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Patent GB-190710347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Escritoires, Writing Desks and the like.
Inventor: COOKE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 10,347. Cooke, R. May 3. Desks, tables, &c.-In an escritoire, writing-desk; table-desk, or the like having at one or each side thereof a pull - out shelf located above a set of drawers or trays, the shelf, which may be used for writing purposes, is adapted to serve also as a door for covering the front ends of the drawers &c., in which position it may be automatically or otherwise locked. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the shelf a slides on fillets b on, and is provided with two studs or runners engaging grooves f in, the end frames c. When the studs j reach the closed ends g of the grooves, the shelf can be turned downwardly so as to cover the drawers &c. d. The lock or other fastening-means may be fitted on the side or bottom edge of the shelf so as to engage a catch &c. on the adjoining framework. The grooves may be formed in the edges of the shelf and the studs or runners fixed at or near the front of the end frames. Fig. 4 shows the shelf with a flexible part comprising lags k reduced at their ends to enter the grooves f, of which the front ends are curved as shown at f<2>, a cupboard m being provided. Where the desk is high and shallow, the rear ends of the grooves are curved as indicated in dotted lines. According to the Provisional Specification, the shelf may slide upon a fixed shelf, and the studs may enter slots &c. in the side portions when the shelf is fully extended.
Patent GB-190714076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Trisection of Angles.
Inventor: AARFLOT RASMUS
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 14,076. Aarflot, B.. Sept. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Protractors.-Relates to an instrument for trisecting an angle H C I. A rule A is laid along one arm of the angle ; to the rule is pivoted at C a second rule B having a third rule G projecting at right-angles from it at K, half-way between C and E; E is a point at which a fourth rule F is pivoted to the rule B, the other end of the fourth rule being pivotally and slidably connected to the first at D, such that CD = CE. The arm B is turned till the rules F, G intersect on the arm C H of the angle. The angle is then trisected by C E.
Patent GB-190721415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable-speed Gearing for Motor Cycles & Motor Cars
Inventor: BOUR LOUISE CLEMENCE
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 21,415. Bour [nÞe Thevenau], L. C. Sept. 27. Driving-mechanism.-Relates to variable-speed belt gearing for motor-cycles of the class in which the driving-pulley has a fixed and a movable conical flange and a loose central tread. Improved means are provided for operating the driving- pulley A and a tensioning-pulley Q simultaneously. The boss of the pulley A, Fig. 3, carries a fixed flange A<0>, and a flange B adapted to slide to vary the diameter of the groove which grips the belt C. The flange B has a hollow boss B<*> through slots in which pass screws B<3> into the boss A, preventing relative rotary motion. Oil-grooves a, b with inlet-holes a', b<1> are provided in the flanges. Removable face-plates A', B' are fitted externally. The central tread D, upon which the belt C may lie idle, rests on ball bearings, the hardened inner cones E, F of which are fitted and screwed, respectively, upon the boss A. The flange B is operated by a ball-bearing push-plate K guided by a fixed bracket M and actuated by a pair of pivoted eccentric plates G worked by a Bowden wire W. The belt C is kept tight by the pulley Q, Fig. 5, carried on an arm P pivoted about a screw R. The screw R has a depending part R<1> through which passes a Bowden wire W<1> attached to the arm P. The wires W', W pass to a bracket H, Fig. 4, upon the top bar of the cycle &c. and are both secured to a screwed sliding rod N. A handwheel 0 screwing as a nut on the rod N operates the pulleys A, Q simultaneously. Specifications No. 2441, A.D. 1879, No. 134, A.D. 1894, No. 23,096, A.D. 1902, and No. 17,020, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190722642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Smoke Consuming Furnaces
Inventor: GROENBERG AXEL
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 22,642. Gr÷nberg, A. Oct. 14. Smoke-consuming; fire-bridges.-In smoke-consuming apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 9472, A.D. 1904, in which heated air is supplied through openings 2, 3 in the same vertical plane in the fire-bridge 5 and an arch 4 respectively, additional supplies of air are introduced through openings 6 arranged either in front of or behind the openings 3 or in both positions. The air supplied is heated in fire-brick channels in the walls of the furnace.
Patent GB-190726014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heat Regulating Apparatus.
Inventor: COMSTOCK WILBUR AGUSTUS
Filed: 1907-11-23
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 26,014. Comstock, W. A. Nov. 23. Draught, regulating.-In an apparatus for beating by steam or water circulation, the draught through the furnace is regulated according to the pressure of the steam or water in the boiler by the movements of a flexible diaphragm, and according to the temperature by the movements of a thermostat. The pressure regulator consists of an ordinary diaphragm apparatus connected by a rod c to a weighted lever 14, which is pivoted at d. The lever is connected by a chain 9, lever 7, and chain 8 to a door 6, which can be opened to check the draught in the chimney. A second chain 16, connected to the other end of the lever 14, passes over a pulley 17 on the ash-pit door to the thermostat 30. Another chain 19 connects the thermostat to the flue damper 24 or the draught-checking door 21. If the thermostat indicates too low temperature, the chain 16 tightens and the door 2 is opened. At the same time, the chain 19 slackens, allowing the damper 24 to open fully and the door 21 to close. If the pressure should be too high, the lever 14 tilts, allowing the door to close and opening the door 6. If the temperature is too high or the pressure too low, these movements are reversed.
Patent GB-190800335-A (GB)
Title: Device for Holding Together Divided Rims for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: KRONENBERG RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 335. Kronenberg, R. April 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Felloes or rims.- Pneumatic tyres are provided with rims divided circumferentially along the plane of symmetry, and the two halves of the rim are held together by caps e screwed on to semicircular projections c, d formed on the parts of the rim. The threaded projections may taper slightly.
Patent GB-190800376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Games, somewhat similar to Chess.
Inventor: WARD THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 376. Ward, T. H., and Ward, J. Jan. 7. War games; chess.-A war game is played on a board with pieces marked as shown to represent infantry, cavalry, &c., and having set moves and ranges of attack &c. The board may be so numbered that the same unit figure appears in each vertical row, and the same tens figure in each horizontal row. The object of the game, the rules of which are given, is to capture the piece representing the general.
Patent GB-190808589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eyeglasses.
Inventor: WHEWAY FRANCIS HOWARD
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 8589. Wheway, F. H., and Aston, H. April 18. Drawings to Specification. Making spectacle and eyeglass frames.-The hinge wire and the plaquet wire of eyeglasses after being soldered to the frame are bent once or more to restore the temper of the wire, which is destroyed in the soldering process.
Patent GB-190808748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Controlling Electric Circuits.
Inventor: MCNALLY PHILIP THOMAS
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 8748. McNally, P. T. April 21. Switches.-An apparatus for turning on and off electric current in branch circuits without shutting- off current in the main leads is operated by a pushbutton or like switch, situated at the power house or any remote station and controlling an independent battery circuit, the action being first to excite an electro-magnet in the auxiliary circuit whereby a switch arm is released, after which this arm connects a shunt off the power lines through a solenoid which actuates the switch in the branch circuit, the solenoid cutting itself out at the end of a stroke ; means are provided to prevent repeated action of the solenoid. The invention is shown as applied to lamps in an alternating-current circuit ; it is also applicable to motors or other power-consuming devices, and to direct-current circuits. An electro-magnet B, when excited by closing a distant switch b<3> in circuit .with a battery b<4>, lifts its armature N, which raises a trigger Z through a pivoted hook M. The trigger Z releases a lever arm K<1> and allows the other arm K to drop upon an electric switch arm G, thus completing a shunt circuit a, a' through the solenoid A. The trigger Z becomes unhooked from the armature N and falls back on a stop r. The solenoid core D moves upwards, actuating a pawl F, which turns a switch C through one step by means of a four-toothed ratchet. The switch C is in circuit with the branch-line lamps L, having diametral contacts adapted to bridge contact-springs n, t at every alternate stroke. The solenoid core D, near the top of its up-stroke, brings a tappet d against the lever arm K, which, by a spring S purposely interposed in order to delay the following movement, draws the switch arm G away from its contact 4 and carries it upwards in a stirrup I. The solenoid circuit is thus broken, but the lever K<1>, reengaging with the trigger Z, prevents the core from falling. A second operation of the distant switch causes the action to be repeated, with the difference that the lamps are turned off if they were formerly on, and vice versa. Instead of the ratchet-actuated rotary switch C, any other switch serving the same purpose may be substituted.
Patent GB-190809919-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hand Hammer
Inventor: MONRO KENNETH NEAL
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 9919. Monro, K. N. May 7. Hammers ; handles.- A hammer consists of a shell of copper tube a filled with a core of lead b poured into the tube in a molten condition. The handle c is secured by means of a nail or pin d, passing through the top of the handle, around which the molten lead is poured and allowed to harden.
Patent GB-190810100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Paper Feeding Machines.
Inventor: VICKERY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1909-05-10
Abstract: 10,100. Vickery, F. W. May 9. Feeding sheets.-In a paper feeding machine adapted to work with paper arranged in piles or in a fanned-out condition, the feed-table is provided with endless bands for moving a reserve pile into the working position, or for advancing the sheets of fanned - out paper when operated by automatic advancing-mechanism. Fig. 1 shows the machine used for piles of paper 5, 17 arranged in trays 18, having pins 19 to engage the endless bands 3. The pivoted feed-table 1 is provided with screw raising- mechanism 11 actuated by a cam 12, ratchet-wheel 15, and bevel-gearing 10. When the pile 5 is exhausted, the table is lowered by turning the handle 9, and the pile 17 is moved into the working position by turning the handle 7. When the machine is used for fanned-out paper, as shown in Fig. 3, the pawl 14 is removed from the ratchet 15 and the pawl 20 is arranged to engage the ratchet 6, so that the rotation of the cam 12 intermittently feeds the endless bands 3. The throw of the pawl 20, and consequently the feed of the paper, is controlled by the port 21, which, when covered by the paper, causes the cylinder 22 to be exhausted by a vacuum pump. A notched bar 25, connected to the rock-shaft 16, works in a slot in the piston 23 of the cylinder, and the throw of the pawl is limited by the engagement of a notch on the bar 25 with the displaced piston. Several ports may be used so that the amount of feed of the endless bands depends on the number of ports uncovered, that is on the distance the sheets are apart. A movable carriage 28, travelling on the side chains of the machine, can be moved to any position by turning the handle 30, and is provided with a clamp 29 over which the rear ends of the fanned-out paper are turned when a fresh supply of paper is to be added. A movable indicator 27 is adjusted to the front edge of the last sheet.
Patent GB-190814537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Heating Devices.
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 14,537. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 8. Ironing.-A stand for a flat-iron containing an electric heater is made with an inclined portion arranged so that when the iron is placed thereon the circuit is closed automatically, by the engagement of contacts on the iron and stand. The inclined portion 18 may be of soapstone or porcelain, supported by angle-pieces 15, 16 on a metal base 10, which has insulating-supports 11, and a rim 12 ; two fixed clips 20, which receive studs on the iron, are arranged in a block 19 of insulating- material, and connected with terminal pins 24. According to the Provisional Specification, the heater may be in the stand, a switch being closed when the iron is placed in position.
Patent GB-190815128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cotton Gins.
Inventor: DUSTOOR MANECKJI RUTTONJI
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 15,128. Dustoor, M. R., and Mistry, S. D. July 16. Gins.-In a gin of the Macarthy type, the usual board forming the hopper is replaced by a grid b of slotted or perforated metal to allow dirt and seed to fall away from the cotton, and an agitator bar moves substantially vertically and parallel to the path of one of the beaters. The agitator bar i is carried by a series of rods j, which a r e mounted on a radius rod m of the beater k and reciprocated with the beater by means of a crank and connecting-rod q. A second beater l with its radius rod n and connecting-rod r is also provided. If desired the rod i may be reciprocated by a separate crank or other mechanism.
Patent GB-190816411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pupilometers and the like.
Inventor: BRYHNI HAAKON
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 16,411. Bryhni, H. Aug. 3, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Pupilometers; photometers; view - finders. - In pupilometers of the kind in which two small holes in close proximity are looked through in such a way that the two shadow images of the holes on the retina are seen in contact, the distance between the holes is made adjustable. One aperture may be fixed as b, Fig. 1, and the other e is arranged'on an arm c behind a large aperture. The displacement of the arm moves the aperture e and reads off against a scale. As shown in Fig. 2, the apertures are made by the intersection of a radial slot l with a couple of spiral slots m, n, relative rotation of the disks in which the slots are cut then altering the distance. The device may be mounted on a view - finder, and light may be introduced behind it by means of a lens and mirror. The device measures the size of the pupil or inferentially the strength of the light.
Patent GB-190822362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change-speed Gear for Automobile Vehicles and like purposes.
Inventor: LEVERE-PORTAL EDOUARD
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 22,362. Portal, E. LevÚre-. Oct. 21. Motor road vehicles.-In bevel change-speed gearing, the drivmgpinions are slid in and out of gear by collars and forks connected to sliding operating - rods, which are locked in their proper positions by fingers adapted to engage slots in the rods, the fingers being mounted on a shaft connected to and operated by the clutch pedal. The shaft 1<a> driven by the motor, carries slidable pinions 4,5, and 6, which may be geared with toothed rings 8, 9, 10 mounted preferably on the differential gear. Each bevel pinion is controlled by collars and forks carried by arms connected one to each of the sliding rods 20, 21, 22. These rods are normally retracted by springs 33, 34, 35 and are each provided with two slots 23, 24 adapted to be engaged by fingers 30 mounted on a shaft 32, as shown in Fig. 3. One of the rods is thus held in gear, the remainder being locked out of gear. A reversing-train of gearing is brought into action by means of the sliding rod 37. The sliding rods, instead of being in the same plane as shown, may be distributed over an arc of a circle, so that the arms carrying the operating-forks are of the same length. The shaft 32 is operated by the clutch pedal so that the pedal and the locking-fingers are put in or out of action together.
Patent GB-190828380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Vehicle Hoods.
Inventor: ILOTT PERCY JAMES
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 28,380. Ilott, P. J. Dec 29. Motor road vehicles.-The hoopstick N of a hood extension and dust screen is pivoted to a boss G, adapted to slide upon a rod A secured to the hoopstick H of the main hood. The boss G is formed with ratchet teeth D, with which the spring-pressed pawl E on the hoopstick N engages. The pawl is provided with a slotted plate K, adapted to be clamped by a set-screw L so as to secure the hoopstick N in position. When the main hood is folded down, the extension may serve as a rear dust screen.
Patent GB-190904237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Transmission and Operating Gearing for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F16H3/16
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 4237. Schneider, E. Feb. 20. Controlling-apparatus, arrangements of handgear in conjunction with.-The change-speed and reversing gear of motor-vehicles are constructed so that they can be operated from either end of the vehicle and are also designed so that the vehicle can be run equally well in either direction without being turned round. Figs. 1 and 6.show the invention applied to a motor tramcar. The reversing-gear comprises sliding toothed wheels 28, 29 on a countershaft connected by chain gearing with the vehicle wheels. It is operated independently of the change-speed gear by means of the handles 39, 52. The change-speed gear comprises loose wheels 10, 11 on the engine shaft, always in mesh with other wheels on countershafts. Interlocked clutches 8, 9, operated from the handles 51, 59 on the vehicle, are used to clutch either of the wheels 10, 11 to the engine shaft. The low speed in one direction is obtained by driving through the train 10, 17, 28, and the high speed by driving through the train 11, 18, 17, 28. When the motion is reversed, the lowspeed train consists of the wheels 10, 17, 18, 22, 29, and the high-speed train consists of the wheels 11, 18, 22, and 29. The wheels are proportioned so that the high and low speeds are the same in each direction.
Patent GB-190904960-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible Writing Desk.
Inventor: BRAND EMIL
IPC: A47B17/03
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 4960. Brand, E. March 1. Writing-desks.-A collapsible writing-desk comprises a casing 1 having lateral guides 2 in which a frame 3 is slidably mounted. A desk slope 4 is hinged to the frame at the top, and supports 6 connected by a bar 8 are pivoted thereto at 7. Struts 11 are hinged to the slope 4 and are connected by hinged bars 10 to the cross-bar 8. The supports 6 are acted on by springs 12 and the struts 11 by springs 13, so that on raising the frame 3 from the casing the supports and struts are thrown forward into position. A balancing arrangement may be provided, comprising a weight and a cord, one end of which is attached to the cross-bar 14 of the frame 3. The slope is supported on a table top 15 supported by hinged brackets 16 provided with projections'19, which engage stops 20 on the desk slope when lowered into the casing. A wedge 17 on the frame 3 is adapted to engage the table top and lock the parts rigidly. In a modification, the folding desk slope may be combined with a fixed table top, and an auxiliary support is provided for the frame 3.
Patent GB-190906833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Windows and similar Closing Devices.
Inventor: UTLEY THOMAS
IPC: E05F11/40
Filed: 1909-03-22
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 6833. Utley, T. March 22. [Cognate Application, 7956/09]. Ship windows.-A weather-tight sliding window sash a is pressed against a packing-strip a<4> on theframec by wedging- screws c<3> and disengaged therefrom by inclined projections a<5> and grooves c<4> on the sash and frame respectively in a known manner, and is connected to a block a<1>, working on the operating-screw b, by a bolt a<2> passing through a slot a<3> in the block so that the sash can be pressed against the frame when in a closed position. The screw b is mounted in a bracket c' on the frame, and is operated through bevel - gearing d, d' contained in a box c<1>.
Patent GB-190921747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dobbies and Healds of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: DAVID ADRIEN
IPC: D03C1/04
Filed: 1909-09-23
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 21,747. David, A. Sept. 23. Dobbies; healds.-In a dobby which .has its parts spring - controlled so that it will work in either a vertical or an horizontal position, the lag pegs 26 act on fingers 18, which are pivoted on a fixed shaft 17 and carry spring catches 20 adapted to engage projections 29 on blades 13 rigidly secured to the heald frames 14. The fingers 18 are pressed towards the pattern cylinder by spring-controlled latches 10, pivoted on a shaft 9, which is raised a n d lowered by carriages 3, 4 operated by a lever 7 and connecting-rods 5, 6. When any particular finger 18 is not operated by a lag peg, the corresponding latch 10 engages a projection 28 and raises its heald frame 14, but when a finger 18 is turned by a lag peg, the projection 28 is withdrawn from its operative position and the corresponding heald frame is engaged by the catch 20. The heald frames that have been raised are lowered by a bar 16 mounted on the carriages 3, 4.
Patent GB-190921869-A (GB)
Title: Novel Appliance for Pointing or Bevelling the Lead Points of Lead Pencils.
Inventor: HARTLEY CYRIL JOHN
IPC: B43L23/00
Filed: 1909-09-25
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 21,869. Hartley, C. J. Sept. 25. Pencil-sharpeners. - In pencil-sharpeners of the type in which an abrading - surface is mounted above a dust - collecting casing, the abrading-surfaces are attached to, or formed on, a spindle A rotatable by a handle, hand-wheel, &c. Hand journaled above the casing E. The spindle is provided with two spring clips G in which a rough and a smooth file B are detachably held. In another form, a file having a coarse and a fine face is drawn out and rounded at the ends to form the spindle, which revolves in bearings integral with the casing, and is preferably detachable. Smooth and rough emery cloth or sand-paper mounted on a wood spindle may be substituted for the file. A sliding drawer F may be arranged in the casing.