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Patent GB-190726252-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clinometer or Gradient Indicator for use on Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BENNETT ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1907-11-27
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 26,252. Bennett, A. E. Nov. 27. Clinometers.-In a gradient indicator for use on motor road vehicles, two closed metal receptacles a, Fig. 1, containing mercury b are attached to suitable parts of the vehicle, such as the front and rear wheel axles respectively, and are connected by a small tube e, which is of helical form in order to prevent momentary rushes of the mercury from one receptacle to the other. Above the mercury in the receptacles a are air spaces, which are connected by two tubes d to the two ends of an U- shaped indicating-tube e containing spirit &c. One leg only of the tube e is visible, and is provided with a scale f indicating gradients. A small tube with a cock may be arranged across the top of the U-tube e in order to obtain any predetermined adjustment of the spirit in the tube. The mercury is prevented from entering the tubes d by pieces of chamois leather tied on the ends thereof. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the upper parts of the receptacles a are open to the atmosphere, and a float i in one of the receptacles is provided with a verticallysliding rack j, which actuates a pointer h through gear-wheels l, m, k.
Patent GB-190727122-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Case or Container suitable to Hold Gramophone Records.
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 27,122. Williams, H., Kennaby, J., and Newbery, Ltd., C. Dec. 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Picture and like mounts.-An album for gramaphone records comprises a series of pockets E each divided by a partition e<2> and holding two records, the pockets being attached to a wooden back C and a backing-sheet D of canvas. The outer sheets of the pockets have circular apertures to engage with the central boss of each record, cut-outs being provided along the front edge to facilitate withdrawal. The side edges of the pockets may be stiffened by strips of wood or cardboard.
Patent GB-190800329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mincing Machines.
Inventor: SPONG JAMES OSBORN
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 329. Spong, J. O. Jan. 6. Conveyers. - The screw-conveyer of a mincing- machine has its edges 1, and one or both surfaces 2, or part thereof, formed with projections or recesses 3 in order to draw the meat or other material from the hopper into the conveyer.
Patent GB-190802388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bonding or Folding Mill-board and the like.
Inventor: REMUS THEODOR
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 2388. Remus, T. Feb. 3. Bending.-In apparatus in which millboard &c. is bent or folded to a sharp angle by two movable adjacentlyplaced rails b, c, the projecting bending- rib d in the lower rail b is guided between bars e held in contact with the rail b by a spring f, and the height of the rib is adjusted by eccentrics g operated through arms h and a link i from a handle k.
Patent GB-190804062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valve Gears for Combustion Engines
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 4062. Boult, A. J., [Sulzer Geb.]. Feb. 22. Gas or explosivevapour engines, governing in. In an engine in which the quantity of fuel supplied at each revolution by the pump varies inversely as the,speed and in which compressed air is used for forcing into the cylinder and atomizing the fuel, the motion of the fuel valve is controlled by the pressure of such air, so that the lift or the length of time of opening of the valve is proportional to the quantities of air and fuel to enter the cylinder. In the example shown, the fuel valve p is operated by a lever o, a cam n, and an intermediate roller m connected with a diaphragm or a spring-pressed piston k working in a cylinder h, which is in communication with a vessel containing the compressed air, an intermediate receiver e, or the pump inlet pipe a between the pump and a throttle valve b. The valve b may be operated by hand or by a governor.
Patent GB-190808191-A (GB)
Title: An Improvements in Speaking Tubes, particularly for use on Board Ship.
Inventor: OTTO ENGEL
Filed: 1908-04-13
Abstract: 8191. Engel, 0. April 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Speaking-tubes, especially for use on board ship, are provided with one or more diaphragms of rubber or mica, to prevent the passage of air or water and to keep them clean.
Patent GB-190808690-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Opening & Closing Gas-cocks or Valves by Variation of Pressure in Mains.
Inventor: SPARKS ERNEST
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 8690. Sparks, E. April 21. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-Apparatus for operating a gas cock, on an increase ot pressure in the mains, comprises a piston a, Fig. 2, forming preferably part of a liquid-seal valve or bellows and carrying the gas cock, an exit pipe e which acts as a guide, and preferably a depending guiderod g. The gas cock is provided with a perforated or slotted hollow plug d<1>, Fig. 3, having a peripheral groove d" with which a set-screw engages, and is operated with ratchet-gearing l, Fig. 2, the pawl m being preferably connected by a rod o to the casing or to a weight p resting on the bottom of the casing. The piston e may be weighted by washers, shot, &c., and its upward movement may be limited by the pipe e contacting with a stop on the Bunsen tube, or by adjustable studs or a circular flange contacting with the lid b<1> of the casing. A pipe that is uncovered when the piston rises may be provided for the escape of the surplus gas.
Patent GB-190809640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switching Apparatus for Controlling Electrical Machinery.
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 9640. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. May 4. Motor conbrollers.-Relates to checking-devices for motor controllers. A plate b fixed to a shaft s, which carries the contact-drum and operating- handle, is provided with projections a corresponding in number and position to the contacts on the drum. To switch the resistance gradually out of circuit, the plate b and the contact-drum are rotated in the direction of the arrow, so that the projections a successively engage an obliquely-placed projection g on a pivoted pawl-piece c on the controller frame e, controlled by a spring or the like f. The pawl-piece c is consequently forced to rotate about its pivot d in the direction of the plate b, so as to bring another projection h on the pawlpiece into the path of the projections a to prevent a too rapid switching on of the controller. If the plate is not too rapidly operated, the pawl-piece is retracted by the spring f, so that the projections a clear the projection h. Reversing can take place as rapidly as desired, as the projections a come into contact with the inner side of the projection g and push the pawl-piece c away from the plate b.
Patent GB-190814415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Order Telegraphs and like Apparatus for Electrically Reproducing Rotary and other Movements at a Distance.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 14,415. Pollen, A. H., and Isherwood, H. July 7. Sights and methods of sighting.-Relates to apparatus for transmitting electrically the movements of one shaft to another shaft. According to the invention, which may be used for indicating the position of a range-finder in azimuth, and also for indicating the position of the range-adjusting head, each position of the transmitting shaft connects one of a number of lines into circuit and the receiving shaft is driven until the energized line is insulated by a drum carried by the shaft. For giving close accuracy of reproduction there are provided two or more drums with two or more sets of transmitting circuits reproducing the units, tens, &c. digits of an indication. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the transmitting axis drives the switch arm a, and a circuit is completed over the segment on which this arm rests and one of the segments f', f<2> of a drum f at the receiving station, unless the lead from this segment is connected to a brush resting on the insulating part h of the receiving drum. The circuit through a segment f<1> or f<2> energizes a magnet in a constantly rotating clutch x or y to connect the armature d and shaft c to the clutch, thus driving the drum f until the circuit is broken. The shaft c actuates the indicator b. When indications of tens and units are given, the axis of the tens switch arm a is connected through reducing gear to a shaft driving the tens transmitting arm. A receiving apparatus for this arrangement is shown in Fig. 3. The units switching drum f and tens drum g are divided into two parts by spiral insulating paths. Each lead is connected to a brush resting on one of the drums through a switch 5, 6 which is opened by a cam, Figs. 3 and 4, when the brush reaches the insulating part of the drum, thus preventing sparking on the drum. The units drum f is connected to the tens drum g through reducing gear. In order to prevent both the clutches x, y from being energized at the same time over the drums f, g the clutch circuits from the drum g are connected through magnets A, which open the clutch circuits from the drum f. To ensure that the tens switch arm passes from one digit to the next at the same time that the units arm passes from the digit 9 to the digit 0, the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 is used. The units arm a<0> connects the two-part tens arm a<1> into circuit through the segments z, z<1>. As the arm a<0> moves from the segment 9 to the segment 0 it changes the connexions at the tens apparatus from the arm s' and segment 7 to the arm s and the segment 8. The system may also be employed to operate apparatus other than an indicating pointer.
Patent GB-190817684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heddles for Looms.
Inventor: TOYODA SAKICHI
Filed: 1908-08-22
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 17,684. Toyoda, S. Aug. 22. Loom healds.-A heald is formed of a flat strip of metal or other material flattened at 6 and apertured at 4 as shown, the side of the strip being parallel to the warp. The end loops 2 are offset, so as to allow the healda to be placed close together.
Patent GB-190819331-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Construction of Draught Gauge or Indicator.
Inventor: CORSON FRANK HUNTINGDON
Filed: 1908-09-15
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 19,331. Corson, F. H. Sept. 15. Anemometers.-A gauge for comparing pressures with each other or with the atmosphere consists of a U-tube the limbs of which contain liquids of slightly different specific gravities such as alcohol diluted with water and paraffin and have enlargements a<3>, a<4> arranged as shown so as to take the overflow for excessive pressures. The tubes extend beyond the enlargements and are connected to a four-way tap, the other ends of which are connected to the two sources of pressure to be compared. The tap casing has a vent to the atmosphere so that either limb can be opened to the atmosphere while the other is subjected to one of the pressures, or both limbs can be opened to the air to take the zero reading. The U-tube is mounted in a casing with a translucent scale b behind the limb in which the liquids meet, and the back of the casing is open as shown in Fig. 2 so as to light the scale, or a lamp may be fitted in the casing. In a modified form, the U-tube is replaced by a pair of nested tubes as shown in Fig. 10. The invention is especially intended for use in furnace and flue draught measurements.
Patent GB-190820876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Lifting Ropes or Slings.
Inventor: SHORE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 20,876. Shore, T. Oct. 3. Slings.-To prevent wear in lifting ropes or slings, U-shaped bends b of metal or other suitable material are fitted to the looped ends of the rope ; a roller h may be fitted within the bend. The bend is secured to the rope by caps e and screws g. The bend may be of tubular construction, in which case the rope is spliced after the bend is secured.
Patent GB-190822633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips or Fastening Devices especially intended for use in the Construction of Mattresses.
Inventor: MCINTOSH BURTNETT
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 22,633. McIntosh, B. Oct. 24. Bending.-A tool for securing a clip especially adapted for use in the construction of mattress, has a slot X, Fig. 4, for engaging the. end of the preferably hoop-iron strap B, which is formed into a coil b<1> by rotating the tool.
Patent GB-190900667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metal Filament Electric Lamps.
Inventor: MESZAROS JOSEPH
IPC: H01K1/26
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 667. Meszaros, J. Jan. 11. Reflectors within bulbs; filaments, supports jor.- A large hollow cylindrical or conical reflector E' is mounted within a metalfilament cluster D on a central stem which projects from the lampbase and is connected to the tip by a spring F. A collar c on the stem supports the reflector, and carries filament-supporting arms, which may be curved when the reflector ends are rounded. The reflector may have flanged ends to engage the stem, and may be of glass coated internally with amalgam.
Patent GB-190907402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Casting Machines and Typewriters.
Inventor: LINK ROLLS PERCIVAL
IPC: B41B5/06
Filed: 1909-03-27
Granted: 1910-03-29
Abstract: 7402. Link, R. P., and Hyde, A. G. March 27. Type-bar and type-wheel machines; hammer-impression arrangements; types, securing on carriers.- The parts are applicable to typewriters having movable type, but are described as applied to a type-casting machine. Fig. 1 shows a rotary matrix-sector or other movable carrier g, in which the matrices h are carried by stems i, and are held in normal position by springs m engaging notches o in the stems. A pusher a, pivoted at b to a slide c movable by a linkage p, co-operates with a cam e and has a face j and a hook l, for engagement respectively with the rear end of, and with a notch k in, the stem of the selected matrix. The linkage p is operated by the main shaft of the machine or, in the case of a typewriter, directly by the keys if desired. Before the matrix returns to its initial position, the hook l moves down out of the notch k, but at this time the spring m engages the edge of the notch o and completes the movement of the matrix. A separate spring m may be provided for each matrix in the carrier, but preferably all the springs are integral with a band or strip. The springs allow the matrices to be removed and replaced by others, either singly or in groups.
Patent GB-190907938-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Breaking or Turning the Couch on Malting Floors.
Inventor: ERLANGER ADOLF
IPC: C12C1/15
Filed: 1909-04-02
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 7938. Erlanger, A., and Gõrtner, A. April 10, 1908, [Convention date]. Malt-turners.-Mechanical means for removing the tops from, and levelling, the heaps into which malt is formed during germination are provided with scoops or shovels having middle ribs to prevent the material from slipping past the scoops, and the endless chains carrying the scoops are vertically adjustable. A frame 1 is carried by wheels 2 on rails supported by wall brackets. An electromotor 5 transmits movement through gearing 6, 7 to a shaft 8, which carries toothed wheels 9 meshing with rack-bars fixed on the rails. A frame 11 is rigidly connected to the frame by means of uprights 12 and bars, and brackets 15, 16 are also carried on the uprights by means of eyes 17 sliding thereon. These brackets carry rails 18, in which the guide-rollers 19 of endless chains 20, 21 are mounted so as to be driven by octagonal or other pulleys 22, 23, mounted in a frame 24 connect ing the brackets 16, and connected by gearwheels so as to be driven through wheels on a shaft 28 from the electromotor 5. Vertically guided rack bars 34 are fixed in the middles of the brackets 15, 16 and mesh with pinions on a shaft 35, which may be rotated through a worm and worm-wheel by turning a hand-wheel 39; bv this means the elevation of the chains is altered. Guide-bars 41 fixed on the rails 18 prevent the chains from sagging. The chains carry scoops formed as shown in Fig. 4 with a pair of eyes 43 around one pin or bolt and a tongue 44 engaging the next; a central rib 45 prevents the malt from moving transversely between the scoops. When the malt is treated in proximity to the walls, a single chain may be used, extending the whole distance between the walls. Where a portable malt turner is used, the breaking or levelling device may be suspended from its carriage.
Patent GB-190914962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mining Props.
Inventor: EICKERSHOFF JOHN HEINRICH
IPC: E21D15/18
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 14,962. Eickershoff, J. H. June 26. [Addition to 22,223/08.] Mine props.-Relates to telescopic mine props in which the upper portion is supported by granular material contained in the lower portion as described in Specification 22,223/08, and consists in replacing the conical funnel therein arranged on the foot of the upper member, by a number of transverse bars s', s<2> one above the other, or by a hollow stepped cylinder h, or by a combination of the transverse bars with a conical funnel t or with the hollow stepped cylinder. The bottom of the outer member is provided with a hollow foot c, into which some of the supporting-material can escape through diametrically opposite holes o, p, in the outer member and foot respectively, the communication being governed by means of a rotary sleeve r.
Patent GB-190915308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Applying Bottle Seals.
Inventor: WINTER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 15,308. Winter, C. Dec. 15, 1908. Capsules and the like, applying.-Relates to machines for applying bottle seals, and particularly to those having sealing-heads of the type described in Specification 27,222/08. According to the present invention, the machines are adapted to be used indiscriminately with bottles of different sizes without preliminary adjustment. The sealing- head I is mounted on a counterbalanced carriage F adapted to be moved up and down a vertical standard B by rack - and - pinion gearing. The carriage F a n d counterweight P are connected by a chain O passing over a pulley N. The pinion is rotated by a hand-wheel. The bottle is placed on a stand C and centred below the sealing-head by a guide or stop E, adjustable on the standard by means of a thumb-screw e, and at the other end by a forked piece e<1> movable in a slot and fixed by a thumb-screw e<2>.
Patent GB-190922221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Securing and Releasing Boats, Rafts, and the like, carried on the Decks of Ships.
Inventor: ERIKSEN FRITZ
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1909-09-29
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 22,221. Eriksen, F. Sept. 29. Boat-disengaging gear.-A boat is held to a ship's deck by one or more pairs of lashing- hooks 12, retained at the bottom by pivoted hooks 19. If the ship should sink when the deck is awash, the boat is automatically released, the hooks 19 falling over to the right. For releasing by hand when desired, the hooks 19 are mounted on cranked bars 14, passing under the keel of the boat, and worked by means of cranks and a handle 27.
Patent GB-190923038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Condensing or Drying Milk and other Mixtures of Liquids and Solids, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: TOEPFER MAX
IPC: A23C1/03
Filed: 1909-10-08
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 23,038. T÷pfer, M. Oct. 8. Film evapora t o r s ; milk &c., concentrating. - In drying milk and other mixtures, two rotary drums are employed, and the partly - dried layer is removed from the surface of the first drum and applied to the second drum in such a way that the inner and outer surfaces of the layer are reversed. Part of the original mixture, for instance the cream, may be separated before the remainder of the liquid is supplied to the first drum, and the cream or other separated part may be fed to the partly-dried material on the second drum. Skimmed milk, supplied through the pipe g to the pan l, is taken up by the drum a, and the partly-dried layer is removed by the scraper d and applied to the drum b, to which cream is supplied by the distributor x. The dried film is continuously removed by the scraper f. Streams of air, which may be heated, are admitted through the pipes h, i. The drums may be heated to different temperatures, or, when hot air is used, the drums may be at normal temperature or may be cooled.
Patent GB-190923217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Electric Motors.
Inventor: LEAKE HENRY COOK
IPC: H02P7/14
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-10-11
Abstract: 23,217. Leake, H. C. Oct. 11. Motors, controlling.-To produce a falling-torque speed characteristic in constant-current motors, the armature of the motor is shunted by a simple ohmic resistance, which is preferably variable. The shunt resistance may have a negative temperature co-efficient, and may be placed across the field and armature windings; or an electro-magnetic switch may be arranged to cut out the shunt as the speed falls, thereby restoring the stand-still torque to its maximum value. The value of the stand-still torque may also be preserved by simultaneously varying the armature shunt and operating the main controlling-device; or an auxiliary field winding may be added in series with the shunt resistance ; while irregularities due to commutator action are avoided by connecting the shunt directly to the armature winding. The arrangement is specially applicable to the driving of gun mechanisms. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the armature 13 of a constant-current motor is shunted by a resistance 15, which gives the motor a falling-torque speed characteristic with a reduced starting-torque depending upon the value of the shunt resistance 15. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, a falling-torque speed characteristic with a constant starting-torque is obtained by simultaneously varying the shunt resistance 15 and the number of turns in the field winding 14 by means of a slider 21. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the motor is separately excited, a resistance 22 in the field circuit being simultaneously varied with the shuntresistance 15. In the arrangements shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the methods of varying the effect of the field-winding 14 may be substituted by a brushrocking arrangement, or an auxiliary field winding in series with the armature shunt. Irregularities owing to the variation in the contact resistance of the brushes may be avoided by connecting the shunt resistance directly to the armature windings, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.
Patent GB-190923223-A (GB)
Title: Fumigating Cartridge for Destroying Burrowing Animals.
Inventor: HITT THOMAS GABRIEL
IPC: A01M17/00
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 23,223. Hitt, T. G. Oct. 11. Fumigating-cartridges. - A fumigating-cartridge for destroying burrowing animals comprises a cardboard tube 2 covered with paper 1 and plugged at one end. The cartridge contains a charge 4 of blasting-powder, and a charge 5 of a fumigating-compound containing nitre, sulphur, and charcoal, and is provided with a fuse 6. The blasting-powder serves to distribute the fumes throughout the burrow.