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Patent GB-190809876-A (GB)
Title: Improved Variable Speed Gear for Electric Automobiles.
Inventor: SAINTE-CLAIRE CONSTANTIN MERAN
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 9876. Sainte-Claire, C. M. de. Nov. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change gearing for electric automobiles of the class employing two pairs of gears in constant mesh, one of each pair being loose upon and clutchable to a shaft. The driving-shaft A carries fast pinions B, C meshing with wheels D, E loose upon an intermediate shaft F supported in a casing R. Either gear train may be brought into driving relation by a double-ended claw clutch I which slides on a feather &c. on the shaft F and is operated by a lever J. A pinion K secured to the shaft F meshes with and drives a wheel L upon the differential casing S and divided axle T, T<1>. The casing R is partly supported upon the axle T, T<1>.
Patent GB-190812159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforcements for Concrete Constructions such as Beams, Girders or the like.
Inventor: ELLINGER JULIAN O
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 12,159. Ellinger, J. O. June 4. Reinforced concrete; girders and beams; floors.-Concrete beams are reinforced by two main frames a, b, Figs. 1 and 3, formed by expanding a double-bulbed bar, and by shear members c consisting of closed hoops enveloping the main frames and connected by longitudinal rods 12. The two lower members a are spaced apart by bolts D, and rods 3, passed through the webs 1, are secured to the hoops c. Spacing-clips E support the reinforcement in its correct position in the temporary centering. The floor reinforcement F consists of netting secured to rods f which are also secured to the hoops c. In a modification, the main bars are not connected by an integral web but by clips 4, Fig. 7, through which the rods 3 are passed ; smaller clips 5, Fig. 6, may be used for the hoops c, and the rods 2, Figs. 1 and 6, may be welded separately to the bars a. The transverse members of the hoops may be made with eyes as shown in Fig. 9, or the hoops may be secured by bent rods 9, Fig. 12, and longitudinal rods 10. The shear members may be hooked at their lower ends to the main bars, as shown in Figs. 17 and 20, or welded as shown in Fig. 18. Fig. 23 shows another form of truss in which the members c are inclined and V-shaped, with their ends passed through the webs 1, some of the ends 16 being used to space the truss in. the temporary centering.
Patent GB-190814203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Bows for use in Playing upon Stringed Instruments.
Inventor: ELSMORE ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1908-07-04
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 14,203. Elsmore, A. H. July 4. Violins &c.-The inclination relatively to the nut of the hair portion of a bow for stringed musical instruments may be varied at the will of the player. The hair B is secured in the socket C by a slide E and a wooden wedge and the socket C is pivotally mounted in the nut A, the pivot having flats upon it so that it may readily be slipped into the slot provided, when the socket is turned round at rightangles to its normal position. The metal cap H is fixed to the nut A by pins or screws I, or a slide may engage a metal tongue integral with the cap to retain it in position. In some cases the pivot may fit loosely in the slot so that the hair portion of the bow will be automatically kept flat on the strings. In a modification, a ball bearing is arranged between the socket and nut. A swivelling socket may be applied to the point of the bow, instead of, or in addition to, the one at the nut end. According to the Provisional Specification, the pivot may be fixed in position by a screw.
Patent GB-190815444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Egg Testers.
Inventor: HETRICK FRANKLIN EMMIN
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 15,444. Hetrick, F. E., and Hetrick, E. A. July 21. Eggs, testing.-An egg-tester comprises a box A provided with perforations 12 in the top for holding the eggs C, and having a hinged base 1 which supports a mirror 4 held on three of its edges by three undercut strips 5. The body has an upward extension B provided with a sight-hole 9, and formed so that the wall 10, preferably white, reflects the incident light on to the eggs. The light passing through the eggs is reflected by the mirror and viewed through the hole 9, the brightness of the patch of light transmitted by each egg disclosing its quality. The body A is fastened to the base by a catch 6, and opens upwards by means of the hinge 3 and handles 13. The openings 12 are arranged in groups to facilitate placing the eggs in position.
Patent GB-190820015-A (GB)
Title: Suction Operated Valve Mechanism.
Inventor: KILBORN ALBERT
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 20,015. Kilborn, A. Sept. 23. Compressed-air engines.-Relates to suction-operated valve mechanism for working a distributing- valve for motive fluids for any purpose, but stated to be useful in milking-apparatus for intermittently connecting the suction chamber with the teat cups. The mechanism is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 9. A distributing slide-valve 9 is connected to and operated by a double-ended piston 7, reciprocated by communications established with the suction chamber S and with the atmosphere by means of a compound piston valve 3 operated in a similar way by suction and air under the control of the slide-valve 9. In the position shown in Fig. 9 the distributing-pipe 15, Fig 6, is connected with the suction chamber S through passages and ports 12, 12<a> in the valve seating and the cavity 11, Figs. 6 and 9, in the valve. At the same time a port 18 in the valve seating, connected to the suction chamber S, is in communication through a passage 23 in the valve, and the pipe 24 with the upper end of the compound valve 3, the lower end of which is open to atmospheric pressure through the pipe 25 and the port 20 in the valve seating, whereby the valve 3 is raised. This action con. nects the top of the piston 7 with the suctionchamber S through the pipe 29, the cavity 5 of the piston valve and the pipe 34, and also connects the bottom of the piston with the atmosphere through the port 30 and the pipe 33. The piston 7 is thereby raised and the slide-valve 9 operated to connect the suction chamber S through the port 13 and the cavity 11 with the other distributing- pipe ; the sequence of operations is automatically repeated in respect of the opposite ends of the piston 7, the valve 3, and the valve 9. The ports 12, 13 may be connected by a pipe 40 to any other source of motive fluid as indicated diagrammatically at 41.
Patent GB-190820091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HALL ROBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-09-24
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 20,091. Hall, R. F. Sept. 24. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A sparking- plug which can be readily taken to pieces, has no shoulders, ledges, &c. to collect deposits, and avoids the use of asbestos or other porous packing and the danger of fracture in tightening - up, comprises an insulator b of a single piece of steatite, porcelain, or the like. tapered internally and externally and held in the body a by means of a tapered screwed sleeve f. The lower end of the sleeve is turned over the insulator, and the upper end turned over or soldered over the body a. The upper portion c of the conductor is provided with lock-nuts c', c<2> for the high-tension wire, has an enlarged tapered end c<3>, and is held in place by the nut c<5>. The head c<3> is arranged to coine opposite the sleeve f so that danger of bursting is obviated. The lower portion consists preferably of a pure nickel rod d, screwing into the end c<3> and provided with sparking-points d<2>. The insulator b and head c<3> are provided with grooves to prevent the escape of gas. The body a is tapered internally to correspond with the taper on the lower part of the insulator b.
Patent GB-190824021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tin or other suitable Boxes, Canisters or Receptacles for Liquids, Semi-liquids, Pastes, Powders and the like.
Inventor: GRAY MATTHEW
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 24,021. Gray, M. Nov. 10. Contents, delivering and withdrawing.-A box can, or other receptacle for containing liquids, pastes, powders, &c., such as blacklead preparations or polishes for boots, linoleum, floors, &c., is provided with one or more slits d, Fig. 4, which are surrounded by depressions c and are so arranged that they are normally closed by means of the elasticity of the metal, celluloid, &c. from which the receptacle is formed. When the slit portions are pressed with a brush &c., the material forming the box yields and allows a small portion of the contents to issue through the slits. The receptacle may take either of the forms shown in Figs. 3 and 10, the parts b sliding within the body a as the contents are withdrawn. Depressions may be provided to receive the depressions c, correct alinement of the depressions being assured by guiding- grooves formed in the parts a, b. The slits d may be sealed with varnish or with a label.
Patent GB-190825388-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Key for Removing Lids from Sardine Tins and the like.
Inventor: MILES HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 25,388. Miles, H. J., and Read, W. A. Nov. 25. Cans, opening.-A key for opening sardine tins, boxes, &c. by rolling-up the lid is formed of two separable parts to facilitate the removal of the key from the lid. In one form each part comprises a socket a having a handle b at one end, and a finger c projecting from the other end and adapted to be received by the socket of the other part, as shown. The meeting faces c<1> of the fingers c are flat, and each is provided with a depression c<2> so that when the parts are put together an eye is formed for the reception of the tongue of the lid. Fig. 4 illustrates a modified construction. In the device shown in Fig. 5, each of the sockets is of square crosssection, and in one of them, a<3>, both the fingers are fixed, the tapered free ends being firmly engaged by the other socket, a<2>,
Patent GB-190826248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Utilization of the Vapours or Gases Derived from Liquid Fuel in the Heating of Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 26,248. Wilson, J., and Prescott, R. Dec. 4. Atmospheric vapour burners; vaporizing-apparatus.-In a process for vaporizing liquid fuel for use in atmospheric burners, superheated steam is introduced into partly vaporized fuel, the mixture is passed through a coil or chamber where the vaporization is completed, and the gas so obtained is mixed with air before arriving at the point of ignition. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in connexion with a steam generator, the liquid fuel supplied under pressure through a pipe c passes through a coil d<1>, in the top of the boiler, and one of the boiler tubes c to a coil g, mounted above the burner. Steam from the boiler is superheated in a coil k, and is mixed with the partly vaporized fuel at the point g', Fig. 2. The mixture passes through the coil m to the gas nozzle m<1> of an atmospheric burner which comprises an annular perforated chamber p connected by radial tubes r to perforated segments q. The supply of steam is regulated by valves j, k<3>, and that of fuel by valves k<1>, w, the latter being operated according to the pressure of steam in the boiler. A pilot burner s is provided, the flames from which impinge on a spreader t. The casing h, in which the burner and vaporizing-coils are mounted, is lined with asbestos-or similar material.
Patent GB-190908771-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Hat Guard.
Inventor: ARNETT CHARLES STEVENSON
IPC: A42B7/00
Filed: 1909-04-13
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 8771. Arnett, C. S. April 13. Hat guards.-A guard of the type in which a cord is wound on a spring drum, is provided with means for retaining the cord in any position, which means are manipulated by the cord itself. The cord 4, Figs. 2 and 4, is wound on a spring drum 3, upon which is pivoted a pawl 10 adapted to engage notches 9 in a boss 8 formed on the fixed spindle 7. The whole is contained in a plain or ornamental case 1, which may be fixed to any part of the hat.
Patent GB-190910150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Conveyors for use in Removing the Soil Covering Clay, Ironstone or thel like.
Inventor: ADAMS ADAM
IPC: E21C47/10
Filed: 1909-04-29
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 10,150. Adams, A. April 29. Portable endless-belt conveyers; feeding-devices.- A conveyer for removing the soil covering a bed of clay or the like, and depositing it so as not to interfere with the excavation of the underlying material, comprises a pair of longitudinal beams mounted towards the centre upon a vertical pin. The pin and the inner end of the frame are mounted upon carriages 12. The frame is trussed by vertical timbers 23, 24 and guys 25, 26. An endless band 16 passes round end drums 17, 18 and is supported on the carrying run by troughing- rollers 21, and on the return run by rollers 22. The soil removed from the bank 1 is thrown into a hopper 2 having a revolving bottom plate 3 driven with the conveyer from the shaft 6, and is fed on to the conveyer by a radial plough 5. The soil is deposited at S so as to leave a way 28 for an excavator working upon the face 27. The conveyer may be adjusted to leave ways between the heaps S, through which wagons may be brought.
Patent GB-190913083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Key Actions for Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: LORENZ EDWARD HENRY
IPC: B41J1/08
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,083. Lorenz, E. H. June 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Type-bar actions.-In actions of the kind described in Specifications 19,765/95 and 13,224/07, in which sliding type-bars 3 are each moved to impression by a toggle consisting of a link 20 and a member 17 formed with a cam-slot 26 which is traversed by a roller 31 on a key-operated link 30, a lighter touch and smoother action are obtained by shaping the slot 23 so that the type-bar moves with a graduallyincreasing velocity at the beginning of the stroke and with a gradually decreasing velocity at the end of the stroke. The slot 23 is formed with an outer part 24, which is curved gradually up to the part 25 and is then sharply deflected into a part 26 having a centre line which passes through the pivot 16.
Patent GB-190913896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Screening and Elevating of Stones, Coal, Gravel and the like.
Inventor: PORTER ROBERT JAMES
IPC: B07B1/18
Filed: 1909-06-14
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 13,896. Porter, R. J. June 14. Rotary elevators.-Apparatus for screening and elevating coal, gravel, stones, &c. consists of a number of concentrically-arranged screens E, H, K secured to the arms of a spider mounted on the rotary shaft P, the tapered screens being provided at their larger ends with elevating-buckets F, I, L to discharge the materials that do not pass through the screens into spouts G, J, M.
Patent GB-190913963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-vibratory Road Wheels for Motor Cars.
Inventor: LEVY DAVE
IPC: B60B9/18
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 13,963. Levy, D. June 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and pneumatic cushions. -Relates to constructional details of a pneumatic hub. The inflatable cushion C is enclosed in an indiarubber cover D secured to the flat inner surface of the wooden spokering S by the heads of radial bolts fitted with external wing-nuts. The inner wooden .hub-ring H is formed with a groove for seating the cushion. The spokering is embraced by a metal band E and carries plates R formed with a central clearance and apertures F, through which pass bolts B fitted with sleeves and securing hub-plates P overlapping the former plates.
Patent GB-190915338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for the Manufacture of Bricks.
Inventor: PRICE DAVID
IPC: B28B3/22
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 15,338. Price, D. July 1. [Addition to 22,967/08.] Extrusion machines. - In the machine described in the parent Specification, a conical member B is provided behind the knife A to break up the pug more effectively. The member B is secured to the knife A by a screw b<1>, or may be formed integrally therewith, and is grooved, serrated, or provided with projections.
Patent GB-190916082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GOLDBERG JOHN SANFRID
IPC: F02M23/09
Filed: 1909-07-09
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 16,082. Goldberg, J. S., and Tillotson, H. C. Jan. 26, [Convention date]. Spray carburrettors for automobile engines are provided with two nozzles, one of which is always in action, the other becoming active only when the suction is sufficient to open an adjustable spring-loaded supplementary-air valve. The nozzle 13, placed in a constricted part of the air passage 20, is supplied from a float chamber 17 provided with a glass wall 33 held in position by a cover 34 and washers 68. Screwed into the cover 34 is a sleeve 43, inside which slides a spring - loaded valve stem 44 actuated by the float 57 through levers 54. A spring-loaded bell-crank lever 75 in conjunction with the head 65 enables the fuel valve 48 to be manually lifted at starting, thus causing the nozzle 13 to overflow into an adjustable cup 22, over which air is drawn. Supplementary-air is admitted by a valve 83 loaded by a spring 88, the compression on which is adjusted by the sleeve 116. By means of an adjustable collar 109 and sleeve 110, a second spring 108 is brought into action to luad the valve 83 when the suction becomes excessive. A second fuel nozzle 89 above the normal fuel - level communicates with the float chamber 17 by a passage 96, and with the atmosphere by a passage 94. The latter passage is closed and the nozzle 89 brought into action at increased suction by an adjustable spring-loaded plunger 100 carried by the supplementary-air valve 83. Spring-pressed plungers retain the cup 22 and the several adjustable sleeves in position.
Patent GB-190917663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High Tension Magnetos.
Inventor: MUELLER THEODOR MARTIN
IPC: H02K21/38
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 17,663. Mueller, T. M. Aug. 4, 1908, [Convention date]. Inductor alternators.-Magneto-electro machines of the inductor type, having magnetizable members between the poles are provided with an adjustable member for affecting the flux distribution and thus altering the wave shape. Between the pole-pieces 31, 33 of the horse-shoe magnets 34, 35 are mounted soft-iron poles 30, 32 connected by a yoke 36, upon which is wound a coil 37. The inductor 45, revolubly mounted, consists of a soft-iron cylinder having slots 46 so as to leave arc-shaped members 47, 48 49, 50. Mounted within the inductor is a non- magnetic spindle 53, to which are fixed soft-iron segments 51, 52. This member is angularly adjustable in the bracket 40 by the handle 54, and ia locked in any position by a set-screw 55.
Patent GB-190921876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Stays for Doors.
Inventor: TYRRELL RICHARD WILLIAM
IPC: E05C17/16
Filed: 1909-09-25
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 21,876. Tyrrell, R. W. Sept. 25. Stays.-In apparatus for holding doors, more particularly those of ships' cabins and staterooms, in a partly open position, and of the type in which a wing-nut gripping-device slidably engages a slotted stay, provided with an enlarged recess at the end of the slot to enable the gripping-device to be disconnected from the stay only when the door is closed, the slotted stay is partially connected to the door or the framework. In the case of a door opening outwards, as shown in Fig. 2, the slotted stay 1 is hinged to a bracket 2 near the top of the door, and has an enlarged recess 5 at the end of the slot 4 to allow for the passage therethrough of a collar 10 on a locking bolt 9, Fig. 5, which is carried by an eye bracket 7 on the lintel of the door. The bolt 9 carries a fly-nut which is prevented from complete removal from the bolt by a riveted portion 13 on the end of the bolt. When the door is closed, the bolt may be disconnected from the stay by drawing it up so that the collar 10 passes through the recess 5, and lodges in a recess 14 in the bracket 7. In the case of a door opening into a room, the stay is preferably pivoted to the door post, and the bracket 7 is carried by a short arm pivoted to the door.
Patent GB-190923107-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Continuous Production of Liquid Air and for the Continuous Separation of the same into its Constituents.
Inventor: JAENECKE ERNST
IPC: F25J3/04
Filed: 1909-10-09
Granted: 1910-10-10
Abstract: 23,107. Jõnecke, E. Oct. 9. Separating gaseous mixtures by liquefaction.-A process for the continuous production of liquid air, and for the continuous separation of the same into oxygen and nitrgen, consists in (1) pumping gaseous air, which has been previously cooled by the cold separated constituents, through two tubes, of which one is immersed in the liquid rich in oxygen in the boiler at the base of a rectifying- column, and the other is immersed in the resulting liquid oxygen in the vaporizer beneath ; (2) utilizing the liquid air obtained in (1), under reduced pressure, and before admitting it to the rectitying- column, for cooling the vapours passing off from the column, whereby the oxygen and a part of the nitrogen in the vapours are re-liquefied and pure gaseous nitrogen obtained. In the apparatus shown, compressed air which enters by a pipe t is liquefied in two portions, one in a coil r<2> located in the boiler a<1> at the foot of the rectifying-column C after passing through an inter changer q<1> traversed by the separated gaseous nitrogen, the other in a coil s<2> located in the oxygen vaporizer a<2> after passing through an interchanger q<2> traversed by the vaporized oxygen. The liquid air collects in a vessel p<2>, and then passes to a vessel p', which may receive liquid air from another apparatus through the pipe x. Any vapour escaping from the vessel p<1> is utilized in an interchanger w. To effect a continuous production of the pure gaseous nitrogen, the liquid air for cooling the vapours escaping from the rectifying-column is admitted to cooling-vessels k<1>, k<2> alternately, the vessels being connected to the rectifying-column, a vacuum pump, not shown, and the vessel p', through two-way cocks b<1>, b<3>, b<4> respectively; the cooling-coils therein are connected to the column through a two-way cock b<2>. In the position shown, the cooling- vessel k<2> is in operation, liquid air subjected to the vacuum created by the pump being evaporated to cause a partial liquefaction in the coil f<2>. The liquefied portion passes through the pipe h' back to the rectifying-column, and the pure gaseous nitrogen passes off through the interchanger q<1>. Meanwhile, liquid air is being passed from the vessel p<1> through the cooling-vessel k<2> to the column, but in such a manner that the vessel k<2> is slowly filled, whereupon it functions as a cooler while the vessel k' is refilling. Floats i', i<2>, pressure gauges, electric thermometers, and the usual heatinsulating devices are also provided.