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Patent GB-190826083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus and Appliances for Indicating the Rate of Speed, and for Applying a Brake at Stated Speeds applicable to Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: PREW EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,083. Prew, E. H. Dec. 3. Motor road vehicles.-In speed indicators and controllers of the centrifugal-governor type for motor-vehicles &c. in which an alarm is sounded and a brake applied when a given speed is reached. a second alarm is provided to show when the speed is being exceeded. The hollow sleeve of the governor carrier a vertical rod e moving over a scale h and resting on a projection f carried by an adjustable collar mounted on the screwed sleeve of the governor. The collar e carries the forked end of a pivoted brake bar m connected to a band brake o. The rod e is adapted to engage a lever p and sound an alarm r and afterwards, if the speed increases, with a second lever t sounding a second alarm s, both alarms ceasing to sound when the speed falls below the limit. Specification No. 15,461, A.D. 1896, is referred to.
Patent GB-190827775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HANDS GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1910-01-21
Abstract: 27,775. Hands, G., and Breeden, F. Dec. 21. Incandescent gas lamps.-The casing comprises a fixed lower portion and an upper portion adapted to be elev a t e d upon the suspension pipe, and there clamped so as to allow of access to one or of more joints between the burner or burners and the supply pipe inside the lamp, which may be easily disconnected to permit removal of the lamp ; a reflector plate may be provided with holes which merge into one another when a number of burners are employed. The upper portion a of the casing may have a cowl e and is supported by a boss b sliding upon the gas supply pipe c or other lamp-suspending means On raising the part a and securing it by the set screw d, the unions u<1> may be easily disconnected A centring-piece comprising a ring f and arms g may be used to hold the copper sleeve h and to support the part a. The chamber k may be integral with, or formed with a central perforation or tube l for connexion to, the cast-iron chimney j, and it may have projections m to provide an air space between it and the casing o. The air-supply perforations q are surrounded by a weather-guard s. The burner tubes t are secured by nuts or by screwing to the chamber k, the burner fittings preferably being those described iu Specification No. 1594, A.D. 1910. The reflector v may have a number of merging holes as shown in Fig. 2 ; and the portions x of theburner tubes may be cranked to bring the mantles close together, or a separate hole may be provided for each burner. A reflector or shade z supports the hinged globesupporting ring y.
Patent GB-190828217-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Conveying Coal and the like Material from the Stall or Working Face to the Main Roads in Coal and other Mines.
Inventor: MCPHEE RICHARD
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 28,217. McPhee, R. Dec. 28. Tip-wagons.-In apparatus for conveying material from the working face of a mine and depositing it in the trams on the main roads, and comprising a number of hutches drawn along rails adjacent to the working face by a cable, the hutches are mounted on trunnions K and are normally prevented from overturning by one arm of a bellcrank lever N abutting against a stop M on a circular projection L mounted on the trunnions. When the hutch reaches a bridge spanning the main road, the lever N is withdrawn from the stop M by a curved rail Q engaging its depending arm.
Patent GB-190901376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Ejector and Brake Controlling Mechanism of Vacuum Brake Apparatus.
Inventor: BROOKE ROBERT GRUNDY
IPC: B60T13/46
Filed: 1909-01-20
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 1376. Brooke, R. G. Jan. 20. [Addition to 593/08.] Aspirating apparatus, ejector.-In an ejector and controlling-mechanism for vacuum brakes of the type described in the parent Specification, the spindle c<1> of the steam valve c of the ejector carries an adjustable sleeve s provided with lips 2, 3, which are engaged by the cam j on the spindle g of the driver's handle h. In the position of the handle shown in Fig. 3, the cam j engages the lip 2 and opens the steam valve c. On moving the handle in the direction of the arrow into the position I, the cam engages with the lip 3 and moves the spindle c<1> to close the valve c. Further movement in the same direction to operate the main air valve (not shown) does not affect the steam valve. In a modified form, the sleeve s, Fig. 5, is free to slide on a reduced portion of the spindle c'; but is normally held against the shoulder x by a spring y. The operation is similar to that described above, except that the cam j, in moving in the direction of the arrow past the lip 3, compresses the spring y and positively closes the steam valve c. The lip 3 is formed with an incline s<1> to facilitate, on the return movement, the entrance of the cam j into the slot between the lips 2, 3.
Patent GB-190912855-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Holders for Eye-glasses, Pencil-cases, or like Articles.
Inventor: CLAPHAM GEORGE HERBERT
IPC: A45F5/00
Filed: 1909-06-01
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 12,855. Clapham, G. H. June 1. Eye-glass &c. guards.- In a holder for eye-glasses, pencil-cases, fountain pens, keys, &c., of the type in which a chain secured to the article is wound on a spring-controlled drum, the orifice c in the drum casing is provided with a V-shaped notch c', into which the chain can be drawn to hold it in its extended position when the eyeglasses &c. are in use.
Patent GB-190915635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Speedometers.
Inventor: HARRIS WILLIAM REES
IPC: G01P1/11
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 15,635. Harris, W. R. July 5. Indicating particular readings.- Adjustable alarm devices for attachment to speed indicators consist of a plate 18 provided with a spring tongue 19, Fig. 4, carried by a stem 21 rotatably mounted in a metal bushing 22 secured in the glass plate 12 of the indicator. A hand 23 attached to the disk allows the device to be set to any speed, so that when a projection on the speed-indicating hand 15 engages with the tongue a circuit is closed and an alarm or signal is given. One binding-screw 27 is attached to the casing of the indicator, and the other 29 to a plate 30 surrounding the bushing 22 and attached to the glass plate by a rivet 31.
Patent GB-190916152-A (GB)
Title: A Holder for Artificial Hair-work such as Curls or Ringlets, Chignons and the like during Curling Operations.
Inventor: PHILIPP BERNHARD
IPC: A45D44/14
Filed: 1909-07-10
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 16,152. Philipp, B. Aug. 13, 1908, [Convention date]. Wigs.-A device for holding hair for use when making artificial curls comprises a comblike piece a provided with means d such as a clamp for securing it to various articles of furniture.
Patent GB-190917385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for use on Road Locomotives and other Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
IPC: B62D55/084
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 17,385. Roberts, D., and James, C. July 26. Brakes, arrangement and disposition of, and braking.-Relates to brakes for road locomotives and other vehicles, of the class described in Specification 10,305/08. Two forms are described, in one of which the brake may be used to " free-wheel " the machine when running up an incline either forwards or rearwards and also to brake the machine when running down an incline forwards or rearwards. In the other form the machine can " free-wheel " forwards when the brake is applied, and, by throwing in a clutch, the machine can be braked when moving either backwards or forwards. (1) The first form as applied to an endless-track locomotive is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The front guiding sprocket-wheel i carries four pawls l, m which are spring-pressed into engagement with the internal teeth o of the brake-wheel p, loosely mounted on the axle h. The position of the pawls is determined by the position of a double conical sleeve a', which contacts with the pins z abutting on the tails of the pawls. When the sleeve a<1> is centrally placed with respect to the pins z, both pawls are in engagement with the teeth o, and if the wheel p is held fixed by the tightening of the brake band x, the machine will be braked against forward or rearward movement. If the sleeve a<1> is moved to one side or the other by means of suitable mechanism as shown, one or other of the pawls will be disengaged and the machine will be braked, upon the brake band being tightened, when running in only one direction. (2) In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the sprocket-wheel i carries two pawls l, which permit "free-wheeling" in a forward direction, but prevent backward movement when the brakeband is tightened. Braking in both directions is effected by putting in a clutch j<1> keyed to the sleeve of the brake-wheel p, which clutch engages with teeth i<1> formed on the sprocketwheels i, and then tightening the brake-band.
Patent GB-190924201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Driving Gear.
Inventor: PLEASANCE FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: F16H3/34
Filed: 1909-10-21
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 24,201. Pleasance, F. W. Oct. 21. Feed-motions.-Relates to two-speed gearing suitable for phonographs, of the class in which gears are carried on a pivoted plate which is rocked from side to side to bring either gearratio into operation. A fixed pivot 10 supports the plate 9, which carries a main gear 3 and two sets of supplementary gears 4, 5, 6 and 7, 8. The gear 6 may engage a gear 11 on the driving- shaft 1, while the gear 3 engages directly a gear 12 on the driven shaft 2. Alternatively, the gear 3 may engage the gear 11 directly, while the gear 8 engages the gear 12. The sizes of the gears 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 determine the gearratios.
Patent GB-190925144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dynamo electric Machines or Electromagnetic Power Devices.
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED KENDAL TOULMIN
IPC: H02K33/18
Filed: 1909-11-01
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 25,144. Smith, A. K. T., and Good, P. Nov. 1. Electro-magnets ; reciprocating and oscillating machines.-A solenoid for producing reciprocating motion comprises a central core having one or more limbs, preferably converging, or a cylinder surrounding magnetizing windings, one or more of which are movable. The solenoid comprises a core A, Fig. 5, having limbs or a cylindrical shell A', preferably converging toward the open end and provided with a fixed coil B and a moving coil C, which may carry an armature D by means of rods D'. The coils may be connected in series or parallel or may be separate, and, in order to cut down the current when the coil has been drawn in, a resistance E is preferably provided which is only placed in circuit by a tappet D' engaging the shortcircuiting arm H. One coil may be arranged to pass over the other, and there may be two or more either fixed or moving coils. In the form shown in Fig. 8, the moving coil C is provided with tubes L through which pass the flexible leads from terminals J, having a cover J<1>. Secured to the tubes is a disk M which communicates motion by springs M<4>, M<7> to an armature P, and to the casing O. The casing is carried by a conical wood block O<1>, fixed to a plate M' and provided with a drawhook N. The fixed and moving coils may be enclosed in a brass or other casing, and the device may be filled with oil to produce a dash-pot action. The gap between the core A<8> and the shell A<9> is shown diminishing gradually, but it may do so in steps or be of an even width throughout. The moving coil may be returned by gravity or a spring, or by reversing the current in one of the coils ; by repeated reversal, by means of a suitable commutator switch, continuous reciprocation may be produced. In the case of two moving coils, the motion may be in the same or in opposite directions ; if the latter, the coils may be connected by links &c. to give a resultant movement in one direction only. If alternating current is used, the iron may be laminated, and the reciprocating coil may be short-circuited or consist of a plain ring. The device is applicable to railway points and signals, brakes, stamp mills, and measuring- nstruments.
Patent GB-190926461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telephone Mouthpieces.
Inventor: CLOUGH CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: H04R1/12
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 26,461. Clough, C. W. Nov. 15. Drawings to Specification. Sanitary and hygienic devices.-A wafer of silk or the like to be placed over a telephone mouthpiece is treated with an antiseptic solution, which is sufficiently adhesive to hold the wafer on the mouthpiece. The wafer may have scalloped edges.
Patent GB-191000314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steps for Public Entertainments.
Inventor: PROSS WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A63G31/00
Filed: 1910-01-05
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 314. Pross, W. H. Jan. 5. Theatrical appliances.-Relates to an apparatus for public entertainment, and comprises a portable staircase having spaces adapted to receive removable and replaceable steps of various materials which emit different sounds when danced upon by a performer. The steps may be composed of steel, iron, glass, slate, &c., and in order that clear sounds may be produced some soft material, such as straw, is placed between the steps and the parts of the staircase which support them.
Patent GB-191000669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding Cartridges of Tobacco.
Inventor: BADDELEY WILLIAM GROSVENOR
IPC: A24F23/00
Filed: 1910-01-10
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 669. Baddeley, W. G., and Baddeley, F. C. Jan. 10. Fittings, internal; fittings, external; cuntents, delivering and facilitating access to.-A box for tobacco cartridges is divided into compartments equal in width to the length of the cartridges, the partition or partitions and the box sides and ends being provided with flanges E, Fig. 1. The cartridges may be withdrawn by rolling, after the hinged end has been turned down. A compartment G is provided for a pipe filler, the lid and bottom being bulged as at H, if necessary, to provide sufficient room. The filler may, however, be carried in an external sleeve, and the lid may be formed as an additional receptacle. In another form, a member J, Fig. 3, is provided with cylindrical chambers K, the ends of which may be closed by a cover L.
Patent GB-191006620-A (GB)
Title: Amusement Devices.
Inventor: ROSS JESSE MITCHELL
IPC: A63G31/00
Filed: 1910-03-16
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 6620. Ross, J. M., and Holton, A. Nov. 15, 1909, [Convention date]. Lifts.-An amusement device, which may be constructed on a small scale as a toy, consists of a cylindrical structure 2 within which a spiral track 10 is fixed. A car 14 which has sides of wire netting is slung from a swivel at the end of a cable 20, and is provided with guide - wheels 18 which engage the track 10. Thus, when the car is moved vertically, the track forces it to rotate about its axis. The inner surface of the structure is lined with pictures or scenery and the top of the structure is open to permit the passengers to make observations.
Patent GB-191011187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Clocks.
IPC: G04B21/08
Filed: 1910-05-05
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 11,187. Vereinigte Uhrenfabriken von Geb. Junghans und T. Haller Akt.- Ges. April 6, [Convention date]. Striking-mechanism.-Where rods are used as gongs, the holder a therefor is arranged obliquely to the rear wall d of the clock case, and the rods b therein are arranged as close as possible to the wall, but the holder is fixed adjustably so that the rod closest to the wall can be set clear thereof without bending.
Patent GB-191020558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heating Apparatus for Automobiles.
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE EDWARD
IPC: B60H1/20
Filed: 1910-09-03
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 20,558. Brown, G. E. Sept. 3. Heating vehicle.-In apparatus in which the exhaust gases of the motor are used exclusively to heat a water reservoir or boiler of an installation which is independent of the motor-cooling system, the boiler surrounds or partly surrounds a length of the exhaust pipe. As shown in Fig. 1, the radiators which take the form of foot-warmers F, F<1> are connected by the inlet branches e<1>, c<2> and return branches f', f<3> to pipes communicating with the boiler E, which surrounds a portion a, Fig. 2, of the exhaust pipe A. The supply of hot gases to the boiler may be regulated or cut off by the pivoted valve a<2>, which is operated from the dash-board.
Patent GB-191021567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Die Printing Presses.
Inventor: CROKER HAROLD BLACK
IPC: B41F1/00
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 21,567. Croker, H. B. Sept. 16. Embossing and stamping; inking-apparatus.- A die printing-press is so constructed that the die, which is reciprocated towards the inking- apparatus, is actuated by a connecting-rod or the like formed in two parts capable of relative movement to permit of the die having a considerable period of rest during the descent of the plunger. As shown, a die-carrier 21, Fig. 3, is reciprocated in dovetailed grooves in a casting 4 by means of an arm 61 and a connecting- rod 48 driven by a crank-arm 47 on a shaft 29, which is oscillated by a crank on a shaft 17 geared to a main driving-shaft 7. The connecting-rod 48 is constructed of two telescopic parts 48<a>, 48<b> normally maintained in the position shown by a spring 48<c>, but when the die arrives in printing position, in which it is arrested by a fixed stop, the part 48<a> moves relatively to the part 48<b>, a pin 48<c> on the part 48<a> moving in a slot 48<d> in the part 48<b>. The die remains stationary until, on the return of the part 48<a>, the pin 48e engages the end of the slot 48<d>. The die is inked by a roller 41 carried by arms 40 on a shaft which is rocked bv eccentric mechanism from the shaft 17. The roller 41 is inked bv a continuously-driven fountain roller 42. After being inked, the die is wiped by a strip 38, which passes over a wiping-plate 39. The strip 38 is unwound from a roller 37, and wound upon a roller 34 actuated by ratchet mechanism from an eccentric 20 on a shaft 13 driven from the shaft 7. The counterpart is depressed to effect the printing by means of a hard steel roller 31 on arms 30 on the shaft 17, which acts on the top of a plunger 50 carrying the counterpart. The plunger is fitted with side arms moving in vertical guides, and normally raised by springs.
Patent GB-191023246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic or Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: BURNETT CUTHBERT
IPC: B60C9/16
Filed: 1910-10-07
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 23,246. Burnett, C. Oct. 7. Jackets and covers. - Wire is incorporated with certain of the weft threads only of the textile foundations of tyre covers, and extends from edge to edge thereof. The wire, which may be of an alloy such as brass, or of copper, aluminium, or the like, and may be annealed, is incorporated during the process of weaving, and any number or all of the layers of fabric may be strengthened.
Patent GB-191023645-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rudders in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: WILDEBLOOD HENRY SEDDON
IPC: B64C9/00
Filed: 1910-07-06
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 23,645. Wildeblood, H. S. July 6. Drawings to Specification. Steering; stopping way.-In aeroplane machines having wing tips trailing towards the rear of the machine, a pair of vertical rudders of triangular form is arranged at or near the wing tips. The rudders may also be used for stopping way.
Patent GB-191027650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tools.
Inventor: MCDONALD JOHN
IPC: B25H1/00
Filed: 1910-11-28
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 27,650. McDonald, J. Nov. 28. Percussive hand tools. - A pneumatic hand tool for caulking or cutting metal has an external flexible spring attachment for taking the strain off the operator, the spring being attached at one end to the tool and at the other end to the work or to a fixed point. In the form shown, the spring B is connected by a chain b to a ring a<2> on the handle, and at the other end by a hook b<1> or like sliding connexion to a bar C, which is fixed to the plates D by a detachable bracket c. A similar attachment may be fitted to the other side of the tool to give a balanced action. When used for cutting, the forward end of the spring also may be attached to a chain &c. having a hook or clip engaging the edge of the plate. The chain may be adjustable, or the tension of the spring may be adjusted by a bolt. The holding-up hammer may also be similarly supported.
Patent GB-191100763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Washing and the like.
Inventor: MACKEY WILLIAM MCDONNELL
IPC: B03B9/00
Filed: 1911-01-11
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 763. Mackey, W. M. Jan. 11. Washing.-In washing coal, lime water or baryta water or milk of lime, or baryta is added to the wash-water in order to promote the coagulation and settling of the fine dirt during the washing process, and allow the fine coal to go with the clean coal. The lime or baryta is preferably added continuously in the proportion of from a quarter to one pound of free lime or from three-quarters to three pounds of free baryta per thousand gallons of wash-water.
Patent GB-191101048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Electrical Signalling Apparatus for Railways.
IPC: B61L13/04
Filed: 1911-01-14
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 1048. Automatic Electric Block Signalling Co., and Brousson, R. P. Jan. 14. Electrical systems, automatic; track apparatus actuating signals other than on trains.-In automatic electric normal clear systems of the kind in which a switch controlling the signals is normally energized through the contacts of a track relay but when a train enters the section is de-energized and locked in the " danger " position until the train passes clear of the section over a treadle device situated within the advance section, failures of the system due to cessation of the current supply or inaction of the releasing-treadle device are avoided by the use of a switch having an intermediate position in which the danger signal is given but in which the switch is not locked. Fig. 1 shows the system applied to four sections A, B, C, D of track, one rail of which is divided into sections YA, YB, YC, YD, each section being supplied with current from the feeder Z, the rail X serving as return. A train on section D deenergizes the relay ED and magnet GD, the core of which drops to its intermediate position in which it rests on the armature of the magnet OD, and closes the circuit at the contacts l<2>, m<2> to the " danger " signal k<2> and opens that at the contacts l<1>, m<1> to the " clear signal k'. In passing the treadle device JC, the train F completed the circuit from the feeder Z through the magnet OC, which removed the stop from the core of the magnet GC, which dropped to its lowest position, in which it is locked by the armature of the magnet NC, and closed the circuit from the feeder Z through the magnet NB, contacts r of the switch GC, and the treadle device JC. The magnet NB withdrew the stop n, and the core GB was lifted since the relay EB was energized when the train F cleared section B. The application of the system to a track in which an auxiliary sectional rail is used and both track rails are continuous for the traction current is also described. In both systems, cessation of the current supply or failure of the train treadle prevents locking of the signal-controlling switch, so that, when the current is again supplied or the treadle is repaired, the switch is reset to normal. In the case of failure of the treadle, the lock on the switch of the signal of the rear section remains on until the next train passes the treadle, this train being allowed to pass the signal at " danger." The switch is described in detail.