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Patent GB-190828496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Cases and the like.
Inventor: HOLMES LEONARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 28,496. Holmes, L. W., and Edmunds, H. Dec. 31. Folding boxes constructed of sheets of wire netting, expanded metal, or wire-gauze are strengthened along the edges by a framework 6 built up or composed of iron or steel stampings, rods, or bars, which may be of U or any other section to grip the edges of the sheets. The parts are hinged together as shown, or the lid may be loose.
Patent GB-190900188-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Filling Explosion Motors with Combustible Gas or Gases when Starting.
Inventor: CLEMENT ADOLPHE
IPC: F02N99/00
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 188. Clement, A. Sept. 17, 1908, [Convention date]. Starting. - T o f a c i l i t a t e the charging of the cylinders at starting, means a r e provided for automatically relieving compression and vacuum during the c o m p r e s s i o n and e x p a n s i o n strokes. Each cylinder is provided with a cock A and two automatic valves B, C. To start the engine, each cock A is opened and the engine turned by hand with the ignition circuit broken, so as to charge the cylinders with explosive mixture at, or slightly above, atmospheric pressure; the valve C opens to relieve vacuum during the expansion stroke, but is kept closed by its spring during the suction stroke, and the valve B relieves the compression wholly or partly according to the tension of the adjustable spring b. When the cylinders have been charged, the cocks A are closed, and the engine is started by producing a spark in one of the cylinders.
Patent GB-190900812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Bearings and the like.
Inventor: GREEN JOHN HENRY
IPC: F16C25/02
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 812. Green, J. H. Jan. 13. Plummer blocks.-In a shaft bearing of the kind in which the brasses can readily be removed without disturbing the shaft, the outer surfaces of the brasses a<1>, a<2> are cylindrical at each end and fit into corresponding parts of the pedestal b and the cap b<1>. Projections d, Fig. 1, on the cap slide in grooves c in the pedestal and engage flats on the sides of the brasses. Each brass has a rib a<4> connecting the cylindrical end parts, formed with passages for forced lubrication. Fig. 5 shows a modification in which a channel-shaped block f fits into a recess e in the cap and fits over the rib a<4>, being held by set-screws passing through the cap. Holes g<1> for lubrication are formed in the cap b<1>, block f, and brass a<2>. The brasses are held together by pins or cotters k. In another modification, the blocks which engage the brasses are formed on a yoke which is inserted beneath the bearing-cap. Fig. 13 shows a modification in which the brasses are secured and adjusted by means of a wedge i.
Patent GB-190901019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Public Vehicles, such as Electric Tramcars, Railway Vehicles, Motor Omnibuses and the like.
Inventor: MALLINS CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: B60R3/00
Filed: 1909-01-15
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 1019. Mallins, C. W. Jan. 15. Footboards.-The footboard 2 of a tramcar, omnibus, &c. is pivoted at 5 so that a passenger treading on the board causes a lever 12, 7 to close a switch 14 to signal to the driver. The signal may consist of an electric lamp or bell or a semaphore arm, and may be operated by pneumatic means or by a stretched wire. The height of the footboard may be adjusted by means of a bolt 4 and nuts 19.
Patent GB-190903226-A (GB)
Title: A Liquid Meter.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON JAMES
IPC: G01F1/52
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 3226. Williamson, J. Feb. 10. Integrating.-In a fluidmeter of the type in which a float-operated cam and a clock - operated integrating- index is employed, a ratchet device transmits movement from an oscillating part of the clock to the registering- gear in accordance with the position of the float. On the spindle of the first wheel of the registering-train is a ratchet-wheel A<2> with which gear two pawls A<3>, A<4>, arranged so as to give the effect of a ratchet of half the pitch. The pawls are carried by a quadrant A<5> which is mounted freely on the spindle and is provided with a slotted arm B<2>. A slotted lever C is carried by arms C<1>, C<2>, attached to the escapement lever C<3> of a clock, and carries a pin B' which pin is connected with the arm B<2> by a lever B<3>, and with a rider D<1> by a link D, the rider being moved vertically in guides D<2> by a roller D<3> engaging the usual cam D<4> operated by a cord E attached to a float E<2>. A cord G<1> may carry a pen adapted to traverse a drum H<1> operated by gearing from the clock. As the pin B' is moved along the slotted lever C from the neutral position coincident with the axis of the escapement lever, the motion given to the ratchet device will correspondingly increase, the mechanism being arranged so that when there is no flow the pin B<4> is in the neutral position. The Provisional Specification describes a modification in which the ratchet-wheel slides on the vertical square shaft of the first wheel of the registering-train and is carried by a horizontal carriage sliding vertically under the action of the cam. The carriage also carries a horizontally-sliding rack which gears with a pinion on the ratchet device, and beneath the carriage is an oscillating arm which is driven from a clock so that its regular velocity is constant. This arm passes through a slot in the horizontal rack, whereby the rack is given a motion the magnitude of which is dependent upon the distance of the slot from the centre of the oscillating arm and consequently is a measure of the flow.
Patent GB-190904887-A (GB)
Title: Tobacco Package.
Inventor: BERRIMAN EDWARD CHARLES
IPC: B65D83/00
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 4887. Berriman, E. C. Feb. 27. Drawings to Specification. Tobacco.-Tobacco mixture is compressed into a stick and enclosed in paraffin paper, and packed in a cylindrical container with a false bottom which is raised as the tobacco is used.
Patent GB-190905109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tops and Means for Spinning same.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: A63H1/32
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 5109. Mackenzie, J. W., [Plant & Co.]. March 2. Tops.-A top, Fig. 3, is provided with an annular hook a adapted to be engaged by means for spinning the top, consisting of a string b connected to two rods c. The hook is placed in the loop of string and the top rotated to twist the string; then, by manipulating the rods the string is caused to wind more and more, after which the rods are vigorously pulled apart, whereupon the hook becomes detached from the string and the top spins on the floor. While spinning, the top may be again caught by the string, and the operation repeated. The top may be provided with stripes or divisions forming complementary colours so that it appears white when rotating, thereby enabling the hook to be more plainly seen.
Patent GB-190907408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Capstans.
IPC: B63B21/16
Filed: 1909-03-27
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 7408. Hydraulic Engineering Co., and Ellington, N. B. March 27. Capstans. - Comprises a construction and arrangement of the driving and braking gear of an electric capstan. The motor and driving- gear are carried beneath the top plate l of the casing, which is mounted on trunnions l<1> so as to be capable of tilting in a known manner. The motor b drives the capstan-head a through a clutch c, a worm, and a worm-wheel. The clutch c does not come into operation until the motor reaches a given speed, when the blocks c<1> fly out by centrifugal force to grip the pulley e. Brake shoes f, having adjustable fulcra f', surrounds the pulley e, and are operated by a solenoid k, which, when energized, takes off the brake against the influence of a spring k'. The motor circuit is controlled by a pedal p, which operates a switch q controlling a circuit comprising one or more electro-magnets which operate the main switch. When the circuitbreaker r is closed and the pedal depressed, the solenoid s is energized and closes the switch t, the current passing to the motor b<0>, b', through the starting-resistance u and the solenoid k. The switch t' operated by the solenoid s<1> is retarded, but, when closed, short-circuits the resistance u.
Patent GB-190910776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stuffing Boxes.
Inventor: THWING ORRELL ORSON
IPC: F16K41/00
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 10,776. Thwing, O. O. May 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Boxes; stuffing- boxes, substitutes for.-A compound stuffing-box, primarily i ntended for gasvalve spindles but applicable also for the rods or shafts of engines, pumps, compressors, &c., consists of two stuffing-boxes 6, 10 separated by a chamber 9 containing a lubricating - material, such as vaseline or lubricating - grease, and formed with a pocket in which gas under pressure collects. The lower stuffing-box is secured by studs to a facing 3 on the valve casing, and the upper stuffing-box is formed in the head of the chamber 9, which is secured to the facing 3 as shown, or in a modification, to a flange on the stuffing-box 6. A sleeve 11 projects from the stuffing-box 10 below the level of the lubricant in the chamber 9. Access to the chamber is obtained by a hand-hole 14, the cover of which is provided with a filling-pipe 16 having a check valve. The chamber may be provided with a relief cock 19.
Patent GB-190910957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Humidifiers.
Inventor: COMINS FRANK BARKER
IPC: F24F6/06
Filed: 1909-05-08
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 10,957. Comins, F. B. May 8. Fastenings for hinged doors.-Relates to apparatus for humidifying air, and consists in providing means whereby access to the interior may readily be obtained. The casing 10, Fig. 1, consists of two segments having flared upper and lower ends, one segment 28. Fig. 2, forming a door. The segment 28 is attached to one arm 14 of a hanger 16 by means of binges 33, 34, which rest in guides 18, tbrough which is journaled a rod 19 carrying a member 20 having a cam-edge and provided with a lever 21. A bearing-piece 35 fixed to the segment 28 contacts with the cam-edge. The other arm 15 of the hanger 16 carries hooks 22, 23, engaging the bent edges 29, 30 of the segment 28, and also carries a shaft 25, upon which is a second cam-member 26 provided with a lever 27 and bearing-piece 31 fixed to the segment 28. By turning the levers 21, 27, the segment 28 is raised until the bent edges 29, 30 are clear of the books 22, 23, and is then swung open on its hinges 33, 34.
Patent GB-190913783-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Game.
Inventor: ELL WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A63F7/00
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 13,783. Ell, W. H. June 11. Table games.-Relates to games played with a vertical bagatelle board in which a ball or coin is projected upwards and falls through pins projecting from the board into one of a series of cups and consists in providing cups which are normally closed but of which any one may be opened at the will of the player. Each cup a, Fig. 3, is hinged at a<1> to the board b and is connected by a rod d to a pivoted lever e, so that, when the outer end e<1> of a lever is depressed, the cup is opened. Springs close the cups when the levers e are released. In order that one cup only shall be opened at any time, pivoted pawls f, Fig. 2, are arranged between the levers e. When a lever is depressed as at A, Fig. 2, the pawls on each side are tilted so that their shoulders overlap t h e remaining levers and prevent them from being depressed. The cups may permanently project from the board, and may be provided with covers operated by the levers.
Patent GB-190914702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Pumps, Compressors, Engines and the like.
Inventor: ALEXANDER WILLIAM
IPC: F04C2/40
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 14,702. Alexander, W. June 23. Fixed-abutment type; movableabutment type; valves, distributing and cutoff; packing drums.-In a hinged - vane or hinged - abutment type of engine or pump in which both the inner drum and the outer casing revolve, an outer fixed casing is dispensed with. Power may thus be given to or taken from the outer revolver direct, though in a modification the inner drum is used for this purpose. Figs. 1 and 2 show an apparatus having hinged vanes 11 on the inner members 4. The inner and outer members 1, 4 revolve together on a fixed cranked axle 2 containing the inlet and outlet passages. They are connected either by a link 14, which does not act as an abutment, or by the friction between rings 12 and the outer member 1. Instead of pivoted vanes 11, flexible vanes rigidly secured to the drum 4, or to the casing 1, may be employed. In a modification, the cranked axle 2 is made in two parts, and its inlet and outlet passages are connected to ports in the end walls of the outer revolver 1. According to the Provisional Specification, the inner and outer revolvers may be made to revolve together by a pin-and-slot connexion. In order to prevent the leakage at the highpressure bearing 18, the space 19 is put into connexion with the low-pressure end of the axle 2 by an opening 20 in a split liner 17 and a port 21.
Patent GB-190914767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: DARWIN HARRY
IPC: F21V17/00
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 14,767. Darwin, H. May 26. Incandescent gas burners.-A lamp with a rotatable globe carried by a rotatable holder, and particularly adapted for prison lighting, has a horizontal induction tube a leading into the side of an expansion and mixing-chamber. A regenerative cap d partly surrounds the chamber b and is provided with a closed top and side apertures. A shoulder c<2> of the burner tube supports the rotatable globe holder.
Patent GB-190918278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Devices for Preventing the Refilling of Bottles and similar Vessels.
Inventor: SAXER CHARLES OSCAR
IPC: B65D49/02
Filed: 1909-08-07
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 18,278. Saxer, C. O. Aug. 7. Bottles, non-refillable.- A valve 9 is placed in the bottom of a box 6 formed with, or attached to, a capsule 1 which grips beneath the neck flange 4. The valve has a stem 10 with a ring 11 to keep the valve in place. The top 5 of the capsule is perforated for two tubes 12, 13, either of which may serve as an air or a liquid-tube in pouring- out the contents. These tubes may be provided with caps 14, 15.
Patent GB-190921797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Cutting Leather or other Materials.
Inventor: GORDON WILLIAM
IPC: C14B5/00
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 21,797. Gordon, W. Sept. 25, 1908, [Convention date]. Releasing-gears; hand and foot operated gears; oscillating valves.-In valve-gear for a fluid-pressure hammer for use in a clicking- press, a handle 31 is depressed to open, through linkwork 26, 22, 21, a valve for admitting compressed air &c. to the top of the hammer-piston. Further oscillation of the lever 21 after opening the valve disengages the lever 22 therefrom by means of the cam portion 23, thereby allowing a spring 24 acting on the lever 21 to close the air inlet and open the exhaust simultaneously. The oscillating tapered valve 16 has an admission port 17 and an exhaust port 19. Fluid is supplied by a branch 15 to the valve casing which has a connexion 13 to the cylinder and an exhaust port 20.
Patent GB-190922078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Tubes.
Inventor: DOLLMAN HUBERT
IPC: B21C37/08
Filed: 1909-09-28
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 22,078. Dollman, H. Sept. 28. [Addition to 14,555/09.] Welding; piling.-A modification of the process of making tubes from two hollow blooms described in the parent Specification consists of sand-blasting or pickling the edges of the blooms to remove the scale instead of machining, and then primarily welding the edges at the ends together and completing the weld in a furnace. To keep the blooms in position for welding, they may be prepared from one length A', A<2> by sawing nearly through the metal at 1 and then bending the part A<2> on to the part A<1> and primarily welding the edges 4, 5 together before completion in a furnace as before.
Patent GB-190923017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Driven Road Sweeping Machines.
Inventor: LAFELY ALEXANDRE
IPC: E01H1/05
Filed: 1909-10-08
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 23,017. Laffly, A. Dec. 23, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 22,933/09.] Sweeping-machines. -Relates to the motordriven road sweeper described in the parent Specification, and consists in replacing the brush - counterbalancing weights by helical springs. Two oppositely-set Y-shaped levers 1 are pivoted to the fixed axle E at the end of one arm. The end of the stem is pivoted to a vertical rod 2 secured to the brush casing. The end of the remaining arm is pivoted to a helical spring 3, which is connected to a screw-threaded rod 5 passing through a lug on the frame 6 and adjusted by a nut 7.
Patent GB-190924946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Apparatus.
IPC: G01G23/00
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 24,946. Jofeh, J., and Pessers, Moody, Wraith, & Gurr. Oct. 29. Printed records, apparatus for giving.-Relates to a weighing-machine wherein a rolling or sliding steelyard poise is traversed by operating a handle; and afterwards, by means of a second handle, 'the weight is printed on a ticket, which is then delivered 'from the machine. The load pulls down the rod c and thereby raises the steelyard a. The poise b is connected to links h, g, i, the link g being pivoted on a pin g<1> and the link i bearing a rack j which operates, by means of gearing, a pair of indicating-disks k, l. The disk k indicates stones and the disk l pounds. By rotating one of the disks k, l, by means of a convenient handle, the poise b may be adjusted to the position of equilibrium and the weight read from the disks. Depending from the spindles of the disks k, l are dies z adapted' to stamp arrows on two dials suitably spaced upon tickets s, which are successively presented beneath the dies by means of a slide t operated by a handle u<1>. On turning the handle u<1>, a cam-surface w<1> rocks the ticket table q about a pin p and brings the ticket into contact with the dies z. Further movement of the handle allows the table to fall to its original position, and operates the slide t, thus expelling the printed ticket and presenting another beneath the dies.
Patent GB-190926240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drill Heads.
Inventor: HUGHES HOWARD ROBARD
IPC: E21B10/08
Filed: 1909-11-12
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 26,240. Hughes, H. R. Nov. 20, 1908, [Convention date]. Bore-hole apparatus.- Relates to drill heads for rock and other substances, of the type carrying frusto-conical rolling cutters. Blocks 1, having spindles 6 for the cutting- rollers 4, are secured to a driving-spindle 3 by a sleeve 2, and may be held against relative lateral movement by tongues and grooves or the like. The spindles 6 are stepped, and project inwards, the rollers 4 thus being prevented from falling off. If a shearing action is required, the axis of each roller extends slightly to one side of the axis of the head. The outer ends of the rollers have grooves or recesses 7 to grind the material ; and the other ends of the chisel teeth 5 are formed as side cutting-edges 5<a>, the hole cut being substantially greater than the head. Water is passed through the driving spindle 3, and passes, preferably through inwardly-directed channels, to the point between the rollers. A cup 10 is provided for compressed lubricant, from which cup ducts 11 with branches 12 pass to the outer surfaces and ends of the spindles 6. Grooves 13, preferably spiral, are provided, in the rollers or on the spindles to spread the lubricant, which is supplied by water pressure only or by a plunger 14 pressed forward by a spring 15 or by water. The spindles may consist of separate pieces 20, Fig. 3, which may contain the lubricant cup, and the cutters may be secured against displacement by screws 21 projecting into grooves 22.
Patent GB-190926434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Checking and Registering the Receipts in Theatres and other Places.
Inventor: WARBY JOHN LENT
IPC: G07B11/09
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 26,434. Warby, J. L., and Senier, T. W. Nov. 15. Tickets and tokens, issuing, receiving, and registering number of.-In apparatus for use in theatres &c., registering the number of tickets or tokens issued and received by means of mechanically and electrically operated counters, the tokens received by the check-taker are ejected one by one from a vertical receiving- tube b through a pair of spring contact-arms i, such as are described in Specification 12,982/04, into a closed box j. The ejecting-slide g<1> is actuated by a handle through a crank-shaft c and connecting-rod f, and a ratchet-wheel d and pawl d<1> are provided to prevent backward rotation of the shaft c. A mechanical counter k<2> is driven by the rotation of the shaft.
Patent GB-190926699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels.
IPC: B60B11/06
Filed: 1909-11-17
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 26,699. Soc. Michelin et Cie. Nov. 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Rims.-A metal felloe adapted to receive one or more detachable rims is formed of rings a, b of channel section, the adjacent flanges being bolted together as shown.
Patent GB-191000869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Alternating Electric Current Regulators of the Induction Type.
Inventor: MILCH MAURICE
IPC: H02K47/28
Filed: 1910-01-12
Granted: 1911-02-13
Abstract: 869. Milch, M. Jan. 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Systems depending on the use of static transformers; regulation, automatic systems and apparatus for.-The voltage and phase of the supply in an alternating-current circuit are varied by means of a number of induction regulators with their secondaries connected in series. The arrangement is shown as used for the control of a frequency-converter. The sliprings d of the frequency-converter e are supplied from the series connected secondaries c, c<1>. The primaries a, a' are connected across the three - phase supply. The primaries and secondaries are relatively movable, and the secondary voltage can be varied from zero to twice the voltage induced in each of the secondary phases; the phase is also varied by the same means. The arrangement may be used to control a motor &c.
Patent GB-191004046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed-indicators.
Inventor: CAHILL DANIEL
Filed: 1910-02-18
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 4046. Cahill, D. Feb. 18. Maximum-speed indicators. - In speed indicators provided with maximum-speed hands, the hand cannot be re-set while the vehicle is in motion; or, if released, it cannot again be operative until the vehicle has stopped. In the construction shown, the ratchet-wheel e on the maximum-hand spindle a is normally engaged by a pawl h, but is mutilated at a point g, which, in the zero position of the maximum hand, is contiguous to the pawl. If the pawl h is given a lateral movement by operating the usual push-rod it disengages from the ratchetwheel, and the maximum hand is freed. The pawl h cannot, however, again engage the ratchet-wheel until the vehicle stops, whereupon the speed hand allows the maximum-hand to return to zero and the notch q to arrive adjacent to the pawl h. In order to prevent the lateral re-setting movement of the pawl except when the vehicle is stationary, a disk m, fast on the speed-hand spindle b, is provided with a notch at n which allows the lateral movement only when the spindle is at zero. A ring f attached to the ratchet-wheel e supports the end of the pawl h when disengaged.
Patent GB-191004529-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination of Substances for Producing an Emollient Effect on the Human Skin.
Inventor: HEAVEN EUSTACE THEODORE
IPC: C11D9/16
Filed: 1910-02-23
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 4529. Heaven, E. T. Feb. 23. Soaps, materials for making.-An emollient mixture comprising finely ground oatmeal, french chalk, fuller's earth, and boracic acid, is added to a neutral or slightly alkaline toilet soap.