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Patent GB-190826595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Wrapping Oranges and similar Articles.
Inventor: BALLARD MILTON HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 26,595. Ballard, M. H. Dec. 8. Parcelling oranges &c.-Relates to machines for wrapping oranges &c., and has for one of its objects the provision' of means for delivering an orange &c. to a wrapping-device in a predetermined position, preferably stem uppermost. The oranges &c. are placed by hand, stem uppermost, in rubber or like cups 19, Fig. 1, on chains 2, and travel into the range of a carrier, Fig. 6. A carrier, of which there are two, comprises curved plates 21, 31 sliding longitudinally in arms 23; 33 adapted to' be secured in any position by nuts 25, 35. The arms are carried by rackbars 24,34 mounted to slide on a supporting - plate 28 adapted to rotate vertically about a shaft 29. A pinion 27 is fixed on the upper end of a shaft 39, on which is a gear 40 engaging a gear 41 loosely mounted on the shaft 29. A link 43, on an arm 42 secured to the pinion 41, slides in a part-tubular rod 44 adapted to be reciprocated by a cam. The shaft 29 is adapted to be moved vertically by an arm 55 to lift the orange from its receiver. A camactuated rack 52 engages a sector on the shaft 29 and oscillates it by about a quarterrevolution. When the carrier is being turned into position above the receiver, the rod 44 is so actuated as to rotate the gears 40, 41 and to separate the jaws of the carrier. On the return movement, when the jaws have arrived above the orange, the rod 43 is released and the pinions 40, 27 can rotate, to allow the jaws to close under the action of springs 37, 38. The rod 55 elevates the carrier, and the orange is lifted from the receiver and conveyed through a quarter-revolution over one of the wrapping- devices, Fig. 1. The paper is fed under rolls 70 and severed by knives 72, the severed portion resting above the wrapping-device'and below the orange in the carrier. The orange is disengaged from the carrier and forced with the wrapper into the wrapping-device by the plunger 75, Fig. 3, coacting with the spring-held rod 74, which does not rise again until the pawl 79 is released by a catch on the plunger rod 76. The wrapping-device comprises a set of corrugating or indenting jaws 62, 63, Figs. 1 and 3, adapted to be moved together.
Patent GB-190828164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Collar Supports for Personal Wear.
Inventor: THORANDT PAUL HERMANN
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 28,164. Thorandt, P. H., and Kohn, A. Dec. 24. Stiffeners.-A support for a lady's lace collar or the like is formed of wire bent zigzag as shown at Figs. 1, 4, and 5. A double zigzag wire may be made as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and provided with attaching-loops m, m<1>.
Patent GB-190904807-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Reinforced Concrete Floor Construction.
IPC: E04B5/43
Filed: 1909-02-26
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 4807. Leslie & Co., and Dyson, H. K. Feb. 26. Reinforced concrete.-Relates to the disposition of the bars in a reinforced concrete floor. The columns A, Fig. 1, supporting the floor, are spaced so as to form square or approximately square bays, and the portions of the floor adjacent to the columns are treated as cantilevers B from which the floor slabs C are suspended. Fig. 7 shows one form of reinforcement for the cantilevers B ; Fig. 9 shows another form in which the rods reinforcing the columns are bent out into the cantilevers, either with or without separate rods. Where depth is limited, the lower parts of the cantilevers may be reinforced as shown in Fig. 7, and the rods may be inclined upwards from the centre. The floor slabs may be reinforced by parallel rods arranged in two series at right-angles, or by rods radiating from the centre of each slab. Some of the slab rods may extend into the cantilevers as shown in Fig. 15, and may there be bent upwards or downwards. The radial reinforcement shown in Fig. 22 may be used in the floor slabs or cantilevers, alone, or with cir.. cumferential frames, Fig. 23 ; the ends of the frame rods in the cantilevers may be bent up into the floor slabs. The upper and lower reinforcements in the cantilevers may be connected by ties, such as are shown in Fig. 29, consisting of a rod looped at L through which the end K is passed, the arm J being afterwards turned up. '
Patent GB-190911285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Distribution Systems.
IPC: H02J3/02
Filed: 1909-05-12
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 11,285. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Wedmore, E. B. May 12. [Cognate Application, 12,048/09.] Switches, locking.-At generating-stations where currents of more than one frequency are generated, systems of different frequencies are prevented from being put in parallel by providing the feeder switches with locking - devices which prevent closure under certain conditions. The switch shown in Fig. 3 has a look provided with two windings 6, 7, energized from the circuits on opposite sides of the switch. When the currents are coincident in phase and frequency, the winding 7 is raised, thereby releasing the lock. In a modification, the two windings may be employed differentially, so that they may actuate locks to prevent the closure of the switches when there is a difference of voltage, frequency, or phase. Where the feeder may be disconnected at both ends, locking-devices operated as described are used on the switches at one end, and a lock, operated by the potential on the feeder, prevents the operator from closing the switch at the other end. In a further modification, the switches at the ends of the feeder are mechanically interlocked, so that the remote switch must be closed before the switch that connects the feeder to the bus-bars. Electro-magnetic switches.-The locking-devices may be controlled by a relay h having a movable member k operated by solenoids o, p. A large resistance r is connected in series with the solenoid o, and a large reactance s in series with the solenoid p. The pulls on the solenoid cores are balanced at some frequency between the two frequencies of the system, so that, at the lower frequency, the solenoid p has the greater effect, and, at the higher frequency, the solenoid o operates the member k. The relay may control electro-magnetic switches so arranged that, when the feeder is energized at a certain frequency from a distance, the relay will cause connexion to be made to the proper bus-bar. Protective arrangements.-An arrangement for temporarily connecting two systems together through a current-limiting device is also described. It comprises two interlocked switches, the one which has to be closed first being of the freehandle circuit-breaker type, its trip-coil being energized by the current-limiting device. If improper connexion has been made, this switch is tripped open.
Patent GB-190914841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wagon-poles.
Inventor: SPILLMAN WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B62C5/02
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 14,841. Spillman, W. H., and Barnes, E. M. June 24. Shafts and poles.-Sheet-metal wagon poles are made with four flanged tapered staves, Fig. 2, bound together by hoops, and are provided with laterally adjustable hounds at their rear ends. The two front hoops 5, 6, Fig. 4, are united by a bar 10 from which projects the holdback 11, the bar and holdback being a single casting. Two channelled members 17, 18, secured at their tapered front ends with slight play beneath a hoop 7, are adjustably spaced from the pole by bolts 12, 13, which are screwed into the two rear hoops 8, 9 and into sleeves 14, 15, the flanges of the front and rear parts of the members 17, 18 being overlapped at the bend 19 to permit of bending. When the members 17, 18 have been adjusted to the width of the wagon hounds 22, 23, bolts 24, 25 are passed right through the bolts 12, 13 being made hollow for this purpose. The upper face of the hoop 8 has a bearing 8<a> for the double tree and a guard 26 for the double-tree is pivoted to the rear hoop 9 and has a hole 27 to register with a hole 28.
Patent GB-190918977-A (GB)
Title: Improved Expanding Mandrel.
Inventor: MORRIS FRED
IPC: B21D39/20
Filed: 1909-08-18
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 18,977. Morris, F. Aug. 18. Mandrels; work-holders.-In an expanding mandrel for use in gripping hose-couplings &c., the dogs B are operated by a slidable cone C traversed by a screwed spindle d. The spindle is mounted against longitudinal motion in a casing A, and the cone is prevented from rotating by a projection c from the casing. The casing A has a barrel portion a<1>, square in section or provided with flats, whereby the mandrel may be held in a vice.
Patent GB-190919851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Holders for Lathe Tools adapted to be used with a Tool Post.
IPC: B23B29/04
Filed: 1909-08-30
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 19,851. Carr, J., Carr, W., and Thompson & Son Co., H. G. Aug. 30. Turning.-In a tool clamp for connexion with the ordinary slotted tool post 1 of a lathe, the members 6, 7, which in order to avoid chattering, are used to clamp the tool 8 in position, embrace, and are rotatable about, the tool post, and thus permit the use of a double-ended tool for right-hand or lefthand work without loosening the tool in the clamp, which is separately clamped to the post. The clamping members are connected together by screws 21, and a tongue 19 in the member 7 fits iu a groove 20 in the member 6. The tool clamp is fixed in position by a key 13, which is pressed by the screw 4 against the bottom of the keyway 12 in the member 6. Stops 24 are provided in the key, and engage a stop 25 on the member 6 to prevent the key from being entirely withdrawn. A washer 5 may surround the tool post, which is mounted in the carriage 2.
Patent GB-190920928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyers.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: B65G17/06
Filed: 1909-09-13
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 20,928. Johnson, G. W., [Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co.]. Sept. 13. Carriers, attaching to chains; tensioning chains.- Endless belts or carriers are made in sections connected at the ends to cross-rods arranged at intervals between the driving-chains. In one form, Figs. 1 and 3, in which the carrier is formed of intermeshing wires, the transverse wires are discontinued near each end to form loops d<2> which are bent over the cross-rods D, and three loops intermesh with the loops of the adjacent sections. The sections may be formed of thin metallic plates, or of expanded metal slotted at each end, and bent over to embrace the cross-rods. The plates may be reinforced to prevent bending. Grooves may be formed in the plates, or transverse strips may be secured to the carrying-surface. The carriers may be in the form of trays D<3>, to which the slotted end-sections d<6> are secured in any convenient manner. In operation the sections are not subjected to any bending action when passing round the end drums. The riding of the loops upon the cross-rods may be obviated by torming the latter as tubes and mounting them between pins a<2> arranged above the pitch line of the chains.
Patent GB-190921034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eye-glass Mountings.
Inventor: BADER GUSTAV ADOLPH
IPC: G02C5/12
Filed: 1909-09-14
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 21,034. Bader, G. A. Sept. 14. Eyeglasses. - In eyeglass mountings, the plaquets 6 are pivotally mounted upon brackets 3 attached to the eyeglass frame, and are pressed inwards at their upper ends by springs 10. In a modified form, Fig. 7, the brackets 15 carrying the plaquets 6<b> may themselves be pivoted upon other brackets 3 attached to the frame so that the plaquets can oscillate in two directions; the springs 10 engage the plaquets 6b at 18 inside the planes of the bolts 14 and above their pivoted connexion with the brackets 3, so that the plaquets, besides tilting at their upper ends, have their outer edges turned inwards.
Patent GB-190921607-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Domestic Boiler.
Inventor: SHARPE WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: F24H1/26
Filed: 1909-09-22
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 21,607. Sharpe, W. C., and Sharpe, W. C. Sept. 22. Vertical boilers.-A boiler having an annular water space C is provided with a removable cover F, secured to a flange H on the outer wall by studs K with a cotter N and a nut or other suitable fastening. Suitable packing 0 is interposed. At the top of the inner wall B is a depending water pocket D.
Patent GB-190924481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Forming Pulp Articles.
IPC: D21J3/00
Filed: 1909-10-25
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 24,481. Marks, E. C. R., [Manson Manufacturing Co.]. Oct. 25. Moulding pulp.-A press for moulding pulp articles comprises a fixed plunger 24 and a movable mould 1 fitted with a loose bottom plate 15. The mould 1 and bottom plate 15 are formed with drainage channels 2, 16, which communicate rerespectively with outlets 4, 9, Fig. 4, controlled by valves 6, 11. Above the mould is mounted an annular member 26 adapted to be secured to the mould by latches 28. In operation, the mould is moved upwardly by means of an hydraulicallyactuated platform 19, and engages successively with the loose bottom 15 and the member 26. Pulp is supplied through an inlet in the member 26 ; and the mould is forced up against the plunger 24. The expressed water passes away by the outlet 4, 9, and when the pressing is complete, the platform 19 is lowered, causing the mould to descend. During the descent, the member 26, after stripping the article from the plunger, is arrested by stops on the press frame engaging with bars 32, the catches 28 being tripped by suitable means. The bottom 15 is then arrested by means of stops engaging with bars 21, and the mould moves down over the bottom, causing the article to be ejected.
Patent GB-190926187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop and other Valves.
Inventor: TURNBULL ALEXANDER
IPC: F16K27/08
Filed: 1909-11-12
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 26,187. Turnbull, A. Nov: 12. Actuating valves. -To relieve the strain on an actuating - spindle due to varying temperatures, a springy steel plate, disk, or washer A, which may be flat, dished, or provided with radial leaves or s a w - c u t s, is arranged between a collar D on the nut or actuating- spindle and the underside of the cross-head B: Specification 13,609/95 is referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 8206/00 and 18,581/00.
Patent GB-190930366-A (GB)
Title: Fastening Device for Ladies' Collars.
Inventor: FIEL MARTHE
IPC: A41B3/08
Filed: 1909-12-29
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 30,366. Fiel, M. Dec. 29. Metal-strip fastenings. - Ladies' collars are secured by interengaging strips a, b sewn to the ends of the collars. The strip a has a semicircular front 6, which is bent inwards to form an inclined spring surface 3 on which bears the tooth-like end 8 of the part b, the spring effect of the part a preventing disengagement. To unfasten, the strips are slid vertically over one another.
Patent GB-191000337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to the Letting-off and Moistening of Warps in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: OWEN JOSEPH
IPC: D03J1/00
Filed: 1910-01-06
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 337. Owen, J., [Owen, T.]. Jan. 6. Letting - off warps ; warps, tensioning. - The warp beam a, Fig. 2, rests on bearings b slidably mounted in fixed brackets c a n d supported bv springs d, and it is braked by means of shoe blocks g slidably carried by levers h connected to levers under the action of springs or weights or to rods k, so that, as the beam lightens and rises, the blocks g rise on the levers h and act with smaller leverage and with decreased effect on the beam. The levers h may have studs or pins k<1>, engaged by notches on the rods k, which are provided with screws acted upon by springs n, the rods k thus being readily detachable to facilitate the removal or exchange of the warp beams. Arms r<1> of levers r, r<1>, which support the back beam or rail q, Figs. 2 and 5, extend through slots in the rods k, so that, when the tension on the warp increases, the rods k are moved to compress the springs n and diminish the retarding effect of the blocks g. Metal beams with the usual slots and openings for facilitating the mounting and securing thereon of the warp or other beams having end protecting or frictioning hoops may be used. Damping warps in looms.-Within the hollow or tubular rail q is a tube t stopped up at one end and connected at the other end to a watersupply pipe, the water from which, escapes through openings in the tube thus moistening a spongy cloth u, which is folded over the tube and extends through a lateral slot q<2> in the back rail q into contact with the warp on the beam. The water supply to the tube t may be controlled automatically, or valve pipes mounted in connexion therewith may be regulated by the weaver.
Patent GB-191001598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Receivers.
IPC: H04R11/06
Filed: 1910-01-21
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 1598. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Riber, C. R. Jan. 21. Telephones. - The diaphragm 1 is fixed between coned surfaces 3, 4, and takes a dished shape until it is drawn into a flat plane by the receiver magnets.
Patent GB-191006201-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Card Game and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: STERN ALAN HENRY
IPC: A63F1/02
Filed: 1910-03-12
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 6201. Stern, A. H., and Bouracier, L. C. J. March 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Card games. - In a card game which is primarily designed for advertising purposes, two packs of cards are used, each pack consisting of forty-eight cards. The faces of the cards of one pack bear representations of large moons in various phases, and the cards of the other pack bear representations of small moons. Each card of a pack bears on its back a different advertisement which is the duplicate of an advertisement on a card in the other pack. A pack is divided into six groups of eight cards, each group being of a different colour. Six mats of the same colours as the cards for the reception of the players' stakes, and other mats marked "Fines" and "Throw-out mat" are also used. The order of playing and the movements of the cards are determined by dice or a teetotum.
Patent GB-191009611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Ovens.
Inventor: GRAY HAROLD
IPC: F24C7/06
Filed: 1910-04-20
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 9611. Gray, H. April 20. Resistance ovens for cooking. Air is heated by heaters c, Fig. 1, placed at the bottom near the sides of an oven, and circulates continuously through conduits f, at the sides or the back, to the top, from which it is distributed evenly through the oven and passes again to the sides. The conduits are formed by plates h placed close to the sides. The heaters are carried by a support d, Fig. 4, which can be slid out of the oven. Other supports e prevent the heaters from sagging. The walls may be made of sheets of metal and sheets of insulating-material such as asbestos or slag-wool which are pressed together. The plates may be formed so that the oven can be made in one piece. According to the Provisional Specification, the air may be heated outside the oven, and may be circulated bv means of a fan. A perforated plate may be placed near the top of the oven.
Patent GB-191011776-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tennis Racquet Frame.
Inventor: ALTMAN ALBERT
IPC: A63B49/02
Filed: 1910-05-12
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 11,776. Altman, Sir A. May 12. [Cognate Application, 24,120/10.] Rackets. - The frame of a tennis or other racket is made of alternating strips of hard wood. In one form the frame consists of three strips, the outer and inner strips being of lancewood and the middle one. of hickory, but other woods, fibre, or metal may be used in conjunction with such strips. The strips are shaped and then heated, glued or otherwise united, and bent round a former d corresponding in shape to the required inner contour of the racket. The strips are held rigidly in position until the glue sets by a series of screws g carried by an outer frame f. The frame f and former d are fixed to or formed integrally with a base-plate i.
Patent GB-191015349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Heat Radiators and the like.
IPC: F16K5/10
Filed: 1910-06-27
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 15,349. Breeden & Co., J., and Breeden, F. June 27. Plug cocks; regulating rate of flow in valves and cocks; indicating amount of opening of valves and cocks.-A valve for heat radiators &c. comprises a hollow taper plug b having a separate operating-spindle f, the inner end of which fits closely the bore of the plug b, and can be adjusted longitudinally therein by screwing the spindle in or out to regulate the size of the side openings b<1> in the valve plug. The plug is pressed to its seating by a spring c enclosed by a cap e, through which the spindle f is screwed. The inner end of the spindle is forked, as shown, and engages a pin b<2> crossing the valve plug, or the spindle end may be prismatic and engage a correspondingly-shaped bore in the plug. The usual " on " and " off " indicator disk m is provided, having a quadrant slot engaging a cranked projection i<1> from the handle i, the projection i<1> being marked to indicate the state of adjustment of the valve. To effect the adjustment, the handle is removed, to disengage the projection i<1>, and is reversed on the spindle.
Patent GB-191019997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: KOKOT PAUL
IPC: B25B13/32
Filed: 1910-08-27
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 19,997. Kokot, P. Aug. 27. Pivoted-jaw wrenches.-A spanner is provided with two spring-closed pivoted jaws a, b which are adapted to be forced apart by an ovoid pivot d carried by a fork e on the handle. The fork e embraces and holds the rear ends of the jaws.
Patent GB-191022502-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Machine for the Cleaning and Polishing of Knives, Boots, Plates and other Articles of Domestic use.
Inventor: SCHWIESO JOHN CHARLES LIFFORD
IPC: A47L21/02
Filed: 1910-09-28
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 22,502. Schwieso, J. C. L. Sept. 28. Boots and shoes, knives, forks, and spoons, cleaning and polishing.-A rotary brushing-machine for boots, plate, &c., is combined with a knifecleaning machine of the rotating-disk type, the disks being arranged within the brush casing. Two disks 24, 25 are fixed to the spindle 22, and are provided with radial strips of cork or rubber, a sheet of felt or leather being placed over them and secured between the strips. The casing for the brushes 14, 15 is formed of a hoop con. nected by side disks 19, 20, and is mounted loosely on the spindle 22. It may be secured to the disks by means of the plunger 12, or to the frame of the machine by plungers 27, 28. The brush casing is slotted for the insertion of knives, the slots being closed by a band 16 sliding in a guide when the machine is used as a brushing-machine. A detachable circular velvet pad may be fitted between the brushes 14, 15; and collapsible knife-handle rests 30 are provided. A brush 26 is provided for applying polish. The machine may be driven by a handwheel or by a treadle.
Patent GB-191023314-A (GB)
Title: Means for the Control of Electric Pressure and Current Regulators.
Inventor: POOLE WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: H02P9/10
Filed: 1910-10-08
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 23,314. Poole, W. J. Oct. 8. Electro-magnetic switches.-An electro-magnetic switch is provided with a second coil which momentarily produces a flux opposing an increase or decrease of flux due to the primary coil of the switch, and the armature is spring- controlled in such a manner that the mechanical force upon it varies directly as the electromagnetic force upon it. In a modification, the second coil is replaced by a stationary coil wound about a polarized core operatively connected to the armature of the relay. In the arrangement shown, the core F is provided with a primary winding H and a secondary winding E arranged in such a manner that a change in flux through the core F produced by a change in the strength of current in the coil H is opposed by the action of the coil E. The armature J is mounted upon a pivot K and is mechanically controlled by means of an adjustable flexible band N and an adjustable spring T acting at right-angles to the band.