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Patent GB-190907508-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Regulating the Feed of Carbons in Arc Lamps.
Inventor: WITTGENSTEINER MAX
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-03-29
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 7508. Wittgensteiner, M. March 29. Arc lamps; arc-lamp electrodes.-The feed of electrodes is controlled by the slow combustion or smouldering of a piece of paper, cardboard, fabric, or the like, which is separate from the electrodes and rests upon a body heated otherwise than by the arc. This body 6, Fig. 1, may be heated by a coil 7, or may consist of a platinum or other wire 16, Fig. 5, heated directly by current. The heating-circuit may be in shunt to the arc or may be in series and be normally short-circuited, for instance by contacts carried by the ends of a bi-metallic strip 20, Fig. 5, forming nearly a circle above the arc. Either the heated body or the combustible strip 5 or the like moves with one or both electrodes. The strip may be strengthened by a metallic frame. Parallel downwardly-directed electrodes may be fed by the successive burning of a number of threads arranged like rungs of a ladder. The arc may be struck by an electro-magnet 3, Fig. 1, acting on the lower electrode-holder, or, in a parallel-electrode lamp, by an electro-magnet 11 carried by a sliding cross-bar 9, Fig. 5, to which the electrode-holders are respectively fixed and pivoted.
Patent GB-190909119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Lawn Tennis and other Racquets.
IPC: A63B60/44
Filed: 1909-04-17
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 9119. Ayres, Ltd., F. H., and Spencer, E. C. April 17. Racket presses. -Relates to presses of the central - screw type, wherein radial arms constituting each clamping - member are connected, through the racket, by a screw, as described in Specification 13,594/85. One member A of the press is provided with a screwthreaded bolt d adapted to engage a threaded bushing g in the other member. By holding one member and rotating the other, clamping is effected. In place of radial arms, circular frames or disks may be used for the clamping- members.
Patent GB-190909503-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking Bolts and Nuts.
Inventor: JACKSON THOMAS
IPC: F16B39/02
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 9503. Jackson, T. April 21. Locking nuts.-A washer for locking nuts has a feather c engaging a groove b in the bolt a, and a groove e on its upper surface. Tha lower face of the nut f has four grooves g, oue of which is placed to coincide with the groove e. The nut is locked by a tapered key h, inserted in the coincident grooves. In addition to the key h, a pin may be inserted in coincident holes k, i, Figs. 5 and 6, in the washer and nut.
Patent GB-190914886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches for Pipes and the like.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD HAROLD
IPC: B25B13/50
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 14,886. Whitehead, H. June 26. Sliding-jaw wrenches; jaw faces and attachments. -In adjustable pipe or other wrenches, one of the serrated or plain jaws is slidably mounted in a bracket which is adjustable towards or from the other jaw, so that the movable jaw is adjustable in two directions at rightangles. The fixed jaw a to which the handle b is secured is formed in the middle with an opening a' to receive the projection c of a bracket c<1>, the walls of the opening and the projection being formed with holes a', c<2> at different distances apart respectively, so that finer adjustments may be made. Locking is effected by a pin f, which has a peripheral groove f<1> adapted to be engaged by one of two balls h. These balls have a spring h' between them, and are held in a recess g in one of the walls of the jaw a by a cover-plate k secured by screws or otherwise. The jaw d has a dovetailed rib slidably engaging in a corresponding groove in the bracket c', the rib being slotted for part of its length to coact with a stop n adapted to prevent the entire displacement of the movable jaw.
Patent GB-190916711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reinforced Concrete Piles.
Inventor: PERCY WILLIAM HERBERT
IPC: E02D5/30
Filed: 1908-08-13
Granted: 1909-10-13
Abstract: 16,711. Percy, W. H. Aug. 13, 1908. Piles; piles, driving. - Relates to improvements i n t h e armouring, capping, and shoes of reinforced-concrete piles. Figs. 1 and 2 show means f o r reinforcing piles as described i n Specification 16,710109, t h e ends of the binding-wire being attached to hooks 4B on the shoe and cap. The lower ends of the reinforcement may be cast into an iron shoe as shown in Fig. 1, or may fit into grooves 7D in a dovetail projection on the shoe as shown in Fig. 2, being held therein by ties 2<A> which are tensioned by means of vertical ties 2E. The head of the pile is strengthened by additional reinforcements, Fig. 4, consisting of fork-shaped members 13 and ties 2<E>, or the cap, Fig. 7, may be integrally moulded with the pile. This cap consists of a ring 66 adapted to receive a timber dolly to which are attached braces 68, and these in turn to a ring 69. A band 67 may be connected to a ring 66. If desired, the cap may be forged in one piece. A monkey having an annular striking-surface may be used with this cap. Fig. 5 shows another form of cap carrying a guide 73 for a monkey. If desired, both the additional reinforcement and the cap may be used. A hollow reinforced-concrete pile comprising longitudinal members held in position by annular struts and ties initially tensioned, as described in the above-mentioned Specification, is provided with an annular metal cutting-ring cast around the ends of the longitudinals.
Patent GB-190919353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Tightening Crusher Heads.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: B02C2/00
Filed: 1909-08-23
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 19,353. Newton, P. A., [Power and Mining Machinery Co.]. Aug. 23. Crushers with gyratory heads; conical mills; mills and apparatus.-Relates to a self-tightening crusher head for gyratory and other crushers, applicable also to other machmes in which a head is liable to loosen and rotate on a shaft. The gyratory shaft A, Fig. 1, is formed above the tapered portion which carries the head B, with a screw-thread 10 carrying a nut 11 and a lock-nut 12. The nut 11 is reversely threaded on its inner and outer sides, and has a flange 2 extending over a nut 13 on the outer thread. The nut 13 is pinned to the head by a pin 4 entering radial grooves 3. Should the head tend to turn towards the left, the nut 13 screws upon the nut 11 and engages the flange 2, causing the nut 11 to screw downwards and tighten the head B. When the head tends to turn towards the right, the nut 13 is screwed down upon the outside of the nut 11, which is locked by the nut 12. In a modification, instead of a solid head, an inner core and an outer mantle are employed, the nut 13 being secured to, and acting on, the mantle. Fig. 3 shows a similar arrangement to Fig. 1, but with the tightening-means acting only in one direction. The shaft A is formed with threads 10, 11 of opposite bands, and a nut D, secured to, and rotating with, the head B, coacts with one of the threads, according to the direction in which the machine is operated, and in which the head tends to turn.
Patent GB-190921051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Couplings for Railway Wagons, Carriages and the like.
Inventor: PUGH WILLIAM
IPC: B61G1/08
Filed: 1909-09-15
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 21,051. Pugh, W., Pugh, T., and Allen, J. F. Sept. 15. Couplings, automatic.-In couplings for railway wagons, carriages, &c., of the type comprising links pivoted to each vehicle and shaped so as to enter each other and engage with the opposing draw - hooks when the vehicles are pushed together, the links are formed so that either of a pair of approaching links can enter the other, and uncoupling is effected by means separate from the links, and comprising arms mounted on operating cross-shafts. The links A are shaped as shown so that either of them may enter the other, and are pivoted to the drawhooks H, being retained in the horizontal position by stops C. The uncoupling-arms D, connected to the cross-shafts E, normally hang in the position shown in Fig. 1 so as to engage behind the opposing links A when coupled, and are forked at their lower ends to clear the hooks H. The arms D may carry stops K, which serve to limit the upward movement of the links A when coupling.
Patent GB-190929767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Heating and Cooling Liquids more especially applicable for Pasteurizing purposes.
Inventor: MCKEE WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: A23L3/18
Filed: 1909-12-20
Granted: 1910-12-20
Abstract: 29,767. McKee, W. J. Dec. 20. Plate apparatus.-Apparatus for heating and cooling liquids, as in pasteurizing milk, beer, &c., comprises vessels 3, 4, 5, each of which has plates 17, 18 between the bodies 6 and heads 10, 11 forming end chambers 21 connected by flattened tubes 20 secured in radial slots in the plates 17, 18 and connected by braces 46. The tubes 20 may be replaced by a sheet of metal bent to form a star-shaped passage. In operation, milk &c. is supplied by a pipe 28 to the vessel 3 and passes round the tubes 20 and by a pipe 33 to the tubes 20 in the vessel 4, where it is heated by steam supplied by a pipe 36 and from which it passes to the tubes 20 in the vessel 3, where it warms, and is cooled by, the incoming milk. The milk &c. finally passes to the tubes 20 in the vessel 5, which are cooled by brine supplied by a pipe 39.
Patent GB-191005651-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wrought Iron Annealing or like Pot.
Inventor: LAMMINE EMIL THEODOR
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1910-03-07
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 5651. Lammine, E. T. March 7. [Addition to 8349/09.] Annealing.-Relates to the annealing-pot described in the parent Specification in which a separately-made rim is welded to the pot, and consists in making the rim without a joint or seam by rolling from a block of suitable section, instead of as a collar with the ends welded together as in the earlier case.
Patent GB-191006094-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Plug for use in Pipes for Smoking Tobacco.
Inventor: BAXTER JOSEPH
IPC: A24F5/08
Filed: 1910-03-11
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 6094. Baxter, J. March 11. Tobacco pipes.- A tapered strip A of paper is wound into a conical plug, base uppermost, a central smoke passage B being provided and a metal top plate C having a central perforation is secured in position by claws E. The Provisional Specification states that the body of the plug may be moulded from paper pulp and fitted with a top plate of china or pottery ware secured in position by claws or pegs moulded into the body of the plug.
Patent GB-191007256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Buttons or Pressure Fasteners.
Inventor: MARENDOWSKI VICTOR
IPC: A44B17/00
Filed: 1910-03-23
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 7256. Marendowski, V. March 25, 1909, [Convention date]. Press-button, fasteners.-The socket 3 of an adjustable stud-and-socket fastening is formed by embossing or stamping-out longitudinally the centre of a metal plate 1, thereby forming slits 5 or 6 which give lateral spring action to the socket. The socket is provided with ridges 7, 9 or the like, which are engaged by similar ridges on a stud formed in the same way as the socket but shorter. The socket may be formed as a comb, as shown in Figs. 19 and 20, and may be provided with flanges 16 by which it may be attached to the fabric. The form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is secured to the fabric by a separate frame 18, Figs. 21 and 23, which has lateral projections 19 or 20 to engage projections 11 on the socket, as shown in Fig. 34.
Patent GB-191009501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Calculating Apparatus.
Inventor: PLETNIK ITZEK
Filed: 1910-04-19
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 9501. Pletnik, I. April 19. Multiplying and dividing apparatus consists of a denominational series of rotatable numeralcylinders B, Fig. 3, and inner and outer perforated rotatable cylindrical covers or sleeves P, C, Figs. 1, 2, and 5. Each of the cylinders B bears a special arrangement of numerals in which the ' units ' and ' tens ' digits of the products of a central vertical column of arguments and the digits 1 to 9 are placed, respectively, in a stepped formation, as shown in Fig. 13, on the right and left of the central column. Partial products and carried figures are mentally added. Large openings P<1> in the covers P, C allow the series of cylinders B to be manually rotated so as to cause the required multiplicand to register with openings P<2> in the cover P; the cover P together with the cylinders is then rotated by means of the rim O<1>, Fig. 5, so as to expose the numeral 1, of a series of digits 1 to 9 on the cover P, through an aperture C<1> in the cover C. The multiplicand will then appear through the elongated apertures C<2>. If the rim is turned so as to expose the digits 2, 3 ... 9 in succession through the aperture C', products of the given multiplicand and these digits, which are normally in register with the staggered pairs of apertures P<3>, P<4>, P<5> ... in the cover P, will appear in the apertures C<2>. Relative axial movement takes place between the two covers owing to the pin and cam-slot device M<2>, P<7>. An axially-movable slide H is provided to cut off those of the apertures C<2> which are not required. Ratchet - devices, Figs. 2, 8, and 9, are provided in order to retain the cylinders B in position. Several modifications are described; in one, a single slot replaces the apertures C<2>, the spaces between the pairs of apertures P<3>, P<4> being coloured; in others, flat slides or bands can be used instead of the rotatable cylinders and sleeves.
Patent GB-191017948-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism by which the Turning Over of Music Sheets in Position on a Piano, Organ or other like Instrument is Greatly Facilitated and Rendered Positive without Removing the Hands from the Keyboard.
Inventor: STANLEY FRANK
IPC: B42D9/08
Filed: 1910-07-28
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 17,948. Stanley, F. July 28. Leaf-turners.-A leaf-turner for music comprises a series of leaf-engaging fingers A, B, C, D mounted on arms pivoted on an axis L. The arms are turned over in succession by means of a rocking arm J having a nose-piece Z which successively engages recesses R, S, T, U on the turning-arms. The arm J is pivoted on a spring-controlled arm H, and is pressed inwards by a spring K. The arm H is operated by means of a wire F or other means actuated by pedals, a knob, a distinctively coloured note, or a foot or knee lever. After turning over a leafturning arm, the end of the arm J rides over the inclined surface of the arm next below and falls into the recess thereof. The arms are retained when turned over by means of ears V, W, X, Y engaged by a spring catch M. A spring Q attached to the first turning-arm tends to turn all the arms back into the set position, and, to allow this, the catch M is adapted to be put out of action by a rod which also passes through a slot in the arm J. When this rod is pressed to liberate the arms from the catch M, the knob N engages the arm J and causes its end Z to move away from the path of the leafturning arms. When fitted as shown with a wire F, the leaf-turner is arranged to be folded inside a musical instrument when not in use.
Patent GB-191021090-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fuel Spray Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HAMILL WILLIAM WILSON
IPC: F02M7/14
Filed: 1910-09-10
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 21,090. Hamill, W. W. Sept. 10. Jets with regulable orifices. - A spraying- nozzle, specially adapted for use with carburettors, has an orifice extending around the circumference of the nozzle, the width of the orifice being adjustable by a micrometer screw. The nozzle a, Figs. 1, 2, and 5, has a circular knife-edge b, opposite which another knifeedge l, Fig. 2, is adjusted by means of the spindle n, micrometer screw p, and graduated head s. The nozzle has a conical seating d, which fits into a block y, Fig. 1, provided with a passage g<1>. The nozzle is pressed into the block by a spring lever 6, turning about the pin 5, and having jaws at 8 and 7. The collar h is fixed to the nozzle by a set-screw j, and is provided with the zero mark x for the micrometer head s. The collar h can be altered in position by slackening the set-screw to compensate for wear of the screw p or the nozzle orifice edges. An alternative nozzle is shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191022141-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of a Composition for the Steering Wheels of Motor Cars, Door Knobs and the like.
Inventor: RADMORE LEWIS
IPC: B29C70/70
Filed: 1910-09-23
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 22,141. Radmore, L., and Miller, W. P., [trading cis Radmore & Co.]. Sept. 23. Componnd sheet materials.-A metallic or other suitable base is covered with wood pulp or similar composition, which may be secured by pins or may engage holes or recesses in the base, the covering and the base being pressed together. A wrapping of canvas or other fabric is then added, and the article is enamelled, stoved, and polished. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 2674/68, 19,025/94, [Class 87, Moulding &c.], and 6141/08.
Patent GB-191022563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Working and Governing of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CROSSLEY KENNETH IRWIN
IPC: F02B43/00
Filed: 1910-09-29
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 22,563. Crossley, K. I., and Rigby, T. Sept. 29. Four-stroke-cycle engines. - To reduce the working temperatures when using supplementary charges to meet overloads &c. for normal working, the additional charges are cooled to near the temperature of the atmosphere by water, oil, or glycerine cooled surface apparatus, or by spraying before admission at the end of the suction strokes. The supplementary charges may comprise air, gas, or a gaseous mixture, and the method of working is such that the varying composition of the charges as effected by the governor ensures that the maximum temperature of combustion, when working without the addition of supplementary charges, shall not exceed the maximum temperature at maximum load. The front end of the cylinder a compresses supplementary charges for use in the explosion chambers of the tandem cylinders a, b. The charges compressed in the front end of the cylinder a are delivered through a .valve g to a cooler i, and enter the cylinders through valves k, k<1> at the end of each suction stroke. The admission valve n of the compression pump is governor-controlled, cutting the pump out of action when additional charges are not required. Specification 28,827/02 is referred to.
Patent GB-191023841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Loading Apparatus of Heavy Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A9/42
Filed: 1910-10-14
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 23,841. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Horne, J. Oct. 14. Loading-appliances.- Relates to means for operating the doors of hoist cages to permit the powder charges to assume the ramming position after the projectile has been rammed into the gun, and consists in the provision of automatic mechanism, under the control of the rammer, for working the doors, the mechanism being arranged in part upon the loading - arm of the gun-slide and in part on the cage, an operative connexion between the parts being established after the projectile - ramming has been effected. The mechanism on the cage C comprises a door-operating cam C<1> connected by a rod c<1> to the arm c<2> of a bell-crank C<2>, which is controlled by a spring C<0>; the arm c<3> of the lever C<2> carries a roller C<3> and a spring c<4>, which tends to draw the roller radially towards the axis c<2Î> of the lever C<2>. The mechanism on the loading-arm B<1> consists of an hydraulic ram D<2>, the stem D of which has a vertical groove d, and which ram is controlled by a differential valve B<Î> actuated in one direction bv the chain or other rammer B<2>, and in the other direction, when the rammer moves outwards, by the pressurefluid. When the rammer is actuated to ram the projectile, the valve B<Î> moves to the left and admits pressure-fluid by the pipe b<1> to the ram D<2>. The ensuing motion of the ram causes the groove d to pass above the roller C<3>, which is immediately drawn up by the spring c<4> into the groove. The return of the rammer B<2> moves the valve B<Î> to the right, and connects the pipe b<1> to the exhaust b<2>. The ram D<2> is then moved inwards by pressure from the pipe d<Î> and, through the connexion between the groove d and roller C<3>, operates the cage doors.
Patent GB-191028761-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Planing Rails upon their Tracks.
Inventor: LITTLE JOHN
IPC: E01B31/15
Filed: 1910-12-10
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 28,761. Little, J. June 20, [Convention date]. Broaching.-A rail-track planing-machine is constructed so that the path of the tools is independent of the locomotive portion of the machine due to varying levels of the rails. At the back of the machine are attached two brackets, one for each rail, each provided with vertical and horizontal slides 52, 51 and a circular bearing 55 for the tool carriage. Each carriage has a framework 58 with eccentricadjusted guide-wheels 61, the frames being laterally adjusted with respect to the wheels by forked, pivoted levers 86. The tools 71 are carried in a reversible holder mounted in a recess 62, each successive tool being set a little in advance of the previous one. The machine carries a boiler and engine 5 and main driving- wheels, vertically movable guide-wheels 10 at front and back, and steering-wheels 8, the lastmentioned being operated by a hand-wheel 41 at the back of the machine for travelling over street roads.
Patent GB-191100072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Contact Pins for Interrupters for Electric Circuits.
IPC: H01H1/02
Filed: 1911-01-02
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 72. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. Feb. 11, 1910, [Convention date]. Contacts. -In interrupters for electric circuits, contact-pins of similar form, having contact surfaces of metal not readily oxidized, are used, the shank a of each pin being provided with a lateral extension e made of a metal not readily oxidized, so as to increase the length of the air gap between the points of interruption and the adjacent more readily oxidized parts. The whole pin may be made of platinum, or a platinum plate e, Fig. 3, may be soldered to a pin a of brass or the like. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, a brass pin a is enclosed in a grooved cap e of platinum. In a modification, Fig. 7, the lateral extension forms a protection for the base of the shank.