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Patent GB-190717585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surface Condensers.
Inventor: ALBERGER LOUIS ROSS
Filed: 1907-08-01
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 17,585. Albergrer, L. R. Aug. 1. Condensers.-Relates to the surface condensers in which steam and air, entering from above, come into contact with the tubes, so that the flow of the steam, air, and water of condensation is at first all in the same direction, but afterwards the steam and air flow in a direction opposite to that of the water of condensation. The various parts are so arranged that the air is brought into contact with the coolest surfaces in the second chamber, and the water of condensation is brought into contact with the hottest surfaces and with the exhaust steam, before removal. Figs. 1 and 2 show one arrangement in which a condenser serving as the base of a turbine is divided into two sections. The steam enters one section 1 at the top, and after flowing over the tubes passes by the outlets 3 to the lower side of the other section 2. Here the steam and air ascend, the air ultimately being withdrawn at the outlet 12. The cooling-water enters one end of water chamber of the apparatus by the inlet 4 and flows through the tubes to the opposite water chamber 7. Thence it passes by the pipe 6 to the corresponding chambers of the section 1 and traverses the tubes therein to the opposite outlet chamber. Fig. 5 shows another arrangement in which two duplicate condensers are employed. The steam entering the top of each chamber flows downwards over the tubes and under the lower end of a longitudinal baffle 15. Thence the air and vapours ascend to the air outlets 35. The water chambers at one end may be divided by horizontal partitions. The two upper chambers thus formed are connected by a pipe provided with an inlet 26, and the two lower chambers are connected by a pipe provided with an outlet 27. In a modification, the baffle-plates are arranged vertically. Fig. 8 shows another form of apparatus in which the tubes are arranged in the rests 57, 58, 59. The steam inlet 64 is arranged laterally so that the steam and air travel downwards over the tubes and after passing under the lower end of the inclined baffle-plate 65 ascend to the air outlet 67. The end water chambers have horizontal partitions. The water enters by the inlet 68 at the upper end of one water chamber and leaves by the outlet 69 at the opposite chamber. An arrangement is described in which the air outlet is connected to an air-pump, and the water inlet to a circulating-pump. The outlet 66 for the water of condensation is connected to a hot-well pump.
Patent GB-190721481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Process Printing.
Inventor: ULLMANN MAX
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-10-27
Abstract: 21,481. Ullmann, M. Aug. 31, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Photo-mechanical printing.-Printing-blocks for line drawings, autotypes, and other half-tone pictures are produced by exposing the metal plate directly in the camera. The plates are thinly coated with a mixture of previously liquefied gelatine and ammonium bichromate with added ammonia, which is allowed to harden and set. After exposure, the plate is developed in a bath consisting of nitric acid (say 4 per cent) and prepared according to what is required.
Patent GB-190727375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tremblers for Induction Coils.
Inventor: GUENET JULES
Filed: 1907-12-11
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 27,375. Guenet, J. Dec. 11. Switches.-In the kind of trembler applicable to induction coils, wherein a rigid oscillating blade b carries an elastic vibrating blade a and a stop c to engage the elastic blade, the rigid blade is held against its pivotal point in a stop d by means of a helical spring e provided with a tension screw f. The spring is attached or hooked at one end to the screw, and at the other end is provided with a conical thickened portion which engages a corresponding recess in a split column i. The spring is thus capable of turning with the screw when being adjusted.
Patent GB-190727493-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Deadening Sound-vibrations.
Inventor: GOBBI EMILE
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 27,493. Gobbi, E. Dec. 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Noise of discharge, deadening.-Consists of waved annular rings or ribbons of helical form a, a', a<2>, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, or of combinations of these elements which are arranged on a longitudinal axis in the gun. When applied to the breech of a gun, the elements are arranged as shown in Fig. 9. The gases escape through suitable orifices provided for the purpose. When applied to the muzzle of a gun, Fig. 10, the elements are not surrounded by an envelope. The escape of the gases during the expansion may be obstructed by suitably clamping up the elements.
Patent GB-190728236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Regulation of Clocks, Watches, and Chronometers
Inventor: ADAIR THOMAS
Filed: 1907-12-23
Granted: 1908-12-23
Abstract: 28,236. Adair, T. Dec. 23. Regulators; pendulums. - In the regulating- mechanism of clocks and watches, use is made of a suitable combination chosen from the following elements : an endless screw or screws, a spur wheel or wheels, friction rollers, and a small finely graduated dial with a movable index controlling the mechanism. Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention applied to a pendulum bob, and Fig. 4 shows the application to a watch. An index I moving over a finely divided scale SD operates a worm and wheel ES, SW and a suitable train of worm, spur, or friction gearing where necessary, so that a very small movement of the pendulum bob B or of the curb pins FO, which control the balance spring, may be produced. The pins are fixed on the last wheel FR2 of the train, Fig. 4, while in the case of a pendulum, the screwed rod P passes through a nut carried by the spur-wheel SW in the centre of a bob, Fig. 1. When the effect on the timerate produced by moving the index through a given space has been determined, the adjustment necessary for eliminating the final error is calculated by proportion. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 1775, A.D. 1862, No. 2824, A.D. 1873, No. 3533, A.D. 1902, and No. 17,281, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190804948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Relay Devices.
Inventor: HOWARD LEMUEL FREDERIC
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 4948. Howard, L. F. April 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Switches.-Relates to a relay of the kind described in Specification No. 2375, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], which is particularly adapted for railway signalling systems, and in which movement of a vane is produced by altering electric current in windings upon a core having two sets of poles, the movement altering in direction if the frequency of the current is sufficiently changed, so closing or opening electric circuits. The present invention consists in making one set of the poles of greater cross-section than the other set. A laminated core 1 has a central limb 6 carrying windings 2, side limbs 7, 8 cut into two by air-gaps, and a pivoted aluminium vane 3 lying in the air-gaps and mounted and counterweigbted so as to close contacts 13, 14 when it turns to the right with a current of high frequency. Each of the pole-faces 7 is split into two parts, and short-circuited rings, preferably copper bands, are put round the upper 'halves. The pole-faces 8 are broadened by means,of lateral extensions 9 ; each face is split and provided with a ring 11 on the upper part similarly to the poles 7, while, in addition, short-circuited rings 12 are put completely round the poles. The vane 3 is mounted by attaching to a stirrup 15, which has trunnions 18 resting in non-magnetic brackets 16 and has an adjustable counterweight 19 so arranged that, when no current is flowing, the contacts 13, 14 are separated. In the Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), it is stated that the movement of the vane may be used to perform any desired work, other than the opening and closing ,of contacts in an electric circuit ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190809094-A (GB)
Inventor: KUHN HARRY ADDISON
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 9094. Kuhn, H. A. April 27. Undercutting etc.; breaking-down appliances.-In a machine for mining coal &c., cutters are arranged so as to cut a series of incisions, the material between the incisions being broken down by means mounted upon thecutters. The cutters are formed by bits mounted on horizontal disks 34, which are arranged in two parallel series in hollow vertical posts 62, the bits being arranged to cut grooves slightly wider than the disks. The cutters are driven by gearing from shafts 4 driven by motors 3, and the cutters of one series rotate in the opposite direction to those of the other series so as to push the coal &c. on to a plate 69, where it is caught by the blades 86 of a conveyer 87, carried to the rear of the machine, and discharged over a shoot 88 into the mine cars. The conveyer is operated by a sprocket-wheel 78, situated at the rear of the machine and driven by a motor 71. The top disk of each series is mounted on a piston, which works in the post 62 and is adjusted in height by compressed air admitted below the piston. The piston is secured in position after adjustment by a collar 60<a>. Mounted on the disks are wedges 66, which enter the incisions made by the cutters and. break off the material between the incisions in lumps. Between the driving-gear of each cutter and the main driving-shaft 4 is a yielding coupling for allowing a slight relative motion between the two parts of the driving-gear connected by it, in case unusual stress should come on any particular cutter. The coupling consists of flanges 13<a>, 13<b>, Fig. 7, each of which has slots 13<e> into which project the ends 13 of pins mounted upon a disk between the flanges. For feeding the machine to its work, points 92<c>, Fig. 5, carried by pistons 92 which work in a cylinder 91, are driven into the coal at the sides of the working. Motive fluid is then admitted to cylinders 98 and the machine is fed forward as the incisions are cut. The machine is moved sideways by admitting motive fluid on one side or the other of the piston 101 mounted in the cylinder 100, the piston being provided with two piston-rods 102, one extending through each end of the cylinder 100. In order to provide for the change of level as the conveyer chain moves over the guideways 87, Figs. 1 and 2, the link carrying each conveyer arm 86, Fig. 6, is connected by a link 85 with a jaw 82, which is pivoted to an ordinary link 81 of the conveyer chain, the chain thus being provided with a universal joint at each link.
Patent GB-190811956-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lighter for Cigars, Pipes, and other Articles.
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 11,956. London Import Co., and Pordes, B. June 2. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Lighters, pipe, cigar, and like.- An igniting-device for pipes, cigars, &c., of the type in which a pellet ignited by catalytic action causes the vapour of methyl alcohol &c. to burn, is constructed with a case divided by a diaphragm in which is arranged a valve adapted to separate the lower part containing liquid from the upper part containing a wick and cottonwool, asbestos, &c., which assists vaporization, the object being to increase the time that the lamp can be used without replenishing. A cap F normally closes the upper part B of the case, and the cap carries the pellet by means of platinum wires Q protected by a cover R. The lower part A is closed by a cap G which comprises washers O, N, the latter washer being arranged around a valve spindle I near a collar K on the spindle. The valve H is normally closed on a seating in the diaphragm C by a spring M bearing on the collar K, and a washer L is fitted to the valve. The spindle I projects through the casing so that the chamber B can be supplied with liquid when desired. In a modification, Fig. 3, the spindle I is packed by means of a washer U compressed by a nut T.
Patent GB-190812727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Feed Apparatus of Printing Machines.
Inventor: MASSEY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-13
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 12,727. Massey, J. T. June 13. Feeding sheets. - To prevent defects in the gripping action in feeding sheets to cylinder machines and to provide improved means for preventing creasing of the paper, the feed table a, Fig. 1, is provided with a number of flat fingers d, which extend so that they practically touch the packing of the cylinder e. The fingers d are preferably adjustably mounted on a bar c arranged in a groove b in the table a, and this groove may receive side lays f. The bar c is formed with projections g which raise the bar so as to permit the fingers to be mounted on the bar by bending parts of the strips to clip the bar. This mounting permits of adjustment, and set - screws may be used to secure the fingers d in position. The bar c is made adjustable to a small extent, so that the fingers may be moved to and from the cylinder e, and this may be effected by forming the bar with transverse slots which receive set-screws. The upper edges of the slots are countersunk.
Patent GB-190813077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Racks or Holders for Saucepan Lids and like Articles.
Inventor: BUTTERWORTH JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 13,077. Butterworth, J., Stevens, H. R., and Keelty, J. June 19. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Racks or holders for saucepan lids and like articles are constructed with cross-pieces so fitted on inclined planes to side pieces of uniform width as to be parallel to, and immediately beneath, one another. When the rack is made from wood, Fig. 1, the two side pieces A, a number of back pieces C, Fig. 1B, and four or more louver cross-pieces B, are planed or smoothed and are secured together by sprigs, glue, &c. The side pieces A are preferably trenched at a, Fig. 1<A>, to receive the louvers B, and may be fitted with stay-pieces D. The back pieces C may be drilled, or screw-eyes or wood or metal hangers E may be provided for suspending the device. Instead of being fixed on to or between the side pieces A, as shown in Fig. 1<B>, the back pieces C may be sprigged on to the top and bottom of them so that they overlap the side pieces and cause the rack to stand further from the wall. When dowel cross-pieces are used, they are sprung into, and sprigged in holes, which are drilled only partly through the sides. When made of tin, the side pieces, back pieces, and cross-pieces are drilled and riveted together preparatory to enamelling. In the form shown in Figs. 4, 4<A>, and 4<B>, the side pieces are made of cast iron, and each of them consists of two parts K, K<1>, which are planed on their inner sides and drilled at k, k<1>. Four or more galvanized iron wires are passed through the holes k, and their ends are bent over, as shown in Fig. 4<B>. A stretcher or back piece M, consisting of a number of strands of galvanized iron wire, is passed through the holes k<1> and secured by nuts. The ends of a supporting- wire or hanger N, which is passed under the stretcher M, are hinged or hooked on to the top wire L. According to the Provisional Specification, the rack may be used for basins &c., and when it is used for enamel-ware or plates, ridging is provided at the bottom side of the cross-pieces, and the back pieces, which are fitted within the stay-pieces, are described as forming a separate cavity to receive culinary articles. Specifications No. 10,399, A.D. 1888, [Abridgment Class Cooking &c.], No. 13,724, A.D. 1899, No. 26,439, A.D. 1902, and No. 3626, A.D. 1904, are referred to.
Patent GB-190815739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Channel Lip Turning Machines.
Inventor: HOOPER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-07-24
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 15,739. Hooper, W. H. Nov. 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Channelling. - A channel-lip turning-machine comprises outer and inner lip-turning tools rotated in unison above a work-supporting feed-wheel. Channel guides take the thrust of the latter, which is forced against the tools by a spring, and prevent any tendency of the rotating tools to distort the work. The inner lip-turning tool and its associated guide may be swung outwards to permit the entrance and removal of the work. The worksupport B rotates in a vertically movable bearing 9, and is connected to the operating-means by an Oldham clutch or the like. It may be depressed against the action of a spring 12 by the treadlerod 14, a stop limiting its upward movement in the absence of the work. The driving-band 17 operates the worm 5 to rotate the feed-wheel B, and also a shaft 15 mounted vertically in bearings C, D. The outer lip-turning tool, which comprises wings 19, is placed at the lower extremity of this shaft. The inner lip-turning tool, preferably comprising vertical grooves 24, is formed at the lower end of a spindle 23 rotating in a frame 21, which is pivoted at 22. Pinions 44, 45 on the tool spindles are arranged to give equivalent peripheral speeds to the two tools. The frame 21 may be tilted outwards, to insert and remove the work, by a rod 28 depending from a bracket 26 fixed to the frame. The rod 28 carries a collar 34, which contacts with a stop 32 on the treadle-rod 14. This stop is adjusted so that in removing the worm S the feed-wheel is depressed before the tilting frame is operated, and vice versa. A spring 29 normally retains the inner lip-turning tool in its vertical position. To a small projection 35 from the machine frame is adjustably fixed an outer channel-guide. This guide comprises a curled forward edge 37, which initially raises the outer lip, and a portion 38 which extends beneath the tool to take the thrust of the feed-wheel. In the rear of the outer lip-turning tool is a lip-presser 39, also fixed to the projection 35, Fixed to the outer face of the frame 21 and depending therefrom is an inner channelguide 42, which extends beneath the outer lipturning tool for the same purpose as the channelguide 38. An adjusting-screw 46 fixes the relation between the lip-turning tools when in operation.
Patent GB-190817569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements and the like.
Inventor: HAWKINS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,569. Hawkins, W. J. Aug. 21. Tappets.-In apparatus for advertising, a starwheel is driven by a sector E carrying teeth or tappets e, which can be adjusted circumferentially and radially. The radial adjustment is effected by means of packing-pieces Y.
Patent GB-190818964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliding Windows or Side Lights for Ships and other Structures.
Inventor: PRESTON FREDERICK GEORGE PANNI
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 18,964. Preston, F. G. P., and Ralston, G. C. Sept. 9. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Relates to windows operating in the manner described in Specification No. 8551, A.D. 1901, and particularly to circular sliding side-lights or windows for ships, in which the sash when closed is pressed against packing on the frame by the partial rotation of circular wedging-bars or of the sash itself by continuing the operation of the closing-mechanism. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the circular sash a is supported on a seating b secured to a cross-bar c, which is resiliently mounted on springs d attached to lugs l on rack-bars e. The racks e are operated by suitable gearing, and the sash is raised until it contacts with the fixed frame. Teeth 3, 4 on the racks then engage teeth 5 on segmental bars w carried in grooves in the sash, causing the said bars to revolve, whereupon inclined surfaces x, y on the bars w engage inclines z, 2 on the frame, and press the sash against the packing- ring p. In a modification, the springs d may be replaced by links connecting the racks and the wedging-bars w. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, in which the sash is operated by screw and bevel-gearing, the bars ware mounted one on each side of the sash and are connected by links 15 to the nut 16, on which the sash is resiliently supported by means of a spring. In another modification, the bars w are dispensed with, the inclines x, y being carried by the sash itself. In the modification shown in Figs. 16 and 18, the sash is arranged to turn on pivots 22 when in the closed position, the lower pivot engaging a recess in the sliding frame and the upper pivot engaging a recess 27 in the fixed frame. The wedging-bars w are mounted above and below the sash, the lower bar carrying projections 24 which are supported in guides 23 when the sash is drawn inwards to allow rotation. In the modification shown in Fig. 24, the sliding sash is pivoted in a ring 59, around which are mounted the wedging-bars w and which carries a packing-ring 30 adapted to make a water-tight joint with a ridge 31 on the frame. In this modification, the sash does not require to be drawn inwards before it can be turned, and the wedging- bars are provided with pins 33 passing through the ring 59 and engaging a groove 34 in the sash, which has branch grooves 35, opposite which the pins 33 may be brought when the sash is in the closed position so that the sash may be turned upon its pivots. The packing may consist as shown in Fig. 18 of a ring 47 of rubber covered by a sheet-metal guard 48, the edge or flange of which engage grooves 49 at each side of the seating 50.
Patent GB-190820032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames with Sliding Panels for Holding Timetables and the like.
Inventor: WOERNLE HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 20,032. Woernle, H. Aug. 17, 1908, [date applied for under Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Patent of Addition to No 19,817, A.D. 1908.J Displaying.-In apparatus for displaying timetables &c., consisting of a series of sliding frames with locking - means and common releasing-means as described in Specification No. 19,817, A.D. 1908, and in which the locking-means are elastic bodies such as springs, the releasing-means comprises a pivoted plate acting as a lever to each s p r i n g and extending across the guides of all the panels. The elastic bodies may be elastic buffers, or springs such as flat springs u. The springs u are connected by pins u<1> with a slotted plate v pivoted on a shaft v<1>. A lever w is mounted on the shaft v and connected by a link w<1> with a treadle z. By operating the treadle all the springs are moved back, and the panels are released.
Patent GB-190820351-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Locking Straps of Boxes, Bags or other Articles.
Inventor: WATT HUGH
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 20,351. Watt, H. Sept. 28. Buckles.-The casing B, preferably secured to the strap R by rivets T, has a fixed pin F on which the free end of the strap is placed and secured by turning down the hasp A. The hasp is secured by a suitable lock released by a key. Guides are formed on the hasp to receive an address label H. This address label is not injured by the act of unlocking.