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Patent GB-190714335-A (GB)
Title: A Liquid Brake for Ships' Rudders.
Inventor: MACGREGOR ROBERT
Filed: 1907-06-21
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 14,335. Macgregor, R. June 21. Means for absorbing mechanical shocks.-The rudder post b is surrounded by a casing a divided into two compartments by the partitions e, e<1> filled with liquid. Keyed to the rudder post is a collar g provided with two radial arms h, h<1>, which act as a brake and prevent undue shock on the steering- gear should a sea strike the rudder. Each arm is constructed with grooves to receive bearing strips j, j<1> pressed outwards by springs k<1>. The casing a is secured to the deck, and loss of liquid due to leakage is made up from a tank m communicating with the interior of the casing by means of non-return valves. Pipes n, n<1>, o, o<1>, arranged on opposite sides of the arms h, h<1>, connect the two compartments together, passing through a four-way controlling-cock p. When the rudder is moved by the tiller, liquid passes from one compartment and through the four-way cock to the other compartment. The handle of the cock enables the operator to regulate the flow of liquid, so as to retard or entirely stop the movement of the rudder. In a modification, only one vane is used.
Patent GB-190720665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Street Sweeping Machines.
Inventor: BUTLER CHARLES HALE
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 20,665. Butler, C. H. Sept. 17. Sweeping-machines; elevating sweepings into carts; refuse, collecting.-A streetsweeping vehicle of the type in which the coarse material is collected separately from the dust, which is taken up by an air current, has a rotary brush 2 at the rear, which sweeps on to a curved sectional apron 3 hinged to the frame A of the vehicle. The brush 2 is mounted in a casing 6 secured to brackets 7 and supported on castor wheels 13. A rigid curved plate 8, with a series of spring flaps 9 pivoted to its lower edge, prevents dirt carried over by the brush from being left behind the vehicle. A flexible curtain 10 catches any dirt swept beneath the apron 3. To permit of vertical adjustment of the brush in its casing 6, the brush axle 2<a> projects through slots in the casing and turns in axle-boxes which can slide vertically in the brackets 7. A bolt 15, Fig. 6, fixed to each axle-box, carries a bevel-gear nut 16 engaging with a gear 18 on a cross-shaft 19 which is turned to adjust the brush. The brackets 7 are hinged to the vehicle frame by rods 7<1> free to move vertically in fixed guides 21. The casing 6 is braced by rods 22, Fig. 6, fitted with turnbuckles 23 and springs 24. The lighter dust is drawn by fans 27 through a trunk 26, is delivered into a chamber 28, and settles through a large number of tubes 29 of closely-woven cloth into a passage 30 beneath them. A conveyer 31 delivers the settled dust into a dust-proof chamber 32. A conveyer 4 is placed centrally on the vehicle and delivers the heavier rubbish swept up by the brush into a receptacle 5<1>. Lateral conveyers 4<1> carry the side deposits to the conveyer 4. A motor 34 operates the brush, fans, and conveyers through a countershaft 37. The fan shaft 27<1>, Fig. 2, is rotated by a belt 40, shaft 38, and belt 39, Fig. 3. A shaft 42 is driven by reducing spur gear and bevel-gear from the shaft 37, and drives the front roller 30<1> of the conveyer 4, through chains 42<1>, Fig. 2, and 44, and the rear roller of the conveyer 31 through another chain (not shown). The conveyers 4<1> are driven by bevel-gearing from a shaft 48 driven by chain and sprocket gearing from the shaft 42. The brush is driven through spur gear and a chain 51. A strainer for paper, sticks, &c., placed at the entrance to the trunk 26 leading to the fans, consists of a rocking bar 52 with a number of tines 53, which are vibrated by a cam on the shaft 48, so that the paper &c. falls back upon the conveyer 4. The aprons 3 can be lifted clear of the ground, to avoid injury in backing, by spring arms 59, operated by cords 57 and a lever 56. Two clutches on the shaft 37 can be operated by the driver to throw the several conveyers and fans out of operation if the brush is to be used alone, or to throw both the brush and the conveyers and fans out of action.
Patent GB-190803963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closing Devices for Jars, Bottles and the like.
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 3963. French Flint Glass Bottle Co., and Warcup, H. E. Feb. 21. [Patent of Addition to No. 4922, A.D. 1903.] Stoppers, screw; stoppers, vacuum - closing.- Specification No. 4922, A.D. 1903, and consists in forming a circular depression f in a screw cap e, to enable the cap to bear evenly upon a domed plate d seated upon a rubber washer c.
Patent GB-190803983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Reciprocating Steam Engines and Turbines.
Inventor: SULLIVAN MICHAEL HENRY
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 3983. Sullivan, M. H. Feb. 21. Elastic-fluid &c. turbines.-In a combined engine and turbine arranged to drive the same shaft 6, the exhausts 3, 7 of the engine cylinder 1 open into the jacket 14 and body 8 respectively of an accumulator leading by passages 16, 11 to the turbine 10. Preferably each exhaust 7 is not opened until just before the piston reaches the end of its stroke, and is then held open until the piston passes on its return stroke.
Patent GB-190805090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Buckles
Inventor: RUBIN MAX
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 5090. Rubin, M. March 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Buckles.-A one-piece buckle comprises a rectangular frame C, Fig. 1, stamped from sheet metal with a central U-shaped member D, and L-shaped side members. Binding-edges F on the upper side of the member D and edges E on the side members hold the ends a, b of straps H as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190806489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney and Ventilating Shaft Tops.
Inventor: FOLEY GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1909-03-24
Abstract: 6489. Foley, G. T. March 24. Chimney &c. tops.- An inner tube b, Fig. 2, with a flared bottom c is supported on a rib or projections d, and carries an adjustable cone n with a dished bottom by means of cross-bars k and a screwed spindle m. An annular crown g is provided with wind-admission pipes i delivering near the base of the cone, and holes f are provided in the outer shell a to admit wind to the space between it and the tube b. In a modification, Fig. 5, the crown g has a dished base q with a flared outlet r, delivering into the common mouth of the pipes i beneath the cone n. Adjustable cross or angled tubes j may be provided at the admission ends of the pipes i.
Patent GB-190810233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: SIMONINI ANGELO
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 10,233. Simonini, A. May 11. Incandescent gas lamps.-In the manufacture of mantles, artificial silk fabric, after being dipped in a solution of thorium and cerium nitrates, is dipped in a mixture of ammonia and hydrogen peroxide, or is dipped into ammonia, rinsed, and then dipped into hydrogen peroxide.
Patent GB-190810522-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Preparation of Chloride of Zinc, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: CARRARA GIACOMO
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 10,522. Carrara, G. May 14. Distillation, destructive; gas retorts; tar.-Substanc s derived from wood and containing cellulose or lignine, such as sawdust, shavings, lignite, peat, or chopped straw, are mixed with zinciferous oxygen-containing materials, and subjected to distillation under the action of chlorine. The process is carried out in a duplex inclined-retort system a, the retorts being separated by a partition provided at the top with an opening to allow the admission and escape of the products of combustion by a series of valves. Chlorine is passed into one retort through a pipe l, and the products of distillation and unabsorbed chlorine pass into a barrel d, where tar separates, and are from there directed through the second retort, and a second tar-separator into a common condenser and collector g, cooled by water-circulation. The first retort is now externally heated, and chlorine passed into the second. A slight vacuum is maintained at the collector.
Patent GB-190810626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Driving Devices for Clocks.
Inventor: ANDERS AUGUST
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-05-17
Abstract: 10,626. Anders, A. Sept. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Electric clocks; striking- mechanism.-The invention consists chiefly in providing mechanism for the going and striking trains of ordinary clocks. The going and striking trains A, B are driven by pawls 12, 13 on arms 9, 10 which are connected by links 7, 8 to weighted driving-levers 3, 4 pivoted at p, these levers being raised into the operative position by a weighted arm 22 on the armature 2 of an electromagnet 1. The circuit of the electro-magnet is closed as follows. The levers as they descend rotate the armature by bearing on a roller on the weighted arm 22, a concentric loose disk 14, Fig. 4, rotating with the armature when an arm 16 on the armature engages a pin 33 on the disk. The rotation of the disk and armature continues until the bent end of a lever 15 escapes behind a projection 21 on the disk when the disk is thrown forwards by the action of a spring 15<a>, forcing a contact-pin 20 between contact-springs 18, 19, Fig. 5, and closing the circuit of the electro-magnet. The armature is now rotated, thereby throwing up the weighted driving-levers and returning the disk 14 by the engagement of the arm 16 with the projection 21, and withdrawing the pin 20 and breaking the circuit of the electro-magnet, the lever 15 again resting on the projection 21. The striking- mechanism may be adapted to strike one or several blows for each raising of the driving-lever 4. To prevent the circuit of the electro-magnet from being closed by the jerking of the lever 4 as each blow is struck, this lever is arranged to work over a brake spring 36, Fig. 3, covered with canvas &c. The formation of permanent poles is prevented by a commutator arrangement which reverses the direction of the current through the electro-magnet. An insulated disk 25, Fig. 6, carries two contact pieces forming complete rings 26, 27 on one side and segments 28, 29 on the other, these contacts being rotated by the engagement of a pawl on the armature with a ratchet 32 on the disk, and being constantly in engagement with pairs of fixed contacts 30, 31. To lessen shocks &c, the driving levers 3, 4 are provided with a stretched cord the tension of which may be adjusted.
Patent GB-190812153-A (GB)
Title: Process of, and Apparatus for, Making Artificial Pluggings, Crowns, Bridges and other Dentist's Work.
Inventor: SILBERMANN EUGEN
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 12,153. Silbermann, E. June 4. Casting and moulding.-In a process of producing castings for dental work, the metal is forced through a number of gits into the mould by means of a hand-operated pressorstamp. The wax model 3, Fig. 1, is fixed by a number of pins 4 to a material 5, such as plaster of paris, situated in the hollow portion of a base-plate 1. A flask 6 is then placed over the model and filled with embedding-material 7, which hardens and forms the mould. The base-plate is then removed and the wax model is destroyed by burning, leaving the mould cavity provided with gits where the pins 4 were withdrawn. The flask is then inverted, and metal is melted in the upper cavity and forced into the mould by the press or stamp shown in Fig. 2. The stamp comprises a hand - operated spring plunger 11 working in a casing 9. The head of the plunger presses on the central opening in an asbestos disk 13 fitted between the casing and the flask to prevent leakage of the molten metal.
Patent GB-190820420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Handles for Coffin and other purposes.
Inventor: ELKINGTON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 20,420. Elkington, W. H. Sept. 29. Handles.-Relates to handles for coffins &c. To prevent rattling, a collar c is formed or provided on the pivot-pin b joining together the ends of the circular or other handle a. The ends of the side slots, formed in the plain or ordinary attachment-piece e, bear against the pin b so as to press the collar c into contact with the plate d or the coffin side. In a modification, the collar c contacts both with the plate or coffin side and with the interior of the attachment-piece, and the side slots are made longer and need not abut against the pivot-pin. The collar, pin, and handle may be cast integral. According to the Provisional Specification, collars or a bulb-like or other enlargement may be provided on the pivot-pin.
Patent GB-190822639-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Removing the Pistons from the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BARTH SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 22,639. Barth, S. Aug. 22, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Pistons.-To facilitate the removal of the pistons of internal-combustion engines from their cylinders, a plate a in one or two parts and with screw eyes d is placed over the piston. The ends of the plate enter a groove in the piston, or the plate is secured by wedges driven in the groove.
Patent GB-190827337-A (GB)
Title: Hydropneumatic Spring for the Hydraulic Transmission of Energy.
Inventor: OUDINOT HENRI
Filed: 1908-12-16
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 27,337. Reggio, H. Oudinot, Duc de, and Putois, C. Dec. 16. Plungers.-In a hydro-pneumatic spring for the transmission of energy, of the type in which a plunger working in a cylinder containing liquid transmits the shocks to an air chamber located in the liquid, a special form of plunger is provided in order to obtain a liquid-tight joint. The pistonrod b is screwed at its inner end to a head m, which is of stepped formation and presses against a rubber plunger h of considerable thickness, The plunger h is secured between a shoulder d and a flanged extension c provided on the cylinder a, by means of a nut e and metal washers k. Lateral deviation of the plunger is prevented by metal rings n, embedded in the rubber and mounted upon the stepped portions of the bead m. The material of the plunger h is prevented from being clamped between the head m and the inner end of the nut e by means of telescoping sleeves o, q, and contact of the plunger with these sleeves is prevented by guiding-rings r arranged in the rubber below the head m. An air chamber s is arranged in the liquid as shown. The inward movement of the plunger is limited by the inner end of the nut e, and the return movement may be limited by an abutment ring fixed on the rod b and adapted to abut against the outer face u of the nut e. The pressure in the cylinder a may be adjusted by means of a second plunger, similar to that described above and arranged with its rod b abutting against an adjusting-nut.
Patent GB-190900042-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Indicating the Thickness of Sheets of India Rubber, Paper or the like.
Inventor: BEAVER CHARLES JAMES
IPC: G01B5/06
Filed: 1909-01-01
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 42. Beaver, C. J., and Claremont, E. A. Jan. 1. Rolling-machines.-In a gauge for indicating the thickness of sheets of india-rubber, paper, or the like used in combination with delivery rollers of the machines for rolling india-rubber &c., the sheet of the material passes between the roller and a movable roller, which actuates the indicating- pointer through gearing. A carrier B, of T or other section supported on adjustable springs C, is adapted to slide on the blocks D, and is provided with a number of fixed arms having rollers E, which engage the roller A of the machine and are positioned to clear the edges of the material being rolled. To indicate the thickness of the issuing sheet, one or more movable arms are placed between the fixed arms, and consist of rollers G mounted on the rods H', having the lower ends threaded to receive a sleeve I and a rack J, which, through the pinion L and the sector M, actuates the pointer O. The pointer is at the zero graduation when the three rollers E, E, G are in contact with the roller A. The fixed arms may be dispensed with if the carrier is attached directly to the machine. By observing the variations in thickness, the machine can be adjusted by the attendant until the desired thickness is attained ; or records may be made by using clockwork devices.
Patent GB-190901606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
IPC: B60B23/04
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 1606. Continental Caoutchouc - uad Gutta-Percha-Cie. Feb. 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Detachable-rim attachments to wheels. - A detachable tyre-carrying rim c is fixed against a flange b, formed on a ring permanently fixed on the felloe, by means of one or more wedgepieces e and eccentrics or cams f. The wedgepieces are drawn up by nuts on bolts d, and the eccentrics are turned into position, the surfaces of the eccentrics being shaped to correspond with the under surface of the detachable rim.
Patent GB-190902202-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fermentation Clarification and Drawing Off Apparatus for Effervescing Liquids under Constant Gas Pressure.
Inventor: CHARMAT EUGENE
IPC: C12G1/06
Filed: 1909-01-29
Granted: 1910-01-31
Abstract: 2202. Charmat, E. Feb. 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Sterilizing and preserving beverages. - The pasteurization, secondary fermentation, decantation, and bottling of effervescent wines or like fermented liquids are carried out under constant pressure of carbon dioxide or inert gas. The treatment is effected in steel vessels, autogenously soldered, and lined with glass. The vessels have dome-shaped upper ends and apertures at the bottom, closed by clamped silvered ferro-nickel covers, through which pass pipes for the admission of wine and carbon dioxide, and for the withdrawal of wine. The pipe for the admission of the wine has two cocks, the space between which serves for taking samples. The treatment is carried out in a series of four vessels 20, 21, 22, 23 arranged at different levels and connected by pipes 12 with a gas supply 35, so that the liquid may be decanted from one vessel to another without agitation as described in Specification 7734/08, [Class 21, Casks &c.]. The wine is pasteurized in the vessel 20 by a steam coil 30, secondary fermentation is carried out in the vessel 21, the wine is cooled in the vessel 22 by a refrigerating-coil 31, and passed into the vessel 23 from which it passes to a bottling-apparatus 24, arranged so that carbon dioxide is delivered to the bottle to displace the air, and during the admission of the wine, the gas displaced from the bottle passes to the vessel 23. The pipes 11, which convey the wine, may be connected with a steam-supply pipe 28 to cleanse the apparatus.
Patent GB-190902514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus and Materials for Purifying Air.
Inventor: LILLEY LEMUEL BENJAMIN
IPC: B01D46/12
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2514. Lilley, L. B. Feb. 2. Dust-collectors; filtering. - In apparatus for filtering or purifying the air in breweries &c., the air is forced through a trunk fitted at intervals with reticulated diaphragms or plates coated with vaseline and coal-tar, the reticulation being such as to cause the air to follow a circuitous path and be split up into small streams. All the air required for a brewery, for example, is passed through a trunk A by a fan B. It is first filtered by passing through layers of cotton wool &c. H held between reticulated plates G, and is ten purifed by impact with the walls of the trunk and reticulated plates F, which are coated with vaseline, while two or more of them may also be coated with a disinfectant made from refined coal-tar which has had oxygen circulated through it repeatedly, Separate doors J, K give access to the filters and plates, which are supported on runners I so as to be readily removable. The plates F are provided with openings of widely varying size and location, to ensure that the air takes a circuitous path and is thoroughly split up. The trunk may be made of aluminium. According to the Provisional Specification, alternating portions only of the plates F are perforated or reticulated, and the plates and trunk walls are coated with a mixture of vaseline and refined coal-tar.
Patent GB-190904567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Paper by Means of Elongated Sieves.
Inventor: ERKENS WILLY
IPC: D21F11/00
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 4567. Erkens, W. Feb. 24. Fourdrinier paper-machines. - In a machine for making compound paper, in which layers of pulp are formed on the elongated sieves of two superposed paper-machines, the layers of pulp are brought together and are united simultaneously with the fabric, cords, wire, &c. or other reinforcing-material immediately in front of a preliminary squeezing-roller or the couch roll. The upper layer of pulp formed on the sieve of the upper machine A is led down by means of the extension c, and meets the layer of pulp formed on the lower machine immediately in front of the squeezing-roller g. The reinforcing-material is carried on a roller R, and is fed in between the layers of pulp in a direction substantially parallel with the lower layer of pulp to avoid injurious pressure against either band. The upper layer of pulp may be led directly to the couch roll b, in which case the roller g is dispensed with and the layer of pulp is allowed to hang freely for a distance in front of the couch roll to enable the tension to be accurately adjusted.
Patent GB-190906978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bobbins for Drawing, Spinning and the like.
Inventor: BRIGGS ARTHUR HARRY
IPC: B65H75/14
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1910-03-23
Abstract: 6978. Briggs, A. H. March 23. Drawings to Specification. Bobbins.-The ends of bobbins for drawing, spinning, and the like, are formed of severalply rotary-cut veneer. Specifications 14,358/91 and 28,029/03 are referred to.
Patent GB-190909501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elevators.
Inventor: BULLOCK ARTHUR ROBERT
IPC: B66B11/04
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 9501. Bullock, A. R. April 22,1908, [Convention date]. Magnetic devices for increasing adhesion.- An elevator car, and, according to the Specification as open to public inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a), an inclined or other railway vehicle, is raised or driven by an electric motor carried on the car and geared to wheels which derive the necessary adhesion to the rails from electro-magnets. In addition to a handcontrolled brake acting automatically upon the motor shaft to prevent downward movement of the car, there is an emergency brake adapted to grip the rails in the event of failure of the current. The motor 4 is preferably disposed beneath the car so that it will drive rather than pull the car and so enable a lighter body to be employed. The wheels 14, which run on the side rails 3 and are mounted on shafts 11, 12 geared to the motor 4, are formed with a groove 15 to accommodate one of the portions 21, Fig. 6, of an electro-magnetic coil 20. Each coil comprises vertical portions 21 and horizontal portions 22 joined as shown at 23, the whole being mounted on a bracket 19 secured to the car. The hub portion 16, Fig. 7, of each wheel is formed of non-conducting non-sonorous material, such as papier mÔchÚ, and is secured to the outer portion by projections 17. This construction serves to concentrate the magnetic flux at the point of contact of the wheels with the guiderail. A friction device 5<a> is arranged to engage the motor or other shaft automatically, to prevent reverse rotation thereof when the motor is stopped, and is adapted to be controlled by a hand-lever to permit descent of the car. Guiderollers are mounted on the upper portion of the car, and are provided with flanges which embrace the rails 3.