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Patent GB-190626434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spanners and Wrenches
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 26,434. Brooks, J. B., and Holt, J. Nov. 22. Wrenches of the type described in Specification No. 7852, A.D. 1905, are provided with means whereby the opening. and closing adjustments of the movable jaw can be effected by the rotation of a single nut or screw. The movable jaw a is supported by a cranked extension or laterally-extending pin d slidably fitted in an eye of the fixed jaw b, and by a rigid guide-pin c laterally extending from an eye in the fixed jaw. The movable jaw is thus carried by two parallel supports, one of which, preferably the pin c, is screwed at c' and provided with a locking-nut e. The adjusting-screw f is rotatably confined to the movable jaw a by collars g<1>, g<2>, and screws into a tapped hole in the fixed jaw b. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the screw f is made fast to the jaw b, and the adjustment is effected by the nut g, which has collars g<1>, g<3>. According to the Provisional Specification, the clamping - action is rendered more effective by arranging the lower guide of the movable jaw to have a slight play within the eye of the fixed jaw.
Patent GB-190700737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Sizes for Treating Yarns
Inventor: SEAMAN WALTER
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 737. Seaman, W. Jan. 11. Size.-A softening-material for starches and farinas used in sizing yarns consists of resin dissolved in caustic soda and mixed with castor oil, complete solution being ensured by adding more water and boiling. The material is stated to have a preservative action, preventing mildew.
Patent GB-190709795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Apparatus for Cleaning Carpets and the like
Inventor: THOMAS ADOLPHE HARRISON
Filed: 1907-04-27
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 9795. Thomas, A. H. April 27. Washers.-Dusty air, drawn through a vacuum cleaner passes through a pipe o, into the washing - chamber. The lower end o<2> of the pipe o is tapered and is open to the liquid in the washing-vessel, some of which is carried with the dusty air through a bent tube p.
Patent GB-190710739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gun Mountings.
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 10,739. Petch, A. F., Redpath, R., and Petrie, T. A. May 8. Mountings for ordnance of the type in which the gun and cradle can be drawn rearwardly out of the carriage. The trunnion bearing-block a, Fig. I, is secured by a second block c, preferably separate, and provided with projections or threads d engaging behind corresponding projections on the carriage when the block is partly rotated about the stem e. A projection/, Fig. II, entering a recess g in the cradle in the unlocked position, prevents laying of the gun while the bearings are not secured in position. Rotation relative to the bearing when the gun is housed is prevented by means of a catch h, and the block c is retained in its locked position by a catch k. Both blocks c may be simultaneously rotated, or may be separately rotated by means of a handle l engaging lugs k<1>, the handle being retained on the stem in any but the completely-locked position of the block c. In the modified arrangement shown in Figs. VI and VII, the bearing-block A is locked in position by means of sliding blocks or wedges C operated by means of a pivoted lever D and slides E<1> in grooves E. Laying of the gun with the bearing-blocks unlocked is prevented by a sliding bolt F actuated by a projection G on a spindle H, which is rotated by a pin I on one of the blocks C engaging a projection G<1>.
Patent GB-190715090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refuse Baskets & the like for Street Use.
Inventor: RANSON EDWARD
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 15,090. Ranson, E. July 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Baskets.-Relates to refuse baskets such as are attached to street lamps, walls, &c. In one form, in which the basket b can be entirely detached from its fixing c, projections e, e<1> on the basket fit into loops in the fixing. In another form, shown in Fig. 3, the basket can be tilted and emptied without entirely detaching it from its fixing. The basket b is pivoted at j to arms h, pivoted at j<1> to the bottom fixing c. The top edge of the basket b is received in a slot o, Fig. 6, in a clip n on the top fixing c, and an eccentric p turning on a pin q locks it in position. The fixings c are held to the post a by bands d. A stay k connects the top and bottom fixings c, and a projection l on the basket engages in a hole in this stay. The arms h can be brought into an horizontal position and held there by catches i in order to tilt and empty the basket b.
Patent GB-190716415-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hatching and Brooding Coop.
Inventor: KING WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-07-17
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 16,415. King, W. H. July 17. Poultry-coops.-Relates to a coop and a run detachably attached to one another. Figs. 1 and 3 show the sides a and the open front b of the coop. The back c is provided with a sliding door d, and a hinged lift-up felt-covered roof e. The strut g, pivoted at h, supports the roof at the required angle. The bottom of the coop is covered with wire netting, and has a reversible floor i with an opening to receive the sleeve j, which rests on the ground and acts as a protector to the nest within. The run is bolted and screwed to the upper rails m, which are extended to serve as handles, and also to the short lower rails. The lift-up roof p can be kept raised by a hook and eye q or buttoned down on to the rabbeted cross-bar r.
Patent GB-190716542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Ironing and Glossing Machines.
Inventor: NORTHROP ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 16,542. Northrop, A., and Clark, J. E. July 19. Guards for ironing - machines. A light guard roller 26 is hung by short links 25 from the concave bed 20 upon the rotating padded cylinder 6, thus giving the attendant warning when the fingers are drawn too close to the bed.
Patent GB-190718819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Carburetting Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KURZER LEOPOLD
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 18,819. Kurzer, L. Aug. 21. Carburetting.-In a carburettor used for heavy hydrocarbons, benzol, and the like, a spiral carburetting-drum c and a filtering-drum d are mounted in a casing a, a<1> on a rotating shaft b driven from the motor. A partition e divides the chamber into two parts, the carburetting-drum dipping at the bottom into the fuel in one of these chambers. This drum is formed of perforated sheet metal f covered with fibrous material ; or of a wire screen, threads of fibrous material being interwoven into mesh of the wire. The filtering- drum is perforated and filled with absorbing- material.
Patent GB-190719039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: WILKINSON RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1907-08-24
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 19,039. Wilkinson, R. H. Aug. 24. Right to Patent relinquished. Brakes.-In brakes for tramway vehicles operated by a rope or chain wound up by the axle, the clutch element which is free on the axle is made in two parts 4, 8, Fig. 2, loosely connected together, to allow for the wearing of the free element of the clutch caused by sliding on the axle. The clutch element 1 is keyed to the axle 2, and the rope 9 for actuating the brakes is fastened to the part 8, which is connected to the part 4 by pins 7 passing through slots 6. Springs 11 normally centre the part 4. In a modified form the member 1 is made cylindrical, and the free part 4 is divided into a number of sections which are pressed into contact with the fixed part 1 by a roller chain. The sections of the free member 4 are connected with the part 8 by pins surrounded by springs. When the free element 4 is moved in contact with the part 1 by a lever 10, or, in the modified form, by tightening the roller chain, the member 8 is rotated and applies the brake shoes to the track through a pivoted lever 25. The brakes are normally held off by a spring 21, Fig. 1, provided with a roller 22, which moves on a guide towards the fulcrum 24 of the lever 25 when the brakes are applied, so as to lessen the effective pull of the spring. The leyer 25 is connected by a chain 14 to a spindle 15 turned by a band-wheel 16, and a second chain 18 is wound on a drum on the spindle and connected to one end of a pivoted lever 19. A spring 20 tends to turn the spindle 15 to wind up the chain 14, but is prevented by the stronger spring 21. When the brakes are applied by the clutch winding up the chain 9, the slack in the chain 14 is wound on the spindle 15 by the spring 20. By this means, when the clutch is released, the brakes can be held on or regulated by the hand-wheel.
Patent GB-190719118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: BRERETON FREDERICK SADLEIR
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 19,118. Brereton, F. S., and Rogers, H. M. Aug. 26. Felloes or rims.-A detachable rim is formed in circumferential halves a, b fitted with corresponding pairs of angle-pieces c, which are detachably connected as by collars e, fitted with spring locking fingers h, i. The rim halves overlap, one portion being stepped for this purpose, and holes are provided for the valve stem and security bolts. A pin and slot may be arranged for centring purposes.
Patent GB-190721022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Liquids
Inventor: SCHIESSL GEORG
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 21,022. Schiessl, G. Sept. 21. Water supply. - Relates to apparatus for distributing liquids, particularly for distributing water from a well, &c. equally or unequally to two or more consumers. A covered casing a is divided into a central chamber g which receives the full supply of water, and two or more chambers p from which the consumers draw their supply. The water is delivered to the chambers p through conduits o, n at the same or different levels, the flow being adjusted by valves l the stems k of which protect through the casing a to be operated by hand. Sealed or locked screw caps may be employed tu cover these stems k. The upper parts of the chambers g, p are connected by a channel m so that any excess of water is distributed equally to the chambers p.
Patent GB-190722040-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Automatic Shuttle-change Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: BIEZ AUGUSTE GRAVELINE DU
Filed: 1907-10-05
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 22,040. Du Biez, A. G. Oct. 5. Loom shuttle - changing mechanism ; change-box motions; shuttle boxes; s h u t t l e s. - In shuttle-change mechanism for looms with a number of shuttles and having either vertically moving or rotary change-boxes, a feeling-device acts to close an electric circuit when the shuttle about to traverse the shed is nearly empty. The shuttle is allowed to escape at the other side of the loom, and a full shuttle is supplied at that side. When a shuttle is approaching exhaustion, a spring - pressed copper rod or feeler pivoted to a copper plate fixed to the shuttle comes into contact with an adjustable copper rod connected to another plate on the shuttle. These plates contact with springs 16, 17, Fig. 1, in a compartment of the rotary shuttle box 18, which are connected to contacts 10, 14. The plate 14 is connected to a plate 25 mounted on a spring 19 and adapted to be brought into contact with a plate 20 by means of a cam 21 on the picking-shaft 30. The cam is so arranged that the contact is not made until the empty shuttle is about to cross the loom. The electromagnet 26 then causes a bellcrank lever 27, Figs. 1 and 2, to thrust a spring-pressed rod 28 into a cam-groove 29 in a sleeve 31 slidable on the shaft 30. As the shaft 30 rotates, the sleeve slides towards the frame 33, and teeth 34 on the disk 32 engage the star-wheel 35 to rotate the cam shaft 36. A cam 37 then actuates levers 48, 50 to lift the rear wall of the shuttle box 52 and the picking-spindle 54. The picker is therefore lifted, and the incoming empty shuttle flies out of the box through an aperture 53. The side wall 51 of the box is then lifted by levers 46, 47 actuated by the cam 38, and a full shuttle is supplied from the shuttle magazine 55, which comprises a number of compartments corresponding to the number in the rotary shuttle box, each compartment containing a number of shuttles with spools of a certain colour. The cylinder 90 carries a card which controls the rotary shuttle box through bell-crank levers 91, 92. Similar levers control a group of rods connected to levers 75, 76 ... 80 adapted to actuate rods 81, 82 ... 86 to cause them to engage a perforated plate 87, which is raised by a lever 88 actuated by a cam 91 on the sleeve 31. When one of the rods is actuated by the plate 87, the bottom of the corresponding cell in the magazine is lowered by levers. The undermost shuttle is thus lowered into the path of a rod 44, which is oscillated from a crank on the shaft 36 and is thrust into the shuttle box 52.
Patent GB-190727057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators
Inventor: AMIEL FRANCIS CHARLES
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 27,057. Amiel, F. C. Dec. 7. Cornish or like boilers; flues, internal; tubes, water; joints &c.-The usual end sections of an internal flue of a Cornish or like boiler is replaced by a section containing vertical water-tubes, staytubes, and deflectors, and adapted to be inserted into the generator trough the flue hole in the backplate. One end of the section j containing vertical water-tubes a is flanged for riveting' to the back-plate c. The other end is plain and is riveted to a divided ring k, which is secured to the last flue section g<1>. The deflectors in the section consist of water pockets projecting into the flue.
Patent GB-190804654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grill Pans for Gas Cooking Stoves.
Inventor: DAVIS HAROLD NEWSOM
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 4654. Davis, H. N. March 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Gas cooking-stoves.-The sides A of a grill pan are made of sufficient depth to extend upwards to the burners of the griller of a gas stove and form a practically closed chamber. The front C is hinged at the bottom, and when closed tilts inwards so that no catch is required to secure it.
Patent GB-190805867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Gearing
Inventor: MANTELL LOUIS
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1909-03-16
Abstract: 5867. Mantell, L., and Wolf, S. March 16. Motor road vehicles.-An expanding pulley is mounted eccentrically with respect to a shaft to which it is geared, and the pulley is displaced in a circular path to vary the gear-ratio and to keep the belt in tension. In Fig. 1, which shows a form adapted for a motor-cycle, the engine shaft A extends beyond the crank casing A' and carries a toothed pinion A<2> constantly meshing with and driving an internally-toothed ring B upon a drum B<2>. The drum B<2> is formed integrally with one conical flange B<3> of the pulley and with a sleeve B<1> rotating loosely upon an eccentric pin D. The pin D is secured to a circular plate C' concentric with the shaft A and rotatably mounted in a suitable bracket C. A central pin D' connects the ends of the shaft A and the pin D. The other flange B<6> of the pulley slides on a feather on the drum B' and carries a loose annular plate F<1> and a fixed toothed ring F. As the plate C' is rotated, as by wormgearing, the pulley revolves about the shaft A, and the tension of the belt and the effective diameter of the pulley tend to alter. The plate F<1> by sliding on a fixed incline C<2> controls the lateral displacement of the flange B<6> so as to keep the belt tight. A spring E tends to keep the flanges B<3>, B<6> apart. A loose ring to carry the belt, when idle, may be placed at the bottom of the belt groove. The ring F is used for starting the engine.
Patent GB-190807495-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Engraving the Interior Surface of Hollow Articles.
Inventor: SCHWAHN KONRAD
IPC: B44B5/02
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 7495. Schwahn, K. April 4. Type.-In a machine for engraving or impressing the internal surface of hollow articles such as rings, the roller is made up of loose type 15 secured between a conical nut 16 and a flange 17 screwed to the end of the shaft.
Patent GB-190812320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Filtering Beer and other Liquids.
Inventor: WICKHAM DENNIS
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 12,320. Wickham, D. June 6. Pressure filters; filters of similar filtering-units. -In apparatus for filtering beer &c., of the type described in Specification No. 7625, A.D. 1899, a casing 6, Fig. 1, has a drum having the plates 2 and filtering-layers 3 with holes 7 leading to alternate plates 2, the hole 8 also leading from those plates not in communication with holes 7. The filtering-medium formed in layers 3 is supported on the plates 2, the ribs 10 of which fit into the recesses 20 formed on the layers 3. The filtering- plates, Fig. 4, have a flat ring portion 11 on the upper side and a projection 15, surrounding which are the grooves 16, broken by channels 17, which connect with holes 18 issuing at the edge 9. On the lower side of the plate are similar grooves and channels connecting with holes 14 in communication with holes 18 and the edge 9. The bottom plate may have the lower side flat and provided with holes 19. The casing is closed by a lid 28 having an inlet 30 for beer &c., and lugs 32 which press on plates. When pressure is applied by the handle 27, the portion 21 of the layer 3 will be compressed to a greater extent than the rest of the layer and so form a liquid-tight joint. In one modification, the holes 8 are similarly formed to the holes 7, while in another form, shown in Fig. 8, beer &c. is supplied by the pipe 30 and, after filtration, is removed by the pipes 8<a>, 8<b>.
Patent GB-190813033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chain Pipe Wrenches.
Inventor: AMBORN GEORGE
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 13,033. Amborn, G. June 18. Wrenches.-In chain pipe-wrenches of the kind in which a chain is pivoted at one end to the wrench and after being passed round the pipe has its other end secured by means of pintles formed on it engaging with locking-faces formed on the jaws or handle of the wrench, a locking-means comprising contiguously arranged locks is provided by means of which the chain may be adjusted in positions which are spaced apart less than the distance between two of the pintles. The toothed jaws are bolted to the handle B and the chain C, pivoted between them, has the pivots of its links extended to form locking-pintles to engage the hook-shaped locks D, E on the inner faces of the jaws, of which D is preferably nearer to the longitudinal axis of the wrench than E. When adjusted as shown in Fig. 2, the chain may be made slightly looser by removing the forward pintle from the lock D and engaging the second pintle to the rear in the lock E as in Fig. 3 ; and a further loosening by half a link can be brought about by disengaging from E and engaging the intermediate pintle in the lock D. The distance between the locks may conveniently be one and a half times the distance between the engaging faces of two adjacent pintles.
Patent GB-190816129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Recorders for Workmen and the like.
Inventor: MERCIER CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 16,129. Mercier, C. A. July 29. [Patent of Addition to No. 13,829, A.D. 1907.] Date and time printing stamps.-In the timerecorder described in Specification No. 13,829, A.D. 1907, the following modifications are made. The edges of the slots in the end face of the paper drum are turned alternately in and out as shown in Figs. III and IV, so as to prevent binding of the tooth of the feed-pawl, which consists of a spring strip 1 secured to the printing-lever 2 and having the end bent to engage the outwardly bent edges of the slots on the return stroke. The spring strip carrying the index type is slotted at both ends 9, 10, Fig. V, to engage pins in the supporting- plate, or pins attached to the strip work in corresponding slots in the plate. The cover 12, Fig. VII, is bent as shown, so as to bring the lower part level with the writing surface, and the writing-plate is provided with a pad of cork composition.
Patent GB-190818775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Preparation of Surfaces suitable for Photo-engraving.
Inventor: PAYNE ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 18,775. Payne, A. Sept. 7. [Patent of Addition to No. 28,415, A.D. 1907.] Ornamenting.-Relates to the process described in Specification No. 28,415, A.D. 1907. In lieu of the method described for converting a negative image into a positive image by the special manipulations of No. 2 method, the plate is prepared by the special manipulations of No. 1 method, and the concluding general manipulations, and a coating of metal is deposited electrolytically on the metal unprotected by the substratum resist ; the resist is then removed, and the plate etched with a solution which does not attack the deposited coating. In the case of a zinc plate, a coating of copper is deposited, and a nitric acid bath is used for etching. In the case of a copper or brass plate, a coating of silver is deposited, and the plate etched by perchloride of iron. Alternatively, the plate may be etched first and then a metallic coating deposited, giving plates with designs in inlaid metal. This process may be used for producing ornamental plates such as nameplates, illuminated or memorial brasses, or engraved dials, either in intaglio or relief, and, if required, the hollows may be filled in with coloured wax or other material.
Patent GB-190818791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beams or Anchors, for use with Tramway and other Rails.
Inventor: DOBBIE JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-08
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 18,791. Dobbie, J., and Dobbie, A. F. R. Sept. 8. Paving tramways; foundations.-To give greater rigidity to anchor bars e used with tram rails, bars m of any shape are laid over the anchors and embedded in the concrete.
Patent GB-190819898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a Method of and Means for Obviating the Vibrations of Fluid-pressure Actuated Valves.
Inventor: WAGNER FRITZ
IPC: F16K47/00
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 19,898. Wagner, F. Oct. 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lift valves; actuating valves and cocks; shocks, preventing.-In order to prevent vibrations and consequent shocks in valves of the type opened by the main fluid pressure acting on one face of a piston, which is connected to the valve when the fluid pressure on the opposite face is released by a pilot valve situated centrally in the main valve, the pilot valve, or the release passage in which it is situated, is constructed so that a large range in the movement of the pilot valve can be obtained with only a slight variation in the area of the relief passage. The main valve 1 is pressed to its seat by fluid pressure from the inlet 10 acting through a port 9 in the piston 5. The pressure behind the piston may be relieved by opening the pilot valve 2. The valve 2 is integrally formed with a tapered plug 6, which moves in a cylindrical opening 12 in the valve 1. When the spindle 11 is raised the valve 2 is opened, fluid in the chamber 3 escapes through the opening 12 into the outlet 4, and the valve 1 is opened by the fluid pressure acting on the underside of the piston 5. Any alteration in the position of the main valve 1, after it has come to rest, produces only a slight alteration in the annular space between the valve 1 and plug 6, and the vibrations of the valve 1 are quickly damped. In a modification, the plug 6 is cylindrical, and the opening 12 tapered, or the plug may be replaced by a hollow slotted cylinder. The pilot valve may operate in a separate casing from the main valve casing, the former being in communication with the chamber 3.