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Patent GB-190711305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Stroke Mechanism for Pumps and the like.
Inventor: NICHOLS THOMAS WINTER
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 11,305. Nichols, T. W., and Nichols, W. W. May 14. Pump stroke, varying.-Relates to variable-throw eccentrics for pumps &c. On the shaft 2, movable axially by means of screw and worm gearing 30, 31, are square blocks 11, 12, 13 and sleeves 3, 4 loosely keyed by axial keys and sleeves 18, 19 keyed by helical keys. The eccentrics 15, 16, 17, which operate the pump plungers 40, 41, 42, are mounted to slide across the shaft on the blocks 11, 12, 13, and pins 23, 24, 25 secured in the eccentrics work in slots in extensions of the sleeves 18, 19, so that, on axial movement of the shaft, the sleeves 18, 19 are relatively rotated and the throw of the eccentrics varied. In a modification, the eccentrics may be mounted to turn on small eccentrics keyed to the shaft so as to rotate oppositely to the sleeves, or the sleeves may all be axially keyed and guide the eccentrics by flanges, while mutilated spur-wheels 43, Fig. 5, helically keyed to the shaft vary the throw.
Patent GB-190715848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Apparatus for Lifts Hoists and the like.
Inventor: MOFFATT ALEXANDER CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 15,848. Moffatt, A. C. July 10. Self-sustaining gear for lifts, hoists, &c., of the kind in which disks are forced inwards into engage. ment with fixed flat or cone surfaces when the operating-power is withdrawn, is arranged so that the disks are mounted on angular portions of the operating-shaft. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal, and Fig. 5 a transverse section of one form of the device. The fixed cylinder a is provided with flanges c, d adapted to be engaged frictionally by circular disks e, f which are slidably mounted on the driving- shaft g. The bore of the disks is enlarged on their inner sides and projections mare adapted to engage loosely with a squared portion g' of the shaft g. The two disks are connected by chains h the length of which is adjustable by means of nuts j. The left-hand disk e is grooved on its periphery to receive the rope from which the load is suspended. When power is applied to the shaft a for lifting, the chains h lie parallel with the shaft ; but when the power is withdrawn the load turns the chains into an oblique position, forcing the disks into frictional contact with the fixed cylinder a. Conical friction surfaces may be provided. The portion g<1> of the shaft may be of oblong or triangular section, the projections m being suitably modified.
Patent GB-190719276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Apparatus.
Inventor: BARKER REGINALD WALTER
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 19,276. Barker, R. W., [Amusement Co. of America]. Aug. 27. Roundabouts.-A circular platform f of highly-polished hard wood is mounted at the top of a vertical shaft m which turns in bearings d, d'. Brackets fixed to the platform carry flanged rollers f<1> which are adapted to run on a rail c. The platform is rotated from a motor e by a rope o which, by its slipping, causes the starting to be gradual. Encircling and enclosing the track b is an inclined slide g extending from the flooring a to a point beneath the edge of the platform. Persons sit or lie on the platform and the motor is started. As the velocity of rotation increases, centrifugal force causes the occupants of the platform to be projected on to the slide g. A net j prevents injury to the person due to contact with the hard ground at the bottom of the incline.
Patent GB-190726835-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Applying Pitch to and Removing same from Casks, Barrels and the like and for Blowing Out the Latter.
Inventor: SCHATZ SAM
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 26,835. Schatz, S., [trading as Hoz & Kempter]. Dec. 4. Cauldrons.-In an apparatus for pitching casks, barrels, &c., hot air flows from a stove through radiators 3 in the pitch boiler, which is provided with a condenser 19 and pipe 20. The pitch supply is regulated by a cock 64 connected to a perforated pipe 65, which carries a spindle 66 and pointer 68.
Patent GB-190800265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bricks or Blocks for Muffles and like Furnaces.
Inventor: THOMPSON CHARLES HERBERT
Filed: 1908-01-04
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 265. Thompson, C. H., [L'Hospied, C.]. Jan. 4. Bricks.-Each brick b for the inner wall of a muffle furnace &c. is formed integrally with a locking-piece a, the enlarged end e of which fits into a similarly shaped recess in the outer wall c. The locking-pieces a also form the partitions between the flues d around the muffle. The edges of the muffle bricks are formed in the usual manner with projections and recesses.
Patent GB-190800552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Books and Music and Manuscript Cases and the like.
Filed: 1908-01-09
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 552. Allen, S. A., and Eyre & Spottiswoode. Jan. 9. Fastenings.-A fastening for books, music or manuscript cases, &c. comprises a leather strap B formed like an arrow at each end. One end E<1>. Fig. 2, is passed under a loop D at the back of thebook or case, the other end E having a spring socket G, which is pressed over a stud F, Fig. 3, eyeleted into the front cover of the case.
Patent GB-190804207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Sawing Machines.
Inventor: MILLER HARRY GARRISON
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 4207. Miller, H. G. Feb. 25. Leads.-In an apparatus for sawing metal stock such as linotype slugs, of the class having a rotary saw and a movable work-table, the length of work out is determined by a toothed gauge part carrying a slideable arm provided with a graduated worm. A gauge-plate 5, which is mounted on a table 2 movable towards the saw 4, is fixed at various angles by a locking-pin 9 engaging openings in the table, and at any angle by a set-screw 10 passing through a slot through a curved groove 7. The plate carries a graduated gauge-bar 8 having a rack 15 which gears with a worm mounted in a bracket 14, which carries an arm 13 forming a stop for the work. The worm has a graduated collar moving against a mark on one of the bearings 18 and the pitch of the worm is such that one rotation causes a longitudinal movement of the arm through one division. In order to prevent the arm from being bodily removed from the bar, while at the same time allowing the worm to be released from the rack for quick adjustments, the tongue that engages the groove 20 in the bar has a member 21, Fig. 7, attached at one end, this member 21 being provided with a toe 22 engaging a recess in one of the walls of the groove. To cut long lengths of material a graduated slide-rod 25, Fig. 13, is attached to the arm 13, and carries a slidable arm 26. The work is clamped by a bar 42, Fig. 3, provided with a facing-strip of rubber &c. to prevent injury to the work and with a rear jaw 44 which is pivoted at 43 to the bar 41, both of the bars being grooved so as to be moved by a handle 46 on au arm 38 and locked in position by a latch 49. In shifting the clamp the lower member, being pivoted, falls away from the arm to lessen the resistance. The arm 38 is connected to a piston-rod 34 pressed downwards by a spring 35 in a casing 28 on to a bevelled plug 31, to which the casing is fixed by a key 32. The plug is provided with a stem 29, which is held in position by a bar 30, but is cut away to render it removable when turned through a right-angle. The casing is inclined forward to prevent tiling of the clamp and to keep the jaw 44 up against the work. To cut work longitudinally the arm 13 is provided with a sliding clamp fixed in position by a screw and a toothed plate 51 mounted on the eccentric head of a shaft 55, Fig. 14, which is journaled on a boss 56. The plate is released by turning a bar passing through a hole in the shaft.
Patent GB-190808646-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Igniting Miners Safety Lamps and the like.
Inventor: KOCH CARL
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 8646. Koch, C. April 18. Miners' safety lamps are ignited by means of friction devices arranged near the wick, thereby obviating the disadvantages attached to the use of igniting-strips. In one form, the igniting-device consists of a toothed steel disk c mounted so as to be in contact with a spring-pressed igniter d of a pyrophorous metallic alloy arranged in a sleeve h near the wick. The alloy consists of a mixture of a rare earth metal, such as cerium, with iron, cobalt, nickel, &c. The lighting is effected by rotating the disk c, which causes sparks to light the lamp. In a modification, the scraper consists of a vertically-movable bifurcated blade with one toothed branch which produces. the spark. In a further modification, a pivoted spoon - shaped scraper t, Fig. 3, carried by a vertical rod u co-operates with a spring-pressed igniter formed of three zones q, r, s, composed respectively of potassium chlorate, an antimonite-like fuel, and a material like that used on the striking surfaces of matchboxes. In another construction, an igniter, similar to that shown in Fig. 3, and formed of antimonite and phosphorous, is rubbed by a disk-shaped scraper formed of chlorate of potassium and glass splinters mixed together. The sparks are guided to the wick by a tube.
Patent GB-190809435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Propulsion of Ships.
Inventor: REES EDMUND SCOTT GUSTAVE
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 9435. Hees, E. S. G. May 1. Propelling and steering by water-jets.-In order to obtain a maximum of efficiency by driving a great mass of fluid astern at a slow speed, a large mass of water is maintained at a steady pressure by means of a centrifugal pump a, which discharges into a longitudinally-disposed Venturi duct b, the area of which diminishes from its forward end to a point c and from there increases to its discharge end d. The end d is bell-mouthed and is capable of being closed by a vane e, rotated by the axle f. Forwardly-directed nozzles g, h are arranged so that, when the vane is across the pipe d, both act as discharge orifices and the vessel is driven astern. When the vane e is inclined, the vessel is directed to port or starboard, since only one orifice is in use. The vane e may be replaced by two or more independently-operated radial vanes. Centrifugal pumps of the type described in Specification No. 4810, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Pumps &c.], may be used with the impeller nozzles directed sternwards.
Patent GB-190815254-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Key Tin Opener.
Inventor: PANNO JOHN DEL
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 15,254. Del Panno, J., and Grumi, G. Nov. 20. Cans, opening.-A key tin-opener with a cylindrical shank and an open-ended slit 2 has one side 3 flat.
Patent GB-190817256-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pressure Burner for Petroleum Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: GROENBLADH OLOF
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 17,256. Gr÷nbladh, O. Aug. 17. Incandescent v a p o u r lamps.-A pressure burner for incandescent lamps, of the kind comprising a bent vaporizing-tube which extends to and over the top of the mantle, is constructed so as to overheat the vapour by bending the ascending and descending branches 2, 6 of the vaporizer forwardly and downwardly to the junction 4, which is at about the level of the top of the mantle. The branch 6 is connected to a nozzle 8 of a mixing-chamber 10. The hot products of combustion heat the tubes 2 4, 6 and a concentrator 17, of known form, directs the products on to the upper parts of the vaporizer. The mantle is supported by an adjustable hook 15 held by a screw. A screen 13, which is open at one end, is provided to prevent the vapour from catching at the nozzle 8, while a separate burner is used to start the vaporizer.
Patent GB-190823835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Suspending Curtains and the like.
Inventor: ANDREAE EMMELINE
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 23,835. Andreae, E. Nov. 6. [Patent of Addition to No. 4282, A.D. 1908.] Clip suspenders. - In the curtain - suspending device described in Specification No. 4282, A.D. 1908, means are provided more effectually to grip the curtain between the arm pieces and the baseplate. The arms b, c are provided with projections b<1>, c', which enter holes a<2> in the base-plate a when the arms are folded down. The arms b, c are also provided with holes b<2>, c', which engage with projections a' on the base-plate. Portions of the base-plate are also turned up at a<3> to provide spring surfaces which co-act with the ends n of the gripping-arms.
Patent GB-190901900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Paper Tubes, Spools, or Bobbins.
IPC: B31C1/00
Filed: 1909-01-26
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 1900. Swailes & Sons, J., and Swailes, J. L. Jan. 26. Paper tubes. - In making tubes, spools, or bobbins for cotton &c. yarns, one or more strips h of coloured paper are pasted by means of a paste-wheel b and screwed on to a web of paper g from which the tubes &c. are made. The coloured strip may be of any desired width, and two or more strips of different-coloured paper may be used to form a pattern.
Patent GB-190905429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Four-cylinder Locomotive Engines.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1909-03-06
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 5429. Stumpf, J. March 7, 1908, [Convention date]. Valve-chests and casings.-In a four-cylinder simple steam locomotive engine of the terminalexhaust type, the two centre cylinders 2, 3 are cast in one piece and bolted to the side frames 15, while the valve-chests 6 are cast separately and fixed to the locomotive frame above the cylinders.
Patent GB-190905568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Burners for Producer or like Gas.
Inventor: GEORGES ANTONY HENRI MEKER
IPC: F23D14/48
Filed: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 5568. MÚker, G. A. H. March 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Atmospheric gas burners; blowpipe burners.-In a burner for producer-gas, water gas, or the like, the gas and compressed air are supplied through concentric passages to a mixing-chamber provided with adjustable air inlets. Fig. 1 shows a hand blowpipe suitable for brazing, and provided with a compressed-air pipe b, an annular gas passage c, and adjustable inlets for admitting atmospheric air. A perforated diaphragm e is arranged in the passage c, and the burner head is constructed as described in Specification 22,075/04. The pipe b and the passage c may be used for gas and air respectively.
Patent GB-190909556-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Taking Proofs of Linotype Composition.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
IPC: B41B27/00
Filed: 1909-04-22
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 9556. Pollen, A. H., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik Ges.]. April 22. Proof - taking apparatus for type-bar making machines. Apparatus for taking a proof of the composition is arranged to co-operate with the type-bar ejecting-mechanism. The impression is made upon a strip 5 passing from a roller 6 to a spring-wound roller 7 between an impression roller 8 and a co-operating feed-roller 9. The roller 9 is fed by means of a ratchet 18 and a pawl 17 on a lever 15 connected with the usual lever 10, which transfers the type-bar 12, ejected from the port 2, to the galley 11. An inking-ribbon 19, supported on rollers 20, 21, may be moved intermittently by means similar to that for moving the strip 5. The frame 4 carrying the paper strip is moved towards the type-bar 12 for the impression by means of a rod 23 connected with the ejector blade 22. When the blade ejects the type-bar, a rod 24 carrying a pawl 25 is moved so as to rotate a shaft, upon which is a toothed wheel 28 having nicks 29 and intermediate spaces 29<a>. A spring 31, attached to the vice 3 and to an arm 32 on the frame 4, holds a pin 30 normally in a nick 29. Rotation.of the wheel 28, however, allows the pin 30 to move to the bottom of the next space 29<a> and the impression is made, but afterwards, the pin is moved back into the next nick. The arm 32 may be swung about its pivot 34 in order that the frame 4 may be moved downwards on its pivot 4<a>. A stereotype flong may replace the strip 5, the frame being pressed against the type-bar with sufficient force to secure an intaglio impression.
Patent GB-190909826-A (GB)
Title: An Instrument for Removing Corns.
Inventor: MCCOY CHARLES COUSINS
IPC: A61B17/54
Filed: 1909-05-29
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 9826. McCoy, C. C. May 29. Nail files, cutters, and cleaners. - Consists in combining a nail-file h, a pricker, or a knife with an instrument b for the treatment of corns.
Patent GB-190915175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Hydraulic Transmission of Power.
Inventor: LAMPLOUGH FREDERICK
IPC: F16H39/20
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1910-06-29
Abstract: 15,175. Lamplough, r. June 29. Speed-varying mechanism.-Relates to hydraulic speed - varying mechanism comprising a pump element and a motor element arranged within a casing capable of rotation about the same axis as the elements in which, as the speed of the whole combination increases, the speed of the fluid medium decreases. According to the invention, radial cylinders fixed to and rotating with the casing are employed. The driving and driven shafts each carry a crank, connected respectively to the pistons of the pump and motorelements, and the apparatus adjusts itself to varying loads without any special device being provided for this purpose. Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section, and Fig. 2 a crosssection of the apparatus. The driving - shaft a a operates a crank f, which in turn operates the pistons g within the cylinders b in order to force fluid around an annular space q in the casing e to the motor cylinders c, which are arranged about the crank h on the driven shaft d. The motion of the pistons g, i is controlled by the action of the valves b<1>, c<1>, which are fixed to the cylinders b, c and are operated by the eccentrics l, m. The liquid is drawn from and delivered to the central space p. A spring locked cap r, Fig. 3, forming an additional valve may be placed over each primary cylinder to offer a resistance to the flow of liquid.
Patent GB-190915353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Holders for Cigars and Cigarettes.
Inventor: FEARNSIDES WILLIAM
IPC: A24F13/22
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 15,353. Fearnsides, W. July 1. Cigar and cigarette holders. - A cigar or cigarette is held by prongs C projecting from a curved or straight cross-piece B provided with a handle consisting of a stem A covered with a sleeve or a wrapping of milled wire D.
Patent GB-190918052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Washing Machines.
Inventor: BELL HESLOP
IPC: D06F13/00
Filed: 1909-08-05
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 18,052. Bell, H. Aug. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Washing-machines with rubbing-apparatus.- In clothes-washing machines of the pendulousdasher type, the abutments d against which the clothes are rubbed are in two portions hinged together at f, and are pivotally mounted at e. The mounting of the abutments is such that at the moment of contact the rubbing-surfaces of the dasher and an abutment are mutually inclined, in order to facilitate the turning- over of the clothes.
Patent GB-190919528-A (GB)
Title: Lifting and Transporting Device for Heavy or Bulky Articles.
Inventor: SHARP DANIEL
IPC: B66C1/58
Filed: 1909-08-25
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 19,528. Sharp, D., and Field, E. D. Ang. 25. Vehicle fittings and attachments.-In a transporting-device comprising a beam D mounted upon a pair of wheels M and provided with grips at each end, the grips are formed as lazytongs elements, and means are provided by which each grip can be released in turn. The grips are suspended from the beam D by links P, Q, and links S secure the pivots of the arms N, 0 to the horizontal arms T of bell-crank levers mounted upon the beam. If one of the grips be adjustable along the beam, the links and bell-crank are pivoted to a sliding carriage 2, which can be locked in any desired position. A lever W is pivoted to one bell-crank, and is provided with notches to engage a pin X on the other. To release the load, the lever W is raised from the pin X and is pulled to open the remote grips. The lever is then lowered to engage the pin, whereupon both grips can be opened and the other end of the load released.
Patent GB-190924366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spanners.
Inventor: FOX WILLIAM PARKER
IPC: B25B13/14
Filed: 1909-10-23
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 24,366. Fox, W. P. Oct. 23. Sliding-jaw wrenches.- The portion of the head of a spanner through which the shank of the movable jaw moves is made thicker than the ends of the jaws and the handle, so as to receive a correspondingly thicker and stronger shank, as shown in Figs 1, 3, and 5. Specification 5/93 is referred to.
Patent GB-190924610-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Charging Gas-generators, Blast-furnaces and the like.
Inventor: FONTAINE THEODOR DE
IPC: C10J3/30
Filed: 1909-10-26
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 24,610. Fontaine, T. de. Oct. 26. Charging.-The hopper for a blast furnace or gas-producer is constructed with an annular water trough through which the materials are passed into the furnace. The trough b is formed round the opening leading to the furnace, and dipping into the water is a rotary internally-vaned bell d. In operation, the materials are fed into the hopper through the valve f, are lifted over the rim of the trough by the vanes e, and are distributed in the furnace by the device i. Vanes may be provided on the outside of the bell to break up the materials in the hopper.
Patent GB-190924966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney and Ventilating-shaft Tops.
Inventor: YARROW MATTHEW
IPC: F23L17/02
Filed: 1910-05-02
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 24,966. Yarrow, M. May 2, 1910. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-In a top consisting of two similar sections a, b, Fig. 2, and a cap c, each portion has a cylindrical or like part a<2>, b<2>, and a tapering part 5, 6. The sections a, b have also cylindrical parts a<3>, b<3>, about half the diameter of the parts a<2>, b<2>, and ribs a<4>, b', which support the section above. Fig. 5 shows a top wherein a base section a is surmounted by a ribbed cone c' or hemisphere c', and Fig. 9 shows a top wherein a base section a is surmounted by a ring d and a smaller ribbed cap c<3>. A cement joint is made at 3. The parts of the other tops may be similarly jointed.
Patent GB-191001435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Tractor Tricycles and the like.
Inventor: HOURIOUX BENJAMIN
IPC: B62D11/08
Filed: 1910-01-19
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 1435. Hourioux, B. Jan. 27, 1909, [Convention date]. Controlling - apparatus, arrangements of h a n d gear in conjunct i o n with. - A s p e c i a l arrangement of handles is used on a motor tricycle to unclutch e i t h e r driving - w h e e l separated for steering purposes, or to clutch or u n c l u t c h both wheels simultaneously. Figs. 2 and 3 show one arrangement specially suitable for a machine having chain transmission mechanism. The clutches are linked to adjacent hand-levers 3, 4. These hand-levers are formed with abutting half-grips 7, 8 forming a complete handle for operating them simultaneously, and with offset handles 9, 10 for independent operation. Fig. 5 shows a modified arrangement of levers specially suitable for a belt-driven machine. The handlevers in this case are mounted one behind the other and move in a plane at right-angles to the length of the vehicle so as to control belt-shifting mechanism. The levers have a combined handle 7 as previously described, while the rear lever has two rearwardly offset handles 10 and the front lever has a forwardly projecting handle 9.