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Patent GB-190826507-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Conducting Current to or from Continuous Current Electrical Machines.
Inventor: JOHNSEN JONAS ALBERT
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 26,507. Johnsen, J. A., and Walleen, C. A. Dec. 8. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Switches.-In commutating - de - vices, jets of a conducting liquid are use d as brushes, each commutator segment being placed in an insulating cell. The hub 3, Fig. 1, carries a ring of porcelain or like material 4, in which are embedded the segments 6 separated by insulating walls 5, the edges of which may be made sharp. Mercury supplied from the tanks 8, 9 impinges on the segments, and is then flung out into the troughs 14, 15 and returned to the tanks either by centrifugal force, or by pumps 16, 17. Fig. 2 shows a modification, the outlets being in the sides, as shown, or in the bottom. The arrangement may be used for a horizontal commutator by directing the liquid obliquely upwards from below and guiding it into troughs, the segments being tangential or at an angle to the jet, and placed axially or making any angle with the shaft. The arrangement may be used in a device having a number of commutators, one or more being for the in-coming and one or more for the out-going current, either or both portions of the jet being used. In order not to break circuit, a pair of jets connected by a resistance may be used at each brush.
Patent GB-190827793-A (GB)
Title: A Photographic Objective of Triangular Prismatic Form, allowing several Images of the same Object to be Produced Simultaneously.
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 27,793. Soc. Anon. la Photographie des Couleurs, Sury, J., and Bastyns, E. Dec. 21. lenses.-An objective for obtaining three pictures of the same object consists of a combination of three triangular lens prisms, as shown. One prism may be replaced by a simple objective lens.
Patent GB-190904132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Fuel Burners.
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1909-02-19
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 4132. S. M. Car Syndicate, and Shave, G. J. Feb. 19. Atmospheric vapour burners.-The flame orifices of an atmospheric vapour burner for heating steam-generators consist of saw-cuts or like slits in a series of rectangular pieces A, of guttershaped section, placed in parallel apertures in a removable plate b forming the top of the mixing- chamber. The pieces A are attached to the plate b by their flanges a. The mixing- chamber is divided by a partition such as b<1> into two or more compartments, each of which is fed with a mixture of air and gas by an independent fuel nozzle and air inlet C.
Patent GB-190906963-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Attaching Incandescent Mantles to Mantle Rings.
Inventor: SKRIWAN EMIL
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 6963. Skriwan, E. March 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Mantles.-In order to tie a mantle to its ring, the mantle fabric, after being placed over a tubular mould a, Fig. 3, is forced by a mandrel h into the mould, and preferably hooked needles d are forced upwards through the overlapping edge of the fabric. After the removal of the mandrel, string or the like is wound around the needles, the edge of the fabric is forced inwards over the loop formed, the mantle ring is inserted in position, the needles are removed, and the string is drawn tight. The depth of the mould is adjusted by means of pieces g or by a plate carried by a screw, and the needles d may slide in grooves or tubes in the outer or inner periphery of the mould. A separate needle carrying the string or cord may slide on the mould, and may be connected by a chain m to the ring i carrying the other needles. The needles d may be fixed and are then covered, while the fabric is being shaped, by a sliding stripping-ring p, Fig. 6, or a separate removable protecting-ring q. The fabric is forced down on to the needles and is raised by means of the ring p.
Patent GB-190910082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHIESSLER JOSEF
IPC: G01S1/72
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 10,082. Schiessler, J. April 28. Regulating transformers. - In a signalling- apparatus, the inductive coupling between two circuits is adjustable by means of a variable transformer 58, 59, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190911354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Lustrous Threads, Wires and Bands.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: D06C15/00
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1910-05-13
Abstract: 11,354. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. May 13. Straps and bands are given a metallic lustre by passing them through solutions of acetylized cellulose, such as are described in Specifications 21,628/01 and 24,067/06, [both in Class 2, Acids and salts, Organic, &c.], mixed with metallic bronzes or powders and with or without the addition of dyes, glue, &c., the bands &c. being finished by polishing, pressing, filing, &c. Metallic bands &c. may be covered with paper, cotton, &c. before passing them through the solution. The products may be used for trimming hats, tying flowers, &c.
Patent GB-190917639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: BANGS ANSON REUBEN
IPC: B60C7/16
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 17,639. Bangs, A. R. July 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Air tubes and chambers.-The air-pressure in a pneumatic tyre is maintained automatically by means of plunger-pistons supporting the load and moving in compression cylinders combined with pumps of smaller diameter. A metal tube d, Fig. 1, of pear-shaped section containing compressed air is enclosed in an ordinary cover c and rim l. Screwed into the tube are openended cylinders f integral with small co-axial pump cylinders h and containing hollow pistons y with rectangular heads 2, Fig. 2, supporting the inside of the cover. A rod n secured to the piston y is formed with a head o acting as a piston in the pump. An aperture m connects the tube d with the cylinder f. The pump n is open to the atmosphere either through apertures w in a cap v and the tube, which is not fitted to the rim in an air-tight manner, or through an aperture in the base of the rim, the open cylinder n in this case being screwed into the tube. Valves t in the head o and u in the pump allow air to pass from behind the head into the tube on return of the piston y. A relief valve 6<@>. Fig. 2, prevents excessive pressure. The common tube d may be dispensed with, and each pair of cylinders worked individually.
Patent GB-190918625-A (GB)
Title: Protector for Pointed Objects such as Hat Pins, Tie Pins and the like.
Inventor: WIENECKE AUGUST
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1909-08-12
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 18,625. Wieneoke, A., and B÷hm, H. Aug. 12. Point-protectors for pins.-Consists in a tube with parallel slits b, the metal between the slitted portions being pressed inwardly to form a section of reduced diameter having a spring grip.
Patent GB-190927515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fixing for Chimney Cowls.
Inventor: BAILLIE JAMES
IPC: F23L17/02
Filed: 1909-11-26
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 27,515. Baillie, J. Nov. 26. Chimney tops.-A band A, slit vertically into a number of strips connected at the bottom and bent outwards to form a spring is secured to the bottom of a cowl D. The strips expand outwardly to engage the interior of the chimney pot or the like B, and support the cement &c. C used for fixing the cowl.
Patent GB-190930194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Aeroplanes.
Inventor: RENATEAU LEWIS
IPC: B64C3/54
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 30,194. Renateau, L., and Humphrey, A. A. Dec. 24. Steering and balancing by lateral planes movable about two axes. Auxiliary planes bare mounted at the ends of the fixed supporting- surfaces a of an aerial machine, and are adjustable about two axes at right-angles to one another. In the form shown, the shaft c of the planes b is mounted on a universal joint, and is capable of movement about vertical and longitudinal axes by means of cords g attached to the ends of arms e, f fixed at right-angles to one another on the shaft c. The cords g are controlled by separate hand wheels. Planes, construction of.-The auxiliary planes b may be flat as shown in Fig. 1, or may be concave downwards as shown in Fig. 8. The front edge r dips from the inner end s<1> to a point about one-third of the length of the plane, and then continues horizontal to the tip s.
Patent GB-191000370-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of a New Azodyestuff.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: C09B27/06
Filed: 1910-01-06
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 370. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Jan. 6. [Addition to 29,459/09.] Hydrazine dyes.-A hydrazone dye is obtained by condensing a mixture of one molecular proportion of phenylhydrazine-o-sulphonic acid and one molecular proportion of phenylhydrazine-p-sulphonic acid with dioxytartaric acid. The product dyes wool in acid baths greenish-yellow shades.
Patent GB-191001196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Forming a Metal Pile Shoe for Reinforced Piles or Sheet Piles of Concrete and such like Material.
Inventor: CAY WILLIAM DYCE
IPC: E02D5/72
Filed: 1910-01-17
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 1196. Cay, W. D. Jan. 17. Piles.-A tube B is adapted to be connected at one end to the shoe proper P, and at the other end to the concrete or reinforcements R of the pile. The tube may be studded, roughened or corrugated.
Patent GB-191001507-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Raising Water.
Inventor: BATES CHARLES
Filed: 1910-01-20
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 1507. Bates, C., Bates, S. R., Johnson, G., and Cavey, T. J. Jan. 20. Vacuum apparatus. - Apparatus for raising water comprises a rising main a, each section of which has a non-return valve a', to the upper part of which a chamber c is connected by a coil b of one or more convolutions. The chamber c having inlet and outlet valves d, d<1> is connected with a suction-producing device by a tube e, which is fitted with a non-return valve and at the points f, g is slotted and surrounded by conical guards. To start the action, the tubes b and vessel c are filled with water by closing the valves d, d<1> and opening the pipe e to the source of suction under the influence of which water is drawn up from the supply. After the exhaust valve has been closed, the water is discharged through the valve d<1>. The degree of vacuum employed is regulated by the stop-cock d. It is stated that a continuous supply may be obtained bv increasing the depth of the tank so as to obtain a sufficient load to resist the suction.
Patent GB-191006306-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Producing in the Tubes of Tyres or in similar Enclosed Spaces a Resilient Spongy Material.
Inventor: PYBUS RICHARD HUBERT
Filed: 1910-03-14
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 6306. Pybus, R. H., and Pybus, E. M. March 14. Non-metallic elastic bodies and cores.-Spongy fillings for tyres &c. are produced in the tyre or other enclosed space from vegetable oils, sulphur chloride, and a suitable carbonate. The mixture is cooled and injected in the manner described in Specification 15,145/08, sufficient time elapsing before the generation of gas commences to ensure this taking place within the tyre &c.
Patent GB-191014004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cathode and Röntgen Tubes.
Inventor: LAUREYS SYLVAIN
IPC: H01J35/02
Filed: 1910-06-09
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 14,004. Laureys, S. June 9. R ÷ n t g e n - r a y tubes.-A cathode or Rontgen - ray tube has one or more of its electrodes mounted so that they can be turned or moved longitudinally from outside the tube. A device for increasing the exhaustion when necessary is provided. The anode 13, which is bayonet-shaped, may be arranged in aslotted tube 11 and normally held by a spring pin 12. This pin has a head of magnetic material so that the anode can be released from outside the tube, and a similar pin is attached to the anode for adjusting it. A scale is provided. The anode projects beyond the anti-cathode, and its end is of aluminium or other material that is not disintegrated by back currents. Alternatively, the anticathode may have a projection of aluminium or an eccentric aluminium plate may be attached to a sleeve surrounding its stem, and project beyond it at one point. This stem 1 may be at an angle of 45‹ to the surface of the cathode, and be mounted in bearings 2 lined with porcelain or other non- metallic material. A spring arm 6 faced with porcelain bears on the stem but can be withdrawn magnetically, the stem being then turned by an eccentric weight or a magnet. The anti-cathode is placed askew on the stem so that the distance of the focal point from the cathode can be adjusted. In other arrangements the anti-cathode stem is in the main axis of the tube or nearly so, and is mounted to slide or turn. The cathode may be mounted similarly. A small glass tube 15 filled with mercury has within the main tube an insertion of porous porcelain. A perforated piston 20 of porous porcelain, in which is embedded platinum black or charcoal, is placed within the tube 15 and is brought into contact with the insertion when the vacuum is too low. The tube 15 is fitted with a perforated rubber plug 17, a porous porcelain plate 19, and a cover-plate 18.
Patent GB-191017321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suppositories.
Inventor: BROWN HAYDN
IPC: A61K9/02
Filed: 1910-07-21
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 17,321. Brown, H. July 21. Suppositories of medicated melting material a r e formed with a stem a having bulbous ends b, b', and having a core c of wool or other fibrous material. The Provisional Specification describes also the use of wood, vulcanite, or fabric as a core, and a construction in which the core expands to form the bulb at one end of the suppository.
Patent GB-191025514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Tipplers for use in Discharging Coal or other Mineral from Hutches, Corves or the like.
Inventor: DODDS JOSEPH
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1910-11-03
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 25,514. Dodds, J. Nov. 3. Rotary tipplers.-Comprises tipping-apparatus, similar to that described in Specification 2940/10, but modified so that the operations of tipping and of returning the empty truck to a higher level are accomplished by gravity without the application of external power. The full truck is run down an incline d on to the highest of four railed platforms 4 forming an open framework a pivoted on a shaft 15. When the brake 11 is slackened and the bolt 13 removed, the full truck rotates the frame, and the coal is discharged down a shoot 9. The railed platform 4 then occupies a slightly inclined position, and the empty truck, hanging from its wheels, runs into the righting-frame b, which turns on a shaft 17 and is geared to the tipping- frame so as to be rotated thereby. The empty truck is thus raised to the level of the higher incline d<1>. Plates 8 secured to the tipping- platforms 4 are acted on by the coal falling in the shoot 9, and assist in the rotation of the frames a, b.
Patent GB-191102403-A (GB)
Title: Prevention of Steam on Windows.
Inventor: STONE ANNIE
Filed: 1911-01-31
Granted: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 2403. Stone, A., Stone, H. R., and Stone, H. H. Jan. 31. Windows, prevewting condensation of water on.-Fresh filtered air is conveyed by means of a tube a to coils of tubes b enclosed in an asbestos-lined box h and heated by a gas or like burner c. The heated air then passes out through the fitting d to perforated distributing- tubes e at the base of the window. Foul air from the burner is conducted away by a tube f. Instead of coils b, double hollow cones g, Fig. 5, may be used.
Patent GB-191106571-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Compasses.
Inventor: GILLIE JOHN WILSON
IPC: G01C17/00
Filed: 1911-03-16
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 6571. Gillie, J. W. March 16. Mariners' compasses; prismatic compasses. - Hand-sighting compasses especially adapted for use on boats and small vachts are provided with clamping-mechanism actuated by a trigger to retain the card in the sighted position. The compass bowl 1 is mounted in supports 2 on the handle 3. Clamping-cups 6, in line with the sights 5, are mounted on spindles 7, and are actuated by releasing the trigger mechanism 13, so that the springs 8 may move the levers 10 and the spindles 7, causing the cups 6 to engage the compass card. The trigger-mechanism is re-set by pulling the spindle 11 down by the bar 16.
Patent GB-191107367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Lappets or Thread-guiding Devices for Spinning and other Machines.
Inventor: TYTLER JOHN ERNEST
IPC: D01H13/04
Filed: 1911-03-24
Granted: 1912-03-25
Abstract: 7367. Tytler, J. E., and Bowker, W. H. March 24. Thread-guides.-The wire guide-eyes of the thread-guiding devices, particularly those used in conducting the yarn from the delivery rollers to the spindles, are made of highly burnished hard wire a, Fig. 3 or Fig. 8, of small diameter and of circular or other suitable section, bent so as to form a small loop b and narrow neck e, and are combined with a supporting plate f, which may be adjustable as described in Specification 8834/04 or in any other suitable manner. To secure the wire, the plate f is recessed on the upper and lower sides, Fig. 2, so as to leave an intermediate flange on which the wire rests, and a channel-shaped segmental ring h of thin metal secures the wire in position on the flange; or the wire may be held in a groove formed in the plate; or arms formed by bending the wire, Fig. 9, may be secured in holes formed in the plate, one arm of which may be bent around over the other as shown. The guide may be also of the ordinary pigtail variety, the wire around the eye being flattened so as to make an eye of small diameter. In modifications, the forward portion of the eye, and in some cases a projecting arm of the supporting-plate, acts as a guide when introducing the yarn into the eye. A snarl catcher, adjustable with or independently of the plate, may also be provided.
Patent GB-191109167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Key Board or Setting Mechanism of Cash Registers and the like.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1910-08-09
Granted: 1911-08-09
Abstract: 9167. Haddan, R., [National Cash Register Co.]. Aug. 9, 1910. Cash registers with operating-means; differential mechanism; keyboards.-The means for differentially actuating the type and counter wheels of cash registers consists of levers 21 pivoted loosely on shafts 11 and having plunger pins 19 which can be set so as to engage a uniformly-operated cam 22 at each operation of the machine. The plungers 19 normally lie opposite the ends of plungers 18, Fig. 3, engaging bevelled ends on the key stems. Springs control the plungers 19, which are all latched during operation by a toothed sliding plate 32 having a pin 36 engaging a notched disk on the shaft 11. A pin upon the cam 22 engaging a projection on the lever 21 restores it to initial position. In the special key bank, pins 120 on the key stems engage bevelled pawls 118 pivoted on fixed pins which guide the keys. The pawls rock a segment 115, which is finally rocked by a link 124 and a cam to release the keys. A locking-lever 114 is also released by the segment 115 on depression of a key.
Patent GB-191112433-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Manufacturing Concrete Garden Rollers.
Inventor: WOODWARD ALEXANDER LIONEL
IPC: A01B29/02
Filed: 1911-05-23
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 12,433. Woodward, A. L. May 23. Moulding garden rollers. - The roller is moulded in a metal mould consisting of a slightly tapered cylinder F fitting into a base E. The spindle, or a tube to receive a spindle, is fixed in position by passing it through a hole in the base E.
Patent GB-191116294-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Coating Iron or Steel.
Inventor: MICHELIN ANDRE JULES
Filed: 1911-07-14
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 16,294. Michelin, A. J. July 14. Coating.-Iron or steel is coated with zinc by heating in contact with a mixture of zinc oxide, carbon, and an alkaline carbonate. The operation is preferably carried out in a rotating cylindrical receiver.
Patent GB-191121529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Holding Apparatus for Facilitating the Cleaning of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: MALMBERG KARL HELVI
IPC: A47L23/18
Filed: 1911-09-29
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 21,529. Malmberg, K. H. Sept. 29. Trees.-A tree or support for holding boots, of the type in which a boot-supporting bracket provided with a swing lever is adapted to be fixed to a wall bracket or the like, is constructed so that each part can be stamped out of sheet metal. Fig. 1 shows the construction of tree comprising a boot-supporting member B and a spring lever E pivoted thereto, both of semicircular cross-section. The sides of the member B are bent outwards at the upper end to form coned lugs C adapted to engage tapered orifices formed by bending up the sides of wall bracket. A pivoted lever P on the wall bracket engages the upper edge of the member B and prevents it from rising in the bracket. The lower end of the lever E, which carries a roller, can be forced away from the member B to grip the boot by raising the handle portion H. A channelled retaining rack K engages a fixed projection on the member B to retain the lever in the desired position. A spring N maintains the rack in engagement. When not in use, the apparatus is placed parallel to the wall with one orifice in the wall bracket engaged by one coned lug, and the other engaged by the slots S.
Patent GB-191124802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Hand Made Paper.
Inventor: FOSTER WILLIAM ARTHUR JOHN
IPC: D21F11/16
Filed: 1911-11-07
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 24,802. Foster, W. A. J., and Taylor, W. Nov. 7. Pulp, preparation of; stuff-chests. - In the manufacture of hand-made paper, water is withdrawn from the vat a, at the end remote from the operator, by a drum separator d, and is delivered to the stuff drawn from the stuffchest, supplied if necessary with any suitable quantity of fresh water, then thoroughly mixed and strained, and delivered again to the vat a in the proper condition for maintaining the uniformity of the pulp in the vat.
Patent GB-191127902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Process and Apparatus for Electrically Decomposing Fluids.
Inventor: FIXEN LAURA GOTTLIEB
IPC: C25B1/26
Filed: 1911-12-12
Granted: 1912-03-21
Abstract: 27,902. Fixen, L. G. Dec. 12. Non-metallic substances, obtaining; cells; electrodes; electrolytes, circulating.-Brine or other liquid flows in the same direction as an electric current, say from an anode 3 placed across the middle of a long cell to cathodes 2 at the ends of the cell, and the products at each end are withdrawn at two points, one pipe 13 near each cathode serving for example to remove sodium hypochlorite, and another pipe 14 to remove part of the chlorine solution before it mixes with the cathode products. The flow of the liquid may be retarded by partitions 6, 7 arranged alternately, the partitions 7 having perforations 10 near their upper edges, while the partitions 6 are cut away at alternate bottom corners. The partitions may be of carbon.
Patent GB-191203591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Belt or Strap Fasteners.
Inventor: HERD RICHARD
IPC: F16G3/00
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 3591. Herd, R. Feb. 13. Hinges readily separable about hinge pin.- A belt-fastening consists of two stamped sheetmetal flaps A, B provided with recesses a', b<1> and with curled ends C, D. The end C is cut away at each end and in the middle, leaving parts E, F fitting over the end D and engaging slots G, H behind.