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Patent GB-190701337-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Slab or Tile for use in Constructing Walls Partitions or the like.
Inventor: TRIBE WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 1337. Tribe, W. J. Jan. 18. Slabs.-An interlocking slab A for walls, partitions, &c. is formed with a projection B, Fig. 4, on one edge, or with projections B, B', Fig. 7, on two contiguous edges and corresponding recesses D, D<1> on the two opposite edges. A continuous groove C for cement is formed along the edges, and a passage or passages E may be provided for rods, stays, &c. The projection B and recess D may be formed on one pair of opposite edges only.
Patent GB-190701976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Furnaces of Steam Boilers
Inventor: SCHOFIELD HENRY
IPC: C21D9/70
Filed: 1907-01-26
Granted: 1908-01-25
Abstract: 1976. Schofield, H. Jan. 26. Fire-bars and grates; fire-bridges. -The furnace grate is composed of transverse bars B, which are supported on troughs A of the kind described in Specification No. 1399, A.D. 1900. The bars are shaped to fit the troughs and are cast either in single lengths as shown, or in double lengths to span the whole width of the flue. Distance-pieces D and projections G at the outer ends are provided. The troughs are provided with hit-and-miss slides A', and a steam-pipe A<3> is fitted. The bridge is formed of metal with a damper-controlled air passage H. The front of the bridge is exposed to the flames, and may be provided with ribs or gills.
Patent GB-190710955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Switch Operating Mechanism
Inventor: POTTER FRANK MAXSON
Filed: 1907-05-10
Granted: 1908-05-11
Abstract: 10,955. Potter, F. M. May 28, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telephones. - A telephone switch hook is arranged to be supported at either end of a switch box. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the hook c<1> can be pivoted between a pair of lugs e at either end of the box. An extension of the hook engages pins on a spring- controlled rocking-shaft b having a radial arm which presses apart two of the switch blades a when the telephone is taken from the hook. The ends of the shaft b may be bent at right-angles to replace the pins. The switch blades a are supported by a bent metal piece having a slotted part for guiding the arm of the shaft b. In a second arrangement, a telephone hook is made with a square aperture to fit on to either end of a switchactuating shaft, the middle of which is flattened, and bears against one of the switch blades. In a third arrangement, shown in Fig. 9, the hook g extends throughout the switch box, to either end of which it can be pivoted. The weight of the telephone causes the hook g to press apart two of the switch blades a; when the telephone is removed however, the blades spring together and lift the hook.
Patent GB-190711135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jointed Metal Pipes.
Inventor: DUNKEL JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 11,135. Dunkel, J. May 13. Brake pipes; swivelling joints.-In an articulated metal pipe suitable for brake and heating-fluid pipes in railway working, the pipe members a are connected by means of a flanged tube b, which is inserted through an opening in one member normally closed by a screw cap, is screwed on to or into the other member, and is secured by a locking-screw f. A packing-ring d of circular cross-section is compressed between the flanges on the connecting-tube and one pipe member, a limited amount of play being arranged for to allow the pipes to be moved easily when there is no internal pressure. In a modification, two independent flanged tubes and packing-rings and a short strengthening-tube are used.
Patent GB-190714916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Camera Struts
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 14,916. Holmes, H., Edwards, W. A., and Houghtons, Ltd. June 29. Cameras of the collapsible type, in which the front carrying the lens is supported on slotted struts pivoted to brackets fixed to the baseboard, are constructed to ensure parallelism between the front and back when the camera is opened. The spring-operated rocking plate 6, pivoted to one of the struts, has a pin 7 which springs into the notch 7<a> ; the pin 12 is then brought into the slot as shown, the strut 3 being thus held vertical. When the camera is being closed, for which the pin 7 is disengaged by hand, the plate 6 is prevented from remaining in an inoperative position by coming in contact with the baseboard. A second notch is provided as shown to take the pin 7 when the camera is fully extended.
Patent GB-190715304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Wheels of Vehicles adapted to Run on Rails.
Inventor: LANCE WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH
IPC: B60B17/00
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 15,304. Lance, W. H. J. July 3. Hubs.-To allow a railway wheel to adjust itself to the rail when rounding a curve, it is formed in two parts capable of rocking laterally one on the other. The inner part b is secured to the axle w by shrinking, welding, or other means, and its outer surface c is curved. The outer part of the wheel is connected by a web or spokes to a ring d which bears on the curved surface of the part b. The lateral movement of the outer part is limited by plates g bolted to the inner part. Relative rotation of the two parts is prevented by pins e which are screwed into the part b and project into transverse slots f in the ring d.
Patent GB-190716686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock Drilling Machines.
Inventor: PAUL CHRISTIAN FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 16,686. Paul, C. F. July 20. Tripod and like stands. -The box A carrying a rock drill has grooves on its side to slide on flanged guide-rails 11, which are held together by crossbars at the ends and plates 13 in the centre, Fig. 3. The plates 13, which are clamped together by bolts 18, have reverse recesses to receive a flange on the disk 17, which carries lugs 20 to support a shaft k for the tripod legs.
Patent GB-190717276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bracket or Bearing Clips for Cycle Brake-work, and for Analogous Uses.
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 17,276. Birmingham Small Arms Co., and Grant, H. J. July 29. Locking bolts. - Bolts f for brake lever clips are prevented from rotation by a projection f entering a recess in the clip.
Patent GB-190720291-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pump.
Inventor: MARKT GUSTAVE
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-09-11
Abstract: 20,291. Markt, G., and Belli, R. Sept. 11. Piston pumps combined with rotary pumps.-Relates to combined rotary and reciprocating pumps of the type in which an extension of the sliding abutment of the rotary pump is utilized as the plunger of the reciprocating pump, and comprises a particular construction of such pumps suitable for use on motor-cars for pumping oil and water. The rotary member c, Fig. 2, of the rotary pump is enclosed by a sleeve d to which the sliding abutment f is pivoted. The cylinder g of the reciprocating pump is cast in one with the body of the rotary pump, and its piston is actuated by a rod< >f<2> screwed into the abutment f.
Patent GB-190721119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Indicators
Inventor: PEEZ CARL VON
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 21,119. Peez, C. von. Sept. 23. Indicators, hotel &c.-An electric hotel or other indicator has a step-by-step pivoted sector 14, marked with three or more indications, any one of which is brought under an aperture 16 by pressing a distant key 3 a number of times. The sector drops by gravity under control of the pivoted armature 5 of an electro-magnet 4, which engages alternately, as the circuit is closed and opened, with teeth 7, 8 and counter-teeth 11, 12 on a cutaway part of the sector. The number of the room from which the signal is sent is marked on the sector. Any signal sent more than say ten seconds after the first depression of the key, is prevented from acting unless the sector has been reset by the attendant. In one device for this purpose, clockwork is released when the circuit is closed and turns an arm 19, which locks a catch 20 on the armature, preventing further motion of the sector until the arm 19 has been turned back. In a second device, a tube 22 pivoted on the sector and containing mercury is arranged to be tilted by a fixed spur 24 when the sector drops, so that the mercury flows through a perforated partition and after a suitable interval short-circuits the magnet 4 by connecting two contacts.
Patent GB-190804947-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Producing Heat Insulating Bodies.
Inventor: NOODT VALENTIN ALLUT
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 4947. Noodt, V. A. April 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Non-conducting coverings and compositions.-A heat-insulating material is produced by combining shavings or chips of charcoal by means of a liquid binding-material and pressure. The shavings &c. are placed in a bath of liquid pitch, resin, or asphalt, and stirred. The mass is then compressed in a mould, whereupon the shavings &c. are broken down to splinter form and a large quantity of air remains in the resulting body. The outer faces can be polished.
Patent GB-190806547-A (GB)
Title: Improved Attachment or Appliance connected with the Mouthpieces of Telephones, Speaking Tubes, and the like.
Inventor: WEINTRAUD ALFRED
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 6547. Weintraud, A. March 24. Speaking-tubes. - A disinfectant, deodorant, or moisture-absorbing body, is suspended in the mouthpiece of a telephone, apeaking-tube, &c., so as to leave a clear space between itself and the walls of the mouthpiece. The disinfectant or absorbent body B may be suspended in the mouthpiece by a clip C held by wire loops E, Fig. 3,' shaped to fit over the edge of the mouthpiece, or by rubber strips F, Fig. 4, attached to a rubber band G which may surround the mouthpiece.
Patent GB-190810640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Endless Inwardly Flanged Steel Rims.
Inventor: KILLEN EDWARD BRICE
Filed: 1908-05-16
Granted: 1909-06-16
Abstract: 10,640. Killen, E. B. May 16. Felloes or rims ;tyres, non-elastic.-Endless inwardly-flanged steel rims for wheels and tyres are constructed without a weld and without turning or spinning. The preferred method of construction is as follows. A round sheet of flat steel is placed in an hydraulic press, and is stamped cold into a dish having walls say one inch high. After annealing a second press is used, the process being repeated until the height of the dish is slightly greater than the required width of the rim. The edge of the dish is then rolled inwards and its centre cut out, forming a rim having inward flanges of equal or different depths. These flanges A<1> may be sloped inwards to grip wooden felloes, and the circumference of the rim cut out with dumb-bell or circular holes to receive similarly-shaped rubber studs, as described in Specifications No. 22,864, A.D. 1905, and No. 2780, A.D. 1908. Specification No. 9503, A.D. 1907, is also referred to.
Patent GB-190820171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid.
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 20,171. Erste Oesterr-Sodafabrik, and Opl, C. Sept. 25. Sulphuric acid is prepared by spraying nitroussulphuric acid down towers through which burner gases pass. According to the present invention, only part of the burner gases are passed through the towers, the remainder of the gases being compressed and used to work the emulseurs for raising the acid to the top of the towers, and to atomize it therein. As a modification, the emulseurs are worked partly by compressed burner gases and partly by compressed air, provision being made for air-cooling or water-cooling the emulseurs. The burner gases are passed successively through the towers I ... VI, the first tower receiving acid from the last tower and returning part to the sixth tower. The fifth tower gives up acid to the second tower, part of the partly-denitrated acid being returned to the fifth tower, and part to the first tower. Similarly the third and fourth towers work together. A concentration tower may be arranged in front of the system.
Patent GB-190820532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steering Engines.
Inventor: MACKINTOSH JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 20,532. Mackintosh, J. Sept. 30. Steering-gear.-The tiller A is moved by means of a toothed rack C, constrained to move in a path fixed by the guides D, E, which are fitted to or connected with the engine sole-plate. Springs F, G are utilized to connect the rack C to the tiller A, thereby taking up any shock. The rack C is operated by the pinion H on the engine shaft. By this construction, movement of the rudder-head in any direction is not conveyed to any part of the steering-gear.
Patent GB-190912255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Clasps.
Inventor: TAYLOR HENRY HAMMOND
IPC: A41F11/04
Filed: 1909-05-24
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 12,255. Taylor, H. H. Aug. 4, 1908, [Convention date]. Stocking-suspender grips.-The lower part 8 of the loop 5 is formed of rubber, felt, leather, or the like; its inner edges 10 may be serrated.
Patent GB-190913881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Pivoted Windows and the like.
Inventor: BURGE THOMAS
IPC: E05D7/10
Filed: 1909-06-14
Granted: 1910-06-14
Abstract: 13,881. Burge, T. June 14. Hinges and pivots.-Slidable pivoted windows, fan-lights, doors, and the like are provided with detachable pivots having stops for retaining the window or the like at a given angle. The position of the stop may be adjusted. The hinges are in two parts, a socket plate 1 shaped as shown in Fig. 3, with a portion removed to allow the entrance of the pivot and a rectangular pivot 2 projecting from a fixing plate and engaging the socket plate. The socket plate 1 is provided with projections a which engage and retain the pivot in certain angular positions as shown in Figs. 3 and 8. The projections a may be formed on separate plates 3 placed in any position concentric with the socket plates, as shown in Fig. 11, or the stop may be formed by screws b, Fig. 15, engaging a projection on the pivot. The pivot may be attached directly to the sash cords 4, as shown in Fig. 17, the pivot being provided with a sliding extension to resist a torque.. The socket and pivot plates are preferably circular and concentric with the pivot, to allow the recess into which they are to be fitted to be cut with a boring-bit. The sockets may be formed so as to allow the pivots a passage or throughway.
Patent GB-190916604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lamps for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: SAUNDERS MONTAGU
Filed: 1909-07-16
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 16,604. Saunders, M. July 16. Burners, attaching.-A lamp for motor-vehicles and the like is provided with means for varying from a distance the position of the light with reference to the reflector upon a line normal or approximately normal to the horizontal plane. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the burner A is attached to a tube C, which is rotatably mounted in a tube D secured to the lantern. The lower end of the tube C is formed into a base-plate C<2> having a projection C<3> which is connected to any suitable mechanism, such as a Bowden wire, so that the tube C can be rotated at will. A spring F keeps the tube C in its normal position, which may be that in which the flame is parallel to the mirror. Means may be provided for retaining the tube C in any position. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the burner A is moved vertically against the resistance of the spring F by rotating the bell-crank lever K. In a modified construction the burner is moved vertically by rotating a cam.
Patent GB-190918198-A (GB)
Title: Aluminium Alloys.
IPC: C22C21/00
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 18,198. Soc. Anon. " Le Ferro-Nickel." Aug. 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Alloys.-Aluminium alloys contain from 94 to 98 per cent of aluminium, from 1À5 to 4 per cent of copper, from 25 to 1À25 per cent of manganese, and from À25 to 1À25 per cent of silver. Two alloys are referred to in which the metals other than aluminium amount to 3À5 and 4À5 per cent respectively. Specified alloys contain (1) 96À5 per cent of aluminium, 1À875 per cent of copper, À625 per cent of manganese, and 1 per cent of silver; and (2) 95À5 per cent of aluminium, 3À5 per cent of copper, À5 per cent of manganese, and À5 per cent of silver.
Patent GB-190919089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Casting Stereotype-plates.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B41D3/00
Filed: 1909-08-19
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 19,089. Lake, W. E., [Goss Printing Press Co.]. Aug. 19. Stereotype.-Relates to mechanism for casting semi-cyliudrical stereotype plates of the kind in which a shell or drag is movable to and from a vertical core, and consists in arranging the device so that the plates are cast without risers or heads. Means are also provided for moving the core and drag into the casting position, for waterjacketing the core and drag, and allowing air to escape from the mould. The core 30 and the drag 22 are supported on a base-plate 16 which runs on rollers 17 on the main frame 15. The core 30 is also capable of sliding on the plate 16 to the extent of a slot 34 which fits over a squared rod 28. The core is cooled by a spray from a perforated pipe 38. On the back of the core is a hand-operated rock-shaft 41 carrying flanged cams 44 adapted to engage rolls 46 on the drag 22 when the latter is in the casting position. The drag 22 carries a rack 23 which engages a rack 24 on the base 16 and is formed with sockets 26 adapted to engage the rounded ends 27 of the bar 28. The core is provided at the top with a channel 48 accommodating a funnel 49 to which the metal is delivered by a nozzle 51. After casting, the core is moved forward clear of the nozzle by a bell-crank 60 on a shaft 59 mounted on the plate 16. The slotted end of the bell-crank engages a pin 62 on the frame 15 and the shaft 59 is actuated by a link 57 from the hand-lever 43. When the mould is unlocked, cams on the shaft 59 raise rods 53 slightly so as to lift the funnel 49 in the channel 48. The core 30 is forced into the shell before casting by cams 64 on the shaft 59, which engage rollers 65 on the core. The mould is closed at the bottom by a semicircular gauge 94 having handles 96, and at the top by a gauge 89 having handles 90, both of the handles being recessed to receive the matrix 86. The matrix is held along its straight edges by clamps 100 operated by handles 104. In order to detach the head from the plate while the metal is still soft, a curved plate 70 is recessed in the top of the core 30 and is adapted to be moved vertically by links 82 connected to eccentrics on three shafts 74 mounted on top of the core and connected by universal joints, which are turned to depress the plate 70, after a plate has been cast, by a handle 80. Grooves 92 are provided in the surface of the drag to allow air to escape. Cooling-water is fed to and away from the drag 22 by pipes 88.
Patent GB-190920372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Castings.
Filed: 1909-09-06
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 20,372. Hobbies, Ltd., and Jewson, H. Sept. 6. Casting processes; moulds.-To produce castings such as plough-shares &c. having one side glasshard while the other ramains sufficiently soft to be machined, a permanent mould is employed having its lower portion cooled by water or otherwise, and its upper portion capable of being rapidly removed to allow the upper surface of the red-het casting to cool in the air while the lower portion of the casting is being chilled in the cooled portion of the mould.
Patent GB-190921934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Registering Devices for use in connection with Ships' Telegraph Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: B63H21/22
Filed: 1909-09-25
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 21,934. Thompson, W. P., [Elliott, A. G.]. Sept. 25. Recording particular operations ; roller - and - sheet apparatus. - I n devices for recording the signals received by a ship's telegraph &c., a pencil actuated by the telegraph records on a travelling sheet. The arm l is operated by the axis of the indicating - pointer through the gearing shown, and oscillates the arm m, which is pivoted at o. An arm p is pivoted to the arm m, and carries the pencil q, a spring r pressing on the end of the arm p and also on the table s. A winding-on drum, driven from a clock by worm gearing through a wormwheel, which is adjustably clamped to the drum to allow of the setting of the paper strip, draws the record-sheet through guides over the table s. Alternatively, the drum may be moved forward step-by-step at each signal, and the time may be recorded by means of printing-wheels.
Patent GB-190929445-A (GB)
Title: Continuous Slimes Vacuum Filter.
Inventor: DRUCKER ARTHUR EILERT
Filed: 1909-12-16
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 29,445. Drucker, A. E. Dec. 16. Rotary filters.-Relates to a rotary vacuum filter for ore slimes. The filter plates or leaves 1 are arranged tangentially around a rotating wheel 2. Each plate 1 consists of a perforated tube arrauged in the form of a rectangle strengthened by a sheet of corrugated metal and covered by a piece of filter cloth on both sides, the perforated tube being connected by a pipe 3 to the hub 12 of the wheel where it may be placed in connexion either with a source of vacuum or with a supply of compressed air. The plates 1 form a series of pockets 9 in the bottom of which are openings 11 closed by counterweighted valves 10. A pipe 7 supplies a regulated quantity of cyanide or other washing solution which overflows from one pocket 9 to the next as shown in the Figure. Each plate 1 is formed at the end with a lip or launder 13 which conveys away the excess of washing-solution remaining in the pockets when they reach the point d as the wheel 2 rotates. A conveyer 8 is mounted near the point a and collects and removes the cakes which fall from the plates 1 owing to the action of compressed air admitted through the pipes 3. The slimes to be filtered are supplied to the plates 1 from a vat 4 in which the wheel 2 is partly immersed. The bottom of the vat is formed with a number of hoppers 4<a>, and jets of compressed air from a pipe 6 are admitted at the bottom of each hopper to keep the slimes supplied by a launder 5 in suspension in the vat 4. In the operation of the filter as the wheel 2 rotates in the direction of the arrow shown, the cakes are formed on the plates 1 from the point a to the point b ; they are drained between the points b, c, the valves 10 being open, and they are then washed between the points c, d, again dried between the points d, e and finally removed from the plates by the action of compressed air between the points e, a.