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Patent GB-190815101-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spirit Level for Measuring Angles and Inclinations.
Inventor: STAUFFER ADOLF
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 15,101. Stauffer, A. July 16. Clinometers.-Relates to clinometers of the kind in which arms 1, 2 are pivoted on a common centre 3, the arm 2 being provided with horizontal and vertical spirit levels 7, 7<1> as well as with pointers 13 projecting over centesimal and nonagesimal scales 6 secured to the face of the other arm. The bottom parts of the arms are provided with tonguepieces and grooves 17 to ensure steadiness of the level on curved surfaces. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 3616, A.D. 1874, No. 15,340, A.D. 1899, No. 19,337, A.D. 1904, and No. 9183, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190819241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Making Cup Wafers, Sugar Wafer Biscuits, and the like.
Inventor: BATES THOMAS OWEN
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1909-12-14
Abstract: 19,241. Bates, T. O. Sept. 14. Waffle balcing- apparatus.-A machine for making cup wafers &c., which works continuously when once started, comprises an intermittently revolving, internally heated drum carrying the mouldplates, cam - actuated means for raising the top plates of the moulds and reciprocating the batter reservoir over the open mould, and means for starting and stopping the machine and co-ordinating the movements of the batter reservoir and platelifting mechanism. The drum 10 carrying the moulds 11 is intermittently rotated from a shaft 1 through a worm 2 and a wheel 3 carrying a pin 7 which periodically engages slots in a disk 8 on the shaft of the drum. While the drum is at rest, a cam 4, driven from the wheel 3 by a pivoted latch, raises the top plate 21 of the mould on the upper side of the drum through links 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 in a similar manner to that. described in Specification No. 22,638, A.D. 1905. While the plate is raised, the baked wafer is removed, and a cam 5 causes a batter reservoir 30 to move over the open mould-plate, discharge batter into it, and recede. The cam 4 then causes the plate 21 to descend and close the mould, after which the pin 7 engages another slot in the disk 8. and moves another mould into the top position. When starting the machine, the cam 4 is thrown into engagement with the revolving wheel 3 by a movement of a hand-lever 41. The motion of the. cam causes a quadrant 60 to rock with the shaft 16, and, when the quadrant is in a certain position, a pin 63 on a lever 49 is able to pass between projections 61, 62 on the quadrant and thus allows the lever 41, which is joined to the lever 49 through links 43, 47, 48, to be pushed forwards into its second position and to bring clutch members 46, 51 into engagement, thereby enabling the cam 5 to operate the batter reservoir 30. After this the movements of the machine are automatic, and the lever 41 is inactive until the machine has to be stopped.
Patent GB-190821071-A (GB)
Title: Spraying Apparatus.
Inventor: NUERNBERG ALBERT
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 21,071. N³rnberg, A. Oct. 6. Spray-producers.-Relates to spraying-apparatus for atomizing liquids by means of compressed air or gas for hygienic, surgical, or disinfecting purposes, or for dispersing air, or moistening air in spinning-mills &c. The apparatus comprises a tube 1 adjustably mounted in a standard 2 and furnished with a branch 30 admitting compressed air to the rotating head 22 and to the radial tubes 12 fixed thereto, as shown in Fig. 1. The tubes 12 are bent so that the head 22 is rotated by the reaction of the issuing gas, which is delivered across the open ends of liquid tubes 14 connected to the annular pipe 13. This pipe dips into liquid in the vessel 9 adjustably mounted on the tube 1, and the dish 10 is arranged above the vessel 9 to catch the larger drops of liquid and still further to atomize the spray. Fig. 4 shows the construction of the ball-bearing head. The pipe 1 carries the double cone 18 between which and the cones 20, 21, the balls 19 roll. The cones are screwed into the distributing-sleeve 22. A modified form of the apparatus, adjusted to be suspended from the ceiling of a room, is shown in Fig. 5. The airsupply pipe 32 carries a sleeve 33, and three bent arms 34 connect this with the end-piece 35, carrying the spraying-apparatus, which is of the same kind as that already described. The arms 34 serve as air-pipes.
Patent GB-190821293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Governing Explosion Engines.
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 21,293. Lavalette et Cie. Jan. 7, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, governing in. A speed governor is arranged to hold the exhaust valvelopen and also to prevent the opening of the admission valve by its gear, when the speed is excessive. A weighted arm 20, pivoted at 21, on the gear-wheel of the half-speed shaft, has a cam-surface 19 which, when the speed is excessive, bears against a lever 15 at the same time that the exhaust valve 2 is lifted by its cam. The lever 15 is thus brought beneath the booked end of a two-armed lever 11, and holds it in its raised position so as to keep the exhaust valve open and to turn a striker 9, pivoted on the valve-rod 3, out of the path of the admission valve stem 1 when the rod 3 is raised by its cam. The speed at which the governor comes into action may be varied while the engine is running by adjusting a spring 17, and the load on the governor may be altered when the engine is at rest by. adjusting a spring 22.
Patent GB-190823447-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Sectional Ladder.
Inventor: PARKS ALBERT CORNELIUS
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 23,447. Parks, A. C. Nov. 3. Ladders. - Relates to sectional ladders. The ends of each section are respectively p r o - vided with tongues and grooves, and the ladder is assembled by engaging the tongues of one section with the grooves of another section. Removable rungs d hold the sections together.
Patent GB-190824876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belt Fasteners.
Inventor: ROBSON STANLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 24,876. Robson, S. T. Nov. 19. Bolts; nuts; wood-screws.-For securing belt fastenings to belt ends, a screw d is employed having a reduced point d<1>, the pitch of the thread of which is half that of the thicker part. The nut e has an expanded base e<1>, the underside of which is roughened.
Patent GB-190828182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Steam Traps.
Inventor: PATERSON ROBERT HOWIE
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1910-03-08
Abstract: 28,182. Paterson, R. H. Feb. 8, 1909. [Cognate Application No. 12,581, A.D. 1909, dated May 27.] Steam-traps.-In a trap of the type in which a valve box is moved by the expansion of a tube in conjunction with a tie-rod strut, or second tube, the box is connected by a flexible discharge tube to the base end of the trap. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the flexible copper or soft metal tube a' is parallel with the brass expansion tube b, and a strut a with rounded ends is held in cuppieces, one m of which is adjustable. The strut may be below the expansion tube. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the copper tube a' is mounted within an iron tube and fits tightly at the ends. The discharge-valve e in this arrangement is carried by an arm g of a shaft having a coned part seating in the wall of the box, and connected to the blow-off lever k. According to Provisional Specification No. 28,182, A.D. 1908, the trap may be automatically adjusted for varying steam pressures by connecting the valve to a spring-controlled piston or Bourdon-tube device actuated by the steam pressure ; the valve stem may be protected by a shield from the rush of the discharge water, and the main discharge valve may be operated by a piston controlled by an auxiliary valve. According to Provisional Specification No. 12,581, A.D. 1909, the flexible tube may be connected to a part of the base-plate or frame extended beyond the valve-box, or it may be connected to one end of a rigid return tube the other end of which is fixed to the valve box ; in another arrangement the flexible tube surrounds the brass expansion tube, and is mounted within a perforated or open casing forming the strut member.
Patent GB-190901236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Granulators for Molten Slag or other Substances.
Inventor: WARREN WILLIAM ROSS
IPC: C04B7/14
Filed: 1909-01-18
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 1236. Warren, W. R. Jan. 18. Granulating or pulverizing.-Scattered granules of slag or other material are cooled by moving through a considerable distance before being collected. The slag &c. is thrown from a drum a within the housing c of the granulator, which is placed near the edge of a comparatively large rotating table d; the particles falling on the table are carried round to a collecting-scraper h.
Patent GB-190905931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Separation of Gaseous Mixtures into their Constituents.
Inventor: LEVY RENE JACQUES
IPC: B01D53/14
Filed: 1909-03-11
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 5931. LÚvy, R. J. March 11. Gases, separating mixtures of.-Gas mixtures, such as air, are separated by forcing the-gas into a water-fall, and collecting the gases at the head and tail races. It is especially suitable to utilize the water flowing through a conduit C, and used to drive a turbine D, the gas being forced in through a rose E, and the less soluble constituent being collected by a bell F. The water passing through the turbine contains both gases in solution; the mixed gases can be separated by passing the water through an inverted U-tube and applying suction to the limb H. A similar device may be adopted to remove the gases in solution in the head-water, or these gases may be removed by passing some of less soluble constituent into the water through a pipe N above the collecting-bell F. A complete separation of the gases can be effected by forcing some of the more soluble constituent into the water through a pipe O below the pipe E. Baffles may be placed in the conduit to facilitate solution. A mixture of nitrogen and carbonic acid can be separated by this process.
Patent GB-190907455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Longitudinally Divided Concrete Piles.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: E02D5/52
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 7455. Stewart, W. J. Dec. 28, 1908. Earthenware and like pipes.-The halves of longitudinally-divided concrete piles are joined by rods 2, Figs. 3 and 4, and the gap between them is filled with cement or concrete 3.
Patent GB-190911057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-propellers.
Inventor: MCKIM FREDERICK GEORGE
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1909-05-10
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 11,057. McKim, F. G., and Gridley, H. J. May 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Screw propellers.-In propellers for aerial machines the bosses are made hollow and of torpedo shape. The forward end e is open so that during the forward movement air is forced into the open front end and is deflected so that it exerts pressure on the inner front part of the boss, assisting the forward movement. The blades f may be of the ordinary type or may be fitted with flanges g at their outer ends concentric with the shaft.
Patent GB-190911367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Aeroplanes.
Inventor: MARTIN GEORGE
IPC: B64C3/38
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 11,367. Martin, G. May 13. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement of; steering. - The main supporting-surface a of an aerial machine is pivoted in bearings b in the side frames, and is connected by cords k to the ends of a screw-threaded rod i having a handle l secured thereto to adjust the rod longitudinally in its bearings for varying the inclination of the surface a. Cords d are also attached to the surface a at each side of the pivots b, and pass over pulleys e on the frame of the machine. Two rudders r, independently operable by foot pedals t, are mounted at the rear of the machine. Propelling.-The machine is propelled by a front screw propeller m; and a number of rotating fans n are arranged at each side of the machine. Vibrating wings o, operated from the motor, are arranged at each side of the machine, and provided with counterweights w.
Patent GB-190911652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Household Firegrates.
Inventor: BOWES RICHARD
IPC: F24B1/193
Filed: 1909-05-17
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 11,652. Bowes, R. May 17. Grates.-In a modification of the fire-place described in Specification 15,839/05, the grate and its fittings are formed of renewable and easily-detachable parts. The grate A, which may be cast in one piece, or may consist of a frame with a removable grating, has a vertical back wall Z and vertical sides, to which is bolted a tray C supporting a fire-brick slab B and an ash-pan E. The grate may also be fitted with walls M, N rising as high as, or higher than, the front H. An air inlet in the front H allows air to pass beneath the tray C and behind the wall Z, and to enter the fire-place at the back.
Patent GB-190915087-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Pressure Reducing Valve.
Inventor: SAUGY MARC
IPC: G05D16/10
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 15,087. Saugey, M. June 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Reducing - valves. - In a reducing-valve, in which the valve is controlled solely by the differential action of the high and low pressures acting on pistons connected to the valve, the low pressure is arranged, as shown in Fig. 1, to act conjointly on both pistons E, E<1>, in opposition to the high pressure on one piston E' only. The underside of the piston E<1> communicates with the low pressure at B through a passage I<1> provided with a rotary emergency valve I. The pistons work in detachable liners F, F<1> so that pistons of different diameters may be readily fitted to enable various reductions of pressure to be obtained. In the event of an undue rise of pressure in the outlet B a relief valve S, Fig. 2, is lifted thereby to operate an alarm whistle or an electric alarm. Simultaneously the weighted handle P, connected to the emergency valve I, is released from the catch lever Q<2>, whereupon the valve I is closed so that highpressure fluid leaking past the piston E<1> accumulates below it and forces up and closes the main valve; thereafter the main valve remains closed until the valve I is opened by hand.
Patent GB-190920883-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Non-skids for Motor Wheels.
Inventor: ELLAM WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B60C27/06
Filed: 1909-09-13
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 20,883. Ellam, W. H., and McMillan, H. Sept. 13. Slipping, p r eventing, attachments to wheels for. - Loops of chain d are connected at their ends to eye-bolts c, which may serve also to secure a detachable trecarrying rim a on the wheel, in such a way that they engage between the tyre and the road when sideslip occurs. Hooks f are provided on the wheel to hold the loops out of operative position when desired. In a modification, the chains are secured to eyeleted plates secured by ordinary bolts, and, according to the Provisional Specification, these plates may extend from the felloes half-way to the tread of the tyre.
Patent GB-190925391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mattresses.
Inventor: CLEAVER FANNY ELIZABETH D ALTO
IPC: A47C27/00
Filed: 1909-11-04
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 25,391. Cleaver, F. E. D'A. Nov. 4. Mattresses. - A mattress comprises a pair of box frames hinged together at k and supporting sheets of fabric a, a<1> secured at their inner edges to battens g. The frames are secured in the open position by means of clips l which enter sockets m<1>, the battens g being detachably connected by clips o engaging sockets n<1>, and adapted to be withdrawn by means of rings p. Ticks c, c<1>, stuffed with horsehair &c. and provided with ventilating- eyelets h, h<1> protected by wiregauze, are secured to the mattresses a, a<1>, which are supported from below by springs b. Bedclothes are retained in place by elastic tapes r having rings s, which engage pins t.
Patent GB-190926965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Percussive Tools for Scaling Tubes.
IPC: B08B9/04
Filed: 1909-11-20
Granted: 1910-11-21
Abstract: 26,965. Boiler Scalers, Ltd., Gilman, F., and Clements, G. F. Nov. 20. [Cognate Application, 14,569/10.] Percussive hand tools.-Tools for scaling tubes, of the type consisting of a pneumatic, steam, or other fluid-pressure hammer adapted to strike against inclined surfaces on scaling jaws so as to force the said jaws outwards to break up the scale on the tube, are constructed in such a manner that the tool is so short that it can easily pass round bends, and so that the working parts do not become choked and are kept cool. The working fluid enters by the pipe 6 at the back of the hammer, passes through the passages 8, 9 and the channels 11, 12 to the space 13 between the outer casing C and the cylinder B, and thence to the back of the piston 17 through the space 15, the port 20 transversely situated in the piston, and the axial channel 21. The piston is thus forced forwards, strikes the inclined surfaces 24 on the rocking chipping- tools 25, and thus breaks away the scale. When the port 20 passes beyond the cylinder neck 18, the working fluid exhausts, and, passing through the enlarged front portion 33 of the neck 18, it blows the debris forwards along the tube being cleaned. After exhaustion, the fluid which was retained in the annular spaces between the outer case C and the cylinder B, and between the cylinder B and the head A of the piston, can expand and, acting on the smaller area side of the piston, force it back to the starting position again. The piston acts as the control valve, and, by correctly proportion. ing the various parts, the piston may be made to return immediately the inclined surfaces 24 are struck and before the chisels 28 strike the interior of the tube, by this means damage to the tubes being cleaned is avoided. When the scale to be removed is on the outside of the tube, the sharp chisels 28 are replaced by tools having rounded points, so that the jar transmitted through the wall of the tube will shake the scale free. A spring 52 may be arranged to keep the rocking tools 25 pressed out against the inner walls of the tube, and, as shown in Fig. 14, projecting scrapers 36 may be secured by a collar 37 and a ring 39 to the inlet pipe end of the apparatus and set so as to clear the inside of the tube; as the cylinder vibrates when at work, these scrapers 36 will remove any small pieces of scale passed over by the chisels 28. In a modification of the apparatus, shown in Fig. 21, the cylinder E and one end fitting 18 are made in one piece and screw into the outer casing D made in one with the other end fitting, and in another modification, shown in Fig. 26, the inlet end fitting is made separate from the casing F, which is held between flanges, as indicated, when the fitting G is screwed into the cylinder E made in one with the neck 18.
Patent GB-190930497-A (GB)
Title: Improved Utensil for Serving Food.
IPC: A47G21/06
Filed: 1909-12-30
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 30,497. Soc. Christofle et Cie. Feb. 2, [Convention date]. Spoons; tongs, table.-Relates to tongs of the kind having two members hinged together at their extremities, and consists in the provision of a hinge, such as that shown, which permits ready disassembling of the members without leaving any loose parts liable to be lost.
Patent GB-191002326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing the Illusion of Rising, Travelling and Descending in an Aeronautical Machine or the like.
Inventor: MURIE ROBERT MACFARLANE
IPC: G02B27/06
Filed: 1910-01-31
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 2326. Murie, R. M. Jan. 31. Exhibitions, scenic and spectacular. - An apparatus for producing the effect of travelling in an air-ship consists of a dark room 6 for accommodating a passenger lift 3, from which kinematograph pictures, taken from an air-ship, are viewed. The lift rests on a support 7 and is raised by cables 8. Other cables 9 are used for giving the lift an horizontal movement. A kinematograph 18 is pivoted on a stand, and a lever 20 secured to it is connected by a link 21 with the lift. The screen 16 is supported by rods 17 secured to the kinematograph. By this means, rising and falling of the lift causes falling or rising of the pictures. A roll curtain 22 hides the screen when the pictures are not showing, and a motor and propeller 23 produce appropriate noises and an air blast.
Patent GB-191002419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine for Randing and Cutting in the Shanks of Shoes.
Inventor: GOODING CHARLES SUMNER
IPC: A43D87/00
Filed: 1910-01-31
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 2419. Gooding, C. S., and Taft, S. E. Feb. 15, 1909, [Convention date]. Trimming. - Relates to a machine for " cutting-in " or. trimming the edge of the shank portion of the sole adjacent to the breast of the heel, and for subsequently randing or trimming the upper side of the sole adjacent to its edge and to the heel breast. Fig. 8 shows a sole after being treated in the ordinary way by a heel-trimmer and an edge-trimmer; and Fig. 9 shows a shoe after being treated by the machine of the present invention. The machine comprises a rotary cutter 25, Figs. 2 and 3, having teeth 26 which are inclined at a greater angle to the horizontal than in the usual edgetrimming cutters, and adjustable gauges 29, 36, 41 for the heel breast, the face of the sole, and the edge of the sole respectively. The gauge 29 may consist of a cutter to clean up the corner where the sole meets the heel breast. There is also provided a guard plate 30, which is held in position by an adjustable clamping-plate 33. The cutter cuts transversely of the edge of the sole, and trims the edge adjacent to and in front of the heel breast. For randing the sole, the machine is fitted with a rotary cutter 44, Fig. 2, which is furnished with a guard 46 adapted to project into the crease between the upper and the sole. In a modified construction, two gauges, such as 36, are provided. In a modified machine, two cutters rotating in opposite directions are provided to perform the " cutting-in " operation, one for each side of the shoe. The heel-breast gauge of each cutter rotates instead of remaining stationary, and adjustable stops are provided to regulate the amount of lateral rocking movement of the shoe. If desired, an additional gauge adapted to bear upon the edge of the heel may be employed to regulate the depth of cut.
Patent GB-191005237-A (GB)
Title: Improved Attachment for Gas Ovens for Warming Plates and such like Articles.
Inventor: ELLIOTT LOUISA AMY
IPC: A47J39/02
Filed: 1910-03-02
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 5237. Elliott, L. A. March 2. Supports and containers for articles to be heated.-A plate-warmer for a gas cooking-oven consists of an open-sided box-like receptacle d, which is fitted in guides b, c, Fig. 1, at the sides or back of the stove, or is hinged to a corner of the oven as shown in Fig. 4. The open side of the drawer has an open framework e, and shelves f are fitted for supporting the plates &c. A stop h and screw k prevent the drawer-like receptacle d, Fig. 1, from being pulled out completely. The guides b, c, as shown, are formed with the top and bottom of the oven, but may be attached to the oven. The outer side of the receptacle d may be dished.
Patent GB-191013981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tabs or Thumb and Finger Pieces for Carbon or like Sheets or other Fabrics.
IPC: B21D53/00
Filed: 1910-06-09
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 13,981. Lamson Paragon Supply Co., and Pinney, H. A. June 9. Carbon papers &c.-Relates to tabs or thumb and finger pieces for attachment to the edges of carbon sheets or other fabrics to facilitate handling. The tab consists of a thin metal plate a having a serrated or roughened edge b, the serrations being turned down. The plate is folded about a diameter, Fig. 4, and the edge of the sheet is placed in the fold. The two parts of the plate are then pressed together, Fig. 6, so that the serrations penetrate 'the fabric d and prevent detachment of the plate.