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Patent GB-190618649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Stoppering of Bottles to Prevent Fraudulent Refilling.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS CLEMENT JAMES
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 18,649. Griffiths, C. J. Aug. 20. Bottles, non-refillable.-Relates to non-refillable bottles of the type in which a valve is seated at the lower end of the neck, and particularly to the means for preventing tampering with the valve. A body a, of cork or other suitable material, is provided with two centrally - disposed tubes c which terminate below the upper edge of a cup f forming the lower part of a guard d. In an attempt at refilling, in an upright position, the cup becomes flooded and seales the tubes. A projection h is formed on the valve to limit its movement, but in a modification the valve may be guided by fingers r, Fig. 1, depending from the guard and the projection may be formed below the cup f. The device is held in the bottle neck by semi-annular strips k of metal engaging a groove in the neck, in which they are held by elastic material o engaging a groove in a ring or block m. To reveal attempts at refilling the bottle by immersion, a label printed or marked with sensitive ink may be used.
Patent GB-190620704-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Support for Lace or other Collar Bands of Ladies Dresses.
Inventor: SMALE ELIZA ANN
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 20,704. Smale, E. A. Sept. 18. Stays or stiffeners. -A frame. for supporting lace and other collar bands on the n e c has means, such as pins or stamped-out projections, on its upper edge for engaging and holding the upper edge of the collar band. In one form, an upper strip a, Fig. 1, of metal, whalebone, &c. is connected by distance-pieces b to a stiff fabric strip a'. The lower edge of the band is fastened by a book and eye, and the upper strip of the frame has projections c stamped up, on which the collarband is held. This may be attached to the frame instead of stamping projections, and the frame itself may be made of whalebone or stamped from a sheet of metal and afterwards bent round to the shape of the neck. A covering of silk &c. is wound round in the form of a strip d.
Patent GB-190620923-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Temperature in Vehicles.
Inventor: BERGET THOMAS CLAUDE XAVIER AL
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 20,923. Berget, T. C. X. A. Oct. 16,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Thermostats.- In apparatus for lowering and maintaining constant the temperature in wagons employed for the transport and preservation of vegetable and animal products, the expansion of a compressed or liquefied gas is controlled by a thermostat. A spiral tube a, filled with a volatile liquid, directly acts upon and controls the expansion valve b of the gas reservoir, so as to open the valve as soon as the temperature exceeds one limit and to close the valve as soon as the temperature has reached the required value. To avoid waste of gas when the wagon doors e are opened, the thermostat is connected to the doors, so that it is confined and the expansion valve closed when the doors are opened. In one arrangement, an arm e' on the door actuates, through a rod f<1> and levers, a catch f which presses the thermostat against a stop d so as to prevent it from opening the valve. In another arrangement, the top of a rolling door actuates a bell-crank lever connected to the rod f<1>. After passing through the expansion valve, carbonic acid or other gas flows through cooling-tubes g. The vehicle may also be cooled by ice &c.
Patent GB-190622958-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Mechanically Removing Sheets of Glass from Glass Furnaces.
Inventor: POSCHINGER FERDINAND VON
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 22,958. Poschinger, F. von. Oct. 17. Glass -furnaces ; discharging. - To facilitate the removal of glass sheets from an annealing-furnace, a number of rails 17, extending through the furnace chamber A, are supported on rollers 1 which can be simultaneously raised or lowered by the link-work 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10. When in their highest position, the rails 17 are drawn forward by a swinging lever 22 which engages a bar 18, to which the outer ends of the rails 17 are connected. The rails 17 are then lowered, leaving the end sheet of glass on arms 36 which enter gaps 42 in the bar 18. The arms 36 are then swung down to the position shown by the dotted lines, and the glass sheet is removed. The link-work 9, 10, &c. and the arm 22 are operated by screws 12, 27.
Patent GB-190625605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Separation of Atmosphere Nitrogen for the Manufacture of Nitrogen Compounds
Inventor: CUNNINGTON ALFRED VALENTINE
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 25,605. Cunnington, A. V. Nov. 13. Nitrogen is obtained from atmospheric air by passing it through incandescent fuel, for example coke, preferably containing an earthy carbonate such as limestone. The carbon dioxide is removed by passage through ammoniacal brine.
Patent GB-190701346-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ladder-like or Skeleton MEtallic Length or Lathing for use in Building Construction
Inventor: SHAW FRANK
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 1346. Shaw, F., and Cox, T. B. Jan. 18. Trellis and lattice work.-An expanded-metal skeleton, primarily intended for lathing, is formed by making longitudinal stepped slits a, a<1>, Fig. 7, and transverse slits a<2> in a sheet-metal blank of uniform thickness, and then expanding the sheet by drawing one of the sides c, c', out of the plane of the sheet until the skeleton assumes the ladderlike form shown in Figs. 2 and 4, without twisting or straining the metal.
Patent GB-190703383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scalpers and Graders for Separating Break Stock, Grain and other like Materials.
Inventor: PARKER JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 3383. Parker, J. Feb. 11. Sifting flour, grain, &c.-The sieves of scalpers and graders for separating break stock, grain, &c. are arranged at such an inclination that the material will slide or roll down them, the only motion given to them being a slight shaking motion due to the travelling brushes beneath, and the fan is dispensed with. The material is fed on to a coarse sieve B, fixed at an angle of about 40 degrees to the horizontal and extending the whole length of the machine. The flour &c. passing through the sieve B falls on to a fine sieve C, arranged at a greater inclination than the sieve B and extending about two-fifths of the length of the machine. A feedroll E at the lower end of the sieve C distributes or scatters the material on to the uppermost of a tier of sieves F ... J, of successively-diminishing mesh and arranged at an inclination of about 40 degrees to the horizontal. The fine dust parsing through the sieve C is received in a hopper D, and the fine flour or dust passing the lowest sievo J in a hopper K. The sieves are cleaned by travelling brushes L, and their inclinations may be adjustable. The material falling through the sieve B may be led outside the machine and conveyed by an elevator to the sieve C; or the sieve B may be arranged outside the machine and connected by a spout to the sieve C.
Patent GB-190705570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with means for Opening Sheet Metal Cans, Boxes or the like.
Inventor: LEAKER RICHARD HOWARD
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 5570. Leaker, R. H., and Bawtree, W. March 7. Tobacco boxes.-A sheet-metal can or the like for containing tobacco &c. has a loose outer cover d carrying a pivoted cutter d<1>, which, when turned down into its vertical position, is adapted to pierce an inner hermetically sealed cover and to cut out the latter as the cover d is rotated. The hinge-pin e, which lies in a recess f stamped in the lid d, is secured in position by a pair of metal tongues g cut from the flange or body of the lid. The upper part of the cutter may have a flat surface, which engages with the flat crown of the recess f and thus steadies the cutter. The tongues g may be replaced by separate strips of metal secured to the inside of the lid.
Patent GB-190709735-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Anti-skidding Device for Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: HEAD PERCY HERBERT
Filed: 1907-04-26
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 9735. Head, P. H. April 26. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Recesses 1 are formed in the treads of pneumatic or other elastic tyres, twin or single, or in tread bands attached thereto, and are bordered by projecting walls 2. The recesses may be of any suitable shape, such as round, oval, triangular, sectorshaped, spindle-shaped, &c., and may be arranged at the centre or at the sides of the tyre ; when two or more rows of recesses are used, they are arranged to break joint. In the case of triangular or sector-shaped recesses, the angles preferably point in the direction of rotation of the wheel. The walls of the recesses are preferably normal to the tread of the tyre, but may be inclined inwards or outwards. According to the Provisional Specification, recesses without projecting walls may be used, and pads of rubber and canvas may be formed with recesses and secured to the tyre. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 1933, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190711915-A (GB)
Title: Improved Musical Whipping Top.
Inventor: NIED PETER
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 11,915. Nied, P. May 22. Tops.- In musical whipping-tops of the type having reeds &c. inserted in a hollow space which is in communication through suitable passages with the external air, a large central air-compression space b, Fig. 1, is provided, and the reeds care protected by wire netting f. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the top has passages e<1> near its lower end, and the reeds c are placed between these passages and the lateral passages e.
Patent GB-190712815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Inflatable Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: COWEY LEONARD EUGENE
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,815. Cowey, L. E. June 3. Signals, automatic-alarm.-Relates to devices for sounding an audible alarm, such as a bell, whistle, or horn, on the deflation of a pneumatic tyre in running. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a looselypivoted bell e is normally held away from a fixed clapper e<1> by means of a flexible tube d which communicates with the compressed air in the tyre through openings c in an extension a of the valve stem. In a modification of this arrangement, balls are normally held clear of a fixed bell by the pressure of the tube d. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a pivoted clapper e<1x> is normally held by a tappet l, which is controlled by a curved flexible. tube d<0> in communication with the tyre. In the form shown in Fig. 9, a chamber d<x>, closed by a flexible diaphragm d<xx>, communicates through a passage c with the tyre. On reduction of pressure in the tyre, a spring i acts on the diaphragm dx x, causing a lever k to rock about a pivot k<2>. This lifts the valve b from its seat, allowing the compressed air to escape through a horn or whistle h. In a further modification, a bell clapper is normally held by a catch controlled by an expansible chamber in communication with the tyre. On reduction of pressure in the tyre, the catch is withdrawn.
Patent GB-190713421-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Casting Metals by the use of Metal Moulds or Pattern Plates.
Inventor: KINGTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-10
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 13,421. Kington, W. June 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Casting. - A casting - apparatus, particularly adapted for repetition work, has removable mould parts A, of which the outer ones are carried on rods c and slide as controlled by linkage from a double-acting lever f. The rod d which actuates the plates carrying one mould part is also rotatable at i and carries a cam disk g which controls bolts h. The arrangement of the lever f and handle i close together facilitates the rapid manipulation of the mould.
Patent GB-190714831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepaid Hour Meters for Electricity.
Inventor: THORPE WILFRED BERTRAM
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1908-06-29
Abstract: 14,831. Thorpe, W. B. June 27. Electricity, supplying coin action. - The coin inserted in a shoot 6 enters a slot 5 in a disk 1, and, when the disk is rotated, throws over a spring- controlled switch arm 7 to bridge a gap between contact-blocks 9, 10, the arm being retained in this position by a spring-controlled detent 12 engaging a pin 13. The disk must be turned until a projection 2 engages a stop 4 when a piece 14 on the disk closes a second gap between contacts 15, 16, thereby energizing an electro-magnet 18 the armature of which withdraws a bent arm 22 from a balance wheel 23 starting the clock-work. The clock runs and the supply continues until the next of a series of pins 26 on a disk 25 by engaging a pallet 27 trips the detent 12, allowing a spring 11 to open the switch. The circuit of the electro-magnet being broken, the arm 22 falls and stops the clock. The pivot 29 of the detent 12 works in a slot 28, the detent being forced to the left by the action of a spring 30 so as to ensure the pin 26 passing to the other side of the pallet 27 after tripping the detent. Alternatively several pallets mounted on a starwheel may be used. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement to prevent the switch 15, 16 from being opened before the switch 7, the piece 14 in this case being carried by an arm coupled to the operating-spindle by a spring 35 and working between stops 35'. A detent 36, controlled by links 38, 40 connected to the switch 7, engages a notch 37 in the disk 1 to prevent reversal until the switch 7 is opened. To prevent the clock from running-down before the predetermined period of supply has elapsed, the driving-spring when unwound to a certain extent, or a spindle connected to it, may be adopted to lock the operating-handle or close the coin shoot, or open an auxiliary switch. Fraud, preventing.-A catch 39 prevents thereturn of the coin after it has operated the arm 7.
Patent GB-190716019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dobby and Change-box Looms for Weaving.
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 16,019. Hodgson, Ltd., G., Nield, G. S., and Nichols, D. July 12. Loom change - box motions; picking - motions; dobbies; take-up motions.-Relates to looms provided with drop-box motions of the type described in Specifications No. 16,110, A.D. 1886, and No. 18,037, A.D. 1893, and with dobbies wherein partlytoothed drums are employed for actuating the healds. Instead of using certain of the dobby crankwheels for controlling the shuttle boxes, their indicating-levers 6, Figs. 4 and 6, are used, and they actuate rods 7, 7<a>, Fig. 4, rock-shafts 9, 9<a>, and forked levers 10, 10<a>, which cause partly-toothed wheels 11, 11<a> to slide along their shaft 12 into and out of gear with crank-wheels 13, 13<a>, Fig. 2, which control the shuttle boxes as described in the abovementioned Specifications. By means of lever mechanism 42, 42<b>, 42<a>, 42<d>, 42<c>, 42<e>, Fig. 4, the rockshafts 9, 9<a> which control the shuttle boxes at the opposite side of the loom are actuated, and the forked lever 24 is operated to control the picking- mechanism. The shuttle-box controlling levers 6 are operated by a separate pattern surface 21, Figs 2 and 6, on a barrel on the shaft 18 which carries the dobby pattern mechanism 17. The barrel may ba fixed to the shaft or may be driven intermittently therefrom by spur-gearing 50, 49<b> and pin and star wheels 46, 47. The levers 6 carry parts 6<a>, Fig. 6, so that when one bowl 45 of the pattern mechanism follows another without a blank, the bowl comes into contact with one end of the part 6<a> before the preceding bowl has left the other end of this part. The shaft 18, Fig. 2, is driven by spur-gearing from a shaft 35 on which are loosely mounted two bevel-wheels 101<b>, 101<a> driven by the bevel-wheel 100 and alternately clutched to the shaft by a sliding coupling 102 operated by a fork 103, rod 104, and hand-lever 105. The pattern mechanism can thus be driven in the reverse direction, the bevel-wheel 101<a> being fixed on the sleeve of the drum 2. The bevel-wheel 100 is carried on an upright shaft 26 driven by spurgearing from a parallel upright shaft 25, driven from the crank-shaft 60. When the loom is stopped or is disconnected from the dobby &c. by a clutch coupling which is provided on the shaft 25 and is operated by a lever 106 and handle 107, and when also the clutch 102 is engaged with the wheel 101<b>, the pattern mechanism may be rotated in the reverse direction by a hand wheel 34. The take-up may be driven by chain gearing from the shaft 35 so as to be reversed therewith, or the take-up may be driven from the shaft 25. its direction of motion being controlled by a separate clutch actuated simultaneously with the clutch which reverses the shaft 35, as described in Specification No. 16,018, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190717611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1907-08-01
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 17,611. Willans & Robinson, Peache, J. C., and Robinson, M. H. Aug. 1. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.- Two-stroke-cycle engines having one or more cylinders, which may work with continuous combustion and fire b the heat of compression, are scavenged by air compressed into a reservoir by annular pumps formed as extensions of the working cylinders. Air is compressed in the reservoir j, Fig. 2, by an annular pump c, the distributing-valve g of which opens the pump chamber to the atmosphere through a pipe i. At starting, compressed air stored in the reservoir v by a pump u, is supplied to the annular pump c through a centre passage in a valve z, the adjustment of which to close the inlet port to the atmosphere is controlled by a hand-lever y<*>. The fuel injector o, which is described in Specification No. 15,135, A.D. 1907, is driven from the side shaft s through the mechanism shown. The shafts l, s are operated from the crank-shaft through helical and bevel gearing respectively. Reversing is effected by adjusting the position of the gear - wheel connected to the hand-lever t. This imparts a longitudinal movement to the gear-wheel driving the shaft l and rotates the transverse shaft m. Any other convenient means may be used for adjusting the positions of the side shafts l, s, and cams or eccentrics may replace the cranks for actuating the valve spindles. If preferred, automatic means may be employed to cut off the compressed air supply, when starting, as soon as firing commences in the cylinders.
Patent GB-190721329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Tools of the kind commonly called Routers
Inventor: PRESTON EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 21,329. Preston, E. Sept. 26. Spokeshaves and like tools; planes, hand.-In a router of the kind having multiple tool-carrying pillars, the handle posts are provided with grooves similar to those in the middle cutter-carrying post, and sockets are provided at the ends of the baseplate as well as at the sides, for the reception of a pair of detachable and transferable fence-carrying guide rods so that the cutter may be transferred to either of the handle posts and the fence from the sides to the ends also. The post a' has grooves a<2>, and its top part a<3> is screwed to receive the handle g the cutter d is fixed by a clamp e and set-screw f, the cutter being adjusted vertically by a nut h working on the screw a<3>, or by the head of a screw working in a threaded hole provided in the post a<1> in place of the screwed top part a<3> Sockets a<4>, screwed or otherwise, are formed on the ends of the base-plate to receive the rods b carrying the fence c, which is reversible as shown in Fig. 2, and has a vertical tool or scriber receiving socket c<1> with a set screw c<2>.
Patent GB-190722896-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Recording the Percentage of Carbonic Acid and other Gases in Gas Mixtures.
Inventor: THORP THOMAS
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 22,896. Thorp, T. Oct. 17. Testing, special apparatus for.-An apparatus for recording the percentage of carbon dioxide and other gases in gas mixtures is provided with two preferably rotary pumps which have the same capacity and are driven at the same speed from a common shaft. One of the pumps draws the gases and delivers them below the surface of the absorbing-liquid, and the other pump draws the residual gas from above the absorbing-liquid, the percentage of gas absorbed being indicated by the diminution of pressure in the gas above the absorbing-liquid by a floating bell or equivalent registering pressureindicator connected to the exhaust-pipe from the absorbing-tank. The pumps may be of the wet gas - meter type, or constructed as shown in the Figure. In the last case the pumps are mounted on a common shaft 7, and each comprises a drum 17 partly immersed in mercury or other liquid in a cylindrical container 1. Helical channels 15, preferably four, are formed on the outer cylindrical surface of the drum, either by helical blades or as rectangular tubes. Gas is passed into the channels by a sealed elbow-pipe 13, which passes into an opening in the end of the drum, into which the channels open. The cylindrical containers 3, 4 are connected by an opening 18. The pump 3 draws the gas from the flue &c., preferably through a cleaner 20, and passes it below the absorbing-liquid, for example caustic potash for absorbing carbon dioxide, in the tank 23. The gas enters the liquid by a fine nozzle, passing centrally through a float or board 24, having a coiled spiral wire 25 on its underside. The unabsorbed gas is exhausted by the pump 4. A pipe 28 connects the exhaust-pipe 26 with a gas-holder 31 having a central cylindrical float 32 and carrying a pencil 34, which indicates on a drum 35 the variations in pressure in the absorbing-tank. The drum may be rotated by clock-work or from the pump shaft. A second indicator 36 may be mounted on the boiler &c. The apparatus may be put out of action by opening a cock 37.
Patent GB-190725083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rivets.
Inventor: BARTEL WILLIAM PHILIP
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 25,083. Bartel, W. P. Jan. 5, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Rivets, particularly adapted to prevent slipping in automobile tyres, are formed wit h hardened metal heads attached to separate shanks. The hardened metal head consists of a frusto-conical body 12 with four projections 20. The shank 10 is riveted to a sheet-metal cup 11 into which the head 9 is inserted, the flange 13 being then pressed down. The rivet may be fastened to the tread or tyre 21 as shown.
Patent GB-190802651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1908-02-06
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 2651. Thompson, W. P. Feb. 6. [Patent of Addition to No. 27,312, A.D. 1906.] Windows, cleaning. - The conning-tower V of an aerial machine which is an improvement on that described in Specification No. 27,312, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Aeronautics], has a circular window which is kept clean by a rubber X carried by a worm wheel U which is driven round by a wind vane Y.
Patent GB-190804894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Pockets for Trousers and other Garments.
Inventor: HARRISON ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 4894. Harrison, A. H. March 4. Pockets.-Pockets c with seamless sides and bottoms are formed from two separate fabrics a, b woven together at the shaded portions d, e,f. The fabric is then cut between the portions e, f, and along the line g, to form the opening h and top. The top of the pocket may be closed by weaving the fabric together about the line g, and leaving a space for cutting. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 2910, A.D. 1864, [Abridgment Class Weaving &c.], No. 4642, A.D. 1879, and No. 18,035, A.D. 1889.]