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Patent GB-190811986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Circuit Controllers for Railway Signals and the like.
Inventor: WOOD SIDNEY PRESCOTT
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 11.986. Wood, S. P. June 2. Switches.-An electric switch for railway signalling comprises a fixed and a movable member provided with contacts, the movable member being connected with a signal arm or the like by a chain or other flexible connexion, so that, when the switch sticks or becomes impeded in its action, the signal arm is still free to return to its normal or danger' position. The fixed member is secured to the signal post by a strap 2, and consists of an upper semicylindrical part 1 containing the contacts, and a cylindrical part 1<a> separated from the upper part by a plate 3. On a piece of insulating-material 4, fixed to the part 1, are mounted terminal plates 7, 7a carrying contact springs 8, 8<a> and terminal screws 9, 9<a>, to which the leads 32, 33 are connected. Similar terminal plates 13, 13<a>, having contact springs 15, 15<a> and terminal screws 34, 34a to which the leads 32, 33a are connected, are mounted on a second insulating- piece 10. The movable member 16 of the switch consists of an open-ended cylindrical part adapted to slide over the inner member 1 and adjustably connected to the signal arm by a chain 19. On a rod 22, attached to the plug 17 carried by a member 16, is mounted a piece of insulating-material 24, carrying a contact-piece 26. In the normal or 'danger' position of the signal, as shown in Fig. 3, the contact 26 makes contact with the springs 8, 8a, thus completing the circuit to an indicator or other device to be actuated by the signal in its 'danger' position. When the signal has moved tothe 'off or 'safety' position, the member 16 is moved upwards until the contact 26 completes a circuit through the springs 15, 15<a>. When the signal arm is moved back to the 'danger' position, the member 16 returns to its original position by gravity ; a spring may be provided to assist the movement. Should the part 16 stick when the signal is moved to the 'off' position, the signal arm is still free to return to the 'on' position owing to the flexibility of the connexion 19. If the chain 19 breaks, the part 16 moves downwards and breaks contact with the springs 8, 8<a>, thus indicating that the apparatus has failed or become disconnected from the signal arm. Other means for making the connexion between the movable member 16 and the signal arm, such as slotted rods or parts, are described. In the Provisional Specification, it is also stated that the circuit-closing device may be of any well-known contact form, either mechanical or liquid, such as mercury, and that oil may be used to protect the contacts from the corrosive action of the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190812265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmitters for Electrical Signalling Systems
Inventor: KOCH FERDINAND
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 12,265. Koch, F. June 6,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Switches.-Relates to a clockwork-driven switch or signal-transmitter applicable, for example, for indicating at the central station of a distribution system the falling out of a distant automatic switch, which automatically cuts cut a section or transformer on the occurrence of an overload or insulation fault. A single locking-lever k is adapted in one position to lock a rapidly-rotating axis such as the axis of a vane-governor d and to release the shaft a<1> of the signal-wheel b, and in the other position to lock the signal-wheel and release the governor. Figs. 2 and 4 show the apparatus in its normal position, in which a projection p on the lever k pivoted at l engages a catch q on the armature of the electro-magnet r, and a pin n engages a projection o on the governor d. When the catch p is released either mechanically or by energizing the electro-magnet r, the lever k falls by its own weight and releases the governor d, so that the shaft a<1> makes one complete revolution and is then held by the engagement of the projection i with the part u of the cam c. In the normal position, the springs s on the lever k bridge the contacts t in the circuit of the release electromagnet r.
Patent GB-190812769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type-molds.
Inventor: HUFF CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-06-15
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,769. Huff, C., Carter, J. T., and White, E. B. June 15. Type. - A type mould adjustable for casting. different sizes of type is provided with gate-plates which form a gate or entrance to the mould cavity and are adjustable with respect to each other and to the mould. The frame A of the apparatus has an extension A<1> on which slides a block B having a lug B<1> which projects into a slot in the plate A'. Pivoted to the block B is a lever C which is oscillated by an eccentric D and spring E. The size of the mould is determined by an exchangeable bar J, which is adjustably secured to the block B by means of a screw J<2> and is caused by the eccentric D to eject the cast type. The bar J is adjusted to determine the width of the type by means of a screw R. The block B is then moved into contact with a buffer a, and the plate J is clamped to it by means of the screw J<2>. The bottom of the mould is formed by a block O, and the top and one side by a block F which can be raised and lowered by means of a stem 1. A flange G on the block F forms a seat for the matrix H, Fig. 2, which is held in a dovetailed groove in a block H<3> mounted in a block H<1> which is moved to and from the mould by means of a stem H<2>. The gate is formed by two plates S, S', Fig. 4, which can be adjusted with respect to each other by means of a screw S<2>. A recess S<5> in the plate S is engaged by an eccentric W, Fig. 1, which can be rotated by means of a rod W<3> so as to adjust the gate to a central position with respect to the mould cavity. In a modification, the bottom plate of the mould is adjustable with respect to the gate plates which are adjustable only with respect to each other.
Patent GB-190823642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fountain Pens.
Inventor: CAMERON DUNCAN
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 23,642. Cameron, D., and Wright, A. E. Nov. 5. Pens, reservoir. The under feed-bar of a fountain pen is constructed to hold the nib rigidly by a fast or movable supporting-piece which may be in the form of one or more longitudinal ribs or raised parts, either continuous or intersected by gaps, along the part of the feed-bar that lies within the barrel. The barrel is tapered internally, and the feed-bar makes a tight sliding fit therewith. The clearances between the ribs &c. and the walls of the barrel form receptacles for overflow ink, the gaps when present acting as ink-ducts between the clearances. Fig. 4 shows a feed-bar a having a supporting-piece b gapped at b<1>, and Fig. 3 shows a cross-section through the barrel c, the nib d, and the feed-bar a. Crosssections of other forms of feed-bar in accordance with this invention are shown in Figs. 13, 15, and 18, the space b<1> in Fig. 18 indicating one of a series of perforations in the piece b. In all these cases the end of the feed-bar is solid and circular. Fig. 21 shows an independent supporting-piece b which may have one or two ribs and which extends the whole enclosed length of the feed-bar a.
Patent GB-190826907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bottles.
Inventor: TURNBULL ALEXANDER
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 26,907. Turnbull, A. June 11, 1909. Corks.-The neck of a bottle is formed with a screw thread made up of several unbroken threads C, D, E, F so formed as not to abrade a cork G when such is inserted, and having the convex and concave parts of the threads of equal area as shown in Fig. 2. The cork may be withdrawn by a continued turning of, combined with a pull on, an ordinary corkscrew.
Patent GB-190828539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spool Supports.
Inventor: RICH EVELYN JAMES
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 28,539. Rich, E. J. Dec. 31. Bobbin holders.-Two bobbin spindles 22 are mounted in a bracket 10, and the thread is taken off vertically through eyes 26. Each spindle 22 is rotatably mounted in the bracket, being held in place by a nut 19, Fig. 3. Between the shoulder 20 and the circular boss 16 a spring washer 23 is interposed. The tension of the thread is determined by the friction between the shoulder and the washer, and can be regulated by means of the nut 19. In a modification, the spring washer is placed between the nut and the bracket. The spool is held so as to cause the spindle to rotate with it by a spring 21.
Patent GB-190902541-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Portable Vulcanizers.
Inventor: BERLINER JOSEPH
IPC: B29C35/00
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 2541. Berliner, J. July 9, 1908. Superheating in steam-pipe.-Relates to portable steam vulcanizers and consists in superheating the steam by passing the steam-pipe f under the boiler a, through the heating-chamber formed by the downward extension of the boiler walls.
Patent GB-190903074-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Purification of Tar, Tar-oils, Pine Oils and Allied Distillation Products.
Inventor: SPRENGER OTTO
IPC: C10C1/20
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 3074. Sprenger, O. Feb. 8. Purifying essential, resin, tar, and other oils. -Tar oil, pine oil, resin spirit, and other products obtained by the distillation of coal, lignite, wood, resin, bones, animal refuse, and other animal or vegetable substances are purified by treating with alkali in the usual manner and afterwards heating or distilling with a mixture of alkali-lye and metals, such as zinc or iron in the form of shavings. The purified oil is allowed to settle, washed with water and then with acid, and is finally distilled. Specification 1698/90 is referred to.
Patent GB-190904283-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Actuating Lighting and Extinguishing Gas Lights by Varying the Pressure in the Mains.
Inventor: ROSIE JOHN
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1910-03-22
Abstract: 4283. Rosie, J., and McKelvie, J. Feb. 22. Actuating valves and cocks.-Relates to apparatus for lighting and extinguishing gas automatically by varying the pressure in the gas mains. In addition to a lighting-bell b actuated by pressure waves, whereby gas is allowed to pass to a burner, as described in Specification 5793/08, an auxiliary high-pressure bell a is used to control the admission of gas to the upper part of the lighting-bell, for extinguishing the burner. The auxiliary bell a is so weighted as to respond only to higher pressure waves than those used for lifting the lighting- bell b. At the extinguishing pressure, the pressure above and below the bell b is equalized, so that the bell b falls by gravity and cuts off the gas supply. The gas remaining above the bell b passes to the pilot-jet, part of it being rejected when the bell b rises at the next time of lighting, to form a flash jet. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that the auxiliary dome may also be used in combination with the arrangement described in Specification 3148/06.
Patent GB-190905405-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for the use of Bed-ridden, Invalid, Convalescent and like Persons.
Inventor: KENT FRANCES WESTOE
IPC: A61G7/053
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 5405. Kent, F. W., and Hall, R. C. March 5. Bed-lifts.-Relates to devices for enabling invalids to raise themselves from a recumbent position, and for similar uses, and of the kind having a handle and adapted to be secured by a hook and eye around the bed rail &c. The strap a, f is provided at one end and in the middle with rings c, e large enough to be grasped by both bands, and with securing-means comprising eyelets b, a rectangular buckle, or a buckle of the form shown in Fig. 4, and hooks d. Cross-bars may be substituted for the rings c, e. The strap a, f may be made of leather, canvas, silk, &c. The rings c, e may be covered with similar materials, and are preferably made of resilient material such as cord. The part f of the strap may be made adjustable, and in a modification is made wide enough to be passed beneath the patient for lifting him by means of the rings c, e.
Patent GB-190911789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Drivers.
Inventor: HURD CLAUDE ROBERT
IPC: B25G1/00
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 11,789. Hurd, C. R., and Hurd, G. T. May 19. End and h i n g e d handles with means for rotating the tool.-Relates to screwdrivers, of the ordinary type or of the ratchet type, which are provided with levers pivoted to them and adapted to be turned to project laterally for increased power. The screwdriver d has a ring of double-acting ratchet teeth inside a loose collar a provided with a double - acting pawl of usual construction, and to the collar is pivoted the forked end b<1> of a plate b carrying a portion c<1> of the handle c, which part c<1> may be turned laterally as shown, or retained against the other part by a spring- catch e when the tool is to be used in the ordinary way. In another form, the handle is of the usual form, and the lever is pivoted to the collar a and held alongside the blade by a split ring.
Patent GB-190912353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scarifiers for Roads and the like.
Inventor: ZORN HENRI
IPC: E01C23/12
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 12,353. Zorn, H. June 30, 1908, [Convention date]. Scarifiers or road-breakers. -Consists in increasing the weight of a road - scarifier during operation by providing receptacles a, b to receive sand &c. The tool d is adjustable in its holder by means of a crank f, screwed rod e, and nut g. For steering, the short axles of the front wheels are mounted to turn about pivots c, and are connected by bars k, l to levers i carried by vertical rods h, which are turned through pinions o, p from rods q, q<1>, one or other of which is operated by a key r. A draw-bar s for connexion to a steam-roller is pivoted on the front rod q. A brake is provided, comprising blocks t carried by arms u keyed to the ends of an horizontal shaft j, which is rotated in bearings v by means of a lever y, the upper end of which is moved along a screwed rod x by a screw crank z.
Patent GB-190915474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Preventing the Fall of Colliery Cages and the like when the Hauling Rope Breaks.
Inventor: APPLEBY LUCY ANN
IPC: B66B5/20
Filed: 1910-02-01
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 15,474. Appleby, L. A. Feb. 1, 1910. Catch gear of mine-cage type. - Mine cages are supported, in the event of the hoisting - cable breaking, by eccentric toothed levers E adapted to engage the guides D. The levers are connected to t h e hoisting-cable, and are thrown i n t o engagement with the guides by weights F and springs. Each clutch comprises a casing A. in two halves held in alinement by a rib and groove and connected by bolts, one of which e<1> forms a pivot for the eccentric. Either two or four clutches may be fitted to a cage.
Patent GB-190917577-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Sheet Separator for Vacuum Picking-up Roller.
Inventor: HOLLINGS HARRY
IPC: B65H3/52
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 17,577. Hollings, H. July 29. Sheet separators.- Relates to means for removing surplus sheets adhering to a suction sheet separator, and consists in providing either or both the suction roller and the co-operating wiper rollers with rubber, leather, or like facings to enable them to get a better grip of the paper. The separator A is in the form of a segment having an air-channel a with radial orifices a<1>. In the periphery of the roller are dovetailed blocks of india-rubber a<3>, held in position by a cover-plate A<1>. Coincident with the rubber blocks a<3> are rubber or leather-faced oscillating or rotating eccentric rollers b which engage and separate any surplus sheets, the eccentricity of the roller allowing the single remaining sheet to pass to the machine. Instead of eccentric or camshaped rollers or disks, concentric disks &c. may be employed, and the shaft B may be moved to and from the roller A to allow the remaining sheet to pass between.
Patent GB-190919586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery for Screening Crushed Stone, Ore and like Materials.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1909-08-26
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 19,586. Baxter, W. H. Aug. 26. Crushers with vibrating jaws. - Raff - wheel elevators and screens of the type described in Specifications 5909/98 and 14,411/04 are provided with one or more blades z arranged diagonally or helically across the inner periphery of the screen f, for directing the stone, ore, &c. which is too large to pass through the screen into the elevator buckets g, either through the openings formed in the inner ring i of the elevator, or by carrying the material over the same. When the ring i is provided with openings, a straight blade is used, but, when the openings are not employed, a tapering blade which projects above the ring is used. Fig. 3 shows the screening- apparatus combined with a crusher having a swing- ing jaw r mounted on a crank-shaft t. The Raffwheel is driven by a pinion n on the driving-shaft o gearing with the bevel-wheel m.
Patent GB-190922307-A (GB)
Title: Covered Cushion Tyres.
Inventor: HILL BARTON BERKLEY
IPC: B60C5/18
Filed: 1909-09-30
Granted: 1910-09-30
Abstract: 22,307. Hill, B. B. Sept. 30. [Cognate Application, 5333/10.] Air tubes and chambers; jackets and covers; tread bands, projections, and surfaces, tyre attachments to rims. - A tread band e of leather, preferably rubbered according to the Silberrad process, hard rubber, canvas, or like material; is secured over the tyre cover a by radial clamps h fitting in spaces between projections b on the cover. This is formed with a groove c, preferably wedge-shaped and having enlargements d, in which engages a corresponding rib on the tread band. Studs 2, Figs. 8 and 9, or short metal plates 50, Fig. 18, may be fitted as shown. The claw-bolts h may be in parts hinged together at 9. The tread band is preferably in sections, with lapped joints under the beads of the bolts h. The foundation strip f of the tread band may be of stamped metal. The air tube l may be formed with thickened necks m for the passage of the clamping-bolts. The body of the cover may be formed of diagonally-arranged strips w of leather lined with canvas, the whole being secured by cement or stitching to a continuous canvas backing with the interposition of flexible metal laths x. The foundation strip f of the tread band may be in sections corresponding in number and shape with the projections b of the cover.
Patent GB-190925491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Dippers' Drying Mangles and in Means for Supporting the Ware during the Drying Process.
Inventor: WILLETT THOMAS
IPC: B28B11/04
Filed: 1909-11-05
Granted: 1910-11-07
Abstract: 25,491. Willett, T. Nov. 5. Endless-chain elevators with shelf carriers.- Earthen and other ware is dried after glazing by being carried on reversible carriers connected to endless chains through vertically partitioned heated towers. In the form shown in Fig. 3, a rectangular frame is bolted to hangers o suspended from the chain and carries racks with teeth r to enable flat goods to be carried on one side of the frame. By suspending the frame from the other ends of the hangers, the other side, provided with studs for jugs &c., is used as a support. In another form, V-shaped reversible hangers may be used; the shelves may otherwise be pivoted to double hangers and provided with catches to hold them horizontal.
Patent GB-190926029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dyeing Apparatus.
Inventor: DANIELL FREDERICK HAYWARD
IPC: D06B5/16
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 26,029. Daniell, F. H., and Hebden, J. C. Nov. 10. Cops and like packages, treating. - Cops wound on compressible holders and placed on stringers 41 are compressed in a kier between flanges 42, 43, Fig. 2, by a compression-head 25. This head is mounted on a spindle 12 carried by a nut 13 fast in a yoke 10, the nut being rotated by a hand-wheel 18. Or the cops may be compressed in a press, and the flanges held in position by suitably placed set-screws 48, Fig. 2. In the case of the cops used in the test - sample, the lower flange is held by projections 66, Fig. 6, on the stringer, which is provided with a bolt 61 at the other end. The bolt passes through the upper flange, and pressure is applied thereto by a hand-nut 65. The holders for the cops are of the types described in Specifications 26,024/09, 26,026/09, and 26,028/09.
Patent GB-190926474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: THOMAS DAVID CYNRIG
IPC: B60C7/26
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 26,474. Thomas, D. C. Nov. 15. Non-metallic elastic bodies and cores.-The inclined sides of a solid elastic tyre of dovetail section, which is not rigidly secured to the flanged rim, are fitted with strips of leather or other hard material c, in order to reduce friction. When the tyre has a base formed with circumferential and transverse grooves a, as described in Specification 27,777/04, the strips do not extend over the ends of the grooves.
Patent GB-190927586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Devices for Explosion Motors or other Rotating Mechanism.
Inventor: CANTONO EUGENIO
Filed: 1909-11-26
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 27,586. Cantono, E. Nov. 26. Turning-gear of the kind described in Specification 13,403/07, has a driving-spring z which is automatically compressed from the engine by gearing placed into engagement when a centrifugally-actuated lever k strikes a pawl P eccentrically mounted on a plate on the shaft o. Normally the spring 4 holds the pawl clear to the left of the lever k, but on discharge of the driving-spring the pawl is moved into the position shown. It is struck by the lever, and moves the plate H and link F through the links S, R until the pivots E, G, L are in alinement. This movement causes the lever A carrying the shaft C to oscillate about the driving-shaft B, which then gears with the-wheel 1 through the pinion D, wheel 5, and pinion 6; the wheel 1 thereupon acts on the rack through suitable gearing to compress the spring z. In moving the rack, a projection x acts on a tooth y on the plate H and brings the apparatus back to its normal disengaged position with the driving spring compressed.
Patent GB-190928538-A (GB)
Title: Combined Means for Holding Pins, and Means for Holding a Ring or Rings.
Inventor: WHITNEAR EDWARD
IPC: A45D8/00
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 28,538. Whitnear, E. Dec. 7. Table games.-A combined ring-holder and pin - cushion shaped as shown and designed for use also as a game is provided with rings which may be thrown over the central projection B or over pins set in the cushion C.
Patent GB-190929962-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of White Lead.
Inventor: FALK LEOPOLD
IPC: C09C1/16
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 29,962. Falk, L. Dec. 22. White lead is produced by stirring together lead carbonate (made by treating cold basic lead-acetate solution under pressure with carbonic acid), litharge, and small quantities of lead acetate either cold or warm, the composition of the products being 5 PbCO3 2 Pb (OH)2 PbO and 2 PbCO3. Pb(OH)2 respectively. The lead acetate required is preferably left with the lead carbonate by imperfect washing. Specification 19,732(06 is referred to.