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Patent GB-190804848-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Brown Sulphurised Dyestuffs.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-03-03
Abstract: 4848. Bloxam, A. G., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim Elektron]. March 3. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Dyes, artificial.-Sulphur dyes are obtained by heating a mixture of an aromatic m-dinitro compound containing no hydroxyl group, or a reduction product thereof, and a polyhydric alcohol, such as glycerine, cane sugar, dextrin, starch, or grape sugar, with an alkali polysulphide. Heavy metal salts, or according to the Provisional Specification, heavy metals, may be added. Suitable dinitro compounds are : 4 : 2 : 1 - dinitrochlorbenzene, m-dinitrobenzene, m-dinitrotoluenes, 2 : 4- dinitrodiphenylamine, dis-2 : 4-dinitrophenyl disulphide. Suitable reduction products are: m. nitraniline or 1:2:4-chlordiaminobenzene. The products dye cotton brown shades. Specification No. 11,733, A.D. 1901, is referred to.
Patent GB-190809771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Compressors or Blowers.
Inventor: MCCARTY RICHARD JUSTIN
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 9771. MEcCarty, R. J. May 5. Fixed-abutment type of compressor, pump, &c. with piston having centrifugally-actuated hinged or outwardly-sliding vanes. The casing surrounding the rotary member is arranged so that the fluid is gradually compressed as it passes through the apparatus. It is adjustable in position and is cooled by air and water ; valves are arranged to vary the compression, and packing-strips are provided on the piston-vanes. Fig. 3 shows the adjustable casing-ring 22 held within the outer casing 21 by screws 23. The space 24 is used as a water jacket. The eccentric drum 12 is supported on the shaft 10 by disks perforated at 13, 14, Fig. 4, so that a circulation of cooling-air due to centrifugal action takes place. The hinged piston-vanes 18 may be withdrawn axially from the undercut grooves 16 in which they rock, through the suction orifice 54, Fig. 1. The outer ends are kept in contact with the casing-ring 22 by centrifugal force, and the sides are fitted with bent packing-bars 30. The bars are pressed apart by springs 32, 34, Fig. 5, and by a spring-pressed wedge 36, Fig. 9, placed between the outer portions 30<a> of the bars. The end walls 25, 26 of the casing carry delivery chambers 38, 39, extending the whole way round except for the parts occupied by the suction openings 54. Communication between the working and delivery chambers is established by slots 55, and two series of ports 66 controlled from the outside by valves 68. By opening one or more of the valves, delivery takes place sooner, and the final pressure is lower Finer regulation is obtained by arranging the valves 61 ... 65 of one set opposite the mid-points between the valves 56 ... 60 of the other set. The regulation may be carried out on the suction instead of on the delivery side. The piston-drum may carry outwardly-sliding vanes instead of the hinged vanes shown.
Patent GB-190815588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Looms.
Inventor: LUMPP CARL
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 15,588. Lumpp, C., and Leuze, A. July 22. Loom shuttle-relief motions.-In motions of the kind in which the swell lever g is moved away from the swell c when a lever h on the stop-rod d is depressed by a fixed stop during the backward movement of the lay, the stop k is made adjustable in all directions by an arrangement of slots and screws l, m, n, and the lever h may, as usual, have an antifriction roller i.
Patent GB-190817773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bottle, Jar, and like Covers.
Inventor: FILE WILLIAM EDMUND
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 17,773. File, W. E. Aug. 24. Stoppers, vacuum closing; capsule closures and the like.-Bottles &c. are closed by a glass or metal disk C which is kept in place by a rubber band B smaller than the neck of the bottle and provided with an internal flange A. When the closure is used in sterilizing, wires are placed between the disk and the band to allow the escape of steam &c. and are then removed.
Patent GB-190822045-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Ears for Buckets and other Hollow-ware Vessels.
Inventor: HILL ALBERT
Filed: 1908-10-19
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 22,045. Hill, A., and Hill, J. Oct. 19. Making buckets and hollow - ware; rolling.- Ears for buckets and other hollow-ware vessels are first stamped out of a flat sheet of metal partly to shape, and the hole to receive the handle is then punched in. The blank is next heated and passed through rolls as shown in Fig. 7, whereby the flap is spread to shape and size as shown in Fig. 3<D>. It is then stamped in a press so as to crank it, Fig. 4D, and to make it concave to fit the bucket ; finally the rivet-boles for securing to the bucket are pierced.
Patent GB-190822417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Propulsion, by Balloons, of Ships and other Vessels Navigable in Water.
Inventor: WELLS CLARA LOUISA
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-10-22
Abstract: 22,417. Wells, C. L. Oct. 22. Aerostats.-In an apparatus for towing ships by balloons, each balloon is formed with several compartments which can be inflated or deflated separately. A pump and a reservoir are provided in connexion with the compartments for inflating and deflating. One or more balloons are attached to the ship to be towed, either at a distance therefrom or as near as possible to it.
Patent GB-190827661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reinforcing Bars for Concrete Structures.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM HERVEY
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 27,661. Brown, W. H. Dec. 19. [Patent of Addition to No 2317, A.D. 1908]. Reinforced concrete. - Webbed bars, such as are described in Specification No. 2317, A.D. 1908, are formed, at the junction of the webs and bars, with a shoulder A on one or both sides of the web or webs, so that, in punching the holes for the stirrups, the tool does not encounter the convex surface of the bar.
Patent GB-190901510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Fuse Holders.
IPC: H01H85/20
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 1510. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Jan. 21. Plug-boards.-In bases or holders for plug fuses, the terminals are made easily accessible by making the walls of the base very shallow and supporting the screw-threaded socket on a hollow cylinder projecting from the base, the whole being enclosed by a hollow hood-shaped or arched cover. The terminals p are mounted on a flat base u having shallow walls r, which are cut away at the narrow ends of the base to admit the supply conductors. The screw-thread g for accommodating the fuse plug is fixed to a hollow cylinder k projecting from the base, and is in electrical connexion with one of the terminals p, the cylinder k being slotted at s to admit the centre contact-bar m, which is connected to the other terminal. All the conducting parts of,the base are closed in by the cover d, which rests on the walls r and has an opening at the top to allow the plug to be inserted. The cover may be held in position by springs f which press against the outside of the thread g. When combining several fuse holders on a common base, slots for the passage of the bus-bar may be provided in the long sides of the walls r.
Patent GB-190905032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Renewable Seats for Steam Valves and the like.
Inventor: TALBOT WILLIAM ERNEST
IPC: F16K1/42
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 5032. Talbot, W. E. March 2. Seats.-The seat of a valve h, Fig. 1, forms part of a double-ended nipple k which can be screwed out when it is necessary to renew the seating surface. When the one end cannot be turned any more, the nipple can be reversed. The nipple may be formed without the reserve end b. In that case the bore is threaded to receive the usual pipe connexion. Fig. 3 shows a similar seating n as part of a flanged valve.
Patent GB-190907751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Automatically Reversing the Ink Ribbon Feed in Typewriters.
IPC: B41J33/40
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 7751. Wanderer-Werke vorm. Winklhofer und Jaenicke Akt.-Ges. April 13, 1908, [Convention date]. Ink-ribbon mechanism. - Relates to automatic feed reversals of the kind actuated by a feeler which bears upon the ribbon on the spool. The spools 8, 9 are carried by vertical shafts 6, 7 driven through bevel-gearing from a shaft 1, which can slide longitudinally. Shafts 20 mounted near each spool carry feelers 22, which are caused by springs to bear on the ribbon on the spools. On the lower end of each shaft 20 is mounted a pawl 23, which, when the ribbon on the spool is nearly exhausted, engages the threads of a screw 27 secured to the shaft 1. The rotation of the shaft 1 causes it to be moved longitudinally and the feed of the ribbon to be reversed. The shaft 1 is beld in either position by a lever 12 which engages a groove in the shaft and carries a roller which engages notches in a spring- pressed block 16. The action of the device is rendered more certain by a thickening-strip of fabric secured to each end of the ribbon.
Patent GB-190912796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turn-over Filling Machines for Filling Bottles with Aerated Liquids.
Inventor: MOSSOP JAMES ALFRED
IPC: B67C3/06
Filed: 1909-06-01
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 12,796. Mossop, J. A. June 1. Bottling.-In a turn-over bottling-machine for aerated liquids, the' revolving frame h is fitted with a compression chamber i connected through a valve m<5> and tube n with the filling-head c. The bottle is placed in position, and the frame rotated until the valve m<5> is opened by a fixed cam o, thus allowing the compressed gas to pass into the bottle from the chamber i. The continued rotation of the frame admits liquid as usual, the excess of gas returning into the chamber i and escaping at the desired pressure through an adjustable relief valve j. The liquid supply and the valve m<5> close simultaneously, the bottle being finally snifted and removed as usual. The chamber i is fitted with a baffle-plate q, Fig. 5, to prevent any liquid from reaching the relief valve j and escaping while the air and gas are rushing into the chamber i from the bottle.
Patent GB-190915150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Propulsion of Navigable Vessels and other Bodies.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE
IPC: B63H11/00
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 15,150. Wilson, G. June 29. Propelling by water jets.-In a system of jet propulsion, water or other liquid, under a static head, issues at an angle to the horizontal, through nozzles N, flows through the air in jets, and is caught in a tank G set at a higher level. The water is then pumped back to the higher-level tank F from which it originally flowed. According to the Provisional Specification, the jets, instead of flowing freely through the air, may flow up inclined channels. Specification 8107/90 is referred to.
Patent GB-190916876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Driving Gear of Self-propelled Vehicles or the like.
Inventor: MELDRUM WALTER KENNETH
IPC: F16H9/12
Filed: 1909-07-20
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 16,876. Meldrum, W. K. July 20. Compulsory differential driving.-In vehicles in which the wheels on opposite sides are driven through separate expanding-pulley and belt gearing, the effective radius of each pulley is varied automatically in accordance with the varying tension of the belt when running round curves, for the purpose of obtaining differential driving. In. the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the outer parts a<1> of the two pulleys on opposite sides of the vehicle are keyed to a transverse shaft b, while the inner parts a of the pulleys are keyed to a hollow sleeve c, which is keyed to the first shaft b but is longitudinally movable thereon. The different speeds of rotation of the two road wheels when running round curves cause the two parts of one pulley to move together, while the parts of the other pulley move apart to a corresponding extent. The sleeve c is suitably driven from the engine. Several modifications are shown in which the parts are squared instead of being keyed together, and the connexion between the movable flanges on opposite sides is made by ties or rods. In one form, two pulleys are used on each side.
Patent GB-190917142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Hubs for Cycle and other Wheels.
Inventor: DAWES GEORGE WALTER
IPC: B60B27/02
Filed: 1909-07-23
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 17,142. Dawes, G. W., and Allday, C. J. July 23. Hubs, of the type made from lengths of wrought-metal tubing with integral spoke flanges produced by forming annular beadings and strengthened by metal insertions, are reinforced by sheet - steel disks c, Fig. 1, with tongues c<4> which are bent alternately in opposite directions to give support to the hub barrel in the neighbourhood of the spoke flanges and to support the ball cups b. The reinforcing-disks are prevented from turning by rivets or pins, or by drilling the spoke holes through them and lining the holes with double-coned eyelets e. The ball cups are provided with ridges b<2> to engage recesses in their seatings and in the tips of the outwardly-directed tongues of the disks. A screw-threaded sleeve f, adapted to take a sprocket - wheel, free - wheel clutch, or similar attachment, is secured by upsetting the end of the hub barrel, as shown, and relative rotation is prevented by interengaging recesses and projections on the contacting surfaces. A modification is shown in Fig. 11. The hub may be formed of aluminium, aluminium alloy, or other non-tarnishable metal, or from wrought steel, and either from a press blank or. soliddrawn tube.
Patent GB-190917722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Meters.
Inventor: KENT WALTER GEORGE
IPC: G01F1/37
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 17,722. Kent, W. G., and Hodgson, J. L. Sept. 28, 1908. Anemometers.-To measure pressure differences caused by the flow in Venturi and like meters, an inverted bell a and float dare used, so shaped that the change in buoyancy as the float rises or sinks under the differences of pressure inside and outside it may be varied as desired, so that the movement transmitted to the counting or like mechanism by the bell spindle and rack-andpinion mechanism 8, h can be varied. Subsidiary floats f may be used to support the bell.
Patent GB-190926940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of "Section" or "Profile" Paper.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
IPC: B44F3/00
Filed: 1909-11-19
Granted: 1910-11-21
Abstract: 26,940. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Elling, A.]. Nov. 19. Paper, ruled.-Cross-ruled drawing paper, employed in the production of scale drawings without the aid of measuring-instruments has the corners of the multiples of the units indicated by distinguishing marks, Fig. 4, thereby avoiding the use of heavier lines.
Patent GB-190927499-A (GB)
Title: Air Valve for Football Bladders.
Inventor: READ FREDERICK GEORGE
IPC: F16K15/20
Filed: 1909-11-26
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 27,499. Read, F. G. Nov. 26. Tyre and like inflating- valves. - A valve for footballs consists of a perforated tube 1, covered by a r u b b e r sheath 8, and contained within a casing 2 having a flange 3. A nut 6 screws into the upper part of the casing,.and is adapted to hold the bladder of the ball between a loose washer 4 and the flange 3. A screwed nut 5 keeps the valve plug 1 in position. A removable cap 7 provides a smooth surface for the exterior of the valve.
Patent GB-190927747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Bearing for Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: NEGWER OSCAR
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 27,747. Negwer, O. June 26, [Convention date]. Laminar springs.- Consists in supporting a vertical guide-bearing for cream separators &c. by a number of tangential springs b, each consisting of a bundle of straight thin plates riveted together. The rivets c slide in grooves in the bearing, and thus serve as guides.
Patent GB-190928835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Workmen's Time Recorder.
Inventor: WESTRUM LUDWIG SCHADE VAN
Filed: 1909-12-09
Granted: 1910-12-09
Abstract: 28,835. Westrum, L. S. van. Dec. 9. Ink-ribbon mechanism.-In a workmen's timerecorder, the card-holder is automatically and positively advanced by mechanism which controls means for adjusting the ink-ribbon carriage. A shaft on which the minute time wheel 14 is mounted drives through gear-wheels a toothed wheel 33, rigidly connected to ratchet-wheels 35, 37. These wheels have teeth 36, 38, equal in number to the movements to be given to the card-holder and ink-ribbon carriage, respectively, each day. The ratchet-wheel 37 is adapted to raise an arm 42 attached to a shaft which also carries another arm for raising a pin to release clock-work mechanism for moving the ink-ribbon carriage ; this arm is also provided with a handle for manual release.
Patent GB-190928995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aerial Propellers.
Inventor: LORENZEN CHRISTIAN
IPC: B64C11/18
Filed: 1909-12-11
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 28,995. Lorenzen, C. Dec. 11. Screw propellers for aerial machines. The driving - faces of the blades are flat or slightly curved in cross-section, and the leading edge is formed so that the air is directed sharply away from the back of the blade at a point near to the leading edge, forming a vacuum and increasing the effective pressure on the driving-face. In one form, the edge is steeply rounded up and then slopes down to a thin trailing edge, as shown in Fig. 1. In other forms, the back of the blade consists of a straight line or parabola or hollow curve for a small portion of its width, followed by a trailing edge as described above. Specification 13,809/08, is referred to.
Patent GB-190930476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Process of Brewing and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WHITAKER GEORGE BEDFORD
Filed: 1909-12-30
Granted: 1910-12-30
Abstract: 30,476. Whitaker, G. B. Dec. 30. Set-pans.-A brewing-apparatus, which serves as a mash-tun and boiling-copper, consists of a vessel A, provided with separate jackets C, D for the sides and bottom, and a coil P for the circulation of heating or cooling agents. Hinged straining-plates Z, which hang loosely on their pivots I during the mashing, are supported horizontally across the tun to retain the hops and form a filter during the boiling. The wort is circulated by a pump or by air pressure from below the straining-plates and returned to the upper part of the vessel.
Patent GB-191001179-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Gathering Fallen-out Seeds of Clover and Cereals.
Inventor: SCHICK WILHELM
IPC: A01D51/00
Filed: 1910-01-17
Granted: 1911-01-17
Abstract: 1179. Schick, W. Jan. 17. Pneumatic collectors; scraping - machines; taking up refuse for removal.-Consists in providing a machine for collecting fallen-out seeds of clover and cereals with a seed loosener, a fan, a conveyer, an elevator, and a receptacle all mounted on a wheeled framework. The loosener consists of teeth 5 fixed in a hinged bracket 6, which is connected by a rod 4 and a spring 10 to a knee lever 7 pivoted in a fixed bracket 8. The rod 4 carries an arm 4<11> bearing against the spring 10. The fan is enclosed in a casing 11 and blows the loosened seeds on to a band conveyer 12 by means of an air jet through the pipe 23. Arms 20 on the casing 11 rest on a plate 21 carried by arms extending from the side plates 17 of the conveyer. An elevator 13 receives the seeds from the conveyer and discharges them into a receptacle 14. The fan has two groups of wings and is driven from the main wheels 1 by toothed gearing. Baffle-plates 25 are suspended behind the air inlet openings The conveyer 12 and elevator 13 are driven by rope gearing. According to the Provisional Specification, seeds are also sucked into the fan.
Patent GB-191002993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Concrete Floors, Ceilings, Roofs and the like.
Inventor: VIRCK JOHANN
IPC: E04B5/28
Filed: 1910-02-07
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 2993. Virck, J. Dec. 15, 1909, [Convention date]. Reinforced-concrete floors; ceilings.-Relates to the type in which the ceiling-slabs form a permanent centering for the floor filling, and are supported by small joists forming a reinforcement for the floor beams. As shown in Fig. 1, flanged bars a, resting on the walls and supported at intervals by staging, carry boards or concrete slabs b j above these are laid the moulds for forming the concrete beams e. When the concrete has set, the staging is removed and the ceiling finished with plaster &c. In a modification, the slabs are dished to form a panelled ceiling, and the beams, running in two directions, are moulded in situ by means of square frames. A layer of sand, ashes, &c. may be placed over the slabs, which may be flat. The bars a may be perforated to receive the beam rods, and their lower flanges may be covered with wire netting to key the ceiling plaster.
Patent GB-191003222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Traveller Rings for Ring and Traveller Spinning and Twisting Machines.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: D01H7/60
Filed: 1910-02-09
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 3222. Lake, W. E., [Maloney, M. H.]. Feb. 9. Spindle apparatus. - A rotary traveller ring is retained against axial and radial displacement by a rotary holder co-operating with a base, the co-operating bearing-surfaces of the base and holder being broken by openings which form passages extending outside the joint between the base and holder, so that any dust or lint that may enter between the top bearing- surface of the base and the part rotating on it will work out and fall or be expelled through the openings to the interior of the base. In the form shown in Fig. 8, the ring 2 is retained by an annular holder 5, Figs. 6 and 7, having a head 14, by which it is secured to the ring and auxiliary washer 4, when one is used, and a depending part 15 terminating in separate surfaces 19, 20 broken by gaps 21, the surfaces 19, 20 co-operating with the bearing-surfaces 10, 9 of the base 1 to prevent axial and radial displacement respectively. The part 15 is some little distance from the inside edge of the flange 8, forming a vertical annular opening 18 connected by the openings 21 to the interior of the ring. The metal or fibre washer 4 has a downwardly-turned flange 13, which strengthens it and tends to prevent vibration and the entry of dust or lint to the bearing-surfaces of the ring and base. In another form, Fig. 13, the separate bearing-surfaces 22, 24, broken by gaps 23, 25 respectively, are formed on the base 1<a> instead of on the holder 5<a>, and in a modification, the gaps 23 extend thiough the flange 8 so that a discontinuous bearing - surface 11 is formed; in a further modification, the surface 11 is provided with horizontat depressions connecting with the opening 18 and forming a discontinuous bearing-surface.