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Patent GB-190904008-A (GB)
Title: Improved Shuttle-checking Device for Looms.
Inventor: SCHILD HERMANN
IPC: D03D49/52
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 4008. Schild, H. Feb. 18. Checking shuttles.-The impact of the incoming shuttle f on a sliding buffer c compresses a spring d, until the buffer is held by the engagement of a lug c<2> with one of a series of teeth e<1>, e<2>, e<3> of the spring catch shown, and, at the same time, the motion of this buffer causes the buffer of a similar arrangement at the other side of the loom to be released from its spring catch by pulling on the cord h, so that this last-mentioned buffer comes into position for receiving the impact of the shuttle on its return.
Patent GB-190905383-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Azodyestuffs.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: C09B43/14
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 5383. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. March 5. Samples furnished. Disazo dyes are obtained by converting sulphonic or carboxylic acids of aminoazo compounds containing only one amino group and no hydroxy group into the symmetrical diarylurea or diarylthiourea compounds by treatment with phosgene, thiophosgene, or the equivalent thereof, such as perchlormethylformate or hexachlordimethyl carbonate. As parent materials for the production of aminoazo compounds which are converted into urea derivatives the following are specified :-m- or p-sulphanilic acid and o-anisidine ; 2-anisidine-4-sulphonic acid and cresidine, p-xylidine, or aniline ; m-aminobenzoic acid and o-anisidine ; 1-naphthylamine- 3 : 6-disulphonic acid and o-anisidine ; 2-naphthylamine-4 : 8-disulphonic acid and o-anisidine or a-naphthylamine. The thiourea from the aminoazo compound obtained from m-aminobenzoic acid and o-anisidine is also specified. The products dye cotton various shades of yellow. Specifications 14,222/89 and 11,343/99 are referred to.
Patent GB-190908993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Friction Clutches.
IPC: F16D13/71
Filed: 1909-04-16
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 8993. Benn, H. H., Unbreakable Pulley & Mill Gearing Co., Ransome, P. A., Buck, G. F., and Buck, W. E. April 16. Clutches, friction.-Relates to double-acting plate friction clutches of the type described in Specifications 8854/99, 19,958/01, and 6044/05. The plates D slide on a drum L, the inner plate being kept in position by set-screws N. A removable screw cover K is provided. As before, the plates are operated by toggles and levers F, Figs. 5 and 6, kept in the engaged and disengaged position by springs G in compression.
Patent GB-190912592-A (GB)
Title: Marker for Keeping Scores of Games and the like.
Inventor: SHEPHERD GEORGE HENRY
IPC: A63B71/06
Filed: 1909-05-27
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 12,592. Shepherd, G. H. May 27. Scoring and marking apparatus.-In scoring- devices for games in which a card a of circular or other shape is formed with a central hole or slot f for elastic bands or springs g, g', a single notch b is made opposite each number, and a notch b<1> is provided for use when not scoring. In a modification, several holes f are provided, together with a corresponding number of bands g.
Patent GB-190916538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Bearings of Electricity Meters.
IPC: G01R11/12
Filed: 1909-07-15
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 16,538. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. July 15. Supporting or mounting bearings. -To prevent noise due to vibration in electric m e t e r s, the upper end of the vertical spindle is provided with a yielding bearing comprising a spring pin b, fixed at its upper end in a support c and projecting downwards through a hole e in an oil cup a secured to the upper end of the spindle. The oil cup a projects into a recess f in the support c. The surfaces of contact are lubricated by oil from the cup a, which creeps up the pin.
Patent GB-190917923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Forming Horse Shoe Calks.
Inventor: LUDVIGSEN CHRIST
IPC: B21G3/30
Filed: 1909-08-03
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 17,923. Ludvigsen, C., and Ludvigsen, E. Aug. 3. Rolling horseshoes; die-rolling. -A series of connected horseshoe calks are made by uniting a number of layers of soft metal and a layer of hard metal, and subjecting the pile to die-pressure; the soft metal is tapered from the heel to the toe of each calk, and is practically eliminated between the calks. Die-rolls 5 with suitable contour and recesses 10 to form the lug 6 of the calk blanks may be employed, side guide-plates 7 being provided on one of the rolls. A pair of plain rolls with a similar guide may be used for welding the pile.
Patent GB-190923887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Hollow Rubber Articles.
Inventor: GLEASON FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B29C33/76
Filed: 1909-10-18
Granted: 1910-10-18
Abstract: 23,887. Gleason, F. J. Oct. 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Jackets and covers.-In forming the tyre, a strip of vulcanizable rubber 11 coated with lubricant is wound_ on; a fusible mandrel 10. Over the strip 11 are assembled a piece of unvulcanizable rubber 12, and a layer 13 and a block 14 of vulcanizable rubber. A strip 15 of hard rubber composition, formed, for example, of rubber, sulphur, and finely-divided mica, is placed in position, and the whole of the parts thus assembled are wrapped with layers of vulcanizable. rubber and frictioned fabric 16, arranged in alternation and surmounted by a crescent-shaped layer of vulcanizable rubber 17. The mould is clamped upon the assembled parts of the tyre and heated to, say, 250-285‹ F. Specification 261./08 is referred. to.
Patent GB-190925211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: DEUTSCH HANS WILHELM
IPC: B65D49/10
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 25,211. Deutsch, H. W. Nov. 2. Bottles, non-refillable.- Tortuous liquid and air passages closed by valves are formed in one half of a plug divided longitudinally and provided with one portion 2<1> entirely overlapping the other. The two' parts of the plug are cemented together and are guarded against withdrawal by snap springs 5. A liquid passage 25 with bye-pass 27 formed as shown are closed at the bottom by a valve 27. In a modification this valve is a float valve and has an additional float attached to it by a vertical rod. An air passage 37 with a baffle bend is similarly formed in the same half of the plug, and is closed by a valve 40. The air passage is continued by a tube 35 as shown.
Patent GB-190926331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drawing Instruments.
Inventor: SCHWETTER FRANZ
IPC: B43L13/20
Filed: 1909-11-13
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 26,331. Schwetter, F. Nov. 13. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Templets.-A body of suitable shape such as a set-square has hexagonal perforations to facilitate the drawing of nuts or screw-heads. Lines a on the instrument represent the radii of the circles inscribed in the hexagons.
Patent GB-190928529-A (GB)
Title: Improved Scoring Card, or the like.
Inventor: IVENS FRANCIS JOHN
IPC: A63F1/18
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 28,529. Ivens, F. J. Dec. 7. Scoring-apparatus.-A scoring card or device for whist &c. consists of a series of leaves 2 subdivided by perforations 3 into consecutively numbered squares 1, and a pocket or receptacle 6 for holding the torn-off squares. In a modification, a perforated and numbered web is wound on a spool, which may be provided with a cutting-attachment.
Patent GB-190929694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Kilns for the Treatment of China Clay.
Inventor: WESTACOTT PERCY
IPC: F26B25/00
Filed: 1909-12-18
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 29,694. Westacott, P. Dec. 18. Drying-kilns.-A kiln for the treatment of Chinaclay has a number of floors b, above which are arranged silos or storage receptacles g for the moist clay. The silos are arranged in series and in pairs. Flues e leading from furnaces d pass beneath the kiln floors to the chimney. The moist clay is fed to the silos along troughs k and pipes m, each pipe m supplying a pair of silos. Each pair of silos is provided with a vent pipe n to allow for ingress or egress of air as the moist clay leaves or enters. Each silo is provided with an outlet h having a sliding or other discharge door for controlling the supply of wet clay to the floor beneath. The kiln floors have conveyers c arranged between them for transferring the dried clay to suitable storage hoppers (not shown).
Patent GB-190929992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopic Calliper Gauges.
Inventor: SIMPSON WILLIAM HUNTER
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 29,992. Simpson, W. H. Dec. 22. Linear-dimension gauges. - Internal telescopic gauges are formed of four parts : (1) a sleeve c having a gauging-point g, a clamping- screw f, and a cut-away portion h; (2) a socket b, adapted to be adjusted and held within the sleeve, and having a clamping-screw e for (3) a rod a, upon which is formed the second gauging-point and over which is adjustably held (4) a collar d with a set-screw. The portion of the sleeve near the cut h may be graduated. By means of the three adjustments of the socket in the sleeve, the rod in the socket, and the collar upon the rod three separate sets of readings may be taken by the use of a single gauge. Feeler-gauges can be used between the collar and the end of the socket, or between the end of the socket and the butt end of the sleeve. Further adjustment is possible by the insertion of blocks of various sizes in the cut-out part of the sleeve. The gauge is adapted for use in fitting bushes to the stern-tubes of ships.
Patent GB-191004989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Gas Burners and the Fittings appertaining thereto.
Inventor: CHALLIS JAMES
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1910-02-28
Granted: 1911-02-28
Abstract: 4989. Challis, J., and Stephens, K. Feb. 28. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Incandescent gas burners; mantle supports.- A reversible incandescent gas burner has a mixing-tube composed of sections c, c<1>, c<2>, Fig. 2, the mantle-holder, Fig. 1, being adapted to hold the mantle in both the upright and inverted positions. The tube sections of which there may be more than three, are secured together by unions &c. e. A gauze h prevents lighting-back. On the burner nozzle i are arranged the usual projections j and a ring l, both of which have claws k and serve to support the prongs on the mantle ring. According to the Provisional Specification, the mixing-tube may be in two parts, one straight, the other bent into a right-angled curve; or both parts may be in the form of right-angled curves.
Patent GB-191006752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Winding Gear of Ploughing and like Engines.
Inventor: AVELING THOMAS LAKE
IPC: A01B3/68
Filed: 1910-03-17
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 6752. Aveling, T. L. March 17. Variable-speed toothed gearing. - In order to enable a short shaft to be used in two-speed gearing, in which sliding pinions b, c are adapted to engage toothed wheels on a shaft d, the pinion b is made as an annular ring to slide over the pinion c, when it is put into engagement with the wheel b<1>, the pinion c being out of gear when in the position shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-191008527-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Book Marker.
Inventor: ANDREWS JEANIE CONSTANCE EMMA
IPC: B42D3/14
Filed: 1910-04-08
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 8527. Andrews, J. C. E. April 8. Book - markers. - In book - markers of the kind that is temporarily affixed to the book by means of prongs, and is provided with cords, ribbons, &c. carrying strips of celluloid &c. for notes, the cords or ribbons G are carried by hooked pins D, and are held in position by means of a pivoted cover F. The prongs B may be adapted to be placed between the leaves of the book as shown, or at the back of the book.
Patent GB-191011532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Concrete Sewers.
Inventor: DUJARDIN GUILLAUME
IPC: E03F3/04
Filed: 1910-05-10
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 11,532. Dujardin, G. May 10. Metal-skeleton blocks; building-blocks, special shapes of.-Sections a, b, c of concrete are reinforced by longitudinal and transverse iron or steel bars. The latter project at the sides to form hooks 3, which are embedded, in building the sewer, in concrete in recesses 4 in adjacent sections. The sections are made with interlocking grooves and ribs.
Patent GB-191016861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Iron Framed Windows.
Inventor: GILLAR VALERIAN
IPC: E06B3/24
Filed: 1910-07-14
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 16,861. Gillar, V. Aug. 2, 1909, [Convention date]. Casements; glazing.- Double glazed casements are formed of iron bars provided on one side with rabbets engaging with rabbets in the window frame, and on the other side with bearing-surfaces x, y for the panes t, h, which are equidistant from the central plane of the window. The left-hand leaf m of the window is formed as though bent from a single bar, and the right-hand leaf n has three of its sides similarly arranged; and for the fourth side a, the bar is reversed. Strips o exclude draught between the sashes.
Patent GB-191021488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring the Form of Bodies and in particular the Form of the Human Head.
Inventor: WINTER HEINRICH
IPC: A61B5/107
Filed: 1910-09-15
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 21,488. Winter, H. Sept. 22, 1909, [Convention date]. Surface and outline gauges. - A gauge for measuring the human head &c. comprises a graduated bow b rotatable about stationary hubs a and carrying a slide n filled with an adjustable graduated feeler e. A graduated disk d is fitted to one hub, and an index p on the bow shows the amount of angular movement of the bow. In using the apparatus, adjustable graduated spindles c are inserted in the ears, and the handles f are held by the person under examination. Auxiliary positioning-means are described, comprising a bent frame secured to the hubs and carrying adjustable stops or bars for engagement with the nose, chin, or teeth; or clamping-feet and a head band may be used. In a modification, the disk d is secured to the bow, and the index is mounted on the frame.
Patent GB-191022191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Capping Machines.
Inventor: LUMLEY MAITLAND
Filed: 1910-09-24
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 22,191. Lumley, M. Sept. 24. Capsules, applying.-Relates to bottle-capping machines of the type in which the cap is applied by pressure of a hollow plunger upon a rubber ring, and comprises a rubber ring of such section that it can yield more easily to pressure. In the forms shown, the ring in section may be plano-concave, plano-convex, or concavo-convex.
Patent GB-191026672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeders for Printing Presses.
Inventor: CHESHIRE CAREY ANDERSON
IPC: B65H3/32
Filed: 1910-11-16
Granted: 1911-02-23
Abstract: 26,672. Cheshire, C. A., and Brewer, E. G. Dec. 2, 1909, [Convention date]. Pile tables and supports; sheet separators.- In a device for feeding books or pamphlets to a printing or like machine, the pile 28 is stacked in a hopper, the bottom of which consists of two segmental plates 24, with, if necessary, a flat section 24<1> interposed between them. The sections 24, 24<1> are secured to a bar 14, clamped to a longitudinally-reciprocating bar 13. At the rear of the base is a series of feeding-points 19, adapted to engage the bottom book, which are normally depressed by springs, but are raised by screwing in set-screws 23, bearing on inclines at the end of the fingers. The rear of the pile is retained by fingers 26 secured to bars 25, and at the front are fingers holding back all but the bottom book &c. As the base of the hopper reciprocates, the bottom book is fed out by the fingers 19 into the bite of feed-rollers, which flatten it out and pass it on to the printing-mechanism.
Patent GB-191103685-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ratchet Brace.
Inventor: ENGLISH HENRY
IPC: B23B45/12
Filed: 1911-02-14
Granted: 1912-02-14
Abstract: 3685. English, H. Feb. 14. Ratchet braces.-A continuously - acting ratchet brace operated through bevel and ratchet gearing, and having an automatic feed, has a single ratchet-wheel a, Fig. 1, fixed to the drill spindle A and adapted to be engaged and driven by pawls b carried by two loose bevelwheels B engaging a bevel-wheel D mounted on a spindle d. The brace may be actuated by oscillating the spindle by a handle d', or by turning it continuously in one direction, or by oscillating the spindle d about the drill spindle. To obtain the feed, one of the loose bevel-wheels carries a ratchet-wheel b<1>, Fig. 2, which engages a pawl e fixed to a sleeve E feathered to the feed-screw. The teeth on the feed ratchet-wheel are so shaped that the pawl slips under excessive pressure.
Patent GB-191105829-A (GB)
Title: Car Trucks.
Inventor: HEWITT HERBERT HILLS
IPC: B61F3/08
Filed: 1911-03-08
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 5829. Hewitt, H. H. March 8. Axle-bearing guiding- arrangements; axletrucks and bogies.-To reduce strain and shock to the parts of the truck caused by lifting and depression of the wheels upon irregularities of the track, the transom B is provided with cylindrical ends b<2> journaled in the side-frames A, and spherical axle-boxes H having universal movement in the sideframes are employed. The transom is fastened to the side-frames by bolts C which, by means of the turn - buckle C<1>, are-caused to enter slots in the two members, the slot b<5> in the transom being made sufficiently long to allow limited rocking movement. The axle-boxes H turn in bearings K, each comprising two rings screwed into the flanged openings in the side frames. These frames are formed in one piece with a continuous edge flange, and can be reversed, top to bottom, when the bearings are worn. The truck bolster D is mounted upon springs E carried by stirrups G secured to the transom B.
Patent GB-191108159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Valves for Fluid-pressure Engines.
Inventor: MERCER IVOR EDWIN
IPC: F16K1/42
Filed: 1911-03-31
Granted: 1912-04-30
Abstract: 8159. Mercer, I. E. March 31. Seats.-Lift valves for fluid-pressure engines are adapted to seat against a movable seat 10 pressed against the valve member by fluid pressure and by a spring 12. The seat is provided with packing-rings 14, 15, and its outward movement is limited by a stop 13. The seat may slide either within or without the member 22. A modification is described, showing the application of the invention to double-beat valves.
Patent GB-191109789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps and Fans.
Inventor: WATSON HENRY BURNETT
IPC: F04D1/00
Filed: 1911-04-22
Granted: 1912-04-22
Abstract: 9789. Watson, H. B., and Billetop, T. C. April 22. Centrifugal impellers in parallel; casings.- Centrifugal fans and pumps of the type described in Specification 18,808/10, in which a number of impellers are arranged to work in parallel, the casing is so formed that the impellers may be readily withdrawn without disturbing the pipe connexions. The casing 1, which has the usual suction passages P and discharge passages 9, has a cylindrical bore 4, with which the impellers 7 make running joints at 13. Leakage - preventing grooves 13<a> are provided. The end plates 14 carry the bearings 16, and are detachable to allow the impellers, with or without the shaft and the member 18 of the flexible coupling, to be withdrawn axially. The apparatus may be arranged vertically, and may be driven by an electromotor or a high-speed turbine.
Patent GB-191112559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Packing Cigarettes and other Articles.
Inventor: BRACY EDWARD LEROY
IPC: B65B19/22
Filed: 1911-05-24
Granted: 1912-05-24
Abstract: 12,559. Bracy, E. L. May 24. Packeting by wrapping-up.-In a machine for packing cigarettes &c. in which an horizontal mould wheel receives a cut and creased blank on to which cigarettes &c. are fed, the blank then being folded, means are provided to ensure the better closing of the corners of the packets. The blanks are cut off from a continuous strip along the line a, Fig. 3, during feeding to the recesses of the mould-wheel t, Fig. 2. The sides i, j of the blank are continued at q, r to form corner flaps separated from the bottom h, sides k, m by incisions n, o. The flaps q, rare turned up by fingers y on a cross-bar u, which project through the table v during the halts of the wheel. The remainder of the folding is by known mechanism. Specification 9545/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191113325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buttons.
Inventor: TOWNSEND ARTHUR PERCY
IPC: A44B1/24
Filed: 1911-06-02
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 13,325. Townsend, A. P. June 2. Buttons of the kind made in one piece with the eye are first formed in the manner of a nail as shown in Fig. 2, and the shank is then bent into an eye as shown in Fig. 5. The top of the button is stamped and enamelled to imitate leather, or it may be plated or coated with leather, cloth, celluloid, metal, or other substance.
Patent GB-191116840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Expanding Bracelets.
Inventor: PAYTON HENRY
IPC: A44C5/08
Filed: 1911-07-22
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 16,840. Payton, H., and Robathan, J. W. July 22. Bracelets.-In a flexible expanding bracelet comprising outer grooved links a and inner links c controlled by springs e, the links a are connected by hard-soldered pins a<3>, and the links e are provided with soldered tubes e<2> at each end, one of which takes a connecting-pin a<3> and the other a travelling pin. The travelling pin comprises free revolving hollow or solid ends d, Figs. 3 and 11, controlled by a spring d<2> the ends being sprung into the grooves a<2> in the links a.
Patent GB-191124060-A (GB)
Title: Press for Trousers and other Articles.
Inventor: COX JOHN
IPC: A47G25/72
Filed: 1911-10-31
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 24,060. Cox, J. Oct. 31. Drawers are provided with a false front G, within which are accommodated legs H, the legs being let down to support the drawer when drawn out. The interior of the drawer described is constructed as a trouser press.
Patent GB-191124185-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Appliances to be used in the Manipulation and Transportation of Heavy Goods.
Inventor: THOMAS RICHARD BEAUMONT
IPC: B66C1/10
Filed: 1911-10-31
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 24,185. Thomas, R. B., Thomas, H. S., and Davies, W. R. Oct. 31. Load, grasping and depositing.-Heavy goods are transported by a device a<1> at one end of a beam A suspended at the middle point and maintained in an horizontal position by a counterweight c traversed along the other end of the beam by an endless chain g actuated by a motor o, or by a screw-and-nut device. The counterweighting may be effected by altering the point of suspension of the beam. As shown, the carrying-device a<1> comprises two fork-like arms, and the apparatus is arranged to transfer annealing-pots into and out of an annealing-furnace.
Patent GB-191203545-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: BOURET GUILLAUME
IPC: F02B53/00
Filed: 1912-02-12
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 3545. Bouret, G. Feb. 16, 1911, [Convention date]. Movable-abutment type; cooling parts; packing drums, vanes, abutments, and the like; working-fluid supply.-A rotary internal-combustion engine comprises a rotor a having pistons o co-operating with rotary abutments b, r. The abutments are actuated by cranks i engaging slides h which are moved by cam rollers g running in a track in the fly-wheel f. The abutments act as valves. Mixture admitted at v is compressed in the chamber t and forced into the chamber q. Mixture from q passes the abutment b into the firing-chamber which is provided with a sparking-plug p. Two pairs of abutments b, r are provided, each abutment r having an exhaust port y behind it. Pressure lubricated packing is fitted at c and the abutments and vanes are packed. The casing is water-jacketed and the piston spokes n are curved to produce a fan action.