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Patent GB-190701645-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Electrically Indicating Music Notes upon the Key-board of a Pianoforte or other similar Instrument.
Inventor: HAKOUMOFF ALFRED RICHARD
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 1645. Hakoumoff, A. R. Jan. 22. Note indicators for keyboard instruments. A case 24 containing a series of electrically-operated signals, such as incandescent lamps 26, or electromagnetic semapbores, one for each note, is placed adjacent to the keys of the pianoforte or other instrument. A music sheet with slots or electrically conducting parts is travered between a series of contact-springs 3 and a plate or bar 4 connected to the indicators and to a source of current. The cylindrical bar 4 is removably held by pivoted members 7 and is free to rotate when in position. The music sheet is driven from a shaft 13 through a pinion 21 arranged to slide on the shaft, and may be reversed by means of a clutch 16, attached to the pinion 21 and co-cperating with a loose pulley 15.
Patent GB-190703154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Braiding, Weaving and like Machines.
Inventor: PARKS EDWARD FRANCIS
IPC: D04C3/40
Filed: 1907-02-08
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 3154. Parks, E. F., and Wardwell, S. W. Feb. 8. Circular looms.-A deflecting-piece or switch 2, attached to one end 3 of an arc-shaped driver of the construction described in Specification No. 3153, A.D. 1907, deflects the travelling yarns 7 over the carrier 4 when the passage 8 is barred by reason of the engagement of the end 3 of the driver with the carrier, the deflecting-edge of the piece 2 forming a continuation of the curved edge 10.
Patent GB-190703925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Catching and Holding Up the Handles of Railway Wagon and like Brakes.
Inventor: SIMPSON CHARLES CHRISTOPHER WO
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 3925. Simpson, C. C. W. Feb. 16. Brakes.-The hand-lever g of a railway wagon brake is secured in the off' position by a catch a provided with a lip d at one end and a curved tongue e at the other end. The catch is pivoted at f to the guard b so that the heavier end d is depressed. In order to secure the hand-lever g in the raised position, it is moved laterally into contact with the tongue e, and then depressed so that the catch a turns on its pivot and the lever is caught by the lip d.
Patent GB-190705496-A (GB)
Title: Advertising Device Actuated by Concussion.
Inventor: ROTHSCHILD JUSTIN
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5496. Rothschild, J. March 7. Advertising.-In an advertising-device for use on vehicles, the frame in which rollers b carrying an advertising - band a are mounted is freely suspended on springs n, so that the vibrations of the vehicle cause the ratchet-wheel c to abut against fixed stops r and thereby operate the band.
Patent GB-190707789-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Support for Lamp Shades and Reflectors.
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT TWEEDY
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 7789. Smith, R. T., and Beaver, A. G. April 3. Lamp shade and reflector holders.-A holder for shades or reflectors for electric and other lamps used in shop windows and show cases, and for interior and picture lighting, consists of a swivel ring A, and a rigid or spring supporting-arm B set at any angle. The ring A may be fixed between lock-nuts on the lamp-holder, and the arm B encircles the ring A about which it can be rotated to any position. The reflector or shade may be secured to the arm B by means of sockets C and springs ; the springs may be fixed on the arm B, or may be formed by bending the arm.
Patent GB-190712532-A (GB)
Title: Improved Contact Spring for Electrical Apparatus.
Filed: 1907-05-30
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 12,532. Deutsche Telephonwerke Ges. May 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901] Switches; couplings.-Contacts for electric apparatus are secured to a spring plate by tongues stamped out of the plate. The tongues are stamped as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and short pieces of wire are inserted as contacts. The tongues are then pressed in a swage against the contact, which becomes pointed as shown in Fig. 4. A pointed contact a is shown in Fig. 2 with the tongues b forced into it, and flat contacts secured in a similar way are shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The flat contact shown in Fig. 4 is held by two tongues b<1> of the kind shown in Fig. 5, and the pointed contact is held by two tongues b<2> of the kind shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190715856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Acting Safety-devices for Railway-carriage Doors.
Inventor: VEIT WILHELM
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-07-10
Abstract: 15,856. Veit, W., and Kindler, J. M. July 10. Drawings to Specification. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Indicators, 11 engaged."-In governoractuated mechanism for railway - carriage door fastenings, the bolt operated by the mechanism is located in the door frame opposite the ordinary bolt and presses it back when the train starts. The position of the handle of the ordinary bolt thus indicates whether the door is locked or not.
Patent GB-190718599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Razors.
Inventor: TAYLOR ROBERT
Filed: 1907-08-16
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 18,599. Taylor, R. Aug. 16. Razors, safety. The blade of a safety razor is caused to have a reciprocatory movement in the frame by the motion of a roller which is rotated by passing over the face in the act of shaving. In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the blade is held by a spring d in the clips b on a plate c which slides on rods h, i in the main frame j. A projection e on the plate c engages with a cam grooved/in the guard roller g, the rotation of which causes the lateral movement of the plate and blade. The shaft i may be removable so that the plate c can be turned back for the purpose of cleaning. In another form, the blade is held in a secondary frame having two projections which slide on the spindle of the guard roller, which has cam-shaped ends engaging with the rounded ends of the projections. The back of the secondary frame slides in a suitable guide attached to the main frame. In another form, a forked extension, on the secondary frame, engages with a cam collar mounted on a shaft ; teeth on the cam collar engaging with the teeth of the guard roller. The razor guard may be distinct from the roller which is rotated in the act of shaving, and in this case the blade and guard are carried in a frame which is supported on guide-bars and kept in place by means of a spring. The frame of which the guide-bars form a part slides on guide rods, and is reciprocated by the motion of the roller, a pin on the frame engaging with a cam groove in the roller.
Patent GB-190720668-A (GB)
Title: A Writing and Drawing Board suitable for Teaching Purposes.
Inventor: BZDUCH IVAN
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 20,668. Bzd·ch, I. Sept. 17. Drawing-slates.- Relates to writing and drawing boards of the kind consisting of a piece of ground glass or celluloid mounted in a frame and a copy which is inserted behind the ground glass or celluloid and kept in position by a piece of cardboard &c. attached to the frame. The copy 4 consists of a dark sheet with the lines, writing, or figures traced in light, preferably white, lines. A slit is provided in the frame 1 for the insertion of the copies. The backing 5, separated from the glass 2 by stops 15, may consist of slate or a second sheet of ground glass.
Patent GB-190721105-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for and Method of Facilitating the Ignition of Combustible Mixtures.
Inventor: JAUBERT GEORGE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 21,105. Jaubert, G. F. Sept. 24, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Means for producing fire; composition fuel; thermit and like mixtures.-A combustible is divided into fractions which are ignited simultaneously. The fractions may not be insulated from one another, or each may be contained in a metallic or refractory casing, which may be perforated. Ignition may be effected by detonators connected by a Bickford cord. The combustible may be in the form of powder or compressed cakes, consist. ing of coal, charcoal, or organic material when a hot gas is to be produced, or a metallic powder such as iron filings when heat only is required, mixed with oxygenous salts such as potassium chlorate or perchlorate, permanganates, chromates, or nitrates, and optionally with an inert substance to prevent fusion. The invention is applicable to heating solid or fluid bodies, for example air or gases supplied to engines. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications Nos. 20,894 and 20,895, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190721152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttle-box Operating Mechanism for Looms.
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 21,152. Hattersley & Sons, G., and Perks, T. Sept. 24. Loom change-box motions.-In a rotary changebox motion, the draw-hooks 2. 2<a>, Fig. 1, are operated by levers 3 connected to books 16, which are pressed into engagement with an operating-lever 17 by levers 18, 18<a> actuated by ordinary pattern mechanism. When one of the hooks 16 is moved into its operative position, it engages a projection x on a bar 20 and moves a hook 14 into engagement with an oscillating lever 5, which is driven from the shaft 7 by cam-and-lever mechanism. A projection d on the book 14 then turns the lever 3 that is not operated by the lever 17, and draws down the corresponding hook 2 or 2<a>, so that it engages one of the pegs shown, and arrests the shuttle boxes exactly in their required positions. The lever 17 is made in two parts g, h, which are pivoted together but are normally held rigid by a V-ended spring- pressed bolt 22, so arranged that it allows the parts g, h to move relatively if the shuttle boxes jam. The draw-hooks 2, 2<a> are guided by antifriction bowls p carried by pivoted arms 24<a> pressed together by a spring 25. The end bracket 26, which carries the shaft of the shuttle boxes, is adjustably mounted on a frame secured to the lay-board and to a projection on the lay-sword.
Patent GB-190722109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cinematographic Apparatus.
Inventor: WRENCH ALFRED
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 22,109. Wrench, A., and Engelke, W. Oct. 7. Kinematographs.-In kinematographic apparatus of the start-and-stop type, means are provided for adjusting the feedwheels relatively to the projection aperture. The Maltese cross a and the feeding-drum a<1> are shown in Fig. 2. Toothed feed-wheels f are mounted on a sleeve e upon the spindle c, which is made hollow and has longitudinal slots d. The sleeve has spiral slots g which engage pins i upon the end of a rod h, extending into the hollow spindle and caused by a spring j to bear against a cam k. By rotating the cam k, the rod h is pushed into or pulled out of the spindle, and by the operation of the pins and spiral slots the position of the film adjusted.
Patent GB-190724308-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking the Steering Heads of Cycles.
Inventor: JANSEN HERMAN
Filed: 1907-11-02
Granted: 1908-11-02
Abstract: 24,308. Jansen, H. Nov. 2. Locking-apparatus to prevent theft; steering- mechanism.-Relates to cycle locks of the kind wherein the steering-head is locked to the fork stem by means of a bolt which may be opened by a key. The steering-head c, Fig. 2, and the stem a are formed with holes e, d, which receive a hollow bolt f provided with gravity or other catches g, which bear on the stem and lock it to the head. To release the stem, the plug i, Fig. 6, of a key h is inserted in the bolt to release the catches g, whereupon the bolt may be withdrawn with the key, a spring j being provided to give a grip. The bolt f may be provided with ridges k, Fig. 8, so that it can be operated only by a key h, Fig. 10, having corresponding recesses l.
Patent GB-190728675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Scraping the Bowls of Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: NEEDHAM ARTHUR JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 28,675. Needham, A. J., and Needham, W. C. Dec. 31. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tobacco-pipe cleaners; smokers' combination articles.-Relates to pipe-bowl scrapers of the kind described in Specification No. 8953, A.D. 1890. A pair of levers a, b are pivoted together at c, so that when the handle portions d, e are pressed together, the blade portions f, which are sharpened on their outer edges, are moved outwards as shown. A gap g is made in each blade near the rivet for the purpose of cutting cigars.
Patent GB-190803439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres Hose and like Pipes.
Inventor: MCGIEHAN ISAAC SEAMAN
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1909-02-15
Abstract: 3439. McGiehan, I. S. Feb. 15. Hose - pipes. - Pneumatic-tyre covers and brake and other hosepipes, formed with foundtion layers f, g of closemesh fabric and other layers b, c, d, e of openmesh fabric, are characterized by frictioning or otherwise forcing the rubber to pass between the interstices of the fabric before vulcanization so as to form an inseparablebody of fabric and rubber. In one form, the mesh. of the open-mesh fabrics increases from the layer next the foundation layers. In another modification, the cover is strangthened transversely by strips h of fabric placed across the foundation layers.
Patent GB-190807635-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Superheating Steam, applicable also for Heating Liquids.
Inventor: MARCHANT JUDITH ANNIE
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-04-07
Abstract: 7635. Marchant, J. A. April 7. Heating liquids.-Relates to apparatus of the Field-tube type for heating liquids, and consists in surmounting the inner tubes by hollow caps connected together into groups by short tubes, in order to provide easy access for repairs. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation, of the apparatus having two steel headers provided with an inlet B<1> and outlet B<2> respectively. Each header is divided into compartments by partitions A. The Field-tubes C are welded or screwed into the headers. Holes in the top of the headers allow the Field-tubes to be inserted, and are covered by hollow caps E<3> connected together by short tubes E<2> and held in place by the bolt-plates F<1> and nuts F<2>. The inner tubes G are secured to the bolt-plates F<1>. The headers are connected together by tubes H<1>, H<2>, in which are valves J, as shown in Fig. 5. These valves may be operated from the front of the boiler. A mercury bath T on the outlet header is provided, and a tube charged with mercury is carried therefrom to the front of the boiler to enable the temperature to be noted. Fig. 7 shows a form of the apparatus having only one header provided with a longitudinal partition on opposite sides of which are the inlet B<1> and outlet B<2>. The caps L<1> are connected in groups of two, as shown, one on each side of the partition. The apparatus may be placed in the downtake of a Lancashire boiler.
Patent GB-190808903-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Consolidated Laundry Blue.
Inventor: HOCHSINGER NICOLAUS
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 8903. Hochsinger, N., and Hochsinger Br³der. April 23. Sizes.-In the manufacture of washing-blue of the effervescent type, alcohol is introduced to impart a uniform appearance to the blue and to prevent premature effervescence. A suitable composition consists of indigo-carmine, ultramarine, or other blue aniline colouring-matter, bicarbonate of soda, and tartaric acid, the whole being stirred up with a little alcohol and then pressed or moulded into shape. Salicylic acid to serve as an antiseptic, stearin for giving a gloss to the linen when ironed, and talc for giving a lustre to the blue and for facilitating its removal from the mould, may also be added.
Patent GB-190809422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Signs
Inventor: BEVILLE WEBSTER JOHN
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1909-05-03
Abstract: 9422. Beville, W. J. May 1. Signs; advertising.-The advertisement is stencilled in a stationary drum f and is viewed through openings in a front plate b, the part g being viewed directly, and the facts g<1> being viewed by reflection in inclined mirrors a. A drum h provided with bands of coloured material is mounted inside the drum f, and is rotated about a source of light, for instance, by the heated air rising from the lamp, as described in Specification No. 582, A.D. 1906. The drum h may also comprise an obliterating- screen. The light may be outside the drum, being reflected through it by inclined mirrors within the drum. The part g may be on the front plate b.
Patent GB-190809811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dress Attachment Suspenders for Watches, Pendants, or other like Articles.
Inventor: ADAMS WALTER JOHN
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 9811. Adams, W. J. May 6. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel. - A device for carrying watches, pendants, or similar dress ornaments, comprises a safety-pin 5, Fig. 1, having a depending hook 8. The hook 8, Fig. 3, is bent to form a terminal hook 11, with which the pointed pin portion engages before being engaged with its usual safety recess 12.
Patent GB-190809865-A (GB)
Title: Switch Plate for the Aerial Wires of Electric Tramways.
Inventor: BOON ALFRED GISLAIN
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 9865. Boon, A. G. May 6. Electric tramways on the overhead - conductor system. Conductors. - Switch - plates or frogs for the junctions of the overhead conductors are provided with a downwardly projecting pin 1 placed between the branch conductors so as to guide the trolly pole to the branch corresponding to the track taken by the car. Fig. 2 shows an inverted plan of the switch-plate.
Patent GB-190812089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Splash Preventing Means for Water and the like Taps.
Inventor: NOSWORTHY WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 12,089. Nosworthy, W. H., and Prescott, S. J. June 3. Spraying, preventing; freezing, preventing. - To prevent the accumulation of water in a tap provided with an anti-splashing device, after the tap has been turned off, the gauze 5, Fig. 1, is convex, and has a central hole 6 and short tube 15. The gauze may be flat and provided with a conical or cylindrical projection round the central hole. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, two layers of gauze are provided, having apertures 6, 10, a space 11 being left between the two gauzes. The upper gauze may be of conical form. The lower end of the rubber union 4 may be cut away to form a small chamber above the gauze 12, and a shoulder 16 may be formed on the union to prevent the outlet of the tap from being inserted too far. Specification No. 23,909, A.D. 1902, is referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-190812557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: FEINSTEIN FELIX
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 12,557. Feinstein, F. June 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Electric weighing - apparatus; indicating and registering mechanism.-In an apparatus for indicating the weight of an object on a dial placed at a distance from the balance, a rod 21 of carbon &c. is moved vertically by a rack 18 which is actuated by lever mechanism of the ordinary type, as shown. An electric current from a battery 27 passes to the rod 21 by a lead 25, and leaves the rod by rollers 22 connected with a galvanometer 29 by a lead 31. The circuit is completed through a switch 28. Variations in the load on the balance produce movements of the rod 21 which cause the resistance of the circuit to vary. The consequent variation in the current is indicated on the galvanometer 29, which is graduated to show the weight of the load on the balance. According to the Provisional Specification, a cut-out may be arranged to interrupt the current if it varies abnormally.
Patent GB-190815343-A (GB)
Title: Machines for Simultaneously Spinning and Winding Wool, Cotton, Asbestos, and other Fibres.
Inventor: FOULDS ALFRED JOHN
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 15,343. Foulds, A. J., and Foulds, H. A. July 20. Worm gearing.-The worm 52 is splined on its shaft and is kept in mesh with its worm-wheel 53 by a spring 67 so that, by means of a hand-wheel 50, the worm can be positively rotated in one direction while, when the worm-wheel is rotated in the other direction by the growth of the cop of the spinning-machine, of which this mechanism forms a part, the spring yields and the worm slides away from the worm-wheel.
Patent GB-190816503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Firing Gear of Breech Loading Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 16,503. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Aug. 5. Ordnance breech mechanism.-A stop A' is provided on the swinging- carrier A of a screw breech mechanism, and a stop B<1> which coacts therewith on the box-slide B. The stops allow the box-slide to be rotated from the normal position into that shown in Fig. 3, in which position the primer lock C may be withdrawn from the slide B. The stop B<1> is pivoted at b<3> and may be pressed aside; against the action of a spring-plunger b<1>, so that the box slide may be further rotated to disengage it from the interrupted fillets on the axial vent, when it is desired to dismount the firing- mechanism.
Patent GB-190817484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rests and Gauges for Hob-nailing or other Shoe-nailing Machines.
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-09-20
Abstract: 17,484. Brown, J. H., British United Shoe Machinery Co., and Gouldbourn, J. Aug. 20. Nailing.-A machine for inserting hob or like nails into boots and shoes has an edge-gauge and a seat for the soleface, and a disconnectible or other device which maintains a predetermined correlation between the gauge and rest when adjusted to vary the position of the line of insertion of the nails. The solerest is arranged to move in a direction normal to the sole-face during each operative cycle, to facilitate the feeding of the work. The rest E is yieldingly held against the sole-face, during the usual depression of the horn, by means of a spring- pressed wedge E<6> acting upon an inclined face E' formed in a plunger E'. To prevent the seat from turning, it is recessed into its carrier E<2>. The carrier is arranged in open-ended guides in a canting frame F, which carries an abutment F<3> to take the thrust of the horn when nailing, and an adjusttable edge-gauge D mounted for movement in the same direction as the rest E. A spring-controlled link K is pivoted to the gauge D, aud engages a pin E<10> on the rest carrier. The adjustment of the edgegauge D is thus shared with the sole-rest E; but the link K may be disengaged from the pin E <0>, and the sole-rest withdrawn from the frame F, to enable a central line of nails to be driven. To facilitate adjustment of the edge-gauge, a pawl L, pivoted on the edge-gauge, engages a rack M, and is operated by a handle L<1> to free the gauge for adjustment. The rack M is arranged upon an inclined slide M<1>, operated by a pin eccentrically mounted on a stud journaled in the frame F, the pin engaging a notch on the slide.
Patent GB-190824000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lubricators.
Inventor: BROWN TOM EDWARD BENNETT
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 24,000. Brown, T. E. B., and Ross, J. A. Nov. 9. Grease cups.-To prevent accidental detachment of a grease cup of the screw-down type, a plate D free to slide upon the stem a is formed with one or more spring arms d terminating in beaded edges d<1>, which engage over a ridge C formed on the cup B or in a groove around the cup. The upward movement of the cup is arrested by the plate D coming into contact with the part A.