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Patent GB-190709023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Billiard Table Pockets.
Inventor: CLEAL EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 9023. Cleal, E. W. April 18. Billiards. - The pocket of a billiard table has an opening at the bottom to which is attached an oval spring of metal. When a ball falls into the pocket it rests on the spring as shown. To extract the ball, the spring is pressed into circular form with the fingers and the ball drops through into the band.
Patent GB-190710133-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Rolling Sheet Metal.
Inventor: NORTON EDWIN
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 10,133. Norton, E. May 1. Rolling; shearing.-Ingots or tin-plate bars are heated in a furnace 1, and are fed by a conveyer 2 to a universal reversing mill 6 provided with roller tables 4, 7, then by a conveyer 9 to shears 10 which divide them into lengths. These lengths are transferred by a pusher 11 on to a conveyer 12 and are pack-rolled in rolls 13 which stretch the sheets and thus facilitate their separation. The sheets are delivered on to a table 14 and are transferred to one or other of two conveyers 15 which take the plates to the trimming-shears. The plates may be reheated before entering the rolls 13.'
Patent GB-190712568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Carriage Windows and the like.
Inventor: PRESTON REUBEN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-05-30
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 12,568. Preston, R. T., and Mead, A. A. May 30. Window opening and closing apparatus.-The sash of a railway-carriage window is raised and lowered by sliding a nut 16 on a steep-threaded screwed spindle 10, which is mounted horizontally in bellbearings 11 and carries pinions 14, 23 at its ends engaging with racks 15 on the sash stiles. The nut 16 may only embrace half of the screwed spindle 10. The sash is jointed to two supporting links 3, 4, which are secured at their lower end to parts 5 of boxes containing flat spiral springs, the other parts 6 of the boxes being secured to the upper ends of links 7, 8, which are jointed at their lower ends to the door. The tension of the springs may be adjusted in the usual manner by pawl and ratchet wheel gear. In a modification, the sash is hung on metal bands or chains passing round and fixed at the ends to spring boxes mounted on both sides of the door frame.
Patent GB-190719573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines and to Floats for use therein
Filed: 1907-08-31
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 19,573. Gillett, W., and Carburation, Ltd. Aug. 31. [Cognate Application No. 19,817, A.D. 1907, dated Sept. 4.] Ball and float valves; floats.-The fuel level in carburettor float chambers is kept more uniform by forming the floats of inverted conical, conoidal, or pyramidal shape, or of such shape that the crosssection of the float is reduced in a downward direction for a distance extending over all possible differences of liquid level. The float consists of two portions a, b, with their apices directed towards each other. The lower part b has a flange c, which acts upon the valve-actuating levers e and prevents oscillations of the float. The part b may be secured to the top of the part a, the connexion between the parts in either case being adjustable.
Patent GB-190728187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calliper and like Gauges.
Inventor: LANE ARTHUR SMYTHE
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 28,187. Lane, A. S., and Kenley, S. April 9, 1908. Calliper gauges. - Gauges of the vernier or micrometer type have the non-adjustable gauging- face mounted so as to yield within small limits against a spring ; equality of "touch" is thus ensured in using the gauge. The non-adjustable face f, Fig. 4, is mounted on a plunger g so as to be capable of sliding within the tubular part h of one end of the frame, and is controlled by a spring l, which is compressed between a flange upon the plunger and another n upon the frame. The spring is surrounded by a sleeve o, which limits the movement of the plunger to the left, the extension of the spring being determined by the position of a cap k, which is screwed upon the reduced end portion of the plunger and may be locked in place by the stud p. The movement of the plunger and measuring-face is shown by a pointer and scale 5, 2, to which motion is conveyed by a system of levers. A finger s engages a recessed portion of the plunger, and its position determines that of the spring-controlled arm q, Fig. 3, which in turn adjusts the spring-controlled index arm x. The screw cap is preferably so set that, when the index is at the centre of the scale, the piece gauged has the exact dimension set upon the micrometer bead.
Patent GB-190801417-A (GB)
Title: Floor Surfacing Machines.
Inventor: SCHLUETER MAX LAWRENCE
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 1417. Schleuter, M. L. Jan. 21. Surfacing; sand-papering.-In a floor-surfacing machine, the sandpapering-drum, the electromotor that drives it, and the dust-confining apparatus are mounted upon a platform tiltable upon an axle on which it is supported. The sandpapering-drum is normally held out of contact with the floor by springs, which surround the spindles of castors which help to support the platform. The drum, which is mounted in spring-controlled bearings, is depressed into contact with the floor by lifting a handle, which is situated on the other side of the axle to the drum and also serves to push the machine about the floor. The platform 10, Fig. 1, on which the apparatus is mounted, is supported upon wheels. 11 on an axle 12 and upon castors 13. the spindles of the castors 13, Fig. 6, are slidably supported in bearings 20, which are screw-threaded exteriorly and are secured to the platform 10. Springs are situated inside the bearing between a solid portion 24 of the bearing and a collar 23 supported on ball bearings by a collar 22 secured to the spindle by a nut-lock 21. The spindle of the sandpapering-drum is mounted between springs 46, 47, the tension of which can be adjusted by screws 48. The bearings are carried on side plates 43, adjustably secured to the side plates on the main platform 10. The drum is surrounded by a hinged cover 41, and the dust &c. is carried away by a pipe 39 and forced into a receptacle 40 by a fan 34. The electromotor 19 serves to drive the sandpapering-drum by a chain and the fan by a belt. The operating-bandle 15 is secured to the platform 16, which supports the fan 34 and regulating-switch for the motor. Standards 50 are provided to support the electric leads for the motor.
Patent GB-190804038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cam Shafts for Stamp Batteries.
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 4038. Fraser & Chalmers, [Fraser, & Chalmers]. Feb. 22. Drawings to Specification. Stamps, ore and like.-The shaft which carries the actuating-cams of a stamp mill for crushing gold and other hard ores is made hollow.
Patent GB-190809264-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Milk Sterilizing and Scalding and the like Machines.
Inventor: WOODLAND WALTER
Filed: 1908-10-29
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9264. Woodland, W. Oct. 29. Heating liquids.-In apparatus for sterilizing or scalding milk, the milk is passed through heating and cooling members consisting of rectangular vessels C, C', depending in tanks B, B' so as to leave passages at the sides and back. from which the milk is discharged by recesses b<1> leading to spouts b. The milk finally passes through passages H in one or more inclined troughs G having passages I for cooling-water.
Patent GB-190809558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counting Mechanism.
Inventor: VARDEMAN ROBERT WALLER
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 9558. Vardeman, R. W., and Vardeman, C. B. May 2. Counting - apparatus.-In counting-apparatus of the cyclometer class having means for restoring the counting-wheels to zero, the wheels or rings are loose on their driving-gears and can be rotated to the zero by causing star-wheels to engage with teeth on the edge of the rings. The shaft B is moved by the wheel of the vehicle and transmits motion to the teeth lt of the actuating-ring ; this ring has a spring pawl sp which drives the index ring IR and allows of the rotation of the ring lt in the reverse direction. The ring IR is provided with teeth x adapted to engage the teeth y of the star-wheels, supported by the yoke v on the axis m and kept normally out of gear by a spring o acting on a push-button n. When the button is depressed, the teeth x, y engage, and when the axis m is turned the index rings are rotated and brought to the zero position, determined by a space on the index ring causing disengagement of the teeth x, y.
Patent GB-190812350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Separators for Artists' Canvases and the like.
Inventor: DUBE LOUIS THEODORE
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 12,350. DubÚ, L. T. June 6. Parcelling artists' canvases.-A clamp for connecting together artists' canvases face to face for transit, consists of a frame a fitted with two spiked lugs b and two spiked hooks d which slide in the frame a. Clamps are placed between the wooden frames of the canvases m, m' at each corner, and the sliding hooks are drawn in by a cam-device actuated by a handle h. The frames are thus firmly held by the spikes in the position shown. The clamps may be fitted with hooks e<3> to which bands of leather &c. are attached so as to prevent dust from getting between the canvases. The device' may be modified to connect several canvases.
Patent GB-190822492-A (GB)
Title: Means or Appliances for Adapting Cots for Use as Cradles.
Filed: 1908-10-23
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 22,492. Crofts, Assinder, & Co., [Haarscher, F.]. Oct. 23. Cots; cradles.-A device for converting a cot into a cradle comprises a stand from which the cot is suspended by links. The stand consists of two end frames a mounted on castors b and held apart by rods c. One end of each suspension link d has a bearing in arms a' on the end frames, the other ends being detachably secured in holes in the legs k by nuts f<1>.
Patent GB-190823777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gear and similar Operating-mechanism.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 23,777. Herbert, A., and Milburn, J. Nov. 6. Levers, locking; variable-speed gearing.-Relates to means for locking such a device as the operating-lever of an overhead change-speed gear. This lever A is mounted so that it can slide up and down on its pivot B and carries a locking-pin C which normally lies in one of three recesses in a notched part D upon a fixed bar E. Slidable bars F, G connected to the gear members carry notched parts F', G' with locking-recesses. The lever A actuates the bars F, G by means of pairs of bosses F<3>, G<3> secured to these bars respectively. In action, the lever A is raised until the pin C clears the recesses in the parts D, F', G'. Lateral movement brings the lever A into engagement with the bosses F<3> or the bosses G<3>. The selected bar is operated by a swinging movement of the lever A. On dropping the lever A, the pin C falls into three recesses in line and locks the parts as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190825381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sheet Metal and other Boxes to Facilitate the Opening thereof.
Inventor: MASON CHARLES
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 25,381. Mason, C. Nov. 25. Opening boxes.-A sheet-metal or other box for boot-polishes &c. is opened by means of a pin or bar c used as a lever, its fulcrum being a hole d in the body at a point covered by the edge of the lid. A recess e is formed to receive the pin, the inner end of which may be flattened or headed to prevent withdrawal, while the outer end may be provided with a head. More than one pin may be used in connexion with the box.
Patent GB-190825930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Portable Ladders and Fire Escapes.
Inventor: HUGHES HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-01
Granted: 1909-12-01
Abstract: 25,930. Hughes, H. Dec. 1. Fire-escape type of apparatus; lifting by lazy-tongs links.-Relates to portable wheeled ladders and fire-escapes of the lazy-tongs type. The lowermost links c, a<2> are connected respectively to a pivoted quadrant f and to disks k on an axle c<1> carried by the quadrant. The disks and quadrant are rotated in opposite directions by crank-handles g<2> on a sha.ft g carrying pinions g<1>, which gear with wheels i, j carried by the weighted quadrant frame e and chain-wheels which drive the disks k. The wheels i, j are attached to the frame e by means of pins i<1>,j<1> passing through slots e<1> in the frame e. The extension of the ladder is limited by the links a<2> coming into contact with stops d on the links c, and the motion of the quadrant is regulated by means of a brake o. A supplementary operating - means may be provided consisting of a pinion m gearing with teeth f<1> on the quadrant f.
Patent GB-190827906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Electric Railway Track Points and Switches.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 27,906. Justice, P.M., [American Automatic Switch Co.]. Dec. 22. Switches.-Relates to a circuitbreaker described in connexion with electro-m a g n e t i c means for operating the track points on electric railways. An electro-magnet Z is placed in series through contacts z' with a coil through which it is required to avoid the current flowing too long. A time element is introduced into the working of the electro-magnet by a dash-pot z<2>. To avoid having packing around the plunger z<4>, an auxiliary chamber z<3> is provided, and the plunger is given a free working fit.
Patent GB-190901793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricator Guards.
Inventor: OLSON PETER GEORGE
IPC: F16N29/00
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 1793. Olson, P. G April 23, 1908, [Convention date]. Visible - feede.- A guard for sighttubes of a lubricator for locomotives &c. the object of which is to minimize the expansion and contraction of the nuts holding the sealing-gaskets of the sight-tubes, to protect the tubes from currents of cold air, and to prevent the flying of glass in the event of breakage, comprises a number of sections 6, 7, 8 connected by spring hinges 9, which tend to bring together the ends of the guard. The ends of the guard are curved to embrace two of the sight-tubes 1, 2, but the curvature of the ends is different, the guard being designed for use with groups of either four or three sight-tubes. The guard may have slots or orifices 10 for inspection of the tubes. The upper and lower edges of the sections are beaded and reinforced by wires 14. The beads engage with grooves 15 in the gasket nuts 16.
Patent GB-190905498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Winding Thread, Yarn, Twine and the like on to Cards.
IPC: B65H54/68
Filed: 1909-03-08
Granted: 1910-04-08
Abstract: 5498. Alexander & Co., R. F. & J., and Mackie, J. March 8. Winding-machines.-All the operations in a machine for winding thread, yarn, twine, &c. on to cards are made automatic, so that the material is wound on, the ends are fixed in slits in the cards, the full cards are removed, empty ones are inserted, and the machine is restarted. The flyers, which are provided with an open curl 2, are rotated by skew gear from a shaft 12 driven by a belt 13, which, after the thread is fully wound; is moved on to a pulley 18 by a spring-actuated shipper-rod 20, so as to actuate the ending and doffing gear. The shipper-rod is unlocked by a pawl 22, which is operated by a rod 25 and a cam on a trip shaft 26 actuated by gear-wheels from the flyer shaft. A cam 29 is driven from the pulley 18 through gearwheels and a shaft 19 and actuates a weighted lever 21, which carries the pawl 22. The lever is moved about its pivot so as to cause the pawl to re-engage with the shipper-rod, and is then retracted by the weight 24 when opposite the steep part of the cam, so as to place the belt again on the pulley 14 and to restart the operations The card-holder is carried by a pivoted frame 39, Fig. 5, which is oscillated by a cam actuated from the flyer shaft to effect the winding-on, and by a cam, actuated from the pulley 18, to effect the ending of the card. A cam shaft 17 operated from the pulley 18 carries five cams 47 ... 51 which, by means of levers, rock separate shafts carrying a cutting-knife, a slitting-knife, a clamping-hook, lifting levers, and a release arm respectively. The slitting- knife 46, Fig. 7, is elevated and cuts a slit in the card which is moved forward by the cam, the thread being then inserted into the slit by the flyer, which is partially rotated by a ratchet-wheel 32, the movement of which is determined by a chain 36 and a cam 34 on the shaft 19. The same movement inserts the thread into the clamping-hook p, which is opened and closed by means of the oscillating shaft 49<a>. The thread is cut by a knife 2a operated by a shaft 47<a> and a spring u. A doffing-cam rocks a lever 9 and withdraws the steel slip 3 from beneath the full card, which is prevented from following the slip by a projection on the bottom clamp-bar. Attached to the lever 9 is a feeding-plate 55, which is withdrawn from a feeding- magazine 8 and is then pushed forward again so that the card which drops on to the slip is pushed beyond the clamp 5, which is opened and subsequently closed to grip the card by means of a lever f<11> operated from a cam 50. The full cards drop on to a conveyer, which delivers them from the machine.
Patent GB-190910484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coke Ovens.
Inventor: SCHNIEWIND FREDERIC WILLIAM CH
IPC: C10B3/02
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1910-06-03
Abstract: 10,484. Schniewind, F. W. C. May 3. Coke ovens.-A battery of vertical coke oveus is formed with co - operating regenerators 21, 22 between the retorts 6, connected by inlet and outlet passages 24, 25, with separate chimneys arranged on opposite sides of the battery, and by passages 20, 23, to the upper and lower ends of each vertical heating-flue 17. Gas-supply pipes 42, 45. leading from a main 44 encircling the battery, supply gas alternately to the upper and lower ends of the flues, the gas-supply pipes and the regenerator connexions being so arranged that the adjacent flues of adjacent retorts, or the flues on the two sides of each retort, or each heating-wait, may form a separate unit. The regenerators may be divided by longitudinal or transverse partitions. Air is supplied to the regenerators through the chimney shafts from a main encircling the battery.
Patent GB-190913830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of and Apparatus for Emptying, Washing and Refilling Locomotive Boilers.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
IPC: B61C8/00
Filed: 1909-06-12
Granted: 1910-06-13
Abstract: 13,830. O'Donnell, J. P. June 12. Emptying; washing- out; blow-down water, utilizing heat of.-In apparatus for emptying, washing-out, and refilling locomotive boilers, a separating and filtering chamber 5 and a flap-valve 15, actuated by the blown-down products and operating a valve 17 in the freshwater supply-pipe to the heater 7, as described in Specification 14,840/08, are combined with a single storage tank 9 and a single pump 19, as described in Specification 19,378/09. The take-off pipe 18 from the tank is provided with a pivoted extension 22 having a float 23 at its end, as described in Specification 16,137/09. A branch pipe 31 fitted with a valve 32 leads from the fresh - water main 13 to the take-off pipe 18. The valve is adjusted to regulate the temperature of the water taken from the tank for washing-out purposes. This may be done automatically by a thermostat. Instead of delivering the water into the pipe-line 1, a separate delivery-pipe line, or separated pipe-lines for the wash-out and feed-water may be provided.
Patent GB-190914862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disinfecting Apparatus.
Inventor: WOOD JOHN EDWARD
IPC: E03D9/03
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 14,862. Wood, J. E. June 26. Water - waste preventers, disinfecting-apparatus for.-An apparatus for supplying a measured quantity of disinfectant to a flushing-cistern comprises a container a having an opening f at the level of the disinfectant, an adjustable air-outlet tube d, and a valve k controlled by a float m serving to close the outlet f when the container is covered with water. Adjustment of the tube d regulates the quantity of water which enters the container when the cistern fills, and is discharged saturated with disinfectant when the water-level in the cistern falls.
Patent GB-190916213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ratchet and Pawl Reciprocating Mechanism.
Inventor: WILSON HENRY CLINTON
IPC: F16D41/12
Filed: 1908-08-25
Granted: 1909-09-27
Abstract: 16,213. Wilson, H. C., and Claflin, C. R. B. Aug. 27, 1907, [Convention date]. Counters actuated by reciprocating-mechanism; d e t e n t mechanism. - In a ratchet mechanism for actuating a counting-apparatus in which numeral wheels are rotated in either direction, the pawl is normally disengaged from the ratchetwheel, b u t the movement of the actuating-apparatus first brings the pawl into engagement with the ratchet-wheel and raises a locking-pawl from engagement with a tooth of the ratchet-wheel. A spring-pressed guiding-bar is also provided to keep the pawl in engagement with the ratchet-wheel during the movement. In Fig. 3, the pawl 11 is shown in full lines at the end of a driving movement and in dotted lines in its normal position, the pawl, which is attached by the axis 12 on two arms 13 mounted loosely on the ratchet-wheel spindle, being actuated by the arm 16 from the electro - magnet armature 17. The parts are adjusted so that, on the first movement of the arm 16, the pin 15 slides in the hook 14 to rotate the pawl about the arms 12 so as to bring the recess 10 into engagement with the tooth 9, and to cause the heel 23 to push the stop arm 21 away from the ratchet tooth. The further movement of the arm 16 rotates the pawl to the full-line position shown. To prevent tile pawl from rotating without first engaging with the ratchet-wheel and to keep the pawl in engagement with the ratchet-wheel, the arm 24 attached by the spring 26 to the stop arm 21, is provided. The first movement of the pawl brings the tooth 28 out of engagement with the hook 29, and the tooth 28 then slides along the face 27 until by releasing the arm 24 from the notched bar 30, the pawl is allowed to rise out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel and to return to its normal position.