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Patent GB-190715946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rail Joints.
Inventor: SHAW VERNON HARDWICK
Filed: 1907-07-11
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 15,946. Shaw, V. H. July 11. Rail joints.-Fish-plates are dispensel within rail joints and sinking and creeping of the joints pre vented by splicing together the meeting ends of the rails. The rails are cut a way along a central vertical plane and portions of the remaining head and flange are cut away as well as part of the web at 5. Vertical enlargements 10 are provided on the web to strengthen the joint opposite the ends of the rail heads and form recesses for the fish-bolts. The fishbolt holes 9 are slotted to provide for expansion.
Patent GB-190716335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ginning Machines
Inventor: MARLIA DANTE
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 16,335. Marlia, D. July 16. Gins. - The cotton is guided by a funnel 7, having a sloping back wall, on to a travelling band 10, and passes under a ribbed roller 12 and over a reciprocating rod 21<1> on to a reciprocating inclined plane 22, by which it is fed on to a rack 23 and ginned as usual. The ribbed roller 12 receives a step feed from a pawl 16, Fig. 2, and ratchet-wheel 15, and transmits it to the apron 10 through toothed gearing 13, 14. Excess of cotton on the inclined plane 22 causes a flap 24, connected to the pawl 16, to swing forward, thus withdrawing the pawl 16 from the ratchet-wheel 15 and stopping the feed. The movable knife is carried by adjustable rods 6, and is reciprocated by wooden rods 26 strengthened with iron, the pin bearings of which are of wood saturated with oil. These rods are attached to lever arms 28 pivoted on studs 27 and capable of being swung to both sides of their middle or highest positions by connecting-rods 30, which have white-metal bearing-surfaces lubricated with oil scattered by centrifugal force from the bearings of the shaft 5. The studs 27 are mounted on arms 31 fixed to a shaft 36, wnich can be turned to raise or lower the knife 3 by means of a set-screw 32.
Patent GB-190716410-A (GB)
Title: Portable Tent Frame
Inventor: ORR ROBERT PATRICK
Filed: 1907-07-17
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 16,410. Orr, R. P. July 25, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wagons convertible into tents; covers, cart &c.- A tent frame consists of a board floor a supported about a foot above the ground by longitudinal sills b, posts c erected along the edges of the floor, rafters d, and a ridge pole h. The posts c are held vertical by detachable skirt boards e and rails f, and the rafters are stiffened by triangular tie-plates g. A store closet is provided by connecting the bottoms of the sills by cross-boards k, and the ends by hinged doors i. Access may be had to the store closet from the interior of the tent by means of a trap-door v in the floor a. Removable panels are fitted between the posts c to protect the inmates when the tent is occupied late in the season. The tent frame may be mounted upon the bolsters of an ordinary farm wagon, as shown in Fig. 4, and is readily transportable thereon.
Patent GB-190718340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Card Time Recorders for Workmen and the like.
Inventor: HOWARD FRANK MUNCASTER
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 18,340. Howard, F. M., and Braun, H. C. Aug. 13. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. Relates to a modification of the card time-recorder described in Specification No. 24,437, A.D. 1906. The time wheels are stationary with respect to the record, the minute-wheel 7 being driven through gearing 3 the last pinion of which is spring- connected to the minute-wheel and part of which is mounted on a link 70 so as to be swung out of gear to enable the time wheels to be set. The minute-wheel carries a roller 22 mounted on an adjusting bent lever 23 which raises up the bent lever 20, 26 against the action of the spring 27 ; the weighted pawl 19 carried thereby engages the ratchet-wheel 18 and drives the hour-wheel 16 connected thereto, a detent pawl 25 being provided to hold the hourwheel. A mark may be arranged on each half or on one half of the numbers on the hour-wheel to distinguish a.m. from p.m., or the letter a to one half and the letter p to the other half of the hour numbers may be arranged to print with a fixed type m. The platen 39, Fig. 9, is carried by a spring arm on a shaft 36 which has a spring- controlled arm 35 adapted to be tripped by a starwheel 34 on an arm 33 carried by the lever 30 operated by the workman. The shaft 36 also carries the spring bell hammer 37 and an arm 41 with spring pawl to operate the ratchet - wheel 42 for driving the ink-feed mechanism which is of the kind described in Specification No. 23,454, A.D. 1898. The card guide is mounted on the carriage 51 and is positioned eacb day by the mechanism described in Specification No. 24,437, A.D. 1906. The justifying- knife 12 for the minute-wheel is operated by the link 46, connected by a spring-controlled link 31 to the operating- lever 30.
Patent GB-190724582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: BASCH ROSE
Filed: 1907-11-06
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 24,582. Basch, R., and Basch, S. Nov. 6. Tyres, elastic other than pnuematic.-A ring of india-rubber studs a, Fig. 1, or two rings in staggered relation, which may contain embedded springs, and be connected at the top and bottom by strips, is fitted in the bottom of a channel rim upon pins g. A flanged canvas, or canvas and india-rubber binder, Fig. 4, surrounds the studs and may be fitted with pinsj or cemented to the studs. A strengthened cover c, which may be formed with annular ribs c<1>, is formed with flanges k having beadings o, and is secured by sectional or continuous rings m and bolts n to the rim flanges l, one of which may be sectional or continuous and secured to the other by transverse bolts ; or the cover edges may be secured inside the rim. The meeting surfaces of rim and cover flanges may be roughened.
Patent GB-190725405-A (GB)
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 25,405. Lake, W. E., [Aktiebolaget Separator]. Nov. 15. Cream-separators etc.; drums. - To allow the upright curved liner plates b to be widely separated for cleaning purposes, they are connected by bars, bands, chain links, or the like which pass through them obliquely, or alternately horizontally and vertically. In Fig. 1, the bars e, which are linked together, are shown passing obliquely from top to bottom of the liner. The bars may, however, be unconnected, lugs being formed on them to prevent the plates from slipping off. The bard shown in Fig. 4 are arranged alternately horizontally and vertically. In other modifications, they pass through the plates in zigzag fashion. Two or more series of bars &c. may be employed in a single liner.
Patent GB-190727898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Rise and Fall and Level of Liquids.
Inventor: MIDDLETON VICTOR GEORGE
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 27,898. Middleton, V. G. Dec. 18. Water &c. levels, indicating.-Relates to apparatus for indicating the level of a liquid at a distance electrically, comprising a float which rotates an arm moving over resistances in an electric circuit in such a manner as that described in Specification No. 28,973, A.D. 1904. The pipe a enclosing the float b is placed at its lower end in restricted communication with the liquid so that the float is not appreciably affected by undulations in the liquid level. In the apparatus shown, the end of the pipe is closed by a conical plug c having a central hole c<1>, which is covered by a strainer d. The plug is held in position by hooked rods e, which extend to such a height as to allow the plug to be readily inserted and removed. The bottom of the plug may be closed by a grating d'. The float rises and falls around a central rod f, which is suspended by means of a gimbal joint g upon a collar j, mounted in ball bearings in the cover m at the top of the pipe. Rollers o<3>, o<4>, Fig. 7, on the float engage with the sides of a helical feather f<1> upon the rod f, thus causing the rod to rotate as the float rises and falls. The rod is guided in the pipe by rods or wires b<3>. Oil may be poured in the pipe to float on the liquid and lubricate the guides. Rollers o<1> guide the rod f centrally through the float. The cover m is bolted to a flanged ring n<1>, which is secured to the top of the pipe, the arrangement being such that the cover may be readily removed and the float withdrawn. In a modification, the cover is formed integral with the ring. The outer end of an arm p, which is adjustably mounted upon the collar j, moves over the inner circumferential edges of a set of contacts p<2> carrying resistances p<3>. The resistances are connected to similar resistances t at the receiving-station, and to a battery 1 and a galvanometer y in the manner of a wheatstone bridge. A contact-arm u carrying the pointer u<4> is adjusted along the resistances t until the galvanometer gives a zero reading. Resistances x<x> may be placed in the arms of the bridge to prevent excessive currents from flowing through the galvanometer in certain positions of the arm p. Compensating - resistances x<x> x are place in the opposite arms.
Patent GB-190803443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filters for Oils and the like.
Inventor: GARSIDE JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 3 4 4 3. Garside, J., and Garside, E. Jan. 16. Filters.-In filters for oil &c. of the type described in Specification No. 8978, A.D. 1907, in which the liquid passes upwards through filtering- material within a covered container and is discharged downwards through a central tube, the lower disk supporting the filtering-material is itself supported by adjustable rods arranged around the central tube at a distance therefrom. As shown in Fig. 1, the rods A have bent lower ends, and are screw-threaded at the top to receive nuts D bearing against flanges on the top of the container. The apertures g in the discharge pipe can be closed by means of a valve G on a rod F. In a modification, the rods pass down in tubes through the filtering- material. As shown in Fig. 3, the rods A are situated in passage-ways formed by V-shaped pieces of metal against the sides of the container and are kept in position by means of a ring c at the bottom.
Patent GB-190804034-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clothes or Towel Horse or Airer.
Inventor: TURNER WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 4034. Turner, W. T. Feb. 22. Clothes-horses &c.-Relates to clothes-horses and towel-horses of the type consisting of two end frames a formed as lazy-tongs and connected by horizontal rods c, c', c<2>. In order that the horse may be held open at various heights, struts d, d' are pivoted on one of the rods, and engage with the rod below. If more than two lengths of strut are required, the extra ones are pivoted on another rod.
Patent GB-190805984-A (GB)
Title: Protection against Splinters with Apparatus for the Culture of Health.
Inventor: LINCOLN HAUSMANN
Filed: 1908-03-18
Abstract: 5984. Hausmann, L. March 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Soldering. -Surgical apparatus constructed of glass may be coated with metal by pouring round it a low-melting alloy, by surrounding it with wire, or by electro-deposition. Parts of apparatus so treated may be united by soldering.
Patent GB-190807898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding and Polishing Discs or Cylindrical Drums.
Inventor: STOREY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 7898. Storey, W. April 9. Surfacing and polishing.-Emery and like paper &c. g, Fig. 2, is secured by cement to disks a or drums, which are provided with perforations b or with recesses of circular, square, or like shape.
Patent GB-190810873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Padlocks.
Inventor: BYRNE LAWRENCE ANDREW EDMUND C
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 10,873. Byrne, L. A. E. C. May 19. Padlocks.-A padlock is provided with a circular shackle a, which h slides in the casing, the extent of motion being limited by a pin k on the shackle engaging a slot l in the casing. The shackle is locked in the fastening position by means of a sliding plate h, the projections f, g on which enter notches d, e in the shackle. The plate h is provided with ordinary lever mechanism. The casing is cast in one piece, the front plate being preferably brazed in and strengthened with two lugs or projections which are riveted in position at the top and bottom of the lock respectively.
Patent GB-190814155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Filters.
Inventor: READ HARRY VAUGHAN RUDSTON
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 14,155. Read, H. V. R., and Campbell, R. H. July 3. Tap filters. - A filter 5 of cheap material such as paper or asbestos is placed in a bacteria - arresting cone 2 within the casing 1. The casing is attached by a bayonet joint to a cap 7 which has a neck 13 fitted on to the tap by means of a washer 12. A flange 9 on the cone 2 is gripped between a flange of the casing 1 and a projection 10 on the cap, an hydraulic packing-ring and a washer being placed respectively above and below the flange 9. The interior of the casing 1 and the outside of the cone 2 may either of them be fluted. An eye 15 and hook 17 may be connected by a chain passing over the body of the tap. A modification is shown in which the apex of the cone is turned towards the water inlet. The metal parts of the filter if of brass may be coated by electro-deposition or otherwise to prevent the formation of verdigris.
Patent GB-190814838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Liquid-containers and Valve Mechanism therefor particularly applicable for use in Water and like Elevators.
Filed: 1908-07-13
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 14,838. Hodder, A. E., and Auto-Hydraulic, Ltd. July 13. Direct air or steam pressure apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for raising liquids, such as water, sludge, sewage, &c., and comprises the combination with two or more containers and two or more inlet conduits for gas under pressure of a double valve or valves. The two valves are operatively connected together, to control the conduits so that, when one container is emptied, the valve is suddenly sucked or blown over by the rush of gas into the container just emptied, thereby opening the inlet to the other container. Valves D, D' on a common spindle D<2> control the inlets to the chambers A, A' respectively for the liquid to be raised, and valves H, H<1> on a common spindle H<2> correspondingly control the pressure-fluid passages G, G'. With the valves in the position shown in Fig. 1, liquid passes from the conduit B, past the valve D and through the opening C into the chamber A, gradually filling it and compressing a small quantity of air in the pipe G. Meanwhile pressure fluid passes from the pipe G<1> into the chamber A<1>, forcing the liquid from this container through the opening c<1> and up through the conduit E'. When the container A<1> is empty, the pressure fluid rushes through the container and moves over the valves H, H<1>. The valves D, D<1> then shift over and the air-outlet valve I<1> opens. The pressure fluid next passes into the chamber A, forcing out the contained liquid while the chamber A<1> is being filled. Valves I, I<1> are adapted to open when the chambers are filling to allow air to escape freely and to close when floated upwards by the supply liquid. While the chambers are emptying, the valves are kept closed by the pressure fluid. The valves D, D<1> may be repliced by any suitable non-return valves such as D<3>, D<4> shown in Fig. 2. For generating the pressure in the gas, water from a tank J' is aerated by passing through an aerator M, the mixture passing into a tank L where the air is compressed and then separated from the water. The compressed air is conveyed by a conduit 0 to the branch piece F and the water by a couduit P to a tank P' situated below the tank J<1>. The liquid to be raised is supplied from a tank J, or from the tank J'.
Patent GB-190816352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Weighing Machines.
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-08-01
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 16,352. Smith, A., and Southall, C. Aug. 1. Automatic-feed weighers; electric weighing-apparatus.-In a machine of the type described in Specification No. 11,353, A.D. 1904, a pin k on a crank-disk i operates a toothed sector h which, by a rack-andpinion connexion, draws back the main feed-gate c to its greatest extent, whereupon the pin k comes opposite a recess l in the sector and a spring m returns the gate and sector &c. to their original positions without any appreciable interval of rest at the reversal of the movement. In this way the bulk of the material falls quickly into the receptacles ; to prevent oscillation, the beam is temporarily supported by a bent lever o operated by a cam-surface on the crank-disk i. The dribble feed-gate r is electrically controlled by a magnet s as described in the Specification quoted above. To regulate the quantity of material initially fed into the receptacle, a bush w, Fig. 1, open at the bottom but bridged at the top to prevent an unimpeded descent of material, is fitted -above the main feedgate and may be adjusted vertically by means of a lever 2, Fig. 1. A stirrer z is also provided. For weighing cocoa or other materials which are apt to stick, an electro-magnet 8, in a circuit controlled by the beam, may be used in conjunction with the sector h, and the beam may be allowed a small movement before being held up by the lever o. Thus, if sticking occurs, the electro-magnet 8 holds open the gate until the material drops and, by slightly displacing the beam, cuts out the electromagnet. In a modified machine, the main feedgates are replaced by a pair of pivotal gates operated from a disk u by a system of levers.
Patent GB-190825091-A (GB)
Title: Machinery for Affixing Paper or other Bands to Articles.
Filed: 1908-11-21
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 25,091. Coats, J. & P., and Macalester, J. C. Nov. 21. Feeding sheets.-Relates to a machine for affix ing paper or like bands to balls of yarn, thread, &c. The balls are fed on a band to a position opposite the band or sheet feeding device which comprises an oscillating suction box 1, Fig. 1, connected to an air-pump, and co-operating with the band receptacle 4 which is oscillated by cams 6, 7. The suction box deposits the sheet in a guide comprising plates 20, 26, Fig. 10. The plate 20 has .pins 24 adapted to enter notches in the suction box and is normally spring-held towards the ball. The plate 26 is formed with a ledge 27 and is spring-held away from the ball. The band falls on to the ledge 27, the pins 24 separate it from the suction box, and the projection 32 on the plate 20 carries the plate 26 towards the ball. A beater plate 48 pivotally carried at 49 on the plate 26 is raised by a toggle 50 on the return movement, but, when the guide is moving towards the ball, it falls and straightens the band X. Spring blades 77, Fig. 27, mounted on a socket nip the ball Y and with it the end x<1> of the band X. The shaft carrying the arms is rotated by a rack-andpinion mechanism to carry the ball round and thus enclose it in the band.
Patent GB-190825657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Counting Passing Objects.
Inventor: LILLIBERG CHARLES LEONARD
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 25,657. Lilleberg, C. L. Feb. 3, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Counting-apparatus.-In an apparatus, employing transfer-mechanism of the Geneva type, for counting passing objects, the tens' and 'thousands' dials are carried by a spring-controlled pivoted frame which can be rocked so as to disengage adjacent wheels of the counting-train, thus allowing the counter to be set at zero by the independent rotation of the separate dials. The apparatus is actuated by a wheel 3, which is mounted between L-shaped plates B and adapted to. be operated by the passing objects. A spring- controlled detent 5 engages a star-wheel 4 upon the spindle carrying the wheel 3. The wheel 3 rotates the units' dial of the train through spur gearing 6, 7, 8 ; the ' tens,' 'hundreds,' &c. dials are successively operated from the singletoothed wheel 12 through Geneva gearing 14, 20 ; 23, 25 ; 28, 31 ; 32 on the spindles 15, 24, 29, 34 respectively. Star-wheels adapted to be engaged by spring-controlled detents are provided on each of the spindles. The spindles 15, 29 of the tens' and ' thousands' dials are carried by a spring-controlled rocking frame C pivoted at 16, and the spring-controlled detents 22, 33 for the star-wheels 21, 30 thereon are likewise carried by the frame, while those, 11, 27, 36, Fig. 3, for the star-wheels 10, 26, 35 on the spindles 9, 24, 34, respectively, are carried by the frame B. Normally the detents upon the frame B are held off from their star - wheels by a projection g upon the pawl 11, and by pins b, c upon the rocking frame C, and the detents upon the frame Care kept disengaged by pins e, d upon the fixed frame B. When, however, the lever 38 is depressed its nose engages the pin 37 and thus rocks the frame C upon its pivot. All the detents thereupon automatically engage their star-wheels and so maintain the Geneva gear in a suitable position for re-engagement on the release of the lever 38, while permitting the various dials to be zeroized by manual rotation.
Patent GB-190903378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Windows.
Inventor: HARVEY ARCHIBALD
IPC: E06B7/18
Filed: 1909-02-11
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 3378. Harvey, A. Feb. 11. Pivoted sliding windows.-Movable slips or locking-bars A<1> secured by screws a', passing through inclined slots in the slips A<1>, to the inner faces of sashes C pivoted to sliding atiles B, are chamfered at a<2> to engage chamfered portions d of the stop or parting beads D.
Patent GB-190906202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Washing Machines.
Inventor: MCMILLAN WILLIAM
IPC: D06F13/00
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 6202. McMillan, W. March 16. Washing-machines with rubbing-apparatus.- The clothes are placed upon a curved bed 3 and acted upon by an oscillating rubber 14. The bed is composed of a number of slats 4 connected together by flexible metal strips, and is attached by means of canvas 9 to rollers 7, 8, the latter of which may be rotated to alter the position of the bed and then be held by means of a ratchet-pinion and pawl. The pivots 16 of the rubber 14 rest in grooves in the sides of the tub and are also embraced by bifurcated arms 19 pivoted to the tub so that, when the apparatus is to be charged, the rubber can be readily moved into the position shown in broken lines.
Patent GB-190908177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid Pressure Turbines.
Inventor: CLARKE ATHOL WILFRID
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 8177. Clarke, A. W. April 5. Blades. - Turbine blades are provided with one or more wedgeshaped projections near the roots which engage with corresponding recesses formed in spacing - pieces, the whole being held together in grooves in the rotor or stator. In one form, the blade is provided with a projection 2, Fig. 2, on its convex side. In a modification, two projections 8, Fig. 6, are used. In each case, the blades are made with notches 7, similar notches being formed in the spacing-pieces. Ribs in the rotor or stator grooves project into these notches. The projections on the blades may be formed on the concave side.