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Patent GB-190715419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ore Roasting Process.
Inventor: WILFLEY ARTHUR REDMAN
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 15,419. Wilfley, A. R. July 4. Roasting-furnaces.-In a process for roasting ores preparatory to magnetic separation, overheating is prevented by passing the ore down the furnace in the same direction as the roasting gases, and cooling the ore at the bottom of the furnace by means of water jackets. The ore is fed through the hopper 36 on to the sloping top of a partition 8, and falls down the flue 7 in the same direction as the gases from a fire-box 10. At the bottom of the flue 7 are inclined water jackets 15, 17, 19, which, after cooling the ore, cause it to pass through an outlet 18 into a vibrating trough 21. This trough is provided with a water jacket bottom and delivers the ore out of the furnace. Air may be admitted by the flue 7 through an opening 31 if the ore becomes unduly heated.
Patent GB-190718164-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Plastic, Transparent, Imputrescible Material of considerable Resistance, from a Solution of Cellulose.
Inventor: CRUMIERE EMILE
Filed: 1907-08-10
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 18,164. CrumiÞre, E. Sept. 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose.-A transparent material is obtained by allowing ammoniacal copper solutions of cellulose to dry and treating the product with a coagulating- liquid such as hydrochloric or sulphuric acid ; the material is then washed and dried. To make leaves or ribbons, the solution is spread out on plates of glass, metal, &c., and dried and treated. To reproduce objects, the model is coated with the solution, or the solution is poured into a mould. The product may be made opaque or coloured.
Patent GB-190720374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Methods of and Apparatus for Filling Casks and the like.
Inventor: SELLENSCHEIDT CARL
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 20,374. Sellenscheidt, C. Sept. 12. Lift valves.-A valve used in a cask &c. filling apparatus consists of an india-rubber cone C, Fig. 1, mounted on a spindle D which also carries a corrugated diaphragm B, Figs. 1 and 2. The motion of the valve is limited by a strap K, and the function of the disk B is to exclude froth from the counter-pressure pipe F.
Patent GB-190723287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Pasting Fly-sheets to Boxes and for Analogous Pasting Operations.
Inventor: SCHRODER NICHOLAS
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 23,287. Schroder, N. Oct. 22. Box making machines.-Relates to machines for applying an adhesive to sheets of paper and analogous material and attaching such sheets to various articles, and more particularly to machines for affixing flies to paper boxes. The flies M are piled in a pack on the bed C of the machine, the front of the pack resting against the spring fingers C<3> and the sheets being kept in position by a counterweight D. Above the pack and moving in vertical guides is the paste trough E, which is perforated at the bottom so that paste can flow on to the margin of the topmost fly-sheet. The paste trough carries a roller E<7> connected by links to the sliding follower E<2>. When the trough is lowered on to the pile of flies by depressing a treadle, the follower first meets the pack and causes a lifting of the roller E<7>, thus permitting the flow of paste to the flies. On the treadle being released, a counterweight returns the paste trough to its original position. The top sheet being thus pasted, the bed is forced forward by depressing a second treadle, and the edge of the box N is applied to the fly, the two being pressed together and the spreading of the gum effected by the lowering of the presser F, which has a counterweight and is also operated by the second treadle. The treadles are connected to the parts which they actuate by cords passing over suitable pulleys. The edge of the bed C has a series of indentations to receive and guide one edge of the box N, so that boxes of various sizes may be fitted with flies. To adapt the pasting-trough E to suit different sizes of fly-sheets, the effective length of the pasting line may be lessened by the interposition of a thin gate or slide between the roller E<7> and the bottom of the trough.
Patent GB-190727266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feeding Appliances for Game and Poultry.
Inventor: STEFFAN EUGEN
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 27,266. Steffan, E. Dec. 10. Feeding-appliances for birds.-Relates to a feeding-appliance for poultry &c. with means to prevent waste of food. A box b with hinged roof c is mounted on posts, and a trough g is arranged below it. At the lower angle of the box b are provided recesses d closed by adjustable hinged devices e, the bottom side f of which may consist of netting. The birds attracted by the smell of the food in the box b press their beaks against the closing-devices e, thus liberating a small quantity of food which falls into the trough g.
Patent GB-190801097-A (GB)
Title: Method and Means for the Manufacture of Paper or Cardboard Spirals for Cigarette Mouthpieces.
Inventor: BENJAMINOWITSCH WOLFF
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 1097. Benjaminowitsch, W., and Lohmann, A. Jan. 16. Cigarette-making machines.-In the manufacture of coiled paper mouthpieces for cigarettes, two or more concentric mandrels are used so that the different convolutions of the mouthpiece are wound on mandrels of different diameter. The inner mandrel 1 has a bifurcated end, into which the point of the mouthpiece blank is introduced by a longitudinal displacement of the mandrel after the blank has entered a conical slot 5 in the larger part thereof. After one or two convolutions have been wound on this mandrel, the outer mandrel 4 commences to rotate and winds the paper blank on its outer periphery. More concentric mandrels may be employed. Immediately before the winding is completed, a slit sleeve 8 is slipped over the coiled mouthpiece, and serves to introduce it into the cigarette tube. A conveyer device 7 serves to guide the blank to the mandrels. The longitudinal displacement of the mandrel 1 is effected by a lever c and cam b, Fig. 12, on the driving-shaft 1. This driving-shaft is geared to a sleeve e, which, when displaced by means of a lever k and cam l, engages an arm m and drives the mandrel 1. The outer mandrel 4 is driven by this arm m when the sleeve n is displaced so as to place a finger r into engagement with the arm. The lever k carries a bar s having notches, which allow the arm m and projection t to pass when these parts are rotating. When the driving of the mandrel 1 is stopped, the arm m and the projection t engage with the bar s, and so position the respective mandrels correctly for feeding the paper blank. The projection t enters the groove u on the arm u<1> when the sleeve n is displaced. In a modification, the blank is fed through a slot, formed approximately tangentially to the inner periphery of the mandrel and bent against the inner periphery, the inner mandrel 13 serving only as a guide which may be displaced to hold the part of the coil that is wound inside the mandrel 11. The paper may be fed by means of a slotted guide 10 and roller 10<a>.
Patent GB-190801423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compound Compressor Fans.
Inventor: RATEAU AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 1423. Rateau, A. Jan. 21. Fans.-In order more completely to cool the air in a compound compressor fan, cold water is circulated through the interior of the partitions between the blades and the return conduits. This cold-water circulation may be combined with the circulation in a water jacket in the casing, and further, the blades in the return conduits may be made hollow and may communicate with the interior of the partitions or the water jacket, and the number of these blades may be increased to increase the cooling-area. The casing 1, Fig. 2, is formed of upper and lower members, and its inner shell extends the full length of the apparatus, and is made of sinuous shape to form a series of annular chambers, in each of which is placed a hollow partition 8 bulged to render the air passages oblique. The guide-blades 9 abut against these partitions, to the interior of which cooling-water is supplied by radial tubes 10, disposed between the two parts of the casing and coupled together by the tubes 11. A small tube 15, Fig. 3, with a snift cock 16 to allow of communication with the atmosphere, prevents the accumulation of air in the top of the partitions. The water may also be supplied by a tube feeding both the water jacket and the partitions, or by tubes disposed in pairs, one above and one below the joints of the casing or by a vertical tube, in which case a tube to prevent leakage is placed in a hole formed in the casing joints. The guide-blades may also be hollow, and if they are united to the partitions, are connected therewith by holes 19. The hollow blades may be supplied from the outer casing or from the casing and partitions combined, and are placed close together to give a greater cooling-surface. Fig. 7 shows the invention applied to the type of fan described in Specification No. 27,093, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.], in which the hub 20 carries blades 21 which extend along the partitions 8 and the casing wall 1, and the air is cooled on both sides where the blades are located between these walls.
Patent GB-190804747-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Alphabet Game Slot Machine.
Inventor: REPPMANN MORITZ
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 4747. Reppmann, M., and Weis [nÞe Schade], L. March 2. Games played with coins; puzzles.-In a coin-freed game, the coin sets going for a certain time a clock-work which releases a bolt so that, if the correct word on a letter lock be guessed, a prize can be obtained. The letter lock comprises several dials a, Figs. 1 and 5, each having a hole to receive a rigidly mounted shaft b. Both the dials and the shaft have grooves to receive the bolt, the hooked end g of which locks the prize receptacle h when the bolt is pressed into the groove in the shaft b. A spring f, which surrounds a pin e passing through an eye in the end of the bolt d, tends to press the bolt upwards. On putting a coin in a slot k, Fig. 2, and pulling a slide l, a clock-work is set going to rotate a disk m. The disk shifts a lever n on a rod o to withdraw a stop lever p from the upper of two openings q on the bolt. If the dials a have been set correcoly with all the grooves in line, the bolt d will glide upwards, freeing the receptacle h, and the lever p will catch in the lower opening q. If the dials are not set before the block-work runs down (a period of three or five minutes), the lever . p is automatically replaced in the upper opening q to keep the bolt locked.
Patent GB-190808603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: FOURMON CHARLES
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 8603. Fourmon, C. April 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Springs.-The action of a plate spring j, Fig. 4, in a spring-wheel is damped by securing it at the centre to a plunger p moving in a dash-pot o secured to the rim and containing oil. The plunger is assisted in return by a helical spring q. Elliptical springs e, Fig. 1, are formed in halves and attached to the rim by the aid of interposed pieces h, i.
Patent GB-190809489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change-speed Mechanism.
Inventor: ADAMS ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 9489. Adams, A. H. May 1. Motor road vehicles.- Variable-speed gearing of the class that can work alternatively as an epicyclic train and as a countershaft gear is combined with a pair of driving-clutches having one actuating - spring. T h e driving-shafts a carries a fly-wheel c having two clutch surfaces d, e. Longitudinally - movable clutch members g, hare secured respectively to an intermediate shaft i and to a sleeve j loose on the shaft i. A spring k tends to keep both clutches in engagement. Wheels 3, 4, 5, secured together, rotate loosely upon a spindle 7 carried by a rotatable casing o. The wheel 3 meshes with a wheel 8 secured to a driven shaft 9 ; the wheel 4 meshes with a pinion q secured to the shaft i ; and the wheel 5 meshes with a wheel 10 fast on the sleeve j. The member h may be thrust out of engagement by a thrust collar m. The member g is disengaged through a collar s, a rod r, a second collarp, and the shaft i. With both clutches in action, a solid high-speed drive is produced. By holding the casing o by a brake u and releasing one or other of the clutches g, h, the second and third forward speeds, respectively, are effected. The gear works epicyclically to produce a reversed drive. The clutch g for this purpose engages the surface d, the casing o is set free, and the member h, disengaged from the surface e, is thrust to the right until its motion is arrested by a fixed brake-member v. According to the Provisonal specification, the gear is applicable to motor road vehicles.
Patent GB-190811457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Salicylic Acid Derivatives
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 11,457. Johnson, G. W., [Boehringer & S÷hne, C. F.]. May 26. Salicylsalicylic acid of the formula is obtained by splitting off one molecule of water from two molecules of salicylic acid, or a salt thereof, by means of condensing-agents, such as phosphorus trichloride or oxychloride, phosgene, or thionyl chloride. The reaction is preferably carried out in presence of a solvent or diluent, and cooling is desirable. The product can be used therapeutically as a substitute for salicylic acid.
Patent GB-190812178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Apparatus for Controlling the Speed of Trains and like Vehicles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 12,178. Boult, A. J., [Union Switch and Signal Co.]. June 4. Locomotives. - In apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 12,176, A.D. 1908, in which one trip mechanism is used to actuate the brakes to stop the train and another to cause a service application only, the latter being dependent on the speed of the train, means are provided for putting the speed-controlling device in and out of action by the operation of the trip mechanism. The governor 20 is driven by suitable means such as a flexible shaft from a friction wheel 6 driven from a wheel of the locomotive when in contact therewith. The lever 8 carrying the wheel 6 is pivoted to the frame and is rocked by the piston of the cylinder 12, to which air is admitted from a pipe 13 through the valve controlled by the electro-magnet 17. This electromagnet is energized from the battery 24 through the contacts 5 opened and closed by the trip lever 2 and through the armature 25 of the magnet 26. When the trip lever is turned by contact with a track obstacle the circuit is broken at the contacts 5 and the magnets 26, 17 drop their armatures ; the cylinder 12 is exhausted and a spring in the cylinder 12 forces the wheel 6 against the wheel of the train, and drives the governor 20 at a speed proportionate to that of the train. If this is below a set limit, the switch 18 will not be opened and the return movement of the arm 2 and closing of the hand switch 29 will re-energize the magnets 26, 17, and so admit air to the cylinder 12 and restore the apparatus to normal. If the train speed is above the fixed limit, the governor 20 opens the switch 18, which breaks the circuit of the magnet 23, thereby applying the brakes by the valve 22. The magnet 26 can only be again energized by the simultaneous closure of the switch 18 and the manual switch 29. The driver can therefore only reset the apparatus when the speed of the train has been reduced below the fixed limit. In a modification, the magnet 23 is energized from a separate battery, and an additional contact-arm 31 may be added to bring the train to a full-stop.
Patent GB-190820920-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Purifying Gases Generated by Dry Distillation, and of Obtaining By-products therefrom.
Inventor: BURKHEISER KARL
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-10-04
Abstract: 20,920. Burkheiser, K. Oct 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c, Act, 1907]. Purifying gas; purifier waste, revivifying.-Coal and other gas is purified from sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia by passage over a heated oxygen-yielding mass, such as bog iron ore, which is continuously or intermittently revivified with air, or free oxygen, thereby causing the impurities to interact and form ammonium sulphite with or without ammonium sulphate. If the revivification is continuous the mass may be heated to a temperature of 400‹ C. ; otherwise the temperature employed is about 120‹ C. Dense heavy vapours are stated to be produced and to solidify in a crystalline mass.
Patent GB-190822530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Sound Boxes for Talking Machines.
Inventor: FISCHER ALEX
Filed: 1908-10-23
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,530. Fischer, A. Oct. 23. [Patent of Addition to No. 4792, A.D. 1907.] Gramophones.-Relates to improvements in the apparatus described in Specification No. 4792, A.D. 1907, and consists in forming the bearing- surfaces b of the stylusbar spindle c convex instead of concave, and preferably of a radius of curvature such that the centre lies at the junction of the stylus bar with the diaphragm. Figs. 7 and 9 show edge views of the bearing-surfaces b, that in Fig. 7 being formed by a thin plate, and that in Fig. 9 by a thicker plate having a bevelled edge. The stylus spindle c may be circular or partly circular or rectangular in cross-section. The stylus spindle c is held in tension by two flat springs 9, or by one flat spring 9 and oppositely-disposed spiral springs k acting on a boss f on the spindle c situated between the latter and the sound-box shell.
Patent GB-190822823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Locking Mechanism for Percussion Fuses.
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 22,823. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Feb. 18, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Fuses for projectiles.-Relates to percussion fuses in which the pellet is locked by centrifugallyreleased pivoted pieces, and consists in arranging pivoted pieces E, E', &c., to lock one another by contact faces e<7> concentric with the pivots a<5>, so that while the first piece E<1> is swinging out, the second piece E' is detained for a time, and so on for the others. The pieces E are normally held in the locked positio n by projections c<1> on a ring C, which sets back when the projectile is fired and simultaneously straightens the bent ends d<1>of a common locking piece D.
Patent GB-190825054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indoor Games.
Inventor: HODGE ALBERT HEMSTOCK
Filed: 1908-11-21
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 25,054. Hodge, A. H. Nov. 21. Games played with bats, balls, and skittles.-A. game is played by two players with -bats and a captive ball A secured by an elastic thread B to a cord C, the object being to knock down the opponent's skittle D placed as shown.
Patent GB-190825627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belts.
Inventor: LYCETT EDWARD
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 25,627. Lycett, E. Nov. 27. Belts.-The driving- faces of belts for motor cycles &c, are provided with recesses a' of such a shape that, when the belt is bent around the pulley, they assume a circular form. The recesses may be formed in protuberances on the belt face.
Patent GB-190825856-A (GB)
Title: Safety Installation for Safes and Strong Rooms
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 25,856. Soc. des Etablissements Bauche, Branly, E., Laurent, H., Griffie, A. J., and Herson, H. A. E. Oct. 30, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907] Alarms, burglar and like.-In a burglar or firealarm installation for safes and strong-rooms in which the walls and doors of the safe &c. are formed with hollow panels b containing compressed air and connected to a manometer d which opens the circuit of a relay g controlling an alarm bell when the pressure is raised by fire or lowered by the opening of the safe or by a burglarious attempt upon it, the alarm is set by pumping air through a valve c until the manometer d closes a contact f in the circuit of the relay g, thereby opening the circuit of a bell k arranged near the safe. The switch m is then closed and the switch l opened, bringing the bell under the control of the relay, so that when the pressure of the air rises or falls the relay is de-energized and the bell j rings. The hollow panels b are arranged in a bed of mortar e between two casings p, p<1>, and are connected together by elbows q. The panel in the door n is connected to the other panels by a bent tube and connexion r pressed into its seat when the door is closed by a spring s. In order to prevent the circuit of the relay from being kept closed by tampering with the cable, sets of blind wires v, w, having their ends inside the safe insulated, are connected to the bell circuits as shown in Fig. 1, so that any tampering with the cable causes the bell j to ring.
Patent GB-190828256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roller Bearings.
Inventor: KAYE SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 28,256. Kaye, S. Dec. 28. Roller bearings.-The main rollers of a roller bearing are separated by smaller spacing-rollers 2, and each set of adjacent rollers 1, 2, 3 is kept in axial alinement by links 4, each of which has a hole 4 to receive the end of the spacing-roller 2, and elongated holes 7 to receive the reduced ends of the rollers 1, 3. In a modification, the link is formed with one long slot. Fig. 10 shows a modification in which one end 14 of each link is bifurcated and receives the end 13 of the next link. End thrust of the rollers are taken by collars 12, and the ends of the rollers are either rounded, as shown at 8, or are recessed to receive balls 9.
Patent GB-190828435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Filaments.
Inventor: LAIGLE RENE
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-12-30
Abstract: 28,435. Laigle, R. Jan. 10, '[date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Incandescent gas lamps.-Filaments for gas lamps of the kind described in Specification No. 3785, A.D. 1908, are made by using arabin or ammonium oleate, or both, as an agglutinant. The filament material consists of a mixture of the oxides of thorium and cerium with a little oxide of beryllium which acts as a binder, and optionally with alumina, silica, aluminium silicate, &c.
Patent GB-190900634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Valves of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HARGREAVES JAMES
IPC: F01L3/10
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 634. Hargreaves, J. Jan. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Rotating valves o n seats.-In order to enable a valve to be readily rotated on its seat, the spring abutment is formed of a loose collar h, and a fixed collar e secured by a cotter. The collar h rests with a small bearing - surface on t h e collar e, or a ball-bearing is arranged between the two collars. The exterior of the collar e is roughened, or shaped to receive a spanner &c., to enable the valve to be easily turned; the valve may be turned by means of the cotter.
Patent GB-190901773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Talking Machine Sound Boxes.
Inventor: FISCHER ALEX
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 1773. Fischer, A. Jan. 25. Styli. - Relates to improvements in the apparatus described in Specification 4792/07, and consists of a curved flat spring for keeping the stylus-bar rocking-spindle pressed upon its bearings without any tendency to tilt. A curved flat spring e is fixed to the sound-box a by a screw j, and by a screw f to the rocking-spindle c underneath the bearing-surface b. A hole in the spring permits access to the screw j. The spring e may be bent, as shown in Fig. 4, and provided with a slot k to permit the passage of the screw j. Two flat springs e may be used, and may operate on the upper side of the rocking-spindle.