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Patent GB-190910102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Pyrometers, applicable also to Apparatus for Measuring the Specific Gravity of Gases.
Inventor: ARNDT MAX
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 10,102. Arndt, M. April 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Pyrometers; specificgravity estimating - apparatus. - Means a r e provided in air pyrometers and specificgravity estimating apparatus in which a volume of air is sealed up and measured for correcting for variations in barometric pressure which would affect the readings, such means comprising, as shown, a central tube V in the measuring-bell V<#3>1 and communicating with the liquid-chamber c. The liquid normally stands at the level n<a>, but, as the spindle i and the bell V1 attached to it descend owing to the influence of a weight, shown as a water reservoir f<1> intermittently filled and emptied, the air in the bell V1 and tube V3 is cut off and the liquid rises in them till a state of balance is obtained. The rise in the tube varies with the initial barometric pressure and so corrects the ultimate readings.
Patent GB-190912019-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Soldering Aluminium or its Alloys.
Inventor: STOKER GEORGE
IPC: B23K35/38
Filed: 1909-05-21
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 12,019. Stoker, G. May 21. Soldering.-In soldering aluminium or its alloys to aluminium or other metals or alloys, the aluminium is heated, preferably to the melting- point of the solder, and is then acted on by a stream of ozone in the form of ozonized air or oxygen. The solder is then applied and the soldering-operation then performed, or the metal is allowed first to cool and then to be heated again to melt the solder. Tin, zinc, or other solders may be used ; when using zinc solder, the metal is heated to 600‹ F. before ozonization.
Patent GB-190912319-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Rectifying Stereotype Plates.
Inventor: ORSONI PHILIPPE
IPC: B41D1/00
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 12,319. Orsoni, P. May 26, 1908, [Convention date]. Printing-surfaces; make-ready arrangements.-A stereotype or like plate is levelled on the top surface by hammering the under surface with suitably-shaped dies 5 while the plate is held between a work-table 1, through which the dies 5 mounted in a holder project, and a strong glass plate 7, through which the work can be viewed. The glass plate has the shapes of the dies engraved on its under surface vertically above the dies, and is rotatable in exact phase with the diecarrier, by which any required die is brought above a spring - actuated hammer-bar 6. The plate 7 is carried by a frame 9 attached by a ball-joint 45, which allows the plate 7 to yield to slight irregularities in the stereo &c., to a shaft 10 carrying a weight 32. The shaft 10 and the die-carrier are positively connected through spur and bevel gearing and a vertical shaft so as to revolve simultaneously, when it is required to bring a different die above the hammer 6. A catch 28 on an eccentric rod 20 engages with a catch 29 on the bar 6, and retracts it more or less, according to the required force of blow, the amount of retraction depending on the position of the roller 23 engaging the incline 27 and positioned by a pedal 26. After each stroke of the hammer, the plate 7 is lifted by pins at the end of a lever 36 engaging with a recess 38 in the shaft 10 which is vertically slidable, the motion being controlled by a cam 33 acting through a spring-controlled lever 34 and a rod 35. The plate 7 may also be permanently lifted at any time by bringing the cams 41, attached to a plate 40 operated by a handle 39, under the lever 36.
Patent GB-190912915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of and Apparatus for Treating Fuel.
Inventor: MAUL AUGUST GEORGE
IPC: C10B13/00
Filed: 1909-06-01
Granted: 1910-08-02
Abstract: 12,915. Maul, A. G. June 1. Coke ovens; coking processes.-Coal or other fuel is reduced to a densified or compressed coked condition by being treated in the retort 1 while being compressed by a plunger 20 secured to a screw rod 21 operated by a wheel 22, the gases evolved escaping through pipes 9, 10. The plunger is advanced against the fuel as the reduction in volume takes place due to the escape of distillation products, without unduly compressing the fuel. When the flow of volatile matter has ceased and the fuel is soft, a final compression is exerted which leaves on cooling a mass similar to the "natural coke," anthracite coal.
Patent GB-190913330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Mixtures Adapted for use as a Soldering Flux or for other purposes.
Inventor: ACKERMANN WILHELM
IPC: B23K35/36
Filed: 1909-06-07
Granted: 1910-06-07
Abstract: 13,330. Ackermann, W. June 7. Fluxes.-A mixture adapted for use as a flux for soldering or for other purposes is prepared by heating a mixture in the proportions of three to four molecules of anhydrous boracic acid (B2O3), one molecule of an anhydrous alkali, such as soda (Na2O), water nearly equal to the weight of the anhydrous substance, so as to obtain a viscous syrup similar to water-glass. The alkali may be present in combination as carbonate of soda, and part of the boracic acid may be replaced by its combinations. When borax is used as the source of the alkali, the mixture consists of one part by weight of commercial aqueous boracic acid contain. ing three molecules of water, and three parts by weight of borax containing ten molecules of water. The flux may be used in its dried state.
Patent GB-190914599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Snifting Valves applicable to Air Pumps.
Inventor: BEBBINGTON HAROLD
IPC: F04B39/10
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 14,599. Bebbington, H. June 22. Check valves; regulating rate of flow in valves. - A snifting valve for air - pumps fitted with means for regulating the airsupply comprises a rubber-faced lift valve f pressed against a grid seat d by a spring i housed in a. perforated pipe b, which also serves to guide the stem h of the valve. The supply is regulated by a sliding or rotating perforated plate e acting in conjunction with the grid seating. In a modification, the spring bears against a collar attached to a stem on the valve seat, on which the valve slides. Specifications 1578/03 and 26,734/04 are referred to.
Patent GB-190915880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: JABURG HENDRICUS JOHANNES JACO
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-03-29
Granted: 1910-03-29
Abstract: 15,880. Jaburg, H. J. J. May 26, 1908, [Convention date]. Arc lamps; arclamp electrodes.- Inclined electrodes a, Fig. 2, are arranged in parallel vertical planes, and one of them is supported near its lower end by a thin rod c of fusible metal or carbon which conveys the current, so that the circuit is broken when the electrodes are burnt out or when their feed is arrested. The holders of the electrodes and rod are connected so as to move together. The second electrode b is moved by a slide n preferably in an oblique direction, to aid t h e detachment of slag from the electrodes. The slide is actuated by a rod p, a series electro-magnet s, and a weighted lever t, the lever, and optionally the core being connected to the rod p by compression springs, so that 'a small arc is formed at first when current is switched on. The slide n covers a slot in an economizer. When the carbons are burnt out, one of their holders rests on the slide and prevents its oscillation. One or more arc deflecting permanent magnets or electro-magnets may be arranged so as to correct the obliquity of the field due to the current in the carbons. Such a magnet may be normally shunted by a pivoted arm y, Fig. 6, to an extent adjustable by a screw y<1>. When the electrodes are burnt short, one of the holders engages an extension of the arm and tilts it so that the field of the magnet is strengthened and blows out the arc. In a lamp having two inclined carbons a, Fig. 5, forming one electrode, two arcdeflecting electro-magnets m<1>, each wound in series with one of these carbons, are arranged so as to correct the obliquity of the fields produced by the current in the corresponding carbons.
Patent GB-190915991-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Locking and Unlocking Device for Locks.
Inventor: SAHMER GUSTAV
IPC: E05B47/06
Filed: 1909-07-08
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 15,991. Sahmer, G. July 8. Electrically-controlled fastenings.-In an electrically controlled latch, a pin o at the end of a light rod m carrying the armatures n of a pair of electromagnets b is adapted to engage in a recess r in the bolt s, and lock it in its shot position. The rod is guided so as to move parallel to the axis of the magnets, which are wound continuously but have separate cores. When a current is sent through either electro-magnet, by means of a two-way switch, the locking-pin o is moved into or withdrawn from the recess r, as the case may be, by the attraction of the respective armature n. A spring t bears on the rod m, and may engage in slight notches in it. The ends of the magnet-cores are copper-covered, to prevent sticking, or both they and the armatures may be varnished. The relative positions of the bolt s and the electro-magnetic locking-device may be varied.
Patent GB-190923335-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Game and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WILKIE ALEXANDER
IPC: A63B63/08
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 23,335. Wilkie, A. Oct. 12. Table games.- A table game is played by throwing balls into a number of cups or receptacles a, each of which is mounted on a base c and supported by means of a standard b taking into sockets e, f. The front of the receptacle is provided with openings g, or may be transparent, and the standard b and receptacle a are so arranged that when the apparatus is. placed on a sloping table, the top of the receptacle is horizontal. Removal of the ball is facilitated by means of a hinged flap h operated by a handle j. Prizes may be hung from hooks on the receptacles or on the supporting-standards, or the prizes may be reared against the standards and held by stops m.
Patent GB-191000242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes.
Inventor: STUART-BROWN PETER
Filed: 1910-01-05
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 242. Brown, P. Stuart-, Brown, H. J. Stuart-, and Brown, C. Stuart-. Jan. 5. Corner joints and strengthening- pieces; ventilating boxes.-A veneer box for tea, raw rubber, &c. has its sides held together by light steel angle-pieces B each having a V- groove A, as shown in Fig. 1. In the alternative form shown in Fig. 2, there are two V-grooves C, the intervening ridge D being provided with ventilating-holes E.
Patent GB-191000758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Starting Mechanism for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: GARNIER ALPHONSE EDOUARD
IPC: F02N3/04
Filed: 1910-01-11
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 758. Garnier, A. E. Jan. 12, 1909, [Convention date]. Motor-starting devices, applications of.-The engine is rotated by the driver through a pedal j, Fig. 1, or a hand-lever r which presses downwards a depending lever e adapted to engage pin teeth c on the face of a disk mounted on the engine shaft. The pedal is pivoted to the end of a lever g, and the depending lever is carried by a universal joint so as normally to hang freely and clear of the teeth on the disks. When starting, the pedal is tilted slightly until an abutment k bears on a projection l on the depending lever so as to cause its lower end d to engage with the teeth on the disk.
Patent GB-191002750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed and Reversing Gearing.
Inventor: CARLSON CHARLES ARTHUR
IPC: F16H3/60
Filed: 1910-02-03
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 2750. Carlson, C. A. Feb. 3. Variable-speed and reversing epicyclic gearing clutches, friction.- In two-speed and reversing gearing comprising a sun-gear 16, a planetgear 19, and an internally-toothed gear 17, the changes in gear-ratio are effected by sliding the gearing as a whole longitudinally relatively to a single brake-band 54 in such a way as to operate either or both of two clutches. The sun-gear 16 is secured to a driving-shaft 12, which has a sliding connexion 13 with a hub 10 secured to the engine flywheel. The carrier of the gear 19 comprises a disk 21 mounted on ball bearings on the shaft 12, and a disk 20 secured to a longitudinally-slidable shaft 22. This carrier is secured to a brake drum 25. The gear 17 is carried by a brake drum 18 supported by a web 26 from the shaft 22 and secured to a clutch drum 27. By means of a striking-lever 60, Fig. 6, engaging a groove 53 in the drum 27, the encased parts can be slid into three gear positions, the arrangement of clutches in the drum 27 being such that the ring 17 and planet-carrier 20 &c. may alternatively or both together be connected to a driven shaft 34. This sliding motion simultaneously brings the one of the drums 18, 25 that is to be braked under the band 54, which is stationary. A solid drive, a reduced forward speed, and a reverse drive are thus obtainable. The shaft 34 carries a member 33 which can be connected externally by a disk clutch 30 to the drum 27, and can be connected internally by teeth 35, 36 to a head 37 fast on the shaft 22. The clutch 30 is brought into engagement by pivoted arms 38 also carried by the shaft 34 and operated by a cam 50 upon the shaft 22. In the configuration of Fig. 1, both clutches are in engagement. Movement of the drum 27 to the left frees the disk clutch. The teeth 35,36 remain in engagement. The drum 18 is then in position to be held by the band 54. Further movement of the drum 27 disengages the teeth 35, 36, and, by bringing the cam 50 against the arms 38, brings the disk clutch again into engagement. The drum 25 is then beneath the band 54 in position to be gripped thereby. A pedal 55, Fig. 6, is provided for operating the band 54, and a sliding bar 58 is arranged in connexion therewith. A shoulder 59 on the bar 58 locks the lever 60 against wrong movement.
Patent GB-191004271-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Catamenial Band.
Inventor: TEUFEL WILHELM JULIUS
Filed: 1910-02-21
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 4271. Teufel, W. J. Feb. 21. Catamenial appliances.-A catamenial bandage consists of a central knitted portion a, Fig. 1, integral with end parts b of finer knitted material. The bandage is folded on itself, the end portions serving as attaching-means. In a modification, Fig. 5, the end parts are shorter, and have supporting-loops attached.
Patent GB-191007859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Polishing Machines.
Inventor: OLIVER HERBERT RICHARDSON
IPC: A47L23/02
Filed: 1910-03-31
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 7859. Oliver, H. R., and Ohlgart, G. P. March 31. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.- Relates to boot-cleaning machines of the kind described in Specification 14,252/05 in which the sides are cleaned and polished by rotary brushes travelling in an orbital path round the boots, the toes being polished by reciprocating fabrics. The present invention comprises mechanism for driving the toe - polishers, whereby they are reciprocated in a substantially horizontal plane. Figs. 1 and 3 are elevations of a machine for cleaning two boots simultaneously. The rotating side brushes 94, 130 move in orbital paths round the boots, being driven from the main shaft 6 through a series of bevel-gears which allow the necessary freedom of movement. The main driving-shaft 6 carries, at the front of the machine, a, crankdisk 8 connected by a link 47 to a rocking lever 45; the upper arm of which is connected to bands 37 wound on pulleys 36. The toepolishing fabrics 35 are stretched between rollers on the shafts 15 of the pulleys 36 and similar rollers on shafts 16, so that, as the lever 45 is rocked, the fabrics 35 are reciprocated horizontally over the toes of the boots. Springs effect the return movement of the fabrics 35 and belts 37. The shafts 15, 16 are mounted on a vertically-adjustable frame 11, which is raised and lowered by counterbalanced levers 21. A cam 27 on a worm-driven shaft effects the movement of the levers 21 in such a way that the toe-polishers are lifted as the rotary polishers pass the front of the boot.
Patent GB-191007934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wire Ropes.
IPC: D07B1/00
Filed: 1910-04-01
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 7934. HarlÚ et Cie. April 19, 1909, [Convention date]. Stops, attaching.-Knobs or bosses are formed on a wire rope by loosening the strands, preferably removing the core, and inserting metal pins b, around which is cast a mass of metal c of preferably ovoid shape. The metal pins b are preferably coated with a metal that adheres both to the pins and to the metal moulded thereon.
Patent GB-191011087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Liquid Measuring Apparatus.
Inventor: OORDE JACOBUS JOHANNES VAN
IPC: G01F3/26
Filed: 1910-05-04
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 11,087. Oorde, J. J. van. May 4. Automatic feed weighers. - A liquidmeter comprises two tipping vessels carried by a pivoted frame which would turn over when one of the vessels is slightly filled, but is restrained by a pawl connected through levers with a valved overflow cup. In order to ensure accurate measurements with all rates of supply, the filling positions of the tipping vessels are suitably regulated. The tipping vessels 8, 9 are mounted on pins 34, 35 in two side plates which are pivoted on a pin 2 and are connected by a bridge 36 provided with projections 5 and two stop pins 6. The liquid is fed through a pipe 14 from a tank 13 arranged above the main tank 3. On the tank 3 are mounted pawls 18, levers 19 and overbalancing tubes 23 partly filled with mercury. The short arm of each of the levers 19 has a catch adapted to engage a pin 20 on the pawl 18, and the long arm has a hook 21 which is adapted to engage one of the stop pins 6, and a connecting- rod 22 which carries a valve 25 fitted in an overflow cup 24. The overflow cups 24 move vertically in guides and when being filled move down carrying the valves 25 with them. When the overflow cup is in the lowest position, the motion of the lever 19 is accelerated under the influence of the lever 23 and is completed by the pull of the pins 6 on the hook 21 so that the pawl 18 is removed and the tipping vessel overbalances and discharges; the overflow vessel also discharges through the now open orifice in its base. The other tipping vessel is in its filling position, and is held there by the other pawl 18. The valve 16 in the supply pipe 14 is closed during the tilting period through levers operated by a cam on the main pivot 2. Beneath the enlarged portion 44 of the inlet pipe 43 is a small tank 38 suspended by chains from balanced chain-wheels 40. The enlarged portion 44 has a central dome or deflector 45, and the tank 38 has a number of rising pipes 42 having a sumtotal cross-sectional area equal to the area of the' pipe 43. The chain-wheels are mounted on a spindle 39 which carries cams or eccentrics actuating depending rods 51, 53. The lower ends of these rods are adapted to engage stops 55, 54 on the vessels 8, 9. As the flow through the pipe 43 increases, the level in the tank 38 is raised and more pipes 42 are used to discharge the tank. As the weight of the tank 38 and its contents increases, the tank sinks, thereby rotating the spindle 39. The increasing weight of the contents of the tank is balanced by a lever of the kind in which the moment increases correspondingly, so that permanent equilibrium is established as soon as the supply to the tank 38 equals the discharge. In a new position of the spindle 39, the cams thereon and the ends of the rods 51, 53 assume a new position; consequently the filling positions of the vessels 8, 9 are correspondingly determined.
Patent GB-191013074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Clamping and Guiding Devices for Visible Typewriting Machines.
IPC: B41J13/20
Filed: 1910-05-30
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 13,074. Marks, E. C. R., [Royal Typewriter Co.]. May 30. Paper and card feeding and guiding arrangements; platen scales.-(1) The guide finger p, Fig. 3, on the adjustable margin clamp h, is mounted so that it can be moved out of the way independently of the member h, to permit writing at the edge of the paper &c. The finger p is pivoted on the shaft h<3> of the clamping-roll h<2>. A spring q, located above a slot in the member h, co-operates with a curved projection on the finger p to hold the finger in either the raised or the lowered position. (2) Fig. 3 also shows the usual lower feed-rolls c, d and a scale e brought into position, through connexions g, g<1>, g<2>, on release of the rolls c, d by the rotation of a shaft f, which is notched to receive the pivoted arms carrying the rolls. (3) Figs. 3 and 4 show a card-holder j provided with deflected side wings v. The holder fits by pins k in holes in a segment on the framing, and is held clear of the ribbon vibrator by projections on the type-guide m. The opening s in the holder is located at one side of the centre, to expose the writing. Side openings t are also provided, having at the bottom edge a scale u and a tongue t' to prevent entrance of the card.
Patent GB-191014750-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Determining the Sucessive Positions of a Shiftable Element or Part in Apparatus such as Time Recorders.
Inventor: TOMLINSON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1910-06-18
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 14,750. Tomkinson, C. E. June 18. Factory and like time-recorders, dial-type:- Relates to apparatus for determining the successive positions of a movable part of a machine, such as a time-recorder. The apparatus is shown as applied to a time-recorder in which the drum carrying the record sheet is movable laterally. The position to which the drum may be so moved is determined by means of a controlling-device, consisting of a lever 12 which is mounted on an arm fixed to the drum spindle and engages one of the abutment pieces 11. The pieces have a number of steps corresponding to the number of lateral positions which the drum may assume. The part 12 is pivoted on the arm 25 and normally has its upper end held away from a fixed abutment 23 by a spring 120. When the drum is moved laterally, the part 12 engages one step in a piece 11 and forces the piece outwards radially along grooves in back and front plates 14, 15. The part 12 is forced against the abutment 23 so that farther lateral movement of the drum is prevented and its position determined. When the drum returns, the part 12 is moved from the piece 11 and is in position to engage the next step of the piece 11 when the drum is again shifted laterally. The drum will then be free to move the space of one step farther. The pieces 11 are arranged radially, as shown in Fig. 6, and may be returned to their initial positions by a split ring 27. The ring 27 moves on an annular guide 28 formed in the plate 14 and has a cam 29 which may engage portions 30 of the springs 17 which hold the pieces 11 in position. An adjustable stop 26, Fig. 7, may determine the starting point of the lever 12 so that the lever 12 may move the pieces 11 more than one step at a time. The steps of the pieces 11 may have bevelled teeth and the lever 12 may have a bevelled tooth to engage the steps. In a modification, each piece 11 has an elongated surface separating the steps into two series. In another arrangement the abutment pieces are carried by the movable drum and engage a fixed controlling-part carried by the frame of the machine. Where the drum is movable laterally in either direction, the movements are controlled by two series of abutment pieces, which are engaged by corresponding controlling- levers pivoted on either side of an arm mounted on the drum shaft. Fig. 12 shows a device in which the pieces 52 are forced outwards on the return movement of the drum. During the outward movement the controlling-part 57 engages one of the bevelled teeth 55 but does not move the piece 52. The part 57 is held in engagement during the return movement of the drum by a trigger 58. The trigger is released at the end of the return movement by a part 59.