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Patent GB-190705259-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Coding Figures into Pronounceable Words and Decoding the same.
Inventor: HAMEL FREDERICK JULIUS
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 5259. Hamel, F. J. March 5. Codes.-Relates to an appliance for codifying figures into pronounceable words, and decodifying. Two blocks of two-letter syllables, the one set consisting of a vowel preceded by a consonant and the other set consisting of a consonant preceded by a vowel, are provided on a plate a, Fig. 1 ; the horizontal rows are numbered on the plate, and the vertical rows are numbered on the plate or on a slide e coloured to differentiate the two blocks. The plate a is double, and between the layers is mounted a disk b, Figs. 1 and 2, exposed through a slot a' and rotated by means of a knob c<1>. The disk b is divided into thirtytwo radial divisions further subdivided into five and numbered. The subdivisions are differentiated by colour according to the thirty-two possible permutations of five syllables taken from either of the two blocks. One block only is used for an eightfigure range, the sum of the four pairs without the hundreds figure giving the number of the fifth or check syllable. A nine-figure range is obtained by using both blocks in conjunction with the divisions of the disk numbered 00 to 09. The first figure preceded by a nought gives the disk division, and the sum of the five pairs starting with the disk division gives the check number or fifth syllable. Turning the disk to the proper division, the blocks from which the successive syllables should be taken are indicated by colour through the slot a'. In decodifying in nine-figure range, the disk is started at the proper colour and turned as required to obtain the proper sequence of colour as each syllable is located in the blocks, the final number on the disk giving the initial figure preceded by a nought. A partial ten-figure range is obtained by using all the divisions of the disk. A complete tenfigure range is obtained by using the disk for selecting the blocks according to the colours for a check number which is the remainder after dividing the sum of the five pairs by thirty-two.
Patent GB-190709379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Garden Shears and the like
Inventor: SELLEY WALTER
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 9379. Selley, W. April 23. Shears.-The shank of each of the blades is made in two parts f, g, connected by some form of hinge joint j, as shown, or by other means, so that the plane of the blades may be placed in, or at an angle to, the plane of the handles. The blades are mounted so as to have a drawing action.
Patent GB-190710642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: JUDD HENRY SHAILOR
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 10,642. Judd, H. S. May 7. Washing-machines.-The oscillatory motion of a washing-receptacle is controlled by springs, and is produced partly by a spring and partly by the weight of water in the receptacle. The vessel 6 is supported by end frames 1, 2 connected by cross-tubes 3 through which pass rods secured at their ends by nuts. The vessel may be formed as shown in Fig. 4, either with metal ends 7 secured by rods 8 or with wooden ends 9 encased in metal 10 secured by screws and rivets. Ribs are formed on the body, ends, and lids of the vessel, and a perforated false bottom 15 turned up at one side is provided. A yoke 17 is secured at the ends of the vessel, and carries a solid shaft 18 and a hollow shaft 19 on which the vessel is mounted below its centre of gravity. The hollow shaft enters the vessel below its false bottom. It is surrounded by a sleeve 20 preferably integral with the yoke and, like the solid shaft 18, bearing in one of the end frames. This sleeve carries three pairs of arm pieces 22, between which are shafts carrying hooks to which springs 25 are attached. The other ends of the springs are secured to hooks having knife-edge bearings 27 resting against hollow lugs 28 secured to the frame 2. Another pair of arms carries a hook, a cushion spring 30, and another hook 26 attached by a weak spring to the frame. The spring 30 only operates when the motion of the vessel has reached the desired limit. Hot and cold water pipes 33, 34 and valved soap or acid and blueing funnels 35, 36 are provided. The outlet valve 41, Fig. 2, is operated by a wheel 40 driven by a cord passing over pulleys and a hand-wheel 37. At the other end, on the shaft 18, is loosely mounted a sleeve carrying a slotted bar 43 secured to a pitman 44 driven by an eccentric. The bar 43 carries, beyond the shaft 18, arms 47 carrying a hook 49 to which and to another hook secured to an arm 51 on the outer rim of the vessel a driving-spring 50 is attached. The vessel may be driven by hand, the pitman being disconnected and a hand-lever 52, through which passes the shaft carrying the hook 49, being mounted on the sleeve. When the vessel is pulled slightly by the spring 50, the weight of water brings it over, until the reaction of the springs 25 pulls it back the other way.
Patent GB-190713602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HOLDEN HENRY CAPEL LOFFT
Filed: 1907-06-12
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 13,602. Holden, H. C. L., and Elphinstone, G. K. B. June 12. Gas and like engines, starting. A multiplecylinder engine suitable for a motor - car has a starting-handle which can be slid into either of two operative positions. In the first position the handle is turned to rotate a sleeve by means of which the ignition circuit is broken and the inlet valves are held open, there operations taking place in the order named. In the second position the handle is turned to rotate the crank-shaft and fill the cylinders with mixture. This being done and one of the pistons being left in a suitable position for firing, the handle is slid into the first position again, and the sleeve is turned back so as first to close the valves and then to complete the ignition circuit, whereupon the engine starts. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively an elevation, with the cover removed, and a section of the starting-handle as arranged on the dashboard 20 of a motor-car. The handle 6 is shown in its normal inoperative position. When pushed inwards into its first position, the flange 28 acting through loose pins 27 forces in a sleeve 23, which can slide but not rotate upon the fixed bearing 21. This action withdraws the heads of pins 25 from their sockets, and at the same time slips notches 5 in the flange 28 over lugs 33 on the sleeve 16, thus allowing the latter to be turned to break the ignition and open the valves. On releasing the handle, the spring 24, brings the parts back to the idle position, holding the sleeve 16 in the new position into which it has been turned. The handle is next drawn back against the spring 29, until lugs 4 on the shaft 1 engage with notches 31, when the shaft 1 can be turned, rotating the crank-shaft through suitable gearing. The arrangement of contacts shown in Fig. 6 is adapted to be used with either low-tension or high-tension ignition or both. The separation of the spring 37 and stud 38 by the cam 35 carried by the sleeve 16 breaks the primary circuit of the high-tension system, while the conjunction of the spring 36 and stud 39 effected by the cam 34 short-circuits the magneto of the low-tension system. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the engine showing the handle 6, sleeve 16, and shaft 1 ; this shaft is connected with the crank-shaft by the chain gearing 8. The valves are opened by hooks 11 rotated by the cord 15 ; or if desired this may be done by disks beside the cams, the cam shaft being slid axially. Fig. 8 also shows an additional device in which the rotation of the sleeve 16 puts in a clutch 46 between the shaft 1 and the crank-shaft. The arrangement is such that the valves are opened before the clutch is put in, and conversely the clutch is taken out before the valves are closed. The rotation of the shaft 1 may be effected otherwise than by hand.
Patent GB-190713839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing and Peeling Potatoes.
Inventor: MITCHELL GEORGE
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 13,839. Mitchell, G. June 15. Potatoes, peeling and washing.-A machine for peeling and washing potatoes comprises a tank A provided with an inclined bottom, an outlet B for the peelings, an overflow pipe E, and a pipe C for giving a continuous supply of water. The top surface of the ends of the tank are slotted to provide adjustable bearings for the pedestals H, which form bearings for the spindle of the revolving drum F, enclosing two concentric cylinders o, 0<1>, with abrading surfaces between which the potatoes are placed. The outer casing is provided with a door M attached to a bar M' passing through the ends of the drum and to another bar L<l> which engages a slot in the sides of the drum, and is fixed in position by a catch L. Two levers J pivoted at J serve to raise the peeling-drum out of the tank A in order to discharge the cleaned potatoes. Slots G in the outer casing G admit water to the interior of the drum.
Patent GB-190720854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Apparatus for Indicating Numbers, Characters or Devices by Chance.
Inventor: BOX ELIAB
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 20,854. Box, E. Sept. 19. Roulette.-Relates to apparatus in which a spinning disk is used to indicate numbers, characters, &c. by chance. In the device shown in Fig. 1, the spinning disk is caused to stop in such a position that a number on its upper surface is opposite an opening in the casing or the pointer, when one is used, may not stop intermediate of two numbers. The disk d, held on the spindle b by washers c, is spun by means of a knob a. A cup or receptacle g surrounding the spindle b holds balls m and is intended to prevent the balls from moving, as shown in Fig. 4. A washer f on the spindle is provided with a square bole to receive a ball n, as shown in Fig. 5. When the disk is spinning, the ball n rolls on the balls m, but, when the disk stops, the ball n drops into one of the spaces between the lower row of balls.
Patent GB-190721275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Clutches.
Inventor: NASH FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-09-25
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 21,275. Nash, F. Sept. 25. Hydraulic transmission of power.-Relates to the clutch described in Specification No. 14,512, A.D. 1907. The fly-wheel casing is now divided by partitions c into sections fitted with wedge-shaped projections c<1>, f for guiding oil centrally. Within the sections are arranged projections p carried by pivoted flaps k linked by rods l to a disk m on a sliding sleeve u. When the projections p are drawn inside the inner clutch portion, a free passage for oil is allowed in the various sections; when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the clutch is in the driving position. Fig. 5 shows a modified flap carrying obstructing-arms k<2>, k<3>.
Patent GB-190723542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Advertising.
Inventor: BURNABY ARTHUR ST VINCENT
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 23,542. Burnaby, A. St. V. Oct. 25. Advertising.-To avoid reprinting advertising- maps of the kind described in Specifications No. 17,289, A.D. 1906, and No. 4409, A.D. 1907, due to the necessary addition to, or the rearrangement of the symbols or indications used with such maps, a glazed surface is provided for each map upon which the required symbols can be painted or affixed. According to the Provisional Specification, the advertising-maps described in the above-mentioned Specifications may be mounted upon rollers, and are brought into view by the weight of the person inspecting the maps or by band operation. Instead of the maps being upon a roll, glass plates may be brought in front of the maps and the address of the advertiser located by means of detachable symbols upon the plates.
Patent GB-190724090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Files for Letters Invoices and the like.
Inventor: ANNAN ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 24,090. Annan, A., and Walker, J. Oct.31. Filing papers &c. -In a letter, invoice, or like file, a cord e, partly enclosed in a metal tube, is passed through perforations in the letters &c. b, and is then brought into gaps d in a ridge c of a folded paper &c. cover a, and finally slipped under springs g formed out of, or fixed on, a metal strengthening-mount f. According to the Provisional Speciflcation, two knotted cords are used.
Patent GB-190724662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Mellitic Acid.
Filed: 1907-11-07
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 24,662. Read Holliday & Sons, and Silberrad, O. Nov. 7. Mellitic acid is produced by boiling charcoal with nitric acid until the liquid assumes a clear amber colour, the excess of mtric acid being distilled off at a temperature not exceeding 140‹ C. The use of potassium or other chlorate is dispensed with, the carbon being sufficiently oxidized by the prolonged boiling. The charcoal is ground to pass through an 80 or 90 mesh sieve.
Patent GB-190801965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeding Mechanism for Hose-pipe Making Machines.
Inventor: LOVETT JOSEPH SCHENCK HOOKER
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 1965. Lovett, J. S. H., Payne, T. P., and Near, W. W. Jan. 28. Cutting - machines for fabrics.-In a feed mechanism for hose-pipe making machines of the kind wherein the canvas is first secured at one edge to a rubber tube upon a pole on which the pipe is to be made, the canvas strip passing from the cutting - machine D<1> is drawn forwards by a roller B<4> turned by an endless cord or belt C<3>, and is then transferred to belts E<6> which convey the strip in a longitudinal direction. The rollers are carried by T-shaped standards B, B<1> which are arranged to slide in the main frame A, A<1>. When the required width of material has been fed on to the rollers, the strip is severed from the main body in such a manner that its inner edge falls on to the rubber-covered pole to which it is cemented. A cam B<8> upon the driving- shaft D of the cutting-machine then operates by means of a link B<9>, arm B<7>, and shaft B<6> to rock arms B" from beneath the stems B<1> of the T-shaped standards, which consequently fall to lower the material on to the belts. A cam E<18> is connected by a rod E<13>, arm E<11>, pawl E<12>, ratchet-wheel E<10>, shaft E<8>, and bevel-wheels E<9>, E' to the shaft E'‹ of the belt pulleys E', which are next turned sufficiently to convey the canvas almost past the front of the cutting-machine. As the succeeding canvas strip is fed into the apparatus, it overlaps the rear end of the strip previously fed, and the strips are cemented together end to end, spring-held rollers H pressing the parts into close contact. Pulleys between the pulleys E<5> support belts E<20>, which carry the canvas on to the making-machine. The pole rests upon grooved wheels F<2> the shafts F<1> of which are carried by weighted swinging arms F and are geared to the shafts E<2>, E3 by wheels F<4> so proportioned as to turn the wheels F<2> in unison with the belts. The arms are connected by links F<7> to levers F<6>, whereby the position of the wheels F<2> may be adjusted to suit different thicknesses of material.
Patent GB-190808004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-heated Ventilating Radiators.
Inventor: HADEN WILLIAM NELSON
Filed: 1908-04-10
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 8004. Haden, W. N., Haden, C. I., and Watts, C. J. April 10. Air, heating.-A gas-heated radiator consists of one or more hollow sections a above non- atmospheric b u r - ners enclosed in a base b. The radiator is placed over an inlet f admitting air from the outside of the building, and the air, which enters the base 6 only through this inlet, is heated by the burners and by the sections a, and issues into the room &c. containing the radiator through perforated plugs d at the upper ends of the sections. The base b is fitted with a door e, which gives access to the burners. The door e may be loosely fitted, or may be perforated, to allow some of the fresh air to-pass outside and to be heated by the outer surfaces of the sections a. The burners are preferably fitted on a gas-supply chamber i of the kind described in Specification No. 27,665, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Heating].
Patent GB-190808089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bottle Stoppers.
Inventor: GOLTSTEIN EWALD
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 8089. Goltstein, E. April 12, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Capsule closures. - To prevent weakening of capsule closures which are formed with nicks or slots in their upper surfaces to provide tearing- tongues, one or more breaks c, Figs. 1 and 2, are made in the continuity of the slot or nick so that a diameter A B of the cap is left intact. Fig. 3 shows a cap weakened in a different manner by slots a, d, a band A B D C being left intact.
Patent GB-190809035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 9035. Krupp Akt.-Ges. Germaniawerft, F. June 28, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, reveraing. Two pipes C', E', leading to the atmosphere, alternately form the air inlet and exhaust according to the direction of rotation of the engine. Spring- pressed valves C, E are opened by similar cams g<1>, i<1> formed on cam-disks on the half-speed shaft F. The fuel is admitted through a separate camoperated valve D at the end of the compression stroke, being blown in by compressed air ; or the fuel may be admitted after the end of the compression stroke, in which case two fuel cams are mounted to slide longitudinally on the half-speed shaft, or one cam may be angularly adjustable on the shaft. The cams g<1>, i<1> may be dissimilar if efficient working in reverse running is not necessary. The fuel may be drawn In by the engine suction.
Patent GB-190810799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Devices of Power Propelled Vehicles and Boats.
Inventor: MCCOMB JENNINGS SCOTT
Filed: 1908-05-18
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 10,799. McComb, J. S. May 18. Motor road vehicles.-A detachable dull covering is applied to the steering-mechanism of a boat or vehicle, to prevent reflection from the polished parts in sunlight. The attachment is preferably formed of leather with a hub portion and spokes 10, Fig. 1. It is secured in position by spring clips 15, Fig. 4, or by means of a lacing, or by a strap and buckle. The edges of the covering may be stiffened by wires 17.
Patent GB-190811830-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Shielding or Protecting and Tightening the Fire-box Stays used in the Locomotive Type of Boiler.
Inventor: THOM ROBERT ABSOLOM
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 11,830. Thom, R. A. June 1. Stays.-Relates to means for protecting and tightening the heads of the stays of locomotiveboiler fire-boxes a. A cylindrical hole is drilled in the head of the stay, and a conical or cylindrical projection b, Fig. 1, formed on the shield a is driven into this hole until the inner edge of the cap bears against the plate e. When leakage occurs between the stay head and the plate, the cap is removed, the hole is expanded by adrift and a new cap with a larger projection is inserted. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the projection is screwed into the head of the stay, and, when leakage occurs, a larger peg may be inserted either after or without retapping the hole.
Patent GB-190812671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Tin Canisters, Boxes and the like.
Inventor: BLACK ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 12,671. Black, A. June 12. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining; stamping.-In the manufacture of canisters, tins, boxes, &c. with air-tight joints, a blank A has double flanges formed on its longer edges as shown in Fig. 3, which flanges, after the blank is folded, interlock with the flanges on the end pieces c. The box is placed on the horn of a press, as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, and the seam is flattened as shown in Fig. 4, the end c being at the same time countersunk. Both ends may be finished off in one operation. The fourth edge d of the end piece c may be bent over and flattened in the final pressing-operation.
Patent GB-190814057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Guards for Wood Moulding Machines.
Inventor: TEGERDINE GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-02
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 14,057. Tegerdine, G. T. July 2. Planing and moulding.-A guard for woodmoulding machines consists of a plate, with guide rollers attached, which is vertically adjustable and can be swung out of the way when desired. The plate A is carried by rods F adjustable in clamps G on the ends of the shaft H, which turns in the end of the arm J. The arm J is mounted to swing and move longitudinally on the pillar K. The plate A carries rollers C, which are caused to press against the material D by means . of a spring L, which is clamped by a screw N to the shaft H when the guard is in use, the movement being limited by a stop P. Axially adjustable rollers Q, Q<1>, mounted on spring-pressed arms R, R<1>, act on the top of the material. A handle E is provided to operate the guard to stop the cut &c.
Patent GB-190815054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Armoured Electric Cables.
Inventor: GRAY ROBERT KAYE
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,054. Gray, R. K. July 15. Cables are made with the wires composing one or more of the layers surrounding the central core laid up parallel to the axis of the conductor, in order that the cable shall not lose its tensile strength entirely when the strands are cut through by abrasion. The wires may be either conductors or armouring- wires, and, as shown in Fig. 1, the cable consists of a central core A surrounded by a helically-wound conducting layer B, a gutta-percha layer C, a brasstape layer D, an impregnated-tape layer E, a lamp layer F, a layer consisting of straight steel wires G separated by hemp G<1>, a hemp layer H, a helicallywound layer J of covered steel wires, and a guttapercha covering K. Specifications No. 2402, A.D. 1859, No. 1749, A.D. 1866, and No. 5673, A.D. 1882, are referred to.
Patent GB-190815649-A (GB)
Title: Improved Steam or Gas Turbine
Inventor: BOECKEL ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-07-23
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 15,649. Boeckel, A., Grunberg, O., Krukovski, J. Korwin-, and Luxembourg, E. July 23. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A turbine-wheel carries any number of concentric rings of blades a, b, c, Figs. 1 and 2. Steam is passed through the blades a, flows into a guide channel d of semicircular section, and flows back through the blades b. The steam is similarly reversed in a guide channel g, and finally flows through the blades c. Guide blades are held in the channels d, g by rings e, h. The height of each row of blades may be arranged to permit correct expansion. The rows may be arranged so as to eliminate end thrust. The blades are produced in one piece, as shown in Fig. 4. Tongued and grooved pieces l, m and root and tip pieces o, n engage similar pieces on adjacent blades, thereby forming separating rings. The whole is secured by rings engaging grooves p, q.
Patent GB-190818422-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance to Facilitate Stropping the Blades of Safety Razors.
Inventor: LOEB LEON NAPOLEON
Filed: 1908-09-02
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 18,422. Loeb, L. N. Sept. 2. Sharpening.-Relates to a stropping-appliance for safety-razor blades of the kind wherein a frame a is moved to and fro along a strop and is provided with intergeared spindles b, c, which by the engagement of the spindle b with the strop cause the blade clip f to swing about the spindle c and bring the blade into the trailing position on the strop. According to the present invention, a pivoted handle g is provided comprising a bent piece of wire or metal rod the ends i of which take into lugs k on the frame a carrying the spindles.