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Patent GB-190715280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Driving Gear for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: FOLEY JAMES SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-01-03
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 15,280. Foley, J. S., and Baker, F. W. Jan. 3, 1908. Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-Relates to variable-speed gearing, suitable for motor-vehicles &c., of the class in which a pinion on a driving-shaft may be caused to mesh directly with one of a series of internally-toothed rings on a compound driven annulus. The driving-shaft 5 and a parallel rod 6 are slidably supported in bosses 3, 4 upon a frame 1 which may turn about a pivot 2 external to the driven annulus 14. By longitudinal and rotational adjustments of the shaft 5 and frame 1 respectively, the driving- pinion 8 may be caused to engage one of the rings 14<a>, 14<b>, 14<c> of the annulus 14 which is secured to a tail-shaft 13 rotating in bearings in a fixed casirg 12. The ring 14<a> acts as a clutch yielding a solid drive. The rod 6 carries a key 9 adapted to enter any one of a series of slots 10<a>, 10<b>, 10<c>, 10<d>, Fig. 3, of different depths cut in a plate 11 secured to the casing 12 so as to lock the pinion 8 in proper gear positions. Reversal is effected through a pinion always in mesh with the pinion 8 and supported in a bearing 16<a>, Fig. 2. To facilitate changing speed, a band-brake 12<a> may be applied to the annulus 14.
Patent GB-190718973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cooking Ranges and the like.
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 18,973. Cannon Iron Foundries, Ltd., Whitehouse, E., and Hawthorne, H. S. Aug. 23. Combinations of interdependent valves.- An oven adapted to be heated by coal or the like, or by gas, is provided with means whereby the gas may be turned on or off, and the air inlets opened or closed by a single operation. The air-inlet arrangement comprises a fixed perforated plate 5 and a movable perforated plate or valve 8, which slides in a dovetailed channel in the fixed plate and is actuated by the extension 11 of the gas-cock lever 18, which engages the notch 10 in the movable plate. In a modified arrangement, which is described in the Provisional Specification only, a bell-crank. lever is attached to the gas cock, one arm being secured through a link or other means to the air-inlet shutter which is adapted to turn' on pivots at its ends.
Patent GB-190723396-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cinematograph Apparatus.
Inventor: BARBER THOMAS WALTER
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 23,396. Barber, T. W. Oct. 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Kinematographs. - Relates to kinematographic apparatus for photographing and exhibiting views of either the entire horizon or any desired angle of it. The film-driving mechanism and the means of illumination may be of any known type, but the lenses are arranged so that two or three sections of the horizon, each including from 36 to 45 degrees, may be photographed side by side on a single film. One arrangement is shown in Fig. 4. In this there are three lenses 8, 9, 10 and prisms 13,14, the latter for deflecting the rays of light passing through the lenses 8, 10 so that the outer pictures may be sharply defined on the film 11. The film, however, may be bent by rollers 12, Fig. 5, so as to bring the different parts of it into planes parallel to their respective lenses. In other modifications, the prisms are placed in front of a single lens, and, when the picture is in two sections, two lenses and two prisms, or one lens and two prisms, are used. For projection, the same apparatus is fitted with a condensing-lens 20 and a source of light 19, the pictures being projected on to a circular screen 4, Fig. 2. To enable the segments to be correctly joined up, the prisms and lenses are fitted with adjusting-screws 17, 18, but the result may be attained by allowing the segments to overlap slightly and then cutting off the overlap by a strip placed in front of the lens. When more than onethird of the horizon is to be photographed, the above apparatus is duplicated or triplicated and the films caused to be driven simultaneously. When used for projection, they are arranged radially round a central light. The audience may sit in an imitation carriage 5.
Patent GB-190727956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axle Bearings.
Inventor: ALDRIDGE LINCOLN JUDSON
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 27,956. Aldridge, L. J. Dec. 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Roller bearings.-A roller bearing for the axles of vehicle wheels &c. comprises a number of rollers 10 carried loosely in notches 13 in a cage 12, which rotates loosely on a reduced part of the axle 6 between a shoulder 8 and a sleeve 14. By unscrewing a nut 9, the axle-box 7 may be removed without disturbing the bearing. The rollers may be separately removed by an endlong movement.
Patent GB-190800572-A (GB)
Title: Improved Gas Washing or Purifying Contrivance.
Inventor: WILLIAMS HENRY WARD
Filed: 1908-01-09
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 572. Williams, H. W. Jan. 9. Purifying gas.- In a gas-washer for treating blast-furnace and coke-oven gas and dust-laden air, of the type in which the gas passes through a succession of seals and screens of falling water, the passages are made of progressively reduced proportions to allow for cooling. Water enters at k and overflows continuously from seal to seal. Gas enters at a and leaves at b, and as it cools and contracts, allowance is made by making the areas of the successive passages f smaller. Before escaping, the gas is passed through a mass of fibrous drying-material q. The purifier may also be arranged for the gas to pass upwards.
Patent GB-190803157-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ointment or Salve.
Inventor: FRASER MARGARET STEEL
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 3157. Fraser, M. S. Feb. 12. Ointments.-An ointment for the treatment of chilblains consists of bees-wax and butter.
Patent GB-190810924-A (GB)
Title: A Music "Box Stool" Convertable into a Duet Stool
Inventor: HONE ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-20
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 10,924. Hone, A. T., and Hollingsworth. W. C. May 20. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Boxes for music.-A music stool provided with a receptacle for music can be expanded to form a duet stool. One part I, which has a bottom H to form a box, is provided with runners D sliding in grooves T in the other part, stops C being furnished to limit the outward movement. When the stool is expanded, a supplementary pair of legs X, hinged to the bottom and normally held under the stool by a bar E, is automatically lowered under the action of a spring G. The seat of the stool is composed of two flaps V, W hinged together and to a block K slidably connected to one of the end frames.
Patent GB-190811535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Casings for Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
Filed: 1908-05-27
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 11,535. Davidson, S. C. May 27. Fans.-Relates to centrifugal fans for the ventilation of mines &c. in which the casing is partly formed of brickwork or masonry. The brickwork wall z, which bridges across the fan chamber, is supported by a girder a, and a sheet-metal cover b extends and forms the casing from this girder to a girder c, which is built into the brickwork, about the level of the bottom of the fan wheel x. The cover renders the fan chamber easily accessible, and the impeller may be placed in position without much lifting. Angle-irons d on which the cover may rest are secured to the brickwork. The cover b may be made in sections with strengthening-ribs and inspection doors may be provided in it.. The girder a may be cast or built-up, and may have strengthening-webs. It is shaped on the inner side to conform to the contour of the fan chamber, and a flange a<2> is provided to support the cover b. The fan may be of the single-inlet type. The arrangement is specially applicable to fans of the type described in Specification No. 4609, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Pumps &c.].
Patent GB-190815936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Electric Switches.
Inventor: DAVY WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-27
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 15,936. Davy, W. J. July 27. Switches.-The expansion or contraction of a wire included in an electric circuit is used to open a switch when an overload or underload has existed in the circuit for a sufficient time. In the construction shown in the drawing, the ends of the hot wire a are secured in clips or brackets b, c on the insulating-base d. The switch lever e, mounted in the bracket b, is held on against the action of a spring f by a detent h provided with a catch n, which is so arranged that a catch o on the switch lever can pass either to the right or left of the catch n when the detent is moved by the expansion or contraction of the wire a. The detent is mounted in a bracket i and provided with a roller l, which is pressed on to the hot wire by a spring m. The clip c slides in guides, and its position can be adjusted by the screw s and nuts t for the purpose of regulating the normal tension of the wire a. The Provisional Specification also describes a form of the invention in which a detent mounted on the hot wire supports the switch lever, which is provided with gaps through which the detent can pass on the expansion or contraction of the wire, so that on overload or underload the switch lever drops to cut off the current; it also describes the application of the invention to a mercury switch.
Patent GB-190818554-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and Procedure for Marking Measurements on Woven Materials and the like.
Inventor: KESSLER PETER
Filed: 1908-09-04
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 18,554. Kessler, P. Sept. 4. Cutting and punching machines for paper ; gumming &c.-In apparatus for attaching adhesive measurement marks to fabrics, the marks or labels are attached to the fabric while the latter is temporarily held stationary, so as to increase the time during which pressure is applied to the labels. Fig. 3 shows the marking-device secured to the stop-rail of a folding or precision measuring machine. The labels are detached from a web 3 and affixed to the fabric by a stamping - rod 11, Figs. 3 and 6, pivoted at 37 to a lever 14 which is actuated by the mechanism of the fabric folding or other machine. A rod 15 depending from the stamp-head 36 actuates feed-rollers 22, 25 through the medium of a pawl and ratchet and a pinion 20. The web 3 is drawn off a roll 23, and, after a measurement mark has been detached from the middle of the web, the edges of the web are drawn on to a roll 24 by spring action. The gumming- device consists of a reservoir 61 provided with a pad 62, and carried on a lever 58 which is rocked about a pivot 43 by means of the rod 15 to bring the pad 62 into contact with the web 3 to gum the centre of a label before it isdetached. The stamp 1 reciprocates in a fixed casing 13, a spring 2 tending to hold the stamping-rod 11 down. A plate 12, which acts as a stamping-bed, is suspended from a plate 9 above the casing 13. As the stamping-rod rises, a lug 27 on it lifts the plate 9 and plate 12 to clamp the web between the latter and the casing 13. The plate 12 is retained in the raised position by a pivoted catch 7 engaging, under the action of a spring 28, beneath a projection 8 on the plate 9. As the stamping-rod is descending, but, after it has severed a label, a fork 5 depending from the stamphead 36 rocks the catch 7 to release the plate 9 ; a lug 10 on the stamping-rod then depresses the plates 9, 12 to release the web to allow the slack to be taken up on the roll 24.
Patent GB-190824940-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coupling Device for Wire Cables or Cords.
Inventor: BARNES FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 24,940. Barnes, F. W. Nov. 19. Couplings.-A coupling for a wire cable or cord has a screwed bush 12, Fig. 1, through which the cable 15 is passed and which has a split bead 11 with a conical external surface 10 adapted to be engaged by a similar internal surface on a suitable shackle or other connecting- link 7. The parts are screwed together by a nut 13 so that the conical part of the shackle compresses the splithead of the bush and causes it to grip the cable. Flats 18, Fig. 4, are formed at the sides of the split head to facilitate its compression. To unite two cables end to end a double-ended device is employed comprising two devices as described above having one of the parts in common. According to the Provisional Specification either the bush or the.nut may be formed integrally with the shackle &c.
Patent GB-190827090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Methods of Preparing and Packing Rubber for Preservation and Transportation.
Inventor: PRICE RAYMOND BEACH
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 27,090. Price, R. B. Dec. 14. Cases for india - rubber. - The latex of indiarubber, after separation of impurities, is compacted preferably into sheet form, rolled up, and placed in tubular cases, preferably of metal and cylindrical in section.
Patent GB-190904552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shirt Cuffs.
Inventor: STANDISH CHARLES THOMAS
IPC: A41B7/00
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 4552. Standish, C. T. Feb. 24. Cuffs a have the link-holes or button-holes b as far from the edges c of the cuffs as possible, leaving the parts d of the cuffs beyond the link - holes flat, so that the cuffs fit snugly around the wrists.
Patent GB-190904595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Operation of Locking Bars for Railway Points.
IPC: B61L5/10
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 4595. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Ferreira, L. de M. G. Feb. 24. Locking-bars, arrangements and connexions of.-Locking- bars for railway points are operated through a slotted link so constructed that by co - operating with a stop it disconnects the operating- lever from the bar when the movement of the lever is not to affect the bar, or vice versa. Figs. 1 and 3 show a plan and side elevation respectively of a pair of facing points and two locking-bars. The bars b are operated through slotted links a, cranks d, and a rod g by the signalman or a motor, and the stops e with which the slotted links, co-operate are, in the arrangement shown, moved by or with the stretcher rod. As shown, the right-hand link is supported by the stop e, Fig. 3, while the left-hand link is supported by a pin c on the crank d engaging in the recessed portion of the slot. When the rod g is moved in the direction of the arrow, the right-hand bar is unaffected while the left-hand one is lifted; the locking-bolt i is also simultaneously withdrawn, leaving the points free to be operated. When the points have moved over, the righthand stop e is withdrawn and the left-hand one protruded. The rod g is then moved to lock the points, and the cranks d assume their original positions, but the positions of the links are interchanged. At the next movement of the rod g, the right-hand bar is lifted while the lefthand bar is unaffected. To prevent the stops e from fouling the links, the slot in the links is of such a shape that when the pins c move into the dotted position shown in Fig. 3, the links are raised clear of the stops. The modified arrangement for the case in which a single locking-bar controls two pairs of points is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 4. The cranks l carrying the pins c for engaging in the slots of the links a are here connected through the rockshaft shown to the single bar m, and the power is applied to the opposite ends of the links a. In this arrangement the stops are fixed projec tions e<1>. The locking-bar is operated by the movement of either one of the links a, the other link being unaffected by this movement.
Patent GB-190916373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Balancing the End-thrust on the Rotor in Rotary Pumps, Blowers, Compressors and the like.
Inventor: SCHAUFFELBERGER EMIL
IPC: F04D29/04
Filed: 1909-07-13
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 16,373. Schauffelberger, E. July 13. Fluid bearings.-End-thrust on the impeller in centrifugal fans and pumps is balanced by fluid pressure on a disk on the shaft, the pressure being regulated by a valve influenced by axial displacements of the shaft. Fig. 3 shows the impeller shaft r provided at the suction end with a balancing- disk g and a valve-head d'. The pressure fluid which may be drawn from the discharge of the pump, or may be oil under pressure, is supplied to a chamber c, whence it passes by ports c' controlled by the valve d' to the balancing-chamber e. From the chamber e it leaks round the periphery of the disk g to the suction pipe. The disk is shown ridged at g<1> so that a valve control is obtained on the outlet also, but this feature is not essential. In a modified construction, Fig. 2, two valve heads d<1>, d<2>, are provided. Both ports c<1>, c<2>, receive pressure fluid, and a channel in the spindle d<5> leads the fluid from port c' to the balancing chamber e. In another modification a balancing-disk k, Fig. 4, is arranged on the delivery end of the pump. Pressure fluid is led to a channel o<2>, and the spent fluid is led away from a channel n<2>, or the flow of fluid may be in the opposite direction. The valves oontrolling the chamber e are provided by shoulders at m<1>, k<1>. In a modification shown in Fig. 5, a pair of valve heads d<1>, d<2> actuated by a forked lever q pivoted at g<1> and embracing the shaft at q' are employed. The disk of the first impeller acts as the balancing-disk.
Patent GB-190920593-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Manufacturing Viscose and similar Compositions.
Inventor: LECLAIRE CHARLES CONSTANT
IPC: D01F2/08
Filed: 1909-09-08
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 20,593. Leclaire, C. C. Sept. 8. Moving -container apparatus; containers; discharging- appliances ; feeding-appliances.-In an apparatus for producing alkali cellulose xanthate, the cellulose is introduced into the vessel 1, by means, for example, of the hole 2 which is then closed. The vessel rotates on hollow trunnions 8, and by means of the pipes 6, 7, cooling or heating liquid can be circulated through the jacket 5. The reagents are supplied, by means of an atomizer or not, through the pipe 12, and pressure or suction is applied by the same means. The finished solution is discharged through a valve such as that shown at 4, the outlet being, if necessary, provided with a perforated strainer to prevent obstruction by the balls 11.
Patent GB-190921977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Operating upon Soles of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: WINTER HENRY WALLACE
IPC: A43D43/02
Filed: 1909-09-27
Granted: 1910-09-27
Abstract: 21,977. Winter, H. W. Sept. 29, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 21,898/09.] Channelling.-Macbines for operating upon boot soles, and particularly channelling- machines, having a feed-wheel 7 constructed as described in the parent Specification, are provided with a freely rotatable presser-wheel 104, which is mounted in a removable head 24.
Patent GB-190922053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Right and Left Hand Screw Steering Gear.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM BRUCE
IPC: B63H25/10
Filed: 1909-09-28
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 22,053. Thompson, W. B. Sept. 28. Steering-gear.-Comprises a right and left handed screw steering-gear in which the motion of the screws is transferred to a double-ended lever on the tiller by pins working in slots, thus varying the leverage, and an elastic medium interposed between the screw mechanism and the rudder-head. On the fixed pivot 13 is mounted a duplex lever 14 slotted to receive pins 21, 22 carried in bearings in the blocks 9, 10, which are mounted on the screw 3 and guided by rods 5, 6. The pins are connected to the arms 28 of the rudder-head by rods 29, 30. To couple elastically the cross-lever 14 and its horizontal portion 15 to the rudder-head, there is fixed to the pivot 13 a double-lever 23, 24, the free ends of which are linked to the free end of the lever 15 by spring rods 17, 18. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the double-lever 23, 24 is formed with the cross-head 27 linked to the double-ended lever on the tiller.
Patent GB-190922957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Delivering, Spraying or Distributing Disinfecting and other Liquids and Substances.
Inventor: PURSER ALFRED JOHN
IPC: B05B7/24
Filed: 1909-10-08
Granted: 1910-10-10
Abstract: 22,957. Purser, A. J. Oct. 8. Atomizer apparatus, injector; nozzles; regulating. - Spraying - apparatus of the injector type is constructed as shown in Fig. 2 with a delivery nozzle enclosing a central inlet pipe arranged in the line of discharge and within an outlet bore which has a restriction of gradually reducing diameter in the region of the end of the central inlet pipe. The actuating- fluid enters the chamber c through a pipe a fitted with a cock g. The liquid to be sprayed is carried by the pipe f, after passing through a valve h, and is led to a jet-pipe e, the end of which enters the part d<2>. The portion d<2> gradually contracts to form a tapering delivery passage. In place of the cock h, an automatic ball k may be used, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190923681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Liquid Ejector Apparatus.
Inventor: SHONE ISAAC
IPC: E03F1/00
Filed: 1909-10-16
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 23,681. Shone, I., and Ault, E. Oct. 16. Direct air-pressure apparatus, automatic.-In direct air-pressure apparatus for raising liquids, of the type wherein the liquid-forcing chamber is placed below ground and is formed as part of the tubbing, the inlet and outlet pipes and valves are disposed within the tubbing so as to lessen the amount of excavation. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the tubbing consists of a series of annular metal rings or drums a, the lower portion of which constitutes the main ejector body b. The upper and lower covers f, e are supported upon conical rings d attached to inwardly-projecting flanges c. The single inlet and outlet pipe g for the liquid to be raised is formed in one with, or suspended from, the cover f, and is provided with inlet and outlet branches h, i and with valves h<1>, i<1> as shown, all being mounted within the tubbing a. The foot g<1> of the pipe is bent round so as to flush the chamber, and a removable cap i<2> is provided for cleaning purposes. In a modification, two tubbings having a common valve chamber of brick mounted above them are employed, the ejectors working alternately. The air valves are actuated by floats in each case.