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Patent GB-190719277-A (GB)
Title: A Dust Absorber for Motor Vehicles
Inventor: PEATEY HAROLD STEPHEN
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 19,277. Peatey, H. S. Aug. 27. Motor road vehicles.- Apparatus for preventing the raising of dust by motor vehicles is characterized by the employment of an atomized jet of water. It consists, as shown in Fig. 1, of a large curved tube, fitted behind the wheel and open at both ends, which may be flared. The lower end A' is placed to catch the dust, the upper end A<2> being made to face rearwards so as to cause a continuous current of air through the tube by the motion of the vehicle. In the centre of the tube is a nipple B supplied by the two pipes F<1>, C<1> delivering water and compressed air respectively. The water is ejected into the tube in a fine spray, which moistens the dust-laden air and prevents it from spreading generally. The air may be supplied by a compressor driven from the engine, and the water may be either gravity or pressure fed. The device may be applied to the rear of the vehicle itself or to the wheels separately.
Patent GB-190719472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Locks or Latches for Railway Carriage Doors and other purposes.
Inventor: TITTERTON FRANK
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 19,472. Titterton, F. Aug. 30. [Cognate Application No. 21,431, A.D. 1907, dated Sept. 27.] Fastenings, railway-carriage door. -In that type of railway-carriage door fastening in which the bolt is operated by a wind vane secured to the side of the carriage, two bolts 1 are provided operable by the bar 9 on the vane spindle 5, so that one or the other is shot according to the direction of travel of the train. The bolts are provided with friction rollers 16, 17 and are notched at the end as at 20, so that any attempt at withdrawing the bolts by a person leaning out of the carriage is prevented, the bolt in such a case being forced to engage with a projection 24 in the socket 21 or on the tubular casing 15. The vane spindle runs on ball bearings. The vane is pivoted at 23 to the rod 3 so -that in case of accident, should the carriage fall on its side, the vane of the uppermost door falls towards the carriage, where it comes in contact with a double wedge piece 22 secured to the carriage and adapted to bring the vane to releasing position. In another form of the fastening shown in Fig. 8, a single bolt is employed ; this is operated by means of a cam 38 on the vane spindle, and is provided with a slot 39 engaging with a roller 40 on the bolt.
Patent GB-190721407-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brush Holder for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Inventor: GARRATT ATHELSTAN JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 21,407. Garratt, A. J. Sept. 26. Brush - holders, particularly adapted for use with turbinedriven machines, are constructed to receive both a carbon and a metal brush, which are relatively adjustable while the machine is running. An horizontal bar 3, Figs. 1 and 3, of channel iron or bent sheet metal is attached by set-screws 4 and springs or spring washers 6 to a frame 1 secured to the brush spindle, the set-screws 4 passing through a slot 10 in the bar 3, which is adjustable relatively to the frame 1 by a screw 7 passing through a projecting lug 8 on the bar 3. The brush-holder 11 for the carbon brush 15 is extended into a plate 12, which is secured to the bar 3 by a set-screw 13 and spring 14, a slot in the plate 12 permitting of tangential adjustment of the brush 15. The pressure of the brush 15 on the commutator is obtained by a spring 17 and an adjustable screw 19. The brush 20, of copper foil or the like, is attached directly or through an extension piece 21 to the frame 22, which carries a screw 23 passing through a block 24 pivoted to the bar 3, pins 25 holding the ends of the block 24 in position in the slots A bent metal pad 28 bearing on the top of the brush 20 is carried by a thin sheet of preferably spring metal 27 separated from the holder 22 by a distance-piece 26. The strip 27, distancepiece 26, and holder 22 are secured to the block 24 by a screw 29 and spring 30. The pressure of the brush 20 is obtained and adjusted by a spring 32 and a screw 34. The flexible connexion for the metal brush 20 is secured to the distance-piece 26 and to a plate 31 clamped to the frame 1. The flexible connexion for the brush 15 may extend from the brush to any convenient part of the holder 11. In a modification, Figs. 5 and 6, the holder 11 is mounted upon the end of the spring strip 27. The pressure of the brushes 15 and 20 is obtained by springs 36, 35, 37 secured to a common spindle 38 and adjustable by screws 39. According to the Provisional Specification, guides may be provided to check lateral movement of the brushes.
Patent GB-190726901-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Preventing Skidding or Side Slipping of Motor and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 26,901. Wilson, J. Dec. 5. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-Short chains, adapted to be caught under the wheel treads of motor and other road vehicles on the occurrence of side-slip, are suspended near the wheels so as to trail on the ground in the rear or on both sides of the vertical plane through the wheel axle. The chains are suspended from plates a extending rearwardly and outwardly towards the wheels from the bearing-springs c, to which they are secured by means of the spring shackle bolts d which pass through slots in right-angled extensions b on the plates. An horizonal chain, indicated by a dotted line g, may connect the chains together. A modification is described in which the plates extend both forwardly and rearwardly.
Patent GB-190804228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Railway Wagons.
Inventor: BELLINGHAM ALBERT HENRY
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 4228. Bellingham, A. H. Feb 25. Couplings, non-automatic.-In couplings of the type comprising integral links and hooks, the coupling-elements C are attached to the draw-bar A by small links B to provide for lateral movement, and the hook portion D is formed at about the centre so as to leave ample space for the link portion E at the front end. The coupling is operated from the side by a cranked cross-shaft I, H, or by a coupling- pole.
Patent GB-190805021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Feeding Water to Injectors.
Inventor: WHITE THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 5021. White, T. H. Jan. 1. Vacuum apparatus.- Pulsating steam pumps are employed to raise water for steam-jet elevators and for self-acting injectors for dealing with hot water. When the valve 12 is partly opened, steam is admitted to the pump 7 but not to the injector. The pump then forces water through the pipe 5 to the injector 3, which is then supplied with steam by fully opening the valve 12. A relief valve may be fitted on the pipe 5 to prevent the pump from overpowering the injector.
Patent GB-190809176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Labelling Tins, Jars, and like Cylindrical Containers.
Inventor: LEAKER RICHARD HOWARD
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 9176. Leaker, R. H. April 28. [Patent of Addition to No. 9309, A.D. 1906.] Affixing labels.-Relates to machines for labelling tins and the like. The tins T are fed into the machine from feed-cradles 12 attached to endless chains 1, which are intermittently actuated by a sprocket-wheel centred on the intermittently-rotated main driving-shaft 14, so that the tins T are delivered to a revolving carrier 15 at the moment when the rollers 16 are in the correct position for receiving the tins T, one tin T<1> being always in reserve behind the tin T<2> delivered into the machine. Each tin is gripped and rotated by a group of three resilient rollers 16 ; two rollers 16 of the group are carried by rocking segmental arms 29, and the inner roller 16<a> is carried in adjustable bearings 22, which may be adjusted in accordance with the diameter of the tins T. The inner roller 16a is revolved at the same rate as the rollers 16 by means of an elastic belt 33 passing round pulleys centred on the three rollers of the group, the rollers 16 being driven by an endless chain 18 as described in Specification No. 9309, A.D. 1906. A jockey sprocket-wheel 46 is provided in order that the chain 18 may not engage with the sprocket-wheels 17 of the rollers 16 when in position for receiving a tin T<2>. The finishing and drying roller 28 is hollow and has a hollow spindle 40<a>, through which an atmospheric burner is introduced into the interior of the roller 28. The various motions are imparted to the different parts of the machine by sprocketwheels and chains, by belts and pulleys, or by spur-wheels and gearing. The arrangement is such that as one tin is presented to receive its label, another is being pressed by the finishing-roller 28, a third is being automatically discharged, and a fourth T' is being delivered to the carrier.
Patent GB-190812767-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Facilitating the Transport of Drilling Machine Tables.
Inventor: SONNENTHAL GEORGE
Filed: 1908-06-15
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 12,767. Sonnenthal, G., and Lord, A. June 15. Drilling.-The tables of drilling-machines, particularly radial drilling-machines, are provided with self-contained means for facilitating transport. The table normally rests on its base J, Fig. 1, but may be supported on rollers G or the like carried by a frame which is located in a recess in the table and depressed by a cam and lever action. The cam is preferably an eccentric adapted to pass over the dead-centre to prevent accidental lowering of the table when raised.
Patent GB-190812873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inflating Devices for the Pneumatic Tyres of Road Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: BARNFATHER ROBERT
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 12,873. Barnfather, R. June 16. Motor road vehicles.-A device for inflating the tyres of road vehicles consists of pumps mounted upon a frame which can be attached to the hub of any vehicle wheel, the pumps being adapted to be actuated by the rotation of the wheel or, when the car is at rest, by'hand, or from the motor of the vehicle. Pnmps g, g<1> are mounted upon a disk a attached to the wheel hub by means of bolts which pass through slotted clips e and an annular claw d, and thereby secure these parts over a shoulder f on the hub and the flange b<1> of the hub cap b. The provision of slotted clips enables the device to be attached to hubs of different sizes. An annular drum i is mounted on ball bearings so as to rotate on the disk and is internally-toothed as at k to gear with pinions l mounted on the frame and connected by cranks m and rods n to the inflator pistons. When the vehicle is in motion, the inflators are operated by preventing the rotation of the drum, as by means of a band brake j. When the vehicle is at rest, the inflators are operated by rotating the drum by a handle (not shown), or from the engine through a belt and the differential gear. The pumps may be located on the outer side of the frame. The drum and disk may be provided with a dust-excluding device comprising an annular flange on the drum fitting over a disk-shaped cap adapted to be clipped to the cylinders or screwed to the disk.
Patent GB-190813134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Cells for Separating the Constituents of a Mixture of Metals or an Alloy.
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 13,134. Usine Genevoise de Degrossissage d'Or. July 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Electrolytes, circulating.-An electrolytic cell v suitable for separating one or more of the constituents of a mixture of metals or an alloy, to purify the alloy or obtain the constituents, contains the cathodes 1 the sediment from which is received on an inclined bottom f leading to a pipe t<1> while the anodes 2 are contained in porous cells d passing through the cell bottom f and opening into an outer vessel r also having an inclined bottom which leads the anode sediment to a pipe t<2>. The electrolyte is admitted at n thus entering the bottom of the cathode compartment, rising along the cathodes and thence flowing into the top of the anode compartment in which it flows downwards to the chamber r and overflows at x. After filtration if necessary it is then returned to the cell at n. The cathodes may also be placed within diaphragms.
Patent GB-190813307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Change Box Motions for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: PECK CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1908-06-23
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 13,307. Peck, C., and Peck, W. W. June 23. Loom change-box motions.-In change-box motions of the type wherein needles m, Figs. 1 and 2, actuated by pattern cards govern the rotation of two disks A which actuate the lifting-rod B and the shuttle-boxes, the usual rocking and reciprocating barrels E are positively and elastically reciprocated when the disks are rotated, thus producing a fresh disposition of the barrel projections e', Fig. 4, with respect to the needles. The disks may be made eccentric or be provided with cams or projections &c. to rock two bell-crank levers F, Figs. 1 and 2, which are kept in contact with the disks by a spring H and are respectively connected to the barrels by springs J, the levers also engaging studs or projections e on the barrels. If a needle m has not completed its backward movement when a lever F begins to move, the reciprocation of the corresponding barrel E is thereby prevented, and the springs H, J are compressed until this needle completes its movement, whereupon the barrel E is reciprocated by the stressed springs. Various modifications are described in which bell-cranks or other levers or slides are actuated by cams &c. or cam-grooves on the surfaces or peripheries of the disks, and are elastically connected to the barrels or their shafts. The needles m act by means of their shoulders m<1> on the projections e', Fig. 4, of the barrels E, and, when a barrel is thus turned, a projection e' thereon engages a projection on a slide D, Figs. 1 and 2, moves this slide forwards against the action of a spring N, and places a constantly-moving rack C in engagement with the wheel a of one of the disks. The springs N actuate trigger catches d', which enter recesses a<1> in the disks and prevent rotation thereof until the correct time.
Patent GB-190813435-A (GB)
Title: An Oil Guard for the Wheels of Motor Cars, by which the Lubricating Oil from the Axles in Prevented from Dripping or Splashing on to the Rubber Tyres of the Wheels.
Inventor: URQUHART ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-06-24
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 13,435. Urquhart, A. June 24. Oil, catching and retaining.-A band E of zinc, tin, or other suitable metal is secured to the felloe of a wheel to prevent o i l from dripping from the bearings on to the tyre. A metal band C is fixed to the felloe, and the band E almost at right-angles is soldered thereto, or the parts E, C may be made in one piece and bent to the required shape.
Patent GB-190815753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Current Collectors or Contact Arms for Electric Traction.
Filed: 1908-07-24
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 15,753. Railless Electric Traction Co., [Schiemann, M.]. July 24. Electric traction on the overhead - conductor system in which two or more conductors are used. Collectors.-The collector carries in the form shown in side and front view in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively, two contacts or shoes D. The shoes are V-shaped in cross-section, and are supported on the pins D<1> which can move in the harps C' to allow for variation in distance between the conductors. The cross-arm A is connected to the trolly pole B so as to be capable of universal movement to a limited extent. The contacts are connected to the car motors by cables L which pass down the interior of the pole. To prevent entanglement in the overhead gear, guards J<1> are carried by each contact. The trolly pole is provided near its upper end with a plate B', which, in addition to acting as a guard, is adapted to set the conductor points.
Patent GB-190820011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Compasses.
Inventor: SCHUETTE EDWIN
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 20,011. Schuette, E., and Dedrick, N. June 22, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Courses, indicating ;compasses, magnetic.-Compasses with give a continuous record of the course on a clockwork-driven band r, carry a contact - member a, moving with the needle, and a ring of contact-points a3 arranged as shown in Fig. 1. The floating needle 10, Fig. 3, carries the arm a<1> on an upwardly-extending stem 19 which is prevented from any considerable lateral movement by balls 43 in a raceway on a support 42 carried on a bridge 44 on the insulated ring 17 in which are mounted the pins a<3>. To avoid sticking and friction when contact is made, the arm a' carries, pivoted on a projection 41, Fig. 4, on its end, a rotatable star-wheel 37, the rays 39 of which pass between and contact with the pins a<3>. When one of them is touched, current passes from a dynamo o through a circuit n, magnet m, contact-piece c', through one of a series of points d' on a stationary member d through the corresponding pin in the set a<3> to which the contacts d<1> are connected by wires e, through the arm a<1> to the stem 19, and out through a wire 27 at its top, said wire 27 being fastened by a screw 28 in a cage 25 which is pivoted at 23 to the stem and weighted at 24 to keep it in position. The proper movement of the recording- arm q over the recording-strip r takes place as follows. Each of the two insulated contact pieces c<2> carried on the arm c of the recorder may extend on its respective side over all the points d<1> on that side but a gap is left between them sufficient to ensure that one point d<1> is not in contact with either. This point corresponds to the compass indication, in this case ' west-north-west,' but if the arm a' should swing round to ' west,' the circuit of the magnet m on the right is completed, the armature m<1> attracted, the relay circuit l completed and the armature i<2> is attracted, causing a pawl g to engage ratchet teeth on the member f and to turn this member step by step, since the armature i<2> is alternately attracted and released while the circuit l is completed, until the particular point d' on the board d corresponding to the west point comes between the contact-pieces. The operation is the same for all points except that, owing to the disposition illustrated, the magnet m on the left is energized for ' east' points and the arm f rotated clockwise. In a modification, the magnets i are replaced by a single motor having two field coils the energizing of one of these coils causing the motor to turn in one direction or other. The spindle of the motor carries a worm engaging worm teeth on the arm f. To avoid confusion, the wires e may be grouped together and enclosed in tubes. The recorder may be in any position on the ship and the indications on it run across from 'north' to 'south.'
Patent GB-190820212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piston Packing and Vacuum-brake Cylinders.
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 20,212. Consolidated Brake and Engineering Co., and Luard, E. S. Sept. 25. Pistons for vacuum brakes in addition to the rolling - ring d are provided with a. packing-ring e of cup - leather type, which acts only when the ring d fails. The packing e consists of a ring of leather or of india-rubber secured by bolts f.
Patent GB-190820613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brooches, Lace-pins and the like.
Inventor: SWAN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 20,613. Swan, C. Sept. 30. Safety-pins.-In order to prevent brooches from falling forwards about the axis of the pin, the brooch pin is provided with a projection to lie along the surface of the garment. This projection A, Fig. 3, may be made integral with the pin C or may be carried by a sleeve which fits tightly on the pin, Fig. 2. The projection, which may also be soldered to the pin, extends downwards and rearwards. When the projection is made by bending the wire of the pin, the loop may be open and carry a small protecting-chain. In a modification, the projections are attached to the brooch itself, a strip of metal bent at right-angles being attached near the hinge joint.
Patent GB-190822309-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Bending Bars as used in Ferro-concrete.
Inventor: MCNAY JOHN
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 22,309. McNay, J. Oct. 21. Bending.-Bars used in ferro-concrete constructions are bent cold on a board a, carrying clamps d which secure a given central length according to the holes b<1> through which the clamping-bolts pass, and angle-plates e also adjustable in the same manner as the clamps. The angle - plates are turned round at right-angles while the first bend is being effected. The apparatus is portable and the bolt heads may lie in recesses in the board. According to the Provisional Specification the board may be of metal having slots for the bolts, and the angle-plates may have adjustable parts or a block may be used ; also the board may be fastened down by further nuts and bolts.
Patent GB-190824941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuously Acting Yarn Reels.
Inventor: WISMER ENRICO
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 24,941. Wismer, E. Nov. 19. [Patent of Addition to No. 5041, A.D. 1908.] Reeling-machines.-Relates to improvements on the continuously-acting yarn reel described in Specification No. 5041, A.D. 1908. The yarncarrying plates 24, Fig. 1, of the main reel 16 on which the yarn is wound in the manner described in Specification No. 5041, A.D. 1908, are given a tilting movement by means of pulley gearing 9, 10, the pulleys 9, Fig. 2, having fixed to them gearwheels 8 which engage with a toothed bush 18 slidably mounted on the shaft 3. When a sufficient number of windings have been made, the counter reel 4 is pushed towards the main reel. It is then rotated and its arms 23 are inserted between the yarn-carrying plates 24 until the locking-springs 23<1> on the counter reel snap behind the supporting- plate 1. The counter reel is then moved towards the right and draws the supporting-plate from beneath the yarn-carrying plates. The yoke-piece 17 then draws the connecting-springs 19 and the toothed bush 18 towards the right and so tilts the yarn-carrying plates by means of the pulley gearing and deposits the yarn on the counter reel. As the bush moves forward the spiral spring 59 is compressed, so that the heads 20 of the connecting- springs 19 slip under the yoke piece and the plates are returned to their initial position. In the meantime the smaller arm 21<1> of the bent lever 22 has struck against a shoulder of the shaft 15, causing the longer arm of the lever to force the springs 23<1> so that the supporting-plate 1 is released and again serves as a support for the yarn-carrying plates. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the yarn is wound on to yarn-carrying arms 27 which are pivoted to the reel plate 16. The arms 27 are supported on one side by levers 28 against which they are pressed by springs 29. The counter reel 4 carries receiving-arms 31 provided on their outer ends with locking-projections 32 adapted to displace the supporting-levers 28 and allow the yarn-carrying arms to tilt and transfer the yarn on to the receiving-arms. A modified counter reel has receiving-arms 36, Figs. 5 and 6, pivoted to the reel at their inner ends and also pivoted at their centres to a ring 40 working in guides 39. By giving a partial turn to the ring by means of a handle 41 the receiving arms are tilted sideways so that their horizontal extensions 37 assume a smaller diameter and allow the yarn to be readily removed therefrom. In other modifications, the receiving-arms are tilted sideways by means of a ring similar to the ring shown in Fig. 5 but placed inside the arm pivots instead of outside them, or by a notched disk, or they may be adapted to slide radially inwards by means of a disk with inclined slots engaging pins on the arms.