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Patent GB-190900539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Discharging Wagons or the like.
Inventor: HOWE WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B61D7/30
Filed: 1909-01-08
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 539. Howe, W. J. Jan. 8. Hopper wagons; doors, wagon.- Wagons, lorries, &c. for use in contractors' work, in sand pits, or for conveying m i n erals, are constructed with counterbalanced bottom doors normally kept closed by sliding bolts which are automatically withdrawn to discharge the contents of the wagon at predetermined points of the road or track. The vehicle consists of a strong framework supporting a body a, which has bottom doors e hinged to rods f on the framework and provided with counterweights g. The doors are normally locked in their closed position by sliding bolts h resting on rollers i carried in brackets k, bearing strips or rods n being provided on the doors. Each bolt h is preferably forked, one part l, Fig. 3, engaging the rod n of one door and the other part m engaging that of the other door, so that both doors are released simultaneously when the bolts are withdrawn. Both bolts are connected by a yoke o to a swinging plate q pivoted at r and resting against a block s. The bolts are automatically withdrawn by means of a weighted or other pawl t on the road or track which engages the swinging plate q, the doors e being closed after discharge by the weights g, and the bolts h being returned by the weight of the plate q, or by springs. A single discharge door may be used and only one bolt h fitted.
Patent GB-190905307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Road Cleaners.
Inventor: TULLY WALTER
IPC: E01H1/08
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 5307. Tully, W. March 4. Scraping-machines; taking up mud or refuse for removal.-Consists in taking up the heavier refuse by a series of scoops 20 with upturned serrated front edges, and tilting it therefrom into a tray 31, while the dust is drawn by means of a fan 2 through holes 37, Fig. 4, in spring-pressed flaps 22 in the bottom of each scoop, and passes through flexible tubes 19 to be collected within the vehicle. The fan 2, rotated by gearing 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 from the road wheel 8, is mounted in a chamber 9 communicating, through flap valves 11, with two chambers 10 beneath a pair of bellows 12, which are adapted to be opened and closed alternately by cranks 13 driven from the road wheel 15. The dust is discharged from the chambers 10 into the bottom of the vehicle through side flap valves 17, and the air escapes at the preferably removable top of the vehicle through passages 38 and closely woven material 39. The scoops 20 are carried by arms 24 pivoted on a fixed shaft 25, and are raised to tilt the contained refuse into the tray 31 by a lever 30 and links 28 pivoted to a cross-bar 29 mounted in the arms 24. The tray 31 is carried by pivoted arms from the vehicle, and is pressed forward when the scoops 20 are tilted by a projection 45 carried by the arms 24. To push the refuse to the back of the scoops before tilting, brushes or squeegees 33 are operated from a handle 35 through levers 34.
Patent GB-190907204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Mechanism for Changing Spools in the Shuttles of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: ZELL GIACOMO
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1909-03-25
Granted: 1910-04-25
Abstract: 7204. Zell, G. March 25, 1908, [Convention date]. Shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically.-The spools are removed one by one from the magazine 16, through slots 19 thereof, by a frame 15 provided with spring clips. Each spool is carried beneath a presser 31, which is mounted on the lay and is depressed against the action of a spring to feed the spool into the shuttle, the empty spool being expelled through a hole 33 in the lay sole. The weft-fork mechanism operates a lever connected by a cord to a second lever, which fits in the horizontally - extending slot of a three - armed lever 12, 7, and is provided with a stud. The second lever is mounted so as to be movable both vertically and horizontally, the weft-fork mechanism causing it to be moved horizontally, whereupon the stud thereon is actuated by a cam - actuated lever, and the second lever is moved vertically, thereby rocking the threearmed lever. This lever is mounted on a support 8, which moves with one of the lay-swords, and one arm 12 thereof acts upon and moves a shank 9 carried by a lever 2 into position opposite the lay-sword c and a lever 11. When the lay moves forwards, the lever 11 is thereby rocked, and, by means of a spring 13, a rod 14, and an arm 15<1>, the frame 15 is actuated. Another arm 7 of. the three - armed lever is moved away from a lever 23, which is. then drawn upwards by a spring 24 into position to engage a slot 29 in the shank 30 of the presser. The lever 23 is subsequently depressed by a cam 26, thereby depressing the presser 31.
Patent GB-190914670-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Cutting Thistles.
Inventor: HIGGINS WILLIAM
IPC: A01D45/00
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 14,670. Higgins, W. June 23. Thistle-cutting machines.-A machine for cutting thistles comprises curved knives arranged side by side and adapted to be moved endways b e t w e e n the thistles, means being provided for forcing the latter into contact with the cutting- edges. The machine is provided with wheels e, horse shafts b, and a seat b<1>. The knives f are carried by bars h hinged to cross-heads f<1> on vertical bars g, which are free to rise through sockets l on a cross-plate m. The cross-heads f<1> are provided with points or fingers f<2>, and the bars hare adjustably supported by plates i bearing on the ground. The thistles are guided on to the knives by rods r hinged on adjacent crossheads f<1>. The knives may be lifted over obstructions by rocking the plate m about the axle d by means of a lever o and chain p. They may be adjusted by means of screws q bearing against the plate m. The fingers f<2> may be cleared by knives s which are normally held in the position shown by rods t and springs w but may be depressed by means of a lever v acting on a hinged plate u. The fingers f and clearing knives s may be dispensed with. Boards like the grass-board of a mowing machine may be attached to the bars h at each side of the machine.
Patent GB-190914950-A (GB)
Title: Process for Reutilising the Band Supports of Cinematographic Films.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
IPC: C08J11/06
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-07-26
Abstract: 14,950. James, R. W., [Compagnie GÚnÚrale de Phonographes, Cinematographes, et Appareils de PrÚcision]. June 26. Kinematograph films.-The band supports of old kinematograph films are regenerated for the purpose of re-utilizing them by eliminating the gelatine by any known method, for example as described in Specification 14,407/09, and by treating and re-emulsifying the supports by any known processes, for example as described in Specification 14,039/09.
Patent GB-190916365-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Coating the Inner Surfaces of Containers.
Inventor: THOMPSON JESSE CALDWELL
Filed: 1909-07-13
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 16,365. Thompson, J. C. July 13. Coating - machines. - An apparatus for coating the interior surfaces of containers with paraffin wax comprises a steam-jacketed paraffin tank 8 with a pump 31, a conveyer 12 with clamps 13 for bringing the containers successively over the pump, and a stacking - device. The clamps are formed in two parts 14, 15 carried by adjacent links so that they diverge when passing over the sprocketwheels 11. A container 16 from the shoot 17 is supported by a bead 18 on the part 15 while passing over the sprocket - wheel 11 and is gripped by springs 19 on the part 14 when in an inverted position. The sprocket-wheels 11 are rotated intermittently to bring the containers successively over the pump 31 by a ratchet-wheel and pawl from a lever 23 operated by a cam 21 on the main shaft 20. The lever 23 operates the pump 31 to spray the containers with wax. The containers are released from the clamps 15 by spring fingers 41 engaging with the springs 19 and fall on to a stacking- tray 44, which is given an intermittent movement downwards as each container is received and, after a certain number have been received, is given a longer movement to free the top of the stack from the projecting part 42, and the stack is pushed off the tray. The tray then rises to its original position.
Patent GB-190917031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Protective Devices for Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems.
IPC: H02H3/10
Filed: 1909-07-21
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 17,031. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Wedmore, E. B. July 21. Cut-out arrangements. - A protective arrangement, operating upon the occurrence of an overload or fault in the system, consists in the arrangement of a series transformer in each conductor the secondaries of which are so arranged that current normally flows between them, while a return circuit carrying the resultant current due to internal differences is also provided. Overload tripping-devices are placed in series with the secondaries of the transformers, while a sensitive arrangement operating on leakage is placed in the return circuit. When several arrangements are employed on the system, the devices are arranged so that those more remote from the source of supply will operate before those nearer the source. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the conductors 1, 2, 3 are connected to a source of supply by means of a switch 4 which it is desired to open upon overload with or without time lag, or instantaneously upon leakage of current. A current transformer is arranged in each phase, the secondaries being arranged in parallel, while the common terminals 5, 6 are connected by a conductor 7. In series with two transformer secondaries, trip-coils 8, 9 are arranged, while a trip coil 10 is placed in the conductor 7. A balancing reactance 11 is placed in the circuit of the third transformer secondary. The balance may also be maintained by shunting the coils 8, 9 by fuses, in which case an ammeter, the resistance of which equals that of either of the fuses, replaces the reactance 11. The trip coil 10 may be replaced by a relay arranged to close the circuit of a separate source of supply and a trip coil. Instruments may be arranged in series with any or all of the transformer secondaries. When the middle point of the generatiog-plant is earthed through a resistance, the latter is made of sufficiently high value to limit the current to operate the leakage devices but not to operate the overload devices.
Patent GB-190919518-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Preventing Waste of Food from Mangers.
Inventor: BRUNS ANTON
IPC: A01K5/01
Filed: 1909-08-25
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 19,518. Bruns, A. Aug. 25. Feeding-appliances for animals.-A device for preventing horses and. other animals from pushing food out of mangers comprises a piece of round metal rod bent to form parallel pieces a and rounded ends b, the whole forming a grill which fits within the manger c upon the food. Rods of other cross-section may be used.
Patent GB-190920027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sand Dryers.
Inventor: FRENCH CHARLES SPENCER
IPC: F26B17/16
Filed: 1909-09-01
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 20,027. French, C. S. Sept. 1. Materials descending by gravity; temperature, controlling. -Within a casing having doors 2 is a fire-box 3, connected at one end with the casing by a passage 9 and at the other end with a vertical flue 11 having downwardlyfacing openings 17 and connected by a sleeve 12 with a smoke pipe 13. The gases passing into the flue 11 are deflected by a partition 16, through flues 15 open at the bottom, to a second vertical flue 14 closed at the top, whence they pass back through other flues 15 to the flue 11 above the partition 16, and so escape, carrying with them the vapour generated by the drying- material which passes into their circuit by way of the openings 17 in the flues 11, 14 and the open bottoms of the flues 15. The material is dried in its passage over the flues 15 and the top of the fire-box, and accumulates on a screen 7 between the bottom of the casing and the fire-box. When dry, it may be passed through the screen by a shaker 8. An ash-pan 5 mounted on feet is provided.
Patent GB-190920933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Treating Water.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM
IPC: C02F1/52
Filed: 1909-09-13
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 20,933. Jones, W. Sept. 13. Liquids, purifying.-In apparatus in which a portion of the water to be treated is passed from a supply main a through a receptacle e containing lime or other agent and joins the main body as it is admitted to filters b, the pipes c through which the main body passes are fitted with pressurereducing valves d. A meter h and non-return valve g are provided between the main and the receptacle e. Indicators k, consisting of flap valves mounted on spindles carrying index pointers, may be provided.
Patent GB-190926103-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Braking Semaphore Arms of Railway Signals.
IPC: B61L5/14
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 26,103. Siemens Bros. & Co., [ Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Nov. 11. Composite springs; pneumatic springs.-Consists in arranging the parts of a pneumatic brake gear for a semaphore signal so that they are not rigidly connected to the signal arm but are arranged so that they are moved to one extreme position by the moving of the arm to danger and into the other position by the. action of a smaller and independent force. The spring-pressed piston 7 in the casing 1 presses against one end of a counterweighted lever 8, the other end 10 of which is actuated by a projection 11 on the operating-rod 12. In the return of the arm to danger, fluid is displaced to the upper part of the chamber through the screw-regulated passage 4, and, in the movement to " line clear," the lever 10 is raised by its counterweight, and the weak spring 6 only has to raise the piston 7. The brake gear may only act during part of the movement ; and, as a provision against failure, the known form of spring stopgear 14, 15, 16 may be added. An electric indicator may be fitted to show whether the positions of the piston and the arm agree, and if desired, the brake casing may be attached to the operating-rod and be actuated by a fixed stop.
Patent GB-190928656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Water or Air, or for Treating Gases with Liquids.
Inventor: HEENAN HAMMERSLEY
IPC: F28C3/06
Filed: 1909-12-08
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 28,656. Heenan, H. Dec. 8. [Addition to 6452/09.] Cooling gases and liquids.-A rotor for apparatus for cooling air or water, or otherwise treating gases with liquids, is formed by winding around the central drum B metal sheets which are corrugated longitudinally, so that the corrugations run helically around the rotor instead of being parallel to the axis of the rotor as described in the parent Specification. The sheets may be formed with several shallow corrugations, or with a single groove as shown in Fig. 2. The sheets may be secured in position-by spacing-pieces b and bolts b<1>
Patent GB-190930350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand-stuffing Cigarette-making Machines.
Inventor: DAROM ALEXANDER
IPC: A24C5/42
Filed: 1909-12-29
Granted: 1911-03-29
Abstract: 30,350. Darom, A. Dec. 29. Cigarette-making machines.-In a cigarettemaking machine of the kind in which the tobacco is manually charged into a mould whence it is ejected into a cigarette paper case by a plunger, and in which means are provided for automatically gripping and releasing the paper case, the movable part b of the mould c is slightly withdrawn against a spring stop d after the tobacco is compressed, and the plunger f during the forward stroke operates, by means of the slide block g and the members e<1>, the spring clamp e, whereby the cigarette shell may be placed in position, clamped, and released towards the end of the stroke so that the finished cigarette is discharged. The mouthpiece a is divided, each part being integral with a part of the mould.
Patent GB-191007855-A (GB)
Title: Improved Implements for Cultivating, Rolling, Uprooting Weeds, Cutting Trenches and other purposes.
Inventor: MAUMUS HYACINTHE
IPC: A01B33/02
Filed: 1910-03-31
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 7855. Maumus, H. May 1, 1909, [Convention date]. Digging - apparatus.-A drain-cutting or cultivatiog - implement for animal or other power comprises a rectangular frame and two shafts geared together so as to rotate in opposite directions and each carrying a series of movable disks, the disks on the driving-shaft being provided with wide flat rocking teeth and the disks on the driven shaft with teeth which vary according to the work to be done. By moving and changing the disks, the apparatus may be adapted for use as a drain cutter, clod-crusher, pulverizing-roller, hoe, harrow; extirpating-scarifier, plough, or seed-coverer, or as an implement for tearing up grass, weeds, stubble, maize stalks, potatoes, &c. In the machine shown in Fig. 2, the front shaft e is driven from a motor and drives the rear shaft f by chain gearing k adapted to be disengaged by means of a lever o. The steering-wheels r are coupled by a rod s and are controlled by a hand-wheel t and toothed gearing. The back of the machine may be raised relatively to the wheels r by means of a handwheel x and bevel-gearing actuating a worm y gearing with a rack v. The shaft e may be driven by a motor in front of the implement. In a horsedrawn implement, the front shaft drives the rear shaft through a crossed chain, and the rectangular frame is provided with guiding-handles and draught poles or shafts. The disks on the front shaft are substantially star-shaped and are provided with teeth adapted to oscillate freely within the limits determined by the shape of the disks, as shown in Fig. 3. For draining purposes, the shaft f carries a single disk having long narrow teeth with triangular ends.
Patent GB-191013846-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for the Self-teching of Semaphore Signalling.
Inventor: SINGLETON CUTHBERT
IPC: G09B19/00
Filed: 1910-06-08
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 13,846. Singleton, C. June 8. Instruction apparatus. - Apparatus for the self-teaching of semaphore signalling comprises a fixed disk marked, as shown in Fig. 1, with the letters &c. to be signalled, and two superposed rotatable disks, of which one has a number of apertures arranged in a spiral, and the other has a single radial slot. Each of the rotatable disks is provided with an index arm, and, when these arms are moved into the positions required for signalling a particular letter, that letter appears through the openings of the two disks.
Patent GB-191015184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bookcases, Bookshelves and the like.
Inventor: MUNN CHARLES ARTHUR
IPC: A47B65/00
Filed: 1910-06-25
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 15,184. Munn, C. A. June 25. Book-cases; shelves.-The shelves of book-cases and the like are fitted with slides c, preferably of metal, adapted to carry books in the vertical position, each slide having a rib c<1> engaging a groove in the shelf and provided with a fingerpiece f which projects through a slot d'. At the rear end of each slide is a standard c<2>, covered with felt &c., and a supporting-stay c<3>. Studs g are provided at the sides of the slides to keep them in position and limit their outward movement.
Patent GB-191016845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shake Boxes of Threshing Machines.
Inventor: RAINFORTH HENRY SLACK
IPC: B07B1/46
Filed: 1910-07-14
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 16,845. Rainforth, H. S. July 14. [Addition to 24,032/09.] Thrashing - machines. - In a modification of the shaker sieve described in the parent Specification, the slats A are pivoted on rods a<3> for varving the mesh, and have the forward projections a<1> and the rear edge a<4> bent downwardly. The spaces between the projections a<1> are staggered. The slats may be flat or corrugated transversely. The two stepped frames B are mounted at the ends on links C, D, and at the centre, where they overlap, on links F, F' rigidly connected by a pivot f<4>. The upper frame has a suspension bracket b<4>. The links F, F' are reciprocated by means of a crank-shaft h<2> and a rod G. Forks K on one frame operate between similar forks K<1> on the other to loosen the straw. The links C, F, F<1> are arranged outside the thrasher, the pivots passing through arc-shaped slots e<1>.
Patent GB-191017171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pedestal and similar Gun Mountings.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A23/24
Filed: 1910-07-19
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 17,171. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. July 19. Naval mountings.-Relates to pedestal mountings for casemate guns, and consists in disposing the elevating and training gears E<Î>, F<Î>, which are in duplicate on each side of the gun, and the cross-connected sighting-gears H<2>, below the level of the sill-plate c<1> of the casemate. With this arrangement, the depth of the shield D is reduced, and the gunners, who are preferably seated upon the platforms G, are protected by the side armour E of the ship, and are free to pass from one side of the gun to the other beneath the sill plate. The sighting and laying gears can pass beneath the wings F of the casemate armour, whereby a larger training- arc is obtainable.
Patent GB-191019991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Ordnance.
IPC: F16H57/12
Filed: 1910-05-05
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 19,991. Beardmore & Co., W., and Bremberg, A. May 5. Mountings.-Relates to worm gearing, for use with guns, of the kind in which the worm is carried in an eccentric bush for the purpose of adjusting it for wear, and consists in mounting the worm freely on a shaft provided with eccentric journals, the shaft being rotated when the adjustment is to be made. The worm C, shown in Fig. 1 as applied to training-gear, is carried loosely on a shaft J, and is driven through pinions M, K, from a shaft M' connected with the training hand-wheel. The shaft J has eccentric journals D, D', and is rotated, to adjust the worm relatively to the worm-wheel, by means of a bolt J<3> shown in Fig. 3. The pinions M may be moved out of gear with the pinion K by rotating a nut M<2>.
Patent GB-191027176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Electric Accumulator Plates.
Inventor: APOZNANSKI JOSEPH
IPC: H01M4/21
Filed: 1910-11-22
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 27,176. Apoznanski, J. Nov. 22. Electrodes for lead accumulators. A pasted electrode is covered with plates of acid-resisting material and baked at a high temperature, gas bubbles forming under pressure in the mass and rendering it hard and porous. The paste may contain minium or litharge, or both, mixed with sulphuric acid sufficiently dilute not to darken the minium, and with glycerine. More acid may be added subsequently, but not enough to darken the paste. Grids may be filled with the paste while it is hot from the addition of acid, or after cooling, and after being covered with plates of materials such as glass or porcelain, are baked and subsequently formed as usual.