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Patent GB-190803167-A (GB)
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 3167. Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd., Pugh, J. V., Pountney, F., Nelson, W. H., and Holroyd, V. A. Feb. 12. Brakes.-A hollow thin metal clip for attaching roller operating-levers to cycle handle-bars is constructed by bending a shaped blank, Figs. 2 and 3, about the centre of its length until the webs h meet, the arms e being adapted to embrace the handle-bar at a central or other position and being attached thereto by means of a screw passing through the handle-bar. The opening formed between the bend and the ends of the webs forms a bearing for the roller lever, and, the parts h being caused to abut, the lever cannot be gripped when the clip is fastened to the handle-bar. A screw or projection is placed on the lever within the clip to limit the angular and endways motion of the lever. The clip may be drawn or pressed from the solid, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, a slot m being provided to allow the projection to pass when placing the lever in position in the clip. When only one brake lever is used, one side only of the central bracket is pierced ; when two brake levers are used, the central bracket is made broader than usual and holds the ends of both the levers.
Patent GB-190816238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Screw Stoppers for Bottles and the like and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: KUNAU OSCAR CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-07-31
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 16,238. Kunau, O. C. F. July 31. Stoppers, screw.-Relates to the kind of stopper that consists of a metal shell comprising a shank and head portion filled if desired with plastic material, or comprising a shank portion only, provided with a suitable filling to form a head. Such stoppers are made with a groove a<1> for the reception of a washer D, and the head is closed by placing a disk U thereon and turning the disk and the top of the head in wards, or, as shown in Fig. 2, outwards, in a manner similar to that adopted in the seaming of canisters &c.
Patent GB-190818500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Signalling Systems.
Inventor: WAGNER HERBERT APPLETON
Filed: 1908-09-03
Granted: 1909-12-03
Abstract: 18,500. Wagner, H. A. Sept. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Automatic systems.-In an automatic electric signalling system, both the track rails are electrically continuous for both power and signalling currents and are connected at intervals by cross-bonds as described in Specification No. 12,795, A.D. 1909 ; these are supplied with current at points between the cross bonds. The currentresponsive devices controlling the signals are connected to the rails at a short distance from the bonds so as to receive a definite difference of poten tial sufficient to energize the relays. The signalling current may be continuous, intermittent, or alternating, and the system may be applied to signalling by 'home' signals only or by 'home' and 'distant' signals as shown in Fig. 2, which shows a normal danger system. The invention may also be applied to normal clear systems. In the system shown, the signalling current is supplied to the track rails by transformers connected midway between the bonds C, C<1>, C<2>, C<3>, and the signal-operating current is supplied through the transformers N, N', N<2>, N<3>. The relays H<1>, H<2>, &c. are energized from the transformers Q, which are connected across the track rails at such a distance from the bonds C &c. that they normally receive a definite difference of potential, but a train close enough to this point or between this point and the supply will serve to vary the point of zero potential and de-energize the relay or transformer supplying the relay. The train L on section 2 de-energizes the relay H<3> by its presence between the relay and source of energy. This relay will only be energized when the train passes so far past the point to which the relay is connected as to allow the difference of potential at its terminals to rise to the required value, and at this point the train will be at the entrance to block 3. When the relay H<3> is deenergized, the back contacts k close the circuit from the secondary of the transformer N<2> through the front contacts of the relays H<4>, H<5> (if the section 3 is clear), the back contacts k of the relay H<3>, the coil J of the 'home' semaphore signal B<1>, and the coil O<1> of the relay which is in circuit from the secondary of the transformer N<3>, the front contacts of the relays H<7>, H<6>, and the coil P' of the distance signal M<1>, which is thus also set to clear by the advancing train in section 2. If the section 4 is occupied by another train, the circuit for operating the distant signal M<1> is broken at one of the relays H<6>, H<7> so that the home signal B' is operated alone.
Patent GB-190818856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Check Rails for Tramway and Railway Rails.
Filed: 1908-09-08
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 18,856. Mountain & Gibson, and Pringle, P. J. Sept. 8. Rails.- L -section reversible wearing- strips b, of manganese steel or the like, are attached to the lip of a grooved rail a. The worn lip of an old rail can be reduced by chipping, planing, or grinding, and the lip of a new rail by planing, and the strip b is secured by brackets c held to the rail by bolts and nuts, or by bolts d screwing into the rail. The faces of the strip b and the bracket c may be inclined, or the face a<1> of the lip may incline inwards, to produce a downward pressure on the strips b.
Patent GB-190819571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke-preventing Devices for Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: PEARCE-TOWL ALFRED
Filed: 1908-09-17
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 19,571. Towl, A. Pearce-. Sept. 17. Smoke, treating.- Smoke from a steamboiler or other furnace is met in the flue by a series of jets of water converging on a point beyond the flue, which carry the smoke under the surface of water. The flue a is met at an angle by a cylinder c, at one end of which a series of water-jets issue from holes k in a plate j, which is so curved as to direct the jets towards a point ix on the other side of the flue a. Behind the plate j is a second perforated plate m. The water commmingled with the smoke passes down a pipe f leading beneath the surface of water in a reservoir, the water in which, heated by the smoke, may be strained from the impurities of the smoke and passed to the boiler. In marine engines the pipe f may be led overboard.
Patent GB-190820601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrically Controlled Railway Signals.
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 20,601. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Ferreira, L. de M. G. Sept. 30. Controlling and locking signals; signalling-systems; contacts, electric.-An electro-magnet for 'holding 'off' a signal is arranged to release the signal only after the last wheels of a train have cleared a treadle, so that the treadle may be placed close to the signal. The signal-operating circuit is controlled by the signalman's hand-lever switch b. To put the signal to 'clear,' the circuit is completed from the battery c, switch b, motor e, and switch f controlled by the signal arm and opened when the signal is at 'clear,' the motor and switch e being in parallel with the holding-magnet l, through the bar h on its back contacts, and the wire k back to the battery. The signal being at 'clear' a train enters the section and by means of the treadle n closes the contacts p, q, r, thus making a return from the magnet l through the contacts p, q, and energizing the magnet s which breaks the original circuit at the bar l and closes a second holding - circuit through the front contacts of the bar h ; this circuit keeps the magnet s energized until the switch b is opened. The magnet l is thus de-eneigized when the contact p, q is broken by the train clearing the treadle and the signal returns to 'danger.' The motor circuit is at this time broken at the contacts h so that the signal cannot be again driven to 'clear' until the switch b has been opened and again closed.
Patent GB-190821284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculators.
Inventor: NICOLAS FRANK
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 21,284. Nicolas, F. March 30, 1909. Calculating-apparatus.-In simple computing- apparatus of the type in which a table mounted upon a rotatable cylinder co-operates with a fixed scale such as 18, the ends of the fixed scale are provided with slots 19, 20 and set-screws 21, 22 which permit of slight longitudinal adjustment of the scale relatively to the cylinder B.
Patent GB-190822395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shovel and Tool Handles.
Inventor: SKELTON FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 22,395. Skelton, F. Oct. 22. Handles.-Relates to a handle for shovels, spades, and other tools of the type comprising a transverse wood handle having reduced ends to fit into metallic caps, a bifurcated shank with the ends of the bifurcated part fitting into openings in the caps, and rivets passing through the transverse handle and caps, and through the vertical shank at the fork to prevent splitting. The transverse handle E has reduced ends 3 which fit into circular metal sockets or shells F, and ends B of the bifurcated part, which are tapered, are adapted to be received in correspondingly-shaped apertures in the sockets through openings 4 in the bottom, the whole being securely held together by the rivet H. The branches B are held together by another rivet D, and the shank is enlarged at this part C to strengthen it.
Patent GB-190824391-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Making Railway Carriage and like Axles and other similar Bars and Lengths.
Inventor: DAVIES HENRY ALOYSIUS
Filed: 1908-11-13
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 24,391. Davies, H. A. Nov. 13. Rolling.-In the axial rolling of axles and like bars, the axes of the pair of rolls are in an horizontal plane and vertically-adjustable guide-rollers Keep the work in correct position between the rolls ; this arrangement allows the work to be inserted from above and its progress to be conveniently viewed during rolling. The pass between the rolls a is simultaneously adjusted by worm gearing, and the guide-rollers e are raised by wedge mechanism which may be automatically operated. The top guide-rollers g are mounted on swinging frames to enable them to be swung aside for insertion of the work. The Provisional Specification also states that fixed or rotatable abutments may be provided to prevent longitudinal flow of the metal.
Patent GB-190825206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ceilings and in the Building Blocks Employed in their Construction.
Inventor: CARL ALBERT
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 25,206. Carl, A. Nov. 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Flooring-blocks &c.-Floors are constructed of side blocks c, voussoirs or wedge-shaped blocks d, cornice blocks b, b<1>, and covering slabs e. The side blocks c are so shaped on one side as to engage with and be supported by the girders a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, and are provided on the other side with wedge-shaped surfaces between which the voussoirs d lift. The blocks c, d extend below the girders a, and the blocks c are formed with dovetailed recesses c<7> on their lower surfaces for supporting the cornice blocks b and covering slabs e concealing the lower surfaces of the girders. In the case of floors in which girders are arranged to support a partition wall which does not extend below the floor, modified cornice blocks b<1> are shaped to engage with the girders and are provided with recesses b<7> to support covering slabs.
Patent GB-190900038-A (GB)
Title: Improved Respiratory Apparatus for Firemen, Divers and others.
Inventor: CRESWELL JAMES RICHARD
IPC: A62B18/04
Filed: 1909-01-01
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 38. Creswell, J. R. Jan. 1. Divers, air supply for.-A helmet for divers is provided with a fan driven by a clock-work, electric, or other motor, air being thus drawn in through pipes the ends of which are open to fresh-air supply. In the helmet shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a fan b at the rear end is driven by a clockwork motor c, and forces the air towards the front end, thereby maintaining a constant discharge through an exhaust pipe e. A window d is fitted to the front of the helmet, and the collar l is fixed to a shoulder-piece m or is detachably secured thereto by a screw or bayonet connexion. The clock-work is wound by a key f, and is controlled by a brake consisting of a screwed rod g provided with an operating- handle k and with a forked end h embracing the spindle i of the fan. The helmet may be fitted with an emergency air inlet controlled by a screw plug. When the fan is driven by an electromotor, the current may be obtained from an external source by means of flexible wires, or from small accumulators carried by the wearer, and electric lamps may be mounted at the sides of the helmet. The open ends of the air inlet and exhaust pipes may be held above the surface of the water by floats.
Patent GB-190905464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Auxiliary Rims for Wheels.
Inventor: SAVOYE PAUL
IPC: B60B11/02
Filed: 1909-03-06
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 5464. Savoye, P. March 6. Grant of Patent refused. Auxiliary-rim attachments to wheels. -The auxiliary rim b is attached at the side of the fixed rim a by separate detachable clamping- devices, each comprising a central member h shaped to engage the adjacent edges of the two rims and pivoted or sliding upon a bracket e, which carries fixed and adjustable claws l, s, respectively. To facilitate assemblage, the member h is controlled by a spring k, and the extremities of the claws l, s may be hinged to swing away from the rim flanges. In a modification, the claw s is pivoted on an inwardlyextending lug on the bracket c and is adjusted by means of a set-screw.
Patent GB-190906025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Tufted Pile Fabrics.
Inventor: COOPER THOMAS
IPC: D03D39/00
Filed: 1909-03-12
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 6025. Cooper, T. March 12. Stop-motions, weft.- In a needle loom for weaving tufted pile fabrics, the weft passes under a tension roller d and thence, through eyes a<2>, h, a<3> to the needle or weft-inserter i, the eye h being carried by an arm h<1> mounted on a shaft h<2> controlled by a tension spring which tends to raise the eye h. If the weft thread breaks, the shaft h<2> is turned by the spring that controls it, thereby causing the tail of the arm h' to turn the lever s. A rod t is thus lowered, and enters a hole in the block u of an ordinary selvedge shuttle-thread stop-motion, thereby causing the stoppage of the loom. The improvements may be applied to the looms described in Specifications 2706/07, 2706<A>/07, and 20,874/08.
Patent GB-190906116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of the Lags of Lattice Conveyors applicable for Bab Breakers, Hopper Feeders, and similar Machines.
IPC: D01G23/00
Filed: 1909-03-15
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 6116. Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association, and Young, J. March 15. [Addition to 21,137/07.] Openers. - Relates to spiked lags applicable for bale breakers, hopper feeders, and similar machines of the kind described in the parent Specification. Instead of driving stapleshaped pins through from the inner side of the metallic lags A, single pins B are driven in from the outside. The pins B are formed with a shoulder and are secured by riveting or spreading over the end of the shank.
Patent GB-190908233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Corset Busks.
Inventor: FRIEND RICHARD
IPC: A41F1/04
Filed: 1909-04-06
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 8233. Friend, R. April 6. Busks.-The corset busk D is provided with eyes A for engagement with corresponding hooks B' on the other busk E, the latter busk being connected by spring hinges H to a broader steel F underlying the other two. When the busk E is closed over on the steel F, the eyes A can be passed between them and engaged with the hooks B<1>, the spring hinges serving to maintain the parts in this position so that the steel F acts as a lock or guard for the fastenings. Disengagement can be effected in a single movement, by pulling the busk E outwards by means of a suitable tab.
Patent GB-190908318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reciprocating Trough Conveyors for Coals and other Minerals.
Inventor: GREENER THOMAS YOUNG
IPC: B65G27/30
Filed: 1909-04-06
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 8318. Greener, T. Y., Thompson, W., and Morgan, J. April 6. Jigging conveyers.-The troughs of jigging or reciprocating conveyers, of the type driven by an eccentric or crank from a transverse driving-shaft under the trough, are supported by helical compression springs inclined in the opposite direction to the connecting and supporting links between the trough and the fixed framing. Fig. 1 shows a jigging conveyer constructed in accordance with the invention. The compression springs s support the weight of the troughs a, b, which are restrained by the connecting-links m during their simultaneous reciprocation in opposite directions by connecting- rods attached to the transverse driving-shaft g. The ends of the connecting-rods and inclined links may be provided with ball or roller bearings. Screens c are fixed above the base of the troughs, and narrow troughs e are provided to receive foreign matter picked from the material on the screens.
Patent GB-190911351-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Mechanical Washing of Plates, Dishes and similar Objects.
Inventor: SCHLABS KARL
IPC: A47L15/33
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 11,351. Schlabs, K. May 13. Plates, dishes, and the like, washing. - In apparatus for washing plates, dishes, &c., the articles are placed in an openwork basket e adapted to be carried by a yoke b, which is pivotally mounted at c in a tank a and may be oscillated by means of a handle d. The basket is held in position by the engagement with the yoke of fork-shaped arms f on the ends of the basket. Preparatory washing of the articles is obtained by placing them in one basket on a grating g, while another basket is being oscillated.
Patent GB-190911658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Scenic Effects.
Inventor: BULL RENE
Filed: 1909-05-18
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 11,658. Bull, R. May 18. Optical - projection apparatus. - Relates to shadow shows, and consists in using two or more sources of illumination in order that shadows of the supports for the objects may not be shown on the screen. The objects k, n are mounted on a table d, and the lamps b, c are so placed that the shadow of the table cast on the screen a by one lamp is illuminated by the other. In a modification, the table may be cone-shaped and the lamps arranged to project light along the surfaces of the cone.
Patent GB-190917834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Alkyl Ethers of Phenols and other Aromatic Hydroxylic Derivatives.
Inventor: GERBER ARMAND
Filed: 1909-07-31
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 17,834. Gerber, A. July 31, 1908, [Convention date]. Alkyl ethers of phenols and other aromatic hydroxyl compounds are produced by warming their alkali or alkaline-earth salts with dialkylsulphites in presence of au organic solvent capable of dissolving alkali or alkaline-earth metals. In one example o-cresol is mixed with absolute methyl alcohol, sodium is added, and the mixture is then warmed with dimethylsulphite. In a second example, morphine is similarly treated. In place of dimethylsulphite, diethylsulphite may be used, and instead of methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol may be employed. Dialkyl sulphites are prepared by the action of sulphur chloride or thionyl chloride on the corresponding absolute alcohols.
Patent GB-190919874-A (GB)
Title: An Instrument for Launching Projectiles, Bombs, Messages, Missiles, Missives or Shells from Airships, Aeroplanes, Balloons and any Aerial Machines.
Inventor: SANDERS HAYDN ARNOLD
IPC: B64D1/02
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 19,874. Sanders, H. A. Feb. 25. Military apparatus.-A tube B for discharging projectiles, bombs, &c. from an aerial machine, airship, or balloon, is mounted on gimbals so as always to remain vertical, and a sighting-telescope with cross-wires in the object-lens C<2> is pivoted to the tube. The eye-piece can be moved over a scale F to tilt the telescope in order to allow for the wind. The charge in the tube B is held by a spring D<1> and is released by withdrawing the bolt D.
Patent GB-190923010-A (GB)
Title: Preserving Preparations.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1909-10-08
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 23,010. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Oct. 8. [Addition to 10,073/09.] Paints and coating-compositions.-Preservative coating-compositions are prepared by adding to paints, varnishes, &c. mercury-substituted organic compounds in which the mercury is directly united to carbon, such as calcium, copper, lead, mercury, and like salts of mercurysubstituted phenols, cresols, chlorophenols, sulphonic acids, &c., or the anhydrides of oxymercuric phenols, cresols, sulphonic acids, anilines, toluidines, &c.
Patent GB-190926110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Physical Exercise.
Inventor: GASTON EDOUARD EUGENE LAURENT
IPC: A63B21/055
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1900-01-01
Abstract: 26,110. Laurent, G. E. E. March 4, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Exercising - app a r a t u s. - In prlling-apparatus for gymnastic exercises, the ring f from which the elastic cords d carrying g the dumb - bells are suspended, are connected to a fixed support i by means of a single expanding cord g having swivels h at each end.
Patent GB-191002018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture or Treatment of Pulp for use in the Manufacture of Paper and other like Materials and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ARLEDTER HERMAN
IPC: D21C3/22
Filed: 1910-01-26
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 2018. Arledter, H. Jan. 26. Pulp, preparation of; pulping-engines; sizing and weighting.-In treating fibres, pulp, or other substances in the manufacture of paper, pasteboard, &c., and in apparatus therefor, the beating, disintegrating, washing, bleaching, mixing, dyeing, weighting, and other processes are conducted in an hermetically sealed vessel under pressure, or in a vacuum. Pulp, usually mixed in an ordinary beater or mixer, is sucked into the chamber A through the inlet pipe B. Sizing and colouring matters are added as required by means of pipes C, and the apparatus may be heated by a steam-jacket E. The material in the chamber A is pumped by the pump H at a high rate of speed to the disintegrator N having an adjustable bed-plate Q, which is brought nearer the revolving knives as the material becomes finer Increased pressure in the apparatus forces the liquids into the fibres, and vacuum prevents frothing during disintegration, allows liquids to saturate the fibrous materials, and ensures perfect sizing, colouring, and weighting, with a saving of time. Application is made possible in the closed apparatus of easily volatile substances such as ammonia, carbonate of ammonia, chlorine, oxygen, carbonic acid, or other gases, alcohol, ether, light oils, spirits, bisulphide of carbon, acetone, formaldehyde and the like, such volatile substances being afterwards recoverable. Wood pulp, when treated under vacuum, swells up, and the swollen knotted particles are reduced by the disintegrator, the wood pulp becoming practically equal to chemical pulp. Mechanical pulp can be changed to chemical pulp by extracting resinous incrustations with ammonia or other alkali or alkali salt in the apparatus. More than one circulating-pump may be used, and additional steam-coils if desired. Sight-holes are provided at T and U.