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Patent GB-190706252-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Railway Chair and Key.
Inventor: DAW PHILIP
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 6252. Daw, P., and Daw, A. C. March 15. Chair keys and wedges; chairs.-Keys are secured and tightened by a bolt D passing through a lug c<2> on the key and the key jaw a<2> of the chair. The key and key jaw are tapered similarly, and the fishing face of the key may have wood or composition attached by screws, rivets, or the like. The bolt D may screw into the chair jaw or may pass through and have lock-nuts E. The key bears against the top fishing angle of the rail to give better support. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 3924, A.D. 1877, and No. 23,087 A.D 1902.]
Patent GB-190709081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Deposit Collecting Apparatus for Steam Generators.
Inventor: HOWL OLIVER
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 9081. Howl, O., and Tranter, W. J. April 19. Heating water.-Deposit apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 21,467, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Steam generators], is flexibly suspended so as to render its application to marine boilers possible. The feed-pipe 5 enters the receiver 7, which is rigidly secured to the boiler The catchers 8, 9, 10 are suspended from the receiver 7 by flexible chains 11. The blow-off pipe 12 is connected to the exterior pipe 13 by pipes 14, connected to each other by ball-andsocket joints. A ball-and-socket joint may replace the chains 11, and, instead of the pipes 14, a flexible armoured pipe may be used.
Patent GB-190710870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Tyred Wheels.
Inventor: DOOLITTLE PERRY ERNEST
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 10,870. Doolittle, P. E. May 9. Felloes or rims; wheels with two rims side by side. -A supplemental rim a is attached to the side of the fixed rim b by means of hooks c, d, the hooks c, which extend around less than half the periphery of the rim, being fixed, while the hooks d are adjustable on pivots e in brackets f. The hooks d are adjusted by cams g adapted to bear on adjustable screw stops i carried by the hooks. Each cam is provided with a projection which abuts, in either direction, against a stop, the parts being so adjusted that the cams just pass their dead-centres when in the locking position. To prevent creeping of the rim a, straps or yokes may be arranged to embrace the spokes, or the hooks (or other part of the rim a) may engage indentations in the fixed rim.
Patent GB-190714743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Pulleys.
Inventor: GUBBINS RICHARD RUSSELL
Filed: 1907-06-26
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 14,743. Gubbins, R. R. June 26. Pulleys and driving-drums.-In a built-up wooden pulley, segments A, preferably of spruce and elm alternately, and with their meeting surfaces B grooved and tongued to correspond, are cemented together. The complete ring is bisected, longitudinally or transversely, and is provided with a dovetail or like groove E to receive the edge F of a spider, half.spider, or centre G. Molten sulphur is run through holes in the rim in order to bind the centre and rim together. Half - spiders are connected by bolts J, and sometimes by curved bolts L, Fig. 4, which may be hinged if necessary. Heavy plates may be held against the half-spiders by bolts parallel to the axis. A cruciform press, with lugs at the corners, is employed. Screws passing through the lugs press the sections together and hold them until the glue or cement is firmly set.
Patent GB-190716026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Scarfing the Edges of Metal Plates.
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 16,026. Smith & Co., Smith, H., and Smith, 0. July 12. Planing and shaping.-A plate-holder for use in a scarfing machine consists of a beam E extending the full length of the plate P to be clamped, and a bracket H. The beam is operated by a pair of hydraulic cylinders B, D, and the bracket by an independent cylinder C.
Patent GB-190716695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: SWALES HARRY
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 16,695. Swales, H. July 20. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-The tyre is formed of two or more rows of blocks a, b, each block having a projection h and a recess g engaging with a recess and projection on the adjacent ones secured on the felloe between rim flanges one or both of which are removable as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows a modification in which two semicircular recesses g on contiguous sides are opposite, thus forming a continuous circular recess through which passes a locking-tubej. As shown in Fig. 7, the locking-ring is surrounded by metal strips m, which may be continued along the circumference of the felloe, flanged inwards, and clamped by the rim flanges; or they may be cut short, as shown in Fig. 8, and secured to the felloe by screws. The locking - ring may y b e solid, but if tubular it is strengthened by an internal chain, band, nr rope of metal j<1>. Creeping is prevented by cross-bolts p, Fig. 7, or by cross-pins q in conjunction with locking-rings j, Fig. 9. Specification No. 7393, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190718522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Condensing Exhaust Steam by Air Cooled or by Evaporative Systems.
Inventor: BECKETT EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1907-08-16
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 18,522. Beckett, E. H. Aug. 16. Condensers.-Evaporative and air-cooled condensers for exhaust steam are provided with pockets F wherein the condensed steam is collected. The hot water flows away by a pipe G. The waterdistributing device comprises perforated tubes D and spreaders E.
Patent GB-190722853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gear.
Inventor: GODEAU PIERRE LOUIS MARIE
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 22,853. Godeau, P. L. M. Nov. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-Relates to change-speed gear of the type in which an oscillating beam with variable fulcrum reciprocates a double rack which drives a pair of pinions mounted upon ratchet clutches. The driving-shaft 5 and driven shaft 15 are set in the plane of movement of the beam. 7. The beam 7 is connected at one end to a slide-block 6 actuated by an eccentric 4 on the shaft 5, and at the other end to the double rack 2, 3. The beam 7 carries a slide 9 pivoted upon a runner 10 which is transversed on a guide 11 to change the speed. The racks 2, 3 mesh with pinions 13, 14, respectively, which are mounted on the shaft 15 so that the shaft is driven continuously as the rack reciprocates. The details of one clutch mounting are shown in Figs, 3 and 6. A flanged disk 16 secured to the pinion 13 encloses rings 18, 19 set side by side and internally shaped so that either may engage a pair of laterally-movable wedges 23, 24, for driving in either direction respectively. The wedges 23, 24, which are formed each with a pair of oppositely inclined engaging- surfaces, are moved together into the plane of either of the rings 18, 19 by means of pins 31 extending from a collar 29 sliding on a sleeve 27 secured to the shaft 15. The clutch for the pinion 14 is operated by a similar collar 30 and the collars 29, 30 are actuated simultaneously by a rod 35, Fig. 1, so that the shaft 15 may be readily reversed at any speed.
Patent GB-190724203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Train Stops.
Inventor: SEDGWICK HIRAM GEE
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 24,203. Sedgwick, H. G. Nov. 28, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches.-In railways in which the rails composing the separate block sections are insulated, a device is arranged to apply the brakes on an engine which enters a section occupied by another train. The engine apparatus consists of a brake magnet b, which operates a venting-valve arranged in a local circuit which is closed at the contacts e, d when the circuit through the magnet f is closed. The angle-piece h held by the spring i serves to lock the contacts together until the application of the brake forces down the piston in the cylinder j and with it the rod l. The circuit of the magnet f is led to the brush or shoe g on one side and the forward axle of the cylinder on the other.
Patent GB-190726064-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Preventing the Skidding of Automobiles, Cycles, Motor Cycles and Road Vehicles generally.
Inventor: HARRIS HENRY
Filed: 1907-11-25
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 26,064. Harris, H. Nov. 25. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-Chains e<1>, which engage between the tyre of the wheel and the road when slipping occurs, are attached to a rod e which can slide against the action of springs f in a frame d. This frame is pivoted to a bar a, jointed at a' and suspended from the axle b or other fixed part of an automobile, cycle, or other road vehicle. The parts of the bar a and the frame d are kept normally in alinement by springs h ; but, when slipping occurs and the chains engage the road, they are pulled out of their normal position, and the rod e is pulled downwards in the frame, the chains bearing against a roller g. The frame may be enclosed in a casing i.
Patent GB-190802375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Relays.
Inventor: HOWARD LEMUEL FREDERIC
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 2375. Howard, L. F. Feb. 2, 1907, [date -applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Switches.-A relay for railway signalling is described, the armature of which consists of a metal vane pivotally suspended between the magnet poles, and operated inductively to close the local circuit, only when the energizing current is above a certain frequency. The relay is shown in elevation in Fig. 1, and in plan and reversed plan in Figs. 2 and 3. When the energizing current in the coil 2 is of low frequency, the leakage through the bridge 9 is high, and the strength of the polepair 11, 12 is consequently small, and the lower pole-pair is the stronger ; but, when the energizing current is of high frequency, the closed coils 18 which surround the lower pole-pieces 13, 14, and the closed coil 19 which surrounds the bridge 9, so greatly increase the reluctance of these paths that the magnetic flux is largely deviated through the upper pole-pieces 11, 12, this pole-pair becoming the stronger. All four pole-pieces are split, and around one leg of each pole-piece is wrapped - the closed conductors 16, 17. These closed bands react on the magnetic field set up in the core by the alternating currents, so as to cause the metal vane 3 which forms the relay armature to tend to rotate, but, as the effect of the two pole-pairs is arranged to be in opposite directions, the conductor tends to rotate in a direction determined by the pole-pair which is the stronger. When the frequency is high and the poles 11,12 are the stronger pair, the vane 3 rotates so as to close the local circuit at contacts 5, 6. When the frequency of the energizing current falls, the lower pole-pair becomes the stronger, and the armature 3 then rotates downwards and opens the local circuit.
Patent GB-190803833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving Belts.
Inventor: DAY EDWIN THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 3833. Day, E. T. Feb. 20. [Cognate Application No. 11,151, A.D. 1908, dated May 22]. Belt and band fastenings. -A driving-belt is built up from strips a of leather &c. which are bent, either centrally or so that one end extends beyond the other, into \/-form and placed one within the other, either or both arms of each V-strip being strengthened by one or more unfolded strips c. The V-arms may be folded inwards as shown in Fig. 3. Rivets &c. b secure the sections together. Some sections may be shorter than the rest in order to allow necessary tensioning.
Patent GB-190804938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mechanism for Advancing the Tens Wheel in Calculating Machines of the Thomas Type.
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 4938. Rein, R., and Spitz & Co., L. March 4. Calculating - apparatus. - In the transfer - mechanism of a calculating-machine of the Thomas type, means are provided for advancing the tens wheel, as shown in Figs. 3, 6, and 7, consisting of a pawl 2, actuated by the cam of the counting- wheel and engaging a pin 6 on a lever 5, pivoted on a pin 4. The other end of the lever 5 has a nose 7 resting in a slot 8 on the hub of a cam 9. The cam 9 and the locking-cylinder 10 attached thereto are capable of axial movement on a shaft 11. When the mechanism is operated, the cam and locking-cylinder are prevented from jumping back by the recoil springs 20, Fig. 3, coming against the end of the eccentric surface 21 of the cylinder 10. The cam 9 then comes into engagement with its toothed wheel, and the position of the recoil spring enables the locking-cylinder and cam to be easily returned.
Patent GB-190805871-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bed Rest.
Inventor: WINN SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 5871. Winn, S. March 16. Bed-rests.-A bed-rest comprises a back 1, shown in rear view in Fig. 5, to which is pivoted a frame 6. Rubber-covered hooks 8 adapted to engage a rail at the head of the bed are pivoted to the frame 6 as shown, or they may be connected to a sleeve which rides loosely on the bar 7 of the frame 6. The rest when in use is supported by the mattress, and is held at any slope by a slotted bar 13<x> and screw 16. The rest can be folded up against the back of the bed, and is held in the folded position by hooks 11, 12, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190818905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Telephone Indexes.
Inventor: WATSON FREDERICK OCTAVIOUS
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 18,905. Watson, F. O., and Eaton, H. Sept. 9. Telephone-station apparatus for indicating subscribers' names &c.-The subscribers' names, numbers, and addresses are displayed in columns on hanging leaves b with a stepped index c, the names being grouped under alphabetically-arranged headings representing trades or professions. Blank leaves are provided, and some of the leaves may be partly cut away at the bottom to expose portions of underlying leaves relating to hospitals &c. The leaves b are mounted on a hanging cardboard sheet a which carries advertisements and has an opening for displaying a perpetual calendar comprising a movable strip e which is marked with the days of the week and is adjusted at the beginning of each month to agree with a strip d which carries the numerals 1, 2, 3, ... 31.
Patent GB-190822880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Control of Marine Electric Steering Gear.
Inventor: PARKER-HAIGH BERNARD
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 22,880. Haigh, B. Parker-. Oct. 28. Steering-gear.-On the extensions of the shaft of a continuously-running electric motor are mounted two friction clutches, one at each end, each being provided for one direction of motion of the rudder. Fig. 1 shows this arrangement, the clutches C, C<2> driving the toothed sector S on the rudder-post by spur and worm gearing, as indicated. Current is supplied to the clutches and to the compound wound motor A by the switch S, Fig. 2, which is linked to the centre of a floating lever connected at its ends to the hand or telemotor wheel H and the tiller gear respectively. The coils C<p>, C
 correspond to the port and starboard driving-clutches. To avoid sparking in large installations, electromagnetic relays are fitted, while the motor shaft may carry a fly-wheel or the clutches may be sufficiently heavy to act as fly-wheels. Fig. 4 shows an arrangement for supplying a fluid for operating the clutches. Compressed air &c. from the tank R passes through the valve V, moved jointly by the band-wheel and rudder, to the cylinder C, and the cross-head B is linked to the clutches, the piston B being returned after use to its mid-position by a spring. Specifications No. 12,018 and 12,525, A.D. 1891, and No. 7373, A.D. 1897, are referred to.
Patent GB-190823077-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool for Assisting in the Detachment or Replacement of Tyres and which is also applicable for Analogous Purposes.
Inventor: WHITE RUBEN
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 23,077. White, R. Oct. 30. Bending.-A tool for manipulating tyres on wheel rims, and for analogous purposes, is fitted with an extension a<4>, detachable or otherwise, for use in straightening cycle cranks, consisting of bent plates a<5>, a<6> connected by distance-pins a<7>, a<8>, and an adjustable pin a<9>. In use, the crank is passed through the space a<10>, the opposite end of the lever A serving as a handle.
Patent GB-190827301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Cigars.
Inventor: FURNESS ARTHUR ALBERT
Filed: 1908-12-16
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 27,301. Furness, A. A. Dec. 16. Cigars.-A filler for a cigar is formed by a core a of long tobacco surrounded by small cut tobacco b. The core a is laid on a layer of small cut tobacco b on a rolling-apron, Fig. 4, and the rollers are caused to approach one another as described in Specification No. 12,735, A.D. 1905, to form a bight in which the filler is rolled. The filler is enclosed by the usual binder and wrapper.
Patent GB-190900546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automobile Tires.
Inventor: NELSON LOUIS MELVIN
IPC: B60C7/00
Filed: 1909-01-08
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 546. Nelson, L. M. Jan. 8. Block tyres; tyre attachments to rims. - An elastic tyre is formed of taper segments 1 of leather or other suitable material placed transversely on the rim, one or more attaching wires 4 being threaded through the segments. The ends of the wires are oppositely screwed to receive draw-sleeves 8 formed with worm-wheels 13. The worm-wheels are placed in a casing 10 fitted in a recess in the segments, and are rotated by a worm 12 on a spindle passing through the casing. Washers 6 with lock-nuts 7 are placed against the segments which close the recess.
Patent GB-190900984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Controlling the Sighting of Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 984. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Jan. 14. Order apparatus. - Electrical transmitting- apparatus and calibrating-gear of the kind set forth in Specification 21,414/07, for use in combination with the pointer set forth in Specifications 4404/06, [Class 105, Railway signals &c.], and 673/07, [Class 92, Ordnance &c.], is modified so as to enable corrections to be made for projectiles having differently-shaped noses, in addition to corrections for the usual errors of the day affecting the range. The calibrating - lever E, Fig. 1, which is pivoted at e, Figs. 3 and 4, and provided with a roller e<2> engaging the cam-groove in the disks H, is provided with two slidablymounted setting-members F, G adjustable relatively to each other and also to the lever and capable of being secured at any predetermined distance apart. The lever j<2> of the mechanism for imparting additional motion to the transmitter pointer B may be detachably connected to either of the members F, G according to whether common or capped projectiles are to be fired. The rotary transmitter - switch D, the worm gearing D<1> for rotating the cam-disk H, the cam-groove h and its connexion to the calibrating-lever E, the motor and casing C<1> and worm gearing c, e<1> for driving the pointer B, and the mechanism j<2>, j<5>, the sector j<3> and the toothed arc j<x> formed on, or attached to, the casing C' of the motor are all as set out in Specification 21,414/07. In the present arrangement, a screw f clamps the member F to the part E' of the lever E, the upper parts of which comprise two members E<1>, E<2>. A curved extension f<1> of the member F receives the member G and has a screw f<2> passing through a slot in the member G and receiving a clamping-nut. Upon each of the members F, G a recess j<1> is provided to receive a spring catch j, or similar device, carried by the link j<2>. Correction for change in atmospheric density is made by adjusting the members F, G, while still clamped together, relatively to the lever E.
Patent GB-190901592-A (GB)
Title: Improved Locking Device for Card Wires in Index Card Drawers and the like.
IPC: B42F17/02
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 1592. Ely, C., and Milners' Safe Co. Jan. 22. Fastenings.-A locking-device for the wires of card-index drawers &c. comprises a locking- plate a pivoted about a depressed portion c which engages a countersink d in a recess k in a body e, and furnished with a keyhole slot b, the narrower end of which fits around a neck l of a knob i on the wire, and the other end being large enough to admit a collar j seated in the body e with its top flush with the face of the recess k. The plate a is also provided with a spur f which engages a slot n in a revolvable cap m fitting easily over the body e, to which it is held by spinning, rolling, or pressing the part r over as shown, a central hole o larger than the collar j being formed in the cap. The edges s, s' of the plate a are of the same curvature as the sides of the recess k and act as stops when the cap m is rotated to bring either one end or the other of the slot b opposite the collar to lock the wire or allow it to be withdrawn. The body e is adapted at its end to be screwed, brazed, or soldered in position, and the knob i and cap m are shown knurled. The plate a is pressed out in one operation from sheet metal.
Patent GB-190902185-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Recording the Force of Sound Vibrations.
IPC: G01H3/10
Filed: 1909-01-29
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 2185. Marlts, E. C. R., [American Powder Mills]. Jan. 29. Recording particular operations; electric marking action. - An apparatus for recording the force of sound vibrations consists of a marker freely movable over a record surface, and means responsive to the vibrations for imparting motion to the marker, the length of the mark recording the intensity of the sound. In the construction illustrated, a diaphragm 12, Fig. 1, carries a steel - faced hammer 16 against which normally rests a ball 19 carried by a steel wire 18 from a drum 20, the drum being rotatable in order to adjust the distance between the ball and the record tablet 22. A carriage 23, movable laterally by means of a rack 24 and a pinion 25 to allow for obtaining a number of records on one surface 22 is supported. The marker may be in actual contact with the upper face of the record surface, which is provided with a carbon film, or, preferably, the ball 19 and the tablet 22 are included in an electric circuit 32, 33, 34, and the record is produced electrically, the ball then being slightly above the carbon film. The horn 17 is made in two portions 35, 36, Fig. 3, with a flexible connexion 38 in order to minimize the effect on the diaphragm of vibration of the horn itself. The sound vibrations are concentrated upon the diaphragm between the centre and the circumference by means of a fixed septum 39 provided with holes 40. The ball 19 is brought to the correct lateral position by means of a fixed stop 51, Fig. 2, attached to a cross - bar 52, and a spring - controlled movable stop 53, which is operated by means of an air bulb 59 and an air chamber 57. In a modified arrangement, the record surface is supported on one pair of screws and a pivoted lever.