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Patent GB-190728140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Heating of Carburetting Apparatus for use with Internal Combustion Engines
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 28,140. Deutsche Karburier - Ges. Dec. 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas or explosive - vapour engines, carburetting and heating air in. A body with a high latent heat of liquefaction, such as sodium acetate, is employed to store heat and impart it to the carburettor or air supply on starting the engine. Fig. 1 shows a vaporizer or surface carburettor containing liquid fuel b, through which pipes d pass for conveying the exhaust or cooling-water. The tubes d are surrounded by other tubes p containing the heat - storing substance w. The air enters at l and escapes at m. Fig. 2 shows an airheater in which, before stopping, the exhaust or cooling-water is made to traverse the pipe k by means of pipes f<1>, f<2>, and is then cut off, and the pipe is emptied ; while at starting, the air passes through the pipe k by way of the pipes g<1>, g<2>. In a modification of the air-heater, the box. containing the heat-storing substance is contained in a heating- box, and the air pipe passes through both. The Specification, in the original form as published under the Act of 1901, describes also a modified form of heater, the carburettor comprising a box, the walls of which contain heat-storing material and are surrounded by a heating-box ; this subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190800558-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of and Means for Protecting Battle Ships, Cruisers, and the like, Fortresses, Artillery, Troops and other Units of Warfare against Gunfire generally.
Inventor: ADAMS EDWIN
Filed: 1908-01-09
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 558. Adams, E., and Binks, A. Jan. 9. Turrets are provided with a system of rapidly revolving shields. The outer portion of the turret is of spherical shape divided into two parts a, a<1> arranged some distance apart to form a gun port. The parts a, a' revolve in a horizontal plane, the part a being rotated by the shaft b operated from the motor c.and the part a<1> rotated by the wheels d' operating the rack d. The space between the parts a, a<1> is protected by a series of disks f rapidly rotated through the gearing f <3>. In a modification, the lower part of the turret is made conical.
Patent GB-190801973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Code-locks
Inventor: WILLIS CHARLES
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 1973. Willis, C. Jan. 28. [Patent of Addition to No. 5039, A.D. 1907.] Making parts of key locks. - The casing and tubeclipping band of a cycle lock, Fig. 1, may be bent up from the single blank shown in Fig. 4, lips c<1> being turned over to secure the ends of the casing. A pair of blanks, Fig. 9, may be employed instead, being riveted or otherwise secured to the casing ends and to a separate clipping-band. Or each blank may comprise half the casing and half the band, these latter parts being fastened together by a dovetail joint or a screw, or they may be hinged as shown in Fig. 17.
Patent GB-190803800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fuel for use in Stoves for the Preservation of Fruit and Vegetable Embryo Crops.
Inventor: STAINFORTH MARTIN
Filed: 1908-02-19
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 3800. Stainforth, M. Feb. 19. Composition fuel.-A smoky fuel for the protection of fruit and vegetable crops consists of an absorbent, such as wood shavings, saw-dust, or peat moss, mixed with crude oil and asphalt or bitumen, with or without lime, and briquetted or not. The process may be conducted with or without heating. A suitable mixture contains asphalt 25 parts, crude oil 100 parts, and wood shavings 75 parts, by weight. Specification No. 3799, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Stoves &c.], describes a stove in which the fuel may be burnt.
Patent GB-190804945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Cleaners of Milk Cans and the like.
Inventor: JACOBI HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 4945. Jacobi, H. March 4. Milk cans &c., cleaning.-In apparatus for washing milk cans and like vessels, a folding brush mounted upon a rotary shaft c is expanded by advancing a sleeve e by means of treadle mechanism, this movement being utilized for opening valves q, q<1> successively supplying steam and water through the shaft. The brush consists of two pairs of jointed brushcarrying plates f, f<1>, the former being pivoted to the sleeve e and the latter connected by links g with the shaft. The bent end portions i<2> of the plates f<1> are of only half width and permit the passage of the steam and water from the end of the shaft when the brush is closed. The sleeve is operated by a treadle-lever n<1> through a link n<2>, bell-crank m, and bar k. A plate s carried by the bar k has camedges which control the supply valves through rollers r<1>, bell-crank levers r and rods k<1>. The external brush v is rotated by chain gearing w from the shaft c, which is provided with belt pulleys d. A trough having inclined can-supporting brushes along its longitudinal edges may be arranged beneath the brush v.
Patent GB-190809325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture and Supply of Carburetted Air Gas.
Inventor: KEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 9325. Key, W. April 30. Norias.-In a carburetting - apparatus, petrol in a chamber d is raised by buckets 4 on a disk 3 and emptied into a receptacle 5, from which it is discharged into the carburettor through a passage 6 controlled by a valve 13 provided with a pointer 14 moving over a dial 15.
Patent GB-190810477-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Attachment for Stamping, Punching, or the like Reciprocating Machines.
Inventor: BROWN DAVID
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 10,477. Brown, D., and Clay, J. R. May 14. Guards and protectors. -A guard for stamping, punching, or like machines comprises a rotatable rod 4, which is mounted in fixed brackets 1 and held against longitudinal movement by collar 7; an arm 9, engaging a helical groove 12 on the rod 4 and reciprocating with the ram 8 ; and an arm 5 secured to the lower end of the rod 4 and adjusted so as to be swept across the die at each stroke of the ram.
Patent GB-190817112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Operated Apparatus for Controlling the Movements of Points or Switches on Tramways or Railways.
Inventor: MUNRO EDWARD MAY
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 17,112. Munro, E. M., and Rogers, H. I. Aug.14. Points and switches are operated in both directions by a single electric solenoid, which is energized by the vehicles through suitable contacts. Fig. II shows a plan of the arrangement. The electric solenoid B is mounted in a suitable chamber A, its core C being connected through a link D and bellcrank lever L, H to the point tongues. The arm H is slotted so that the throw of the point tongue can be suitably adjusted. The outer end of the link D carries a roller or the like adapted to traverse freely the straight slot M in the arm L, one wall of the slot being slightly diverted from the straight line at its ends so that the roller may find a foothold during the operative stroke. When the solenoid is energized, the link D is forced outwards and rotates the bell-crank. Upon the breaking of the electric circuit, the springs P retract the core and link, the roller end of the link then traversing the slot M and taking up such a position that on. the re-energizing of the solenoid the bell-crank is moved in the reverse direction. The effective stroke of the core may be varied by employing a lever between the link and the core.
Patent GB-190828067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Valves in and Governing Internal-combustion-motors.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD HAROLD FREDERICK CRO
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 28,067. Whitehead, H. F. C. Dec. 24. Gas and like engines, governing. In variableadmission valve-gear similar to the Allen link described in Specification No. 1199, A.D. 1862, [Abridgment Class Steam engines], in which a member i, operated by a crank or eccentric h, is guided at a point j, by a radius link k or in any other manner, so that the point j moves in a straight or slightly curved path, and the valve motion is taken from different points of the member i according to the position of a governor, the time of closing of the valve being constant or nearly constant, the member i is provided with straight or curved guides for a block m adjusted by the governor, and motion is transmitted to the valve from this block through the medium of a link p and rolling levers r, y or other mechanism enabling lost motion to take place without disengagement of the parts. In the position shown, the valve is just closed, and the block m is adjusted so that the stroke of the valverod p is equal to the stroke of the eccentric. When the block m is moved by the governor towards the end n of the guide, the valve commences to open later and has a reduced lift ; but the valve always closes at approximately the same point in the motion of the eccentric. The block m may be moved by the governor to such a position that the valve is not opened, and if desired it may be moved beyond this position, or the arrangement may be such that the rod p receives a greater stroke than that of the eccentric. The lever r is shaped so that the lever y rests upon it without opening the valve during the inoperative part of the motion of the gear. The reaction of the rod p upon the block m, when these are not perpendicular to one another, is taken up by a dash-pot 8 attached to the governor lever. The fuel valve e may be concentric with the main admission valve c, the two valves opening in opposite directions, so that there is no tendency for the fuel valve to be opened automatically, and means such as a lever 25 may be provided for taking up the pressure of the closing spring 16 when the fuel valve is about to be opened.
Patent GB-190903591-A (GB)
Title: A Stand or Stage for Mounting Horses and the like.
Inventor: STEWART CHARLES FREDERICK
IPC: A63J3/00
Filed: 1909-02-13
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 3591. Stewart, C. F. Feb. 13. Staging for mounting horses &c.-A portable stand from which horses are mounted comprises a platform 13 railed in on two sides and ascended by steps 15. The spaces beneath the platform and steps may be fitted with drawers and cupboards, or used as stores for housing cloths, brushes, or gloves.
Patent GB-190903678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Actuating the Doors of Retorts, Coke Ovens and the like.
IPC: C10B25/12
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 3678. Ofenbau Ges. Feb. 20, 1908, [Convention date]. Retort, coke-oven, and like doors. - In an apparatus for actuating retort, coke-oven, and like doors individually and from a distance, a single rod 24 extends along the front of the bench or furnace and passes through the hollow hubs of a series of bevel-wheels 27, one for each retort, which permanently gear with spindles 15 carrying pinions 14 to engage with racks 13 formed at the lower ends of the door-carrying brackets 10. A series of toothed coupling-disks 26 are keyed on the rod, and engage, when inside a hub, with corresponding clutch teeth, the position of the disks being such that only one bevel-wheel at a time can be engaged by the rod. The rod is moved longitudinally by means of a pivoted lever 28, the upper end of which passes through a guide 31 and is secured in a definite position corresponding with each door. The rod is rotated by a chain-wheel 33 and a winch 37, a tongue-and-groove connexion being provided to allow of the longitudinal movement of the rod.
Patent GB-190907053-A (GB)
Title: Improved Slow Motion Device for Operating Switches.
Inventor: MOFFETT FRANCIS JOSEPH
IPC: H01H7/03
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 7053. Moffett, F. J., and Rosher, N. B. Sept. 24. Retarding-devices.-The movements of a controller or other switch are retarded by means of a dash-pot, fly-wheel, fan, &c. in combination with a cam-shaped arm. The dash-pot L and a cam I connected to its piston are contained in a casing A, which may be attached to the controller &c. casing by lugs B. The gear shaft C passes through the casings and carries an arm D provided with a roller E to engage the cam I. When the shaft C is rotated in a clockwise direction the arm D first depresses the cam about its pivot H and then moves freely from the position shown in Fig. 1 until the roller engages the projecting portion of the cam. The shaft C and the controller &c. contacts are therefore held stationary until the spring J raises the cam against the influence of the dash-pot. When the cam projection is raised above the roller, the handle can be turned again and the action repeated. The period during which the contacts are held stationary can be varied by adjusting a valve in the dash-pot piston or by adjusting the spring J by means of a screw K. The Provisional Specification describes a switch operated through ratchet mechanism, the pawl being connected to the piston of the dash-pot.
Patent GB-190907220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Securing Garments and the like.
Inventor: SUNDBACK GIDEON
IPC: A44B19/02
Filed: 1909-03-25
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 7220. Sundback, G. April 2, 1908, [Convention date]. Sliding-clasp fastenings.-Relates to fasteners, of the type described in Specification 24,782/07, [Class 43, Fastenings, Dress]. The eye 4 has a longitudinal loop 13 to engage the shank 10 of the hook 9, which is retained in the loop by the projecting tail 14 of the next eye.
Patent GB-190907532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Covering Wire or Electric Conductors with an Insulating Material.
Inventor: OWEN HARRY LUKE
Filed: 1909-03-29
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 7532. Owen, H. L. March 29. Wire, covering by winding. -Electric conductors are covered with a spiral winding of insulating-material, for instance asbestos fibre, prepared according to Specification 7530/09, [Class 36, Electricity, Conducting &c.], in such a way that the wire itself moves axially without rotation so as to avoid undue strains on account of twisting. The wire leaves the stock reel 11, passes through a straightening-die 13, over a wheel 16 for applying adhesive material, and thence to a rotary device 25, such as is described in Specification 7531/09, for applying the lapping of fibre. It then passes under a drip-pot 24 for applying a second coating of adhesive, but this step may be omitted, and thence to a rotary compressor 26 such as is described in Specification 7533/09, and then on between a heating or cooling device 27 to the wheel 29, which conveys the wire through the machine. This wheel is grooved, the wire being lapped once round the groove, and is driven by the worm 32 from the main shaft 4, which also drives the coating-wheel 16, and the devices 25, 26. The wire is then wound up on the reel 34, which is moved to one side or the other, so as to meet the alternating direction of successive layers during winding, by the alternate engagement of the right and left handed screws 35 with half portions of female-threaded nuts 47. These half-nuts are carried on levers 45, shown in plan in Fig. 3, and one or other of these two half-nuts is engaged with a screw according to which way the bar 44 is shifted. The bar 44 is moved by the lever 43 through the engagement of the cheeks 34 of the windon drum with the projection 48.
Patent GB-190907980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Missiles or Throwing Implements which in some respects resemble the Boomerang.
Inventor: FLINT ALGERNON HORACE
IPC: A63B65/08
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 7980. Flint, A. H., and Lang, A. B. D. April 3. Flying toys.-A missile which is designed to return to the thrower like a boomerang consists of a star or crossshaped device having three or more blades, one of which is longer than the others. The blades are set at a pitch and are preferably round on one side and flat on the other.
Patent GB-190908114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tubular Boilers.
IPC: F22B9/12
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 8114. Deighton's Patent Flue and Tube Co., and Clayton, L. April 5. Vertical boilers; fire-boxes.-In a boiler of the kind described in Specification 21,608/00, the fire-box 1 is made in plan of circular formation, and in elevation in the form of a bell, as shown. The upper part 2 of the fire-box is flattened on opposite sides to receive the smoketubes 3
Patent GB-190909785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shifting Mechanism for Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: ANDERSON NILS HJALMAR
IPC: B41J25/24
Filed: 1909-04-24
Granted: 1910-04-25
Abstract: 9785. Anderson, N. H. April 24. Case-shift and carriage-shift mechanism; shiftkey actions.-Shift mechanism, either for the paper-carriage or for a basket of sliding typebars, comprises cams 30, 31 secured to the cranked part 28 of a rock-shaft 23, the cam 30 being formed with a cam-slot 32 and a cam-surface 35, and the cam 31 being formed with a cam-slot 33 and a cam-surface 36. The slots 32, 33 are respectively engaged by rolls 40, 41 mounted on levers 37, 38, and the surfaces 35, 36 are normally engaged by rolls 42, 43, also mounted on the levers 37, 38, which are operated by shift-key levers 45, 46, pivoted at 47, 48. The shaft 23 is provided with arms 24, 25 which are connected by links 26, 27 to the rail 7 on which the paper-carriage 4 runs, or to a pivoted guide-box which carries the sliding type-bars. The slots 32, 33 are formed at the bottom with dwells, which coincide with the axis of the strap 23 and are struck from the pivots 39 of the levers 37, 38. The cams are normally in the position shown in Fig. 5, the rolls 40, 41 being at the bottom of the slots 32, 33, and the rolls 42, 43 in engagement with the surfaces 35, 36 so as to hold the cams in normal position and thereby lock the shiftable part in normal position. When either of the shift-levers 45, 46, for instance the lever 45, is depressed, the corresponding lever 37 is raised, as shown in Fig. 12, and carries the locking- roll 42 out of the way of the cam, and simultaneously sweeps the roll 40 along the slot 32, thereby rocking the shaft 23 to the right and depressing the paper-carriage or the type-bars. When the lever 46 is depressed, the shaft 23 is rocked to the left, thereby raising the paper-carriage or the type-bars. The cams 30, 31 rock together, but, owing to the provision of the dwells at the bottom of the slots, the non-actuated shift-lever 45 or 46 and its associated lever 37. or 38 remain at rest. Dwells are also formed at the top of the slots 30, 31, so that when the shiftable part reaches the shifted position, the sbift-levers have a lost-motion play. The levers 37, 38 each consist of two side arms pivoted at 39 in a block 45<1> which is adjustably secured to a bracket 45<11>, the adjustment being in an arc struck from the axis of the rock-shaft 23 In some cases the levers 37, 38 may be dispensed with, the rolls 40 &c. being mounted directly on the shift-levers 45, 46. The cams 30, 31 may be adjustably mounted on the shaft 23, clamp-screws and adjusting-screws being provided for this purpose. The shift-levers 45, 46 are arrested by slightly resilient stops 55, 56, each consisting of a C-shaped piece of metal which has the bent-back edges secured to the frame, and is provided on the face with a cushion 58 of felt or the like. The paper-carriage is balanced by springs 60, 60, 51 and by a spiral spring secured at one end to a collar which may be adjusted radially on the shaft 23. The papercarriage may be guided vertically in the known manner by link mechanism 13.
Patent GB-190910811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hopper-fed Stoves and the like.
Inventor: REYNOLDS CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1909-05-07
Granted: 1910-06-07
Abstract: 10,811. Reynolds, C. J., and Ure, G. A. May 7. Explosions, preventing. - In a hopper-fed closed stove, water-heater, or steam-generator, the ash-pit and the upper end of the hopper are connected by a passage or duct, so that when the fuel in the hopper is low, and air passes through it to the fire, a current of air passes from the ash-pit to the hopper, and prevents the accumulation of gases which become explosive when the hopper door is opened. The passage or duct C, Fig. 1, connects the hopper A and ash-pit D of a stove, and is formed between the casing and the cover-plates E at the back of the stove. Fig. 2 shows a hopper-fed water-heater with such a duct F connecting the hopper H and the ash-pit D. Specifications 1138/64, [Class 51, Furnaces &c.], 10,149/97, and 8124/07, are referred to.
Patent GB-190912286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magneto-electric Ignition Apparatus for Use in connection with the Ignition Systems of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HALL ROBERT FREDERICK
IPC: F02P1/00
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 12,286. Hall, R. F. May 25. Interrupters, mechanical; rotary distributors.- In dual-ignition systems for intercal-combustion engines, in which separate contact-breakers are used for the magneto and battery circuits, such as are described in Specification 15,289/08, the hightension distributor 3 and the battery contactbreaker 4 are enclosed in a casing 2 carried by the end plate of the apparatus, the contact-breaker being mounted in a removable cover or cap 5, which is capable of making a relative angular movement with respect to the casing, and is kept in position by the spring 6, which conveys the current from the battery terminal 7 to the contactbreaker. The magneto contact-breaker 31 is carried by a removable cap 32, which is connected by a link 35 to a longitudinal spindle 34. The cap 5, carrying the battery contact-breaker, is connected by a link 38 to an arm 37, which is pivoted to the casing and connected to the spindle 34 by a link 36. When the arm 37 is actuated, the covers of both the contact-breakers are rotated to advance or retard the spark, the arrangement of the links being such that a greater movement is given to the battery contact-breaker in order to compensate for the lag of the coil system. The distributor 3 comprises a rotary element 11, on which is mounted a semicircular conducting-band 12, to which the current is led from the high-tension terminal 13, and from which it is distributed to the brushes connected to the cylinders of the engine. The rotary element 11 carries a cam 17 for actuating the contact-breaker 4, and is driven from the armature spindle 18 through spur-wheels 19, 20. The cap 5 is provided with an inspection window 9, which is normally closed by a shutter 10.
Patent GB-190916951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traction Engines, Motor-cars, and other like Self-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: QUINLIVAN THOMAS
IPC: B60K3/00
Filed: 1909-07-20
Granted: 1910-07-20
Abstract: 16,951. Quinlivan, T. July 20. Traction engines, steam.-Relates to vehicles in which both front and rear wheels are driven by a longitudinal shaft having a universal joint concentric with a universal frame connexion. The cylinders 14, Figs. 1 and 2, are attached to the boiler, and the crank-shaft 18 is mounted upon the frame 1, which is provided with a forward extension 2. The front axle structure 6 is connected to the extension 2 and to the support 12 for the front end of the boiler, by a ball-and-socket connexion which allows steering and other movement of the axle. The longitudinal shaft 30 is driven from the crankshaft 18 and drives the front wheels 7 through a universal joint contained within and concentric with the universal frame connexion, bevel gearing 44, differential countershaft 45, and toothed. gearing 48, 49.