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Patent GB-190709413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerodromes
Inventor: LANCHESTER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 9413. Lancheater, F. W. April 23. Aerial machines without aerostats; aeroplanes launching and landing; propelling; steering.-In aerial machines or aerodromes of the type described in Specification No. 3608, A.D. 1897, the main aeroplane A is formed of a number of triangular frames A', Fig. 6, carrying longitudinal members A', A<5>, A<6> at the angles, and the two members A<4>, A<5> are roofed over to form the supporting-surface. The lower member A<6> is of wing-like section and forms an auxiliary supporting surface. The frames A', Fig. 1, are braced by wires a, and the ends A<7>, A<8> of the plane are bent upwards to improve the stability. A twelve-cylinder motor B drives two co-axial screw propellers in opposite directions. Vertical fin surfaces A<8>, Fig. 2, are provided above the plane A, and an horizontal tail E is supported by rods A<11>, A<12> behind the propellers. The tail E may be provided with lateral extensions EE and vertical planes E', and the planes may be adjusted by guys E<1>, E<3> and fixed in the desired position. A wedge-shaped plane C<2>, Fig. 3, is fixed to the steering-pillar C' and is operated by a lever F<2> to steer the machine. Wheels D', D<2>, D<3>, pivotally mounted so as to swivel, are provided for travelling on land when starting or alighting, and outlying caster - wheels may be provided to prevent the machine from overturning. The hand-wheel J for steering the machine is connected to the sun element H<1>, Fig. 4, of an epicyclic train, while the front road wheel D' is connected to the planet element H<2>. The ring element H<3> is connected by ropes H<4> to the rear wheels D<2>, D<3>; when the sun element is fixed, any movement of the front wheel D<1> is communicated to the rear wheels to maintain them parallel and to allow the machine to steer a straight course. If the sun element H<1> is turned by the hand-wheel, the front and rear wheels are turned through unequal angles, so that the course of the machine is altered. A hand-lever K<2>, Fig. 2, carrying a toothed segment K<1> gearing with a rack carried by the wheel D' enables the aeronaut to tilt the machine in order to rise into the air and to diminish the shock of landing. Rubber buffers K<3> are also provided.
Patent GB-190716515-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Spring Device for Various useful purposes.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 16,515. Lorrain, J. G., [Torley, H.]. July 18. Candlesticks; candle holders; chimney holders.- A spring device comprises a helical spring c wound through holes or slots formed in the wall of a socket, and is specially adapted for use as a candle or lamp-glass holder. The application to a candlestick is shown in Fig. 3, in which the spring c serves to hold candles of various diameters. The candle rests upon a plate g, which bears upon a spring h provided for ejecting the stump of the burnt candle. In the case where the two bodies connected are tubular, the spring is preferably arranged around the centre of the socket a, the socket having convex sides, as shown in Fig. 5. The spring may be arranged in helical convolutions around the tube instead of annularly, and it is preferably made of flat wire and has its free ends secured by soldering or the like.
Patent GB-190716619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Methods of and Means for Controlling the Movements of Fluid-operated Pistons
Inventor: BOYS CHARLES VERNON
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 16,619. Boys, C. V. July 19. [Cognate Application No. 18,378, A.D. 1907, dated Aug. 14.] . Locking valves.-The areas of auxiliary ports in fluid-pressure engines &c. are controlled by needle valves held in position by spring projections 20, which enter suitable curved recesses.
Patent GB-190720809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closing and Tightening Gear for Filter Presses
Inventor: JOHNSON SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 20,809. Johnson, S. H. Sept. 19. Filter-presses.-The final pressure is obtained by means of an hydraulic thrust - block interposed between the hollow boss of the follower A and the head of the closing - screw E. The plates are brought together by means of the follower, which is mounted on rollers having studs working into racks on the side bars of the press and moved by means of a winch handle. The thrust-block consists of a cylinder F and ram G, and is supplied with fluid from the cistern I by a pump h to which a pressure gauge is connected. The block and cistern are preferably suspended by ropes passing over pulleys k and attached to a counterweight L. A fly-nut M on the screw E is used to lock the apparatus in the tightened position. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the hydraulic cylinder is formed in the centre S of the follower, and a hollow ram T rests against an ordinary thrustblock V which can be turned aside when desired. In this case, the locking-device consists of a nut U engaging with a screw on the outside of the ram T.
Patent GB-190724164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Yarn-winding Machinery or Apparatus whereby the Clearing of the Yarn is Facilitated.
Inventor: GODDARD THOMAS
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 24,164. Goddard, T. Nov. 1. Winding-machines; yarns and threads, clearing.- To facilitate the clearing of yarns, in machines in which the ordinary clearer plates are not employed, the creel b, of any suitable construction, is arranged separately from, and at a distance of five feet or more from, the frame c carrying the winding-on bobbins, so that knots, thick places, &c. may be readily seen or detected and removed in the passage of the yarn from the creel to the receiving-bobbin.
Patent GB-190724729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Wagons, Trucks and other Railway and Tramway Vehicles
Inventor: TAYLOR SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-11-09
Abstract: 24,729. Taylor, S. Nov. 8. Brakes.-Railway-wagon and other railway and tramway vehicle brakes are applied by tension rods operated by eccentric slots in a circular disk, which is mounted on a central shaft and actuated by right-handed levers from either side of the vehicle. The eccentrically slotted disk E is mounted beneath the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and operates rods R, connected to transverse brake beams, by means of roller pins or slide blocks J working in the slots. To ensure a gradual application of pressure, compression springs are inserted in the rods R at H. The disk E is connected by links D to cranks A on transverse shafts L extending halfway across the vehicle, the outward ends of the shafts carrying levers B, by an upward movement of which the brakes are applied. The levers B are locked by pawl bars M pivoted at P, Fig. 5, the bars on opposite sides of the vehicle being connected to move simultaneously. The bars M are held in engagement with teeth on the levers B by springs N, and are released by slotted levers K sliding in the levers B and operated by handles C. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that the shafts L are connected to the central shaft of the disk by chain &c, gearing, one chain being crossed.
Patent GB-190801288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ignition Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: COLLUM RICHARD FORBES
Filed: 1908-08-19
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 1288. Collum, R. F. Aug. 19. Switches.-A switch for the ignition system of an internal - combustion engine comprises a circular disk H of insulating-material mounted on a pin I and driven by the engine. The spring J connected to one of the wires bears against one face of the disk, the other face of which is recessed at i<1> to allow, once every revolution, the spring-pressed contact K to come within sparking distance of the spring J. A hole i<2> allows the spark to pass; or, in place of a hole, a metal pin may be inserted, to complete the circuit. The plunger K may be replaced by a solid plunger K<1>, Fig. 5, mounted on a flat spring P. Several cylinders may be ignited by providing the requisite number of plungers K and springs J.
Patent GB-190804432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Single-phase Commutator Motors.
Filed: 1908-02-27
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 4432. Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon. March 9, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Patent of Addition to No. 28,968, A.D. 1904.] Field magnets; sparking, preventing.-To obtain sparkless commutation under varying conditions of load and of terminal pressure, the auxiliary commutating-windings employed in Specification No. 28,968, A.D. 1904, are fed from an auxiliary transformer with adjustable contacts, which is excited chiefly by the armature potential difference. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the armature a, compensating-winding c, and exciting winding e of a single-phase motor are connected to the mains through a starting-transformer t, and the commutating-winding h is connected at one end to a motor terminal m<1> and at the other end to a sliding contact s on the auxiliary transforner t<1>, which is connected across the armature a of the motor. For speeds above the normal, the contact s is moved to the right of the terminal m of the transformer t<1> so that a part of the armature potential is subtracted from the main potential; for speeds lower than the normal, the contact s is moved to the left of m, so that a part of the armature potential is added to the main potential. This arrangement is especially suitable when the motor works with a variable speed but with a constant torque. In the case of a motor working at a constant speed but with a variable torque or current, the magnitude of the commutating-field may be altered, for example by winding the auxiliary poles with more than one winding and coupling these in series or in parallel, or, automatically, by the use of a relay actuated by the current to cut choking-coils in or out of circuit with the commutating-winding ; or the winding h may be connected to the transformer t<1> through a second transformer of the variable-ratio type ; or the contacts on the transformers t, t<1> may be simultaneously adjusted. Instead of connecting the winding h to the motor terminals, it may be connected directly to the mains, or to any part of the transformer t, or a higher pressure may be impressed upon it by placing around the iron body of the transformer t, a number of additional windings z, as shown in Fig. 7. The transformer t<1> may be connected both across the armature and the compensating-winding and a part of the exciting- winding. The armature may be over-compensated. The sliding contacts may be of the rotating- cylinder type. In the Specification, in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), it is stated also that the sliding contacts of the transformers may be operated by automatic means depending on the speed or current; for example, the contact s may be moved by a centrifugal governor &c., and the sliding contact on the auxiliary transformer may be moved by a solenoid, relay, &c. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190805782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hay-transporting and similar Vehicles
Inventor: WRUCK ERWIN ANDREW
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 5782. Wruck, E. A. March 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Hay bogies; bodies; guards for preventing chafing of vehicle by the wheels.-In order to prevent the sides of hay-transporting and similar vehicles from being injured by the wheels when making sharp turns, the sides are notched to allow the wheels to enter and are reinforced by arch irons. The notches 2 in each side piece are strengthened by pairs of arch irons 3, 4 shaped as shown, each pair being connected together by bolts 8 or other fastenings. Stirrups 9 are formed on the inner irons to support transverse strengthening-beams 10 which are connected by a cover 11 to form a housing over the space between the notched portions. The arch irons are thickened in the centre.
Patent GB-190807681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sprinkling Stoppers.
Inventor: SEIDEL HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 7681. Seidel, H. April 7. Stopper materials and compositions.-The metal crown b of a sprinkling- stopper is made of cheap sheet metal of any appropriate kind, and is covered with a decorative disk c also of suitable sheet metal. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 2635, A.D. 1886.]
Patent GB-190807703-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fuel suitable for Internal Combustion Engines or the like and a Method of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: MEDBERG CASPAR EDUARD HUGO
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 7703. Medberg, C. E. H., and Medberger, A. F. F. April 7. Fuel oils.-A fuel for internal-combustion engines is prepared by washing petroleum with sulphuric acid and then with soap lye, adding lime powder, soda, or other base, and filtering. Naphthalene dissolved in spirit, and in some cases sodium or potassium carbonate dissolved in spirit, are added. After decanting and filtering, gasoline, benzol, benzine, or other liquid hydrocarbon is added to render the fuel more inflammable.
Patent GB-190812878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pistons.
Inventor: HARBINGER WALDEMAR
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 12,878. Harbinger, W. June 16. Pistons.-Divided or segmental piston-packing rings g, h, j, k, m, n are expanded and separated by solid rings c having bevelled faces, and are pressed apart by springs e. Rotation of the expanding-rings c and of the packing - rings is prevented by transverse pins and by stops. The cover-plate is adjusted by box nuts p.
Patent GB-190814761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: BAILEY JAMES NICOLSON
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 14,761. Bailey, J. N. July 11. Drawings to Specification. Check valves pressure-regulating valves; shocks, preventing.- A check valve is arranged between a high-pressure and a low-pressure turbine, and controls the exhaust passing from the former to the latter. The valve is a non-return valve and is connected by a lever to a weight and a dashpot.
Patent GB-190817365-A (GB)
Title: Starting Device for Engines.
Inventor: TUDOR JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-08-18
Abstract: 17,365. Tudor, J. W. Aug. 18. Gas and explosive - vapour engines, starting. Spring mechanism for starting an engine comprises a sliding frame C carrying a vertical shaft 38, to which one end of the spring 44 is attached and which carries bevel-gearing 32 and friction clutches D, E for engaging corresponding clutches 27, 28 on the shaft 25 of the motor. The clutches are automatically disengaged when the spring is fully wound up and has run down. The spring is connected at its free end to an arm 47 on the frame C, and the shaft 38 is carried in bearings 20, 23, 24 which slide in the frame. The bearings are held in position in the frame by a spring 61, Fig. 7, and spring pawls 55, 56, 64, 65 having inclined faces. To wind up the spring, the frame is moved to the left, and, when its tension overcomes that of the spring 61, the pawls 55, 56 are forced apart and the shaft 38 slides in the frame C and the clutch D, 28 becomes disengaged. To start the motor, the frame is moved to the right, the clutch E, 27 becomes engaged and a stop 70 engages pawls 49, 50 which release the shaft 38 and allow the spring 44 to unwind. When the tension of the spring is decreased sufficiently, the spring 61 again comes into action, forcing the shaft 38 to the left, tripping the pawls 64, 65, and disengaging the clutch E, 27. The clutches may be dispensed with, and the bevel-gearing so spaced that the wheel 37 may be disengaged from the wheels on the shaft 25.
Patent GB-190817528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Collapsible Landing Nets or the like
Inventor: PIHL ALFRED HENLEY
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 17,528. Pihl, A. H. Aug. 20. Landing-nets.-Relates to landing-nets of the kind in which the handle 5 can be turned inwards so as to be parallel with the arms 2 carrying the net 3, but when the handle is turned back the arms and net are expanded by a cam-shaped head 7 on the handle. Each of the handles is fixed to the corresponding shank of a springy fork 1 to which the handle is pivoted at 4, the fork being bent at 8 to form a stop for the arm when the cam 7 has fully expanded the arms.
Patent GB-190828055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements IN Devices for Smoothing Paper and other Material, in Printing and other Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 28,055. Lock, W. H., and Wllson, E. Dec. 24. Feeding sheets; feeding-apparatus for webs.-A device for smoothing paper or other material in printing or other machines of the kind described in Specification No. 11,504, A.D. 1908, is constructed so that the brushes, which are adapted to act at opposite or different angles on opposite sides of the fore-and-aft central line of the material, may be adjusted so as to act at either obtuse, right, or acute angles with the central line of feed. As shown, each of the brushes 1 is connected to a rocking shaft 2 by means of three or more arms 3 adjustably secured by split sleeves 4 to the shaft 2, the brushes being secured to the arms 3 by double split sleeves 6, which are adjustable along the arms 3. The brushes are provided with upstanding pins 7 secured to sliding shoes 9 mounted on the flexible backs of the brushes, and at the extremities of the brushes the pins are mounted on fixed flanges 8. The sleeves 6 are detachably secure to the pins 7 by screws 11, and to the arms 3 by screws 10. The brushes can be fixed so as to act at acute, right, or obtuse angles to the line of feed, and the pins 7. on the bracket 8 may be adjusted so that the ends of the brushes do not act on the material, the adjacent shoe 9 in this case being adjusted so as to be above the edge of the material. A single brush may be used with a flexible middle portion.
Patent GB-190905335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres for Cycles, Motor Road Vehicles, and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS EDGAR
IPC: B60C7/14
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 5335. Williams, E. March 5. Metallic spring bodies and cores. -An elastic tyre comprises a series of flexible steel bands bent into the form of rings, the overlapping ends 2 being riveted. These are arranged transversely to the rim and are connected together by flexible bands 3, Fig. III., riveted inside the rings, or by twine, tape, wire, webbing, or the like, passed outside and inside the rings alternately, as shown in Fig. V., or by layers of canvas inside and outside stitched together between the rings. The tyre is fastened to the rim by bolts, the heads of which are either elongated or provided with washers to overlap several rings.
Patent GB-190906293-A (GB)
Title: Pressure or Vacuum Gauge.
Inventor: REDEN ULRICH VON
IPC: G01L7/18
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1910-03-16
Abstract: 6293. Reden, U. von. March 16. Liquid - level vacuum gauges, applications of. - A spiral tube s, shown in plan in Fig. 3, is secured to one arm of a tube b, which is formed with four arms, as shown in elevation in Fig. 2, and is secured to a conical portion f which fits over a part a connected to a vessel to be evacuated. The function of the tubular arms is to support the spiral s, which is securely bound to them. The end of the spiral is formed as a manometer, the closed limb being graduated in terms of the volume of the tube s, and the other limb in millimetres. When the vessel is exhausted, the device is rotated in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, to cause a mass of mercury to force the air in the spiral into the U-tube e, as shown in Fig. 4. The product of the volume of air in the closed tube and the difference in height of the two columns gives the pressure in millimetres of mercury of the original vacuum.
Patent GB-190913841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rims for the Pneumatic Tyred Wheels of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DAUSSY VALERE
IPC: B60B25/20
Filed: 1909-06-12
Granted: 1910-06-13
Abstract: 13,841. Daussy, V. June 12. Rims; tyre attachments to rims.-A rim for a pneumatic - tyred wheel comprises a ring 1, Fig. 2, and lateral flanges 5, which are provided with a number of pressed-out parts 6 to prevent creeping and aid in cooling the tyre. One of the flanges may be permanently secured by the riveted end of the sleeve bolt 7, while the other is detachably held by the screwed bolt 3 engaging the sleeve bolt. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the bolt 3 is screwed into the ring 1 and reduced at each end, one end being riveted over one of the flanges, and the other end being screw - threaded to take a nut which secures the other flange. The rim may be fixed or detachable.
Patent GB-190917496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: WHITE FRANCIS HENRY
IPC: C10H9/00
Filed: 1909-07-28
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 17,496. White, F. H. July 28. Solid dipped into liquid.-The carbide-receptacle g rests on a float f which works in a cylinder e depending from the crown of the gasholder b, and is automatically held in a raised position when the charge is withdrawn. The locking-means comprises a pivoted catch k, which engages a projection l on the float, and is released by an arm m striking the tail k<1>. The arm m is secured to a shaft n which passes to the outside of the holder, and is provided with a handle q. The catch is carried on a ring h secured to the bottom of the cylinder e, and this ring serves to limit the movement of the float by engaging with stops v and a plate w secured to the float. The carbide is held in a basket g enclosed in a perforated cylinder g<1> and is charged through a door d<1> in the crown n of the gas-holder, the float being arranged so that, at starting, the carbide just reaches the water. The gas passes out through perforations in the cylinder e, and through pipes t opening into the top of the cylinder and ending below the water.
Patent GB-190922011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Folding, Shaping and Curling Collars.
IPC: A41H33/00
Filed: 1909-09-27
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 22,011. Lord, F. M., and Whitaker, Ltd., R. G. Sept. 27. Ironing-machines for treating special articles.-In a machine for folding, shaping, and curling double collars, a flexible pad is arranged to pass between the shaping- rollers, and serves to separate the folds of the collar. In the construction shown, the pad is in the form of a disk c rotatably mounted on the framing at k, and passes between the roller a and the rollers b. The collar is guided over the edge of the disk and towards the rollers by a saddle-shaped piece d, and a similar device l, heated and resiliently mounted at n, irons the edge of the fold as the collar emerges. In order to preserve the shape of the collar after it leaves the rollers, other rollers o, p are provided, the roller o causing the disk to curl back upon itself. According to the Provisional Specification, two shaping-rollers only are employed; and the means for guiding the collar into the machine, and for ironing the edge, comprise a bridgepiece and a co-operating heated roller.
Patent GB-190928768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Umbrella Runners.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOHN DICKSON
IPC: A45B25/08
Filed: 1910-04-08
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 28,768. Robertson, J. D. April 8, 1910. Holding open and closed.-The runner has a pivoted catch with a pin b<4> projecting below the runner to take into holes in the stick in the open and closed positions. The catch is controlled by a spring with two extended ends b<6>, b<7>. A notch B<2> in the runner-wheel provides a seating for a pin in the stick, in the open position. In a modification, a leaf-spring depending from the finger lever is used. Where the stick is of wood, the holes therein may be eyeleted. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 2719/74, 15,723/92, and 17,183/98.