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Patent GB-190702899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Bunch Making Machinery.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 2899. Ransford, R. B., [International Cigar Machinery Co.]. Feb. 5. Cigars.-In a maching of the wrapping-apron type, cigar bunches are made independently of a mould, and the filler is chiefly composed of lengths of tobacco leaf equal in length to the cigar bunch, one or more shorter sections of leaf being superimposed to enable the bunch to be shaped correctly. The tobacco leaves, arranged on the table 11 with their tips in register, are fed by the belts 8 to the cutters 4, 5, 6, which have their cutting-edges formed to present salient and reentrant angles in order to notch the edg s of the filler. The main filler length or section is cut by the knives 4, 5, one of the short forming-sections by the knives 5, 6, while the remaining section is composed of the cut-off tips lying beyond the knife 6. From this point, the three streams of tobacco are carried by belts along converging channels and are superimposed upon one another on a belt 13, Fig. 11, at a point beneath the shaft 24, Fig. 3. The tobacco is fed along the belt 13 into the charge receiver or carrier by means of reciprocating fingers 37 which work through a grid. These fingers derive their forward motion from an adjustably weighted lever 52 while a vertical rocking motion to engage and disengage the tobacco is given by means of an arm 44 and connecting-rod 45, the fingers being returned to their starting position by means of a suitablyoperated bell-crank lever 53. The charge receiver or carrier is formed on a side 50 and is closed by a spring-pressed hinged plate 57. The tobacco in the carrier is first severed from the main body thereof by means of a knife 67 operated through a rack 69 and segment 70 mounted on a shaft 63 ; the charge is then ejected by a plunger 60, which moves downwards and forces the charge into the pocket of the apron 76 where it is rolled and wrapped in the binder. The bunch is trimmed by knives 79 which co-operate with knives carried by the frame. The binders may be automatically transferred to the rolling-apron from the table 81 by means of a pair of grippers 82, which are carried on a swinging arm 83 pivoted at 84 and operated by means of a cam, the opening and closing of the grippers being effected by means of a cam track 85, Fig. 5. The cutting and assembling devices may be automatically controlled by means of the variation of the travel of the feedfingers 37 due to the pressure of the mass of tobacco. The shaft 7 is driven through a ratchet- and-pawl arrangement, the teeth of the ratchet being provided with a shield which is controlled from the feeding-fingers 37 so that more or fewer teeth of the ratchet may be operated by the pawl. At starting &c., the shaft 7 can be operated by means of a treadle and a separate ratchet and pawl.
Patent GB-190704684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Sheet-piling.
Inventor: FRIESTEDT ARTHUR ALVIN
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 4684. Friestedt, A. A. Feb. 26. Piles.-Sheet-piling members are interlocked by means of clips, disposed at two diagonal corners of each member Fig. 4 shows a particular form in which channels A, B, C are employed. The clip members 8, 9 are attached to the inside of the channels, and alternate members are 'rights' ahd 'lefts' as regards the disposition of the clips. The clips shown have Z sections.
Patent GB-190706553-A (GB)
Title: Surgical Apparatus for the Administration of Anaesthetics
Inventor: PURDIE HUME
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 6553. Purdie, H. March 19. Drawings to Specification. Storing under pressure. - Capsules containing volatilo anµsthetics for use in inhaling-apparatus are covered with cotton, silk, or other material to prevent accidental breakage and to serve to regulate the escape of the anµsthetic when the capsules are broken in course of use.
Patent GB-190709655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Tyres.
Inventor: SLEE JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-25
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 9655. Slee, J. April 25. Spring wheels ; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. -In vehicle wheel tyres having rubber segments resting on a floating metal ring j, as described in Specification No. 26,316, A.D. 1906, the side walls of the segments h are provided with lips g clamped between pairs of side rings b, d, the bottoms of the segments resting on the side rings d, The side rings may be in one or more pieces. To increase the resilience of the segments, transverse slots are formed in the rubber ; a filling of soft rubber or other suitable material may be placed in these slots. Plates m connecting the ends of. the ring j are first bent downwards and then into a loop resting in slots in the segments as shown in Fig. 1. The rubber segments are joined together by spigot- and-socket joints o, and are prevented from transverse movement by projections p on the ring j. Shoes q attached to the metal ring embrace the webs at the ends of contiguous segments.
Patent GB-190713907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cooling Plants for Plate Glass.
Inventor: GERNAERT JULES
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 13,907. Gernaert, J. June 15. Glass furnaces.-A system of heated chambers, arranged in connexion with melting- furnaces, for gradually cooling plate glass, is adapted to effect an economy of fuel and space to allow large sheets to be cooled, and to allow each sheet to be cooled very slowly, thereby reducing the danger of breakage. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the glass is cast in a chamber 1, and is first of all cooled in five chambers 4, from which the glass is moved by means of T-shaped wood-lined metal bars, to a fire-proof platform 7, whence it is removed to an extended underground channel 3, which is supported above a series of gas-heated &c. chambers 11 and is provided with a series of inspection holes 10 closed by doors &c. From the end of the channel 3, the sheets are moved by a fire-proof elevator 8 to a store room 2 provided with a cutting-table 14. The sheets are moved in the channel 3 by means of asbestos-covered bars, which rest in grooves in the floor and are actuated by lever-operated traction rods to engage the sheets. The chambers may be shut off by screens from the pits in which the elevators 7, 8 work. In a modification, Fig. 3, the channel 3 is replaced by chambers 3<1> ... 20<1> arranged in three tiers, and the sheets are passed through the hottest ones 3<1> ... 8<1> first, and finally to the coolest 20<1>.
Patent GB-190721726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vehicle Wheels and Apparatus connected therewith.
Inventor: FERRANTI SEBASTIAN ZIANT DE
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 21,726. Ferranti, S. Z. de. Oct. 1. Felloes or rims.- A circumferentially divided rim is detachably mounted on a collapsible spoke system, such as is described in Specification No. 26,080, A.D. 1906, and is provided with means whereby the two parts can be assembled before being placed on the spokes. The two parts a, a<1>, Fig. 1, of the rim are assembled by the spokeholders b having studs d engaging holes in the rim parts ; or the holders b may be sprung over studs d carried by the rim parts, as shown in Fig. 6 ; or bosses h, Fig. 3, may be surrounded by a sleeve i. The tyre beads are secured by means of an annular member e which may be loose or integral with one part or partly with one and partly with the other part of the rim.
Patent GB-190801960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: BYNOE FREDERICK OATLEY
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 1960. Bynoe, F. O. Jan. 28. Superheaters, steam.-A superheater, intended particularly for supplying superheated steam for beating steam-heated ovens, such as described in Specification No. 5757, A.D. 1907, and for sterilizing and like purposes, consists of a number of circular or other shaped coils a of helically coiled tubing, each coil being independently connected to inlet and outlet headers or steam-pipes b, c'. In the superheater shown, the coils decrease in diameter towards the top of the furnace casing f. In a modification, the coils are connected and form a continuous helix. The tubing of the coils may gradually increase in bore towards the outlet pipe. Addition coils may be placed in the space enclosed by the main coils, and may be connected either in series or in parallel with them.
Patent GB-190804694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple-expansion Rotary Engines.
Inventor: OSTRANDER ALFRED IRVING
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1909-03-02
Abstract: 4694. Ostrander, A. I. March 2. Fixed-abutment type.-Relates to multiple-expansion engines of the type described in Specification No. 24,331, A.D. 1905, and comprises improvements in the form and disposition of the ports, valves, and conduits, and means for adjusting the relative positions of the drum and cylinder. Figs. 2 and 3 show views in vertical cross-sections taken on the lines 2-2, 3-3, respectively, of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 shows a plan. view of the two piston drums H, H<1>, which are secured to the shaft C provided with bearings B in the covers a, a<1> of a stationary casing. Adjustably secured to these covers are members G provided with hubs g<2>, which support eccentric bearings F for a rotary casing D. A differential screw device consisting of screws h<1> and sleeves h having internal and external threads enables the casing D to be brought into accurate contact with the pistons H, H'. Steam from a governor-controlled throttle valve Q<1> passes into a stationary feed-pipe I, which grips by means of fingers il a cylindrical cut-off valve K, located in the hollow part of the shaft C and provided with a port l and cut-away parts l<1>, l<2> to ensure that, at starting, steam enters one of the channels m, m<1>, which lead to the piston shoes L, L'. The steam passes through orifices o<1> in these shoes into the working chamber and exhausts by channels p, p<1> in the drum H, the outlet ports of which are crescent-shaped and register in turn with a crescentshaped orifice E<3>, formed in a wall E dividing the casing D into two cylinders. Inlet ports q, q<1> of special shape in the piston drum H<1> receive the steam from the orifice E<3>, and conduct it to the second working chamber through shoes M, M', exhaust finally taking place through channels t, t<1>, a port O, and passages O<2>, into the fixed casing and outlet O<1>. The shape and disposition of the various registering ports allow the steam to work expansively. The number of pistons and cylinders may be varied.
Patent GB-190809220-A (GB)
Title: A Traveller's Security Outfit for Preventing the Unauthorized Opening of Doors and Windows
Inventor: WHITING WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 9220. Whiting, W. G. April 28. Portable fastenings.-A case n contains a set of implements for securing doors and windows from the inside, comprising an instrument a, to be placed between the door and its frame ; a short bar g with spiked ends, which is placed in the angle between the door and the floor; and blunt screws k with squared heads, which by means of the key l are wedged between the window-rails. The instrument a has a broad end provided with teeth b, which are forced into the door-post, an arm d pivoted at the other end being then turned to bear against the door.
Patent GB-190811637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, Dyeing Machines.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 11,637. Johnson, J. Y., [Hussong Dyeing Machine Co.]. May 28. Dyeing.-Knitted goods, stockings, yarns, &c. are dyed in a machine in which the dye liquor is circulated alternately in opposite directions through the materials, which are contained in a movable cage of special construction. The vat 1 is divided into two compartments 2,3 by a vertical partition 4 arranged so that the dye liquor can be circulated by propeller wheels 8, working in openings in an horizontal partition 7 in the smaller compartment 2, over and under it and so through the materials to be treated in the cage 18, which rests on ledges 39 in the larger compartment 3. The propeller or propellers 8 have their shafts 11 driven through mitre gearing 12, 13 from a sprocket-wheel 14, an ordinary reversing arrangement being provided. The ends 20 and sides 21 of the cap 18 are solid, and the partitions 19, if used, are solid or perforated. The compartments of the cage 18 are closed top and bottom by removable or pivoted angle - metal frames 22, 23. Suitable permeable screws 24, 31 are secured to the frames by flat bars. The top frames, when in position, rest on angle-bars A attached to the end and partition plates 20, 19, being held in place by the engagement with a bar 26 on the side wall or the cage 18 of lips 25 fastened to one edge of the frame. On the other side of the frame 22 is an ordinary bolt-and-eye arrangement 29, 28. Each lower frame 23 is hinged to the cage, preferably by a hinge 30 which extends its own length. The other side of the frame 23 is supported by the flat side of a locking- bar 32, of semicircular cross-action. One of the journaled ends of this bar has attached to it, outside the cage, an arm provided with a lug which, when the arm is moved hard over so as to slightly spring the bar 32, engages with a pawl which is then kept in place by the spring of the bar. To release the frame 23, the lug is released from the pawl and the bar 32 is given a quarter-turn, allowing the frame to swing down. This form of pivoted frame may be used to close the top of the cage 18. The cage is hoisted by means of eyes or cross-bars 37 secured to angle-bars 36. The snug fit of the cage in its compartment 3 is secured by means of deflecting-plates 38 attached to its bottom. Specifications No. 19,250, A.D. 1900, and No. 15,207, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190814807-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reversible Casement Fastener.
Inventor: CROWTHER HENRY
Filed: 1908-07-13
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 14,807. Crowther, H. July 13. Casement fasteners.-The tail b<3> of a reversible casement fastener B has a circumferential groove b<3>, around which the handle D is cast loose. The handle is then free to turn about the fastener when this is reversed.
Patent GB-190823184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drilling, Boring or like Machines
Inventor: FISCHER FRIEDRICH BERNHARD
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 23,184. Fischer, F. B. Oct. 30. Tool-holders.-For ejecting the tool socket from the spindle of a drilling, boring, or like machine, a projection c, Fig. 2, is formed on the lower part of the socket and carries a loose ring d suitable for being grasped by hand. When the spindle a is raised, a loose sleeve e on it meets at its upper end a fixed bearing, (not shown) and, pressing at its lower end upon the ring d, forces the socket b out of the spindle hole. The relative motion of the sleeve and spindle is limited by a ring f.
Patent GB-190823328-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Transport for Portable Electrically Driven Pumps for Fire Brigade or for other purposes.
Inventor: STEVENS WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-02
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 23,328. Stevens, W. A. Nov. 2. Portable electrically-actuated pumps.-A two wheeled carriage for transporting electricallydriven pumps for fire-brigade or other purposes comprises a frame A consisting of two light steel girders carried on springs B. An electromotor D is connected by a coupling F to a centrifugal or other pump E. The forward part of the frame A is bent downwards, and is provided with an eye I by means of which the carriage is drawn as a trailer behind an electric or petrol-electric car, which may carry a fire-escape. In use, the trailer may be moved by hand to a position near the water supply, and its electromotor supplied with power from the electric &c. car or other source of electric supply by means of an insulated cable. On the front of the frame A is a removable bar H for manual haulage. A hose-reel G may also be carried. The trailer may be supported in an upright position by legs or supports which can be moved out of the way when not required.
Patent GB-190823393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Computing and Printing Machines.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-11-02
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 23,393. James, R. W., [Connecticut Computing Machine Co.]. Nov. 2. Calculating - apparatus. - In the printing adding and subtracting machine described in Specification No. 3761, A.D. 1905, mechanism is provided whereby the recorded items of addition and subtraction have distinguishing marks printed opposite them or are printed in different colours ; alternatively a combination of the marks and colours may be used. Means are also provided to return the adjustment means automatically to the addition position, or if desired to the subtraction position. The gear-wheel 503, the shifting of which alters the function of the machine from adding to subtracting, is moved by an arm 395 rigidly mounted on a bar 54, which can be moved longitudinally by a lever W pivoted at W<1> and connected to the shaft A by a pin W<2>, the shaft having a screw-thread B engaging a screwed hole in the machine frame. Secured to the shaft is a pin G which operates, through link-work H, I, J, K, a lever L, of which the distant slotted end engages a pin M upon a disk N, mounted on the shaft of the printing-wheels, and bearing type faces N', N<2>, N<3>, which, when in the printing line, print a total distinguishing sign, a minus sign, and a plus sign, respectively. When the crank C is pressed down to turn the shaft A, the lever L is so moved that the type face N<2> comes to the printing line. At the same time, the crank C causes the shaft A to move longitudinally, and through the lever W and bar 54 adjusts the wheel 503 to the subtraction position. The totals key 863 adjusts the machine for printing the totals by its connexion to a lever P, the upper end of which has a pin P' engaging the slot. I' of the link I. When the key is pressed, the pin P' travels to the forward end of the slot and moves the link I slightly, whereby the type face N<1> is brought into the printing line. If different colours are used, say black for the addition items and red for the subtraction items, the ribbon O is mounted in guides carried by posts Q, Q<1>, which at their lower ends engage the arms S, S<1> connected to a cross-bar T. The arm S' has a projection S<2> which rests upon a step U carried by a dependent arm v pivoted at v<1> to the disk N which is thus enabled to position the ribbon. In order to bring the machine back to the normal position, all the parts are spring-retracted ; and if it is desired to hold the machine in the subtracting position when printing a series of negative items, the crank C may be held down by a pawl and detent, or by any other means.
Patent GB-190824037-A (GB)
Title: Improved Marking Gauge.
Inventor: HUDSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 24,037. Hudson, A. Nov. 10. Tools for setting- out work.-The rod a of a marking- gauge is bored at unit intervals and is of polygonal section the number of sides being equal to, or a submultiple of, the number of parts into which the unit length is divided. Marking- points or scribers b are inserted in each face of the rod a, consecutive scribers being at a distance from each other longitudinally of the rod which is in fixed relation to the unit length. The stock c is similar in section to the rod and is provided with a hole which, when in register with one of the holes in the rod, allows a pin d to be passed through to lock the parts together. Suitable figures for guidance in using the gauge are placed upon the polygonal faces of the stock, and rod.
Patent GB-190901482-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Closing or Securing Bags, Wearing Apparel and other Articles.
Inventor: CHAFFER WILLIAM
IPC: A44B19/36
Filed: 1909-07-06
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 1482. Chaffer, W. July 6. Sliding-clasp fastenings.- In a fastening for securing the opposite edges of the flexible material of skirts, trousers, gloves, bags, &c., as described in Specification 24,782/07, [Class 43, Fastenings, Dress], in which a sliding - clasp c having lateral passages is drawn along two series of links a, b bearing hooks and eyes respectively, the last pair of links is replaced by a spring-button fastening d, e, in order that the two may be entirely separated.
Patent GB-190907539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Refrigeration and Ice Making.
Inventor: GEOGHEGAN SAMUEL
IPC: F25D31/00
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 7539. Geoghegan, S. March 30. Refrigerating, vacuum machines and processes for. -In vacuum refrigerating-apparatus for cooling water, brine, &c. the vapour is exhausted and compressed by means of a turbine or other rotary exhausting - compressor, which compresses the vapour in progressive stages, so that the temperature of saturation, corresponding to the pressure, is higher than that of the water supplied to a condenser to which the vapour passes from the compressor. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, water from the supply pipe 2 flows over trays in a chamber 1, in which a vacuum is maintained by a pump 4 in order to set free the air contained in the water. The chamber 1 may be filled with coke instead of the trays, or the water may be sprayed therein. The water then passes through a rising main 7 into a chamber 8 wherein the necessary vacuum is maintained by a turbine &c. 9. The water may fall into a vessel 10 forming ice therein ; or if brine is thus cooled it is circulated by a pump, through flow and return pipes, to a tank containing ice moulds. The compressed vapour from the turbine 9 passes to a condenser such as the barometric condenser 18. Fig. 4 shows another arrangement in which the tank 23 containing ice moulds is connected by a pipe 24 to the exhauster 9 so that the brine in the tank is cooled. The vapour from the exhauster passes into a condenser 25 and is returned by a pipe 26 to a coil 27 in the tank. A pump 28 removes the air initially contained in the water from the apparatus.
Patent GB-190907730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Bottle Cleaning Machines.
Inventor: PINDSTOFTE ANDERS ANDERSEN
IPC: B08B9/36
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 7730. Pindstofte, A. A. March 31. Bottles, cleaning.-Relates to bottle-cleaning machines in which the bottles are placed on radiating internal brushes f rotated from and revolving around a vertical shaft a. The brushes f are mounted in oscillatory bearings g carried by a frame h, which rests upon a rotating worm-wheel i. Each brush f is rotated, when a bottle is placed on it, by contact of the pinion m on the brush spindle with a friction-disk or spur-wheel l secured to the shaft a. The bottoms of the bottles are cleaned by brushes n pivotally mounted in front of the brushes f and automatically turned into and out of operative position by means of two studs 1, 2 on each brush-carrier, which are adapted to engage fixed stops p, o respectively. Guidefunnels t, also pivotally mounted in front of the brushes f, are pushed back when the bottles are placed in position and are automatically returned at the unloading point. If no bottle is placed on a brush, or if a guide-funnel is not pushed back by hand, the fixed stop p is engaged by a projection u on the guide-funnel arm and so prevents the further rotation of the frame h. The bottles may rest upon a corrugated edge which may be adjustably attached to the frame h. The bottles are brushed externally bv a rotary cylindrical brush v arranged and shaped, as shown.