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Patent GB-190727133-A (GB)
Title: A Spark Arrester and Draught Regulator for Locomotives and like Engines.
Inventor: NEATH WALTER JAMES
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 27,133. Neath, W. J. Dec. 7. Spark-arresters.-A number of concentric perforated cylinders, one of which is rotatable about its axis, are mounted between the blast-pipe and chimney of a locomotive or like engine to arrest sparks, and to prevent excessive draught through the furnace. When the engine is stationary, the holes i in all the cylinders a, b, c may be in register ; but when the engine is running, the movable cylinder b is turned, so as to prevent the smoke from taking a direct path through the cylinders, by means of a handle attached to the movable cylinder b and arranged to pass through slots in the outer cylinder and the base of the chimney. Semicircular holes i<1> at the bottom of the cylinders allow sparks that collect between them to slide down the conical plate d into the smoke-box. When the nozzle of the blast-pipe e is below the level of the top tubes, a baffle is arranged between the cylinders and the tube-plate.
Patent GB-190728611-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Razor Wiper
Inventor: PERRY HENRY HAROLD
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 28,611. Perry, H. H. Dec. 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid)). Shaving-appliances.-A razor-wiper consists of a piece a of rubber or other flexible material, which is shaped to fit on the edge of a wash-hand basin b or shaving-pot. The wiper a may be secured by metal clips c.
Patent GB-190802034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Frames, Pads and the like for use as Hair-dressing Accessories.
Inventor: ROBINSON FRANK
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 2034. Robinson, F. Jan. 29. Hair-pads are made from the pod of the loofah plant. The loofahs are preferably cut longitudinally and the interior portions are cut away. The strips are then steamed and shaped, after which they may be stitched at the edges and strengthened by wire. Alternatively, parts of the loofahs may be macerated and mixed with real or artificial hair before being steamed. The finished articles may be dyed or covered with hair.
Patent GB-190803585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Divers' Dresses.
Inventor: HILL LEONARD ERSKINE
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 3585. Hill, L. E., and Davis, R. H. Feb. 17. Diving. - In order to remove carbon dioxide from divers' helmets, the vitiated air is drawn from the bottom of the helmet through a pipe e; after passing through a purifier d containing potash or other absorbent of carbon dioxide, it is returned to the helmet again, for example by allowing the air supply to pass through a nozzle h acting as an injector.
Patent GB-190804831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Tramway and Railway Switches.
Inventor: LEVY ANATOLE ROBERT
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 4831. Levy, A. R. March 3. Points and switches are automatically operated a definite interval of time after a vehicle has depressed a treadle in the rail groove, the operation being prevented however if the vehicle reaches a treadle nearer the switch before the time-interval has elapsed, this treadle locking the switches in their position a that t moment ; a treadle in advance of these two is provided to restore the switch-o pe r a t i n g mechanism to its normal position and is usually depressed by the wheels of the next vehicle. This restoring - treadle w h e n depressed moves a rod 71, Fig. II, to the right, and through a crank 70 and rod 69 raises a rod 65, Fig. V, turning a crank 63 provided with a pin 64 to upset a toggle 52, one arm of which has a finger 56 to allow the toggle to be overset without collapsing. The wheels of a passing vehicle depress a treadle 49 and a plunger 48, thereby raising a weight 44 fixed on a lever 45. This lever is connected to the toggle 52 by a bolt 90 fixed in a block sliding in guides in the arm 53 against a spring 92, which thus takes up the varying thrusts caused by car flanges of different depth. When the toggle 52 is upset, the weight 44 falls and the lever 45 raises an arm 85 and projections 60, 61 on levers 38, 27, Fig. III, the lever 27 in rising restoring the switch. When the treadle 49 is depressed, the levers 27, 38 are released, and the lever 38, being provided with a dash-pot 41 or similar retarding- device, falls gradually, so that after a certain interval of time, a diagonal projection 42 on the lever strikes an extension of a pin 32, thereby upsetting a toggle 29 and releasing a weight 28. This weight draws a rod 24 to the right and opens the switch tongue 3, Fig. II, by a rod 9 sliding in a lug 6, the tongue being held normally closed by a spring 16 on a rod 8. The weight 28, Fig. III, is held raised by the toggle 29, one arm of which has a finger 33 to allow the toggle to be overset without collapsing. The time-action of the dash-pot 41 is so set that a car that is intended to go straight ahead, if moving quickly, strikes a locking-treadle 75 in front of the switch before the switch has been operated. The treadle 75, normally held up by a weighted lever 86, Fig. II, has a pin 76 Fig. III, depressing a lever 77 into locking connexion with a projection 79 on a collar 78, carried on the operating-rod 24 and holding the rod against operation. The lever 77 connected by a rod 82 with a crank 84 is released when the restoring- treadle upsets the toggle 52, Fig. V, and the lever 45 strikes up the arm 85 of the crank 84.
Patent GB-190816451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Off Water and Supplying it at Various Temperatures as Required.
Inventor: ROBINSON FRANK ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 16,451. Robinson, F. A. Aug. 4. Plug cocks.-The casing 3 of a plug cock 4 has electrical connexions which serve to cause the water to be drawn off to pass through a heated passage when the plug is turned into the required position.
Patent GB-190818543-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Shelf or other Brackets.
Inventor: COTGREAVE ALFRED
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 18,543. Cotgreave, A. March 2, 1909. Brackets.-In vertically-adjustable shelf or other brackets, provided with a flat spring d attached to the vertical face c of the bracket and formed with a bend or nose d<2> at its lower end to engage with a rack b, the spring is continued underneath the horizontal part c<6> so as to form a thumb-piece d<3> by pulling which the spring may be released. The rack is arranged in a vertical recess a' in the standard a and is formed by bending inwards the upper edges b' of slots formed in a metal strip. Bent lugs c', c<2>, formed on the vertical space of the bracket, embrace the rack so as to guide the bracket and prevent tilting, and a slot c<5> is formed in the vertical face of the bracket to allow for the movement of the spring.
Patent GB-190820371-A (GB)
Title: A Grasping or Catching Device, adapted to be Operated from a Distance and to be used for Plucking Fruit or Flowers, Catching Fish, and other purposes.
Inventor: ERLEBACHER JULIUS
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 20,371. Eriebacher, J. Sept. 28. Reachers or long-arms.-A grasping or catching appliance adapted to be operated from a distance by pulling a cord or the like and to be used for plucking fruit or flowers, catching fish, &c. consists of two symmetrical cup-like shells or frames which are mounted one within the other upon a handle and are rotatable around a common axis so that they may be swung in opposite directions to enclose or grasp, an object. The shells 1, 2 are mounted on a fork 5, and are swung round into the positions indicated by dotted lines by means of cords 11, 12 attached to lugs 9, 10. The cords 11, 12 pass through guides in an arm 6 on the fork 5 and are connected to a single cord. The outer shell 1 is mounted in bearings in a fork 5 by means of straight or ball-shaped projections which act as bearings for studs on the inner shell 2. Half the inner shell is provided with a run 15 to bear against the outer shell. The appliance may be weighted so as normally to swing open, or may be provided with springs 16 to engage the lugs 9, 10. The fork 5 may be mounted on a handle, and may be replaced by a bearing on one side only. The shells may be hemispherical, semi-ellipsoidal, semicylindrical, &c.
Patent GB-190824594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electrolysis of Liquids.
Inventor: BILLITER JEAN
Filed: 1908-11-16
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 24,594. Billiter, J. Nov. 16. Chlorine ; hydrogen.-In a process for the electrolysis of alkali chloride or other solution the electrolyte is stratified to separate the anode and cathode products by heating the liquid near the upper electrode and supplying fresh electrolyte at the hottest parts of the solution, thereby causing a heavy layer rich in the decomposition products of the lower electrode to surround the latter. The alkali chloride solution may be contained in a sheetiron vat 2 lined with cement 1, and fitted with supply pipes 17 and heating-pipes 14 on a level with the upper electrode 9 and a pipe 19 for the escape of chlorine. The lower electrode is a wire net 3, resting on beams 16, which may be of metal and serve as terminals. Immediately above the electrode 3 is an horizontal porous diaphragm 4. An outflow pipe 11 at the bottom of the vat has a branch 12, through which gas, liberated at the electrode 3, may be drawn to create a partial vacuum beneath the diaphragm and thus increase the velocity of flow through it. Transverse wire nets 18 in the pipe 12 prevent liquid from being carried away by the gas, and stop the return of gas explosions. A partial vacuum is also produced by turning the pipe 12 upwards so as to facilitate the escape of the hydrogen.
Patent GB-190826252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resistance Grids for Electrical Purposes.
Inventor: WEST ALLEN
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,252. West, A. Dec. 4. Making electric resistances; corrugating; stamping.- Resistances of grid form are stamped from sheet iron or other metal with one or more corrugations d substantially parallel to the sides of the grid bars. The grid may be formed by cutting spaces c from alternate sides of the, stamped sheet. The corrugations may be of the section shown at e; or of other section, or small corrugations may project from the main one in herring-bone formation.
Patent GB-190901631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for use in Stentering Machines.
Inventor: WHITLEY ALFRED AUSTIN
IPC: D06C3/04
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 1631. Whitley, A. A. Jan. 22. Stretching and tentering, clips for. Relates to clips of the type described in Specifications 8535/05, 6417/06, and 28,744/07. An upperjaw arm 3 is pivoted at 6, and an arm 1 carrying a feeler 2 is pivoted to the arm 3 at 5. When the feeler 2 is supported by the fabric, the arm 3 is held raised by the part of the arm 3 between a cam-surface 7 and the pivot 5, which acts as a strut between the pivot 5 and a fixed pin 8 on the framework of the clip. An opening-lever 9 may be integral with the arm 3 as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be pivoted to it as shown in Fig. 5. In the latter construction, in the open-jaw position the arm 9 is locked by projections 10 which rest on projections 11 on the arm 3. When the jaw falls, the arm 9 is unlocked and, being pulled over by a spring 12, an extension 15 presses on an inclined surface 16 and completes the closing movement of the jaws.
Patent GB-190902108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Turning Tools and Steady-rests.
Inventor: HARTNESS JAMES
IPC: B23B29/16
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 2108. Hartness, J. Nov. 17, 1908, [Convention date]. Turning.-In a combined steady-rest and toolholder for use in turning-lathes, means are also provided for deflecting and breaking - up the cuttings for easy removal. A rest-holder 26 is mounted by means of dowels 29 on a body 25, through which the work passes and which is adapted to be connected to the tool-slide of a lathe. Each rest consists of a rotatable member 31 having a bevelled head 30 conically seated in a sleeve 32, which is adjustably mounted in an inclined hole 33 in the holder, the inclination of the member, and the shape of the head 30 being such that only a portion of the face of the head bears against the work, thus allowing the member to slide and to rotate while in contact with the work. On the sleeve 32 is a lug 37 and a handle 35, the distance between these two being the same as the length of screws 40 &c., so that, after the lug 37 has entered an enlarged portion 39 of a slot, the sleeve which can be then rotated may be held tightly in various positions. The tool 57 is mounted to oscillate in a slidable shoe 61, the limits of oscillation being fixed bya lip 63 and a screw-adjusted pin 74. The shoe and tool are clamped in position longitudinally by means of the semi-cylinders 66, 67, which are adjusted against a rib 58 on the tool by screws 70, 71 to press the tool against the lip 60 of the tool-carrier 48. Slight lateral adjustment of the tool-carrier is allowed by a screw pivot-pin 52, which screws through the ears 51 and carrier, and serves as a pivot about which the carrier can be adjusted to and from the work in relation to the yoke 77 by means of a rotatable pin 70 and eccentric 80. The yoke is hung upon the pins 82, 83, which fit into a bearing 84, according to the diameter of the work. The denecting-device for the cuttings consists of a member 98 on the front of the tool-carrier, curved so as to guide the cuttings away from the work and partly longitudinally thereof, and another member 101 which mav be fixed or mounted to oscillate about a pin 102 so as to adjust the curvature to cause breaking of the cuttings, as shown in Fig. 20. The oscillation is given to the member 101 by a rotatable pin 104 and eccentric, and the cuttings may also be guided to go through the carrier. Specifications 15,025/07 and 10,955/08 are referred to.
Patent GB-190903688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Securing Armour Plates to Warships.
Inventor: RUSSO GIOACCHINO
IPC: B63B3/10
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1910-02-15
Abstract: 3688. Russo, G. Feb. 19, 1908, [Convention date]. Bolts, nuts, and washers; screw sockets.-For securing armour - plates to warships, a bolt d having differential threads is used in combination wit h an elastic cupshaped washer e, which deforms permanently under less s t r e s s than that which brings the bolt to its elastic limit. The washer may be integral with the nut. It is formed with concentric corrugations, and may be screwed to engage the hull-plating, or a packing f may be interposed. To prevent leakage, a metallic sleeve g screwed to engage the outer end of the bolt may be used, its inner end being burred over similarly to a boiler tube, or engaged by a permanent ferrule h. When a wood backing b is not employed, the sleeve g becomes a simple internally-threaded ring.
Patent GB-190908820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Roundabouts and the like.
Inventor: INGREY ERNEST
IPC: A63G3/00
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 8820. Ingrey, E. April 14. Roundabouts.-In an aquatic or other roundabout, the boats are attached by chains to arms f, Fig. 3, which project from a revolving ring or circular plate g composed of steel or iron plates. The ring rests on, and is rotated by, a number of fly-wheels h driven by motors l. A rail p, secured to the underside of the ring, runs in the groove of a number of inner wheels p<1>, which are supported by a circular frame and run on a rail q. These wheels prevent the frame from sagging between the fly-wheels. Guide-wheels r keep the ring in position. A brake for use with this roundabout consists of a block t, Fig 5, attached to one end of a lever v<1>, the other end of which is connected by a link with a lever u. A curved block u<3> is carried at one end of this arm, and the other end is pivoted to a crank u<2>, to which a toggle joint w is also pivoted. To apply the brake, a hand-lever is pulled, which tends to straighten the toggle and forces the block u<3> against the fly-wheel h. The friction between the block and the wheel forces the brake-block t against the ring. The adhesion between the ring and the fly - wheels may be increased by means of spring-pressed wheels arranged above the flywheels, or by means of holes or pockets formed in the peripheries of the fly-wheels and filled with soft metal or other material capable of retaining grit.
Patent GB-190909903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Appliances.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON ALFRED JAMES
IPC: H01H50/00
Filed: 1909-04-26
Granted: 1910-04-26
Abstract: 9903. Williamson, A. J. April 26. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Actuating valves. -In an electromagnetic device for stopping machinery o f o r operating a valve, a rod or tube B, Fig. 2, is supported within a suitable casing A and encloses a spring J, which is surrounded by a sleeve E slidable in a tubular part G fixed in the wall of the casing A. A latch plate, held vertically between two pairs of rollers 3, 4 carries the armature 23 of an electro-magnet 9 supported in the casing, and engages at its lower end, a roller 7 mounted in a bracket 8, which is carried by the sleeve E. Depending from the sleeve E or the bracket 8, is a rod 25, the end of which is directly behind the handle of the switch &c., so that, on the release of the sleeve E, the switch &c. is immediately opened. The lower end of the plate 2 is provided with a piece 29 having a curved lower edge and connected with the front wall of the casing by a spring 31. To release the armature 23, the electro-magnet 9 is connected in circuit with a cell 11, Fig. 1, a plate 19, and a suitably-placed spring 15, which is coiled round a push-button 16 mounted in the casing 17. Depressing the button 16 removes the end 18 of the spring from contact with the plate 19, and so breaks the cir. cuit and releases the armature 23. In a modification, the latch plate 2<1>, Fig. 3, with the armature 23<1> is mounted on a pivot 33 in the casing. Projections 35, 36 on the sleeve E and latch plate 2<1> respectively engage each other unless the circuit is broken and the armature 23<1> released. A spring 38 is attached to the armature and bears against the back of the casing.
Patent GB-190912139-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Controlling and Indicating the Condition of Control of Electrically Propelled Tram Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: IRELAND WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B60L3/00
Filed: 1909-05-22
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 12,139. Ireland, W. E. May 22. Controllers, actuating-mechanism and interlocking and indicating devices /or.-Electrically-propelled vehicles having controllers at each end are provided with means for indicating when both reverser drums are not in the "off position, or for preventing both drums from being displaced from the "off" position simultaneously. In one form, a pilot circuit is made through the tripping-coil 5, Fig. 1, of a circuit-breaker 4, and through pairs of stationary fingers 16, 17 on the reverser drums 10, 11 respectively to a lamp, bell, &c. 20. The fingers 16, 17 are bridged by segments 14, 15 respectively when both drums are displaced from the "off" position. In another form, the pilot circuit contains solenoids which operate locking- devices for the switches at both ends of the car. In another form, two circuits 24, 25, Fig. 3, are arranged in parallel, each including the fingers 16 or 17 of one reverser drum and a locking- solenoid 23 or 22 for the switch at the other end.
Patent GB-190913102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: DRUMMOND CHARLES SINCLAIR
IPC: F22B27/06
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1910-07-04
Abstract: 13,102. Drummond, O. S. June 3. Feed-water, heating.-Feed-water for a steam generator passes through a sinuous pipe a in the furnace to a large pipe b. Thence some of it passes direct to the generator tubes c, the remainder passing down pipes d and proceeding to the tubes c through pipes f, f<1>, i, i<1>, in the furnace.
Patent GB-190914518-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game.
Inventor: PEALL WALTER
IPC: A63F9/16
Filed: 1909-06-21
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 14,518. Peall, W. June 21. Table games.-A suspended body H, Fig. 1, is projected at one or more objects E by the action of a rotatable member which is preferably in the form of a top C having projections C<1>. The objects E may consist either of targets which can be readily displaced, or of balls placed on wire stands D arranged at the edge of a board or table as shown. The rotatable member may also be driven by clock-work or other mechanism. When the top is used, coloured disks may be placed on it, and the colours presented by these disks will change each time the top strikes the body H.
Patent GB-190915507-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Anti-vibration Gas Burner for Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: OULTON JOSEPH
IPC: F21V15/00
Filed: 1909-07-03
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 15,507. Oulton, J., and Newhouse, W. A. July 3. [Addition to 6700/09.] Incandescent gas burners. -An additional spring 8 is arranged within the spring 5 which separates the two parts of the upright or inverted mixing- tube, as described in the parent Specification and the outer spring 5 maybe made of wire of triangular cross-section. The spring 8 rests between the gas nipple and the upper part of the mixing - tube so that it can be compressed to regulate the distance between the two parts of the mixing-tube, and its upper end may be made conical to prevent lighting-back.
Patent GB-190917689-A (GB)
Title: Photographic Plate, Film and Print Washer and Drier.
Inventor: JORDAN JOHN EVAN
IPC: G03D3/02
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 17,689. Jordan, J. E. July 30. Washing - tanks; drying - racks. - A washing- tank comprises a rack, for holding the plates or films, mounted on a spindle, the lower part of which carries a water-wheel which is rotated by means of a tangentially-arranged inlet jet of water. The spindle b<6> is extensible for enabling the plates to be rotated also in the air, above the tank, for drying. The waterwheel D is formed with a hollow central portion for buoyantly supporting the rotating parts and relieving the friction on the bearings. The rack B is mounted on the spindle b<6> and is fitted with necessary adaptors for plates of various sizes. The tank is fitted with an inlet and outlets a<3>, a<4>. When plates are washed the outlet a<4> is used, and when drying plates the outlet a<3> is used, the lower section of the tank being used simply for driving the waterwheel. A cover-plate C is detachably fitted over the water-wheel and serves to confine the disturbed water to the lower part of the tank, and is perforated for the water to rise and flow through the tank.
Patent GB-190923753-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition or Compound for Killing Worms in Golf Greens, Lawns and the like.
Inventor: TURNER JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1909-10-16
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 23,753. Turner, J. H. Oct. 16. Vermin-destroying compositions.-A composition for destroying worms in lawns &c. consists of bleaching-powder and copper sulphate dissolved in water or mixed with soil or manures.
Patent GB-190925206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Forcing or Feeding Petrol or Liquid Fuel to Motors of Road Vehicles and such like and Means for such purpose.
Inventor: HARPER ROBERT OWEN
IPC: F02M59/14
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 25,206. Harper, R. O. Nov. 2. Reducing valves.-Fuel is supplied from the tank to an internal-combustion engine by means of the pressure of the store of air used for starting purposes, the pressure being suitably reduced by means of the valve shown. The reducing - device consists of needle valve h pressed to its seat by a diaphragm g and a spring i. The diaphragm is open to the atmosphere on one side, and on the other is under the reduced pressure. The needle valve is under the high pressure of the entering air.