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Patent GB-190718767-A (GB)
Title: Process for Winning Large Well-formed Threadless Crystals, especially Sugar Candy Crystals, from Cold or Hot Saturated Solutions.
Inventor: MELCHER MAX EMANUEL THEODOR
Filed: 1907-08-20
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 18,767. Melcher, M. E. T. Aug. 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Crystals, obtaining.-Crystals, such as sugar-candy crystals, are obtained by placing mother crystals u p o n a series of horizontal sieves b which are moved up and down in the saturated solution in such a way that when the sieves move downwards the mother crystals detach themselves and remain suspended in the solution for some time. The vessel a containing the solution is jacketed, and steam, air, water, or cooled brine are introduced as required in order to keep the solution in a saturated or supersaturated condition. Several such crystallizers may be used together in a column system and the. liquid passed through them successively, being brought again to the original temperature and to the necessary degree of saturation after leaving the last crystallizer.
Patent GB-190719289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Wedges.
Inventor: CORBETT WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 19,289. Corbett, W. Aug. 27. Wedges.-A window wedge is formed from a thin metal plate a with a finger-piece e at one end and at the other end provided with h a spring b which is either riveted thereto or formed by bending the plate back on itself. The device is secured to the window frame by means of a screw g passing through the slot f, and in action it is turned round to an horizontal position and inserted between the frame and the sash.
Patent GB-190720597-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Savings-box and Perpetual Calendar.
Inventor: REDEI EMERICH
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 20,597. RÚdei, E. Sept. 16. Money boxes.- Relates to a combined savings-box and calendar, in which the date indicated is changed by dropping in a coin. A pointer 1, operated by pawl. and - ratchet me - chanism, moves over a dial bearing numbers corresponding to the days of the month. The coin falls down the shoot 9 and forces aside the lever 6<a>, thereby actuating the pawl 4 and ratchet-wheel 3. A stop 12 prevents disengagement of the pawl when the apparatus is inverted. The dial may be movable and the pointer fixed, or the dial may rotate behind a screen with a hole in it. The names of the day and the month are changed by hand-wheels.
Patent GB-190721904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Electric Circuit Breakers.
Inventor: ECKSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1907-10-04
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 21,904. Eckstein, A., Heap, A. C., and Mellis, D. B. Oct. 4. Cut-outs.-In automatic electric circuit-breakers for operating on reverse current, two windings A, B are put on a core C provided with a nearly complete magnetic circuit G for each coil, there being a non- magnetic gap J. Currents normally flowing through both h windings in the same direction hold on an armature D against springs E. When the current reverses in the coil B, the magnetic flux takes a path through the central limb H where the reluctance is greater, and the armature D is released. To prevent failure of the apparatus due to a strong and sudden reversal, the armature D is made light and the springs E as strong as possible, and a.copper or other conducting ring or tube K is put around the core. In a modification, the central limb is bent into a U shape ; in another form, the spring is placed at the side and the armature is pivoted on the core.
Patent GB-190723833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Navigational Sounding Machines.
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 23,833. Murphy, E. J., and Kelvin & James White. Oct. 29. Sounding - apparatus. - Electrically - driven seasounding machines are provided with means for interlocking the motor starting-switch and the catch controlling the brake mechanism. A bellcrank operating-lever A, Fig. 3, is keyed to a rockshaft B, and one arm engages with the slotted end of the switch lever D. The end of the rock-shaft carries a cam E which, when the operating-lever is turned to move the lever D to the' on ' position, trips the tail F of a spring-controlled pawl G and moves a finger G' away from the notched wheel H. In a modification, the rock-shaft B, Fig. 2, carries a crank engaging with the slotted arm A' of the bell-crank lever. Specification No. 20,813, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190724206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water-cooled Valves for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LOUTZKY BORIS
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 24,206. Loutzky, B. Nov. 1. Annular lift valves; seats; spindles; cooling valves.-A water-cooled lift valve for internal-combustion engines consists of a hollow ring r closing a single annular port and arranged to allow the passage of fluid on both sides of the annulus, cooling water being supplied to the ring and discharged therefrom by one or more hollow guide spindles. As shown in Fig. 1, a single guide spindle is divided into inlet and outlet passages by the partition t, and the valve ring is connected to the spindle by three hollow radial arms l. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the valve body is a simple ring and two guide spindles k, k<1> are provided, the cooling water entering through one and leaving through the other ; the two spindles are connected by a bridge-piece h forming an abutment for the closing spring f, which can be readily removed by compressing it. The valve-seat body g is fixed at the upper end and is provided with elastic packing i at the lower end to prevent deformation by expansion; an opening for cooling water is provided at q.
Patent GB-190724701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Night Light Lamps or the like.
Inventor: BENTOTE GEORGE
Filed: 1907-11-07
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 24,701. Bentote, G. Nov. 7. Night lamps.-In a paraffin night lamp, disks c of felt or absorbent material are threaded upon a conical perforated wick - tube b, the disks c being supported by radial extensions or a disk b<1> and surmounted by a metal disk d fixed to the wick-tube. The disks or extensions b<1>, d centre the wick-tube b, which contains a wick b<2> preferably of braided cotton with an asbestos core b<3>. The upper end of the wick-tube extends into an opening of larger diameter in the conical lid a<2> of the reservoir or receptacle a, so that the flame of the wick b<2> is enlarged by the combustion of the vapour escaping through the perforations in the wick-tube above the disk d. The recharging of the disks c with paraffin may be facilitated by employing a perforated disk d, and the complete lamp may be enclosed in a box or case for transport.
Patent GB-190724765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Card or Label Holders.
Inventor: SEYL JOSEPH CONRAD
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 24,765. Seyl, J. C., and Butts, D. G. Nov. 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filing papers &c.-In paper-filing devices, an index label 9 is inserted in the holder shown in Fig. 4, which is provided with an aperture 3, Fig. 3, and with spurs 2 for holding the paper. The spring plate 10, Fig. 5, keeps the label and paper in position.
Patent GB-190724961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protective Plates for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: WADE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 24,961. Wade, T., and Hall, E. Nov. 11. Heel protectors ; soles.-To prevent boots and shoes from taking up large quantities of loose soil, a thin plate c, c', c<2> of smooth metal, such as tin plate, is secured over the bottom and breast of the heel and some distance over the shank.
Patent GB-190726531-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Receiver Arrangement for Wireless Telegraphy.
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 26,531. Ges. f³r drahthose Telegraphie. Dec. 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wireless signalling.-In a receiving system for wireless telegraphy, the detector circuit, containing a constantly operated circuit-breaker, is coupled to the antenna circuit preferably through an energyaccumulating circuit, but, when the antenna circuit is not strongly damped, the accumulating circuit may be omitted. The energy received by the antenna a is transferred to the undamped accumulating circuit f, and, if the contact breaker o in the detector circuit is open, will accumulate there ; but, when the detector circuit is closed at o, a sudden transference of energy from the accumulating circuit to this circuit takes place. Instead of having an absolute break of the circuit at o, the interrupter may be shunted by a high resistance. The impedances n, n<1>, placed between the detector k and the receiving instrument l, prevent the passage of the oscillation through the receiving instrument.
Patent GB-190727523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kitchen or Cooking Ranges
Inventor: BRODIE GEORGE GORDON
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 27,523. Brodie, G. G., and Coleman, A. B. Dec. 13. Cooking-ranges; dampers. - Relates to the ranges described in Specification No. 22,943, A.D. 1893, in which sliding dampers are fitted on the oven top, one on each side of a central vertical partition, to facilitate the reversal of the path of the combustion products round the oven, so as to convert it from a roasting-oven to a baking-oven. The vertical partition is made in sections d, d<1>, d', and the sliding plates or dampers i<1>, i<2>, Fig. 3, which cover the whole of the oven top, are moved in opposite directions by the hand-lever e so as alternatively to direct the combustion products first over the oven or first down the flue between the oven and the fire, and under the oven. The partition is fitted in place by removing the central part b<2> of the hot-plate, and the end sections d', d<2> are slipped between the hot-plate b and the top of the oven a, their upper edges being forced between the lugs b<1> cast on the underside of the plate b. The central section d is connected to the end sections by means of the lugs d<3>, d<5>, d<6>, and to the oven top by a screwed projection d<4>, which serves also as the pivot of the lever e. The dampers i<1>, i<2> are fitted with antifriction rollers which run on the oven top. An underside view of part of the damper i<2> is shown in Fig. 10. The rollers i<4> are mounted on spindles i<3> in cross-bars i<6>, and are fenced by ribs i<5>. When the handle e<3>, Fig. 3, is in the position indicated by the word "roasting " in Fig. 3, the damper i<1> closes the vertical flue between the fire and the oven, and directs the combustion products over the oven, down the far vertical flue, and then under the oven and up the near vertical flue. When the handle e<3> is moved to the extreme position, marked " baking," the combustion products first pass down the near vertical flue between the fire and the oven. In the intermediate position of the handle e<3>, the combustion products pass under the edges of the sections d<1>, d<2> of the partition d, and the heat is imparted mainly to the hot-plate b. The lever e carries a plate h covering the slot in which it works ; this plate is placed between the inner side of the front plate of the range and the front edge of the damper i<1>.
Patent GB-190728370-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Cowl or Ventilator.
Inventor: EYERS HENRY WARTON
Filed: 1907-12-24
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 28,370. Eyers, H. W. Dec. 24. Chimney &c. tops.-A rotatable member a of segmental cross-section with its axis horizontal, is supported above the top of an upright tubular member b on a ring i carried by a bridge f, which is curved so as to cause no obstruction to the sweep's brush. The rotatable member a carries a vertical tube h, which surrounds a fixed spindle g carrying a cap j to prevent the access of rain to the bearings, and is provided with a wind vane k. The tubular member b is secured to the chimney top b* by a ledge c and clips d secured by a wire e. Ball bearings may be used.
Patent GB-190801124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Locking Plug Cocks
Inventor: WOODALL HAROLD WHITEMAN
Filed: 1908-01-17
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 1124. Woodall, H. W., and Moon, P. G. G. Jan. 17. Locking plug cocks.-A plug cock is locked in the 'off' position by the engagement of t h e lower end of a spring - controlled lever D with a notch H in the casing. The lever is pivoted to the plug at E, and is arranged with its upper end near the handle A of the cock to facilitate the release of the locking-device when operating the cock. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 7800, A.D. 1892, No. 12,266, A.D. 1894, No. 9315, A.D. 1896, and No. 9577, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190802245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Transmission of Power.
Inventor: CLEIREN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 2245. Cleiren, C. Oct. 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motor road vehicles.-In an electric power-transmission system particularly applicable to motor road vehicles, one or more dynamos and an electromotor are so arranged that the velocity of the dynamo always equals that of the electromotor or presents a given ratio thereto. This is done by connecting members 3, 4, Fig. 1, in both dynamo and motor to the prime mover 2 and joining the remaining members 5, 6 to shafts 8, 9 coupled to the driven shaft 14. If the dynamo and motor are of the same power, an auxiliary dynamo 32, Fig. 4, may be mounted on the driving-shaft 19 to determine the direction of the current; this Figure shows an arrangement suitable for a motor road vehicle. As shown in Fig. 5, the two machines 40, 41 may be run at different speeds by driving them from the prime mover 31 through gearing 33, 34, 35, the only stipulation being that in the transmission to the driven shaft 45 the gears 43 should be of the same ratio as the gears 33, 34, 35, only arranged in the inverse order. Another arrangement for connecting the driving-shaft 51 to the driven shaft 53 is shown in Fig. 6, which is self explanatory. Instead of using two armatures and two field magnets, a single armature with a double winding and a single field magnet may be used. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also an arrangement in which one member of one dynamo-electric machine is connected to the prime mover and the corresponding member of the other machine is connected to the driven shaft, the remaining members of the dynamo-electric machine being coupled together. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190814094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Keys or Wedges for use in Securing Rails to Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: JONES HARRY CARDEN
Filed: 1908-07-02
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 14,094. Jones, H. C. July 2. Rail keys for securing flat-bottomed rails to metal sleepers are formed with a thinned end f which is bent down under the rail, after the key has been driven home, to prevent the key from working loose. Instead of this thinned end being made merely by a saw cut as heretofore, a portion of the key is punched or sheared away, and the shoulder g which is left is well rounded off.
Patent GB-190823558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolls for Rolling Metal Ingots, Plates, and the like.
Inventor: EVANS JOHN
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 23,558. Evans, J., and Lewis, B.. Nov. 4. R o l l i n g.-Rolls for rolling metal plates, ingots, &c. have a central axial ribbed bore 5, extending from end to end and tightly filled with copper secured at each end, for example by upsetting. The copper is stated to strengthen the rolls and to prevent cracking due to expansion and contraction.
Patent GB-190824212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 24,212. Soc. Franþaise d'Incandescence par le Gaz (SystÞme Auer). Nov. 12, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Patent of Addition to No. 11,149, A.D. 1909.] Incandescent lamps. - A filament-support consists of a rod a of porcelain or other refractory insulating - material provided with fine hooks d of a very refractory metal such as platinum or platinum - iridium, which may be at the ends of arms b of a less refractory metal s u c h as nickel. The supporting - hooks preferably lie in the edges of a prism, the filament being wound upon them in a single or double helix. One conducting- wire f may be enclosed in a glass or porcelain tube. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also the use of the platinum or platinum - iridium hooks on nickel arms on a glass support ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted. Specification No. 539, A.D. 1881, No. 5771, A.D. 1893, Nos. 6803 and 21,669, A.D. 1906, and No. 11,149, A.D. 1909, are referred to.
Patent GB-190825411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Four Stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HEWITT JAMES MITCHELL
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 25,411. Howitt, J. M. Nov. 25. Gas and like engines.-The distribution of the motive fluid in a four-stroke-cycle engine is controlled by a pair of piston valves working. in valvechests which are always open to the combustion chamber; one valve assists in the compression, and the other acts as a working piston during the explosion stroke. In the engine shown in Fig. 1, piston valves h, j, driven by cranks or eccentrics, control inlet and exhaust ports f, respectively formed in liners b, b<1>. The liners are waterjacketed and have conical seatings to engage corresponding seatings on.the cylinder casting, and the exhaust lining has passages for cooling-water in the metal between the exhaust ports. In a modification two tandem cylinders with a differential piston are arranged to operate with a common inlet valve and also with a common exhaust valve.
Patent GB-190825954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Magnetic Blow-outs for Electric Switches.
Inventor: ZWEIGBERGK THORSTEN VON
Filed: 1908-12-01
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 25,954. Zweigbergk, T. von. Dec. 1. Switches.-A magnetic blow-out for high-voltage currents is constructed so that the arc changes its path in such a manner as to excite the coils to their maximum intensity for a short period before the circuit is completely interrupted. The switch contact b, Fig. 1, moving away from the contact a, draws an arc 1 in series with a low resistance k shunting the blow-out coil c, which is also in series with a high resistance m. Another arc 3 is produced with an extra contact g connected to the line in series with the blow-out coil. As the contact b moves to the right, the weak arc 3 is blown out first, and the main arc takes up a new path 2 between a and g, thus leading the full current through the coil c, which finally expands and blows out the arc. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to a known form of blow-out coil having a circular metallic sheath, which causes the arc to extend completely round it before being broken.
Patent GB-190901248-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Preparing a Combustible Mixture of Great Use in connection with Explosion Motors.
Inventor: JULIEN NOVEL
IPC: C10L1/16
Filed: 1909-01-18
Abstract: 1248. Novel, J. July 2, 1908, [Convention date. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Oils and spirits for burning.-A mixture for use as fuel for explosion motors is obtained by distilling a mixture of alcohol and a mineral acid, and adding the distillate to petroleum benzines, or to coal or other benzines. Acetone or ether may be added, and a carburetting substance may be mixed with the alcohol &c. before distillation. Preferably, ethylic alcohol and sulphuric acid are used. The temperature of distillation is stated to be below that employed in the manufacture of ether.
Patent GB-190902089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Cleaning Water Mains.
Inventor: MASLIN JOHN
IPC: E03F9/00
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 2089. Maslin, J. Jan. 30, 1908, [Convention date]. Cleaning internally, non-rotary appliances for.-A flexible cleaning-device adapted to pass readily round the curves and angles of a watermain comprises a number of hollow castings 10<a> screw-clamped at one end 10, as shown, to a cable 15, and at the other end carrying a number of radial steel scrapers or cleaners 19. An equal number of castings 10<a> carrying smooth cleaners 19, and castings carrying toothed scrapers, are mounted upon a cable to constitute the complete device, and the scrapers and cleaners are pulled through the tube &c. by means of the cable.
Patent GB-190903248-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus principally intended for use in Sterilising Water.
Inventor: MACNAIR JAMES IRVINE
IPC: C02F1/02
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 3248. Macnair, J. I. Feb. 10. Heating liquids. - In apparatus principally intended for sterilizing water and comprising a vessel A from which the water is transferred under the pressure of generated steam to a vessel G, the time during which the water is boiled before discharge is determined by the height of the pipe E and the size of an outlet to the vessel A for air and steam. A whistle may be fitted to the outlet. The vessel G has a hinged lid. The water-supply may be controlled by a float L, the water entering through a U-pipe T so that it shall not be discharged with the already sterilized water. Floats P, Q turn down the burner when the vessels A, G empty and fill respectively.
Patent GB-190907490-A (GB)
Title: Method of Fastening Turbine Blades.
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 1909-03-29
Abstract: 7490. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. March 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Blades.-Turbine blades are held in undercut grooves by distance-pieces, the blades and distance-pieces being arranged loosely side by side in such a manner that undue alteration of position cannot take place, although the blades and distance-pieces are capable of free individual expansion. The blades a, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, are held by distance-pieces b. The latter only fill out the undercutting c of the groove and engage by means of projections d in corresponding holes in the blades. Other modifications are described in which the position of the undercutting c and the position and size of the projections d are varied. In another modification a pin is riveted in the distance piece to form the projection d. In further modifications the projection d is dispensed with, the lower blade ends being bent over, as in Figs. 14 and 15, the bent portions lying in a narrower groove f. The distance-pieces b are pushed over the bent portions and thus hold the blades. A plurality of undercuttings may be furnished. if desired.
Patent GB-190907734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Print Effects on Fabrics.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
IPC: D06P3/62
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 7.734. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella & Co., L.]. March 31. Printing. - Print effects are produced on fabrics by printing or padding with mixtures of substantive and basic dyes, and overprinting with a discharge which removes the dyes of one group only. The effects may be varied by first dyeing the fabric with substantive dyes, or by using coloured discharges. According to an example, cotton is padded with diamine rose BD, and printed with a mixture of two pastes: (1) new methylene blue NSS, glycerine, acetic acid, water, starch, tragacanth, and tannin; (2) diamine dark green N, glycerine, water, starch, and tragacanth. The goods are steamed, dried, and printed over with a discharge of hyraldite C extra and British gum; they are then steamed, chromed if necessary, treated with an antimony salt, rinsed, and dried. Black on a pink ground, with blue and white discharges, is thus obtained. The process may be applied to silk, half-silk, half-wool, &c.