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Patent GB-190800437-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Production of Artificial Stone Slabs and the like.
Inventor: WEITHALER WILHELMINE
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 437. Weithaler, W. Jan. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Slabs.-Relates to the surfacing and polishing of terrazzo or artificial-stone s'abs &c. Small slabs are foimed in a mould comprising a removable grid and perforated base. When the slabs are partly set, the grid is removed and the base lowered into a bath of quickly-setting liquid cement, such as plaster of paris, which rises through the perforations in the base and fills the spaces between the slabs. The surface of the whole, when set, can be polished without chipping or breaking the edges of the slabs. The mould for the small slabs comprises a grid c, Fig. 4, which rests on a base plate d, Fig. 5, the frame c<2> resting on shoulders d<3> on the base and the cross-pieces c<1>, which may be of any pattern, resting in grooves d<1>. The base-plate is provided with perforations d<2>, which open into the grooves d<1>. The base-plate and grid are mounted on cross rails f, Fig. 1, above a box e, which has hinged sides e<1> and is supported under a frame b, which is provided with hoisting tackle b<1>, b<2>, b<3>. The spaces in the monld are filled with cement, and, when this is partly set, the grid c is hoisted out of the way, the chains b<3> are attached to the base d, the cross rails f are removed, and the base is lowered into the box e, which has previously been supplied with a liquid quickly-setting cement. When the whole is set, the hinged sides of the box are let down and the complete slab is removed.
Patent GB-190801096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Presses for the Manufacture of Wire, Rods, Tubes and the like from Heated Metal Blocks.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 1096. Lake, W. E., [Krupp Akt. Ges. Grusonwerk, F.]. Jan. 16. Right to Patent relinquished. Squirting.-In presses for the manufacture of wire, rods, tubes, &c. from heated metal blocks by squirting or extrusion processes, leakage past the pressing-die is prevented by a pressing - block f, which is formed with chamfered ends g and is inserted between the top die b and the heated block. The metal flowing into the space provided by the chamfered end becomes solid and forms a sleeve.
Patent GB-190801989-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Dyeing in Two or More Colours, Cops, Cheeses, Bobbins, Warps, Wound Yarns and the like
Inventor: CRABTREE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 1989. Crabtree, T., and Howard, S. Jan. 29. Dyeing. - Cops, cheeses, bobbins, warps, wound yarns, &c. are dyed in two (r more colours in a machine in which shaped blades grip in a liquidtight manner the article to be dyed, say a cop, mounted on a hollow perforated spindle, one end of which is closed. The several dyes, separated by the plates, are supplied to the defined parts of the cops and are sucked through the yarn and spindles. The cops x are supported one above another on their spindles l, the closed ends of which rest in slots k in the outer walls d of the machine while the open ends make air-tight joints with apertures connected by a common conduit n to a vacuum or pump. Each cop is gripped along its length by a pair of blades a, b, either or both of which may be movable. The edges a<1>, b<1> shaped to fit the cops are chamfered as finely as possible without risk of cutting the yarn, but if a portion of the yarn is to remain undyed, the edges a', b<1> may be wide. The movable blades a are connected at e, f<1> to common shafts f which can be simultaneously raised or lowered, for example by means of a hand-wheel j on a shaft carrying worms h gearing with threaded wormwheels g on the threaded tops f<2> of the shafts f. The dyes are supplied through sprinklers o, one or more of which are provided on each side of the machine, and percolate through the cops as described. To dye n ore than two colours, each cop may be further subdivided, as by a second pair of longitudinal blades, or by means of transverse blades q pivoted on shafts r at the top of the machine and secured in slots sat the bottom by pivoted plates t.
Patent GB-190802826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators.
Inventor: OWEN DAVID JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 2826. Owen, D. J. Feb. 7. Louvered apparatus.-The louvers b, d, d<1>, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, are of S, Z, or similar cross-section, and are arranged in a frame with their edges overlapping. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 10,221, A.D. 1887, No. 8270, A.D. 1888, No. 15,713, A.D. 1889, No. 2680, A.D. 1890, and No. 7131, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190809330-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Elastic Tyre.
Inventor: HUTCHISON CLAUDE ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 9330. Hutchison, C. A., Milne, R., Hutchison, R. F.,and Walters, H. E. April 30. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to tyres of the type in which the resilience is obtained from a sheet of rubber suspended at its edges and carrying a tread portion, and consists in building into the suspension member A, Figs. 1 and 2, two series of strips C of canvas or the like enclosed at their outer edges and having their inner free ends intercalated in the body of the suspension member. The tyre may be suspended across the edges of an internal rim G, Fig. 1, and secured between this rim and the outer rim E by means of bolts J and lacing K ; or the tyre may be formed with beads to fit an ordinary rim, Fig. 2, and suspended across two rigid rings M forced apart by wedge-headed radially-adjustable bolts N. In a modification, the suspension member A may consist of a web between two apertures R, Fig. 4, in a solid tyre, the free edges of the canvas strips being intercalated as shown.
Patent GB-190819674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fans for Motor Vehicles.
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,674. De Dion - Bouton, Ltd., [Soc. Anon. De Dion-Bouton]. Sept. 18. Motor road vehicles.-The invention has for its object to provide a fan for motor vehicles which shall blow on to the engine air which has not passed through the radiator. The fan is mounted between the radiator A and the frame, and is of the centrifugal type. It consists of a disk provided with blades on both sides, one set C' being wider than the other set C<2>. An annular disk C<3> supports the edges of the front blades. Thus the blades C' draw air through the radiator and expel it radially, and the blades C<2> draw air, to a less extent, from inside the bonnet. Two annular plates D', D', ensure the expulsion of the air, and a pressed-out sheet E ensures a proper distribution of the air through the radiator.
Patent GB-190821824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Operating the Doors of Coke Ovens, Retorts, and the like.
Inventor: RIES HANS
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 21,824. Ries, H. March 20. Discharging.-The door of a retort, coke oven, or the like, may be opened from a distance, being first released by a rack - and - pinion action and then swung upwards by a counterweight. The racks are formed at the bottom of bars 52, Fig. 1, carrying the door 10, and the pinions are operated by a gearing, part of which is mounted on a traveller supporting a coke-quenching trough 2. The gearing is connected by a clutch 7, part of which is mounted on a spindle 9 below each retort, the other part being mounted on a spindle 4. This spindle is journaled in a slide 12, Fig. 6, centred in a guide-frame 14 and is rotated by a worm-wheel gearing connected by a flexible shaft with a motor. The frame 14 is carried by a rod 20 sliding in a pedestal-bearing 21 fixed to the traveller. One part 23 of the clutch is of conical form to receive a projecting end of the shaft carrying the other part 24 and so bring the respective axes of the clutch into alinement. After the door is released, the counterweight 39 falls and raises the door by means of a connecting-chain 42, a hook at the end of which engages with a bracket 44- on the door. When closing the door, the weight is raised by a windlass, allowing the door to fall, and the rack-and-pinion action secures it against its frame.
Patent GB-190822130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Watering Cans and similar Receptacles.
Inventor: EWER RICHARD WRIGHT
Filed: 1908-10-19
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 22,130. Ewer, R. W. Oct. 19. Watering-cans.- In a watering-can &c. having an auxiliary chamber d between the body a and spout c, separated from the bcdy by a perforated partition, this chamber is of substantially rectangular formation and of uniform horizontal cross-section, the spout entering the chamber at or near the bottom. The perforated partition forms preferably a continuation of the wall of the can-body. The chamber may be coloured differently from the rest of the can.
Patent GB-190828046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Suspenders for Stockings and Socks.
Inventor: MALEBY AUGUSTUS FRANK
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 28,046. Maleby, A. F. Dec. 24. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Friction-grip fastenings.-A stocking or sack suspender consists of a plate a carrying a slide c and having hinged to it an oblong or oval rubbercovered plate b. To secure the stocking &c., the fabric is placed over the plate b, which is then folded on to the plate a and secured in this position by pressing down the slide c. Other means, such as a clip, may be employed for securing the plate b in position.
Patent GB-190904623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mixing Emulsions and the like.
IPC: B01F7/24
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 4623. Boothroyd, Ltd., H. T., and Woolliscroft, J. H. Feb. 25. Chambers with obstructions; framing.-In mixing and emulsifying apparatus of the type in which the material is raised by a screw through a cylinder and forced through perforations at the top thereof, the screw is formed as a worm of several convolutions fitting closely in the cylinder. The apparatus is constructed so as to be easily taken to pieces, and a special construction of the perforated parts is also described. The container 1 is supported on a bench 2 by means of lugs 3 engaging with the supports of a frame 5. In the bench 2 are formed slots through which the lugs 3 can be passed when it is desired to remove the container. The frame 5 supports the cylinder 9 and the bearings 15, 16 in which the worm 12 rotates. The shaft of the worm 12 is held in position by a set-screw 18, so that it can be withdrawn through the bottom of the cylinder 9. The cylinder 9 is provided with openings 11 over which series of sieve plates 19 are secured by bolts 20. The plates 19 may be replaced by perforated bands which can be slid over each other to adjust the size of the openings.
Patent GB-190913354-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Raising of Dust by Motor and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DRIVER HENRY
IPC: B60S1/62
Filed: 1909-12-01
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 13,354. Driver, H., and Webster, S. T. Dec. 1. Dust, preventing rising and spreading of.-In apparatus for preventing raising of dust by motor and other road vehicles, in which a fan actuated from the driving-gear or road wheels of the vehicle is arranged to deliver air at the rear of the tyres, the fan is actuated directly from the wheel axle by means of a positive chain drive, and the current of air is delivered behind and beneath the rear wheels through tapering conduits terminating in flexibly - jointed rose spreaders. Fig. 3 shows the fan E carried by brackets mounted on the rear axle and driven by chain gear M. Tapering conduits H terminate in flexibly-jointed rose spreaders J adapted to deliver the air both in a forward and lateral direction. A suitable clutch N is provided to disconnect the fan from the driving-gear
Patent GB-190916901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: BRADY EDISON PIERCE
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 1909-07-20
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 16,901. Brady, E. P., and Brady, J. r. July 20. Blades. - Relates to the fixing of turbine blades. A trough 6, Figs. 3 and 4, resting in a groove, accommodates blades 8, and hollow spacing-blocks 10, Figs. 3 and 5, the whole being secured by wires 4, 5. The trough 6 is made up in sections, the last section being made without side grooves and secured by upsetting the adjacent wall of the body part.
Patent GB-190918311-A (GB)
Title: Disc for Sealing Purposes.
Inventor: STERN EMILE
IPC: G09F3/03
Filed: 1909-08-09
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 18,311. Stern, E. Aug. 9. Seals.-A seal for envelopes &c. consists of a disk 1, of any shape, provided with prongs 2 bent against the inner surface of the disk and then at right - angles thereto. The bent-up portions of the prongs are arranged in a circle corresponding to the recess in the lower arm of an ordinary sealing-apparatus, so that the prongs are clinched when the plunger of the sealing-apparatus is depressed.
Patent GB-190918709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reversible Seats.
Inventor: MORRIS NORMAN HUSON
IPC: B61D33/00
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1910-08-15
Abstract: 18,709. Morris, N. H., and Howard, J. R. Aug. 13. Reversible seats.-A reversible seat, in which the seat is tilted as the back is moved over, has the seat a carried by curved plates b, which are supported by rollers, studs, or tianges on the framework and provided with projecting teeth c adapted to engage a toothed quadrant n operated by a telescopic lever pivoted to the back and mounted on a rod g pivoted in the framework. The back k, which extends below the seat, is provided with a foot r adapted to support a footboard v and having rollers s engaging a curved guide u. In a modification, a rigid link having a pin-and-slot connexion with the back is substituted for the telescopic lever. In another modification, a pin-and-slot mechanism is substituted for the toothed gear c, n. In a further modification, the seat is supported by pins moving in curved slots in the framework.
Patent GB-190919959-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Process of Obtaining Bye-products in the Dry-distillation or Gasification of Fuel.
Inventor: KOPPERS HEINRICH
IPC: C10K1/00
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 19,959. Koppers, H. Sept. 1, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 20,870/04.] Ammonia and ammonium salts.-Consists in a modification of the process for extracting tar and ammonia from gases described in the parent Specification. The ammoniacal liquor precipitated from the gases, by cooling before tar separation, is treated in a distilling-apparatus with lime and steam as described in Specification 16,386/05, [Class 32, Distilling &c.], and the vapours generated are added to the crude gases in front of, or in, the tar separator, so that they are cooled and freed from tar before reaching the acid bath.
Patent GB-190921837-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: GIBSON CHARLES ROBERT
IPC: A63H33/22
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 21,837. Gibson, C. R. Sept. 24. Games played with coloured screens and objects. - A player endeavours to match the colour of an object from a number of other coloured objects by viewing them through spectacles, viewing - boxes, &c. fitted with coloured transparent screens. Points are awarded to the player according to the proximitv of the colour chosen with the standard colour.
Patent GB-190922098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball or Roller Bearings.
IPC: F22B21/34
Filed: 1909-09-28
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 22,098. Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., and Schmidt, O. A. Sept. 28. Ball and roller bearings. - To facilitate the assembling of a ball or roller bearing, the outer race of which has a spherical seating in a housing a, notches c are cut in the housing, and the race d is introduced through these notches and turned through a right - angle into its final position. Instead of, or in addition to, the notches c, flats may be formed on the race d. The notches or flats may be sufficiently shallow to necessitate some force being used to insert the race, and the insertion may be assisted by expanding the housing by heat. Dust - excluding and grease - retaining washers f are held in position by the concavity of the housing a, and may have curved edges corresponding to the curvature of the housing. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that, by reducing the depth of the spherical seat by narrowing its width, the bearing may be sprung into the housing by means of the elastic deformation of the parts.
Patent GB-190923077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Point Protectors for Ladies' Hat Pins.
Inventor: BARRON ISABELLA SARAH
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1910-04-06
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 23,077. Barron, I. S. April 6, 1910. Point-protectors for pins.-Relates to magnetized point-protectors, and consists in forming them with two spring jaws a, Fig. 1, by folding a blank shaped as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190924130-A (GB)
Title: Electric Pocket Igniter.
Inventor: DEIMEL FRITZ
IPC: F23Q2/28
Filed: 1909-10-20
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 24,130. Deimel, F. Oct. 20. Pocket igniters, electric. -In an electric pocket igniter, in which one casing is employed for receiving the wick and igniting - device, and a second casing is arranged beside the first for the reception of the source of current with a switch, the igniter proper and the battery tare electrically connected with their casings a, b by inserting them in position ; the casings can be connected together by, for example, a common holder. The outer sleeves k, r are seated on suitable insulating- sleeves l, s. To put the igniter in action, the casings a, band k, r are put into electric connexion, and the switch p is depressed. Current flows from the battery through the casings b, a to the interchangeable igniter seated in a hollow wick h impregnated with a combustible liquid, and the platinum wire i glows. The switch is protected from accidental displacement by a cover n. The battery may be removed from the casing b by removing the bottom cover v.
Patent GB-190926359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives.
Inventor: DEMETRIADE CONSTANTIN GEORGE
IPC: C06B29/16
Filed: 1909-11-13
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 26,359. Demetriade, C. G., Jonescu, C., and Coanda, J. Nov. 13. Explosives.-Relates to chlorate explosives of the kind described in Specification 5985/05, in which cellulose is an ingredient, and consists in replacing the cellulose with collodion or a solution of nitro-cellulose in acetone, acetic ether, or amyl ether. The explosive now contains potassium chlorate 60 parts, mono-nitrobenzene 24 parts, picric acid or tri-nitrotoluene 16 parts, and collodion 4 parts. The potassium chlorate is immersed in a solution of picric acid or tri - nitro - toluene in mononitro-benzene, drained, and mixed with collodion, say of about 10 per cent nitration, or other solution of nitro-cellulose. The mass is thoroughly masticated at a temperature of about 35‹ C. to evaporate the ether and alcohol. The residual jelly is filled into cartridges Sodium nitrate or carbonate or barium carbonate may be added to prevent the formation of hydrochloric acid fumes when explosion takes place.
Patent GB-190929888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Vessels.
Inventor: KNAPP FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
IPC: B63B1/04
Filed: 1909-12-21
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 29,888. Knapp, F. A. Dec. 21. Hulls.-The various sections are made of approximately horizontally-flattened cylindrical form, flattening vertically towards the bow and stern. The half cross-sections are approximately arcs of circles the centres of which amidships are offset from the centre line of the vessel, giving a beam greater than twice the radius of the arcs. As the beam decreases towards the ends of the vessel, the centres from which the arcs are struck move in towards the centre line, ultimately crossing it. The centres are about the level of the mean draught. The effect of these sections is to give a fine entrance and run with no hollow water-lines.
Patent GB-190929949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Transmission of Power.
IPC: F16H41/04
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 29,949. Rothschild, L. V., and " Silent " Automobile Syndicate. Dec. 22. Speed - varying mechanism. - In apparatus for transmitting power hydraulically of the type in which pivoted vanes force liquid on to projections on a drum, a second drum, called the guidedrum is provided for increasing the efficiency of the transmission and f o r reversal. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in which the driving- shaft a is fixed to a boss or cage b carrying the blades d, which are adjusted through the gearing e, f and sliding shaft g. The main drum is formed by a case n rigidly connected to a flange q. The guide-drum, shown also in Fig. 2, is formed by a case j, on which is fixed the fiange l and sleeve m. The rim of the guide-drum is provided with nozzles A for the purpose of deflecting the liquid tangentially on to the ribs on the inner periphery of the main drum. Normally the main drum is rotating and the guide-drum is held stationary. For the reverse motion the latter is released and the former is held fixed. Any form of brake may be used for the purpose of holding either drum when required, but, by preference, the worm and wheel device described in Specification 10,425/08, [Class 80, Mechanism &c.], is employed. This arrangement is also used for the direct drive when necessary. The worm wand the wheel c are used for braking the guide-drum, and the worm w and wheel f are used for braking the main drum. On the shaft u slides a collar t, on which is a gear D which engages with the gear r connected to the guide-drum or to the gear s connected to the main drum for reversed or forward running respectively. For the direct drive the shaft u is provided with a worm wheel E meshing with one or more worms F carried by the boss b. As shown in Fig. 3, one end of the worm spindle, which is solid with the worm, rests against the projection of the bladepin c, and the worm is thereby held away from the inner face of the support G. The said pin, which rotates as the blades open out, is provided with a recess H, which allows the worm spindle to come forward, bringing the face of the worm against the support G and so locking the gear, thus giving the solid or direct drive.
Patent GB-190930126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Automatic Rotary Coal Tipplers.
Inventor: BARKER WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 30,126. Barker, W. H. Dec. 24. Rotary tipplers. - In rotary tipplers of the kind in which the shoot a partly encloses the tippler frame-rings c, and extends level with or above the turning-axis of the tippler, two of the supporting-rollers d are arranged to contact with the rings at a point near the top of the shoot. The rollers may either project through slots in the shoot or may be mounted above its top edge.