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Patent GB-190819246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Feeding Cake.
Inventor: EVANS ERNEST
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1909-09-14
Abstract: 19,246. Evans, E. Sept. 14. Moulding food for animals.-Cattle-feeding cakes are moulded between drums x, y, Figs. 5 and 6, the surfaces a, b of which are formed with teeth c and ribs d respectively. The teeth c project between the ribs d and indent the material, which may be completely severed by extending some of the teeth. Cords, wires, &c. fare passed round the drum x between the teeth c, and serve to detach the moulded cakes. The drums may be arranged at right-angles, or may be replaced by endless bands provided with similar surfaces and parts. One or both surfaces may be removable and adapted to receive moulds or dies to impress the material with a design &c.
Patent GB-190822677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Traps.
Inventor: HORNE ALEXANDER DEWAR
Filed: 1908-10-26
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 22,677. Horne, A. D. Oct. 26. [Patent of Addition to No. 11,312, A.D. 1907.] Steam traps.-In a steam trap described in Specification No. 11,312, A.D. 1907, a drainage valve is carried by one end of a tube B containing an expansible material C, a piston in this end being held stationary by a spring in the casing A, which also carries the valve seat, the other end of the tube being closed and unattached but subject to the steam pressure in the casing. According to the present invention, the free end of the tube is now provided with an enlargement D, which extends through a stuffing- box F to the exterior of the casing. The unbalanced steam pressure on the expansible material in the tube is thus avoided. The end of the tube is also provided with a handwheel I for operating the valve. A spring G, bearing against the enlargement D, assists in forcing the valve off its seat when the expansible material contracts.
Patent GB-190824052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Signaling Apparatus.
Inventor: CARSTENS JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 24,052. Carstens, J. H. Nov. 10. Switches.-In a ship's order telegraph, and tell-tale apparatus, the transmitting -switch closes one of a number of independent signal-circuits, each of which includes a lamp or other visual signal in the engine-room indicator and two contacts (in multiple with each other) controlled by the throttle and reversing levers of the engine respectively, and the arrangement is such that a lamp at the transmitting - station and a bell in the engine-room continue in operation until the order has been correctly carried out. The shaft 2, Figs. 2 and 6, of the transmitting - switch carries a cross-arm 14 bearing spring- pins 17, 18, which respectively engage a semicircular contact 12, and one of a number of sectional contacts 24, connected by independent leads to the lamps 35, 43 of the engine-room indicator. The switch 1 has a spring- controlled detent 6, which normally engages a notch 5 in the bar 4, but can be depressed by a button 9 on the end of the switch-handle. The circuit - breaker 28 controlled by the throttle-lever comprises several pairs of fixed springs 37, 38. &c., Figs. 2 and 5, engaging the divided contact-plates 36 mounted on an insulating-block fixed to the shaft 32, which is rocked by the links 30, 31 when the throttle-lever is moved. The circuit-breaker 29 controlled by the reversing-lever is similar. The contacts of the circuit-breakers 28, 29 are so arranged that, when the circuit of any particular order is broken as above described, the contacts in the other order circuits remains closed.
Patent GB-190825986-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking Nuts on Bolts and the like.
Inventor: CRAMMAN DANIEL
Filed: 1908-12-02
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 25,986. Gramman, D. Dec. 2. Locking nuts.-A nut is locked to its bolt by a pawl 1, Fig. 12, which is pivoted eccentrically on the nut 3 so that its curved edge wedges against the bolt 5 when the nut tends to unscrew. Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which two or more pawls are used, and are retained on their pivots 4 by a plate 6. The pivot 4 may have a tapered head fitting into an undercut recess in the nut. The pawl may be mounted in a slot or recess in the side of the nut. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the pawl 1 is pivoted externally to the nut and engages an annular groove 9 in the nut. The pawl is held in light contact with the bolt, or with the nut, by a spring, which may be a helical spring surrounding the pivot 4. As shown in Fig. 12, the pawl lies in a recess 11 in the nut and the spring 13 is mounted on a pin 14, one end of the spring engaging the pawl and the other end bearing against the bolt. The pawl may be made integral with the pivot and may be fixed to a spring, one end of which bears against the bolt. Fig. 18 shows a modification in which a spring 20, besides rotating the pawl 1 on the pivot 4, exerts an upward pressure upon the pawl. When turned into such a position that a cotter 19 fixed to the pivot 4 enters a recess 17, the pawl is held in the inoperative position to allow the nut to be unscrewed. In a modification, the pawl is put into or out of contact with the bolt by a finger-plate, which is fixed to the pivot and forms a movable abutment for the spring or springs actuating the pawl. In another modification, a flat spring fixed to the pivot may be placed against one of two projections on the pawl to hold it in or out of contact with the bolt ; or a waved spring may be used which will hold the pawl in either of its extreme positions. The pawl may be held in the inoperative position by a pin dropped through a hole in the pawl into a recess beneath it, or by a lever pivoted to the pawl and dropped into a recess in the pivot. Fig. 34 shows a modification in which a spring 52 fixed to the pivot 50 engages the side of the pawl 1, which may be held in the inoperative position by a pin 42 engaging a stop 53. The pivot is set at such an angle that the edge of the pawl is of the same inclination as the thread of the bolt. The edge of the pawl may be plain, grooved, or serrated.
Patent GB-190906657-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Calculating Apparatus.
Inventor: SALCHER ALOIS
Filed: 1909-03-19
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 6657. Salcher, A., and WerlÚ, N. March 19. Adding - apparatus.-The apparatus is of the type comprising manually-set indicator-bars, the return movement of which actuates the numeral wheels. Addition is effected in the usual manner, and subtraction by the addition of complementary numbers, a special arrangement being made in the case of the units. The indicator-bars 2 are first set by the aid of a pointer 1 and a sliding plate 6 bearing two series of numerals as shown in Fig. 3, one set for addition and the other for subtraction. A slide 29 is then pulled down and, by means of slot-and-pin connexions, operates first the bar 19, thus moving the pinions 21 attached to the numeral-wheels 17 into engagement with the racks carried by the indicator-bars, and subsequently slides the bar 27, thereby disengaging the pawls 25 from the indicator-bars. The spring-controlled indicator-bars thereupon return and actuate the numeral-wheels. The return movement of the slide re-engages the pawls 25, and disengages the numeral-wheels. Transfer - mechanism.-The movement of the slide 29 also rocks a slotted lever 46, which moves a slide-bar 45, Fig. 10. Pins 42 thereon, which normally assist in preventing spring - controlled elbow-levers 36 from rocking, as shown in Fig. 3, are thus moved to the left, and, if at this moment a slot situated between the numerals 9, 0 in the under edge or rim of the numeral-wheels is positioned so that a pin 40 on a link 39 can enter it, the lever 36 rocks as shown in Fig. 10 in the case of the units, and allows a pin 43 on the indicator-bar to enter a bevelled slot 50 in the bar 45. An excess movement to the extent of one tooth is thus given to the particular indicator-bar affected. The return movement of the bar 45 resets the indicator-bars to normal position. Zeroizing-mechanism.-The numeral-wheels are zeroized by means of a handle 56 attached to a slide 55 bearing pins which rotate heart cams 53, attached to the numeral wheels, to the zero position. The slide 55 by means of a spring coupling 61, 62 and a stud 63 at first moves the slide 59, thus disengaging detents 58 from the pinions 21 of the numeral-wheels. When, however, in the latter part of its movement the cams 53 reach their zero position, the bar 59 is automatically released, and again locks the numeral-wheels in this position. Subtracting is effected by the method of adding complementary numbers, which are marked both upon the bars themselves, so as to appear through apertures in the cross-bar 14 carried by the slideplate 6, and are also provided upon the slide-plate, the series not in use being obscured in part by the indicator-bars. The units indicator-bar may be drawn out, in the case of subtraction, one unit further than for addition, the complementary figures being displaced for this purpose.
Patent GB-190906900-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brace Clip.
Inventor: HOLT CHARLES HERBERT
IPC: A41F3/02
Filed: 1909-09-23
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 6900. Holt, C. H. Sept. 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Braces.-Brace fittings, of the type in which the tab cord runs over a pulley mounted in a hook attached to the suspender webbing, have the bill A, Fig. 2, of the hook lengthened sufficiently to prevent the cord from becoming disengaged when the wearer is stooping. In one modification, the bill a<3>, Fig. 4, is bent back against the base of the hook ; and in a further, modification, a spring retaining - tongue a<4>, Fig. 5, is provided on the inside.
Patent GB-190908527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Holders or Carriers for Type and Stereotype.
Inventor: CHIPPERFIELD WALTER
IPC: B41L15/06
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 8527. Chipperfleld, W. April 8. Printing-surfaces.-A flexible carrier for type or stereotype plates is constructed with bars b shaped to receive the type wand threaded or flexible wires a, which are clamped at the ends between plates d, e. The carrier is secured to the cylinder or drum by screws passing through holes g in extensions of the plates d. The ends of the lines of type are alined by providing a number of grooves across the bars b and corresponding grooves n<1> in the turned-up ends of the plates d, and laying a wire along the grooves corresponding to the ends of the lines of type. The bars b are tapered towards the base to permit the carrier to lie freely round the drum, and are provided with longitudinal channels c so as to take a firm bearing. A stereotype plate k<1> may be secured to the carrier by wires z<1> similar to the alining-wires referred to above, one or both ends of which may be provided with a head to engage a notch in the plate d or a lug c' held by the bars. A yielding connexion may be provided by arranging a sleeve j containing a spring j<1> at the end of the wire.
Patent GB-190915903-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Starting Explosion Motors.
Inventor: AGERON JULES ALBERT
Filed: 1909-07-07
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 15,903. A g e r o n , J. A., and Charpin, Vicomte A. de. July 7. Pressure - regulating valves are formed by hollow spring-pressed pistons 15 moving in cylinders ; the varying opening of slots in the piston effects the regulation.
Patent GB-190919647-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Collapsible wash-tub bench.
Inventor: ADAMSON JOSEPH PATERSON
IPC: D06F1/00
Filed: 1909-08-27
Granted: 1910-09-27
Abstract: 19,647. Adamson, J. P. Aug. 27. Stands etc.; upright supports.-A collapsible stand for a wash-tub comprises a back A hinged at F, provided with a square frame E tenons to which engage mortises in the back when the stand is set up. The front supports H are similarly hinged and tenoned to the frame E, and the whole is secured by an horizontal stay M and an inclined stay P. Fig. 3 shows the stand collapsed.
Patent GB-190920929-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Coding and Decoding Purposes.
Inventor: REHDER MARTIN WILHELM
IPC: G09C1/04
Filed: 1909-09-13
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 20,929. Rehder, M. W., and Voigtsberger, A. W. C. Sept. 13. Codes.-A code apparatus for replacing the figures corresponding to known code-words by a word of five letters consists of five movable rings c guided in slots in a plate a and bearing figures and letters in pairs, the plates being variously coloured and a table of numbers and colours being provided to check the setting of the apparatus. The rings c are fitted with knobs d by which they are rotated till the given figures appear through an apertured clip e on the plate a, the letters beneath the figures forming the required word. The rings are adapted to be inverted to protect their faces, recesses being provided in the plate a to receive the knobs d.
Patent GB-190922173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drill Chucks.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: B23B51/12
Filed: 1909-09-29
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 22,173. Boult, A. J., [Haenelt & Laass Ges.]. Sept. 29. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Chucks; s o c k e t s.-A drill chuck consists of a socket 1 with a conical recess in which fits a split springy cone 2 having a bore for the drill with conical end for centring and a cylindrical extension 4 for centring the cone 2. The end of the extension 4, which may bo flattened to prevent rotation, projects into a transverse bore 3, so that it may be pressed to loosen the cone 2.
Patent GB-190922498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nursing Bottles.
Inventor: CLEAVE ROBERT ADRIAN VAN
IPC: A61J9/04
Filed: 1909-10-02
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 22,498. Cleave, R. A. van. Oct. 2. Feeding-bottles. - An open-ended air-tube 5 is applied to a feeding-bottle, and is retained by lips formed by the walls of the bottle. The lips may be continuous, as at 7, Fig. 1, or at intervals only as at 8, Fig. 5. To apply the tube, it is placed in a mould in which the bottle is to be blown, and in operation some of the glass forming the outside of the bottle walls flows partly around the tube.
Patent GB-190922680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treadle Mechanism.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: B23Q5/54
Filed: 1909-10-05
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 22,680. Boult, A. J., [Troy Laundry- Machinery Co.]. Oct. 5. Ironing - machines with two or more rollers. - A treadle, described in connexion with an ironing - m achine and intended to control two separate elements of the machine, is adapted for oscillation and for rotative movement about its longitudinal axis, and is combined with an auxiliary lever mounted upon an independent support and slidingly connected for operation by the oscillation of the treadle. The treadlerod 15 is mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis in a bearing 13 pivoted to lugs 12. An arm 18, mounted on the rod, extends into the standard 10 and is provided with a head 20, Fig. 5, having a curved face 21, which bears against a similar face on the link 24. A projection 22 on the end of the arm 18 is pivotally mounted in an aperture 23 at the end of the link. The link is pivoted to a lever 28, which operates a slide 46 mounted on a shaft 47 and normally held at one end of its travel by a spring 48. The slide 46 is connected by an arm 49 to the belt-shifter 50 by means of which the direction of rotation can be reversed. In a modification, in which the rolls are driven from a motor, the slide 46 carries a contact-arm by means of which the connexions of the motor can be reversed by rotating the treadle. Vertical movement of the treadle operates a lever 32, the vertical arm 37 of which is connected to the standard 10 by a spring 39 which tends to keep the treadle in the raised position. A rod 44, connected to the lower roll 43, has a pivoted bearing in a socket 38 in the arm 37; by means of this rod the roll 43 is raised into contact with the roll 42 when the treadle is depressed. The lever 32 is slidably mounted on the treadle-rod 15, and the foot-plate 17 is adjustable longitudinally thereon.
Patent GB-190923327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for the Splitting or other Working of Stones and the like.
Inventor: SMITH CARL GUSTAF
IPC: B28D1/22
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 23,327. Smith, C. G. Oct. 19, 1908, [Convention date]. Splitting and dressing by percussion. - F o r splitting and dressing stone, a hammer with a spring shank 5 and a detachable and reversible head 3 is raised when a grooved friction pulley 13 is engaged by a similar pulley 12, the driving-shaft of which is movable vertically by means of a spring or weight loaded foot-lever 15. The strength of the blow is varied by adjusting the springs 20 on the arm 18, or by varying the number or strength of the springs. The hammer may be held up by a loaded brake block 21 controlled through a bell-crank lever 25 from an horizontally movable lever 23 held in either position by a stop on the loop 33. The machine is mounted on wheels, or is slung from the crosspiece 19, and is adjusted by levers 38, 29, and locked by a spring catch 30. The machine may also be movable transversely. The work is elastically supported. The machine may have two hammers, one of which may be longitudinally adjustable by means of a forked part 4 of the shank. In a modification the hammer shaft 2 forms the driving shaft, and is connected to its driving pulley, through a friction clutch. The work may be carried by a truck moving transversely on rails and connected to an endless rope or chain passing round three pulleys, the central pulley being rotated by a hand-wheel or ratchet-lever; or the truck may be moved by mechanism similar to that for moving the machine. Large pieces of stone are first split into pillars, which are further broken by making a small groove on one side and then striking the opposite side with the flat end of the hammer-head.
Patent GB-190926142-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Washer for Screw-down Taps.
Inventor: HUGGLES HARRY
IPC: F16K1/46
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 26,142. Ruggles, H. Nov. 11. Seats.-A washer for screw-down valves comprises a leather disk b inserted in a metal shield a to prevent splaying.
Patent GB-191004125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Gas Producers of the Rising-grate Type.
Inventor: HALL-BROWN EBENEZER
IPC: C10J3/34
Filed: 1910-02-19
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 4125. Brown, E. Hall-. Feb. 19. Grates. - Dust and grit are excluded from the ram and operating - gear of a rising and falling grate for gas-producers by means of a casing embracing the ram and driving-gear and having the upper part composed of a series of telescopic members. As shown in Fig. 1, the toothed ram A, which is operated by a pinion B, is enclosed within a casing D having an upwardly-extending part E, and is connected at the top to a spider H which supports the grate. The casing E is surrounded by a second loose casing K and a third casing L held between the head of the ram and the spider H. Tappet flanges M, N are provided on the casings L, K, as shown, and similar tappets may be provided between the casings K, E. Where one central ram only is used, the teeth may be formed entirely around its circumference, and gearing may be provided to rotate it. A grate provided with four rams, each having a telescopic casing and driven in pairs by two separate shafts arranged to operate all the rams simultaneously, is also described and shown. Instead of rack- and-pinion gearing, screw gearing may be used for operating the rams.
Patent GB-191006581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two-stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: DRAPER FREDERICK RICHARD
Filed: 1910-03-16
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 6581. Draper, F. R. March 16. Two - stroke - c y c l e engines; pumps; ex haust-silencers. - In an engine having a pair o: pistons acted upon by single impulse, the cy linder containing t h e inlet port is inclined to and formed of smaller diameter than the cy linder containing t h e exhaust port. Fig. 1 shows an engine having a vertical cylinder E from which the exhausi products are withdrawr through a port S by a fly-wheel fan shown in Fig. 3, and an inclined cylinder D of smaller diameter than the cylinder E, containing inlet ports R. Both sets of ports are piston-controlled, the piston controlling the ports R being connected to a lug 0 on the connecting-rod H. Combustible charges are admitted to the crank chamber through a port W, but when using air charges these may be carburetted in the trans. fer passage T. Stage compression may also be used. Specification 5398/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191006954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Woven Fabrics for use in the Manufacture of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: ALKIN JOHN ERIC
IPC: B60C9/16
Filed: 1910-08-03
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 6954. Alkin, J. E. Aug. 3. Jackets and covers. - A fabric woven with warps and wefts of stranded wires covered by winding or braiding with cotton or other textile material is treated with rubber solution and incorporated in a tyre cover by subsequent vulcanization, either as a layer extending from bead to bead on the inside of the cover or applied externally prior to the application of a fresh tread. The covering prevents the excessive formation of sulphides on the wires.
Patent GB-191013745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spring Balances.
Inventor: GILFILLAN ESSINGTON NUELL
IPC: G01G3/02
Filed: 1910-06-07
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 13,745. Gilfillan, E. N., and Hunter, J. June 7. Spring balances. - A spring balance adapted to be folded for carrying in the pocket comprises an outer channelshaped casing 12 and an inner channel - shaped slide 17. The two parts 12, 17 are connected by a spring 22, and the rear and ends of the outer casing are closed by means of a pivoted handle 28, which is turned into the dotted position for a weighing operation. The suspending-hook 25 is attached to the slide 17, and, when the apparatus is in the folded position, is turned into the casing as shown in Fig. 2. A pin 18 limits the movement of the slide. The outer casing has an aperture 13 through which weight.graduations on the slide may be observed.
Patent GB-191014258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crop-thinning Machines and Cultivators or Hoes.
Inventor: TAYLOR ALFRED
IPC: A01B41/00
Filed: 1910-06-13
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 14,258. Taylor, A. June 13. Thinning-machines; cultivators and hoes.-A machine for thinning crops and for simultaneously hoeing or cultivating the soil at the sides of the rows of plants comprises an oscillating thinning - blade, fixed and adjustable weeding or stirring blades, and means for adjusting the front of the frame. The frame 2 is mounted on rear wheels 3 and on front steering - wheels 5, which may be provided with circular blades 34 for cutting the runners of strawberry plants. The front wheel standard is turned for steering by a lever 10, which rests on a guide at the back of the frame. The front of the frame is adjusted vertically on the steering- wheel standard by means of a bell-crank lever 12 connected to a hand-lever, which is pivoted on the steering-lever and is provided with a locking-quadrant. The form of the thinning- blade 21 may be varied. This blade is adjustably connected to a tubular frame 20, which is pivoted at the point 22 and is oscillated by a cam 25, the front end being supported by a roller running on a segment 18. The cam 25 may be changed. to alter the spacing. It is driven from the axle 4 by chain gearing and a clutch. Weeding or stirring blades 19, 32 are adjustably fixed to the:frame 2 and to wings 31, which are adjustable by means of stay links 33. The frame 20 may be fixed in position, and the machine used simply as a cultivator and weeder. The side bars of the frame. are extended to form pushing or guiding handles.