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Patent GB-190720950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stringed Musical Instrument Percussive Hammers.
Inventor: ATHERTON JAMES
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 20,950. Atherton, J. Sept. 21. Instruments with sonorous strings.-The hammers of the percussive stringed instrument described in Specifications No. 20,724, A.D. 1904, and No. 14,248, A.D. 1905, are made individually removable. The hammer spring 2<a> is held beneath a brass plate 1<a> by means of a screw 13, the plate 1<a> being fixed by means of screws 11. The padded hammers 17 are secured by nails 19. The ivorine plates 14 are connected with the springs 2<a> by ebonite pieces 16.
Patent GB-190721836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Releasing Devices for Billiard Table Pockets.
Filed: 1907-10-03
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 21,836. Orme &. Sons, and Siddall, T. Oct. 3. Billiards.-The lower portion a of a billiardtable pocket is made of leather or other suitable material, and has an opening on one side as shown. A wire frame c slides in brackets b secured on each side of the opening. When a ball falls into the pocket, it is prevented from passing through the opening by the upper part of the frame c. When the frame is raised by the tips of the fingers, the ball will pass through the opening and fall into the hand. In a modification, the frame instead of sliding in the brackets is provided with an extension pivoted to the back of the pocket.
Patent GB-190727002-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Device for Lifts or Elevators and the like.
Inventor: LADWEIN PETER
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 27,002. Ladwein, P. Dec. 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid) Safe'y suspending-apparatus for lifts &c. comprises a lever g connected at one end to the suspending-rope and at the other end to two brake blocks adapted to press against the fixed guide-rail i. The lever g is forked, and the inner surfaces are of wave form and fitted to brake blocks b, b<1> of similar form. The blocks are guided by vertical bars d, d<1> secured to the cage and are retained in inoperative position by springs h. Should the rope break, the spring f<1> draws down the lever g and causes the brake blocks to press against the guide. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 267, A.D. 1882, No. 11,580, A.D. 1884, and No. 4302, A.D. 1891.]
Patent GB-190802596-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Pressing Metal Plates of Large Dimensions.
Inventor: BOURGEOIS MAURICE ALBERT
Filed: 1908-02-05
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 2596. Bourgeois, M. A. March 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Stampinp.-Articles are stamped from plates of large dimensions, by means of fluid pressure, by forming folds in the plates, the folded edges being able to slide ; the dies are being formed of metallic or other templets, of masonry, or of reinforced' concrete. For producing a boat with a keel, plates a, a<1> are welded together at their edges b and are held in a frame c, the free ends being passed round edgings h, h<1> which drive the plates against blocks e, e<1>. The edgings h, h<1> are formed on plates f, f<1>, which are hinged together and with the plates form a closed compartment into which fluid under pressure is admitted from a pipe r. Packing is held in place by bars i, i<1>, j, j<1>, and stays v with rounded ends guide the lower portions of the plates. The folded edges b slide in the frame c and enable the plates to take up the shape of the die.
Patent GB-190803512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pencil Erasers and Ink Erasers.
Inventor: MYERS ADOLPH
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1909-02-17
Abstract: 3512. Myers, A., and Baker, F. R. Feb. 17. Erasers. - A holder for a parallel-sided erasing-block consists of a sheetmetal blank bent to the form shown in Fig. 5. The erasing. block is inserted endways into the holder and is held in position by inturned edges 13 of the sides 14, 15 embedding themselves in the block.
Patent GB-190808513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Housings for Sash Pulleys.
Inventor: BRINLEY CHARLES A
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 8513. Brinley, C. A. April 16. Pulleys, axle, frame, and like.-Relates to a sheetmetal housing for sash pulleys and the like of the kind described in Specification No. 3790, A.D. 1905. A housing- member 3 constructed in two similar parts has recessed portions 7, 8 along its lower edge, and V-shaped corrugations 9 to afford stiffness. The openings for the pulley axle are countersunk. The base comprises a faceplate 13, a back-plate 17, and an interposed spacing- flange 18. The two plates are secured together by upsetting the edges 15 of the sockets 16 over the edges of the countersunk sockets 19 in the backplate. The elongated central opening in the back-plate is slightly larger than that in the front, so that the bottom edges of the housing-pieces rest on the inside of the face-plate, and the shoulders 7 on the surface of the back-plate. The housing- pieces are secured to flanges 20 on the back-piece, preferably by electric welding. The base may be constructed of a single thickness of metal, while the housing-members may also be constructed of one piece of metal bent to the required shape.
Patent GB-190809456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Preventing Railway Accidents at Level Crossings.
Inventor: LINKE OTTO
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 9456. Linke, O. May 1. Crossing gates; points.-The opening and closing of a crossing gate is recorded upon a paper roll p. A rack i is connected to the gate so that when the gate is moved, the spur-wheel k and ratchet-wheel n are rotated, and the printing-wheel makes a mark upon the record roll p. The roll p is rotated by clock-work.
Patent GB-190810321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: ZECHNALL LEOPOLD
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 10,321. Zechnall, L. May 12. Incandescent gas burners; globes; shades.-A carrier to which the shade is clamped, is secured to the burner and a globe carrier is attached to the shade carrier, the whole being arranged with a passage between the carriers and the burners for the waste gases. Surrounding the gas mixing chamber b are the air-inlet tubes c<1> and the cylindrical member a, to the lower. part a' of which is secured the gallery d. The upper part of the gallery d holds the shade f in position against the member a, and the lower part supports by bayonetjoints the globe carrier e, which carries the tube h, and burner nozzle g. In modifications the globe carrier is attached directly to the member a and the shade is supported by the air-inlet tubes or by the shoulder of the gallery d. The tube h may be dispensed with, the tube b<1> leading directly to the nozzle g.
Patent GB-190812407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Chases.
Inventor: NEIDICH SAMUEL ABRAHIMS
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,407. Neidich, S. A. June 9. Chases.-A flexible chase, adapted to be wrapped round a printing-cylinder, comprises end' plates 1, 2 connected by flexible bands 6 to which are secured transverse bars 8 forming channels to receive grooved type. The bars 8 are tapered at one end to facilitate the entrance of the type and are provided with projections at the other end to prevent the type from sliding out. The end plates 1, 2 may be curved to fit the printing-cylinder. The channels are provided with a scale of graduations formed by grooves 22 in the bars 8. Openings 3, 4 in the plates 1, 2 serve for attaching the chase to the cylinder.
Patent GB-190815382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shirt-suspensories.
Inventor: WOOTTON WILLIAM SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 15,382. Wootton, W. S. July 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Shirts.-A combined shirt and suspensory appliance consists of an ordinary shirt body 1, Fig. I, having a slot 2 with bound edges 3, below which is a strip 6, sewn at intervals 6<a> to the shirt. A gathering-cord 5 is passed through gaps 6<b> in the strip 6, and thence backwards between the legs and tied in front of the wearer. The cord passes through loops 7 attached by hip straps 8 to the sides of the shirt ; and, instead of being tied, the ends of the cords may be attached to the stockings to suspend them, as shown in Fig. IV.
Patent GB-190819327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cartridges for Fowling-pieces.
Inventor: WOOD THOMAS PAGE
Filed: 1908-09-15
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 19,327. Wood, T. P. Sept. 15. Cartridges, small-arm.-Relates to cartridges for fowling-pieces, the objects of the invention being, (1) to reduce the friction between the over-shot wad and the barrel, and, (2) to effect more perfect combustion of the powder and gases generated before the wad placed between the powder and the shot is dislodged. The first object is effected by compressing the cartridge case, after it has been loaded, in a rotating die a, as shown in Fig. 2, or between rolls, the wad b at the same time being dished with the convex face outwards, its diameter being thus reduced to a diameter smaller than that of the bore of the barrel. The second object is effected by indenting the loaded cartridge about the wad c, as shown at d, Fig. 4, either with a continuous indentation or with a series of separate indentations, so that, on firing, the wad is momentarily restrained, thus giving more time for combustion of the powder and evolution of the powder gases.
Patent GB-190821011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Devices for Reciprocating Engines.
Inventor: SLORACH JOHN
Filed: 1908-10-05
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 21,011. Slorach, J. Oct. 5. Valves and valve-gear ; valve seats and port faces. - The longitudinallyguided distributing-valve 8 for the motor cylinder of a rock drill is formed with flat end faces coacting with corresponding perforated seatings 15, 16, and is actuated by the compression set up in the cylinder 1 after the piston 2 has passed the corresponding exhaust port 5, 6. The induction ports from the valvechest to the cylinder are crossed as shown. The travel of the valve may be adjusted by moving the seat 16 on the spindle 18.
Patent GB-190828184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Curtain Shutters.
Inventor: HALL EDWARD LANDER
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 28,184. Hall, E. L. Dec. 24. Shutters. - Relates to two constructions of rollerblind shutters having a tension roller for one blind, and an upper roller for the other blind with small tape rollers for tapes which loop through the lower blind, the upper roller containing internal mechanism for adjusting the width of the slit, and the same controlling- shaft being adapted to adjust the slit and to wind the shutter. In the first construction, the central controlling - shaft 40, Fig. 1, extends through one tape roller 32a and through the shaft 30, forming an integral part of this roller, and terminates in the pinion 41. This pinion normally gears in the block 25, which is integral with the roller D, and thus turns the roller. A co-axial shaft 49 is fixed in this block 25 and terminates in the pawl and ratchet-wheel 50, 51 which retain the blind when wound. The tape roller 32<a> is geared with the shaft 40 by a pin-and slot connexion 42, 37 with the shaft 30. The tape roller 32 is integral with the shaft 31, and is geared from the shaft 40, through a shaft 53, which is mounted in blocks 27,25,29 and carries pinions 54, 55, which gear with the pinions 41, 39 of the shaft 40 and the tape-roller shaft 31 respectively. The pinion 41 is kept in gear with the roller D, by the spring 38 acting on the pin 42. To alter the slit, the winding-head 40a is pulled outwards, thus withdrawing the pinion 41 from engagement with the block 25 and the roller D ; this permits the tape rollers to ba turned separately, the width of slit being thus adjusted. The pinion 45 is keyed on the shaft 40, and the width of the slit is indicated through the aperture 44. The roller D rotates on the flanges of the tape rollers and carries pins 34, 35 engaging peripheral grooves therein. In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the controlling-sbaft 68 is mounted eccentrically. Two pinions 69 on the shaft normally gear with the toothed internal surface 63 of the tape rollers 56, 56<a>, and with teeth 67 on sections 66 of the shafts 59, 64 formed by cutting away part of these shafts to expose the toothed surface 63 of the tape rollers. The shafts 59, 64 are secured to the heads 61, 65 of the rollers D<1>. To adjust the slit, the shaft is pulled outwards against the action of the spring 72, which disengages the pinions 69 from the teeth 67 and the roller D<1>, enabling the tape rollers to be rotated independently.
Patent GB-190904410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hermetically Sealing Coffins.
Inventor: DEAN TOM
IPC: A61G17/02
Filed: 1909-02-23
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 4410. Dean, T. Feb. 23. Joint-making packing. -Coffins &c. are hermetically sealed by rubber packing comprising a web F to receive the screws, and a curved part C which is com pressed into a groove E in the cover. The packing is nailed and glued to the coffin.
Patent GB-190912420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Hose Straps.
Inventor: COWARD ARTHUR LLOYD
IPC: A62C33/04
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 12,420. Coward, A. L. May 26. Pipes and tubes, supporting.-A fastening for a coil of fire hose, which may be instantaneously released by pulling an extremity H of one of the securing-straps G, comprises a stud C riveted to the strap G and engaging a hole in a plate B attached to the other strap E, the parts being retained in position by the engagement of a spring portion A with the adjacent folded portion D of the strap G. According to the Provisional Specification, the spring A bears on the part d of the folded strap.
Patent GB-190912904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Antislipping Shoe-soles.
Inventor: DOUGHTY JOHN GILBERT
IPC: A43B13/22
Filed: 1909-06-01
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 12,904. Doughty, J. G., and Sanford, J. R. June 2, 1908, [Convention date]. Soles.-A resilient sole tread 1, preferably of rubber, is provided with a number of hollow open - ended projections 2, which afford a firm grip by suction upon the ground. The bore 3 of each projection extends for some distance into the sole proper, so that the suction effect remains after the sole has had considerable wear.
Patent GB-190917633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flooring Blocks and Dowels for same.
Inventor: DUFFY JOSEPH
IPC: E04B1/49
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 17,633. Duffy, J. July 29. Pins, dowel and like. - Wood flooring-blocks consisting of two or more prismatic sections b, b<1> are secured together by metal or other tongues, plates, tubes, staples, &c. a. The tongues a may be left with their ends projecting to assist in securing adjacent blocks together, the sides of the blocks being formed with recesses d to receive them.
Patent GB-190920217-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Hollow Concrete Blocks, Floors and Ceilings.
Inventor: DREXLER WALTER
Filed: 1909-09-03
Granted: 1910-09-05
Abstract: 20,217.. Drexler, W. Sept. 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid.) Flooring-blocks are closed at the ends and divided norizontally. The upper and lower portions engage by interrupted tongue and groove joints 11, Fig. 3, along the sides and ends, and, for flat blocks, also along internal ribs 10. In a modification, the upper portion of the block is vaulted and the intermediate ribs are omitted. The floor-reinforcing bars lie in grooves 12 in the sides or both sides and ends.
Patent GB-190923370-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Consuming Smoke in Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: HOPE ALBERT
Filed: 1909-10-13
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 23,370. Hope, A. Oct. 13. Fire-bridges.-Air from the ash-pit passes to the combustion products through a bridgechamber e curved as shown. A regulating-door c<1> is provided, and the chamber e may be built within a metal frame a. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 658/71, 2946/83, 12,815/94,8604/95,22,196/97,6587/99,10,210/02, and 3404/05.
Patent GB-190923664-A (GB)
Title: Means for Securing Interchangeable Heels, Heel-pieces, Soles and the like to Boots, Shoes and the like.
Inventor: VORWERK ADOLF
IPC: A43B13/28
Filed: 1909-10-15
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 23,664. Vorwerk, A. Oct. 15. Protectors, securing; countersunk tips.-Rubber soles, heels, pads, and tips are detachably secured in place by fastenings which are engaged with one another by taking advantage of the elasticity of tLe rubber. In the protector shown in Fig. 3, headed pins f carried by the pad e are engaged with keyhole slots in a plate b secured to the heel a, by compressing the pad to bring the heads of the pins into register with the enlarged ends of the slots. In the case of the detachable sole, Figs. 9 and 10, the rubber sole is stretched to enable wire eyes d to be engaged with hooks c secured to the boot.
Patent GB-190925145-A (GB)
Title: Method of Imparting Suppleness to Paper of all kinds, Pasteboard, Textile Fabrics, Yarn, Cork, Wood, Tobacco, Colours, Linen Goods and Gelatine Bodies and the like.
Inventor: EVERS FERDINAND
IPC: D21H17/24
Filed: 1909-11-01
Granted: 1910-11-01
Abstract: 25,145. Evers, F. Nov. 1. Impregnating - compositions. - Suppleness is imparted to cork, wood, &c. by saturating them with a solution of pure levulose, or of levulose in the form of invert sugar to which alkali or alkaline-earth salts, such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride or sulphate, and ammonium acetate, or glycerine or glucose may have been added to prevent the solution from thickening.
Patent GB-190929505-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Selecting and Separating Granular Bodies.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON ROBERT
IPC: B07B13/00
Filed: 1909-12-16
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 29,505. Hutchinson, R., and Reynolds, J. Dec. 16. [Cognate Applications, 10,700/10 and 13,926/10.] Pneumatic separating, fixed sieves. - In a pneumatic process for selecting and removing stones and imperfect grains from coffee beans, pulse, pepper corns, &c., the picking-band receives a step-by-step movement so as to turn or roll over the granular bodies as they pass before the operator. The bands 1 move in opposite directions, and are operated from treadles 9 by chains 12, which engage wheels 11 connected through free-wheel clutches with the spindles of the driving-rollers 10. The chains are connected by rods 14 to the treadles, and are returned, after the treadles have been depressed, by spiral springs 13. The beans &c. are fed from the hopper 2 to the bands 1 by perforated shaking-trays 4 having lugs 23 which rest in guiding slots 21 and pawls 17 which engage ratchet teeth 18 on the free-wheel mechanism. The chambers 7 into which the grains pass from the suction nozzles 5 are fitted with hinged bottoms controlled by springs or counterweights 20. The nozzles have flexible mouth-pieces, preferably in the form of spiral springs 22.
Patent GB-190930417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubrication of Bearings for Gyrostats.
Inventor: BRENNAN LOUIS
IPC: F16N7/36
Filed: 1909-12-29
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 30,417. Brennan, L. Dec. 29. Force - feed lubricators ; centrifugal - action lubricators. - The bearings of gyrostats of the kind described in Specification 27,212/03, [Class 97, Philosophical instruments], in which heavy wheels rotate in vacuous casings, are lubricated continuously by centrifugal action without opening the casings, and means are provided to prevent the lubricant from gaining access to the electric - actuating motors. Oil-reservoirs 46, Fig. 1, provided with glass domes 47, are mounted on the swivelling casings c containing the wheels b, and oil passes through coiled pipes or other radiators 48 to openings 49 in the bearings 51, Fig. 4. A passage 52 conducts the oil to a cavity 53 in a block 54, from which it passes through a slotted tube 59 to a number of radiallygrooved thrust washers 56, one of which has a spherical seating in the block 54. After escaping from the grooves 61, the oil is drawn by the rotation of the journal through a helical groove 63 in the bearing 51, or in the journal, or in both, and reaches a cavity 65 encircled by a spring-pressed ring 66, which is held against rotation by pins 68. Two rings 70, 72, of triangular section surround the journal between the ring 66 and a fixed flange 71, and are rotated by friction, but at lower speeds than the journal. The oil, which passes between the rings 66, 70, 72 and the flange 71, is forced centrifugally to the reservoir 46 through a passage 78 and a pipe 79 ; it is thrown in a jet towards the dome 47 so that its volumn and condition can be observed. Any oil passing the flange 71 is thrown centrifugally by a lip 80 into a groove 77, and drops into a receptacle 82 placed above a reservoir 83, from which it is periodically discharged into the main reservoir 46. A valve in the passage connecting the chambers 82, 83 is normally held open by a spring ; when the valve is closed by a hand-lever, a groove 87 in the valve stem 88 puts the upper part of the chamber 83 into communication with the atmosphere, and the air pressure forces the accumulated oil through one or more non-return valves 89 to a pipe 90 leading to the cavity 75 surrounding the rings 70, 72, from which it returns to the reservoir 46 through the pipe 78. There are preferably three valves 89 in series. The two reservoirs 46 on one of the casings c are connected by a pipe from which a branch pipe leads into the vacuous casing, so that the pressure in the oil reservoirs is the same as that in the casing. Instead of using air-pressure, pumps may be employed to raise the oil from the chamber 83 to the reservoir 46.
Patent GB-191002710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Computing Weighing Scales.
IPC: G01G19/22
Filed: 1910-02-03
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 2710. Marks, E. C. R., [Toledo Computing Scale Co.]. Feb. 3. Multiple-indication apparatus.-Relates to a computing weighting-scale for determining the percentage weight of one component occurring in a bulk of material, as, for example, the per centage of tops occurring in a sample of beet. The base 1, casing 2, scale-pan 3, and beam 4 may be of any ordinary construction, but the computing-cylinder bears at the left-hand end an annular series 9, Figs. 2 and 3, of weight graduations, and over the remaining surface (with sometimes the exception of a strip in the centres) bears numerals representing percentages. Along the lower edge of the reading opening is arranged a stationary scale 6, Figs. 2 and 4, with the numerals increasing from right to left. A spring clip carrying an indicator 17 may be adjusted by hand along a notched bar 10 so as to indicate graduations on the scale 6 and percentages on the cylinder corresponding to the weight indicated by the graduations 9. In operation, the sample of beet is placed on the scale-pan, and the indicator 17 is moved so as to register with the same numeral on the scale 6 as indicated on the weight scale 9. The tops of the beets are now removed and the percentage weight of tops may be read off directly on the cylinder. By suitably graduating the cylinder, the percentage of roots remaining may be given instead of the percentage of tops removed.