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Patent GB-190707811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Winnowing Apparatus, especially applicable to the Cleaning and Classifying of Tea.
Inventor: MCDONALD JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 7811. McDonald, J. April 3. Sifting and separating tea, grain, &c.-Relates to a winnowing- machine specially adapted for the treatment of tea leaves, but also applicable for grain, seeds, &c. The machine consists of a comparatively long chamber A divided in compartments by a series of screens F formed of parallel plates of the shape shown. A fan B is arranged at one end of the chamber, and a series of valves g are provided to regulate the currents of air as required. The tea is fed into the chamber from the hopper C and falls through the currents of air, which escape at the end of the chamber. The tea is delivered by the hopper C upon a feeding- sieve D having graduated meshes, and then falls through a fixed screen E formed of parallel vanes upon the screens F. The tea finally falls through a discharge screen somewhat similar in construction to the screen E into movable hoppers or spouts of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-190708813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the connection of the Heads to the other Parts of Button like Dress Fastenings such as Sleeve Links and Collar Studs.
Inventor: PALMER ROBERT WORTLEY CLOUGH
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 8813. Palmer, R. W. C. April 16. Sleeve-links; studs.-In a ball-and-socket attachment for the heads of sleeve-links, collar studs, and the like, the distinctive feature is that the head part may lie in the same plane as the stem portion while at the same time angular movement of the pirts is possible. The head a of the link or of the stud has radial recesses b, d respectively on the underside, which recesses extend to the periphery. At its centre is a socket in which engages a knob c on the coupling-part of the link, or a knob e on the stem of the stud.
Patent GB-190709005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Couplings.
Inventor: GARMS JOHANN AUGUST
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 9005. Garms, J. A. April 18. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-In a coupling of the link-and-hook type in which the link is mounted upon an eccentric fixed upon a hand-operated cross-shaft so that a rotation of the shaft loosens the coupling before the link is raised, means are provided for retaining the link in a raised position and for releasing it automatically. A transverse shaft D carries an eccentric E upon which is mounted a strap E<1> secured to a knucklejointed link F, F<1>, the eccentric being further provided with a fixed arm J adapted to engage with a projection H upon the strap E' for raising the link. The shaft D is fitted with handles which may engage with catches provided upon the vehicle. The link is retained in position for automatic coupling by a pawl L, Fig. 2, which engages a ratchet-wheel K fixed to the shaft D, the operation of coupling being effected by the engagement of a projection M upon the buffer with an arm L<1> provided on the pawl L. In a modification, the shaft D may be fitted with universal joints.
Patent GB-190713152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Pumps.
Inventor: LOWDEN TOM WISEMAN
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 13,152. Lowden, T. W. June 6. Check valves.- Valves d for an oscillating mercury pump are made hollow and weighted with mercury. They are provided with guiding-projections d<1>, and a portion of mercury is trapped by them in their fall to form a liquid seal.
Patent GB-190713169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Lubricators.
Inventor: LOUIS RENAULT
Filed: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 13,169. Renault, L. June 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Lubricating-pumps. - A multiple-delivery lubricator for explosion motors of motor vehicles &c. comprises a pump 2 immersed in a reservoir and supplying oil to a number of drip-feeds. The suction stroke of the pump is effected by an oscillating fork 5 bearing against a collar 6 on the pistonrod 4, and the forcing-stroke by a spring 8 placed between the piston 3 and a fixed stop 9. The stroke of the pump is varied by a hand-operated cam 11, mounted on a rod 12 projecting above the reservoir and bearing against a collar 10 on the rod 4. The rod is provided with a milled head, and may be fitted with a graduated dial and index.
Patent GB-190723636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes.
Inventor: FREUND EDWIN
Filed: 1908-10-25
Granted: 1909-05-25
Abstract: 23,636. Freund, E. May 25, 1908. Brakes.-The brake rigging is provided with improved means of the kind whereby the distance the brake shoe moves away from the track or wheel is limited in order to compensate for wear of the shoe, and an indicator is provided to show the amount of such movement. Fig. 1 shows a track brake shoe a<2> operated by an arm a secured to a transverse shaft a<1> rotated by a lever b. Loose on the shaft a' is an eccentrically-mounted sector h, which can engage with a second sector i eccentrically mounted on a shaft i<1>. The sector h has a slot h<1> into which an arm a<6> of the lever a projects. When the brake is applied, the sector h is raised by the projection a<6> and frees itself from the sector i, whereas when the brake is released, the sectors engage with one another, so that the movement of the projection a<6>, and consequently of the brake arm a, is limited by the slot h<1>. The effective length of the slot can be adjusted by a screw h<2>. A spring h<3> holds the sector in contact with the arm a<6> when the brake shoe is forced down suddenly. An indicator f is secured to a tensioned cord f attached to the brake shoe a<2>, and a bolt d is pushed to the right by the indicator f when the brake is applied, so that the distance between the indicator f<1> and bolt d when the brake has been released shows the distance between the brake shoe and the braking surface. The bolt d may carry a bell which is struck by a striker on the part f<1> when this distance exceeds a certain amount. In a modification, the sector h, Fig. 4, is provided with teeth engaged by pawls i, i<2>, which allow the movement of the sector by the projection a<6> when the brakes are applied but limit a reverse movement. The projection a<6> may be carried by one of the links supporting a wheel brake shoe. In another form, a spring bolt h, Fig. 6, moving in guides in the brake shoe, is provided with pawls i, i<2>, which engage with teeth i<3> in the guides a<5>, and the return movement of the shoe is limited by the amount the spring h<3> in the bolt h can be compressed. As applied to a magnetic brake shoe, the sectors h, Fig. 11, formed integrally with forks h<1>, are pivoted to brackets on the shoe, and the forks pass over a fixed bar a<6>. When the brake'shoe is applied, the forks engage the upper side of the bar and are inclined ; the pawls i, i<2> move over the teeth of the sector if excessive movement takes place, and, on the release of the brake, the upward movement of the shoe is limited to the play of the forks h<1> on the shaft a<6>. The shoe has a compensating-device at each end, to ensure its lifting parallel to itself.
Patent GB-190801388-A (GB)
Title: Improved Chair Bed.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 1388. Brookes, A. E. Jan. 21. Chairs; bedsteads.-An arm-chair convertible into a bedstead has the back constructed in two parts C, D, hinged together at 1 and to the seat frame A at 2. The arms B are hinged to the seat frame at 3, and are adapted to support the part D when the chair is being used as a bedstead. A removable head-board F has iron projections which engage with holes in the framework.
Patent GB-190802524-A (GB)
Title: A Pocket Spittoon or Receptacle for Saliva.
Inventor: JOERGENSEN JOHAN
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 2524. J÷rgensen, J. Feb. 4. Spittoons.- Pocket spittoons are provided with a trapping - device and are constructed of detachable parts. A removable funnel b having a packing- ring b<2> is fitted in the mouth of the body a and prevents ejection of the contents. The receptacle is closed by a screw cap c.
Patent GB-190802678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Process of Separation of the Metalloids from the Compounds they form with the Alkaline Metals, the Alkaline-earth Metals, Earth Metals, Rare Earths and Aluminous Earths.
Inventor: HERRENSCHMIDT HENRI
Filed: 1908-02-06
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 2678. Herrenschmidt, H. Feb. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Oxides, metallic, obtaining ; electrolytes, fused.- Oxides or hydrates of metals of the alkaline or alkali-earth classes, or of metals such as aluminium, lanthanum, didymium, zirconium, &c. are separated out from their compounds by simultaneous fusion in the electric furnace and oxidation, preferably in the presence of boric acid, which acts as a flux and also as a hydrating agent, for which latter purpose gaseous hydrogen or a hydrogen compound may in part take the place of the boric acid. The oxygen may be supplied in combination, e.g. in zinc sulphate, saltpetre, or as a gas. Corundum is obtained thus from a mixture of aluminium sulphate, zinc sulphate, and boric acid, and caustic soda from a mixture of sodium carbonate, boric acid, and sodium nitrate.
Patent GB-190803328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Pulleys particularly applicable to Motor Road Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: INNISS GEORGE HENRY AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3328. Inniss, G. H. A., and Scard, D. I. Feb. 14. Motor road vehicles.-In a variable-speed pulley, for motor-cycles and the like, the boss 2 of a fixed flange 1 is fixed to the shaft 3, and carries the remaining parts of the pulley. Levers 9, having teeth 10, are placed in three grooves 8 in the boss and are pressed outwards by springs 11. The sliding flange 4 has a groove 5 and a flange 6, on which is screwed an annular plate 7, the inner edge of which engages the teeth 10. A grooved ring 12 is placed over the lever ends 13, and a nut 15 is screwed over the ends of the boss 2 and levers 9. Forked levers engage the grooves 5, 12; sliding the grooved ring 12 to the left depresses the levers 9, releasing the plate 7, and allowing the plate 4 to be adjusted.
Patent GB-190811624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WOLBER ANTOINE MATHIAS
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 11,624. Wolber, A. M. Nov. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Felloes or rims; tyres, pneumatic.-The tyre is held on the rim c by a cover a with two inextensible wires b, one of which rests on either side of the beading c<1> on the rim, so that the tyre projects on one side of the rim, either inside or outside the wheel. The cover is made of fabric with the threads on the bias. Should the tyre be punctured, the wheel may run on the rim beading.
Patent GB-190814167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Destructive Distillation of Coal.
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-09-03
Abstract: 14,167. Parker, T. July 3. Distillation, destructive; gas retorts.-Relates to apparatus for the destructive distillation of coal in which retorts a are arranged in batteries on each side of a mixing-chamber g for gas and air. Producer gas or water gas from the chambers c passes through conduits e having loose covers which may be easily forced away in the case of explosion. From each conduit e the gas passes to the chamber g through a passage having a valve f, and is supplied with air from a pipe j formed with a closed inner end and provided with lateral slots n<1> so that by moving the pipe laterally the supply of air is regulated. When the cover-plates q of the retorts are removed the charge falls into a chamber k having inclined walls l and connected with a passage m provided with a conveyer.
Patent GB-190818504-A (GB)
Title: Drawer with Self Rising Front.
Inventor: KALLENBORN MATHIAS
Filed: 1908-09-03
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 18,504. Kallenborn, M. Sept. 3. Drawers.-Relates to drawers with self-rising fronts, operated by opening and closing the drawers, applicable to music cabinets, nests and chests of drawers, shop fittings, &c. The drawer front B is carried by metal angle-pieces A pivoted to the sides of the casing and to rods C. These rods may be connected together by a rod at the back of the drawer, or they may have hooked ends D to engage projections on the sides of the drawer, so that the flaps are held down when the drawer is closed. The drawer bottom is shaped as shown to accommodate and allow motions of the parts, and a scop at the back limits the forward motion and keeps the contents of the drawer in place.
Patent GB-190820648-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Valve Spring Lifter for use in connection with Internal Combustion Engines and for analogous purposes.
Inventor: STEVENSON FLETCHER HERBERT
Filed: 1908-10-01
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 20,648. Stevenson, F. H. Oct. 1. Prising-tools ; cramps. -A valve-spring lifter is provided with an inverted hook - shaped member 2 adjustable in length and with an operating-lever 10 pivoted to the member 2 as shown in Fig. 1. For adjusting the length of the member 2, each part 2<a>, 2<b> is provided with a collar 14 embracing the other part. A series of recesses 15 are formed in one part and are adapted to be engaged by a milled set-screw 16. As a modification, the operating-lever 10 may be arranged to bear on the head of the valve and the member 2 to engage the valve-spring washer.
Patent GB-190825921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drop-side Cots.
Inventor: HOADLY SAMUEL JOHN
Filed: 1908-12-01
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 25,921. Hoadly, S. J. Dec. 1. Cots.-A fastening-device, for automatically securing the side of a drop-side cot in the raised position, comprises a bent plate g hinged to a plate f secured to a bracket e on the angle-iron side member d. The lower end of the catch, which normally rests against the plate f, is bent so as to form a ledge g<2> to support the bottom rail of the side, and also to form an inclined lead g' to enable the side as it is raised to push the catch aside.
Patent GB-190826449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot-wire Electric-current-measuring Instruments.
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 26,449. Hartmann & Braun Akt.-Ges. March 6, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Current meters.-In a hot-wire instrument the expansible wire, preferably of platino-iridium or other alloy of platinum and a metal of the platinum group, is raised by the current to be measured to a temperature so high that atmospheric temperature variations are negligible. The base is formed either wholly of a material having a low coefficient of expansion, such as nickel steel or marble, or a part n is formed of this material and a part m is formed of thin brass or other material having a coefficient of expansion greater than that of the hot wire. The pointer may be adjusted to zero by a screw actuating one end of the hot wire. Specification No. 12,117, A.D. 1891, is referred to.
Patent GB-190826537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Continuous Evaporators for Liquids which Deposit Crystals.
Inventor: SUZUKI TOZABURO
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,537. Suzuki, T. Dec. 8. Evaporators. - An apparatus for evaporating liquids that deposit crystals is provided with a slightly smaller tube 14 inside the downflow 13 in order to aid in the circulation by shielding the downflowing liquid from the heat of the steam belt. The liquor that is separated from the crystals in the collecting-chamber 16 is returned to the interior of the tube 14 by a pipe 24. The collector 16 comprises an inclined perforated plate 18, a door 19 in close proximity to the plate 18, and valved pipes 20, 22 for the admission of air and washing- liquor. A valve 17 is placed between the evaporator and the collector. An inspection glass 4 is also provided.
Patent GB-190903026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Placing Capsules in Position for Filling.
Inventor: REMINGTON JOSEPH PERCY
IPC: A61J3/07
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 3026. Remington, J. P. Feb. 7, 1908, [Convention date]. Capsules, medical.-An apparatus for adjusting the length of medical capsules and for placing them in position, comprises a receiving- tray 10 fitted with a sliding bottom 12 and divided into compartments 11 having a. length and a diameter equal to those of the capsules. The tray is detachably connected to the funnel 1 consisting of shoots 2 which, at the upper end, correspond in size and position to the compartments 11, and at the bottom are equal in size to the cross-section of the capsules. The shoots 2 register with circular openings 7 leading to apertures in the cap-table of a capsule-filling machine. Hinged to the top of the tray 10 is a lid 22 having wedge-shaped projections 26 with apices in line with the transverse partitions 27. The capsules are placed in the tray 10, the lid 22 is closed forcing together the caps and cups until all the capsules are of one length and fit the compartments 11. The bottom 12 is then withdrawn, so that the capsules rest on centrally-located knife-edges 5, and topple over into the shoots 2 with their heavier cap ends down, and are so led to the apertures 7, where suitable securing-devices may be fitted.
Patent GB-190906611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gyratory Piston Water Meters.
Inventor: MULLET GEORGES CONSTANT AMEDEE
IPC: G01F3/08
Filed: 1909-03-19
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 6611. Mullet, G. C. A. March 19, 1908, [Convention date]. Fixed-abutment type. - Relates to watermeters in which a piston, slotted to receive a fixed radial partition, gyrates in a circular casing which is enclosed in an outer box through which the water flows. An inner box e with top and bottom covers f, g is secured to an outer casing a and base-plate d by one set of bolts. A flange p and a roller q, mounted on balls on a projection of the plate g, form a circular track for a spindle o, which is provided with a roller and passes through a wall n integral with the piston m, which is recessed to receive a fixed abutment l. Water from the inlet b flows round the casing e to ports k and enters the chamber formed by the piston and the fixed interior walls u, p and the chamber formed by the piston and the exterior wall e. The water imparts a gyratory motion to the piston, due to the circular motion of its spindle o, and is discharged on the other side of the abutment l into the outlet c through ports j. The spindle o transmits its circular movement through a bar r, arranged on a spindle s, to a train of gearing comprising the usual counting- mechanism. A screw v enables the box e to be securely pressed against the box a.
Patent GB-190906942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Casting and Composing Machines.
Inventor: LINK ROLLS PERCIVAL
IPC: B41B7/04
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 6942. Link, R. P., and Woodroffe, C. H. March 23. Single-type composing and casting machines; keyboards ; driving-mechanism.-In machines of the kind in which types are cast from matrices presented one at a time to a mould, particularly those in which the matrices are mounted in two or more rotary sectors and are controlled by a keyboard, a clutch driving-device is provided for each sector, and any one of these devices is put into action at the same time as a main clutchdriven shaft. The Figures show four secondary clutches 5, 6 for actuating four matrix sectors, and each comprises cone members, Fig. 3, adapted to clutch under the influence of a spring 10 when a trip-pawl 11 is operated. The springs bear against collars 3 provided with ball bearings. The movable clutch-members 5, 6 are keyed respectively to shafts 4 and sleeves 9 on these shafts, the shafts and sleeves being arranged to rotate the sectors. Pulleys 2 loose on the shafts 4 are belt-driven by pulleys 13 on a shaft 14 adapted to be clutched by devices, Fig. 5, similar to those shown in Fig. 3, to a continuously rotating shaft, which may be the cam shaft of the machine. The trip-pawl 19 of this clutch is operated from key-actuated bars 21 by means of a universal bar 23 acd linkage 26, 27, 28, 29 ; a cam 30 on the movable clutch-member engages a pin or roller 31 to disengage the clutch before the end of a revolution, and a pin on the member then comes to rest against the trip-pawl 19. The trip-pawl 11 of each clutch 5, 6 is operated by a linkage 39, 40 from the bars 21 of a group of keys in the keyboard, so that, whenever a key is depressed, one of the four sectors is rotated, the trip-pawl 19 and one of the trip-pawls 11 being simultaneously actuated. Four cams 34 on the shaft 14 operate linkages 37, 36, 32 to disengage any clutch 5, 6 that has been actuated. The mechanism may be arranged to drive one shaft 4 and sleeve 9, or a larger number.
Patent GB-190909887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shields for Guns.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
IPC: F41H5/16
Filed: 1909-04-26
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 9887. Hadfield, Sir R. A., and Jack, A. G. M. April 26. Mountings.-Relates to cast shields of the kind described in Specification 10,270/04, and consists in stiffening the roof and sides by ribs integral therewith. The sides 4 and the roof 2 of the shield 3 are strengthened by ribs 1, which are shown extending horizontally and vertically but which may extend diagonally. The internal edges of the gun and sight ports and the rear edges of the roof and sides are also strengthened by a beading 8. The shield is preferably cast from Era steel of the kind described in Specification 19,133/06.
Patent GB-190913076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers for Ships and the like.
Inventor: WEDDLE DAVID JOSEPHUS
IPC: B63H1/34
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 13,076. Weddle, D. J. June 3, 1908, [Convention date]. Endless-band propellers.- Relates to endless-band propellers with feathering paddles. The propeller is shown in plan in Fig. 1, and central longitudinal section in Fig. 2. Two parallel endless cables or chains 1, 2 engage grooved wheels 4 mounted upon shafts 5. The paddles 3 are provided at their ends with trunnions or pintles 6, adapted to engage eyes 7, Fig. 3, formed on clips 8, which are secured to the cables by means of tooth members 10 formed with prongs 9, which pass through openings in the clips 8 and are threaded for the reception of securing-nuts &c. The tooth members 10 engage spaced notches 12 in the wheels 4. The paddles 3 along the upper portion of the endless propeller are flattened by engagement with an endless cable 18, which passes around two wheels 17, and is provided with a series of spikes or teeth 19. The paddles are maintained in a vertical position, as they pass through the water, by means of flattened or elliptical extensions 21, Fig. 2, on the ends of the pintles 6, which extensions engage guides 20.
Patent GB-190927838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rendering Stable Vessels or other Unstable Bodies by Means of Gyroscopic Action.
Inventor: SCHERL RICHARD
IPC: G01C21/18
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-11-29
Abstract: 27,838. Scherl, R. Nov. 10, [Convention date]. Gyroscopic apparatus. - A device for maintaining in upright position vehicles or other bodies in unstable equilibrium by gyroscopic action, with the use of additional forces which affect the gyroscopic precession in proportion to its speed, is characterized b y the fact that, for the purpose of relieving the gyroscope as much as possible of the work required for throwing in and out of gear the additional forces, the said gyroscope as soon as precession takes place, say along the line A, B, moves a relay C, for instance a valve, and thus throws into gear a servomotor which then exercises on the gyroscope, through any lever system F, a force in proportion to the angular speed of its axis of support. The servomotor drives a device for retaining the valve parts in such a manner that the speed of return is proportional to the travel of the piston of the servomotor, the said travel being proportional to the speed of precession of the gyroscope. Specifications 21,843/08 and 27,590/09 are referred to.