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Patent GB-190727196-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Securing Sash COrds, and Constructional Details connected therewith.
Inventor: HARDY HERBERT MANSELL
Filed: 1907-12-09
Granted: 1908-12-09
Abstract: 27,196. Hardy, H. M. Dec. 9. Windows.-The sash cord k is secured by serrated jaws j to a metal clip f, which slides in grooved edges e of a carrier c fastened to the sash, and is retained by a slide g working in the bent edges d of the carrier. The carrier and slide are bent at right-angles at the top and fit in grooves in the sash frame. The pocket-piece l, has one edge rabbeted and the other edge bevelled, and is secured in place, without screws, by a detachable bead n. Holes p in the pulley stile at the side of the pocketpiece allow a screwdriver or tool to be inserted for the removal of the pocket-piece.
Patent GB-190800936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Fixing of Telegraph, Telephone, or other Electric Wires to Insulators
Inventor: MUNRO JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-15
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 936. Munro, J. Jan. 15. Conductors, supports or holders for ; insulation.- Conductors are secured to insulators by placing a bent metal sleeve C round the conductor A at the point adjacent to the insulator B, and by bending a wire E round the neck of the insulator and bringing the ends, which are preferably tapered as shown, along parallel to the sleeve C. Split sleeves Fare then forced over the ends of the sleeve C and wire E, and the ends of the wire E are then bent out so as to lock the sleeves F. The sleeve C may be made in one piece, or may consist of two pieces each with a lug for bending round so as to hold the halves together. If the conductor A is of galvanized iron, the parts of the clip may be made of zinc and galvanized iron, if, however, the conductor is copper, the parts of the clip also are of copper, and in this case a winding of tape impregnated with tar, rubber, &c. may be placed between the linewire and the sheath.
Patent GB-190803442-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Guide for Falling Windows Employed for Ventilation.
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 3442. Wragge, Ltd., G., and Ermen, C. Feb. 15. Stays.-A folding guide for use with fall-down windows or ventilators is constructed so that it may be placed in the centre of the frame. A plate d<1> fixed to the frame has pivotally mounted in it a short bracket g, which is pivotally connected to the guide-rod j, so that this rod has universal movement. The rodj passes through a slot in a swivelling stud k mounted in a bracket b<1 >secured to the window. A spring bolt b is also mounted in the bracket b<1> and engages a catch d in the plate d<1>. The bolt is operated by a cord e, one end of which is attached to it, the other end being attached to the plate d<1>. The stop on the end of the rod j may be removed when the window is required to be fully opened.
Patent GB-190805078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lamps for Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: GREENWOOD JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 5078. Greenwood, J. W. March 6. Velocipede lamps; lamp brackets; lenses.-An electric lamp 5 is supported in a holder 6, screwed into a parabolic reflector 1. The holder 6 is of larger diameter than the bulb of the lamp, thus permitting the holder and lamp to be screwed int or out of the reflector without removing the glass of the latter. A nut 18 locks the holder in position. A glass 2 rests in a recess 1<1> in the reflector 1, and is held in place by a spring wire 3, the ends of which are bent inwards at right-angles,so that, by pressing the ends together, the wire and the glass may be removed. The lamp is supported by a plate 19, attached to the lower part of the casing of the reflector, which can be nipped and held between two plates 21 by means of a screw 20, the plates 21 being bulged out at this point to give a spring grip ; the plates 21 can be tightened round the lamp bracket by a screw 24.
Patent GB-190805889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loading Apparatus for Ordnance
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 5889. Fetch, A. F., and Duncan, F. March 17. Loading - appliances. - Consists in an auxiliary rammer for inserting powder charges into the gun after the projectile has been rammed home. The rammer is composed of links E, G, which are pivoted to the loading-arm B and jointed to a third link F, the pushing end N of which moves in a straight line when the link G is turned by an hydraulic ram R through the medium of togglelevers S, T. These toggle-levers are so arranged that a single stroke of the ram R effects a double stroke of the pusher N.
Patent GB-190806294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnace Grates
Inventor: ROGERS JOHN KENT
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 6294. Rogers, J. K., and Redfearn, A. H. March 21. Fire-bars and grates; smoke-consuming.-The grates of boiler and other furnaces are formed of longitudinal hollow rotating bars with intermeshing collars or projections, means being provided for supplying air through the bars to behind the firebridge. Fig. 1 shows the flue of a boiler with the rotating fire-bars arranged therein. The bars l are mounted in bearings upon the dead-plate e and firebridge b, and when two or more bars are arranged end to end between the dead-plate and fire-bridge, intermediate bearings i are provided. The bars are provided with collars, which may be recessed, and longitudinal plates with recesses and projections to engage with the collars and recesses in the bars are arranged at the sides of the grate. The bars are rotated by worm and worm-wheel gearing in the same or in opposite directions, and the air, that is conveyed through the bars under forced or natural draught, escapes through passages z in the fire-bridge to the flue.
Patent GB-190818781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tin Box Making and Seam Locking Machines.
Inventor: RHODES CHARLES JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 18,781. Rhodes, C. J., and Siddle, S. Sept. 7. [Cognate Application No. 24,535, A.D. 1908, dated Nov. 14.] Punching; bending; metal, sheet, seaming and wiring edges of.-Sheet-metal boxes are made in one operation by punching out a cruciform blank, bending, seaming and, if necessary, wiring in one operation. The blank has rounded corners I, Fig. 2, which are curled up in the seaming operation and form tight corners. A die a, Fig. 1, punches out the blank and bends it over a collapsible mandrel D ; the edges S of the die are shaped so as to seam the overlapping edges together, according to the method described in Specification No. 7708, A.D. 1900, Figs. 6<a>, 6<b>, and 7, showing successive stages. The mandrel D consists of four parts separated by a wedge-shaped support F, a spring E, Figs. 1 and 2, normally keeping them in the raised position. For wiring, a groove g is provided, in which the wire is place the mandrel having a corresponding groove H, and, as the box is pressed downwards, the edge is curled around the wire.
Patent GB-190820409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ribbed Knitted Fabrics and in the Manufacture thereof
Inventor: SCOTT ROBERT WALTER
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 20,409. Scott, R. W. Sept. 28. Knitted fabrics.-A double-ribbed fabric with crossed sinker wales 5 is made on a machine in which the cylinder and the dial needles stand opposite one another and are each divided into two independently-operated sets. The dial needles of one set and the cylinder needles of the other set co-operate in the first half-revolution, while in the second half - revolution the remaining dial and cylinder needles co-operate. Welts, tuck courses, and vertical stripes may be made. By using a heavy yarn, a comparatively inelastic fabric is obtainable.
Patent GB-190822351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Nets.
Inventor: BURNET ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 22,351. Burnet, A., and Temple, H. Oct. 21. Hair-nets; hair-pins.-Hair-nets are formed of double strands which are twisted and simply interlaced at the points of crossing as shown in Fig. 2. Preferably the net is made tapering and of diminishing mesh towards one end which is knotted and secured to a hair-pin of special shape shown in Fig. 5. The net is coated with cellulose or the like.
Patent GB-190827127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Illuminable Transparencies and Means for Displaying the same.
Inventor: OUVIERE GUSTAVE
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 27,127. OuviÞre, G. June 12, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Chromatropes.- Imperceptibly changing coloureffects are produced on a screer. b, Fig. 4, of unpolished glass or the like by placing between it and a source of light two o transparent or translucent screens, bearing coloured designs and moving in the same direction, but with slightly different velocities. The screens may comprise a pair of superposed endless bands d, e on rollers, and the undermost one will drive the upper one at a slightly greater speed than it receives itself from the driving-shafts.
Patent GB-190828427-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Roller Skates.
Inventor: EVANS RONALD CALCOTT
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 28,427. Evans, R. C. Dec. 30. Skates.-A skate b, which is connected to the fore part of the foot-plate a of a roller skate, has a curved portion c which covers the toe of the skater's boot. This device enables him to use his boot toe as a brake without injuring his boot.
Patent GB-190904181-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of, and Apparatus for, Controlling the Voltage of Dynamo Electric Machinery, especially applicable to Variable Speed Generators.
Inventor: STANSFIELD WILLIAM
IPC: H02K23/36
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1910-02-21
Abstract: 4181. Stansfield, W., and Hatt, J. J. Feb. 20. Lighting systems. -In variable-speed generators of the kind described in Specifications 12,704/08 and 22,500/08, (Class 35, Dynamo-electric generators &c.], applicable for lighting railway vehicles &c., the constantpotential winding in the main field is dispensed with, and the differential windings Db, Fb, Fig. 1, on the auxiliary field, or the resistances of the wheatstone net q, q<1>, Fig. 6, connected to the winding Ob, are so arranged that, as the voltage to be controlled increases, the strength of the auxiliary field decreases, thereby decreasing the excitation of the main field. The invention may be applied to each of the arrangements described in the above-mentioned Specifications. Where the auxiliary field is excited by the windings Db, Fb, its strength decreases in consequence of the current in Fb increasing at a relatively less rate than that in the opposing winding Db. Damper coils Ha, Hb, Fig. 2, as well as series windings Ga, Gb, may be provided in the main and auxiliary fields. Where the two armature systems are combined in one machine, all the windings on the main field may be dispensed with by connecting the brushes P1, P2<1>, and P2, P3 by conductors J, Fig. 11, the current in the armature sections B, B<1> being utilized to produce the main field.
Patent GB-190904687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Bows, Buckles and the like to Shoes.
Inventor: CAHEN HARRY NAPTHALI
IPC: A43C11/24
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 4687. Cahen, H. N. Feb. 25. Bows, buckles, and the like, attaching. - Bows, buckles, and the like are detachably secured to shoes by an attachment which is rendered secure by the tension exerted by the foot on the shoe upper. Hooks b, secured to the upper a, are engaged with eyes e carried by a metal plate d on the back of the bow by pinching the upper material together; when the foot is inserted into the shoe, the upper material is extended and the hooks are locked in engagement with the eyes. The positions of the hooks and eyes may be interchanged, and more than one may be provided.
Patent GB-190906302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Centrifugal Regulator for Hydraulic Turbines.
Inventor: VONCKEN JOSEPH JEAN HUBERT
IPC: G05D13/00
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 6302. Voncken, J. J. H. March 16, 1908, [Convention date]. Transmitting-mechanism.-An hydraulic turbine is governed by means of a centrifugal governor E, the sluice gate being operated by a fluid-pressure relay or by an electric motor A. The governor E positions one or two bevel-wheels D by means of a rod V, the other being connected to the sluice gate by means of a rcd S, and both gearing with wheels P, P<1> on a frame which is connected with the slide valve of the fluid-pressure relay or provided with an arm Q carrying blades L, M sliding on contact-bars and studs F, G, H, I, J, K. Whenever the governor displaces its wheel D, the motor moves the sluice gate and also the second wheel D until the arm Q returns to its mid position. The current is passed in one or the other direction through the armature a of the motor A according as the arm Q is to the right or left of its mid position, and the strength of the current depends on the distance of the arm Q from its mid position. To stop the turbine, a second motor W is thrown in series with the field coils b of the motor A by means of a switch e<2>, and this motor W moves the wheel D connected to the governor E so that the motor A operates to close the sluice gate. When the sluice gate is closed, the lever T closes a switch e<3> in the same circuit as an alarm p. The armature of the motor W has only a limited motion.
Patent GB-190909662-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Advertising Frame.
Inventor: FRECE HENRY DE
IPC: G09F11/10
Filed: 1909-04-23
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 9662. Frece, H. de. April 23. Signs.-An advertising-frame comprises a rectangular base a with india-rubber suckers d for attaching it to a surface, and has rectangular side-frames b, which present a triangular section with the base a. Upper and lower grooves or guideways c, c<1> are provided for readily-changeable advertising cards or the like.'
Patent GB-190911482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: DAVY WILLIAM JAMES
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-05-14
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 11,482. Davy, W. J. May 14. Arc lamps.-Ash projected from flame electrodes is carried off by a cross current of gas drawn into an annular space between the bottom edge of a shield a and the edge of an economizer b. The gas escapes between the shield and the u s u a l casing c, through perforations in a plate e, and under an annular hood d. Air enters the globe g through spaces between it and a baffle f and the shield a.
Patent GB-190914176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Inverted Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: NEMEROVSKY JOSEPH MARKS
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 14.176. Nemerovsky, J. M., Everett, L. C., and Nemerovsky, F. June 16. Mantle supports; mantles. -The supporting-rings A of inverted mantles for gas-lamps are provided with a flange B to faciiitate handling and to reflect light downwardly, and the mantle proper D is attached to the ring A by means of loops. As shown in the Figure, the mantle is supported by loops d<1> threaded through the flange B. Or these loops may be threaded through holes in the ring below the flange, or may be passed over hooks projecting beneath the flange, or a band may be passed through all the loops and tied around a groove in the ring.
Patent GB-190917254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Windings for the Armatures of Dynamo-electric Machines and the like.
Inventor: GREENWOOD ARTHUR
IPC: H02K17/16
Filed: 1909-07-24
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 17,254. Hopper, A. G., and Greenwood, J. E. H., [representatives of Greenwood, A., and Chapman, F. T.]. July 24. Coils and conductors.-In armature windings of the squirrel-cage type in which the radial depth of the conductors is greater than their tangential width, the ends of the conductors projecting from the slots are turned through a right-angle and are secured to the short-circuiting member with their broad sides towards it. Fig. 2 shows in plan and elevation three bundles of radially deep conductors c emerging from a rotor T and riveted to a shortcircuiting ring R after having been bunched together and twisted through a right-angle.
Patent GB-190917260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heel-breasting Machines.
IPC: A43D87/00
Filed: 1909-07-24
Granted: 1910-07-25
Abstract: 17,260. Bates, A., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. July 24. Breasting.-In a heel-breasting machine, the knife is brought down by hand towards the work-support to act as a gauge for positioning the work before the actual breasting operation takes place. The knife E is held in a carrier D which moves in slides on the frame A. A hand-lever D' is pivoted in a fork extending upwards from the carrier, and a reciprocating rod K<3>, provided with a stop K<4>, passes through a collar C<4> extending from the side of the carrier. A connecting-rod K<2> connects the rod K<3> with a crank K<1>, Fig. 5, on a power shaft, which is started by throwing out a catch-bar G carried by a rock-shaft F<2>. The further end of the handlever D' is connected to a rod F, which is pivoted to a bar F<1> carrying a stop F<6>, which engages with a stop F<5> on a lever F' carried by the other end of the rock - shaft F<2>. On depressing the hand - lever D<3>, it first fulcrums about its connexion with the rod F and forces the carrier and knife E downwards against a spring C' until the knife engages the top of the heel. The lever then fulcrums about its connexion with the carrier D, and the rod F is lifted, turning the rock-shaft F<2> to throw out the catch G, thus starting the machine. As the crank K<1> moves round, it strikes the tail of the lever F<4>, thus forcing the stop F<5> clear of the stop F<6> and freeing the catch-bar G for engagement with its stop when the shaft has made one revolution. The rod F is returned by a spring. The work - support is clamped in a collar extending from the front of the frame, and the heel block is angularly and vertically adjustable.
Patent GB-190919765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: HAYOT LOUIS ADOLPHE
IPC: B64C3/38
Filed: 1909-08-28
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 19,765. Hayot, L. A. Sept. 4, 1908, [Convention date]. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement of; steering and balancing automatically. Aerial machines are rendered stable fore and aft by so mounting the supporting-planes that they are capable of freely moving parallel to themselves lengthwise of the machine. Rods m, n, pivoted to the hull a of the machine, carry groups 1, 2, 3 of superposed planes. Each plane comprises front and rear longitudinals c, d jointed at r, s to the rods m, n, and forms with these rods a jointed parallelogram so that it maintains a constant angle of incidence as the rods turn about their binges. Connecting - rods j ensure uniform movement of the groups of planes, and stops limit the movement. The joints of the rods m, n with the hull a are so located that the centre of the forces passing through these rods normally passes through the centre of gravity, and the movement of the wings has thus no tendency to incline the hull and the propeller axis.
Patent GB-190928079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Smoke and Gas Consuming Devices for Locomotive and like Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: KINGLSEY ALBERT FRANKLIN
IPC: F23M3/00
Filed: 1909-12-01
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 28,079. Kingsley, A. F. Dec. 1. Baffles.-A special form of arch of the kind described in Specification 20,968/96, for use particularly in locomotive fire-boxes is provided with air-distributing passages communicating with air feeding and preheating tubes which take the place of ordinary smoke tubes. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the arch is formed by interlocking blocks of refractory material supported upon brackets such as 8 on the sides of the fire-box. Two of the lower flues 7 are utilized as air feeding and preheating tubes. These tubes have pipe connexions 8' to the front of the locomotive, where they open to the atmosphere. A steam injector 9 serves to force air through the tubes to the fire-box. The tubes 7 are connected to the tubes 26 in the arch by means of tubular connexions 32, Fig. 5, the upper part of the front end of the arch being cut away to form a clearance space, one of the functions of which is to permit bent connexions being inserted in the event of the passages in the arch not registering with the air-tubes 7. The cut-away portion also allows the gases to escape freely to tubes on the same level as the air-tubes 7. Air escapes from the passages 26 through vertical openings 31 discharging above the arch.
Patent GB-190930105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Model Airships and Flying Machines, and the Mechanism and Propelling Medium for Working the same.
Inventor: HOUGH JOSEPH SHONE
IPC: B64C31/06
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 30,105. Hough, J. S. Dec. 24. Roundabouts.-Relates to captive model airships of the kind that are propelled around a central support. According to the present invention, a spindle B, bent from its axis at B<1>, is supported by a depending bracket, Fig. 2, or upright support, Fig. 3, and is attached to the air-ship &c. F by a fine silk thread C. The spindle B is rotated through a pulley A by a motor E or other means.
Patent GB-191002374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Magazine Pistols.
Inventor: PATTISON CHARLES ARTHUR
IPC: F41C7/06
Filed: 1910-01-31
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 2374. Pattison, C. A. Jan. 31. Breech actions, sliding breech - block.- Relates to magazine pistols of the kind in which a non - rotary breech-block is operated by a lever in front of the grip, such lever being pressed away from the grip by a spring to open the breech, and consists (1) in providing a catch which normally retains the lever close to the grip, and (2) in providing a spring stop for limiting the upward movement of the cartridges. As shown in Fig. 4, the breech-block 20 is operated by the lever 30, which is pressed outwards by the spring 39. The spring catch 41 normally retains the lever 30 close to the grip. An antifriction roller 40 is provided on the spring 39. The stop for limiting the upward movement of the cartridges comprises two legs 42, Fig. 3, and a cross-bar 43. The legs fit into holes at the rear end of the barrel, and are pressed outwards by springs 46 when the breech is opened.
Patent GB-191004076-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint for Wind Screens for Motor Cars.
IPC: B60J1/04
Filed: 1910-02-18
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 4076. Hooper & Co., and Fisher, C. J. Feb. 18. Pivot adjustments.-Adjustable pivots for the wind-screens of motor-cars comprise cylindrical bosses c on the screen, working in sockets d in the supports b. The bosses carry central screws e which project through the sockets; and a series of circularly - arranged projections and depressions g are provided on and in the contiguous faces of the ends of the bosses and the bottoms of the sockets. The joint is locked by nuts h on the screws c.
Patent GB-191004175-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Thrust-bearing.
Inventor: CHARLES RAWLINSON MACDONALD
IPC: F16C39/06
Filed: 1910-02-19
Abstract: 4175. Macdonald, C. R. Feb. 19, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Magnetically relieving pressure. -In thrust or footstep bearings for turbines, propeller shafts, worm gearing, boring and drilling machines, &c., the bearing pressure is counteracted by the pull between a fixed electro-magnet and a rotating armature. The armature K rotates with the shaft A, and is attracted by an electro-magnet F, C, or by a number of magnets arranged around the shaft. The electric current is controlled by a switch N operated by end movement of the shaft ; the switch can be used to cut off the current or to insert a resistance. Insulating air gaps G in the field-magnet F may be used for lubrication. In a modification the shaft is locally thickened in the neighbourhood of the armature K.