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Patent GB-190913548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leather-staking Machines.
Inventor: BRILL AUGUST CHRISTIAN
IPC: C14B1/40
Filed: 1909-06-09
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 13,548. Brill, A. C. June 16, 1908, [Convention date]. Stretching by tension.-Consists in a staking- machine in which the hide is drawn over a retractable blade a, Fig. 1, by rollers c, c<1>, which turn more quickly than those b<1>, b between which the hide approaches the blade, whereby a stretching effect is obtained. The lower rollers b<1>, c<1> are mounted on an arm p, Fig. 3, which is rocked about a pivot q by a treadle s to bring them to the working-position. Depression of the treadle also raises the blade from the lowered position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 1 by means of a link t and lever u. The upper rollers c, b are driven from the shaft h by gearing f, g and d, e, the latter gear being actuated by a friction clutch l, which is controlled by a screwed rod n and hand-wheel o. Thus, should the roller c feed the leather forward too rapidly, the wheel d slips and allows the roller b to turn more quickly, so that the leather is not torn. Several pairs of rollers and staking-tools may be used to increase the effect, or the rollers may be replaced by moving jaws.
Patent GB-190914664-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint for Tobacco Pipe-stems and Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: ROPP EUGENE
IPC: A24F7/02
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 14,664. Ropp, E. June 30, 1908, [Convention date]. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders. - A joint for tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders consists of a ring 9 fixed to the mouthpiece and provided with a catch 12, which engages with the inner flange 4 of a coned ring 3 fixed to the stem, a notch being provided in the ring 3 and a groove in the end of the stem. The tightness of the joint is assured by means of a coned ring 10 slidable on the ring 9 and pressed by a spring 11. Mounting and dismounting are effected by a partial turn.
Patent GB-190915464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Writing-machines.
Inventor: CARSALADE PAUL DE
IPC: B41J3/26
Filed: 1909-07-02
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 15,464. Carsalade, P. de, and Escarras, G. July 2. Keyboards for syllable-printing machines. The keyboard is of the kind divided into a central vowel group B, Fig. 11, and lateral groups A<1> ... A<3>, P<1> ... P<4> of consonants and vowels, and may include a double-letter key SC. Certain letters may be repeated several times in a group. The group B also includes numerals, stops, signs, &c. A. spacing-key 1 is arranged at one end, and a group of shift keys at the other end. Letter - spacing mechanism; keys; space - key actions.-(1) Differential escapement mechanism effects letter-spacing in two steps, before printing by the syllable-keyboard groups B, A<1> ... A<3>, Fig. 11, and after printing by the groups P<1>... P<4>. The carriage-driving shaft is connected with two trains of gearing, which are driven independently one from the spring drum and the other from the drum shaft, and are controlled by two escapements 18, 26 of known type, comprising fast and loose ratchet-wheels and co-operating dogs 21, 27 on slide-rods 19, 28. The dog 21 is normally in engagement with its fast wheel for spacing before printing, whereas the dog 27 is normally in engagement with its end loose wheel, for spacing after printing. The slide-rods 19, 28 are provided. with rollers 49 for actuation by bevels 50 on slide-bars 47, one for each group of keys. (2) Each slidebar 47 is operated by a crank 44 on a universal shaft provided with fingers uniformly engaged by rods 38 carried in alinement by horizontal arms on the keys, which are guided by means of the key stems and the rods 38. (3) The spacing-key 1 and the double-letter key SC effect a longitudinal shift of the escapement shafts 17,25 through connexions with collars 30, 29, the pinions 16, 58 in the spring-drum gearing being elongated to allow of this movement. (4) To convert the machine for printing character by character with the differential spacing, provision shown in Fig. 12 is made for holding down and releasing the slide-bars 47 serially. Spring catches 60 on a slide-bar 59 engage in notches 63 in extensions on the slide-bars of the groups A<1> ... A<3>, whereas the slide-bar of group B is provided with a bevel 66 to shift the slide-bar 59 and unlock the groups A<1> ... A<3>. Similarly the slide-bars of the groups P<1> .... P<4> are locked by a slide-bar 74 shifted for release by bevels on the slide-bars of groups A<1> ... A<3> and B and by the spacing-key 1.
Patent GB-190918703-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Advertising Device.
IPC: G09F19/10
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 1 8 , 7 0 3 . Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain and Ireland), and Gibbons, H. G. Aug. 13. Figures or models.- The filling or distending pieces B, C of a collapsible advertising - dummy A are connected together by hinged strips D<2> so that they move in unison, the upper piece B forming the top of the dummy. The bodypart A represents a tin, canister, &c., and may be attached to a piece H bearing a suitable representation. A stop f limits the movement of the piece C, and the piece B rides over, and is held by, a stop e. A hinged piece G may support the strip D<2>.
Patent GB-190918964-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mail Bag and Delivery Label.
IPC: G09F11/23
Filed: 1909-08-17
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 18,964. Australian Reversible Delivery Label Co. Proprietary, and Reilly, J. G. Aug. 17. Labels.-In luggage labels, such as mail-bag labels, consisting of a number of pivoted disks adapted to be turned relatively to each other to expose a name on one disk through an opening in the other, a number of such openings in one disk and special means for positioning the disks and for attaching them to the luggage are provided. On opposite sides of the centre of the under disk A, the names of the places of despatch and destination are printed so as to appear through apertures B<1>, B<2> in the upper disk B, and at right-angles thereto the names are printed so as to appear in reversed position when the disk B is turned through a quarterrevolution. The disks are positioned by a notch b<1> in the disk B adapted to register with either of two notches a<1> in the disk A, and the disks are provided with corresponding apertures a<2>, b<2>, through which the supporting string E is threaded.
Patent GB-190919588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Automatic Small Arms.
Inventor: PIEPER NICOLAS
IPC: F41C7/11
Filed: 1909-08-26
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 19,588. Pieper, N. Aug. 26. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to an automatic small-arm of the kind in which the barrel is hinged or otherwise movable to give ready access to the chamber for the first loading, and consists in completely enclosing the breech-block within the breech-casing b ; the breech-block being unprovided with any means for hand operation. An external lever is provided for cocking the hammer l by hand, prior to firing the first shot.
Patent GB-190919862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers.
Inventor: GROSCLAUDE DANIEL ALEXIS LEOPO
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1909-08-30
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 19,862. Grosclaude, D. A. L. Aug. 31, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 21,754/08.] Screw propellers.-The single cone is replaced by a front cone and one or more truncated cones, adapted to be driven independently. The front cone can be driven while the truncated cone or cones remain stationary, or vice versa. The cones may also be driven in opposite directions, and at different speeds in the same direction. The helicoidal blades on the front cone and the truncated cones may be of the same or different pitch and of varying width.
Patent GB-190921745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Washing Plates and the like.
Inventor: JONES CHARLES JOHN
IPC: A47L15/24
Filed: 1909-09-23
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 21,745. Jones, C. J., and Still, W. C. Sept. 23. Plates and the like, washing.-In a machine for washing plates &c., the plates are carried by an endless conveyer through washing and rinsing tanks, and are automatically gripped and released on the top run of t h e conveyer. Figs. 2 and 3 are side and end elevations, respectively, of the machine. The conveyer comprises endless chains 10, which run over pulleys on a frame 4 resting on blocks 6 on a tank which is divided into two compartments by a partition 3. The conveyer chains pass over a driving-pulley 9 above the partition. The plates are held by grips 12, which slide on rods 11 connecting the chains 10 and are pulled together to grip the plates by springs 14. Arms 16 on each grip are extended at one end and formed with holes through which the adjacent rods 11 pass. The grips are provided with rollers 18, which engage with a cam-plate 19 on the top run of the conveyer, so that the grips are opened for insertion and removal of the plates. The plates rest on arms 15 when released by the grips, each arm being carried on one of the rods 11 and supported at one end by another. The plates are inserted in the grips on the top run of the conveyer and are then carried through the washing - tank 2 past a rotary brush 21 and into the rinsing-tank 1. They are then raised to the top of the conveyer and released. The tank 1 is supplied with water from a three-way cock 34, through which water may be directed into the tank through a pipe 35 or through a series of pipes 31 above gas-burners 30. The water in the tank 2 is heated by means of pipes 40 connected thereto at different levels. The scum on the top of the water flows into a trough 43 at the top of the tank 2, and passes away through an outlet pipe 44. In order to remove the deposit from the bottom of the tank, a pipe 45 extends therefrom into the trough, so that on closing the mouth of the pipe until the water in the tank rises to the level of the trough and then opening it, water flows from the bottom of the tank into the trough and escapes through the pipe 44, carrying the deposit with it. The rotary brush 21 is driven by an internally - toothed wheel formed with openings in its disk, through which the brush spindle and the toothed pinion thereon can be drawn, so that the brush can be readily replaced. Fig. 3<a> shows a method of constructing the brush in which coco-nut or other fibres are secured in a helical groove formed on a tubular metallic stock by a wire tightly wound over them and fixed at each end to the stock, as by soldering.
Patent GB-190927429-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Endless Pleasure Railway.
Inventor: STOTT ARTHUR
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 1909-11-25
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 27,429. Stott, A. Nov. 25. Roundabouts.-Relates to amusement devices in which cars run on tracks arranged on the interior of a revoluble cylinder, and consists in forming the tracks with undulations band irregularities c to give the passengers the impression that they are travelling on a switchback track. The undulations are formed in different positions on the various tracks in order to give a " racing " effect. The wheel may be mounted on an axle or may be supported on balls, and is revolved by any convenient means.
Patent GB-190927713-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol from Maize, Grain, Vinaceous Materials, Molasses, Coal and the like.
Inventor: FABBRI SILENO
IPC: C12P7/06
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 27,713. Fabbri, S. Nov. 29. Materials for making alcohol.-The fermentation of wort prepared from maize, grain, vinaceous materials, molasses, &c. is carried out in the presence of coal. Lime is added a short time before the conclusion of the fermentation. Maize is saccharified with malt and a small quantity of sugar is added to the wort prior to the fermentation. Coal may be digested with sugar solution and the mixture fermented. The fermented wort is distilled to obtain alcohol.
Patent GB-191000845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Electrolysis of Metallic Solutions.
Inventor: LACROIX FERNAND
IPC: C25C7/00
Filed: 1910-01-12
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 845. Lacroix, F. Jan. 12. M e t a l s, obtaining; electrodes. - Apparatus for the deposition of metals, such as copper, from impure solutions obtained by lixiviating roasted ores, has a cylindrical anode c perforated with a large number of holes. and a rotating cathode b symmetrically arranged within it, the solution entering the cathode compartment and escaping through the anode. Ferric salts produced at the anode are thus kept away from the cathode. The spent electrolyte may be used for lixiviation, and may, before re-electrolysis, be treated with the sulphur dioxide obtained in the roasting process.
Patent GB-191001365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seed Sowing Apparatus.
Inventor: LEE RICHARD MATTOCK
IPC: A01C7/04
Filed: 1910-01-19
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 1365. Lee, R. M., and Elliott, C. F. Jan. 19. Seed distributors.-A handappliance for sowing seeds comprises a box or trough adapted to be rocked and having a perforated bottom over which a perforated slide is reciprocated. A spring h normally holds the slide d in position to close the holes c in the bottom b of the box a. Seeds contained in the holes e in the slide d are discharged by moving the slide by means of the head g and rod f. The box a is provided with closed and covered ends and with guide grooves for the slide d. The seeds are introduced into one end of the box which is then tilted and shaken until the holes e are charged, after which the box is again tilted to return the surplus seeds to the end. For large seeds, the thickness of the slide is less than the diameter of the seeds, but for small seeds it may be greater. According to the. Provisional Specification, the apparatus may be mounted on wheels and operated mechanically, and the container may be arranged to be operated in a rotary manner.
Patent GB-191007715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Press Rolls.
Inventor: PARKER HOWARD
IPC: B02C4/30
Filed: 1910-03-30
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 7715. Parker, H. March 30. Rollers.-In a press roll having a metal core and a covering secured thereto made up of a number of rings arranged side by side, each ring being built up of segmental wooden or like blocks, the blocks are first mounted on to the core so as to leave spaces between adjacent blocks, and the roll is subsequently immersed to swell the blocks and fill the spaces. In building up the roll one of the end rings c is bolted to a core a and is provided with a number of holes c<2> through which are passed longitudinal binding rods d. The surface of the roll is built up in rings 1 formed of a number of segmental blocks 10, Fig. 4, which are provided with recesses in their abutting faces through which the rods d pass. At intervals, or between each ring, binding-rings e are slipped on to the core, being provided with apertures for the passage of the rods d. The blocks 10 may be recessed to receive the rings e. The end ring c<10> when put in place may be drawn up to clamp the sections firmly together.
Patent GB-191008619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Propelling Boats and Air Ships.
Inventor: BJELOUCIC MICHAEL STEFAN
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1910-04-09
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 8619. Bjelovucic, M. S. April 9. Propelling and steering by vibrating plates.- Tapering elastic rods 2 carrying rigid wings 1 are rapidly v i b r a t e d about pivots 3 by a reciprocating rod 7 connected by an arm 6 to the pivot. A number of wings are preferably employed, and adjacent wing rods are connected, so as to vibrate in opposite directions, by arms 8, 10 having a pin- and - slot connexion 9. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement more especially as applied to marine vessels. The wing rods 2, covered with a protective coating of rubber, are carried by a rudder-shaped casing 4 at the ends of a tube 15 projecting beneath the bottom 5 of the ship. The rod 7, which passes through the tube 15, is reciprocated by a rotating cam-disk 23, a friction disk 26 on a sliding rod 24, and a lever 30. A compressed-air or other spring plunger 27 is arranged above the rod 24. Steering is effected by rotating the tube 15 in its bearings 17 in the standard 16 by the gearing 19, 20 and hand-wheel 21. Another device for vibrating the wing rods comprises a rod 44, Fig. 13, connected to the lever 30 and to a series of flexible plates 42 fixed at one end 43 and having the other end engaged by a toothed-wheel 38 so as to bend the plates.
Patent GB-191009345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulding and Casting Brake Shoes.
Inventor: JAMES HILL
IPC: B22C9/24
Filed: 1910-04-18
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 9345. Marks, E. C. R., [Hill, J.]. April 18. Casting processes; moulds.-In moulding and casting brake shoes of the type provided with tough metal reinforcing-strips at the back, as described in Specification 27,490/02, [Class 103, Railway &c. vehicles], and a separate tough metal hook-shaped attaching-lug with shoulders to support the reinforcement, a locating-core is used to ensure that the gape of the hook shall be the same in all the shoes cast. A pattern E, Fig. 4, of the shoe is made with a print F for the attaching-lug and the locating-core. The pattern is then moulded in a flask, Fig. 1, in such a manner that the ends of the reinforcements B rest on shoulders a on the lug when it is placed in the print formed to receive it, and secured relatively by the locating-core I formed separately. The metal is then poured, and the body of the shoe cast on to the lug and reinforcements.
Patent GB-191009947-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Putting Up for Sale and Use Spun or Woven Fibres.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ROBERT NICOLL
IPC: B65H49/08
Filed: 1910-04-23
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 9947. Robertson, R. N. April 23. Packing yarn &c.- Yarn, string, silk, cotton, or woollen fibre &c. wound in cop form 1 is enclosed in a case 2 of equal diameter to the cop, and the thread is drawn through a hole 5 in the lid 4.
Patent GB-191012931-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Joint Boxes for Electric Wiring.
Inventor: FRIEDMANN ADOLF
IPC: H02G3/08
Filed: 1910-12-01
Granted: 1911-08-03
Abstract: 12,931. Friedmann, A. Dec. 1. Curtain rods; curtains, drawing and su.spending.-The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states that rods and rings are made by electroplating compressed paper cores which have previously been hardened, rendered proof against water, acid, and oil, and provided with conductive coatings. Specifications 2064/71, [Class 41, Electrolysis], and 27,526/03 being referred to. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191013129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Wine and other Potable Liquors.
Inventor: HENRI VICTOR
IPC: C12H1/00
Filed: 1910-05-30
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 13,129. Henri, V., Helbronner, A., and Recklinghausen, M. von. June 4, 1909; [Convention date]. Radiations, effecting chemical reactions by.- Wines, spirits, &c. are matured or aged by exposing them in a thin layer to the action of ultra-violet light, preferably obtained from a mercury-vapour lamp having a quartz container. The apparatus described in Specifications 834/10 and 12,948/10 may be used.
Patent GB-191015104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: HERRICK GERARDUS POST
IPC: F01C1/12
Filed: 1910-06-23
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 15,104. Herrick, G. P. June 23. Movable-abutment type; balancing moving parts. - Relates to improvements in the balancing of the rotors, in the cut off valves, and in the packing-devices of an apparatus which may be used as an engine or pump. The radial loads due to steam pressure upon the rotor drums 9 are balanced by connecting by passages 90 the chamber in which the steam is expanding to spaces 8 enclosed between flanges 10 on the rotors and flanges 7 on stationary parts 6. As the drums revolve and the radial load increases, the number of passages 90 opening into the working chamber increases, and so provides progressive balancing, as described in Specification 15,311/09. A number of chambers is formed on the periphery of each flange 7 by partitions of Babbit metal cast on the faces. The rotors are recessed at 91 to balance the gaps 39 and vanes 38, and here the passages 90 are formed by tubes 92. The vanes 38 may be secured to the drums 9 by screws 41, 42 and keys. Each shaft 11 runs in ball bearings 23, 25 in the stationary part 6, and is provided with a two-race thrust bearing 31, the shell 33 of which is adjustable for the purpose of adjusting the rotor 9. Valves, cut-off.-The inlet ports 55 in each side of the working chamber are provided with rotary valves each comprising two disks 58, 61, having sector - shaped openings 59, 62. The disks 61 are carried by sleeves 60 which are gear-driven, and the disks 58 are keyed to a rotary shaft 57. By means of a governor 65 the disk 58 is adjusted in relation to the disk 61 in order to regulate the port opening formed by the openings 59, 62. The net opening is made straight-through by fixing plates 70, Fig. 4, to each disk. In a modification, the valves are hand-controlled. The bearings 82, 86 at each end are housed in an extension 72 having an opening 77 which gives access to the adjusting- nuts 75 of the glands 74. Packing drums, vanes, and abutments.-On the periphery of one or both of the drums 9 is arranged an annulus 44 of soft metal which prevents leakage, maintains true rolling contact, and permits foreign particles to pass. The sides of the drums are packed by rings 52 which are screwed into their recesses 51 in the casing in such a manner that if engaged frictionally by the drum they tend to move out of engagement. They may be adjusted by a tool inserted through openings 53, or by rack and pinion gear. The gaps 39 in the drums are provided with strips 39a, which are mashed or cut down by the co-acting vane to provide proper engagement. The vanes 37, 38 are packed by spring- pressed side bars 46, longitudinal strips 50, and soft metal strips 38<a>. Packing-sections are also inserted in the casing where the drums are in contact.
Patent GB-191017156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Selenium Cell and like Signalling Systems and Apparatus therefor especially applicable to Railway and like Signalling.
IPC: B61L13/00
Filed: 1910-07-19
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 17,156. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. July 19, 1909, [Convention date]. Commutator switching-arrangements.-In a signalling system in which a polarized beam of light is passed through a continually rotated disk s of double-refractive material so as to fall intermittently on a selenium cell z and thereby produce an alternating-current in the primary winding of a transformer t, the secondary wind. ing of the transformer may be connected, for rectifying-purposes, to contacts 1, 2, Fig. 5, which co-operate with contacts h., k carried by a reed g, which is vibrated electrically by currents from an interrupter on the shaft of the rotary double-refractive disk s. The contacts h, k are connected to the coil of a direct-current relay r, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191020210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lathe Appliances.
Inventor: TOPLEY JOHN WHITEMAN MORLAND
IPC: B23B31/36
Filed: 1910-08-30
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 20,210. Topley, J. W. M. Aug. 30. Attachments for drilling.-An attachment to a lathe for drilling comprises a base a adapted to be clamped to the lathe bed and having guides parallel to the lathe axis for a slide c engaged for feed by the tail-stock spindle at d. The slide may have a plain vertical surface, or a surface c carried adjustably at k, l. The surface may be slotted to receive bolts or clamps.
Patent GB-191022244-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lifting for Boot Heels.
Inventor: SOUTHALL ROBERT HEAP
IPC: A43B21/00
Filed: 1910-09-26
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 22,244. Southall, R. H. Sept. 26. Heels. - The breast portion C of a wooden heel lift B is cut away to receive the end of the sole D; in some cases, the* cut-away portion leaves the heel dish-shaped, and the sole is skived down at its edges to fit. The top lift is preferably attached in the manner described in Specification 9020/10. Specification 29,860/96 is also referred to.