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Patent GB-190725299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Applying Devices and Warning or Indicating Devices for Railway Trains and the like.
Inventor: BRAAM JACQUES PIERRE DE
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 25,299. Braam, J. P. de. Nov. 16, 1906, [date apptiedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Contacts, mechanical; stopping engines and trains, -A special connexion is used between the engine contact-lever shaft and the tap connected to the brake pipe or other warning or indicating apparatus, to allow the mechanism to be operated by the movement of the contact-lever in either direction. The shaft a to which the contactlevers are connected has two projecting arms v, w supporting the spindles x, y, which slide in the slots 1, 2 of the links 3, 4, both pivoted at 3 at the end of the shaft m, so that, when the contactlever is moved in either direction, one spindle slides in its slot and the other pulls its link down, thus bringing down the shaft m. The shaft m is connected by a link n to a transverse shaft o which can slide in the slotted bracket k, the float pin r serving to secure it either in the arm p or the upper arm q. The float pin r may be disengaged by pulling the stud t. When the shaft o is held in the upper arm q, the spindles x, y rest in operative position at the lower ends of the slots 1, 2, but when the shaft o is allowed to fall, the spindles rise along the slots and the movement of the contact-lever does not, in this position, operate the shaft m. The bracket k is attached to a rod e, which enters a fixed socket f containing a spring bearing against a piston on the rod e. This spring serves to return the shafts e, m immediately after actuation. The shaft e is connected at its upper end to the releasing-hook b, the movement of which causes the tap c, connected to the brake pipe d, to open automatically.
Patent GB-190728257-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Lowering Flexible Cylinders for the Purpose of Working under Water.
Inventor: MALLET GEORGE WALTER
Filed: 1907-12-23
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 28,257. Mallet, G. W. Dec. 23. Diving; coffer-dams.-Flexible-bag coffer dams are lowered by admitting water to the interior of the bag. When the bag is secured in position, the water is pumped out.
Patent GB-190800475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Curling Tongs.
Inventor: LOESEBRINK EWALD
Filed: 1908-01-08
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 475. L÷sebrink, E. Jan. 8. Hair curling and the like, toilet appliances for.- Curling-tongs in which the tubular arm 2 sheaths a heating-rod 6 are provided, according to the present invention, with a cap 5 to retain the rod within the arm when the instrument is in use.
Patent GB-190804644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Reduction of Metallic Compounds and Furnaces therefor.
Filed: 1908-02-29
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 4644. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 29. Metallurgical furnaces; gaseous-fuel fittings.- Apparatus for the reduction of metallic compounds such as oxides to yield metals of great purity and fineness comprises a number of heating-tubes 1 heated by a travelling member 7 and arranged alternately in series with absorbing tubes 3, a reducing-agent passing continuously through the tubes. As an example, the reduction of precipitated tungstic oxide W03 is described. The oxide is contained in shallow copper boats, which are placed in the tubes 1, a current of hydrogen from a reservoir 14 being circulated through the tubes by a pump 19. The hydrogen reduces the oxide, and the water vapour formed is swept away by the current and absorbed in the tubes 3, which contain a drying-agent, such as sulphuric acid. The heating-device 7 is traversed very slowly along the length of the tubes by a screwed spindle 10 so as to complete the run in about 1¢ hours. The gas flame is regulated so as to produce a temperature of 600-800‹ C., and, in order to concentrate the heat as much as possible, a heat-reflecting shield 22 is mounted above the tubes on the travelling member 7. The ends of the tubes 1 are cooled by water circulating through the hollow supporting-frame 2.
Patent GB-190817686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway Signalling Devices
Inventor: BARNES ALFRED GRIFFITH
Filed: 1908-08-22
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 17,686. Barnes, A. G. Aug. 22. Indicating and recording movements of trains; recording signals.-An apparatus for recording the position of the signal when a train passes it, and for receiving the operator's record of the time and particulars of trains passing, comprises a trainrecord sheet, moved forward step by step each time the signal is returned to danger, beneath openings in the case through which the operator may write particulars of the trains, and one or more punches set according to the position of the signal and actuated by a train treadle to record the position. The train-record sheet b<3> is moved from the store-roll b<1> to the take-up roll b<2> by a ratchet b<8> actuated by a pawl b<7> on a plate b<5> which is moved in guides to and fro by the bell-crank b<10> connected by suitable link-work to the semaphore or hand-lever so that the position of the plate b<5> corresponds with the position of the semaphore, which in the case particularly described is a threeposition one. The plate b<5> carries on its underside a pair of guides c<8> arranged obliquely and engaging a block c<2> by means of a pair of cam-rollers or a cam-surface which cause the block to move in its guides c transversely across the train-record sheet. The block c<2> carries a punch c<3> adapted to pass through holes in the plate b<5> into the die c<4> and to perforate the train-record sheet. By the setting of the signal the punch c<3> is brought into position to perforate the sheet in one of the three columns arranged for the purpose and the passage of the train over a track treadle causes the rod d<2> to rise and carry with it the guide-block c which moves in vertical guides The return of the signal to 'danger' after the train has passed moves the slide b<5> and the ratchet-wheel b<8> to take up one line of the train-record sheet. Openings in the cover of the apparatus permit the operator to fill in particulars of trains, times, &c. In a modification, three punches of different shape are arranged to perforate one column of the sheet, different signals being distinguished by different - shaped holes, according to the punch that is over the lifting-block when the train passes over the track treadle.
Patent GB-190825269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Lessening the Sound of Discharge of Guns.
Inventor: MAXIM HIRAM PERCY
IPC: F41A21/30
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 25,269. Maxim, H. P. Nov. 24. [Patent of Addition to No. 14,310, A.D. 1908.] Noise of discharge, deadening.-Relates to the s i l e n c i n g-devices described in Specification No. 14,310, A.D. 1908. According to the present invention each orifice e' through which the bullet passes is eccentric and has its edge deformed at e<2> or is otherwise provided with a deflecting-surface to ensure the deflection of the gases into the next chamber. The walls of the chambers may be conchoidal as at e, Figs. 2 and 3, or plane as at h, Fig. 5. In modification, the orifice is central but the walls are dished and provided with blades i, Figs. 6 and 7.
Patent GB-190826624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corroding Pots.
Inventor: MEIER ALBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 26,624. Meier, A. J. Dec. 8. White lead.-Vessels for use in the Dutch whitelead process comprise leaden crowns supported internally or externally by beads 6 of enamelled iron, porcelain, or stout lead, which extend vertically from the bottom of the pots, and remain after the crowns have corroded away. The crowns have a number of perforations or openings 4, and are encircled by hoops. The cups 1 are made of a lead alloy, or of lead that is thicker than the leaden crowns, and they terminate in a shoulder 2, upon which lead strips or disks rest. The cups 1, the crowns, the hocps 5, and the beads 6 may be formed integrally, and ribs 7 may be employed as reinforcements to the cups.
Patent GB-190828196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoves or Boilers of the "Box or Horseshoe" Type for Heating Greenhouses and other Structures.
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 28,196. Duckworth, H. C., and Twelve Hours Stove Syndicate. Dec. 28. Water-heating stoves.-In the fire-box of a slowcombustion stove or boiler of the " box or horse- "sboe" type for use in greenhouses, motor-car houses, &c., a baffle b or a waterway having an opening c at its rear and lower end, through which the combustion products pass on their way to the flue f at the front of the boiler, is provided to cause the combustion to be gradual. Fuel is supplied from the magazine i, which is furnished with a hinged door h provided inside with an inclined plate j and having its lower end level with the top of the opening c. The baffle or waterway may be of any shape, but is preferably bent as in Fig. 4. The draught is regulated in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 27,163, A..D. 1907, by admitting air through a damper k on the boiler front to mix with the combustion products passing to the flue f. This damper also admits of the side ash-pit being cleared of ashes &c.
Patent GB-190900606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoves for Heating Buildings or the like Purposes.
Inventor: WIKSTROEM GEORG ALFRED
IPC: F24C5/04
Filed: 1909-01-09
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 606. Wikstrom, G. A. Jan. 9. Oil heating-stoves.-A heating-stove in which an ordinary oil lamp is the source of heat is constructed of a hollow cylinder a surrounding the lamp, surmounted by one or more cylinders c penetrated by a central flue e tapered or otherwise and a ring of surrounding flues d. Above the flues a dome-shaped cover g is provided, and together with an outlet pipe f is filled with pumice-stone or the like to absorb petroleum vapour. Around the top of the chimney h with which the stove is fitted is a water tank i, the vapour from which, assisted in its formation by an ordinary rotary cowl j driven by the ascending gases, moistens the atmosphere. Dampers m, n, at the top and bottom of the stove respectively, control the draught. Heat-retaining material, such as steatite, fire-clay, brick material, &c., is employed for the cylinders, and a metal casing k packed with sand may surround them. The cover g may also be of heat-retaining material. A chimney hood with an upwardly-turned flue on the outer side of the wall may be fitted above the stove, and a similar air passage may be arranged below the lower opening of the stove.
Patent GB-190902679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam and Grease Traps and the like.
IPC: F22B37/26
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2679. Grant, C. de V., and McDowall, Steven, & Co. Feb. 4. Separators.-A trap for collecting grease, fat, or vegetable matter, and for discharging water from steam has a casing a divided by a partition b extending from near the top to near the bottom, the water level being normally above the lower edge of the partition; one of the two compartments thus formed has a perforated iron or copper collecting-box p and inlet flap valves i, and the other compartment has a water discharge valve. The casing is closed by a cover k having a rim m fitting in a groove n in the casing, the joint being packed steam-tight with rubber or asbestos. The cover may have a vacuum or other valve, and may be fitted to the casing by thumb-screws o or by a lever or clamp. The box is removable, or may have an outlet provided with a cock for drawing off grease &c. The trap may be used for steam cooking installations. According to the Provisional Specification, a blow-off valve and a draw-off cock may be provided.
Patent GB-190902777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Locking Nuts and the like on Bolts and the like and for Locking them to Surfaces, or one to each other.
Inventor: MARSHALL DALE
IPC: F16B39/10
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2777. Marshall, D. Feb. 5. Locking nuts.-A washer for locking nuts has an annular projection A engaging the flat sides of the nut, and a number of notches or grooves G extending from the periphery but stopping short of the central hole. After the nut N is screwed down, a pin P is driven through one of the notches G, and bends down into a vertical hole H in the work M. The pin may have the form of a wire loop P<2> engaging grooves on opposite sides of the washer W. In a modification, the grooves G are formed on the face of a nut or bolt head. Specifications 3730/75, 15,710/84, 26,283/07, and 15,925/08 are referred to.
Patent GB-190903473-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Preparation of Coffee or like Beverages.
Inventor: MACNAIR JAMES IRVINE
Filed: 1909-02-12
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 3473. Macnair, J. I., and Macnair, N. Feb. 12. Urns; pots.-Coffee &c. is boiled with water for a period determined by the size of a steam outlet and the height of a pipe by which it is discharged through a percolator. The apparatus may consist of a vessel A fixed in a vessel B and closed by a screw plug C having an aperture H, which may be adjustable. A discharge pipe E is covered by a perforated disk G, and terminates in a percolator M. In operation, water and coffee that has been subjected to percolation are placed in the vessel A, and, upon boiling, the infusion is discharged through fresh coffee in the percolator M into the outer vessel B, which may consist of a kettle or of a vessel pivoted upon trunnions. A safety-valve J has a stem K passing through the vessel B, and may be opened to prolong the period of infusion. According to the Provisional Specification the coffee may be contained in a perforated cylinder, and the infusion may be discharged through a pipe opening beneath a deflector in an infuser in a second vessel or chamber.
Patent GB-190904627-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Material Prepared from or with Textile or Fibrous Matters and the Preparation thereof.
IPC: D06M15/17
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1910-02-25
Abstract: 4627. Frood, H., and Frood Co., H. Feb. 25. Coating-compositions ; impregnating-compositions; compound fabrics and sheet materials.- A material suitable for brake blocks is made by saturating fabrics &c. with a non-vitreous enamel &c., and then heating to about 220‹ C. to harden the enamel. The enamel &c. may consist of resin spirit, rock bitumen, and gum copal, &c. in linseed oil. The fabric may be built up in plies before or after treatment, and the plies may be stitched together or secured by spikes or plugs. A mass of fibrous unwoven material may be treated, and after' being heated, is pressed to any required shape. According to the Provisional Specification, the fabrics &c. may be coated with the enamel &c., and can be rendered supple by treating them again with the enamel and allowing the last coat to dry slowly; and the product may be used for making tyres for vehicles, tent cloths, pneumatic tyres (by. directly vulcanizing indiarubber to it), stair treads, friction clutches, driving-belts, and boot soles and heels.
Patent GB-190906890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lids for Tea-pots, Coffee-pots and other Vessels.
Inventor: FLINT FRANCIS
IPC: A47J36/10
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 6890. Flint, F. March 23. Lids and covers.-A spring A for retaining the lid C of a coffee-pot, teapot, &c. on its seat is pivotally attached to a stud L, which may pass through the handle G, or be formed in one with it, or be secured to a clip H engaging the handle. The spring has a keyhole slot, and when it is in position the bent-over end F of the spring engages the reduced neck of the stud to keep the neck in the narrow part of the slot. The spring may be pivotally secured to the spout.
Patent GB-190913735-A (GB)
Title: Method of Fastening Sights on Fire Arms.
Inventor: MAUSER PAUL
IPC: F41G1/00
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 13,735. Mauser, P. Nov. 21, 1908, [Convention date]. Sights.-Consists in securing fore and back sights to the barrel without solder by forming them with an internally screwed sleeve, which is screwed on to the barrel and then tightened by a transverse clamping-screw. Figs. 2 and 3 show a back-sight in which the rear screwthreaded part x is split and provided with a clamping-screw z. Figs. 5 and 6 show a foresight in which the part k of the sleeve that is not screw-threaded is split and provided with a clamping-screw n.
Patent GB-190914710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding and Portable Furniture, more especially for use in Tents, or for Transport.
Inventor: TICKELL JOHN LARKINS
IPC: A47B85/08
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 14,710. Tickell, J. L. June 23. Cupboards, sideboards, &c.-Relates to folding and portable furniture, such as tent sideboards, which when opened out have shelves, cupboards, and receptacles for bottles, glasses, and other table articles, one of the shelves being adapted for use as a table or desk. The folding parts are hinged and pivoted to a shallow boxlike body 0 with fixed cross-pieces A, B for retaining the folding table D, C, which is pivoted at P, in its extended horizontal position. A hinged shelf H is supported by hinged sideflaps E, and these parts, together with the table-flap D, may form a lock-up desk or cupboard. Other shelves I, K, M and drawers N may be arranged as shown. The doors L, when opened, may serve as supporting-legs, and they may be furnished with strips to support extra loose shelves M<1>. The shelf M<1> may fit in the space not covered by the folding parts when collapsed, and may be secured in position by thumb-screws &c.
Patent GB-190914967-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Cleaning Bottles.
Inventor: FLOWER ARTHUR LESLJE
IPC: B08B9/36
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 14,967. Flower, A. L. June 26. Bottles, cleaning.-In apparatus for removing labels &c. from bottles, the bottle j is thrust between a number of brushes or scrapers e carried by weighted arms d pivotally mounted on a rotating frame a, so that under the action of centrifugal force the scrapers are forced against the bottle. The shaft carrying the frame contains a spring-controlled spindle which terminates in a cone forming an abutment for the bottle mouth, and serving to keep the scrapers apart when the bottle is withdrawn.
Patent GB-190917511-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method for Displaying Posters, Pictures, Notices or similar Matter.
Inventor: KENT-JOHNSTON ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: G09F11/12
Filed: 1909-07-28
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 17,511. Johnson, A. G. Kent-. July 28. Reel and web apparatus. - Relates to apparatus for displaying pictures, notices, in which a number of parallel rollers are supported in endless tracks, a display-blind being attached to each roller and to a lath, carried by a preceding roller, and means being provided for unrolling and displaying the blind, and consists in providing the rollers with toothed wheels and racks, which may be built up in sections, for winding up the blinds. The forward end of each blind may be passed round a lath e, Figs. 2 and 4, carried by a roller c by means of loose pendent arms, and held by the jaws of a tube 3, gripped tightly by one or more tube-pieces 5. A cam o, Fig. 2, on a travelling chain m strikes a spring- controlled lever 1, Figs. 2 and 6, and withdraws a rod 6, pushing forward the rod 5 and liberating a roller 8. The cam o passes by the recently liberated roller and carries upwards the roller c from the foot of the racks. The toothed wheels of the rising roller engage the racks and wind the displayed band up, while the band of the succeeding roller is unwound and displayed. A spring detent u prevents the rollers from falling back again.
Patent GB-190927690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Structures for Accommodating Dirigible Balloons or like Apparatus.
Inventor: HUBER CARL
IPC: E04H6/44
Filed: 1909-11-27
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 27,690. Huber, C. Nov. 27. Repairing aerial machines, apparatus for.- Rigid frameworks for aerial machines are supported, while balloons &c. are being secured to them, on endless belts, cables, &c. b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, b<5> running over rollers R<1>, R<2>, R3, R4 and operated by a windlass, whereby a framework can be rotated and the work done from a travelling stage L. When the belts used are not endless, the ends are connected to two windlasses W', W<2>.
Patent GB-190928192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Guns and the like and Means for Charging the same.
IPC: F41B11/00
Filed: 1909-12-02
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 28,192. Aktiebolaget Vapenfabriken Excellent. Dec. 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Pneumatic.-Relates to pneumatic guns and to means for charging the same, and consists in providing a separate charging - device which leaves the gun quite free in use, the pressure chamber of the gun being provided with a charging-valve similar to the valves used on pneumatic tyres. The conduit 2 is connected at 25 to a reservoir of compressed air, liquid carbon dioxide, or the like and is provided with a valve 3 pressed outwards by a spring 4 to hold the valve packing 5 tightly against the seat 6. A movable spindle 7 is provided with a central conduit and with packing 8 against which a seat on the valve 10 attached to the pressure chamber of the gun is tightly pressed during the charging operation. A spring-controlled standard 12 has a pin 14 to engage a recess 15 on the gun, and a fork 17 guides the gun so that the valve 10 is positioned properly upon the valve 8 for charging. In operation, the gun is placed with the recess 15 upon the pin 14, and the rear of the gun enters the fork 17; the valve 10, when the rear part of the gun is depressed, engages the spindle 7, which thereby depresses the valve 3 from the seat 6 to allow the fluid to pass from the reservoir by way of the connexion 25, conduit 2, passages 22, 24, and conduit in the spindle 7 to the non-return valve 10 on the gun. The parts may be so arranged that the gun is depressed laterally, or longitudinally, or has a screwing motion to open the valve 3 for charging, and the valves 10, 3 may be so arranged as to be firmly connected for charging without the use of guiding-means such as the fork 17.
Patent GB-191004326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: MIYABARA JIRO
IPC: F22G7/14
Filed: 1910-02-21
Granted: 1911-02-21
Abstract: 4326. Miyabara, J. Feb. 22, 1909, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Admission of air through working apertures, preventing; doors. - The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), describes a device for reducing the inflow of air when the fire-door of a boiler is opened. The device consists of heavy ropes or chains of incombustible material, such as asbestos, hanging loosely and close together in the doorway. The ropes or chains yield when the stoking implements are introduced. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted,
Patent GB-191006284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ejectors for Vacuum Brake Apparatus.
Inventor: GRESHAM HARRY EDWARD
IPC: B60T13/46
Filed: 1910-03-12
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 6284. Gresham, H. E., and Kiernan, G. March 12. Aspirating-apparatus, ejector.-In an ejector for vacuum brakes having the large and small nozzles arranged side by side or eccentrically, non-return valves b, f are interposed between the nozzles and the main non-return valve a, so that a compartment g is provided between both ejectors and the valve a. The usual automatic valve h is fitted to the compartment g.