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Patent GB-190712888-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus Serving to Prevent the Fouling of Waters in their Passage through Delivery Orifices and during their Entrance and Travel through Conduits.
Inventor: PASQUINI PIO
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-07-06
Abstract: 12,888. Pasquini, P. June 4. Delivery spouts.- In order to prevent the introduction of contaminated air, dust, and other impurities into pump delivery pipes due to suction, non-return valves are fitted therein as in Fig. 2 which shows the application to the delivery spouts of valves and cocks. The non - return valve d is fitted within a tube b, and is preferably hemispherical, the stem e of the valve being guided in a bridge f. The valve opens readily by the pressure of water. When the cock is opened, and when the water is cut off, the closing is effected by a spring g.
Patent GB-190716106-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Protector or Eye Shade for Protecting the Eyes when Reading, Working or for any purpose where a Shade is required.
Inventor: BRAITHWAITE ALFRED
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 16,106. Braithwaite, A., and Henderson, T. S. July 12. Eye-protectors.-The shade a of light material, such as cloth-covered cardboard, or metal, is adapted to be moved sideways along the spring head wire c. The wire c is passed through a running b on the shade, or through attached eyelets. A stud d, which may be pierced to form one of the eyelets, is used to keep the shade from the forehead.
Patent GB-190717745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drainage Pipes for Tram Rails.
Inventor: HORSFIELD ROBERT LUND
Filed: 1907-08-03
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 17,745. Horsfield, R. L., and Hemming, J. Aug. 3 Drainage.-Drainage boxes for tramway rails are made in two or more parts A, B extending from one rail to the other and fitted together by a diagonal joint a so that they can be placed in position without disturbing the rails. The top is cambered to suit the paving, and the bottom is sloped towards a central outlet e. The side walls and the bottom extend to the webs of the rails. Part of the guard lip of each rail is cut away to admit cross-bars j at the ends of the box. A cover g secured by suitable locking-latches is arranged above the outlet e.
Patent GB-190720613-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Manufacturing Sulphite of Sodium, and Ammonium Chloride.
Inventor: DUVIEUSART FRANCOIS
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 20,613. Duvieusart, F. Sept. 16. Sodium sulphite; ammonium chloride.-Sodium sulphite separates out when a warm or hot saturated solution of ammonium sulphite is treated with sea salt and heated. Ammonium chloride is crystallized out from the mother-liquor, which afterwards is charged with ammonium sulphite and sea-salt so as to repeat the process.
Patent GB-190720975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for the Manufacture of Sheet Glass.
Inventor: OPPERMANN FREDERIC
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 20,975. Oppermann, F. Sept. 21. Drawing; annealing.-In apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 21,721, A.D. 1906, the glass sheet 1 is drawn upwards by rollers 3, 4 mounted on frames 15, 16 and arranged so as to form a series of closed chambers c. The rollers are driven by chains &c., and are heated or cooled, externally or internally, so that the sheet 1 becomes annealed as it passes through the chambers c. The frames 15, 16 are each pivoted at their base, so that they and the rollers they carry may be swung apart, in the event of a sheet breaking, to facilitate the removal of the broken pieces. The rollers are pressed forward by springs so as to nip the sheet and to keep the chambers c closed. The chamber k may be heated by gases from the chamber 13, by removing plugs 32 from holes 29 in the dividing- wall 19 and a cover 33 from the canal 30. Mica inspection windows 28 are also fitted.
Patent GB-190723758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: WILDT HANS MARIA AUGUST CHARLE
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 23,758. Wildt, H. M. A. C. Oct. 28. Circular knitting - machines. - Yarn - changing apparatus for use with two or more yarns comprises a series of pendant guides 8 pivoted to levers 3 mounted in a tricked bracket, which is in one piece with the guard ring 15. The outer ends 5 of the levers project below the pivots 4 and carry butts 7 arranged in different planes. The guides 8 have angular slots 12 through each of which the rod 13 passes. The butts 7 are operated upon at each revolution of the machine by a cam-plate 17, Fig. 6, which leaves one of the guides in the lowered or working position and the rest in a raised position, the action of the slots 12 being such that the yarns carried by the raised guides are removed from the needles. By means of pattern mechanism, the vertical position of the cam plate 17 can be adjusted so as to place any one of the guides in action and the previously-acting guide out of action. Each lever 3, Fig. 4, has a wedge-shaped button 24 which, by the pressure of a similar button 23 mounted on a vertical spring, retains the lever in the position assumed.
Patent GB-190800188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Timing Machines for use in Pigeon Races and the like.
Inventor: MCMILLAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-01-03
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 188. McMillan, W., and Osman, A. H. Jan. 3. Timing pigeons.-Relates to the pricking mecbanism of apparatus of the 'Toulet' type, in which paper dials are punctured to indicate the time of arrival of the pigeon, the object being to provide a device such that, if the needle is prevented from puncturing the dials by the introduction of a metal plate or otherwise, the mechanism becomes locked and cannot be further used until the metal plate &c. is removed. The needle d' is fixed to a lever d mounted on a rocking shaft c, to the end of which a hook-shaped lever h is secured. A lever b, pivoted to the casing a at b<1>, carries a rotatable star-wheel g, which engages the hook h. When a ring is introduced and the ring case is turned, one of a number of pins e on the top f of the ring case strikes an incline b<2> on the lever b and raises it. As soon as the pin f ceases to engage the incline b<2>, the lever b is moved back to its first position by a spring h<3>, and the star-wheel g swings the hook h to the right, tbus causing the needle d<1> to penetrate the dial i<1>, as shown in Fig. 4. Should the needle be prevented from penetrating the paper, the lever b does not return to its first position, and any attempt to turn the ring case is frustrated by the engagement of one of the pins e with a pin k on the lever b.
Patent GB-190804565-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fodder and Process for the Manufacture of same.
Inventor: FODOR GEZA
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 4565. Fodor, G. Feb. 28. Food for animals.-A fodder to be used as a substitute for oats is prepared by mixing quantities of rye, barley, oats, maize, potatoes, rice, grass, clover, malt germs, food-potatoes, topinambur (helianthus tuberosius), horse-chestnuts, straw, dried cut beet, linseed-cake, and rape-cake, so that the mixture contains 16 to 18 per cent of raw protein, 60 to 65 per cent of extract free from nitrogen, 8 to 10 per cent water, 3 to 5 per cent fat, 5 to 6 per cent raw fibre, and 3 to 6 per cent ash. The mixture is shredded, steamed, and baked at a temperature of about 70‹ C., and is then reduced to a granular state, the grains being approximately the size of oats.
Patent GB-190805255-A (GB)
Title: Revolving Track for Public Amusements.
Inventor: JESSOP GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 5255. Jessop, G., and Butler, I. G. March 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid).- Roundabouts.- An amusement device consists of a series of narrow concentric platforms which revolve at a comparatively low speed. Adjacent platforms revolve in contrary directions making it difficult for persons to walk on the platforms. The platforms a, b, Fig. 2, are made of wood covered with felt, and one set of platforms a is supported by and secured to radial arms consisting of pairs of girders c. A shaft f mounted between the girders carries flanged rollers g on which the platforms b rest. The radial girders are supported by a central pivot q and rollersj. A pinion p rigidly mounted on the shaft f meshes with a stationary rack l, which is secured in any convenient manner. A circular rack h secured to the radial arms engages with a pinion m on the shaft of a motor n. In use, the motor n causes the radial arms and the platforms a which are secured to them to revolve about the pivot q. The pinionsp being in engagement with the fixed rack l rotate the shafts f and the rollers g, and the platforms b resting on these rollers also rotate, but in the direction opposite to that of the platforms a.
Patent GB-190807463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Machinery or Apparatus for the Manufacture of Artificial Stone, Concrete or other Building Blocks.
Inventor: DRING FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 7463. Dring, F. April 4. Moulding concrete blocks. - In moulds having hinged sides a which are closed by the action of a vertically moving frame b<1> carrying extensions b engaging ribs on the mould sides, detachable faceplates c are provided with bosses c' and are secured to the mould sides without being in full surface contact therewith by means of screwed pins h, as shown in Fig. 2, or by means of wedge-shaped pins passing through holes k in the mould sides and engaging tapering dovetailed slots i on the bosses, as shown in Fig. 3. The mould sides are forced together and held rigidly at the end of the vertical movement of the frame b<1> by the engagement of eccentric wheels or cams d on the extensions b with adjustable projecting pins e on the sides.
Patent GB-190814386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turnstiles
Inventor: KING HARRY
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 14,386. King, H. July 7. Turnstiles.-In order to prevent more than a quarter revolution when the releasing lever is operated, the locking-plate D is provided with two pairs of projections P', P<3> and P<2>, P<4> at different levels. A pair of foot levers L, L<1> are pivoted at B, one of which L comes into engagement alternately with the projections as it is moved up or down, and the second L<1> serves to effect the reversal of the main lever L by means of a small transverse rocking lever R.
Patent GB-190815823-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Cranes.
Inventor: RUSHWORTH GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-25
Granted: 1909-07-26
Abstract: 15,823. Rushworth, G. W. July 25. Cranes.-Relates to interlocking apparatus for jib cranes in which, when the clutch operating the luffing-drum is out of gear, the retaining-pawl is in engagement, and vice versa. The luffing-drum 13 is driven from the main shaft through a clutch 8 and spur-gearing 1, 2. The clutch is operated by a hand-lever 9, which is formed with an extension having a pin 11, adapted to engage with a hole in a rod 6 connected to the retaining-pawl 4 of the luffing-drum. Thus when the clutch is in gear it cannot be taken out of gear until the pin 11 enters the rod 6 and thereby locks the retaining-pawl 4, which cannot then be raised until the clutch is again engaged. [Reference has been directed under Section, 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 7251, A.D. 1894, No. 401, A.D. 1902, and No. 9812, A.D. 1907.]
Patent GB-190819457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Instruments.
Inventor: AITKEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 19,457. Aitken, W. Sept. 16. Switches.-The cradle o of a hand telephone set has a central spring-controlled extension k loosely connected to the arm y which controls the switchsprings.
Patent GB-190824693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut-locks.
Inventor: MORLEY DANIEL THOMAS
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-11-17
Abstract: 24,693. Morley, D. T., Watney, W. S., and Blackmore, E. Nov. 17. Locking nuts.-A pawl b, Fig. 1, has an extended curved locking-face c, and is more or less triangular in cross-section. The pawl lies in a suitable recess in the nut, its outer edge being rounded off to serve as a pivot. The pawl is held in place by top and bottom washers i, Fig. 2, and is pressed out by a spring f. The locking is produced by the jamming of the inner face c against the bolt, which may be released by passing a pin down the recess m.
Patent GB-190827956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Brewers' Wort
Inventor: BREKER HERMANN
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1909-03-15
Abstract: 27,956. Breker, H. Feb. 15. [Patent of Addition to No. 25,356, A.D. 1907.] Brewing.-Relates to the method of drawing-off wort from a clarifying-vat described in Specification No. 25,356, A.D. 1907, and consists in replacing the automatic closing-device therein described by a syphonic arrangement of the drawoff pipes. The draw-off pipes 3 are connected by siphon pipes 6, 8, which rise above the level of the false bottom 2, with a common collecting-pipe 9, from which the wort flows to the brewing-pan 20. In carrying-out the brewing process described in Specification No. 28,579, A.D. 1897, the wort in its passage from the pipe 9 to the pan 20 passes through a cooler 17, contained between a downwardly-diracted pipe 11 and an upwardly-directed pipe 12. The thick wort which passes through the false bottom at the commencement of the clarification is run oft into a trough 19 by a cock 5. The cock 5 and a cock in the siphon tube 6 may be replaced by a three-way cock at the junction of the pipes 3, 6. The draw-off pipes 3 at their junction with the bottom of the clarifying-vat are fitted with heads 23 having throats 22, which project into the draw-off pipes, and lateral openings some distance above the bottom.
Patent GB-190903151-A (GB)
Title: Improved Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: BORLASE WILLIAM
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 3151. Borlase, W. Feb. 9. Control mechanism for motor-cycles.-Relates to variable-speed gearing for motor-cycles, &c., of the class in which an expanding pulley disposed intermediately with respect to a driving and a driven shaft is mounted on a carrier pivoted upon the driving-shaft. This carrier 2, which is pivoted about the engine shaft 30, is oscillated to vary the effective diameter of the pulley 16, 22, and means are provided for simultaneously keeping the belt 31 tight. For operating the carrier, a lever 12, Fig. 1, connects a link 11 to a link 13 passing up through a bracket 38 within reach of the rider. A pull is applied to the link 13 by turning a milled nut 15.
Patent GB-190905443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spooling Machines.
Inventor: MACALESTER JOHN CRAWFORD
IPC: B65H57/00
Filed: 1909-03-06
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 5443. Coats, J. & P., and Macalester, J. C. March 6. T h r e a d - g u i d e s for spooling - machines. A circum fer e n t i a l l ygrooved roller A is provided with a throw-on. device C, which consists of an arcuate strip pivoted on the journals of the roller.
Patent GB-190907265-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-adjusting Packing for Stuffing Boxes.
Inventor: GASKELL JAMES
IPC: F16J15/28
Filed: 1909-03-26
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 7265. Gaskell, J., and Knowles, T. March 26. Packing, metallic; packing, not-metallic.- Packing for the shafts or rods of engines, turbines, and pumps consists of metal or carbon blocks A pressed inwards by springs E and arranged between wedges C formed integral with, or secured in, the casing B. Two rings of blocks A may be arranged to break joint, and two pairs of rings may be separated by plates, on which act springs pressing the packing axially.
Patent GB-190908627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bedsteads Ornaments and the Mode of and Means for Securing same in Position.
Inventor: STAPLES JOHN CROSBY
IPC: A47B95/00
Filed: 1909-04-10
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 8627. Staples, J. C., and Crudgington, W. April 10. [Cognate Application, 18,740/09.] Ornamenting bedsteads. - Mounts for bedstead pillars are formed of a strip a<3> of copper, brass, &c. with an inner lining a<4> of a baser metal, the two parts being secured together by turning the edges of the mount over those of the liner. The mount is secured in position on the pillar by its ends entering slots a<7> in the chills a<8>, projecting shoulders a<11> sometimes being provided on the chills to prevent longitudinal motion of the mount. In another method of fixing, the mount is formed with projections B which enter cut-out portions b<4> in the chills and are secured by screws b<2> screwing into the pillar a'. The screws b' also serve to secure the rosettes C which are employed to cover the joints.
Patent GB-190910726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Engines.
Inventor: HOLLAND WILLIAM LEWIS
IPC: D01G31/00
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 10,726. Holland, W. L. May 6. [Coynate Application, 15,586/09.] Guards, controlling.-In devices of the kind described in Specifications 24,707/06 and 10,034/09, for preventing the main cylinder door of a carding - engine from being opened until the cylinder has ceased rotating, and for preventing the cylinder from being re-started while the door remains open, and in which means are provided to free the driving-pulley while the door remains open, to allow the cylinder to be rotated for grinding and stripping purposes, all the necessary locking and releasing movements are effected through the agency of one Bowden or Vine wire, or equivalent flexible or rigid connexions. A box h, Fig. 2, containing a swinging lever i is mounted behind the slotted flange e on the fast pulley. When the pulley has ceased rotating a bar is inserted through one of the slots to operate the lever i, which, through its connexion i<3>, moves a bell - crank lever m, one end of which is connected through a Bowden wire t to the pivoted catch n Fig. 1, and unlocks the door. When the door is open, a spring o returns the bell-crank m, or the catch n falls by reason of its own weight and pushes the lever i back, carrying with it a pin j which is caused to project through one of the slots in the fast pulley. This pin cannot be removed until a key q<1> is inserted, or until the arm q on the door is inserted in the box p to raise the catch n. The swinging lever i may be dispensed with, and a sliding block s, Fig. 7, engaged directly by the arms of a bell-crank lever m substituted for it.
Patent GB-190914351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for the Production of Cast Iron and Steel.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
IPC: F27B1/02
Filed: 1909-06-18
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 14,351. Harrison, G., [Resinelli, F.]. June 18. Ore processes; cast-iron and scrap processes; plant, general arrangement of.-A shaft furnace A for the manufacture of iron and steel is combined with a reservoir C and with a furnace for re-heating reagents employed to carburize or de-carburize the metal in the reservoir. The fused metal from the furnace A flows through a channel 25 arranged tangentially to the reservoir C, and is finally discharged through an opening 27, a slag outlet 28 being provided as shown. Part of the gases from the furnace A pass into the reservoir C and then into the pre-heating furnace, whence they escape through a valve pipe communicating with the lower part of the chimney of the furnace A; the pressure in the fusion zone is thereby reduced.
Patent GB-190916078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliding Bolts for Doors, Windows and the like.
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT JOHN GEORGE
IPC: E05C1/04
Filed: 1909-07-09
Granted: 1910-09-09
Abstract: 16,078. Wainwright, J. G. July 9. Sliding bolts.-A sliding bolt b is locked in the shot or the withdrawn position, by means of a spring pin e sliding within the knob c, and operable by a lever g forming part of the knob.
Patent GB-190917384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Broadside Torpedo Tubes.
Inventor: FALLENIUS CLAES CONSTANTIN ALB
IPC: F41B11/00
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 17,384. Fallenius, C. C. A. July 26. Launching torpedoes.-Consists in inserting between the submarine broadside ejecting - tube a and the compressed-air receptacle 1, a chamber 25, in combination with means for opening the discharge valve 2, 3 slowly. In one form, a dash-pot is used comprising a spring-controlled piston 9, moving in oil, the flow of which is regulated by a screw 17. The receptacle 1 is charged through non-return valves 4, 7, and the discharge is performed by releasing a toggle-joint 20 against a spring push 23, whereupon air escapes from a chamber 6 by a valve 19, and the valve 2, 3 opens. When the pressure in the chamber 25 has risen sufficiently, spring-controlled valves 26 are opened, a lever 28 is rocked, releasing the stop 30, and the torpedo is discharged. The stop 30 is returned by a handle 32. In a modification, the discharge is performed by admitting compressed air to a spring-controlled piston, which controls a cam device, through a rack-and-pinion gear, to release the discharge valve and allow it to open slowly.
Patent GB-190918854-A (GB)
Title: Means for Automatically Indicating the Approximate Number of Words and other Characters Written by Type Writing Machines.
Inventor: SHARP RICHARD JOSEPH
IPC: B41J29/24
Filed: 1909-08-16
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 18,854. Sharp, R. J., and Quelch, M. Aug. 16. Counting-apparatus.-The counter a is of the kind in which a counting-wheel b is driven by a pawl m and is provided with a trip f for advancing a counting-wheel e one tooth during each revolution of the wheel b, the wheels b, e having graduated flanges which may be read through apertures d, and respectively indicate words or folios. The counting-wheels may be re-set by means of pinions p secured to sleeves q, which may be pushed inwards and then turned by means of knobs r. The sleeves q are mounted on spindles s and are pressed by springs t, which normally hold the pinions p out of gear with the wheels b, e. The driving-pawl m is mounted on a lever h pivoted in the casing a and provided with a returning-spring l. The lever h is operated by the spacing-bar k of the typewriter, which engages an adjusting-screw v, Fig. 1, or bears on an arm w, Fig. 2, which bears on a spring x surrounding a screwed stem h<1> on the lever h, the position of the arm w being adjusted by means of a nut y. The counter a is mounted on slides u arranged on the framework of the typewriter, Fig. 1, or on the table, Fig. 2, and may be displaced on the slides to render it inoperative.
Patent GB-190924589-A (GB)
Title: Process of Producing from Ligno-cellulose Fermentable Sugar.
Inventor: EWEN MALCOLM FAULKNER
Filed: 1909-10-26
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 24,589. Ewen, M. F., and Tomlinson, G. H. Oct. 26. Glucose.- Sawdust &c. is converted into fermentable sugar by treatment with a hydrolyzing- acid, such as sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, in the presence of less than two and a half times as much water as sawdust, the amount of acid being preferably from one to six per cent of the water. The sawdust &c. is fed from a hopper 6 into a digester 1, and acid is introduced from a tank 7 or with the steam, supplied through a pipe 3, by which the temperature is raised to 135-163‹ C. The digester is rotated from ten to sixty minutes, and then the vapours are passed into digester 2 through pipes 3, 13, 12, the last being connected to a pipe 9 upon the digester 2. Specification 4334/80 is referred to.
Patent GB-190928660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Collecting and Removing Dust from Carding Engines during the Stripping and Brushing Operations.
Inventor: HARGREAVES GEORGE WHITTAKER
IPC: D01G15/82
Filed: 1909-12-08
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 28,660. Hargreaves, G. W., Hargreaves, R., and Hargreaves, A., [trading as Hargreaves & Sons, G.]. Dec. 8. [Addition to 17,986/08.] Confining and expelling dust &c. -In the arrangement described in the parent Specification, for collecting and removing dust from carding - engines during stripping and brushing, the dummy pipe mounted on the pendent branch pipe 3 is dispensed with, and each pipe is provided with a tap 1. The flexible connexion 2<A> is secured to the casing 2, which is provided with a soft or pliable facing, and connected to the pendent pipe as desired.