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Patent GB-190625029-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Creating the Illusion of Travelling by Balloon or Airship by Means of a Cinematograph or Similar Apparatus, the Pictures or Records upon which are Adapted to be Projected Downwards or in any other desired Direction so as to Represent Scenery or Enacted Scenes over which the Balloon or Airship would appear to be Passing or Captive.
Inventor: STARR ALFRED DEMAREST
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 25,029. Starr, A. D. Nov. 7. Exhibitions, scenic and spectacular. - To give the illusion of travelling in a balloon or air-ship, an annular basket or car F is rotated on rollers U, Fig. 2, on a ring K by a motor S and toothed wheels T, and is raised and lowered by wire ropes 0 passing round pulleys M, N, Q to a winch R. Scenery or enacted scenes are projected through the hollow basket on to an horizontal screen J by a kinematograph or other instrument located at the top of the structure, and scenery painted on a translucent cylinder H is illuminated by lights I within an opaque casing G supported by a framework A, B. The basket carries a rounded base E representing a balloon or air-ship. The roof principals are connected at their upper and lower ends by junction rings C, D. The screen J may be raised and lowered.
Patent GB-190628279-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hinge or Joint for Doors, Screens, or other uses.
Inventor: MONEY GEORGE THEOPHILUS
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 28,279. Money, G. T. Dec. 12. Hinges.-Relates to hinges for screens, doors, &c. of the type in w h i c h cylinders having connecting projections and recesses at their ends are attached alternately to the parts to be hinged. The cylinder ends may have conical and cup-shaped ends, or the ends may be shouldered as shown in Fig. 3 (Sheet 1), and provided with steel bearing-pieces 0 and balls P contained within pieces of tubing. The hinged members have grooved edges to receive the cylindrical pieces, which may run the full length of the door &c. A closing-spring U may be inserted between the parts, as shown in Fig. 3 (Sheet 2), in which steel ball races are also provided attached to the outer case I.
Patent GB-190628706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Firing Mechanism of Ordnance.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
Filed: 1906-12-15
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 28,706. Schneider, E. Dec. 15. Ordnance breech mechanism.-The firing-pin p projects through a plate a mounted eccentrically upon the front face of the breech-block. The plate is held against rotation by a finger c which projects into a groove m, so that the "firing-hole" d, and consequently the pin p, becomes eccentric to the axis of the gun when the breech-block is unscrewed. In modifications, (a) the firing-pin is in two parts, one being mounted in the eccentric plate a and the other concentrically in the breechblock; (b) the breech-block is mounted upon an axial stem, the plate a being held against rotation by a rearwardly-projecting finger, which engages in a slot in the forward end of the stem.
Patent GB-190702102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flower Holders
Inventor: DOERRE AUGUST HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 2102. D÷rre, A. H. Jan. 28. Flower-holders, buttonhole and like.-The metal bands shown in Fig. 1 are stamped out of a piece of flexible metal and attached to a rod d, Figs. 3 and 5, bearing a pin c. The broad parts a of the bands are bent around the rod d, and the arms b, b<1> are folded round the stems f of the flowers, these arms being formed so that the upper edge of one is in line with the lower edge of the other to prevent overlapping.
Patent GB-190702788-A (GB)
Title: Method of Utilising the Warm Air in Stables and the like
Inventor: SAUL MAX
Filed: 1907-02-04
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 2788. Saul, M. Feb. 4. Heating structures; natural heat, utilizing; non- conducting coverings.-Forcing-houses are supplied with the warm, moist nitrogenous air of stables, byres, &c., and are further heated by lining the walls with dung. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the forcing-house g is built against and forms one wall of the stable a, while the intervening removable division is composed of vertically slidable panes of glass f. The walls of the forcing-house are insulated by means of layers of dung, which is also contained in a ditch under the sand floor m. A snow trap o and gutter r prevent snow &c. from falling from the stable roof upon the glass roof of the forcing-house.
Patent GB-190704201-A (GB)
Title: A Device for use in Cleansing Sewers and for similar purposes.
Inventor: SITWELL RICHARD DEGGE
Filed: 1907-02-20
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 4201. Sitwell, R. D. Feb. 20. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cleansing.-Relates to means for facilitating the haulage of tools through a drain, sewer, &c. A pulley A is mounted on a sleeve B fastened by means of a locking-screw E to an extensible rod C. The rod is fixed in a convenient position in a man-hole, or in the mouth of a sewer or drain, and the hauling-rope is passed round the pulley.
Patent GB-190705024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Inking Devices for Rotary Duplicators.
Inventor: CARTER MCION JAMES DOUGLAS
Filed: 1907-03-01
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 5024. Carter, M. J. D. March 1. Copying documents.-In stencil copying-apparatus, more particularly of the type described in Specification No. 29,654, A.D. 1906, where the stencil is attached to a separate removable frame, external pad-inking devices are provided, comprising a roller E mounted on pivoted levers D, and dipping in an ink trough G. When it is desired to ink the pad, the catch K<1> is depressed, and the lever J is brought against the adjustable stop L, so that the roller E is in contact with the ink pad on the cylinder A, but just misses the metal parts. Pivoted and adjustably spring-pressed ductors F on each side of the roller E, regulate the amount of ink fed. In some cases, when it is not desired to ink the pad, but merely to spread the ink already thereon, the roller is prevented from turning by a pivoted catch N engaging with a locking-wheel M. A cover may be provided, hooking over the bar B. The trough G is easily removed for cleaning, by slackening the screws H<1> and turning the roller E backwards out of the trough.
Patent GB-190707780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Float Valves.
Inventor: STUMP ASA L
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 7780. Stump, A. L. April 3. Tanks.-In an oil tank, in order to prevent the entrance of air to the pipe line when the level of the oil falls to a minimum, a float valve is arranged therein to close the discharge outlet when the minimum level is reached, the closed valve being locked automatically until it is released by a manual operation. The valve shown comprises a hinged block 6 carrying a float 9 and fitted with a felt or other disk 10, Fig. 2, to close the discharge outlet 4. The valve is locked automatically by the pivoted claws 13, 14, which grasp the discharge pipe and are weighted at the outer ends. The valve is released by pulling at the cord 21, which has branches connected to the outer ends of the claws.
Patent GB-190708886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Supporting and Securing Together Skirts and Bodices or Blouses.
Inventor: GRIGG HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 8886. Grigg, H. April 17. Suspenders for articles of dress; belts.-To prevent blouses or bodices from riding up in wear, and to suspend the skirt or knickers, a metal or other plate A has flexible studs B inserted in holes a<1>, to serve as a friction grip for the blouse. Notches a<4> are cut on the top edge to engage hooks on the skirt band ; or, the top edge may be extended and turned over, as in Fig. 5, to form a clip to grip the skirt. One or more bands D, passing through slots a<2> and covering the rear of the flexible studs, are secured round the waist, and holds the device in place. Two forms of the stud B are shown, and, in some cases, when the device is not of metal, these may be moulded with the plate A.
Patent GB-190709785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Discharge Funnels for Silos and other Receptacles
Inventor: ZUEBLIN EDUARD
Filed: 1907-04-26
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 9785. Z³blin, E. April 26. Shoots.-A discharge funnel for silos and other receptacles has its walls directly above the outlet undercut or overhanging to prevent arching of the ore, grain, &c. The wall A, Fig. 1, leads direct down to the outlet, and the opposite wall B terminates in a branch wall E forming a sharp angle with the wall A. The other two walls C, D, Fig. 2, diverge downwards from the line h-i, forming walls F, G which are bent at the line a-b-c to form two walls H, J at an angle to each other and to the walls F,G. The outlet is closed by several independent valves, which in closing adjust themselves to the size of the material situated in the corresponding zone of the silo &c. The valves are provided with balance weights, and can be raised or closed simultaneously or singly. Two outlets may be provided for the receptacle, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190711366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes
Inventor: CLARKE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-05-15
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 11,366. Clarke, A. May 15. Tobacco pipes.-In a tobacco pipe of the type having an inverted bowl, the bowl resembles an upright bowl with an open top and is entirely open at the bottom, and the interior is bored as shown to retain the tobacco. The bowl 1, Fig. I, is provided with a removable top 4, a vulcanite or other disk 7, and a trap 3. Fig. II shows a modification in which the top is not removable.
Patent GB-190713300-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Suspending Apparatus for Lamps Employed to Light High Buildings.
Inventor: REES CHARLES
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 13,300. Rees, C. June 8. Gaseliers, electroliers, &c.-To facilitate the raising and lowering of gas and oil lamps used in high buildings, the lamps are suspended by two pulleys with several sheaves forming a system which enables the lamps to be lowered with a small movement of the counterbalanced moving pulley. As shown in Fig. 5, two lamps are suspended from a fixed pendant d by means of flexible tubes which pass over a fixed pulley c and a counterbalanced pulley a, and over guide-pulleys e, f. The pulleys a, e are fitted with four or more sheaves, so that the tubes may pass more than once over them. The gas supply passes through the pendant to tubes k, l, or more tubes may be used, and from these tubes the the flexible tubes are passed over the pulleys a, c, a, e or f in the order mentioned. The pulleys a, c may be arranged above the lights, and the pulley a may be raised and lowered by a chain or the like. According to the Provisional Specification, the pulleys may be lubricated. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 2537, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190713953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Formates.
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 13,953. Raschen, J., Higgins, C. L., and United Alkali Co. June 17. Formates, in a practically pure state, are produced by mixing a suitable base, such as caustic soda, caustic potash, lime, or soda lime, with a titanium compound such as titanic acid, and exposing the mixture, preferably at an elevated temperature and in a vacuous vessel, to the action of carbon monoxide. The titanium compound can be removed from the formate in any suitable manner and used again.
Patent GB-190720069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Rope Haulage.
Inventor: HARTNELL WILSON
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 20,069. Hartnell, W., Heaton, H. W., and Preece, T. Sept. 9. Rope grips of the kind in which the grip is obtained by a lever connected to the load are fitted with a wedge mechanism for initially setting the grip. Fig. 1 shows one form in section. The body A of the clip is slotted vertically to receive a lever B, to the lower end of which are pivoted two shoes C1, C2 adapted to act on the hauling- rope. The lever B slides vertically on a flattened portion of the pin F which is mounted in the body A, and a wedge D causes the shoes C1, C2 to engage loosely with the rope. The lever B is attached to the load, and the resistance causes one or other of the shoes C1, C2 to be forced tightly on to the rope according as the load is being hauled or is overrunning. In a modified form shown in Fig. 2, the jaw C<3> is loosely mounted on a pin E<3>, which is fixed in the body A of the clip. The resistance of the load causesthe lever B to tilt about the corner K and to force the block C<3> on to the rope/
Patent GB-190724457-A (GB)
Title: Portable Slate Punching and Cutting Machine
Inventor: DAVIES SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-02-27
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 24,457. Davies, S., and Joseph, J. Feb. 27, 1908. Punching slates.-Relates to slate cutting and punching machines in which the punches are operated by treadle and lever mechanism. In the lower part of the framework 1 is a foot-lever 2 with a treadle 4 at one end and a weight 3 at the other. This lever is keyed to a shaft turning in bearings 5 and carrying a lever 6 operating, by a toggle joint 7, a square rod 8, on which are adjustably fitted punch levers 9. The punches 11 are secured at the ends of these levers by wedges 12. When it is desired to cut slates, a cutter, Fig. 3, is substituted for the punches and a knife-edge is held under the slate to give a clean cut. A pair of uprights 16, adjustable longitudinally of the framework, carry a bar 17 forming a gauge for the edge of the slates. By adjusting the bar obliquely, tapering pieces may be cut off the slates, or holes may be punched at different distances from the edge. The shock of the punch heads is received by a bar 21 fixed to arms 20 and secured in any desired position by nuts 22. The fall of. the footlever 2, which determines the height to which the punches are raised, is adjusted by a rod passed through holes in guides 23 at the sides of the lever.
Patent GB-190724811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Devices.
Inventor: WIGHTMAN RICHARD
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 24,811. Wightman, R. Nov. 8. Advertising.-An advertising device consists of a strip of paper 1, having one surface 6 adapted to receive printed matter, and the other surface 4 adapted to be used for blotting-purposes, and one or more detachable portions 3 adapted to fold on to the blotting-surface and to bear printed matter, which is concealed when the portions are folded. The parts, when folded, may be secured by a rivet &c. The blotting-surface 4 may be secured to the strip 1. The device may be sent through the post, and the detachable portions may serve as a returncoupon, order-blank, &c.
Patent GB-190800146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Playing Mechanisms for Musical Instruments.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1908-01-02
Granted: 1909-01-04
Abstract: 146. Lake, H. W., [Aeolian Co.]. Jan. 2. Automatic instruments.-In automatic musical instruments, means are provided for varying the pressure actuating the playing mechanism by means of a valve having two adjustable points of support, one controlled pneumatically, and the other manually. As shown in Fig. 1, a finger-piece 1 is adapted for controlling two sections of the instrument, as for example, the bass and the treble. When it is desired to play more softly, a port, such as 2, is closed by the finger, and a chamber 9 becoming exhausted by means of the usual bleed hole, a valve 12 is depressed to connect a chamber 14 to the atmosphere, thus raising a valve 16 and closing a port 18. The air drawn from the motor pneumatics through a pipe 20 cannot therefore pass directly through a chamber 17 and tube 28 to the suction bellows, but swings a flap valve 23 to the position shown in dotted lines, and passes through a port 24, chamber 25, bellows 26, port 30, and duct 29, into the chamber 17 from below, and out through the tube 28. When the bellows 26 is fully distended, a valve 31 partly closes the port 30, and to compensate for any irregularities in the action of the pumping-bellows, a spring 27 is provided to expand the bellows 26 when the pressure falls, thereby keeping the pressure of the air acting on the motor pneumatics constant as long as the port 2 is closed. To reduce this pressure further, the finger-piece 1 is depressed, rocking an arm 35 through links 39, 37, 36, and thereby lifting an arm 34, to which the valve 31 is pivoted, so that the effective area of the port 30 is decreased. As there is only one finger-piece 1, the valves 31 for all the bellows 26 are connected to the shaft 35. Spring-pressed valves may be used for closing the ports 2, 3.
Patent GB-190801756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Liquids or Solids in a Divid or Broken State on Roads
Inventor: PRAED SIR HERBERT BUKLEY MACKWORTH
Filed: 1908-01-25
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 1756. Praed, Sir H. B. M., Hines, J., and Coleman, T. Jan. 25. [Patent of Addition to No. 4325, A.D 1907.] Watering-carts; gravel &c., scattering; liquids, distributing.-Relates to the rotary distributor for liquids or solids described in Specification No. 4325, A.D. 1907. The distributor is built up of a num- ber of flat or inclined annuli d', d<3>, d<5>, d<6> spaced apart by substantially radial strips d<4>, and arranged in truncated-cone form, the largest annulus being preferably at the top. The material is delivered to the distributor as shown in Fig. 2, by means of an adjustable feed.
Patent GB-190804678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Opening and Closing of Valves Automatically.
Inventor: BALDWIN ALFRED
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 4678. Baldwin, A. March 2. Actuating valves and cocks.-Relates to thermally-controlled valves for maintaining the temperature of liquids in vats or air in rooms constant when steam or other fluid is used as the heatiugagent. In the vat or room to be heated is placed a mercury thermometer T having a wire 4 sealed through the bulb, and another wire 7 sealed in the side of the thermometer tube. These two wires are connected to a battery (not shown) and a solenoid 5 mounted on top of the valve 1. Within the solenoid is a loosely-fitting metal plunger 10 provided with a valve 11. The casing 9 is connected by a pipe 13 to the inlet 1<A> of the valve. When the liquid in the vat is to be heated, the steam or other heating-fluid is admitted at 1<A> into the valve, whereby the piston B is raised, thus opening the valves C, D and allowing passage of the steam. If the temperature of the liquid rises too high, the mercury in the thermometer expands and completes the electric circuit. This causes the plunger 10 to be drawn up into the coil, and steam then passes up the tube 13 and through an opening 14 into a space 15 above the piston A. The piston A is thereby depressed and causes the valves C, D to close. As the temperature falls, the circuit is broken by the contracting mercury, the valve 11 closes, and the valves C, D again open by the pressure of the steam beneath the piston B. In a modification, the solenoid is separated from the main valve casing, the solenoid casing being connected by pipes to the space 15 and the inlet 1<A>.
Patent GB-190804922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Electric Incandescent Lamps
Inventor: STEARN CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1908-09-03
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 4922. Stearn, C. H., Topham, C. F., Kandooot, H. W., and Dykes, A. H. Sept: 3. Cut-outs.-In an incandescent lamp, a carbon reserve filament 2 is put in circuit on failure of a metal filament 1, by the breaking- down of paper insulation 12 between tin or lead foil 11, 13, and fusion of the foil. The circuit-closing device may be secured by a wad of wool 15 and a cork plug 16 ; or, it may be contained in a vitrite plug cemented in the cap.
Patent GB-190808183-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Controlling Reversible Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 8183. Aktiebolaget Diesels Motorer. April 17, 1907, [date appliedfor under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-In a reversing engine wherein the supply of fuel is cut off at reversing, the mechanism for operating the fuelinlet valve continues to work until the fuel already in the valve chamber is removed therefrom. The members c, d connected with the fuel pump and the inlet valve respectively are operated by cams f, f<1> and e, e<1>, the latter pair of cams being wider than the former ; the roller of the member d is wider than that of the member c, or the cams are arranged so that, when the sleeve b is moved along the shaft to effect reversal, the member c is thrown out of operation before the member d. The reversing-lever g may work in a slot h, Fig. 2, shaped so as to hold the member d momentarily in operation alone.
Patent GB-190810664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Zeroising Mechanism for Totalizing Counters.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 10,664. Thompson, W. P., [Duplex Adding Machine Co.]. Oct. 29, 1907. Counting - apparatus.-The zeroizing-mechanism is applied to wheels upon a parallel shaft which are in constant engagement with the numeral wheels. Mounted loosely on a shaft 75 are a number of gear wheels 77 engaging teeth on the counter wheels 43. The hub of each wheel 77 is provided with a notch 79 adapted to receive the end of a pawl 81 carried by means of a boss 80 attached to the shaft 75. In zeroizing, the shaft 75 is turned by a knob at the end, the pawls 81 thus moving round to meet the notches and moving the wheels with them until all the notches are picked up and the zeroes appear at the aperture.
Patent GB-190817591-A (GB)
Title: Preparation for Polishing Varnished Work and the like.
Inventor: POTTINGER JAMES
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 17,591. Pottinger, J., Pottinger, E., and Pottinger, F. J. Aug. 21. Polishiny-liquids.-A polishing -liquid for restoring the appearance of varnished surfaces consists of bees-wax, butter of antimony, "knot- " ting " (a solution of shellac in naphtha), linseed oil, shellac, and whiting.
Patent GB-190820345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-bridges for Furnaces.
Inventor: CURRAN WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 20,345. Curran, W. E. Sept. 28. Fire-bridges.-The furnace bridge of a steam boiler, kiln, or annealing or other oven is built up of blocks of fire-clay or other highly refractory material provided with passages c, for the passage of gases from the fire to the flue or combustion chamber ; these passages are intersected by air passages d leading upwards from the ash-pit so as to allow the air and gases to intermingle. The bridge is supported upon a perforated base-plate e, to which may be attached a valve for controlling the supply of air. To provide for variation in the thickness of the bridge, the supporting-plate f may be made adjustable instead of being cast integrally with the base-plate e. To prevent choking of the lower rows of passages c by the accumulation of fuel, ashes or clinker at the foot of the bridge, apertures e' are provided in the base-plate e for the insertion of a pricker, or, as an alternative, a rocking bar having fingers h and operated by the rod i is mounted on the webs separating the apertures e<2>.