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Patent GB-190808712-A (GB)
Title: A Stage-noise Cabinet.
Inventor: ROUSSELOT JEAN CHARLES SCIPION
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 8712. Rousselot, J. C. S. April 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Theatrical appliances; exhibitions, scenic and spectacular.-In order to control noise - producing apparatus for the stage and reduce the number of operators in theatres, kinematograph or scenic exhibitions, &c., the noise-producing devices are gathered together in a single cabinet, and are operated by hand, or mechanically, or electrically, by means of stops pressed by an operator in the orchestra. The cabinet A has a perforated back, and may be fitted with doors in front. A sounding-plate for producing stage thunder is fixed at its upper edge to the back of the cabinet, and is vibrated by a handle and thrust rod. The bulbs c of motor horns C are squeezed by a lever c'. Sounds of broken crockery are produced by a rotary drum D containing pieces of cast iron, earthenware, &c. A bell E and gong F are operated by a handle e<1> and spindle f<1> respectively, A fusillade is imitated by means of pins g provided on a cylinder G and adapted to lift laths g<2>, which fall in succession on a plank g<3>. The sounds of an anvil are produced by a hammer H, operated by a tappet shaft h<1> and spring h<2>, falling on a metal plate h<4>. A tappet shaft i<1> operates drum sticks L with knobs l covered with felt, leather, &c., and also carries a metal or hard brush bearing against a drum-skin K to imitate locomotive steam jets &c. A sheet N stretched in a hinged frame is pressed with varying force against a rotary brush J to produce sounds of varying intensity. Laths l<3> lifted by a tappet shaft m<1> crash upon a plank M to imitate the sound of breaking wood &c. A pneumatic hammer pressed against the drum-skin by a spring is operated by tappets p. A shaft q<1> carries a cylinder with flexible metal plates q adapted to strike against a marble slab R on a plank R<1> to produce the sound of carriage wheels, and also operates vertical sliding rods or hammers for imitating the step of a horse. Fig. 4 shows an elongated spring hoop S<1> provided with bells s which are rung by the rotation of a tappet shaft s<1>. The sound of sawing is obtained by a cord or cable rubbing against pieces of wood or metal. In addition, the cabinet may contain a locomotive whistle, a bugle, a siren, apparatus for imitating a bird's song, a door-bell, &c., and the doors may imitate the opening or closing of house doors. The drum-skin and sound plate at the back of the cabinet reinforce the different sounds of the appliances.
Patent GB-190811081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bags or Receptacles for Containing Brushes, Combs and like Articles.
Inventor: WORRALL HERBERT OLIVER
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 11,081. Worrall, H. O. May 22. Hair brush and comb holders.-A leather bag B is provided with a detachable textile lining A and a draw-cord C which holds the two together. Extending strips b<1> protect the mouth of the bag, when closed, from dust.
Patent GB-190814368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-tight Shells or Coffins for Holding Human Remains.
Inventor: RICHARDS DYSON
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 14,368. Richards, D. July 7. Coffins.-The lid of a coffin is held down upon a seating of rubber &c. i by turning down a flange h upon the body, which is made of thin metal, such as leaded sheet iron, and is strengthened by corrugations c, bars d, and, if desired, a detachable stay. According to the Provisional Specification, a flange upon the lid may be turned under a rim on the body, the turned-over flange may be held down by clips, and the lid may be corrugated &c. for strength.
Patent GB-190815634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Articulated Driving Means for Grooved Pulleys.
Inventor: INGLIS FRANCIS GLANVILLE
Filed: 1908-07-23
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 15,634. Ingrlis, F. G. July 23. Driving-chains.-An articulated driving-band is constructed with chain side plates in direct surface contact so as to relieve the joints from side pressure. Side plates 1, Fig. 3, in pairs connected by links 3, carry pads 8 adapted to grip and drive a grooved pulley 14, Fig. 2. Protuberances 5 stamped on the plates 1 touch each other over an area intersected by the line of the resultant lateral stress between the plates 1. The pads 8 may be removably clasped between top and bottom flanges 6 and flanges 7 at one end. Screws may be used passing through the upper flanges 6 into the pads 8. Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which the contacting parts 5 and plates 1 are made in one piece doubled back on itself as shown. The pads 8 may then be formed in one block passing under the plates.
Patent GB-190816322-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Preparing Puncture Proof and Waterproof Bands for the Pneumatic Tyres of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: COX JOHN
Filed: 1908-08-01
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 16,322. Cox, J. Aug. 1. Tyres, pneumatic.-A band of linen, longclotb, &c. is passed through and impregnated with a paste formed by powdering gypsum or plaster stone, baking the powder, and then placing it in a strong solution of alum water ; when the latter is absorbed the powder is again baked, and after cooling is mixed with methylated spirit to the desired consistency. The band may afterwards be folded and pressed or moulded to the shape of the tyre, and is placed between the air-tube and cover to prevent punctures. The paste makes the band waterproof.
Patent GB-190908482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Pneumatic and other Tyres to the Rims of Wheels of Motor and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: OWEN EDWARD
IPC: B60B23/04
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 8482. Owen, E. April 8. Detachable - rim attachments to wheels; felloes or rims.-A detachable tyre-carrying rim having a coned or cylindrical inner periphery is secured on the corresponding fixed rim member a by a series of rectangular turn-catches c, which are locked in their adjusted positions by means of springs h. The slots i are preferably inclined, so that a centring effect is obtained in mounting the detachable rim.
Patent GB-190914952-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Detecting Faulty Insulators in High Tension Conductors.
Inventor: GREINER RICHARD
IPC: H01B17/22
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 14,952. Greiner, R. July 20, 1908, [Convention date]. Locating faults in insulation.-Rings, bands, caps, &c. b of inflammable material, such as celluloid, or material impregnated therewith, are arranged on insulators a carrying high-tension lines c, and indicate, by their combustion and consequent disappearance, insulators at which arcing has taken place due to short-circuiting or earthing. Theinflammable caps &c. b are preferably of a colour distinct from the insulators a. A slit d is provided in the cap b to enable it to pass over the condactor c, and this slit may be closed by flaps g, rendered adhesive by immersion in a solvent for celluloid.
Patent GB-190919885-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjustable Foot-rest and Pedal Extension for Pianos.
Inventor: KOERNER ALBERT
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1910-08-31
Abstract: 19,885. Koerner, A., and Baines, W. Aug. 31. Rests, foot.-In a device for enabling children to operate the pedals of a pianoforte, the foot-rest e and auxiliary pedals m can be turned up parallel to the framework of the attachment. The auxiliary pedals m actuate the piano pedals through slideable rods k having guides g, h. By rotating the head v of a screwed rod, the plate 5 is traversed and, caused to bear against the bottom of the piano, in order to retain the apparatus in position. The head v of the screwed rod is provided with a rubber-tipped part w, which bears against the casing and may be locked in position by a screw 2. The foot-rest e is provided with a sliding collar c, which is clamped to the pillar a, and similar collars, sliding on the rods k, are provided for the pedals m. When an auxiliary pedal m is depressed against the action of its spring p, the motion is transmitted through the rod k and its adjustable arm r to the piano pedal t. An arrangement of the kind described may form a permanent part of a piano, and more than two auxiliary pedals may be provided. Cords, wires, or chains may be substituted for the rods k, and in the case of a grand piano the pillar a may extend to the underside of the keyboard.
Patent GB-190921801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Cinematographs.
Inventor: MESSTER OSKAR
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 21,801. Messter, O. Sept. 24. Kinematograph apparatus.-In a kinematograph in which the pictures are projected from a film having several juxtaposed rows of pictures, the objective, together with the source of light, is made adjustable by hand over the whole width of the film, so that it can be traversed laterally at the end of each row of pictures. The device for regulating this displacement comprises a rack rod 29 attached to the guide 25 of the objective casing 23, and an adjusting-pin carrying a toothed wheel 30 and handle 31 with notches 33 made in it, the notches engaging a spring 34 on the frame 2 to limit the turning of the handle 31.
Patent GB-190921882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings.
Inventor: DAWSON MARY
IPC: F16C19/55
Filed: 1910-03-17
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 21,882. Dawson, M., [Millman, A. F.]. March 17, 1910. Ball bearings.-A ball bearing for shafts comprises two concentric sets of balls a, b which have running contact with each other, but the individual balls of each set are held out of contact by those of the other set. The balls run in races in sleeves a<2>, b<2> which are adjusted longitudinally on the shaft and in the casing by screwed rods c, d connecting fixed collars B, C. The sleeves a<2>, b<2> may be divided, each race being adjusted independently.
Patent GB-190925728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Heel Pads for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BROOKES ARTHUR FREDERICK
IPC: A43B21/36
Filed: 1909-11-08
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 25,728. Brookes, A. F. Nov. 8. Protectors, securing. - A heel pad comprises a circular pad e provided with an annular recess and a slotted flange e'. A metal or like ring a provided with a flange a<1> is split at b, and is secured by screws d to the heel c. One free end a<2> of the ring is slightly raised, and an edge of the flange e' of the pad at the slot is introduced, and the pad is worked round until the flange e<1> of the pad lies below the flange a' of the ring. The end a<2> of the ring is then secured to the heel by a screw h passing through a lug i on the ring. The wearing portion of the pad is of soft rubber, the remainder being hardened by vulcanization.
Patent GB-190925994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Connecting Tubes to Plates, Walls, or similar Structures.
Inventor: HARRISON BURT SYLVANUS
IPC: F16L41/00
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 25,994. Harrison, B. S. Nov. 10. Glands and caps; packing, adjusting. - In. stuffing-boxes for joints between plates or walls and tubes in heaters &c., the plate 7, Fig. 2, has an annular projection 2 with a recess to receive an asbestos or like gasket 5 round the end of the tube 4. The gasket is retained by a split ring 6 sprung into place. In a modification, the gaskets are compressed by flanged rings 11, Fig. 4, held in place by disks 12 secured by bolts 13 screwing into the plate between the tubes. Each disk 12 engages the rings 11 of two or more adjacent tube joints.
Patent GB-190927753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braiding Machines.
Inventor: KRENZLER GUSTAV
IPC: D04C3/00
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 27,753. Krenzler, G. July 12, [Convention date]. Braiding-machines. - In machines in which the number of bobbincarriers is equal to the number of heads or plates, and the rotation of the drivers is controlled by the jacquard, the drivers a are secured in the rest position by means of pins p on clutch forks k, which clutch and unclutch the drivers from continually-rotating wheels f. When a jacquard wire s is released, a spring m presses the pin p of the clutch k against the under surface of the driver, which continues to rotate until the pin p registers with a hole in the driver. The clutch k then moves up and unclutches the driver from the wheel f. A detent may be mounted below the driver to make contact with the clutch in the elevated position.
Patent GB-190928620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cranes.
Inventor: TANNETT-WALKER FREDERICK WILLI
IPC: B66C13/18
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-12-07
Abstract: 2 8, 6 2 0. Walker, F. W. Tannett-. Dec. 7. Jib cranes.-Comprises an hydraulic crane, in which the jib is prolonged rearwards of its pivot c', and is overbalanced by a weight c<2>, so that the jib tends to turn upwards in case of breakage of the gear. The jib is luffed by a single-acting hydraulic cylinder d; and its luffing-pivot c<1> is situated between the crane post b and the end of the jib, so that a large radius of action is secured without unduly lengthening the overhang of the jib. The hoisting-rope is operated by an hydraulic cylinder f, and passes over pulleys c<3> on both sides of the crane post so that the downward pulls of the rope on the two ends of the jib partly balance each other.
Patent GB-190928635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Dividing Dough and other Plastic Material.
Inventor: BAKER GEORGE SAMUEL
IPC: A21C5/04
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 28,635. Baker, G. S. Dec. 7. Cylinder machines; hopper-and-plunger machines; reciprocating-mould-table machines.-Dough-dividing machines having a sliding or rotary dividing- head are provided with means for discharging dusting-material on to the delivery guides. A flour-receptacle 8 carried by the head 4 is fitted with a perforated bottom comprising a fixed finelymeshed plate 12, above which is mounted a coarselymeshed slide 13 adapted to be reciprocated by means of a spring-actuated roller moving over a fixed cam 16 when the head is operated.
Patent GB-191001895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Eye-pieces.
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE JOHN HAMER
IPC: G02B25/00
Filed: 1910-01-25
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 1895. Sutcliffe, J. H. Jan. 25. Telescopes; sight-testing apparatus.-Eyepieces for keratometers, opera-glasses and other instruments having a rotatable eyepiece are provided with means of the pin-and-slot type for imparting longitudinal and non-rotary movement to the eye - lens and the observer's correction. In the device shown in Fig. 1, the eye-lens tube a, carrying the eye-lens band observer's correction c is guided in the fixed tube d by a pin a<1> working in a straight slot d<2>, the longitudinal movement being effected by turning the nut e, which is provided with a pin e<1> working in a helical slot d<3> in the fixed tube d, the eye-lens tube a being connected to the nut e by a flange slidingly fitted into a groove e<2> in the nut. In the keratometer telescope shown in Fig. 2, the eye-lens tube a is guided by a pin a<1> working in a longitudinal slot d<2> in the stationary tube d. The pin a' passes through a partly circumferential slot f in the middle tube f<1>, which can be moved longitudinally by a rack-and-pinion device with head g and rotated for registering the amount of astigmatism by the handle f<2> on the tube f<1>.
Patent GB-191004446-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Telephone Transmitters.
Inventor: GOTTSCHALK FELIX
IPC: H04R21/02
Filed: 1910-02-22
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 4446. Gottschalk, F. Feb. 22. Telephones; h y - gienic devices. - A conical cup D, attached to the diaphragm of a telephone transmitter, replaces the usual mouthpiece. The clearance between the flange of the cup and a resilient cushion g is made small, to prevent any danger of the distortion of the diaphragm, and to exclude dirt. In a modification, this resilient cushion consists of a rubber band stretched over a conical flange on the cup. The cup may be covered or impregnated with disinfecting-material, and may be protected by a perforated guard-plate i.
Patent GB-191004517-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Reproducing Representations of Letters, Designs or the like by Means of Stencils, especially applicable to the Marking of Woven Fabrics.
Inventor: GRACE PERCY RUSSELL
IPC: D06H1/00
Filed: 1910-02-23
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 4517. Grace, P. R. Feb. 23. Stencilling-apparatus.-Letters, designs, &c. are marked on woven fabrics &c. by means of a stencil mounted at the end of a tube through which colouring or bleaching fumes or colouring liquids or powders are projected by means of a mouthpiece or a pneumatic ball. The tube 1, Fig. 2, is flared out at 2, which is preferably of rectangular section, and may be connected to a ball 4 communicating through a valve with the atmosphere, or with a receptacle containing the marking-fluid. When the marking is effected by a powder, this is placed in the open trays 6, Figs. 7 and 8, which may be inserted in an aperture in the side of the tube 1, or in the open end when the mouthpiece is detached or formed on the mouthpiece. The stencil 3 is bent over to slide on and engage bent-up flanges on the part 2, or this part may have its flanges bent to form grooves to receive the stencil.
Patent GB-191005588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Surface Hardening of Steel Plates and other Steel Articles.
IPC: C21D1/08
Filed: 1910-03-05
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 5588. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim, and Sumpter, C. L. March 5. Hardening.-A method of hardening the surface of steel plates or other steel articles, such as gear-wheels, ball races, &c., consists in rapidly heating the part to be hardened by a flame, discontinuing the heating before the body of the article is unduly heated by conduction from the heated portion, and allowing the article to cool or chilling it. A flame such as an oxy-acetylene blowpipe flame is projected on the part to be hardened, and slowly traversed along the surface at such a rate that every part of the surface is momentarily raised somewhat above the hardening-temperature and then rapidly cooled by conduction to the body of the article. The parts not to be hardened may be immersed in water.
Patent GB-191008624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Time Pieces.
Inventor: SROSLOFF ALEXIE
IPC: G04B19/23
Filed: 1910-04-09
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 8624. Srosloff, A. April 9. Geographical or universal clocks.-Relates to time-pieces for indicating local times at various places, of the kind in which there is an ordinary time-scale and other concentric scales displaced relatively to each other through angles corresponding to the differences in the local times. The invention consists in providing the dial with a semi-circular seconds scale having two sets of numerals (0 ... 30 and 30 ... 60), the seconds being successively indicated by the shorter and longer arm of a hand f. With this arrangement the dial may be applied to an ordinary time-piece. The supplementary timescales may be arranged on rings b, c, independently adjustable or permanently fixed within the fixed scale a, or all the scales may be marked on one dial. With twenty-four hour scales, the time from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. may be distinguished by black lines between the corresponding numerals.
Patent GB-191011028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to "Bearings."
Inventor: LANGHAAR LOUIS
IPC: F16C19/18
Filed: 1910-05-04
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 11,028. Langhaar, L. May 4. Ball bearings.-To facilitate the assembling of the parts of a ball bearing having two or more rows of balls, the inner race ring is in two parts 16, 17, Fig. 2, with conical engaging surfaces secured together by pins 20. Each row of balls has an independent separating-cage s. In a modification, the two parts 16, 17 have interlocking projections secured together by pins or screws engaging grooves in the sides of the projections and acting as keys. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the halves 32, 33 of the race ring have interlocking projections which are drawn together by tapered pins 35 forced into grooves 36, 37 in the two parts. Washers or pads 34 are placed between the parts 32, 33. Fig. 10 shows a modification in which the two parts of the outer ring 46, 47 are drawn together by a tapered resilient ring 48 engaging grooves in the interlocking projections. The ball cages 49, 50 are placed back to back and support one another. The resilient ring 48 may be applied also to a divided inner race ring, in which case the grooves are in the inner tubular surface of the ring. In every case the bearing is so designed that the two parts of the divided race ring do not tend to separate under either radial loads or end thrusts.
Patent GB-191018195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo Electric Machinery.
IPC: H02K27/16
Filed: 1910-07-30
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 18,195. Brown, Boveri, & Co., [Akt.- Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie]. July 30. Alternating - current commutator and induction machines.-Self-excited shunt-wound commutator machines are rendered stable at any point in the voltage range by arrangements which prevent the proportional increase of exciting flux and terminal voltage, and are either incorporated in the machine structure or are placed outside the machine. Such machines are particularly adapted for regulating induction motors at speeds both below and above synchronism. In one form, Fig. 1, the exciting- circuit c of the commutator machine d is supplied with current from a transformer x having an adjustable air-gap, the iron core carrying the primary winding a being highly saturated even at low voltages so that the exciting flux of the machine d increases more slowly than the terminal voltage. The voltage of the machine d may be varied by altering the transformer air-gap, or by magnetically shunting the field of the machine. Adjustable resistances or choking-coils e, the effect of which increases with the current flowing through them, may be placed in the exciting-circuit. Another arrangement consists in providing the field poles with two or more concentric coils a, b, Fig. 2; for low voltages, the small coil a is used to saturate the central polar projection, the larger coil b being used for higher voltages. Two or more field-magnet coils may be arranged side by side, and for low voltages may work in opposition. In a further modification, the field-magnet pole may be provided with a slot f, Fig. 4, into which an iron piece is introduced, so as to produce partial saturation for various voltages. The employment of these machines for the speed-regulation of induction motors is also described in the Specification. In one arrangement, the " slip " currents of an induction motor are supplied to a shuntexcited commutator machine mounted upon the shaft of an asynchronous or synchronous machine which returns the " slip " energy to the mains. In another system, a commutator machine is used as a variable-frequency starting-generator supplying current to induction motors; or a commutator machine may act as the exciter of a commutator starting-generator.
Patent GB-191019434-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Inserting Supplements in Newspapers.
Filed: 1910-08-18
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 19,434. Maschinenfabrik - Augsburg- Nurnburg Akt.-Ges. Dec. 11, 1909, [Convention date]. Delivery apparatus.-Printed supplements g are taken from a pile on a travelling band f, by separating-devices on the assembling and folding cylinder d, and are associated with the partiallyfolded newspapers coming from the rollers b, c. The supplement is folded inside the newspaper by the folding-rollers e, e<1>. The separating- devices on the cylinder d may be point, gripper, or vacuum devices, and are mounted in such position that the supplements are caused to come beneath the rear half of the partiallyfolded newspaper.
Patent GB-191021506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Garments.
Inventor: GUTKIND SALOMON
IPC: A41D31/00
Filed: 1910-09-15
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 21,506. Gutkind, S. Sept. 15. Reversible.-Blouses are made by stitching together two different semi-transparent blouses, so that either can be worn outside to give a different appearance.