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Patent GB-190813654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspension Devices for Electric Cables.
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 13,654. W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co., and Bishop, W. F. June 27. Hooks for carrying slings for electric conductors are made so that they can be removed-from the carrier wire by forming them as shown in Fig. 1 ; this allows a hook to be disengaged when its bends are brought parallel to the wire. The hooks formed as shown in Fig. 2 free themselves automatically if excessive mechanical strain is thrown on the cable b.
Patent GB-190814252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Morse or other Signalling Lamps.
Inventor: LANGMAID GEORGE REGINALD
Filed: 1908-07-04
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 14,252. Langmaid, G. R. July 4. Signal lamps.-For Morse or flash signalling, a lantern body a of approximately globular form, having the usual base b, hood c, door d, and lens e, is provided with a pivoted shutter g, curved to fit the lantern, and weighted at its front edge. One of the pivots projects beyond the lantern and terminates in a milled head or shott lever, by which the shutter can be oscillated in a vertical direction. The movement of the shutter is limited by a spring or resilient buffer, such as l, which engages either a stop k on the shutter or the operating-lever. On the release of the operating-lever, the shutter returns by its own weight or by the aid of a spring to the normal position shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190814301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Selective Mechanism, applicable to Gear Changing Devices, Automatic Machinery and for other Purposes.
Inventor: LOW ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERY
Filed: 1908-07-06
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 14,301. Low, A. M. July 6. Motor road vehicles.-A selector device stated to be applicable to motor-vehicles comprises relatively movable members, one of which carries an engaging-piece of adjustable angle, the other member or members having corresponding engageable means of fixed angle. A quadrant Q is provided with a number of slots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 set at different fixed inclinations. A lever L carries a spring dog D having a projecting rectangular nose S. By means of a button B, the dog D may be turned so as to set the nose S to any desired angle, so that, when the lever L is moved over the quadrant Q, any one of the slots 1, 2, &c. may be picked out and engaged by the nose S. The slots 1, 2, &c. may be in relatively movable members.
Patent GB-190815322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Transmission of Power from a Prime Mover to a Load.
Inventor: KING ARTHUR CHARLES
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,322. King, A. C., Hamer, F., and King, J. July 20. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed gearing, applicable to motor-vehicles, of the class comprising a dynamo-electric controlling-device of variable field strength. The engine shaft 4 drives a casing 6, which carries the field magnets 5, Fig. 2, and also spindles 8 supporting the armatures 7. In the arrangement shown there are three armatures and three two-pole dynamo-electric machines. The spindles 8 carry pinions 10 meshing with and driving a central gear 11 secured to a driven shaft 12. When the effort is applied to the shaft 4, the load on the shaft 12 causes the pinions 10 to roll round on the gear 11 and the armature 7 to revolve between the magnets 5. The magnets 5 are energized by an electric current under control, whereby the armatures 7 are retarded to a variable extent. A driving-moment of variable magnitude is thus imparted to the gear 11. Bevel-gearing may be used in combination with radially-arranged armature spindles.
Patent GB-190816745-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Scraper-wheels for Centrifugal Machines.
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 16,745. Aktiebolaget Separator, and Ericsson, A. J. Aug. 8. Hydro - extractors.-In scraper - wheels for centrifugal machines for separating solids from liquids, such as those described in Specifications No. 3807, A.D. 1904, and Nos. 10,862, 10,873, 10,874, 10,875 and 19,109, A.D. 1905, some of the blades project beyond the others and thus serve as protectors for the shovels. The projecting blade may simply be longer than the others as shown at d, or may have a projecting piece soldered, riveted, or screwed to it, as shown at d<1>, d<2>, d<3> respectively ; or the projecting piece may be attached by means of a turnable bolt e with a rectangular head passing through an opening f in the blade. In the latter case the projecting piece d<4> may have an enlarged outer end fitting into notches in the rim of the wheel. The part of each protector extending outside the rim may be toothed.
Patent GB-190816837-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Twin Spring.
Inventor: THORP THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 16,837. Thorp, T. Aug. 11. Door opening and closing apparatus.-A twin spring adapted to offer an uniform resistance throughout the greater part of its stroke is shown in its unstrained state in Fig. 1 and in operation in Fig. 2. It consists of two bent strips, laminated or single, joined together at B and having the ends A, A<1> free to rotate while approaching each other as shown in Fig. 2. The Provisional Specification states that the springs can be applied to carriage windows, doors, and the like.
Patent GB-190823762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Stop-motions of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: WILKINSON JAMES EDWIN
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 23,762. Wilkinson, J. E., and Gradwell, T. A. Nov. 6. Loom stop-motions.-Apparatus for stopping a loom when the desired length has been woven comprises a spirally - grooved drum D loosely mounted on a shaft E, which is screwed or secured by an end socket and a set-screw to the sand-roller pike. A toothed face-wheel D' on the drum is caused to be engaged by a finger G of a collar F, or by a similar face-wheel, secured to the shaft E by the action of an adjustable spring H to clutch the drum to the shaft. A finger P sliding on a lever J<1> pivoted to a bracket J engages with and is moved by the grooves on the drum D until the finger reaches a hole in the drum, whereupon the lever J<1> drops, and its extension L allows a vertical rod M' to fall so that an arm N will act on the weft fork 0 to stop the loom. The drum D may have cross-grooves, in order that the length to be woven may be accurately determined. In a modified form of the apparatus suitable when comparatively long lengths are to be woven, the drum may be driven through worm and bevel gearing from the sand-roller shaft, and the driving bevel-wheel is capable of being lowered to allow the drum to be moved along its shaft to cause a pinion on the drum to gear with a pinion on a shaft rotating with the sand-roller pike, so that the rotation of the drum may be accelerated when shorter lengths are to be woven. The finger P may be pivoted to its slide and be held in operative position by a spring until a plug on the drum releases it and allows the lever J<1> to drop.
Patent GB-190904893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WARRICK FRED OWEN
IPC: F16K15/20
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 4893. Warrick, F. O. Feb. 27. T y r e - inflating v a l v e s.- Pneumatic-tyre valves, of the kind having a ball valve f adapted to be pushed off its seat e by a pin i formed on the dust-cap b, a r e provided with insertion - pieces in the valve stem to limit the movement of the ball and also to cause it to roll about to keep itself clean. In one form, this piece h is made of a rectangular piece of metal doubled and bent outwards, so that when pressed into the valve stem it divides this into three channels as shown in Fig. 2. In a modification, the rectangular strip is twisted spirally.
Patent GB-190907051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winches.
Inventor: LOBNITZ FRED
IPC: B66D1/06
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 7051. Lobnitz, F. March 24. Self-sustaining gear; regulating and controltransmitting gear for winding and paying- out apparatus. - In winches of the kind used for raising hopper doors, and in which a trigger bar secures the load when it is raised to its highest point, interlocking means are provided whereby the driving-clutch or retaining-pawls of the winch drum must be disengaged before the trigger bar is withdrawn for suddenly releasing the load. Figs. 6 and 7 show the device in connexion with the clutch gear of a winch. When the load is raised, a bar or trigger d is moved along a slot e until it engages an arm d<2> on the winch drum and locks the drum against further movement. The bar d is then locked by a notch q in a handle p fixed to the same shaft o as an arm m, which can move from the locking position y<1> to the position x<1> only when the clutch collars n<2> are separated as shown in Fig. 6. Thus, unless the clutch is out, the handle p cannot be moved, and the bar d is locked. In Fig. 3, the device is shown applied to a winch having retaining-pawls f, g. In this case the bar d is locked by an arm i on a shaft k carrying a cam j. The cam acts on a bar l having pins which engage with the pawls so that, when the arm i is moved to release the bar d, the pawls are lifted out of gear, and being counterweighted remain out of gear when the arm i is released.
Patent GB-190910643-A (GB)
Title: Liquid Treating Apparatus.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
IPC: C02F1/68
Filed: 1909-05-05
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 10,643. Barker, G., [Northern Water Softener Co.]. May 5. Mixing liquids in definite proportions.-Apparatus for treating water or other liquid, in which the supply of a chemical is controlled by the liquid, comprises an arrangement for preventing the mechanism from operating while the liquid-level in a settling-vessel is moving from its highest to its lowest position. Water passes to the settling-tank 1 from the chamber 2, in which it is maintained at a constant level by the float 5, through a counterweighted pipe 6 oscillating on a pipe section fitted with a regulating-valve 8. Overflow through a pipe 15 fills a bucket 11, which, in falling within the chamber 14, turns the pipe 6 by means of a stem 13 and stops the supply to the tank 1. When the water in the tank 1 has fallen again to its lowest level, the lever 20 of a float 17 engages with a projection 23 on a rod 24, which carries a roller 27 at its lower end. The roller is thus lifted out of engagement with a cam 26 on the bucket, and the bucket is allowed to tip over and discharge to the pipe 16. The pipe 6 then oscillates under its own weight, and supply to the tank 1 again begins. The extension 10 of the pipe 6 is connected by a chain 28 with an oscillating spout 29 through which chemical is discharged from a receptacle 30 to the tank 1. A pump 37 lifts the chemical from a reservoir 38 to the receptacle 30, which is surrounded by a chamber 34 fitted with a return pipe 36. The chemical is thus maintained at a constant level in the receptacle 30.
Patent GB-190913211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Puncture-proof Covers for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: CONSTANTIN ANGELY
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 13,211. Constantin, A. June 5. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces; tyre attachments to rims.-A protective cover, comprising two annular parts a, b which overlap at the tread and have interlocking parts l, m, engages angular ridges h preferably dovetailed, on the tyre cover and has beaded edges c, strengthened by insertions d, which engage extra flanges f on the wheel rim. The cover has wire-gauze insertions n, and is provided with a suitable non-slipping tread.
Patent GB-190913574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BARTH SIEGFRIED
IPC: F02B33/00
Filed: 1909-06-09
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 13,574. Barth, S. April 5, [Convention date] Two - stroke - cycle engines for propelling ships are provided, in order to save space, with pumps of smaller capacity than the cylinders but driven from the crank-shaft at a s p e e d sufficient to supply the cylinder with their normal c h a r g e s. Fig. 3 shows a transverse view of a six-cylinder engine having three double-acting pumps b.
Patent GB-190921830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: DUNLOP JOHN
IPC: A24F5/00
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 21,830. Dunlop, J. Sept. 24. Tobacco pipes; tobacco cartridges.-Readyfilled pipe bowls are supplied for use with a special stem or mouthpiece, and are thrown away when the tobacco is consumed. The stem B, Fig. 1, fits in a hole a in the bowl, preferably by a tapered bent end b, and the bore preferably opens out through lateral passages b<1>. The bowl A, Figs. 1 and 2, is sold with the hole a and the mouth closed by paper &c. c; the mouth may be formed with an internal rim a<1> to receive the closure c<1>. An advertisement band d may be attached to the bowl. To detect tampering, perforations a<2> are formed in the side of the bowl, and are normally covered on the inside of the bowl by paper &c. c<2>; the band d is perforated in register, so that if the cover c<2> is not intact the bowl will not draw properly.
Patent GB-190923714-A (GB)
Title: A Puzzle.
Inventor: PENNINGTON PETER
IPC: A63F7/04
Filed: 1909-10-16
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 23,714. Pennington, P., and Childs, A. Oct. 16. Puzzles. - The puzzle consists of a hollow sphere a provided with a glass-covered case d and with perforated tubes g, h, having pockets i containing balls k which may obstruct the tubes. Openings are arranged at n and at m, c<1> in a partition c. The object is to make a ball e pass from the exterior of the sphere to the case d.
Patent GB-190928097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable or Variable-speed Pulleys for Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: DALMAN CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1909-12-02
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 28,097. Dalman, C. W., Dalman, J. H., and Howles, F. Dec. 2. Expanding pulleys.-In variable - speed pulleys, suitable for motor-cycles, of the class in which one flange screws on the boss of the other, the movable flange is locked by a key &c. sliding in a keyway in the said boss. This key 4, which slides in the keyway 5 in the boss 1 of the fixed flange 2, has a head or projection 11 capable of engaging one of a number of locking- recesses 12 in the inner face of the movable flange 3. The outer end of the key 4 has an enlargement 6 located in an annular recess 7 in the boss of the flange 3. A spring 9 in a hole 8 in the enlargement 6 tends to keep the key 4 thrust outwards with the head 11 against the flange 3. A ball 10 is interposed between the spring 9 and the side of the recess 7. To change the diameter of the pulley, the key 4 is thrust to the left, the flange 3 is turned by hand, and the key is allowed to return and lock the flange.
Patent GB-190928602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Aviation.
Inventor: MAYROW JAMES JACOB
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1911-01-09
Abstract: 28,602. Mayrow, J. J. Dec. 7. Screw propellers for aerial machines are constructed by assembling lengths of flexible metal of U, V, T, or X cross-section. Figs. 19 and 20 show the manner of constructing a propeller, in which the rods A are passed through oval rings B, and are clamped to the central collar f by shaped plates g. The blades may be covered with canvas.
Patent GB-191000499-A (GB)
Filed: 1910-01-08
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 499. Burns, J. Jan. 8. Lubricants for machinery are composed of a mineral lubricating-oil, castor oil, and paraffin wax. The Provisional Specification also states that sweet oil may be substituted for castor oil.
Patent GB-191004579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reinforcements for Concrete Structures.
Inventor: SWAIN WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: E04C5/06
Filed: 1910-02-23
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 4579. Swain, W. J. Feb. 23. Reinforced concrete; girders; columns.-Lattice reinforcements are formed with link diagonal or shear members 1 connected in pairs by smaller links or bonds 4 where they diverge, so that the whole forms a rigid skeleton. The junctions of the bonds on adjacent sides of a column reinforcement alternate along the main bars. The ends of each diagonal link may be welded, twisted, or hooked together, or hooked over the main ,bars: The invention is applicable to walls, floors, lintels, cornices, piles, slabs, roofs, culverts, pipes, &c.
Patent GB-191008112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Toy Aeroplanes.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM DAVID
IPC: A63H27/00
Filed: 1910-04-04
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 8112. Smith, W. D. April 4. Toy flying-machines; planes, arrangement and construction of. - Relates to toy aeroplanes of the type in which planes, strengthened by wire or cane, are removably clipped on to a frame having bent ends, one end forming a bearing for a removable propeller which is actuated by twisted elastic attached to both the propeller shaft and the other end of the frame, and consists in forming the backbone of an angle beam 1, Figs. 1 and 4, to which wings 11 of paper or parchment, strengthened by edges 12 of aluminium, are attached by metal clips 13 on the underside of the planes capable of being slipped over the flanges of the angle beam. The wings can be adjusted on the back-bone to any desired position. The tail 14 is preferably formed in one with the wings and is attached to the backbone by similar clips 15. The back-bone is preferably made of aluminium and the propeller of the same metal, the propeller blades being thickened at the edges. Detachable wheels may be provided to enable the machine to be flown from the ground, or the back-bone may be provided with a thumb and finger piece for launching the machine from the hand.
Patent GB-191009818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Recovery of Zinc from Ores, Refuse, and Waste Material Containing same.
Inventor: GUTENSOHN ADOLPH
IPC: C22B19/04
Filed: 1910-04-22
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 9818. Gutensohn, A. April 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Distilling zinc.-Zinc is extracted from ores, refuse, and waste materials such as flue dust, by distilling a mixture of ore &c., finely powdered carbon, and an admixture of lime and a borate which acts as a collecting-medium for the metallic particles after reduction. The lime used should be as free from silica as possible, and the borates may be those of manganese and iron either alone or together. To obtain zinc oxide, air freed from dust is supplied to inlets arranged in the furnace or condenser pipe.
Patent GB-191010665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Field Gun Road Carriages.
IPC: F41A23/50
Filed: 1910-04-30
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 10,665. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. July 30, 1909, [Convention date]. Field carriages.-Relates to field carriages provided with means whereby the frame, which is spring-supported, can be rigidly locked to the axle when it is desired to fire the gun, and consists in the provision of toggle-levers for locking the frame to the axle. The frame A, Figs. 1, 4, and 5, supports a platform B on which the gun S is mounted, and is connected to the axle D by the usual bearing-springs C. A shaft E is provided at each end with a forked lever F; each lever F has lugs f<1> at the lower ends of each fork, and, between the arms of the fork, fingers f<2> are rotatably mounted on bolts f<3> and connected to the lever F by springs f<5>. An arm f<6> on one of the levers F is connected to a draw-bar G, which is operated from the handle L by means of a screw K and sleeve H. When the gun is to be fired, the bar G is moved to the right, and the jaw f<4> engages the ledge d<2> on the axle D, as shown in Fig. 4. Further motion of the bar G causes the levers F and fingers f<2> to act as toggle-levers, thus raising the frame A until the lug f<1> engages beneath the ledge d<3>, as shown in Fig. 5. The carriage is now rigidly locked against upward or downward motion relatively to the axle D.
Patent GB-191011245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Heating Water.
IPC: F24H1/10
Filed: 1910-05-06
Granted: 1911-05-08
Abstract: 11,245. Marks, E. C. R., [Roberts, J., and Stoker, R. A.]. May 6. Heating water. - Water to be heated is divided into two parts, one part, preferably the smaller, being heated directly by an electric or other heater. This part in the vessel a may be completely isolated from the part in the vessel b as by a cock f and a non-return valve in the pipe d, and be heated to boiling, steam passing by the pipe d, and warming the remainder. In a modification, the tap i is fitted to the pipe d and may be interconnected with the switch of the heater c. The cocks f, i may be closed, the handle b being in the 'off' position and the switch open; or the cocks may be both open, the water circulating over the heater; or both cocks may be closed, the handle k being in the boiling position and the interconnected switch closed, so that the small quantity of water in the vessel a is quickly heated and may be drawn off separately by the cock f.
Patent GB-191017784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Making Tapering Plastic Forms.
Inventor: PEMBERTON GEORGE FRANCIS
IPC: B28B21/38
Filed: 1910-07-26
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 17.784. Pemberton, G. F. Oct. 21, 1909, [Convention date]. Extrusion machines.-An extrusion machine for moulding tapering tubes, blocks, &c. comprises a taper section 4 bolted to the main cylinder A, a taper mould 5, positioned beneath the section 4 by means of a tongue and groove 7 and supported by hooks 10 engaging lugs 11, a cylinder 13, mounted within the cylinder A and formed with a taper flange 18, and a taper core 20. The cylinder 13 is supported from the section 4 by legs 14 and supports the core 20, which is clamped in operative position by means of a locking cam 29, and which may be withdrawn within the cylinder 13 by means of a cable 32. The hooks 10 are carried by a ring 8 provided with an operating-lever. A rotary cutter formed of rings 30, 30<1> connected by wires 31 is arranged at the bottom of the mould 5 for removing superfluous material. In operation, the plunger 2 forces material into the mould until it oozes out at the bottom, whereupon the lever 26 disengages the cam 29 and operates the cutter 30 ; the ring 8 is operated to disengage the hooks 10 and the mould 5 is lowered, the core 20 being withdrawn by the cable 32, leaving the article suspended from the section 4. The apparatus shown is designed especially to produce tubes adapted to be severed into tiles, the mould 5 being provided with ridges to indent the tube.