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Patent GB-190714136-A (GB)
Title: A Double Protractor for Getting Angles and Cones.
Inventor: DEAN JOHN GIBSON
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 14,136. Dean, J. G. June 19. Protractors.-An appliance for setting-out angles consists of a square f and two protractors a<1>, a<2> graduated in half-degrees, one protractor a<1> being mounted on a stud c in one arm of the square, and the other on a stud c carried by a bracket which moves a!ong the other arm of the square. Both protractors are also secured by cone pins o, and are provided with blades B, which rotate around the studs c and carry pointers G to facilitate the setting of the blades to any required angle. The blades are set high enough to clear the base f.
Patent GB-190715232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Domestic Fireplaces or Stoves.
Inventor: COLBRAN JAMES BAKER
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 15,232. Colbran, J. B. July 2. Grates; air supply.-A dampercontrolled air chamber is formed beneath the rear end of a grate by a transverse partition attached to its underside. The grate shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of rear and main parts b, c connected loosely by pins i, the transverse partition d being formed with the part c. The air enters the chamber A tbrough channels f in the fire clay blocks forming the sides of the fire-place. In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the grate is made in one piece, and the three plates d, d<1> enclose part of the ash-pit and form with the back wall of the fire-place and the plates d', Fig. 4, the chamber A and its air-supply channels. Rollers with asbestos tyres facilitate the removal of the grate. Draught regulators may be fitted to the air-supply channels at the front of the ash-pit, and in the partitions d.
Patent GB-190715339-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of an Antifouling Paint
Inventor: OUDEN JAN FREDERIK DEN
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,339. Ouden, J. F. den. July 3. Antifouling paints.-An antifouling paint for wood, iron, &c. consists of coal-tar, shell lime or burnt limestone, white arsenic, boracite, and borax. A coating of this paint is covered with a second coating from which the lime is omitted.
Patent GB-190715349-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Directly Obtaining Pyroligneous Substances.
Filed: 1907-07-03
Abstract: 15,349. Pages, A., Camus, E., and Duchemin, R. P., [trading as Soc. PagÚs, Camus, et Cie]. April 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1'907.] Condensers; scrubbers and washers; tar; distillation, destructive.-Relates to apparatus for obtaining intimate contact between the reacting materials, and for automatically maintaining constant a predetermined temperature requisite to the process described in Specification No. 10,775, A.D. 1907, for the extraction of pyroligneous substances. In one form of apparatus, the gases and vapours pass through one or more injectors c, Fig. 1, surmounted by a cap d, liquid being supplied through a pipe f; the casing is surrounded by a bath i. In a modification, an injector is directed downwards and a series of perforated plates are arranged between the injector and the walls of the casing. In another modification, a series of injectors rand baffle-plates s, Fig. 3, are arranged about a liquidsupply pipe u perforated at intervals ; the liquid escapes through a discharge pipe y. In another form, the gases and liquids pass through a series of concentric tubes, and in a further modification an inclined baffle-plate apparatus provided with a steam jacket is used. Cold or inert gases or vapours may also be injected into the gases &c. under treatment. " During saturation the formic aldebyde " and the acetic vapours contained in the combus- " tion gases act upon the phenolic oils contained " in these gases and give artificial resins which " separate from the saturated products and may " be isolated by decantation." The forms of apparatus are stated to be applicable for use in condensing, washing, saturating, tar extraction, &c. " By replacing the liquids to be saturated, they " may be caused to act as exhausters."
Patent GB-190717631-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Labelling Square, Oblong, or like Shaped Packages, Tins or Boxes.
Inventor: HORNE JAMES AUSTIN
Filed: 1907-08-01
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 17,631. Horne, J. A. Aug. 1. Gumming, pasting, &c.-Relates to machines for pasting labels around four sides of rectangular packages. A crank-disk 14 on an axle 13, Fig. 1, actuates the pasting-device through a connecting- rod 15, and the label-folding and package-discharging devices through cams 22, 21 on an axle collinear with the axle 13 ; the crank-disk is operated from a driving-pulley 8 through gear-wheels 10, 11. A toothed wheel 16, mounted on the end of the connecting-rod 15, gears with a rack 17 fixed to the base 2 of the machine, and with a rack 18 attached to the frame 6, which carries devices for pasting the labels and for gripping and tilting the packages, thereby reciprocating the frame 6 on guides 5. The labels 52 are carried by a platform 53 on a rod 54, constantly pressed upwards to a stop 58 by a spring 55. A package is placed on the upper pasted label, and the frame 6 advances and carries the package and label to the folding- mechanism, at the same time pasting the next label. The paste box 32 rests freely on the pasting-roller 34, and is connected to the frame by pins 33 which slide between two vertical pins 31 on the frame ; the spindle of the pasting-roller also slides in a vertical slot in the frame. On the forward movement of the frame 6, an incline 79 lifts the pasting-roller over the label stop 58; the roller then drops and pastes the top label, after which a fixed stop 80 on the platform 4 rocks the lever 36 pivoted to the frame 6 to lift the pasting- roller, which then rests in a recess 75 in the lever 36. The frame 6 then travels back with the pasting-roller held in the raised position, and at the end of the backward movement an incline 65 raises the pasting-roller and frees the pivoted lever 36.
Patent GB-190718549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Extraction and Desiccation of the Solid Parts contained in Natural Fluids or in Solutions and particularly for the Production of Milk Powder and the Extraction of Sugar from Saccharine Juices.
Inventor: BEVENOT PAUL
Filed: 1907-08-16
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 18,549. BÞvenot, P. Aug. 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Centrifugal pumps; fans.-The apparatus for evaporating milk, saccharine liquids, &c. to dryness that is described in Specification No. 28,767, A.D. 1906, is modified by placing the inlets M for the hot air at the upper part of the chamber C into which the liquid is injected byatomizera placed in the cones A. The resulting mixture of moist air and dry powder passes away through conduits E leading to a rotary "suction projector " T, T<1>.
Patent GB-190718943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Counters and the like
Inventor: LEE SIDNEY CHARLES
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 18,943. Lee, S. C., and Morkill, N. A. Aug. 22. Counting-apparatus. - The numbering-elements of the train consist of a hand f moving over a dial d graduated up to fifty units, and subsidiary dials over which hands move to indicate hundreds and thousands respectively. Actuation is effected by a pawl n co-operating with a ratchet-wheel h upon the units spindle e, the pawl being either mounted on the pivoted armature j of an electro-magnet i, or moved manually by means of a spring push ; a link and pawl p, o prevent overthrow, and a detent spring r prevents reversal. The spindle of the units hand is mounted in bearings in the bed plate a, which carries the dial by means of a flange, and in a bar g running down the back of the casing and providing means for attachment. From this, motion is transferred by means of a single pin w upon the actuating-wheel to a ratchet-gear on the hundreds spindle, and thence by equal gear-wheels and a single tooth to the thousands spindle. The three auxiliary spindles are carried, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of the bed-plate, a small projecting plate t, and a bracket u. The three numbering- spindles have squared ends and can be zeroized by means of a key.
Patent GB-190722525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire and Temperature Alarms or Indicators.
Inventor: SMITH CHARLES
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 22,525. Smith, C. Oct. 12. Switches. - Relates to fire and temperature alarms of the kind described in Specification No. 16,242, A.D. 1906, in which a tensioned flexible connexion, such as a wire, fixed at one end, passes completely around one or more fusible members, such as rings, on the melting of one or more of which the wire is straightened out, a suitable device at its free end thus closing or breaking an electric circuit. In order to relieve the fusible alloy of the strain due to the tension of the wire, the fusible member comprises a bearing-ring 2, Fig. 2, of brass or other metal of sufficient strength, and two rings 3 of similar metal to form flanges, these three rings being united by means of a ring 4 of fusible alloy, which is formed; by casting, on the interior periphery of the ring 2 and flanges 3, and is flanged at the outer edges to engage the sides of the flanges 3. When the ring 4 melts, the rings 2, 3 fly apart under the action of the tensioned wire 6, Fig. 3, which then straightens out. Instead of the ring 4 being cast on as described, it may consist of a body-ring of fusible metal having separate flanges, also of fusible metal, screwed or otherwise fixed to retain the flanges 3 ; or, the body-ring may be formed in two parts divided in a central plane extending transversely to the axis. The flanges 3 are so constructed that at one part of the circumference their edges are closer to one another than at the other parts. In winding the wire around the fusible member, the wire is made to cross at the point where the edges of the flanges 3 are at the greatest distance apart, and the member is then revolved within the wire loop until the crossing of the wire is brought to that part where the flanges 3 approach each other. In order still further to prevent accidental displacement of the wire from the fusible member, a pin of fusible or other metal may be passed through both the flanges 3 nearer their outer edges.
Patent GB-190722562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tables for Billiards or similar Games.
Inventor: CRAGGS CHARLES HOWARD
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 22,562. Craggs, C. H. Oct. 12. [Cognate Application No. 25,390, A.D. 1907, dated Nov. 15.] Billiards.-Billiard tables are made in the form of an even-sided polygon with two opposite or elongated sides. The table may be provided with pockets or may be without pockets, and in the former case the pockets may vary in number and disposition. The table may be made with the two lung cushions each twice the length of the others, and the angles between the cushions may or may not be equal. An ordinary rectangular table may be converted into such a polygonal table by providing it with detachable cushions which are fitted across the four corners of the table and may be pierced so as to permit the ball to pass through. These cushions, as shown in Fig. 4, may be made in several parts g, h, i, weighted and positioned by slabs g<1>, h', i<1>, of heavy material fitted against or under the cushions of the standard table. The spaces behind the orifices in the detachable cushions may be fitted with any suitable ball-retaining device.
Patent GB-190726032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Purification and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: VASS DAVID
Filed: 1907-11-25
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 26,032. Vass, D. Nov. 25. Purifiers.-Gas-purifying material is furrowed to allow of free lateral expansion, and the temperature of the purifier is prevented from falling too low by the use of a steam coil B. The furrowing is obtained during charging, by means of cradles F, G, which are removed after levelling the layer. Baffles D, E prevent the passage of the gas through the thinner part of each furrow.
Patent GB-190727940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Suspended Tear-off Sheet-blocks.
Inventor: BIBERFELD ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 27,940. Biberfeld, A. April 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Picture frames.- Suspended tear-off blocks, such as are used for calendars, are provided with a cover plate i which is adapted to rest against the front sheet of the block and to remain in contact therewith as the sheets are reduced in number, and is provided with apertures which form a frame for the pictures &c, on the sheets and for the date. The plate i may be supported by the cord c which supports the sheets, or by a separate cord k.
Patent GB-190801275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators and Superheaters.
Inventor: SCHWAGER HANS
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1909-01-18
Abstract: 1275. Schwager, H. Jan. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Steam generation by explosive mixtures ; superheaters, steam.-Relates to steam generators of the kind in which the water is heated and the steam superheated by the products of the explosion of a gaseous mixture. The boiler a is divided by an horizontal partition b into an upper superheating- chamber c and a lower chamber g, which is adapted to receive the generating-tubes h. The gaseous mixture is exploded in a chamber f, and the products enter the upper and lower parts of the boiler through valves e, i. The superheating- chamber contains a number of open-ended tubes d. The valve i is actuated by the piston-rod of an air-pump k, which forces air and the explosive matter into the explosion chamber through the pipes l, m respectively.
Patent GB-190803304-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Copper Tuyere for Blast Furnace and like use.
Inventor: FOSTER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 3304. Foster, W. J. Feb. 14. Making tuyeres.-A tuyere for blast furnaces &c. is made of cast copper, the part at and adjacent to the nose end of the tuyere being subsequently forged by suitable tools, preferably while heated to a dull red heat. The tuyere is cast with an open back end as shown at a<2>, to allow for the insertion of the forging-tool c, which is worked round the interior of the tuyere, while this is supported by the die d and block e. The open end a' is subsequently closed by a plate.
Patent GB-190811931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clamps for Dental Flasks.
Inventor: VEZA JOSEPH MARIA
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 11,931. Veza, J. M. June 2. India-rubber &c., vulcanizing.-A clamp for dental flasks consists of a U-shaped spring a, the upper limb b being provided with a screw e. A disk f may be used to prevent damage to the flasks.
Patent GB-190814338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Production of Pigments
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1908-07-06
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 14,338. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. July 6. Lakes.-Indanthrene and other vat dyes derived from anthracene, such as violanthrene and the products obtained by treating aminoanthraquinones with a metal and sulphuric acid, are brought into a condition suitable for the production of pigments by heating them or their leuco compounds with alkali and a carbohydrate, for instance glucose, under such conditions but little or no dye goes into solution ; to ensure this result air may be blown into the liquid during or after the heating.
Patent GB-190814486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closing Devices for Doors
Inventor: GERST PAUL
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 14,486. Gerst, P. July 8. Cupboard -turns. - The turn-button device f is loosely mounted on the screw-bolt c, and is adapted to be forced against the door by means of the nut g. An adjusting-screw h is employed to keep the turn-button level.
Patent GB-190817752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: LUELING FRITZ
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 17,752. L³ling, F. Aug. 31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Switches.-Relates to an automatic switch, especially suitable for illuminated advertising devices, of the kind comprising a rocking lever D and a tube A containing a volatile liquid, the tube being formed with end bulbs B, C, from which the air is exhausted and near which are located heating-resistances, so included in the circuits that at each end position of the rocking lever a resistance near the lower bulb is switched into circuit, thus causing the vapour in this bulb to expand and tilt the lever into the other position. According to the present invention, the switch is adapted for controlling three or more rows of lamps. From each end of the lever hang contact-stirrups E, F, below each of which are four mercury cups, arranged in pairs, and so placed that at each descent the stirrup is guided into two of the cups by the rocking guidepieces G, H. At the same time, horizontal cross. bars E', F<1> on the stirrups rock the rocking pieces, so that at its next descent the stirrup is guided into the other pair of cups. For three circuits, only one rocking piece is employed. The mercury in the cups is covered with a layer of oil to prevent sparking.
Patent GB-190821752-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Engraving on Wood, Metal, Celluloid, or like Surfaces for Printing or other purposes.
Inventor: SAY ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1908-10-14
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 21,752. Say, A. E., and Say, W. H. Oct. 14. Engraving.-A machine for engraving wood, metal, celluloid, &c. from photographic reliefs comprises a frame 1 pivoted to the usual travelling carrier 2, which supports a graver-lever 3 and a guide-lever 4 mounted on co-axial pivots 3<a>, 4<a>. To one end of the graver-lever 3 is attached a tracer 5, while to the corresponding end of the lever 4 is secured an inclined pin 6 on which a guide-plate 7 is universally pivoted. The other end of the lever 3 carries a tool 10 and an arm 15<1> with an adjustable screw 15, between which and the lever 4 is located a helical spring 14. The lever 4 carries a collar 11 with a projection 12, preventing the tool from entering too far into the work. In operation, the relief or copy 16 is secured on the bed 17 beneath the guide-plate 7. The carriage 2 is reciprocated along the guides 19, and at each reciprocation a transverse screw is operated by ratchet gear to feed the frame 1 laterally. When the tracer passes over a high part of the relief, corresponding to a high light of the picture, the V-shaped tool 10 is caused to cut deeper into the work and to reproduce the shading. In engraving from a relief where the high lights are represented by the intaglio parts of the design, the graver 10 is attached to the lever 4, while the collar 11 and arm 15<1> are secured on the lever 3. The beds 17, 18, carrying the copy and the work respectively, may be mounted to revolve. To change the depth of cut, the position of the pivots 3<a>, 4<a> relative to the levers 3, 4 may be varied.
Patent GB-190822773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop-motions for Looms.
Inventor: POLLOCK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 22,773. Pollock, W., and Ling, E. S. Oct. 27. Loom stop-motions.-In a gauze or like loom in which two weft threads are laid simultaneously in each shed, the weft threads are alternately prevented from acting upon the weft fork during successive picks. When the shuttle A', Figs. 1 and 2, comes opposite the weft fork A, which is arranged at the centre of the lay, a cam-actuated spring-controlled rod C is raised in a slot C<1> in the lay-board C<2> and is caused to project between the two threads A<2>, A<3> laid by the shuttle. When the shuttle has travelled past the weft fork, the rod C is drawn backwards in the slot C<1>, against the action of a spring E<3>, by a cord &c. G<1> attached to a cam-actuated lever, thus drawing the rear thread A' away from the weft fork. During the return pick, the thread A<3> lies behind the thread A' and is similarly drawn away from the weft fork.
Patent GB-190823121-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Carpet Fastener.
Inventor: HEIZMANN JOHN
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 23,121. Heizmann, J. Oct. 30. Pins, carpet.-A split-pin D, the head of which enters an open-ended slot S in a dished plate attached to the carpet &c., engages a socket A fixed in the floor. For concrete or stone flooring the socket may have a sleeve at its lower end.
Patent GB-190826047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Brakes.
Inventor: SHADE CHARLES ELLSWORTH
Filed: 1908-12-02
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 26,047. Shade, C. E. Dec. 3, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Brakes.-The ordinary fluid-pressure brake apparatus comprising a reservoir 1, a brake cylinder 5, and a triple valve 4, is combined with an emergency braking-system by which the brakes are applied only when the train-pipe pressure falls below a certain predetermined value, and are retained ' on ' until the train-pipe pressure attains a certain value. The piston 14 of the emergency brakecylinder 11 is connected to the brake-operating lever 7, and the admission of air from the reservoir 8 is controlled by a valve 21. Air is supplied from the train-pipe 2 through a pipe 9 and a check valve 10 to a chamber 22, and also to the underside of the valve piston 15 which is acted on by a spring 16. When the pressure on the piston exceeds the pressure for which the spring is set, the valve 13 is raised and air passes from the chamber 22 through a port 25 in the valve and the passage 24 to the auxiliary reservoir. The train-pipe connexion 9 is also in communication with the lower side of a piston 19 acted on by a strong spring 20. The piston 19 carries a valve 17 which coutrols the passage 33 leading from the brake cylinder pipe 12 to the exhaust port 18. For service applications, the brake is applied by the ordinary brake cylinder, but when the train-pipe pressure is greatly reduced, say to 10 pounds, the spring 16 moves the valve 13 downwards and connects the reservoir 8 to the emergency brake cylinder 11 through the passage 24, the valve port 26, and the passage 12, so that the emergency braking-set comes into operation in addition to the ordinary braking-set. On increasing the pressure in the train-pipe to release the brakes, the piston 15 is raised so that the emergency auxiliary reservoir is recharged without releasing the air from the emergency cylinder. When, however, the train-pipe pressure is raised sufficiently to overcome the pressure of the spring 20, say to a pressure of 60 pounds, the piston 19 moves upwards and connects the brake-cylinder pipe 12 to the exhaust port 18.
Patent GB-190827894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Supporting Food on Dishes.
Inventor: SAUER THEODOR
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 27,894. Sauer, T. Dec. 22. Stands for table use ; meat-carving appliances.- A stand for supporting food on dishes is formed as shown in Fig. 1 with the two flanges b, b<1>. A number of such stands, of decreasing size and having a central well, may be combined as shown in Fig. 3, a plate p being provided for the upper one.