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Patent GB-190721841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ear-rings.
Inventor: HOWARTH BARBARA DALE
Filed: 1907-10-03
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 21,841. Howarth, B. D. Oct. 3. Ear perforators; earrings.-An ear perforator consists of a tubular ring A in which slides a spring-pressed bolt B carrying a perforator b having a rounded piercing-end. To affix the perforator to the ear, the bolt B is held in its retracted position by passing a pin D through holes a<2>, b<1> which then coincide ; the perforator is then placed on the ear and the pin D withdrawn. Under the action of the spring, the piercer b gradually pierces the ear without causing a wound. The piercer may be advanced gradually by a screw instead of the spring. When the ear is pierced, the pin D can be passed through the holes a<2>, b<2>.
Patent GB-190722586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Device for Securing Cows Tails during Milking.
Inventor: BERG PETER VRAA POVLSEN
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 22,586. Bergr, P. V. P. Oct. 14. Appliances for use in milking animals.-A device for holding the tail of a cow during milking consists of a bent arm a pivoted to a member b to surround the leg of the animal, and a jaw k forming with the member b a clip for the tail. The spring r is placed between the arm a and the part k. To attach the appliance the levers m and d, which are of U-section, are pressed together thus opening the jaws b, k, and the lever m engaging the rounded projection f raises the arm a.
Patent GB-190725038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axle Pedestals or Bearings for Pit Corves, Wagons, and the like.
Inventor: ROBINSON WHITELEY
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 25,038. Robinson, W., and King, J. Nov. 12. Lubricating. - A pedestal bearing for corves, wagons, &c., of the kind described in Specification No. 23,268, A.D. 1901, applicable also as a bearing for shafts &c., is provided with a chamber A communicating by means of a hole C with a straight or spiral groove D in the bearing-surface. The chamber A is supplied with grease &c. through an opening E. The bearing- surface may be fitted with a bush or liner of antifriction metal.
Patent GB-190726200-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Testing the Acidity of Milk.
Inventor: RICHMOND WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-27
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 26,200. Richmond, W. Nov. 27. Milk testers.- For testing the acidity of milk for cheese-making, a glass or aluminium vessel A, provided with a removable scale D, which is detachable to be used as a stirrer, is filled with milk, which escapes slowly through an orifice B in the base into a receptacle C over which the vessel A is placed. When the surface reaches the zero level on the scale, a known quantity of rennet extract mixed with a measured quantity of water is added, and the whole is stirred. The quantity of liquid that subsequently escapes gives a measure of the rapidity of coagulation, thus indicating the acidity of the milk.
Patent GB-190727359-A (GB)
Title: Improved Signal or Alarm for Bicycles, Motors and the like.
Inventor: GABRIEL KARL
Filed: 1907-12-11
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 27,359. Gabriel, K. Dec. 11. Fog and like horns.-Signalling-devices for cycles and motor-cars are sounded by a bellows operated from a moving part of the machine. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement in which the bellows b is operated by a cord d attached to a friction wheel r, which is brought into contact with the road wheel w or the fly-wheel of the motor, on pulling a cord a. In a modification, the cord a pulls a lever h<1>, attached to the bellows, laterally into the path of one or more studs t on the wheel.
Patent GB-190728738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrical Ignition Devices.
Inventor: EBNER CARL
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 28,738. Ebner, C. Dec. 31. Drawings to Specification. Switches.-A magneto is described in connexion with a system of igniting in internal-combustion engines, in which the interrupter is pivoted on the armature shaft and worked by a fixed cam on the field magnet.
Patent GB-190800357-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coupling for Flexible Pipes.
Inventor: JOHNSON WALTER CLAUDE
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 357. Johnson, W. C. Jan. 6. Couplings, disconnectible; spigot-and-socket joints. -In a bayonet-coupling for flexible pipes, the socket is formed of a tube b in which is soldered or otherwise secured a tube a with a contracted end forming a shoulder, behind and against which a packing-ring c is compressed by the similarly contracted end of the spigot d, when the parts are coupled by pins e and slots f. In a modification, the socket with its undercut shoulder is formed in one piece, the socket and the part of the spigot that enters it being enlarged to avoid restriction of the fluid-way through the coupling. The flexible tubes may be connected to the coupling- members by clips i, or wires j ; or, as shown in Fig. 5, the flexible tubes may be cemented within the tubes a, d, internal ferrules n being used, between which and the contracted ends of the parts a, d the flexible tubes are compressed.
Patent GB-190802207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Liquid Fuel or Vaporized Liquid Fuel
Inventor: LIVESEY GEORGE
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 2207. Livesey, Sir G. Jan. 31. Vapour and spray burners.-A burner nozzle a, supplied through an inlet c with liquid fuel such as paraffin, petroleum, &c. which may be in a vaporized state, is provided with a screwed regulating and cleaning spindle e. This is formed triangular in section at f, where it fits the burner nozzle l closely, and is furnished with a triangular spike i, which projects through the orifice b and cleans it when the spindle is screwed home to bring the shoulder j against the nozzle end for the purpose of closing the orifice.
Patent GB-190804827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Engraving Machines.
Inventor: MCLANE JOSEPH ALAN
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 4827. McLane, J. A. March 3. Engraving.-A machine for engraving or cutting glass, metal, and like blanks, of the kind in which the cutting-tool is regulated by a stylus or tracer engaging a model, is constructed either to duplicate, enlarge, or reduce a design without the employment of skilled labour, and the machine is adapted to do away with any lost motion. The machine is provided with two chucks 33, 34, in which a pattern f and the article g to be engraved are respectively secured by the heads i of bolts h arranged in slots m. The chucks are mounted in boxes 31 which are l o n g itudinally adjustable along a rabbeted bar 41 secured in brackets by means of nuts 44 and collars 47, which enable the chucks to be tilted from the vertical to any angle. The chucks are rotated by flexible shafts 29 driven by worm gearing from an electric motor 5. The pattern f is adapted to be engaged by a stylus 100 adjustably secured to a holder 51, and a cutting-tool 102 and its driving- motor 52 are mounted in a similiar holder, both holders being longitudinally adjustable on a dovetailed bar 50 carried by arms 57 with reduced portions which are bolted to recesses in the arms 50, the arms 57 being pivoted to adjustable spring- controlled horizontal slides 61, which may be connected by a steadying-rod. The slides 61 are carried by slides 66 reciprocated vertically in guides 71 by bevel-wheels 86, which alternately engage wheels 74, 75 on grooved collars 76 splined to screw shafts 72 engaging right and left hand threaded extensions of the slides. Each collar 76 is automatically shifted by a lever 80 actuated by a dog 85 on the slide, which engages a tappet 83 on a rod 81 connected to the lever on the upward and downward movements of the slides. The extent of movement of the slides 66 is regulated, to suit the size of the object treated, by adjusting the projections of the tappet 83. Before the machine is started, the stylus 100 and the tool 102 are adjusted so as to be in line, and if the design to be produced is to be a duplicate of the pattern, both slides 66 are allowed to oscillate. If however the pattern is to be reduced or enlarged, one slide 66 is held stationary by a set-screw s, and the cutting-tool slide is fixed nearer to or fartber from the fixed slide in the proportion of the desired alteration of magnitude of the pattern.
Patent GB-190805072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaving Brushes
Inventor: RIGNALL WILLIAM BLAKE
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 5072. Rignall, W. B. March 6. Shaving-brushes. - Relates to the kind of shaving - brush in which the hair or fibre is secured to a ring or the like so as to form a central opening to receive the soap stick or tube containing the soap stick, which is slid in and out of the opening. The tube e is detachably fitted to the brush part with a fairly tight sliding fit, the top of the tube being closed by a detachable cover g. The fibres a are secured between two rings b, c, one of which is flanged to protect the inner ends of the fibres.
Patent GB-190805367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Printing Linoleum, Floorcloth and like Fabrics.
Inventor: WRIGHT JOHN
Filed: 1908-03-10
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 5367. Wright, J. March 10. Ratchet gearing.-In a colour printing-press the fabric is fed forwards once in a given number of oscillations of the pawl. The pawl engages with a ratchet-wheel j<4> mounted loosely on its spindle. One of the notches of this wheel is cut deep so that once in every revolution the pawl is enabled to engage with the ratchetwheel j<3> the diameter of which is smaller than that of the wheel j<4>. The feed shaft is thus moved once per revolution of the loose wheel j<4>.
Patent GB-190806476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety-razors.
Inventor: HOFMANN FRITZ
IPC: B26B21/18
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1909-03-23
Abstract: 6476. Hofmann, F., and Kaufmann, J. March 23. Razors, safety. The safety guard a, which can be adjusted relatively to the blade edge, is elastic and rests on a support c provided on the handle d. The blade e is held between the guard and a rigid backing f, which has a flat underside and is provided with the usual pins i and screwed pin g which pass through holes in the blade and guard, a nut h screwing on to the pin g. When the blade has a single cutting-edge, the guard has teeth on one side only.
Patent GB-190808288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Differential Relays
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 8288. Felten & Guilleaume-Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ces. May 4,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Switches; ; cut-outs.-When the difference between the currents in two circuits (these currents being normally equal) exceeds a certain amount, a contact is closed by two elements carried by the armature of two electro-magnets in the circuits. The subsidiary circuit may ring an alarm or operate a cutout in the main circuits. If it is desired to maintain two normally unequal currents at the same relative strength, known proportions of them which are equal are obtained by means of a transformer ; or, the ampere-windings on the two electro-magnets may be made equal. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a difference in the currents of the windings of the magnets a<1>, a<2> closes a contact c, d and completes the circuit of an alarm n. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, proportions of the currents in the windings of a transformer tare taken by means of transformers s<1>, s<2> through the electro-magnets, and the subsidiary circuit operates the cut-outs g, g<1> in the circuit of the transformers by means of the electro-magnets n<1>, n<2>. The cores k<1>, k<2> have a damping-device to prevent the closing of the contact by sudden shocks of current. The apparatus is said to be applicable tn testing for insulation defects in line sections and the like, and for comparing pressures and energies. The electro-magnets may be replaced by rotating-coil, dynomometric, or hot-wire instruments. '
Patent GB-190808562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Baths
Inventor: KURKA RICHARD
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 8562. Kurka, R. April 16. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Baths. - Underground water is collected in a cavity c in the earth, and heated by means of a pipe b conveying steam, hot water, or hot air, which also serves to force the water to the surface. Under these conditions, the water retains its radio-active properties. It is delivered by an annular rose on to the bather, who is covered by a porous cloak f. Gases may be supplied to the interior of the cloak by a pipe h. The used water is allowed to percolate through the ground back to the cavity c. As it is pumped out of the bath e, a diminution of pressure is caused inside the cloakf.
Patent GB-190809195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Electric Lifts.
Inventor: MAJOR CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 9195. Major, C. G., Stevens, E. C., and Stevens, P. H. April 28. Swetches. - Relates to the construction and arrangement upon the cage of the control switches of push-button electrically - controlled lifts. Arranged in the cage are sliding bars 9, one for each floor, each carrying a contact shoe 14 having brushes 10, 11 adapted to engage one of two bars 2, 4 connected to the direction solenoids 3, 5 of the main reversing-switch. Each bar 9 is linked to a rocking lever 12 having tappets 12a, 12<b> engaged by cams 15, 16 in the well, so arranged that, as the cage passes each floor, the corresponding bar 9 assumes an intermediate or 'off' position, while the brushes 10 of all the switches corresponding to the floors above the cage engage the contacts 2 of the up' solenoids 3, and the brushes 11 corresponding to the floors below the cage engage the contacts 4 of the down' solenoids 5. The cage and landing pushes 13 for each floor are in parallel relation and are in circuit with a solenoid 6. Each solenoid 6 is also connected up to a contact 7 on the core 8, which, when the solenoid is energized, engages the shoe 14 and establishes the circuit of the direction solenoid, simultaneously short-circuiting the push-button circuit. Fig. 4 shows the arrangement of one set of cams 15, 16, and Fig. 5 shows a plan of the tappets. Each cam 15, 16 is provided with two surfaces 15<a>, 15<b>16<a>, 16<b>. As the cage passes a floor in the upward direction, the corresponding tappet 12<a> is set by the surface 16<a> so as to move the rod 9 into the central or 'off' position, and then, as the cage passes above the floor, by the surface 16<b>, to move the brush 11 into engagement with the contact 4 of the down solenoid. In the downward movement of the cage, the tappet 12<b> is engaged by the cam 15. Sets of cams are placed at each end of the well, for automatically readjusting on the first operation of the lift any rod that may have been displaced. In a modification, Fig. 6, the shoe 14 is made in two parts 14<a>, 14<b>, so that the'circuit is broken at two points simultaneously.
Patent GB-190814361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Rollers of Felt Hat Planking Machines and the like.
Inventor: OLDHAM ORLANDO
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 14,361. Oldham, O. July 7. Wooden rollers. -Relates to rollers constructed of wooden disks threaded upon a metal shaft and consolidated by end pressure. as described in Specification No. 8117, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Hats &c.]. A non-corrosive filling, such as paint or enamel, or a copper tube, is arranged between the shaft and the disks, and the projecting ends of the shaft are covered with non- corrosive metal or paint, to prevent the shaft from being attacked by acids. Between the collar b<2> and the nut f upon the shaft a are threaded the wood disks e terminated by washers. The disks are bored slightly larger than the shaft, and between the two a copper, tube is inserted, projecting in some cases slightly beyond the ends of the shaft and passing into a recess in the nut f. Alternatively, the shaft may be covered with copper wire, or mav be enamelled, painted, plated, or otherwise covered so as to prevent corrosion. To protect the collars b<1>, b<2> and the space between them, a sleeve h of lead is cast around this part of the shaft, while upon the bearing portion at the other side a plain sleeve of slightly less diameter than the screw is cast upon the shaft, which is turned down to receive it.
Patent GB-190817509-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arc Lamp.
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 17,509. Regina Bogenlampenfabrik Ges., and Hanisch, P. Aug. 20. Arc lamps.- Downwardly - inclined electrodes, the feeding of which is regulated by a stop through which the current is supplied, are arranged to cross above the arc, so that undue descent of the electrodes lengthens the arc. As shown in plan in Fig. 2, one electrode a may be moved to strike the arc by a lever k actuated by a solenoid which is opposed by a spring. The slot in an economizer through which this electrode passes may be covered by a plate. The other electrode b has a longitudinal rib which engages the sharp-edged stop. An arc-deflecting magnet may be provided.
Patent GB-190820417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Conveyors.
Inventor: LIND AXEL WALDEMAR
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 20,417. Lind, A. W. Sept. 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Conveyers.-In a cable conveyer, means are provided whereby the cable may be passed around horizontal guide - rollers arranged from that side of the cable on which the vertical arms carrying the buckets depend. For this purpose the grooved rims of the guide-pulleys are divided into sections 11 attached to the underside by hinges 12 so that the sections may be dropped into a vertical position when shoulders 13 formed thereon are released from catch-plates 14 pivoted on the upper face. In operation, the approaching carrier engages an arm 22 integral with a sheave 21, which is connected by a cord 23 to a spring-controlled sheave 24 carried on a vertical spindle 15. On this is horizontally pivoted an inclined weighted plate 16 having an arm 18 engaging a curved rail 19. The plate, in rotating, raises one of the catch-plates 14, allowing the corresponding section 11 to fall. As the arm 18 reaches the end of the rail 19 it is caught underneath the upturned extremity 20, so that the plate 16 is held clear of the catch-plates 14 on the return, which is effected by the spring 24 as the carrier passes onward. When the carrier reaches the pulley its depending arm enters the recess formed by the dropped section. As the carrier passes away, the dropped section is raised to a nearly horizontal position by a guide-bar 25. At this instant the carrier engages a lever 27, which is linked to one arm of a bell-crank lever 26, the other arm of which is arranged to give a slight impulse to the section 11 in order to engage it beneath its catch-plate 14.
Patent GB-190822066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Combination Implements for Military, Agricultural, and other purposes.
Inventor: BARNARD GEORGE AYLING
Filed: 1909-03-06
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 22,066. Barnard, G. A. March 6, 1909. Fortifications. -The spade and pick of a military or agricultural combination entrenching-tool may be combined and used singly or in multiple as a shot-proof shield, as shown. The spade c is provided with an internally-threaded socket c<1>, which is engaged by the pick d.
Patent GB-190826625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 26,625. Thompson, W. P., [Marks, J.]. Dec. 8. Movable-abutment type with rotary abutments. A drum B, carrying vanes D, co-operates with two rotary abutments C, C', the piston and abutments being geared together externally. The vanes D coact with gaps M in the abutments in the usual manner. For ahead driving, the motive fluid enters the engine by ports K<1>, Fig. 7, arranged in one of the end plates R of the casing, which periodically register with longitudinal ports K, Figs. 6 and 8, in the piston drum B. From the ports K the motive fluid passes into the working chamber by way of radial ports e, Fig. 8, in the piston drum. The periodical registering of the ports K, K' enables the piston to function as a cut-off valve. The exhaust takes place through ports L, Fig. 6. For astern driving the motive fluid is admitted to ports N, Fig. 7, instead of the ports K<1>, and passes into ports N' by way of ports O in the abutments. From the ports N<2> it is led to ports N' in the working chamber. The exhaust takes place through ports L<1>. Suitable two-way valves are provided for cutting-off the ports K<1>, L or, alternatively, the ports N, L'. The piston is provided with longitudinal perforations for balancing end-thrust. Axial adjustment of the piston and abutments is effected by plates T, T<1>, T<2>, Fig. 8, which are mounted on the shafts, but are not rotatable therewith, and are adjusted by setscrews passing through the casing end. Ports and grooves are arranged in the plates T, T<1>, T<2> so that steam is admitted to spaces Y, Fig. 6, behind the abutments, thereby eliminating lateral thrust. The shafts are mounted in adjustable bearings, the brasses of which are surrounded by four plates n, Fig. 13, adjusted by screws o. The shaft may thus be accurately alined. Endlong adjustment of the shaft is effected by collars u, Fig. 3, set in position by screwed collars v and held by locking- collars r. A compound engine is described in which the low-pressure element is provided with a simplified system of inlet ports.
Patent GB-190903147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Tired Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: DEES MARK ASHLEY
IPC: B60C7/18
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 3147. Dees, M. A. Feb. 9. Metallic spring bodies and cores.-Relates to tyres of the kind in which springs held between seats are enclosed in an ordinary beaded tyre cover. In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the apices of volute springs 13 are riveted to projections 17 on the curved outer seats 15, which engage one another by means of pins 21 and projections 20. The inner' cup-like seat 7 is formed of a shape to press the cover 6 into the rim, to which it is held by the engagement of a screw 7<1> with a threaded socket 8. The screw 7<1> passes through the overlapped ends of a circular spring 22, which embraces the seats and maintains the cover in a distended condition. The base coil of each spring is seated on a shoulder 11, and is locked by the engagement of two pins 14 secured to the spring. The pins are inserted through two apertures 10 in the wall of the seat, and the spring then turned so that they engage a groove. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the base coil 13<x> tapers and engages cam surfaces 12<a> passing from the top to the bottom of the wall. In order to provide for the adjustment of the compression of each spring, either seat may be adjustable. In the form shown in Fig. 7, a screwed shank 17<a> turning in the outer seat is rotated within a screwed bush 18<a> fitted in the spring by means of a key A inserted through the felloe. In other modifications, the shank 17<a> is integral with the seat, 'in which case the adjustment is made before the tyre is fitted up, since the seat will be rotated, or the shank may be plain and adjustment effected by fitting washers on it between spring and seat. In the form shown in Fig. 11, oppositely - coiled double helical springs are used, the inner member of which rests upon a ring 24 in the bottom of a pocket in the inner seat. Screws 25 pass through the felloe and engage the rings so that the springs may be adjusted. In a modification, single helical springs are used without adjusting-means.