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Patent GB-190718355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Metallic Handles of Knives, Forks and other like Articles of Cutlery
Filed: 1907-08-14
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 18,355. Elkington & Co., and Clark, W. E. Aug. 14. Making knives, forks, &c.-The metallic handles of knives, forks, &c., composed of longitudinal halves, have the halves formed with thickened ends which form a socket to receive the tang of the knife blade or other article. A rectangular blank may be rolled, so that the upper part is thicker than the rest of the blank, and then stamped or pressed out to the required form, the reduced portion of the blank forming the ornamental part a, Fig. 6, and the thick portion forming the upper end a' of the half handle. This part a<1> has a suitably sized and shaped depression a<2>, Fig. 5, which, when the half handles are brought together edge to edge, fits the tang b<1>. The half handles and the tang are brazed or hard-soldered together in the usual manner. The half handles may be made from a long strip of metal having a tapered transverse section.
Patent GB-190804051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Bottling Aerated Waters and other Liquids under Pressure.
Inventor: LLOYD ROBERT SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 4051. Lloyd, B. S. Feb. 22. [Cognate Application No. 11,243, A.D. 1908, dated May 23.] Bottling.-Relates to bottling-apparatus of the type in which closed snift chambers are used, and to that type of snift chamber in which a piston in the chamber, or similar device, moves during filling, if necessary, against the action of a spring, to enlarge gradually the snifting space until a predetermined stroke of the piston has been completed. According to the present invention, the piston moves against a controlled resistance, or a flexible chamber is employed which may be compressed or released to vary its capacity. In one form, the controlled resistance is offered by a cam x, Figs. 4 and 6, which is operated by hand or mechanically and acts on the piston-rod t directly or by means of a pivoted lever. In another form, the resistance is offered by a spring 2, Fig. 7, initial compression being put on the spring by a cam 4 operated by a hand-lever 5, such compression being relieved or reduced as the filling proceeds. In the form shown in Fig. 8, pneumatic pressure is used. A second piston 7 moves tightly in a cylinder 8 in which the pressure is regulated by a tap 9. A spring or some medium under pressure at the start is placed in the cylinder 8, and in this case water or other liquid may take the place of air or gas. In another form of the invention, the resistance is effected by a jockey-weight 10 adapted to traverse a pivoted arm 11 connected by a pin and slot to the stem t of the piston s. The weight is traversed by a cord 13 running over pulleys 14, 15 and operated by a handle 16 provided with a dog for holding the weight in the adjusted position. In a modified form, the piston may be fixed, the chamber being adapted to move against a controlled resistance. When a collapsible chamber is employed, it may take the form of a bellows operated by suitable means from the cam shaft to compress and release it to alter its capacity.
Patent GB-190806223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Coke Ovens.
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1909-03-22
Abstract: 6223. Coke Ovens and By-Products Co., and Wellington, S. N. March 20. Coke ovens.-Inclined ovens are formed with alternate vertical and inter - vertical flues, and with upper and lower gas-pipes arranged to supply separate groups of flues. The inter-vertical flues 4 communicate at their lower ends with a sole passage 12, which is connected at each end to a lower passage 15. Passages 16, 17 at each end connect the passage 15 with the two pairs of regenerators 18, 20 and 21, 23 respectively. Valves 26, 27, 28, 29 in the communicating passages are connected so that the valves 26, 28 are open while the valves 27, 29 are closed, and vice versa. The vertical flues 3 are connected with the regenerators in a similar manner by a sole passage 30 and lower passage 31, the valves however being in the opposite position. When the valves 26, 28 are open and the regenerator 23 is open to atmosphere, air passes through the passages 31, 30 to the vertical flues 3, which are supplied with gas from the lower pipes. The gases burn upwards, descend the inter-vertical flues 4, and pass through passages 12, 15 to the regenerators 18, 20. By reversing all the valves in the communicating passages and also the valves upon the regenerators, the vertical flues 3 are supplied with air at the bottom from the regenerators 18, 20, whereas if the regenerator valves are not changed the upper burners are supplied with air through the inter-vertical flues 4.
Patent GB-190809289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Tariff Electricity Meters.
Inventor: ARON HERMANN
Filed: 1908-04-29
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 9289. Aron, H. April 29. Drawings to Specification. Counting-apparatus. -Electric energy meters registering on different counting-mechanisms at different times of the day are provided with maximum-consumption indicators separately actuated by two or more of the different mechanisms, so as to indicate separately the maximum loads for the different periods.
Patent GB-190814915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Pumps for Generating Pressure.
Inventor: DICKIE CHARLES
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 14,915. Dickie, C. July 14. Movable-abutment type of rotary pump having rocking abutment. The pump is immersed in the tank into which it discharges, the suction port being connected to the outside by a flexible pipe. The eccentric piston drum B is surrounded by a cylindrical casing A, open at both ends, and rotates on a shaft C. The space D is filled by gravity from the suction pipe F. The fluid is discharged into the tank through the port A'. The abutment plate E rocking on the pivot e separates the inlet and discharge ports. A slide rod is connected to a pin in the hole Y in lugs on the casing, and is lei through a stuffing-box to the exterior of the tank to limit the movement of the casing A.
Patent GB-190815103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Intensifying or Rendering Audible Minor Sounds such as those in the Human Body.
Inventor: SAVORY CHARLES BUTLER
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 15,103. Savory, C. B. July 16. Sound-magnifying. appliances.-An instrument for rendering audible minor sounds, such as those of the body, comprises a casing a to the back plate of which a diaphragm i, of wood or mica, is secured by means of a bolt f, nut g, and spacing-washer h. The back of the casing may be connected to the ear pieces by two tubes j, or a single tube bifurcated at each end may be used. The front plate c has a central aperture d, and may be constructed in the form of an iris diaphragm ; or, for use in infectious diseases, it may be constructed so as to be readily destroyed and replaced by another. According to the Provisional Specification, the instrument may be "tuned" to special sounds by varying the size of the diaphragm, the material from which it is made, or the tension of the attaching-screw.
Patent GB-190815615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Transmitters.
Inventor: AITKEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-23
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 15,615. Aitken, W. July 23. Telephones.-The electrodes of a granule microphone transmitter are connected by a fine helix of carbon or other material, to prevent the resistance from rising above a certain limit owing to movement of the transmitter. Accidental actuation of the supervisory indicator is thus avoided. In a transmitter of which the back plate a is recessed to form the microphone chamber, as in Specification No. 27,178, A.D. 1906, the front electrode is carried by a metal plate g having a stem p, which passes through openings in a bridge l and the diaphragm o ; a compression spring m is arranged under the diaphragm o, and its pressure is adjusted by a nut n on a screwed part of the stem p, which thus regulates the tension of the front electrode ; and the electrode chamber is closed by a mica disk j.
Patent GB-190826569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Propulsion of Ships.
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-12-08
Abstract: 26,569. Mavor, H. A., and Mavor & Coulson. Dec. 8. Drawings to Specification. Driving-gear for screw propellers. - Relates to ship-propulsion power equipments of the kind comprising an electric equipment appropriate for propelling the ship at cruising speeds, and a main plant of any ordinary character which can be used in conjunction with the electric plant to drive the ship at full speed. According to the present invention, multiphase induction motors are used in combination with means for producing-speed variations as described in Specifications Nos. 8851 and 11,183, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Dynamoelectric generators &c.], No. 12,386, A.D. 1907; No. 28,040, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Dynamoelectric generators &c.], and No. 12,498, A.D. 1908. The auxiliaries of the ship may also be driven from the electric plant.
Patent GB-190902533-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pin for Pulling Out Percussion Caps from Discharged Cartridges.
Inventor: JOHANSSON JOHAN PETTER
IPC: F42B33/04
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 2533. Johansson, J. P. Feb. 2. Cartridge -un loading apparatus. -Consists in providing the pins of de-capping apparatus with a point a, Fig. 1, of triangular cross-seetion, at least two faces b, Fig. 2, being formed concave both longitudinally and laterally.
Patent GB-190903404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Adjustable Spanners or Wrenches.
Inventor: MATTONET HENRY HERBERT
IPC: B25B13/12
Filed: 1909-02-11
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 3404. Mattonet, H. H. Feb. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hand-grip sliding-jaw wrenches.-In spanners of the kind fitted with a pivoted handle in the form of a two-armed lever for displacing and retaining the movable jaw, the tail 5 of the movable jaw 4 is operated in the housing 3 fixed on the shank 1 by the end 9 of the member 7 pivoted at 6. The end 9 permanently engages in the cavity 8, and a spring 10 normally keeps the movable jaw retracted.
Patent GB-190908191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Indicators Operated by Alternating Current.
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 8191. Felton & Guilleaume Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ges. July 11,1908, [Convention date]. Electro-magnetic current meters.-An indicator e with a pointer f is actuated by two alternating- current magnets a, b, to which different pressures are applied. Each magnet is partly surrounded by a closed winding g. The body e is shaped so that its movement brings a larger or smaller mass opposite each magnet, which, by modifying the forces, allows an equilibrium position to be reached for any particular distribution of pressure. The double-cone shaped body e may be replaced by a crescent-shaped body, or by two crescent-shaped bodies rotating about an axis.
Patent GB-190910429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Driving and Transmitting Gear.
Inventor: LINDSAY ROBERT
IPC: F16H61/02
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 10,429. Lindsay, R. May 3. Variable-speed epicyclic gearing.-The speed transmitted through epicyclic gearing is varied by altering the internal frictional resistance. This is effected by forcing together or apart portions of the carrier of the planet gear elements. A driving-pulley A carries an internally-toothed ring B, constantly meshing with a pair of planet gears G. The gears G are mounted on spindles F secured to a carrier frame E, which is journaled loosely upon the shaft C to be driven. The gears G mesh also with a sun gear D secured to the shaft C. When the pulley A revolves, the frame E is normally carried round at half speed, and the shaft C remains at rest. Interposed frictional resistances retard this free movement, and cause the shaft C to Le driven. The frame E is divided into two parts, each carrying one of the gears G. Each part frame has a boss G<2>, and the bosses are arranged to face one another, as shown in Fig. 2. The bosses G<2> are forced together, and the parts of the frame G turning about the shaft C cause the spindles F to be thrust forcibly against the gears G, which cannot both roll on both the gears B, D at once. An adjustable frictional resistance is obtained in the following way. A bolt H is secured in one of the bosses G<2> by a set-screw I, and passes right up through the other boss G<2>. A lever K is formed at one end as a nut to engage the screwed upper end of the bolt H. At the other end, the lever K is formed with a groove engaged by a pin K<1> secured to a grooved collar L slidable upon a sleeve E<1>, Fig. 1, projecting from the frame E. Longitudinal movement of the collar L turns the nut upon the bolt H, and thrusts the bosses G<2> together. In a modification, the bosses G<2> are thrust apart by a sliding wedge. The invention is shown applied to other kinds of epicyclic gear trains.
Patent GB-190916179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Screening Crushed Stone, Ore and like Materials.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B07B1/18
Filed: 1909-07-12
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 16,179. Baxter, W. H. July 12. Rotary sieves.-In apparatus for screening crushed stone, ore, &c. in which the periphery of the screen is formed of longitudinal bars, the bars fit in recesses in the end and intermediate supporting-pieces and are retained in position by straps or rings, which are formed in one or more pieces and connected together by bolts, so that one or more of the bars can be removed without displacing the other bars. The bars may taper from end to end, or they may be parallel and fit in end pieces of different sizes, so that the spaces between the bars taper or otherwise vary in size. The end pieces B, C, Fig. 1, are mounted on the central shaft a by means of bosses b<1>, c<2>, and arms b<2>, c<3>, and are provided with rings b, c having recesses f, Fig. 2, to suit the round, square, triangular, or polygonal shaped bars g. The recesses may extend the whole width or only a portion of the width of the rings b, c; or the bars may have projections or shoulders to prevent longitudinal movement. The retaining ring or strap i is made in one, two, or more pieces, and is suitably hinged as at j ; or the ends of the portions of the strap may be turned outwards to form lugs through which bolts or screws are passed; or lugs or loops may be formed on the end pieces B, C, to or through which one end of a portion of the strap is hooked. Instead of recesses f, the rings b, c or the retaining-ring i may carry division pieces or projections. The end pieces may be constructed as described in Specifications 29,910/97 and 8503/01, and may be provided with angular blades as described in Specification 28,156/07.
Patent GB-190917683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: WEDGWOOD HENRY BREMNER
IPC: F16H9/16
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 17,683. Wedgwood, H. B. July 30. Variable-speed belt gearing of the expanding- pulley type specially adapted for motor-cycles comprises means for operating the two pulleys simultaneously consisting of a slidable cantilever bracket D to which one operating-fork E is adjustably pivoted to allow the belt H to be kept in proper tension. Pulley flanges B, B<1> are secured to the driving and driven shafts A, A', respectively, and the speed is varied by moving simultaneously flanges C, C' which slide on the bosses of the flanges B, B<1>. The pivoted fork E acts on the flange C, and is adjusted relatively to the bracket D by a screw F. A fork E<1>, which operates the flange C', may be fastened to the other arm of the bracket D in such a way that it is adjustable as to its length. The bracket D is secured to a rod I upon which then screws a sleeve J supported in brackets K, K<1> of the cycle frame. A gear L, secured to the sleeve J, provides means for shifting the bracket D.
Patent GB-190930237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Metallic Boxes or Cases for Containing Cigars, Cigarettes, Smokers' Requisites and other Small Articles.
IPC: A24F15/12
Filed: 1909-12-28
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 30,237. Pugh, C. H., and Bull, G. F. Dec. 28. Boxes and cases made from special blanks.- Metal boxes or cases for cigars, cigarettes, matches, and other small articles are made from blanks such as shown in Fig. 9. The part c is first made into a tray, the portion c' is bent outwards, and the portions c<1>, c<2>, c<3> are bent inwards to form a flange or rim a<1>, Fig. 14. The ends of these latter portions may be shaped as shown, to ensure the proper formation of the corners. The corners of the blank may be gapped mitre-wise, or seamless corners may be formed. The portion c<5> provided with slots c<8> is bent over to form hinge knuckles a<3> and a rim a<4>. The other section of the box is made in a similar manner. The external beading a<2> may be dispensed with, as may also the rim a<4>. Loops e for the attachment of elastic bands or the like may be provided.
Patent GB-191005231-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or connected with Advertising Devices.
Inventor: FRANCE ARTHUR GRAHAM
IPC: G09F21/04
Filed: 1909-12-17
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 5231. France, A. G. Dec. 17, 1909. Moving and changing apparatus.-Advertising-parts a on vehicles are operated through a flexible connexion W of the Bowden-wire type by one or more of the vehicle-wheels d. A pin or stud g on a wheel d may operate the mechanism through a bell-crank lever e.
Patent GB-191007195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shock Absorbers for Automobiles.
Inventor: MARTIN GEORGE CUSHING
IPC: F16F7/06
Filed: 1910-03-22
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 7195. Martin, G. C., and Baldwin, J. P. March 22. Vibration - dampers. - Relates to frictional vibration-dampers as applied to the springs of automobiles &c. in which the motion of the spring is impeded in one direction only. According to the invention, one member, comprising a disk with ratchet-like mechanism, is attached to the frame, and the other member, comprising a casing and brake-drum, is attached to the axle. The raised portions 10 of the member attached to the frame form abutments for springs 20 acting on toggle-pieces 19. These toggle-pieces bear against adjustable blocks 23, on which they may move angularly as indicated by the dotted lines, and at the other end engage by tongues 21 with plates 18 bearing on shoes 16, which on their outer faces frictionally engage the drum 7. The full lines indicate the position of the parts when the casing moves counterclockwise, corresponding to the downward movement of the axle. On the return, the positions are as indicated by the dotted lines, the friction being relieved. Adjustment of the frictional force is made by a tapered nut 27 which presses the blocks 23 outwards radially.
Patent GB-191007420-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Utilisation, in Water-gas Plants, of Fine Breeze and other similar Fuel of Small Grades.
IPC: C10J3/46
Filed: 1910-03-24
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 7420. R. & A. Water-Gas Co., and Smith, H. E. March 24. Fuel, feeding.-The supply of fine fuel to water-gas plants of the intermittent and twingenerator type constructed in accordance with Specification 2750/01, is controlled by any suitable means actuated by the variation of pressure in the plant between the blowing and gas-making periods, or by the steam passing to the generator, or by means operating in conjunction with any of the valve levers of the plant.
Patent GB-191009971-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cutter for String and the like.
Inventor: KUNDE WALTHER
IPC: A47F13/04
Filed: 1910-04-23
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 9971. Kunde, W. April 23. String-cutters. - The fixed knife a is surrounded by a tube g supported by a spring i and having a side notch k. The string is placed across the notch and the casing pressed down by it, causing the string to pass over the knife. The knife is detachably connected by a slot and pin to a nipple d in a base f, which has a guide e for the tube g. The knife may be doubleedged, and two notches may be formed in the tube.
Patent GB-191010201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Woven Tubular Fabric.
Inventor: PETERSEN ANKER
IPC: D03D3/00
Filed: 1910-04-26
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 10,201. Petersen, A. April 26. Tubular fabrics; cross - woven fabrics. - Tubular fabrics are woven in a circular loom with one or more wefts 5 and with one or two selvedge portions 6 extending longitudinally, so that, when the fabric is cut, say along the line a-a between two selvedge portions, a broad flat fabric with firm selvedges is produced. The selvedge portions may be produced by crossing one pair of warps 15, 16 of a group of four warps with respect to the other pair of warps 17, 18 of the group, the warps of each pair being always in different sheds and one crossing being effected for each four wefts. The crossing may be produced by operating one pair of warps in each group by doup healds. In a modification, pairs of warps cross each other between alternate wefts.
Patent GB-191014904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Checking Apparatus for Watchmen or Workmen.
Inventor: STRANDBERG OLAF
IPC: G07C1/20
Filed: 1910-06-21
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 14,904. Strandberg, O. June 21. Time - checking apparatus, c h e c k and token. - In apparatus of the kind in which checks are inserted through an aperture 16, which is opened at certain times by clock-work, signatures may be made on a record-strip 3 which passes over a drum 6. The drum is normally held stationary by recesses therein, one of which is engaged by a detent 8 at one end of a lever 10. The other end of the lever has a thickened part 11, which is bevelled at one side and arranged beneath the aperture 16. When a check is inserted, it forces the lever 10 aside, and the bevelled edge of the detent 8 bears against the edge of a recess 7 in the drum. The drum may then be rotated by a handle on the shaft 13 to present a portion of the record strip for a signature. At the same time, the check falls into the receptacle 15.
Patent GB-191015161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baling Presses.
Inventor: CUMMINS ARTHUR ELPHINSTONE
IPC: B30B9/30
Filed: 1910-06-23
Granted: 1910-11-18
Abstract: 15,161. Cummins, A. E. June 23. Baling-presses.-Relates to an horizontal hydraulic baling-press with a long filling-box having doors throughout its length and long enough to take sufficient loose cotton to form a bale. When the piston 19, Fig. 1, moves to the left, the plunger 10 is advanced in the long filling-box 1 by means of a rope 13 passing around a pulley system 14, 21, of which the pulley 14 is carried on the piston-rod 18. Horns 12 extend through a slot in the filling-box to take the rope. A grid 33 is then inserted, and the piston moves to the right to effect the final pressure in the box 26. The plunger 10 is returned by a weighted rope 22. At the completion of the second stroke, the projection 36 moves the lever 57 and connexions 58, 59, so as to lift a relief valve on the lever 56 to stop the supply of water. The water is also cut off by the rope 65, lever 64, link 63, and the lever 62 actuated by the piece 12. Similarly, the doors 31 are automatically released by linkage 37, 38, 39 and eccentrics 32. Besides the relief valve above mentioned, there is a screw-down admission valve and a similar waste valve to control the liquid supply to each end of the cylinder. The piston 19 has different pressure areas on each side, as shown. The hydraulic cylinder 20 is connected to the baling-chamber 26 by steel hoops 29 engaging with horns 28 on the sides 27. The doors in the filling-box 1 are closed beneath ledges by means of eccentrics Specifications 4262/83,2637/84,1005/85,3805/88. 17,968/03, and 4367/04 are referred to.