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Patent GB-190722405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electric Motor Control.
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 22,405. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 10. Motor control systems.-In a master-control system with separately-actuated switches, the control circuits of which are supplied from the same source as the motors, fluctuations of current in the control circuits are prevented by the automatic insertion of resistance when the supply voltage rises above a predetermined value. The device is shown applied to the ordinary arrangement of circuits for seriesparallel control. The actuating-winding of a relay E is connected between the trolly T and ground, and its core carries contacts which short-circuit the resistances r<5>, r<6> when the core is not attracted upwards. When the master-controller is in its first position, the control current is led from the trainwire 3 by a wire 37 through the lower bridging- contact of the relay. If the voltage rises, the relay E is operated and the resistance r<5> is inserted in the control circuit. In the second position of the master-controller, the resistance r<6> is substituted for the resistance r<5>. These connexions are repeated in the other positions of the controller. The relay core is arranged to drop when the voltage is somewhat below that necessary to lift it. This prevents the core from moving with slight variations from the normal voltage.
Patent GB-190722603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Fastening of Covers to Inspection or Cleansing Eyes and Manhole Chambers generally
Inventor: JONES JOHN
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 22,603. Jones, J., and Jones, J. G. Oct. 14. Man-hole covers. -The removable cover e of an inspection or cleansing opening or man-hole chamber is held in place by a screw or screws d, d<1>, passing through a lever a which is hinged at b and adapted to be engaged by a hinged eye c. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 3260, A.D. 1875, No. 1277, A.D. 1876, No. 2412, A.D. 1888, and No. 15,468, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Steam generators].]
Patent GB-190804929-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Impregnation and Preservation of Wood.
Inventor: CHATEAU JUSTIN
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 4929. Chateau, J., and Merklen, J. March 4. Wood, treating for preserving &c.-A process for impregnating wood, such as sleepers, with an antiseptic such as creosote, consists in heating and humidifying the wood uniformly by means of steam or hot water at suitable pressure, with the assistance of vacuum treatment, and then forcing the creosote &c. into the moist hot wood by means of a vapour and a gas. The impregnating-cylinders have a number of inlets for the steam arranged to produce a uniform heating and humidification of the wood. This treatment is continued long enough to sterilize the sap, transform it, dilute it, and partly eliminate it, and when steam is used, it is desirable to alternate this treatment with periods of vacuum. After removal of the gases in the wood by vacuum treatment, the antiseptic is injected, the heated state of the wood preventing the creosote &c. from solidifying. The distribution of the antiseptic in the wood is assisted by auxiliary fluids, such as steam and gas, acting in succession and at successively increasing pressure. The vapour by its condensation furnishes heat to keep the creosote in a liquid state and to emulsify it ; the gas then acts as a piston and as a temperature moderator.
Patent GB-190809082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads.
Inventor: CRANE JAMES ALFRED
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 9082. Crane, J. A. April 27. Bedsteads.-The top, bottom, and other crossrails B of bedsteads are detachably secured to the end piliars C by wedges D, driven down the pillar tubes into slots in the ends of continuous bars A secured to the interior of the cross-rails. The bars A may be slotted as shown in Fig. 3 ; or they may be slotted at the sides as shown in Fig. 6, in which case a wedge with a forked end, as shown in Fig. 7, is used. The wedge is removed by a bent hook or key E, Fig. 8, the lower end of which is passed down the pillar tube and engages a hole or slot d<1> in the upper part of the wedge. The bar A may pass into the inner tube when the pillar consists of an inner and an outer tube. Two wedges may be employed instead of only one.
Patent GB-190809586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Regulating the Supply of Air to Furnace Flues.
Inventor: SOERENSEN PEDER
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 9586. S÷rensen, P. May 2. Smoke-consuming; fire-bridges.-In steam-boiler and like furnaces, air from the ash-pit is supplied to the flue through a passage between the back of the fire-bridge and an adjustable plate. The plate i is supported by bolts and a plate h, and is secured to a rod k, which is formed with a screwthread, as shown, and rests at the front in bearings l and at the back in the lower vertical flange f of a T-piece forming part of the fire-bridge. The plate h is formed with a slotted vertical flange, so that when, in the course of working, the bolts j have become slack, the plate h, and with it the plate i, may be lifted. Projections n, o are arranged on the fire-bridge and sliding-plate, respectively, so that the supply of air to the flue may be cut off.
Patent GB-190809613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reducing Valves.
Inventor: GRAHAM JOHN
IPC: G05D16/06
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1909-05-04
Abstract: 9613. Craham, J., Graham, A., and Graham, D. A. May 4. Reducing-valves.-A reducing-valve for pressures above or below atmospheric pressure comprises a double-beat valve 2, 3 controlled by a diaphragm 8 at the bottom of a separate chamber 25, communicating with the outlet 5 by a port 24, or by a small pipe. For pressures above atmospheric pressure, a spring 13 operates through a bell-crank lever 10 on the diaphragm, tending to open the valve ; for pressures lower than atmospheric in.the outlet 5, a spring 20 operates, as shown, to close the valve. The valve spindle 9 passes through a sleeve 23, which may be fixed, as shown, or loose. A shield 15 is placed on the spindle to keep away dirt &c. from between the spindle and the sleeve 23.
Patent GB-190811599-A (GB)
Title: Process of Producing Filaments for Electric Incandescent Lamps of Vegetable Oils and Resins.
Inventor: KARL RITTERSBERG
Filed: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 11,599. Rittersberg, K., and Rubert, H. Sept. 6, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Incandescent lamps, filaments for. Soot obtained from a vegetable oil, preferably one, such as olive or sesame oil, having a pleasant taste, is mixed with resin, perfumed glue which serves as a binder, and optionally with refractory metals, the paste being squirted into threads of flat or round section. These threads are heated in a drying - oven to 800-1000‹ C., whereby the glue is eliminated and the threads become conductive but of high resistance.
Patent GB-190812002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Playing Phonograph Cylinder Records and all kinds of Disc Records upon a Gramophone, or Gramophone Disc Motor.
Inventor: BAWTREE ALFRED EDWIN
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 12,002. Bawtree, A. E., [Kerr, J. S.]. June 2. Phonographs; gramophones.-Relates to means for adapting a gramophone to play phonograph disk and cylinder records. The turntable is removed and a base 1 is clamped to the cabinet. A spindle 5, mounted on pillars 2 having adjusting thumb-nuts 4, carries a a mandrel 6 secured to it by nuts 9<a>, 9, 9<B>, and a bush 6<B>, and is partly supported upon a pivot point 12 secured to an end gate 11 pivoted at 10<a>. The mandrel can be rotated frictionally at different speeds by a removable disk k 8 operating a rubber-tyred wheel 7. Fig. 3 shows the trumpet support, consisting of a bar 14 with stays 15 carrying a screwed rod 16, adjustably secured by nuts 18 and having a handle 17. The rod 16 carries a rod 20, which is adjustable longitudinally and supports a rod 25, which is clamped at 28 to the trumpet, leather washers being interposed. A vertical joint 22 and an horizontal joint 23<a> provide universal motion for the trumpet, and permit the pressure of the sound-box on the record to be varied. The sound-box is secured to a disk on the sound-tube by screws operating in slots, and the soundtube is secured to the tonearm by a pin on one member engaging a right-angled curved slot on the other member to permit the diaphragm to be placed parallel with or at right - angles to the record to suit different kinds of record. The diaphragm of glass, paper, mica, or carbon is reinforced by strips of willow or cedar wood secured on both sides by albumen, and is provided with a sapphire and a needle stylus. In modified form, the friction pulley 7 is enlarged and is driven from the gramophone turntable, the greater part of the base 1 being cut away, so that disk records may be reproduced without removing the cylinder record apparatus.
Patent GB-190812300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames for Pianos Fitted with Automatic Piano-players.
Inventor: FOERSTER CAESAR
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 12,300. F÷rster, C. June 6. Automatic instruments; pianofortes.-The framing of an automatic pianoforte is so constructed as to reduce the width of the sides of the instrument to that of an ordinary pianoforte. The sides and bottom a, b, c and the pillars d of the frame are reduced in thickness, the width and number of the pillars being increased. The thickness of the wrestplank is also slightly reduced, and the backboard is sunk into the frame. The ribs of the soundboard are arranged between the pillars d. To facilitate packing, the frame may be provided with blocks of wood at the top, middle, and bottom, into which screws may be inserted, the blocks also serving as means for preventing the instrument from being placed too close to a wall.
Patent GB-190814853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Metallic Filaments for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: TRENZEN CARL
Filed: 1908-07-13
Granted: 1909-07-13
Abstract: 14,853. Trenzen, C., and Pope, F. R. July 13. Incandescent lamps.-Metal filaments are made by squirting a non - carbonaceous hydrosol, for instance an aqueous solution or suspension of a tungsten-ammonium salt, into a coagulant such as alcohol, and converting the resulting filaments into metal in a known manner by heating them, first in a vacuum to 450‹ C. to render them conductive, and then electrically in hydrogen, an inert gas, or a vacuum.
Patent GB-190817691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horseshoes.
Inventor: SIMPSON GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1908-08-22
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 17,691. Simpson, G. H. Aug. 22. Fastenings for fixing horseshoes. To the hinged side pieces 4, 5 of a horseshoe are pivoted locking members 9<a>, 10<a> respectively. The member 9<a> is cut away on its upper surface to receive the two arms 14, 15 of the member 10<a>, the arms having teeth 16 on their inner faces to engage with teeth on a locking-strip 17 pivoted at 21 to the member 9<a>. A locking slide 18 with a spring catch 22 encircles the members 9<a>, 10<a>, and carries a rest 24, Fig. 4, for the strip 17. A shoulder 23 may limit the movement of the slide 18.
Patent GB-190818454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Balanced Valves.
Inventor: VINCENT MATSON
Filed: 1908-09-02
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 18,454. Vincent, M. Sept. 2. Oscillating cylindrical valves.-Relates to oscillating cylindrical valves, for use at the junction of two pipes meeting substantially at right-angles, of the kind in which the valve consists of a cylindrical sleeve rotating upon one pipe and within the ring-shaped end of the other pipe, and consists in extending the valve beyond the ends of the ring- shaped enclosing member, so that it can be turned by hand or any suitable handle applied thereto. The valve q, Figs. 1 and 2, and the inner pipe h are each provided with opposite openings r, sand k, m, of equal area so as to avoid unbalanced pressure on the valve. The pipe p is the outlet from the valve. When this pipe p is the inlet, the ring n is bowed out in its central part so as to form a passage by which the fluid can reach the openings on the remote side of the valve.
Patent GB-190822893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Reducing Vulcanized Rubber to Powder.
Inventor: GARE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 22,893. Gare, T. Oct. 28. Rasping-cylinders; feeding - - devices. - Vulcanized rubber is reduced to powder by means of a rasping- cylinder provided with a surface such as is described in Specification No. 8976, A.D. 1907, and with automatic means for feeding several pieces simultaneously and independently. The rasping-cylinder may consist of stabbed sheet steel e removably fixed on a wide pulley d by securing its ends to plates i, which are placed into a slit f and are adjustably connected to the pulley boss g by screwed rods h and nuts k. The cylinder is mounted in a casing made in halves and forming a stand. Pieces of rubber of various shapes and sizes are fed forward over a narrow ledge l by a spiked roller m extending across the machine. The separate pieces are pressed against the roller m by rollers t mounted on independent rods or feet, each of which is pressed downwards by a weight or spring s. These rods are mounted in a frame n adjustably supported by brackets o, and each is provided with a pin 3 to limit its movement, and with a hole 4 to receive a pin by which it may be raised. The roller m may be rotated by a rope and a weight, or by ratchet gearing actuated by a cam on the axis of the rasping-cylinder. When the pawl is released from the ratchet-wheel, the pressure of the rubber turns the roller m backwards and thus permits air to pass between the cylinder and the rubber. The ground rubber passes through an outlet in the casing b.
Patent GB-190902642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Electrically Welding Chains.
IPC: B21L3/02
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 2642. Akt.-Ges. Stahlwerke Weissenfels vorm. G÷ppinger & Co. Feb. 3, 1908, [Convention date]. Welding.-In an electric chain-welding machine, one of the welding-jaws is moved forwards by a spring as the metal softens, and such forward movement puts in clutch mechanism which gives the main shaft one revolution and sets the spring ready for the next action. As the jaw 20 moves forwards under the action of the spring 33 as the metal softens, a projection 19 operates a latch 15, which liberates a spring-pressed clutch-lever 12. The clutch 6 then moves forward into engagement under the action of the spring 8, and the wheel 31 on the main shaft 29 is driven, a projection 39 operating a pin 40 and driving the lever 12 back when the wheel has made one revolution. The lever 12 is then held by the latch 15 until the jaw 20 moves forwards again. The shaft 29 carries cams 27, 36, which cause the jaws to open and then grip the next cold link and put the spring 33 into tension.
Patent GB-190903005-A (GB)
Title: Gauge Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: LINDGREN ERNST WILHELM
IPC: D05B35/10
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 3005. Lindgren, E. W. Feb. 8. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Sewing - mac h i n e s ; w o r k g u i d e s ; presserf e e t. - A seam gauge b is fitted in a cross-slide in a presser-foot c, and is held in position by a spring d. It may be graduated. The usual needle hole is omitted from the presser-foot and the needle passes close to the side of the foot on the same side as the gauge.
Patent GB-190904710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: CLELAND HUGH
IPC: B65D49/02
Filed: 1909-02-26
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 4710. Cleland, H. Feb. 26. Bottles, non-refillable.- A tight-fitting plug a, with a rubber washer b, is inserted in a bottle neck, and is closed by a spring-pressed disk valve d pivoted at d<1> provided with a handle e. An outer casing, made in two or more parts i, j secured together as at n, is placed over the whole and sealed by a band m.
Patent GB-190905265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements for the Delivery of Printed Sheets, specially adapted for the class of Machine generally known as the Wharfedale Stop-cylinder Printing Machine.
Inventor: DAVIS CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B65H29/44
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 5265. Davis, C. H. March 4. Delivery apparatus; cutting-apparatus.-In delivery apparatus, chiefly for Wharfedale and like printing-machines, the sheet is drawn from the cylinder on to the bars of a pivoted frame by grippers on a sliding carriage. The frame with the sheet then moves to a more nearly horizontal position, in which a travelling tape-carriage passes underneath, to receive the sheet and run out with it above a receiving-table, on which the sheet is dropped. The table is pivoted to give ready access to the formes. A slitting-wheel is mounted at the forward end of the tape carriage. The sheet is taken from the cylinder J by grippers on a carriage which slides on rails carried on a shaft F and lowered at the required moment to rest with their outer ends on the cylinder J by a cam-operated lever H<2>, rod H<1>, and crank N'. While the rails are in this position the gripper carriage is slid down them by links connected to arms C fastened on a shaft B, which is rotated by a spur-wheel I gearing with a rack on the rod H, which engages with a slot in the lever H<2> so that the upward travel of the grippers may be varied according to the length of the sheet. A fly frame pivoted on the shaft F between the gripper-carriage rails supports the sheet and lifts it into a nearly horizontal position. The travelling tape-carriage O, operated by the spur-wheel P and rod T from a suitable cam, is then passed under the sheet, and the fly frame is dropped slightly to lay the sheet thereon. The tape-carriage then runs along the rails R to above a delivery board S, and, on the return movement, drops the sheet on to the board. The inner ends of the tapes are preferably carried on pulleys, each mounted on a separate arm, so as to allow the fly frame to commence its downward movement before it is completely clear of the tape-carriage. At the outer end of the tape-carriage are mounted pivoted extensible fingers j<1>, Fig. 8, the tips k of which grip the sheet at the end or in between the printed matter, against the adjustable stops m. A cutting- wheel h<1>, engaging with wheels on the tape-spindle c, may be provided. The rails R may be divided at R<1> so that the outer portions may be lifted with the delivery board about the pivot S<1> to give access to the type forme.
Patent GB-190906018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipes, Hoses, Hollow Tyres and the like.
Inventor: ASHELM FRIEDRICH
IPC: B60C7/20
Filed: 1909-03-12
Granted: 1910-03-14
Abstract: 6018. Ashelm, F., and Koerner, H. March 12. Metallic spring bodies and cores.- Strips of metal are wound, interlaced, or braided to form a tube in the manner described in Specifications 1822/97 and d 29,739/06. The tube is bent into a loop, the starting end a is placed at or in the end b and braiding is continued on the first layer as a core until a sufficient number of layers is obtained. The tyre is completed by covering the metal tube with any suitable known material.
Patent GB-190910357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saddles for Cycles and Motor Cycles.
IPC: B62J1/02
Filed: 1909-05-01
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 10,357. Lattre, W. A. de, and Middlemore & Lamplugh. May 1. Drawings to Specification. Connexions and attachments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs; helical springs. -Consists in providing, in saddles for cycles and motor-cycles, hangers which project downwards directly from the cantle-plate, and carry crosspieces which are connected by upwardly-projecting tension springs to the underframe, and, in one form, securing the upper ends of the tension springs to a bridge through which the hanger passes, a compression spring being arranged between the upper end of the hanger and the bridge. According to the Provisional Specification, the hanger may be telescopic, a compression spring enclosed in a tube being arranged between the upper outer part of the hanger and the plate. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 21,285/00, [Class 136, Velocipedes].
Patent GB-190911864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Lamps for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: NIER ERNST ARTHUR
IPC: F21S13/00
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 11,864. Nier, E. A., and Ehmer, J. M. May 19. Vehicular lanterns. - A lamp casing of ordinary form is made by casting in one piece the cylindrical body a, the back of the casing, the attachment lugs d, and the hood c. The burner is adjustably secured to the flat base b of the casing, and the flared front h is attached in the ordinary manner.
Patent GB-190912289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fans.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
IPC: F24F7/007
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 12,289. Keith, J. May 25. Shallow - overhung - blade centrifugal fans; standards.- A centrifugal - fan suitable for table use comprises an impeller C driven by an electric motor B, a standard A, and a deflector G carried by columns H. The spindle b is supported in a bearing in a bracket D. A bracket E carries a vase K. The deflector G and standard A are preferably composed of porcelain, china or delf, and the columns H of metal. The impeller C draws in air through the opening in the top and through openings in the standard. It is preferably of the type described in Specification 11,591/08, [Class 8, Air and gases, Compressing &c.], but has flatter blades. Electric lamps J are hung from the deflector.
Patent GB-190913368-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hose-spiral Winding Machine.
Inventor: WITZENMANN EMIL
IPC: B21F17/00
Filed: 1909-06-08
Granted: 1910-06-08
Abstract: 13,368. Witzenmann, E. June 8. Coiling; dies and formers; winding and reeling.-In a metal hose - spiral winding- machine, the hose is first wound on a starting-spindle 12, Fig. 3, mounted in a hollow carrier 2, Fig. 1, until it reaches spring carrier-rolls 17, whereupon a short spindle 16 is substituted for the starting-spindle 12. The motion of the machine is regulated by gearing so that, at starting, the drum 5 is stationary and the spindle 12 is rotated at a low speed through gearing 9, 10 while the speed is increased, when the short spindle 16 is in use by means of gearing 8, 11, and the spindle 3 to which the drum 5 is secured, is geared at the same time with the carrier 2 through gearing 11, 18, 20, 21, 22. The drum 5 is rotated by gearing 27, 26, 25, 24. The reduction of the speed of the drum as the hose is wound upon it may be effected - by changing the pulley 25 for one of smaller diameter, or by making the pulleys 24, 25 conical. The starting-spindle 12 is provided with pins 13 sliding in slots 14 in the carrier 2, while the short spindle 16 when in use may be fastened to the carrier 2 by set-screws or the like. The spindle 16 may have a morse taper shank.