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Patent GB-190809110-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Method of and Means for Supplying Fuel to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KELLER KARL OTTO
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1909-04-27
Abstract: 9110. Keller, K. O. April 27. Gas or explosivevapour engines.-In engines in which part of the air in the cylinder is more highly - compressed than the rest, the highly - compressed air being used to inject the fuel, the air is compressed in a recess g by a projection f carried by the piston, a higher compression being reached in the recess than in the combustion chamber j. The fuel is supplied through a pipe h and is injected through a nozzle k in the block f. Solid fuel may be used. The recess g may be provided with a relief valve.
Patent GB-190809357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 9357. Fell, J. C., [Yost Writing Machine Co.]. April 30. Typewriters.-Mechanism for raising all the type-bars away from the inking- pad, to facilitate the removal of the inking-pad from the machine, is arranged so that alternate type-bars are raised different distances to avoid conflict between them. Figs. 2 and 4 show the application to a machine having the action described in Specification No. 8746, A.D. 1907. A shaft 40 operated by a finger-piece 43 is pivoted above the key-levers 27 and carries a notched plate 41, which, when in the position shown in Fig. 2, depresses all the key-levers 27, the alternate levers being depressed different distances by the notches 41<a> and projections 41<b>. A leaf spring 46 holds the shaft in or out of the operative position.
Patent GB-190811896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Resilient Footwear.
Inventor: ROUKAWISCHNIKOFF MICHAEL
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 11,896. Roukawischnikoff, M. June 1. Soles ; heels ; slipping, preventing.-The soles and heels of boots and shoes are provided with a number of pins 3 engaged with spiral or other tension springs 4, various forms of which are described. The pins pass through plates 2, 1 secured to the sole and heel, or through extensions of the sole &c. ; or, they may be inserted in suitable recesses in the heel. In all cases, the springs support the weight of the wearer, while the pins take the wear and also, by adapting themselves to any unevenness of the ground, serve to prevent slipping. Guide tubes &c. may be provided for the pins, and, to give greater flexibility, the plate 2 may be made in sections, which may be hinged together.
Patent GB-190813248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubular Springs for Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: WILHELM STRUBE
Filed: 1908-06-22
Abstract: 13,248. Strube, W. July 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907J. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Pressure gauges.-In tubular spring parts for measuring-instruments, such as Bourdon pressure gauges, the cross-section of the tube is varied uniformly throughout its length in order to obtain an increased moment of resistance to straightening. The tapering effect may be produced by reducing the longer axis c of the oval cross-section towards the end b, as shown in Fig. 1<a>, or by reducing the smaller axis d. In another form, a combination of both of these tapering effects is used. In other forms, the axes of the tube may remain constant, or may be tapered in the reverse direction to that indicated above, the necessary increase in the moment of resistance being obtained by making the walls of the tube thicker towards the end b.
Patent GB-190815543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keyboard Stringed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: TRZEBINSKI JULIAN VON
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-08-23
Abstract: 15,543. Trzebinski, J. von. July 22. Instruments with sonorous strings.-A keyboard musical instrument comprises strings 2, stretched across an horizontal sound-board 3 and adapted to be sounded by bows carried by a frame 1, which is reciprocated in a vertical direction when the treadles 9, 10 are operated. The frame 1 is provided with blocks 7 which slide on guides 8, and is strengthened by bars 17 provided with screws 18 engaging threaded holes in the top and bottom of the frame. Pins 16 for adjusting the tensions of the bows are also provided, and the sound-board, which is hollow, is provided with partitions 41 having apertures 42 in them. Each key 30 is connected by a rod 27 to a crank 22 on a spindle 19, provided with downwardly extending arms 20 which carry a roller. On depression of a key the roller displaces the hairing of a bow, causing it to contact with a string 2 and sound a note, and at the same time a cam 23 lifts the pivoted damper 26 from the string. To remove all the dampers simultaneously from the strings a knee-lever 40 or a short key provided for the purpose, is operated, causing the member 24 which carries the damping- devices to be shifted laterally.
Patent GB-190819198-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photographic Camera Tripod.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 19,198. Wilkinson, J., and Wilkinson, A. Sept. 12. Tripod stands.- Relates to tripod stands with U- shaped or channelled legs a, b, Fig. 1, pivoted together by a pin a'. The sections c telescope along the sections b, which fold into the sections a. When opened out, the sections are secured by pins a<3> on the section b entering holes in springs j on the section a. The sections are made rigid by blocks a<2>, Fig. 3<A>, at the ends of the sections a, and supporting the pivoted ends of the section b. The tripod head d has a screw d', which screws into the base of the camera.
Patent GB-190819307-A (GB)
Title: Improved File for Newspapers and the like.
Inventor: SCHWARZ AUGUST
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 19,307. Schwarz, A. Sept. 14. Advertising.- The portion f of the side walls of a newspaper rack a are covered with h advertisements.
Patent GB-190819500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cyclone Dust Collectors.
Inventor: STUBLEY CHARLES HESSEY
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 19,500. Stubley, C. H., and White, F. Sept. 16. Cyclone separators.-In cyclone dust separators of the type provided with a spiral guide and a dust receptacle, the separating-chamber is connected with the dust receptacle by a number of tubes of filtering-material. In the arrangement shown, the air undergoes a preliminary treatment in a cyclone separator A in which a spiral guideplate D extends nearly to the conical wall of the separator, leaving narrow passages C, C<2> for the dust. The air then passes to a second chamber B, also furnished with a spiral guide, the floor being almost entirely occupied by openings leading to tubes S of flexible filtering-material attached to a dust receptacle E'. An air-discharge trunk H fitted with an adjustable outlet valve H<1> is also provided. The dust receptacle E<1> is suspended by cords &c. M and is given a jerking motion by means of a cord G attached to a lever 2, which is moved by pins 3 on a disk 1, thus causing dust adhering to the tubes S to fall into the receptacle E'.
Patent GB-190903822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal Tubes.
Inventor: WITZENMANN EMIL
IPC: F16L11/16
Filed: 1909-02-16
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 3822. Witzenmann, E. Feb. 16. Flexible metal tubes are manufactured by helically winding corrugated metal strips, so that the edges abut or overlap. The edges are welded by suitable methods, such as autogenous, acetylene, or electric resistance welding. In the latter case, the mandrel may form one electrode, and a winding-roller the other. The cross-sectional shape of the strip forms one complete corrugation and part of the adjacent corrugation at each side. The weld b may be covered by an additional helically-wound metal strip.
Patent GB-190910487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Cycle Frames.
Inventor: MENDELSOHN SIRACH
IPC: B62K25/10
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 10,487. Mendelsohn, S., and Mendelsohn, S. May 3. Combined chain and toothed-wheel gearing.- In spring frames for cycles, in which the driving - wheel is resiliently mounted on the frame, a chain and sprocket or equivalent driving-means are rigidly mounted on the frame and a yielding driving-connexion is provided between such driving-means and the axle. The driving-wheel is fixed to a pair of plates 5 carrying sockets 6, in which slide plungers 7 fixed to the rear fork 2. The plungers rest on springs 15, and are fitted with steel bushes 8 having pockets 10 for bearing-balls 11, corresponding vertical grooves 12 being formed in the sockets. The springs 15 are in compression, and the plungers are held in place by caps 16. A bevel-wheel 19, rigidly attached to the rear sprocket 17, meshes with another bevel-wheel 20 secured to a vertical shaft 21, which carries at its lower end a bevel-wheel 22 adapted to drive the road wheel 4 through a bevel-wheel 23. The shaft 21 comprises telescoping members 24, 25, each of which is supported by a collar 31 on a ball bearing 34. Splines on the member 24 engage corresponding grooves on the member 25, contact being made by balls 28 held in pockets and grooves.
Patent GB-190914928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disengaging Gear for Releasing Ships' Boats from Davit Tackle.
Inventor: BOYD JOSEPH
IPC: B63B23/58
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 14,928. Boyd, J. June 26. Boat-disengaging gear.-Relates to disengaging-gear of the type described in Specification 21,109/96, in which top-heavy hooks fall and release the davit tackle when the boat is waterborne. The hooks A, mounted on pivots in slotted standards C, are both arranged to face fore, the lanyard D passing at the stem over a pulley G. The forward movement of the hooks is limited by a stop c<1> on the standard C. Z- shaped T-bars H carrying the standards C are formed with upright extensions h<3> secured to the stem and stern posts, thereby strengthening the boat.
Patent GB-190924628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Apparatus for Journals and the like.
IPC: F16N7/12
Filed: 1909-10-26
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 24,628. Vacuum Oil Co., [Vacuum Oil Co.]. Oct. 26. Capillaryaction lubricators.-A lubricator for the journal bearings of paper-making machines &c. comprises a flat wick C which rests with its lower end on the shaft A and conveys oil from a reservoir D. To vary the amount of oil supplied, the wick is compressed by an adjustable clamp F, formed with flanges F<1>, F<2>, one of which bears against the wick and the other receives the adjusting-screw f <2>. The tube E through which the wick passes is provided with flanges e<3> at its upper end, and one wall e<1> is shortened by an amount approximately equal to the thickness of the wick C. The wick may be widened at the part C<2> which bears on the shaft A.
Patent GB-190925148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liners for Fixing Screw Spikes in Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: LAKHOVSKY GEORGES
IPC: F16B13/12
Filed: 1909-11-01
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 25,148. Lakhovsky, G. Nov. 4, 1908, [Convention date]. Bushes, bolthole.-Liners for fixing screw spikes in railway sleepers consist of h a l fshells a having internal threads b and external circular ribs c, both of increasing depth, the thickness of the shells being, however, approximately constant. The extreme convolutions bl or the complete thread may be of increasing or decreasing p i t c h. Rotation of the liner is prevented by longitudinal ribs d. For flanged rails, one half-shell may be longer than the other. The concave surfaces of the half-shell may take the form of inclined semi-cylinders. The meeting edges of the external ribs c are preferably cut away so as to have a crescent form.
Patent GB-190930456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scrimp Rails for Calico Printing Machines and the like
Inventor: HADWIN HARRY
IPC: D06C3/06
Filed: 1909-12-30
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 30,456. Hadwin, H. Dec. 30. [Addition to 20,235/07.] Feeding and registering webs.-The scrimp rail described in the parent Specification, in which the rail is formed by threading plates and intermediate packing-pieces on a bar, is modified by forming the plates a bevel-edged, and of sufficient thickness to form their own packing-pieces. The plates may be of vulcanized fibre or of non-rusting metal; and, to save material, packing-pieces may be employed, or the plates may be recessed towards the centre. The plates may be stepped instead of bevelled, and the bar b upon which they are mounted may be curved or bent.
Patent GB-191004018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stepped Ladders for Electric Lamp Posts, Signal Posts, Fire-escapes and the like.
Inventor: WEIR JOHN
IPC: E06C1/383
Filed: 1910-02-18
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 4018. Weir, J., and Reid, J. Feb. 18. Ladder e s c a p e s.- Collapsible ladders have telescopic rungs c pivotally attached at the ends to members b and to buildings &c. a, and are retained in collapsed condition by catches d. Hinged platforms and hoods may be provided at the tops of t h e ladders.
Patent GB-191005652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Constant Current Dynamos.
IPC: H02K23/02
Filed: 1910-03-07
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 5652. Hill, A., and Trier & Martin. March 7. Exciting. - A variable-speed constant-current dynamo has main brushes C, C' in the ordinary or neutral position each joined through an external resistance E to an auxiliary brush D, D<1> half a pole pitch in advance of it, a part of the main current at high speed being supplied by the auxiliary brushes. The field magnets B are excited by shunt coils F. When the machine is running on open circuit, the currents flowing through the resistances E between the main and auxiliary brushes serve to strengthen the main field. As the load or speed is increased and the field axis is displaced owing to armature reaction, the current in the resistances diminishes, becomes zero, and finally reverses, then weakening the main field.
Patent GB-191005820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulling-over and like Machines for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: A43D13/00
Filed: 1910-03-08
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 5820. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. March 8. Lasting &c.-In pulling-over or like machines in which two grippers are employed on each side, manually-operated means are provided for effecting a relative movement between the two grippers while they hold the upper under tension. By this arrangement, the two belts of upper engaged by the grippers can be stretched to different extents, when necessitated by the variations in different uppers or in different lasts &c. The Figure shows the invention applied to a pulling-over machine of the type described in Specification 16,337/08, in which the rear grippers 8 are given a predetermined up-draw movement greater than, and preferably prior to, that given to the front grippers 9. According to the present invention, the front grippers, in addition to their usual spring connexion through the lifting-bar 4 with the operating lever 2, are connected by a rod 14 to a lever 15 pivoted on the side of an extension of the operating lever, the hand-pieces 12, 16 of the two levers being arranged so that the operator can seize either or both with one hand. By lifting or depressing the hand-piece 12 alone, both grippers are moved together; by manipulating both hand-pieces, the two grippers can be moved relatively to each other; and by depressing the hand - piece 16 alone, the two grippers can be moved simultaneously in opposite directions.
Patent GB-191012676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Appliances for use in Case of Fire.
Inventor: FRIEZER SALOMON
IPC: E06C9/14
Filed: 1910-05-25
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 12,676. Friezer, S. May 25. [Cognate Application, 16,758/10.] Ladder escapes.-Relates toa fire-escapeof the kind in which a rope ladder g is normally either wound upon a reel k, or folded, in a cabinet placed beneath a window sill z, and is adapted to fall to the ground when a hinged door p is released and thus caused to open outwards by gravity. A short flexible ladder w and hand ropes u are arranged to be hung out through the window opening, in order to enable an escaping person to reach the main ladder. The door p is held closed by a chain q, one link of which is passed over a hook fixed inside the cabinet. In order to release the door p, the chain q is lifted off the hook by means of a chain secured to, and actuated by, one of the hinged covers of the cabinet. The ladder, when released, is held away from the wall by inclined brackets.
Patent GB-191014128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Sterilization of Liquids.
Inventor: HENRI VICTOR
IPC: C02F1/32
Filed: 1910-06-10
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 14,128. Henri, V., Helbronner, A., and Recklinghausen, M. von. June 11, 1909, [Convention date]. Radiations, effecting chemical reactions by.- Water &c. is sterilized by ultra-violet rays from a mercury-vapour lamp &c. 1 as it flows through an open conduit 4 placed beneath the lamp, and either provided with baffles 5, Fig. 1, or having a zigzag or spiral form, as shown in Fig. 3. The lamp has a reflector 2, and the conduit and baffles may have reflecting-surfaces. Specification 834/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191014682-A (GB)
Title: Letter-card.
Inventor: ROSENBLUM GUSTAV
IPC: B42D15/08
Filed: 1910-06-17
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 14,682. Rosenblum, G. June 17. Letter-sheets.-Relates to letter-sheets with four or more folds, of the kind in which the top fold serves as a closing-flap and the second fold bears the address. The closing-flap 1, Figs. 1 and 7, is gummed and perforated round three sides, and is provided with an additional row of perforations at the upper edge to form an opening-strip a, b. The opening-strip may be provided with a tab, and may be strengthened by a strip of paper attached by casein solution. The address fold 2 is provided with ungummed strips x, x<1>, Fig. 1, or x<o>, x<3>, Fig. 7, the strip x<3> being attached to the sheet by mucilage consisting of casein and chemical substances insoluble in water. The sheets are thus adapted for press copying, since the water-soluble adhesive is confined to the closing-flap. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the strips x<o>, x<3> are folded inwards before the closing-flap 1 is stuck down.
Patent GB-191017922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boilers.
Inventor: YATES HARRY JAMES
IPC: F24H1/36
Filed: 1910-07-28
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 17,922. Yates, H. J. July 28. Vertical boilers.-In a water-heater consisting of a hemispherical, cylindrical, or other shaped shell a having a concave or hollow underside provided with an annular baffle f, the shell is formed with a part c projecting downwards inside the baffle. The heating-surface of the boiler may be further increased by forming the shell with projections d.
Patent GB-191020658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid-delivering Apparatus.
Inventor: PIPER EDWARD JESSE
IPC: C10H5/00
Filed: 1910-09-05
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 20,658. Piper, E. J. Sept. 5. Liquid supply conttrolled by motion of gasholder; regulating head of liquid directly.- Apparatus for automatically controlling the supply of liquid, and suitable for use in acetylene and hydrogen generating'apparatus, consists of a wick e or like capillary conductor, which is adapted to siphon liquid from the supply tank a and is connected to a gas-holder h, the position of which determines the inclination of the wick and consequently the rate of flow of the liquid. The wick is carried on a lever c provided with a counterweight g, and delivers liquid into a funnel b. To supply an additional quantity of liquid when the pressure in the apparatus falls below a predetermined degree, the receiver b is connected to a vessel m by a tube n bent to form a seal o, and the vessel is connected to the generating-chamber by a pipe h. Increase of pressure in the vessel m forces the liquid below the level of the pipe p into the tube n or into a separate pipe, but on a diminution of pressure occurring, this liquid returns, and flows into the generating- chamber.
Patent GB-191020871-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Emery Wheel for Grinding or Abrading Purposes.
Inventor: WHITHAM FREDRIC EDWARD
IPC: B24D7/06
Filed: 1910-09-07
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 20,871. Whitham, F. E. Sept. 7. Wheels.-Emery-wheels are constructed with projecting abrading - surfaces with cutting- edges set at angles alternately right and left of the path of travel of the active surface of the wheel. In peripheral grinding- wheels, the abrading-surfaces A, Fig. 2, project from bases D clamped between the halves F of the wheel base. In face-grinders, Fig. 3, the bases from which the angular abrading-blocks B project are clamped to the wheel base H by removable rings E. In wheels of the solid or continuous type, the abrading-surface A, Fig. 9, is constructed as a zigzag line around the active face of the wheel.
Patent GB-191025110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicating or Recording Apparatus for Checking the Driving Control of Power Propelled Cars, Trains and the like.
Inventor: AGNEW WILLIAM ALEXANDER
IPC: G07C5/12
Filed: 1910-10-28
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 25,110. Agnew, W. A. Oct. 28. Drawings to Specification. Registering time of working of machines.-In order to check the manner in which the driver of an electric car &c. uses the motors and brakes, a registering or recording device is driven in one direction while the motors or brakes are in operation, and is reversed when the motors and brakes are both out of action. The register may be driven from the vehicle axle or by a clock.
Patent GB-191026557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reversible-delivery Pumps.
Inventor: CAREY ROBERT
IPC: F04B7/00
Filed: 1910-11-15
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 26,557. Carey, R. Nov. 15. Pumps with means for reversing direction of flow; stroke, varying.-In a reversible-delivery pump, the cylinders a, a<1>, Fig. 1, are mounted in pairs with a common plunger b. This plunger is operated by the connecting-rod c attached to a block c which is displaceable along a centrally-pivoted rocking lever f by means of the rods i, j and handle j<1>. The rocking lever f is operated by means of the eccentric g<1> with its rod g. The piston valve k is also operated by the same eccentric through the link p and bell-crank lever n. On moving the block e from the position shown in Fig. 1 down to the pin f<2>, the delivery is reduced to zero, and on bringing the block e below the pin f<2>, the suction and delivery passages are reversed. In an alternative form, single cylinders are shown, with rotary valves.
Patent GB-191026968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Pin Joints.
Inventor: HASELER ARNOLD
IPC: A44B9/14
Filed: 1910-11-21
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 26,968. Haseler, A. Nov. 21. Pins, dress and like.-Consists in forming integrally the riveting eyelet a and the spring stop e. In the form shown, the eyelet is soldered to the body of the pin, and the stop is fluted. The soldering, however, may be dispensed with.