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Patent GB-190728507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Overload Indicators.
Inventor: HARRISON HAYDN THIES
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 28,507. Harrison, H. T. Dec. 27. Switches.-In an apparatus for indicating when the proper current in a circuit has been exceeded for some time, a movable indicator attached by a destructible support to a part fixed to a strip carrying the current and heated by it, is arranged to connect two contacts, thereby short-circuiting the strip. The indicator may be a wedge i, suspended by a wire j of tin or other metal of low melting-point from a lateral tongue e fixed to the hot strip c, the wire being placed in notches'in the tongue. By means of the notches, the distance of the wire from the beating strip may be adjusted so that the wire is melted after a given time, thereby allowing the indicator to appear opposite to an aperture, and at the same time connect two contacts g so as to short-circuit the strip c. The strip c is narrowed down at the middle d, and may be made of a different metal such as iron, at that part, to localize the heat. In a modified form, the fusible wire holds up a pivoted spring-pressed laminated switch, which bridges the contacts g when it falls. A cover may be sealed to prevent tampering.
Patent GB-190803144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Firing Mechanism for Ordnance.
Inventor: WHEELER HARRY THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 3144. Wheeler, H. T., and Lee, J. B. K. Feb. 12. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to firing- mechanism of the kind described in Specification No. 3134, A.D. 1908, and consists in providing a primer retainer automatically actuated by one arm of the primer extractor. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the centre line of the breech, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the primer retainer 5, which is mounted so as to slide by means of slots 6, and ribs 7 in a bridge-piece E<2> which spans the slotted portion of the receiver E in which a wedge F moves. The latch 5 is pressed downwards by a spring 10, is kept in position by a pin 9, and has inclined wedge faces 12, 13, which engage with the end P# of the extractor arm P and cause the latch to be pushed aside both when the extractor operates to eject the primer case, and when it returns to its normal position. At other times, the recess 16 on the latch serves to prevent the primer case from slipping out.
Patent GB-190804779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ring-spinning and Ring-doubling Machines for Spinning and Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-03-03
Abstract: 4779. Platt Bros. & Co., and Bancroft, G. March 3. Variable-speed gearing.-The driving-strap i of a ring spinning and doubling frame is automatically shifted on to driving-pulleys of different diameters by gear controlled by the ring-rail, so as to drive the frame slowly at the beginning of the building of the cop, more quickly during the formation of the body of the cop, and then to stop the frame immediately, or after another period of slow driving. A detent plate r is detachably connected to a shaft o carrying the crank operating the belt forkj, and is prevented from rotating under the influence of a weight 11 or a spring by a stop 15 on a pivoted lever 6. When winding " cop-build bobbins, a vertical rod 22 provided with stops 28, 29, 30 is connected with the poker 27 and is thus given a resultant downward movement produced by a series of descents followed by shorter ascents, corresponding to the ascents and shorter descents of the ring rail. A rod 17 is suspended from the lever 6 and carries an adjustable stop 21 with the underside of which the stops on the rod 22 successively engage and, owing to the ascents of this rod, lift the rod 17 and turn the lever 6 about a pivot 14, Each lift removes the stop 15 from the detents 2, 3, 4, 5, in turn and so allows the weight 11 to turn the plate r and thus to move the belt from the slow-driving pulley f to the fast-driving pulley g, and thence to the loose pulley e directly or after being placed on the pulley f When winding "parallel-build" bobbins the slow driving before doffing is dispensed with, and the plate r has only three detents and is released by different mechanism, comprising a pendant rod which is attached to the lever 6 and is raised by stops on a wheel rotated by a ratchet-wheel operated by the copping-lever. When the belt is moved on to the loose pulley, the fork is locked by a stud u which falls into a hole v in the framing. The detent plate is connected with the belt-fork gear by means of a pin s, which is connected with the handle n of the belt-shafting gear and is withdrawn therefrom by a lever x when the strap is shifted independently, or when the weight is raised by the handle 13 to adjust the detent plate. When the machine is being prepared for a fresh set, the rod 17 is held clear of the stops on the rod 22 by a stop 32 which is inserted in the hole 33.
Patent GB-190806319-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ventilator
Inventor: KERR DAVID
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 6319. Kerr, D. March 21. Air, drawing-off, methods of; shafts. -In means for drawing-off vitiated air of the type in which a tube e opening at g near the ceiling communicates at its lower end with the chimney, the tube is extended downwards to the opening c of the fire-place. The constricted opening at this point causes the up-draught to attain its highest velocity, and thus sets up a greater suction action in the tube.
Patent GB-190806450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trolleys or Collectors for Electricity.
Inventor: BLIVEN PERCY CLIFFORD
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 6450. Bliven, P. C. March 23. Electric traction on the overhead - conductor system. Collectors for electricity. Trolly harps are formed in two parts, namely a stationary member 3 secured to the trolly pole, and a movable member 4, which is pivotally mounted on the member 3 at 14, so that it may be swung into position, as shown in Fig. 3,to permit the removal of the wheel. The members are provided with forked ends 3<a> having semicircular recesses 7 adapted to form bearings for the bearing-caps 19. Stirrups or yokes 8 are pivotally mounted on the inner walls of the lower plates 3<a>, and form bearings 11 for the wheel axle 2 journaled in the bearing - caps. Lubricating- packing 23 is placed in the caps, and oil-holes 24, 25 provided. After the wheel has been placed in position, the member 4 is fastened down by a pin passed through the lug 16 and a hole 13 in the member 3.
Patent GB-190809747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Convertible Sofas and Couches.
Inventor: CROWTHER HARRY
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9747. Crowther, H. May 5. Bedsteads ; sofas and couches ; mattresses.-In sofas, couches, and settees, convertible into beds, the sides and ends of the mattress f are left loose so as to allow the bedclothes to be tucked beneath it, the mattress for this purpose being fixed at l with tape, twine, &c., or sewn to the surface k at a sufficient distance in from the sides and ends of the frames h, i. The frames h, i are hinged together at c, and the part a of the scroll is so made with pins d as to be removable to allow the back e to form a support for the frame h when the couch is converted into a bed, as shown in Fig. 2. The part b of the scroll, to which the back e is fixed, and the back e are fixed to the frame h.
Patent GB-190811060-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Wheel.
Inventor: EYTON ADAM TUDOR
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 11,060. Eyton, A. T. May 21. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other than pnenmatic. -An inner metal rim B, Fig. 1, secured to the felloe A, and an outer rim C, both formed with flanges, are separated by laminated plate springs F secured alternately to each rim. Rollers may be fitted to the ends of the springs. In the form shown in Fig. 2, each spring consists of a pair of carriage springs F, linked together at their ends, and secured to both rims by radial bolts. The tread consists of plaited coco-nut fibre D, Fig. 3, held between flanges C<1> on the outer rim, and enclosed in a studded cover E of canvas or leather clamped against the sides of the inner rim between plates L. Specification No. 21,283, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190812302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Magneto-electric Ignition Apparatus.
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 12,302. Wilkins, C. F. C., and Muirhead, & Co. June 6. Switches; condensers.-Magneto-electric ignition apparatus, in which the contact-breaker, distributor, and condenser are readily accessible, is constructed with the distributor j, the contact-breaker g, and the condenser f situated on the platform e above the magnets, of which a section through the curved end is shown at b. The condenser f is removably mounted by means of split pegs f<1> in terminal holes, and the device is covered by a lid o, which is attached by means of a fly-nut p.and has suitable holes o<1> through which pass the connecting- wires. A distributor, Fig. 3, for use with this device is constructed so that'the spindle carries an inner insulating-sleeve j<1>, upon which is mounted a conducting-sleeve j<3>, provided with a continuous ring j<4> running under a spring-pressed brush l, and with contacts j<5>, j<6> protruding through the outer insulating-sleeve j<7> so as to come periodically under spring-pressed brushes l<1>, which are placed side by side on one or both sides of the spindle and are connected respectively with the sparking-plugs.
Patent GB-190817057-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Drinking or Feeding Trough and Shelter for Birds.
Inventor: PITHER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-13
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,057. Pither, W., and Burberry, T. Aug. 13. Feeding and drinking appliances for birds; poultry houses and coops.-In a combined shelter and drinking or feeding trough for birds, a corrugated or plain sheet C is secured by a double hinge B to one side of a trough A so that its lower edge is over the trough. The sheet C is supported at an angle by foldable legs D and a curved or other strip E is fixed to the back of the sheet C, thus covering-up the opening between the trough and the sheet C. A water receptacle F having an airtight stopper H is supported in the trough A, and has a hole G which may be provided with a strip of wood or other duct leading to the trough A. The vessel F may also be provided with a vertical tube leading from outside the bottom of the vessel to near the inside of the top.
Patent GB-190819846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Thermometers
Inventor: THOMSEN THOMAS CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 19,846. Thomsen, T. C. Sept. 22. thermometers &c. - A case a for a thermometer, hydrometer, or like instrument has a deeplyrecessed pad d at one or both ends resting on a spiral spring c ; this pad serves to centralize and protect the thermometer f. If only one end of the case is provided with this pad, then the other end receives a cap in the form of a hollow plug g the upper end of the thermometer being provided with an enlarged head l adapted to rest on a packing-ring m of rubber or like material. A spring t is provided between the head l and the top of the plug g the thermometer is thus flexibly connected to the cap of the case. The plug g is provided with a pin to engage a bayonet slot in the case. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that a chain or cord may be attached to the upper end of the cap provided with a pin for attachment to the clothing of the user.
Patent GB-190821102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Chucks.
Inventor: SHAW HERBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 21,102. Shaw, H. W., Shaw, T., and Porter, H., [trading as Realm Machine Co.]. Oct. 6.. Chucks. - In chucks of the independent sliding-jaw t y p e wherein for obviating 1 o s s of time the jaws are mounted so as to be readily reversed, the nut portion 3, which is slidable in a groove 5 in the chuck face e by a screw bolt 4,has a forward extension, of which one part 3" is cylindrical and the other part 3<111> of slightly less diameter is screwed. On this extension is rotatably mounted the jaw 2 having a recess 2", into which screws a nut 9 by which the jaw is held tightly to the nut portion 3.
Patent GB-190824652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Float-feed Carburettors for use on Petrol Engines.
Inventor: FAIRHURTS WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 24,652. Fairhurst, W. Nov. 17. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The spring loaded petrol valve b of a motorvehicle carburettor has grooves e of various lengths and is provided with a cap i with which engages a wing of the throttle-valve f. An arm g<1> on the throttle - valve spindle is connected by a chain g<2> with a cross-piece j loaded by springs k around spindles l. This cross-piece is depressed, on further opening the throttle valve f, and presses on the spring-loaded spindle m<1> of the additional air valve m.
Patent GB-190825967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Starting Systems or Gears for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-12-01
Granted: 1910-01-03
Abstract: 25,967. Daimler-Motoren-Ges. Dec. 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas or explosive -vapour engines. - In a starting system for engines in which the starting mixture is drawn from a carburettor by a pump, the pump may be placed in communication wit h the combustible reservoir or with the engine cylinders, and a valve is provided by means of which the reservoir may be placed in communication with another source of pressure when the pump delivery is cut off therefrom. The pump 1, which in motor r road vehicles may be placed on the dash - board, and is operated by the pedal 3, first draws air through a pipe 13 and compresses it through pipes 4, 5, 7 to the fuel reservoir 9. The pressure thus produced. supplies fuel to the float chamber 15, and the air drawn through the carburettor 14 is carburetted. The cock 11 is then turned so that the mixture is supplied by pipes 4, 6 and a distributor 10 to the appropriate cylinder. When the engine is running, the cock 12 is turned and the reservoir opened by pipes 7, 8 to any convenient source of pressure, which may be supplied by a pump worked by the. engine. , Fuel is then supplied from the float chamber to the normal carburettor 17. An auxiliary magneto 25<a> is provided for starting and is driven from the pedal 50. A distributing-switch 26<a> is combined with the distributing-valve 10. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also means whereby a governor causes axial movement of a distributing-valve for starting so that the valve is lifted from its seat during normal working ; this forms the subject-matter of Specification No. 29,615, A.D. 1909. The Specification as open to inspection also comprises means whereby the auxiliary magneto is actuated, and a device for cutting-out the magneto for normalworking during the working of the auxiliary magneto ; there is also described a bifurcated fitting for the cylinder, the auxiliary admission valve and the auxiliary sparking-plug being mounted in the arms thereof. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190826191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Non-refillable Bottles and Stoppers therefor.
Inventor: BAKER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,191. Baker, C. Dec. 4. Bottles, non-refillable; stoppers; stopper - keys.-To preventfraudulent refilling, a bottle is provided with a valve stopper locked in the neck, and with an electromagnet for opening the stopper to permit refilling by authorized persons. The valve c, which is weighted by bails d and also by balls in a depending wire-cage, operates in a casing secured in the neck by spring catches f. The top part of the stopper, which is provided with baffles i, j having staggered openings, is formed with inclined slots which ride over pins m on the casing when the stopper becomes locked by a spriag catch l which snaps over one of the pins. Tn open the bottle, the spring catch is withdrawn by the electromagnet, whereupon the top part of the stopper can be removed.
Patent GB-190826975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flour Milling.
Inventor: BUCHANAN ROBERT
Filed: 1908-12-12
Granted: 1909-12-13
Abstract: 26,975. Buchanan, R. Dec. 12. Drawings to Specificaion. Systems for reducing grain.-In the process of reducing grain described in Specification No. 14,019, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Grain &c.], the throughs from two or more of the scalping-sieves, which separate all the material requiring further treatment by break-rolls, pass into a single elevator by which they are forwarded collectively to one or more purifiers. The throughs comprise semolinas, middlings, heavy flour, dunst, beeswing, branny particles, light flour, and dust. The purifiers may be constructed as described in Specification No. 1317, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Sifting &c.], to separate first the Hour and fine middlings. The air from the purifiers is passed through a cyclone or a textiled dust collector.
Patent GB-190828287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Secondary Clocks.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 28,287. Boult, A. J, [Jackson, H. 0., and McNaughton, T.]. Dec. 28. Electric clocks.-The hands of a secondary clock are operated by a worm-and-wheel geared to a toothed sector on a rock-shaft which carries one or more armatures of an electro-magnet. The magnet has preferably two segment-shaped armatures 27, 28, one being nearer to its corresponding pole-piece than the other, so that the force of attraction increases as the armaturesupporting shaft turns. The rotation of this spring-controlled shaft 24 is limited by a stop 26, acting on the projections 50, 52 on the armature 27. A pinion 30 can turn loosely on the worm-shaft 15 in one direction, but turns with it in the other direction owing to the engagement of a notched head 31 carried by the pinion with a pawl on an arm 34 fixed to the shaft, Fig. 3. When a current is transmitted to the electro-magnet, the attraction of the armatures turns the shaft 24 through an angle, rotating the loose pinion 30 by means of the sector 29. The shaft is turned in the opposite direction by the spring 25 as soon as the circuit is broken, and the reverse rotation of the pinion 30 moves the worm-shaft and thereby the bands, through the required amount. At the end of the return movement, a spring 35 on the arm 34 meets a stop 36 on the rack, to avoid shock, and backlash is prevented by the action of a pawl 39 on a notched disk 37 fixed to the worm-shaft.
Patent GB-190901205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tipple Boxes for Bunching Stricks or Pieces of Hackled Flax or similar Fibre.
Inventor: MCELDERRY JOHN HENRY
IPC: A01F1/00
Filed: 1909-01-18
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 1205. McElderry, J. H. Jan. 18. Parcelling by bundling.-A tipple box of the usual cross shape is fitted with devices for facilitating parcelling stricks of flax or the like, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Cords F, G are first laid on the floor of the box. The end f of another cord F<1> is then secured in the angle e<1> of a clip E, and the cord is brought over the top of the box, and passed downwards and under the point of a withdrawable pin D', which projects within the box from an inclined aperture in the wall of the box. The cord then passes across the floor of the box and under the point of a second similarly-arranged pin D<2>, and finally passes upwards over the top of the box and is secured in the angle e<2> of a second clip E. The other cords F, G, G' are similarly treated. Two strips of paper are placed on the floor of the box, which is then filled with the stricks of flax. When the box is full, two more strips of paper are placed on the top of the stricks, the pins D<1>, D<2>, D<3>, D<4> are withdrawn, and the ends of the cords are released from the clips and tied across the stricks.
Patent GB-190903146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Making Lace and other Fabrics.
Inventor: HICKTON CHARLES
IPC: D04C5/00
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 3146. Hickton, C. Feb. 9. Lace machines. - Mechanically-operated time and output recording-apparatus for use in connexion with lace and other textile machinery, as described in Specification 3145/09, is controlled by a series of three ratchet-wheels driven by a suitable part of the machine. The pin 7 of the second wheel i raises at each revolution the flexible arm z of a bell-crank, which, when returned by a spring, forces a pencil against a travelling chart and thus records each rack completed. The same chart records the running time, an horizontal bell-crank 12 being operated by a cam 8 moving with the first wheel a and causing a zigzag line to be drawn while the machine is running; a straight line is drawn while the machine is stopped.
Patent GB-190907921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toothed Wheels.
Inventor: DUFFING GEORG
IPC: F16H55/18
Filed: 1909-04-02
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 7921. Duffing, G. April 7,1908, [Convention date]. Toothed wheels. - For preventing back-lash, a toothed wheel is divided in the plane of the wheel, and the parts are elastically moved relatively to each other. The elastic action is obtained by deformation of the arms. Separation of the two parts may be complete, in which case the amount of displacement of the teeth is regulated by tangential keys. When the separation is partial only, adjustment is effected by a screw engaging a thread in one of the arm systems and pressing against the other, or wedges may be driven between the arms.
Patent GB-190908479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Promoting Circulation in Steam Boilers.
IPC: F22D7/00
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-04-08
Abstract: 8479. Circulators, Ltd., Ross, S. J., and Schofield, H. April 8. Partitions in water space.-Relates to the promotion of the circulation in steam boilers in the manner set forth in Specification 2348/05, and consists mainly in constructing the guiding- plates which promote the circulation so that they can be readily removed for inspection or repairs, and further in the utilization of the spaces between the combustion - chambers of marine boilers for promoting circulation. As applied to a double - ended boiler, the curved deflector which is arranged above each tubeplate is built of fixed sections a and detachable sections e arranged alternately. Each fixed section comprises a curved front plate a, Figs. 3 and 4, connected through a spacing-plate a<3> to an angle-bracket a<1>, which is bolted to a boiler stay b. The fixed sections thus provide curved guides in which the detachable sections slide, and their lower edges are bent up to serve as supports. A space d is left between the deflector and the adjacent edge e of the combustion-chamber in order that the water circulation may prevent the accumulation of a deposit on the chamber crown. The vertical side-plates f of the circulation passages are made readily removable either by providing keyhole slots for their fastening bolts or screws, or by providing them with hooks which clip over the smoke-tubes. The fastening-bolts may be carried by brackets clamped to the smoketubes. The spaces between the combustion chambers are provided with detachable sideplates i hooked on the stay-bolts e<1>, bell mouthed inlet guides i<2>, removable baffles i<3> in front of the inlets, and curved deflectors j at the top. The application of the invention to a wet-back marine boiler is also described.