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Patent GB-190718486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steering Gear for Vehicles.
Filed: 1907-08-15
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 18,486. Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works Co., McDonald, J., and Hek, W. S. Aug. 15. Steering. - A construction of steering-gear for vehicles, especially for trailer wagons used behind traction engines, comprises a curved rack a, mounted in front of the fore-carriage b, and a steering pillar c mounted on the body d of the vehicle and provided with a pinion f imparting motion to the rack a through spur-wheels k, m mounted on an intermediate shaft g adapted to be raised and lowered by the lever h. When it is desired to use the wagon without steering-gear, the intermediate shaft is raised. In some cases, the shaft g may be slidden or swung, or the pinions may be otherwise suitably disconnected.
Patent GB-190721748-A (GB)
Title: Modification of Billiard Tables.
Inventor: BAKER CHARLES
Filed: 1907-10-02
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 21,748. Baker, C. Oct. 2. Billiards; games imitating billiards.-To convert a rectangular billiard table into an oval one, movable cushions A, B are inserted in the positions shown. The corner pockets may be formed by openings C or a passage may be formed completely through the movable cushions, so that the ball may roll into the ordinary pockets P.
Patent GB-190724780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose-pipe Couplings for Railway or like Brakes
Inventor: WINDOLFF HERMANN
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 24,780. Windolff, H. Nov. 9, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Couplings, disconnectible.-In a brake-pipe coupling with'rotary disk valves automatically opened and closed by connecting and disconnecting the coupling pieces, a valve disk b in each coupling- piece turns on a fixed plate c round a bolt d screwed into the casing a. The valve disk is formed on its outer face to receive a washer e, and has fan shaped ports f adapted to register with similar ports in the plate. The valve disk and the plate are pressed together by a rubber ring i and a rubber sleeve k ; for this sleeve, a helical spring may be substituted. At the circumference of each valve disk b, and in .the plane of the disk, are two projections m, n, which engage with the usual pin in each coupling- piece and shift the valve disk. A groove p in the valve disk engages with a tooth fixed to the casing, to prevent too great a rotation on disconnexion. The casings a are of the usual form, so that the valves may be inserted into existing couplings ; and the projections m, n are so arranged that the coupling-pieces can le connected only when the valves are closed.
Patent GB-190726471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: BENNIS ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 26,471. Bennis, A. W. Nov. 30. Fire-bars and grates. - Trough-shaped bars of the kind described in Specification No. 19,028, A.D. 1905, are fitted at the sides of furnaces having grates with fixed or rocking fire-bars. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the trough-shaped bars A are bolted to the furnace front and rest with their rear ends upon a back bearer. PJates E fixed in the furnace wall dip into the troughs, and an air-tight seal is made by an ash or sand filling. The bars are held apart by a distance-piece, preferably consisting of a tube H, through which runs a bolt h. In a modified arrangement, the grate and trough-shaped bars are carried by a trolly which can be withdrawn bodily from the brickwork.
Patent GB-190726526-A (GB)
Title: Process of and Apparatus for Pulverising Combustible or other Liquids.
Inventor: JONES ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 26,526. Jones, A. E. Nov. 30. Spray burners.-Combustible liquid and air, or another fluid of specific weight different from that of the combustible, are admitted under pressure by separate tangential passages h, i into a chamber b wherein they whirl and mix. The mixture issues from an end orifice c as a spray in the form of a hollow cone-shaped jet, which when ignited burns steadily'even in a current of a gas. This burner is specially suit-' able for heating the compressed air of torpedo engines.
Patent GB-190726867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coffin Handles or Grips
Inventor: GORDON SAMUEL ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 26,867. Gordon, S. A. Dec. 5. Metalwork, ornamental.-Two ornamental stampings are attached to coffin handles by means of projections a<2> on one of the stampings, said projections being passed through holes in the handle and the other stamping respectively. The projections are then turned over. If only one stamping is used, the projections a<2> are passed through the holes in the handle, and are then bent over lugs on the handle.
Patent GB-190804512-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Starting Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: CARTER DOUGLASS RANDOLPH
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1909-03-01
Abstract: 4512. Carter, D. R. Feb. 28. Gas and like engines.-Relates to a starting- device for the engines of motor-vehicles of the kind which permits of the driver starting the engine without leaving his seat. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the device on the car, and Fig. 2 is a detail view. A ratchet-wheel j, fixed to the engine-shaft, is engaged by a spring pawl f on an arm e which is connected by a flexible cord c with a hand-lever a arranged near the steering- wheel. When the lever a is pulled, the arm e rotates the engine-shaft. The pawl f allows the shaft to over-run the arm when the engine is started. Should the engine start backwards, the arm e is forced downwards until a projection n on the pawl meets a slope L on the fixed sector k and draws the pawl out of gear. A spring m pulls the arm e downwards when the device is not in use, so as to disengage the pawl.
Patent GB-190809560-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatuses for the Assemblage of Radiators.
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 9560. Soc. J. Grouvelle, H. Arquembourg, et Cie. May 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Soldering.-In the manufacture of radiators of the type described in Specification No. 5599, A.D. 1902, tilling plates a are assembled in combs band the flat tubes i are placed between them, the whole being clamped in a frame. The radiator thus assembled is then lifted by the frame out of the combs and is dipped into solder. The combs b consist of bars with saw-cuts in them, flanges being provided on the bars to leave spaces for the tubes. The frame consists of T-bars l and bolts m, toggle clamps p being provided to tighten projecting portions. Asbestos is inserted between the parts that the solder is not required to unite.
Patent GB-190816561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps Driven by Means of Compressed or Rarefled Gas
Inventor: RODHE OLOF
Filed: 1908-08-06
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 16,561. Rodhe, O. Aug. 6. Compressing ; exhausting.-Air or gases, particularly those required for chemical analysis, are pumped through the medium of a liquid piston, which is actuated in one direction by subjecting it to the pressure of a gas or vacuum, and is caused to return automatically when the pressure or vacuum breaks a liquid seal and open the pressure or vacuum chamber to the atmosphere. The provision of the liquid seal constitutes the essential feature of the invention. Air or gas drawn in through pipes 8, Fig. 1, is forced through pipes 7 through the medium of a liquid piston contained in reservoirs 6, pipes 5, a reservoir 3, pipe 11, and a chamber 1. The liquid normally stands at a little above the level of the top of a short pipe 4 within the pressure chamber 1 so as to seal a pipe 9 which puts the chamber into communication with the atmosphere. When gas under pressure is admitted to the chamber by a pipe 2, the liquid falls in the pipe 4 and reservoir 3 and rises in the reservoirs 6, thereby effecting compression strokes. Meanwhile, liquid from the annual space surrounding the pipe 4 is forced through the pipe 9 until the chamber 1 is opened to the atmosphere, whereupon liquid falls in the reservoirs 6 and suction strokes are effected. One pumping-element 5, 6, 7, 8 only may be used, and a straight pipe 4 may replace the pipe 4 and reservoir 3. In one modification, the reservoir 3 is enlarged and the chamber 1 is placed therein, the pipe 4 being replaced by a port in the wall of the chamber 1. The pipes 11, 5 communicate with the reservoir by a common pipe which enters therein near the bottom. In a further modificafication, these pipes are passed vertically through the cover of the reservoir and extend nearly to the bottom thereof. In apparatus in which the liquid piston is subjected to a vacuum in a pipe such as 2, the chamber 1 is arranged so that the level of the pipe 4 or its equivalent wall port is a little above that of the top of the reservoirs 6, instead of a little below the bottom of the reservoirs as shown. The portion of the apparatus for effecting the reversal of the flow of the liquid piston, i.e. the chamber 1, pipe 9, and return circuit 11, 3, 4 for the liquid expelled from the pipe 9, may be separated from the pump elements, which may be located at a distance and connected by long pipes directly to the pressure or vacuum pipe 2. Alternatively such pipes may be connected with cylinders fitted with solid pistons, which are reciprocated by the fluctuations of pressure in the chamber 1.
Patent GB-190817706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shade Holders for Incandescent Electric and other Lights.
Inventor: HILL WILLIAM APPLETON GAVIN
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 17,706. Hill, W. A. G. Aug. 24. Lamp-shade 'holders. - The lamp shade of an electric or other lamp is secured in position by means of two rings a, b connected together by a spiral spring or by rods d and spiral springs c. The upper ring a bears against the shade i, and the lower ring b, which rests on the neck of the lamp, is formed with notches to allow the pegs of the lamp to pass through.
Patent GB-190819683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Holding Open for Filling Purposes and Releasing as Required with Contents Bags or Sacks and for Weighing Contents if Necessary.
Inventor: ROSSALL JAMES
Filed: 1908-09-19
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 19,683. Rossall, J., and Rixson, J. S., [trading as Rossall & Co.]. Sept. 19. Sack-holders.-A device for holding sacks during filling with coal or other materials, consists of two curved jaws e, f, of angleiron, one supported on the curved end of the uprights a, and the other fixed to the bell-crank levers g. To release the sack the levers are moved against a spring h by a treadle k working in a guide o, or a hand-lever or. other gear. The uprights are connected by crossties and the horizontal portion of the bars a supports rods c' which form a platform for the sack. The uprights may be attached by screws to the frame or platform of a weighing - machine to weigh the sack, or the descending scale may be arranged to operate the lever and release the sack or to give a signal. The gripper may be . varied in form or may have additional attachments to distend the mouth of the sack. The device may be mounted on wheels or attached to a vehicle.
Patent GB-190820369-A (GB)
Title: Roller-blotter.
Inventor: HOYER HUGO ERWIN
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 20,369. Hoyer, H. E. Sept. 28. Blotting-appliances.-A blotter shaped as a roller or segment is provided with a blotting-surface consisting of narrow strips a of blotting - paper mounted on edge longitudinally of the core c. The strips a are glued to a sheet of paper b which is then secured to the core c. In a modification of the roller blotter, the strips are mounted on edge circumferentially of the core. In this form the strips are out out in the form of rings and are held in place on the core by end flanges. A spring i is inserted between the handle h and roller of the blotter.
Patent GB-190900133-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Single-phase Series-wound Electric Motor.
Inventor: PUNGA FRANKLIN
IPC: H02K27/04
Filed: 1909-01-02
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 133. Punga, F. Jan. 2, 1908, [Convention date]. Alternating current motors; commutating poles.- To obtain sparkless commutation in single-phase series motors, in which the compensating-winding a and the commutating-pole windings bare connected in series in a closed circuit, and the compensating-currents are obtained from the armature by induction, a small auxiliary electromotive force E is introduced into the compensating-circuit so as to shift the phase of the compensating-current without materially influencing its magnitude. The auxiliary electromotive force E may be derived either directly or through a transformer from the main transformer, from the armature brushes or machine terminals, or from an independentlydriven auxiliary machine.
Patent GB-190900867-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Medicating and Strengthening the Lungs and Chest, and Measuring Respiration.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
IPC: A61B5/09
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 867. Willis, P. R. J., [Warde, A. G.]. Jan. 13. Spirometers; inhalers.-Apparatus for exercising, medicating, and testing the lungs comprises a casing 1 having a recess 2, in which is mounted a fan 14 operating a pointer 17 through a train of gearing. A plug carrying a sponge 26 saturated with medicament is mounted in the passage 6 between the recess 2 and the mouthpiece. A gear-wheel 16 attached to the pointer is driven through a pinion 15 and a gear-wheel 20, by means of a pin 24 mounted on a boss 21 projecting from the wheel 20. The boss is of segmental cross-section, the curved surface engaging between the teeth of the gearwheel 16 so as to lock the latter in position except whilst its teeth are in engagement with the pin 24, which is mounted contiguous to the plane surface of the boss. In a modification described in the Provisional Specification, the fan drives the pointer through two gear-wheels only, the fan and pointer being mounted on separate spindles.
Patent GB-190902785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Dobbies.
Inventor: CONSTANTINE FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: D03C1/06
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2785. Constantine, F. W. Feb. 5. Dobbies. - In dobby or heald-operating mechanism of the balk or swing lever type, the swing levers a, Fig. 1, pivoted on jack levers b, are directly operated by bars f, g placed behind them, so that the levers are continuously oscillated when the jack levers are to be retained in their lowered positions, i.e. when a strain thereon is removed, while catches d on the levers are allowed by pattern-actuated levers m to engage fixed cross-bars h, k when the jack levers are to be held in their raised positions and there is thus a strain thereon. In a modification, in which the bars f, g, Fig. 3, move approximately vertically, the catches p, q are carried on fixed shafts r, s and are moved by the pattern-actuated levers to engage the ends 7 of the swing levers a when the jack levers are to be raised, while they are moved clear of these ends 7, thus enabling the levers a to swing continuously, when the jack levers are to be lowered
Patent GB-190903957-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Automatically Manufacturing the Bodies of Tin Canisters, Preserve Tins, or the like.
Inventor: RAETZER HENRY JOHN
IPC: B21D51/26
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 3957. Raetzer, H. J., and Waller, W. Feb. 18. Pile supports; sheet separators and carriers. -The bodies of tin canisters, preserve tins, &c. are automatically made from sheet-metal blanks by treating the side edges with composition or melted solder, then forming end flanges, notching the corners, and embossing names &c., and finally pressing them round a mandrel and seaming the side edges. A series of blanks e, mounted on an inclined shelf, are pressed against a, stop f<1> by a plate f<2> actuated by a weight f<3>. A pawl g<2> on a lever g, operated through a bell-crank lever g<1> by a slide j<0>, which is reciprocated by means of a rock lever j<4>, a rod, and a crank, from the driving-shaft c, tilts the foremost blank into a recess in a carrier h, which is reciprocated in guides in the table by a cam h<1> and a bell-crank lever h<2>. The front wall of each recess is inclined, so as to allow the return motion of the carrier, the return of the blanks being prevented by pawls h<4> on the table b, which engage the undersides of the blanks during this movement of the carrier.
Patent GB-190906376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wrenches.
Inventor: MOFFAT WALTER ANDREW
IPC: B25B13/12
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 6376. Moffat, W. A. March 17. Sliding-jaw wrenches ; jaw faces and attachments. -In a wrench of the type comprising a shank with a fixed jaw, a movable jaw with front and rear straps slidable on the shank, a pawl arranged in the straps, and the coiled spring mounted in one of the straps so as to bear on the pawl, the front and rear straps 5, 6 of the V-shaped sliding jaw 4 are adapted to receive the locking-dog 7, which is recessed at 8 to engage the strap 5, has ratchet teeth 10 normally forced into engagement with similar teeth 11 on the shank 1 by a coil-spring 12 in a recess 13 of the strap 6, and is formed at the end with a handle 9, by means of which the dog may be disengaged for rapid adjustment of the movable jaw. Hard steel gripping-faces 19, 14 of angular form engage in angular recesses 18, 13<1> in the jaws, and are secured therein by screws 20,17.
Patent GB-190907403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Cooling Devices, Radiators and the like.
Inventor: HARRIS THOMAS HENRY
IPC: F28D1/03
Filed: 1909-03-27
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 7403. Harris, T. H. March 27. Plate apparatus.-Hollow metal plates for use in cooling-devices, radiators, &c. are formed of two sheets of metal, or a single sheet of metal in two parts, one plane and the other corrugated. The two are fastened together so as to form a number of channels in the corrugations, as shown. The whole plate is then corrugated in a direction forming an angle with the first set. Several such plates may be connected together by means of hollow sockets and bolts.
Patent GB-190910163-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Railway Tie and Rail Fastening.
Inventor: GATES GEORGE
IPC: E01B3/32
Filed: 1909-04-29
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 10,163. Gates, G. April 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Sleeper materials; sleepers, composite, and securing rails thereto.-Sleepers of reinforced concrete are made more or less elastic by mixing the concrete with pumice-stone, asbestos, and wood-pulp, and are reinforced with barbed wire. The rails are secured on plates 2 by clips 4 bearing on the plate only at their outer edge.
Patent GB-190911336-A (GB)
Title: A Device of Appliance for Enabling Driving and other Ropes to be Joined Together.
Inventor: SHUFFLEBOTTOM WILLIAM
IPC: F16G3/00
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 11,336. Shufflebottom, W., and Kenworthy, T. May 13. Coupling; binding.-To facilitate the application of the ferrules forming part of the coupling- device for driving and other ropes described in Specification 6900/08, the ends of the rope are compressed between a pair of dies b, c, of which c is movable by means of a screw d; the ends of the rope are prevented from spreading upwards by a clamp h, which may be pivoted or arranged to slide vertically, as shown, and is operated by a screw m. Grooves are arranged in the base a and in the dies to receive binding- wires for holding the ends in place when the dies are released.
Patent GB-190915993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hay Turning Machines of the Drum Type.
Inventor: KEESER LEONHARD
IPC: A01D78/00
Filed: 1909-07-08
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 15,993. Keeser, L. July 8. Haymaking.- The rake drum of a hay-turner is arranged to be swung to either side and to be driven at two different speeds so that it may be used as a collector or rake as well as a turner. Telescopic tubes 6 are pivotally mounted on the main frame 2 and are connected to a rear frame 9, so that by adjustment of the tubes the rake drum may be fixed in either of the positions shown in Fig. 2, or in an oblique position at the left of the machine. The end pieces 13 of the rake drum are pivotally connected by pins 14 to angle - irons 15, 16, which may be raised for transport by means of cbains or ropes 18, 19, segment 20, and lever 24. The forked ends of the rake bars 34 are pivoted at 31, Fig. 6, to bearing- pieces 29, which are mounted on pivot pins 30 on the end pieces 13. The tines 36 are pivoted in the bars 34 and are bent as shown in Fig. 7, their ends projecting through holes in a bar 38 which is pivoted at 39, Fig. 6. When the rake is swung to one side, the bar 38 turns the tines into the correct working position. A rail 35 holds the tines in the bar 34, and cramp irons 40 guide the bar 38. The tines always remain in the vertical hanging position. The rake is driven through bevel gearing 49, 48, clutch 50, and chain gearing 46, 43, 41 or chain gearing 47, 44, 42, the low speed being thrown into gear when the drum is swung to the right for raking, and the high speed when it is swung to the left for turning ; the drum is out of gear in the intermediate position. The clutch 50 is moved by a fork on a rod 53, which is connected by springs with an arm 54 on a downwardly bent extension of one of the telescopic tubes 6.
Patent GB-190916613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting the Grass at the Edges of Lawns or the like.
Inventor: GIBSON GEORGE
IPC: A01D34/84
Filed: 1909-07-16
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 16,613. Gibson, G. July 16. Lawn-mowers.-In a machine for cutting the grass at the edges of lawns or the like, a cutting-wheel A is provided with straight or curved blades A' set at an angle to the plane of the wheel, and is enclosed in a casing E leading to a grass-box G. The wheel A, which is mounted on an adjustable shaft C, operates in conjunction with a fixed blade D, and delivers the cut grass into the box G. The shaft C is driven from the roller axle H<1> which may be mounted in an adjustable bearing H<2>.
Patent GB-190918398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Water-tight Doors, Frames therefor, and the like.
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1909-08-10
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 18,398. Mechan & Sons, and Mechan, S. Aug. 10. Doors. - Comprises improvements in watertight doors having a stamped or pressed metal body whereby a series of steps are embossed on the door in the process of stamping. The steps are for the ends of the fastening levers to bear against when securing the door. The door A is formed from sheet metal and is provided with a channel B to receive packing C. Inclined steps F are produced by embossing the central part of the channel B, thus providing seats for the levers H. Metal shoes G are inserted into the recesses thus made to permit the packing to bear evenly on to the edge D.