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Patent GB-190714282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Devices for Measuring Feet, Lasts and the like.
Inventor: CHURCH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 14,282. Church, W. June 20. Measuring for.- A device for measuring feet, lasts, &c. consists of a set of adjustable slides and tapes. The heel of the foot is placed on a vertically adjustable raised platform B, and an horizontally sliding platform E is placed immediately under the ball of the foot, a third support U coming at the instep. The slide E is adjusted by means of a ratchet H and pinion I on a shaft Q attached to a registering wheel R., which indicates on a dial the size of the foot. A ratchet H' similar to that at H, but smaller, moves the instep support to its relative position at the same time as the support E. The latter pivots horizontally about a centre E', and is provided with adjustable clamps to hold the foot in position. Tapes N, N', N' are arranged on the respective supports, and pass double through holes therein to rollers J, J<1>, J<2> geared as shown to the wheel R, so that, as the wheel is turned and the supports are brought forward, the tapes unwind and allow a greater length according to the size. A slide V may be used to show on a scale the total length of the foot. The racks H, H<1> and pinions I, I' may be replaced by screws, and the tapes may be fixed to the frame and be drawn in and out of the movable supports.
Patent GB-190714331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: JACOBSEN EDUARD
Filed: 1907-06-21
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 14,331. Jacobsen, E., and Livens, F. H. June 21. Funnels.-Channels or boxes B, B' are formed in the chimney base A of locomotives and the like to serve as headers for superheater tubes C.
Patent GB-190715018-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Ornamental and Useful Article for Ladies' Hairdressing.
Inventor: ALMER FIRMIN
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 15,018. Almer, F. July 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hair slides.-A hair clasp b is provided with a clip f for receiving and holding a bow a of ribbon. Two clips may be provided on the same clasp.
Patent GB-190724277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Milking Machines
Inventor: MORTENSEN OSCAR
Filed: 1907-11-02
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 24,277. Mortensen, O. Nov. 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cow-milkers. - A teat cup, for which an operating-mechanism is described, consists of a metal casing a, with a flexible lining b. Near the top is an elastic ring c, which may be replaced by two plates actuated by pistons, for compressing the root of the teat. Suction applied to the ioner chamber causes the lining b to press the teat, air inlets being provided in the casing a. The cup d screwed to the casing a is provided with a relief valve e to prevent excessive suction. The valve may be opened by hand, admitting air to show the rate of flow of milk past a special observation glass. The operating-mechanism consists of four lift valves operated by cams to admit first compressed and then atmospheric air to the ring c or pistons, and to connect the inner chamber first to a suction reservoir and then through a spring valve to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190724792-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Magnetic Compass.
Inventor: LAWRENCE SIDNEY SOLOMON
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 24,792. Lawrence, S. S. Nov. 8. Compasses, magnetic. -To facilitate the reading of marching compasses, a mirror h, preferably concave, is pivoted on a stop hinge i in the line of sight. The cover for the sight-line carrier f may be coated on its inner side with luminous paint, and is pointed at its end. Specification No. 10,522, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190726370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Means for Inflating Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: ALBERT JOSEPH ERNEST DAFFRIN
Filed: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 26,370. Daffrin, A. J. E. Dec. 10, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Inflating.-A pump to be attached to a motor-car for inflating the tyres, and to be driven by the motor is so constructed that no lubrication is necessary. In an oscillating cylinder b works a hollow plunger e attached to a crank i driven by the motor. The plunger e works through a set of asbestos packing-rings f held in place by a gland g. The plunger is provided with an inlet valve n.
Patent GB-190800935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Compressors.
Inventor: BRESSON LOUIS
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 935. Bresson, L. Jan. 14,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Revolving - cylinder type.-Four air-compressing cylinders b are mounted to oscillate upon a revolving casing a, and their pistons i are rigidly attached to piston-rods l, which are pivoted upon fixed cranks m, o. Each cylinder dome g is connected to a valve box t adjacent to it. Air is drawn in through a hollow shaft 26, stuffing-box 11, pipes w, and inlet valves v, und is discharged through valves u into the casing and thence through a hollow shaft 27. The cylinders are held on to their cylindrical seats by springs j interposed between the casing and collars on the tail-pieces f of the cylinders. They are further held in place by pivot pins e. The pistons have tail-rods h working in the hollow pieces f, which are perforated so that the tail-rods may act as auxiliary pumps. There are two cranks, and opposite pistons are connected to the same crank. The seating of the cylinders may be spherical or cylindrical, concave or convex, or they may be connected to the casing by flexible tubing. The casing is mounted on ball bearings 14, 16 and carries a driving-pulley 22.
Patent GB-190805142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firing and Cocking Mechanism for Automatic Guns.
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1908-05-01
Abstract: 5142. Hotchkiss Ordnance Co., [BenÚt, L. V., and MerciÚ, H. A.]. May 1, 1907. Machine guns.-Relates to the firing and cocking mechanism of gasoperated guns. The breech is opened by hand, to commence the firing, by drawing the motor-piston F, Figs. 1 and 1<a>, rearwards by means of a cocking- piece J having a handle J<2> and, at the front end, a hook which engages with a slot y in the front abutment Y for the return spring K. The toe p<1> of the sear P normally enters a notch f<6> in the piston F and retains this piston at the end of its rearward stroke, until released by pulling the trigger Q<2>. The edge of the cap J<3>, Fig. 19, of the cocking- piece is formed with a projecting rib J<4>, with a flat portion j<9>, and with notches J<5>, J<6>, so that, according to the angular position of the cap J<3>, (1) the rib J<4> is caused to block the path of the trigger-piece Q to prevent firing ; (2) the trigger-piece is moved freely to the rear through the notch J6 and holds the sear out of action for continuous firing ; (3) the incline q<3> on the trigger-piece is caused to engage with the flat portion j<9> of the edge of the cap so that the trigger, when pulled, first rocks the sear to release the motor piston, and is then tilted by the incline q<3> and disengages the hook q<3> from the seararm p<2> so that single shots may be fired; and (4) the notch J<5> allows the trigger-piece to be tilted by the spring P' to. engage the shoulder q<4> with a stop d<12> on the trigger-casing D, for safety, when the gun is being assembled. The firing-mechanism is similar to that described in Specification No. 21,098, A.D. 1906
Patent GB-190805626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Incandescent Gas-lighting Burners.
Inventor: DARWIN HARRY
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 5626. Darwin, H. March 13. Incandescent gas burners.-A floating perforated diaphragm is arranged in the secondary mixing- chamber of an inserted burner, in order to mix the gaseous mixture and act as a pressure regulator under the influence, in opposite directions, of the pressure of the incoming gas and the back-pressure of the outgoing mixture. In the form shown in' Fig. 1, the diaphragm comprises a perforated or slitted disk c' having a dumed or conical central portion c<3> corresponding to the domed or conical lower part of the secondary mixing-chamber b, and the inlet a for the gaseous mixture projects into the chamber b.
Patent GB-190808066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spirit Heated Sad or Box-irons
Inventor: CURGENVEN LEONARD WOODS
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 8066. Curgenven, L. W., and Jupe, J. W. April 11. Ironing.-Hand-irons of the type described in Specification No. 21,002, A.D. 1901, in which vapour from an external spirit container c passes to a burner tube b within the iron a, are provided with a single strip of gauze d placed immediately inside the apertured upright walls. of the iron, to prevent the flames from passing through the apertures e. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 19,719, A.D. 1895, and No. 17,196, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190808920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Circuits of Automatic Apparatus for Indicating or Recording at a Distance, Changes in Level of Water or other Fluids in Reservoirs, Tanks, or Tideways.
Inventor: MCWHIRTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-24
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 8920. McWhirter, W., and McWhirter, A. C. April 24. Liquid levels, indicating and registering.-Telephone circuits are combined with electric signalling systems for automatically indicating or recording at a distance changes in the level of water or other fluids in reservoirs, tanks, and tide-ways. To prevent the telephone-calling currents from the magnetos 1, 1<a>, from influencing the signalling-relay 2, a high inductance 3 is arranged as shown. The signalling-currents from the automatic transmitter 5 are prevented from affecting the telephone apparatus by condensers 4, 4<a>, or by non-inductive resistances.
Patent GB-190811647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self-propelled Vehicles
Inventor: PIM JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 11,647. Pim, J. H. May 28. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to belt or like gearing for changing speed, and consists in means for disengaging the belt and moving a step-pulley transversely. fig. 1 shows the method of disengaging the belt, and Fig. 3 the driving position of the mechanism. A lever L, carrying a rack L', operates through a double pinion L<2> a rack L<3>, which causes the engine E to move along the frame of the vehicle A. Simultaneously, a chain M, by unwrapping from the sectors M<1>, M<2>, causes the arms H, H<1>, H<2> to take the positions shown in Fig. 1. To change the speed, the step pulley G is then moved along its axis by a system of levers operated by the lever P. The lever L is then returned to the position of Fig. 3, and the arms H, H<1>, H' resume their former position by the action of springs as the engine moves forwards.
Patent GB-190813896-A (GB)
Title: Method of Figuring Textiles.
Inventor: FREIBERGER MORITZ
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 13,896. Freiberger, M. June 30. Dyeing.-Patterns, plain or coloured, are produced on fabrics by the action of nitrogen-oxygen compounds in a process which permits the use of metal printing - cylinders. Two components are employed, a salt of the said compounds on the one hand and an acid or acid salt on the other, the method of application varying. In the simplest case the dyed fabric is printed with a suitable salt, and passed quickly through acid, a suitable dye being mixed with the salt if a coloured discharge is required. In a more complex example, the fabric is dyed with indigo, is then naphthol prepared, printed with zinc nitrate and formic acid or with sodium nitrate for white, with lead nitrate for yellow, and with sodium nitrate and a developing or body colour for red, steamed, passed quickly through sulphuric acid, washed, and then treated with potassium chromate (to develop the yellow). Another yellow discharge, on wool dyed with methyl water blue, is obtained by printing with albumen, chrome yellow and sodium nitrite, then steaming a short while and passing quickly through acid. Again, the fabric may be printed with the salts, such as sodium nitrite in starch paste (and dyes or dye-forming substances if desired), then treated with the dye for the ground colour, for example, china green, tartaric acid, acetin, tannin, and acetic starch thickening, then steamed and finally treated with antimony, a pattern on a green ground being obtained. An example of another method of application comprises dyeing a cotton fabric, and printing, first with a preparation which resists the nitrogen-oxygen compounds or their components and which may consist of alkaline or reducing bodies or a mixture, such as caustic soda, potassium sulphite and tannin, and second with a nitrate or nitrite, and finally passing through acid. Again, a cotton fabric is dyed with indigo, padded with #-naphthol, printed with lead nitrate mixed with a hydrosulpbite, over-printed with para-red mixed with a nitrate, passed through steam and finally through acid. A white and red design appears on a blue ground, the hydrosulphite resisting the red discharge. Hydrosulphite with the nitrate may be utilized in printing a flavanthrene yellow discharge on colour-grounded cotton. Suitable resists or discharges may be applied with one of the components to assist the main process, for example, a white material is prepared in glucose, printed with citric acid and an aluminium salt, overprinted with indigo or indanthrene mixed with caustic soda and sodium nitrite, steamed and boiled to remove the glucose. A white figure under blue is thus formed.
Patent GB-190814913-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steel Girder-frame for Reinforced-concrete Girders.
Inventor: SPAULDING EDGAR NATHAN
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 14,913. Spaulding, E. N., and Spaulding, R. E. July 26, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Girders.-A reinforcement for concrete girders consists of two bottom bars a, shown in halflength elevation in Fig. 2 and in end view in Fig. 3, and a single top bar b, connected together by combined tension and shear members c. The shear portions of the bars c are inclined obliquely towards the ends of the main bars and are twisted, the central portions being secured by clips d to the lower bars. The triangular end frames f are continuous, and the horizontal side of each is twisted. Holes g in the top bar receive the floor rods. For greater strength, the members a, b may consist of two or more bars.
Patent GB-190815068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads, Cots, Hammocks, and then like.
Inventor: WATTS WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 15,068. Watts, W. July 16. Bedsteads.-A joint for connecting non - metallic parts of bedsteads, cots, hammocks, &c. comprises a dovetail fitting having a base - plate B provided with a recess B<1>, into which may be poured molten or liquid material, such as lead, plaster of paris, pitch, and cement. The screws or bolts by which the back-plate is secured to the bedstead member is thus rigidly fixed, and a solid backing is provided.
Patent GB-190820201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Manipulating Ingots and their Moulds and for Stripping Ingots of their Moulds.
Inventor: HEAD BENJAMIN WRIGHTSON
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 20,201. Head, B. W. Sept. 25. Castings.-In apparatus for manipulating ingots and the moulds therefor, of the type comprising a suspended gear casing carrying a ram, and a lower casing capable of being moved relatively to the gear casing, the weight of the lower casing is utilized to effect the grip on the ingot. The apparatus may be supported by a framework 1, Fig. 2, moving on rails, a shaft 59 being driven by a motor 56 and transmitting motion through toothed and bevel gearing to wheels 60, 61. The gear-casing 6, which is counterbalanced by a weight, is supported by a rope 13 passing over pulleys 14 on the casing and over a pulley 15 on the trolly 5. The drum 12, on which the rope 13 is wound, is driven from a motor 7 by gearing 8, 9, 10, 11. A lower casing 21 is supported by a rope 33, which passes around pulleys 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and is wound on a drum 28, driven by gearing from a motor 19 carried by the casing 6. When the lower casing is raised, slots 39 engage pins 40 on the jaws 41, which open under the weight of a crosshead 43 connected to the jaws by links 42 ; the jaws are closed again by the engagement of a projection 44 on a ram 22 with the cross-head. The jaws are closed to engage the lugs 47 on the mould 45 by lowering the casing 21, whereupon the casings 6, 21 are both raised with the ingot and mould, and finally the casing 21 is raised alone, so that the ram 22 discharges the ingot 46. By a like operation the ingot itself may be gripped and raised.
Patent GB-190821750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Isolating or Check Valves.
Filed: 1908-10-14
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 21,750. Hopkinson, A. H., Murgatroyd, F., and Hopkinson & Co., J. Oct. 14. Check valves; noise, preventing.-Check valves are prevented from chattering on their seats by providing the outlet with a cone or cone-like attachment so as to cause the steam to pass from the valve to the steam main in the form of a jet. In one form, Fig. 1, the outlet is in the form of a right cone A cast integrally with the casing B so as to leave an annular space C between the cone and the casing. In a modification of this form an oblique cone is employed, and in a further modification the cavity C is dispensed with. In the form shown in Fig. 4, instead of shaping the outlet, a diaphragm D having an opening E is placed between the valve and pipe. In the form shown in Fig. 5, a detachable converging nozzle F is secured in the end of the steam-pipe so as to leave a space J. In a modification of this form, the space J is dispensed with by splaying-out the end of the nozzle.
Patent GB-190822707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Latch Needle Knitting Machines.
Filed: 1908-10-26
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 22,707. Lewis & Sons, J. B., Draper, A. E., and Gutteridge, E. Oct. 26. Circular knitting - machines. - Plated stripes, spots, &c. are produced by means of a tricked dial 2 carrying radial threadfeeders 1, which hare worked across the circle of needles by a rotary cam 6. The front ends 21 being of the skew shape shown, pass on opposite sides of the respective needles on the outward and return traverses, so that the patterning- thread is wrapped round the needle. The dial as a whole can be shogged predetermined amounts from a pattern disk acting on a lever 30 carrying a pushrod 28, which operates against spring-action, a neb 27 projecting from a shaft 3 to which the dial is suspended.
Patent GB-190823669-A (GB)
Title: Improved Desk Cash-drawer with Alarm Device.
Inventor: KRAFT IGNAZ
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 23,669. Kraft, I. Nov. 5. Alarms, burglar and like.-A cash drawer b, in an iron casing a fitted to the top of a desk, is arranged to close several electric alarm circuits when opened. The drawer is provided with a lock c and is also fastened by a pin f on the casing a engaging in a hole in a plate e, which is pivoted on the side of the drawer and lifted by a spring. To undo this fastening, a slide l must be pressed in, allowing a push m to be operated which depresses the locking-plate e. The pressing-in of the slide l closes an alarm contact. The drawer when unlocked moves forward under the action of two spring-urged plates pivoted in the back corners of the casing, whereupon a spring q closes a second alarm circuit, and a third circuit is closed by a projection r<2> on the bottom of the drawer pressing a spring on to a contact r<1>.
Patent GB-190824682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes Wings or Gliders.
Inventor: GARSED JOHN LAW
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 24,682. Garsed, J. L. Nov. 17. Aeroplanes.-Aeroplanes, wings, or rudders are formed of two or more parts set at an angle to one another. Fig. 1 shows a plane 1 divided diagonally, and the triangular planes 2, 2 are arranged at an angle to one another. The aeroplane may be made up of three or more rectangular parts 2, Fig. 4, or the plane may have an up-turned rear edge and a downwardly-turned outer corner. The Provisional Specification also states that the aeroplanes are applicable to the apparatus described in Specification No. 1035, A.D. 1908.
Patent GB-190826979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blind Roller Fittings.
Inventor: ARNOLD HAROLD JAMES
Filed: 1908-12-12
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 26,979. Arnold, H. J., and Benwell, L. A. Dec. 12. Window blinds.-A friction brake for windowblind rollers comprises a hollow cord drum 15, Fig. 1, fitted to the end of the roller 14 and containing a spring 17 which presses a ratchet-wheel 18, sliding telescopically in or on the drum, against a collar 23 on a spindle 20, screwed into the roller at one end and bearing in the bracket at the outer end. A pawl 26, pivoted to the bracket and operated by the end cord 28 of the blind, is adapted to engage teeth on the ratchet-wheel 18 and so produce friction between it and the collar 23. The spring may be adjusted by turning the pin 20 by means of the collar 23, which is shaped for that purpose. In a modified arrangement shown in Fig. 7, the ratchet-wheel is replaced by a fixed disk 18<a> having a squared part 29 fitting in the end* bracket so as to prevent rotation. The head of the spindle 20<a> which rotates in the fixed disk, fits in a recess in the end of the squared part 29, and the friction is produced between the head of the spindle and the recessed part. According to the Provisional Specification, the spring may be in tension instead of in compression.
Patent GB-190827453-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Tobacco Cartridges for Pipe Smoking.
Inventor: BENJAMIN ALFRED LEOPOLD
Filed: 1908-12-17
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 27,453. Benjamin, A. L. Dec. 17. Tobacco.-A mixture of cut tobacco is packed and slightly compressed into the shape of a cartridge for a tobacco-pipe bowl, the cartridge being of slightly less diameter than the bowl and of slightly greater length than the depth of the bowl. The cartridge may be made with a flat, conical, or bowl-shaped bottom and is covered with tobacco leaf or other suitable substance. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 643, A.D. 1886, No. 18,347, A.D. 1888, and No. 2375, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190900647-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Centrifugal Pump.
Inventor: ALLENSBY CHARLES REED
IPC: F04D29/22
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 647. Allensby, C. R. Jan. 11. Shallow - overhung - blade pumps; impeller blades; regulating. - A regulatable centrifugal pump comprises an impeller h, the blade of which forms a single spiral, as shown in Fig. 4. The regulating-means consists of a disk g mounted on a screwed sleeve by which the suction b may be throttled to any desired extent. The screw is fixed by a lock-nut i, and is hollow to provide a bearing for one end of the shaft e. The suction b and delivery c are formed in a body part a of the casing.