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Patent GB-190700629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying and Burning Bricks and the like.
Inventor: GERY ALBERT ANDREW
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 629. Gery, A. A. Jan. 9. Bricks, drying and burning. Bricks &c. are successively subjected to drying, burning, and cooling treatment while being passed through a tunnel kiln. The bricks are stacked upon the floors 1 of a series of abutting cars, and are dried at the entrance end of the tunnels, burnt in the central part, and cooled at the exit end. Air is drawn through continuous passages 3 below the floors 1 from the exit end of the tunnels and, at the entrance end, passes through pipes 4, 5, 6, a fan-chamber 7, pipes 8, 9, 11, and a perforated pipe 12 into the interior of the tunnels, where it is utilized for drying the bricks. During the intervals between the introduction of fresh cars, the drying-portion of each tunuel is isolated by means of vertically-sliding partitions 17, 18, and air outlets are so adjusted that a desired degree of compression of the circulating air is maintained. The air outlets are arranged low down in the sides of the tunnels, as shown at 19, and communicate through conduits 20 with air-passages 21, each of which has damper-controlled communication with a transverse flue 13 and a stack 14. The side walls of each tunnel are also formed with passages 15 for conducting the products of combustion from the inner portion of the tunnel to a stack 16, the side walls of the drying- end of the tunnel being thus heated.
Patent GB-190702153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Bending Tubes.
Inventor: HUGHON MARIUS ABEL
IPC: B21D9/03
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 2153. Hughon, M. A., [trading as Hughon & Co.]. Jan. 28. Bending.-In a pipe-bending machine, a flexible mandrel, composed of a number of crescent-shaped and ordinary rings u, v and a ball-shaped end piece w, is carried by a rod b adjusted in position by rack and pinion. The pipe to be bent is brought up to a socket c, the position of which is varied by a lever g. Bending is effected by rollers q, r mounted on a lever p pivoted to the, mandrel roller n, the mandrel remaining stationary during the operation. Different sizes of rollers may be used for different radii of bends.
Patent GB-190704658-A (GB)
Inventor: STROOTMAN JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 4658. Strootman, J. Feb. 26. Carving and shaping by cutting. -Relates to a bench machine for forming concavities in the top surface of the sole of a made-up boot &c., principally adapted to be set up in retail boot stores. The concaving- tool, which may be either an abrasive or a cutting device, is mounted in the upper end of a standard 4, Fig. 1, and is driven by chain and sprocket gearing 6, 27, housed in the standard, from a shaft 23. The abrasive device consists of a convex disk 11; Fig. 4, of emery. etc.; with fine radially curved ribs on its working face, and a metal backing 14 with a guard-flange 15 surround ing the edge of the disk. The disk 11 is provided with projections 17 which engage sockets indented in the backing 14, these sockets fitting into holes 19 in the face of the sprocket-wheel 6. The cutting- device consists of a blade 20, Figs. 8 and 9, with an edge in part curved and in part straight, detachably secured to a disk 18, which is provided with projections.19 to engage the wheel 6.
Patent GB-190707827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Locking Devices for Control Levers and the like
Inventor: VARTY RICHARD
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1908-04-03
Abstract: 7 8 2 7. Varty, R., and Varty, F. L. April 3. Brakes; self-sustaining gear.-Relates to lucking- devices, of the type in which two relatively movable members are locked together by means of spring-pressed balls, rollers, or wedges in wedgeshaped recesses, and chiefly consists in providing large contact or bearing surfaces between the two members, such surfaces being drawn into contact by the locking-devices. The device is applicable for locking a winding-drum &c. to a fixed part when not being operated. One member, Fig. 1, may comprise a lever arm or wheel M and a boss A in which a circular channel B with a pocket or recess C is formed. Upon the boss E of the other member, Fig. 2, is provided a raised ring F which fits into the channel B. The two members may then be pressed into gripping contact by means of a pair of oppositely-acting spring-pressed balls, rollers, &c. D arranged within the pocket C. The lock may be released by means of a spring-pressed or screw &c. plunger K passing through the arm M, as shown, acting directly or through an intermediate ball &c. 0. Two or more pockets with locking-balls &c. may be arranged upon one side of the centre ; furthermore the balls &c. may be pressed apart instead of together, in which case the plunger has a forked end. The members A, E may be pivoted concentrically or may be arranged as shown in the Figures, in which the boss A of the lever M is eccentrically mounted at H<1> upon a pivot H, in which case the member E is constrained by a link, or pin-and-slot R, S, or equivalent device. The members A, E are held together by a coverplate U secured by a pin &c. passing through a hole U' in the boss A. Wear may be compensated for by making the eccentric, sheave and its bearing- surface slightly conical.
Patent GB-190709902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reservoir Pens
Inventor: GOLDING FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-04-29
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 9902. Golding, F. April 29. Pens, reservoir. Relates to reservoir pens of the kind which are provided with a piston e containing a valve h and are filled by pushing in the piston e, dipping the nozzle b in ink, and opening the valve h. To prevent the piston from being pushed back by the atmosphere when it is attempted to open the valve, one flange f of the piston is loose, and can be screwed in to expand the packing g so that it fits the barrel a tightly.
Patent GB-190710394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gear Generating Machines
Inventor: WALLWORK ROUGHSEDGE
Filed: 1907-05-04
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 10,394. Wallwork, R., and Wallwork, C. H. May 4. Milling.-In gear-milling machines of the kind described in Specification No. 26,226, A.D. 1906, improved means are employed for driving the work-table and the vertical feed-shaft in the cutting of worms, and for giving a vertical feed when the cutter is traversed and the work-table driven through compensating gear. The gear r, Fig. 1, driven from the main shaft through the differential gear, drives the work-table shaft s and through a coupling t and bevel-gearing drives a shaft v from which the vertical feed-screw k is driven by change gearing. When combining the vertical feed with the compensated or differential drive of the table, a shaft z, Fig. 2, is driven from the lead-screw l and the feed-screw is driven from the vertical shaft z by change gearing.
Patent GB-190718694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Distributing Apparatus for use in connection with the Septic Treatment of Sewage.
Inventor: SANDS JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-08-19
Abstract: 18,694. Sands, J. Aug. 19. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Spray-producers and spreaders. - Sewage is distributed over a filter bed by means of a rotating barrel with spirally-arranged outlet apertures provided with projecting lips. With the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the liquid passes from a septic tank A to a barrel F through' a water-wheel or tipping bucket C which drives the barrel. The liquid falls from the apertures G on to diagonallycut sheets J of corrugated metal and from the ends of the corrugations on to the bed M. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement in which the barrel rotates over a circular bed, the metal distributing-sheets being dispensed with. Gear for driving the barrel is situated at the centre of the bed, and liquid is supplied by a suitable spout to the inner end of the barrel. Driving-gear for this arrangement is shown in Fig. 8. A connecting-rod actuates a pawl H engaging with a ratchet-wheel D' on the axis of a worm N. The worm engages with a wheel 0 on the shaft of the distributing-barrel, which has a travelling wheel at its outer end.
Patent GB-190724362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Axle Trucks of Railway and Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: BARBER THOMAS WALTER
Filed: 1907-11-04
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 24,362. Barber, T. W. Nov. 4. Locomotive railway and tramway vehicles. - To facilitate radial adjustment of the axles in traversing curves, railway and tramway vehicles are mounted on an axle-truck the frame of which is divided into two parts A, B pivoted at C, supported on a middle axle I and end axles D capable of radial movement in guides E in the frame. The central axle I is maintained in a position bisecting the angle between the frames A, B, and so radial to the rails, by links K, Figs. 1 and 4, connected to the frames A, B and to an H-frame T which carries the axle-boxes of the central axle, and these axle-boxes are connected by equal links O to the end axle-boxes, whereby the end axles are also constrained to set themselves radially. The vehicle body is mounted on pivots R and roller bearings at S. The position of the central axle may alternatively be controlled by a pinion L, Fig. 3, mounted freely on the axle-box guides and engaging racks M, N formed on the frames A, B ; or arms K, Fig. 2, on these frames may be pivoted to bosses K<1> pivoted on the axle-box guides.
Patent GB-190724424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Pile Cases or Formers.
Inventor: BILYEU THOMAS
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1907-11-05
Abstract: 2 4 , 4 2 4. Bilyeu, T., and Hirstel, D., Nov. 8, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Piles.-A preparatory pile comprises a collapsible casing in combination with a core which carries the points ; if desired, an outer casing may also be employed. The casing consists of two members 1, 2, Fig. 6, hinged at one side, as at 3, 4, 5, and expansibly connected at the other side by a bar 6 riveted to one member 1 and attached to the other by rivets 9 passing through friction rollers 10 which run in slots 8 in the member 2. The core is constructed of beams 11, 12 riveted to shanks on the point by rivets 17, Fig. 5, passing through slots 18, so that during driving the concussion is taken between shoulders upon the ends of the beams 11, 12 and the point 14, and not upon the rivets. The second casing 20, Figs. 2 and 7, which is used to encase the concrete while it is hardening when the upper portion of the pile is under water, carries locking-devices 21 which engage with a corresponding clamp 22, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190724992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 24,992. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 11. Armatures; commutators.-In commutator armatures of machines, and especially of large high-speed continuous-current generators, having multiplex windings, equipotential points on adjacent windings are connected to the same commutator segments, to reduce the volts between adjacent segments. In the duplex winding shown in Fig. 1, the connectors d join together the back and front ends of neighbouring coils of the windings a<1>, a<2>, which are connected to alternate commutator segments by the usual connectors c. The conductors d are preferably carried in slots in a sleeve D, Fig. 2, between the shaft and armature core A, the back ends of the windings a being joined by standard connectors c<1> to an auxiliary commutator C<1>, the segments of which are joined to those at equal potential on the main commutator C. As a given pair of segments passes under the brush, the currents in adjacent connectors d grow and diminish at equal rates, so that the inductances of the connectors are nullified.
Patent GB-190726832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filtering Apparatus or Installations.
Inventor: CUAU CHARLES
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 26,832. Cuau, C. Dec. 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spreaders.-In a filter, the liquid is distributed over the filter in drops by a tray D with perforations in which are inserted metal rods c with heads.
Patent GB-190726863-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Trimming and Cutting the Edges of Lawns.
Inventor: SLATTER GEORGE
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 26,863. Slatter, G. Dec. 5. Supporting or mounting bearings. -The bearings of the axle 3 of a machine for cutting and trimming the edges of lawns are adjustable in guides by means of screws 8. The bearings of the rear supporting- roller 27 are adjustable by means of screws 29.
Patent GB-190800025-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steam Trap.
Inventor: JEFFERY WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 25. Jeffery, W. H. Jan. 1. Steam-traps.-A steam-trap has an expansion tube C fixed in a casing A at one end, the other end sliding in the casing and carrying a chamber B provided with a dip-piece or baffle-plate B<1> and leading to a valve-box containing a valve-seat M, which moves with the tube against a valve M'. The valve is also moved towards the seat by a lever R operated by the expansion of the tube ; the lever is pivoted to the casing at R<1> and has forked pieces G<1> on each side of a rod H screwed into the chamber B bearing against spring-pressed and adjustable washers W, W. Instead of the forked pieces G', an arm of the lever may move in a slot in the rod.
Patent GB-190803074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ink Stands
Inventor: STUTFIELD GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 3074. Stutfield, G. H. Feb. 11. Inkstands.-A semicircular reservoir a is provided with a flat cover b fitted with a dipping- funnel d and a hinged lid h carrying a scoop or bucket i. The reservoir is filled through a hole e which may be covered by a cap f
Patent GB-190803166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Desiccating of Yeast.
Inventor: HUMPHREY GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 3166. Humphrey, G. F. Feb. 12. Yeast of the consistency of cream is mixed with an inert, innocuous, sterilized, vesicular absorbent so that the solid product is not plastic, and is dried. Such an absorbent is made by fermenting a dough of wheat flour and gelatinized rice, baking it in loaves, cutting these into thin slices or breaking them into crumbs and further baking to remove all moisture. The crumbs are agitated in a trough and sprinkled with the yeast and the product is dried, e.g. on a series of superposed travelling bands by sterilized or dried cold air drawn over them by a fan. Or the absorbent is placed in thin slices on foraminous trays, sprinkled with yeast, and dried.
Patent GB-190805921-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Non-refillable Bottle.
Inventor: KAYE JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 5921. Kaye, J. C., and Avison, G. W. March 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bottles, non-refllable. -A taper plug provided internally with a lift valve is fastened in the neck of a bottle. An air passage is provided from above the plug through the walls of the bottle to the interior. A plug f, Fig. 1, tapered as shown, is inserted with an india - rubber or like washer at the top to the neck of a bottle provided with a stop k<1> and projections k. The washer expands on passing the projections k, and as the plug is wider at the bottom than at the top it cannot be withdrawn. Within the plug is a lift valve h with a stem i, Fig. 4, widened laterally to limit the lift. The stem i may be widened after the valve is inserted by heating and moulding it. A perforated disk m covers the plug, and a cork l closes the outlet. An air passage o is provided in the wall p of the bottle. In a modification, Fig. 4, the valve seat is perforated at f to afford a freer outlet when the valve is raised.
Patent GB-190808409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Live Bait Tackle.
Inventor: JACOB ERNEST
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 8409. Jacob, E. April 15. Fish-hooks; livebait tackle. - The live fish is held by the fin in a pair of clamping - j a w s such as F, Fig. 2, or B, C, Fig. 3, means being provided for opening and closing the same. Several different forms are shown.
Patent GB-190808627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Wings of Flying Machines.
Inventor: HART GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 8627. Hart, G. W. April 18. Propelling.-The normally circular motion of propelling-wings of aerial machines may be transformed into an elliptical or flapping motion with the major axis in any desired direction. Means are also provided for controlling the angle of incidence of the wings as they flap or rotate. The wing arms s, Fig. 9, are pivoted by a universal joint x<1> to a disk v, adapted to rotate in a ball race within the fixed ring u. The inner ends of the wing arms are mounted in sockets r, Fig. 3, on arms q, which are adapted to be oscillated by links p connected to rotating disks m slidably mounted on the motordriven shafts l. A chain-wheel b is adaped to be clutched at will to the driving-wheel a, and drives at the rate of two to one a wheel d carrying a crank-arm e connected by a link f to a reciprocating frame g, h, k, the members h of which slide in sleeves o carried by loose rings on the disks m. The disks are thus given a sliding movement, the amount of which can be varied by rotating the screwed bar g so as to alter the inclination of the bars h, which are secured thereto by travelling nuts j. The universal joint comprises a ring x<1>, Fig. 9, within which the wing arm s is pivoted, and this ring is in turn pivoted in a bearing w rotatably mounted in the disks u. The angle of incidence of the wing may be controlled, as the disk u rotates, by cams attached to the flanges of the bearings w, or by a rod 4 which passes through a sleeve 3 secured to this bearing. The rod 4 is pivoted to a link 5, which can be fixed at any inclination to and in any position in the guide 6.
Patent GB-190814987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Cases such as those Forming Appendages of Carts and other Vehicles.
Inventor: ASHWORTH LAWRENCE
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 14,987. Ashworth, L. July 15. Motor road vehicles.-Boxes and cases such as those attached to motor-cars and vehicles generally, or boxes fixed in exposed positions, are provided with means for preventing rain or other liquid which may enter through the narrow opening between the lid and body of the box from coming into contact with the contents of the box. A trough or other receptacle d, Fig. 1, is secured under the opening, and either communicates with openings in the box ends or is provided with vertical pipes e. The trough may be of wood, in which case it is secured to the back of the box by screws or in other suitable manner.
Patent GB-190815437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches, primarily intended for use on Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WELLINGTON JOHN MORECRAFT
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 15,437. Wellington, J. M., and Dawson, G. C. Jan. 21, 1909. Clutches.-In double-acting plate clutches for motor road vehicles &c., the plates 7, 8 carry V-shaped projections pressed by a spring 9 against the drum, and are disengaged by a foot - lever 24 secured to a shaft 22, which carries links 15, 16 pivoted to ball - thrust collars 17, 18 connected to the plates 7, 8.
Patent GB-190815802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters and other Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1908-07-25
Granted: 1909-07-26
Abstract: 15,802. Hookham, G. July 25. [Cognate Application No. 219, A.D. 1909, dated Jan. 4.] Switches.-The expansion of a liquid causes movement of a column of mercury, separated from it by a plunger or a flexible partition, and thereby increases or decreases the effective length and resistance of a wire e in a thermometer tube d. The wire e may be iron formed into loops or kinks, which are plated with copper and amalgamated. The intermediate portions of the wire are not amalgamated, and may be outside the containing tube, the kinks being sealed through the glass. The wire may be formed of, or coated with, platinum and then coated with palladium in the form of isolated rings at the points where it is desired to make contact with the mercury. The expansible liquid, which may be olive, petroleum, or other oil, is contained in a chamber a adjacent to a chamber c containing mercury and communicating with the thermometer tube d. The chambers a, c are separated by a celluloid or like diaphragm b ; or the mercury chamber may be a flexible metal or leather bag, or a cylinder closed by a piston. When the resistance is required to decrease with rise of temperature, the mercury may be contained in a U-tube, one limb of which is connected through a column of air with the thermometer device so that the mercury in this limb is depressed, increasing the effective length of the resistance wire. The resistance is applied for the prevention of temperature errors in electricity meters, ammeters, &c., for instance by being connected in parallel with the mercury bath of a mercury motor meter. According to the Provisional Specification, the device may take the form of a mercury thermometer with one or more resistance wires, preferably spiral, passing down the bore of the tube.
Patent GB-190817534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers and like Machines.
Inventor: KETTERING CHARLES FRANKLIN
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,534. Kettering, C. F., and Chryst, W. A. Sept. 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Clutches.-Relates to cash registers and like machines and especially to locking-mechanism and releasing-means for the same for the purpose of preventing fraudulent operation of the machine. The locking - mechanism is under the combined control in sequence of the counter-setting lever and any key of a particular bank, and it is operated by a shaft 43, which tends to rotate in a clockwise direction under the action of a spring. The rotation of the shaft 43 may unlock the machine in any desired way, but is shown controlling the clutch and switch of an electric motor. A forked arm 81<a>, Fig. 3, rocks a stop-arm 83 so as to release a loose disk 89 which carries the clutching-rings 87 on pins 88. The rings are thrown forwards by spring plungers 89<a> in the inner clutch member so as to be jammed between it and the outer cylindrical member carried by a worm-wheel driven by the motor. The hub 77 also carries means for operating the switch, comprising a disk 92 attached to the hub and having a spring-controlled motion relative to a loose disk 95 limited by a pin and slot 97, 105. A stop 103 attached to the plate 95 normally engages the stop-lever 83, retaining the spring 96 between the plates in tension. On the release of the lever 83, the plate 95 is thrown forwards by its spring so as to rock the levers 101, 104 for controlling the contacts for the motor circuit.
Patent GB-190820872-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Protective Shield for Small Arms and Ordnance.
Inventor: SINGER JACOB
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-10-04
Abstract: 20,872. Singer, J. Oct. 3. Mountings.-A shield 1 which may be:provided with a slot for aiming and which is hinged at 3 to a plate at 2 attached to the gun, is supported obliquely by means of a spring 6. A yielding stop 7 limits the movement of the shield when the latter is struck.
Patent GB-190823079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hooks such as used for Fishing purposes.
Inventor: SLATER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 23,079. Slater, C. Oct. 30. Hooks.-A hook A such as is used for fishing or other purposes is manufactured from wire of square, diamond, or like section in such a manner that a diagonal of the bross-section lies in the plane of the hook.