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Patent GB-190800261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Hollow Rubber Articles.
Inventor: GLEASON FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-04
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 261. Gleason, F. J. Jan. 4. Balls; billiards. - Hollow rubber articles, such as cushions for billiard tables, balls, &c. are made seamless by winding or placing the rubber about a solid core fusible at a temperature below that destructive to rubber. The rubber is heated to vulcanize it, and the molten core is removed through an aperture left for that purpose. The core may consist of bismuth 5 parts, tin 3 parts, and lead 2 parts by weight. The method is illustrated as applied to the manufacture of a bicycle tyre. On a core a is wound a strip b of rubber, preferably vulcanized ; over this canvas c is wound and then further layers d of rubber, preferably green, and canvas or other material as required. Before winding on the first layer, a steel tube is placed in position to serve as a valve tube. The article is placed in moulds f, f<1> and vulcanized, and the fused core is then withdrawn through the valve tube by means, for example, of a siphon. In manufacturing balls &c., it is necessary to puncture the article to remove the core.
Patent GB-190807933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Billiard Tables.
Inventor: COLE THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 7933. Cole, T. H. April 9. Billiards.-A billiard table has inclined ways in connexion with the pockets, and means for controlling the ways so that pocketed balls can be delivered at either end of the table. The pockets a, b at the ends of the table are provided with inclined ways e, f leading to an inclined way j, which runs to the opposite end of the table and terminates in a rack n for the balls. At the junction of the ways e, f, a switch v, w is placed for retaining the balls on the ways or allowing them to pass into the way j. The middle pockets o, p are provided with similar inclined ways q, r leading to a switch box at the centre of the table, where they join two oppositely-inclined ways s, t leading to the end of the table. All the switches are operated by a longitudinal rod u sliding in the framework of the table and manipulated by means of handles 22. The switches for the ways e, f comprise bars v, w secured to the bar u and normally obstructing the ways e, f respectively. By partly rotating the rod u, one or other of the bars is raised and permits the balls to pass into the way j. At the junction of the ways q, r, s, t, a ridge 9 is formed; and on this ridge the balls are retained by the switches 14. Each switch comprises a bell-crank lever pivoted on a knife-edge 13 and having one arm engaged by a segment 17 secured to the rod u. When the rod is moved longitudinally, one of the switches is raised by a segment 17 and permits the balls to run to that end of the table towards which the rod is moved. The rod may be returned to its central position by springs. The switches may also be operated from the sides of the table by means of a transverse rod 49 having a ball-ended lug 50, which engages a cup 51 secured to the rod u. Thus by rotating or sliding the rod 49, the switches may be operated. The switches may also be operated from a distance by means of a rod carried under the floor and having right-angled extensions projecting upwards through the floor. Wires may also be used for the extension system, as shown in Fig. 10. A four-armed member 60, supported on a point bearing 61, is connected by wires 63 with a similar member 64, which is supported on a point bearing 65 and is rocked by a handle 67. A spring 69 holds the gear in its normal position. The member 60 has a ball-ended arm 70 which engages in a cup 71 secured to the rod u. The switch may also be operated by electro-magnets, or by a sliding or rocking movement only of the rod u. In a modified construction, in which a sliding motion only of the rod u is employed, one set of switches is always open. The inclined ways consist of wire coils enclosing a pair of parallel wires on which the balls run.
Patent GB-190808636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Transmission Devices.
Inventor: CUMMINS RALPH
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 8636. Cummins, R. April 18. Belt gearing; belts and bands; guiding and tension arrangements.-In a power - transmission device, a belt d runs over pulleys b, c and a transverse guide e mounted in a frame a, the pulley b being adjustable to regulate the tension. The belt is driven by a power pulley g mounted on a lever l, which is pivoted at l<1> to the frame and adjusted by means of a band-screw h, or, alternatively, by means of a governor, as indicated at g<1>, arranged to relieve the pressure when the speed becomes too great. The belt is preferably of steel clad with leather or india-rubber on the side on which the power pulley works.
Patent GB-190811214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles and in Means for Stoppering the same.
Inventor: ORR MARK LOUIS
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 11,214. Orr, M. L., and Orr, F. C. May 23. Capsule closures and the like.-The mouth of a bottle is provided with an internal V-shaped annular groove 2, 5 as shown in Fig. 1, and is closed by a domed sheet-metal cap 8 furnished with a fixed or detachable lining 9 of vegetable parchment, cork, india-rubber, &c., or the latter materials faced with vegetable parchment. The lining may be turned up round the periphery of the cap either prior to the insertion of the cap or by the act of inserting it.
Patent GB-190812212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Bessemer Converters.
Inventor: STOCK GUY JAMES
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1909-09-06
Abstract: 12,212. Stock, G. J. June 5. Converters.-A converter, provided with oil or gas injectors j<1> in addition to the usual tuyeres h<1>, to enable a solid charge of pig or scrap to be melted, is used in combiuation with an economizer during the melting-operation, aud the blast is heated for use both in the melting-operation and in the subsequent conversion of the charge into steel. The trunnion standards b<1> are mounted on a turntable d<1> so that the converter may be rotated about a vertical axis. When the charge is melted, the converter is turned up and away from the hotblast stove and the oil-supply cut off. Hot air is supplied to the tuyeres and cold air to the injectors, and the waste heat escapes into the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190812463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Drying Yarn.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1908-06-10
Granted: 1909-07-12
Abstract: 12,463. Keith, J., and Wardle, W. W. June 10. Yarns and threads, finishing and dressing.- A modification of the apparatus described in Specification Nos. 12,388 and 12,389, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Drying], is used for opening, rotating, stretching, and drying yarns &c. The hanks are suspended from poles H, Fig. 3, which are connected by chains I at the middle, leaving the ends free to receive the hanks ; the poles thus constitute endless bands B, C, which are arranged in pairs as shown in Fig. 2. Air-circulating fans, heating-coils E, and fans F for blowing fresh air into the drying-chamber are provided, the inlet of fresh air being regulated by a hinged door or doors G. Rollers K are connected with the chains and run in races L supported by brackets M carried by horizontal bars N. Brackets O in which the poles H may turn are connected to the chains and to the rollers K. The upper poles are fitted with cog-wheels P engaging directly or through wheels Q with the rack R so that they rotate as they travel. The races in which the lower rollers K travel consist in part of pairs of sections L<1> hinged at the parts l<1>, inclined blocks T being interposed between the sections of each pair. During the motion, central rollers U on the lower chain ascend the inclines t of the blocks T, tilting the hinged sections L<1> until at the summit they fall or are pulled down by springs &c. V, stretching and shaking the hanks. The hanks are afterwards kept in uniform tension by holding the parts L<x> of the lower race down by springs l<2> or weights. The chains are held in tension by means of plummerblocks W having extensions w sliding in guides w<1> on a standard W<1> and having a screw w<2> engaging in the standard.
Patent GB-190819275-A (GB)
Title: Improved Wheel and Detachable Rim for Automobiles and the like.
Inventor: PRIDE CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1908-12-05
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 19,275. Pride, C., and Michaelson, S. I. Dec. 5. Felloes or rims.-In wheels for automobiles witb detachable tyre-carrying rims having slots to engage pins on the fixed felloes, the rim is held in position on the wheel by a lock operated by the simple turning movement of a member, such as a key. The slots f. Fig. 7, in the detachable rim d are formed in plates e fixed in the latter. To attach the rim it is given first a lateral and then a circumferential movement with respect to the felloe a, in order to bring the pins c on the latter into engagement with the slots. A bolt j carried by the detachable rim is then shot to lock one of the pins in its slot. In a modification the locking- means comprises a bolt j<1>, Figs. 8 and 9, adapted to slide on a pin s, when the latter is turned by a key, a lug t on the pin engaging a cam-groove in the bolt. A spring catch v engages in one or other of two holes w in the bolt to hold it in its extreme positions. The wheel is provided with a flange h on the inside and the detachable rim with a flange g on the outside. To relieve the locking-bolt from the driving strain, set screws may be passed radially through the felloe to enter the detachable rim, or one or more spring-pressed studs l, Fig. 4, carried by the detachable rim, may be used for this purpose. Each such stud has a handle m and a camsurface to engage a similar surface on a block o to enable the stud to be withdrawn. To facilitate removal of the tyre from the rim, the latter may have gaps r in its side flanges q.
Patent GB-190823901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speed Governors for Motors.
Filed: 1908-11-07
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 2 3, 9 0 1. Etablissements de Dion- Bouton (Soc. Anon.). April 23, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, governing. The engine speed is controlled by the movement of a plate 6 carrying vanes 8, which is rotatably mounted within the casing of a centrifugal pump comprising a plate 2 carrying vanes 3 inclined to lines set off from the centre of the plate to the tips of the vanes. The pump is driven by the engine to circulate the cooling-water. The motion of the plate 6 is opposed by a spring 9, one end of which is fastened to a lever 10, fast on the shaft 7 which carries the plate 6, and the other end to a hand-lever 11 secured on the boss 12 of the pump casing by a set-screw 13. The plate 6 operates the throttle valve or the.like through the lever 10. When the set-screw 13 is loosened, the lever 11, and consequently the lever 10, may be operated by hand.
Patent GB-190900199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Blinds or Awnings.
Inventor: MROKOWSKI STEFAN
IPC: E06B9/92
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 199. Mrokowski, S. Jan. 4. Window blinds.- In outside roller blinds of the kind in which guides for the sides of the blind can be swung outwards about pivots at their upper ends so as to form a shop or sun blind or awning, the guides are in all positions positively connected to the means for adjusting them, so that they are not moved by the action of the wind or other cause. In the arrangement shown, the guides 4 for the blind 2 are moved by screws 14 operated from inside the'shop by means of a crank handle 23, chains 18, and wheels 16, 20. The roller 1 is arranged in a casing 3 at the top of the window, and its spindle is provided with ball bearings and supported in a bearing-block 8, Fig. 6, which is adjustable by means of a screw 7 in a groove 6 in an end bracket 5, so that the block may be brought opposite a slot 9, through which the spindle is dropped into the beating. The guides 4 are F-shaped in section and are pivoted in inclined slots 11 in the end brackets 5. When the guides are in the vertical position, the blind is prevented from moving up-and-down by a roller 34 having a spindle sliding in an horizontal slot 32 in a fitting 27 carried by the guide 4, the roller being pressed against the blind material by a projection 40 on the casing 17 for the wheel 16. The roller 34 is released by operating the screw 14 to a sufficient extent, and the blind can then be adjusted and the screw retracted. The screw 14 is provided with a bolt 30 sliding in an inclined slot 29 in the fitting 27. As the guide is raised by the screw, the slot becomes more nearly horizontal, and the bolt 30 moves to the outward end of the slot and presses a roller 31, mounted on the bolt, against the blind material so as to prevent adjustment of the length of the blind. The blind can only be adjusted by retracting the screw until the roller 31 no longer presses on the blind. When the guides 4 are drawn down to the vertical position, their pivots are slightly raised in the inclined surfaces 11 of the end brackets 5, and a hook 13 on a bottom rail 12 connecting the two guides is lifted so as to engage behind a fitting 41 on the window. In this position the guides are prevented from being accidentally displaced. The chain 18 connecting the wheels 16 with the operating-wheel 20, Fig. 5, may be pressed by a small screw 42 into a recess 43 in the chain guideway so as to prevent unauthorized movement of the blind. In the vertical position of the guides, the blind may act as a shutter. The guides may be stayed in the raised position by chains 38 connected to the window frame.
Patent GB-190901423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bearings for the Yarn Spindles of Spinning Machines.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: D01H7/04
Filed: 1909-01-20
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1423. Lake, H. W., [Amerikanische Tubular- Separatoren Werke Ges.]. Jan. 20. Ball bearings for spinning-machine spindles. The upper bearing consists of a ring a, having a tubular extension d by which it is mounted in the rail, and a ring b on the spindle, and between these rings the balls c are arranged. A cap e, provided with a lubricating-hole closed by a spring cover f, is fixed to the ring a by screws g. In the footstep bearing, the balls k are arranged between the step h and an interchangeable bearing-bush i secured to the spindle ; the bush bears horizontally on the balls so that there is no lateral pressure. In . a modification, the interchangeable bush bears obliquely on the balls. A protecting-cap l may be used. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 3667/00, 13,198/05, 5985/06, 1008/08, and 11,676/08, [all in Class 120, Spinning]. ,
Patent GB-190904122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Alternating Current Arc Lamps.
Inventor: KOERTING MAX
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-02-19
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 4122. K÷rting, M. Feb. 19. Arc lamps.-In an alternating-current lamp, a movable armature e is encircled by one or more conducting rings g or closed windings, to damp its movements. In the arrangement shown, two armatures arranged between the poles of series and shunt electro-magnets a are carried by a rocking frame d, to which is attached a detent for clock-work. Both armatures may be provided with rings, but if only one ring is used, it is preferably applied to the armature of the series electro-magnet, and may consist of part of the frame d.
Patent GB-190904915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: KENYON REGINALD
IPC: B60C11/18
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 4915. Kenyon, R. March 1. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces. - Non-skid tyres having outwardly - projecting treads a<2>, which may be of hard material, are provided with insertions c of resilient material, preferably formed with air cavities, in order to allow the edges of the treads to yield freely. The treads are concave and provided with circumferential grooves b, which may in some cases be bridged at intervals by cross-ribs. The treads may be provided with studs d.
Patent GB-190906372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding or Sharpening Machines.
Inventor: AYER ALBERT EDGERTON
IPC: B24B3/02
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 6372. Ayer, A. E. March 23, 1908, [Convention date]. Cutting-edges, shaping and treating.-A grinding- machine, specially adapted for grinding the knives of a rotary cutter, such as is used for trimming the edges of the soles and heels of boots, is constructed with a grinding-wheel a mounted in bearings in the frame c, and a carrier slide 17 with bearings 16 carrying a shaft 15 upon which is mounted the rotary cutter 10.. The knives 12 of the cutter are brought one by one into engagement with the flat surface of the grinding-wheel a by the longitudinal movement of the carrier 17, and each knife is backed up while being ground by a thumb-screw gauge 35 adjustable in an arm of a lever 38. The lever 38 is pivoted to the carrier 17 at 39, and is urged backwards against an adjustable stop 45 by a spring 42. The gauge 35 ensures that all the knives are ground to the same extent, and, when the cutter is withdrawn from the grinding-wheel by means of the handle 30, the lever 38 is arrested by a stop 55, and leaves the cutter free to be turned to present another knife for grinding. The slide 18, upon which the carrier 17 slides, is pivoted at 20 and is adjusted about the pivot by means of screws 25, 26.
Patent GB-190926030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grinding Machines.
Inventor: ROCKWELL ALBERT FENIMORE
IPC: B24B11/06
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 26,030. Rockwell, A. F. Nov. 10. Balls, shaping and surfacing.-Relates to ballgrinding machines of the type in which a concentrically grooved grinding-disk is used in conjunction with a concentrically grooved stationary disk, in which is an interruption containing inclined shunting-grooves to guide the balls from a pair of concentric grooves to an adjacent pair. The inclined shunting - grooves are constituted by closed conduits formed as perforations in the body of the stationary disk or in a block E, which is received in a radial recess in the disk. The balls to be ground are delivered to the machine through an aperture F<1>, whence they pass down the inclined tube F to the innermost groove C, from which they travel during grinding in circular paths of increasing diameter until they again reach the aperture F<1>; there may be delivered by the collecting-device G, or may again pass down the feed duct F into the machine.
Patent GB-190926041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: SLEE JOHN
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 26,041. Slee, J. Nov. 10. [Cognate Application, 2825/10.] Movable-abutment type having outwardlysliding abutments operating as cut-off valves. Oval rotors b, c, d, each angularly advanced with respect to its neighbour, are keyed to a shaft a in high, medium, and low pressure working-chambers respectively. Each working- chamber is provided with a pair of abutments 11, which are pressed against the pistons by springs 13 and by working-fluid which is admitted behind plungers 16 secured to the abutments. Perforations 24 in the inactive portions of the abutments serve to lighten them and to equalize the pressure of leakage fluid on the two faces of the abutments. Valve-gear; working-fluid supply.-To each abutment is secured a cup 14 which controls the admission of working-fluid through conical nozzles 19 communicating with an inlet pipe m. A port 21 in the abutment admits the fluid at the proper intervals to passages 10 through spring-pressed pieces 22 provided with ports which may taper so as to wire-draw the fluid. A series of plug valves 2, which may be reversed by a single lever 3, regulates the admission from the passages 10 to one or other of the passages 8 arranged above and below the abutments, exhaust taking place through conduits 9 to the several boxes x, y, z and the conduits u, v. Packing drums and abutments.-Each rotor is provided with spring-pressed packing-bars 25, Fig. 7, disposed at an angle to the plane of the shaft. Leakage past the edges of the abutments is reduced by providing the guides 12, Fig. 6, with projecting flanges which engage corresponding grooves in the abutments. End disks 31 are adjustably pressed against the rotors d by screws 32. Heating parts. - Steam may be admitted through the exhaust boxes for warming-up the cylinders before starting.
Patent GB-190926135-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stereoscopic Apparatus for use with Photographs.
Inventor: TOUPILLIER AUGUSTE JULES
IPC: G02B27/10
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 26,135. Toupillier, A. J. Nov. 13, 1908, [Convention date]. K i n ematograph systems. - To obtain stereoscopic pictures for photography or projection, two objectives a, a<1> are employed producing images thrown by means of totally - reflecting prisms b, b' on to an intermediatelyplaced screen c in front of the camera or projector, the images being correctly superposed on this screen.
Patent GB-190926456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Expressing the Water from Washings.
Inventor: SCHWENK ANDREAS
IPC: D06F47/02
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 26,456. Schwenk, A. Nov. 15. Wringers with direct pressure only.-An apparatus for expressing the water from washings has a perforated vessel 1, mounted on a tray 8 over the wash-tub 3, and fitted with a screwed spindle 4 having a presser 5 adapted to squeeze the washings. The vessel 1 is uniformly perforated at the bottom and sides and is provided with handles 2 to enable it to be readily removed. The tray 8 has a number of ribs 9 and is provided with a flange 10 having an opening 11 to allow the expressed water to run into the tub 3. The whole apparatus is secured to the tub by clamps 12 and a forked pin 13.
Patent GB-190927176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Exhausting and Removing Dust and other Light Matter from Carpets, Floors and the like.
Inventor: MARSH FREDERIC SIDDALL
IPC: A47L5/05
Filed: 1909-11-23
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 27,176. Marsh, F. S. Nov. 23. [Cognate Application, 7514/10.] Carpet - sweepers.-In a combined vacuum cleaner and carpet - sweeper, the exhausting device and a rotary brush are driven from the supporting-wheels. In one form, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, a receptacle a contains the exhausting-device b, and is supported by two pairs of wheels c, d. A rod g secured to one wheel c actuates the bellows; and a spur-wheel s secured to the same wheel c gears with a pinion q and so drives the brush p, in connexion with which swivelling trays v are fitted.
Patent GB-191003204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire Helmets.
Inventor: FABIAN GEORGE
IPC: A62B18/04
Filed: 1910-02-09
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 3204. Fabian, G. Feb. 9. Respirators. - Relates to a combined firehelmet and inflatable waterproof coat of the kind used to protect the wearer from the heat of a fire by a layer of air. The discharge of air supplied to the helmet A, Fig. 1, and coat G is controlled as desired, by adjustment of the waist-belt L, and the helmet is provided with an outer casing A, Fig. 4, and an inner casing B, the space between being in communication with the air-supply pipe C, Fig. 1, so that some of the air passes through such space and escapes through holes E at the top. A telephonic cable M has sufficient slack to enable one wire N' to be connected with a receiver N, and the other P<1> with a transmitter P, capable of being fitted to the fireman before the helmet and coat are placed in position.
Patent GB-191003555-A (GB)
Title: A New Hypodermic Syringe Needle Holder.
Inventor: APPLEBY FREDERICK
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 3555. Appleby, F. Feb. 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Syringes.-The needlecarrier B of an hypodermic syringe E is branched so as to enable injections to be made through t w o needles simultaneously. T h e carrier may be straight, as shown in Fig. 1, or curved, as shown in Fig. 2.