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Patent GB-190624715-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Forming a Loop on the Wires used for Securing the Corks in Soda Water Bottles and the like
Inventor: BULLEN JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 24,715. Bullen, J. Nov. 5. Wiring.-In machine for forming a loop on the wires used for securing the corks of soda-water &c. bottles, a toothed quadrant q, provided with a handle r, is pivoted to a frame m fixed to a base a. The quadrant q engages a pinion d mounted on a shaft c which is free to rotate in bearings b. A swan neck f or an oval block f is adjustably fixed to either end of the shaft c by a set-screw e. A vertical pin g is fixed to a slide i which is secured to the table a by a set-screw k. A length of wire is bent in the middle and placed on the swan neck f or block f<1>, the free ends being held by the operator on each side of the pin g. The handle r is then swung to one side until the quadrant q strikes one of two spring buffers t. The shaft c is thus rotated and the wire twisted to form a loop. According to the Provisional Specification, the shaft c may be rotated by a band passing over a pulley on it and having weights at its ends, and a box may be fixed to the machine to hold the wires ready for use.
Patent GB-190624819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash Windows.
Inventor: KUPELWIESER PAUL
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 24,819. Kupelwieser, P. Nov, 5. Sash fastenings.-In an arrangement of three sliding sashes such as is described in Specification No. 2944, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Buildings &c.], the top sash is suspended by a spring catch 17, carried by an upper cross rail of the frame, and is operated by the action of the middle sash on a swinging pawl lever 23. The pawl drives a four-tooth ratchet 20, attached to which is a cam 19, determining the two positions of the catch.
Patent GB-190627445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Contact Making and Breaking Devices.
Inventor: PARSONS ISAAC HARDY
Filed: 1906-12-03
Granted: 1908-01-03
Abstract: 27,445. Parsons, I. H., and Ball, A. E. J. Dec. 3. Electric clocks; striking-mechanism.-Two sets of contacts are employed in one circuit, one set for closing the circuit, and the others being normally held closed and employed for breaking the circuit. The closing contacts are mechanically closed and are held closed electro-magnetically, and the breaking contacts are operated electro-magnetically by a slowly-moving armature. The switches are shown controlling clock movements. The electromagnet B, Fig. 1, actuates the striking-apparatus and its armature is employed to break the energizing circuit. The fall of the armature F of the electro-magnet E closes the contacts A, A', thus completing circuit through the three electro-magnets I, B, E, and the contacts are held closed by the electro-magnet or relay I although the armature F is raised. The actuation of the hammer J by the electro-magnet B is followed by the armature C operating the weighted switch arm D to break the circuit. The armature F may then fall again, and each time it falls it drives the usual train of wheels by the pawl G. In Fig. 2 the device is shown in a form suitable for an impulse movement for turret clocks, and ensures the engagement of the click J with the next tooth of the wheel K before the breaking of the circuit. The action of the clicks J, T is described in Specification No. 19,906, A.D. 1905. The electro-magnet M is energized at each half-minute by means of a master-clock such as that described in Specification No. 24,620, A.D. 1904. This electro-magnet then attracts its armature N and releases the rod P from the stud R, thus permitting the spring F' to operate the lever F to close the contacts A, A'. The electro-magnet B then attracts its armature C carrying the click J, and also holds the contacts A, A' together until the click engages the next tooth of the wheel K. The circuit is then broken across the contacts D, D', and the spring L drives the wheel K forward. Several electro-magnets for impulse movements may be connected in series and the circuit closed by an electro-magnet similar to M, Fig. 2. A resistance may also be included in the circuit, and when the current decreases an electro-magnetic switch cuts out the resistance and also gives an alarm. This device is described in Specification No. 17,826, A.D. 1905. The device is also applied to a master or self-winding clock. The armature that drives the wheels also closes the contacts to complete the circuit.
Patent GB-190628714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Shaping Turbine Blades.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1906-12-15
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 28,714. Parsons, C. A., and Short, H. L. Dec. 15. Drawing to Specification. Sawing.-A machine for milling the ends of turbine blades to reduce their section as described in Specification No. 22,127, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Rotary engines &c.], has a circular saw combined with the milling-cutter so as, at the same time, to cut off a blade from the bar.
Patent GB-190628774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriers for use in Pneumatic Service Systems.
Filed: 1906-12-17
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 28,774. Lamson Pneumatic Tube Co., and Giles, E. L. Dec. 17. Pneumatic dispatch apparatus.-A carrier 1 has the names, numbers, or other indications of the various stations in the system printed or otherwise shown round it, and is provided with a rotary index ring 2, which is set to expose or otherwise indicate the station to which it should be dispatched from the central office. The felt buffer 3 is preferably secured in the manner described in Specification No. 13,631, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190629573-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Anti-vibration Appliances for Gas Lamps.
Inventor: GLOVER THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 29,573. Glover, T. Dec. 28. Anti-vibration devices.-The copper or other tube A, connecting the gas-supply pipe B and the burner C, is coiled in two or more intersecting planes, and the pipe B and the burner C are connected by a helical spring D passing through the coils.
Patent GB-190703055-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint for Folding Poles, Rods, Tubes, or the like
Inventor: ROBINSON THOMAS FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 3055. Robinson, T. F. Feb. 7. Rod couplings and joints.-In a joint for folding- poles, rods, or tubes, stops 7 which may be attached to one of the poles by screws 8, have projections adapted to embrace the sides of the rods, as shown in Figs. and 5, which show the invention applied to rods of square section. The rods are drawn against the stops by a central bolt 3 with a wing-nut 4, or by any suitable clamping - device. The stops may be shaped to connect poles of circular or other cross-section, or of different sizes, and cross-section. By slacking the nut 4 till the rod 1 can be drawn clear of the stops, the rods can be extended by rotation round the bolt as axis, and again clamped in position, as shown in Fig. 4. In a modification, the projection on the stop, instead of embracing the rods, are adapted to enter corresponding longitudinal grooves in the rods.
Patent GB-190705050-A (GB)
Title: Ignition System for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: ROSS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-02
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 5050. Ross, W. March 2. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The secondary circuit of a single induction-coil is connected to the different sparking-plugs of a multicylinder explosion engine by electro-magnetic switches operated by the primary current, which is distributed by a rotary contact-maker. The switches D; shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1, consist of a vulcanite bobbin d, Fig. 3, with equal opposed windings d<7>, d<2> on the part d<12>, and a winding d' on the part d<11>; a contact D' connected to the induction-coil; a brass contact D<3> connected to one of the sparking- plugs ; and a soft iron core d<3> which connects the terminals D<2>, D<3> when lifted by the action of the current in the windings. The application of the system to a four-cylinder motor-car engine is shown in Fig. 1. The battery current passes through the primary A' A<1> of the non-trembler induction coil, thence through four windings d' in series, through one of four pairs of windings d<2>, d' to a contactmaker E, and back to the other battery terminal which may be connected to earth at e. The current in the coils d<7> prevents the switches D from closing by the jolting of the car, but its effect is balanced in the switch to be closed by the winding d<2>. The secondary circuit B passes through one of the switches D closed by the primary current, to the corresponding sparking-plug. When a trembler coil is used, a circuit containing the primary winding A' A<1> is connected to the battery in parallel with the circuit d<7> E, and is closed by an electromagnetic switch operated by the current in the latter circuit.
Patent GB-190714337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jars for Holding Preserves and the like.
Inventor: CAIRNS JAMES MITCHELL
Filed: 1907-06-21
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 14,337. Cairns, J. M. June 21. Capsule closures and the like ; stoppers.-The mouth of a jar for holding preserves is formed with two lips a, a<1>, between which is an annular recess a<2>, and is closed by a capsule B of tin-foil or like material closely fitted over the inner lip a. To render the closure air-tight, sealing-wax or like substance is run into the recess a<2>.
Patent GB-190717730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Handles of Baskets and like Receptacles.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN RICHARD
Filed: 1907-08-03
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 17,730. Williams, J. R. Aug. 3. Fruit baskets &c. -To facilitate nesting, the handle a, Fig. 2, of a basket or like receptacle for fruit &c. is pivoted at c and secured in its vertical position by tongues g or other means. The tongues are bent over the edge of the basket, and may be on a separate piece f of metal on the pivot c or on the handle itself. In a modification, aT-shaped piece of metal is used having one part n, Fig. 4, bent to project as a spring tongue through a hole in the handle, and the parts m bent into the body of the basket. The spring tongue can be depressed to allow the handle to be rotated, or the handle may be bent to pass the tongue. The handle may be secured in its vertical position by a pin passing through a hole in the handle and in the basket. The spring tongue may be attached to the handle and in the corresponding hole formed in a separate metal-piece, or spring tongues may be arranged to engage the sides of the handle.
Patent GB-190717912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coke and like Wagons.
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 17,912. Wilke, C., and Simon -Carves By-Product Coke Oven Construction and Working Co. Aug. 7. Door and gate opening and closing apparatus. -In the case of a hopper wagon for draining and dumping quenched coke, the floor is perforated and is divided centrally along its length, forming several pairs of hinged doors B, B<1> separated by transverse beams. Each pair of doors is separateiy operated by means of chains D, D<1> fastened to the door extensions C, C' and passing over pulleys F attached below to the transverse beams.
Patent GB-190719891-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Safety Device for Overhead Electric Lines.
Inventor: BOURDIL FRANCOIS FERNAND
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,891. Bourdil, F. F. Sept. 7, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Insulators.-Conductors a r caused to adhere to their supporting insulators by winding them around one or more studs i cast on the insulators, or by a clip or binding-screw fixed to them, or by making the insulators with a series of projections and hollows.
Patent GB-190724751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Commutators for Dynamo Electric Machinery.
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 24,751. Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges. Nov. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Commutators cooling and ventilating. - The cooling medium is introduced into the interior of the commutator through a central passage in the shaft, and is led in and withdrawn at the same end of the shaft. In one modification, Fig. 1, the commutator segments s are clamped between conical bushes k, k<1> to leave an annular cooling space w<1>, and the shaft w is provided with a passage w<2> connected by radial ports w<3> with the space w<1>. The cooling-medium is introduced through a suitable coupling m, and is withdrawn from the space w<1> by adapting the bush k<1> to act as a centrifugal pump, for example by forming it with longitudinal and radial ducts l, l<1>; or the fluid may be supplied under pressure. The oil &c. is caught in a flanged ring f from which it may be removed, for example by a bent tube having a funnel-shaped end, which dips into the fluid annulus within the ring f. In another modification, Fig. 2, the cooling-medium is withdrawn as well as supplied through the shaft w, which is provided with two concentric passages, one formed by the tube m<1> conveying the cooling- medium from without, and the other by an enlarged portion t of its bore, which serves to discharge the medium. The two passages communicate with the space w<1> through ducts w<3>, w<4> respectively. The supply and withdrawal of the cooling-medium is effected through suitable pipes and stuffing-boxes m, m<2>.
Patent GB-190726849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Carbonic Acid Baths.
Inventor: ZUCKER ALFRED
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 26,849. Zucker, A. Dec. 4. Baths.-Relates to modifications of the method of producing aerated baths described in Specification No. 18,173, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.]. Instead of acidifying the water, a carbonate is dissolved in it, and a porous and flexible bag is submerged containing a porous substance saturated with liquid acid. Acid salts may be used instead of a part or the whole of the acid.
Patent GB-190801897-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for Holding Flat or other Articles in an Inclined Position Against a Vertical Wall or Support.
Inventor: WATERHOUSE PHILIP
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 1897. Waterhouse, P. Jan 28. Plates, dishes, and the like, tilting-appliances for; stands for table use.-Relates to an appliance by which china plates, china bowls, plaques, silver trays, &c., are held in an inclined or tilted position against a vertical support to prevent them from slipping when resting on a smooth or polished surface. The appliance consists of a bent wire frame A coated with rubber, the bent parts a being shaped so as to grip the edge of the article resting on it. The frame may be coated by dipping it in a solution of india-rubber. According to the Provisional Specification, the appliance may be stamped out of a flat piece of metal &c.
Patent GB-190811180-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stove Pipe Connection to Chimneys.
Inventor: KRAUS NIKOLAUS
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 11,180. Kraus, N. May 22 Chimneys and flues.-To obtain a smoke-proof joint between a stove-pipe and a chimney, an asbestos or like ring secured to the metal lining of the chimney aperture is caused to grip the stovepipe by a resilient ring within it. The outer edges of the asbestos ring h containing the ring b of coiled steel wire are gripped between the flange of the lining a and a decorative ring c, which is secured by a bayonet-joint under pins f. The lining is slit in several places at the inner end, and some of the pieces e so formed are turned inwards so that the stove-pipe abuts against them, and the remaiuder are turned outwards to form a flange d.
Patent GB-190811938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Curtain Rods.
Inventor: COOKE JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-06-02
Abstract: 11,938. Cooke, J. J. June 2. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-A curtain - rod A<1> is supported, so as to be easily removable, in recesses or sockets 3, 4 in blocks or knobs B<1>, B<2> screwed to a window frame &c., one of the recesses 3 being deeper than the other and containing a spring 8 in compression, so that the opposite end of the rod is forced into the other recess. The edge of the recess is made smaller in diameter than the interior so as to retain the spring in place when the rod is removed. When used with bay windows, the corner blocks may be provided with two recesses each, as shown. Instead of arranging the spring in the recess it may be held within the rod, as shown in Fig. 4. A movable cap 18 is provided and is held in place by turned-over parts 19 moving in slots 20 in the rod. According to the Provisional Specification, the springs in the recesses in the blocks press against movable caps against which the ends of the rods abut. The blocks are preferably of spherical shape so as to give the appearance of terminal ornaments.
Patent GB-190815388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Accumulators.
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 15,388. Van Raden & Co., and Metz, M. July 21. Secondary batteries.-The electrodes are separated by split tubes 6 of acid-resisting and insulating material, such as vulcanite, which are slid on to engage grooves 4 in the edges of the plates, the slits 7 being slightly narrower than the thickness of the plate at the grooves so as to fit well. The tubes are of diameter greater than the thickness of the plates. According to the Provisional Specification, insulating-strips instead of tubes may be applied to the edges of the plates.
Patent GB-190816022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flanging Presses.
Inventor: CUTLER MAURICE HAROLD
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 16,022. Cutler, M. H. July 28. Flanging.-In a press for flanging metal shafting, the shaft is held in dies and upset by a tool of T form which is rotated between each squeeze. The tool H is mounted in a cross-bead E operated by hydraulic cylinders C provided with return cylinders G. The lower portion B of the gripping- die is mounted in the bed of the machine, the upper portion of the die being carried by the main ram of an ordinary press. The tool H is given a part rotation after each forward movement of the cross-head E. In a modification, Fig. 4, the upper portion b<1> of the gripping-die is operated by a' tapered block N actuated by an hydraulic cylinder L.
Patent GB-190816979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Lanterns for Gas Lighting
Inventor: GUNNING JOHN
Filed: 1908-08-12
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 16,979. Gunning, J. Aug. 12. [Patent of Addition to No. 2960, A.D. 1908.] Street lamps; lanterns; l i g h t i ng and extinguishing gas.-Gas lanterns of the type described in Specification No. 2960, A.D. 1908, are modified for suspension lamps, such as the lamp a, by forming the casings b, which contain the automatic gas-controllers, with a screwed boss b<4> adapted to receive and support the swan neck s of the lamp a.
Patent GB-190817264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Distribution of Material for Fertilizing and similar purposes.
Inventor: GOODBUN JOHN PERCY
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 17,264. Goodbun, J. P. Feb. 2, 1909. Insects and parasites, destroying.-Soluble or insoluble fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, &c. are distributed by passing a stream of water through a vessel in which are placed a number of separate and removable receptacles containing the material to be distributed. The vessel a, Fig. 1, is provided with an inlet c and outlet b, placed out of alinement, and with a removable cover d, ribs e, and grid f. The inner receptacles are perforated, and may be covered with canvas or other porous material. They may each consist of two wiregauze hemispheres hinged together, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190822722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BARTH SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 22,722. Barth, S. July 30. Drawings to Specification. Gas or explosive-vapor engines.-In engines of the type in which fuel is sprayed into the alreadycompressed air, a speedy mixing of fuel and air and a consequent regularity of working, are ensured by having one or more fuel nozzles in the cylinder cover together with one or more in the cylinder wall so that the streams of fuel intersect. The nozzles in the cylinder cover are parallel to the axis of the cylinder so that the streams of fuel are broken up by the bottom of the piston. The nozzles may project into the cylinder and the bottom of the piston may be concave. Various arrangements of nozzles are described and illustrated.
Patent GB-190825736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Washing or Purifying Apparatus for use in Gas Generating Plants.
Inventor: TEMPLE EDWARD
Filed: 1908-11-28
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 25,736. Temple, E. Nov. 28. Drawings to Specification. Plug cocks for use in the connecting-pipes of gas-generating plant consist of a screw-plug having a semi-cylindrical extension.
Patent GB-190827699-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking the Doors of Carding Engines.
Inventor: ROWNTREE JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 27,699. Rowntree, J. Dec. 21. Guards, controlling by movable parts of machinery.-Relates to a door-locking device for the door of a carding-engine, which prevents the opening of the door until the fast pulley has ceased rotating, and the return of the belt on to the fast pulley while the door is open. A pin d', Fig. 1, on an arm attached to the door d, is engaged by a hook a<2> on the end of a lever a, which is kept tilted over the pin by a spring-controlled pin k<2> engaging below a spring bolt g, which is situated in a slot in the lever a and which projects into a slot e in the end a<5> of the lever. When the pulley ceases to rotate, a wire can be inserted through a hole b<x> in the pulley flange to pull the pin k<2> back and allow the end a<5> of the lever a to drop. The belt-fork n carries a rod l, which, when the door is closed, engages a hole in the lever a. When the door is open, the lever is in such a position that it obstructs the movement of the rod l, and prevents the return of the belt on to the fast pulley.
Patent GB-190900447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladders, Trestles and the like.
Inventor: ESCH PHILIPP
IPC: E06C1/32
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 447. Esch, P. Jan, 7, 1908, [Convention date]. Ladders; scaffolding.-Ladders, trestles, &c. are formed by combining two ladder sections d, e, having no rungs at one end, with another ladder composed of two parts a, b, pivoted together. The step-ladder shown in Fig. 3 comprises two sections a, b, pivoted together at c, and connected by bolts i to the two ladder sections d, e. In the trestle shown in Fig. 2, the horizontal member f consists of the two pivoted sections, and is supported by the ladder sections d, e. Struts g are bolted to the ladder f and to the vertical ladders d, e, and the latter are connected at their upper ends by a hand-rail h.
Patent GB-190901345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aluminium Electrolytic Cells.
IPC: H01G9/022
Filed: 1908-09-04
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 1345. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 4, 1908. Resistances, electrolytic. In a cell of the aluminium-electrode type, an acid solution of ammonium tartrate is used as the electrolyte. A small quantity of glycerine is added to the solution, and a layer of oil is placed on the surface. The cell may be used as a lightning-arrester or for rectifying alternating electric currents.
Patent GB-190901772-A (GB)
Title: Instrument for Measuring the Water-depth and for Preventing the Running Aground of the Ship.
Inventor: KINTZEL OTTO
IPC: G01C13/00
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 1772. Kintzel, O., and Schwiese, W. Jan. 25. Sounding-apparatus.-Relates to a device in which a circuit is completed on touching the bottom. The cable b carries a rod c to which is hinged a bar e with its lower end turned up; when the bottom is reached the bar e is bent back against the action of the spring b, and the circuit through the wires l is completed through contacts h, i. A rudder d is attached to prevent rotation of the device.