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Patent GB-190806371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Dust and the like from Furnace and other Gases, and for similar purposes.
Inventor: WATSON CHARLES SCOTT
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-03-22
Abstract: 6371. Watson, C. S. March 21. Tar; scrubbers and washers.-Apparatus for removing solids from liquids, of the kind described in Specification No. 25,907, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Filtering &c.], is according to the present invention applied for separating dust &c. from furnace and like gases, separating tar from the gases from suction producer plants and furnaces, and for other similar purposes, being somewhat modified to suit the particular purpose. As in the above Specification, a casing a with an inlet opening e and outlet opening f is fitted with perforated partitions b, to which baffles c are connected by spacing-rivets d, the partitions being carried on a shaft g which is removable through one of the ends h of the casing. Water or other liquid is supplied through a port k and escapes by an overflow j. The shaft is provided with additional baffles s. The gas is caused to take a zigzag path, the impurities settling in the liquid and being discharged through single or multiple outlets r from a trough-shaped chamber q. Auxiliary baffles u prevent gas from passing directly throngh the last partition to the outlet. The level of the liquid may be such as to seal the baffles c. The first few baffles have bent ends, the others having forked ends of unequal length, but all the baffles may have forked ends of equal length. The perforations in the first few partitions are made larger than those in succeeding ones, and take the form of rectangular holes. The partitions and baffles may be made circular and the shaft g rotated, so that the apparatus acts as a rotary washer. The baffles in this case may consist of plain annular disks. To facilitate the deposition of the impurities, streams of water, oil, &c. may be allowed to flow down the surfaces of the baffles and partitions. The water &c. may be supplied from an overhead tank o with a perforated base, and guided to the baffles &c. by inclined webs. When tar is being separated from gases, hollow baffles may be employed through which a cooling- liquid circulates. The apparatus may be used without a liquid for receiving the separated impurities.
Patent GB-190808901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cabinet Bedsteads.
Inventor: KAPELLER JOSEF
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 8901. Kapeller, J. April 23. Bedsteads; mattresses.-The sides 9 of the cabinet or press are hinged to the back 1 and the doors 6 are hinged to the sides 9, so that the sides can be swung back to form extensions of the back 1, and the doors can be placed at right-angles to the sides. By these means, the head of the bed is protected from draught and side-walls are provided for holding more securely folding table boards 7, which serve as substitutes for the usual pedestal cupboards. The tables 7 are hinged to the inner sides either of the doors 6 or of the sides 9, and are adapted to be supported by stays or brackets 8. The mattress is formed in two unequal parts 2, 3 hinged together. The part 2 is supported on gudgeons movably mounted in slots 2<11> in the base of the press. The foot 4, normally disposed between the parts 2, 3, is hinged to the part 3, and has a pivoted bracket 5, which can be pushed under the mattress, as shown in Fig. 4. The shelf 10 for bed-clothes &c. may be arranged to fold against the back of the press, which may be so constructed as to match any style of furniture.
Patent GB-190808972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Generators for High Frequency Electric Currents.
Inventor: BALSILLIE JOHN GROEME
Filed: 1908-04-24
Granted: 1909-04-26
Abstract: 8972. Balsillie, J. G. April 24. Dynamos, alternating-current.- In a high - frequency alternator, suitable for wireless telegraphy and telephony and having different numbers of armature and field sections, the limiting frequency obtainable is increased by reducing the armature hysteresis by means of high-frequency currents. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the rotating field coils b, b<1>, b<2>, b<3> give alternate polarity to cores of small section, and induce in the fixed coils a, a', a<2>, &c. currents of frequency equal to the product of the speed in revolutions per second, the number of pole pairs, and the number of armature sections. The armature coils are shunted by condensers and inductances which attune each of the coils to the frequency of the oscillations generated. The inductances may be omitted, and the condensers, which may or may not form part of the generator, may be connected across the individual coils or across two or more groups of them. The condenser d and inductance e across the terminals of the machine produce an oscillating current of the frequency described above, which is transmitted to the aerial by direct coupling or by transformation. A machine having say 90 and 91 field and armature coils respectively can thus be made to give about 245,000 complete periods per second when rotating 60 times per second. In an alternative construction, the armature rotates, and, in addition to the main generating-circuit, has a number of secondary windings of few turns; these, according to the Provisional Specification, are grouped in series or parallel and are connected through slip-rings to a source of high-frequency currents, such as a condenser, which effects the reduction of the armature hysteresis.
Patent GB-190811052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines.
Inventor: MAYER CHARLES GUSTAV
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 11,052. Mayer, C. G. May 21. Impact-wheels.-Pockets are provided in a series of channels in the rotor and cylinder of an impactwheel through which the motive fluid passes in a zigzag course. A piston drum 13 is divided into a number of channels by annular flanges 14, which form, together with vanes 20, a series of pockets. Similar pockets are formed in the casing by flanges 22 and vanes 21. Fluid entering by a port 18 passes from channel to channel by way of helically disposed conduits in the lower part of the casing, exhaust taking place by the port 19. A description is given of an impact-wheel comprising a drum, the vanes of which do not completely bridge the flanges but are of staggered formation, and a casing formed without pockets.
Patent GB-190811953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckets or Vessels in which Pitch or the like is Heated.
Inventor: TYERS FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 11,953. Tyers, F. June 2. Cauldrons and tanks, asphalt and like.-The bottom C of a bucket B for heating pitch is protected from direct contact with the flames by a fixed or removable guard-plate D formed with small perforations, which allow the flames to pass through but not far enough to strike on the bottom C. The bottom rim A is made deeper than usual, and in the example shown is formed with three slots G, G', G' to receive three radial studs F, F', F' on the plate D. The ends of the studs R, F<1> are turned to engage the outer side of the rim A. One slot G' is of the bayonet-joint type, and the stud F<2> which fits therein is fixed by a nut F<3> screwed up to the rim A.
Patent GB-190811960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Means of Adjustment of Wire Mattresses.
Inventor: DUNNE WILLIAM CORNELIUS
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 11,960. Dunne, W. C., and Stedmon, A. P. June 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Mattresses.-To prevent the adjusting-bolts e from cutting the wire mattress d, they are mounted at a sufficient distance below the mattress in threaded holes in dependent brackets f, which are so pivoted at g to the cross-rails a, c as to fold for packing purposes. The pivots g may be formed of bolts adapted to fit the holes usually provided in the rails a, c for the bolts e.
Patent GB-190820730-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Rotary Fan Actuated by Air Under-Pressure.
Inventor: HAUSMANN MAX
Filed: 1908-10-01
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 20,730. Hausmann, M. Oct. 1. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Portable apparatus for directing a current of air against any surface for drying or other purposes comprises a fan with hollow, slotted blades driven by compressed air admitted through the hollow hub, the whole fan being enclosed in a casing fitted with discharge apertures. To a nozzle c is attached a flexible tube which supplies compressed air to a tube b traversing a handle a. A screw d controls the admission from the tube b to a tube e, which is provided with shoulders forming races for balls which support bearing-rings h screwed into a hub i. To the latter are fixed the hollow blades k, each of which has a slot k<1> at one of its edges from which the air issues and by its reaction causes rotation. One end of the hub i is sealed by a cover l, the other by ring packing m secured by a cap n. The air is discharged through a disk.of gauze r which closes the casing p.
Patent GB-190821302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Safes, Strong Rooms and the like.
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 21,302. Bates & Sons, J. & E., and and Tidmarsh, A. H. Oct. 9. Safes and strong-rooms.-A safe, strong-room, or like 'door is secured by expanding segments c sliding between steel plates a, b to enter recesses in the door frame and form a continuous flange, supplementary segments e being provided to fill the gaps between the expanded segments c. The segments c are linked to wheels h gearing with a handle - operated central wheel i, which can be locked by a key-operated bolt m engaging a part disk l. The segments e are pivoted to the door and are linked, as at p, to the segments c.
Patent GB-190822117-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cinematograph.
Inventor: GINOUX MARIUS AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-10-19
Granted: 1909-10-19
Abstract: 22,117. Ginoux, M. A. Oct. 19. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Kinematographs. -Relates to kiuematograpbs of the kind in which a pair of objectives are controlled by an obturator consisting of a pair of disk segments rotating in opposite directions so that a picture or the equivalent of a picture is always projected on the screen. Each rutary disk l, l<1> is provided with radial slits n and an extension piece m, m<1> of wire gauze, tinted glass, &c. The objectives f, f<1> are simultaneously focused by pinions S, S' fixed on a rod r. Exact superposition of the pictures on the screen is secured by adjusting the lower objective f<1> in vertical and horizontal directions by means of screws j, j<1>.
Patent GB-190822416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Joints or Hinges of Windscreens and other Folding or Adjustable Fittings for Automobiles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: AUSTER ALFRED WHORWOOD
IPC: B60J1/04
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 22,416. Auster, A. W., and Auster, A. C. Oct. 22. [Patent of Addition to No. 14,579, A.D. 1907.] Pivot adjustments.-Relates to improvements in pivot adjustments for wind screens and other folding or adjustable fittings of automobiles and other vehicles of the kind described in Specification No. 14,579, A.D. 1907. The member a has a ring of radial teeth a<1> and the member b has radial teeth b<1> formed on it. The face of the member b towards the teeth a<1> is smooth, and a portion of the toothed part is cut away for about half the circumference so as to expose one half of the teeth a<1>; but leaving a central boss-part b<2> which surrounds the pin c. The knuckle elements are connected together by a locking-plate d, which has a projecting edge d' extending half-way around its circumference and having teeth d<2> to engage the teeth a<1>. The teeth b<1> engage teeth d<3> formed on the set-back half of the face of the plate d. Engagement is effected by turning the internallythreaded handle e, and separation by a spring f located between the plate d and a washer g.
Patent GB-190827189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Method of Fixing Gear Cases to Cycles.
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 27,189. Marston, Ltd., J., and Morgan, J. Dec. 15. Gear cases for cycles are divided in a substantially vertical longitudinal direction and are permanently or detachably secured to a chain stay, which is detachably secured to the crank bracket at one end and to the back stay at the other end. In the construction shown, the inner half c<1> of the gear case is secured to the detachable stay A by straps e ; the two halves c, c' of the case are then soldered together, thereby enclosing the whole stay except the cranked-out rear end n. The forward end a<2> of one stay is flattened and provided with an eye a, which is passed with the gear case over the bottom bracket and secured in place against a collar on the bracket by screws k. The outer side of the case is provided with the usual opening l through which the sprocket-wheel is introduced, the opening being then closed in the usual manner by a metal disk. The back stay E is preferably made detachable from the upper portion of the frame and is connected to a lug m formed on the end n of the chain stay. The inner side of the gear case may be secured to a portion p which projects backwards from the bridge t.
Patent GB-190902990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters.
Inventor: AFFLECK GEORGE
IPC: F24H1/28
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1910-02-08
Abstract: 2990. Affleck, G. Feb. 8. Vertical boilers.-A vertical water-boiler with an internal fire-box 4, is fitted with a central firetube 6 of inverted conical shape, and conical firetubes 7, which have their axes angularly disposed with regard to the axis of the boiler. These tubes open into a combustion chamber 5, in which are baffles 8, 9, as shown, the gases finally escaping through apertures 10 in an extension of the smoke stack 10. Two burners may be fitted, controlled by an arrangement of taps shown in Fig. 3. By the use of this device, the cocks 19', 201 controlling the supply of gas to the pipes 22, 23 are locked in the "off" position until the spring bar 25, borne by the plug of the pilot cock 24 has been moved out of engagement by the turning on of the gas to the pilot jet 21.
Patent GB-190904976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Worm Drive for Mechanically Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: BROWN FRANCIS EDWIN
IPC: B60K17/16
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 4976. Brown, F. E., Smith, P. H. Frost-, and Stevens, W. A. March 1. Addition to 7054/07.] Torque-rods.-Relates to improvements in vehicles of the type described in the parent Specification, in which there is an independent worm drive on each side of the vehicle. Figs. 1 and 2 are sectional elevations. The worm-wheel casing A is bolted to a sleeve F<1> loose on the axle and is also connected to the frame by a torque-rod H made with open sides closed by sheet-metal plates The forward end of the torque-rod is provided with studs S, which can slide in the ends of a fork R fixed to the frame so that the torque-rod can move longitudinally relatively to the frame. The end of the torque-rod casing is closed by a leather cover 0 fitted to a packing- ring P on the universal joint M, the casing N of which is formed with internal longitudinal teeth which allow the shaft 1 to slide lengthways. Specification 26,280/08 is referred to.
Patent GB-190905420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Shafts and the like.
Inventor: RENYI ARTHUR
IPC: F16D3/48
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 5420. BÚnyi, A., Zborovszky, A., and Proszt, E. March 5. Shaft couplings ; clutches, claw.-The driving or driven elements of shaft couplings are provided with bearing-surfaces of a tough and moderately deformable material, such as will be quickly worn or crushed to the shape required by the particular deviation from alinement but afterwards suffers little abrasive wear. As shown, the bolt holes are fitted with renewable convex liners G of wood such as peartree, elm, teak, ash, holly, or lignum - vitµ, impregnated or not with lubricant. The surfaces may be provided on the bolts, and may in either case be cylindrical, convex, or concave. The device may be applied to claw or clutch couplings, to couplings for turbo - generators, centrifugal pumps, fans, &c., electric motor-generators, long lines of shafting, and propeller shafts.
Patent GB-190906405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Electric Switches.
Inventor: GROTE EDWIN RUDOLPH
IPC: H01H71/24
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 6405. Grote, E. R. March 17. Electro-magnetic switches.-Relates to switches for automatically making and breaking the circuit of auto-transformers, of the type in which two coils are employed one of which is short-circuited when the switch closes. Separate magnets are employed, the starting-magnet being designed to pull at a longer range with a small current, and the maintaining - magnet to attract only at short range. A bar a, pivoted and weighted so that dipping contacts b normally stand out of mercury cups d, is turned by the attraction of an electro-magnet j of comparatively high self-induction and resistance. When the contacts enter the cups, they are held on by other electro-magnets h, the electro-magnet j being short-circuited. The armatures attached to the bar a are shaped as shown in section f, Fig. 5, and side view e, Fig. 3, and have holes j<1> below the tapering poles of the magnet j, and side pieces f<1> which come to lie close against the flat poles g of the magnet h.
Patent GB-190908593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Foreign Substances from Water.
Inventor: ANTOINE VICTOR
IPC: C02F1/52
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 8593. Antoine, V. April 8. [Addition to 19,288/07.] Liquids, purifying ; filters with horizontal filtering partitions or layers.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in the parent Specification, which is used for separating impurities from water, such as water from paper-making machines, and comprises a settling-vessel 1 to which the water is supplied through a pipe 5 surrounded by a funnel 3 having a perforated plate 4 which carries aluminium sulphate. In the present apparatus, the funnel is continued by a pipe 7, which increases in section downwards and extends into a funnel 10 carried by supports from the cone-shaped bottom of the tank. The impurities that separate from the liquid passing upwards to the outlet channel 2 form a filtering-layer 13, and particles from the bottom of this layer fall down, through the space between the funnel 10 and the tank, to an orifice 9, discharge being facilitated by the passage of a portion of the water through a central pipe 8. In a modification, the pipe 7 is cylindrical, and the pipe 8 is omitted. In another modification, the funnel 3 is outside the vessel 1, the pipe 7 being bent through the side of the vessel so that its lower end may be brought into the funnel 10. Fig.4 shows a further arrangement, in which a large central pipe 8 is used and a sharply-conical funnel 18 forms tLe lower part of the tank.
Patent GB-190909948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash Fasteners.
Inventor: BIGGS ALFRED CHARLES
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 1909-04-27
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 9948. Biggs, A. C., and Townshend, W. M. April 27. Sash fasteners, pivoted-arm type.-The arm c bears at its end an horizontal stud j, about which is pivoted a lever i carrying an operating-knob n and a projection k for engagement with an extension m of the usual quadrant g.
Patent GB-190913588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Stands or Carriers and in other like Shelf Supports.
Inventor: TONKS WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A47B57/42
Filed: 1909-06-10
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 13,588. Tonks, W. H. June 10. Shelves.-A stand or carrier for books comprises a series of metal shelves i supported by brackets h, which are detachably connected to standards a by means of bent tongues h<2> formed in cranked portions h<1> which embrace part of the standards. The standards are preferably of wrought iron cut to length and riveted to bases and capitals a<1>, a<2>. The framing is strengthened by transverse tubular struts enclosing tensioned tie-rods, and by diagonal tie-rods d secured to lugs e. Slots for the engagement of the shelf-supporting brackets are provided in strips f secured to the standards or in tubular standards of the section shown in Fig. 5. Two sets of shelves are supported, a partition g of wire netting being interposed between them. The shelf brackets are channelled as at h<5> and are provided with projections h<3> for supporting the shelves and with lugs h<4> which receive, in slots or holes, pins on the ends of the shelves.
Patent GB-190914422-A (GB)
Title: A Device for use in Threading Needles.
Inventor: SCOTT SAMUEL
IPC: D05B87/00
Filed: 1909-06-19
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 14,422. Scott, S. June 19. Needle - threaders. - A book of variouslycoloured strips B, C is secured to a stiff back A which is bent for convenience in h o l d i n g. When a needle is held as s h o w n, the strip selected provides a background which facilitates the threading operation. A needle pocket may be fixed to the back A.
Patent GB-190914640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Heat Exchanging Devices.
Inventor: KRUPOVESS MICHAEL
IPC: F28D7/08
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 14,640. Krupovess, M. June 22. Annular headers connected by curved tubes. -A heat-exchanging device for fitting within vessels containing liquids to be heated or cooled comprises ring-shaped headers 1, 2, connected by thin walled pipes 6, the connexions 3, 4 which are on the outside of the headers, the tubes being either curved in a continuous spiral about the axis of the device as shown, or being doubled back so that the connexion at the two ends of each tube are immediately below one another. Steam or other fluid enters at 5 and is discharged at 7. Tubes may extend inwards as well as outwards from the header so as to act upon the body of liquid lying in the interior of the apparatus. The device is stated to be adjustable in diameter, and also in height by suitably twisting or separating the two headers, the tubes being in position during the operation.
Patent GB-190914712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Erection of Reinforced Concrete Constructions.
Inventor: RUGG LEWIS HENRY
IPC: E04G25/06
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 14,712. Rugg, L. H. June 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Centering for arches; shoring and strutting; scaffolding and staging.- Adjustable temporary supports for reinforced concrete buildings consist of channel - irons 1, which are provided with holes 2 arranged in two sets of different pitch for fine adjustment, and are secured by bolts &c. 3 passed through coinciding holes.
Patent GB-190920127-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Orange Sulphurised Vat Dyestuffs of the Anthracene Series.
IPC: C09B49/12
Filed: 1909-09-02
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 20,127. Society of Chemical Industry in Basle. Sept. 2. [Addition to 7583/08.] Sulphuretted dyes.-Vat dyes are obtained by melting 2-methyl- or #-chlor-2-methyl-anthraquinone with sulphur, and treating the crude product first with concentrated sulphuric acid and then with hypochlorite solution. The treatment with hypochlorite solution may be effected by suspending the dye, which has been treated with sulphuric acid, in a salt solution and passing an electric current. The products dye cotton orange tints.