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Patent GB-190709628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Auto-pneumatic Music Playing Instruments
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE CRANSTON
Filed: 1907-04-25
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 9628. Fairweather, W. C., [Wilcox & White Co.]. April 25. Automatic instruments.-An exhausting-device for pneumatically - operated instruments comprises a valve M controlling a passage between the exhaust chest G and the equalizing- bellows H, the valve being provided with one or more bleed holes M<1>. The valve is hinged over the aperture in such a way as to close only when the treadling is of an impulsive character. The device may be employed to emphasize individual notes.
Patent GB-190712840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Writing Cabinets, Smoking Cabinets, Escritoires and the like.
Inventor: BRAND FRANK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 12,840. Brand, F. W. June 3. Cigar and cigarette cabinets.-Relates to smoking and spirit cabinets and tables &c. having a receptacle with a lid hinged at the back and a fall down front hinged at the bottom. The lid e and front f are connected together by a lever g and links i, j, so as to be operated simultaneously when the lid is lifted or the front pulled down by hand. The lever g is shown pivoted at its centre h to the end d of the receptacle, so that, when the lid is closed, the end of the lever connected to the top is nearest the front of the. cabinet and at a higher level than the other end.
Patent GB-190714505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Ovens for Photographic & other Purposes.
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 14,505. Hall & Co., B. J., and Hall, B. J. June 24. Drawings to Specification. Drying-racks.-A drying-oven consists of a rectangular box having gas jets, electric radiators, or steam coils in the base which are covered by a baffle-plate having preferably, when gas jets are used, slides or hinged flaps immediately above them to facilitate lighting. Two or more non-conducting shelves are used alternately, consisting preferably of cross-bars bearing clips so that long strips of paper may be hung zigzag without creasing. The full-width door, preferably of asbestos, slate, or canvas stretched on metal or wood, slides vertically and is counterbalanced; it also has a vertical handle, so that it can be grasped in any position. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 19,323, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Drying], No. 24,413, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Stoves &c.], and Nos. 3476, 10,124, and 23,354, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Drying].]
Patent GB-190715853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Locks.
Inventor: INGREY CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 15,853. Ingrey, C., and Jones, T. July 10. Indicators, "engaged."-In a coin-freed lock, on turning the ountside handle an arm h<2> on the latch spindle acts on a pin j<1>. on an indicator plate j, moving the latter into the " engaged " position, where it is held by a weighted lever m. On raising the weighted lever by turning the inside handle, a spring returns the indicator plate.
Patent GB-190716454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected wiht Inflatable Tyres.
Inventor: BROOKES JOHN
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 16,454. Brookes, J. July 18. Tyres, pneumatic.- A. metal band adapted to be fitted between the air-tube and the outer cover consists of shaped links 8 hooked together, as shown, by means of tongues 10, which are bent before assembling so as to be capable of engaging in slots 9. For additional security, each link may have stamped projections 13 adapted to interlock with recesses 12 on the adjacent link. The band may be fitted between layers of canvas &c.
Patent GB-190716971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gears for Engines.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 16,971. Lake, W. E., [Detroit Steam Engine Co.]. July 24. Single - acting engines; cylinders, heating; valvechests;valves and valvegear.-A single - acting multiple-cylinder engine has separate inlet and exhaust valves N, N' directly operated from separate cam countershafts. The valve-chests H, H<1> are connected together and have passages L in communication with the cylinders. The cylinders are provided with exhaust ports E controlled by the pistons. The exhaust ports E, I<1> are connected to the cylinder jackets. Rods X, provided with ball bearings X<2>, are interposed between the cams and the valve spindles. The cam shafts, which rotate at the same speed and in the same direction as the main shaft, are longitudinally adjustable for reversing, and are operated by a common hand-lever as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190718029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Padlocks
Inventor: MITCHELL HARRY
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 18,029. Mitchell, H., and Marston, A. Aug. 8. Padlocks. - Relates to gas or electric meter or other padlocks having instead of a hinged shackle a transversely-sliding bar which is locked by a sliding bolt. The lock casing A is made small. The bar B has a head b behind which engages the hollowed top of the flat extension e<1> of the bolt E. Pins F, J guide the bolt E, which is provided with ordinary levers H.
Patent GB-190720065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reservoir Pens.
Inventor: MUNRO ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 20,065. Munro, A. Sept. 9. P e n s, reservoir. A self-filling reservoir pen consists of a barrel 8, Fig. 3, closed by a rubber bulb 16, and a feedtube 4 slidably mounted in a chambered rubber washer 10. The feed-tube is perforated at 14, 15 and is stopped up at the point 13. Fig. 3 shows the tube in the writing position; if the tube is pulled forward by the finger-piece 9 so that the hole 14 is just within the washer 10, the ink is cut off from the nib ; if both holes 14, 15 are within the washer, the pen can he filled by dipping the point 7 of the feed-tube in ink and repeatedly compressing the bulb 16, the ink being sucked up the feed-tube and trapped in the lower part of the reservoir. In a modification, the feed-tube does not slide in the washer but is provided with capillary slits or openings just above the washer, through which the ink feeds. A pen having an ordinary grooved feed-plug 32, Fig. 7, to which is attached a tube 24, may be similarly filled. To adapt a stylographic pen for use with the above filling-means, the needle 29, Fig. 5, is mounted in a tube 26 which is cut away at 28 to receive the feed-tube 4, and is attached to a plate 27 of pen-nib shape. To provide temporary accommodation for any excess ink and to feed the same to the nib, the nib holder 1 is provided with a tongue 2 reaching to near the end of the feed-tube. According to the Provisional Specification, a pen in which the feed-tube affords the only exit from the reservoir may be rendered ink-tight for the pocket by slipping a small rubber bag over the lower end of the tube
Patent GB-190722316-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for the Production of a New and Novel Effect for the Amusement of an Audience.
Inventor: STRANDERS WALTER
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 22,316. Stranders, W. Oct. 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Theatrical appliances.-An effect (depending on persistence of vision) of an illuminated living figure f, group, or object within a semitransparent, luminous, or coloured globe, vase, cone, egg-shell, or other hollow shape is obtained by rotating illuminated hoops j of a corresponding profile round the figure. The hoops preferably carry externally a number of elongated white or coloured electric lamps m extending round the whole circumference, and different colours may be switched on by means of brushes and rings on a vertical hollow shaft g carring the hoops. The figure is supported on a platform e at the upper end of a stationary spindle on which the hollow shaft rotates, and is illuminated independently by an optical lantern or lanterns. The hoops may be complete, or semi-hoops may be connected at the pivots. A support b may carry a bearing l or pivot k, or the hoops may be supported entirely by the hollow shaft. The lamps m may be dispensed with, the hoop! being then illuminated by an optical lantern.
Patent GB-190727805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Aerial Machines.
Inventor: CONNOLLY BARTHOLOMEW
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 27,805. Connolly, B. Dec. 17. Aerial machines with or without aerostats; aeroplanes; launching; shock of landing, deadening; propelling; steering. - The aerial machine is raised by reciprocating hollow cones or wings, and is driven forward by similar cones arranged horizontally or by screw propellers ; or an aerostat may be provided to raise the machine partly. The body A of the machine is boat-shaped, and is provided with spring buffers 2. The springs 3 may be compressed by a cord 6 attached to a lever 4, which is released to allow the springs to lift the machine at starting. The cones are secured to shafts 9 which are reciprocated in guides 38, Fig. 5, by cranks 8 at the ends of cross shafts 7. The shafts 7 are rotated through bevelgearing from the motor shaft 16, and friction clutches 10 are placed on the shafts so that the power transmitted to the reciprocating cones may be varied. The clutches are controlled by jointed rods 11, Fig. 3, connected together by an adjustable rod 18, which is formed with a rack 20 engaged by a pinion 21 on a control shaft 22. When the shaft 22 is turned, the clutch members at one side of the machine are pressed more tightly together, while the clutches at the other side are slightly released. The pinions 21, Fig. 4, can slide on a feather on the shaft 22, and are retained in operative contact with the rod 18 by a yoke 25. The cones are formed of a number of ribs 27, Fig. 5, secured at their upper ends to a cap 26 attached to the rod 9, and are connected at their lower ends by rods 29 to a collar 30 on the rod 9. Intermediate stays 29<a> may also be used. The cones are divided by a ring 28 into two parts, and the upper part is covered with fabric, while the lower part is provided with hinged vanes 31 which open inwardly on the upward motion of the cone. A ring 33, secured by I-bolts 34 to the ribs 27, limits the amount of opening of the vanes 31. The rods 9 of the cones are guided by collars 40 on a tube 39, which is fixed to the car and passes through an opening in the cone The upper ends of the tubes are braced together by rods 43, Fig. 2, and stays 44. The screw propellers 51, Fig. 1, are driven from the motor shaft 16 through bevel-gearing, and a clutch 55 is provided to disconnect the propeller shafts. A rudder 46, Fig. 2, operated by a hand-wheel 50, is provided at the rear, and a similar rudder may be placed at the front, the two being operated in unison. Two or more horizontally reciprocating cones may be provided at the front of the car for propelling and steering. A blower driven by the motor 13 may be used to drive a blast of air under the cones, and the entire blast may be diverted to one side in case the machine tilts, so that the cones on that side work in a denser medium and restore equilibrium to the machine.
Patent GB-190728387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washer-scrubbers for the Purification of Coal and other Gases
Filed: 1907-12-24
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 28,387. Kirkham, Hulett, & Chandler, and Hersey, S. Dec. 24. Scrubbers.-In a gas-scrubber of the type in which the gas passes through a series of compartments each containing rotating washing disks or device, the washing-devices are connected in pairs by a central passage, which extends through the partition between the two compartments, to ensure all gas passing through the washing-disks. Fig. 1 shows two compartments c, c<1> of a gas-scrubber, having washing-devices d, d' each composed of bundles of plates secured to bosses e, e<1> rotating with a central shaft. The adjacent surfaces of the bosses are formed with abutting flanges f secured by bolts and forming the gas passage between the two compartments. A packing-ring h of lead or other material may be secured to the partition. To facilitate insertion and removal of the bundles, a transverse rod j passes through the outer ends of each bundle, and rests in slots in the side plates. Chains may be attached to this rod, and the bundles may be lifted out or replaced through man-holes provided at the tops of the compartments.
Patent GB-190802795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Party Line Telephone Systems.
Inventor: SOANS CYRIL ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 2795. Soans, C. A., and Graves, A. H. Feb. 7. Switches.-Special electro-magnetic switch arrangements are provided at the exchange station of a party-line telephone system, by which a series of impulses is sent to line to select the desired substation, the polarity of the impulses being automatically reversed for calling up the subscriber when the number required for selection has been dispatched. To call up a particular subscriber, the plug P is connected to the party line L R and an impulse counter E is used, comprising an escapementwheel 86 mounted on a spring-returned shaft and controlled by an electromagnet E<1>. The ratchetwheel 86 carries with it a double - notched circular cam E", which controls two groups of contact blades by engaging a projection on one blade of each group. In the normal or zero position, these projections rest in the notches of the cam. The instrument is set by turning back the wheel 86 through the required number of teeth. A key B is then rocked, which connects in a self-acting interrupter F, which supplies alternate impulses of opposite polarity to the electro-maguet E' and to the party-line circuit L, R respectively. It is necessary for certainty of selection that an effective impulse should pass through the magnet E<1> before an impulse is sent to the party-line circuit, as otherwise the latter circuit might receive an initial mutilated impulse which would be ineffective for selective purposes. Accordingly, the connexion to the party-line circuit is arranged to pass through an insulated arm 93 carried frictionally by the shaft of the impulse counter E. The connexion between this arm and a fixed contact with which it normally engages is broken when the counter E is set, the arm being moved back a little way against a stop so that the counter must rotate a step before the connexion is remade. When the predetermined number of impulses required for selecting the subscriber has been dispatched, the polarity of the impulses sent to the party line is automatically reversed for ringing-up purposes, as follows : By setting the counter E, both groups of blades controlled by the cam E" are displaced ; the lower group closes the circuit of a relay D, which reverses the connexions of the interrupter F to the party line ; the reversal of polarity produced by this relay is at first counteracted by further changes of connexion produced at the same time in the upper group; but, when the cam E<11> returns to its zero position, the only change of connexions which persists is that due to the relay D, which is provided with a self-holding circuit. By rocking the key B without using the counter E, any number of impulses of the polarity required for selection can be dispatched to line.
Patent GB-190811995-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Making Bi-focal Lenses.
Inventor: ORR JOHN MILTON
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 11,995. Orr, J. M. June 2. Spectacles &c.-Bifocal lenses are manufactured by blowing crown glass into a hollow mould having rounded cavities or countersinks 4 on its inner side, by cutting a section from the crown glass on a line 5 surrounding the cavity, then placing a flint-glass disk 13, Fig. 9, upon the section of crown glass 7 directly over the countersink, and welding the crown-glass section and the flint-glass disk together by heating them until the flint glass settles down into and fills the countersink. The flint-glass disk may be produced by blowing into a hollow mould having inwardly projecting rounded portions 9 on its inner side. The bifocal blank, Fig. 10, thus produced is then ground into a bifocal lens.
Patent GB-190813620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Opening Metallic Boxes or Vessels
Inventor: ZIMMER PAUL
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 13,620. Zimmer, P. June 27. Cans, opening. - A device for opening hermeticallysealed cans consists of a sliding'cutter bar d, with two blades a, e, attached to the outer lid of a circular can, the blades normally lying close to the flange 2. To open a round tin, the cover is pressed on and rotated in the usual manner, causing the blade e to operate. To open a tin of any shape, the cover is used as a handle and the cutting is performed by the blade a.
Patent GB-190816649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Frames.
Inventor: MARLEY ERNEST LEONARD
Filed: 1908-08-07
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 16,649. Marley, E. L. Aug. 7. Collapsible cycles; frames, anti-vibration devices for. The top member and the diagonal member are each divided into two parts connected by springs; when required, the parts may be separated so as to admit of the frame being packed in a box or the like. The top member a is divided, and a pivoted member c is secured at one side by a bolt d. A spring e connects the parts a, being screwed on to sockets g which are secured on the divided ends of the parts a by screws h. The diagonal member is constructed in the same manner as the top member, but the spring is provided with closer coils.
Patent GB-190819582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Couplings for Railroad-cars.
Inventor: WINKELMANN ERNST
Filed: 1908-09-17
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 19,582. Winkelmann, E., and Lottmann, H. Sept. 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling of the type comprising twin interlocking hooks which are adapted to swing in a plane inclined at an angle of 45 degrees to the vertical, each book h is pivoted at f to swing in a slot formed in one of the branches of a forked coupler head k, the outer ends of which are bevelled as shown at e. In order to relieve the strain upon the pin f, the hook h is provided with pins l which are adapted to enter inclined slots m formed in the coupler head. The hook is uncoupled by a pulling-device, such as a cord o, connected to an eye n on the hook. A safety coupling may be provided by arranging a duplicate coupling below the former and in a plane at 90 degrees thereto. The lower coupling is made somewhat longer than the upper one. The uncoupling-devices of the two couplings may be connected to a single device, which is preferably operated from the side of the car. Draw-gear.-The coupler heads are connected to the car by vertical pivots c, and are centralized by springs b.
Patent GB-190824939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: WEBSTER GEORGE LAMONT
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 24,939. Webster, G. L. Nov. 19. Movable-abutment type.-The hinged abutment and the cut-off valve of a rotary engine are operated by adjustable cams secured to the piston shaft. To the spindle G<11> of an abutment G which is balanced by a weight K<1>, a lever K<3> is secured. This lever is hinged to a link K<4>, sliding between fixed rollers K<5> and provided with a roller K<6> which is engaged successively by the inner and outer surfaces of two cams L, M secured adjustably by clamping-screws to the shaft D, which carries the piston H<1>. The outer surface of the cam L engages the surface N<3> of a feed-valve N which is secured to one end of a lever N<1> which thereby swings on its pivot N<12> and opens the valve. On reaching the surface N<4> of the adjustable finger N<2> the cam L swings the lever N' back again and the valve is closed, the steam then working expansively until it exhausts by the pipe I<1>. The abutment is provided with a projection G<1> and strips G<12>, G<3> for packing purposes and its motion is limited by an adjustable stop O.
Patent GB-190827801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mortise Lever Locks.
Inventor: KORNBECK SIMON
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 27,801. Kornbeck, S. Dec. 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Locks, key ; latches.-In a night-latch, means for holding the bolt in a partly-withdrawn position until the door is closed, comprises a detent catch 13 pivoted on the lever pivot pin 6, and having a forked end which engages a pin 14 on the topmost lever. In the form of latch shown, the levers 5 are pivoted on the bolt, and the stump 16 is on the casing. When the key 9, or the handle follower 11, is used to raise the levers 5 and to withdraw the bolt, the catch 13 is held against the action of a spring 15 until the bolt has been so far withdrawn as to allow the catch to clear the stump 16, when it springs up, and on the bolt again moving forward after opening the door, catches over the stump 16 and retains the bolt in a mid position. When the door is closed, the bolt is pressed in, the catch is released, and the bolt then shoots fully out. A bolt 18 allows either the latch bolt 2 or the lock-bolt to be blocked in either position.
Patent GB-190908761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Gears.
Inventor: DUBRUL ALBERT
IPC: F16H15/46
Filed: 1909-04-13
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 8761. Dubrul, A. April 13. Driving machines. - Variable-speed gearing, of the class comprising tapering friction gear members adapted to be shifted angularly to alter the point or zone of gear contact, has the engaging-surfaces grooved to increase friction. A " roll " 1, Fig. 1, on a fixed driving-shaft 4, is adapted to drive a roll 2 on a driven shaft 5. The roll 2 has a curved contour, so that, by altering the inclination of the axis of the roll 2 to that of the roll 1, the velocity-ratio may be varied. The shaft 5 is for this purpose divided, and the ends of the portion carrying the roll 2 are supported in slide blocks 6, which may be moved relatively to one another. The blocks 6 have pins 8, Figs. 3 and 5, engaging oppositelyinclined cams 9, 9<a> secured to a rock-shaft 10. The shaft 10 is connected by a lever 11, Fig. 3, and a link 12 to an operating-lever 13 capable of perpendicular movements about pivots 14, 47, Figs. 1 and 5. A movement of the lever 13 transverse to the shaft 4 thus tilts the roll 2 to vary the speed. For reversing, cylindrical rolls 24, 25 are provided on the shaft 4, and on the other portion of the shaft 5, respectively. To effect reversal, the roll 2 is moved bodily back from the roll 1, and the rolls 24, 25 are connected by an idler 26. The shaft 5 of the roll 2 and the spindle 27 supporting the idler 26 are for this purpose mounted at both ends in eccentrics 37, Fig. 3 and 28, Fig. 5, respectively, the pairs of eccentrics being connected by links 39, 29, &c., and rock-shafts 41, 31. A yoke 48 surrounds the lever 13 and is slotted to allow the transverse movement already described to take place freely. Links 43, 33, Fig. 1, connect this yoke 48 to the shafts 41, 31, respectively, so that a movement of the lever 13 to the left or right of Fig. 1 advances the roll 2 or the idler 26, as the case may be, into driving-engagement, the other of these gear elements being simultaneously withdrawn. The parts of the shaft 5 are connected through two universal joints 15, Figs. 1 and 6, connected through a coupling 16 which allows relative longitudinal movement. One of the blocks 6, Fig. 3, is connected through links 21, 19 to a rod 17, Fig. 1, which slides over a scale 18 on the lever 13, as the roll 2 is tilted, and serves as a speedindicator. The lever 13 may be moved transversely by hand, or automatically through a link 50, Fig. 1, the latter arrangement being specially applicable where the link 50 is a cross-feed member in a metal-working machine.
Patent GB-190909445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coke Ovens.
IPC: C10B5/02
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 9445. Soc. Anon. d'OugrÚe Marihaye and Eloy, L. April 21. Bricks, special shapes of.- Cokeoven walls are built of channel shaped bricks k fitting into transverse bricks w separating the flues c. d, the latter bricks being provided with dowels and recesses to fit one another. The flame surfaces are protected by a thin covering of aluminous paste.