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Patent GB-190802614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ash Pans for Locomotives and the like.
Inventor: WILSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-02-05
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 2614. Wilson, W. H., and Goldie, T. Feb. 5. Ash-pans; dampers.-To give a uniform supply of air beneath the grate of a locomotive or like furnace, the ash-pan bottom is made with portions at two or more different levels, each portion having a damper controlled inlet a, d, such inlets being thus at different levels and at different distances along the ash-pan. The upper portion or portions b may be extended over the lower. as shown in Fig. 2, or the different portions may be simply arranged step-wise. In a third modification, Fig. 3, the bottom is plane, and air entering the lower inlet is directed into the ash-pan by the curved end thereof. A damper e at the rear end is open when the engine is running backwards. Both ends may be rounded and fitted with dampers such as e.
Patent GB-190804548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reversible and Adjustable Handle Bars for Cycles.
Inventor: BURROWS GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 4548. Burrows, G. W. Feb. 28. Handle - bars. - An adjustable and reversible handle-bar mounting consists of a socket e which is secured to a part b on the handle-bar stem by means of a bolt f and a nut g, the front of the socket being formed to fit in a slot d in the part b. The socket and the part b are respectively formed with a circular hole k and a semicircular face c, which, when the socket is drawn up, form a continuous circular face and grip the handle-bar.
Patent GB-190809592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning or Twisting Frames
Inventor: EVES REGINALD VALENTINE
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9592. Eves, R. V. May 4. Securing ballbearing rings on shafts.-Relates to ball bearings for the tin rollers of spinning and twisting machines. In the axle-bearing E, Fig. 3, balls f, held in a cage f<2>, run between rings F, f<3> ; the ring F is secured to the axle by a cone f<1>.
Patent GB-190810777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pulleys.
Inventor: EDWARDS JOSIAH HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-18
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 10,777. Edwards, J. H. May 18. Frame pulleys.-In a sash-pulley casing, a faceplate has inwardly extending arms 4, which are disposed in mortises 5 in the window casing, and in which are journaled the trunnions 6 of the grooved pulleys 7. The face-plate is set flush with the surface of the window casing and has inwardly extending members 10 and terminal flanges 11, against which the parting-strip 2 is driven.
Patent GB-190900078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling Electric Motors.
Inventor: DEY HARRY EUGENE
IPC: H02P5/69
Filed: 1909-01-01
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 78. Dey, H. E. Jan. 1. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power.-Two dynamoelectric machines are arranged with the moving element of one mechanically connected to a moving element of the other, and a fieldwinding of each machine connected in series with the armature of the other. The field O of one machine is stationary and the armatures B, A are on one shaft C. The field F is revoluble and is connected to the load E. The field of each machine has two coils, one of which is connected across the mains with part of the resistance T ; resistance may be cut out from one field circuit into the other. The second coil of the field O is connected in series with the armature A, and the second coil of the field F is connected in series with the armature B.
Patent GB-190908568-A (GB)
Title: Screw Propeller.
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 8568. Marks, E. C. R., [Tjader, R.]. April 8. Screw propellers.-Comprises (1) a continuous screw the pitch of which increases from front to rear in geometrical ratio, (2) a continuous screw the blade of which increases in radial width from front to rear so as to outline a paraboloid of revolution, (3) a continuous screw, as shown, which includes the two features set forth. The blade may be mounted in a cylindrical or tapered tunnel.
Patent GB-190918756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Battery Lamps.
Inventor: TURQUAND FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1909-08-14
Granted: 1910-08-15
Abstract: 18,756. Turquand, F. J., and Turquand, W. A. Aug. 14. Cells; gas exits; connexions.-In a battery lamp, described as containing an accumulator, the battery cover C of glass, vitrite, or ebonite, &c. is secured to a cell N, which may be of aluminium having a removable lining of lead, by screws b passing through an annular disk E<1> at the base of a protecting cage D, the cover C, and a flange P on the cell, a rubber washer c being preferably provided to ensure gas-tightness. Projecting through the cover, and arranged circumferentially so as to touch the inner wall of a dome K containing the lamp, are one or more gas exits e fitted with screw caps d, and two terminal screws provided with threaded thimbles S, screwed down upon washers T, and with or without rubber washers U. One terminal is provided with a metal tongue adapted to make permanent contact with the central contact of the lamp. The battery terminals may be screws having flat heads in contact with the lugs of the accumulator, or the lugs may be connected to wires or plates sealed into the cover or hermetically enclosed in a double cover.
Patent GB-190919935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Lighting and Extinguishing Devices for Gas Lamps.
IPC: F23Q9/00
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 19,935. Ehrich & Graetz. Sept. 22, 1908, [Convention date]. Actuating valves; connecting valves to plates &c.-Apparatus for lighting and extinguishing gaslamps through variations in the gas pressure is enclosed in a casing adapted to be fixed to a side facing on the gaspipe, the inlet and outlet valved openings being arranged in the wall of the casing and in the facing on the gas-pipe respectively. The casing c containing the diaphragm and the main and pilot valves is secured to the gas-pipe d by means of a number of studs e. Gas enters at a and passes through an inclined passage to the casing c, whence its passage through the pipe h to the lamp is controlled by a valve j. When it is required to remove the casing, the gas-supply is cut off by a stopvalve g.
Patent GB-190922468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheat-meal.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
IPC: A21D13/02
Filed: 1909-10-02
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 22,468. Smith, J. Oct. 2. Processes for reduction of grain; preparing meal from special materials.-Wheat is cleaned and then desiccated, preferably by passing heated air through it, until it becomes hard and brittle, cooled by cool air, and then broken by means of toothed metal disks or rolls so that the bran is broken and clings to the fragments of the meal.
Patent GB-190922987-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Treating Shaving and Hair Dressing Appliances or Utensils with an Antiseptic Solution.
Inventor: FLINT THOMAS
IPC: A45D27/46
Filed: 1909-10-08
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 22,987. Flint, T. Oct. 8. Tanks for treatment with disinfectant liquids. -Shaving-appliances are disinfected by placing them in a cage adapted to revolve in a tank containing an antiseptic solution. The receptacle a may be made of wood with a glass front b and a tin or enamel lining c, and it is provided with a drain cock. The cage e with its compartments for holding the shaving-appliances is made up of two plates j, k and a number of bars m, and is suspended in bearings o formed in arms p hooked to the sides of the tank. The tank may be provided with a hinged flap q, a cover, and a projecting shelf r for holding articles withdrawn from the cage.
Patent GB-190927615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulds for Hat Brims.
Inventor: BRUCKSHAW HARRY
IPC: A42C1/04
Filed: 1909-11-27
Granted: 1910-11-28
Abstract: 27,615. Bruckshaw, H. Nov. 27. [Cognate Application, 15,213/10.] Felt hats, curling.-The frames on which the brims of felt &c. hats are curled are constructed in four portions so as to be easily removable without damaging the hat. The base a, Fig. 3, is provided with a rim b divided into two portions, each secured by a plate c having a slot c<3> working over a screw c<2>. Side wings d', d<2>, Figs. 6 and 9, round which the brim is curled, fit round the rim b and abut on blocks f secured by screws g. Pivoted to these blocks or engaging them by pegs h are filling-blocks e, adapted either to tilt, as shown, when the hat and side wings are removed, or to come away with them and be subsequently taken out so as to allow the side wings to be tilted for removal, Fig. 9. The joints between the blocks e and side wings d<1>, d<2> are covered by plates i to give a flush surface.
Patent GB-190927754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Construction of Lamps.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
IPC: F21V7/00
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 27,754. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Nov. 29. Vehicular lanterns. - In lamps, particularly the head - lights of motor vehicles, which are provided with a main reflector b behind the burner c and an annular reflector d in front of the burner, either the main or the annular reflector is gilded, the other being silvered. Or both reflectors may be bi-coloured, a goldenccloured metal predominating on one reflector, and a white metal predominating on the other. One reflector may be bi-coloured, and the other wholly golden or white The reflectors are shown applied to a lamp constructed as described in Specification 29,849/09.
Patent GB-190929262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blank Feed Mechanism for Needle Forming Machines.
Inventor: FENN ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: B23Q7/00
Filed: 1909-12-14
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 29,262. Fenn, A. G. Dec. 11. Blanks, transferring.-To dispense with the hand feed of needle blanks to machines for performing the successive operations necessary in their manufacture, the blanks are arranged in a frame which is passed through each machine in turn, the feeding of the frame and blanks in each machine being automatic. The machine illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is for making indentations 12 in the latch needle 10,. Fig. 3, for knitting-machines to guide the drill in the subsequent operation, and comprises a pair of dies 20 operated by cams 26 on the driving-shaft 15 through levers 22. The blanks 10 are placed in grooves 37 of a frame 28 with the usual hump 11 of each needle projecting upward, and the frame is placed on a slide 27 of the machine along which it is fed by two reciprocating pawls engaging teeth on its under surface. The pawls are adjustably mounted on a bar 30 operated by one arm of the U lever 60 which is oscillated by the cam 70. As the humps 11 pass blocks 38 they are alined to engage a notch in the feeding-finger 41 which is reciprocated at the proper moment by the cam 50 through bars 46, 43, and 42 to advance the needle, which is gripped between a fixed jaw 55 and a jaw operated by a lever 61 similar to the lever 60. After the operation is performed the jaws open, the finger 41 returns the needle to the slide, and the slide is fed one groove forward again. An adjustable stop 59 limits the movement of the finger 41. The various parts of the machine are adjustable by means of the screws shown, and the moving parts are returned by springs.
Patent GB-190930568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Razor Blades.
Inventor: CLARK OSROE ALFORD
IPC: B26B21/56
Filed: 1909-12-31
Granted: 1911-01-31
Abstract: 30,568. Clark, O. A. Dec. 31. Annealing.-A blade for a safety-razor is made of a strip of metal having integral hardened cutting-edges 27 on its opposite parallel edges, the centre 28 of the strip between the cutting-edges and parallel therewith being made softer than those edges by passing them between heated copper rollers.
Patent GB-191010304-A (GB)
Title: Connector for Lead Pipes and the like.
Inventor: ASHBY JAMES
IPC: F16L19/04
Filed: 1910-04-27
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 10,304. Ashby, J. April 27, Couplings with union nuts; overlap joints with longitudinal pressure and with yielding outer pipe.-The end of the pipe is drawn on to and nipped against the conical end of -a member a by an internally s@oned nut c. The internal cone b is of smaller angle than the interior of the nut c. The other end of the member a may be screwthreaded, as shown, or both ends may be conical and provided with nuts, to connect two lead &c. pipes.
Patent GB-191012973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Distributing Mechanism of Type-bar Making Machines.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: B41B11/18
Filed: 1909-12-03
Granted: 1910-12-05
Abstract: 12,973. Walker, A. H., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik Ges.]. Dec. 3, 1909. Distributing matrices; magazines.-Relates to machines of the kind described in Specifications 14,582/90 and 16,254/98. (1) The pusher 89 for transferring the matrices to the distributor is operated as usual by a bell-crank lever 91, which is held in engagement with a cam 94 by a spring 90. To compensate for wear, the lever 91 is provided with a cam-engaging part consisting of a pin 95 which is secured to the lever by a stud 96 engaging a groove 97, so that, when the pin has been worn, a fresh surface can be presented to the cam. (2) The magazine is provided with the usual partitions 101, which have their rear top corners fitted in notches in a longitudinally movable plate 102 so that, if a matrix jams, it presses on the adjacent partition 101 and carries forward the plate 102 thereby actuating mechanism for stopping the distributor. There is also provided the usual guard along the rear edge of the magazine entrance 100. The improvement consists in making the guard 103 and the plate 102 in one piece out of drawn or rolled sheet metal, the notches in the plate being continued into the guard.
Patent GB-191015815-A (GB)
Title: A Mechanical Race Game.
Inventor: TREPAGNE HIPPOLYTE HENRI
IPC: A63F9/14
Filed: 1910-07-01
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 15,815. TrÚpagne, H. H., and Conti, J..T. F. July 15, 1909, [Convention date]. Race games, mechanical.-In a mechanical race game, a number of horses, carriages, runners, &c. a are mounted by means of sliding clips b, Fig. 3, on endless bands c gearing with wheels g. The lengths of the bands and the sizes of the wheels are arranged so that the horses would normally complete the circuit of the track in the same time. An additional endless band l driven by a wheel o passes round pulleys m so. that it crosses the tracks of the horses in several places. The band l is formed with a series of irregular teeth adapted to engage rods p on the clips and thus delay the corresponding horses during the passage of the obstructing tooth. The horses are brought into line to start a race by lowering a pivoted barrier across the starting-point.
Patent GB-191016942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Periscopes.
IPC: G02B23/08
Filed: 1910-07-15
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 16,942. Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz Akt.-Ges. Dec. 17, 1909, [Convention date]. Periscopes.-In a periscope having n rotary reflector, the reflector is mounted in a light tube rotatable in a massive casing, which is provided with a transparent extension s u rrounding the reflector. The reflector 1 is mounted in the rotary tube 2 inside the casing 3. A transparent cylinder 8 makes a tight joint with the upper end of the casing 3, and is closed at the top by a cap 9 having an overhanging rim 10 acting as a buffer. A cylinder lens 11 is fitted in front of the reflector to neutralize the distortion produced by the cylinder 8. In a modified form, the transparent extension is of spherical form.
Patent GB-191017762-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Combined Throttle Valve and Oiler.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: F16K5/08
Filed: 1910-07-26
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 17,762. Lake, W. E., [Ingersoll-Rand Co.]. July 26. Lubricant, conveying by fluid. - A plug cock for the fluid supply of pneumatic tools, rock drills, &c. is combined with a lubricating- device for supplying small quantities of oil to the fluid passing through the cock. An oil reservoir 10 in the casing 1 of the valve communicates b y ports 17 with a chamber 15 in the plug 3, which contains absorbent material 16. When the valve is closed, the absorbent material is saturated with oil, and when the valve is open, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the ports 17 are obstructed and a small quantity of oil is drawn through an opening 18 by the passage of the working fluid through the valve. The reservoir 10 is filled by means of openings 12, 14 in the plug 3 communicating with one or more ports 11.
Patent GB-191018712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Marking Golf Balls.
Inventor: CHAMBERS CORNELIUS
IPC: B41F17/30
Filed: 1910-08-09
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 18,712. Chambers, C. Aug. 9. [Cognate Application, 21,987/10.] Index type-wheel machines for marking golf balls; portable machines.-Relates to appliances for marking golf balls. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, a type-disk 9 is carried in a casing 1 on a spindle 10 adapted to slide vertically in a stand 6, for impression on the ball 27 on the depression of a hand-lever (not shown). Springs 14 return the type-disk. The front of the. casing 1 is formed as a dial bearing the letters of the alphabet, the numerals 1 to 9, and the club badge. A pointer fixed to the spindle 10 may be adjusted over the dial so as to bring the desired symbol on the marking- disk into the lowest position in readiness for depression upon the golf ball 27. Inking-rollers 29 are provided, or an ink-ribbon may be interposed between the ball and the disk. Two typedisks may be used instead of one. The typedisk may be stationary for impression, the ball being advanced by a lever. For a hand appliance, the supporting-stand and hand-lever are dispensed with. Alining for impression. -The type-disk 9, Fig. 3, has a series of holes 26 adapted to engage a projection on the casing and lock the disk. The spindle 10 is capable of longitudinal movement to allow the disk to be unlocked prior to a rotation. Matrix supports.-The ball 27, Fig. 3, is held by an adjustable cup 39 carried by a screw spindle 40.
Patent GB-191019095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Tungsten Filaments.
IPC: H01K3/02
Filed: 1910-08-13
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 19,095. A. E. G. Union Elektricitats Ges. Aug. 14, 1909, [Convention date]. Filaments of tungsten are heated to redness in ammonia or other nitrogen-containing gas, which converts them wholly or partly into a nitrogenous compound, to facilitate a subsequent sintering at a white heat in hydrogen by a furnace, during which the compound is decomposed. A carbon-tube furnace may be used, in which the filaments rest on thoria. A mixture of 95 parts of ammonia and 5 parts of hydrogen, or of nitrogen and hydrogen in equal parts, may be employed, the temperature preferred for forming the compound being 700-900‹ C. Decarbonization may take place before or after the formation of the compound; or the nitrogenous gas may be used for this purpose, the filaments being first heated strongly to decarbonize them, and then cooled to 700-900‹ C. to form the compound. The nitrogenous gas may also serve to reduce tungstic acid or the like if used to form the filaments. Sintering must not take place in the nitrogenous gas, which would attack a carbon tube or diffuse through a metal tube. Specification 15,193/09, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), is referred to.
Patent GB-191024123-A (GB)
Title: Suspended Hygroscopic Shield for Suspended Electrical Conductors.
IPC: H01B17/30
Filed: 1910-10-18
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 24,123. Western Electric Co., [Western Electric Co.]. Oct. 18. Couplings.-Branch wires from transmission lines for coupling the lines to apparatus such as lightening-arresters, loading-coils, and the like, are provided with shields to protect a part of the insulation on the branch wires from moisture. As shown in Fig. 1, the line-wire L is carried in the usual way from the post P, and the branch wires B are run through the shield A and joined up to the wire L. The shield, as shown in Fig. 3, consists preferably of a moulded unit of insulating-material, and the outer petticoat 12 is considerably longer than the inner sleeve 11, which is perforated as shown at 17, 16 in decreasing diameters so as to receive respectively the fully-insulated conductor and the conductor with the outer braid removed. Bedded in the shield are metallic sleeves 13 perforated as at 15 in continuation of the passages 17, 16, and these perforations receive the bare conductors, which are soldered therein, as shown at 20, so as to close all leaks in the top of the shield. The section of the conductor in the channels 17 is preferably covered with asphaltum. The device described may be used with a single branch wire, in which event the spare opening is closed by a dummy wire joined up to the line L, or the device may be modified by making it with only one opening.
Patent GB-191106386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Calculating Machines.
Inventor: ELLIS HALCOLM
IPC: G06C15/06
Filed: 1911-03-14
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 6386. Ellis, H. March 14. [Addition to 29,891/09.] Adding-apparatus; printing totals and sub-totals; varying functions of machine.-In the double totalizer key-set leveroperated recording adding- machine described in the parent Specification, the pair of keys assigned to each totalizer for effecting a total or sub-total record therefrom is replaced by a single lever, capable of one inoperative and two operative positions. The two levers and the upper totalizer adding-key are also interlocked. The lever K634 for one totalizer, pivoted at 634K, can be rocked forwards or rearwards so as to cause one or other of the latches 56L, L56 to snap over a corresponding cam-tooth, of which one is upon the outer rear edge of the lever and the other is arranged within a slot in the front part of the lever. Similar arrangements are made for the lever K667 assigned to the other totalizer, the latches in both cases having the functions described in the prior Specification. At the lower extremities of the levers are pins or rollers K166, K163 adapted to co-operate with camsurfaces and slots in a pivoted locking-lever D690 whereby, when either lever is operated, the other becomes locked. Provision is also made for locking both levers in whatever position they may have at the starting of the main operating-lever, for which purpose the locking- lever D690 is pivoted to a bent lever D69 pivoted at 69D and normally maintains the locking- lever in the position shown. When, however, the main shaft O<1> is operated a pin D501 is removed from the other extremitv of the bent lever which thereupon moves under the influence of a spring and forces the slots in the locking- lever upon the pins of the total &c. keys.
Patent GB-191106595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gear Hobbing Machines.
IPC: B23F23/12
Filed: 1911-03-16
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 6595. Muir & Co., W., and Melloy, J. H. March 16. Gear-cutting.-A gear-hobbing machine has a number of detachable rotary work-tables, provided with worm-wheels, to suit varying sizes of work. For the smallest sizes of work, the blanks are carried on a shaft supported on an outer stay c, Fig. 5, the work spindle e being driven by worm-wheel g and worm h. For larger work the outer stay is removed and the worm h put out of action, and one of a number of work-tables j<1>, Fig. 4, are placed on the spindle. These work-tables are driven by worms n mounted on a pivoted arm o driven bv bevelgearing from the shaft i; and the shaft h' carrying the worm h is mounted in eccentric bushes k, k<2>, k<3>, so that by turning the handle k<1> the shaft comes out of action with the wormwheel g and the bevel-wheel on the shaft i. When used for cutting double helical gears, two hobs are placed in the same standard, and one is fed up and the other down, thus balancing the thrust.