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Patent GB-190802153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamp Caps and Couplings.
Inventor: BUCKTON WILLIAM WOODYER
Filed: 1908-01-30
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 2153. Buckton, W. W. Jan. 30. Incandescent lamps.-A bayonet-joint holder for a two-filament lamp, and the corresponding lamp cap have each one central and two side contacts, the side contacts being equidistant from the centre and as far apart as those of an ordinary lamp, but nut level with the central contact. The holder is shown in one form in Fig. 1. The filaments have one common contact-plate on the cap, and may be of the same or different candle-power; they may be connected singly, or in one arrangement, in series, by a switch placed in the holder or elsewhere. When the holder has a short central contact e, as shown, it may be used with an ordinary single-filament lamp. Preferably the central contact e is separated by an insulating-fillet from the side contacts d,f.
Patent GB-190802509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Weather Proof Blasting Explosives.
Inventor: CLAESSEN CONRAD
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 2509. Claessen, C. Feb. 4. Explosives.-Aniline-metallic compounds, such as those of calcium chloride, aluminium nitrate, sulphate of copper, oxalate of copper, and acetate of copper, are mixed with ammoniacal saltpetre or mixtures of ammoniacal saltpetre and potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate to form explosives which are weatherproof. Generally, aniline - metallic compounds may be added to explosive mixtures of known kind. Various examples are given.
Patent GB-190805069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Evaporating or Concentrating Apparatus.
Inventor: MCNEIL JOHN
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 5069. McNeil, J., and McNeil, C. March 6. Evaporators.-A modification of the apparatus described in Specification No. 8763, A.D. 1900, comprises a vessel A, in the lower part of which is a steam heating-chamber A', the top and bottom plates A<2>, A<3> being dished and the side B inclined. Tubes C<1> connect the two plates A<2>, A<3>, and a space C is left between the wall B and the side of the chamber A. Air &c. is led from the steam chamber by a tube C<2>. The tubes C' are omitted, preferably from a part of the chamber A' extending from the steam entrance C<3> to near the opposite side, to ensure an equal distribution of the steam. Liquor to be treated enters in the form of a radial spray from the perforated ring tube D, or as a downwardly-directed spray from a pipe encircling the evaporator above the space C.
Patent GB-190805388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Hand Rock Drills.
Inventor: CHRISTIANSEN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-03-10
Granted: 1909-04-13
Abstract: 5388. Christiansen, C. March 10. Rock drills. - A support for a hand pneumatic-hammer rock drill comprises a guiding-bar b slidably mounted on a supporting bar or column e by means of a double-jointed clamp. A cradle a adapted to slide on the bar b may be provided, or the drill casing may slide directly on the bar. In a modification, the guiding-bar b is supported on four legs, which pass through pivoted sleeves attached to the bar.
Patent GB-190805489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Electrical Control of Railway Traffic
Inventor: SYKES WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 5489. Sykes, W. R., Sykes, W. R., and Cooke, C. J. March 11. Automatic systems.-The electric circuit of the signal motor of a track section is controlled by several relays which are excited alternately by currents of different strengths. The relays are so adjusted that the armatures are only lifted by the stronger current and only certain of them retain their armatures when the relays are excited by the weaker current. The invention is shown applied to an automatic signalling-system in which the track rails are divided up into main sections A, C, E, G and over-lap sections B, D, F, signals being provided at the entrance to the overlap sections. The home-signal motor H<d*> is operated by a battery K, and its circuit includes relay switches pd, n<d>, p<e>, n<e>. The relays P, N are excited by batteries L and each battery circuit includes an adjustable resistance M and a resistance O, which can be cut out to raise the current strength from the lower and normal value to the higher. The relays P retain their armatures when excited by the weaker current and the relays N do not. The diagram shows the system in its normal condition with all the signals at safety. Assuming a train is upon the section C, the switches p<b>, n<b> are in the raised position, the switches p<c>, n<d> are fallen, and the signal H<b> is at danger. When the train enters the block D, the relays P<d>, N<d> are short-circuited and drop their armatures, the motor circuit H<d*> is broken, and the signal H<d> returns to the danger position and thereby, together with the relay switch p<d>, short-circuits the resistance O<c>. The current strength in the battery circuit L<c> thereupon rises and causes the lifting of the armatures of the magnets P<c>, N<c>. This replaces the resistance O<b> in the circuit L<b>, and reduces the current strength to cause the relay switch n<b> to fall. The train then passes on to the section E and short-circuits the relays P', N<e>. By this, the resistance O<d> is cut out, the current strength in the battery circuit L<d> is increased, and the relay switches p<d>, n<d> are raised. The raising of the switch p<d> returns the resistance O<c> into its circuit, reducing the current therein and causing the switch n<c> to drop. The circuit of the motor H<b*> is then completed and the signal is brought to the safety position. The distant signal motors are controlled by the home signals.
Patent GB-190809202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 9202. Soc. F. et G. Longuemare FrÞres. Jan. 15, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Both the quantity and quality of the explosive mixture produced are regulated by one control mechanism. The main air supply enters by an opening 8, traverses a space 7 between the nozzle 2 and choke tube 6, and passes away to the engine through an opening 9. The inlet 8 and outlet 9 are controlled by valves 10, 11 respectively, mounted on a spindle 12 which is connected through an arm 13, curved rod 15, spring 24, and head 16 to a lever 17. This lever is secured to a rod 18 which carries a perforated disk 19 connected by stays 20 to a recessed ring 21 working over the recessed partition 5. With this arrangement, the valves 10, 11 are first opened together to an extent determined by a pin 26 and sector 27, after which only the ring 21 moves over the partition 5 so as to admit additional air through openings 22, 23. A small opening 28 in the valve 11 permits, when the latter is closed, a small quantity of mixture to pass to the engine when running "light." Air is admitted at starting through holes 29.
Patent GB-190810833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Planking Felt Hat Bodies.
Inventor: O'BRIEN JOHN OWDEN
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 10,833. O'Brien, J. O., [Nebbia, P.]. May 19. Felt hats, planking. A machine for planking felt hat bodies, in which a drum rotates over a curved bed immersed in a trough of boiling-water, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The planking-bed B is elastically mounted upon springs E, preferably four in number, to give an even elastic pressure to the hat bodies between the bed and the drum, and is reciprocated horizontally in a direction at rightangles to the direction of rotation of the planking- drum by means of levers f, F, and a cam or eccentric f<1> on a shaft f<2>. The frame of the planking-bed is adjusted in height by hand nuts or wheels d<1>. The tank G is raised or lowered by means of racks H, wheels h, and a worm h<2>. The planking-drum is oscillated intermittently by a rocking-lever K from a shaft K<1>, which is driven from a shaft M, through a pawl-device engaging a wheel N, and is advanced or rotated by means of a wheel N' and a worm n which receives motion from a pulley n<1>.
Patent GB-190811410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire Alarms.
Inventor: CARROLL GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 11,410. Carroll, G. H. Nov. 9, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907] Switches, thermal. A spring-pressed sliding rod 9, Fig. 3, closes an electric circuit at 13 on the melting of a tensioned fusible cord attached to an eye 10 at the end of the rod 9. In setting the apparatus, the rod 9 is drawn away from the contact 13 by a tensioning-device at the further end of the fusible cord, until its motion is arrested by the engagement of an adjustable collar 17 with the adjacent guide 8, the spring 11 being thus compressed between a collar 12 and the other guide 8. A cover 3 is held in place by positioning-lugs and spring clips. The slide 9 is in electric connexion with one terminal through the base-plate, while the contact 13 is insulated from the base and is connected to the other terminal by a securing- screw 16 and a wire beneath the base. The tensioning-device, Fig. 6, comprises a drum 27 on which the fusible cord is wound, a spiral spring 33, a ratchet, and a cover 30 retained by spring-clips 31. The drum-shaft 26 is squared at 38 to receive a winding-key.
Patent GB-190816360-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Speed Indicator for Indicating the Number of Rotations per Unit of Time of Record Disks or Cylinders of Gramophones, Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: SACERDOTE PAUL
Filed: 1908-08-01
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 16,360. Sacerdote, P. Aug. 1. Speed indicators -The brake disk of a gramaphone or like machine, controlled by the usual centrifugal governor, actuates a sliding rod which i; connected through levers and a thread to an eccentric on the spindle of a speed - indicating pointer. The disk a of the governor is controlled by a block b, which is adjusted by a button h, a pin-wheel g, and the toothed sector d<1> of a lever d. Movement of the disk displaces the tappet k keyed on the rod l sliding in a bracket m on the casing o; the inner end of the rod carries a rod p, the other end of which engages a bent lever q supported by a bracket y. On the other end of the lever q is attached a thread r, which passes over an eccentric s on the spindle t and is fixed to one of its flanges, being then wound around again and attached to a rod x of a coil spring x<1>. The displacement of the rod l causes the bent lever q to turn, and draws the thread r, which, in unwinding from the eccentric, rotates the pointer. The scale of the indications may as a whole be varied by altering the position of the thread on the lever q ; for this purpose the arm of the lever is formed with spirals as shown, and the thread can engage any one of the spirals. The eccentric allows the scale to be made of equal divisions, since for the same displacement of the lever q the angular displacement of the pointer will be proportional to the radius of the eccentric at the point of contact.
Patent GB-190825332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tailors' Measures.
Inventor: KINCEY EDWARD HOLLYER
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 25,332. Kincey, E. H. Nov. 25. Measuring for.-A tailors' measure b consists of a flexible steel band divided on each side of the middle c from 1 to 17 inches. A spirit level d is pivoted at one end f and rests in a bracket e at the other end. The level is closed at one end by a screw stopper g, through which it is charged.
Patent GB-190904317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Retarding Mechanism for Electric Motor Starting Switches, Valves and like Apparatus.
IPC: H02P1/02
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 4317. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Payne, B. G. Feb. 22. Actuating valves and cocks.-A mechanical device for preventing the too-rapid movement of a valve consists of a notched disk g, which is pivoted to an extension i of the moving arm, and is turned partly round against a spring j as it passes each of a row of fixed pegs f. The dimensions of the parts are such that, for slow movement of the arm, the previous peg leaves the notch k in the disk in time for the spring to pull the disk into position for the notch to receive the next peg. If the arm is moving too quickly, the next peg engages one of a series of notches m in the disk, and locks the arm against further rotation until the operator has moved back the arm to release the disk. The disk may have a second notch k, and notches m on the opposite side to retard the movement in both directions; or, as shown, the opposite side may be cut away at n so as to snap idly over the pegs as the arm is moved back. The pegs may be fixed on a moving part of the valve, and the disk on the fixed part.
Patent GB-190905790-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Maturing and Purifying of Alcoholic Liquors.
Inventor: HAECK AUGUSTE CHARLES
IPC: C12H1/00
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 5790. Haeck, A. C. March 11, 1908, [Convention date]. Alcoholic liquids, distilling ; bulk evaporators.- Alcoholic liquids are matured and purified by removing the highly volatile ingredients by the action of a vacuum at slightly raised temperatures. A jacketed vessel A containing the liquid is heated by a false bottom B, containing liquid heated by a steam coil C. The vessel is connected with a pump J. which withdraws the vapours through a condenser consisting of tubes F connected to a common collecting-pipe G, and immersed in a bath of iced water. The condensed substances are collected in a receiver H. The liquid is subsequently cooled slowly to the ordinary temperature preferably as described in Specification 6397/09. Evaporators and condensers in structural combination.-The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also the subject-matter of the Specification mentioned above ; this does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190906355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicating Apparatus especially applicable to Speed, Pressure or Level Indicating Apparatus.
Inventor: DUTORDOIR CHARLES
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 6355. Dutordoir, C. March 17. Indicating.-Apparatus for use with speed, pressure, and liquid-level measuring-devices to show when a given speed &c. has been exceeded, consists of three differently - coloured disks having helicoidal surfaces, one of the disks being fixed and graduated and the other two adapted to pass in front of it. The edge of one of the moving disks acts as a pointer and covers the graduations on the fixed disk that have been exceeded, while the other disk moves over and covers both when the predetermined limit has been passed. The fixed disk 9 is white and is secured upon a screw 5 by nuts 12, 13. The screw is loosely mounted on a shaft 4 driven by a centrifugal governor or other indicator, and is held in a fixed position by a fork 6 attached to the frame of the apparatus. The white disk is covered up, as the speed &c. increases, by the green disk 10, which enters a sector-shaped opening in the disk 9, and is itself carried by an arm 17 from a sleeve 18 mounted on the screw 5 and is driven from the shaft 4 by an arm 19 engaging pins 20, 21 on the arm 17. An enlargement 30 on the disk is arranged to strike a flexible stop 29 when the predetermined limit is reached, thus releasing the red disk 11 and allowing it to move over the other disks under the influence of a spring 26, which is secured at one end to a projection 27 on the fixed disk and at the other to a sleeve 23 mounted on the screw 5. The sleeve 23 carries the disk 11 and is provided with a squared end 32, by means of which the disks may be re-set. Both the disks 10, 11 are provided with sector-shaped slots.
Patent GB-190909260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing and Brushing Bottles.
IPC: B08B9/36
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 9260. Strasburger et Cie, L. May 22, 1908, [Convention date]. Bottles, cleaning.-Relates to bottle-cleaning machines of the type having an endless-chain conveyer, and consists in the means for supporting and controlling the bottles during their passage from the conveyer to and between the brushes. A platform v receives the rows of bottles from the conveyer, and supports them as they slide down the inclined board x towards the brushes y. The bottles are next engaged by a lever f, which controls their descent between the brushes, and is then withdrawn to allow them to slide into the tank 3. A hooked arm q serves to remove the bars 4, which normally retain the rows of bottles in the conveyer. The various parts are controlled by a cam a and the connexions shown.
Patent GB-190911044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Concentrating Apparatus for Separating Metals, Ores and other Substances in Wet Recovery Processes.
Inventor: COX AGNES KATE
Filed: 1909-05-10
Granted: 1910-06-10
Abstract: 11,044. Harris, G. H., [administrator of Cox, A. K.]. May 10. Stationary-vessel wet-separating apparatus.-In a concentrator for metals, ores, and other substances, the liquid containing the material to be treated is led into a closed conduit, the bottom of which is formed with a number of slots or perforations through which the concentrates fall. The liquid is admitted through an inclined launder d, which may be helical, and passes down an adjustably inclined pair of launders f to a substantially horizontal launder h, which it leaves through an adjustably inclined pair of launders n and a launder o. The launder h is supported on bearings 30 and its bottom is formed with a series of slots each controlled by a rotary valve r formed with one or more pockets s. All the valves r are rotated by worm gearing from a shaft x. The material from the pockets s is discharged, in some cases with the aid of a water supply 24, on to inclined troughs 8 rocked about shafts 16 by a common connecting-rod 18, so that the water and light material pass over the edges of the troughs 8 and are discharged at 14, while the heavier material passes down the trough into a box 10, provided with an inspection lid and with an outlet 13 leading to a common box provided with filtering-means. Valved branches 21 fitted with drawers 23 are provided near each end of the launder h for sampling the liquid. A sieve may be fitted over each trough 8 and the coarse material may be delivered to a separate box adjacent to the box 10. The shaft x and connecting-rod 18 are driven by a water-wheel 5 actuated by some of the water discharged from the apparatus.
Patent GB-190912258-A (GB)
Title: Device for Starting and Cutting Out Electric Motors.
IPC: H02P1/02
Filed: 1909-05-24
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 12,258. Zucker Fabrik Frankenthal. June 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Electro-magnetic switches.-A relay forming part of a motor controller consists of a solenoid core linked to a contact-bar which normally rests upon a knife-edge and a contact-stop. When the core rises, the bar tilts upon the knife-edge and its other end is raised into engagement with a second knife-edge and away from the contact. Upon further movement of the core, the bar tilts upon the second knife-edge, and its other end is raised away from the first knife-edge into engagement with another contact.
Patent GB-190916007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piano-playing Mechanism and the like.
Filed: 1909-07-08
Granted: 1910-08-08
Abstract: 16,007. Trist, A. R., and Trist Piano Player. July 8. Actions; tracker-bars.-The note-operating pneumatics of a piano-playing mechanism are controlled by three valves, one of which is operated electromagnetically while the others are operated by pneumatic means. When a tune-sheet aperture e' passes over the tracker-bar c, a contact finger d completes the circuit of an electro - magnet h, which attracts its armature i and opens the primary valve k. Air is thus admitted to the purse of the secondary valve m', which thereupon rises and connects the purse of the tertiary valve n' to atmosphere, causing it to rise and connect the pneumatic a to exhaust, while cutting off its connexion to atmosphere. The pneumatic a thereupon collapses, causing a note to be sounded.
Patent GB-191002898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: HESS EDWARD BERNARD
IPC: B41J13/20
Filed: 1910-02-05
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 2898. Hess, E. B. Sept. 25, 1909, [Convention date]. Card-feeding arrangements ; platen scales.-A card or like guide consists of a stationary plate 3 formed with arms 1, which carry a scale-plate 2 and are provided with pins 9 whereon are journaled conoidal rollers 10 which hold the card and direct it rearwards. The scale is arranged on the printing- line and may be adjusted by screws 6 which pass through slots. The scale is formed with a notch to receive the types, and is deflected at the ends and provided with finger-knobs 11. The plate 3 is preferably secured to the shift-rail, the arms 1 being wide enough apart to accommodate an ink-ribbon vibrator. The guide is used in conjunction with rollers 12 which travel with the platen, the rollers being mounted on a bail 14 which is pivoted on a bar 15. such as the tabulator stop-bar, connecting the end plates of the platen frame. The side arms of the bail are each provided with a sliding pin 18, which is pressed by a spring 17 against a curved stop 19. The springs 17 normally hold the rollers against the platen. When the bail is lifted to release the rollers, the pins 18 engage lugs on the stops 19 and hold the bail in the raised position. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), describes an arrangement wherein the side arms of the bail 14 are tensioned downwards by springs which pass over the line of centres when the bail is raised ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191002987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism applicable to Chain and other Hoists, Winches and other purposes.
Inventor: WUNDERLICH ADOLPH
IPC: B66D1/02
Filed: 1910-02-07
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 2987. Wunderlich, A., and Hughes, G. A., [trading as London Electric Firm]. Feb. 7. Self-sustaining gear.-Comprises self-sustaining gear in which rings, normally carried around by the driving-gear, are forced apart by balls or rollers so as to act as a brake when the driving-shaft is released. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a winch. A disk b is formed on the driving-sleeve a, and is provided with a number of pins c and intermediate slots. The pins work in slots i in rings f, g, which are mounted loosely on each side of the disk, and are formed with grooves k of varying depth, as shown in Fig. 6, which is a section on the line A, B, Fig. 5, these grooves corresponding in position to the slots in the disk. The ring f is provided with pins n which work frictionally in a groove in the cover-plate q, and the ring g engages the winch drum r by means of pins o. Balls m are placed in the slots in the disk and rest in the grooves k in the rings. When the driving-shaft is rotated, the pins c on the disk bear against the ends of the slots i in the rings and carry the rings and the drum around. When the shaft is released, the load turns the ring g relatively to the ring f; the balls then force the rings apart, and the drum is jammed against the winch casing. In the Provisional Specification, the gear is described with reference to a winch of the kind described in Specification 10,078/05 in which there is an eccentric reducing-gear.