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Patent GB-190622959-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Change Speed and Reversing Gear for Motor Cars Cycles and similar Vehicles
Inventor: BENTLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 22,959. Bentley, W. Oct. 17. Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-Relates to change-speed and reversing gearing for motor-cars, cycles, &c. of the disk type, the disk being adapted to gear with any one of a series of sets of movable balls or pins. The disk A, secured to the driven shaft B, is provided on its face with rings of apertures C, C', C<2> adapted to mesh with sets of balls D, D<1>, D' carried in holes F in a cylinder G which constitutes the driving-element. These sets of balls are adapted to be thrust out one at a time into gear position by one or other of two ridges K, K<1> upon a drum E secured to a longitudinallymovable shaft E<1>, the ridge K<1> operating the reverse speeds. The movements of the balls are also governed by a cover G<1> having a spring lip N, Fig. 5, and by spring pins P, Fig. 1, in the apertures C &c. Pins d, Fig. 3, may be used instead of balls, and the drum E may be replaced by two pulleys M, Figs. 3 and 7, and an intermediate pulley M<2> rotatably mounted on the shaft E<1>.
Patent GB-190626199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Car-bodies for Automobiles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: FRANK ALBERT
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 26,199. Frank, A., and Frank, F., [trading as Frank, H., (Firm of)]. June 8, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Seats.-The bodies or seat frames a of motor or other vehicles are formed of sheet metal, the edge c of which is bent inwards to form a channel for securing a strengthening wooden strip b. The strip b is secured by lugs e formed on the metal a, and serves for the attachment of the upholstery.
Patent GB-190629728-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Concentrating Ores.
Inventor: SCHWARZ ALFRED
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 29,728. Schwarz, A. Dec. 31. Sifting ores.- Ores are sifted before being passed to concentrating- tables of special construction. The ore is crushed by a suitable mill 1 and delivered to a series of screens 4, 5, 6, from which it passes to the concentrating- tables 14, 14<a>, 14<b>. The largest material may be returned to the mill 1.
Patent GB-190700331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of India-rubber Nipples or Sleeves for Electric Lamp Cords.
Inventor: CONNOLLY JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-05
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 331. Connolly, J. Jan. 5. Supporting lamps. - A thin flexible indiarubber sleeve A, Fig. 1, of cylindrical or other shape, provided with a thick bead or flange at one or both ends, is inserted in an aperture in a ceiling rose, electric-lamp holder, &c., so as fit tightly in the aperture and on flexible conductors passing through it. If necessary, the conductor is lubricated with a substance such as French chalk or soapstone. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 10,841, A.D. 1902], [Abridgment Class Electricity, Conducting &c.].
Patent GB-190700764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing or Dyeing Textile Fibres.
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 764. Calico Printers' Association, and Fourneaux. E. A. Jan. 11, Dyeing by forming p-nitraniline red on the fibre. One or more suitable acid esters, including in the term all organic substances yielding acids by hydrolysis, are used to neutralize excess of alkali, instead of using ammonium salts or having the naphthol finely divided or in soap solution. The most suitable esters are stated to be those soluble in water, not too volatile, and not hydrolyzing so readily as to form the dye prematurely, acetin, chlorethanol, dichlorhydrin, and urethane being exemplified. According to the Provisional Specification, ethyl oxalate and methyl formate may also be used. Preferably the material is printed or padded with a suitable mixture, thickened if necessary, of alkaline #-naphthol solution, nitrosamine red (the sodium salt of inactive p-nitrodiazobenzene), and the ester or esters with or without customary additions, e.g. mphthol monosulphonic acid F, turkey-red oil, castor-oil soap, &c. There may also be added mineral salts, e.g. Glauber's salt which is stated to improve the stability of the colours, and certain metal hydrates and oxide;, e.g. aluminium hydrate or zinc oxide. Alternatively, after preparing with alkaline #-napthol solution, with or without the customary additions mentioned, and drying, the material may be printed or padded wit nitrosamine red, suitably thickened if necessary, aproparquantity of the ester or esters being added to the prepare, or nitrosamine red, or both. To increase the stability of the second solution, suitable mineral salts, as mentioned above, or small quantities of alkalies may be added to it. In either case, the goods are developed by lying a sufficient time after drying or by a short steaming, preferably after partial development by lying. In an example of the alternative method, #-naphthol and castor-oil soap are dissolved in hot aqueous caustic soda solution, diluted, and chlorethanol is added. The white fibre is slop-padded with the solution, and then printed with a tragacanth solution, containing nitrosamine red, Glauber's salt, turpentine, and urethane. After lying for a day, the goods are aged or not as required. Examples are also given for printing and slop - padding by the first method. The colours may be resisted by colours containing sulphites or organic acids, or suitable acid salts ; or they may be used for res'sting or discharging other colours. Thus, goods are printed, by the first method with the addition of zinc white or other suitable alkaline bodies, partly developed by lying, padded with aniline black, aged, washed, and soaped, giving a fast red resi,t under aniline black. By substituting suitable metallic chromate for the zinc oxide, printing on indigo-dyed cloth, developing by lying, with or without a short steaming, and passing through a cutting bath, a fast red discharge on an indigo blue ground is obtained.
Patent GB-190701535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Wrapping up Predetermined Numbers of Cigarettes or like Small Articles.
Inventor: ALEXANDER ALBERT EDGAR
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 1535. Alexander, A. E., [International Packing Machine Co.]. Jan. 21. Feeding sheets.-In a machine for enclosing predetermined numbers of cigarettes or other small articles in wrappers, the wrappers are fed from a storage receptacle 49 by a pair of bels 53 running over pulleys 54. The lower pulley 54 is driven intermittently through a cam - actuated clutch. The removal of more than one wrapper at a time from the receptacle 49 is prevented by a bent gauge-rod and by two rubber pads 71 carried by pivoted arms 73. If the belts 53 commence to carry more than one wrapper forward, the rubber pads 71 withhold the upper one. The discharged wrapper passes through feedrollers 62, and falls down the guide 50 until it is arrested by adjustable stops.
Patent GB-190702145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Appliances and Working Devices for Telpherlines, Ropeways and other Lines where Rope Traction is used.
Inventor: WHITE JOSEPH WALWYN
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1908-01-28
Abstract: 2145. White, J. W. Jan. 28. Rope railways; rope grips.-Relates to ropeways such as those described in Specifications No. 7228, A.D. 1900, and No. 24,367, A.D. 1905, and comprises means for preventing the carrying-wheels from leaving the rope or other part of the line ; means for facilitating the passage of the travelling buckets &c. round curves; and means for operating and guiding the rope grip where rope traction is used. The carrying-wheels 1, Fig. 2, are prevented from leaving the rope or line 2 by catch blocks 3, suspended from the carrier by bars 21, in such a manner as to hang just below the rope, and provided with rollers 5 adapted to engage suitable guide-rails or ramps at the rope supports and to move the catch blocks out of the way as shown in dotted lines. The guide-rails are preferably L- shaped so that they tend to retain the carrier on the rope. The rollers 5 themselves may be made to serve for preventing derailing, the blocks 3 being dispensed with. A roller 13 working in guides 14 may be used to guide the gripper 8 and steady the hanger 18 in passing round curves. The gripper is shaped on its upper, lower, inner, or outer surface to conform with the outline of any of the supporting or guiding pulleys for the hauling-rope. The movable jaw of the gripper is actuated by a screwshaft 16 and a star-wheel 19 engaging suitable fixed racks. A hand-wheel 15 is also provided. In order to ensure that the hauling-rope will properly lead into the jaws of the gripper, a pivoted guide 25, Fig. 4, with V-shaped jaws 26 is arranged in front of or behind the gripper and is fixed to a screw 28 formed with a lever arm 27 which is adapted to engage a fixed cam and move the jaws 26 both laterally and vertically, the vertical movement carrying the jaws out of the way of the guidepulleys &c. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, the guide 25 is pivoted on the head of a screw 28 mounted in a nut, and the guide and the nut are geared to the operating-lever 27 by pinions of different radii in order to obtain suitable relative vertical and rotating movements.
Patent GB-190705967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Soles of Boots, Shoes, and the like.
Inventor: LEGARD PHILIP EYRE
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 5967. Legard, P. E. March 12. Soles; sole protectors.-Relates to miners' and like boots and shoes of the type in which metallic studs D are pressed into the outside sole A and their shanks or points internally clinched, and consists in arranging the studs in uniform 'staggered' relationship, as shown. This arrangement is stated to prevent loose fragments of coal &c. from scraping or wearing the leather by passing lengthways along the sole. Specifications No. 3133, A.D. 1862, No. 22,477, A.D. 1891, and No. 906, A.D. 1905, are referred to.
Patent GB-190709038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holding, Lowering and Disengaging Gear for Ships' Boats.
Inventor: MERRICK CHARLES
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-05-18
Abstract: 9038. Merrick, C., and McKay, T. G. April 18. Boat raising, lowering, disengaging, supporting, and securing gear.-The boat is supported when inboard by chocks A, Fig. 2, the keel resting between the chocks and projections C on a shaft D capable of rotation. The projections C are kept in engagement with the keel of the boat by means of a lever G, the forked end of which engages a squared part on the shaft D. In order to release the boat from the chocks, the keep-pin H is withdrawn, thus allowing the lever G to fall and release the shaft D with its projections C. The gripes are formed in two parts, one of which carries a socket J, Fig. 6, with which engages a pin M on the other part, the pin and socket being connected by a clamping-screw N or the like. The falls, which are formed of wire rope, pass from the davit heads to a double block placed centrally between the davits and thence to the drum of the winch, on which they are coiled in grooves of opposite hand. The winch, which is operated by band or power, is fitted with a worm S capable of sliding upon the square shaft. T and adapted to engage a worm-wheel on the winch barrel. When turned in the appropriate direction for lifting; the' worm S comes hard against a shoulder on the shaft T and remains in gear with the worm-wheel, but when the shaft is rotated in the opposite direction, the worm is disengaged from the worm-wheel and the boat can be lowered by a foot or-hand brake. The falls carry links 3, Fig. 7, adapted to engage two fixed hooks 4 on the boat. The links'are securely held in the hooks by means of pivoted levers 5, which can be operated by a single handlever from the centre of the boat so that, when the boat is water-borne, the links are automatically released from the hooks. According to the Provisional Specification, the upper curved part of the davits may be connected to the upright parts by horizontal arms which may be used for attaching guy-ropes adapted for steadying the boat; also the lower end of each fall may be fitted with a hook engaging a T-shaped piece on the boat, the parts being kept from disengagement by a fork carried by the boat. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No 1877, A.D. 1888, and No. 10,017, A.D. 1889.]
Patent GB-190712984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Hinges or Joints for Weather Screens or Guards, and Hoods of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: KENDRICK ALFRED LEONARD
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 12,984. Kendrick, A. L. June 5. Pivot adjustments.-Relates to adjustable pivots for weather screens and hoods of motor-cars &c., of the kind described in Specification No. 24,630, A.D. 1906. The head of the bolt j, Fig. 4, is provided with serrations j<2> to engage with serrations j<3> on the outer face g of the member a of the hinge, and the bolt passes through both members a, b of the joint to receive a clamping-nut k<1>. The bolt is rendered non-rotatable in the member b, by being made of square section or by means of a feather &c. The faces e, f of the members a, b which are in contact are plain, but one member may rotate upon the other. A spring washer m is placed as shown in Fig. 4, or between the bolt-head and face g of the hinge.
Patent GB-190717377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Filters or Strainers and Pourers for Petrol and the like.
Inventor: FIELD MICHAEL BIRT
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,377. Field, M. B. July 30. Cans. - A combined spout and strainer for attachment to a petrol can, comprises a cylindrical strainer c, Fig. 1, which is screwed on a casing a and is adapted ,to enter a hole in a tank &c The casing is secured to the cam by a screwed nipple, which may contain packing. When the strainer is screwed up on the casing a, the oil outlet is closed by a pad s, and the airinlet holes, saw-cuts, or tubes n are closed by the part r. The air may be led into the can by a vertical tube 3. The hottom of the strainer s is provided with a small receptacle for trapping any water that may be mixed with the petrol. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the nipple b can rotate freely on the casing a, which is made in two parts adapted to grip the flange of the strainer c between them. The bottom of the casing has ribs v, and may carry an extension 4 and a projection 5 adapted to engage the underside of the mouth of the tank. Air enters the can through an opening z, which may be closed by the thumb to check the flow of liquid. The adapter w may have grooves to enable it to be turned by a key. The opening in the bottom of the casing a is so arranged that it may be closed by a finger.
Patent GB-190717929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Cooking Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: JUNKERS HUGO
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 17,929. Junkers, H. Aug. 7. Atmospheric gas burners.-The gas-supply pipe 4, valve 8, and the nipple 5 may be mounted on trunnions 7, 7<1>, Figs. 1 and 2, in the mixing-tube 6, to permit of the spring 15 bringing the thermostat into contact with the underside of the cooking-vessel 1.
Patent GB-190723351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Search Lights
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 23,351. Siemens & Co., Geb. Nov. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Search-lights.-In an electric arc lamp for a search-light, a negative electrode b is situated below and at an obtuse angle with a positive electrode a, of which the cross-section is of oval, rectangular, or other form having unequal axes, the longer axis being in the plane of the electrodes. The arc may be steadied by a blowing-magnet, such as an iron ring surrounding it. Preferably, the negative electrode is of much smaller cross-section than the positive one and projects from a carbon sheath c. The positive electrode may be in line with the axis of the lamp, and should be of such dimensions that the arcing surface approximately covers its end.
Patent GB-190727268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Terrestrial Telescopes.
Inventor: KELLNER GUSTAV ADOLPH HERMANN
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 27,268. Kellner, G. A. H. Aug. 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telescopes.-Terrestrial telescopes are fitted with (1) object-glasses of the telephoto type in which a collecting-lens is disposed so that its anterior focus falls in the plane of the exit-pupil of the objectglass, thus making the latter telecentric on its image side ; (2) an afocal erecting system fixed with respect to the object-glass and eyepiece, and fitted with a sliding lens to obtain two different magnifying powers ; (3) an afocal erecting system in which a shifting element is connected to and moves with the eyepiece to obtain various magnifications. Figs. 2 and 3 show a telescope embodying the features (1) and (2) above. The telephoto system 1, 1<a> is combined with a collecting lens 2 disposed as already described. The afocal erecting system is composed of three lenses 4, 5, 6 ; the lens 6 can be displaced along the axis of the telescope, so that when in the position shown by Fig. 2 one magnification results, and when in the position shown by Fig. 3 another one is given.
Patent GB-190800530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Tyres.
Inventor: CARTER HENRY ROBERT
Filed: 1908-01-09
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 530. Carter, H. R. Jan. 9. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-In tyres having transversely notched or grooved treads with bridges A across the notches, one or more perforations B are made in the bridges.
Patent GB-190808743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Closures.
Inventor: STOECKEL JOHAN FERDINAND VILHE
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 8743. St÷ckel, J. F. V. V., and St÷ckel, F. C. April 21. Stoppers; capsule closures.-A washer or disk f is held on the mouth by a plate a provided with two or more arms b, the lower ends c of which are of crescent form and are turned back so as to engage the beading d. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the plate a is formed with a depending flange k and the beading d is undercut to provide a better hold for the points of the crescents c. In a further modification, Fig. 7, the arms b are formed with a single point g, which is bent back through an opening h to engage the beading d.
Patent GB-190813163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Gas-cooking Attachments for Stoves
Inventor: DOAK JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-06-20
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 13,163. Doak, J. June 20. Hot-plates.-A gas-heated hot-plate which, with its burners for boiling, grilling, &c., is raised to a vertical position when out of use is so constructed that it may, by suitably assembling the parts, be used at either side of a coal or like fire-place, and is stable in its raised position. Fig. 1 is an elevation of the apparatus as arranged for use at the left-hand side of a stove. The grid A carrying the usual burners is pivoted to brackets B at the ends of a base-plate C which simply rests on the hob. The holes in the brackets B for the hinge rod E are made nearer the side of the base-plate C towards which the grid A is raised, to ensure stability when the grid is vertical, The foremost side bar D of the grid has at each end lugs d with notches d'. A counterweighted detent F, pivoted to the foremost bracket B, automatically engages one of the notches d' in the adjacent lug d on raising the grid A, and thus supports the grid. Gas from the supply pipe l passes by a swivelling stem N and a coupling 0 to the branch pipe P and the burners. The swivelling stem N is secured to, and is co-axial with, the hinge rod E and is spaced from the lug d by a distance-piece Q. An auxiliary bracket M screwed to one bracket B supports the gas fittings. Feet H connected by a tie-rod I are pivoted at the end of the grid A remote from the brackets B, and carry a pin k engaging one of the notches d<1>. When the hot-plate is to be used at the right-hand side of a fire-place, the brackets B and feet H are interchanged and the same gas fittings are suitably assembled.
Patent GB-190815456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Illuminated Sign Characters.
Inventor: WILEY ROY RODNEY
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,456. Wiley, R. R., Wiley, W. K., and Hough, W. S. July 21. Signs.-Advertising and other signs are illuminated by parallel rays of light reflected from an annular parabolic mirror, placed behind the sign and having a lamp at its focus. The characters composing the sign are built up of glass sections, channel-shaped in cross-section, or are built up of box-like casings each containing a lamp and mirror. Fig. 1 is a cross-section of a two-way sign. A lamp 1 is placed at the common focus of two annular parabolic mirrors 3, 3<1>. A transverse plate 4 fastened to the mirror is pierced with a letter-shaped opening, over which is placed a glass character 5 fixed to the plate 4 by means of flanges F. For a single-way sign, one mirror only is employed. Each letter or character 5 has a face 8 and sloping sides 7, and the internal faces of the sides are provided with prismatic elevations 7<a>, to increase the brilliancy. The face 8 may also have prismatic elevations, and the outer surfaces could be so shaped to maintain the rays parallel. The glass character shown in Fig. 4 is built up of equally-sized moulded sections 6, 6<a>, 6<b>, 6<c>, 6<d>, which may be rearranged to form other letters, but the sections may be of different sizes and shapes. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the parabolic reflector 3 is mounted in a casing 10 which, in the form shown, represents the letter I. By means of the lamp socket 12 the reflector 3 is secured to a flanged member 11, which is bent at 12<x> to rest against the casing 10 and thus to form a steadying- piece. The other end of the member 11 slips over the edge of an opening 13 in the casing and is soldered thereto. The opening 13 is flanged to form a socket, and is closed by a correspondingly flanged door 16. The front of the casing 10 is flanged at 18 and bent over at 21 to enclose a pane of glass or translucent material 19, bearing against a ring of packing 20. The glass is held in place by weather strips 22 fastened to the flanges 21 by clips 23. Several casings such as 10 may be put together to form different letters. Specifications Nos. 16,878 and 23,402, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190819863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spanners, Wrenches and the like.
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 19,863. Abingdon-Ecco, Ltd., and Bassett, D. W. Sept. 22. Spanners and wrenches.-In spanners having the movable jaw provided with a screwed rod which is adjusted by a nut arranged in the handle, a spring device is interposed, when the parts of the wrench have all been assembled together, between the upper face of the nut and the opposite face of the slot in the handle in which it works, to take up back-lash. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a spring 22, Fig. 4, is introduced on each side of the screwed rod 19, this spring being arch-shaped and curved, and provided with turned-up ends 22<b> to bear against the top edges of the slot 21 in addition to an ear 22<a> adapted to engage in a recess 20a in the nut 20, Fig. 5. In modifications, one spring may be used instead of two, Figs. 7 and 8 showing a form in which the ears 20<a> may be dispensed with, while another form retains these on the side extensions and dispenses with the turned-up ends 22<b>. In the form shown in Fig. 11, the two sides are extended and turned over at 22<c>, while in the form shown in Fig. 13 the side arch-springs 22<g> have ears 22<f> for engaging in narrowed interior slot openings.