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Patent GB-190708362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Central Buffers and Couplings.
Inventor: JOHNSTON GEORGE
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 8362. Johnston, G. April 10. Couplings, automatic.-A central buffer coupling of the type in which a fixed hook engages with an orifice in a vertically-sliding bolt is fitted with means for the attachment of a non-automatic link for connexion to a buffer of different type, and is connected to the draw-bar so as to have both vertical and lateral play. Further, the buffing- faces may be arranged to slide vertically upon the coupler head. A hook C, fixed to each buffing- face B, is adapted to enter a bell-mouthed opening A in the opposing buffer and engage with an orifice d formed in a bolt D sliding behind the opening. To prevent coupling during shutting, the bolt D may be raised by means of a second bolt 4 which abuts against the head J of the bolt D and may be lifted by a handle 5 working in a vertical slot 7, Fig. 2, the bolts being maintained in the raised position by turning the handle 5 to engage with a stop 6. Each bolt D' is provided with a finger 20 which, in the coupled position, engages under the opposing bolt D so that the bolts are raised simultaneously. Fig. 4 shows the attachment for coupling to a buffer of different type, which consists of a link 18 or a hook carried by a projection 14 <x> upon a plate 14, which is provided with a hook and opening arranged reversely to, and adapted for connexion with, those upon the buffing-face B, the block 14 being locked in position by dropping the bolt D of the coupling and by a shackle 19<x>, the cross-bar 19 of which enters the slot of the coupling-hook C. Buffers ; draw-gear.-A hollow shank V, Fig. 2, provided upon the coupler head, is connected by a pin 0 to a slot 12 at the end of the draw-bar N, and has a flat rear face bearing against the front end of a sleeve 9, which is mounted within a guide-box 8 and upon the draw-bar N and is pressed forward by a spring S. The pin 0 and slot 12 allow both lateral and vertical play to the coupler, the spring S serving to return the parts into alinement. The buffing shocks are absorbed by a spring X. In another arrangement, the buffer face B is made of metal rolled to the shape shown in Fig. 8, the ends b being adapted to slide vertically upon webs V<1>, Fig. 5, provided upon the forked buffer shank V, the coupling hook C and opening being arranged between the bifurcations. The sliding faces B rest upon shoulders formed at the lower ends of the webs V<1>, and the vertical movement is further limited by a pin-and-slot connexion.
Patent GB-190709698-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Arrangement for Tightening the Bearings of Connecting Rods and other Bearings.
Filed: 1907-04-26
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 9698. Tangyes, Ltd., and Johnson, E. April 26. Self-adjusting bearings.-In bearings for the connecting-rods of high-speed gas-engines &c., the brasses c are free to rotate under friction, and the rotation is utilized to tighten the bearing automatically. A thread or worm c' formed on the exterior of the brasses c engages toothed wheels d, which are provided with internal right and left handed screw threads engaging the ends of bolts e connecting the head b<1> and cap b<2>. Rotation of the brasses due to slackness thus tightens the bearing to an extent sufficient to prevent further rotation. In a modification, the wheels d are made integrally with the bolts e, which are formed with right and left handed threads engaging the head b<1> and cap b<2> respectively. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the contiguous surfaces of the brasses c and the parts b<1>, b<2> are slightly eccentric or cam-shaped, so that the brasses on rotating are tightened on the shaft a.
Patent GB-190720101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Screw-drivers, Box-spanners and similar Tools.
Inventor: VENNER ROBERT FRANCIS SIDEBOTT
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 20,101. Venner, R. F. S. Sept. 9. Spanners; screwdrivers; handles.-Screwdrivers, box-spanners, and like tools having a swivelling head connected to the handle and a cross-pin working inside grooves in the head are provided with improved additional bearing-surfaces for the handle or shank 4. The head 1, Fig. 4, consists of a forged, stamped, or cast U-shaped piece provided with longitudinal slots 3 which are engaged by a crosspin 7 in the shank 4. A cross pin 6 in the shank 4, at right-angles to the pin 7, is disposed within the open space between the lugs 2 of the head 1. The tool-head may be fitted with a removable feather, chisel blade, or bit 8. The stem may be formed with a projecting portion 9 adapted to rest upon or press against the bottom surface of the tool-head. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, a slotted socket head 10 is furnished with a ball 11, which rests within a drilled recess 12 or upon a flat inner surface. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, a hollow slotted box-head 13 is of tapered formation and is provided with a plate 14 which forms a bearing-surface for the rounded end of the stem. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the shank is formed with a spherical swelling 15, through which passes a cross-pin engaging the longitudinal slots in the head and which is provided with a projection 9. The outer end of the shank may be fashioned into a cross-handle 16.
Patent GB-190721378-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Galvanizing Sheet Metal.
Inventor: LEBERT CARL
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 21,378. Lebert, C., Roskothen, E., and Wirth, K. Sept. 26. Electrodes.-In plating sheet metal the sheets are supported vertically on grooved insulators of glass, porcelain, &c. A series of wooden beams a, a<1>, a<2>, Figs. 1 and 2, placed across the bottom of the bath and connected by wooden beams b, carry the insulators g. The anode 1 is carried by a frame h supported at the bottom between a beam b and the insulators g and held at the top in holders i. The anode 2 is carried by a frame k connected to the frame d, f, the latter frame being pivotally mounted in slots c in the beams a', a<2> : the frame k is held at the bottom by pieces l and at the top by holders m or by extensions of the holders i. The cathode n rests in the grooves of the insulators g, and is held at the top between glass pins o projecting from pivoted arms q. Two plates can be treated simultaneously by the use of two anodes and two movable frames.
Patent GB-190722137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Testing for Moisture in Butter and other Substance
Inventor: NICHOLLS FRANK WILMOT
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1909-01-08
Abstract: 22,137. Nichols, F. W. Oct. 8. Drawings to Specification. Testing butter and cheese.-An assemblage of known apparatus for use in testing moisture in butter, cheese, &c. comprises a pair of scales, a spirit lamp, a looking-glass for testing for steam, a vessel and vessel-holder, and weights.
Patent GB-190726317-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Resin-like Products
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-11-28
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 26,317. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Nov. 28. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Formaldehyde compounds.-Resinous compounds are obtained by treating with acids mixtures of o-cresol and formaldehyde or substances yielding formaldehyde. Specifications No. 10,218, A.D. 1902, and No. 6823, A.D. 1903. [Abridgment Class Paints &c.], and No. 15,517, A.D. 1905, are referred to.
Patent GB-190804195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements appertaining to Washing, Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Inventor: SUMMERSCALES JOSEPH BOOTH
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 4195. Summerscales, J. B. Feb. 25. Washing and mangling &c. machines.-Relates to a combined washing and mangling or like machine in which a rotary agitator b<1> and mangle rollers d are alternatively driven from a hand-wheel f<1>. A bearing-piece k<1> provided with a stud k carries a vertical shaft m rotated by means of bevel-gearing n, h<1>, the latter bevel-wheel being mounted on the stud k and attached to a spur-wheel h engaging a gear-wheel g in mesh with the elongated handwheel pinion f. To the lower end of shaft m is secured a crank disk o operating, through a rod p, a toothed sector p<1> gearing with a pinion p<2> on the agitator spindle. The spur-wheel g may be slid along either so that it engages the gear-wheel h, or so that its attached pinion g<1> meshes with a gearwheel s on the lower roller.
Patent GB-190804483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Salt Water Baths.
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1909-03-01
Abstract: 4483. Royles, Ltd., Row, O. M., and Court, W. R. Feb. 28. [Patent of Addition to No. 10,865, A.D. 1903.] Baths.-A vessel containing crushed salt crystals or a salt solution is connected to the system for circulating bath-water described in Specification No. 10,865, A.D. 1903. A pump b draws water from the deep end of a swimming-bath a through a strainer a<1>, and passes it through aerating-apparatus c, a filter d, and a heater e back again to the bath. The salt tank f may be connected up anywhere between the aerating-apparatus and the bath. As shown, it is situated between the aerating-apparatus and the filter, valves g', g<2>, g<3> being arranged so that part or all of the water may be directed through the tank. The salt is supplied by a hopper m to a holder h supported on brackets k, the holder having double perforated walls with intermediate sheets of wiregauze. Steam or hot water to assist in dissolving the crystals may be supplied through a perforated pipe which passes longitudinally through the centre of the holder. The tank f may be filled with solution which is allowed to flow through the valve g<1> into the water passing down the pipe g. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the water may be passed through a salt solution in the tank f, and that a filter preceding the aerating-apparatus, and means for crushing and weighing or measuring the crystals may be provided. Specification No. 7346, A.D. 1906, is referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-190812237-A (GB)
Title: Safety Contrivance for Submarine or other Vessels.
Inventor: REY ALBERIC
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 12,237. Rey, A. June 6, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Submarine vessels; tanks; j keels.-Water-ballast tanks are fitted in a separable keel attached to submarine vessels by bolts x passing through straps u. The keel b communicates with the reservoir l by means of a pipe g and is filled with air under slight pressure when the vessel is navigating on the surface, but, when it is desired to sink, the conning-tower o is closed, and the cock n opened, whereby communication is established between the interior of the keel and the atmosphere by means of an extension of the tube g. The escape of the air in the keel permits water to enter, and submerge the vessel. Should the vessel be unable to rise, the bolts x are withdrawn from the straps u, detaching the keel band allowing the hull a to rise to the surface. A buoy is housed in a recess in the keel, whereby the position of the keel is indicated after detachment from the bull.
Patent GB-190813107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Heated Apparatus suitable for Cooking and other purposes.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 13,107. Berry, A. F. June 19. Heating by electricity.-In an electric heating- apparatus in which a hot-plate a is heated by currents induced in it by an enclosed winding forming part of a secondary circuit of a transformer, as described in Specification No. 25,411, A.D, 1906, a cover-plate a' is heated so that it expands equally with the hot-plate, by means of an interposed sheet b<1> of non-magnetic material, such as copper or gunmetal, in which currents are induced. The bottom of a vessel to be heated by the plate consists of a block of copper or other non-magnetic material, in which currents are induced when the hot-plate is magnetically saturated. A griller for use on the hot-plate consists of a block A of nickelplated copper, iron, or conductive alloy, having inclined ribbed surfaces and depending edges A<1>, as shown, the block being surrounded by a pan B for drainings. According to the Provisional Specification, the interposed plate b' may be dispensed with, and the winding embedded equally in each plate a, a<2>.
Patent GB-190819926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Elevating and Loading Gear of Howitzers.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-09-22
Abstract: 19,926. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Sept. 22. Field carriages, quick- and-fine elevating-gear for. A pinion D<2> gearing with an elevating-arc B<2> attached to the gun cradle B is mounted upon a hollow shaft D, which is supported in bearings on the upper carriage C, and may be rotated from either side of the mounting. Loosely mounted on the left-hand side of the shaft D is an elevating worm - wheel E<3> which, when connected to a disk D<1> by a pin f<11>, operates the shaft D and pinion D<2> and gives the gun a slow movement. When a handle F on the right-hand side of the mounting is pushed inwards, the pin f<11> is withdrawn by a rod f from the worm-wheel E<3>, and the pinion D<2> may then be rotated by turning the handle F for the purpose of bringing the gun quickly to the loading position. Stops e on the worm-wheel are provided to ensure the gun being returned to the correct firing position, the disk D' being made to move out of the path of these stops when the handle F,is rotated, owing to the engagement of a threaded sleeve D<3> on the disk D with a corresponding thread on the worm-wheel. A training handwheel on the left-hand side of the mounting serves to move the upper carriage C about a vertical pivot. Modifications are described in which the handle F, on being grasped, operates the rod f, and on being rotated moves the shaft D through spur or chain gearing. The handle for operating the rod f may also, in some cases, be quite separate from the handle F.
Patent GB-190821378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Lubricating Shafts, or other Rotating Bodies, and their Bearings.
Inventor: NUTTALL JAMES
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 21,378. Crossett, L. D. Oct. 9. Watch cases. - A watch support comprises a front case for the watch 7 and a rear bellshaped sucker 19, and is made of rubber or similar material. The edge 13 of the front presses against the glass of the watch, thus excluding dust, and the head of the watch fits into the recessed part 8. The sucker is attached by a narrow part 14 and the width of the side 15 decreases towards the mouth, which is shaped with conical edges 16 and has a sharp peripheral edge 17. The mouth piece is less vulcanized and rigid than the rest of the holder. A thumb - piece 20 is provided to release the sucker.
Patent GB-190821498-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Rising and Travelling in the Air or for Travelling in the Water.
Inventor: PENKALA RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-10-10
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 21,498. Penkala, R., and Penkala, E. Oct. 10. Aeroplanes; propelling.-A propelling force for travelling in air or water is derived by means of a fan or paddle-wheel adapted to be rotated on a shaft 2 and to draw in air or water from above an annular hood 4 surrounding the fan and to discharge it centrifugally beneath the hood, whereby a rarefaction of the air above and a condensation beneath the hood is produced. Inclined or twisted vanes 7 are disposed on the hood so as to catch the centrifugal current of air and increase the propelling force; or, as shown, these vanes may be mounted concentrically about the fan wheel upon a second wheel, which will be caused to revolve in an opposite direction to that of the fan wheel and produce a further propelling force. The fan wheel consists of a disk 1 and a series of paddles 3 bent over along their top edges and mounted tangentially on the shaft 2.
Patent GB-190822982-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bearings for Supporting the Flyers and Wharves on the Bolster Tubes of Spinning and Doubling Machines.
Inventor: GAUNT JOSEPH SHAW
Filed: 1908-10-29
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 22,982. Gaunt, J. S., and Dyson, H. Oct. 29. Ball bearings.-The flyers and wharls of spinning and doubling machines of the class described in Specification No. 14,172, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Spinning], are supported by ball bearings. The wharls are bored to receive the race rings b, b<1>, and the race rings c, c<1> are secured to the bolster tube. The inner surfaces of the wharls may be formed to receive the balls without the intervention of the rings b, b<1>. Each wharl may have one bearing only.
Patent GB-190828071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Leather and the like Cushions or Upholstery.
Inventor: LOVE ALFRED
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 28,071. Love, A., and Abbott, A. R. Dec. 24. Upholstery stuffing - materials. - A non-decomposing stuffing-material for leather, pegamoid, and like cushions and upholstery, and especially for cushions exposed to fog, wet, &c., such as those used on vehicles and ships, consists of peat-moss, preferably finely divided and partly granular and partly flocular, impregnated with a volatile or non- volatile oil, such as petroleum or its compounds or the like, which is left in the liquid state. The oil may contain powdered or liquid disinfectants, or antiseptics such as carbolic acid or its compounds or derivatives, lysol, creosote or other coal-tar products, mercury or bismuth preparations such as sublimate, or formaldehyde compounds, or dermatol, or boracic acid or its compounds, or any other disinfecting, antiseptic, and water-resisting mixture or compounds. A small amount of oil given up by the peat renders the leather incapable of becoming thoroughly wet and preserves its enamelled surface, but is insufficient to soil the clothes. The oil may be applied to the peat by spraying, by a steam jet, by distillation, by volatilization, or by treating the oil with ether, alcohol, petrol-ether, or other easily-volatilized solvents. When oil and water, preferably containing a disinfectant in solution or suspension, is used, the water is driven off by drying the peat. A quantity of peat impregnated with a definite amount of oil may be mixed with a larger quantity of unimpregnated peat, in which case the whole mass is compressed and is permeated by the oil. Or the oil may be applied under pressure in any suitable manner. The peat-moss may be suitably made fire-proof.
Patent GB-190904624-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Aeroplane or Flying Machine.
Inventor: SANDERS HAYDN ARNOLD
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1910-02-25
Abstract: 4624. Sanders, H. A. Feb. 25. Screw propellers. -The front edge of the blades of propellers f o r aerial machines is cut off at an angle of thirty degrees as shown, to increase the thrust.
Patent GB-190905806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Furniture.
Inventor: WRINCH BERNARD TEMPLE
IPC: A47C4/38
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 5806. Wrinch, B. T. March 10. [Addition to 25,315/04, Class 20, Buildings &c.] Trestles. - Consists in the application of the collapsible framework described in the parent Specification to seats, tables, &c. of the cross - leg type. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a chair in which the legs are connected by pivoted cross-bars b, e a c h having a joint b<3> as described in the parent Specification.
Patent GB-190906497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Trumpets or Sound Amplifiers for Talking Machines.
Inventor: LANDON JOSEPH MARGULIES
Filed: 1909-03-18
Granted: 1910-06-20
Abstract: 6497. Landon, J. M. March 18. [Cognate Application, 8049/09.] Trumpets, arranging and supporting. - The trumpets of talking-machines are formed by one or two series of flaps, hinged to one or both faces of a polygonal ring, and adapted to fold flat. In the former case, the ring is formed on one of the faces of a cabinet containing the talking- machine, and, in the latter case, the two series of flaps form the complete trumpet. Fig. 2 shows the bell portion pivoted to a base a, the pivots m of the flaps being arranged in steps, as shown, so that the flaps can be folded flat. Each flap is provided with a projection n taking into a corresponding notch in the next flap, in order to hold them open. When the flaps are made of metal, rubber or other strips may be used between the flaps to avoid vibration.
Patent GB-190914255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Mechanism for Rock Drills and other Reciprocating Engines.
Inventor: STEPHENS WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: B25D9/20
Filed: 1909-06-17
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 14,255. Stephens, W. C. June 17. Fluid-actuated gears; beat or lift valves.-In rock - drills and fluidpressure engines wherein the valve is reversed by fluid compressed in the end of the cylinder by the piston, the valve is provided with a central opening e, so that it forms a ring or rectangular frame, to increase the supply of fluid without increasing the size or travel of the valve. The valve d is provided with radial passages f, and is arranged to work vertically. When the valve is in the position shown, fluid is supplied by passages g, f and passes the lower inner and outer edges of the valve to the port b. When the valve is reversed by the compression fluid passing along the port b<1>, the compressed air passes to the forward end of the cylinder past the top inner and outer edges of the valve. A modification is described wherein the valve works horizontally.
Patent GB-190915059-A (GB)
Title: Wheel for Vehicles.
Inventor: CASSE JULES
IPC: B60B27/00
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 15,059. Casse, J. June 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Spokes, securing and adjusting.-In vehicle wheels having an H-section rim, the spokes d are maintained of uniform lateral thickness throughout their length and have mortised joints b with the hub a, being provided with shoulders c to butt on the hub. Wedges c are driven between the spokes and are secured by the bolts connecting the two angle-irons f. The rim carries two sets of wooden blocks, the outer set k being secured by the metal tyre z, and the inner set h resting on shoulders on the spokes and securing them to the rim.
Patent GB-190917065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spirit Lamps.
Inventor: THORPE HARRY
IPC: F23D3/00
Filed: 1909-07-22
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 17,065. Thorpe, H. July 22. Wick burners, solid-flame.-In a spirit lamp in which the wick-holder can be raised and lowered by a lever G, a clear annular space is left between the wick-holder D and a downwardly-inclined internal flange in the mouth B of the lamp. The wick-holder comprises an open-ended tube perforated at its upper part. In a modification, the wick-holder slides within a short guiding-tube secured to the bottom of the lamp body.
Patent GB-190918131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combing Machines.
Inventor: JOLLY JAMES
IPC: D01G19/26
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 18,131. Jolly, J., and Willis, P. E. Aug. 6. Combing-machines, Heilmann type. In machines having the detaching-rollers mounted in reciprocating bearings, particularly machines such as are described in Specifications 3308/08 and 19,103/08, in order that all the detaching- rollers may be adjusted for different lengths of fibre at one operation, the levers a are operated by a single rocking shaft B which is operated through an adjustable compound lever D from a single cam E. A slotted disk d is mounted on the shaft B and is bolted to a disk loose on the shaft having an arm d<1> carrying a bowl d<2> running in the cam-groove. The disks on the shaft B are provided with suitable calibrating- marks.
Patent GB-190920659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ladders.
Inventor: KOEHLREUTER JOHANN GERLACH
IPC: E06C1/32
Filed: 1909-09-09
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 20,659. K÷hlreuter, J. G. Sept. 9. Folding vehicles; hand-trucks.-Ladders convertible into trucks comprise a double ladder a, b, two secondary ladders c, d jointed inside the members of the double ladder, two pairs of stays e, f, and removable screw bolts k passed through holes in the various parts on assembling them in the desired manner.