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Patent GB-190711282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Filter Beds.
Inventor: HOWARD JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 11,282. Howard, J. May 14. Filter-beds ; filtering - media; adding pulverulent material prior to filtering.-A film of mineral matter in a state of fine division is produced on or in the uppermost layers of a sand or other filter-bed. either before initial use or after cleansing, by allowing subsidence of such matter from a mixture with water retained above the bed. This may be done either by filling the bed with filtered water, preferably from below, before admitting the mixture to the space above the bed, or by retaining the mixture in the bed until the film has formed. Sulphate of alumina, fuller's earth, infusorial or diatomaceous earths, "oxidium," oxide of iron, chalk, coal, and coke are mentioned as suitable materials. With sulphate of alumina, lime may be added to the mixture.
Patent GB-190715964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lithographic Stone Artificially
Inventor: THOM THOMAS MATHIESON
Filed: 1907-07-11
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 15,964. Thom, T. M. July 11. Lithographic stones, artificial are made by mixing powdered blast furnace or granulated slag with lime, slacking with water, and moulding in dies under considerable pressure. The slabs so formed are dried, and then treated in closed vessels with carbon dioxide until. the lime is saturated. The ground slag may be mixed with powdered natural stone, dolomite, silica, alumina, or marble. A suitable way of combining the carbon dioxide consists in enclosing the moulded slabs in closed vessels, exhausting the air, and allowing only small quantities of the gas to enter at first. Finally, the pressure of the gas may be increased to three or four hundred pounds to the square inch.
Patent GB-190718234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Storing and Supplying Fuel for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: BATTERSBY RALPH
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 18,234. Battersby, R., and Battersby, R. Aug. 12. Shoots.-The coal-storage bunker of a mechanical stoker is provided with two hinged adjustable shoots, through which the fuel may be supplied into the hopper of the stoker, or dumped on to the boiler-house floor. The bunker D is formed with two outlets E, to which are hinged shoots F, G, the former for supplying coal into the hopper C of the stoker, and the latter for dumping fuel on to the floor to be fed by hand. The shoots can be held in a number of desired positions by the hinged lever M, which engages the teeth in fixed racks K. Regulating slides, actuated by rack-and-pinion gearing, are provided in the outlets E.
Patent GB-190720857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Ejectors
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 20,857. Cloud, J. W. Sept. 19. Brakes.-Relates to ejectors for railway brakes, and consists in the employment of several steam nozzles supplied from one port, with an auxiliary nozzle for maintaining the vacuum, and a further smaller auxiliary ejector for exhausting the back of the brake pistons in "emergency "applications, and also in the construction of the air inlet valve. The train-pipe 1 leads into a passage 3, Fig. 2, connected through a back-pressure valve 4 with the air chamber 5 of an auxiliary ejector 6, and also connected through a backpressure valve 7 with the common air chamber 8 of the main ejectors 9, 10, 11. The steam chamber 14 is connected to the port 16 by a passage 18, Figs. 2 and 3. A port 19 is connected to the steam chamber of the auxiliary ejector by passages 20, 21. In "emergency" applications, one or more brake cylinders are connected to an ejector 22, the expansion nozzle 23 of which is carried by a tube 24 ; a portion of this tube being turned down to provide an annular steam space 26, connected with a port 30 by passages 28, 29. The air space 33 is connected with a coupling-nozzle 37, Fig. 3, by passages 34, 35. The ports 16, 19, 30 are controlled by a rotary disk-valve 46 with two ports 47, 48. An air inlet port 61 is controlled by a poppet valve 62, which has a concentric port 63 controlled by a second poppet 64. The wings 65 of the valve 64 are prolonged, and provided with a flange 66 adapted to engage with the lower end of the valve 62, after the valve 64 has been raised a certain amount. The valve 64 is provided with a stem 67 having a head at its outer end, constituted by a washer 68 held by a nut 69. The valves 62, 64 are held to their seatings by a light spring 70. The chamber 72 above the valves communicates with the atmosphere by a series of holes 73. A projection 74 on the brake handle 49 first lifts the valve 64 and, in "emergency" applications, the valve 62 is also lifted. The steam is preferably supplied through a reducing-valve.
Patent GB-190725062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose-leaf Books.
Inventor: SEDDON HARRY IRVING
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 25,062. Seddon, H. I. Dec. 17, 1906, [date appdied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filing papers &c. -Relates to means for detachably connecting the covers of loose-leaf books to the filing-bars. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the book and Fig. 7 is an horizontal section through the top plate, which is shown turned back. The covers 1, 2, having a flexible binding 3, are each secured to a plate 7 wherein is mounted a sliding rod 8 having fingers 8<a>, which may enter holes 4<a> at the top and the bottom of each bar 4 whereon the leaves 6 are filed. The plates 7 are each formed from a sheet of metal which is folded to form guideways 7<a>, 7<c> for the rod 8 and the fingers 8<a>. The guideways open on recesses 7<b> which each receive a part 8<b> of a finger 8<a>. The travel of the parts 8<b> is limited by stops 7<d> formed by pressing inwards the sides of the sheets. The bars 4 are received by notches 9 cut in the guideways 7<c>. The plates 7 are secured to the covers by rivets, and may be formed with tongues 7<f> which are turned up and driven into the covers.
Patent GB-190727012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Preventing the Creeping of Railway Rails or the like.
Inventor: LEAN CLEMENT
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 27,012. Lean, C., [Esser, C.]. Dec 6. Rails.-To prevent creeping, two similar clamps are placed oppositely on the rail foot, a downturned end b of one resting against a sleeper, while the other clamp is driven towards it so that their sloped ends c, c<1> interlock. Creeping of the rail tends to twist the clamps still further and thus make them grip the rail more securely.
Patent GB-190806257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Chimneys and Ventilation Shafts
Inventor: PANTERMUELLER KARL
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 6257. Panterm³ller, K. March 20. Shafts.-A fan d located within a chimney or ventilating-shaft and driven by the ascending gases is mounted in bearings which are carried by a hinged or pivoted door b so that it can be withdrawn on opening the door. The axle e of the fan is recessed at the bottom to receive the pivot g, and pivoted at the top to turn in a recessed bearing f. Fig. 1 shows the fan and door applied to a chimney top.
Patent GB-190808085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Type Setting and Line Casting Machines.
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 8085. General Composing Co., and Degener, H. April 11. [Patent of Addition to No. 24,377, A.D. 1907.] Linotype machines.-Relates to machines of the kind described in Specification No. 24,377, A.D. 1907, and more particularly to (1) the distributing- mechanism, and (2) the magazine, which is modified so that three or more different kinds of type may be cast. (1) Sixteen different matrix bars are employed and are divided first into eight groups, each of which is then divided into two. All the matrices have hooks s, Fig. 5, at different levels and on opposite sides, by which they are suspended from eight rails u, v, which are then moved opposite to the ends of eight pairs of diverging rails q, r, Fig. 3. Some of the matrices of each group have hooks t opposite to and at a higher level than the hooks s. The rails q, rare.so formed, Fig. 4, that matrices having hooks t are supported on the rails r, the remainder engaging the rails q by means of their hooks s. By means of additional hooks t, each group may be divided into three or more. The hooks s may be arranged in any suitable manner, for example all on one side, and may be replaced by other taking-up devices. (2) In addition to the two groups of matrix channels I, II, Fig. 11, a third group III is detachably secured to the magazine bracket by means of its side walls 4. The oscillator engages the matrix-releasing slides l of the third group by means of projections i in line with the rear edges of the slides of groups I, II. The releasing-levers 65 and locking-pawls of the three groups are arranged in line. The reciprocating slide which pushes the matrices past the ends of the magazine channels is provided with only two pushers, one of which is double-acting and serves for both of the groups of channels I, II. Additional groups of channels are provided if more than three kinds of type are to be cast.
Patent GB-190817148-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Automatic Ignition and Extinction of Lamps
Inventor: FAGERLUND ERIK ARTUR
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 17,148. Fagerlund, E. A. Aug. 16,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-An apparatus for lighting incandescent gas or electric lamps &c., and for automatically extinguishing them after a certain time, comprises an electric circuit containing a battery u and push contact v, which, when operated, closes a circuit to electro-magnets i, o. The magnet i attracts an armature f on a gas cock or valve e, which normally connects a bellows &c. a to a pipe h opening to the atmosphere or to any gas jet. The armature is thus moved to the full-line position shown, and connects a gas pipe g to the bellows a. The electro-magnets o are each arranged at a lamp, and they attract armatures r which open gas cocks or close electric switches. The bellows a is expanded by gas from the pipe g, and a movable contact l, carried by the bellows, alternately engages adjustable fixed contacts m, l, n, the contact at m being without any effect owing to a break in the circuit at contacts s, t. The contacts l, n cause a current to be sent to an electro-magnet k, which reverses the position of the armature f and causes the bellows a to communicate to the atmosphere. The bellows thus sinks, and upon the junction of the contacts l, m after the armature f has joined the contacts s, t, the circuit is completed to electromagnets p, which reverse the positions of the armatures r. The electrical connexions are shown in the Figure. When a number of lamps are used the electro-magnets o are arranged in one parallel circuit, and the electro-magnets p in another parallel circuit. The pipes b, c which connect to the bellows may be provided with regulating-screws.
Patent GB-190817449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Book Binding.
Inventor: NEUNER MARTIN C
Filed: 1908-08-19
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 17,449. Neuner, M. C. Nov. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Bookbinding.-A fabric 3 or a mass of fibres 4 is incorporated in the binding-portion of leaves for books during the manufacture of the paper in order to prevent tearing. The sheet is not thickened at the part strengthened, which is along one edge for single sheets, or down the middle for sheets that are bound folded. The invention is also applicable to loose-leaf books, and permits the inner edge of the leaf to be written.
Patent GB-190820836-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Syringe Nozzle.
Inventor: BOYD MURIEL
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 20,836. Boyd, M. Oct. 3. Syringes; douche tubes. -The nozzle a of a vaginal syringe or douche is bent upon itself to an acute angle, as shown, so that it may be used while the patient is lying down.
Patent GB-190825296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rocking Apparatus for Demijohns, Casks and the like.
Inventor: LYNEN MAX
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 25,296. Lynen, M. Nov. 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 19 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Jar holders.-An apparatus for rocking or tilting and transporting demi-johns &c. comprises a rocking frame a resting on curved rails band secured to the vessel g by means of one or more rods c, having book-shaped upper ends, the rocking frame having a projecting piece f which engages the bottom edge of the vessel. The rods c are provided at their upper ends with handles l and may be fixed in any position with regard to the frame by screws e or other means. The curved arms b of the rocking frame are provided with notches h, in which is mounted the axle k of a wheel i, which serves for transporting the rocking- apparatus with the vessel in position.
Patent GB-190827570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ironing Machines.
Inventor: ELPHICK THOMAS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-12-18
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 27,570. Elphick, T. A. Dec. 18. Ironing-machines of the reciprocating table type. The ironing-blanket a is attached to one end b<1> of the rigid table b, passes around the heated roller d, and is connected to the other end by flexible connexions c. The arrangement may be applied to machines having flexible tables, in which case the flexible table is similarly connected to, and carried by, a reciprocating frame. To prevent abnormal travel of the table in the rearward direction, whereby the blanket might overlap on the roller, the machine is automatically brought to rest by means of a stop l on the table, arranged to engage a lever h connected through a rod m with the foot-lever v.
Patent GB-190902512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders or Frames for Bottles and like Articles.
Inventor: WIGGINS CHARLES
IPC: A47G23/02
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 2512. Wiggins, C. Feb. 2. Stands. - Relates to means for locking the bottles in position and preventing withdrawal of their contents, and consists in the combination of sliding pillars 1, 6, held by a rivet 7 and slot 8, with a spring locking-member 9 operated by suitable releasing-mechanism such as a lock 11. Normally, the pillar 1 carrying the handle 12 and covers 15, Fig. 1, is held depressed against the action of a spring 10 by the engagement of the springs 9 with a plate 5. The release is effected on turning the lock by the descent of an arm 18, which presses together the springs 9 so that they can enter the slot in the plate 5. The arm 18 returns to its former position. on the release of the key, and the device is automatically locked when the handle 12 is again depressed.
Patent GB-190902669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters.
Inventor: AFFLECK GEORGE
IPC: F24H1/10
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2669. Affleck, G. Feb. 4. Geysers.-In a geyser of the type having a central vertical water-tube leading to a spraying-device at the top, the water falling down over baffles in the opposite direction to the flow of the combustion gases, the tube 8 has a coil 7 over the burners, and the baffles 10 have holes 11 near their outer edges for the passage of water and are serrated at the outer circumference 12 to allow the passage of the uprising gases. One or more of these baffles may be fitted between the sprayer 9 and the waterholding cone 6. An arrangement of interlocking gas and water taps is described, in which the gas tap cannot be turned on until the pilot-jet is supplied with gas, and on turning it on the water tap is operated also.
Patent GB-190902749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Arrangement of the Electrodes of Secondary Batteries (Accumulators).
Inventor: GARDE HENRY
IPC: H01M4/14
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1910-02-04
Abstract: 2749. Garde, H., and Adams, A. J. April 2, 1908, [Convention date]. Electrodes f o r lead accumulators. Lead grids after being pasted with the usual paste of litharge or r e d lead, or both, are formed negative, dummies being used for the positives. They are then pressed between f e l t &c., after which they are rolled to spiral form so as to admit of the plates a being fitted together with separators b between them. As many as are required as positives are then formed positive, using cleaning negatives if necessary, and the plates are then, after drying fitted together. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the pressing may be effected by a hand or power press or by rollers, and that the pressed plates may be wound into the spiral form around a mandrel This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190906918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansion Couplings for Brine Pipes or Grids of Refrigerators.
Inventor: DIBB WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F16L51/04
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 6918. Dibb, W. J. March 23. Expansion joints, especially for brine pipes or refrigeratorgrids, consist of U - shaped metal pipes, which may have a coil or loop, joined to the main pipes by a special coupling. The bent metal connexion, which may be a flexible pipe, is secured to the elbow d, which fits over a nipple c screwed or brazed to one of the pipes to be joined. The securing- bolt f screws into the nipple c, which is provided with a series of holes h for passage of the fluid. The joints are rendered tight by a lead washer e and copper ring g, or the latter may be replaced by a shoulder on the bolt fitting a countersunk groove. The nipple may take the form of a tapered spigot fitting in a socket on the elbow, or vice versa. A blank cap, secured by the bolt f, may be provided.
Patent GB-190908857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: HAY WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: F22D5/14
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 8857. Hay, W. G. April 14. Actuating valves.-In a tubulous instantaneous generator, the supply of water, and, in some cases, the air supply to the furnace, or the fuel supply to the heating-burners, are controlled by the expansion and contraction of a body of metal enclosing, or connected to, the tubes of the generator. In the generator shown, which consists of two coils of tubing embedded in a metal casing i, the feed-water valve o and the damper f are controlled by the expansion and contraction of the metal casing, which is communicated to the valve and damper through bars n secured to the lugs m on the casing.
Patent GB-190908874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Adjustable Moulds of Linotype Machines.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
IPC: B41B11/52
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 8874. Pollen, A. H., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik Ges.]. April 14. Moulds for type-bar making machines. A mould, adjustable for measure, of the kind in which one end liner is provided on the cap plate and the other on the bottom plate, and the two plates are relatively adjustable lengthways, comprises a cap plate b having studs f which pass through slots in the ends of the bottom plate a. A transverse rib h on the end liner d engages a slot in the cap plate, and both liners c, d are slotted to accommodate the studs f. A hand-lever k<1>, detachably fulcrumed at l to the mould carrier, as shown, or to the bottom plate, engages a notch or one of two notches ;n in the cap plate and serves to adjust the measure of the mould. Nuts g on the studs f hold the cap plate in the adjusted position.
Patent GB-190913975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rollers for use with Roller Skates and for other purposes.
IPC: A63C17/22
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 13,975. Wearwell Cycle Co., and Greaves, M. A. June 15. No Patent granted (Scaling fee not paid). Non-metallic elastic bodies and cores; tyre attachmemts to rims.-The fibre running-member A of a skate roller has formed in its sides with grooves in which engage the inturned edges of plates B seated in rabbets in a bush C. Screws or rivets D secure the parts together and engage with notches a<3> in the undersurface of the member A to prevent it from creeping.
Patent GB-190914988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tooth and other such Brushes.
Inventor: PROSSER EVA
IPC: A46B5/00
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 14,988. Prosser, E. June 28. Folding wire handles. - In tooth and like brushes having a looped wire handle adapted to fold pivotally to embrace the edge of the brush-stock, a groove b<1> is formed in the edge of the stock to receive the folded handle, the loop of which may be made of such a size as to grip the stock when folded. Three fastenings for the pivot are shown. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the handle A when opened springs into a recess c<1>; in the form shown in Fig. 3 a projection c<3> and pivoted plate c<4> cooperate; in that shown in Fig. 5 the inturned ends c<5> of the handle spring into recesses c<6>.
Patent GB-190920210-A (GB)
Title: Bottle Filling Machine.
Inventor: STRASBURGER FRANK CHARLES HERR
IPC: B67C3/24
Filed: 1909-09-03
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 20,210. Strasburger, F. C. H. Sept. 3. Bottling - Relates to rotary bottling- machines of the type described in Specifications 3077/10 and 3078/10, in which the bottle-rests 10 are raised by levers 20 operated by a central fixed cam 24. To reduce the friction that would result from the continuous engagement of the lever 20 with the cam 24, the latter is formed with two high parts, the first of which raises the lever 20 sufficiently to engage a catch 29, which holds it while the end 23 is passing over the lower part of the cam 24, as shown on the right of Fig. 2. The second high part of the cam raises the lever 20 clear of the catch 29, which is then drawn back by a fixed cam and allows the lever to fall and release the bottle, as shown on the left of the Figure. The bottle-rest 10 is mounted on a tube 11, which slides in a sleeve 16 and contains a spring 17 and piston 12 connected by a rod 22 with the lever 20. Inequalities in the length of the bottles are allowed for by the spring 17.
Patent GB-191001780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MOLLOY WILLIAM
Filed: 1910-01-24
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 1780. Molloy, W. Jan. 24. Jackets-and covers; tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-Relates to metal tyre-protectors of the kind described in Specifications 10,420/00 and 5298/06. A rubber tread D is secured by a central row of rivets D<1> to a flexible steel band C attached to the tyre cover B. For additional protection, a flexible metal band F having overlapping ends is fitted between the air-tube and the cover. The edges of the band F are fitted with protecting strips F<1>.
Patent GB-191006511-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Sack-holder.
IPC: B65B67/12
Filed: 1910-03-15
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 6511. Simon & Sons, R., and Simon, W. G. March 15. Sack-holders.-A ring 1, flared at the top, as shown, to receive the grain &c., and provided at the bottom with a rim 7, is mounted by means of a split lug 4 secured by a lever lock 5 on a tubular upright 3 screwed into a flange to attach it to a platform. The sack surrounds the ring, and is embraced by a strap 8 locked by a lever arrangement 10. Arms 9 at the sides of the strap hold it in position.
Patent GB-191008494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ejectors in Single Barrel Breech Loading Rifles.
Inventor: HALLETT-CARPENTER WILLIAM
IPC: F41A15/08
Filed: 1910-04-08
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 8494. Carpenter, W. Hallett-, and Phillips, F. J. H. April 8. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to small-arms having a vertically sliding breechblock operated by an under-lever, and consists in providing an ejector arm pivoted to the under-lever and held by a spring in such a manner as to be suddenly released, thereby ejecting the cartridge. The ejector c is held by the spring b which engages bevelled lugs c<1> on the ejector.