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Patent GB-190922604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Fabrics.
Inventor: GILMORE CHARLES THOMPSON
IPC: D06F58/02
Filed: 1909-10-04
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 22,604. Gilmore, C. T. Oct. 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Drying and airing c l o t h e s.- Fabrics to be dried are enclosed in a drum t h e periphery of which is formed of sections 10 of wiremesh strengthened by channel - bars 11. The drum rotates within a casing 6 and is driven through gearing. A partition 16 in the casing cuts off a lower compartment 15 which contains heating-pipes 29 and is open at the rear to the upper compartment. The drum is enclosed by a partition 14 extending to the partition 16, and access to it is allowed by a door 30 in front. A fan casing 18 at the top is open to the drum casing through a passage 20 and to the space between the rear of the casing and the partition 14 through side openings. Air is drawn by the fan, which may be of the shape shown, through the compartment 15, entering through openings in its front, and through the side openings into the fan casing, whence it is forced through the drum and out by openings 32 in the ends. Any lint from the clothes is removed from the machine through openings in a flange 16<a> uniting the partitions 14, 16, by a current of air, which joins the main current and carries the lint away through the openings 32.
Patent GB-190923468-A (GB)
Title: A Machine or Mechanism for Simultaneously Measuring and Ticketing Cloth, Calico and other Fabrics or Piece Goods.
Inventor: PECK ARTHUR
IPC: D06H1/04
Filed: 1909-10-14
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 23,468. Peck, A., and Holmes, S. H. Oct. 14. Feeding webs.-A ticket tape is drawn through a die-box t by feed-rollers x, y, carried in bearings in a bracket overhanging the side of the table and geared together and driven by a ratchet-wheel 5 and pawl 7 from a cam j on the shaft d through a pivoted lever 8. The tape passes from a roller on a standard 10 between rollers 11, 13.
Patent GB-190924373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Inventor: COLLINS NORMAN
IPC: H01H21/42
Filed: 1909-10-23
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 24,373. Collins, N. Oct. 23. Switches, quick-action.-In snap-action switches, the contact-arm 1 is looked in either its on' or 'off ' position, until the spring 12 has been strained sufficiently to give a quick make cr break, by means of one or more free balls or their equivalent 16,17, which are normally maintained in engagement with recesses 18 or 19 in the contact-arm by a part 11 carried by the switch-handle 10, but are released when the handle is turned to make or break the circuit. In the form shown, the contact-arm is U-shaped, the two sides being pivoted at 2 between the ears 3, 4 and 5, 6 of a bracket 7 mounted on the base 8. The handle 10 is mounted on the same pivot between the ears 4, 6 in which the balls 16, 17 are housed. In making or breaking the circuit, the action is started by the engagement of the lower end of the shank of the handle, or of an extension 21, with a cross-pin 20 carried by the contact-arm, the action being rapidly completed by the spring 12. In a modification, a single contact-arm is pivoted between the ears 4, 6, and the handle carries a pair of separator blades 11 working between the ears 3, 4 and 5, 6.
Patent GB-190926201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hypodermic and other Syringes.
Inventor: HUGHES GIBBARD RICHARD
IPC: A61M5/28
Filed: 1909-11-12
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 26,201. Hughes, G. R. Nov. 12. Syringes.-The barrel A of a hypodermic or like syringe contains the injection, and is hermetically sealed at both ends until the time of use. When the syringe is used, the barrel is broken at the constricted parts b, d<2>, the ground portion d<1> is fitted into the socket n of the needle N, and the rod P into a socket c in the piston C. If the whole of the injection is not used, the container may be resealed or may be closed by a rubber or like cap. The bulb B may be filled with plaster of paris &c.
Patent GB-190926299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Breaking Down Appliances for Coal or other Minerals in Mines and Quarries.
Inventor: WILLIAMS WILLIAM
IPC: E21C37/04
Filed: 1909-11-13
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 26,299. Williams, W. Nov. 13. Breaking-down appliances. - Relates to a breaking-down appliance of the type in which two oppositely-pointed wedges are forced into, and expand, a divided body inserted in the drill hole. On a screwed shaft A are mounted a wedge D, which is plain bored so that it can slide along the shaft, and a wedge E having an internal screw-thread. Two semicylindrical members F, G, tapered on the inside at each end, engage dovetails H on the wedges, the arrangement being such that, when the members F, G are fully contracted, they are still held in place by the dovetails. A screwed sleeve J, preferably having an hexagonal head K, is used to push the wedge D inwards and tighten the members F, G against the sides of the drill hole. The shaft A is then turned by means of its squared end C, the thrust block B at its end bearing against the end of the hole, and the members F, G are further expanded and forced outwards from the block B. Ratchet levers may be used to rotate the shaft and sleeve, and more than one set of wedges may be mounted on the shaft A.
Patent GB-190926748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Domestic and like Fire-places.
Inventor: HOSIE ALEXANDER
IPC: F24B1/192
Filed: 1909-11-18
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 26,748. Hosie, A. Nov. 18. Fire-places.-An apparatus to be fitted to the opening of an ordinary fire-place, from which the canopy, firegrate, and other projecting fittings have been removed, so as to enclose the front and enable anthracite &c. to be burned, consists of a frame a fitted with an upper plate band one or more hinged, portable, or like doors or frames e with mica or like transparent panes. A curved back-plate o with a register q is fitted so as to enclose a firegrate d fitted in the frame a, and to leave a contracted space p behind the plate b. A hit- and-miss draught regulator l is fitted between the hearth and the grate d, preferably in the front of the ash-pan. A fuel door may be fitted in the plate b.
Patent GB-190927733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescent Vapour Lamps.
Inventor: STEPHENS RICHARD HENRY
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1910-05-28
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 27,733. Stephens, R. H. May 28, 1910. Incandescent vapour burners; vaporizing- apparatus.-The burnerheads of an inverted lamp are carried by a burner-ring B connected by a U-shaped mixing - tube D to an inclined vaporizer E extending across the flue, and are provided with throttle valves C operated from outside the lamp by spindles c, the ends of the tube D being in alinement respectively with the vaporizer E and the burner ring. The admission end of the vaporizer E is formed with an hexagonal part e<1> resting in an hexagonal seating in a bracket H forming an extension of the tube B, and its other end is forced against a plate F on the flue by a conical pin J passing through the bracket H and bearing against a conical surface e' on the admission end of the vaporizer. In order to assist in starting the lamp. the vaporizer is provided, preferably at its nipple end, with a tube e<2> projecting downwards over the edge of the annular starting-cup B. The conical shield K for directing the combustion gases on to the vaporizer is preferably made in two parts with corner wings k extending along the tube E.
Patent GB-191001260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Grid Bars and Grids Employed in Preparing and Opening Cotton and other Fibres.
Inventor: YOUNG JOHN
IPC: D01G9/00
Filed: 1910-01-18
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 1260. Young, J. Jan. 18. Openers.-The grid bars a employed in preparing and opening cotton &c. have the usual bevelled upper surface, but are provided at the rear of this surface with a recess a<2>, so that an enlarged space is obtained between the rear surface of one bar and the plain front surface of the adjacent bar. The bars are pivoted at a<1> in holes in brackets d, the holes being arranged eccentric to the axis of the beater, and the pivots of the front bars being farther away from the working surface than those of the rear bars, so that, when the bars are adjusted to alter the inclination of the working surface, all the bars are set at a slightly different angle to one another. The lower ends of the bars rest in a rack f slidably mounted on a side plate b and operated by the pivoted handle h to adjust the bars. The handle is secured by a bolt in a slot in a plate g. According to the Provisional Specification, a pair of slotted racks may be used.
Patent GB-191002017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Gas Regulators.
Inventor: WILLIAMS GEORGE ALFRED
IPC: G05D16/06
Filed: 1910-01-26
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 2017. Williams, G. A. Jan. 26. Pressure - regulating v a l v e s.- Relates to means for varying t h e load on the diaphragms of pressure - regulating valves. A cylindrical weight 15 is slidably held in a ring at the end of a rotatable spindle 16. In the position shown, the weight bears upon the diaphragm, but it may be removed by rotation of the spindle 16, which brings the weight 15 into an horizontal position.
Patent GB-191004148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Packaging, Wrapping and other like Machines.
IPC: B65B1/48
Filed: 1910-02-19
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 4148. Day & Sons, J., Day, A., and Naylor, W. Feb. 19. Packing granular &c materials into bags.- Relates to machines for filling bags, and consists of a device for ejecting a bag that has received an insufficient supply of material. The invention is stated to be particularly applicable to machines of the type described in Specifications 8355/01, 11,360/03, 11,189/04, and 4573/09, and is shown as applied to such machines. The bags d, with or without boxes, are fed along a trough c by means of a reciprocating pusher z. The charges are pressed down by a rammer, not shown, carried on a bracket r mounted on a vertical rod p, which receives an up-and-down motion from a lever l driven by a cam k. A plate 6, adapted to enter the mouth of the bag after filling, is carried by a rod 5 sliding in the bracket r and connected to a rod 4 by a piece 7 resting on the bracket r. The lower end of the rod 4 rests on a spring lever 8. If the bag is properly filled, the plate 6 resting on the charge holds up the rod 4, while the rammer is free to descend to press down the contents of the succeeding bag. If, however, the bag is insufficiently filled as the rammer descends, the rod 4 depresses the lever 8. The movement of the lever releases a catch from contact with a stop on a rod 13 which is then raised by a spring 24. In rising, the rod 13 passes through the bottom of the trough &c. and expels the incompletely-filled bag which is pushed out of the way by a plunger 27 connected with the pusher z. The ejector-rod 13 is retracted by the action of a cam 23 and the lever 8 re-sets itself when the rod 4 &c. is raised by the rod p.
Patent GB-191004534-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Valve for Drawing Off the Contents of Oil or other Barrels, Drums and the like.
Inventor: NICHOLSON EDWARD GEORGE
IPC: B65D47/28
Filed: 1910-02-23
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 4534. Nicholson, E. G., and Hill, W. B. Feb. 23. Lift valves; locking valves and cocks. - A valve for drawing - off liquids from drums, barrels, tanks, &c. consists of a casing B, screw-threaded at M for attachment to the vessel, and containing a tubular sliding member C having a side opening F and a washer N. The valve is opened by withdrawing the tube C so as to uncover the opening F. When the valve is closed, the washer N seats upon the casing. The valve may be locked when closed by means of a bar J, which engages under the sloping end H of the casing. Rotation of the valve causes the bar J to ride up the slope H, and so draw the valve tightly to its seat. When the valve is being opened, the bar J slides in slots L in the casing. A removable handle 0 may be provided.
Patent GB-191012294-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Cricket Bats.
Inventor: BOITEL-GILL CHARLES BAPTISTE
IPC: A63B59/08
Filed: 1910-05-19
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 12,294. Gill, C. B. Bo¯tel-. May 19. Cricket bats.- In a cricket bat having an open splice, canvas or linen faced rubber c is introduced between the handle and blade.
Patent GB-191013324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Propellers for Aerial or Marine Navigation.
IPC: B64C11/20
Filed: 1910-06-01
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 13,324. Rheinisch W e s t f õ l i s c h e Sprengstoff-Akt.-Ges. Nov. 18, 19@9, [Convention date]. Screw propellers.-In aerial and marine propellers having blades of increasing peripheral and radial pitch, the tangent of the pitch angle of every part of each blade is equal to a ratio of a function of the speed of the ship to the peripheral velocity of such part. Diagrams (not shown) indicate the manner in which the pitch is set out for various positions. The actual blade comprises a corrugated plate corresponding to the varying pitches and covered by plates a, i. Stays b connect the outer end of the blade to the hub.
Patent GB-191016278-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Moulded Tablets of Desiccated Toilet Soap.
IPC: C11D17/04
Filed: 1910-07-07
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 16,278. Kent, T. O., and Oppenheimer, Son, & Co. July 7. Drawings to Specification. Soaps.-Desiccated soap powder is granulated with methylated spirit and sifted through as fine a sieve as possible consistent with the fact that the powder must be able to run in a hopper. The product is wrapped up in tin-foil and compacted by pressure in a die.
Patent GB-191019459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GLEN EVAN ALLAN
IPC: F01M11/04
Filed: 1910-08-19
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 19,459. Glen, E. A. Aug. 19. [Addition to 28,457/08.] Force-feed lubricators. -Relates to improvements in the lubricator for internal-combustion engines described in the parent Specification, consisting of an oilreservoir which supplies oil to the crank casing on the bird - fountain principle. A single tube T blocked at both ends forms at its upper end a piston sliding in a cylinder C, and at its lower end, a slide-valve controlling the opening H to the crank casing. The cylinder C and the valve-guide G are bored in lugs cast on the back of the reservoir. The guide G is semi-tubular, and the tube T is retained in it by a detachable strap F. A ball valve V, resting on the top of the piston, closes the filling-opening, which is provided with a tap. To fill the reservoir, oil is pumped in and depresses the piston T to the level of the openings B<2>, through which the oil passes. Air escapes down the pipe A and through registering openings R, H into the crank-chamber. The piston T, when raised by the spring S, uncovers the opening H for the supply of oil to the crank casing. The outlet to the oil-feed-pipe P is under one of the fly-wheels W. The pipe may be oval or flat, and may be sunk in a recess as shown. The pipe P may be replaced by a bore in the floor of the crank-casing, slanting upwards to a funnel-shaped opening facing the oil carried round by the fly-wheel.
Patent GB-191019677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Granular Bichromate of Sodium.
IPC: C01G37/14
Filed: 1910-08-23
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 19,677. Wedekind & Co., R. April 12, [Convention date]. Sodium dichromate in small crystals, such as those obtained by crystallization in motion or by grinding and screening, is dehydrated by heating while in motion, for instance in a revolving steam-jacketed vessel, or in a vessel provided with a stirrer, up to a temperature of about 110‹ C. (the melting-point) sufficient air being passed over the material to solidify the softening crystals and carry off the steam generated, thus preventing caking. The temperature may, if a completely anhydrous product is desired, be ultimately raised to about 130‹ C. The product is granular and free from dust. During the heating, a solution of sodium dichromate may be gradually added in such quantities as will continuously dry on the crystals until they attain the desired size, or as long as no dust is formed by the friction of the larger particles.
Patent GB-191023560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans and Turbines.
Inventor: TURLUR PAUL
IPC: F04D29/30
Filed: 1910-10-11
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 23,560. Turlur, P. Oct. 22, 1909, [Convention date]. Radial - flow (bladed) type. - Blades 4 for turbines are made of two portions in the form of a V. The blades may be straight or curved. The space between the large and small portions of adjacent blades form a tunnel.
Patent GB-191029363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lighting and Extinguishing Devices.
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1910-12-17
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 29,363. Bõumer, A. Dec. 17. Drawings to Specification. Lace with curved edges for lace - collars, trimmings, wearing-apparel &c. is made from ordinary straight strips by sewing one edge which is thereby somewhat shortened and rendered less extensible than the unsecured edge. A number of such strips may be sewn together to produce a broad piece.
Patent GB-191029968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Seals.
Inventor: TURNER GUY SACKVILLE
IPC: G09F3/03
Filed: 1910-12-24
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 29,968. Turner, G. S., and Corson, M. H. Dec. 24. Seals.-A seal for gas meters &c. comprises a cylindrical body 10, Fig. 1, in the form of a nut having an external recess 13 and connected to a supporting-body 12 by a bolt 11. A hollow frangible member 14, with a corresponding internal recess 15, engaging over the cylindrical member, and an expansible ring 16 fitting in the two recesses so as to effect a sealing when the frangible member is passed over the inner member 10. In a modification, the member 10 is made tubular, and sealing-wires with bent ends pass through this member to secure it to the supporting-body.
Patent GB-191104893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Jacquard Mechanism of Lace Curtain Machines.
Inventor: JARDINE ERNEST
IPC: D04C5/00
Filed: 1911-02-27
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 4893. Jardine, E., and Town, C. A. Feb. 27. Jacquards.-Relates to a method of operating the jacks or interceptors of lace-curtain machines, whereby the use of long connecting-strings is rendered unnecessary, a difficulty occasioned by the variation of the length of the strings with the humidity of the atmosphere being thus obviated, while at the same time the jacquard can be set on a lower level than in the usual construction. The jacquard is placed with the selector needles in a vertical position and with the griffe needles and blades arranged horizontally. Running along the back of the machine is a casing D, supported in which by transverse sleys C are a series of needles B which form continuations of the griffe needles and are connected thereto. The jack strings E are arranged transversely of the needles B, each string being connected at one end to a jack G- and at the other end to brackets F. One string E to each division of the machine is carried through an eye B' of a wire B, and the result of operating a particular griffe needle is to cause the corresponding wire B to draw its strings E against verticil pins H and shorten them the required amounts, the corresponding interceptors G being thus held back to a predetermined extent.
Patent GB-191108255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamometers.
IPC: G01L3/20
Filed: 1911-04-03
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 8255. Heenan & Froude, and Coates, J. April 3. Dynamometers, rotary absorption.-In fluidfriction dynamometers of the Froude type, as described in Specification 29,049/09, the regulating-sluices are moved by hydraulic or other pressure. The bracket e, carrying the handwheel F mounted on the screwed rod f attached to the sluice D, slides on guides E and is moved by a lever G connected with the piston of an hydraulic or .other fluid-pressure cylinder. If desired, the hand-wheel may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-191113631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motive Power Plants.
Inventor: WILKES EDWIN MONTAGU
IPC: F01B17/02
Filed: 1911-06-07
Granted: 1912-06-07
Abstract: 13,631. Wilkes, E. M., and Castilho, S. A. de. June 7. Vapour - engines.-A plant using liquid air consists of motors f, compressors d driven by the motors, storage cylinders e, a condensing- chamber, a liquid-air receiver o, and an expansion chamber b which is connected to the receiver o by a valve c. The condensing- chamber consists of two helical pipes m, n and concentric chambers surrounded by a vacuum chamber a. The plant is started by placing liquid-air in the parts o, b. The air in the receiver o evaporates, cools the coils n, and finally passes through pipe t to the suction valves of the compressors d. The evaporated air in the chamber b is led off past the cock 9 to the motor f and auxiliary apparatus. The motor rotates the crank-shaft and operates the pumps d and the valve c. The pumps d force air into the cylinders e, from which it is automatically discharged after a certain number of revolutions by a valve h into the pipe m through a nozzle 2. The cooled expanded air then passes up the pipe m, and passes through another nozzle q into the pipe n, where it is liquefied and falls into the receiver o. A portion of the liquid in the receiver is passed during each revolution of the crank-shaft into the chamber b, where it evaporates and forms compressed air suitable for motive - power purposes.
Patent GB-191114998-A (GB)
Title: Improved Surveying Instrument.
Inventor: MUELLER HUGO
IPC: G01C3/22
Filed: 1911-06-27
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 14,998. M³ller, H. June 27. Range-finders.-The size of the image of a. distant object of known size is measured on the ground-glass screen on which the image is formed as in a camera, by means of two adjustable bars i, k. The length is read off on a rule h and the distance taken from the setting of logarithmic slide rules m, n.