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Patent GB-190805691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo Electric Machines for the Production of Continuous or Alternating Currents.
Inventor: SCHUERCH JAKOB
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 5691. Simmons, H. March 13. Measured quantities, delivering.-The measuring- chambers of an apparatus for delivering predetermined weights of liquids, especially applicable for filling petroleum-tins &c., are provided with means for varying the volume of liquid discharged to compensate for changes of density with temperature. A rotary slotted vessel is adapted to retain an adjustable quantity of liquid when the measuring- chambers are emptied. The fixed measuring- chamhers a, Fig. 3, arranged, as shown, in two sets and provided with air-vents and a pressure gauge, consist of drums separated by partitions b and held together by tie-rods c ; they are filled through valves f operated by handles s connected by a link t, and discharged through cocks (not shown) placed at the bottom of each chamber and simultaneously operated through links m, n, a lever o, and handle p. The supply passing through the valves f is delivered into the chambers a through rotary slotted vessels g provided with slots h and controlled by hand-wheels j provided with index-hands. The hand-wheels being set to a position depending upon the temperature of the liquid to be measured determines the level of the slots h, and thus the amount of liquid retained in the vessels g when the chambers a are emptied. The tins to be filled may be placed on a truck which is moved into a suitable position beneath the discharge cocks of the apparatus. In a modification, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, liquid is delivered through a separate inlet x into the measuring-chamber w. A rotary vessel y provided with openings z and controlled by a hand-wheel is placed within the chamber.
Patent GB-190810083-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Indicating the Tare Weight on Carts, Wagons and the like.
Inventor: PLATT EDWIN
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 10,083. Platt, E. May 9. Signals, roadvehicle.-To indicate the tare weight of a wagon &c., sleeves d, Fig. 6, of preferably pentagonal section and faced with numerals are slid on to a bar b, Fig. 4, of corresponding section supported at the middle from a plate c, which may be screwed to the frame of the wagon. Two sleeves may be slipped on to each end of the bar to indicate hundredweights and quarters. The device having been set, a hinged cover a with an inspection aperture in its front is turned up and padlocked.
Patent GB-190810595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Antivibrators for Incandescent Gas Burners.
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 10,595. Sugg & Co., W., and Wright, E. S. May 15. Incandescent gas lamps; anti-vibration devices. - To eliminate the effects of vibration the mixing-tube f and burner i are carried by the ring e and rocking lever d, which is pivoted to the adjustable standard c and counterbalanced by the spring g. The tube f does not touch the nipple b. The ring k regulates the air supply. The invention is also applicable to inverted burners.
Patent GB-190819901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Training Gear of Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 19,901. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Sept. 22. Mountings.-In a worm-and-wheel training-gear, the worm A, Fig. 3, is carried by a bracket A which may be adjusted relatively to the gun-carriage B, for the purpose of taking up back-lash, by a wedgeshaped block D which is moved by operating a screw a<3>, Fig. 6. The bracket A is attached to the carriage B by screws a' which pass through elongated holes d<3> in the wedge-block D.
Patent GB-190820592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Foot Clips or Grips for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: CREES OWEN LANE
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 20,592. Crees, O. L., and Toye, G. H. Sept. 30. Pedals.-A foot clip or grip for attachment to rattrap or rubber pedals comprises a plate with ears or up-turned parts to engage the sole only of the boot or shoe of the cyclist. The ears may be integral with the plate, or, as shown in Fig. 2, in connexion with a clip for attachment to the rat-trap type of pedal, the plate A may have slotted ends bent down to form guides a<6> for laterally-adjustable bars carrying the ears or sole grips B. The plate is in one piece with a front attachment plate a<3>, while the bars are secured in an adjusted position by means of a countersunk pin b<4> passing through slots in the two bars or through a slot in one bar and a slot in the plate A. The grips are bent at a slight angle to the axis of the plate. For attachment to rubber pedals, the clip plate is lengthened to pass over one of the pedal rubber bars, aod is provided with an ordinary clip for embracing the central bar or tube. According to the Provisional Specification, the clip may be applied to other than rat-trap or rubber pedals.
Patent GB-190821649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pattern Grading Machines.
Inventor: PRESTON ALBERT FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-10-13
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 21,649. Preston, A. F. Oct. 26, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Pantographs. - Relates to pantographic apparatus for marking in outline on a sheet enlarged or reduced facsimiles of an original pattern, such as the patterns used for parts of boot and shoe uppers &c. The pattern 18, Figs. 1 and 2, is mounted above a sheet 13 of paperboard &c. from which the facsimiles are to be cut The pattern 18 and sheet 13 are clamped simultaneously by means of a screw 16, Figs. 2 and 8, which is carried by an arm 14 and is connected at its lower end to an upper clamping-member 17, which slides on a vertical post 21 carrying a clamping-foot 22. The underside of the pattern 18 is engaged by a clamping-member 19, which is supported on the ends of a cross-bar 20 inserted in the post 21, and thus transmits pressure to the foot 22. The clamping-members are faced with frictional material, such as emery cloth 52. The distance between the members 17, 19 can be adjusted for different thicknesses of the pattern 18 by means of a conically - pointed screw 170 engaging a conical recess 171 in the post 21. The pantographic mechanism is arranged in the space between the pattern 18 and the sheet 13, and comprises a traveller 28 adapted to follow the outline of the pattern 18 and thus determine the course of a tool 29, which scores or grooves the sheet 13. The traveller 28 and tool 29 are carried by a bar 25, which is adapted to slide in a guide 23, Figs. 8 and 13, pivoted on the post 21. On the bar or slide 25 are two carriers 26, 27, the former being fixed to the slide and the latter being adapted to slide thereon. In producing enlarged facsimiles, the traveller 28 is secured to the carrier 26, and the tool 29 to the carrier 27, as shown in Fig. 9, while in producing reduced facsimiles, the positions of the traveller and tool are reversed. An arm 38 is jointed at 39 to the guide 23 and at 42 to an arm 40, which is jointed at 41 to the sliding carrier 27. A finger 44 rigidly secured to the fixed carrier 26 is adapted to slide in a guide 43, which is mounted to turn on the arm 40. In using the apparatus, the operator grasps handles 37 on the slide 25 and presses the traveller 28 against the edge of the pattern. The parts are so proportioned that the radial movement of the tool 29 from the centre of rotation of the guide 23 is proportional to the radial movement of the traveller 28. In order to vary the initial distance between the traveller and the tool and thus determine the degree of enlargement or reduction, the guide 43 is mounted on a Elide 46 which is movable longitudinally on the arm 40 by means of a screw 48 and a nut 47. The nut 47 carries a pointer 51, Fig. 1, moving over an interchangeable scale plate 50 on the arm 40.
Patent GB-190821769-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Controlling the Letting-back of the Cloth in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: PICKLES THOMAS
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 21,769. Pickles, T. Oct. 15. Loom take-up motions.-The slip catch c, which controls the backward rotation of the take-up ratchet-wheel a for letting-back the cloth when the ordinary pawls b are moved out of action on the stoppage of the loom owing to weft-failure, is pivotally connected to a link d, which is pivoted to a bracket f on the loom frame either from above, as shown, or from below. The movement of the link d is unsymmetrical with respect to the vertical and is limited by stops e, which may be upon the brackets f and may be adjustable, and the use of two stops enables the slip catch to be adapted for use with a ratchet-wheel having its teeth turned in either direction without altering the position of the pivot of the link. The catch is returned to its normal position by gravity or by frictional contact with the ratchet-wheel.
Patent GB-190824285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Tyres and the Means of Fixing same.
Inventor: TURNBULL ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-11-12
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 24,285. Turnbull, A. Nov. 12. [Patent of Addition to No. 20,729, A.D. 1907.] Locking nuls.-In an auxiliary rim device for vehicle wheels, a nut M is locked by means of a spring washer R having one end engaged in a notch V<1> in the nut, the other end engaging the notched end U of the eccentric boss on which the nut M is threaded.
Patent GB-190826168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling Air-pumps.
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-12-03
Abstract: 26,168. Davis, R. H., and Siebe, Gorman, & Co. Dec. 3. Compressing.-In adapting the known method of cooling air-pumps, which consists in immersing the parts to be cooled in water, to air-pumps used in diving, the cylinder or cylinders of the airpump are enclosed in a water tank, and the valve - box or valve - boxes in a second lower tank fed from the overflow from the first tank. The invention is shown as applied to a twincylinder pump of the kind described in Specification No. 29,105, A.D. 1904, in which the upper valve boxes (not shown) are cast integrally with the cylinder covers, and the lower valveboxes e integrally with the base-plate b. The lower water tank d is fed from the overflow pipe f of the larger tank. The glands a<1> may be provided with casings to prevent the access of water to the flanges thereof. In some cases a third independent tank is fitted on the underside of the base-plate. The invention is also applicable to single-acting, open-cylinder pumps, and to pumps with the lower valves fitted in the cylinder covers.
Patent GB-190826471-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Combination Machine for Cutting Chaff, Roots and other Substances.
Inventor: MARKS HORACE STANLEY
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 26,471. Marks, H. S. Dec. 7. Chaff-cutters; cutting and slicing roots &c.- In a machine for cutting chaff, roots, &c. the materials are fed from a hopper to a pair of feed-rollers B, C superimposed upon an horizontally-rotating set of knives H ; one roller B is larger than the other and is adapted to be drawn out of gear when the machine is used as a root-cutter. The roller B is mounted in bearings D, which slide in slots D<1>, and are attached to arms G having projections G<1> also sliding in slots D'. The outer ends of the arms G are connected to springs E which are unhooked when the roller B is drawn out of gear. The knife frame H is mounted in a casing Q, and vertically-adjustable shields 0 are mounted between the knife blades. A curved wiper R, mounted under the frame H, conveys the cut material through an opening in the casing Q. To adjust the thickness of the cut, two differently-pitched worms, which drive the rollers B, C, are fitted on a reversible sleeve mounted on the driving-shaft. To enable the machine to cut pumpkins and larger roots, a grid F with sharpened edges is fixed in the upper part of the hopper ; the roots are pressed through the grid and cut up before being fed to the knife frame H.
Patent GB-190826843-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Chemical Products in Granulated, Powdered, Flaked or similar Condition.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 26,843. Lake, W. E., [Reif, N.]. Dec. 10. Spray producers.-Relates to a process of producing substances by chemical reactions in which the materials treated issue from the apparatus with a rotary motion. Fig. 1 shows apparatus for carrying out the process. One ingredient enters the chamber b by a pipe m and the other is forced under pressure through a pipe g and a worm c so as to enter the chamber b with a rotary motion. The mixed materials, still rotating, leave the chamber b by the opening m. In a modification, one of the ingredients is introduced by the pipe i, which is brought to an end in the chamber b. The orifice of the worm c can be regulated by a rotatable plate.
Patent GB-190912337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of Separating and Refining Metals.
Inventor: REID JAMES HENRY
IPC: C22B5/16
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-05-25
Abstract: 12,337. Reid, J. H. Sept. 23, 1908, [Convention date]. Distilling silver &c.-A process for separating metals from a mixture of metals, or for separating the metals of an ore containing more than one. metal, consists in heating the material successively in a series of furnaces to the volatalization temperatures of the different metals, passing the sublimates through a condensing- liquid containing a reagent which combines with the metals, and treating the condensing- liquid electrolytically to recover separately the metals The material is passed through the series of electric furnaces B described in Specification 10,750/07, and the volatile products are drawn off from above and below the arcs in each chamber through pipes 10 and passed through liquid in condensers 16, the space above the liquid being exhausted. In treating a mixture of silver, nickel, and cobalt, the reagent in the condensers may, for example, be sodium chloride. The Specification as in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also the addition of the reagent to the material before treatment in the furnaces, the condensation of the resulting compounds in any suitable liquid, and the recovery of the metals therefrom in any suitable way. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190913070-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Tack-extracting Machines for use in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: A43D61/00
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,070. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. June 3. Preparing lasted boots for sewing.-Relates to machines for extracting side or lasting tacks and insole-positioning tacks from boots and shoes, and consists chiefly in improved rotary extractors which are designed to prevent injury, to the upper. The rotary wheel for extracting the lasting-tacks comprises a hub 5, Fig. 4, and a rim 7, which is formed with a rib 8 extending spirally round the wheel to form a groove 9, in which are located, at angular distances of about 240 degrees, tack-pulling blades 10. The arrangement of the rib 8 is such that an opening is formed at the side of the wheel into which a projecting lasting-tack can be fed transversely into the groove 9, so as to be engaged by the. blades, 10. To prevent injury to the upper, the ends of the rib 8 are run off gradually into the periphery of the rib 7. The wheel for extracting the tacks which secure the insole to the last is secured to the forward end of the shaft of the lasting-tack extractor, and consists of a hub 13, Figs. 6 and 7, two disks 14 projecting beyond the hub to form a guiding-flange for the sole, and two tack - pulling blades 15 located in slots in the flanges, and secured to flattened portions of the hub; by screws. Preferably, and to enable the shoe to be manipulated more conveniently, the outer flange is made smaller than the inner one, Fig. 6. The tacks are extracted and collected by a combined guard and shoot, the upper portion of one of the walls of which consists of a screen to prevent the shoot from excluding the light from the wheels. Fig. 9 shows a modified arrangement, in which an insole-tack puller is provided with an adjustable yielding guard or work-rest 20, which is forked toextend on each side of the wheel, and is normally held in an extended position by a spring plunger 27. The freedom of movement of the rest is governed by stops.
Patent GB-190914165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: MILLAURO ORAZIO
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-08-25
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 14,165. Millauro, O. Aug. 25. Arc lamps; arc-lamp electrodes.-A regulating- device comprises a lever mounted on the core of a solenoid and pivoted to a dash-pot and clutch link, its oscillation being limited so that it acts as a crosshead except for small movements of the core. The lever g, Fig. 2, may be formed partly by a ring which surrounds the core f loosely and is supported by a spring thereon. The dash-pot piston is jointed to a rod j which is secured to the baseplate. The clutch consists of a lever q and a sleeve carrying a bearing plate q<2>. The upper electrode-socket slides in a tube b, and is connected up by a flexible c o n - ductor. The solenoidbobbin and two r o d s connecting it to the baseplate form the frame of the lamp. In another lamp two positive electrodes and one negative one are situated at the edges of an inverted pyramid. The angles between the electrodes may be all equal, or that between the two positive electrodes may be different from the other two. The two positive carbons are in parallel, and in series with each is a solenoid actuating a regulating-device as described above. The electrodes may be guided by rollers.
Patent GB-190922851-A (GB)
Title: Non-refillable Bottle.
Inventor: THOMAS JOHN
IPC: B65D49/00
Filed: 1909-10-07
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 22,851. Thomas, J. Oct. 7. Fixed - chamber apparatus for delivering from inverted bottles. Liquid passes through an orifice y in a cork washer w to a hole f in a rotatable tube c and fills the inner end of the tube when a plunger g is pulled out. The plunger has a projection j which presses against a sloping side q of the rotatable tube and turns the passage f out of register with the orifice y and into register with a slot x in the washer w, allowing liquid to pass into the space between the tube c and bottle neck a, a groove l in the plunger allowing passage of air. Thence the liquid passes downwards into the tube c again and out of an orifice t when the plunger g is pressed inwards. The plunger is prevented from turning by a rib h which passes through the orifice t in a cover r retained by a split spring ring s.
Patent GB-190925289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: GREGG CHARLES JOHN
IPC: F01D11/02
Filed: 1909-11-03
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 25,289. Gregg, C. J. Nov. 3. Blades, nozzles, and the like; condensation water, collecting and draining; heating parts.- The shrouding - rings of turbine blades are formed in halves bolted together and have projections entering recesses in the blades. Condensation water is drained away from the grooves in the casing by a system of pipes. Both the casing and the rotor may be heated by jackets supplied with live or exhaust steam. Fig. 4 shows a jacket formed by a casing 20 divided by webs 23 into sections which are supplied with fluid at the temperatures of the corresponding turbine sections. The rotor and the fixed blades or stage diaphragms are preferably made of the same material, or of materials having the same coefficient of expansion; and the rotor and the casing liner are preferably made of the same thickness. According to the Provisional Specification, the jacket may be formed by plates secured to webs on the casing. The connexions between the casing and the " adjustable block " may be made of the same material as the shaft, and jacketed.
Patent GB-191003740-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Preserving Wood.
Inventor: HARTMANN GEORG
IPC: B27K3/32
Filed: 1910-02-15
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 3740. Hartmann, G., and Schwerdtner, O. A. Feb. 15. Impregnating-compositions. - Wood is preserved by treating it with a solution of sodium zincate, formed by mixing a solution of zinc chloride with caustic soda in excess.
Patent GB-191008418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Electric Switches.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
IPC: H01H9/54
Filed: 1910-04-07
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 8 4 1 8 . Lundberg, A. P., Lundberg, G. C., and Lundberg, P. A. April 7. Switches.-For converting a single-point-control wiring system into a two or more point system of control for an electric lamp A by means of two or more two-way switches, the fixed two-way switch B is provided with an additional insulated terminal 11 through which the wiring is connected to another two-way switch C.
Patent GB-191009047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Propulsion of Aerial and Marine Vessels.
Inventor: WOLLMERSHAEUSER LOUIS
IPC: B63H23/00
Filed: 1910-04-14
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 9047. Woilmershõuser, L. April 14. Paddle-wheels.-Comprises an apparatus for propelling aerial and marine vessels, and consists of two blades at right-angles mounted on arms 6, which are in the same plane. The arms are pivoted to the ends of the driving-shaft 1 by the pin 5 and engage a cam surface 7<1> of such shape that, as the shaft 1 rotates, the blades will be moved, so that when one blade is horizontal and effective, the other blade is merely cutting the air or water and moving vertically. Reversal of the direction of motion only reverses the upward movement, the forward propulsive movement being unaltered. Two sets of apparatus as above are used, and driven in opposite directions by a single worm actuating two worm-wheels.
Patent GB-191010066-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Development of Oxygen.
Inventor: SARASON LEOPOLD
IPC: C01B13/02
Filed: 1910-04-25
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 10,066. Sarason, L. April 26, 1909, [Convention date]. Oxygen is generated uniformly in baths &c., from peroxide, perborates, &c., by the use of colloidal manganese peroxide, in place of manganese borate, as a catalyst.
Patent GB-191011032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Prepayment Automatic Supply Machines.
Inventor: RAYNER LOUIS SIDNEY
IPC: G07F11/18
Filed: 1910-05-04
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 11,032. Rayner, L. S. May 4. Sale apparatus.-The lowest article of a pile of goods d is adapted to be withdrawn by a drawer a after the prepayment of a predetermined number of coins. Coin action, mechanical-connexion and multiple-coin.-In the arrangement shown, three coins must be inserted into an inclined shoot c. The last coin comes to rest beneath a projection f on a lever g, pivoted at h, and serves to hold up a pivoted rack m, which co-operates with the arm j of the lever g, from the path of a pin m<2> on the drawer, permitting its full outward movement. After the coins have been discharged, the rack m drops into engagement with the pin m<2>, but is raised again by the pin when the drawer is closed. The upper member n of the coin shoot is pivoted at n<2> and carries pivoted spring members p, which can be pressed through apertures q into the path of an inserted coin, so that the apparatus may be set to take one, two, or three coins. Coin - discharging mechanism. - When the drawer has been fully withdrawn, a plate o engages a projection n<3> and raises the member n, permitting the coins to escape. Fraud, preventing.-The arm i of the lever g holds a rack k in engagement with a pin l on the drawer, so as to prevent any return movement before the drawer has been completely withdrawn. Small coins fall through an aperture s in the bottom of. the shoot, and a string attached to a coin is cut by a sharp edge r, which co - operates with the edge a<1> of the drawer.