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Patent GB-190724616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Combined Boot Stands, Boot-jacks and Foot Rests.
Inventor: HARRISON THOMAS ELLIOT
Filed: 1907-11-06
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 24,616. Harrison, T. E. Nov. 6. Stools.-A foot-rest, consisting of a frame or receptacle c with a sloping top b, for use in putting on and taking off boots or shoes, is provided with a hoot-jack f, and with one or more shelves a for the reception of boots &o. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the boot-jack is hinged or pivoted at g, so that, when not in use, it can be folded up to form an end panel for the frame &c. c. When required for use, it is drawn down into the position shown in dotted lines. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the boot-jack is mounted to slide in guides h, and is provided with suitable stops k and an end-rest i. In another modification, the guides are higher up in the frame &c., and the jack is formed in two parts hinged together near its inner end, so that, when it is drawn out, the outer or operative part can turn down until it rests on the floor &c. The top b is provided with a heel guide d, and may also have a guide for the sole; it may be formed with recesses, or surrounded by a moulding e, to adapt it to receive a shoe-horn and a button-hook.
Patent GB-190724943-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in and connected with Dress Pins, Safety Pins & the like
Inventor: BREWER WILLIAM KENNETH
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 24,943. Brewer, W. K. Nov. 11. Pins, dress and like.-These are provided near the point with a spear-shaped enlargement having one or more cutting- edges.
Patent GB-190800081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boots or Shoes, and Leggings.
Inventor: DARKER HAROLD GEORGE
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 81. Darker, H. G. Jan. 1. Leggings.-Leggings &c., or facings therefor, are formed on each side of the opening with flaps B, B', which, as shown applied to a boot, are adapted to interlock with and support each other at the approximately r e c tangular corners X. Each flap is secured to the opposite side of the opening by a spring button c or other suitable fastening. Some or all of the flaps may have two buttons each, to increase the ornamental effect.
Patent GB-190800713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ventilators.
Inventor: ASH THOMAS FREER
Filed: 1908-01-11
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 713. Ash, T. F., and Ludlow, E. Jan. 11. Ventilators.-In order to pivot detachably the flap valve of a ventilator to the box or casing so that an unbroken contour is obtained in front of the ventilator, the valve is provided with lugs f <1> carrying trunnions f<3>, which are passed through quadrant-shaped grooves b<3> into circular recesses b<4> in the casing. The valve is rounded at its lower edge, and closes flush with the outer flange against a rib b<5> on the casing. The sides f<2> of the valve are preferably formed with ribs f<5> to receive a dustexcluding plate f <6>.
Patent GB-190802194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Appliances for Ships.
Inventor: HAINAUX ANDRE PIERRE MARIE
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 2194. Hainaux, A. P. M. Jan. 31. Buoys.-A safety appliance for ships comprises a double compartment a, b in the compartment a of which is located a refuge chamber f which is floated off by first flooding the compartment b. The movements of the chamber may be controlled through a supporting-cradle fitted with rollers and operated by cables passing above and below the cradle to winches. Winches are also provided for operating the hinged covers c, c<1>, and suitable openings are provided for communicating between the vessel and the inside of the chamber f. The compartment b is further provided with a buoy n which serves to establish communication between the surface and the sunken vessel.
Patent GB-190804805-A (GB)
Title: Improved Internal Cushion for Boots and Shoes
Inventor: RAMSAY JOHN
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 4805. Ramsay, J. March 3. Heels; socks.-An internal heel cushion consists of a hollow wedge-shaped pad 5 of india-rubber, and a top sole piece 11 of wood, celluloid, papier mÔchÚ, or stiffened leather, but preferably of vulcanized fibre, which may be either flat or moulded to the shape of the bottom of the foot. This sole piece, which is preferably secured to the pad, extends forward to take under the ball joints of the toes, but it may be cut away to take the pressure of either the big or little toe only. A canvas wearing-piece 9 may be solutioned to the bottom of the pad 5.
Patent GB-190806302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Making Machines.
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 6302. Bertram & Son, J., [White, J.]. March 21. Belt gearing.-In paper-machines provided with driving-gear of the kind described in Specification No. 5157, A.D. 1896, cone and belt gear as described in Specification No. 10,875, A.D. 1902, is used, a short belt Z of triangular section being disposed on an upper cone pulley E below the power-transmission belt D to ensure efficient driving and the lower pulley G being made cylindrical.
Patent GB-190811413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vacuum Cleaners.
Inventor: BEHRINGER EMIL
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 11,413. Behringer, E., and Behringer, H. May 26. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-Relates to a portable vacuum-cleaner comb i n e d with a rocking chair and operated by the motion of the chair. The chair seat is adjustably secured to rockers 23 by means of a screw and nut 24 working in a slot 25 of a plate 26, which is fixed to a beam 27 and is carried by a bracket 28. Below the seat is a box 36, which contains a bellows 37 and valve chambers 38, 39 and is carried by framing 31, 32 fixed to a base 29, each valve chamber having two valves. As shown in Fig. 2, the chamber 39 has two outwardly-opening valves 42, which exhaust the air from the compartments 43, 44 of the bellows when the movable partition 45 is operated by the links 47 connected to levers 46. The inlet valve chamber has inwardly-opening valves 48' and receives its air through a pipe 40. Vacuum and pressure valves are fitted to the chambers 38, 39. The lower end of the pipe 40, which is made of wire cloth 53 and plugged, is surrounded by a cylinder 54 of wire cloth, and the space between the two is filled with sawdust or similar material to retain the dust. The suction pipe is connected to the hollow handle 56 of the collector and extends to a filter 58 similar to that attached to the pipe 40. The cleaner is mounted on rubber-faced wheels 63, which drive friction wheels 64 on the shaft 65 of the rotary sweeper. Boxes 68 are placed oil each side of the sweeper to catch small objects. The air is drawn through diagonally arranged openings 69 and passes over a deflector 70 into the suction pipe 56.
Patent GB-190816852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: HALL ROBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 16,852. Hall, R. F. Aug. 11. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In a sparking-plug of the type in which the insulation of the central conductor is made up of disks or washers of mica, the insulation c so formed has its lower end c<1> rounded and is tapered to fit an externally screwed steel sleeve e, the lower edge of which is turned over the rounded portion c' of the insulation c. The sleeve e is forced on. The body b of the plug has a shoulder b' which forms a support for an extension piece f of steatite or like material, an asbestos or other elastic packing-ring g being interposed. The object of the piece f, the enlarged part f<2> of which is rounded at f<1>, is to prevent sparks passing between the central steel conductor a and the metallic body of the plug. Sparking normally occurs between the preferably detachable points a<3> and the lower edge b<1> of the plug body. The rounded edges c<1> f<1> provide sufficient clearance to permit of expansion and contraction. The edge b<5> of the body may be turned or spun over an external shoulder e<2> on the sleeve e.
Patent GB-190817211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Magnetic Brakes for Tramway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: SHEARS CUTHBERT
Filed: 1908-08-15
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 17,211. Shears, C. Aug. 15. Brakes.-In order to prevent access of moisture to the coils of brake electro-magnets, the energizing-coils 9 and the cores 7 are surrounded by cylindrical casings 12 engaging in annular grooves in the side-plates 1, 2. The cores 7 are held in position between the side plates by pins 8 ; or the whole or part of the end of the core may be embedded in the side plate. After the cores and casings are placed in position between the side plates, the latter are secured together by. bolts 3. The casing 12 abuts against a rubber gasket 14 in an annular groove, and an india-rubber ring 16 is forced into this groove by a nut 13 screwed on the outside of the casing 12. The ends of the wires of the coil are passed through grooves 10, which are afterwards filled with pitch. The flexible conductor 30, Fig. 5, to the coils passes through a hollow plug 16 in the side plate, and the entrance of air or moisture is prevented by a nut 17, which bears against a flanged sleeve 18 and forces it against a packing-ring of india-rubber on the conductor.
Patent GB-190819265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: MARSH ALBERT LE ROY
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 19,265. Marsh, A. le R. Sept. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Resistances.-A variable heating-resistance forming the walls of a furnace chamber consists of rings 15 of conductive material s u c h as carbon, s u rf ace-oxidized metal, or oxides, sulphides, or other compounds of metals, adjustably compressed together.The bottom of the chamber is a block 17, preferably of graphite, and a ring 14 of similar material is placed above the rings 15. The block 17 and ring 14 are provided with integral terminal posts 19, 18, the former of which carries a bearing for the end of a compression screw 12. A fixed nut 11 is attached to arms projecting from a sheetmetal casing 7, which is supported by legs 8. An inner casing 3 of magnesite, fire-brick, or other insulating-material is provided with an annular cover 4, preferably of asbestos board, secured by bolts 5.
Patent GB-190820327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Sounding Motor Horns and the like.
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 20,327. Motor Sundries, Ltd., Tonks, H. J., and Smith, G. P. B. Sept. 28. [Patent of Addition to No. 6052, A.D. 1907.] Horns.-Relates to improvements in the apparatus described in Specification No. 6052, A.D 1907, for operating motor-car and like horns without removing the hand from the steering-wheel. Movement of the lever E attached to the arm of the steering-wheel raises the ends T of the levers V pivoted at v<1> to fixed arms c<1>, by means of the Bowden wire or equivalent connexion S, whereby buttons V<2> compress the ball A. A stop J causes the buttons V<2> to rest close to the ball, and the levers V are returned by the spring H. The casing C is made in two parts of thin sheet metal. The stop J and the Bowden wire connexion may be made adjustable. The end of the lever E may be made T-shaped to follow partly the curve of the wheel.
Patent GB-190820359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: RICHARDSON PERCY
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 20,359. Richardson, P. March 10, 1909. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to a transmission gear for motor road vehicles comprising a changespeed gear, a propeller shaft, and a live driving- axle, all of which are carried in a casing which is attached directly to the frame of the vehicle at one end and indirectly to the frame through springs at the other end. The invention consists in connecting the forward end of the casing E, H, A to the frame of the vehicle by a hollow ball-and-socket joint F, F<1> and locating the universal coupling D by which the propeller shaft B is coupled to the motor within the ball-and-socket joint but out of contact with it, while the motor or clutch shaft W is supported by a bearing carried by the fixed part of the ball and socket joint. The change-speed gear H may be located at the forward, the rear, or an intermediate part of the member E. A construction of speed-gear giving three forward speeds and one reverse is described.
Patent GB-190820503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Force Pumps, applicable for Force Feed Lubricators.
Inventor: WOOD JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 20,503. Wood, J. H. Sept. 30. Lubricating-pumps.-Relates to sight-feed lubricators of the type in which the sight-feeds are arranged on the suction side of the pumps, and consists chiefly in arranging the pumps with their barrels vertically disposed in the upper part of the oil-container, the mechanism for actuating them being below. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of one of the pump barrels 2 and of the sight-tube relatively to the container 1, and Fig. 3 shows the actuating- mechanism. The pumps are normally driven by a rocking lever 18 from a worm-wheel 13 an ratchet-wheel 11 carrying an eccentric 12 working in a stirrup on the rocking lever. When desired the pumps can be operated by the bandwheel 16 independently of the worm-wheel 13. The pumps may be put out of action by opening the suction valves by means of the screws 20.
Patent GB-190901666-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Up Device for Securing Forms in the Beds of Printing Machines.
Inventor: CROW WILLIAM STEPHENSON
IPC: B41F27/04
Filed: 1909-01-23
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1666. Crow, W. S. Jan. 23. Furniture.-A device, adapted to dispense with the ordinary printers' furniture for securing formes to the beds of printing-machines, comprises parallel sides 1, preferably of iron, connected by pairs of links 2 to centre links 4, which are provided with centre bars 3 oppositely threaded at their adjacent ends to engage a nut 5. In a modification, an ordinary central screw is threaded through one centre link and has a bearing in the other ; in another modification, one of the bars 1 and its pair of links are dispensed with.
Patent GB-190904880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings.
Inventor: BRUECK JEAN PIERRE
IPC: A41F17/00
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 4880. Br³ck, J. P. Feb. 27. Hook fastenings. - A fastening for straps &c. comprises a hook g, having a spring tougue g<1> made in one piece with it, attached to one of the parts to be fastened and an adjustable eye on the other part. The eye, as shown in Fig. 2, consists of two hinged parts a, b, the part b being formed with portions c tor clipping the strap between it and recesses e in the base-part a and also with a part d which forms the eye for engagement with the hook. The part b is retained in position by a hook a<11> on the base-plate a.
Patent GB-190906006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating System for Mines.
Inventor: QUIN JOHN
IPC: E21F1/00
Filed: 1909-03-12
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 6006. Quin, J. March 12. Roads, ways, and working places, arrangement of; harbours of refuge.- Mines are provided with an auxiliary high-pressure system of ventilation connected up to safety chambers in the drifts. An arrangement of headings, rooms, and cross-cuts in connexion with such a system is also described. Drifts 15 from the hoisting- shaft 14 are branched at 17 and 18, the branches being connected by cross-cuts 19. Rooms 22 extend laterally from the drifts 15, 18, each pair of rooms being connected by cross-cuts 23. Safety chambers 24 are in each room. The cross-cuts and each pair of rooms have doors 27, 28 and overcasts. The air forced down the shaft 14 thus traverses all the rooms in succession, and is drawn up the up-cast shaft 21 by way of the drift 17. The safety chambers are connected by pipes 32 with a tank 12 supplied with air by a compressor 10. When, in case of emergency, the miners retreat to the safety chambers, closure of the doors automatically opens a valve 34 and supplies the chamber with compressed air. The pressure inside the chamber can be regulated by means of an adjustable relief valve 36.
Patent GB-190907949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Recording and Reproducing Music Produced on Keyed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: NYSTROEM CARL WILHELM
Filed: 1909-04-02
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 7949. Nystr÷m, C. W April 2. Players for keyboard instruments; actions; tune barrels, sheets, and the like.-In a player or music recorder for keyboard musical instruments of the type wherein wax-covered tune barrels or sheets are employed, two or more electro-magnets are provided for each note, which are energized in succession at time-intervals which vary according to the loudness of the note to be produced or recorded. The tune-sheet 8, which is provided with two grooves for each note, is wound from the roller 5 on to the roller 7, and passes in its course over a roller 6. As shown in Fig. 1, the roller 6 is in position for recording, and, on depressing a key such as 19, the spring 26 depresses a striker 20, and a loosely mounted contact disk 24, having a conical aperLure through which the rod passes, in the first place completes the circuit of the electro-magnet 17 at the contact 22, and subsequently the circuit of the electro-magnet 18 at the contact 23. The electro-magnets 17, 18, attract their armatures 15, 16, successively at an interval determined by the rapidity of depression of the key, and the style 9 produce grooves on the tune-sheet 8, the relative lengths of which vary according to the rapidity with which the key is depressed. To reproduce the music played, the roller 6 is shifted to the position shown in dotted lines, and the tunesheet is adjusted until the pins 45 of the contact devices are in alinement with the tune-sheet depressions. When a pin 45 enters a depression, the adjustable armature 52 is attracted by an electro-magnet 50, Fig. 6, and an arm 66 of the link 53 draws the armature 55 towards its electromagnet 51, so that the pivoted shoe 59 contacts with the rotating roller 60, causing the part 58 to depress the rod 20 and sound the corresponding note. After an interval which is determined by the relative positions of the tune-sheet depressions, and which determines the loudness of the note produced, the electro-magnet 51 is energized, causing the shoe 58 to be more forcibly pressed against the roller 60. The rod 20 comprises two parts united by a clamping-collar 72 so that its length may be adjusted, and in a modification this rod is made in two independent sections, each of which bears against a pivoted lever, for the purpose of increasing the movement of the contact disk 24. Alternatively, the striker may be pivoted on the shoe, being retained in position by a spring, or two independently operated strikers 58 may be provided for each note.
Patent GB-190908365-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable to Music Rests.
Inventor: MORLEY TOM
IPC: B42D9/04
Filed: 1909-04-07
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 8365. Morley, T. April 7. Leaf-holders.-A tube a provided with slots a<1>, a<2> is fitted to the front of a music stand. Sliding in this tube are short rods b to which are pivoted counterbalanced fingersc. The fingers are depressed to turn over, and return to the vertical position when the leaf is turned.
Patent GB-190908602-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Flying Machines.
Inventor: STEVENSON GEORGE
IPC: B64C33/02
Filed: 1909-04-10
Granted: 1910-04-11
Abstract: 8602. Stevenson, G. April 10. Aerial machines without aerostats ; planes, construction and arrangement of; propelling. - The aerial machine comprises two supporting-planes P arranged at the same height above the platform D, and two or more pairs of wings A driven from a motor M beneath the platform. The wings A are universally pivoted at 3 to the platform and are connected to the crank-bars B by a pivoted link 4 hinged to a lever 2 connected by links 5 to a bar 1 pivoted to the underside of the wing. The motor M drives a central crank-shaft g; and trailing crank-shafts g are connected to the front and rear of the bars B. The wings are provided with a depending vane V, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190909475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbine Nozzles.
Inventor: HOWDEN JAMES
IPC: F01D9/04
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 9475. Howden, J., and Holloway, J. April 21. Nozzles for impulse turbines are constructed of parts which can be machined and polished separately, and which can be asembled or removed singly. Fig. 1 shows the stationary wheel A and the outer ring D, between which the nozzle partitions B are held. The outer ring bears against the casing E. The wheel A and the ring D are recessed and provided with undercut grooves a, d to receive the ends of distance-pieces C, C'. The partitions B are held by the distancepieces, but may also be held by the undercut grooves. In a modification, the distancepieces slide over dovetailed projections, or one of the parts A, D may be provided with a projection, and the other with a groove.
Patent GB-190913930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stamp Cancelling or Marking Machines for Postal and like Purposes.
IPC: B41K3/44
Filed: 1909-06-14
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 13,930. Marks, E. C. H., [Columbia Postal Supply Co.]. June 14. Feeding sheets etc.; delivery apparatus.- In a postmarking-machine the letters 2 are stacked on edge on a table 1 where they rest against friction feed-wheels 7, 10 and a freely mounted abutment or supporting-roller 15, with their front edges against a wall 5. The roller 15 consists of a number of disks mounted on a shaft 16. The feedwheels, 7, 10 comprise respectively double and single rubber-edged disks on shafts 9, 11, which are driven in the same direction by a belt 12. A stop or separator 17 with a bevelled face 8 prevents more than one letter from passing at a time. The separator 8 is pressed forward by a spring 23 and is provided with adjusting-nut 25. The letters pass between a printing-roller 34 and an impression roller 26, and after printing are delivered between a driven roller 50 in fixed bearings and a roller 52 in a pivoted frame 53, this roller being held in contact with the roller 50 by a spring 54. The letters thence pass to a stacker 55, which piles them against a stop 6. The stop 6 is formed integral with a sleeve 58, which is mounted loosely on a horizontal rod 59 and is formed with a lug adapted to enter one of a series of recesses in the wall 4, thus allowing for adjustment for letters of various sizes. The whole machine is driven from a central vertical shaft, the feeding, printing, and delivery rolls being driven by gearing and the stacker by a belt kept taut by a jockey pulley.
Patent GB-190914412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulleys or Idlers for Conveyor Belts, also applicable for other Purposes.
Inventor: JOHNSTONE JAMES CHALMERS
IPC: B65G39/04
Filed: 1909-06-19
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 14,412. Johnstone, J. C. June 19. Troughing-rollers for belts.-An idler pulley, primarily designed as a troughing-roller for conveyer belts, comprises a number of transverse. sections of varying diameter adapted to rotate upon a common spindle at different speeds. The common spindle 1 is made hollow to contain lubricant which is supplied to end lubricators 6. A cylindrical section 9 is mounted in the centre, and sections 10, 11, 12 of varying diameter are disposed on either side of the central section, the whole forming the belt 15 into a trough shape. Lubricating-holes 7 are provided, and end movement is prevented by the bosses of the different sections abutting against one another and against end collars 17. The edges of the different sections are rounded to prevent chafing of the belt.