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Patent GB-190800549-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrical Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: TRUEMPLER WILHELM ERNST
Filed: 1908-01-09
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 549. Tr³mpler, W. E. Feb. 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Regulating.-An electric heating fabric for use with alternating currents, has heating wires forming warp threads which are connected in parallel in groups a, b, c, d, the groups being-connected in series with a choking coil having an adjustable air. space, the arrangement being shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. A differentially wound c il g may be provided having windings h, i connected across two groups so that, if a sufficient alteration in the subdivision of the electric pressure occurs, the core of the coil actuates a cut-out.
Patent GB-190801373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protecting and Non-skid Devices for Motor-car and other Wheels.
Inventor: ANCEL JACQUES
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 1373. Ancel, J. Jan. 21, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-To prevent slipping and puncture, a strip of wire-gauze &c. 2 embedded or not in rubber &c. is riveted to a strip 1 of leather, canvas, or rubber, and the whole is secured in a groove in a pneumatic tyre cover or cellular tyre by pins 7 riveted inside over washers 8.
Patent GB-190804719-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of a New Finish for Cloth and other Materials.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES AUBREY
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 4719. Day, C. A., [Erste Triester Reisschal- Fabriks Akt.-Ges]. March 2.. Size; dextrin; starch.-A finish for fabrics. &c., stated to replace hot calendering, consists of wet starch, the adhesiveness of which has been diminished by treatment with sulphur dioxide so that it has been converted into a product between starch and dextrin, mixed with a soap-like compound of ammonia with unsaturated fatty acids, preferably oleic acid. The product is dried for use.
Patent GB-190805637-A (GB)
Title: Elastic Spring Tyre.
Inventor: RITSON GEORGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 5637. Ritson, G. A. March 13. Tyres, elastic other t h a n pneumatic.-A metal band B held on the felloe by channel brackets F is connected to an outer flexible metal b a n d D by helical 1 springs C secured by means of bolts E. The cover K is attached by means of side plates L and set-screws N, which pass through the brackets F and into screwed tubes 0 passing through the felloe. The cover K may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190806427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Trimming Machines for Stereotype Plates and the like.
Inventor: READ GEORGE FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 6427. Read, G. F., and Lougee, F. G. March 23. Gauging-devices. - Stereotype plates, linotype slugs, &c. to be trimmed are' placed on a table a against a gauge f which slides in a groove band abuts against a stop d which may be clamped by a T-headed bolt c and a wing-nut e. The stop d is roughly adjusted relatively to the cutting-tool. To obtain a further fine adjustment of the gauge f, the gauge is provided with a collar h formed with stepped teeth on the face adapted to engage corresponding teeth on a collar j secured to a spindle i passing through the gauge f, and carrying a milled head l with which a detent m engages. A spring k retains the collars h, j in contact. By turning the head l, the collar j may be finely adjusted with regard to the gauge f, which is then pushed along until the collar j abuts against the stop d.
Patent GB-190808919-A (GB)
Title: A Car for Conveying a Machine Gun and Appurtenances.
Inventor: STRUTT GEORGE ASHTON
Filed: 1908-04-24
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 8919. Strutt, G. A. April 24. Seats, arrangement of.-A cart for a machine gun and its appurtenances is provided with side seats c having hinged leg-rests and hinged footboards e, and a driver's seat f with a movable footboard g supported by chains h.
Patent GB-190810005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hats and Sweat Bands or Leathers therefor.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 10,005. Taylor, J. May 8. Leathers or sweat bands; ventilating.-For ventilating a hat, a strip of material B in the form of a loop or slot to carry an elastic band D is stitched along one edge of the hat leather on the side that comes into contact with the bat, and along the same edge is stitched also a strip of openwork fabric E with a number of apertures e along its free edge. The two strips of material are sewn one over another, and the openwork strip is secured along its free edge to the hat brim C so that it serves to secure the band A to the hat. When in position, the elastic cord is drawn tight and tied, so that the sweat band is drawn forward away from the hat and the apertures of the openwork fabric are distended so as to permit of ventilation. The elastic cord prevents the pressure of the head from compressing together the meshes of the openwork fabric.
Patent GB-190820302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Rubber Articles subject to Compression, Expansion or Torsion.
Inventor: GARE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-09-28
Abstract: 20,302. Gare, T. Sept. 28. India-rubber valves.-Relates to the manufacture of rubber articles, such as valves, of the kind in which the article is made of layers of different degrees of elasticity, and consists in making, such article of powdered vulcanized rubber fused together according to the process described in Specification No. 12,454, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class India-rubber &c.]. Fig. 1 shows a buffer in which the layers a have a low elasticity, and the layers c a higher elasticity. The layers may be arc- or V-shaped as in Fig. 2, or may be arranged concentrically, Fig. 3, or each layer may contain different qualities of rubber as shown in Fig. 4. The layers may be made to merge into one another.
Patent GB-190820708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: KOE BASIL RALPH
Filed: 1908-10-01
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 20,708. Koe, B. R. Oct. 1. Switches. - Electric switches, more particularly for actuating signals as described in Specification No. 5638, A.D. 1907, are provided with a selfcentring handle capable of moving in any plane. The handle a is carried on and secured to a helical spring b, and has attached contact-bars c<2>, c<3>, c', which, when the handle moves, engage with fixed contacts d<2>, d<3>, d' according to the direction of the movement. When the handle a is released, the spring b causes it to return to the central position.
Patent GB-190821982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Filling Carrier Magazines of Weft-replenishing Looms.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1908-10-17
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 21,982. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Oct. 17. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins in, automatically. -In a magazine of the kind having one or more vertical compartments for superposed bobbins which drop by gravity, the support 4, Fig. 1, for holding the lowest bobbin 2 and releasing it at the proper time for transference to the shuttle, extends across the magazine and is pivoted at its ends to the guideways 1, 3 for the heads and tips of the bobbins. The head of the lowest bobbin rests on a pin 7 projecting from the inner end of the support, and its tip rests on the curved edge 10<2>, Fig. 7, of an adjustable plate 10 secured to the support. When the lowest bobbin is to be transferred to the shuttle, the support is rocked by a rod connected to a pin 6 thereon, the head and the tip of the lowest bobbin are released simultaneously and a pin 7<1> at the inner end of the support and the upper part of the plate 10 move under and support the head and tip respectively of the next lowest bobbin until the support 4 is returned to its normal position. A plate similar to the plate 10 may be used instead of the pins 7, 7<1>.
Patent GB-190822137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shirt-collars.
Inventor: ROWELL HARRIETTE ELIZABETH
Filed: 1908-10-19
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 22,137. Rowell, H. E. Oct. 19. Collars.- The inner band of double collars is formed with a soft or unstiffened portion g around the, back stud-hole h, by cutting away the stiffening - strips and sewing along the edge i. , This enables the tie to be readily adjusted around the neck.
Patent GB-190822301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Direct Acting Engines and Motors.
Inventor: DAWSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 22,301. Dawson, A. Oct. 21. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-In valve gear for direct-acting pumps, the primary movements of the distributing- valve are effected by linkage gear, and movements at right - angles for reversing are produced by cylinder and piston devices.
Patent GB-190823996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Controlling Apparatus for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: MAYER THEODORE ALBERT
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 23,996. Mayer, T. A. March 17, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Locomotive railway and tramway vehicles. - A motor - vehicle is prevented from starting while a passenger is on the boarding-step. As applied to the controller of an electric tramcar, the controller handle E is provided with an electro-magnet 11 in circuit with contact springs 15 carried by the handle. The controller carries a pivoted latch 10 and two fixed contacts 13, which are in circuit with a mat of the ordinary electric burglar alarm type, carried on the step of the car. When the handle is brought back to the zero position, the springs 15 contact with the stops 13. Should anyone then get on the step, the magnet circuit is closed and the latch 10 is lifted by the magnet 11. The stop 12 prevents the handle from being moved until the step is empty, whereupon the circuit is broken and the latch drops. In another arrangement, when anyone gets on the step while the handle is in the zero position, a bell-crank lever and wire are actuated to interpose a stop in front of the handle. The device may be used on a car having steps extending along the whole length of the car, and the electric method may be applied to a trailer car attached to the motor-car.
Patent GB-190824666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warp-stop Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: WRIGHT JAMES
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-11-17
Abstract: 24,666. Wright, J., and Wright, H. Nov. 17. Loom stop - motions ; lease rods. -Detectors a, Fig. 1, are pivoted on a rod b, in a framework comprising longitudinal ribs 2, 3, Fig. 6, end pieces 4, 5, and slotted cross-pieces 6, which receive a bar d, connected to sliding pieces g, g<1>. The sliding pieces are actuated by arms n fixed on a shaft p carrying a lever r, which is moved in one direction by means of the rod u, lever v, and stud v<2>, which extends into the path of one of the lay-swords, and in the other direction by a spring s. The bearings h, h<1> of the pieces g, g<1> are pivoted at 8 to brackets k on the back rail A, and are resiliently supported by springs m. Two or more sets of detectors are used, the frameworks serving as lease-rods. When a warp thread breaks, its detector a prevents the bar d from being moved by the spring s. Consequently the rod u is not moved to tilt the catch u<2>, and the bunter w on the lay contacts with the catch and knocks off the loom.
Patent GB-190825070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Appliances connected with the Doors of Carding Engine Cylinders.
Filed: 1908-11-21
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 25,070. Brown, A., and Tweedales & Smalley. Nov. 21. Guards.-Relates to a locking-device for the doors or covers of carding- engine cylinders which will prevent the door from being opened as long as the belt is on the fast pulley and as long as the pulley is rotating, and which will, when the door is open, prevent the return of the belt on to the fast pulley. A bar 6 having a projection 9 and a notch 10 is arranged to slide in a guide 7 and is connected to the door 2 by a lever 1. When the door is closed, a pin 14 carried by the sliding belt-fork support 12 comes in front of the projection 9 and prevents movement of the rod 6 to open the door. In addition, a pivoted catch 11 engages the notch 10 in the rod. To tilt this catch, to release the rod 6, it is necessary to insert a pin through holes 19 in the periphery of a drum attached to the fast pulley. The movement of the belt on to the loose pulley removes the pin 14 out of the path of the projection 9. When the door is opened, the bar 6 is moved so that the projection 9 forms an obstruction to the return of the belt on to the fast pulley. A casing 16 encloses the projection 9 and catch 11, the pin 14 working through a hole in this casing.
Patent GB-190826167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathes for Turning, Facing, Boring, Parting and like Operations.
Inventor: SELLEW ERNEST BURCHARD
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,167. Sellew, E. B. Dec. 3. Lathes.-A blank B, Fig. 5, for making articles such as eccentrically-bored piston-rings, is carried by a face-plate on a hollow spindle 3 provided with eccentric bushes 9, which receive a non-rotating boring-bar 8 provided with an arm 14 which loosely engages a sliding tool-shaft 16, Fig. 1, splined in a bearing 18, but which moves longitudinally with the toolshaft as controlled by collars 15. A number of cutting-off tools 7 are mounted in a lever-rest 23 with their cutting-edges in a line inclined to the axis of the work. The cut-off blanks drop into a receptacle. The rest 23 is mounted on a rock-shaft controlled by a lever 27 and a cam on a drum 22 which also carries a cam for traversing the tool-shaft 16. The lever 27 is connected by a cord to a spring-controlled belt shifter on the countershaft and on the completion of the operation the spring draws the bowl on the lever through a gap in the cam and stops the machine. The spindle 3 is mounted in split conical bearing-bushes, and is provided with a thrust collar and a take-up nut at its forward end. It is driven by a gear 38 meshing with a pinion loose on the rock-shaft and belt-driven from the countershaft. The drum 22 is loose on the spindle, and is driven at a large speed reduction by epicyclic gearing. A pinion 40, Fig. 6, loose on an eccentric hub on the gear 38, meshes with a fixed toothed ring 42 and with a ring 48 with a second set of teeth meshing with a second pinion 41 on the hub, which also gears with a ring 49 secured to the camdrum. When it is desired to run the lathe-spindle without operating the feeds, the pin 44 may be held in a raised position by a spring and a bayonetslot, freeing the ring 42.
Patent GB-190906839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Umbrellas.
Inventor: UMSTEAD WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTS
IPC: A45B19/10
Filed: 1909-03-22
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 6839. Umstead, W. H. R. March 22. Folding umbrellas; sticks.-Relates to folding umbrellas of the kind comprising ribs made in hinged sections, auxiliary stretchers connected with the ribs, and main stretchers connected with the auxiliary stretchers at points intermediate their length. The auxiliary runner 13 is resiliently pressed downwards, to hold the parts firmly in the open or closed position, by means of a spring 20 fixed to pins 21, 22, respectively anchored in the stick and sliding in slots in the stick. The inner ends of the outer rib sections 9 are connected to the auxiliary stretchers 12 and project beyond the outer ends of the inner rib sections 8. The stick is made in sections fitted together by means of spring catches.
Patent GB-190907335-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Fixing Capsules on Bottles.
Inventor: HAFSTROEM HERMAN
IPC: B67B3/14
Filed: 1909-03-26
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 7335. Hafstr÷m, H. March 26. Crown corks and the like, applying.-Relates to a machine for applying capsules to bottles, and comprises a casing 1 in which a plunger 2 is moved by a hand-lever 14. On the plunger, levers 3 are pivoted, having inward projections 5 at their lower ends. The lower end 10 of the plunger is shaped to fit the capsule, and the upper part is made hollow to receive a spiral spring 7, upon which rests a plug 8 having a conical flange 9. In operation, a bottle is placed on an adjustable rest 13, and the plunger is depressed through the spring 7 by the lever 14. When the plunger rests on the capsule, further depression of the lever causes the flange 9 of the plug to engage the levers 3 and force their lower ends inwards to fix the capsules.
Patent GB-190909026-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game of Skill and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Inventor: MILLER JAMES
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 1909-04-16
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 9026. Miller, J. April 16. Table games.-Relates to a coin-freed machine of the kind descibed in Specification 23,431/00, wherein a ball a is propelled upwards by operating a handle m with the object of causing the ball to fall between a series of pins c and thence into an horizontally - movable cup h, the ball then operating suitable mechanism to deliver a check or tally. The present invention consists, firstly, in temporarily retaining the ball, after passing the pins, by a platform d which the player may withdraw by pulling down a handle i<1>, and secondly, by oscillating the cup h by mechanical means, as for instance by clock-work set in operation by the insertion of the coin. The balls a are brought into operation and released one at a time as described in the above-mentioned Specification.
Patent GB-190909779-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Forming Wire Hat-frames.
Inventor: LEDERER HENRY JOSEPH
IPC: A42C3/00
Filed: 1909-04-24
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 9779. Lederer, H. J., [Jameson, W. M.]. April 24. Bending - formers. - A device fur forming wire hat-frames consists of a number of series of wiresupporting members F, Figs. 1 and 3, secured to radial supports E on a base A, A<2>, each series of members being adapted to outline a radial section of a hat and connected to its support in such a manner that it may be detached therefrom without disturbing the relative positions of its members. The base A, A<2> is divided into two parts hinged together, the part A being rigidly secured by screws a to a standard B to which the part A' is secured by a clamp C. The supports E and the wire-supporting members F are slotted longitudinally, and each series of members is secured to its support by means of a bolt G, Fig. 4, and nuts G', G<3>, G<6>.
Patent GB-190909968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Making Half-stuff from Peat Turf or other Fibrous Material.
Inventor: BECK OSCAR PETER
IPC: B02C1/14
Filed: 1909-04-27
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 9968. Beck, O. P. April 27. Pulping-engines. - Relates to apparatus for reducing fibrous material such as crude peat turf, in the preparation of half stuff or stock for paper or paper-board, of the type in which the material is subjected to the combined disintegrating and drawing action of a series of stamps reciprocated in a direction normal to the operative surface of a rotary pan containing the material. The downward pressure of the stamps is mechanically produced, and each stamp is provided with a yielding medium in order to enable it to ride over obstacles. Also, means are provided for varying the frequency of the blows of the stamps. The stamps consist of horizontal bars 19 extending radially across the width of the pan and attached to pairs of vertical plungers 20, fitted to reciprocate in guides 21, 22 carried by girders 18 extending across the apparatus, and operated by tappet rollers 35, 36 mounted on a ring 37. The tappet rollers 35, 36, engaging cam surfaces 33, 34, rock shafts 23 to which the cams are fixed, and the reciprocating motion is transmitted to the stamps through arms 26 and links 27. The links 27 are connected to collars 28 which depress the stamps through springs 31, and raise them by engaging collars 29 fixed to the plungers. To vary the frequency of the blows of the stamps 19, the shaft 38 carrying the wheel 37 is provided with a bevel-wheel 42 having a plurality of rings of teeth 43, 44, 45 engaged respectively by bevel-pinions 46, 47, 48 on the driving-shaft 12. The shaft 12 is grooved to receive a key by which either of the bevel-pinions 46, 47, 48 can be keyed to the shaft. The key is attached to a collar 53 and is held in position by a screw 54. The pan 7 is lined with stone or other equivalent material, and is made with its outer wall 57 inclined so that it can be used with a stationary delivery shoot 58, Fig. 8, by which the rotation of the pan causes the ejection of the material after treatment.
Patent GB-190913220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Sheathing of Insulated Electrical Conductors.
IPC: B21C37/15
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,220. Siemens Bros. & Co., Handcock, H. W., Dykes, A. H., and Rawlings, J. J. June 5. [Cognate Application 24,683/09.] Drawings to Specification. Armouring conductors.-Cables for house-wiring &c. are protected by embedding in the'lead sheath, by means of solder or other soft metal or not, an armouring of hard metal in the form of wire or strip, which prevents the cable from buckling or kinking at bends. Wires of brass, copper, steel, iron, or the like, and of circular or rectangular section, are embedded partly or wholly in the lead sheath, being spaced apart or placed close together. The wires are arranged longitudinally or helically, or are braided, solder or other soft metal being preferably run in to unite them integrally with the sheath. The lead sheath may be made thinner than is usual, and the wires and solder are conveniently applied on emergence from the lead-press by means of a hot die. The wires may be replaced by a metal strip wound one or more times around the cable, longitudinally or helically, and secured by solder.
Patent GB-190913670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Ships or Flying Machines.
Inventor: GEEST KARL LUDWIG WALDEMAR
IPC: B64C3/14
Filed: 1909-06-10
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 13,670. Geest, K. L. W. June 12, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 22,943/08.] Planes, construction of. -In order to diminish frontal resistance a n d undesirable suctional actions and to strengthen the surface where the sustaining and traction forces are greatest, the supporting - surface described in the parent Specification, has a varying thickness from front to rear. Figs. 1 and 2 show transverse sections of the surface at a band c d, Fig. 3, respectively. The thickness is increased at the front edge when that lies below the rear edge, as shown in Fig. 1, or is level with the rear edge, that is, at the outer portion of the surface. But when, as shown in Fig. 2, the front edge is higher than the rear edge, that is, at the part of the surface adjacent the body of the machine, the point of greatest thickness approaches the centre of the surface.
Patent GB-190922600-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjusting Device for Windows, Doors, and the like.
Inventor: ERNST DENNLER
IPC: E05C17/38
Filed: 1909-10-04
Abstract: 22,600. Dennler, E., and Hartmann, F. Oct. 30, 1908, [Convention date.]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Pivot adjustments. -Doors, windows, &c. are held in various positions by means of a semicircular s l o t t e d plate e secured to the frame, and a pivoted bolt secured to the door &c. and arranged to engage any one of the notches of the plate e. The plate e is secured m a position concentric with the axis of the door hinge by screws passing through apertures d in flanges c<1> on the plate, or by means of dowels &c.
Patent GB-190924622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Spring Seats.
Inventor: MCLAREN WILLIAM
IPC: A47C7/34
Filed: 1910-04-26
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 24,622. McLaren, W. April 26, 1910. Spring surfaces. - In spring seats for use in railway and road vehicles, ships, &c., in which a layer d of woven wire fabric or the like is supported on springs c clipped to metal frames a, a<1>, the fabric d is secured to an independent frame e secured by clips f to the frame a.