with and disengaged from a fixed pin G<5> by the action of a fixed cam L, a weight H<2>, and a triangular slot H'. When the bell is held up by the hook, gas passes between the guide-rod G and the sleeve B<2>, and through an orifice G<2> in the tubular extension G' to the burner. The supply of gas to the burner is automatically regulated, the orifice G<2> being opened more or less according to the pressure.
Patent GB-190918314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change-speed and Reversing Gear for Motor vehicles and other purposes.
Inventor: ABBOTT JOHN DIXON
IPC: F16H3/32
Filed: 1909-08-09
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 18,314. Abbott, J. D. Aug. 9. Variable-speed and reversing toothed gearing.- Gearing, comprising spur-wheels and a sliding double clutch, is arranged to yield two forward and two backward speed-ratios. The driven shaft 1 carries loosely a large gear G constantly meshing with a pinion F fast on a parallel countershaft 3. Also loose on the shaft 1 is a large gear B secured to a gear E, which meshes constantly with a gear D of equal size fast on the shaft 3. A pinion A, slidable on a square part of the driving-shaft 4, is meshed with the gear B for both forward speeds, and with the gear C for both backward speeds. A double clutch 2 slidable on a feather &c. on the shaft 1 engages the gear B for both high speeds, and the gear G for both low speeds. The gearing is specially applicable to motor-trams.