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Patent GB-190805972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Electric Lighting in connection with Bicycles Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: WIIGH ALEXANDER
IPC: F16D3/06
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 5972. Wiigh, A. March 17. Lighting by electricity. - Dynamoelectric generators used for lighting electric lamps on cycles,motor-cycles, &c. are driven by one of the wheels and are carried on a clip-bracket 1 by a pin 3 in the slot 4; the drive is effected by a rubber or like cone which is pressed on to the tyre 7 by a spring 8 and can be moved axially so as to grip or release the wheel 7 by means of a cranked lever 9 and the arm 12. The movement may be made automatic by means of a governor and the device may be applied to motorboats.
Patent GB-190808148-A (GB)
Title: Electric Foot-warmer.
Inventor: KRUEGER OTTO
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 8148. Kr³ger, O. April 13. Heating by electricity.-For warming persons' feet, a resistance wire i, placed between layers of asbestos forming a sole d, is heated by current from an accumulator k carried in a bag b on a strap a fastened round the body. Switches and plug connexions f, g are provided.
Patent GB-190809242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: ROWDEN WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1908-04-29
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 9242. Rowden, W. T. April 29. [Patent of Addition to No. 4955, A.D. 1907.] Lubricators.-A lubricator of the type described in Specifications No. 12,807, A.D. 1903, and No. 4955, A.D. 1907, in which an excess of oil is pumped against a loaded overflow valve to maintain a constant pressure, and in which the delivery outlets are regulated by an intermittently rotating valve, is provided with a manometer to indicate the quantity of oil discharged through each outlet. A hollow rotating valve 3 is provided with ports which register successively with outlets A<1>, A<2>, &c. during the suction stroke of the pump. The manometer consists of a vertical glass tube 8 containing air and connected to the delivery chamber 2 of the pump by a metal tube 7. At each discharge of oil into an outlet, the level a of the oil in the tube 8 falls, and the change of level measures or indicates the discharge. Each outlet E is provided with an air vessel consisting of a double-walled glass tube 9, 10 to indicate visibly the delivery of oil. The tube E is of small diameter to prevent accumulation of air bubbles.
Patent GB-190809410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Shearing Sheet-metal
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 9410. Haddan, H. J., [Werkzeug-Maschinenfabrik A. Scharlfl's (Nachfolger)]. April 30. Shearing.-Shearing-machines for metal plates are constructed of parallel wrought-iron plates a, Fig. 3, connected by girders, bars, &c. i and front plates f, g parallel to the knives c, d. The actuating-mechanism is arranged above the shears between the plates a, all shafts, pivots, &c. being at rightangles to the knife d, which is operated at both ends as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190809460-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Inserting Anvils into the Primers of Cartridges.
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 9460. Nobel's Explosives Co., and Hodge, H. D. May 1. Primers.-Relates to means for inserting anvils in primers. The primers are placed head downwards in holes C' in a plate C. The anvils are placed on the side in correspondingly-shaped holes A' in a plate A, this being quickly done by strewing the anvils over the plate and shaking it A plate B, below the plate A with holes B<1> normally out of line with the holes A<1>, prevents the anvils from falling through. The plates A, B are then placed on the plate C with the holes B<1>, C<1> in line, this position being determined by pins B' and holes C'. The plate A is then moved over the plate B by handles A<3> until the anvils come over and fall into the primers below. Pins D on the plate B and slots A<2> in the plate A guide the plate A in its motion. The plate B may be dispensed with, the plate A being charged with primers while on the plate C with the holes A<1> out of line with the holes C<1>. The charged plates are then placed on the plate g of a stamping-machine and clamped against a stop g<4> by a slide g<1> operated by an eccentric handle g<3>. The stamps c<1> are mounted on a cross-bead c, reciprocated by a crank b<1> on a shaft b driven by gearing a<2> from a main shaft a. The plate g is moved forward step by step by a spring-con trolled pawl i pivoted at i<1> on a bell-crank lever i<2> which is rocked by a cam e<1> on a spindle e geared to the shaft b by bevel and spur wheels d', b<2>. The pawl i may be pulled off and the feed suspended by handles i<5>, i<6>. The plate g is locked at each step by another pawl j operated by a cam j<1> on a spring-controlled slide j<3>, which is reciprocated by a cam e<2> on the spindle e. When the plate g reaches the end of its run, it operates a spring-controlled slide l, a lever m, and a spring- controlled push m<1>, whereupon a handle m<2> is released and a spring-controlled handle n operates a clutch (not shown) and stops the machine. The operation is started with the plate g against a stop k. Small holes C<3> may be drilled through the plate C to facilitate the removal of the primers.
Patent GB-190810065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Detonating Railway Fog Signals.
Inventor: JENKINS THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 10,065. Jenkins, T. May 9. Detonating signals.-Detonators are made with an elongated casing of such a width as to seat wholly on the rail head and of double-wedge shape, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. A carrier is attached by ears e<1> turned over the base of the detonating signal, and may have a lug e' bent at right-angles so as to be inserted in a rail joint to prevent skidding of the signal by a train wheel. The carrier may be formed from a stamped plate of metal. The signal may have a flat at the top, instead of a ridge f formed by the meeting of the inclined faces d, e.
Patent GB-190810469-A (GB)
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 10,469. Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co., Pickard, A. G., and Piercy, T. W. May 14. Cameras; shutters.-Relates to the operation of the reflector and the release of the shutter in reflex cameras of the type in which the reflector is pivoted at or near its centre between two rocking arms or levers. Fig. 1 shows the mechanism in side sectional elevation and Fig. 2 in perspective. The hood C, focusing-screen B, and mirror A are of ordinary construction. On pressing a lever f, crank levers E on a rocking bar .F, draw down levers D, D' pivoted to the camera sides at d, d<1>, the mirror A being drawn off its support a, and coming to rest on an inclined support a<1> ; simultaneously rods n draw up a safety light-excluder N in contact with the bottom edge of the mirror. An arm d<3> also engages a latch G, by which the mirror is held in position. A spring-controlled rod H, on being pushed in, disengages the latch G and releases the mirror, which is then returned by springs M. If the shutter-releasing lever K, Fig. 2, is in the " time," position, it is then released by an inclined face h<2> on the rod H moving a swinging bracket L in contact with the lever K. If the latter is in the "instantaneous" position, the shutter is released more quickly by the movement of a lever O by the crank-lever E, a link o drawing down a swinging plate P in eontact with a finger k on the lever K.
Patent GB-190811574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffer Couplings for Railway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: ROEMHOLD ARTHUR OSKAR
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 11,574. R÷mhold, A. O. May 28. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-In a buffer coupling of the type in which pivoted hooks engage a recessed buffer head, the use of springs or the force of gravity for moving the hooks into engagement is avoided, the required movement being effected by the positive engagement of projections formed on the hooks and the buffer plunger respectively. Hooks f are pivoted at d to a block c, which slides in the hollow buffer plunger b and carries a cross-bar r adapted to slide in slots g, h formed in the buffer casing a and plunger b respectively. The hooks are formed with projections l, m, which engage respectively with projections q and a cross-piece p on the plunger b. The ends of the cross-bar r engage slots u formed in levers n, which are pivoted at s and connected to links o operated by a lever t mounted on a handled cross-shaft. Before coupling occurs, the hooks f are located within their own buffer head, and the projections l are to the rear of the projections q. During the compression of the buffer springs i due to impact of the vehicles, the block c is moved in the direction of the arrow x, Fig. 2, whereby the projections q, l are brought into engagement so as to move the hooks f towards each other and allow them to enter the opposing buffer head. Towards the end of the movement of the block c, the projections m, p engage and force the hooks f apart, so that, when the buffers recoil, the coupling is effected as shown in Fig. 2, and is held taut by the buffer springs. For uncoupling, the vehicles are buffed together so that the block c may be moved in the direction of the arrow z, whereby the hooks fare forced together and the buffer springs released. Means may be provided for forcing the hooks f together without the necessity of a previous compression of the buffers. Accidental uncoupling may be prevented by a stop k, which is arranged between the hooks and may consist of a small spring, which, however, merelv retains the hooks apart and does not serve to force them into the coupled position. The hooks may be provided on one of the vehicles only, or there may be a pair of hooks on the opposing vehicle arranged in a plane at right-angles to that of the hooks on the first vehicle. In some cases, the hooks and their operating-mechanism may be arranged independent of the buffer springs.
Patent GB-190811869-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Balancing the Axial or End Thrust of the Shaft in Centrifugal Pumps, Blowers, Steam Turbines and like Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHEURMANN WALTER
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 11,869. Scheutmann, W. June 1. Centrifugal pumps. - Relates to end - thrust balancing-devices for centrifugal fans and pumps, turbines, and like apparatus, in which a piston moves axially with the shaft and so controls the flow and pressure of fluid on its opposite sides. The circulation of fluid on one side of the piston is independent of that on the other. Fig. 1 shows the piston 10 fixed to or moving axially with the shaft D of a centrifugal pump E. Leakage passages 1, 2 exist between the piston and abutments 11, 12, and these passages are separately supplied with fluid from chambers 3, 4. As shown in Fig. 1, both chambers 3, 4 are supplied from the pump chamber through a hole 6. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the chambers are separately supplied through holes 6, and the pressures need not be the same. The fluid may be supplied to the opposite sides from different stages in a multistage pump. In cases where an initial axial thrust on the shaft exists, the diameters of the leakage spaces 1, 2 may be different. One or more constricted outlet passages 7, Figs. 1 and 2, are provided for the fluid. Plates 8 are also fitted to take up wear.
Patent GB-190812139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors for use with Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: VEULLE FREDERICK HENRY DE
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,139. Veulle, F. H. de. June 4. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The throttle and supplementary air valves in the carburettor of an engine specially suitable for motor-cycles are of the mushroom type and are positively operated from the handle-bar or other convenient place on the machine. Fig. 1 shows supplementary air and throttle valves D, E connected respectively to semi-cylindrical sliding members F, G which pass through both valves and together form a circular guide for each valve during its movement. The upper ends of the members F, G are enlarged to form abutments for the retaining-springs M, and are slotted to receive projections on the ends of the operating-wires K. Figs. 5 and 6 show the operating-handles L', which are secured to the handle-bar by a clamp M', and have cams or screw-threads of large pitch formed in the interior of the bosses. These cams or screwthreaded surfaces engage similar surfaces on members 0 attached to the ends of the wires K. The wires may be replaced by rack-and-pinion or other suitable mechanism for operating the valves.
Patent GB-190812359-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Facilitating the Opening of Tins containing Preserved Fruit and the like.
Inventor: HUNTER ROBERT HOPE ALSTON
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-06-09
Abstract: 12,359. Hunter, R. H. A. June 9. Cans, opening.-In an opener for preserved-fruit cans &c., in which a knife h<1> is adjustably mounted on an horizontal arm g pivoted on a spiked plate d<1> for holding the can, and in which such plate is formed on an horizontal arm d projecting from an upright a vertically adjustable in a socket b adapted to be clamped to a table, the horizontal arm d is adjustable horizontally in a slotted guide c on the upright a. A keyway and feather may be used on the arm g to prevent the boss h from rotating, and means may be provided for fixing the sleeve h or the arm d in any desired position. For cutting the side of the can, a cutter as in Fig. 2 may be used. According to the Provisional Specification, the cutter may be arranged at an angle to the bar g, and may slide in a slot and be fixed by a screw. Also, the sleeve c may be part of the upper part of a two leaved hinge attached to the upright a. It is also stated that the spikes e are of square or triangular section, and that a bi-pedal clamp may be fixed at the lower end of the socket b. -
Patent GB-190813026-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Double Sextant.
Inventor: HUMMEL JOHANNES HENRICUS
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 13,026. Hummel, J. H. June 18. Sextants.-A double sextant for observing almost simultaneously the angles between three fixed points comprises a frame b carrying two fixed mirrors a, a<1> and corresponding adjustable mirrors c, c' attached to quadrants d, d' reading against a vernier i situated under a magnifying-glass k. A spring h prevents accidental displacement of the quadrants when in use. Telescopes and other usual fittings can be employed.
Patent GB-190813554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-handling and like Appliances.
Inventor: KOPKA OTTO
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 13,554. Kopka, O. June 25. Coin-handling appliances. -To allow coins or counters to be slid into the hand or a receptacle after being counted out, a coin plate a, which is formed along the sides with a raised edge, is pivotally supported on a suitable stand b. To the stand are pivoted hand-levers d furnished at their inner ends with parts e, which extend beyond the centre of motion of the plate and are held down by springs f. The plate is normally held in the horizontal position by projections g on the levers bearing against blocks h on the underside of the plate, but when a lever d is tipped the projection g moves away and the end e contacts with the plate or with the lug k and effects an automatic tilting of the plate to allow the coins to slide off. The scale need only be arranged to turn on one side.
Patent GB-190815105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Sheet Metal.
Inventor: BISHOP JAMES DRAPER
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 15,105. Bishop, J. D. July 16. Making sheets.- Apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 24,944, A.D, 1907, is provided with a revolving table for delivering the sheet of molten metal to the rollers without strain, with means for preventing oxidation of the e metal as it passes between the source of supply and the moving table, with means for controlling the temperature of the molten metal while on the table, and with means for producing compound sheets consisting of two or more metals arranged in superimposed layers. In the apparatus shown, the metal is conducted by a duct d' from the crucible or ladle d and is received on an endless metal band a preferably covered with asbestos, canvas, or other suitable material. The band a is rotated by pulleys b, b<1> driven by a belt b<2>, and the upper portion runs on a fixed plate c which prevents it from sagging during the operation of delivering the molten metal to the rollers e, e<1>. The temperature of the metal is either raised or lowered at the mouth of the duct d' by means of a jet f<1> of hot gas or air or by means of a flame or blowpipe jet. For producing compound sheets other ducts such as d<2> deliver layers of metal such as g<1> which are superimposed on the bottom layer g. The apparatus is stated to be used for producing sheets of lead or alloys, or compound sheets containing lead, zinc, tin, and other metals.
Patent GB-190815526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Screw-operating Mechanism of Vices.
Inventor: SABERTON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 15,526. Saberton, W. H. July 22. Vices.-Relates to reversible ratchet mechanism applied to the operating-screws of vices. The forked lever C has pivoted to it at D a double lever E with arms E', E<2> adapted to engage a ratchet-wheel B attached to or forming part of the vice-screw A, and, in order to hold either arm in operative position, a taper spring-pressed end F<1> on a pin F is provided in a recess in the lever handle to engage on either side of the end E<3> of the pawl. For holding the pawl in inoperative position, to permit of the screw being rotated independently of the ratchet mechanism, the end of the pawl is flattened at J.
Patent GB-190818989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Shelling Nuts.
Inventor: BERESFORD WALTER
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 18,989. Beresford, W. Sept. 10. Cracking nuts.-In a machine for shelling cohune and like nuts, the nuts are fed from pockets 20 of a rotating wheel 18 into the path of vanes 6, which are fixed to the periphery of a rapidly rotating wheel 4 and inclined at 45 degrees to its axis. The nuts are thereby projected against vanes 7, which are mounted on a wheel 5 rotating with the same speed in the opposite direction, but parallel to the axis of the wheel. The broken shells and kernels are discharged through an orifice opposite to the vanes 7 in the casing which contains the wheels 4, 5. The striking-surfaces of the vanes are perferably faced with renewable hard steel plates.
Patent GB-190823187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire-arms, particularly Automatic Fire-arms.
Inventor: KJELLMAN RUDOLF HENRIK
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 23,187. Kjellman, R. H. July 21, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Machine guns. - Consists in improvements in cartridge - feeding mechanism of the kind having a grooved guide, or " transporter," for the. cartridges formed on the front end of the breechblock and a lever actuated during the -recoil of the gun for moving. the cartridge in the " trans "porter." The new cartridge is extracted from the,cartridge belt B, Fig. 1, by extractor hooks 10, shown in sectional plan in Fig. 10, yieldingly mounted upon the vertical projection 8 on the breech-block 4, which guides the cartridges during their transverse movement. The barrel 1 and the breechblock at first recoil together until the breech-block is unlocked, after which the breech-block recoils alone by its own momentum and completely withdraws the cartridge from the belt, while the movement of the barrel is checked and the barrel is held by a catch. During the recoil or the barrel, a lever 13 pivoted at 14 o a fixed bracket 15 is rocked by a pin engaged b<t>y a cam-groove 17 in the barrelextension 2 int o the position shown in Fig. 2, so that its fron t end enters a slot 18 in the " trans- " porter" " 8 and is located above the cartridge extracted from the belt. As the breech-block reaches its rearmost position, it releases the barrelretaining catch and is itself retained by the same catch. The ensuing forward movement of the barrel rocks the nose of the lever 13 downwards again and the new cartridge is thereby moved in the transporter guides 9 into line with the bore of the gun. The empty cartridge case is at the same time pushed downwards in the transporter past a yielding stop 11 until it rests upon projections 23 on the barrel-extension. The breech-block is released automatically as the barrel regains the firing- position and during its forward motion carries the empty case against the ejecting-inclines 24. The breech-block is locked by pivoted members which are released'-by inclines on the firing-pin 32 when the latter is retracted, during the recoil, by a lever 5 pivoted to the barrel extension 2 and rocked by a stop on the cover-plate 7 ; this device does not however form part of the invention claimed. For working by hand, a slide is provided in the righthand side of the gun casing 3 which engages with a projection on the firing-pin to unlock the breech, and also operates a sliding cam-plate with which a second pin 30 on the lever 13 is engaged. The lower edge of the cam-groove 17 is formed at its rear end with a yielding part 31 so that the lever 13 may be rocked by the hand-slide without the barrel 1 being drawn back. The extractor hooks 10 are held in engagement with the cartridge flange during the initial stage of the extraction from the belt by lugs 35 on the gun casing 3. A lever 36 is provided for manually moving a cartridge downwards in the transporter.
Patent GB-190901586-A (GB)
Title: A Tool, for Removing Trenails from Railway Sleepers without Damaging the Sleepers.
Inventor: FOX WALTER ERNEST
IPC: E01B31/26
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 1586. Fox, W. E. Jan. 22. Platelayers' tools.-An appliance for extracting trenails after the spikes have been withdrawn comprises a metal shank having at the lower end tapering twisted parts the edges of which are bevelled off at an angle of thirty degrees and is g r o o v e d as shown in Fig. 5. The sharp rear edge projects beyond the forward edge to enable the tool, after boring into the trenail, to obtain a firm grip. A hollow cylindrical head at the top receives a wooden handle, and a circular opening is provided in the middle through which a crowbar may be inserted to be used as a lever in conjunction with the rail for loosening a tightlyfixed trenail.