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Patent GB-190624100-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable Pedal-strap for Cycles.
Inventor: REID ANDREW
Filed: 1906-10-29
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 24,100. Reid, A. Oct. 29. Fastenings, strap. In a cycle pedal strap or toeclip consisting of a centre piece a with four tails or ends b integral therewith, the ends c of the centre piece are cut at an angle to make the front shorter than the back, so that, when the tails are tightened around the end plates of the pedal, the strap is tilted forward to suit the shape of the rider's boot. As shown in Fig. 6, the ends b pass through the eyes f of keepers e, down inside the pedal, up along the outside, and again through the eyes, corresponding ends upon the opposite sides being secured together over the centre piece by buckles d. The keener may be of leather, brass, canvas, &c, and may be made by the insertion of a small piece g between the doubled band e', the three thicknesses being secured together by riveting. When the pedal plate has a spike, this is passed between the small piece g and the outside part of the keeper. As modifications, the keepers being dispensed with, the tails may be passed down outside the pedal plate, up along the inside, through the opening below the ends c, round themselves near the centre piece, and finally down again inside the pedal so as to form a half-hitch, the ends being fastened, if desired, under the pedal spindle by buckles or the like; or, the tails may be passed down inside the pedal, up outside, and down again inside, being fastened under the spindle as before ; or, the tails, passed down outside the pedal and up inside, may be brought round to the front and buckled on the two sides in the middle of the centre piece ; or, as shown in Fig. 7, the tails, passed down outside and then up inside the pedal, may be carried through the openings below the ends c and through slots j near the middle of the centre piece, the four ends being finally fastened by buckles d.
Patent GB-190628238-A (GB)
Title: Cooking-device for Tinned Goods.
Inventor: SKLOWER PAUL
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1908-02-11
Abstract: 28,238. Peiser, J., and Sklower, P. Dec. 11. Spirit lamps.-A heater, which may be attached to a preserved food tin and may be easily detached so as to be available for heating the food, consists of a fuel receptacle a, having radial arms b which are bent at their ends so as to grip the rim of the tin. The receptacle fits closely against the end of the tin so that no fuel is spilled during transit. When detached, the arms are bent inwards so as to support the tin, as shown in dotted lines in Fig 3.
Patent GB-190703510-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Merry-go-round.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 3510. Willis, P. R. J., [Orrick, C. F.]. Feb. 12. Roundabouts, driven by the riders. A mast 10 supported by guy ropes 22 carries rotating arms 14 bearing seats 15. The arms are rotated by the occupant of one of the seats, who operates a handle 34 pivoted to levers 27, 28, attached to a ratchet arrangement 26 on the mast. The handle 34 may be either held or released when speed is attained. The seats 15, made of sheet metal 16 with wire side supports 20, 21, are held in position by rods 35, formed with vertical parts near the seat and attached to a collar 36 on the mast. The rods 35 may be used to support a canopy, or to dry clothes upon.
Patent GB-190712827-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Governing Engines.
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 12,827. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., and Bangay, R. D. June 3. Electric governors; transmitting - mechanism.- The throttle valve of an internal-combustion or other engine used for driving an electric generator is controlled by an electro-magnet in the armature circuit. The invention is applied to apparatus for use in wireless telegraphy, in which the current generated is subject to sudden variations. The Figure shows the electro - magnet g, having an armature f carried by a lever d, which rocks between adjustable stops, and by means of a cord b opens the throttle valve, which is closed by a spring c when the circuit is broken.
Patent GB-190715071-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tobacco Pipe.
Inventor: THOMAS SAMUEL FURNESS
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 15,071. Thomas, S. F. July 1. Tobacco pipes.-In order to facilitate cleaning, a tobacco pipe is provided with a longitudinally divided mouthpiece held preferably together by a pivot at b, and with a large bore e<2> in the stem extending below the bowl and closed by a plug f. The two smoke passages c' of the mouthpiece are formed so as to leave a shoulder at the junction with the larger bore c to form a trap.
Patent GB-190715177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Lamps for Flash Signalling Purposes
Inventor: WALL JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 15,177. Wall, J. July 1. Signal lamps specially designed for use at sea comprise a circular dioptric lens c, a font and burner e retained in guides f, a back door b carrying a spherical reflector d, and a shutter g sliding on guides h and operated by a forked lever i, which is pivoted at j is controlled by a spring m and has a thumbpiece k. A finger-piece l is provided to facilitate the operation of the lever. Handles n, o may be provided, and the handle n may be insulated from the body of the lantern by asbestos or other material. A translucent plate, bearing signal codes and having a removable screen, may be arranged on the door b. The lantern may be used with any illuminant, and may be adapted to be changed from oil to electric light.
Patent GB-190728767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Stock Refining Machines.
Inventor: JONES ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 28,767. Jones, A., and Gregg, A. Dec. 31. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Conical mills.-A refining-machine for paper stock comprises a conical grinder 17 provided with longitudinally arranged blades 18, rotating in a shell 3 formed in sections, each lined with zigzag blades 19 running longitudinally of the shell and co-operating with the blades 18. The grinder is fixed on a shaft 11, and may be adjusted by means of a worm operating a worm-wheel 27, in which a screw 26 supporting a footstep bearing 25 is threaded. The shaft 11 is rotated from the shaft 15 by means of bevel-wheels 14, 12, the latter being feathered on the shaft 11 to allow of its adjustment. Fixed on the upper end of the shaft is a cylindrical screen 23 surrounded by a cylinder 20 provided with a hopper 21, through which the paper stock is fed to the screen. Foreign matter is retained in the screen, while the stock is driven through the meshes 23<a> thereof by centrifugal force and passes down through holes in a plate 9 into the grinder. The pulp leaves the machine by one or more pipes 34. The grinder and the sections of the shell are cast in one piece, knives of steel being cast therein, or the grinder and knives and the sections and knives may be all cast together.
Patent GB-190805817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Soap.
Inventor: OYLER THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 5817. Oyler, T. H. March 16. Soaps.-Hops or any extract, oil, or other preparation from hops is used as an ingredient of soap.
Patent GB-190808482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waterways or Pleasure Canals for the Purposes of Amusement
Inventor: BOND WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 8482. Bond, W. H., and Searle, J. F. W. April 16. Railways and canals for recreation.-Two or more pleasure canals of the type described in Specification No. 19,258, A.D. 1899, are built at different levels, one above the other, and are connected by inclines on which endless chains run to carry boats from one level to another. A boat is started at Q, Fig. 1, in a canal Y and is passed by a chain L up rollers C on an incline to an upper canal Z, in which water is circulated by a wheel A in the direction shown. The boat then passes down the canal to a point G, where it is taken down a second incline to the lower canal, in which water is circulated by a wheel B, back to the point Q. Water is prevented from escaping from the upper canal by a water-tight hinged flap F, Figs. 1 and 9, which is turned down when the water is circulating and is at a lower level K, to allow the boats to pass over the rollers X, X'. The flap may be omitted, and the paddle-wheels may be replaced by a circulating-pump.
Patent GB-190815892-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Brake for Pit Cages and the like
Inventor: WILLIAMSON JAMES HUNTER
Filed: 1908-07-27
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 15,892. Williamson, J. H. July 27. Safety suspending- apparatus.-Relates to safety suspending - apparatus for pit cages &c. of the kind in which a suspended vertical rod passes through the cage and is connected by links to guide - gripping levers, and consists in mounting the levers, which are weighted and provided with springs, on the roof, and in providing means for slightly raising the vertical rod so as to ease the brakes for the purpose of lowering the cage. Fig. 1 shows the mechanism applied to cages with wire rope guides. Four weighted levers L are mounted diagonally on the cage roof, their eccentric ends being pivoted in metal brackets which are secured to the cage and enclose the guides GR. The inner ends of the levers are connected by links V to a collar B on a vertical rod F, which passes through the centre of the cage and is connected by a bar E to the hoisting-cable H. If the hoisting-cable breaks, the levers L are rocked by encased springs S and adjustable weights W so as to cause their eccentric ends to grip the guides. In order to lower the cage after an accident, the grip-levers L may be eased by raising the vertical rod F, a lever L<2> and operating-rope being provided for this purpose. When wooden guides are used, the levers L are mounted on cross shafts F<1>, Fig. 3, which carry at each end short levers U carrying rollers which are adapted to engage the guide when the cable breaks. On the outside of the guides are arranged similar shafts F<1> and roller arms U, and the two shafts are connected by cranks K and links. The vertical rod F is raised to ease the brakes by rack-and-pinion mechanism operated by a crank-handle in the cage.
Patent GB-190816709-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Ingot Moulds.
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 16,709. Williams, T., and South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Aug. 8. Casting. - In order to strengthen ingot moulds, they are provided with a shoulder b at about one-fifth of the height, the thickness then tapering off gradually to the top.
Patent GB-190821851-A (GB)
Title: Shuttle Changing Mechanism for Looms.
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 21,851. Blumer & Co., G. Sept. 16, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Loom shuttlechanging mechanism ; stop - motions. -In shuttle-changing mechanism of the type wherein a shaft 17, Figs. 2 and 3, carries arms, which operate mechanisms to raise the shuttle-box fronts, transfer a fresh shuttle from the magazine into the shuttle box, and actuate a s p e n tshuttle ejector, the shaft 17 carries a a spring 16, which is engaged by a stop 7 on the weft-fork carrier 4, when the weft-fork mechanism is operated, so that the shaft 17 is thereby rocked. The arms 18 carry rods 22 which raise hooked levers 23, 28 into the paths of projections 27 on levers 26 on the lay-swords, so that, when the lay moves forwards, the levers 26 are rocked, and, by means of lever mechanism 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, raise the guides or shuttle-box fronts 34. The arm 19 carries a rod 35, which raises an arm pivoted to a lever 39, 41 into the path of a stop 38 on the laysword 24. The lever 39, 41 is thereby rocked and rods 43 actuate a bent metal device 44, which is thereby reciprocated in guides 45 and transfers a fresh shuttle 46 from the magazine 86 into one of the shuttle boxes, chains 50 on a lever 49 having been freed from recesses in the bottom shuttle in the magazine by means of an arm 20 carried by the shaft 17 and connected by a rod 47 to the lever 49. The arm 19 also carries a rod 52, which raises a crank 53 and rocks a shaft 54, so that a spring tooth 57 thereon is moved away from a lever 58. This lever is thereupon moved sideways by a spring, and its part 72 comes into the path of a pin 61 on a disk 60 on a shaft 13 driven at half the speed of the crank-shaft. The lever 58 is thus moved forwards, rocks a lever 63, shaft 64, and crank 65, and depresses a rod 67, thus rocking a lever 70. A pin 71 then raises the hook 3 of the weft fork and prevents the weft-fork mechanism from being again actuated until the shuttle-changing operation is completed. The spring tooth 57 enters a recess in the lever 58, which is returned by the pin 61 engaging the part 62, the spring tooth being then moved out of the recess into its normal position. The threads from the spare shuttles are carried by a stud 87, and a hook 89 carried by the pivot 68 of the lever 70 engages the thread from the shuttle which has just been fed into the shuttle box and prevents the thread from moving with the lay. One of the two shuttle stop-motion catches, which are carried on the same shaft, is provided with a bent pin engaging one of the levers 32, so that the two catches are held out of action and prevented from stopping the loom during the shuttle-changing operation. Another arm on the shaft 17 carries a spring rod, which raises a hook on a lever, mounted on the loom frame and provided with a shockabsorbing spring, into the path of an arm on a shaft below the lay. This shaft is thereby rocked and arms thereon actuate pushers, which eject the exhausted shuttle into a receptacle.
Patent GB-190824084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Packing Skeins.
Inventor: SMITH JUNIUS GARNETT
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 24,084. Smith, J. G. Nov. 10. Thread holders. -A skein consisting of a number of individual threads is enclosed in a tube B', Figs. 27 and 30, open at both ends. Notches B' or B<3> are provided for withdrawing the threads.
Patent GB-190824295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Grates of Steam Boiler or other Furnaces.
Inventor: WHITTAKER JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1908-11-12
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 24,295. Whittaker, J. J. Nov. 12. Fire-bars.-In fire-bars for steam-boiler and like furnaces of the kind described in Specification No. 17,616, A.D. 1899, the " cover plate," arranged to receive projections on the sections, is dispensed with, and the sections are provided with a half-lap joint so that the ribs F within the water trough E may be continued to nearer the end of the sections. Projections G, which rest on the trough, are formed on the underside of the bars, spaces H being left for the upward passage of steam, and the air spaces C are arranged opposite the projections D on adjacent bars.
Patent GB-190826023-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Azo-dyestuffs.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-12-02
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,023. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Dec 2. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Dyes, artificial.-Monoazo dyes are obtained by combining the diazo compound of p-nitraniline-osulphonic acid with 2-naphthylamine, 2: 8-aminonaphthol, or their sulphonic acids or the alkylamino or arylamino derivatives of these compounds. The specified derivates are :-2-ethylnaphthylamine, 2- phenylnaphthylamine, 2-naphtbylamine-5-, -6-, and - 7-sulphonic acids, 2-naphthylamine-3: 6-disulphonic acid, 2-ethylnaphthylamine-7-sulphonic acid, 2-phenylnaphthylamine-5 :7-disulphonic acid, 2-phenylamino-8- naphthol- 6-sulphonic acid, 2- amino-8-naphthol-6-sulphonic acid, 2-ethylamino-8- naphthol-6-sulphonic acid, 2-p-anisidylamino-8- naphthol-6-sulphonic acid, 2-amino-8-naphthol- 3 :6-disulphonic acid. The combination with 2 7-aminonaphthol or its derivatives is effected in solutions containing free acid, not in the presence of sodium acetate. The products dye wool in acid baths reddish-violet to blue to black shades. Specification No. 11,766, A.D. 1901, is referred to.
Patent GB-190902965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Compressing Valve Springs.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM BEARD
IPC: B25B27/26
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 2965. Lake, W. B., Lake, A. E., and Elliot, E. F. Feb. 8. Cramps.-A device for compressing valve springs is provided with a pair of parallel jaws A', B' which are connected together by crossed links C<2>, C<4> pivoted together at F. The jaws A', B' are provided with circular extensions A, B upon which blocks E, D respectively are adapted to slide. The block D is provided with trunnions D' upon which the links C<4> are pivoted, and the block E with trunnions E', for the links C<2>. The extension A is screw-threaded and is provided with a nut G which moves the block D and thus opens the jaws.
Patent GB-190907912-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement on Looms for Manufacturing Loop Fabrics.
Inventor: KRATKY GUSTAV
IPC: D03D27/08
Filed: 1909-04-02
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 7912. Kratky, G. April 2. Pile-fabric looms.-In a loom for weaving terry fabrics, such as broad bath towels, the reed is controlled by mechanism which is independent of the movement of the lay. The reed-frame 2 is mounted on arms 4, which are controlled by springs 5 and are pivoted on a cross - shaft 3 carried by the lay. The reed - frame is pressed forwards at the required intervals by one or more cams 7 on an adjustable shaft 8 driven from the loom tappet - shaft by chain gearing 17, 18.
Patent GB-190910296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Reinforced Concrete Beams.
Inventor: TUCKER ALBERT NAPOLEON
IPC: E04C3/20
Filed: 1909-04-30
Granted: 1910-05-02
Abstract: 10,296. Tucker, A. N. April 30. , Floors of reinforced concrete girders side by side. -A concrete beam of the type having a #-shaped cross-section with transverse ribs at intervals, is provided with a groove k at one side and a tongue on the other, or grooves at both sides, as shown, so that the beams may be grouted together side by side to form a floor. A ceiling may be formed by rendering expanded metal or other lathing f secured to the reinforcing-bars, and the top face of each beam may be finished with any suitable flooring before erection. The beams may be slightly tapered on the top and bottom, or the sides.
Patent GB-190910596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing the Side-slip or Skidding or Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: STERNE LOUIS
IPC: B60B39/00
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 10,596. Sterne, L., [Blandy, J. B.]. May 4. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-A non-skid device for motor-vehicles consists of one or more wheels composed of a series of spaced disks a of india-rubber or other flexible material, the wheel or wheels being carried by brackets d pivoted on the rear axle or chassis and maintained in contact with the ground by forwardly extending springs f. The Provisional Specification describes also a wheel carried in telescopic brackets and pressed down by springs, and a further modification in which the wheel is carried on a cranked shaft and is pressed on the ground by spiral springs arranged on the ends of the shaft.
Patent GB-190912578-A (GB)
Title: Improved Flexible Shaft for Transmitting Motion from Revolving Axles to Speedometers, Taximeters, Odometers, and the like.
Inventor: RUTHERFORD ALBERT ERNEST
IPC: F16C1/04
Filed: 1909-05-27
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 12,578. Rutherford, A. E. May 27. Flexible shafts.-In flexible shafts, for speed indicators, odometers, &c., of the kind in which main links with slots at right-angles are connected by intermediate links with lugs to fit the links, the links 1 carrying the lugs are made the longer links, and the slotted links 4 are made the shorter. The shaft is enclosed in a tube, not shown.
Patent GB-190916892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brackets.
Inventor: ALEXANDER ALBERT EDGAR
IPC: A47G1/24
Filed: 1909-07-20
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 16,892. Alexander, A. E. July 20. Mirrors.-A folding support for a mirror or the like carried on the body of a person, comprises a pair of bows 2 secured to rods 7 telescoping in tubes 6 which in turn telescope in a tube 5. A tube 3 is connected to the tube 5 by a hinge 4 and carries telescopically a rod 8 to which is pivoted a stem 9<b> having a wedge. A mirror &c. 1 is mounted by means of a split tube 10 upon the stem 9<b>, a groove 10<a> on the tube engaging the head 9<c>. The various joints in the bracket are provided with suitable securing-screws. In a modification, Fig. 7, the bows are jointed as at 20 and pivoted at 16 to a cross-bar 15, on which is mounted, by means of a sleeve 22 having a securing.screw 23, a jointed tube 24, 25 carrying telescopically a rod 21 to which the mirror &c. is pivoted. When not in use, the brackets and attached mirror or the like fold up flat.
Patent GB-190918501-A (GB)
Title: Shrouding and Leakage Preventing Devices for Turbine Blades.
Inventor: HOWDEN JAMES
IPC: F01D11/08
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 18,501. Howden, J., and Holloway, J. April 21. Blades, vanes, nozzles, and the like.-Shrouding and leakage-preventing devices for impulse and reaction turbines comprise interlocking shrouding-members and co-operating rims and recesses. A shroud g for the rotor - blades is formed by overturning and cutting - away the blades so that the peripheral parts interlock and support each other both laterally and circumferentially. A groove may be formed above and below the nozzle orifices B, Figs. 4 and 5, to receive projecting rims on the outer and inner ends of the blades. The projecting rims may be formed on the distance-pieces of the blades, this improvement being applicable to the bladefixing device described in Specification 5853/09. Figs. 8 and 9 show the improvements applied to a reaction turbine with rotor blades N and stator blades K.
Patent GB-190920656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Current Distributors for the Ignition Devices of Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02P7/00
Filed: 1909-09-09
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 20,656. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. April 7, [Convention date]. Rotary distributors.-A current-distributor for use in the electric ignition of internal-combustion engines has all the parts that carry current enclosed by an insulating-casing e, and the part which carries the distributor leads forms an air-tight cover for the casing. The insulating-plugs h on the ends of the leads g are formed with non-circular ends l to fit in correspondingly-formed cavities in the cover, and over the conducting-pins i which project from the cover. The plug may be bent at an angle, as shown in Fig. 7, if desired.
Patent GB-190923209-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Manufacture of Zinc Sulphide.
IPC: C01G9/08
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 23,209. Soc. Chimique des Usines du Rh¶ne, (anciennement Gilliard, P. Monnet, et Cartier), and Meyer, J. O. A. Nov. 19,1908, [Convention date]. Zinc sulphide is obtained by spraying a concentrated solution of a zinc salt of a mineral acid such as a strong solution of zinc sulphate into sulphuretted hydrogen, contact with the gas being continued until no more is absorbed. The filtrate may be regenerated by treatment with zinc ore. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 10,225/07.