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Patent GB-190626200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Perforating, to Safeguard Cheques and for other purposes.
Inventor: BARNES ERNEST ALFRED
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 26,200. Barnes, E. A. Nov. 19. Punching-pliers. - A device for perforating cheques, scrip, &c. so as to prevent fraudulent alteration, but also applicable to punching generally, consists of a hand-punch which is adapted to form double rows of perforations as t, Fig. 9, and single rows as v, u, w, the perforations being so formed that each word or amount written on a cheque is closely surrounded by perforations so arranged that the writing on the cheque cannot be altered without detection. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the jaws a, b of the punch have a parallel motion, and the lower jaw b is formed with two rows of punches e, the end ones i of one row of which are longer than the others. The jaw a is formed with slits c, d, and, when a double row of perforationst is to be formed, the cheque is placed in the slit c and all the punches act on the paper. If, however, a small single row of perforations as v, u, w is to be made, the cheque is placed in the slit d and only the punches i arc operative. The parts of the jaw a are formed with holes through which the punches work, and the jaw a may be divided into two parts instead of three. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the jaws and punches are arranged as shown, and a double row of perforations can be punched by the punches e, i, of unequal length, but when a slide k is moved so as to engage a projection m on the upper handle, only the punches i are operative and a single row may be punched. The jaws a, bare kept apart by springs, and the jaws are so formed that the paper not to be acted on may be curled up into a recess j. In a further modification, Fig. 6, the punches e are arranged transversely to the hinged jaws a, b, and these punches form the double row of perforations. The single row of punches is arranged above the jaw b, and these punches coact with holes on a spring arm o. This form is adapted to facilitate perforating parts remote from the edges of the paper. Variations may be made in the three forms of construction shown by adapting the features of one modification to the construction of another modification; for example, the spring arm o, Fig. 6, may be applied to the arm a, Fig. 4. The punches used may be adjustable.
Patent GB-190627993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Expanding Cutters or Tool-bars for use in Boring, Drilling, and the like Machines.
Inventor: WESTWOOD JOSEPH THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-08
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 27,993. Westwood, J. T., and Jones, W, L. Dec. 8. Boring.-Boring- bars have cutters 4, 5, Fig. 1, of wedge shape, as shown, to slide against one another for expansion and contraction in a slot of the bar as controlled by a cam 9, turning on a bearing 10 slightly adjustable on a fixed pin 11 to provide for locking by wedges 14 and a screw 15. A spring 16 releases the cutters when the wedges are slackened. Two cams may be used, one for each cutter ; or a sliding cam may be used instead of a rotary one.
Patent GB-190628302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: YATES WALSH
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 28,302. Yates, D. W.. Crompton, W. H., and Radcliffe, F. Dec. 12. Tyres, pneumatic. -Inner tubes of tyres, for the wheels of motor - cars, motor - omnibuses, cabs, carriages, cycles, &c., are woven in tubular form, shaped to fit the wheels. The warp threads a, Fig. 1, are arranged to lie gradually closer together at the outer periphery b than at the inner - periphery c of the tube, while, on account of the curvature of the tube, the weft threads d lie closer together at the inner periphery than at the outer periphery, so that the meshes e are practically equal in size and the strength of the tube is uniform. The tube is coated with india-rubber and vulcanized, or otherwise made air-tight. The outer covers may be woven similarly and afterwards cut open, or they may be woven open in a similar manner, the parts b, Fig. 3, being- longer than the parts c, and straight or other suitable portions n being woven at each side to overlap for the beaded edges of the covers. The inner tubes may also be woven open, and afterwards stitched or otherwise secured together.
Patent GB-190701964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Suspending Apparatus for Mining Cages and other similar purposes.
Inventor: HENRARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 1964. Henrard, S. Jan. 25. Safety suspending- apparatus for mining-cages &c, of the type in which the tightening of the brake blocks when the cable breaks is effected by right and left handed screws, comprises means for rotating these screws through worm gearing by thrusting a friction roller into contact with the guides. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 a sectional plan of the mechanism; Fig. 3 shows the suspending- device. The brake blocks 2, mounted on each side of the guide-rail 3, are engaged by right and left hand screws on the spindle 9, which also carries on a feather key a worm-wheel 10 engaging a worm 11. The shaft 15 of the worm carries a friction disk 16 arranged close to the guide-rail 3, and is mounted to slide in slots in the framing. A rod 20 engages at one end with the shaft 15 by means of a fork 21, and carries at the other end a roller 27 kept in its normal position by a projection 29 on a vertical bar 28. The upper end of this bar has a pin-andslot connexion with a pivoted lever 39, Fig. 3, the other end of which is connected to the draw-bar 34. In the event of the hoisting-rope breaking, the draw-bar is depressed by the spring 38, so that the bar 28 is raised, thus releasing the rod 20 and allowing the spring 25 to press this rod to the left. The roller 16 contacts with the guide, and rotates the worm and worm-wheel so that the brake blocks tightly grip the guide-rail and sustain the cage. The compression of the spring 38 is limited by the engagement of a flange on the draw-bar with a fixed ring 40. After the operation of the device, the brakes are released by rotating the shaft 15 by means of a spanner &c.
Patent GB-190702360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Shaft Couplings.
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2360. Daimler-Motoren-Ges. Feb. 17, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Universal joints.-A universal joint, devised to transmit end thrust, and shown applied in the motor shaft of a vehicle, comprises a flange f on one shaft end b having universal movement upon globular sleeves g carried by bolts h connecting flanges d, i, which form an enclosing member fixed on the other shaft end a<1>. A central bearing is provided by a thrust bolt l, which is retained against a plate m by a ball-and-socket bearing c between the boss of the flange f and the central aperture of the cover d.
Patent GB-190703099-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Ladies' Hatpins.
Inventor: PHIPPS ALICE MAUDE NELSON
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 3099. Phipps, A. M. N. Feb. 7. Pins, dress and like.- A point-protector consists of a socket C combined with an ornamental wire scroll, which grips the pointaof the pin between two of its convolutions d'. The socket C may be formed by bending the ends of the wire into a close helix.
Patent GB-190705132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Teaching Gunnery.
Inventor: CALDERARA MARCO
Filed: 1907-03-02
Granted: 1908-03-02
Abstract: 5132. Calderara, M. March 3,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Ordnance, adapting for mini at u r -ammunition practice. - The target is held at the end of an arm C of the section shown in Fig. 6 which is universally pivoted at E and is con nected with a lever D by a spherical joint G. The lever is pivoted on a slide H which is horizontally movable by a screw U fitted with a band-wheel W. The short arm of the lever D enters a slot in an exchangeable guideplate L, Fig. 7. The travel of the slide H can be controlled by the sound of a pawl passing over the teeth of a wheel Y on the screw. The target proper p is attached to a drum o which is carried by a trolly M movable on the arm C. The firing- tube A<1> is universally pivoted on the gun for purposes of adjustment. To provide practice at a target in which the speed and range are continually varying, a target f is employed. Its supporting rod e is square in section and passes through the drum o so that the target rotates when the drum is rotated. Adjustably secured to the parts shown in Fig. 2 are wires d<1>, h, the latter being attached to the horizontal portion of the rod e and the former to the drum o. The trolly is first run out to the end of the arm C by the wire h, which is then secured as previously described. Subsequent movement of the arm C causes the drum o to rotate against the action of its internal spring, and the target is similarly raised and lowered by the action of the cord h and a spring g. At night luminous aim points are employed.
Patent GB-190705351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receiving Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy
Inventor: PIERCE GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 5351. Pierce, G. W. March 16,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-Relates to means for effecting sharp tuning in wireless telegraphy, and for safeguarding against interference from sources to which the receiving-apparatus is not tuned. Provision is also made for securing dull resonance when the operator is awaiting signals of unknown periodicity. The wave-detector circuit is inductively coupled with the antenna circuit by a transformer L<2>, L<3>, the number of turns in both coils being variable. A loop circuit is formed by the addition of a condenser C<2> of variable capacity. The inductance L' in series with the antenna is also variable. The condenser C<2> may be cut out by means of the switch S' to reduce sharpness of tuning. If the switch S' is turned over into the left-hand position, the wave detector R receives oscillations directly through the coil L<2>, as well as inductively through the coil L<3>. The adjustment may be such that undesired signals produce primary and induced currents of such strength and phase relationship as to neutralize one another, whereas currents produced by the signals to be received are not so neutralized in their effect. Dull resonance may be produced by opening the switch S' when the switch S' is in the left-band position, thus cutting out the secondary coil L<3> altogether. The wire H may terminate in an artificial capacity to be used instead of the earth connexion, or may lead off horizontally for a suitable distance and then connect to a wire leading to some point on the antenna.
Patent GB-190709548-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Substantive Red Dyestuffs.
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 9548. Farbwerke v o r m. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning. April 25, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyes, artificial.-Yellow-red to blue-red substantive dye-stuffs are made by coupling 2 : 5 : 7- aminonaphthol sulphonic acid, or a derivative thereof acidylated in the amino group, or one of the unsymmetrical thiourea derivatives described in Specification No. 7250, A.D. 1901, with a diazotized dye-stuff obtained by combining p- or m-aminobenzoyl - 2 : 5 : 7 - aminonaphtbol sulphonic acid with a diazo body, such as aniline, or its homologues, or their carboxylic or sulphonic acids, or the analogous compounds of the naphthalene series.
Patent GB-190714797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boxed Electric Switches, Fuses and the like.
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 14,797. Veritys, Ltd., and Gott, A. E. June 27. Insulators.-In electric switches, fuses, &c. enclosed in conducting-boxes, the electrical portions and the lead openings are insulated by the use of a single insulator having two or more hollow bosses rigidly attached to, or formed upon, the main insulator and projecting into the lead openings. They may be disposed in any manner necessary to enter the lead openings. The whole insulator is of such size as to admit of inserting the bosses into the lead openings from within the box. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a double-pole boxed switch ; the lead openings i<2> in the metal box i are insulated by hollow bosses j formed on the one piece insulating-bases f, g.
Patent GB-190715343-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Viewing Small Scale Maps.
Inventor: DONISTHORPE EDMUND SEAL
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 15,343. Donisthorpe, E. S. July 3. Reading-glasses.-Apparatus for viewing transparent small-scale maps consists of a box or frame a fitted with a fixed lens-holder b and a movable map - holder d, adjustable in two directions at right-angles, on a scale c.
Patent GB-190719711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Step Ladders.
Inventor: KOUES FRANK BLEECKER
Filed: 1907-09-03
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 19,711. Koues, F. B. Sept. 3. Ladders.-The steps of a folding step-ladder are hinged to bars pivoted to the ladder sides, on which also the braces are pivotally mounted. One member of each pair of braces is divided and the parts are secured by slotted connexions as 27, 28, Fig. 1. The hinge 17 connecting one end of a step 11 to its supporting-bar 10, Fig. 8, has its members connected by a sliding joint, so that the step may move lengthways of the supporting bar when the ladder is adjusted. Below the other end of the step, bars 8, 9, Fig. 5, connect the ladder sides ; a diagonal brace 13 affords a universal joint between the step and the bar 9, the pivotal axes 14, 15 being at right-angles. As a modification, a ball- and-socket joint may be used. The back legs 6 are connected to the rear sides of the ladder by interlocking braces 34. To fold the ladder, all the sectional braces are unlocked, and the legs 6 and ladder sides are moved relatively to one another in a vertical plane, when by means of the hinged joints, the ladder then assumes the form shown in Fig. 5. To set up the ladder from the collapsed form, the opposite pairs of the ladder sides are swung apart until the ends of the steps rest upon the supporting-bars ; the steps are then clamped securely between the ladder sides by the movement of the ladder sides from the vertical to the rearwardly inclined position shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190723400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Toothed Wheel Moulding Machines.
Inventor: TEIKE GUSTAV
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 23,400. Teike, G. Oct. 23. Moulding.-In a machine for the segmental moulding of toothed wheels, the pattern is carried by an arm consisting of graduated bars adjustable in a sleeve on the central standard. The pattern may. move vertically on its support, or in smaller machines the sleeve rises and falls on the standard. A guide ring carried by the standard is grooved on its top surface and graduated with a table giving the divisions on the outer edge of the ring corresponding to whole numbers of teeth. A slide l, Figs. 5 and 6, is clamped on the ring and a slide o is spaced from it, by the aid of a vernier, a micrometer screw q, and stop p, a distance corresponding to the division of one tooth. The hook stop r is adjusted against the stop p, and the micrometer screw turned back. A step-by-step movement of the two slides then enables the division to be carried out, an arm from the sleeve carrying the pattern embracing the ring and engaging the slide o.
Patent GB-190723462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fish Hooks.
Filed: 1907-10-24
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 23,462. Milward & Sons, H., and Ashford, C. H. L. Oct. 24. Fish - hooks are provided with one or more coils a at the bend between the shank b and barb c of the hook, the coils being g approximately in the same vertical plane as the hook barb and shaft, and acting as springs.
Patent GB-190800671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Miners' Safety Lamps
Inventor: THOMAS THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-11
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 671. Thomas, T. J. Jan. 11. Miners' safety lamps.-A safety lamp especially adapted for detecting explosive gases is fitted with an additional gauze e, which may be raised above the flame when the lamp is used for lighting purposes. The gauze e is cylindrical, and is actuated by a screwed rod a, which engages a projection e<2> inside a tube on a bracket e' fixed to the gauze e. The cylinder is prevented from rotation by a vertical guide f, which engages a bracket e<3> on the gauze. The ordinary gauze is used in addition to the gauze e. The rod a passes through a tube b, and is provided with an actuating-disk d connected to it by means of a cotter d<1>, which may be withdrawn when the gauze e is to be removed to allow the lamp to be trimmed or cleaned. A groove c<2> around the wick-tube receives the lower end of the gauze e when in the testing position.
Patent GB-190803028-A (GB)
Title: Heating Radiator
Inventor: WALKER JOHN MEIKLEJOHN
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3028. Walker, J. M. Feb. 11. Heating buildings &c.-Steam or hot water enters the radiator at H and is caused by a V -shaped deflector K to flow in equal streams through the annular space between outer tubes A and air-tubes D connecting the headers C, G. The outer tubes A are corrugated eccentrically in such a manner that their inner sides B ara plain, and the corrugations gradually increase in depth to a maximum on their outer sides. The radiator may be cast in one piece, and more than one can be used in series.
Patent GB-190808855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tools for Finishing Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: MALPAS CHARLES
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 8855. Malpas, C. April 23. Burnishing; ornamenting.-Finishing-tools comprising a number of parts such as a burnishing- iron, a guard-disk, and a seat-wheel or stitch-wheel have this wheel mounted between ball bearings so that it may be adjusted to compensate for wear. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a burnisher 1, preferably circular, is clamped to a tool-holder 4 by means of a headed screw 3 and a locking-nut and washer 12. Between the head 6 and the burnishing-tool 1 a stitch-wheel 5 is mounted, grooves being arranged in the underside of the head 6, in both sides of the stitch-wheel, and in the face or end of the burnishing-tool, to form races for two sets of balls. The wear between the relatively moving parts may be taken up by slacking the nut 12 and screwing in the screw 3 as necessary. Fig. 3 shows a combined tool for a finishing-machine, the burnisher 1 having a screwed and bored stem 13, on which a flange 14 and a lock-nut 15 are screwed to provide for the adjustment of the stitch-wheel 5. The bore 16 is adapted for attaching the tool to the spindle of an edge-setting machine. The invention is also described as applied to a combined seat-wheel and burnisher, the seat-wheel being arranged between a guarddisk or seat-iron and an adjustable burnishing- tool, somewhat as shown in Fig. 3. The invention may be applied to either vibratory or rotary tools. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 23,072, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190809590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Locks
Inventor: BEVAN WILLIAM REES
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1909-05-03
Abstract: 9590. Bevan, W. R., Blackmore, A., Harvie, W. J., Morley, D. T., and Watney, W. S. May 2. Locking nuts.-A nut is locked to a bolt by a spring pawl comprising a roller b, which is inserted in a tapered slot a in the nut and is pressed into the narrow end of the slot and against the bolt by a helical spring e, Fig. 5, inserted in a bore c in the nut. The roller may be grooved in a manner corresponding to the threads of the bolt. The outer end of the bore c is threaded to receive a screw d, by means of which the roller may be forced to the wide end of the slot a to release the nut. More than one roller b and slot a may be used, and a similar roller h may be arranged to prevent rotation in the reverse direction. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the spring e is replaced by a bent leaf spring m, retained in position by a ledge 1 and a cap 2. The spring m may be of such form as to provide a bearing- surface for the roller. The roller may consist of several sections mounted on a wire, and the wire may be bent at one or both ends to constitute the spring. In place of the screw d, an opening may be provided to receive a pointed instrument for the purpose of releasing the roller. The slot c may be so inclined that the head of the screw d is adjacent to the upper face of the nut.
Patent GB-190817165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Decorticating or Scutching Machines.
Inventor: ALISON GEOFFRY RICHARD
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 17,165. Alison, G. R. Aug. 14. Decorticating sisal or sanseviera; scutching-apparatus.-Relates to a machine of the type in which, after a portion of the length of the fibre has been scutched upon a board, the tail end of the fibre is thrown by the scutching-wheel against a second scutching-board. According to the present invention, the board upon which the forward end of the fibre is scutched is made flat, so that the fibre is not bent. The fibre is fed through the crushing- rollers F and feed-rollers D to the rollers E, and is scutched on the flat table by the wheel G having radially adjustable blades G<1> until the end of the fibre leaves the rollers D. The unscutched portion b, b<1>, which is preferably made as short as possible, is then carried by the wheel on to the scutching- board H, the roller E drawing the fibre along.
Patent GB-190821251-A (GB)
Title: Device for Generating Carbonic Acid, more particularly for Carbonic Acid Baths and the like.
Inventor: SCHMOTTER CARL
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 21,251. Schmotter, C. Oct. 8. Carbonic acid for baths and compresses is generated from carbonates or bicarbonates on the one hand and acid salts or fixed salts on the other, which are enclosed in alternate blotting - paper bags 1 ... 8. These have perforations 12, and are enclosed in an outer linen case 9 with loops 10, 11 for the feet so that the device may be held under the surface of the water.
Patent GB-190824847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Digging Potatoes.
Inventor: STANGELAND JOHN PEDERSEN
Filed: 1908-11-18
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 24,847. Stangeland, J. P. Nov. 18. Conveyers.-In a machine for digging potatoes &c. the tubers &c. are taken from a box 7 behind the share and delivered into a wheeled receptacle 17 at the back of the machine by rotary rollers or shafts 8 each provided with two rows of straight arms 9 arranged diametrically opposite to one another, the arms of each roller being at right-angles to those of the next and working between them. The rollers 8 are connected by cranks 14 and a connecting-rod 13, and aro driven by spur gearing 10, 11, 12.
Patent GB-190828112-A (GB)
Title: Process for Separating Carbonic Acid from Carbonic Acid Containing Gas Mixtures.
Inventor: BEHRENS JOHANN GOTTLIEB
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 28,112. Behrens, J. G. Dec. 24. Liquefying.-In a process for separating liquid carbonic acid from gaseous mixtures (such, for instance, as the gases escaping from coke fires, motors, kilns, &c.) by liquefaction under pressure accompanied by cooling by means of the expansion of the unliquefied gases, a separate supply of pure carbonic acid is employed as an auxiliary cooling- agent and as an intermediary agent for preventing over-cooling of the compressed gas, and the consequent clogging of the apparatus with carbonic-acid snow. Compressed gas is cooled while passing through a chamber a, and deposits liquid carbonic acid in a chamber d. The unliquefied portion is expanded in stages in a turbine e and reheated between the stages of expansion by passing through coils 1 in an outer chamber c containing alcohol, thereby cooling the compressed gas in the chamber a. The separate supply of liquid carbonic acid is furnished by a plant comprising a compressor and condenser, not shown, and is supplied to the intermediate chamber b. Any solidification due to over-cooling takes place in the chamber b instead of the chamber a and thus does not cause a stoppage of the working.