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Patent GB-190809031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces for Destroying Refuse.
Inventor: HAYES WALTER PALMER
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 9031. Hayes, W. P. April 25. Shoots.-In connexion with a ref useconsuming furnace, refuse from a platform P, Fig. 1, passes to a measurer J<2> having a door J<1>, which may be counterweighted or may be closed by a slide J<3> actuated by a rack and pinion, the pinion being driven by connexions with a winch H. From the measurer, the refuse passes into a hopper A arranged above each cell of the furnace and provided at the bottom with a sliding door G. This door, which is mounted on rollers G<2>, Fig. 6, running on inclined rails, is formed of a refractory slab G3 surmounted by a plate G<4>, and the intermediate space G<5> may be filled with non - conducting material. All the doors or only alternate doors of the various cells are connected together and operated simultaneously by the winch, the arrangement being such that the doors G are opened only when the doors J<1> are closed. The doors G may be drawn into a chamber at the rear of the furnace and may be hinged instead of sliding.
Patent GB-190810745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Friction Clutches.
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 10,745. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens - Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Aug. 21, 1907. Clutches. - One part e of a cone clutch is carried by steel or other flexible arms f to allow slight rotary and transverse f l e x i - bility in the clutch.
Patent GB-190811755-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Instantaneous Water Heater.
Inventor: HAMMOND FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-05-30
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 11,755. Hammond, F. May 30. Heating water.-Relates to the arrangement of water-circulating tubes &c. in an instantaneous water-heater, and to means for cutting off the gas when the water ceases to flow. The water first enters a hollow cylindrical casing A, which forms a jacket for the apparatus; thence it passes to a chamber D in the base, up a central pipe E to a chamber F, which it leaves by a pipe G which passes straight down to the bottom of the apparatus and thence up and down in coils finally opening into the outlet pipe H. A bunsen burner C opens into a flame-box B at the bottom of the casing A. In the outlet pipe H is placed a float J connected by a chain K with the gas cock L<1>; when water ceases to flow through the pipe H the float J falls, allowing the weighted handle of the cock L<1> to close the cock.
Patent GB-190812273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to Means for, the Manufacture of Wire Spokes Wheels.
Inventor: PUGH JOHN VERNON
IPC: B21D53/26
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 12,273. Pugh, J. V. June 5. Stamping; punching; dividing-apparatus; chucks.-In the manufacture of rims for wheels with tangential spokes, radial depressions are stamped at equal distances apart around the rim, these depressions being used to direct and locate a non-radial perforating-punch. During the stamping-process, the rim a, Fig. 1, rests on a die d and is held in a carrier comprising a cranked bar t and a hinged rod v adjusted by a screwed rod p and a wing-nut s. A bracket b, on the main frame of the machine, carries a rotatable division-plate f, in the periphery of which are a number of equidistant notches g, which engage with a spring-pressed stop i, pivotally mounted on an arm on the bracket. The division-plate is connected to the work - carrier by a form of Oldham coupling comprising a plate o with two pairs of lugs r at right-angles, one pair being slotted to take the rod p, and the other pair to take a rod m secured to two lugs n on the division-plate. - The bracket b, Fig. 2, also carries a rotatable rod x oppositely screwed at its ends, and working in tapped blocks y, which form rests for the rim and slide in a groove z, in the fixed bed 1. In a modification, Fig. 6, the division-plate f is fixed; to. the work-holder and is bolted, to a tongue 6 which slides in a groove on the bracket h. A stop 7 adjustable on the arm h engages the notches g in the division-plates. According to other modifications, the stop is fixed on the die d, and the division-plate consists of a suitably notched ring either in two parts drawn tightly over the rim edge by means of a turn-buckle or of a single piece fixed to the rim by hook bolts and nuts. The rim thus provided with suitably spaced depressions is placed over the concave die 14, Fig. 14, and punched and countersunk tangentially. Separate punching and countersinking tools 16, 17 may be used, and the punching - tool may be provided with a spring- pressed collar 18 to hold the rim in place. During the process of punching, the rim is positioned by means of pieces 24, which are provided with recessed arms 28 to form rests for the rini and are adjustable on the rod 20 fixed to the frame of the machine. An automatic feed may be provided, and the stamping and punching tools may be arranged to operate together ; they may move parallel to each other and may be actuated by the same ram.
Patent GB-190813421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulating Fluid-pressure Brakes.
Inventor: HALLOT PAUL
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 13,421. Hallot, P. Nov. 9, 1907. Brakes.-In order that the actuating-fluid for brakes may be admitted simultaneously to the power cylinders throughout a train, plug cocks 5 are provided in the fluid pipe 1, 2 of each car and may be partly closed on the vehicles at the front end of the train. The cock is operated by a pinion 7 on the operating-spindle 6 gearing with a sector 8, and a graduated circle 10 is placed near the operating-handle so as to show the position of the cock 5 on each vehicle.
Patent GB-190817317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Recording Keys for use in Watchmens Time Detectors or the like purposes.
Inventor: MOOSMANN PAUL
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-08-18
Abstract: 17,317. Moosmann, P. Aug. 18. Tell-tale clocks. - Relates to watchmen's timedetectors such as those described in Specification No. 25,296, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Registering &c.], which are provided with means for indicating or recording the number of times each key is useJ. Within the hollow shank is a spindle s engaged by a part of the detector, so that, when the key is used, the toothed wheel s<6> is rotated by the worm s<4> on the enlarged rear portion of the spindle. To ascertain the number of times the key has been used, a controlling-device E, Fig. 18, consisting of a graduated dial having an index-finger E<1> is applied to the wheel s<6> so that holes E<5> on the back of the dial register with projections f<4> on the wheel. The index-finger E<1> is arranged in line with a fixed mark on the outer casing C, and the number then read off on the controlling-device. If a record is required, paper disks are fixed on the face of the wheel s<6>, and markers f, Fig. 9, are mounted on the inner face of the fixed casing cover D. An arcuate line, proportional in length to the number of times the key has been used, is thus made on the paper. If the paper is applied to a controlling-device E, the number may be read off. In a modification, the controlling-disk is provided with a triangular projection which may be inserted through an opening in the casing cover to engage a triangular opening in the wheel s<6>. To record a number corresponding to more than one revolution of the wheel, a second wheel q, Fig. 8, is adapted to be moved by a pinion n<6>, which is moved on one tooth at each revolution of the wheel s<6>. A pinion n<5> is engaged by springs n<4> in a wheel n<2> which is mounted between the wheels s6, g and secured to the wheel s<6>. The wheel g has a central portion carrying pins g<3>, and a second controlling-device similar in construction and operation to the device E may be applied to the pins g<2> to ascertain the number of times the wheel g has been rotated. A paper disk may also be fitted on the pins g', and a record made thereon by a marker on the cover casing D. To prevent tampering, the screw plugs s<5>, against which a cushion spring s<2> bears, is covered by a plate l retained by a hook-shaped fastening l<1> and a screw l<2>, which is covered by the end of the chain link l<3>. The casing cover D fits against a link-shaped seat d' and is held in position by a steel pin engaging the casing and by a screw d<5>, which engages the tubular central portion of the casing.
Patent GB-190819615-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Manufacturing Glass Bottles.
Inventor: SIMPSON THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 19,615. Simpson, T. W. Sept. 18. Blowing and moulding bottles. -Relates to a machine of the turnover type in which three turnover motions, each similar to that shown, are arranged to rotate about a central column 1 in three stages. At the first station, the inverted parison mould 36 is charged with molten glass by hand. The bottle is then blown automatically as the machine rotates and is removed at the third station, the usual sequence of operations being followed. The bracket 33, carrying the parison mould, is mounted on a hollow shaft 32 having at its opposite end a pinion 65 engaging a toothed sector 66, which is operated periodically by a stationary cam on the base 2 so as to invert the parison mould. When the parison mould is inverted, a roller 41, connected with the two halves of it by links, enters the forked end of a lever 88, which is operated by a fixed cam 92<x> as the machine rotates, so as to open the parison mould and leave the blank suspended by the neck. The finishing-mould 12 is mounted on a slide 9 so that it can be raised by the action of compressed air in a cylinder 26. The two halves are then closed round the parison by the action of compressed air in a cylinder 18. Blowing-air is admitted from a central tube 96 by a disk valve 93, hollow shaft 32, and a tube 45 to the hollow plunger 43, which is advanced and retracted by a fixed cam, The two halves of the neck mould 37 are mounted in slides, and are operated by toothed segments which receive motion from a roller 118 mounted on a bevel-wheel 117 driven by a fixed bevel-wheel 116. The bracket 33 is locked in its upright and inverted positions by a bolt operated by a fixed cam on the base 2. According to the Provisional Specification, the flow of molten metal round the nipple is promoted by suction.
Patent GB-190819661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
Inventor: STERNE LOUIS
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 19,661. Sterne, L. Sept. 18. Mixing liquids.-In apparatus for the manufacture of ice, of the type wherein the cans have an arrangement for circulating the water to be frozen, each can is provided with a screw propeller adapted to rotate in the water and arranged to send a current down the centre of the can and up the sides. Specification No. 14,630, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Cooling &c.], is referred to. The cans e containing the water to be frozen are placed in a tank a, enclosed in an insulating- material b. The tank a has a series of pipes d for circulating the freezing-mixture through the brine contained in the tank. The propellers g are mounted on vertical shafts carried by the supporting-frames i and are provided with belt pulleys j, through which rotary motion is imparted to them. The propellers are arranged to rotate in the water above the level of the brine in the tank a so as not to interfere with the formation of the ice in the cans. Each propeller is surrounded by a ring k, which is either fixed to the frame i or to the ends of the propeller blades to prevent the water from flowing in a radial direction. Motion may be transmitted to the propellers by belt gearing from the shaft l to pulleys n, which are adapted to be connected by a clutch to the pulleys o to drive the pulleys j on the propeller shafts. The clutch is arranged between the pulleys n, o so that the cans in any row may be removed and replaced without interfering with the driving of the other rows. The propellers may be driven by compressed air through the medium of a Pelton wheel.
Patent GB-190822201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ambulance Stretchers.
Inventor: LETH-NEE-SECHER DOROTHEA
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 22,201. Leth [nÚe Secher], D. Oct. 20. Pivot adjustments.-The feet t of an ambulance stretcher are held in their open or closed position by pawls 5 pivoted on pins 2 and engaging recesses 6 in bosses 4 of the feet.
Patent GB-190822459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Net Making Machines and the like.
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1909-04-13
Abstract: 2 2 , 4 5 9. Heidenreich & Harbeck. April 13. [Patent of Addition to No. 8202, A.D. 1908.] Net-making.-The machine described in Specification No. 8202, A.D. 1908, is provided with pivoted instruments a, the serrated edges b of which hold the selvedges of the net and prevent the meshes from elongating under excessive tension. The instruments are withdrawn during the formation of the knots to allow the finished woik to be taken up. The threads are pulled back to tighten the knobs by means of a roller intermittently actuated by a cam on a neighbouring wheel, which forces down the curved boss of the clutch part k against the part q. This operation also frees the studs h, which then bear on the face of the clutch part q and assist the friction drive.
Patent GB-190824452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism Applicable to Coinfreed Apparatus.
Inventor: BERNHARD ERNEST EDWARD
Filed: 1908-11-13
Granted: 1909-11-15
Abstract: 24,452. Bernhard, E. E. Nov. 13. Tickets, printing and delivering. - Relates to coinfreed machines for printing railway tickets &c. in which the stamping-block is actuated by the core of a solenoid. The core c of the solenoid a, the circuit of which is closed by prepayment, is arranged below the stamp s to which it is connected by a crossbar q and rods r. An adjustable spring u surronnding a guide-rod t serves to return the parts after each operation.
Patent GB-190826593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Imitation Leather.
Inventor: MUELLER HERMANN ROBERT
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 26,593. Muller, H. R. Dec. 8. Compound fabrics.-To make imitation leather for gloves &c., a woven or knitted fabric is repeatedly immersed in soda lye, dyed a leather-like colour, rendered pliable by means of soap or oil baths, and polished. The unpolished sides of two such fabrics are cemented together to form a compound fabric.
Patent GB-190828331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Distributing Liquids on Roads.
Inventor: AITKEN THOMAS
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 28,331. Aitken, T. Dec. 29. Liquids, distributing.-In a vehicle for distributing tar, oil, &c. on roads, the liquid, heated by coils b in the tank B, is drawn by a motor-driven pump D into a container C, from which it is distributed under air pressure through a special spraying - device. The liquid is passed through a gauze screen B<3> in filling the tank B, being supplied either from barrels raised by a ship's davit crane with a rope g<3> operated from a bollard on the driving-shaft E of the motor, or from a railway tank k wagon by a pump driven from the same bollard. The upper curved portion g of the crane may, when not in use, be hinged down at the rear of the tank B. The liquid passes from the container C through valves and flexible connexions C<2> to a pipe C<1> carrying the spraying-nozzles c, which are preferably set at an angle as shown in Fig. 1. The pipe C<1> is carried by a frame c<1>, pivoted at c<2> and supported on castor-wheels c<4>, the spindles c<5> of which may be adjusted vertically and fixed by screws c<6>. The lower end of each nozzle c is formed with an enlarged chamber, into which is screwed a perforated tube c', Fig. 4, to screen the tar &c. The interior of the tube c<7> communicates with a curved taper channel c<8>, Fig. 5, having an elongated slot outlet. Loose inner jaws c<8>, c<10> may be placed in the outlet end of the nozzle. The frame c', castor-wheels c<4>, and nozzles c may be raised when not in use by a link and screw connecting the pipe C' to the rear stay of the frame A. A platform C is provided at the rear stay for the operator of the spraying-nozzle valves. The machine may carry a rotary brush driven from the motor to sweep the road before applying the tar &c.
Patent GB-190900256-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Electrically Operated Visual Signals for Railways.
Inventor: COAN WILLIAM CHARLES SAMUEL
IPC: B61L17/02
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 256. Coan, W. C. S. May 19. Visual outdoor signals.-An electrically-operated ' clear' and ' danger' indicator comprises coloured glasses and stencil plates moved in front of an opening in the casing to show coloured signals by day and the words ' clear' and ' stop' by night. A route-indicating signal comprises a number of stencils moved in front of a lamp by electromagnets. The signal for the state of the track comprises a travelling band 1 moved over a pair of pulleys 6 by a motor 9 through a worm gear 8, which is engaged when the motor is rocked about trunnions by the electro-magnet 11. The band carries opaque plates with the words ' stop' and ' clear' cut out and in front of these red and green glasses. A red or green disk is shown by day and the words are illuminated at night by the lamp within the casing. The route indicator consists of a number of stencil plates 18 with numerals arranged to be moved in front of lamps 21 behind openings 19 by electro-magnets 12 and flexible connexions to the pivoted arms 17 carrying the plates.
Patent GB-190902112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ticket-punches.
Inventor: BLACK STANLEY DRUMMOND
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 2112. Black, S. D. Jan. 28. [Addition to 28,485/07.] Ticket - punches.-Relates to the apparatus described in the parent Specification, and consists in the employment of two or more perforating-pins h in front of, and moving with the punch, in place of one onlv. In this way a ticket is held until the punch has been fully operated even when it is not placed squarely in the slot.
Patent GB-190902647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Feed Water Heaters for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: COCKAYNE FREDERICK
IPC: F22D1/28
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 2647. Cockayne, F., Cockayne, J., and Medcalf, C. E. Feb. 4. Feed-water, heating. - The tray fitted in the steam space of Cornish or like boilers is made in sections a' secured together to form a long sinuous channel for the water, as shown. A sediment collector B is fitted at the end of the tray. The curved sides of the tray may have angle-pieces a<4> serving as deflectors.
Patent GB-190903877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Inventor: TUCKER JOHN HENRY
IPC: H01H23/20
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 3877. Tucker, J. H. Feb. 17. Switches, quickaction.-Consists of a quick make-andbreak tumbler switch in which the contact-arm is operated through a rocker and a tension spring so arranged, in connexion with a movable catch, that the contactarm is retained in its 'on' or 'off' position until sufficient tension has been put upon the spring by the movement of the tumbler lever to cause the contact-arm to fly to its opposite position. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the operating-handle 3 is connected by a pin 13 and a slot to a rocker with two parallel arms 9, 10, formed upon a sleeve pivoted on a spindle 6. A spring 14 is coiled round the spindle, and its free ends 15, 16 engage with projections 17, 18 of the rocker, and also with the lower portion 19 of the contact-arm 5, which is also pivoted upon the spindle 6. A catch 20 is slotted at one end to fit over the spindle 6 between one arm 5 of the contact lever and an arm 9 of the rocker. The catch has a lateral extension 22 which passes through a slot 23 in the contact-arm 5 and engages at one end or the other of a catch-plate 27 fixed to the inner side of the bridge-piece 2. The slotted end of the catch has two shoulders 28, 29, with which engage one or the other of two projections 30, 31 on the lower portion of the side 9 of the rocker. In operation, to open the switch from the closed position shown in Fig. 1, the rocker is turned by the handle and winds up the spring by reason of the projection 17 upon it; the other end of the spring, bearing against the part 19, tends to operate the contact-arm, which however is locked by the extension 22 of the catch. As the movement is continued, the projection 31 of the rocker comes into engagement with the shoulder 29 of the catch and raises it slightly, until the projection 22 rises above the top of the catch-plate, whereupon the contact-arm is free to move rapidly under the action of the spring. In this movement, the top of the catch strikes a projection 32 on the side 9 of the rocker and is pushed down into engagement with the other side of the catch-plate 27. In closing the switch, the action is similar. In a modified form, the contact-arm is arranged to slide in guides. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that the spring may be actuated through an intervening sliding piece, and the catch may be controlled either by the handle or the sliding piece.
Patent GB-190905781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Hardening Steel Strips, Sheets or Sections, and in Appliances employed therewith.
Inventor: HUNTSMAN FRANCIS
IPC: C21D9/18
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 5781. Huntsman, F., and Huntsman, H. F., [trading as Huntsman, B.]. March 10. [Cognate Application, 8822/09.] Hardening. - Relates to means for hardening steel strips and the like, for example strips used for making safety-razor blades, knives, &c., in which one portion is to be left soft and ductile. In one method the heated strip e is passed between a pair of rolls a, a<1> provided with grooves c, c<1> of a width corresponding to the portion of the strip e which is to be kept soft. The roll a' revolves in a bath of hardening-liquid d<1> so arranged that the part c is not immersed, and the edges e<1> of the strip are hardened by the liquid carried up by the roll. The strip may be guided through the rolls by a pair of guides such as g. If one edge only is to be hardened the bath d is provided with a partition and one-half only of the roll a immersed. By providing a further sequence of grooves in the rolls, several strips or a single strip may be treated so as to produce any desired arrangement of hard and soft parts. The rolls may be made hollow for the circulation of cooling or heating fluid. In a modified method, a hardened strip is passed between the surfaces of guides t, t<1>, Fig. 4, so arranged that the portion of the strip to be softened is left uncovered and is heated by the flame from a burner i; or the strip may be held stationary while the burners are traversed along its underside. Spaces k may be provided in the guides t, t<1> for the circulation of cooling- fluid.
Patent GB-190906461-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Extracting Sulphur Dioxide and other Gases from Cupolas and like Furnaces for Melting Metals.
Inventor: OSBORN SAMUEL
IPC: F27B1/18
Filed: 1909-03-18
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 6461. Osborn, S., and Carnegie, D. March 18. Spark-arresters. - Apparatus for extracting sulphur dioxide and other gases from the gases emitted from cupolas and like furnaces for melting metals, which is of the known kind comprising one or more water-sprays through which the gases pass into a closed tank, where the soluble constituents are dissolved, is combined with a spark-arrester such as is described in Specification 1115/08. To the outlet of a spark-arrester (not shown) fitted to the cupola is connected a flue a lined with refractory material and provided with a vertical outlet terminating above or below the surface of the water in a closed tank c built up or lined with acid-resisting material. The water-spray is provided by a perforated tube d, acidulated water is run off through an adjustable outlet pipe e, and the insoluble gases escape through an outlet pipe f. Illustrations are given of two and three cupolas connected to a single extracting-apparatus as described above.