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Patent GB-190625532-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Nut-lock
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 25,532. Willis, P. R. J., [Russell, O. J., and Test, A. le R.]. Nov. 13. Locking nuts.-A locking-washer 4 is divided to form two spring arms 3, having at their end! lugs 5, 5<a> to engage radial serrations or the underside of the nut 1 and on a washer 7. The washer 7 is held against rotation by projections 8 engaging the work, or by a central projection engaging a longitudinal groove in the bolt 10. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 21,164, A.D. 1903, No. 3587, A.D. 1904, and No, 271, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190627569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: GROSS OTTO
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 27,569. Gross, O. Dec. 4. Arc lamps.-In a flame-arc lamp having converging electrodes each consisting of a pair of convergent carbons guided by a frame, the frames are either lifted in their own planes, or are simultaneously lifted and rocked apart, to strike the arc. In one construction, the guide-frames i are connected by levers d fulcrumed at d', and by links e, which are preferably adjustable in length, to a rocking-frame f. This frame, which is pivoted to a fixed vertical rod f<4> and to the cores of series and shunt solenoids and is connected to the piston of a dash-pot, may carry a weight and a stop-piece for limiting its movement under the action of the series solenoid. Each guide-frame comprises a bar h, two inclined rods i engaged by the carbonholders, a block j perforated for the passage of the carbons, and, in some cases, a third rod midway between the rods i. To ensure equal movements of the two carbons forming one electrode, their holders are connected by straight or L-shaped links to a cross-bar attached to a weight guided by the intermediate rod, or are provided with horizontallyprojecting bars which slide side by side through a sleeve attached to the guided weight. The blocks j are hinged to radius bars l which compel them to swing apart when raised. Alternatively, orinaddition, the blocks, or projections thereon, may rest in grooves in wedge-shaped pieces attached to the base-plate B. The holes in the plate B through which the blocks pass may be bushed with refractory material, such as steatite or slate, and kept closed by plates n which fit loosely round the blocks and overlap each other. The rod f<4> carries a crossbar g attached to two rods g<1>, which wholly or in part support the base-plate and form, with the cross-bar, an arc-deflecting series-wound electromagnet, which may have removable pole-pieces. The winding may be protected by asbestos. A cut-out, arranged to act when the carbons are consumed, may be provided. According to the Provisional Specification, the arc-deflecting magnet may be compound-wound, and a cut-out arrangement similar to that described in Specification No. 6984, A.D. 1906, may be provided ; also, the shunt solenoid may be dispensed with, and the carbonholders forming a pair may be connected by a rod and slotted tube.
Patent GB-190701264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electrical Accumulators.
Inventor: MIURA EDUARDO MIERY
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1908-01-17
Abstract: 1264. Miura, E. M. Jan. 17. Secondary batteries.-Relates to constructions of plates made from plaits of lead ribbon. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the plaits are flattened at their ends and centres, and are soldered to lead bands A B, C D, E F. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the plaits are flattened similarly, and are soldered together at their centres to form a rod C D ; the electrode is placed between plates E F, G H of celluloid &c., and a handle K L of celluloid or ebonite is passed through the plate G H, the ends A, B of the plaits, and a channel M N in the plate E F. The spaces between the ends of the plates are filled by lead pieces R.
Patent GB-190701353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 1353. Ching & Co., C., and Thwaites, W. Jan. 18. Ventilators.-A circular, glass plate 9 is mounted on' a screwed spindle 8 and passes through a screwed boss carried by a frame 2 fitted to a circular aperture in a window &c. The plate 9 is moved towards or from the opening by rotating the spindle 8 by means of a cord passing round a pulley 14. To prevent jamming of the spindle or fracture of the plate 9, the movement of the spindle is limited by stops 17<a>, 20, engaging with shoulders on collars 15,18, respectively. The plate 9 is made larger than the opening so as to diffuse the incoming air, as shown by the arrows.
Patent GB-190706008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expanding Tables.
Inventor: DEAN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 6008. Dean, A. March 12. Tables.--Relates to tables which may be lengthened by the insertion of a loose leaf between the two parts of the table top. Fig. 3 shows a sectional end view of a table in which a is the frame of the table, and c one of the sections of the top. The frame a is inextensible, whereas the two sections comprising the table top are provided with tongues d which engage in grooves e formed on the outer side of the frame. The two parts of the table top can thus be moved longitudinally relatively to the frame, and one or more loose leaves inserted in the space so formed. Stops may be placed under the parts c in order to limit their movement. The bottom of the frame may be closed by a board g so as to form a receptacle h for holding articles or for receiving the loose leaves, or the loose leaves may be carried on supports i secured to the table legs. The meeting edges of the leaves may be provided with grooves and tongues in addition to the usual dowel pins.
Patent GB-190708073-A (GB)
Title: Dust Proof Watch with Regulating Arrangement
Inventor: SKERIK JOHANN
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 8073. Skerik, J. April 6. Regulators.-The arm f carrying the curb pins h, h<1> carries also a toothed sector n geared through the wheel m to a spindle o, which carries a pointer . g arranged outside the dust-proof cover, so that the regulator may be effected without removing this cover. A pen on the casing limits the movement of the arm g in each direction. Specifications No. 2913, A.D. 1876, No. 10,459, A.D. 1885, No. 12,546, A.D. 1894, and No. 16,387, A.D. 1902, are referred to.
Patent GB-190708301-A (GB)
Title: Railway Detonator Laying Apparatus
Inventor: WAKE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 8301. Wake, R. April 10. Detonator appa. ratus. - An apparatus for laying one detonator on the rail consists of a pivoted arm M mounted on a spindle K, about which it is rotated by a crank G, J, which may be connected either to the signal box or to other apparatus of a similar construction. The barrel L is held on the spindle K by the cotter pin F, and the wooden arm B is held into the socket M by the pin D. The stud E serves as a stop up to which the arm B is pushed when inserted into the socket. A number of such apparatus may be simultaneously operated by connecting the arms G, J of each to its adjacent unit.
Patent GB-190711902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bleaching, Scouring or otherwise Treating Yarns or Fabrics.
Inventor: ASHTON JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 11,902. Ashton J., and Ashton, F. May 22. Bleaching ; scouring. - A rotating drum or accumulator c, divided by radial plates d into compartments, is used for bleaching, scouring, or otherwise treating fabrics or yarns. The material e to be treated is fed into the drum c which rotates continuously or intermittently in a tank a containing the treating-liquid. Means are provided to prevent the material from falling from the drum, for example an endless web h supported on the ribs of the drum and passing over pulleys i. The material e first passes over suitable guide-rollers b and, after the protracted treatment in the drum, through guiding or squeeze rollers f to be subjected to any further treatment in a tank g. Instead of, or in addition to placing liquor in the tank a, the material may be previously saturated. When a tank a is not employed, the liquor dropping from the drum c may be caught in an ordinary vessel. Several drums c may be used in sequence.
Patent GB-190712255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash and like Cord Fasteners.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 12,255. Haddan, H. J., [Altick, H. M.]. May 27. Cleats or holders.-A bent metal fastener for securing sash and like cords and chains consists of two substantially parallel spring portions 16, 17 provided with V-shaped openings 10, an upper wing 18, bent at right-angles to the spring portion 16, and a lower wing 19 bent at right-angles to -the spring portion 17. The cord is led through a hole in the upper wing 18 round the V-shaped openings 10 and through a recess 12 in the lower wing provided with gripping teeth 21 or serrated edges. The fastener is then inserted in a hole 31 at the bottom of the cord groove in the sash stile, the spring portions being thereby compressed and wedging the cord against the walls of the hole. The fastener is prevented from tilting by an extension 20 on the upper wing projecting up into the cord groove. Teeth 40, projecting from the hole in the upper wing, may be provided to assist in preventing the cord or chain from slipping.
Patent GB-190718040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Chair Making Machines.
Inventor: DEXTER JOHN LEAKE
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 18,040. Dexter, J. L. Aug. 8. Drilling and sawing. - C h a i rbacks when dowelled together can be faced and bored .without removal by means consisting of a bracket c operated in vertical slides f, by means of a screw, and carrying a slide d, on which is mounted a screw clip i for holding the chair-back. The bracket is constructed so that there is a gap between it and the machine, to allow the legs h free motion.
Patent GB-190718317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Typographic Composing Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 18,317. Lock, W. H., [Toronto Type Foundry Co.]. Aug, 13. Linotype machines.-In order to facilitate change of the magazine, a track 13 is secured at one end to the machine frame and at the other to a standard 10 behind the machine. Upon the track runs a carriage 14 which is steadied by a rod 15 passing between two grooved rollers 16, 17 carried by a swivelling frame 18. A hook 21 depending from the carriage is adapted to engage a bail 22 pivoted to brackets on the sides of the magazine. The magazine is raised and moved rearwards to disengage it from the frame by arms 8 or a cam actuated by a hand-lever 5. The bail 22 is then placed over the hook 21, and the carriage is moved along the track until the magazine is adjacent to a frame 11 rotatably mounted on the standard 10 and having slots which recaive hooks 4 on the magazine. In the form shown, the frame 11 is triangular and is adapted for three magazines. The magazine to be changed is lifted off the hook 21 and suspended from the frame 11. A second magazine 12 is then lifted off the frame 11 on to the hook 21, and is moved into position on the machine frame. According to the Provisional Specification, the rod 15 may be guided in a swivelled sleeve or may be of telescopic construction.
Patent GB-190721517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Pulp Refining Engines.
Inventor: MILNE SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-09-28
Abstract: 21,517. Milne, S. Sept. 28. Disk mills.-Paper-pulp refining-engines of the type in which a rotary disk co-operates with two non-rotary disks, are constructed with an openended casing formed in two parts and in which the non-rotary disks are adjustable to and from the rotary disk; two or more casings and sets of disks may be arranged, through which the pulp may be passed or drawn off at any intermediate point. The end or non-rotary disks e<1>, e<2> are adjusted to and from the rotary disk i by means of screws j, Fig. 9, taking into nuts which are operated by worm-wheels and a hand-screw for each disk, the nuts for each disk being operated in unison by means of pinion-wheels p engaging with a gearwheel q. The inlet and outlet pipes u, w are made telescopic to permit adjustment of the end disks, while the ports r', s<1> are made annular. The cutter bars t on the inlet side are arranged at a larger diameter than on the outlet side, or the bars may be longer in order that the centrifugal force may create a pressure tending to force the pulp through the engine, a result which is aided by the setting of the cutter-bars t on both the inlet and outlet sides. These bars may be set radially on the rotary disk and tangentially on the non- rotary disks, or vice versa, or tangentially on both sets of disks, the tangential setting on the inlet and outlet sides being such as to force the pulp in the required direction. The faces of the bars t may be straight or serrated &c. as shown in Fig. 1. The cutters may be made and applied singly and held in place by wedges, or they may be arranged in clusters or sections and secured to plates bolted to the disks. Stone, corundum, &c. may be arranged between, or used instead of, the cutterbars as in known engines.
Patent GB-190724531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Card Index Drawers.
Inventor: KENYON BERTRAND PARDEE
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 24,531. Kenyon, B. P. Nov. 5. Filing papers &c.-In a card-index drawer, a flat locking-bar 4 is centrally journaled both in slots 15 in plates 5, 6 on the inside of each end of the drawer, and in slots in arms 8, 9 rigidly fixed to the ends of a rock-shaft 3. A crank-pin 17, on a shank 19 journaled in the drawer front, can be rotated by a knob on the outside, the motion being communicated by a laterally offset connecting-rod 18, which limits the motion to half a revolution to the front end of the bar 4 ; the rockshaft 3 transmits an equal movement to the other end of the bar. A guide-piece 14 is arranged on a plate 6 to maintain the flat bar 4 in a vertical position till it gets near the top of the slots 15 ; the bar is then turned and locked in an horizontal position by the meshing together of two forked members 12, 13, one on the shank 19 and the other fixed on the bar 4. The index cards have keyhole slots into which the bar 4 enters, but unslit cards may be employed as the guide-bar 2, rock-shaft 3, and locking-bar 4 lie wholly below the top level of the bottom plates 1 when the bar 4 is lowered.
Patent GB-190800628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel-rims for Vehicles
Inventor: NORDLUND WALTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-01-10
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 628. Nordlund, W. J. Jan. 10. Felloes or rims.-In vehicle wheels having a removable flange 2, the abutting edges of the fixed and movable rim members are formed with wedge surfaces 6, 7, so that, when relative movement between the members is effected in one direction the flanges are separated laterally by the action of the surfaces 6, and in the other direction, they are brought together by the action of the surfaces 7. The flange 2 is turned by a key 11, working in a hole in the felloe and provided with a pinion 12, which gears with racks 9, 10 formed on the flange 2 and a felloe plate 16 respectively. When the tyre is in position, the flanges are locked by the engagement of a toothed dowel-plate 13 with both racks 9, 10. The dowel-plate is secured by a spring- actuated pin 15.
Patent GB-190802403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke-consuming Devices for Steam Generator Furnaces
Inventor: FORD ANDREW HANSON
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 2403. Ford, A. H., and Patterson, W. E. Feb. 3. Steam, supplying.-In the furnace of an externally-fired boiler, steam is supplied for smoke-consuming and draught-inducing purposes through one or more pipes arranged at or about the level of the water in the boiler. When two boilers are heated by one furnace, a single pipe is fitted, while for single boilers, two are provided.
Patent GB-190808687-A (GB)
Title: Lamp Burning with Hydrocarbon or other Vapours.
Inventor: CHIESANOVA ANGEL FRANCISCO
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 8687. Chiesanova, A. F. April 21. Vapour lamps.-A vapour lamp is constructed so as to be taken to pieces easily for transporting purposes. The oil or spirits is contained in the annular space between a reservoir 1 and a tube 5 soldered to the reservoir. The reservoir 1 screws into a base 3 provided with air holes 4, and a regulator 6, 7 of the hit-and-miss type is arranged at the bottom of the tube 5. A tube 9 with a branch 10 soldered to the tube 5 is arranged in the tube 5, and this branch is continued to receive the actuating-rod 14 of a pinion 15, which raises and lowers a rack 16 guided by a tube 17. The rack carries a wire or like basket 19 which receives a wick 20 formed in a known way of iron, bronze, or copper wires, or of asbestos, pumice-stone, coke carbon, or animal or vegetable fibres. Oil enters the wick-tube through an opening 11 in the tube 10. A chimney tube 21 formed with a globe holder 31 is secured by friction in the tube 5, and within the tube 31 is arranged a burner tube 23 shaped as shown and with a slotted cap 25 ; or the tube may be flattened instead of conical at its upper part. The tube 23 is held in place by two rings 22 soldered thereto, the upper ring being perforated while the lower one is plain and is formed with three extensions engaging a circular fold 29 of the tube 21, an air space being left between the lower ring 22 and the tube 21. To light the lamp, the holder 21 is removed, and the wick 20 is raised about a centimetre and ignited. The tube 21 is replaced, and heated vapours rise in the tube 23 and are ignited at 26, burning with a white flame. The top of the reservoir 1 is formed with a radial rib 33 and a circular rib 34, so as always to keep a certain quantity of air above the level of the liquid.
Patent GB-190809892-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Automatically Lighting and Extinguishing Gas from a Distance.
Inventor: ZICKWOLFF EDUARD
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 9892. Zickwolff, E. May 6. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-In street and like by-pass burners in which the valves are controlled from a distance by varying the pressure of the gas in the mains, the forcible thrust of the valve against the seat of the main burner orifice to effect a tight closure, 'even though impurities be deposited on the valve or seat, is effected by a pivoted lever operated by a cam. The diaphragm, liquid-seal bell, or its equivalent, upon which the varying pressure of the gas acts,is connected by a rod a to a lever g, pivoted at i and carrying at its free end a dog k. The dog engages with a ratchetwheel m upon the same shaft n as a cam o, upon which bears the weighted longer arm of a pivoted lever p, the shorter arm of which actuates the valve s which, to extinguish the main burner, presses with a predetermined force against the mouth of the burner conduit t. The surfaces of the cam o may be of such a length that several actuations of the mechanism take place before the lever actuates the valve to close the conduit t, and the apparatus may be so distributed in a street-lighting system that the first increase of pressure lights all the lamps, the second extinguishes alternate lamps, and the third extinguishes the remainder. A pivoted lever w is provided for actuating the apparatus by hand.
Patent GB-190813652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Transmission Gear of Motor Cycles.
Inventor: WALKER GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 13,652. Walker, G. H. June 27. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to power-transmitting mechanism for motor-cycles, of the type in which the power is transmitted to the back wheel by means of toothed wheels and a rotating shaft enclosed within one of the rear stays, and consists in the application thereto of a friction clutch and change-speed gears. Fig. 1 shows a sectional plan of the mechanism, in which A is the engine fly-wheel, and B and C are the clutch members. Ball thrust bearings C', D' are provided on both sides of the movable member of the clutch. The driving effort is transmitted to the primary shaft F through a plate E<1> provided with pins which fit loosely in recesses in the plate E, thus forming a universal joint. The primary shaft F has two gear-wheels G, H, which have a slight bevel enabling them to gear with the wheels I, J on the secondary shaft K, which is connected to bevel-gearing at the hub of the back wheel in the well-known manner. The two gearwheels I, J are loosely mounted on the shaft K but are geared to it, one at a time for driving purposes, by a dog-clutch L having dogs on both sides which can engage with recesses on the wheels I, J.
Patent GB-190816325-A (GB)
Title: Hatch Cleats.
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
Filed: 1908-08-01
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 16,325. Richardson, J. Aug. 1. Hatches.-Relates to means for securing the tarpaulin for ships' hatches. The bar f is held firmly against the tarpaulin by a wedge c, inserted through a slot b in the bracket a bolted to the batch coaming. To retain the wedge, a pin or key d is inserted through a square hole in the bent end e of the wedge.
Patent GB-190818760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Openers.
Inventor: EMRICK FRANK CLATTEN
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 18,760. Emrick, F. C., and Baer, J. K. Sept. 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Opening bottles. - In a device for removing crown cork seals from the mouths of bottles, the bottle is inserted, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the seal 2 presses against a projection 8 and its edge engages a lip 7. The cap 2 is then forced off by depressing the bottle. The device is attached to a wall by screws 5, 6. Guide ribs 9 are provided.
Patent GB-190821137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles
Inventor: WILSON JOHN HERBERT
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 21,137. Wilson, J. H. Oct. 7. Bottles, non-refillable.-Relates to a non-refillable bottle of the type described in Specification No. 9326, A .D. 1908, in which a plug a containing detector material 2 is situated in the neck of the bottle. The discharge orifice 3 of the plug is closed by a stopper 25, the stem 32 of which is oval in section and is adapted to slide in a similarly-shaped hole in a perforated disk 15. The disk, which has an annular projection 21 to prevent leakage up the stopper stem, is retained in place by means of a screwed metal cap 38, portions of the cap being afterwards pressed into one or more interruptions in the thread on the bottle neck, as described in connexion with Specification No. 21,141, A.D. 1908. A second metal cap 46 screws over the first and keeps the stopper pressed on its seating. In modifications, the metal cap 38 is dispensed with and the perforated disk secured inside the neck by means of a spring ring. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the perforated disk is made, as described in Specification No. 21.138, A.D. 1908, in two parts secured to one another by a bush 53, and as an alternative the metal cap 46 may be attached to the neck by a bayonet-joint instead of by screwthreads. In each case, the stem of the stopper is notched to afford means for lifting the stopper from its seat if sticking occurs. To empty the bottle, the cap 46 is removed, the stopper eased from its seating, and the liquid poured out. The bottle may be temporarily stoppered during the pouring-out by pressing with the finger on the top of the stopper stem. An attempt to refill results in the flooding of the detector chamber.