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Patent GB-190715811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sighting Telescopes for Small-arms and in the Method of Mounting the same.
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 15,811. Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz Akt.-Ges. July 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telescopes.-In a sighting-telescope mounted on a rifle &c. in disconnected parts, the reversing- system is mounted beyond the breech separately from the ocular member b. In Figs. 1 and 2 the reversing-system c is shown arranged within the tube a containing the sight and the objective d. Plane transparent plates or lenses at the ends of the objective and ocular tubes prevent the entrance of dust to the tubes. The tube a is provided at the end nearer the ocular with a flange i, the image of which produced by the eyepiece forms a dark zone around the sighting-rays and thus prevents dazzling.
Patent GB-190719206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Opening or Disintegrating and Curling Flocks.
Inventor: ILLINGWORTH JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 19,206. Illingworth, J. Feb. 3, 1908. Openers; curling fibres.-The swifts or revolving toothed cylinders of machines for opening or disintegrating and curling flocks used for stuffing furniture, bedding, or the like, are constructed with shells b of wrought iron, mild steel, or the like, to which are secured by bolts g an increased number of smaller teeth e, in sets of four bent up from a base-plate. The teeth are preferably fixed on the cylinder in echelon, and a number of teeth h of the ordinary form are distributed over the shell b, the worm effect of any spiral or screw-like arrangement of the teeth being avoided.
Patent GB-190723081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Baking and Cooking Tins or Pans.
Inventor: JONES HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-19
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 23,081. Jones, H. Oct. 19. Baking-tins; pans.-A metal baking or cooking tin or pan is provided with four feet consisting of bent metal strips A, Fig. III, riveted to the sides of the tin &c. The upper ends of the strips A either abut against the lower side of the wired edge E or are curled over it. In a modification, wire runners F, Fig. IV, project below the bottom of the tin &c. and are secured by rivets passing through holes K.
Patent GB-190726998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Casting Stereotype Plates for Rotary Printing Presses.
Inventor: REED RICHARD BAGNALL
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-12-07
Abstract: 26,998. Reid, R. B. Dec. 6. Stereotype.-Relates to an automatic machine for casting and trimming stereotype plates in which themould is formed by a movable shell co-operating in turn with each of three semicylindrical cores on a body rotated intermittently on an horizontal axis The shell w is provided with brackets j<10>, which ride freely on pivoted rods j<9> and abut against a spring j<8> resting on a forked arm j<5>, which is oscillated to raise and lower the shell by a rod j<3>, bell-crank j<1>, j<2>, and cam j on the main shaft, driven intermittently by a one-revolution clutch controlled by a handle h. The arms j<4>, j<5> are mounted on the ends of a shaft n<6> having a cranked central portion n<4>, the weight of which assists to return the parts to their inoperative positions. The three semicircular cores o are mounted on a triangular body or trunk m carried on a shaft alined with the main shaft driven by the one-revolution clutch, and are intermittently driven therefrom by the devices shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The cam j is mounted at the end of the main shaft f adjacent to the journal m<1> of the body m carrying the cores, and is provided with a catch k sliding radially in guides k<1>, and projected at intervals by a cam i<2> on the framing. The journal m<1> of the body m carries a disk l provided with three projections l<1> adapted to engage the catch k, and three recesses l<4> to receive a locking-pawl l<7>. As the cam j rotates, the catch k on reaching the cam i<2> is projected, to disengage the looking-pawl l<7> and rotate the disk l through onethird of a revolution ; the disk l is then again locked by the pawl l<7>. The cores a are provided with side rings p opened out to release the casting by screws, or preferably by the following devices. The rings are pressed inwards by springs q<2>, and are separated as the plate reaches its upper position by levers r<2>, which are pivoted on brackets r<3> and connected at their inner ends and are actuated by a stud r<6>, which engages a fixed cam-surface u<1>. Adjacent to each core o is a lip s<9> carried by a lever s<2> which, as the core reaches its upper position, is operated by a stationary cam. As the core approaches the casting position, the lip s<9> is returned by springs s<0>. A stream of cooling-water is conveyed to the body m and cores o by means of a pipe y, which is connected by a stuffing-box to a pipe passing through the hollow main shaft. Cooling-water is conveyed to the lips s<9> by way of pipes s<2>, which pass through stuffing-boxes at the centres of the cores o. The matrix is held in a clip z<6> having jaws pressed together by a tubular spring z<5> and provided with ears projecting through the spring, by means of which the jaws are opened. The clip is lightly held in the shell w by forked springs z<2>, and, on separation of the core and shell after each cast, it is left held between the spring z' and the foot-check z'.
Patent GB-190801932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottles to Prevent them from being Fraudulently Refilled.
Inventor: MCVOY VINCEN PAUL
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 1932. McVoy, V. P. Jan. 28. Bottles, non - refillable; stoppers, tap.- Relates to a valve mechanism for non-refillable bottles of the type employing air under pressure to effect the discharge of the liquid. Two disks 2, 12 are provided, the lower one having an air port 10 and a spring-controlled liquid-outlet valve 7, and the upper disk an air port 13. The bottle is filled before the parts are placed in position. Initially, the ports 13, 10 coincide, and compressed air is forced into the bottle. The disk 12 is then turned axially, which allows a spring-controlled pin 9 in the lower disk to shoot into a recess 15 in the upper disk and so prevent communication of the ports 10, 13 from being re-established. The disk 12 is still capable of rotary movement within the limits of the recess 15, to permit the port 13, which serves as a liquid outlet, to register with a lateral branch 8, Fig. 3, of the valve port 6. Between the two disks is a packing 21 of cork, provided with three openings 22, 23, 24 coinciding with the extreme and intermediate positions of the disk 12. The disk 12 is turned by a key 17 engaging a squared lug 14, and the parts are all locked in the neck of the bottle by a split-ring 19 engaging grooves in the upper disk and neck respectively.
Patent GB-190810202-A (GB)
Title: Machine in for Assembling and Building Heels.
Inventor: GROVER GEORGE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 10,202. Grover, G. B. May 18, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Heels; nailing. -Relates to machines for building heel blanks from pieces or scraps of leather. The pieces forming the blank are coated with cement or glue, and placed on the plate 2, with the breast against the adjustable back - stop 20. The top - blank 15, which is carried in the swinging-arm 6 mounted on the post 4, is then brought over the blank, this movement also moving the sideclamps 22 inwards against the edges of the blank, after which the top-clamp is forced down by the cam lever 18 to effect the compression. The side-clamps are mounted on slides 24, which are normally drawn apart by springs 28, Fig. 10, and are moved inwards by the screws 32 on the levers 31, Fig. 5, which are actuated for this purpose by cams 33 on the boss of the arm 6. The swinging movement of the arm 6 is limited by a fixed stop 34 and an adjustable stop 35 engaging a projection 36 on the arm. Before the blank is placed in position, nails are inserted in the holes 42, Fig. 2, of the nail-blcck 40. After the blank has been compressed, the plunger 43 is raised, by the action of a treadle, causing the nails to be driven into the blank by the drivers 46, and finally ejecting the blank from the side clamps by mears of the pin 41. The nail block and drivers are capable of rotation, to alter the position in which the nails are driven in different blanks.
Patent GB-190811062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Fire Bricks, Crucibles, Retorts and the like Fire Resisting Articles
Inventor: PAYNE SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 11,062. Payne, S. May 21. Fire-bricks.-A composition for fire-bricks, retorts, crucibles, furnace-linings, &c. which does not require firing in a kiln is made by mixing in a dry state, sea sand, flint, gravel, or any other form of silica, and Portland cement or gypsum, and then incorporating with the mixture clay reduced to slip with Stockholm or gas tar and water, until a consistency for moulding is reached. The articles are moulded and exposed to the air to dry. In a given example, the proportions are-sea-sand, 4 parts; flint gravel, 1 part ; Portland cement or gypsum, 1 part; clay with tar and water, 1 part. The invention is differentiated from that of an artificial stone composed of sand, cement, tar, and water, and exposed to the air to dry.
Patent GB-190813180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transport Vehicles for Travelling Gun Carriages.
Filed: 1908-06-20
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 13,180. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Oct. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Load, securing.-A field gun is transported upon a vehicle, such as an automobile, when pursuing a rapidly-moving target, such as an air-ship. Ramps H are pivoted at J to the vehicle and when turned down into the position shown in Fig. 2 form tracks up which the wheels E of the gun carriage are run to load the gun carriage on to the vehicle. The ramps are then turned over and are locked in the position shown in Fig. 1, in engagement with the tops of the wheels E, by spring catches g<4> on vertical supports G which engage the fronts of the wheels, thus securing the gun carriage upon the vehicle. Additional security is gained by forming depressions d<1> in rails D on the vehicle for the wheels E, and by providing claws c<1> which engage with the shoeplate f<1> of the trail. In a modification, the ramps H are obliquely pivoted so that, when swung into the securing position, they are hooked on to the axle and are locked by spring catches on short uprights hinged to the vehicle. The supports G are dispensed with. Reference is made to Specification No. 9292, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190815113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fans.
Inventor: RUSSEL JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 15,113. Russel, J. July 16. Fans.-Fan blades are made of light material, such as paper surrounded by a strengthening- frame. The body part A of the blade is made up of a central sheet a of corrugated paper, two sheets a<1> of plain paper, and veneer facings a<11> of wood. The corrugations are preferably arranged to run diagonally, and the grain of the veneer longitudinally. The edges of the paper may be made firm by taking them over a wire E and saturating them with cement or glue. The part A is held in a channel-section frame B which may be of thin metal or celluloid. The outer end b<1> hinges back on a pivot b<11> to allow the part A to be removed. The other end b is secured to a holder C which is attached to the rotating shaft by means of a frangible pin c<2>. The pin c' is of the kind described in Specification No. 8777, A.D. 1908, and breaks when the blade A is subjected to abnormal strain or shock. Strengthening- strips D may be provided.
Patent GB-190815533-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Joining Threads by Twisting.
Inventor: LANDFEAR WILLIAM RODOLPHUS
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 15,533. Landfear, W. R. July 22. Warp threads, uniting. - The two warps A, Fig. 1, to be united are held in position opposite a pair of twisters d, e by a clamp b and by two prongs a of an horizontally-reciprocating fork, which holds the warps until the twisters have commenced to operate and the ends of the warps have been cut off by a knife i. The rotary twister e and the fixed twister d may be coated with a rubber composition. The coacting faces of the twisters are so arranged that they first twist together the ends B, Fig. 18, and then twist the ends B round the body portion of one of the threads A, as shown in Fig. 19, the two twists being in opposite directions. When the second twist has been wholly or partly completed, the twisted portion rolls into a recess j in the fixed twister, from which it is withdrawn gradually by the coaction of the twisters. The broad rear portions of the twisters merely roll together the twisted portions to ensure a secure union of the warps. In the modified twisters shown in Fig. 7, the face of the rotating twister g has no recesses, and the face of the fixed twister f is altered to correspond.
Patent GB-190819438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for or connected with the Supplying of Gas to Advertising Apparatus.
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 19,438. Richmond Gas Stove & Meter Co., and Staples, C. W. March 16, 1909. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-Relates to an arrangement for giving an intermittent supply of gas to advertising- apparatus and for other purposes, in which a collapsible chamber, when expanded or collapsed, is adapted to operate a rocking lever alternately to open and close an exit valve l<1>. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus showing the various parts in section in different planes. The drum b comprises a flexible connexion b<2> with flanged rings b<1> and binding-rings b<3>. The gas enters the drum through a supply pipe and passes through a contracted valve passage c into a surrounding chamber d. As the gas enters, the drum is caused gradually to expand until a rod h carried by the upper flanged disk b<1> of the drum operates the rocking lever j, the arm j<4> of which engages one end of a pivoted beam k. The valve l<1> controlling the exit pipe e is thereby closed. The pressures in the drum b and chamber then become equalized, whereby, owing to its weight, the ring b<1> collapses the flexible walls of the drum. In its downward movement, the rod h engages with an arm j<2> of the rocking lever, and the beam k is operated to reopen the valve l<1>. The gas in the chamber is then free to escape, and the drum starts to fill again. One end of the lever k has a stop k<1>. To guide the movements of the ring b<1>, a guide-bar f projects upwardly therefrom and passes through a sleeve g in a fixed plate g<1>. To ensure the positive action of the valve l<1>, the lever j is provided with a weighted upper end j<5>. In a modification, a grooved weighted roller is adapted to travel in a slotted lever. A pilot supply pipe n communicates with the drum to prevent the gas from being cut off entirely. A screw valve regulates the supply.
Patent GB-190820052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Typewriters.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 20,052. Boult, A. J., [Spiro, C.]. Sept. 23. Typewriters.-The universal bail of a typewriter is constructed so that it may be moved nearer to or further away from the fulcra of the key-levers by the operator. This adjustment may be employed for controlling a multi-colour inking-ribbon. A device for locking the bail at the end of a line is also provided. The parts are described in connexion with a Barlock machine. The bail A is hinged at A<2> to arms on a spindle A<1> and is limited in its movements by surfaces a on the arms and by stops A<6>, A<7> on a lug on the spindle. An operating-lever D, pivoted to this lug at D<1> and forked to embrace the bail, enters recesses E' in ribbon arms E and is constructed as shown in Fig. 2. A pivoted hand-lever F may be placed in three positions and is operatively linked to the lever D. Arrows f<1>, f<2> which may be coloured to correspond with the colours of the inking-ribbon, serve as indications. The bail may be held in the position shown in Fig. 1, in which case the black colour G of the ribbon is moved to the printing point at each key depression ; in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby the red colour is moved to the printing point, the ribbon arms being moved through a greater distance in this instance ; or in a central position, so that the recesses D' in the lever come opposite the arms E and the ribbon remains stationary, thus enabling mimeographing to be effected. A headed screw D<6> limits the movements of the lever D. The key levers c are recessed at c<3> so that they may have the same small clearance from the bail in all three positions. A bail locking-device consists of a pivoted catch H, Fig. 4, pressed against a stop H<4> by a spring H<3> so as to be out of the way of a member K, which carries the carriage escapement-dogs K' and is secured at K<3> by screws to the lug on the spindle A'. The displacement, at the end of a line, of a stop J moves the catch H into the path of the member K, and locks the bail.
Patent GB-190823138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nut-locks
Inventor: MCKINLEY ANDREW
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 23,138. McKinley, A. Oct. 30. [Patent of Addition to No. 18,026, A.D. 1908.] L o c k i n g nuts.-A wedge-shaped l o c k i n gwasher formed with an elongated bole 2, as described in Specification No. 18,026, A.D. 1908, is f o r m e d on its thicker side with two downturned teeth 3 to engage the work, and with a central ridge 6. When the washer is driven beneath a nut the teeth 3 bite into the work and the ridge 6 is forced into the nut.
Patent GB-190824985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plugs for Pipes and Tubes.
Inventor: COOMBE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 24,985. Coombe, W. H., and Coombe, F. Nov. 20. Testing-pipes and the like.-A device for stopping pipes &c. for testing consists of two disks between which is a rubber ring adapted to be pressed against the inside of the pipe by sector-shaped pieces moved in a radial direction by means of a central cone forced between them. The outer disk 1, formed with three or more jaws 2 and clamps 4 for fixing it to the pipe, is made with spacing-pieces 5 to which is bolted the disk 7, two of the bolts being hollow as shown for inlet of testing liquid and exit of air. When the spindle 12 is screwed into the disk 7, the conical portion 13 causes the sectors 6 to travel outwards and press the rubber ring 11 against the pipe. The cone 13 may be replaced by a tapered collar loose on the spindle, and having external faces bearing against and equal in number to the sectors. Behind the rubber ring at the edges of the sectors metal plates may be placed, or the edges themselves may be halved together.
Patent GB-190825522-A (GB)
Title: Process for Obtaining Silk-fibroin.
Inventor: CARL RUDOLF BAUMANN
Filed: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 25,522. Baumann, C. R., and Diesser, G. G. Dec. 21, 1907 [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Fibroin is dissolved from the spinning-gland of silk-worms, and from raw or waste silk, by means of formic acid. Silk fabrics can be rendered airproof and waterproof by treatment with this acid ; and moulded objects of fibroin, and bands, sticks, plates, &c. of this substance for use as insulating- materials can be produced from the solutions. The elasticity of the fibroin can be increased by suitable additions to the solutions in formic acid.
Patent GB-190905062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to an Improved Electrical Storage Battery.
Inventor: SOMERS ALFRED WOOD
IPC: H01M10/20
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1910-05-02
Abstract: 5062. Somers, A. W., and Crowley, R. J. March 2. Electrodes; electrolytes; separators; cells ; amalgamating. - I n a lead - zinc battery of the type in which the lead electrode is removable for recharging, an ordin a r y grid, or several grids connected preferably by sloping bars P<2>, is pasted with red lead a n d dilute sulphuric acid, baked at a temperature below the melting- point of lead, dipped while hot in a hardening- solution of sodium silicate, again baked, and then formed in the usual way. The grids are fitted in a cellular frame P<1> of celluloid &c. having two opposite sides perforated as shown, and the other sides perforated or not, the outer edges of the grids being covered with protecting-strips P<4>. The electrolyte consists of 1 lb. of sodium sulphate mixed with 14 lb. of pure sulphuric acid, the mixture being subsequently diluted with four times its weight of water. The sodium sulphate is made by mixing 3 lb. of sulphuric acid with 3 lb. of distilled water and 9 lb. of common washing-soda. The zinc electrode may consist of a number of plates of pure zinc or of zinc dipped in dilute sulphuric acid and treated with a mixture of washing-soda, dilute sulphuric acid, and mercury. The mercury is stated to absorb part of the sodium in the soda. The plates are fitted in a frame N' of amalgamated copper &c. provided with a terminal N- and enclosed in a perforated casing N<2>; or granulated zinc treated as abovedescribed may be supported by strips of amalgamated copper &c. on the walls of the cell, or may be contained in a perforated. casing of amalgamated copper. The cell is provided with a cover C having an edge C' of rubber &c. to take under a ridge C<2> on the cell. Grooves may be provided in the cell to hold the electrode casings.
Patent GB-190911383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resilient Tyres.
Inventor: LIAIS LUCIEN
IPC: B60C7/14
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1910-05-13
Abstract: 11,383. Liais, L. March 17, [Convention date]. [Addition to 11,382/09.] Tyre attachments to rims.-Relates to tyres of the kind described in the parent Specification. The security bolt heads h are formed with projections h' to engage the turned-in edges i<1> of the jamming - ring i when passed through longitudinal slots c in the ring and turned through a right angle, the corresponding holes in the rim being preferably of the same dimensions as the bolt stems.
Patent GB-190911687-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rail Joint for Railways.
Inventor: COWDERY GEORGE
IPC: E01B11/24
Filed: 1909-05-18
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 11,687. Cowdery, G. June 26, 1908, [Convention date]. Rail joints, scarf and l i k e.-T h e head 5 of each rail is cut diagonally, and the web 6 and foot 7 are cut in an opposite direction, the ends of each rail being parallel. Part of the web may be cut with the head 5. Fish-plates and bolts complete the joint.
Patent GB-190912443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Leather Skiving Machines.
IPC: C14B1/00
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 1 2 , 4 4 3 . Fortuna - Werke A. Hirth. May 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Skiving &c.-In a leather-skiving machine of the type in which a stationary feed-roller co-operates with a presser member, such as a presser-foot, guide-roller, or feed-roller which is adapted to be raised temporarily from its working position, positive means, such as an eccentric or cammember, are employed to return the presser member to its former position exactly. An edgegauge having similar vertical movements may also be employed in combination with the presser member. The leather to be skived by a cutter 5 is fed by a roller 4, with which co-operates a presser-foot 3 pivoted on a slide 9 provided with a spindle 15, which is surrounded by a spring 17 enclosed between a support 18 and the head of a screw 16 screwed into the spindle 15. The support 18 is secured to a tube 22 provided with a head 21, which is engaged by a spring 20, and through which passes a screw 30 bearing on the screw 16. An eccentric roller 24 passes through the head 21 and is operated by an arm 27 to lower the presserfoot against the action of the spring 19. The working height and inclination of the presser-foot 3 are adjusted by screws 30, 10 respectively. An edge-gauge 33 may be slidably secured to the slide 9 and thereby participate in the vertical movements of the presser-foot.