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Patent GB-190623513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Caps for Sheet Piling.
Inventor: BERN EDWARD ANDREW
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 23,513. Bern, E. A. Oct. 23. Piles.-A cap for driving sheet piles consists of a block the lower face of which is provided with recesses e<1>, e<2> to receive the pile ; or, when corner piles are being driven, these recesses are adapted to receive corresponding projections of a lower block h having a flat bottom. Other features of the cap are guideways e<3>, a recess e<4>, for receiving a shock-absorbing material, and eyes e<5>, h<4> for carrying a rope by which the block is removed.
Patent GB-190628430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the 'Home-repairing' of Boots and Shoes, and the Materials therefor.
Inventor: CRAPPER JONATHAN
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 28,430. Crapper, J. Dec. 13. Repairing. - Sections of leather, of the shapes shown in Fig. 1, are prepared by rolling or otherw i s e compressing. The edges are finished and coloured, a n d pierced for riveting, screwing, or sewing. These sections are then supplied with new boots or shoes, to facilitate home repairing when worn.
Patent GB-190711343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Fire Grates.
Inventor: CAHOONE EDWIN RUTHVEN
Filed: 1907-05-15
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 11,343. Cahoone, E. R. May 15. Air-heating fire-places; grates; blowers.-Comprises modifications of various details of an open fire-place, which is also modified for heating air. The grate consists of three ribbed, corrugated, or other plates b, Figs. 2 and 7, made separately or in one piece. They are set at the back and sides of the fire-place, and rest on a perforated frame f, Fig. 5, which is placed upon an ordinary grate bottom. Air passes from the asb-pit through the spaces between the ribs g, g', through the perforations h, and into the spaces c between the plates b and the casing k, and thence through downwardlydirected and tapering apertures e to the fuel. The casing k is provided with ribs l to facilitate the heating of the air in the space n, and with ribs o to absorb the heat from the rising combustion products. The air enters the space n by grated openings q, Fig. 1, in the lower parts of the jambs of the fire-place, and leaves by similar openings s higher up, or by a pipe u, Fig. 2, which conducts it to other rooms &c. Folding shutters w, w<1>, Fig. 1, hinged to the sides of the fire-place, serve as blowers ; they may be fitted with mica windows.
Patent GB-190715905-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Transmission Gear for Fare Indicators.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 15,905. Jensen, C. A., [D³nh÷lter & Sch÷lzel]. July 10. Fares, registering; counting- apparatus.-Apparatus for intermittently operating the counting- apparatus of a taxameter consists of a driving-wheel f loosely mounted on a shaft d, provided with a projection f<1> engaging a pin d on the shaft. One or more flats d<2> formed on the shaft engage a leaf spring g so that the speed of the shaft is increased during part of its motion, this increase being communicated by a single toothed wheel e to the indicating-disk a' through a gear-wheel e'. The apparatus may be used to give intermittent motion to devices moving in a straight line.
Patent GB-190717448-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Show-card Frame and Goods Holder.
Inventor: AMSDEN FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 17,448. Amsden, F. W. July 30. Boxes combined with show-cards; fittings, external. -A combined show-card frame and goods holder consists of an apertured frame fixed to the front of a casing and adapted to receive detachably a card carrying a sample of the goods contained in a cabinet or holder adapted to slide in and out of the casing, and means for suspending the casing and adjusting it at an angle. ln the construction shown, a frame a is fixed to a casing b provided with an aperture b<1> and grooves b<2>, Fig. 2, for inserting a show card c, preferably that described in Specification No. 7466, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Advertising &c.]. A cabinet d, provided with a glazed and hinged or sliding front d<1>, slides into the casing and is held by turn-buttons d<2>. The casing is suspended from a rod f or the like by hooks e, and is adjusted at an angle by thumb-screws g.
Patent GB-190719787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MCKIM FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-09-04
Abstract: 19,787. McKim, F. G. Sept. 4. Tyres, pneumatic.-An air chamber formed as a single tube, or as a series of air-bags such as is described in Specification No. 12,999, A.D. 1904, or air bags e connected by internal and external nipples f g as described in Specification No. 19,788, A.D. 1907, is fitted with rubber tread pieces a formed on the underside with conical recesses b, into which fit similar projections d on intermediate pads c. The pieces a project through a band i closing the rim, between which and shoulders on the pieces packing-strips h are inserted which are removed as the treads wear; or the members may be placed in a channel rim of wedge section, packing- strips being inserted between the rim and pieces. The pads c may be integral with the bags or air-tube.
Patent GB-190720896-A (GB)
Title: Improved Props for Mines.
Inventor: NELLEN FRIEDRICH
IPC: E21D15/02
Filed: 1907-09-20
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 20,896. Nellen, F. Sept. 20. Shoring and structting. - A mine prop consists of two flanged half-tubes v, p held together by clips q, and a core composed of blocks a, of rock or other waste material, each of which has a projecting boss c at the top fitting into a recess b in the bottom of the block above. The uppermost block is recessed at the top to receive a cap. Compressible buffers d of cork, wood shavings, straw, or like material are placed between the blocks a. The half-tubes v, p may be removed when the prop is in place.
Patent GB-190723345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolls for Universal Rolling Mills for Rolling I-girders with Parallel Flanges.
Inventor: SACK HUGO
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 23,345. Sack, H. Oct.22 Rolling.-The rolls A, A<1>, C of the mill described in Specification No. 21, 979, A.D. 1906, for rolling H beams, are provided with flat contacting surfaces g, h so as to be usable after being returned. The interlocking grooves and projections in and on the rolls may be omitted.
Patent GB-190804605-A (GB)
Title: Improved Diaphragm Governor for High Pressure Gas.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1908-02-29
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 4605. Keith, J., and Keith, G. Feb. 29. Pressure - regulating valves.-In a diaphragmactuated gas-governor for high-pressure gas, the operating-lever E, when the diaphragm yields on a fall of the gas pressure, presses directly on and opens the inlet valve F against the action of a spring H lccated between the valve and a removable cover I,.by means of which the valve can be removed readily for examination. A weight C is secured to the diaphragm by means of a stirrup bolt D. The operating-lever is engaged at one end by the stirrup D and is pivoted to the casing at the other end e. The lever engages the valve by means of an enlargement e<1>. A spring J adjusted by a screw K may be used to load the diaphragm in addition to the weight C. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 4160, A.D. 1887, and No. 3219, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190811426-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Pipe Wrenches.
Inventor: SCRIBNER ELBRIDGE LLEWELLYN
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-05-26
Abstract: 11,426. Scribner, E. L. May 26. Wrenches.-In a pivoted-jaw pipe wrench the spring-controlled operating-rod 14 passes axially throughout the whole length of the stock 1, and is provided at the end projecting beyond the stock with an actuating-knob 20.
Patent GB-190812325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Distribution.
Inventor: WOODBRIDGE JOSEPH LESTER
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 12,325. Woodbridge, J. L. Oct. 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Distributing; regulating. -The load upon the generator of an alternating-current distribution system is equalized by a direct-current source conn e c t e d to the system through a transforming- apparatus, while means re provided for controlling the transfer of energy between the two sources, and the wattless currents in the alternating - current system. The alternating- current source A supplying the load L is connected to a direct-current source B through a rotary converter C, having a main field coil E and an auxiliary field coil F, the current of which is controlled by the electro-magnetic device Q'. A booster D is placed in series with the source B, and its field coil G is regulated by an electromagnetic device Q<1>. The device Q<1> consists of a three-core magnetic circuit, the central core J of which carries a potential winding N<1> producing a flux across the air-gaps M', M<2> having a phase relation of ninety degrees behind the potential supplying it. A solenoid O<1> surrounding the core J is freely suspended from the lever R<1>, and is connected to the secondary winding of a current transformer T'. The source B and carbon resistance piles I', P under normal conditions constitute a balanced three - wire system, so that the field winding G of the booster D is not energized. Upon variations in the load L, the resistances I<1>, P are varied by the electro magnetic device O<1> and the field winding G is energized, causing the booster D to aid in the charging or discharging of the source B. The electro-magnetic device Q<2>, controlling the current in the auxiliary field F of the converter C, is similar to that of the device Q', except that the potential coil N<2> is placed between the conductor 3 and the neutral point P of the generator, thereby causing the converter C to supply the lagging currents in the circuit 1, 2, 3. The actions of the regulating devices are controlled by springs U<1>, U<2>.
Patent GB-190812392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand-carriers for Baskets or Packages.
Inventor: CHAPMAN HENRY BRADSHAW
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 12,392. Chapman, H. B. June 9. Parcel-carriers are made of a bent or arched wooden or cane handle 5, to which a pair of straps 6 are permanently affixed without intermediate means. This may be effected by riveting or stitching as at 9 ; or the straps may pass through slots in the handle and may be secured by riveting, Specifications Nos. 4311 and 9618, A.D. 1884, No. 9179, A.D. 1889, No. 14,957, A.D. 1892, No. 11,340, A.D. 1901, No. 481, A.D. 1902, No. 1874, A.D. 1903, No. 14,849, A.D. 1904, are referred to.
Patent GB-190812586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Games and Game Apparatus.
Inventor: SANDERSON HENRY ELLIS
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 12,586. Sanderson, H. E. June 11. Games played with maps, cards, pieces, and spinning apparatus.-A game is played on a board on which is depicted a map of the world. Certain travel routes between the principal cities and a "pirates' goal" &c. are shown by means of lines, and spots on these lines show the moves to be made by the pieces or "travellers." The game is played by four players who move cylindrical blocks or pieces from four principal cities to other cities indicated by cards such as 9, Fig. 4, which are drawn by the players. The number of spots over which a piece is to be moved are determined by spinning the pointer 7<a>, Fig. 2, over the graduated circle shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190817358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Detachable Shirt Cuffs.
Inventor: HOLST FREDRIK ANTON
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,358. Holst, F. A. Aug. 18. Shirts.-Relates to the method of attaching a shirt cuff to a shirt sleeve by sliding a stiffened band on the sleeve into a slotted pocket on the cuff, and consists in attaching the band B to the edge of the sleeve wristband, instead of on the wristband as heretofore. This construction prevents the edge of the wristband from showing. The pocket may be placed either along the centre or near the inner edge of the cuff, and may extend either along its whole length or along part of the cuff.
Patent GB-190819028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Making Tubes from Continuous Strips or Bands of Paper or other Material.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 19,028. Justice, P. M., [Osborn, F. C.]. Sept. 10. Cutting-machines for paper.- Relates to paper tube machines in which the tube is formed by winding continuous strips of paper spirally round a fixed mandrel supported at one end, by means of endless belts which take a spiral turn round the mandrel. The tube is advanced along the mandrel by the action of the belts, and is automatically cut into the required lengths as it passes over the free end of the mandrel. The advancing end of the finished tube engages a stop-plate 82 carried by a shaft 81 adjustably connected to a shaft 69, on which is a circular saw 77. The shaft 69 slides through and receives rotary motion from a pulley 85. The saw is thus moved longitudinally against the adjustable tension of a spring 103 at the same rate as the advancing tube. A shaft 74 is rotated by a pulley and friction clutch 86 of any suitable construction, and has cams 72, 73 and pins 89, 90, 180 degrees apart, adapted to engage pivoted dogs 91, 92 respectively, the dogs being held in the paths of the pins by a spring 95. A finger 97, moving longitudinally with the shaft 69, moves the dog 91 to release the pin 89, allowing the shaft 74 to rotate until the pin 90 engages the dog 92. By this rotation the cam 72 acting on an arm 70 of the pivoted frame 67 carrying the saw shaft 69 moves the saw into position to sever the tube 76. With further longitudinal motion of the saw, a finger 99 engages the dog 92, releasing the pin 90 and allowing the shaft 74 to rotate until the pin 89 again engages the dog 91. By this rotation the cam 73 acting on an arm 71 returns the frame 67 to the normal position, the return being aided by a coiled spring 104. The saw 77 and stop 82 are returned longitudinally by the spring 103. Arms 113,114, adjustably mounted on a shaft 108 so as to straddle the tube 76, Fig. 12, act as a stripper to prevent the severed portion of the tube from adhering to the saw. A finger 84 secured to the shaft 81 rides up a cam-plate 105 and so rotates the shaft 81 to swing the stop 82 clear of the end of the severed tube. The position of the saw-frame 54 is adjustable by means of screws, not shown. A spring - actuated belttightening pulley may be used in conjunction with the pulley 86.
Patent GB-190820715-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Repairing Electric Metal Filament Incandescence Lamps.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1908-10-01
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 20,715. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Kuzel, H.]. Oct. 1. Working by electricity; soldering; working byunclassified operations.-A metal electric-lamp filament which is broken or disconnected from a leading-in wire is re - connected by electric soldering, the bulb being provided with a small hole 4 opposite the break, and with a tube 3 for admitting inert gas, and the joint being made by an arc by inserting an electrode 5 through the hole 4. A paste may be introduced upon a brush or wire ; for breaks in the filament a paste containing a refractory carbide or metal, for instance tungsten, should be used. Fused joints without paste may be made by tilting the lamp so that the parts to be united are in contact before striking the arc ; cement joints may be fused or merely sintered. The electrode may be a wire in an insulating-handle, or a carbon rod. The gas-admission tube 3 is used eventually for exhausting the bulb. Specification No. 12,984, A.D. 1885, is referred to.
Patent GB-190824525-A (GB)
Title: Improved Attachment for the Sparking Plugs of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FEAVIOUR ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-14
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 24,525. Feaviour, A. Nov. 14. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A mounting for carrying a sparking- plug, with a restricted orifice E leading to the cavity C for containing the sparking-terminals, is constructed of the shape shown in Fig. 1. -
Patent GB-190828554-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Manufacturing Flat Incandescent Filaments for Metallic Filament Electric Lamps.
Inventor: SCHAEFFER WALTER
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 28,554. Schõffer, W. Jan. 2, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Incandescent lamps have flat metal filaments, made by pressing or rolling squirted-paste filaments of round cross-section, and in the ordinary way converting these into metal by heating. Specifications No. 18,748, A.D. 1906, and No. 16,534, A.D. 1908, are referred to.
Patent GB-190900164-A (GB)
Title: Device for Preventing Infants and Young Children from Falling Out of Bed.
Inventor: MCLACHLAN JAMES
IPC: A47D15/00
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 164. McLachlan, J. Jan. 4. Hooks.-A safety-belt for infants is provided with wire hooks a, adapted to engage the angle side frame b of a bed.
Patent GB-190900976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Incandescent Vapour Burners.
Inventor: AITKEN ALEXANDER JOHN
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 976. Aitken, A. J. Jan. 14. Incandescent v a p o u r burners: vaporizing-apparatus.-In a vapour burner for use with an inverted incandescent mantle, the liquid fuel under pressure passes from a central supply pipe 1 down a side tube 3 to a vaporizer 4, on which the hot burnt gases play. The vapour ascends a second side tube 5, and from thence passes to the mixing-tube 8 set between the side tubes and concentric with the supply pipe 1. A coiled tube may take the place of the two side tubes and separate vaporizer. An adjustable baffle-plate 12 prevents the access of burnt gases to the mixing-tube and acts as a reflector. To facilitate cleaning, the side-tubes 3, 5 are provided with a removable lining of absorbent material.
Patent GB-190901560-A (GB)
Title: Method of Manufacture of a Physiologically Active Base.
Inventor: WELLCOME HENRY SOLOMON
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 1560. Wellcome, H. S., and Barger, G. Jan. 22. p-Hydroxyphenylethylamine is produced by reducing p-hydroxybenzylcyanide, preferably by means of sodium and absolute alcohol. By the action of benzoylchloride the dibenzoyl derivative is produced.
Patent GB-190902689-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Raising and Supporting the Covers or Lids of Kettles and like Utensils.
Inventor: CROCKER EDMUND
IPC: A47J36/06
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 2689. Crocker, E. Feb. 4. Lids and covers.-A device for raising and supporting the covers or lids of kettles, paint-pots, and other receptacles having bow handles, consists of a wood or metal rod 3 on the lid passing through a perforation 4 in the handle, spring guides 6 of wood or metal being also provided, which in some cases may be enclosed in tubes attached to the vessel. To keep the lid in the raised position, the rod may be hinged as shown, may have projections on the sides which act as stops when the rod 3 is given a half-turn, or may have a screw-thread of long pitch, so that the rod is held frictionally. In the last case, the rod may be formed by twisting two wires together. The guides 6 may consist of wires soldered or otherwise attached to the cover, may be formed in one piece with it, or may be formed on a piece of sheet metal secured above or below the cover by means of a nut on the rod 3. The lid may have a rubber or other washer to prevent leakage.
Patent GB-190902815-A (GB)
Title: A Dust Screen or Shield for use in Raking Out Domestic Fire-places.
Inventor: CUNNINGHAM FLORENCE
IPC: F24B1/192
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 2815. Cunningham, F. Feb. 5. Dust-shields.-A screen or shield for use in raking out domestic fire-grates consists of a sheet a of fabric adapted to close the front of the fire-place. The sheet is extended upon a pair of folding bars b, c, each hinged centrally at b', c<1>, and is perforated at e to allow the passage of a poker &c. used in raking out the grate.
Patent GB-190906103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Alternating Electric Current Machines.
Inventor: MOSER ROBERT
IPC: H02K19/30
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 6103. Moser, R. March 14, 1908, [Convention date]. A lternating-current commutator machines; exciting. -To regulate the pressure of synchronous polyphase machines having a rotary field-magnet winding, which is connected to a commutator supplied with polyphase exciting-currents, the compounding- ampere-turns are produced in the rotor by the stator current and the exciting-ampere-turns by a polyphase exciting-machine positively coupled to the main machine, the compounding and exciting currents being introduced either into the same rotor winding or into different rotor windings. In one modification, Fig. 1, one rotor winding k is connected up in parallel with a regulating-resistance w to the compounding-transformer c, supplied with current from the stator winding s of the main machine. The second rotor winding e is supplied with polyphase current through a transformer t and a regulating-resistance v from an exciting-machine a, which consists of a double-current generator supplying continuous current to its own field winding m ; but any form of polyphase generator may be used as the exciter. The resistances v, w may be replaced by condensers or choking-coils, and the transformer c may be omitted by passing the stator current itself through the winding k. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement with one rotor winding l, and the exciter has a stationary armature d and a rotating field magnet a, with or without projecting poles, supplied with continuous current through slip-rings f. The exciting-machine is worked with a weak field on the straight portion of the pressure characteristic curve. Instead of connecting the exciting-machine, the rotor winding, and the compounding-transformer in parallel with each other, as shown in Fig. 2, they may be connected in series, resistance, self-induction, or capacity preferably being connected in parallel with the compounding- transformer ; or the magnetizing-current of the transformer may be suitably increased. To adjust the brushes to the requisite position, the arrangement is coupled up in working order to a synchronous source of current, with the exciting- machine de-excited. The brushes are then brought into the position in which the ratio of the stator terminal pressure to the stator current becomes a minimum. For complete compounding, the terminal pressure is caused to disappear by varying the transformation-ratio of the transformer and the resistances in the rotor circuit. This method may be used, where two rotor windings are used, to adjust the brushes on the compounding-side, and the exciting-machine in this case may be used as the synchronous source of current. Additional short-circuited windings may be used upon the rotor to improve commutation &c. The invention is applicable both to generators and motors, and the latter machines may be started either as induction motors or as commutator motors.
Patent GB-190907603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Settings and Furnaces for Boilers.
Inventor: KILGOUR DWIGHT FOSTER
IPC: F23M5/02
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 7603. Kilgour, D. F. April 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Combustion chambers, secondary; fire-bridges.-In a boiler furnace, the combustion products are deflected downwards by a wall h behind the bridge e to an unobstructed chamber H, which is narrower than the furnace and made rearwardly flaring. Air and steam are mixed with the products through rearwardly directed tuyeres e<3> at the top of air passages e<1> in the bridge, which contains a perforated steam-pipe f. The axis of the chamber H is inclined, and a space is preferably left between the top of the chamber and the bottom of the boiler.