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Patent GB-190625712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counting Apparatus and Rail Contacts or Treadles Operated by Railway Vehicles for Signalling, Indicating and Controlling Purposes on Railways.
Inventor: SYKES WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,712. Sykes, W. R., Reason, H. T. W., [executor of Hollins, F. T.], and Leake, F. W. Nov. 14. -Switches, retractive, operated by railway vehicles. A treadle, Fig. 3, when passed over from left to right is depressed and first bridges contacts E E2, the subsequent depression of the other end causing the contacts F1, F2 also to be bridged. A pneumatic treadle for use with the apparatus at high speeds consists of elastic chambers 1, 2, Fig. 5, connected with expansible bulbs 6, 7, which close electric circuits 10, 11 in the same manner as do the mechanical treadles. Specification No. 24,494, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190626415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seaming Machines for Tin Cans and the like.
Inventor: WATTNE FREDRIK
Filed: 1906-11-21
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 26,415. Wattne, F. Dec. 19, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Making cans; sea7ning.and joining sheet -metal. In a stationary - work can-seaming machine the seaming-rollers 28, 29 are mounted in arms 21, 23 connected to rods mounted in the driving-pulley 16. These arms carry guide-rollers 25, 27 engaging Ô controlling-cam 33, and the ends of the rods carry similar arms with guide-rollers 24, 26 engaging a cam 31. The cams are connected to a rod 35 passing through the hollow shaft 15, and are by rocking a lever 51. The guiderollers are complementary, and are shaped so as to bring h seaming-rollers successively into engagement with the work and to retract them for removal of the latter. The can to o be seamed is placed upon a plate 70 on a shaft 3 connected to toggle-arms 8, 9 and held Up by a catch 12. The driving-pulley is driven by a belt passing over a pulley 63 and jockey pulleys 66, a foot-lever 62 operating the striking-gear. As the lever 51 is rocked to,bring the rollers into action, the cap 52 is lowered, and depresses a spring-held lever 54, which releases the catch 12. The spring 14 then acts on the arms 8, 9. depressing the shaft 3, and the plate 70 then comes against a stop and is tilted and falls into a shoot 67. The seaming rollers are adjustably mounted in their holders.
Patent GB-190628262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Hollow Rolled Metal Rods, Bars and the like.
Inventor: YOUNG ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-12-11
Abstract: 28,262. Young, A., and Rowlands, T. Dec. 11. Rolling. - Hollow rods and bars, particularly those of tool.steel, are made by rolling down hollow billets with cores of siloxicon. For the manufacture of a one-inch hexagonal hollow bar, a circular billet three inches in diameter, with a one-inch central circular hole, is taken. The hole is closed at one end with a steel plug and filled with the siloxicon, the other end being plugged The heated billet is then rolled down, the plugged ends are removed, and the filling - material is removed by a percussive drill or by other means.
Patent GB-190702557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 2557. Thomas, J. Feb. 1. Brakes.-In a rim brake for cycles &c. of the type described in Specification No. 17,136, A.D. 1906, wherein the yoke is made with a tubular shank for the attachment of the connecting rod or wire, the yoke is formed in two laterally separable halves, secured together at the shank by a nut or a sleeve. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the shank parts a' of the yoke portions a, slotted at a<2> to receive the feathers b<3> of the terminal b<1>, are connected together by nuts c against which the feathers bear. In modifications, the yoke portions are connected by a closely-fitting sleeve upon the plain shank parts, the terminal being made in a single piece which is conical to lodge in the lower part of the shank ; or the terminal is made in two parts, an inner screwing into an outer one, which is conical at its lower end to lodge in the shank. The sleeve and shank parts may also be provided with bayonet-joints, with set-screws, &c. to secure the parts more firmly.
Patent GB-190704652-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Screening Controlling and Preventing Breakage of Coals or other Materials during Process of Loading or Shipment
Inventor: BRIGGS THOMAS SHORT
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 4652. Briggs, T. S., and Maughan, G. Feb. 26. Shoots are provided with means for controlling the descent of coal or other material. A series of hinged plates a, Fig. 2, in the bottom of the shoot are arranged to be oscillated by rope or other connexions b provided with adjusting-boxes c with such rapidity as may be required to deal with the material. The plates may be perforated, or sets of bars fixed in a frame may be substituted therefor for the purpose of screening the material. With vertical shoots, Fig. 1, two series of oppositely-arranged hinged plates e, f are oscillated so that there is a continuous downward transfer from one set to the other. The inclined shoots may be hinged and may be used in combination with the vertical shoots.
Patent GB-190713911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Transmission Systems of Motor-driven Vehicles.
Inventor: HALL ROBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1908-06-17
Abstract: 13,911. Hall, R. F. June 17. Brakes.-In an automobile a multiple-disk brake is arranged in the same casing as the change-speed gearing, and is controlled by the clutch pedal. The multiple-disk brake h, Fig. 1, is mounted within an oil-tight casing h<1> at the rear of the gearbox c. One set of disks h<1> are feathered on the fixed casing ; the other set h<2> on a central hub keyed to the shaft e. The brake is applied by a sleeve h<6> acted on by a lever h<8> which is pivoted on a bracket on the casing h'. The lever is connected by links to the shaft of the clutch-operating pedal, which is mounted on the front of the gear box. The mechanism is arranged so that the movement of the pedal, after disengaging the clutch, causes the application of the brake.
Patent GB-190720603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrostatic Potential Meters.
Filed: 1907-09-16
Abstract: 20,603. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. Sept. 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Electrometers.-The fixed and movable electrodes a, b of an electrostatic voltmeter are enclosed in a casing having two metal walls c, d separated by insulating-material, one wall c being connected to the fixed electrode b, and the other wall d to the movable electrode a, to prevent electrostatic lines of force from entering or leaving the casing. The fixed and and movable electrodes may be duplicated, and a second pair of fixed electrodes electrically connected to, and repelling, the movable electrode may also be provided. In a modification of the form shown, lemniscate electrodes are used.
Patent GB-190721602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Facilitating the Engagement of Clutches
Inventor: ROBERTS HARRY
Filed: 1907-09-30
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 21,602. Roberts, H., and Roberts, J. Sept. 30. Sawing. - Relates to means for facilitating the engagement of clutches use in reversing - gearing for machine tools &c., shown applied to high-speed metal saws. To reciprocate the carriage b carrying the saw a, the feed-screw c is operated by gearing d, e, a shaft g, and an ordinary reversing-clutch arrangement h. A plate l, loose on a shaft c, carries pins engaging with nearly complete circular slots in the loose driving-wheel d and in a disk m secured to the shaft, so that the drive is not taken up until the clutch teeth engage properly. More than one plate l may be provided.
Patent GB-190722700-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting Electric Lamps
Inventor: HIRST HUGO
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 22,700. Hirst, H., and Maurice, G. Oct. 15. Lamp and gas brackets.-Arms or fittings b carrying incandescent electric lamps are attached symmetrically in varying numbers to a hoop, band, or ring frame a, to form electroliers, brackets, &c., by passing the screwed end of each arm b through a hole in the hoop a and fastening by a nut or cap c, Fig. 5. The ring a may be provided with a shade, and the lamps may be arranged inside or outside the ring or some may be inside and some outside. A similar ring a may be arranged vertically on a wall bracket. The arms b may be provided with cord grips for the conducting wires as shown, and in this case the wires may also serve to suspend the fitting. The Provisional Specification states also that the arms or lamps may be attached in varying numbers to plates.
Patent GB-190800031-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photographic Developing Machine
Inventor: NIELL MAGNUS
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 31. NiÞll, M. Jan. 1. Trays, dishes, &c. -In a daylight developing apparatus for spool holders, such as described in Specification No. 21,295. AD. 1904, a tape winds between two spindles above the trough, passing underneath a roller in the bottom of the trough, and the film is attached to one spindle to the tape and drawn through the trough with the tape. The tape j, Fig. 2, extends between spindles c, d, which are mounted in a casing b above the trough a. The spool is carried in an upper compartment, which fits on to the section b and has light-trapped fluid inlets i, and an air-tube i<1>. The end of the film k<1> is attached to the tape by gripping-links 1, in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The tape being wound on the roller d draws the tilm through the trough. The tape passes through a loop m, Fig. 3, which is attached to the trough plug f. This loop m is arranged to allow the tape to pass freely. Tu remove the film, the plug f is taken out, drawing the tape and film from the roller d until the links appear, whereupon the film may be detached.
Patent GB-190802252-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in and relating to the Securing of Mats and other Floor Coverings in Position.
Inventor: AMBROSE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 2252. Ambrose, A. Jan. 31. Cements.-An adhesive composition for applying to the back of floor coverings, for example carpets, rugs, and mats, or for incorporating with the fabric thereof, consists of a mixture of calcium sulphate or like alkaline-earth salt, calcium carbonate or other like salt, and zinc oxide with india-rubber, gutta-percha, or like elastic gum, and coal-tar naphtha, toluene or equivalent solvent. The composition allows the floor-covering to be easily taken up while preventing any slipping. The application or incorporation may be done by spraying, brushing, or rolling.
Patent GB-190803877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Rims
Inventor: SWINEHART BENJAMIN CLIFFORD
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 3877. Swinehart, B. C. Feb. 20. Felloes or rims; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A circumferentially-divided tyre-carrying rim is secured on a fixed wheel rim by means of a single contractible ring, adapted simultaneously to force the two parts of the tyre rim together and to lock it in place on the fixed wheel rim. The rim 2, Fig. 1, fixed to the felloe is provided on one side with a stop-flange, and on the other with a groove 4 and strengthening-flange. The part 10 of the divided rim has an abutment 14 for a locking-ring 5, which is contracted by a turn-buckle 7, housed in registering recesses 19, 20 in the fixed and divided rims, and, in contracting, moves laterally in the groove, thus forcing together the parts of the divided rim and simultaneously locking the same in place.
Patent GB-190809726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Estimation of Uric Acid in Urine.
Inventor: WEISS RICHARD
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-05-05
Abstract: 9726. Weiss, R. May 5. Estimating uric acid. -The amount of urine required to fix a known quantity of iodine is used to determine the amount of uric acid present. An indicator, such as carbon bisulphide or chloroform, is used to indicate the complete fixation of iodine. The estimation is carried out in a graduated testtube. Carbon bisulphide is run in up to the first graduation, and the tube is filled to the second mark with a standard solution of iodine. Successive additions of urine are then made until all the iodine is fixed, the mixture being well shaken after each addition. The amount of urine added is read off on a further series of graduations, arranged so as to give directly the amounts of uric acid in parts per thousand.
Patent GB-190810667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Zeroizing Mechanism for Totalizing Counters.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 10,667. Thompson, W. P., [Duplex Adding Machine Co.]. Oct. 29, 1907. Counting-apparatus.-Mechanism for zeroizing coaxial counting-wheels consists of teeth adapted to be projected from the shaft to contact with external projections on the adding-wheels and return them to zero when the shaft is rotated. The shaft 56 is slotted or grooved, and carries in the slot a comb 162 provided with teeth 166 and with ears 163 at each end. The shaft has bearings in end plates having slots to receive the ears 163, thus locking the shaft. The comb is actuated by depressing the key 173 of the yoke 170 ; this lifts the ends 163 out of the groove and causes the teeth 166 to project beyond the surface of the shaft, so that on rotating this shaft 56 the teeth 166 meet the projections on the inside of the boss of the wheel and return the wheels to zero, the machine being cleared when the ends 163 again fall into their groove. A spring-pressed pawl holds the key 173 in its depressed position until near the end of the operation.
Patent GB-190812150-A (GB)
Title: Wire Rope Ladders Scaffolding
Inventor: WHEELBAND ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 12,150. Wheelband, R. W. June 4. Ladders.-Wirerope ladders for use in scaffolding are made in lengths secured together by shackles, and the rungs c are formed by metal bars s shouldered and d threaded at each end so as to be firmly secured by nuts d in thimbles b, which are spliced in the wire - rope sides. The ladders are hung from beams g projecting from a building, and platform boards e are supported by the bars c. Ropes f, passed through the thimbles above the platform, serve as back and life lines for the workmen.
Patent GB-190814326-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Building Tiles.
Inventor: BAKER AMY
Filed: 1908-07-06
Granted: 1909-07-06
Abstract: 14,326. Baker, A. July 6. Slabs; tiles.-A baked clay or terra-cotta tile for ceilings and partitions is formed with a tongue a and groove b on opposite edges, and with perforations c which allow the insertion of mortar to key or tenon the tile to the adjacent tiles. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 9200, A.D. 1884, No. 19,908, A.D. 1892, and No. 27,177, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190816968-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Safety Razor-case and Strop.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-08-12
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 16,968. Harrison, G., [Christy, R. J.]. Aug. 12. [Patent of Addition to No. 7093, A.D. 1908.] Razors, cases for. The case instead of being made with an end opening and fixed sides is made with closed ends and a hinged lid, preferably provided with stropping material on the outside, in the manner known in connexion with cases for ordinary razors.
Patent GB-190817235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Garden and other Shears.
Inventor: PARRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-08-17
Abstract: 17,235. Parry, W., and Jeffreys, W. H. Aug. 17. Hanges.-The blades a of shears are provided with deep recesses containing bearing-balls f and cones e. The parts are held in position by a screwed spindle b passing through the blades and secured by a D-washer and nut.
Patent GB-190821087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Willys" or Fibre Opening Machines.
Inventor: WHITE JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 21,087. White, J. F. Oct. 6. [Cognate Application No. 24,536, A.D. 1908, dated Nov. 14.] Openers.-To remove the dust from willeys or fibre-opening machines, tapering domes e, Fig: 1, and hoppers g are placed respectively above and below each cylinder, the domes and hoppers being connected by pipes o, q to an exhaust fan s, preferably of the type described in Specification No. 1721, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Lifting &c.]. Domes j, l may be provided over the feed c and discharge d. Gratings f, m, k are provided at the bases of the domes, and gratings h over the hoppers, to prevent the fibres from being drawn away. With cleaner grades of fibre some of the domes may be dispensed with. According to Provisional Specification No. 21,087, A.D. 1908, mechanical means may be used to remove the dust &c. from the hoppers below the cylinders.
Patent GB-190825029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wireless Telegraph Systems or the like.
Inventor: EISENSTEIN SIMON
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 25,029. Eisenstein, S. Nov. 20. [Patent of Addition to No. 20,128, A.D. 1907.] Wireless telegraphy.-Relates to receiving-systems for multiplex wireless telegraphy in which the antenna structure is divided into a number of branches as described in Specification No. 20,128, A.D. 1907. The part of the receiving system shown in Fig. 1, comprising the antenna 3, inductance 1, and counterweight 2, is first tuned to the waves of one frequency by adjusting the contacts 6, 7. The contact 8 is then earthed as shown in Fig. 1 and adjusted until a potential node is found in the oscillating system 3, 1, 2. At this point, the receiving system shown in Fig. 2 is connected, and the contacts 13, 14 then adjusted to tune the antenna system as a whole to the waves of the second frequency. The earth-connexion at a potential-node has no influence on the system 3,1,2. A second potential node can be found in the complete antenna system, and a third receiving- circuit tuned to a third frequency can be connected at this point.
Patent GB-190828412-A (GB)
Title: Measuring and Recording Small Strains or Movements, applicable to Extensometers and the like.
Inventor: KIRKALDY WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 28,412. Kirkaldy, W. G. Dec. 30. Testing strength of materials; indicating small movements.-Relates to apparatus for measuring the alteration in length of bodies when subjected to forces, especially to means for indicating the strain at a distance. A pair of clamps attached to a distance bar 1, Fig. 1, are attached to the specimen by clamping-screws 3 ; one of the clamps has an upright frame from which hang links 6 to carry a lever 5 for measuring the extension. The lever 5 bears at one end with a knife-edge against a distance-piece 15 and at an intermediate point against a fulcrum 8 adjustable by a screw 10, and at the upper end bears against a bent lever 12, the other arm of which comprises a chamber 13 of a fluid-transmitting system connected by a tube 14 to the indicating-apparatus. This consists of a glass tube 23, Fig. 5, open to the tube 14, to a chamber 25 with a regulating-screw, and to a collapsible chamber which carries a knife-edge bearing against a spring-controlled lever 21. Alteration of length of the specimen thus disturbs the level of liquid in the tube 23 and this must be restored to position, as seen in the reading microscope 24, by turning the micrometer screw 22, on the head of which the reading of the strain is made. The apparatus is calibrated by taking a reading for a standard gaugepiece 17, Fig. 1, the necessary adjustment being made by moving the fulcrum 8, which can be clamped, and the gearing of the measuriug-screw 22. The chamber 25 enables the level in the tube 23 to be adjusted. A simpler form of indicator may be employed, such as a pointer attached to a lever operated by the collapsible chamber or a graduated tube, instead of the tube 23. For cylindrical specimens, four clamping-screws 3 are arranged, each in a pair of rings 18 supported by distancepieces 1 and having distance-pieces 20 between the transmission apparatus 13 and the other clamp. Four chambers 13 are symmetrically arranged around the clamp and are connected by one pipe so as to communicate the mean extension to the indicating-apparatus. Where the alteration of the specimen is comparatively large, a lazy-tongs may be employed instead of the distance-piece 15, Fig. 1, so as to reduce the reading to convenient limits..
Patent GB-190903197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lounge Chairs.
Inventor: KNOLL WALTHER CARL
IPC: A47C1/027
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 3197. Knoll, W. C. Feb. 9. Seat adjustments.-An easy chair is provided with a hinged back b pressed into the upright position by springs hand adjusted angularly by a bar d connected by a link c to the back and clamped by means of a screw g between jaws f secured to the arm e of the chair.
Patent GB-190909800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Screening Apparatus.
Inventor: GRACE HENRY JINKS
IPC: B07B1/18
Filed: 1909-04-24
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 9800. Grace, H. J. April 24. Rotary sieves.-Rotating cylindrical or other screens for grading material from stone-breaking machines, more especially applicable for separating thin flat pieces or flakes of stone or granite, are provided at intervals with internal detachable blocks or bars 1, Fig. 1, having inclined and raised front edges 5 to penetrate the mass of material and direct the flakes to outwardly-flaring discharge orifices 4 arranged between the bars and the perforated screening-plates 3. The bars may be made in sections, or the full length of the screen, and may be fastened to the end flanges or rings by bolts. Instead of using the rear edge 7 of the plates 3 to form one side of the passages 4, an additional flat bar may be attached to the screen in a similar manner to the bars 1. Fig. 5 shows the front edges of the screen plates turned or bent upwards to form the projections a.
Patent GB-190911153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Ships.
Inventor: FREDRIKSON ANDREW JOHN
IPC: B64B1/58
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 11,153. Fredrikson, A. J. May 11. Floats for aerial machines.-A dirigible aerostat 1 is divided by transverse partitions 1<a>, the compartments at corresponding distances from each end being connected by tubes 1<b>, so that balance is maintained when any compartment becomes deflated. The aerostat is mounted on uprights from a framework 2 containing air or gas bags, so that the machine may float on water; raised parts of the framework at each end serve to carry the propelling and steering apparatus near the longitudinal axis of the airship.
Patent GB-190911255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Supporting Window Sashes.
Inventor: CLOSE GEORGE
IPC: E05F11/00
Filed: 1909-05-12
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 11,255. Close, G. May 12. Catches, spring.-Sliding sashes provided with racks B on one or both stiles are held in any position by a curved spring E, secured to, and projecting through, a slotted plate D fixed on the frame. The catch is released by a lever F projecting under the curved part of the spring and pivoted at f to the plate D. Antirattling rubber pads n' may be provided on one of the sash stiles.