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Patent GB-190803339-A (GB)
Title: Method of Making Expanding and Contracting Articles by Means of Elastic Folds, Corrugations or Pleats.
Inventor: COMINGS WILLIAM RIGHTER
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 3339. Comings, W. R. Feb. 14. Springs, making; making man-hole doors, stoppers, barrels, &c.-An expansible bottle stopper or cover for a man-hole, barrel, &c. is made by corrugating a dished disk in the manner shown in Figs. 7 and 8, then pressing down the raised parts as shown in Fig. 9, and afterwards bending the edges outwards as shown in Fig. 10. The elastic stopper thus formed may be used as it is, or may be forcibly expanded by pressing down the centre of a corrugated dished disk 3, Fig. 6, similar in construction to that shown in Fig. 9, and placed inside the stopper as shown. In the form shown, the dished disk is made with a flat instead of a conical base. A platform 7 may be arranged in the stopper to limit the motion of the piece 3, which may be stiffened by the insertion of a plug 5. Means may be used to secure the piece 3 in its expanded condition. The edges of the pleats may be welded together at the circumferential parts. Corrugated disks, similar to that shown in Fig. 9, may be used as springs of general application.
Patent GB-190804001-A (GB)
Inventor: FLETCHER HENRY MURRAY
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 4001. Fletcher, H. M. Feb. 22. Fastenings, clip. Appliances for fastening plants to their supports consist of strips of zinc or the like secured to the supports by passing the ends through holes f, b and bending them over. The strips may be let out as the plant grows and may have the name &c. written on them. According to the Provisional Specification, the strips may be curved outwards, so as not to cut the stems of the plants, and may be soldered to metal supports.
Patent GB-190804952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows.
Inventor: DAVISON HENRY JOCELYN
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1909-04-05
Abstract: 4952. Davison, H. J. March 4. Sash fastenings.-Relates to improvements in the type of window in which two sashes hinged together have their outer edges slidably mounted in the frame. The upper sliding corner of each sash a is pivoted to a block b which slides in a channel c in the frame, while the lower corner is provided with a plate f to which is hinged a rod g carrying the sliding piece h. To lock the slide in any position, it is jammed between a fixed guide-bar l and a rotatable bar o by means of a handle attached to one end. A bar m is provided as an additional guide to the slide piece h, and a bar k prevents bending of the rotatable bar o when pressing against the slides h, while clasps p are used to prevent separation of the bars k, l. In a modification, Fig. 7, the locking-device is located at the top of the sash, the rotatable bar o jamming against the channel c on the frame and the channel-piece r to which the sashes are pivoted. In a modification shown in Fig. 8, the sliding blocks u, to which the sashes are pivoted, are locked by pressure against the bars v, w by means of screws and nuts h, which serve as handles to operate the windows..
Patent GB-190805247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: PRATT WILLIAM ALBERT
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 5247. Pratt, W. A. March 9. Tobacco pipes.-In tobacco pipes in which the chamber in the stem is provided with a non- absorbent liner and which may be provided with means whereby the teeth of the smoker are partly relieved of the weight of the pipe, the chamber c is relatively large, and the mouthpiece projects into the chamber forming a trap, the bore of the mouthpiece at the inner end being enlarged so as to form a knife-edge, as shown at k. Fig. 1 shows a plug g of rubber &c. which may have cavities to serve as a pneumatic cushion, the plug being adapted to rest against the smoker's chin
Patent GB-190806532-A (GB)
Title: Industrial Microbiological Vegetal Retting Process by Pectic Aerobic Microbes in a Gas Current.
Inventor: ROSSI GIACOMO
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 6532. Rossi, G. March 24. Liquids, apparatus for treating with.-In a process of retting by fermentation, the action of the ferment being regulated and increased by a gas current, previously cleaned and washed vegetable substances, such as flax, hemp, &c., are placed between partitions A, A' in a vessel I, and are then covered with water in which calcium carbonate may be suspended. The whole may be again pasteurized, boiled, or sterilized, and then a suitable quantity of bacilli culture of a pectic aerobic microbe is poured into the vessel through a pipe V. An air or suitable gas current is passed into the vessel through a sterilizer S and a pipe T, and steam may be admitted through a pipe T'. The operation may be completed in from three to twenty days, the progress of the operation being ascertained from samples taken through a side tube W provided with an air-tight cover. Water is supplied to the apparatus through a pipe Q.
Patent GB-190810336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Surface Finishing Paper.
Inventor: GAY CHAUNCEY WOLCOTT
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 10,336. Gay, C. W. May 12. Adjusting bearings.-In machines for imparting a cloth-like finish to paper, such as are described in Specifications No. 27,891, A.D. 1904, and No. 24,038, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Cutting &c.], a set of at least three clothcovered rolls is mounted in bearing-blocks d, Fig. 2, sliding in a slot v in the machine frame Y, and wedges F are provided between the inclined edges of adjacent bearing-blocks d for varying the pressure between the rolls. The wedges are operated by means of set-screws f<2>, and a setscrew g bearing on the upper block d assists in regulating the pressure between the rolls. The ends of the cloth covers of the rollers are fixed in longitudinal recesses in the rollers, and the wedges f prevent the rollers from collapsing together when the recesses are in register.
Patent GB-190811175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Electrically Operating Tramway Points from the Vehicles.
Inventor: KOEHLER ALBERT
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 11,175. K÷hler, A., and K÷hler, F. May 22. Points and switches, tramway operating electrically from the vehicles. The bar c connecting the two point tongues is attached to a lever d, pivoted at e, and actuated by electro-magnets f<1>, f<2>. These electro-magnets are connected up to contacts placed one in each rail groove, but insulated therefrom, at some distance in front of the points. The vehicles carry depending arms having wheels at their lower ends adapted to run in the rail grooves and contact with the insulated contacts placed therein. The contacting-wheels are connected to the electric-power circuit on the cars so that, according to which wheel is lowered, the points are moved as desired by the electro-magnets. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 11,061, A.D. 1890, No. 16,340, A.D. 1901, No. 26,455, A.D. 1902, No. 27,069, A.D. 1903, No. 7428, A.D. 1904, and No. 3398, A.D. 1907.]
Patent GB-190820702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Transmitting Power by Compressed Air.
Inventor: DUNLOP JAMES
Filed: 1908-10-01
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 20,702. Dunlop, J. Oct. 1. [Patent of Addition to No. 9612, A.D. 1908.] Transmitting power; compressing. -Consists of a construction and arrangement of valves and valveactuating mechanism for air - compressors forming part of the apparatus described in Specification No. 9612, A.D. 1908, for transmitting power by compressed air. The compressor A is driven by an internal-combustion engine B, connected by suction and delivery pipes D, F with a compressed-air engine (not shown), and provided with a piston distributing-valve C operated by an eccentric G fixed on a shaft H which revolves at the same speed as the crank-shaft of the compressor, all as set forth in the aforesaid Specification. The invention primarily consists in the provision of helical gearwheels H<1>, J, for transmitting motion from the crank-shaft to the valve-shaft, which are capable of relative displacement in the direction of their axes so as to produce the variation in the position of the valve C relatively to the compressor piston that is necessary for the regulation of the compressor. The axial movement of one of the gearwheels may be effected, for example, by means of a pivoted lever K having one arm coupled by links L to a ring l working between hub collars on the wheel, and the other arm pivoted to a screwed arm m working through a stationary nut rotated by a hand-wheel M. In heavy plants the displaceable wheel may be actuated through a fluid-pressure or other relay. The piston valve C may be provided with an auxiliary suction valve 0 to ensure that the pressure in the cylinder shall never fall below that in the suction pipe D. The compressor is provided with any suitable form of delivery valve E. The means for regulating the cylinder pressure as above may be combined with the means for making-up for leakage losses in the closed circuit. Thus, Fig. 2 shows an auxiliary suction valve P, located in passage always open to the cylinder, in combination with two valves S, R on a common guide-rod, whereby air is admitted to the cylinder through a chamber Q from the atmosphere or from the suction pipe D according to requirements. Either of the valves S, R may be held in the closed position by means of a collar t on the handoperated rod T. According to the Provisional Specification, the functions of the valves S, R may be performed by a three-way cock.
Patent GB-190820858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes and Appliances for Producing Metallic Articles and Combined Metallic and Non-metallic Articles by Electro-deposition and in the Articles so Produced.
Inventor: GIBBS FRANK IORNS
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1910-01-03
Abstract: 20,858. Gibbs, F. I. Oct. 3. Hollow - ware, metallic and non- metallic. -Hollowware articles of all kinds are made with polished surfaces by electrodepositing a metal on a glazed lustre surface of a pottery-ware or glass mould ; the article is readily removed from the mould by breaking away the mould or otherwise, or the metal may be fixed permanently to the mould. The lustre surface may be produced by means of platinum, gold, or other metal lustre. The process may be used for making tea-pots, panels, vases, tubes, fender mouldings, parts of bedsteads, candlesticks, reflectors, shields, dish covers, and statuary. A tea-pot may be produced by depositing metal inside a mould B, Fig. 7, formed in parts with a removable bottom block D, and top-ring E. The handle may be filled with metal, or attached separately. The mould may be hollowed on the outside to reduce its weight, and may be strengthened by depositing metal on the outsid;. Other moulds are shown for obtaining articles with polished surfaces inside or outside, such as that shown in Fig. 13. The deposited metal may be left on the mould so as to obtain a combined metallic and non-metallic article. Layers of different metals may be deposited.
Patent GB-190824047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Switches, especially adapted for use in Charging Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: BENNETT CYRIL JOHN
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 24,047. Bennett, C. J. Nov. 10. Switches; cut-outs.-An automatic electric switch of the Nevile type, which has a shunt and series coil and a polarized armature for the purpose of cutting-in and cutting- out galvanic batteries from a charging-circuit, is provided with unspillable cups for the mercury contacts, and with improved means for cutting-out the shunt coil when the series coil is cut-in. Fig. 1 shows a doublewound magnet A, a polarized armature C mounted on a pivoted and adjustably weighted beam D, main contacts E attached to the beam and dipping into series mercury cups F<1>, F<2> when the current in the shunt coil attains sufficient strength - in the right direction, and an auxiliary beam L which lifts a contact out of a mercury cup F<3> in the shunt circuit when the contacts E epter their cups- The attachment P allows a little lost motion, and does not interfere with the beam D should the latter move back. The mercury cups are made with a screwed-in conical cover V, Fig. 2, through which the copper contact-rod X passes bv way of a closely-fitting hole W. Either the plug V is of insulating-material or the hole W has an insulating-lining. The pivots of the beams are of hardened steel in brass bearings. To make use of the apparatus for a high-voltage circuit, a lamp or other resistance can be put in line with the shunt coil.
Patent GB-190828301-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Attaching Air-pump Nozzles to Pneumatic Tyre Valves.
Inventor: FEUERBORN GEORG
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 28,301. Feuerborn, G. Dec. 28. Couplings, disconnectible.-For connecting airpump nozzles to pneumatic tyre valves, a clip consisting of jaws held apart by a single spring is mounted upon the pump tube, and one jaw carries the bent pump nozzle while the other engages under the nut of the valve-tube. In the form shown in Fig. 1, two frame-pieces e, fare pivoted together by means of the pin l, and the part f carries a tube g bent at right-angles at n and terminated by a nozzle o which fits upon the valve-tube. The lower part e of the framework has a recess at the end, which fits under the nut q of the valve, and a spring h coiled around the pivot pin l serves to draw the two operative ends of the framework together.
Patent GB-190908629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Copying- and the like Presses.
Inventor: GLOVER ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: B41L7/00
Filed: 1909-04-10
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 8629. Glover, A. W. April 10. Copying - presses. - In a foot-operated copying-book or like press, the pressure plates are arranged vertically or horizontally, and one or both are actuated through toggle-levers and a foot - lever with spring return motion, and a cam or ratchet rod is provided to maintain the pressure as long as required. The position of t h e toggles is first adjusted by a handwheel a n d screw, A bookshelf and book support may be provided. In one form, Fig. 4, the plate c is operated through a lever e<1> and toggle-levers g, g<1> from the footlever o. In addition, the bell-crank lever e, e<2> operates the plate b. The initial distance between the plates is adjusted by a hand-wheel l, which determines the position of the toggle device. A rack bar s, engaging with a notched opening in the frame, holds the plates in their closed position as long as desired, or a cam, bearing on the centre joint of the toggle, and released by a hand-wheel, may be used instead. The spring p returns the parts, when released, to their normal position. In another form, Fig. 8, two sets of toggle-levers g, g<1>, connected by a link 5, give the plate c a parallel motion. The adjusting-screw j shifts the position of both toggles simultaneously.
Patent GB-190911435-A (GB)
Title: Combination Advertising Letter-clip and Price List Holder.
Inventor: HAGGERTY HENRY HERBERT
IPC: G09F3/18
Filed: 1909-05-14
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 11,435. Haggerty, H. H. May 14. Clamping - devices. - A letterholding clip B is hinged on a pivot, bearing a spring c, which presses upon the clip B and also upon a tongue D, pressed out of the face of a book-holder A, and d so secures letters in position under the clip B and a book or price - list under the tongue D.
Patent GB-190918060-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Filtering and Washing Ores and the like.
Inventor: GROTHE ALBERT
IPC: B01D33/82
Filed: 1909-08-05
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 18,060. Grothe, A., and Carter, H. F. Aug. 5. Plug cocks.-A valve used in connexion with filtering-apparatus comprises a rotating ring G to which inlet pipes 7 are connected. The pipes thus communicate successively with the compartments of a chamber formed between plates 14, and having vertical outlet pipes below. A spring 24 tightens the parts together. A modification is shown in which the relative size of the valve compartments can be varied, the partition between two of them being fixed to the upper plate 14, which is rotatable relative to the lower plate.
Patent GB-190920134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detonating Pellets for Cyclists' Pistols.
Inventor: POLSTER CARL
IPC: F42B8/06
Filed: 1909-09-02
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 20,134. Polster, C. Sept. 2. Projectiles. - Relates to pellets for use with cyclists' pistols which pellets are provided with a base amorce to produce a report when struck by the ram of the pistol, and consists in protecting the amorce b by a plate c or by inserting the amorce in a recess in the pellet a. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 10,692/86, [Class 9, Ammunition &c.].
Patent GB-190923576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Back Rests for Motor Cycles or other Vehicles.
Inventor: CARTER MATTHIAS
IPC: B62J1/28
Filed: 1909-10-15
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 23,576. Carter, M. Oct. 15. Seat adjustments. - A pivoted back-rest for motor cycles and other vehicles is looked in any required position by means of spring-pressed catches 11 mounted on its frame and engaging with internally-toothed quadrants fixed to the vehicle ; the catches are controllable by the rider, for example hy means of a hand-lever 14, and rods 19 which slide in the frame and carry the catches.
Patent GB-190923688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flush Lever-bolts for Doors and the like.
Inventor: SILK JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: E05C1/06
Filed: 1909-10-16
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 23,688. Silk, J. J. Oct. 16. Sliding bolts.-In a flush lever bolt wherein the inner end of the bolt is adapted to swing outwards when the lever is operated, a blade spring h is secured between the outer plate of the casing and the bolt, to force the bolt into either of the two extreme positions.
Patent GB-190926138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-ships.
Inventor: BERTHEL CHARLS JOHN
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 26,138. Berthel, C. J. Nov. 13, 1908, [Convention date.] Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement of; cars.-An aerial machine is formed with a cylindrical open-ended body, to the upper side of which is fixed a plane equal in length to the cylinder, and of greater breadth than length. Doors 8 are provided in the tubular body 1 ; and look-out windows are arranged at each side of the aviator's seat 6<a>. The body is mounted on runners 7 so as to be inclined when at rest on the ground. Propelling.-A central shaft 4, connected to a motor 6, carries two propellers 5, which are disposed one at each end of the body 1. Steering is effected by means of an horizontal rudder 18 at the front, and by a vertical rudder 11 mounted at the rear of the tube 1, both rudders being operated by means of cords which pass through an opening 15 above the seat 6<a>.
Patent GB-190927118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Speed Indicators and the like.
Inventor: BAKER HAYDEN MOZART
IPC: G01P3/18
Filed: 1909-11-22
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 27,118. Baker, H. M., and Fox, A. W. Nov. 22. Centrifugal governors; transmitting - mechanism.-In a speed-indicating or other apparatus of the centrifugal type, when a certain speed is reached, the governor moves an arm so as to stop the revolution of epicyclic gearing, thus causing a shaft to display visual signals. The governor 23 is connected with an arm 34 pivoted at 32, controlled by an adjustable spring 59, and limited in its motion by a stop 37. A rim 48 is provided with a tooth 48<a> and carries a pair of bevel-wheels 49, 50 rotated from the main shaft 21 by a bevel-wheel 44 and worm gearing. Normally, the bevel-wheels 49, 50 run upon the stationary bevel-wheel secured to a shaft 40, but, when the arm is moved into the path of the tooth 48<a>, the rim is prevented from rotating, and the bevel-wheels cause the shaft 40 to turn. This shaft is connected with the indicator, Fig. 6, which comprises an indicating- arm 73 and a lamp 66 provided with a pair of screens 84, 85. A shaft 72 to which the arm 73 and the screens are secured is maintained in the inoperative position by a tension-spring 81, but, when the shaft 40 is rotated, the shaft 72 is caused to turn through a quarter-revolution by means of the bevel-wheels 75, 74. The wheel 74 is loosely mounted, and frictionally engages a collar 77 fixed to the shaft 72, so that, although it continues to rotate while the speed is excessive, it serves merely to maintain the shaft 72 in the indicating position against the action of the spring 81.
Patent GB-190929322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Guiding and Positioning Nails or other Fasteners while they are being Driven.
IPC: A43D71/00
Filed: 1909-12-15
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 29,322. Bryant, G., Underwood, W., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Dec. 15. [Cognate Application, 13,994/ 10.] Loose-nailing. - A loose-bill nailing-machine has a nail-guiding throat which is expansible by the nail in the direction of its least diameter, and which may also be expansible in a direction at right-angles thereto. The throat A has cheeks A', A<2>, within which is inserted a piece B having projections or tongues B', preferably rounded in their under sides, engaging slots in the cheeks. A leaf spring C holds the insertionpiece B inwards to grip the nail, which is presented to the throat with its longer side adjacent to this member. Fig. 3 is a section of a throat which is expansible in both directions. The throat block constitutes two adjacent sides of the nail passage, and the other two are formed by a member L<3>, which is fitted in slots and grooves on the throat block. This member is held in position by a screw and a bent spring O, which allows it to yield in the direction of the longer diameter of the nail. A spring M causes the member L<3> to grip the longer side of the nail. The two springs may be replaced by one arranged to act in the direction of the resultant of the force of the springs O, M.
Patent GB-191000313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Materials for Case Hardening or Cementation Purposes.
Inventor: RODMAN HUGH
IPC: C23C8/66
Filed: 1910-01-05
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 313. Rodman, H. Jan. 5. Case-hardening.-A case-hardening substance is made by mixing a carbonaceous substance with "accelerating-material" and subjecting the mixture to a temperature sufficiently high to fuse or soften at least one of the ingredients. Thus a mixture of coal or coke with lime, calcium carbonate, barium carbonate, or sodium carbonate, may be coked, and the product crushed and screened to suitable sizes.
Patent GB-191003656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heel-pads.
Inventor: PEMBERTON JOHN HOWARTH
IPC: A43B21/36
Filed: 1910-02-15
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 3656. Pemberton, J. H. Feb. 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Protectors, construction of.-Rubber or like heel pads, of the kind having a strengthening metal plate c provided with radial arms a thickened at their extremities so as to present a metal part to bear on the ground in addition to the rubber, are provided with projections f on the upper side of the metal plate, at the extremities of the arms, to bear upon the heel surface. The projections may bear directly on the heel surface, or may be covered by a thin coating of rubber or the like.
Patent GB-191007815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kinematograph Projectors.
Inventor: KAMM LEO
IPC: G03B9/10
Filed: 1910-03-31
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 7815. Kamm, L. March 31. Drawings to Specification. Kinematograph apparatus.-The shutter of a kinematograph projector is caused to make three or more rotations for each feeding-movement of the film. In the Provisional Specification, the number of rotations is stated to be two or more.