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Patent GB-190626237-A (GB)
Inventor: GREG HENRY PHILIPS
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 26,237. Greg, H. P. Nov 20. Gauges.-Portable hand-blocks or devices for setting the cap-bar nebs or beatings of top rollers of drawing, slubbing, and spinning &c. machines are provided With interchangeable distance-pieces, gauges, or templets d, Fig. 2, which are mounted upon a screwed rod between centring-blocks, projecting shafts from which engage opposing nebs of the cap-bars, and a loose depending plate b engages with the front bottom or other suitable part of the roller head. The distance-pieces are preferably U-shaped, and ate provided with pins which engage slots in the centring-blocks, or vice versa, to prevent displacement; or they are formed with flats engaging the shaft as shown in Fig. 4, the centring-blocks being similarly secured, or splined, on the rod a. The parts are nipped together by a nut e, or by screwing up the handle ; or the centring-bars may be individually secured by set-screws.
Patent GB-190626256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphic Transmitters.
Inventor: WOLTERS RICHARD
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 26,256. Wolters, R. Nov. 20. Telegraphs.-Relates to a keyboard transmitter of the type in which a series of contact-pieces 1 having a face comprising insulating and conducting segments are adapted to slide across a contact-rail 2, and consists in means for effeting steady transmission of the signal independently of the rapidity of key operation. Two modifications are shown, in each of which the contact-piece 1 is formed with a finger 3 which engages with stops 4,5, by which it is moved towards or away from the bar 2, a snap spring 7 retaining it in either position. The keylever 8. Fig. 1, carries a pawl 11 which slips idly over a ratchet 13 when the key is depressed ; but on the return movement, during which the signal is transmitted, it engages therewith, thus driving a wind-vane regulator 10. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement by which the signal is transmitted during and after the depression of the key. The key-lever is divided ; one part 8 is retained on depression by a latch 17 and catch 18, allowing a spring 22 to raise the part 9, thus actuating the contact-piece 1 and driving the regulator 10. At the end of the stroke, a projection 20 on the piece 9 meeting the part 19 knocks out the latch 17. The key is thereupon returned to its normal position by a strong spring 16, which overcomes the weaker spring 22.
Patent GB-190627662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Basins.
Filed: 1906-12-05
Granted: 1907-05-21
Abstract: 27,662. Helbling, G., Deco Akt.-Ges. vorm. G. Helbling & Co., and Leeds Fireclay Co. Dec. 5. Closet basins; ventilating.-A ventilating-pipe d is formed at the back of the basin, extending from immediately below the inlet e to the end of the discharge passage c. The floor plate is made wide round the outlet, Fig. 3, and is pierced with screw holes i.
Patent GB-190709539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Color Printing Presses.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 9539. Justice, P. M., [Huber-Hodgman Printing Press Co.]. April 24. Printing in several colours.-Relates to multicolour two-revolution cylinder printing-machines, and in particular to means for driving the cylinders and to means for ensuring' correct register between the cylinders and the corresponding formes at the commencement of the printing stroke. The impression cylinders A, B are mounted in bearings in vertically-movable slides S, and between them is a transfer cylinder T mounted in stationary bearings. The cylinders are driven by a wheel a<3> which gears with a wheel a<2> on the cylinder shaft. The wheels a', b<1>, both of which are in constant gear with the wheel t<1>, are formed in two parts capable of relative circumferential movement, so that the effective width of the teeth may be adjusted to prevent back-lash. The two parts are secured together by bolt-and-slot connexions a<5>. A toothed segment secured to the cylinder A gears with a rack on the reciprocating bed to ensure correct register between this cylinder and the corresponding forme at the commencement of the printing stroke. The sheet is fed from a board H to the cylinder A, from which it is taken by the cylinder T and transferred to the cylinder B to receive a second impression. In a modification, illustrated in Fig. 5, the impression cylinders A, B are driven by the wheel t<1> on the transfer cylinder T, which gears with a wheel t<2> on a shaft t<3> driven by wheels t<7>, t<4> from the main shaft of the press. The wheel t<2> carries the segmental gear t<5>, which engages a rack t<6> on the bed to register the forme and cylinder at the commencement of the printing stroke. Mechanism such as that shown in Fig. 8 may be used for raising and lowering the cylinders. The slides S are mounted eccentrically on shafts S<2> which carry cranks S' connected together by means of links S' and a lever S<5> loose on a shaft S<6>. The shafts S<2> are rocked periodically by a gab hook S" connected to an arm S<10> which is oscillated by a cam S" on the shaft S‹. The mechanism may be tripped by manually disengaging the hook S<14> from the crank S<3>.
Patent GB-190712076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 12,076. James, R. W., [Jackson, J. H.]. May 24. Typewriters. - T y p ebars J are pivoted on a fulcrum wire K in a segment E movable on parallel links F, H for impression against a a platen B after a type-bar has been swung up so that its type-head P engages in a recess X in a shift block V on the segment. The type-head P projects laterally from the type-bar and is adjustably secured in a socket in the type-bar by means of a tapered shank and nuts or screws. The type-head is curved in a circular arc having its centre on the fulcrum wire K, and the recess X is correspondingly curved. The shift. block V is adjustable on the segment by connexions 22, 24, 25, 28 with a shift key 20. The block V and the type-head P are locked in either shift position by means of a needle 15 passing through holes in the block into seats in the type-head. The movements of the needle 15 and the segment E are effected by means of a lever 10 pivoted in a lug 18 on the segment and connected by a link 12 to the framing A and by a rod 9 to a universal bar W under the key-levers M. The type-bars J are connected by means of slots 8 and links U to cranks T pivoted on a second fulcrum wire S in the segment and connected by rods R to the key.levers M. The key-levers M, 20 are held up by springs 6, e and are limited in the downward movement by a cushion 38.
Patent GB-190712168-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Spreading Bitumen or Material of a similar Character.
Inventor: WARD JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 1 2 , 1 6 8. Ward, J., [Schutte, A. E.]. May 27. Liquids, distributing.-Consists in a hand-propelled wheeled tank and squeegee for spreading hot bitumen on roads or asphalt pavements, or for spreading thin films of material on surfaces, as in waterproofing cellars or roofs. The tank a is carried on a frame b, d and has an outlet controlled by a valve k, the operating-lever n of which is bent over at p to make frictional contact with the propelling-handle c of the frame. The outlet is followed by a flexible squeegee i of segmental or other shape which prevents the bitumen &c. from. escaping at the ends. The tank is filled, and is wheeled to the place of operation, where the valve k is opened, the wheels being meanwhile raised to bed. the squeegee on the surface to be treated so that it effects the spreading of the bitumen &c.
Patent GB-190712837-A (GB)
Title: Improved Air and Water Cooling Apparatus.
Inventor: LITTLE JOHN
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 12,837. Little, J. June 3. Scrubbers and washers. - A fan 15 forces air through the annular spaces of a rotatable drum which is mounted longitudinally in the upper part of a chamber so as to rotate partly in a tank of water situated in the lower part of the chamber. The drum is formed of separated concentric shells 4 divided radially into segments as shown in Fig. 2. The shells, which are attached to the shaft 5 by bracing-bolts 7, are also divided transversely into sections, as shown in Fig. 1. Drying-substances 17 may be arranged between the sections and in advance of the first section. Disinfectants may also be provided. The water tank is divided into compartments by double baffle-plates 10 so arranged that the outlet water from one compartment rises to the top of the next.
Patent GB-190723174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladies' Hats.
Inventor: VERSE HERMINE
Filed: 1907-10-21
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 23,174. Verse, H. Oct. 21. Hats with separate crowns and brims; feathers and the like, attaching.-A ladies' hat is made with the brim, crown, and trimmings in separate parts easily detached or put together. As shown, the brim of the hat has a stiffening-band 2 on which are a number of parts 3 of push-buttons. The crown has also a stiffening-band with the engaging parts 6, of push-buttons, whereby the crown and brim are secured together. On the crown are also parts 7 of push-buttons, concealed by the folds of the crown and adapted to engage with parts of push buttons on the trimming. In place of pushbuttons, hooks and eyes or other fastenings may be used.
Patent GB-190726580-A (GB)
Title: Steam and Combustion Product Generators for Turbines.
Inventor: DAVEY HENRY
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 26,580. Davey, H. Dec. 2. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A working fluid for actuating turbines is produced by mixing steam with part or all of the products of combustion in the furnace. A water-evaporating vessel B is provided with channels through which the products of combustion from the furnace A pass into the working- fluid chamber C, and mingle with the steam generated in the vessel B. An escape flue H is provided in the lower portion of the furnace to conduct away a portion of the products of combustion, which are denser than the steam. A feedwater-heater D in the flue H receives heat from the escaping gases. The working fluid passes from the higher part of the furnace into a turbine K and condenser L. A rotary pump M is provided for pumping fluid from the condenser to the waste flue N. A dynamo or other machine O is driven. by the turbine. A piston air-pump P, Fig. 2, is employed to pump the products of combustion after they have left the rotary pnmp M. The pump P is actuated by the steam cylinder R which is supplied from a separate boiler. The exhaust steam from the cylinder R is conducted by the distributor U into the working-fluid chamber C.
Patent GB-190728360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Lamps.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1907-12-24
Granted: 1908-12-24
Abstract: 28,360. Keith, J., and Keith, G. Dec. 24. [Cognate Applications No. 1994, A.D. 1908, dated Jan. 29, and No. 7541, A.D. 1908, dated April 6.] Incandescent gas lamps.-The mixing-tube H<1>, Fig. 1, of an inverted lamp is constructed with a heating-chamber A, preferably of aluminium, nickel, &c., or coated with these metals, and comprising two shallow cones arranged base to base with a diaphragm A<1>, perforated at its edges, between them. The cones may be corrugated or ribbed, and may be secured together by swivel catches &c., and the chamber A may be divided by vertical partitions when several burners are employed. The mixing-tube has a veuturian constriction, such as is described in Specifications No. 16,955, A.D. 1900, and No. 26,198, A.D. 1901, and is provided with a transverse regulating-screw H. The heavy burner-nozzle B, Fig. 3, such as is described in Specification No. 17,584, A.D. 1904, is protected at its end either by a non-conducting mantle-ring, or by a non-conducting covering carrying the mantle or mantle-ring. When using pure gas, the nozzle B is provided with perforations a<10> for burning part of the gaseous mixture under the chamber A. The upper part of the mixing- tube is enclosed in a substantially rectangular airchamber D<1>, open to the atmosphere at its lower end d<2>, Fig. 1, and arranged in the cylindrical flue D, and the lamp may be provided with an inner globe I or cylinder open at its lower end, and with an outer globe I' with inlets at the top, both globes I, I<1> being attached to a chamber F enclosing the heater. When the casing is enamelled, the screws g, Fig. 1<c>, for securing the globe or reflector, are carried by a ring G resting on a band on the casing F, and pass through clearance holes in the casing F. The lamp may be rendered wind-proof by fitting an external casing J, Fig. 1, and by extending the top cowl E downwards. The nipple N, Fig. 1<b>, is fixed to a tube n secured to a part outside the lamp in order to enable the nipple to be withdrawn from the top, and the internal air supply is filtered by a fine gauze cylinder capable of being withdrawn upwards beyond the cowl. In order to prevent overheating when the burner is started, the heating- chamber A is provided with a thermostat, consisting of two dissimilar metal strips o and provided with a perforated metal tongue for partly closing the entrance to the heater when the burner is cold, thereby allowing the long rarrow mantle to be burnt off in situ. Specification No. 6509, A.D. 1906, is also referred to.
Patent GB-190804504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Propellers.
Inventor: WYLIE ROBERT
IPC: B63H1/22
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1909-03-01
Abstract: 4504. Wylie, R. Feb. 28. Screw propellers.-The blades C, D of a folding propeller are adapted to be operated by means of links c, d and a rod a. The end b of the rod a is attached to a clutch member e provided with an operating-handle. The driving-shaft b<1> and hollow shaft A in which the rod a is adapted to slide are connected to a cylinder B in which is mounted a rod f<1> controlled by means of a spring-pressed trigger f, the rod f<1> engaging with the rod b to lock the propeller blades in the operative or inoperative positions. Glands G, H and a bearing-sleeve J may also be provided. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 812, A.D. 1869, and No. 22,189, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190809174-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Washer for Bolts and the like.
Inventor: PHIPPS PERCY
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 9174. Phipps, P. April 28. Locking bolts.- A bolt for woodwork, of the kind that. has a square or angular shoulder beneath the head, is prevented from rotating while the nut is being screwed into position by a washer A, the centre of which is pierced with an aperture to fit the shoulder on the bolt. The displaced metal is bent down to form pointed tongues a<2> which enter the wood. The edge or body of the washer may also be provided with turned-down prongs a'.
Patent GB-190811610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connections for Electric Batteries
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 11,610. New Ignition S y n d i c a t e , Rouse, F. J., and Sandy, W. J. L. May 28. Gas and like engines, igniting in. Plug couplings, for connecting an auxiliary lamp or the ignition circuit of an internal-combustion engine to the battery of a portable electric lamp, are provided with prongs which enter into holes in the battery case and make contact with the terminals of the main circuit, while on being further inserted one of the prongs breaks the circuit of the main lamp The cells of the portable battery are connected as shown in Fig. 3 by means of plates e, f, g in the cover of the case, to one another, to the contact plate h, and to the spring k, which is held against the socket m by means of a rubber stop l. On inserting the plug contact p in the sockets m, i, the auxiliary lamp is put in circuit, and, on pushing the plug in furtber the spring k is forced away from the socket m, breaking the main lamp circuit.
Patent GB-190814848-A (GB)
Title: Improved Box for Distributing Sheets of Paper, Prospectuses and Printed Matter.
Inventor: PICHON LOUIS AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-07-13
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 14,848. Pichon, L. A., and Allenou, C. M. V. July 13. Contents, delivering and withdrawing ; fittings, internal.-A box for sheets of paper, prospectuses, printed matter, &c. comprises a body 1, Fig. 1, having a rectangular opening 4 with in-turned edges 5, 6, which is hinged to a supporting- board 3. When the box is closed, the paper is pressed on to the edges 5, 6 by a plate 12 with a tail-piece 13, carried by a rod 10 acted on by a spring 11. Part of the mcst forward sheet is bent through the opening 4 when the roller 9 is rotated. The rear part 14, Fig. 5, of the box bottom may be inclined to form a projection 15 which replaces the edge 5, and the pressure plate 20 may be actuated by weights 23, 24. In another form, the weight of the box itself acts on the pressure plate by means of pins 27, Fig. 6, engaging hooks 25, 26 on the arms carrying the plate. The box slides down the plate 3, being guided by the rod 28, notch 29, and retaining-bar 30. The box when secured in an horizontal position has a pressure plate 35, Fig. 7, with lugs sliding in grooves 36, the lower part of the plate being integral with a triangular projection adapted to bear on the paper block. In another form of construction, a pressure plate having a T-shaped plate secured to its lower surface is used. The frictional roller 9 may be replaced by a cylinder or roller which occupies the entire width of the box and has secured to it in a helical fashion a strip of frictional material, or is provided with rings 42.
Patent GB-190815019-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Cleansing Filtering Media and the like.
Inventor: WILSON JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,019. Wilson, J. July 15. Filters; cleansing.-Water supplied through a valve d, pipe e, and perforated pipe f filters upward to the outlet g through a fibrous medium a contained between grids b, c, the upper grid b being preferably laid loosely upon the medium. To cleanse the medium the flow through the filter is reversed, the water passing away through a pipej which has its end k covered by a hood l, and at the same time air, supplied to the pipe f from an injector i or a compressed-air reservoir, rises upward through the medium and causes agitation on the surface of the water as it recedes. Additional water for cleansing may be supplied through a pipe n.
Patent GB-190815312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Root Cleaners.
Inventor: BENTALL EDMUND ERNEST
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 15,312. Bentall, E. E., and Bingham, G. C. July 20. Drawings to Specification. Cutting and slicing roots.-A root cleaner constructed with rotatable bars is combined with a root cutter of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-190819629-A (GB)
Title: Method of Stiffening Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HOEFLER MAX
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 19,629. Hoefler, M. Sept. 18. Uppers; waterproofing.-An insertion of guttapercha is placed between the material of the leg of a boot and its lining, and the boot is ironed to cause the three layers to consolidate into one piece
Patent GB-190826234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Caps or Mounts of Military Swagger Canes and other Canes, Walking Sticks, Whips, and the like.
Inventor: GAUNT CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 26,234. Gaunt, C. F. Dec. 4. Ferrules.-The stamped sheet-metal caps or mounts of military swagger canes, walking-sticks, whips, &c., are made separate from the ferrule, and are adapted to be secured to the ferrule after it has been fixed to the stick. The rim of the cap 5 may be closed round a flange 3, which preferably consists of a dished disk 8 attached to the ferrule 1. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the ferrule is provided with an ornamental ring 9. Fig. 5 shows a form in which the cap is attached by means of a central screw or spike 13.
Patent GB-190900883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sensitized Paper.
Inventor: CASTER HERMANN
IPC: G03C1/775
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 883. Caster, H. Jan. 13. Compound fabrics. - In making sensitized paper of the kind consisting of a front paper layer reinforced by fabric and a raw paper applied to the back of the fabric, the raw paper backing is-applied in such a manner that the binding-medium will pass through the pores or meshes of the paper and form a surface suitable for the reception of writing or impressions. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 2057/06, [Class 96, Paper &c.].
Patent GB-190905722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potter's Kilns or Ovens for Firing Bricks, Pipes and the like.
Inventor: WEST THOMAS
IPC: F27B17/00
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 5722. West, T., and Lewis, W. I. G. March 10. Brick, pottery, and like kilns.-The hot gases from several fire-holes 2 pass to a combustion chamber 4 having a central pillar 16 which, in conjunction with the inner wall 3, supports the slabs forming the perforated floor 15. The annular space formed between the walls 1, 3 is closed at the top by a platform 17 and provided with vertical partitions so arranged that the gases from the fireholes 2 pass through flues 10 to the top of the annular space and then flow downwardly through flues 12 to the chamber 4. The waste gases may pass to the atmosphere through a dampered opening 7, or, when the kilns are worked continuously, the gases may pass to another kiln through an outlet flue 8. For firing fragile articles, the platform 17 may be perforated and the articles placed upon the platform.
Patent GB-190909261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottling Machines.
IPC: B67C7/00
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 9261. Marks. E. C. R., [Crown Cork and Seal Co.]. April 19. Bottling; crown corks and the like, applying. -Relates to a machine for filling bottles, having a number of similar sets of mechanisms, the bottle-presenting devices being continuously operated non-synchronously with one another. and each set being as a whole stationary. Each set is provided with a bottle-controlled device for controlling the liquid-feed from two sources of liquid to its own set independently of the other sets. The machines may be adapted also for capping bottles, in which case the cap feeding and applying devices of each set are operated non-synchronously with respect to the other sets. The non-synchronous operation of the bottlepresenting devices C is obtained by properly setting the operating-cams C<1>, and that of the capping-devices by a corresponding arrangement of their operating- cams. Each bottle rest may have a pressurelimiting device of the type described in Specification 22,264/99. The cap-feeding devices and the means for tightly closing the filling- chamber are similar to those described in Specification 5888/10. Liquid is supplied from a water valve E and syrup pump F, Figs. 1 and 2, adapted to be operated by tappets E<1>, F<1> respectively on an actuator rod D'. This rod is constantly reciprocated, but the tappets only engage the parts they are to operate when the rod is rotated by a toothed segment d<2>, Fig. 3<a>, on a spring- controlled bottle - centring lever D mounted on the upper end of the bottle-rest and adapted to be pushed over by inserting a bottle in filling position. An adjustable clamp d<7> cooperates with the lever D. The syrup pump has a graduated adjustable piston-rod f<1>, and the quantity of syrup delivered depends upon the amount of lost motion of the operating-tappet between stops f<4> and f<5>. The venting-devices are similar to those described in Specifications 5889/10 and 5890/10.