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Patent GB-190704790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Moulds and Ejectors of Linotype Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1908-04-27
Abstract: 4790. Lock, W. H., Gantzer, F., Pearce, H., Joy, J. H., and Billington, J. E. Feb. 27. Linotype machines.-Relates to divided moulds and ejectors for tabular or other short-measure work, reference being made to Specification No. 12,214, A.D. 1897. (1) The cap or body of the mould is adapted to receive dividers adjustable to any position along the mould slot. The cap 2, Fig. 2, is formed with a dovetail groove 7 open at one end to receive distance-pieces 8 and blocks 6 integral with or attached to dividers 5. The groove 7 is closed by an adjustable stop 10. In a modification, shown in Fig. 21, the dividers 5 are integral with the distance-pieces 8, which serve instead of the cap 2 to determine the body dimension of the linotypes, and are provided with two ribs 22 engaging in grooves in the cap and overhanging and falling short at opposite ends, so that they engage under one liner 4 or the adjacent divider, as shown. The dividers are thickened at the rear end to prevent withdrawal of the linotypes when the pump nozzle is retracted, and may extend through the mould to form separate linotypes, or may not extend quite up to the front face to form a series of linotypes connected by breakable necks or films. (2) The ejector is divided in correspondence with the mould by means of separate and interchangeable blades. A. stock 14, Fig. 11, secured as usual to the ejector slide, is formed with a dovetail groove to receive distance-pieces 18, and projections on blades 15. In another arrangement, the distance-pieces are integral with the blades, and the latter are ribbed to engage in a groove in the stock, and are secured to the stock by means of a clamping-plate and screws.
Patent GB-190709986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Condensers and Air Pumps.
Inventor: EASTWOOD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-30
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 9986. Eastwood, W. April 30. Air-pumps, steam-engine and like. - Relates to combined condensers and air-pumps of the hori-. zontal suction valveless type, and comprises an arrangement by which a vacuum can be produced on starting the pump without priming. For this purpose the usual ports around the centre portion of the barrel are arranged in two groups, the upper ports 15, which serve to admit vapour, being adapted to be closed by a sliding valve 16 when the pump is being started. The lower ports 13 serve to admit water, and are provided with stationary ledges 14 projecting slightly below the level of the lower edges of the ports, thus making a water seal between the pump barrel and the condenser surrounding it. When the pump is started with the ports 15 closed, the sealing-water is agitated by the passage of air and vapour through the openings 13 and the vapour is thereby efficiently condensed. As soon as a sufficient vacuum is formed to cause the injection water to flow from the pipe 3, the ports 15 are uncovered and the pump works in the normal manner. The valve 16 may be moved longitudinally as shown in Fig. 1, or transversely as shown in Fig. 3, and may be worked by hand or automatically. In the latter arrangement the valve is controlled by a piston, subject to atmospheric pressure on one side and to the condenser pressure on the other, in such a manner that when the vacuum is sufficiently high the valve opens, but when it falls a spring closes the valve again. The ports 13 are preferably made longer than the ports 15 so that the water is admitted to the barrel before the air and vapour in order to reduce shock. A narrow chamber to which only vapour can gain access may be formed at the end of the condenser by means of a partition 19, Fig. 4, and an inlet port 21, fitted with a non- return valve, may be fitted in this chamber in order to admit a certain amount of vapour to the barrel during the early part of the stroke. Fig. 8 shows a modification in which the ports 13 are completely shut off from the ports 15 by a partition 26. In this case the valve 31 takes the place of the valve 16.
Patent GB-190712404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of Granular Pulverulent or Semi Fluid Substances
Inventor: BAXTER BENJAMIN ALLEN
Filed: 1907-05-29
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 12,404. Baxter, B. A. May 29. Measuring quantities, delivering. - Powdered or granular materials are delivered from a measuring-chamber by valves operated by a cam-plate, the capacity being varied by adjusting the height of a platform carrying the delivery valve. The measuring- chamber l is telescopic, and the lower part is attached to a platform c which is adjustable by means of rack and pinion as shown ; a scale for indicating the position may be fitted. The valves are operated by bent levers the rear ends s, t, u, of which engage camslots in a vertically movable plate p; the inlet valves 3 have rods k pin-andslot connected to the free arms of the bent levers t<1>, the delivery valves being actuated in all positions by a pair of rods w which connect the free ends of the bent cranks s<1>, u<1> and pass through holes in the valves n and play in slots x in the platform c. Different inlet valves are employed for powdered and granular substances, overlapping valves j, j<1>, Fig. 5, being employed for the former operated as described ; the bevelled valves 4, Fig. 7, for granular substances have holes to engage pins 6 on the levers t<1> ; or the valve 4, Fig. 7, may be adapted to deliver either material by having the engaging holes for the pins 6 in pivoted pieces 7 attached to the valves, to which they can be clamped by nuts 9. The apparatus can be worked by power or by a treadle, the motion of the cam-bar being steadied and limited by a counterweighted fly-wheel.
Patent GB-190713522-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Purifying Liquids.
Inventor: HARRIS JOHN TRUE
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 13,522. Harris, J. T. June 11. Liquids, treating.-Water and other liquids are purified and sterilized by electrolysis between iron anodes and aluminium cathodes in a magnetic field. The electrodes are arranged as shown in Figs. 4 and 6 ; all the anodes 2 are connected by a rod 16 and secured by nuts 17, and the cathodes 2<1> by a rod 16<1> with iron nuts 17', the rods 16, 16<1> being supported by wood pieces 18 ; these, when in position, rest upon pipes 4, 5 through which air, which may be ozonized, and steam are introduced. The electrodes are further supported by rods 19 covered by insulation 20. An electro-magnet 3 is supported by a wood piece 27 resting on the pieces 18 above each group of electrodes. The current is brought to the anodes by rods 22 supported in insulators 21, straps 23, and pins 24, similar connexions being provided for the cathodes. The liquid to be purified enters at one end of the apparatus and leaves at the other, the purification being secured by the production of hydrates of the metals composing the electrodes. A small electrode surface of copper may be provided, connected with either the cathodes or anodes. The sediment is removed when necessary through openings 13, closed by covers 14 screwed into rings 15.
Patent GB-190726161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for use on Vehicles at Night-time for Indicating the Intended Movements, or Stoppages, of such Vehicles.
Inventor: DOUGLAS-HAMILTON PERCY SEYMOUR
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 26,161. Hamilton, P. S. Douglas-. Nov. 26. Signals, road-vehicle.-For indicating at night time the intended movements or stoppages of a . vehicle, an illuminable signalling-device is carried at each side of the vehicle. The drawers 1, which when not in use are pushed back into recesses in the body of the vehicle, are each divided into two compartments, 2, 3, each compartment containing an electric lamp. When the driver is about to stop his vehicle, he switches on the current to the lamps contained in the compartments 2, thereby causing the illuminated representation of an upheld hand, on both sides of the vehicle, to be visible from behind. Similarly, when the driver is about to turn to the left or right he switches on the lamp in one or other of the compartments 3. According to the Provisional, Specification, the hands, composed of some translucent material, may be made hollow so as contain the electric lamps.
Patent GB-190802365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Chip Baskets for Holding Fruit and such like.
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 2365. Pratt, J. G., and British Basket Co. Feb. 3. Fruit baskets. - In order to prevent undue strain from being placed on the curved parts of the rim of a fruit or like chip basket A, Fig. 1, the strips B forming the rims have their ends E, Fig. 2, cut at an angle, as shown.
Patent GB-190804693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Detachable Wheel Rims.
Inventor: THOMAS WILLIAM PARKER
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 4693. Thomas, W. P., [trading as South Wales Motor Co.], and Currin, S. A. March 2. Felloes or rims.-In two-part detachable rims, the main rim part C, Fig. 1, and the detachable flange H are formed with inwardly projecting flanges E, J, provided with keyhole slots adapted to engage the nuts F on the fixed transverse bolts D by slightly rotating the rim. The detachable flange is secured to the part c by pivoted bolts K, Fig. 3, and nuts M. The ends of the bolts D, K are riveted over to avoid accidental loss of the nuts, and an endless bevelled and roughened ring N may be used instead of the ordinary security bolts.
Patent GB-190805453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of, and the Tools for Forging Tinmen's Snip-shears and like Shears.
Inventor: ASHBERRY PHILIP
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 5453. Ashberry, P., and Ward, D. March 11. Forging.-Shears of the type known as " tinmen's " snips " are made by forging the blank first between a flat-faced top die and a die having a rounding- recess B and an edging-groove A, Fig. 5, to obtain the shape shown in Fig. 3 ; then between a flat top tool and a tool, Fig. 6, having rounding-grooves C for the shank and a recess E for forming the bend D, Fig. 4 ; and finally between a flat top tool and a die, Fig. 7, havihg grooves G, H for producing the bevels F, Fig. 4. The bend D is given so that the shanks may be brought into line without cutting away any of the material. The ends J are curved. The grooves and recesses may be made in removable blocks let into the die.
Patent GB-190808515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheels.
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 8515. Soc. d'Etude et d'Exploitation pour l' IndustrieAutomobile. April 24, 1907, [date apylied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Spring wheels.-Laminated metal disks c, Fig. 5, of gradually increasing diameter are arranged at each side of the hub and bridged across by tread members k, Fig. 4, of leather, wood, india-rubber, or steel. The disks are secured along with a distance-piece d between fixed and detachable hub flanges f. When resilience is obtained by pulling the disks together, the widest members are placed outside and connected by cables h, which may be endless, as shown in Fig. 9, or secured by hooks, on which the tread members are strung. Fig. 10 shows a form in which the disks are pushed apart. The widest disks are placed inside and connected by pairs of pivoted frames l carrying tread strips m.
Patent GB-190810340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pianos of the Horizontal Type
Inventor: SINCLAIR MATTHEW
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-05-12
Abstract: 10,340. Sinclair, M., and Rose, G. D. May 12. Pianofortes ; automatic instruments. - In an action for a horizontal pianoforte, particularly applicable to instruments which can be played manually or automatically a lever a carrying the jack b is pivoted at c to the fixed support d aud is provided with an arm e which can be operated either by the automatically controlled lever h or by the key g which engages an abutment f. The positions of the levers h, e can be adjusted by means of the button screw l. An extension m is attached to the lever a, and it oparates a pivoted member n carrying the hammer check o. The member n is also pivotally connected with the bellcrank lever p, which carries a finger r to actuate the damper. The mechanism carried by the lever a for actuating the hammer is of the usual type. The bell crank p may be actuated directly by the extension m, the hammer check o being attached to it. In a modification, the extension m is dispensed with and the bell crank is actuated by a link attached to the arm e. Specification No. 22,196, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190812199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Metal Planing and like Machines.
Inventor: SUTTON HAROLD
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 12,199. Sutton, H. June 5. [Patent of Addition to No. 18,353, A.D. 1907.] Planing.-In planing-machines with cushioning- mechanism of the type described in Specification No. 18,353, A.D. 1907, the chains are provided with shock-absorbing means. The chain f, Fig. 1, is connected to a rod b which slides in lugs a on the bed and carries a collar e communicating pressure to the forward lug. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the chain is connected to a rod j, a collar on which presses against a slide i which communicates pressure through a spring to a ram g connected to the bed.
Patent GB-190814489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Photographic Roll Spools and Fittings therefor
Inventor: NIELL MAGNUS
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 14,489. NiÚll, M. Dec. 27, 1907. Roller-slides.-A roll-spool and tension spring is described as being particularly applicable to the camera described in Specification No. 28,464, A.D. 1907. The spool spindle extends through the flange 2 and is slotted so as to slide on to the engaging tongue 4 of the winding-key, which is mounted on the side of the spool chamter. The tension spring engages on to the end of the spool outside the flange 2, and is bent over to form a spring plate 6 which presses on the film. The plate is cut away in the angle of the bend 9. for the purpose of engaging with the edge of the flange.
Patent GB-190822289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Rubber Heels or Soles, or Portions of such, for Boots and Shoes and like Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: FORREST CAMPBELL
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,289. Forrest, C. Oct. 21. Heels; soles; heel and sole protectors.-A frame d, ot metal or of other material harder and cheaper than rubber, is embedded or partially embedded in a detachable rubber heel or sole with a view to replacing a considerable quantity of the rubber without affecting the resistance of the article. The metal or other frame d may be of any irregular shape or substantially circular, and has a number of internal arms f. The crosssection of the frame and of the arms is wedgeshaped, or in any case deeper than the width. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 5359, A.D. 1881, and No. 1955, A.D. 1888.]
Patent GB-190822540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Making Bilge Bodies for Barrels, Milk Cans and the like.
Inventor: HARDIE ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-23
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 22,540. Hardie, R. W. Oct. 23. Corrugating; making barrels and milk cans.-In making bilge-shaped bodies for receptacles, such as barrels for holding oils, chemicals, &c., milk cans, &c. from a sheet of metal without injuring the fibre of the metal, and to produce a smooth end for attachment of the head, an approximately flat blank is formed with corrugations 2 increasing in depth from the ends towards the middle of the corrugations, Figs. 1 and 3. It is then rolled into cylindrical form, the corrugations are pressed out, Fig. 6, to produce the bilge, and the ends of the blank are bound together. The blank may be thicker or thinner at the middle portion than at the ends of the corrugations or of the same thickness. The corrugations way be formed while the blank is being rolled from a billet in the rolling- mill ; or they may be formed by treating the flat blank.
Patent GB-190823505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Carriages.
Inventor: LOSHBOUGH ANTHONY WALTER
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 23,505. Loshbough, A. W. Aug. 28, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Seats.-A folding carriage in which the wheel-frames fold laterally as the body is folded longitudinally, is provided with an adjustable foot-rest and seat back to enable the child to sit or recline. The rear end of the seat is supported by springs 24, and its front end by links 23 pivoted to the frame 1 at 30. The foot-rest consists of a bottom board 35 suspended by flexible fabric 29 from a bail-like frame 27 pivoted to tbo links 23. A foot-rail 34 is provided to prevent the running frame from being scratched by the child's feet. In its normal position the foot-rest is supported by rests 30<a>, fixed to the frame 1 and engaging the corners of the frame 27, and in its raised position it is supported by a brace 31 having offsets 33 adapted to enrage an horizontal connecting-piece on the wheel-support actuating-levers 10. The seat back 25 can be supported in the reclined position by a pivoted link 36. Spring clips 37 on the frame engage the arms 21 of the seat when the carriage is folded.
Patent GB-190903718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Telautographic and like Instruments.
Inventor: SALES GEORGES DE ROUSSY DE
IPC: H04L13/04
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 3718. Sales, G. de R. de, and Grimaud, F. E. Feb. 15. Differential speed indicators.-In telautographic and like machines, means for indicating a want of synchronism between the transmitting and receiving mechanism, and hand-operated means for correcting this want of synchronism, are provided. The means for indicating want of synchronism comprises arms 24<t>, 24<r>, connected to the transmitter and receiver drums respectively. Should the receiver drum, which is frictionally connected to the driving-mechanism, get in advance, the arm 24<r> which rotates with it is held by the sliding contact-bolt 31<r> until the arm 24<t> at the transmitter has depressed the contact arm 25<t>, thereby completing a battery circuit by way of the contact-bolt 31<r> through an electro-magnet 41<r> which withdraws the contact-bolt from engagement with the arm 24<r>. The two drums thus start a fresh revolution synchronously. The stoppage once in each revolution of the receiver drum indicates a want of synchronism between the two instruments. To correct this, a variable-speed gearing is provided whereby the speed of the cylinder may be changed without changing the speed of the driving-mechanism. This gearing may consist of a friction disk or cone with which a friction pulley adjustable in a radial or longitudinal direction rotates in contact; or of two conical pulleys connected by a belt the position of which on the cones may be varied. To indicate the speed of the clock-work, a bell may be rung at each revolution of the main spindle. The circuit arrangements at the transmitter are such that the transmitting-battery is put to line or is short-circuited according as the transmitting- stylus rests on an insulating or on a conducting part. An ivory strip on the drum prevents the short-circuiting of the battery while the contactarm 25t is depressed. Each transmitting and receiving instrument is provided both with the sliding catch 31<r> and the contact-arm 25<t>, and a slide arrangement is provided whereby either the catch or the contact-arm may be engaged by the rotating arms.
Patent GB-190904712-A (GB)
Title: Improved Slide Valve for Cylinders of Steam Engines.
Inventor: SNAITH HENRY
Filed: 1909-08-12
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 4712. Snaith, H. Aug. 12. Slide valves. - Wear on the faces of a flat slide valve is reduced by a particular arrangement of grooves, either on the stationary or sliding face of the valve. The stationary face is formed with transverse parallel grooves, the grooves A at each end being joined by passages and in communication with the steam in the valve - chest, the other grooves being supplied with steam through holes D or grooves in the sliding part of the valve. Instead of forming grooves in the stationary part of the valve, a grid attachment having the arrangement of grooves may be attached thereto. When the face of the sliding part of the valve is grooved, it has the same arrangement of grooves or simple transverse grooves only, to which steam passes through the holes D. The sides of the moving part of the valve are formed with pro-. jections C which bear against the guides on the stationary part. The sides of the sliding part may, however, be plain and the guides comprise pins o lugs on the stationary part.
Patent GB-190905309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automobile Wheels.
Inventor: SHADE THEODORE
IPC: B60B1/00
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 5309. Shade, T. March 4. Spokes, securing and adjusting.-Rigid spokes in two parts 5, 6 connected by a turnbuckle 7 are adjustably screwed into recesses 3 in the hub and guided in alining recesses 4 in the rim, or vice versa. A helical spring 11 in each recess 4 bears against a shoulder 10 on the spoke. The rim 2 is somewhat flexible and carries a known tyre.
Patent GB-190905392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Tubular Bodies from Plastic Material.
Inventor: SIEGWART HANS
IPC: B28B21/56
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 5392. Siegwart, H. March 5. Moulding pipes &c.-Relates to improvements in the process and apparatus described in Specification 15,444/06, and comprises the production of conduits, telegraph poles, piles, &c. by applying in one operation a single layer of plastic material to a core, forcing it between and completely around longitudinal reinforcing-rods secured to the core, and winding a spiral of reinforcing-material around the whole. Material is fed from a container 35 by means of rotary arms 38 through a conduit 36 on to an endless band 18, which passes around a rotary and longitudinallymovable core 6. A second conveyer 15 embracing the conveyer 18 is provided with side plates 16 to retain the material laterally. To retain the material on the core 6, a wrapping-band is fed from a spool 86 along the conveyer 18 and is wrapped round the core. One turn of the wrapping is lifted and passed through a stirrup carried by a frame 90, so that a reinforcing-wire may be fed from a spool 103 and embedded in the plastic material. When thick wires are used, the surface of the plastic material is cut by means of a toothed wheel. A roller 82 restores the surface, and a hollow roller 83, Fig. 16, smooths the article. Motion is imparted to the various parts of the apparatus by a motor 11. The feed of material from the container 35 is effected by raising the vessel relatively to the conduit 36 by means of a screwed rod 39 operated from the main driving-means through a ratchet device 42, bevel gearing 41, and a nut 40. Counterweighted levers 25 maintain the belt 18 in tension through the medium of a yoke 23 and screwed rod 21. When tapered articles are being formed, the feed of material is gradually varied, and the rod 21 is shortened to maintain the levers 25 effective ; the ratchet 42 controlling the feed is operated by a friction pawl carried by a rod 44, Fig. 12, connected to one arm of a bellcrank lever 47, which is rocked by a crank-operated rod 146, and the effective length of the arm is gradually varied by means of a screw-and-nut device 46, 45 operated by ratchet gear 53, 54 through worm gearing ; the other arm of the lever 47 drives a friction ratchet 67 mounted upon a shaft 68, which by gearing 69, Fig. 1, is connected to a nut 22 embracing the rod 21. Longitudinal reinforcing-rods 120, 144, Fig. 29, are supported by means of end rings, and by pieces 124 provided with portions 127 adapted to retain the plastic material. A hammer 129, secured to a shaft 135 which is rocked by means of an eccentric 140, Fig. 1, acting through levers 139, 137, knocks back the pieces 124 at intervals.