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Patent GB-190623021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Stretching the Uppers of Boots and Shoes over the Last and Fastening the same upon the Insole
Inventor: NOLLE ERNST
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 23,021. Nolle, E., [proprietor of Nollesche Werke. E. Nollel. Dec. 23. 1905. [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lasting; nailing.-Relates to a pulling. over machine in which the last is placed with its sole downwards, the machine being also adapted, with slight modifications, to be used for lasting. The last is supported on a toe-rest 20 and an adjustable heel - supporting screw 21, and is held in position by an adjustable heel clamp 22 and a stirrup 29 which engages the instep. Three grippers are used, one at the toe and one on each side. They are mounted on vertically revoluble carriers d, e, the latter being provided with a rack - and - pinion device for simultaneously adjusting them with relation to the carrier d. The side-grippers are also provided with adjusting. nuts working against springs. Each gripper has a fixed jaw f and a movable jaw g, the former projecting from a spring guide-block h, while the latter is provided with a segmental gear meshing with teeth on a bar 47, which is connected by a link 48 and a ball-and-socket joint to a spring bolt 49. The bolt 49 of the toe gripper rests on a spring-controlled hand-lever 54, so that this gripper can be opened independently of the side grippers. The machine operates with a three-step movement, the main shaft being clutched into gear at each depression of a treadle, and automatically thrown out of gear after making one-third of a revolution. When the work is introduced into the machine, the hand-lever 54 is actuated so that the toe gripper grips the upper and, as the last is forced down on to the heel-supporting screw, draws it well over at the toe. The treadle is then depressed to start the main shaft. During the first third of the revolution of the shaft, a cam 15 acts on the frame a, in which are mounted the gripper-carriers d, e, and causes the side grippers to grasp the upper and draw it downwards. At the next third of a revolution, the cam 15 actuates a frame b and causes it to rise, so that rollers 59 bear against inclined shoulders 60 on the carriers d, e, and rock them inwards underneath the sole, as shown in Fig. 10. At the end of this movement, a tack-driving frame c is caused to rise against the action of strong adjustable springs 72, to actuate drivers 64 working through the upper plates of the carriers d, e, so that tacks previously inserted in the carriers are driven through the pulled-over portion of the upper into the insole. Elastic buffer stops 76, 78 are provided to make this action a yielding one. The last depression of the treadle causes the various parts to return to their initial positions, when the lever 54 can be lifted to open the toe-grippers, and the clamps 22, 29 swung back to release the shoe. To further stretch the upper, the jaw g of the toe grippers may be provided with a projection 82, Fig. 15, on a movable slide 81, which is held in position by an adjustable plate 83.
Patent GB-190624132-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hot Water System for use in the Heating of Buildings & in the Supplying of Hot Water for Domestic Purposes.
Inventor: MCKIBBIN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 24,132. McKibbin, A. Oct. 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Water supply.- Relates to systems of heating buildings and of supplying water for domestic purposes, in which the boiler is-placed above the lowest point of the system. A forced circulation of the water is obtained by a pump h, Figs. 1 and 2, actuated by a wheel k, which is driven by jet of water issuing from a nozzle m. The pipes for supplying water for domestic purposes are shown at p and the taps at p<1>.
Patent GB-190624317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrellas and the like.
Inventor: REVEL ANTOINE AIME
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 24,317. Revel, A. A., and Revel, P. C., [trading as Soc. F. Revel pÞre et fils]. Feb. 14, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Folding, telescopic, and like umbrellas &c.-In order to shorten umbrellas, sunshades, &c., to the length of the ribs, a tube, shaped at one end to form the point C', Fig. 1, is acted on by a compression spring F tending to draw it into the hollow stick A, but is normally held in the protruded position shown by the engagement of its other end with the inner end I of a detachable handle K, such as described in Specification No. 19,980, A.D. 1904. On detaching this handle, therefore, by releasing the catch L<1>, the point tube is drawn completely into the stick. The two positions of the point tube are determined by slots D therein, engaging a pin E secured in the stick.
Patent GB-190704498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Doors.
Inventor: THEYSKENS ALPHONSE
Filed: 1907-02-23
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 4498. Theyskens, A. Feb. 23. Doors. - Sliding doors are hung on sectors so that the door is given a vertical movement off or on to the ground on approaching its extreme positions. As shown in Fig. 3, one sector 3 is pivoted to the door, and the other 3<1> is pivoted to the end of a bar 8 secured to the door. The arcs of sectors roll on fixed horizontal rails 5, 5<1>, and may be notched to engage pins on the rails to prevent slipping. In a modification, Fig. 10, the sector 3<1> is pivoted to a vertical arm 8<11> which is in one with an horizontal arm 8<1> secured to the door below the threshold. In another modification, the sector 3<1>, shown in Fig. 3, is replaced by a small roller which moves along a rail during the movement of the door. The invention is shown in Fig. 9 applied to doors having two leaves 1, 1<1> which are arranged to be simultaneously operated by means of an endless cord 12 passing round guide-pulleys 13.
Patent GB-190704653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Splashboards of Wet Spinning Frames.
Inventor: MONTGOMERY MATTHEW
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 4653. Montgomery, M., and Logan, W. Feb. 26. Wet spinning frames.- The sheet-metal or wooden splashboard is carried in V-shaped brackets 2 so that it may be tilted into the forward position 10, and the brackets 2 are mounted on the upper ends of vertically sliding rods 3, which are normally held in their highest position by weighted chains 6. The spray caught by the splash board falls into a trough 9 which also receives any drag weights 14 that may fall owing to the breakage of their cords. For doffing purposes &c., the bar 15 to which the rods 3 are attached is depressed by the foot so as to move the splashboard into the position 12, the weighted cords automatically returning the parts to the raised position when the pressure is removed. The splashboard may extend the length of the frame or may be made in shorter lengths as desired.
Patent GB-190706737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubbered Outer Covers for Pneumatic and other Tyres.
Inventor: FARE CHARLES
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 6737. Fare, C., and Suteau, C. March 20. Tyres, pneumatic &c. - A rubbered outer cover for pneumatic, solid, and like tyres comprises two or more canvas layers 1, 2, 3 covered with rubber or elastic solution at the tread parts 6, 7, one layer, the sides of which are not covered with solution, extending beyond the others so as to cover partly or completely the beads of the tyre. The cover is placed on the tyre after it has been coated with solution, so as to effect a good adhesion to the tyre. The cover may be provided with antislipping devices with protective leather strips on each side of the cover.
Patent GB-190707758-A (GB)
Title: Guard for Trolley Wheels of Electric Tram Cars and the like
Inventor: MCMORRAN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 7758. McMorran, T. April 3. Electric tramways on the overhead - conductor system. Collectors.-A guard for a trolly-wheel is formed by three metal loops secured to the trolly-pole and enclosing the wheel, as shown. The upper loop is carried by a clip c and a triangular-shaped support d, while the lower loops are supported by a clip c<1>. The wheel can rotate freely in the guard, but if it becomes detached it is caught by the lower loops. The trolly rope is secured by means of a swivel to the clip c.
Patent GB-190712989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sash Windows.
Inventor: ROGERS FRANK
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 12,989. Rogers, F. June 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hinges and pivots.-In pivoted sliding sashes of the kind described in Specification No. 17,907, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Buildings &c.], a portion of the inside bead a is connected to the frame b by a sliding hinge plate d, which is formed with a headed pin h adapted to engage with a keyhole slot i in a fixed hinged plate e. The sash cord or chain is attached to an arm carried by an axle k, which rotates in a bracket l on the sash and is automatically moved endways to force the sash cord out of the sash groove, when the sash is swivelled, by means of a fixed screw n engaging a helical groove m on the axle.
Patent GB-190715400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chamber-pots
Inventor: MORRIS THOMAS
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 15,400. Morris, T. July 4. Chamber - pots.- A tray or cover d of china, glass, or the like is formed with a central ridge and is supported by or in the rim of the pot to convey urine noiselessly to the sides. In a modified form, the tray is surrounded by a flange which rests on the rim.
Patent GB-190718162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glass-working Furnaces.
Inventor: MILLIRON IRA ARMENIUS
Filed: 1907-08-10
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 18,162. Milliron, I. A., and Irwin, C. W. Aug. 10. Glass furnaces; discharging.-Arrangements are provided for heating the pots in which the molten metal is transferred from the melting-tank to the drawing -apparatus, and for emptying the pots after the drawing operation is completed. In the arrangement shown, the pots 3, 4 are carried by a rotatable table mounted on a truck 2, and are heated by fuel supplied to the chambers 3<1>, 4<1> through pipes 8, 10, 11. Telescopic and swivelling joints are provided to allow of the motion of the truck and the rotatable table. Discharge openings in the bottoms of the pots are closed by plugs 13, 14 held in position by counterweighted levers 15. In operation, a pot 3 is filled with glass from the melting-tank, and is brought under the drawing- apparatus by rotating the table. When an article has been drawn, the table is again rotated and the counterweight on the lever 15 is lifted by an inclined track 18, allowing the plug to fall and the glass to run from the pot into the corresponding heating-chamber and out through the opening 19. To facilitate the discharge of the glass, the pot is covered by a hood 5, to the space 6 in which fuel is supplied through the pipe 12. The hood is mounted on wheels running on rails 7<1>, which can be raised by eccentric levers 20 to lift the hood from the furnace while being moved.
Patent GB-190720348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Multiple Trembler Induction Coil Ignition Systems.
Inventor: WATSON STANLEY JAMES
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 20,348. Watson, S. J., and Smith, G. H. Sept. 12. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In high-speed multiple-trembler induction-coil ignition systems, the commutator break is relied on to produce sparking at the ignition plug in the event of the tremblers ceasing to act when the engine runs at high speed. Each coil has an independent trembler and condenser, one side of the condensers, and also one secondary terminal of each induction coil being earthed. In the ignition system shown in the Figure, the primaries A of the induction coils are connected to condensers C earthed on one side through a wire 3, to which are connected the secondary circuits of the induction coils A, B.
Patent GB-190721479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elevators for Coal, Grain and other Substances.
Inventor: SUISTED PERCY HOUNSELL
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 21,479. Suisted, P. H. Sept. 27. Loading &c.-A machine for raising coal &c. from barges and other vessels of the kind in which a framework supported by pontoons is employed, under which framework and between which pontoons the barges to be emptied are drawn, is characterized by providing the framework with a vertically-moving second framework carrying an endless chain of buckets adapted to raise the material from the barge and discharge it into a hopper having shoots leading to a ship's bunkers or other place. The pontoons a, al carry a framework b having four uprights c, between which slides a framework comprising four uprights d connected by cross-members e. The uprights d carry sprockets round which pass endless chains h carrying buckets i. Each bucket is pivotally mounted at its lower end, while the upper end has on each side a slot through which pass pins on the chains. By this arrangement, and by making two of the uprights d higher than the other two. the discharge of the buckets is facilitated. The driving-machinery is placed on a platform q. The engine s drives a sprocket t, round which passes a chain u passing also round a sprocket v journaled on the fixed framework. The sprocket v is integral with a sprocketymeshing with the links of an endless chain 1 passing round sprockets 2 on the shafts of the sprockets carrying the bucket chain h. The sliding frame d is raised by a tackle 4 operated from a winch 3. The buckets discharge into a hopper m having a central dividing plate m<1>, by.which the material can be deflected to either side of the pontoons down shoots n adjusted by tackles o. In operation, the frame d is lowered on to the material in the barge and adjusts itself automatically as the material is extracted. Means may be provided for. feeding the material to the elevator.
Patent GB-190722539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoists.
Inventor: HUTCHINGS WILLIAM EVELYN
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 22,539. Hutchings, W. E. Oct. 29, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cranes.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 10,978, A.D. 1902, for loading and unloading ships in which a carriage carrying a suspended receptacle runs on a pivotallymounted inclined boom supported by a guy. The boom A is built up of girders to form an H-beam, Fig. 4, and is provided with projections at the lower end carrying a shaft mounted on a turntable or shoe carried in a housing sliding between rails E extending the length of the vessel. The carriage is formed by side plates U carrying rollers running on the boom and sheaves R over which the hoisting and d operating cables of the receptacle X pass. Each cable passes over a sheave at the head of boom and around a set of sheaves carried by one of two sets of fixed and sliding blocks T, M. Each sliding block is provided with rollers m running on ways on the boom, and is connected and is integral with the piston-rod of either the hoisting or operating cylinders K mounted on the jib. These cylinders have valves at both ends connected by links Q and operated by levers R from the operator's platform S. The movement of the carriage is regulated by a suitable stop or catch W at the head of the boom and by a stop W<1> adjusted to any convenient point on the boom.
Patent GB-190724499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Temporary Binders, Files, Loose Leaf Books and the like.
Inventor: WALKER JOHN
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 24,499. Walker, J. Nov. 5. Filing papers &c.- Relates to the looseleaf binder described in Specification No. 3117, A.D. 1904. Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the binder closed, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line A-A showing the binder open. L-shaped plates a, b are provided with telescopic filing-members c, d, end the plate a is also provided with posts e having grooved beads adapted to be engaged by slotted plates g, which may be slid on the plate b to secure the binder in the closed position. The plate a may be slid on the plate b until the members c are clear of the members d, and the plate a may be then partly rotated about the plate b. The plate a is formed with beadings m, which are guided by the edges of the plate b and by a slot k, and receive a wire o adapted to engage a flange h on the plate b.
Patent GB-190727958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Wagons, Carriages, and Tramcars
Inventor: THOMSON WALTER
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 27,958. Thomson, W. Dec. 19. Brakes. - Brakes for railway wagons, carriages, and tramcars are applied by worm gearing actuated by two longitudinal shafts geared to two transverse shafts, which, in the case of a wagon brake, may be rotated from either side of the vehicle. Fig. 1 shows a wagon having two transver e shafts f, provided with handles g at both ends and connected to two longitudinal shafts h by bevel or other gearing j. One shaft h has a right-hand worm k, and the other a left-hand worm, gearing with wormwheels m on the crossshaft d. When used on a tramcar, each shaft h, Fig. 4, is provided with right-hand and left-hand worms k, k<1> adapted to gear with racks m, m<1> secured to cross-bars o,. which slide on supports p on the truck and are connected to the brake beams by rods n. In a modification the racks are formed on the ends of the rods n, and the cross-bars o are dispensed with. The transverse shafts f may be rotated by chains r passing round sprocket - wheels s, and may be connected to gearing on the driver's platforms.
Patent GB-190808511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Gas Burners.
Inventor: ROTH EUGEN
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 8511. Roth, E. Nov. 29,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas burners; gas cocks and valves, automatically closing on extinguish-' ing.-In an automatic cut-off device of the thermostatic type, the unreliability caused by the variation in the dimensions of the heat expansion bodies during the working is obviated by the provision for the controlling of the valve of a part adjustably arranged between stops. The part 16 for controlling the valve 6 consists of a sleeve frictionally mounted upon a rod 14 of steel or material possessing a smaller expanding property than the brass or like body 13 to which it is secured at its upper end. To light the burner, gas admitted through the channels 10, 12 by turning the grooved cock 7 against the action of the spring 11, is ignited and heats the thermostatic device 13, 14, thereby raising the rod 14 and lifting the controller 16 from the valve 6, which is thereupon lifted by the pressure of the gas. On the extinction of the flame, the controller 16 is lowered and closes the valve 6. The upper wall of the connexion 2 limits the upward movement of the controller 16, and if the part 13 becomes lengthened after use, the rod 14 is pulled out to a corresponding extent from the controller. Excessive beating of the upper end of the thermostatic device may be prevented by more or less enclosing it by the carrier 17 of the mantle rod 18. The arrangement of the parts 13, 14 may be varied, and the device may be adapted to inverted or other gas burners for either lighting or heating purposes. The valve 6 may be directly connected to the controller 16.
Patent GB-190812179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems for Signalling on Railways and Controlling the Speed of Trains and like Vehicles
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 12,179. Boult, A. J., [Union Switch and Signal Co.]. June 4. stopping engines a and trains.-A semaphore signal at the entrance to a section is set at 'danger' when the first axle enters the section, and a track contact is moved to operative position to stop a succeeding train when the whole of the first train is on the section. Fig. 1 shows a section b divided from sections a, c, and into two portions by insulation pieces 1, 2, 3. Either one or both rails may be in insulated sections. In the system shown the relay circuits are both closed but the relays may be arranged in open ciruit which is completed by a train axle. A train entering section b from section a short-circuits the relay R', which drops its armature and opens the circuit L from the battery l of the signal S, which flies to 'danger' and opens the switch c in the circuit of the operating-mechanism of the track contact t. The lower armature of the relay R<1> in its lower position keeps this circuit closed so that the track contact t is not moved until the relay R<1> is again energized by the train passing beyond the insulation 3. The circuit of signal S is broken at the contact of the relay R until the train passes on to section c. Several modifications are described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190813918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows.
Inventor: HENDERSON RICHARD
Filed: 1908-07-01
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 13,918. Henderson, R. July 1. Windows. - Relates to hinged sliding sashes balanced against one another by cords passing over pulleys. The lintel a is provided with part c which enables the lower sash e to be raised above the normal position of the upper sash d, so that the upper sash can be swung out on hinges below the lower sash. The frame on the right - hand side is rabbeted at h, the lower portion of the stop bead f being hinged while the corresponding portion of the parting bead is cut away. The sill is provided with a hinged bead g which can be turned down inside the room to allow the sashes to be swung in, or may be turned in the position shown in Fig. 5 so that it supports the lower sash while fresh air enters above the top sash and between the meeting rails of the sashes.
Patent GB-190814396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Electrical Control of Mechanism from a Distance.
Inventor: LOHAY CHARLES GEORGES
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-08-09
Abstract: 14,396. Lohay, C. G. July 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drawings to Specification. Electric clocks.-In an electrical apparatus for the distant control of mechanisms such as gun-sights, an indicating-pointer at the controlling station is set in the required position, and a :circuit through the operating-motor at the controlled station is thereby closed, or this circuit .is closed by a separate switch. This motor operates the mechanism to be controlled and also drives a switch which transmits current impulses back to the controlling-station. The impulses operate an escapement mechanism to allow an electromotor to move forward a pointer at the controlling station which indicates the position of the controlled mechanism. When this pointer has rotated into a position corresponding with that of the hand-set pointer, the circuit through the motor is automatically broken. A number of such indicating-devices may be combined in a single instrument. Specification No. 14,431, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Ordnance &c.], is referred to. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), describes a modification which by the addition of a clockwork-driven contact disk which delivers current to the motor and escapement device of the controlling-device, may be used for controlling a clock.
Patent GB-190815468-A (GB)
Title: Necktie Securing Device.
Inventor: ZAIDEN DAVIS
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 15,468. Zaiden, D. July 21. Neck-tie retainers.-The stud, Fig. 1, comprises a shank 2 of ellipsoidal section and an ellipsoidal conical head 3 having square shoulders 5. The head takes into a similarly - shaped socket 18<x> on a back socket plate 16 to prevent rotation, and is held by springs 11 which can be released by pressing lugs 10. The springs 11 are shown, Fig. 4, in the front plate 6 of the socket, the plate 6 having upturned edges 8 and lugs 18 for attaching to the back-plate 16. Holes 12 are provided for sewing or otherwise attaching the socket to the inside of the tie.