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Patent GB-190802903-A (GB)
Title: Hair Waver
Inventor: FINCH JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 2903. Finch, J. W. Feb. 10. Hair curling, crimping, frizzing, and the like, toilet appliances for.-A rod of flexible material A is provided with a length of cord B. The two members are loosely plaited with the hair, which is then drawn up as shown in Fig. 2. In the Provisional Specification, it is also stated that the cord is attached by eyelet holes at each end of the flexible arm.
Patent GB-190805533-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sewage Distributing Apparatus
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1908-03-12
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 5533. Adams, M. J. March 12. Irrigation; outfalls.-In distributing sewage from a storage cylinder &c. when a filter is not used, the sewage is fed by a pipe A into an overbalancing tipping-trough C, B, which is mounted within a chamber D, and discharges to drains or irrigation channels G, H, alternately. According to the Provisional Specification, the liquid may be directed into a chamber provided with valved outlets, and these valves may be operated by a tipping-bucket ; or siphons may be used.
Patent GB-190814897-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Compounding Alternating Current Generators.
Inventor: BRESLAUER MAX
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 14,897. Breslauer, M. July 15, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Dynamos, regulating; field magnets, special means for separately exciting; rotary conventers.-Alternating-current generators are compounded by means of a cascade set comprising an asynchronous machine H, Fig. 3, having a stator consisting of two sets of laminations a, b, Fig. 1, provided with windings A, B excited respectively by currents proportional to the current and voltage of the alternator, and a direct current machine D, the latter exciting the field of the alternator or of its exciter E, Fig. 3. The machines H, D are mounted on a common shaft and the armature d' and motor c, c' connected together electrically. The machine D may be provided both with a separate threephase winding and a continuous current winding. The motor of the asynchronous machine may consist of two sets of laminations c, c' or one set of laminations having the length of the two stator sets and the space between them.
Patent GB-190814966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tripod and similar Mountings for Automatic Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 14,966. Dawson, A. T., and Larsson, C. A. July 14. Tripod and like stands.-Relates to tripod gun mountings of the kind described in Specification No. 29,732, A.D. 1906, and consists in providing wheels which rest on the ground when the mounting is adjusted to the travelling position. Figs. 1 and 4 show a side elevation and plan respectively of the mounting in a firing position, and Fig. 6 shows an elevation of the mounting in a travelling position. The wheels B are carried by an axle a<2>, which is connected with the mounting by crankarms a, a<1>, and a detachable pivot-pin A<2>, about which the axle a<2> can be turned and by means of holes a<x> and a pin B<2>, fixed into three positions in accordance with the firing, crawling, and travelling positions of the mounting. The front legs C, C, and the rear leg D<1> of the tripod can be adjusted mechanically to vary the firing height of the gun above the ground, by a mechanism of the kind described in the above-mentioned Specification, and the legs C, C can be further adjusted on uneven ground by means of radial holes C<2> and a clamp c<1>. A shield A<3> made detachable and in two parts is attached to brackets A<x> on the gun carriage A<o>.
Patent GB-190815140-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating & Driving Gramophones and Cinematographs & Causing Them to Run in Synchronism.
Inventor: DAVIS ALBERT LEWIS
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 15,140. Davis, A. L. July 17. Kinematographs.-A gramophone is synchronized with a kinematograph by driving the kinematograph by gearing from the motor part of a motor generator, the generator part of which supplies alternating current to a synchronously wound motor which drives the gramophone. The speeds of the kinematograph and gramophone may be separately varied or either may be stopped. Fig. 1 is a general view of the whole apparatus, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, partly in section, of the gearing for driving the kinematograph. A lantern c and kinematograph d are mounted upon a table b. Direct current is taken from the mains to a switch e, and rheostat f, to the motor side g of the whole generator a. On the same spindle are mounted. slip rings which convey a single-phase, two-phase, or multiphase alternating current to a similarly wound induction motor l, which drives the gramophone 11 by means of a worm gearing 12 or by a friction-wheel. The kinematograph is driven by a belt s travelling over reversely mounted conical pulleys q, m, the pulley m being loose upon the motor-generator spindle and adapted to be engaged therewith by a conical clutch n controlled by a lever p having a forked end o. The belt s is adjusted along the pulleys q, m, by means of a screw u operating guides t, to obtain the correct position for synchronism, and this position may be marked upon the slide. Chains 4, 5 from the motor - generator spindle and kinematograph spindles drive sprocket-wheels carrying arms 14, 13 mounted loosely upon a spindle 3 to indicate when the two are running synchronously. The gramophone is stopped by switching off the current from its motor l, and the kinematograph is controlled by the clutch handle p and the belt guides t. The clutch handle p may be controlled electrically from the gramophone. An air compressor driven from the motor may supply air to the gramophone reproducer.
Patent GB-190818776-A (GB)
Title: Improved Smoke-consuming Apparatus for Stoves and Fire-places.
Inventor: SCHALLER PAUL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 18,776. Schaller, P. F. Sept. 7. Smoke-consuming.-Air for secondary combustion is supplied to the flues of stoves and fire-places through a perforated box a in which a winding channel b is formed by partitions. The channel is flared at both ends and has an enlargement e about the middle.
Patent GB-190822217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensing Apparatus Pumps.
Inventor: ASTROM JOHN
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 22,217. Astrom, J. Oct. 20. Air-pumps, steam-engine and like.-In a steamengine type of air-pump in which the air and the water of condensation are removed separately, the water inlet and outlet valves are mounted on a single flat valve plate. Exhaust steam enters the condenser B by the inlet b and meets a stream of water which, entering at c, is broken up by the annular trays f, h and the pan g. The water of condensation collects at the bottom of the condenser, and is drawn by reciprocation of the plunger I into the cylinder A past the valves m, and is forced out past the valves n into a chamber C, whence it escapes by the outlet o. At the same time, the air in the condenser is withdrawn, by way of the pipe H by the reciprocation of the plunger I in the cylinder F. The valves m, n are mounted on a single plate D, E.
Patent GB-190825664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar Studs or similar Fastenings.
Inventor: PICHON LOUIS AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-11-29
Abstract: 25,664. Pichon, L. A., and Allenon, C. M. V. Nov. 27. Studs.-In studs of the kind in which the shank is fitted with hinged retaining-flaps capable of being turned into line with it to facilitate insertion in a button-hole, one flap 1, Fig. 6, is pivoted on the second flap 2 by a pivot 3, the flap 2 being hinged to the shank 6 in a known manner by a spring. When the stud has been inserted, the flap 1 is turned through 180 degrees to bear on the top of the shank 6 and retain the stud in the button-hole. The flap 1 has spring tongues 12, 13 and projections 10, 11, Fig. 1, which take into recesses 15, 16, Fig. 3, on the flap 2 to lock the flaps in position. A recess 17 is provided on the flap 2 to act as a stop, should the projections 10, 11 accidently come out of the recesses 16, 15. The thickness of the flap 2 is such that flap 1 can rotate over the top of the shank without friction. In a modification, Figs. 10 and 14, the flap 1 has a central spring tongue 22 formed with a depression 23 adapted to fit into corresponding recesses on the flap 2 and on the top of the shank. In a second modification, Fig. 18, the flap 1 has a single recess to fit over a projection on the flap 2 and a projection 29 on top of the shank. In another form, Fig. 23, the flap 1 is provided with a hook 30 to engage with the end of the flap 2. In the form shown in Fig. 25, the pivot 3 has a head 32 to keep the flaps in contact, and a head 33 riveted into the flap 2.
Patent GB-190902762-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Boot Protector for Heels and Soles.
Inventor: FLOOR WALTER
IPC: A43C13/04
Filed: 1909-08-04
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 2762. Floor, W. Aug. 4. Soles.-Flanged plugs A of solid steel, which are adapted to be inserted in soles &c. in the usual way, are roughened as shown.
Patent GB-190903009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Rear Axles of Motor Cars.
Inventor: LAVOIX ANTOINE
IPC: B60B35/16
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 3009. Lavoix, A. March 19, 1908, [Convention date]. Axle structures; axle distance members.- The rear axle structure a, a<1> is provided with a forward extension b, forming a stay or thrust member, the whole being made of a single hollow piece of metal of T-shape. The casing encloses the whole of the transmission mechanism, including the differential gearing d, the longitudinal driving-shaft, and the live axle. The whole of the driving-parts can be dismounted or withdrawn through an aperture at the rear end of the structure closed by a cover 2.
Patent GB-190909472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lemon Squeezers.
Inventor: BENNETT ARTHUR JAMES
IPC: A47J19/02
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 9472. Bennett, A. J. Dec. 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Squeezing lemons. - A lemon-squeezer comprising an annular rim and partition 4 supporting a ribbed cone 5, between which and the rim an annular channel is formed having a depression 8<1> near the outlet 3, is provided with two dams 8 having V-shaped openings 9 to hold the seeds.
Patent GB-190914956-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating Valves for a Vapour Burner.
Inventor: GILLBERG PER FREDRIK
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-06-27
Abstract: 14,956. Gillberg, P. F. June 26. Vaporizing-apparatus. - The valves of vapour burners are normally closed, and are opened to admit the combustible liquid to the burner only when the latter has been heated sufficiently to vaporize the liquid. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the chamber 4 contains liquid or gas, which expands when the burner is heated by the preliminary heating-device and lifts the diaphragm 6. This diaphragm is secured to the valve - rod 2, and consequently serves to open the supply valve 1. A diaphragm 5 prevents escape of the combustible liquid from the valve chamber. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the combustible material enters at 8, passes through an axial hole in the valve 1, raises the valve-cap 10, and issues by the passage 12 into the chamber 4. By the preliminary heating of the apparatus, pressure is generated which closes the valve-cap 4 and depresses the diaphragm 6 so as to open the supply valve 1 and admit the combustible liquid through the pipe 13 to the burner.
Patent GB-190915657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephonic Receivers.
Inventor: WEBB GEORGE REGESTER
IPC: H04R11/00
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 15,657. Webb, G. R. July 5. Telephones.-In a magnetic receiver, an armature 6 suspended on a knife-edge on the end of one of the pole-pieces of the electro-magnet is connected to the diaphragm by a lever 5. The armature is adjusted by a thumb-screw to which the yielding suspension thread 12 is attached.,
Patent GB-190915850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Supporting and the Relative Positioning of the Work and the Tool or Tools in Machines used in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D11/10
Filed: 1909-07-07
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 15,850. Keall, F. B., Gouldbourn, J., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. July 7. Boot-sole sewing machines; lasts, mounting.- In a machine as exemplified in Specifications 22,222/07, [Class 17, Boots &c.], and 14,696/08, in which the work and tools have a relative traverse, and correcting means bearing on the work or a pattern effects adjustment of the work or tools, mechanism is provided, which on cessation of contact between the work or pattern and the correcting means, returns the correcting means to their normal position and sets the tools ready for operating upon fresh work. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the machine shown in Specification 14,696/08, fitted with the means of bringing the tool head B into its normal position. The feelers H, H<1> for engaging the bottom of the work move upwards when the work is removed until they respectively engage a fixed stop J on a bracket B<2> and an adjustable stop J<1> on a bell-crank lever K mounted, on the rotary head. The other arm of the lever K is connected to a rod pressed by a spring against a cam surface K<2> on the head support. The adjustable stop J<1> is caused by the cam to take up a normal position relative to the fixed stop J only when the head is in its normal position. When the head is inclined the stop J<1> and therefore the feeler H<1> are displaced relatively to the stop J and feeler H and thus, through mechanism as described in the above-mentioned Specifications, the rotary tool head is brought back to its normal position.
Patent GB-190923164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Folding Table Attachments for Ships' and Analogous Berths.
IPC: B63B29/10
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 23,164. Hoskins & Sewell, and Johnson, C. Oct. 11. F o l d i n g tables. - A folding table for the leerail of a ship's berth is arranged so that it may be folded flat against the inside of the lee-rail without disturbing the bedding. On the inside of the lee-rail f is fixed a plate e, to which is pivoted at d an angleshaped plate c<3>, c<4>. The arm c' of this plate c a r r i e s swivelly or rigidly a pillar c, to the upper end of which is hinged the table a which, as shown, bears cantilever-wise on the top rail f<2> of the lee-rail. The table may also be turned over the bed, the hinge being suitably constructed for this purpose. To fold the table alongside the lee-rail it is first turned into a vertical position and then the table, pillar, and bracket are turned on the pivot d. In the modification shown in Fig. 14, the table a is hinged to a bar c, which is pivoted at d to the lee-rail. In the modification shown in Fig. 18, the table a is hinged to a portion f<5> of the top rail, which can be raised to move the table free of the bedding on pins f<6> guided in slots f<7> in the lee-rail. In the modification shown in Fig. 21, the table is provided along one edge with a rail a<2> equal in length to a portion of the top rail of the leerail which is cut away, said rail carrying pins i which engage in sockets i' in the lee-rail when the table is stowed away. When the table is in use, trunnions j, carried by the other edge of the table, engage under hooks k on the lee-rail and support the table as shown.
Patent GB-190925893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Side Lights for Ships.
Inventor: UTLEY THOMAS
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1909-11-09
Granted: 1910-11-09
Abstract: 25,893. Utley, T. Nov. 9. Cabin and deck lights. -For the purpose of increasing the strength, the hinge lugs b<5>, Fig. 2, and the retaining or securing lugs a<2>, Fig. 3, of the glass holder a are of greater sectional area than ordinarily, and are made of substantially uniform cross-section and extend to the opening a<3> for the glass. In the case of a double light, the beading upon which the cover seats extends over the outer faces of the lugs. The light may be retained in an open position for ventilation by means of a screw b<x>, adapted to engage a recess b' in the glass holder a. In a light adapted to open inboard for ventilation, the screw or other controlling-means may be arranged for operation from outboard.
Patent GB-190927653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Radial Flow Steam Turbines.
Inventor: EYERMANN WILHELM HEINRICH
IPC: F01D1/22
Filed: 1909-11-27
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 27,653. Eyermann, W. H. Nov. 27. Radial-flow (bladed) type; casings; setting and alining turbines and shafts.-In a radialflow turbine, an annular steam chamber 12 is supported between a main casting 1 of the casing and a main shaft pedestal 2 by castings 16, 18, which are corrugated and sufficiently thin to allow for expansion and contraction of the chamber 12 under varying temperature. The steam - pipe 9 is connected to the chamber 12 by a flexible pipe 11. A packing- ring 22 provided with labyrinth packing-grooves is held in place by loosely-fitting screws 23 and is positioned by three equidistant guide-pins 24, which fit in radial slots in the ring. The casing rests upon pedestals 2, and is secured to them so as to permit lateral expansion by links 13, which are pivotally connected to the casing at 14 and to the pedestals 2 at 15. In place of the links 13, guide-pins may be used fitting in corresponding semi-cylindrical recesses in the adjacent faces of the stator and bed-plate. The casing is kept central by a centrally-disposed lug on it, which fits in a vertical groove in the bed-plate.
Patent GB-190929340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Line Casting Machines.
Inventor: ROGERS JOHN RAPHAEL
IPC: B41B11/18
Filed: 1909-12-15
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 29,340. Rogers, J. R. Jan. 20, [Convention date]. Distributing matrices.-In machines such as that described in Specification 14,582/90, means are provided whereby thick matrices are fed along the distributor at longer intervals than thin matrices. The matrices are thus spaced apart sufficiently to permit them to fall into the magazine without being jammed by oncdming matrices. In the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the thick matrices B are formed with a shoulder b, and the finger F, for lifting the matrices to the level of the screws C which advance the matrices on the distributing-bar A, is formed with an end x which extends more than usual above the shoulder f. When a thick matrix is presented, the end x bears on the matrix which is not lifted until the shoulder f engages the shoulder b, so that on account of lost-motion the matrix is lifted only part of the usual distance and is still retained by the noses c of the rails E. When the finger rises again, the end x engages beneath the shoulder band the matrix is lifted clear of the noses e into engagement with the screws. During the two movements of the finger, the screws make two revolutions so that thick matrices are delivered to alternate convolutions of the threads. The thin matrices are not shouldered and thus are fed in the usual manner to consecutive convolutions of the threads. In the modification shown in Fig. 11 the shoulder f on the finger F is dispensed with and the noses e are each formed with a ledge e<1>. When thick matrices B are presented, the finger has a lost-motion travel before it engages the shoulder b so that the matrix is lifted only to the level of the ledges e<1>. The line is pressed forward so that the lugs of the matrix rest on the ledges, and on the next stroke the finger engages beneath the matrix and lifts it clear of the noses c. A stop c<2> prevents the finger from swinging too far inwards. The ledges e<1> may be provided in the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Patent GB-191008363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: BATCHELDER ASA FRED
Filed: 1910-04-07
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 8363. Batchelder, A. F. April 7, 1909, [Convention date]. Driving-gear of crank type, arrangement of.- In an electric locomotive, one or more motors 17, 18 are mounted centrally on the spring supported frame and drive the wheels through cranks and coupling-rods and one or more intermediate shafts 20, 21 which are supported in the frame on a level with the axles. The cranks at opposite sides of the vehicle are arranged at 90 degrees to each other.
Patent GB-191012185-A (GB)
Title: Device for Holding and Cutting Threads on Embroidering Machines.
Inventor: SCHOENFELD MORRIS
IPC: D05C11/20
Filed: 1910-05-18
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 12,185. Schoenfeld, M. May 18. Embroidery machines. - In embroidery machines, devices are provided for clamping the threads near the e fabric surface when the needles have completed a design, so that the threads can be cut by hand or by cutters cooperating with the clamps, the thread ends being held until the next stitch has been formed. Various forms of clamps and cutters are described. In the form shown in Fig. 12, the needle thread is clamped between the presserfingers 2, and pivoted arms 11, which are rocked into the position 11<1> by moving the bar 14 longitudinally. A cutting-edge 15 may be provided. The fingers 11 may be parallel with the fingers 2 and rigid with the bar 14. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the finger 4 clamps the thread in the spring loop 9 on the finger 2. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 8, the thread, by the displacements of the fabric, is caught beneath a spring 6 on the finger 2, the severing being effected by a vertically moving cutter 8. Fig. 19 shows a device for clamping and cutting the shuttle threads. The shuttle-race 22 can be drawn back from the work, and the clamping and cutting plate 34, which co-operates with the needle-plate 28, is mounted on an arm 31 of a rotary spindle 30. The clamping and cutting is effected by rotating the arm into the position shown.
Patent GB-191012715-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Analising the Composition of Colours.
Inventor: KUBICEK ALOIS
IPC: G01J3/52
Filed: 1910-05-25
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 12,715. Kubicek, A. May 25, 1909, [Convention date]. Colour analysers. - Finely perforated disks B, C, coloured in sectors with the primary and secondary colours, are adapted to be rotated over a fixed disk A, coloured on one side with primary colours, and on the other with primary and secondary colours, all in sectors. By turning the outer disks, the colours seen on and through them appear blended at a distance, but can be separated on closer inspection.
Patent GB-191013144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for "Machining" the Surfaces of Propeller Blades.
Inventor: BEVIS RESTAL RATSEY
IPC: B23D3/04
Filed: 1910-05-31
Granted: 1911-05-31
Abstract: 13,144. Bevis, R. R., and Gibson, J. H. May 31. Milling helical surfaces.-A machine for machining the surfaces of screw-propeller blades has a radial cutter-frame which is vibrated about a vertical column and gears with a spiral guide, the work being clamped with the column passing through its axis. The milling-cutters 15, Fig. 4, of which three are shown, cut with the front edges, which are arranged in a radial vertical plane, and are adjusted radially after each cut by a hand-operated screw 27; they are driven by bevel-gearing from a shaft 33. The spiral guide 10, Fig. 5, is adjustable for different pitches, and carries a toothed rack 22; it is engaged by two rollers on the cutter-frame 6, one of which runs on the top and the other of which engages the underside of a projecting portion. The cutter-frame is counterweighted, and carries a motor 11 driving the shaft 33; from this shaft a pinion 40, Fig. 3, engaging the rack 22 is driven by worm gearing. The pinion 40 is carried in a swinging arm 54 adjusted by worm-operated screws 53 driven from a hand-shaft 52; since the pinion cannot move off the rack, these screws cause the whole frame to move up or down to adjust the cut.