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Patent GB-190704826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gearing.
Inventor: LAMBERT JAMES GRAHAM
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 4826. Lambert, J. G., and Waddams, B. E. Feb. 27. Variable - speed and reversing. gearing. - In variable-speed and reversing gearing, single or multiple threaded worms on the driving-shaft y, Figs. 1 and 2, are adapted to be moved into engagement with the worm-wheel a on the driven shaft x. The worms c, c<2> are preferably formed on, or fixed to a sleeve c<3> mounted to slide on and rotate with the shaft y. The position of the sleeve c<3> is controlled by a fork d<1> carried by a slide d operated by a rod f, the sleeve being locked in position by a pawl g pivoted to the slide d. The pawl is adapted to engage notches e<1> in the guides e in the casing w, and is controlled through a rod g<1> running through the hollow rod f. The worm-wheel a is loosely mounted on the driven shaft x, and is connected to it by a cone clutch b which may be arranged to work in unison with the friction clutch employed to couple the shaft y with the motor.
Patent GB-190708648-A (GB)
Title: A Continuous Operating Washing-machine.
Inventor: HOFMANN ALFRED
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 8648. Hofmann, A. April 13. W a s h i n g - machines.-The articles to be washed are passed into the machine at d and are carried by the bands a, e, b, f, c in turn. In passing upward on the bands the articles are sprayed with lye and water from pipes l and are squeezed or rolled. Above the band a wooden blocks k are suspended by chains i over the oscillating rollers h and are lowered in turn. Above the bands b, c the articles are rolled by rollers m linked by bars n on rods o, o', the first of which is reciprocated directly by means of the rod p and crank p' and actuates the rod o' through the lever q. The rollers can adjust themselves to the varying thickness of material by reason of the bars n. The bands may be supported at intervals between the end rollers to enable them to resist the pressure of the blocks k or rollers m. Receptacles r, u, s, v, t, ware provided to retain the liquid expressed so that the articles as they traverse the machine are brought in contact with fresh liquor only.
Patent GB-190709243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Cradles of Rock Drills.
Inventor: HOLMAN JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-20
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 9 2 4 3. Holman, J. H., and Holman, J.M. April 20. Rock drills.-Relates to means for adjusting the liners in rock-drill cradles to compensate for wear. The liner c is held against the cradle side a<1> by bolts d having heads d<1> countersunk in the liner itself and by nuts f on the outside. The bolts d pass through sockets g in the form of nuts which are split longitudinally and screwed into apertures h in the cradle side a<1>, and are formed with.coned apertures into which the nuts f fit. To adjust the position of the liners c, the nuts f are slackened and the sockets g rotated to the required extent, after which the nuts f are tightened to lock the sockets g in their adjusted position. Rotation of the bolts d is prevented by projections on the heads d<1> which fit into recesses in the liners c.
Patent GB-190710483-A (GB)
Title: Revolving Grate for Gas Producers
Inventor: REHMANN HUGO
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,483. Rehmann, H. May 6. Producers.-A rotating grate for a gas-producer is formed with several steep turrets so that the fuel continuity slips down and is broken. A central turret b is surrounded by four other turrets, openings g being provided in each for the escape of the air which is supplied through rotating pipes k; steam is supplied through the pipe l and rotating branches n. One or more lateral projections o are attached to the outer turrets to scrape slag and clinker from the producer walls and to stir the fuel. The grate may be concentric with, or eccentric to, the axis of rotation.
Patent GB-190713336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Peg Spanners.
Inventor: OSMOND GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 13,336. Osmond, G. E. June 8. Wrenches.-A peg spanner suitable for turning bearing cups and head-lock rings has one end of the body a provided with turned-down lugs b shaped to fit the ring, and a peg d to engage a hole in the ring formed on the end of a wire d<1>, which is detachably fixed through a notched projection c by nuts and eye-bolts f to the body a. Fig. 4 shows a spanner provided with two pegs, and bearing recesses at each end, the right-hand end having lugs l for insertion in the axle hole of the bearing-ring when there is no axle in position to act as a fulcrum.
Patent GB-190715375-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Preserving the Cutting Edge in Hand Planes for Wood-working.
Inventor: LEACH REDMAN
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 15,375. Leach, R. July 4. Planes.-A hand-plane is provided with an eccentrically-mounted roller b at its rear end for raising the cutting-edge during the back stroke. The roller is pivoted to a bracket a which is secured by screws to the plane. The roller is provided with a milled, grooved, fluted, or suitably cut portion g for gripping the surface of the wood, and with a notch h which may be engaged by a catch d to hold the roller out of action.
Patent GB-190719045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shields for Bobbins, Pirns and the like.
Inventor: NARIELWALA ARDESIR SHAPURJEE
Filed: 1907-08-24
Granted: 1908-08-24
Abstract: 19,045. Narielwala, A. S. Aug. 24. Bobbins and pirns. -The metal shields of bobbins or pirns used in spinning. machines and looms are fixed by formin g extended indentations or sinkings with suitable pressing-tools so that the indentations or sinkings cover a maximum area on the bobbin or pirn. Fig. 4 shows a shield b secured by a combination of sinkings a and indentations c, which may be of a variety of forms.
Patent GB-190721484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Conveyer Systems.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 21,484. Justice, P. M., [Lamson Consolidated Store Service Co.]. Sept. 27. Mechanical dispatch apparatus.-Comprises a system for transporting and delivering receptacles containing mail matter &c. in which one or more belt conveyers are arranged to convey the receptacles from any of a series of dispatching-stations and to deliver them automatically to a selected receiving station. The receptacles, Fig. 9, which are carried on the belt, have friction slides for holding the articles consisting of a plate K<1> fastened to a frame K sliding in ways H<6>. A pivoted thumb lever K<3> acted upon by a spring K<2> holds the slide in any desired position. A notched face-plate is attached to the front of the receptacle, having side extensions H<2>, in which is mounted a transverse spindle H<1>. An adjustable clutch H<2>, sliding on the spindle H<1>, is held in any desired notch in the face-plate by a spring pin H<7>. Guide rollers H<5> are also provided on the front face. The clutch H<2> is provided with an upwardly-projecting finger H<4>, which engagescurved switch plates E, Fig. 1,fastened to the conveyer framing adjacent to the receiving station in order to remove the receptacles laterally from the band. In operation the finger H<6> is adjusted to engage the switch plate corresponding to the stage at which it is desired to deliver the receptacle. In a modification, the carrier has a series of spring-controlled fingers, one for each stage, which are put into or out of action by thumb-levers. The delivery platforms L for the upper run, Fig. 1, are supported by uprights and are braced by cross-rods. The passage of the receptacles on to the platform L is facilitated by live rollers B<2> mounted on a longitudinal shaft B<9>. On the lower or return run, Fig. 3, the delivery platform takes the form of a trough D attached to the conveyer framing and having therein a live roller D<4> driven from the roller B and idle rollers D<5>, D<6>. The system comprises a number of endless belt sections. Where two sections meet at an angle, the upper and lower runs of the two sections are connected by curved troughs having idle and live rollers for facilitating the passage of the receptacles.
Patent GB-190724963-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Sharpening Knives, and the like.
Inventor: BROUGH HARRY
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 24,963. Brough, H., and Brownlow, R. J. Nov. 11. Sharpening.- The steel blade a of a sharpener for knives &c. is adjustably held on the outside of, or in a slot in, a holder having doubletapered or coned guide - surfaces c between upwardly projecting ends b. Emery paper may be attached to the sides of the holder which may be fixed in a handle, and the edge of the blade may be roughened or serrated.
Patent GB-190801233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriters
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 1233. Fairweather, W., [Underwood Typewriter Co.]. Jan. 18. Typewriters.-Relates to'means for adjusting the sheet in typewriters, particularly those of the front-strike type. The apparatus may be used in connexion with tally-strip mechanism. A tablet 7 is mounted upon arms 32 rearwardly turnable about a shaft 35. Directrices 13, having stops 12 and coacting with the tablet 7, are carried by arms 41, 42 on a shaft 15, a slotted arm 20 upon which has a pin connexion with a pivoted keylever 14. The key - lever 14 when depressed operates a link 24 to move the pressure rollers 10, 11, Fig. 9, away from the platen 1 in the usual manner. Depression of the key-lever 14 moves the directrices 13 from the position shown in Fig. 7 to that shown in Fig. 6, and a sheet 9, being then inserted, is correctly alined by the stops 12. The tablet and directrices are vertically adjustable upon their supports 32, 45 by screw - and - slot arrangements. The angular rotation between the arms 41, 42 is also adjustable. The left-hand edge of the sheet is alined by a gauge flange 30 on a plate 29, which is movable along the tablet 7. The directrices are movable along the shaft 15, a groove in this shaft being engaged by key-rolls 37 pressed upon by springs 38 on the arms 42. A similar connexion between the arms 32 and the shaft 35 may be provided so that the tablet is adjustable lengthways of the platen. The tablet and directrices may thus be moved in front of a tally-strip mechanism, comprising a fixed platen 55 and a spool 53 for winding on the tally and carbon strips delivered from spools 52, 60. The spool 53 is advanced by means of a ratchet-wheel 57 engaged by the pawl-shaped end 58 of the link 24 when the key-lever 14 is depressed. The keylever 14 remains in its depressed position until it is raised by reason of its connexion with the pressure rollers 10, 11.
Patent GB-190804250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Comb-bar Mechanism of Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: JARDINE ERNEST
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 4250. Jardine, E., and Watchorn, E. Feb. 25. Lace machines.-The comb-bar draw-out linkwork is arranged so as to afford the greatest mechanical advantage when the hand-lever A is vertical and the operator consequently is unable to exert his full strength. The lever A is connected to the usual shaft E by means of a sector A', a bent link D, and an arm F. The shaft E is connected to the comb-bar supporting-shoes B' by an arm J and link K. When the front comb-bar B is in the working position, an approximately vertical stop-bar L rests against the abutment B' of the cradle B<3>, and the centres D<1>, C, E are nearly in a straight line. When the comb-bar is drawn out, the leverage decreases as the lever A approaches the horizontal position, and the operator consequently is able to bring his weight to bear on it. The lever is held in the extreme positions by a detent arm G with a pin G<2> engaging one or other of the notches A<2>, The pin may be eccentrically mounted to permit of a certain amount of adjustment.
Patent GB-190805197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Automatic Machines for the Sale of Tickets, Postcards and the like
Inventor: WISTOFT SOEREN
Filed: 1908-03-07
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 5197. Wistoft, S. March 7. Feeding sheets.-The apparatus is arranged to store post cards, tickets, &c. crossways, one above the other in magazines adapted for coin-freed vending-machines. The articles are heaped up in a carrier a, the base-plate g of which is provided with a cross-shaped aperture n, above which in a guide f works a rotary plate b attached to a ring c and provided with an aperture d the exact size of the article. The ring c has a handle h by which it is rotated alternately in opposite directions as far as shoulders k, m on the base-plate g, the lowest ticket passing from the carrier a into the aperture d and thence alternately through the portions p p, q q of the recess n into a magazine t, the plate u of which fits into guides s in the base-plate g. A pivoted spring-controlled pawl 4 engages a rack 2 on the ring c, ensuring the full movement in either direction. The base v of the magazine t has across-shaped aperture and is provided with legs for attachment to a coin-freed machine. A bar z carried by a frame y sliding in guide - rods x mounted in the plate v acts as the temporary base of the magazine.
Patent GB-190805562-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Life-belt for Saving Life at Sea and the like.
Inventor: FORD COLSTON JAMES
Filed: 1908-03-31
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 5562. Ford, C. J. March 31. Check valves.-In an inflating-valve for an inflatable life-belt, an inner valve tube b<2>, Fig. 5, is connected to the inflation tube h of the belt and is provided at its outer end with an air aperture D3, this end forming a seating for a, preferably aluminium, ball e<2>. A strong india-rubber outer tube g<1> protects the inner tube b<2> and connects it to a mouthpiece a<2>. During the act of inflation, the ball e<2> is prevented from closing the tube h by means of elastic strips f<1> stretched across the mouth of the tube.
Patent GB-190805740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chatelaine-brooches for Watches.
Inventor: WITHERS JOSEPH SUTTON
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 5740. Withers, J. S., [Dubois Watch Case Co.]. March 14. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel.-A watch is attached to a blouse &c. by a brooch d provided with a pin-and-catch fastening d<2>, which is swiveled to the watch-pendant at d', thus obviating inter. ference with the motion of the escapement caused by the swinging of the watch. The brooch may consist of two swiveled parts, and may be swiveled to the base of the pendant or hinged to the watch case.
Patent GB-190810254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Building and other Works Construction and Appurtenances to Resist the Action of Earthquakes and the like.
Inventor: CALANTARIENTS JOHANNES AVETICI
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-05-12
Abstract: 10,254. Calantarients, J. A. May 12. Drain and sewe r pipes; drain and sewer pipe joints; traps; conduits.-In a building constructed to resist damage by earthquakes, the gas and water mains R<1>, Fig. 7, are mounted on ball bearings placed between cradles S' and segmental-shaped platforms U<1> in a conduit Q<1>; the conduit is divided into two parts longitudinally above the centre line. The joints in the conduit are thickly coated with bituminous sheeting, and may be packed with washers made from such material. Another flexible connexion, applicable to fall pipes, comprises a corrugated tube W<2>, Fig. 9, made of sheet lead, copper, or other material, both the drain pipe Q and sewer Y being thickly coated with bituminous sheeting. A trap Z, Fig. 10, if fitted between the fail pipe W<1> and drain Q, also allows relative movement.
Patent GB-190811077-A (GB)
Title: Feed Alarm Apparatus for Grinding Mills, Rolls, Crushers, Bins, Silos and Mixers.
Inventor: HALL JAMES ALFRED
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 11,077. Hall, J. A. May 22. Feed, excess or deficiency of, indicating.-Relates to an electric feed-alarm for grinding-mills, rolls, crushers, bins, silos, and mixers. A piece of tubing J screwed into a metal plate on the side of the bin &c. carries a metal cone A mounted on a spindle B provided with a spring-pressed contact-piece C. When the grain &c. falls below the level of the cone A, the spring D presses the piece C against the terminal E and completes a circuit containing an electric bell, lamp, or a moving figure. The terminal E to which one of the wires L is connected is carried by an insulating-piece H. When the device is used to indicate that a bin is full, or that the contents have reached a certain level, the contact-piece C is reversed so that the spring D tends to break the circuit; when the grain &c. reaches the level of the cone A, the latter is depressed and the circuit completed.
Patent GB-190814544-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Mounting Vehicles for Obviating Jolting and Shocks.
Inventor: OCEJO JOSE OCEJO Y
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 14,544. Ocejo y Ocejo, J. July 9. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to means for the suspension of vehicles in which the wheels A are mounted on separate axles B which are fitted with crank arms b<1> pivoted to the frame or chassis at C, the movement of the wheels about these pivots C being controlled by springs. Pulleys F fixed to the pivots C are connected by chains G to springs E, E', E', E<3>, and in order to maintain the chassis horizontal, these springs are connected diagonally, the springs E', E<3> being connected by a chain passing over pulleys f<1>, f' mounted on the chassis, and the springs E, E<2> by a chain passing over pulleys f<3> mounted below the former pulleys.
Patent GB-190820054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Hat Guards.
Inventor: LOUBRIE PIERRE MARIE MAURICE
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 20,054. Loubrie, P. M. M. Sept. 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Guards.-The ordinary hat-guard, consisting of a cord or strap with a button or the like at one end, is adapted to be used as a chin strap. The brim of the hat is provided with eyelets A, B, C, D, Fig. 1, through which the cord is passed, as shown in Fig. 6. When the guard is not required it may be passed through the eyelet B and wound around the crown. The eyelets may be replaced by rings or hooks, and the strap may be fastened by a transverse bar, buckle, hook, or the like.
Patent GB-190821386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriage Bodies of the Limousin Type.
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 21,386. Soc. Rheims et Auscher. Oct. 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Hoods.-Carriage bodies of the limousin type are constructed with a collapsible roof and with the upper part of the door and window frames adapted to be folded down so as to transform the body into one of the box phaeton type. The driver's hood, supported by pivoted braces 1, is secured to the partition 5, which is held in position at the top of the body by studs 8 on the front standards 9. These standards are hinged, so as to fold inwards, and are kept upright by spring bolts 11, while the upper traverses 13 of the doors are hinged to the rear standards at 15 and are provided with dovetails 12 adapted to engage rebates in the standards 9 in which they are held by spring bolts. The intermediate roof portion 24 is supported by metal bars 26 connected to a lazy-tongs 27. To transform the carriage, the front hood is collapsed, disengaged from the brackets 3, and, together with the partition 5, which is folded about spring binges 6 to give clearance over the body, is brought to the rear, the roof portion 24 being simultaneously collapsed. The braces 1 are then attached to pins 28, and may be turned down with the rear hood while the posts 16, 17 and the traverses 18, which are hinged together and to the body, are collapsed in the direction of the arrow 29 after the traverses 13 have been disengaged from the front standards 9.
Patent GB-190826100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Facilitating the Removal of the Valves from Fluid Pressure Engines.
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 26,100. Triumph Cycle Co., and Franklin, A. G. Dec. 3. Holding-tools, hand. -A device for facili. tating the removal of valves from fluid-pressure engines consists of an open sleeve A with slotted ends or caps B, C, which may be slipped over the valve spring when the valve is raised so as to hold it concentrically in compression. The valve guide is provided with a recess or groove H to allow this. The device may be adapted to act between an abutment such as L and the underside of the washer G.
Patent GB-190902851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchanges.
IPC: H04M15/10
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 2851. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Feb. 5. Metering systems.-In a telephone metering system in which the meter is operated when the called subscriber replies, each cord-circuit is provided with an additional indicator, such as a lamp, which indicates when the register has been correctly operated, thus preventing incorrect registration should the third lead of the cord-circuit be interrupted, or should no current pass through the meter for any other reason. In the arrangement. shown in Fig. 1, a double-wound relay S controls the indicating-lamp ZL which lights up when the answering-plug is inserted, and is extinguished when the meter is operated. The lifting of the answering-plug AS closes the contact ZS in the circuit of the indicating-lamp ZL. The circuit of meter Z may be traced from the earth battery through the contact ZS, armature h of the clearing-relay SR (energized when the called subscriber removes his receiver), relay R, winding a, armature e of the relay Dr (energized when the connecting-plug is inserted), lead d, spring C', and winding f of the meter Z to ground. The energizing of the relay R closes a branch circuit to earth through the winding b. The two windings a, b are so proportioned that, so long as the meter does not operate properly, they nullify each other and the lamp ZL continues to glow. When the meter magnet attracts its armature, a bolding-on circuit is completed from the earthed winding f through the contacts C', c, C<2>, winding f<1>, and armature m to the negative pole of the battery B. This causes a reduction in the current through the winding a so that the winding b preponderates, and attracts the armature g, thus (1) opening the circuit of the indicating-lamp ZL, and (2) closing a holding-on circuit for the winding b over the contact n and lead 2. In the modified system shown in Fig. 2, the relay S is short-circuited when registration has been effected. When the answering plug AS is raised, the contact ZS completes the circuit of the relay S through the armature h and supervisory lamp SL, thereby sending current through the indicating-lamp ZL. When the called subscriber replies, the circuit of the meter Z is closed as before through the armatures e, h and relay S. The attraction of the armature m of the meter completes a locking-circuit through the meter, at the same time short-circuiting the relay S, since the lead d is connected by the armature m directly to the negative pole of the battery B. The lamp ZL is thus extinguished. The lead p prevents current passing through the relay S should the called subscriber de-energize the relay SR by prematurely hanging up his receiver or by depressing his switch-hook to attract the attention of the operator.