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Patent GB-190803116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: TITHERINGTON WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 3116. Titherington, W. G. Feb. 12. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; tyres, non - elastic. - India - rubber or wooden block tyres, of the kind in which the blocks are recessed at the sides and held between a pair of adjustable flanges formed with annular projections, are characterized chiefly by the arrangement of the blocks obliquely across the rim. The flanges b, Fig. 2, are formed with wedge-shaped projections b<1> and secured by transverse bolts c. The blocks a rest upon a bed f of india-rubber, and are separated by metal plates h supported upon a step formed at one end of each block and upon the projections b<1>, which also carry metal wearing-rings j with wide outer edges. In a modification, a twin system is adopted, there being an intermediate wedge-shaped ring b resting on the bed f and a wedge-shaped ring j, the bolts c passing through the former.
Patent GB-190803371-A (GB)
Inventor: INGARAMO TENEDOS
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 3371. Ingaramo, T. Feb. 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Buoys; buoythrowing apparatus ; rockets etc.; inflating- apparatus. -I n life-saving apparatus of the type in which a buoy is placed inside a casing forming a projectile in such a manner that when the projectile falls into the water the b u o y emerges, the inflatable member comprises a number of bags connected together in pairs. The casing may be a divided sphere a, Fig. 2, the two halves of which are connected by a line f and are normally closed by soluble bands round the projections d. When the sphere is thrown by hand into the water, the bands dissolve and springs m force the hemispheres apart. An expansible envelope k connected to the inside of the sphere by lines l contains four air-tight bags g, each pair of which is connected by flexible tubes h. Two of the bags contain materials which when mixed generate gas to inflate the bags ; these materials are normally kept apart by a soluble band i which closes the tube h connecting the bags. A compressed-gas container K supplies the other bags when its spring-controlled valve is released by the dissolution of the band i. Fig. 3 shows the application of a rocket z' for carrying the buoy. A buoy as described above is contained in a cylinder a divided longitudinally into three parts and connected at the top and bottom by caps r, s. A recess in the latter cap fits over the end of the rocket z<1>. Bands n hold the parts of the cylinder together and connect them to a rod o carried by the rod z of the rocket. The ends of the bands n are joined by staples p and soluble bands q. A line x is connected to the rod o by a hook t pivoted at u, and the free end of the hook is connected to a fixed pin v by a soluble band w; a line f<1> connects the line x to the buoy. When the rocket falls into the water and the cylinder a falls apart, the buoy is released from the rod o by the solution of the band w.
Patent GB-190809466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Belts for Holding or Retaining Blouses or the like in Position.
Inventor: HERIOT MARY STUART
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9466. Heriot, M. S. May 1. No Patent granted (Sealingfeenot paid). Belts.-A belt a is provided with lengthening- buckles a', fastening-means b, b<1>, a safety-pin c at the back for securing the blouse, two hooks d from which the skirt is suspended, and a tape e provided with a safety-pin e<1> by which the belt is secured to the corset to prevent it from rising.
Patent GB-190810159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cuffs for Personal Wear.
Inventor: JONES THOMAS RICHARD
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 10,159. Jones, T. R. May 11. Shirts.-Reversible cuffs are made to fold along three or more lines a, c, b. The outer divisions 1, 4 are of equal width, as also are the inner divisions 2, 3, but the inner pair are wider than the outer.
Patent GB-190812290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Appliances for Locking the Doors of Railway Carriages, Motor Cars and other Vehicles when in Motion.
Inventor: GILLOTT EDWARD CHARLES
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 12,290. Gillott, E. C. June 6. Fastenings, railway-carriage door.-In a governoroperated railway and like carriage door-fastening device, weights 17 are carried by springs 16 which are secured to disks 14, 15, of which the disk 14 is keyed to a sleeve 4 which rotates on a rod 3, while the disk 15 is provided with a groove 20 and is loose on the sleeve 4. To the sleeve 4 is also keyed a bevel-wheel 7, gearing with a bevelwheel 8 which is geared by chain or otherwise with the axle of the vehicle. The rod 3, which actuates the bolts 25 through lever mechanism 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, is provided with a cross-head 18 carrying arms 19, which engage the groove 20 of the disk 15, thereby transmitting any lateral motion of this disk caused by the motion of the vehicle to the rod 3 and locking or unlocking the doors. The bolts may be horizontal, as shown at 29, and be operated by levers 30.
Patent GB-190814701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Regulating Devices.
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 14,701. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 10. Regulating. - The excitation of the field of a generator is varied by means of a Tirrell regulator which varies the excitation of an exciter and a motordriven booster in series with it. The field 3 of an alternator is energized by a direct - current exciter 4. In series with the field of the exciter is a resistance 7 capable of being short-circuited by a vibrating contact 9 under the control of a differentiallywound relay 10, one winding 19 of which is in series with the floating contacts 11, controlled by magnets 12, 13. A booster 14 is placed in the circuit of the exciter, and is driven by a motor 15 provided with a shunt winding 17 and a differential winding 16 placed in the exciter circuit. The winding 17 is supplied by any constant-potential source, such as a rotary converter 18. When the exciter current is low, the effect of the winding 16 is small, and the winding 17 produces a strong field, thereby reducing the booster voltage to such a value that the sum of the electromotive forces of the exciter and booster is a predetermined minimum. When, however, the relay contacts close, the exciter voltage pumps to its high value, the increase of current in the coil 16 cuts down the effective excitation of the coil 17. and the motor speeds up, causing an increase in the electromotive force of the booster to such a value that the sum of the electromotive forces of the exciter and booster is a predetermined maximum much greater than that which would be produced by the regulator alone.
Patent GB-190817343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Points or Switches for Railways and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-08-18
Abstract: 17,343. Williams, T. Aug. 18. Points and switches, railway. These are retained in their set position by the interaction of a camsurface on the lower side of the stretcher bar and a roller or other gliding surface fixed to the permanent way, or vice versa. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the cam-surface is formed by bending the stretcher bar itself. As the bent portion 51 passes over the roller 16, the point tongues are raised from off their supporting-chairs. The cam-surface may be made sufficiently long to cause the tongues to press firmly against the stock rails. The pulley 16 and roller 17 are carried in brackets mounted on a plate 11 carried by a sleeper. The cam-surface may be formed at any part of the stretcher-bar, or on the rod 6 connecting the tongues with the operating-lever. [Reference has been directed under Section.7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 3692, A.D. 1878, No. 18,212, A.D. 1899, and No. 14,426, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190900918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casement Windows.
Inventor: GORTON LEWIS JAMES NURSE
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 918. Gorton, L. J. N. Jan. 14. Stays.-Relates to reversible casements hung on arms pivoted to the casement and its frame, the corners at tue pivoted side of the casement having pins sliding in grooves in the frame. The stays 6, pivoted at one end 9 to the sill and head on the inside of the frame, are cranked at the other end and pivoted to inwardly-projecting lugs on slotted plates 8 on the casement rails so that the pivot at the casement end of the stay lies outside a line joining the frame pivot 9 and the pin 5 on the sliding edge of the casement when closed. The casement is held in any position by a clamping- device 11, comprising a bolt 12 and a nut 13 which secure the stay 6 to a projecting plate 10 on the casement, a spring 14 being placed between the stay and the bolt head to assist in loosening the holder.
Patent GB-190901663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flyers for Slubbing, Roving and other Preparing and Spinning Machines.
Inventor: WHITTAKER SAMUEL
IPC: D01H7/30
Filed: 1909-01-23
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 1663. Whittaker, S. Jan. 23. Spindle apparatus.-The entrance hole of the boss of flyer heads for slubbing, roving and like frames is provided with a cam-surface a<1> or is formed eccentric to the spindle, so that the distance between the hole or eye a<2> and the nip of the rollers is constant throughout the revolution of the spindle. The boss may be integral with, or separate from, the flyer, or one side of the throat of the flyer may be carried beyond the centre of the head and bored eccentric to the spindle.
Patent GB-190902780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Apparatus for the Doors or Covers of Carding Engine Cylinders.
Inventor: MOULDING WILLIAM
IPC: F16P3/08
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 2780. Moulding, W., and Watson, F. Feb. 5. Guards, controlling.-Relates to a locking- device for the door or cover of a carding-engine cylinder which will prevent the door from being opened as long as the fast pulley is rotating, and will prevent the belt from being returned on to the fast pulley as long as the door is open. A finger 2 on the door engages, when the door is closed, an open slot 3 in a disk 4, which is connected to an eccentric sliding link 6 carrying at its other end a cam 7 which is normally close to the grooved pulley 8 on the driving- shaft. On attempting to open the door, the disk 4 is rotated and the cam 7 pressed against the pulley 8, which rotates it and causes the projection 16 to come into the path of the projection 17 on the link 6, and thus prevents further movement of the link and disk. The cam 7 is mounted upon a spring - controlled block 20 sliding in a groove in the link. Should the pulley 8 have ceased to rotate, the cam 7 is not rotated by contact with it, and further motion of the link 6 and disk 4 is allowed, the finger 2 escaping from the groove 3. A sliding link 11 is pivoted to the door arm 10 and carries a projection 13, which, when the door is open, acts as an obstruction to prevent the return of the belt on to the fast pulley, and, when the door is closed, acts as a guard in the angle between the periphery of the fast pulley 15 and the advancing side of the belt 14. According to the Provisional Specification, parts of the mechanism may be boxed in.
Patent GB-190903886-A (GB)
Title: Improved Feeding Appliance for Birds.
Inventor: BORTHWICK CRAIGIE GYLE
IPC: A01K39/012
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 3886. Borthwick, C. G., and Cochrane, D. Feb. 17. Feeding-appliances for animals.-A portable feeding-appliance for pheasants and other birds comprises a cylindrical hopper 1 supported upon legs 13 and provided with a conical bottom 2 which has a central aperture. A tray 3 with a turned-up rim 9 is adjustably supported, below the aperture, on a screw-threaded rod 4 which is fixed to a cross-bar 7 secured to the walls of the bottom 2. The'legs 13 may be made adjustable, and the pan 3 may be provided with small' holes to draw off water &c.
Patent GB-190904818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for use with Typewriters.
Inventor: TURNER SAMUEL WILLIAM
IPC: B25F1/00
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 4818. Turner, S. W. Feb. 27. Pliers.-A plier-like tool for use with typewriters is provided with a number of interchangeable jaws which may be attached to the fixed jaws A, B for use in various operations. The jaw B is provided with a groove B', and the jaw A is ring-shaped and provided with a gap A', so that it may be slipped over an article. The detachable jaws 1, 4, 9, 11, Fig. 3, may be attached to the jaw B, and the jaws 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 may be attached to the jaw A. The detachable jaws may be used singly or in pairs, or the jaws A, B may be used alone.
Patent GB-190907033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: LIVENS FREDERICK HOWARD
IPC: F22G7/10
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 7033. Livens, F. H., and Jacobsen, E. March 24. Sinuous-tube superheaters; dampers for controlling superheaters.-Superheating-tubes i are arranged in a chamber formed in a boiler smoke-box a between a tube b and side plates which are tangential to the tube b and support it in the smoke-box. The boiler and smoke-box are separated by a space, and are connected by the tube b. A damper h controlled by a screw and hand-wheel j controls the flow of gases, either through the superheating - chamber, or direct to the smoke-box.
Patent GB-190907095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road or other Vehicles.
IPC: B60P1/32
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 7095. Deighton's Patent Flue and Tube Co., and Jarmain, E. A. March 24. Tipping and dumping carts and wagons.- The body A of a motor or other road vehicle is adapted to be moved backwards a certain distance on the underframe E of the vehicle and afterwards tilted by nut-and-screw or other mechanism H<1>, F<1>, which may be actuated from the engine shaft or by hand, the same mechanism serving to return the body to its normal position, in which it is locked by the engagement of spigots on the body with recessed brackets on the underframe. The body has rollers C, C', C<2> engaging with runners D on the'frame E and is connected to the nut H<1> bv pivoted rods H<3>. The underframe is provided with inclines N or the like, which, engaging with the rollers C', cause the body to tilt slightly, the backward movement being limited bv the engagement of projections K with rollers H on the underframe; the motion of the nut H' causes the rods H<3> afterwards to assume a more inclined position and further to tilt the body. The screw F' is turned through bevel gearing by means of a transverse shaft a, which is squared at the ends a<6> so that it may be rotated by hand. The gearing for transmitting motion from the engine shaft P to the shaft a comprises a toothed wheel R and a toothed wheel S, mounted freely on an intermediate shaft, which is fixed to one member V of a friction or other clutch, the other member W of which is fixed to a pinion Z, which drives the shaft a through chain or other gearing. The members of the clutch are brought into engagement by a forked lever X on n longitudinal rocking shaft B<1>, which is provided with a spring-returned footlever under the control of the driver of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190918954-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Filament or Resistor for Heating Units or Lamps.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: H01B1/04
Filed: 1909-08-17
Granted: 1910-08-17
Abstract: 18,954. Lake, H. W., [Parker - Clark Electric Co.]. Aug. 17. Resistances for use as heaters or filaments of incandescent lamps are formed from a chemical compound of silicon and carbon, containing more than one atom of carbon to one atom of silicon. The compound may be silicon di-carbide, having the formula SiC2, and is prepared by flashing a carbon or other conducting core or filament in an atmosphere containing a silicon chloride, a small percentage of hydrocarbon gas, and a large excess of hydrogen. This atmosphere may be prepared by passing a stream of hydrogen containing 2 per cent of olefiant gas over a vaporizer containing silicon tetrachloride and into a flasbing-jar, where the pressure may be slightly above that of the atmosphere. The olefiant gas may be replaced by marsh gas, acetylene, benzol, or the vapours of acetic aldehyde or sulphuric ether. Resistances so prepared are conductive when cold, and withstand high temperature in the open air.
Patent GB-190921293-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Iron Vats and Casks and the like Vessels for Brewers' Use.
Inventor: HELD HANS
IPC: C12C11/00
Filed: 1909-09-17
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 21,293. Held, H. Sept. 17. Drawings to Specification. Coating processes. - Iron vats or casks and the like constructed of flangeless tubular sections united by autogenous welding are coated with varnish, lacquer, or other protective and neutral organic substance, after having received successive coatings of copper and silver.
Patent GB-190921456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Optical Instruments.
Inventor: GEORGES FOTESCU
IPC: G02B27/12
Filed: 1909-09-20
Abstract: 21,456. Fotescu, G., and Heilbrunn, G. Sept. 21, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Optical systems. - A number of objectives mounted in one plane are provided each with a divergent lens, which, it is stated, can be adjusted to cause the images to coincide and produce a single image.
Patent GB-190921839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Boxes.
Inventor: WELLS SYDNEY CLARKE
IPC: A45C11/02
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 21,839. Wells, S. C. Sept. 24. Hat-holders.-Ladies' hats are secured to cones b, each of which is removably held in place by two wires such as b<1>. One of the wires is inserted in a fixed socket b<2>, while the other is held by a sliding piece b<3>.
Patent GB-191009533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bird Cages.
Inventor: LAWRIE ALEXANDER
IPC: A01K31/06
Filed: 1910-04-20
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 9533. Lawrie, A., [trading as Lawrie & Bishop]. April 20. Cages.-The wires a of the ends of the cage are bent inwards at the cross-bars b to form compartments in which food or water vessels g are supported on shelves constructed from wires h. Glass panels sliding in corner-members f form the fronts of the compartments. Shelves i are provided with spring clamps j to support cuttle-fish, water-cress, &c.
Patent GB-191010714-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: WARRICK FREDERIC WALMSLEY
IPC: G09F13/24
Filed: 1910-05-02
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 10,714. Warrick, F. W. May 2. Moving and changing apparatus. - Two liquids, which are colourless or appear to be colourless, are caused to interact and produce a coloured liquid. Vessels a, b containing two such liquids, say ferric chloride and ammonium sulphocyanide, are connected to the upper branches of a Y-tube, which conveys the liquids separately down its stem f, at the lower end ot which they mix together to form a coloured drop g, the origin of which is not apparent to the spectator. The apparatus may be hidden all but the stem f by a screen, picture, plaster figure, or the like. The Y-tube may be replaced by two separate tubes, placed side by side.
Patent GB-191013062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Fluid Compressors.
Inventor: ALQUIST KARL
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 1910-05-30
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 13,062. Alquist, K. May 30. Regulating centrifugal fans. The speed of the motor driving a centrifugal compressor @ is made responsive to changes in the volume of flow through the compressor by connecting opposite sides of the motor-controlling piston g I different points in the suction b by pipes d, The governing action depends upon the loss pressure in the pipes due to friction, which lo@ varies with the volume passing. The pipe may be dispensed with, the top of the piston being then open to atmosphere. In a modification, the underside of the piston g is subjected to the pressure of liquid in a tank, the upper part of the tank being connected to the pipe d Fig. 3 shows a device for intensifying the fall of pressure in the pipe d. A by-pass o from the main suction pipe b is fitted with a converging-diverging nozzle p, to the throat q of which the pipe d is attached. According to the Provisional Specification, the pipes d, e may be connected to the high-pressure side of the pump.
Patent GB-191015150-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrical Contact Device.
Inventor: ENGEL OTTO
IPC: H01H1/46
Filed: 1910-06-23
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 15,150. Engel, O. June 23. [Addition to 6765/08.] Contacts; cases.-In electric contact apparatus of the kind described in the parent Specification, the rotary contact members d are free to slide along the spindle c and are guided so as to keep in alinement with the fixed contacts a by the insulating-surfaces between which they move. In a modification, the constraint is obtained by insulating-pieces working in guiding- grooves. The insulating-material may, as shown, be utilized as the support, and be made in one body without external opening. The contacts rotating at different levels may be joined together by flexible conductors.
Patent GB-191016072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Avoiding the Overheating of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HOPKINSON BERTRAM
IPC: F02D17/04
Filed: 1910-07-05
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 16,072. Hopkinson, B. July 5. Stop-gear. - A device for preventing the overheating of internal - combustion engines consists of a plug B having a passage B' normally closed by fusible metal C. When the engine is overheated, the metal is blown out, and the gases escape through holes D<1>. All the holes except one may be dispensed with, and the escaping gases may sound a whistle or other audible signal. The passage B<1> may be large enough to cause the engine to stop, or the escaping gases may move a piston which causes the inlet valve to close or short-circuit the ignition current. A screw-down valve E<2> is provided in order that the engine may continue running until it is convenient to renew the fusible metal. Specification 601/09, [Class 7 (ii), Internal-combustion engines, Arrangement &c. of], is referred to.
Patent GB-191019792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Washing Apparatus for Plates or the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: A47L15/20
Filed: 1910-08-24
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 19,792. Boult, A. J., [Akt.-Ges. f³r den Vertrieb von K³chengeschirr - Sp³lapparaten " Triumph "]. Aug. 24.. [Addition to 29,905/09.] Plates and the like, washing.-Relates to appliances of the kind described in the parent Specification, in which plates &c. are so held under a rose spray that both sides can be turned upwards for washing. According to the present invention, the plates rest between pins 11 secured to a framework 2 on a double corrugated rack 4, which is suspended from the framework by links 6, so that by swinging the links by means of handles 10 both sides of the plates are caused to face upwards in turn. The pins 11 are fixed in bars 12 hung by hooks 13 on the sides of the framework, so that for different sizes of plates pins spaced at different intervals and situated at different heights may be used.
Patent GB-191027946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ground Detectors.
Inventor: NORTH GILBERT
Filed: 1910-12-01
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 27,946. North, G. Dec. 1. Detecting faults in insulation.-A ground - detector has two insulated metal plates 2 connected by studs 4 directly or through condensers with the mains, and supported in one plane and covered by a base 1 and plate 5, both of porcelain or other insulating - material. A pivoted plate 8, carrying a needle 6 and connected through the frame 7 and casing 9 to earth, hangs normally in front of the space between the fixed plates; if one main becomes earthed, the pivoted plate 8 is attracted to the fixed plate in connexion with the other main.