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Patent GB-190704442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Knitted Fabrics or Articles.
Inventor: MOORE FRANK
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1908-03-21
Abstract: 4442. Moore, F., and Palmer, E. W. Feb. 22. Circular knitting-machines.-The leg-fashioning of seamless hosiery is effected automatically by removing loops from two cylinder needles and transferring to rib needles every few courses, starting from the centre of the back and working outwards, the knitting being continued with a smaller number of loops. The transfer needles a are provided with hooks or catches ax, Figs. 14 and 15, for spreading the loops, which are received on the web holders s and are subsequently removed therefrom by adjacent rib needles projected by suitable cams. To commence the fashioning, a slide d is pulled and acts on the elevating and depressing cams f, n, Figs. 11 and 12, by bringing a pawl d' into engagement with a ratchet provided with a notched pindisk h on which rest the outer ends of levers i, o. When the disk h arrives at the position shown, the projections k<1>, i<1> are respectively depressed and elevated. This brings the inner end of one lever i into the plane of a roller f attached to a swinging cross-piece, which assumes the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9 and diaws a wedge piece f<2> away from a stud on the stem of the spring-pressed cam f. This then slides round on the upper butts a<1> of the fashioning-needles until the point is reached where a fashioning - needle is omitted. The cam f then drops into this gap, and the two needles on opposite sides of the gap are elevated by the inclines f<x>, f<xx .>These needles are then taken to the transfer point by the cam e, Fig. 7, which subsequently depresses them on to the lowering-cam n, Fig. 12. The cam e is brought into action by turning a handle c which releases the spring-pressed stem from a face cam in the handle. The elevated needles are sprung over into the transfer position by engagement with an angle-piece m<1>. When the loops have been transferred, the onward movement of the ratchet depresses the projection i<1> and elevates the projection k<1>. A roller f<4> situated in a different plane from the roller f<1> is then engaged by the lever i to put the camf out of action for a number of courses.
Patent GB-190710757-A (GB)
Title: Article of Furniture for Motor Garages.
Inventor: ALLEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-05-08
Abstract: 10,757. Allen, W. May 8. Advertising.-A tool-rack for motor garages is provided with an advertising or display part and with means for carrying implements for use with motor - vehicles, for example funnels, spanners, strainers, &c., or a lever g with a longitudinal slot f for opening the caps of pressure-fed petrol-tanks, and the spanner described in Specification No. 22,143, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Hand-tools &c.]. The article may be secured to a wall or formed as a projecting signboard. In one construction, the rack comprises upper and lower bands or scrolls b, which may bear the advertising-matter, connected by arms i. Hooks c, loops, &c, are secured to the bands and arms, and carry funnels, spanners, &c. Or flanges or projections with holes may support the tools.
Patent GB-190712026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aseptic Nozzles for Surgical and other Uses.
Inventor: MAYER ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 12,026. Mayer, E. W. May 24. Right to Patent relinquished. Syringes.-The nozzle A of a syringe for surgical or other purposes is constructed entirely of glass, and is fitted with a glass valve E. The shape of the nozzle may be modified.
Patent GB-190713044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Insulators for Telegraph, Telephone and like Wires
Inventor: WEBB FREDERICK RICHARD
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 13,044. Webb, F. R. June 5. Insulators particularly for telephone, telegraph, and like wires, and of the type provided with a transverse groove for the wire, are formed with a central or approximately central recess which extends below the bottom of the groove and forms part of, or serves as a receptacle for a device which grips the conductor. The gripping - device holds the conductor on a level with the bottom of the groove so as to avoid bending the conductor, and may consist of a forked pin k, Fig. 3, secured in the recess d and provided with a bolt or other device for gripping the conductor c; or as shown in Fig. 1, it may consist of a set-screw o or the like whereby two jaws n, m may be forced together to grip the conductor c. The jaws may have various shapes but are preferably rectangular in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, and the prongs on the insulatorstalk e are preferably curved as shown at f. The set-screw may be mounted in the insulator itself, in which case the cover h may be eliminated ; or it may be mounted in the cover, and the jaws or cup m may be replaced by a block of metal or a strip of resilient material.
Patent GB-190716661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed-driving Mechanism.
Inventor: RUCK RICHARD MATTHEWS
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 16,661. Ruck, R. M. July 20. Variable-speed nd reversing gearng. - In variablespeed and reversing gearing of the type in which one element of an epicyclic train is driven at a constant speed while a second is variably driven so that a variable velocityratio is imparted to the third element, a sliding pinion, gearing with a cone made up of toothed rings side by side with one row of teeth in line for gear-changing purposes, is employed for controlling the second element. The gear is applicable for driving motor-vehicles, one ring on the cone corresponding to zero drive when the road wheels are locked against rotation. The pinion A, sliding on a square &e. portion of the engine shaft a, gears with the cone B mounted on an inclined shaft b. The shafts a, b are connected through bevel-gearing &c. with a sun-wheel L and with the planet - carrier K, respectively, of the variable epicyclic train. The wheel L is secured upon a sleeve J carrying clutch teeth j adapted to be engaged by teeth n<1> upon a double clutch N sliding loosely upon the sleeve J and remaining in driving-connexion through claws n with the driving- member C of the differential gear driving the partaxles C<1>, C<2>. When the clutch N is slid to the left, the member C is driven from the shaft a thr ugh the sleeve J at a high variable speed. The driven element M of the variable epicyclic train carries clutch teeth m adapted to be engaged by teeth n<2> upon the clutch N, so that, when the latter is slid to the right, the member C is driven variably through the element M. As the pinion A is n oved from the position shown, the speed of the member C diminishes until, when the pinion A gears with a ring of teeth such as B<16>, the member C is brought to rest and locked there. Further movement of the pinion A effects reversal. The engine is set free for starting &c. by moving the clutch N into a mid position. In a modified form, the cone B drives the wheel corresponding to the wheel L, and the pinion A and shaft a drive the planet-carrier K.
Patent GB-190719836-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Brushes for Applying Grease Solvents or other Liquids.
Inventor: PEARSON GEOFFREY HOPE
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 19,836. Pearson, G. H. Sept. 5. Reservoir brushes.-Relates to reservoir brushes for cleaning upholstery of railway and other carriages, carpets, rugs, or wearing apparel, or for applying washes to the hair. The stock a is drilled with holes through which pass nipples e on a detachable reservoir d, which is shaped to the stock a and may be attached by means of screws or a spring catch g. The reservoir is filled through an orifice d<2> fitted with an air-tight stopper.
Patent GB-190721175-A (GB)
Title: A Toy Parachute.
Inventor: THORPE JOHN HALL
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 21,175. Thorpe, J. H. Sept. 24. Parachutes. - A toy y parachute is constructed so that it may be thrown to a height before it opens and descends. The silk or other cover c is connected by strings e to a ring d, to which is connected by flexible members or cords d<1> to a weight b at the end of f central stick a. This construction permits the cover c to be furled round the stick as shown, in which position the toy is thrown into the air.
Patent GB-190724227-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Hopper and Carriage for use in Coaling Ships.
Inventor: HORIGAN JAMES
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 24,227. Horigran, J. Nov. 1. Skips.-Relates to the coaling of ships by means of collapsible skips which can be mounted on carriages and wheeled about the deck. Fig. 2 is an end view of a skip partly in section, Fig. 4 shows the carriage, and Fig. 5 shows the skip and its carriage packed up for stowing away. The skip, which can be slung by chains, is of rectangular shape and divided into four compartments by a central partition g, hinged at i and two longitudinal partitions f which slide in grooves h. The sides a and ends d of the skip are hinged at band e respectively, and are held in place by clamps 2. The contents of the skip are discharged by means of sliding doors k which run on rollers. In a modification, the bottom of the skip is provided with hinged doors for discharging the skip. The carriage q has two large central wheels t and a small wheel u at each end, all carried by detachable brackets. When the skip is not required, the wheels, together with the brackets connecting them with the body q of the carriage, are detached and put inside the skip. The sliding partitions are also taken out and laid inside and the hinged partition g folded down. The sides and ends are then folded down, and the whole is secured in place by bolts 5 passing across the top of the skip through the plates 4, which are hinged to the carriage.
Patent GB-190725501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Removing the Lids of Boxes, Tins, and the like.
Inventor: KOHL MAX ALFRED
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 25,501. Kohl, M. A. Nov. 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Opening boxes; metal boxes.-A box, can, &c., having a tight-fitting lid a with a rim c, is adapted to be opened by pressing inwards curved springs e secured to the lower part of the box. The body of the box has a rim d.
Patent GB-190804351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, the Mode of and Means for, Ascertaining the Distance of an Object from a Sighting Point.
Inventor: CURTIS ALBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1908-02-26
Granted: 1909-05-26
Abstract: 4351. Curtis, A. C. Feb. 26. [Cognate Applications No. 5140, A.D. 1908, dated March 6, No. 5603, A.D. 1908, dated March 12, and No. 6454, A.D. 1908, dated March 23.] Telemeters.-In range-finding devices, utilizing the fact of the proportionality of corresponding sides of similar triangles, wherein the readings of two observing instruments are transmitted to a central station, at which two arms are set to point in directions corresponding to those of the observing instruments, the arms i, i<1> are set apart at such a distance that they do not intersect, and the necessary readings are given by auxiliary means, ; such as two arms j, j<1> on the arm i, parallel to one another and intersecting the other arm. All the arms carry scales, so that the lengths of the sides j<5>, X<1>, j, Fig. 3, can be read off and the length of the fourth side X, corresponding to the distance, can be calculated from these data. The arm i<1> can be adjusted to vary the distance between the pivots of the arms i, i<1> to vary the scale of similarity, and readings may be facilitated by having projecting pointers or the like on the arms j or j<1>; in some cases, the arm i, for instance, may be altogether dispensed with. As the point of intersection of the arms is always the same for the same position of the object, range-scales n, Fig. 9, calculated or obtained by experiment, can be marked out on the table carrying the instrument, so that when the point of intersection is obtained the distance reading is given at once. Fig. 9 shows a modified form of instrument wherein the movement of the reading point, in this case p<1>, is magnified by lazy-tongs link-work, so that the point p<3> corresponding to it gives a reading on an enlarged scale. The range-scales may be made of conducting-material, and the point p<3> if carrying a contact-point may complete circuit and give an indication electrically. Or the scales may be transparent, so that if there is a light below the instrument and the only path of light through it is a hole at p<3>, the transparent scale, above the instrument in this case, will be illuminated. Fig. 10 shows mechanism for transmitting the setting of the observing instruments to the arms i, i<1>. This comprises gearing q<1>, r, r<1> ; the wheel r<1> has teeth which move an arm s, and, as unidirectional rotation takes place during setting, they complete circuit intermittently at t<1> or t', so that a magnet v or v<1> is intermittently energized to operate a pawl and ratchet and set the corresponding arm step by step. By having a number of observing instruments situated, for instance, at the corners of an equilateral triangle, observations can be taken of objects that would normally be inaccessible. The arms i, i<1> may be set non-automatically from the observing stations by using these make-andbreak switches to energize pawl-operating magnets intermittently, as in Fig. 10.
Patent GB-190814892-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Protecting Nuts and the like Against Corrosion.
Inventor: PATERSON WALTER LAIDLAW COLVIN
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 14,892. Paterson, W. L. G. July 14. Bolts; locking nuts.-A protecting cover A filled with tallow &c. for preventing the corrosion of a nut, bolt-head, &c. by sea-water &c. is attached by a screw-thread thereon, or by means of a setscrew E entering the nut or bolt end. In the latter case the cover A fits on a tapered or cylindrical flange D of the nut &c. C. The set-screw E may be arranged eccentrically and so serve to lock the nut C to the bolt (not shown) by engaging the end thereof. One cover may be adapted to protect two or more nuts &c.
Patent GB-190815459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Ropes.
Inventor: SIEURIN PAUL WILHELM
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 15,459. Sieurin, P. W. July 21. Driving-ropes stated to be strong and flexible without being of small diameter are made by covering a core of steel wire rope a or chain or coil of wire with a spiral layer of tarred hemp, cotton, canvas, leather, &c. b and then with a spiral or longitudinal layer of leather, hide, &c. c which may be riveted to the core by oval or other rivets.
Patent GB-190816244-A (GB)
Title: Cage for Oil Extracting Press.
Inventor: MEUNIER JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-31
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 16,244. Meunier, J., and Chauvet, C. April 16, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Patent of Addition to No. 12,132, A.D. 1908.] Fatty oils, extracting. In an oil-extracting press comprising a cage formed of bars 3 together with a casing 9 surrounding the cage, as described in Specification No. 12,132, A.D. 1908, the bars are assembled without the use of b@lts or screws passing through them, for example by means of recessed inner rings 5, outer rings 8, aud connecting-screws 10. The meeting surfaces of the cage and casing are of a slightly conical or similar construction, so as to allow of a wedge-like action when the casing is slid over the cage. Releasing-screws 11 facilitate the separation of the cage and casing.
Patent GB-190816548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mosquito Net and like Supports.
Inventor: BULL HARALD
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 16,548. Bull, H. Aug. 5. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-A support for a mosquito-net comprises an angularly-adjustable rigid or telescopic bar 13, Fig. 1, attached to a bedstead &c. by a clamp 1, 2, Fig. 5, and one or more radial arms 14 hinged to a plate 15 at the upper end of the bar 13 so as to be capable of folding parallel to the bar 13. The angular adjustment for the bar 13 consists of two segmental plates 6, formed in one with or attached to the clamp and having teeth 10 on their edges adapted to be engaged by a stop 9<b> on a sleeve 9 sliding on a bar 8 pivoted between the segments. The bar 8 carries a stud 12 to receive the end of the bar 13, which may be secured by a screw 11 ; or the bar 13 may fit in a socket on the bar 8. The upper end of the bar 13 is pivoted on a clamping-screw 19 carried by the plate 15 so that it may be folded parallel with the arms. A screw 25 passing through a lug 25<a> on the plate 15 serves to support the plate at any angle with the bar 13. The arms may be supported in the horizontal position by hinged stays 21, Fig. 6, carried by a sliding sleeve 22 on the bar 13, and their outer ends may be provided with hooks 26.
Patent GB-190816818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cutting the Binding Threads in Machine Made Embroidery.
Inventor: FISCHER-AMREIN SIGMUND
Filed: 1908-08-10
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 16,818. Amrein, S. Fischer-. Nov. 2, 1907, [date dppliedfor under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Clipping.-In a machine for cutting and removing float threads from machine-made embroideries, laces, &c., the loops of thread are raised by stretching the fabric laterally. In the machine shown in Fig. 1, which has a long row of knives moving across the fabric, a length of the fabric is impaled upon spiked bars 21 hinged to the sides of the lace plate, and the bars are turned down to the position shown. Spiked rollers may be used in place of the bars. According to another method, suitable for a machine in which the fabric is gradually fed through the machine, cords 41, Fig. 10, are stitched to the edges of the fabric, which is stretched as it is passed into the machine to bring the cords into guide-grooves 39. These grooves keep the fabric stretched while passing under the knives. Circular knives 24, Fig. 1, are used to cut the loops which are brought up to the cutting-edges by blunt pickers 29 projecting before and behind from between the knives. The knives may be rotated, for example, by an electric motor 28, or, they may be fixed as in the hand device shown in Fig. 7. The knife carriage, Fig. 1, is mounted on rails 22 above the fabric. The pickers are tapered but are thickened, as at 29, Fig. 7, at their ends. In a machine having a continuous feed, a row of circular knives are carried by a motor-driven shaft disposed across the fabric and mounted in fixed bearings. The edges of the knives are toothed or serrated. This arrangement of knives may be combined with that shown in Fig. 1. In the machine shown in Fig. 11, the fabric is stretched upon a travelling carriage 43 and passes between rotary serrated cutters 24 and an adjustable plate 47. No pickers are used. A shearing- machine 2 is added. When the loops are long the shearing-machine may be used alone. A roller having spikes like those employed in carding- machines, may be used in place of the plate 47. The roller may be mounted on a fixed axis and then the knives spindle is mounted adjustably. A brush may precede the knives to loosen and raise the loops. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3)' (a), describes a clipping-machine in which the fabric is stretched by passing it over a curved plate at the front of the machine in which are cut a large number of divergent grooves. A frame carrying several rows of straight knives 11, Fig. 3, is shogged across the fabric to out the longitudinally disposed loops and a stationary row of similar single-edged knives are positioned behind the frame to cut the laterally disposed loops. The frame is given a rising and falling motion by means of the cam-grooves 13. A shearing-machine is attached to the rear of the clipping-machine. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190817208-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Cutting Out Textile Goods and the like.
Inventor: KAUTZ PETER
Filed: 1908-08-15
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,208. Kautz, P. Aug. 17, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Cutting-out.-Relates to a machine for cutting- out textile goods, and for simultaneously marking the same with the positions of the buttonholes and stitching lines, or for printing the names of firms or designs &c. thereon. The material to be operated upon passes from a roller 8 over a matrix 2, where it is cut, stamped, and wound on a roller 9 driven from a shaft 20. The moving material operates through a pin-wheel 36 a disk 37 provided with a pin 39, adapted to deflect a pawl 40 and to release a spring-controlled rod 43, which unclutches the pulley 16 from the shaft 27 by means of a lever 30, thereby arresting the feed of the material. Simultaneously, the rod 45 is raised to effect, through similar means, the coupling of the pulley 15 with the punch-actuating shaft 6. On the descent of the cutting-die, a stop 53 engages a cam-disk 54, which effects the return of the rods 43, 45 to their original positions, thereby restarting the feed and throwing the punching-mechanism out of action. As the punch rises, a catch 47 engages a spring- controlled rod 49 suitably adapted to clutch together a pulley 25, driven from the shaft 20, and a shaft 28 ; this shaft carries disks 18 connected by cords 23 with an inkwell or colour box 12, which is adapted to travel on bars 11 to apply ink or colour to spring marking-pins 10 secured to the die 5. A weight 22 serves to return the colour box. The pin 39 may be adjusted in various positions on the disk 37 so that the length of material fed at each operation may be adjusted. The garments &c. are so cut as to be joined by pieces 57, Fig. 3, and wound up on the drum 9, the waste pieces being received by a funnel-shaped trough 55. The joining-pieces 57 are subsequently severed by hand. The machine may also be used for cutting and marking paper, cardboard, felt, leather, &c.
Patent GB-190820068-A (GB)
Title: Improved Egg Opener.
Inventor: BONNOURE EUGENE
Filed: 1908-09-24
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 20,068. Bonnoure, E. March 11, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents Act, 1901]. Egg-openers.-An egg-opener comprises a frame with an orifice c for the egg and a handle d, and a, tube a enclosing a spring i which is placed on a shank g between the end of the tube a and the stem of a circular knife e sliding in grooves in the tube and provided with projecting teeth e<1>. A catch j passing through the wall of the tube and attached to an external spring engages a heel on the stem of the knife and thus holds the knife in the retracted position until it is released by pressing the external spring. The spring i may be dispensed with, in which case the knife is actuated by hand.
Patent GB-190822409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closed Circuit Signal Installations.
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 22,409. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Oct. 22. Order or alarm apparatus; telephone calls; telephone systems.-In a closed-circuit signalling-installation for police calls, fire alarms, or the like, a reply signal can be sent by means of a highfrequency alternating current, from the central station to a call station without interfering with the ordinary signal from other call stations. The closing of the key f sends an alternating current to line by means of the interrupter k and transformer h, g, the choking-coil d serving to ensure that the alternating current passes through the line b. The circuit is normally closed at a call station through the ring o and the spring p, but on inserting a telephone plug the circuit is made through the telephone set q, r. The alternating current produces a note in the telephone without disturbing other stations c or the central station relay apparatus a, or the ringing of the bells w of volunteer firemen. The reply signal shows that the call has been received, and may be of such a character as to show that particulars are required by telephone.