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Patent GB-190710900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Lutes of Telescopic Gasholders
Filed: 1907-05-10
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 10,900. Scott, J. W., and Dempster, R. & J. May 10. Gas-holders.-Excess water from the lutes of telescopic gas-holders is prevented from overflowing externally on to the lift of the gas-holder by forming the upper water-enclosing extremity m of the cup rim so much below the top of the dip rim d that excess water from the lute will overflow the cup rim and fall inside the gas-holder. Fig. 1 shows a lute with a fully extended cup rim g, having apertures so that the maximum water level inside the dip rim is at m. Fig. 2 shows a lute with a shallow cup rim h.
Patent GB-190711769-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Means of Forming Joints in Railway or Tramway Rails.
Inventor: GILLMOR HORATIO GONZALO
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 11,769. Gillmor, H. G. May 21. Rail joints; chairs.-A chair E, Fig. 1, has a lip F with grooves or serrations engaging with a side plate C similarly formed, the side plate causing a fish-plate B to make good contact with the rail. The fish-plate B at first touches along the flange L and at the inner part of the flange K, the tightening of the bolt D securing a close fit and drawing the base E of the chair against the rail base. The chair E may be in two parts each with a lip, and the side and fish-plates C, B may be in one piece O, Fig. 5, while one side of the joint may be held by an ordinary fish-plate as shown in Fig. 6. To save material without weakening the joint, the side plate C need only cover the joint, a block of similar section being used at each end of the chair, in which case the block on the other side of the joint has a securing- flange M, Fig. 1. The serrations may in some cases be omitted.
Patent GB-190711803-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Rendering Lithopone or Lithophone-white Proof against Sunlight and Atmospheric Influences.
Inventor: STEINAU CARL RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 11,803. Steinau, C. R. Sept 17, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pagments.-Lithopone, that does not blacken on exposure to sunlight, is obtained by mixing ordinary lithopone with sodium or potassium nitrite or other substance which absorbs chlorine and oxygen, and magnesium, zinc, or other carbonate which readily gives off carbon dioxide ; or lithophone is boiled with water containing these substances.
Patent GB-190712673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wind and Rain Screens for Automobiles.
Inventor: MILLAR WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-01
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,673. Millar, W. June 1. Wind guards. - In a weather screen A for automobiles, an oblong horizontal opening B is cut in the glazed part at a convenient level to allow of an uninterrupted view from the front seat of the vehicle. Above the opening B is fixed, rigidly or pivotally, a downwardly inclined glazed screen C and, below the opening B and sloping upwards, is attached a like screen D. The lower screen D is preferably shorter than the upper screen C, and the depth of the opening between the forward end of the two screens is approximately equal to the depth of the opening B. Any rain blown into the under screen drops through a drain opening at its lower edge.
Patent GB-190715432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube Cutters.
Inventor: LUSK JAMES GEORGE
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 15,432. Lusk, J. G. July 4. Pipe-cutters.-In a cutter for boiler tubes &c., the cutting-disk D is mounted in a block E, which is moved radially in the casing A by means of a lever F, a nut H, and a screw I. A star-wheel J on the screw I is engaged by a pin K carried by a handlever L pivoted on the casing A which is rotated by means of a handle 0 or by power.
Patent GB-190716077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres for Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: MORTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1908-08-12
Abstract: 16,077. Morton, W. July 12. Tyres, pneumatic.- Puncture is prevented by a cushion A of a resilient material between the outer cover and the air-tube. The cushion is of crescent, elliptic, or other cross-section, and may be moulded into the outer cover or separate therefrom. In the latter case it is made in one or more sections enclosed, or not, in a canvas sheath. Preferably the cushion is composed of a mixture of glue, glycerine, gelatine, and formalin.
Patent GB-190716270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam and other Turbines.
Inventor: BOWLEY JOSEPH WILFRED
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 16,270. Bowley, J. W. July 16. Elastic-fluid turbines.-End thrust in a parallelflow turbine is balanced by dividing the casing into a series of longitudinal compartments by partitions, the direction of flow being reversed as the fluid is made to pass from one chamber to the next. Figs. 1 and 2 show a diagrammatic part sectional plan and elevation of such a turbine. The casing A is divided into compartments by partitions b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, through which the shaft e passes. This shaft carries a sleeve e<1> provided with rings e<7> working in grooves in the partitions. These rings may be replaced by rings on longitudinal extensions of the rotor sections e<2>, e<3>, e<4>, e<5>, e<6> at their peripheries. Steam enters through the port C and passes successively through the various conduits and compartments a<5>, a<7>, a<4>, Fig. 1, a<8>, a<3>, a<9>, a<2>, Fig. 2, and a<10>, a<1>, Fig. 1, to the exhaust D. The direction of flow is thus reversed from chamber to chamber, but the blades are arranged so that a common direction of rotation is imparted. Where the number of chambers is odd, the unbalanced end thrust due to the odd rotor section is neutralized by securing an annular ring f<1> to one extremity of a rotor section, thereby diminishing the pressure area of that extremity, the pressure area of the other extremity remaining the same. The conduits a', a<8>, a<9>, a<10> may be formed integrally with the main casing A, as shown, or separate external channels may be employed.
Patent GB-190716604-A (GB)
Title: Matchbox Repository combined with Match-holder.
Inventor: BULL NILS OTTO
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 16,604. Bull, N. O. Aug. 28, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Match-receptacles ; contents, delivering and withdrawing.-A match-holder combined with a repository for match-boxes consists of a chamber 1, Figs. 1 and 3, attached to a wall-plate, the chamber being open at the top. At the bottom are openings 2, 3 for the insertion and withdrawal of matchboxes, also for exposing the striking-surfaces of the lowest box. The loose matches are contained in a receiver 4 fitted to the top of the chamber ; the receiver is secured thereto by an arrangement comprising arms 6 on the chamber engaging with openings 5 in the receiver, the engagement being effected by the inclusion between the parts of a few loose matches. The receiver carries a vertical plate 7 terminating in arms 8 passing through guides in the plate 10 ; these arms prevent the withdrawal of match-boxes through the opening 3. The receiver has a hinged lid 11 with a finger opening 12 and a match-delivery opening 13. The lid is cranked so that the receiver can be opened only when it is withdrawn from the chamber, as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190718515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protective Devices for Electric Transmission Systems.
Filed: 1907-08-15
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 18,515. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 15. Safety devices for use with electric conductors ; lightning-arresters - The potential of each of a series of electrolytic condensers used as a lightning-arrester for transmission systems are maintained equal by connecting an impedance or resistance in parallel with each cell. The method preferred is to shunt an equal number of turns of an auto-transformer across each cell as shown in Fig. 1, in which the cells 2, 3 are connected to earth at 5 and to the transmission system at 4, and are each in parallel with a number of turns on the auto-transformer 7. When more than one set of cells is used, the auto-transformers of each set may be connected together by equalizing-coils. In a modification, the potentials of the cells are equalized by connecting each cell 2 in parallel with a resistance 15, as shown in Fig. 4. The condensers are provided with aluminium electrodes. Specification No. 19,235, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190719777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Milk-cans
Inventor: PRITCHARD GEORGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 19,777. Pritchard, G. A. Sept. 4. Stoppers, bail and lever.-In a milk can, a rim B has a machined face to form a tight joint with the machined face of a rim E on the lid. Spring- supported catches F<1>, J engage abutments G, K on the can.
Patent GB-190720724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Cooking Ranges and Stoves.
Inventor: KENNEDY ROBERT ALLAN
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 20,724. Kennedy, R. A., McNaughton, H., and Hopkins, J. March 17, 1908. Burners, applications of; atmospheric gas burners.-Burners of the kind described in Specification No. 12,277, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Stoves &c.], are employed for heating either the space a<1> above the oven of a cooking-stove or the space f<1> beneath it, or for lighting the coal fire. The gas pipe h supplying the heating burners is furnished with a coupling h<2> by which it is secured to either of the branch pipes h', h<6>, and it may be provided with a cock between the burners. The heating burners or separate burners may be used for lighting the fire, a flexible pipe i allowing the necessary movement of the burners. The firelighting burner or burners may be made in the form of a fire-bar. Fig. 4 shows a burner made in the form of a vertical fire-bar ; Fig. 5 shows an horizontal fire-bar comprising 'two burners. In both cases the burners have air inlets, contracted neck parts e<4>, Fig. 4, and flattened and distended mouths e<7>, Fig. 5. The gas is preferably supplied through a flexible removable pipe which can be jointed to the supply pipe j.
Patent GB-190727284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Gear for Motors.
Inventor: LOUTZKY BORIS
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 27,284. Loutzky, B. Dec. 10. Reversing.-An engine is reversed by moving a cam shaft longitudinally by fluid-pressure. The distributing-valves j are lifted automatically from the cams during the operation. When the handle r<1> of a valve s<1> is moved into the horizontal position, compressed air passes from a pipe c to a cylinder f<1>, the piston of which is raised and depresses the valves j by levers h, Fig. 1. When the piston passes the admission aperture of a pipe kl, the compressed air passes to a cylinder l and acts upon a piston m to move the shaft a. When the piston m passes the admission aperture of a pipe n', compressed air passes to a cylinder o<1> and acts upon a piston p<1> to return the valve r' to its original position. The cylinder f then exhausts through the orifice s<1>, and enables the springs i, Fig. 1, to return the valves to their original position. The reverse motion of the shaft a, produced by moving the lever r<2>, is similarly performed.
Patent GB-190804863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Road Locomotives and like Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 4863. Roberts, D., and James, C. March 3. Traction engines ; motor road vehicles.-In traction engines and the like of the kind described in Specification No. 16,345, A.D. 1904, in which an endless track passes around a number of bearing-wheels and is driven by a sprocket-wheel, the sprocket-wheel, according to the present invention, is arranged at or near the centre of the length of the track. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the sprocket-wheel c is keyed to a sleeve driven by the engine through a gear-wheel e. The sp-ocket-wheel gears above and below with teeth in the central part of the endless track. Wheels or rollers g loosely mounted upon the sleeve d support the weight of the vehicle and also the upper part of the track. In other forms, the sprocket-wheel engages only the lower side of the track, rollers being provided tu support the upper part or to bear on the lower part. The application of the above arrangements to several forms of track is shown in the Specification. Fig. 10 shows a form in which trough or U shaped links are employed. The driving-sprocket c is divided into two parts between which the roller g is arranged. Fig. 21 shows a construction in which the teeth l are formed between the parts of the divided track g', and Fig. 22 shows another form in which the teeth extend right across the track. The teeth may be straight or helical.
Patent GB-190805778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Percussive Drills for use in Machine or Hand Rock-drilling.
Inventor: HARRINGTON JAMES
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 5778. Harrington, J., and Parry, R. March 14. Rock drills. - Relates to percussive drills with detachable cutters, and consists in inserting a bush 6 of any suitable material between a recess in the holder 1 and the tapered oval tang 9 of the cutter 2. The cutter 2 may have a number of tangs, and a washer of lead may be placed between the cutter and the end of the holder. Water may be passed through the holder and a passage 10 in the tang 9, a sliding sleeve being then provided to close the driftway 11.
Patent GB-190814774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: MEYER PAUL
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 14,774. Meyer, P. July 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Movable-abutment type.-The incoming working fluid swings the hinged abutment into the annular working chamber, the abutment being withdrawn therefrom by the action of a cam on the main shaft, assisted by "cushioning." Fluid from an inlet port 14 forces a hinged abutment 4 into a working chamber formed by a casing 1 and drum 6, where it acts on a vane 7 secured to the drum. When the vane 7 reaches the position b, the fluid supply is cut off and at the position c, in which the vane covers the exhaust port 15, the port 14 becomes open to exhaust. At the same time a cushioning effect raises the abutment 14, which is completely withdrawn into its casing 2 by the action of a cam secured to the main shaft 8 on a crank attached to the rocking shaft 5. The abutment 4 may be snugly ground to fit the working chamber, or may be provided with packing-rings. A packing-ring of lead or the like, provided with lubricant, serves to tighten the stationary casing 1 against the piston drum 6.
Patent GB-190814830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Waste Rubber.
Inventor: BERNARD ROUX
Filed: 1908-07-13
Abstract: 14,830. Roux, B. July 13,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907. Patent of Addition to No. 7795, A.D. 1904.] India-rubber waste, utilizing.-Relates to the invention described in Specification No. 7795, A.D. 1904, and consists in the employment of hot and cold presses. The mould containing the waste rubber under pressure is placed in a hot press for the required length of time, and is then transferred to the cold press.
Patent GB-190815119-A (GB)
Title: Method of Obtaining any desired Cross Section in Plaited Cords or Ropes.
Inventor: LUCKWEIL ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 15,119. Luckweil, A. Nov. 27, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Cords; wire ropes; flat-sided driving-ropes.- Plaited cords or ropes for use in power transmission are made of rhomboidal, trapezoidal, or other suitable section by inserting, under tension, one or more strands or wires a, b, g, h, x in the corners of the rope during the manufacture, the extent of the distortion depending on the number, position, and tension of the wires &c. The section shown in Fig. 6 is suitable for ropes intended for the outside pulley grooves. Modified forms are obtainable by passing ropes of suitable section through draw-plates.
Patent GB-190818680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Briquetting Ore with Blast-furnace Slag.
Inventor: LESSING WILHELM
Filed: 1908-09-05
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 18,680. Lessing, W. Sept. 5. Cements; slags, treatment of.-Briquettes of ore are formed with blast-furnace slag which has been granulated in the presence of a stream of air, steam, or gas bearing a cement-forming substance such as pulverized lime.
Patent GB-190819269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Range-finders.
Inventor: ERDMAN ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 19,269. Erdman, A. W. March 26, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Telemeters.-Relates principally to means for mechanically applying corrections to a rangefinder of the depression type. The bearing 21 of the telescope T is adjustable for different elevations along a beam 22, which is raised or lowered to move the bearing vertically by means of a thumb-piece 24 operating intergeared screws 24, 24<1> on which the beam is supported. The range is read off on a spiral scale on a wheel 34, rotated from the thumb-piece through gearing 28, 29, 30, 33, Figs. 6 and 7, a pointer on a rack 40 moved at the same time through gearing 33, 38, 39 indicating the particular convolution of the spiral to be read. The scale is correct for all ranges at the elevation for which it is calculated, but at other elevations a correction due to the earth's curvature is introduced. This is effected mechanically by means of a plate 49 with a cam-slot calculated to correct the error engaging the depending pin 50 of a lever 48 pivoted at 48<1> beside the beam 22 to swing horizontally ; this lever carries a slide 47 to which is pivoted a rack 44 engaging teeth 43 on the nut 41 of the bearings 21. In this way the bearing is given a correcting movement separate from that imparted by the movement of the beam, and, as the slides 47, 42 are adjusted along the beam for elevation, varying with different elevations. Correction for refraction is made by tilting the block 42 by means of the screw 52. The telescope is mounted in trunnions 8 carried in a head 3 on a table 2 which is rotated by means of a pinion 10 engaging a circular rack 11, Figs. 1, 2, and 6, on the support 1. The table is mounted on concentric tracks, the inner track being constituted by the shoulders of a bearing- plug 5 adjustable to centre the table. Readings in azimuth are given through slots in the table on a fixed scale 15 for divisions and on a planetary scale 16, rotated by gearing 14, 17, Fig. 2, which gives subdivisions. The scale 16 is mounted so as to be radially adjustable to allow for wear.
Patent GB-190821548-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Remedy for Tic-douloureux Neuralgia, Rheumatic Pains, Nervous Head-ache, Tooth-ache and other Ailments
Inventor: KENWORTHY SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-10-12
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 21,548. Kenworthy, S. Oct. 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Medicines.-A tonic medicine especially useful in cases of neuralgia, toothache, tic-douloureux, nervous headache, debility, and rheumatism, con. sists of tincture of gelseminum, perchloride of iron solution, ammonia, citric acid, chloroform, and water.
Patent GB-190826650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brushes.
Inventor: AULT FREDERICK NATHAN
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,650. Ault, F. N. June 9, 1909. Handles.-Relates to brushes in which the head and handle are secured together by a bolt so that the handle may be adjusted or reversed and then fixed by suitable means. According to the present invention, the back f, Fig. 1, or a flat piece secured to it, is provided transversely or longitudinally with a plate g having a curved serrated slot j, and the terminating arms h<1> of the handle are pivoted to it at k and held in any adjusted position by the angular bolt l. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the arms h<1> terminate in disks n notched at n', and the plate g has a toothed edge to provide for holding the disks n in any position by the sharp edge q of a stirrup p, having a slotted opening r and pivoted on a bolt o. An opening s is provided in the arms h<1> to allow the stirrup to be passed through it if necessary. Fig. 8 shows studs u, on the handle plate v, adapted to engage in any of a series of round holes or recesses t in the plate g ; or both plates may have holes to receive a bolt. In another modification, the holes and studs are angular in shape. In the form shown in Figs. 12 and 14, the plate g has radial openings 3, and the handle is secured by a wedge piece 4, which enters them and is held by a screw or the like 5.
Patent GB-190827755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Mantles.
Inventor: ZDANOWICH JOE OLGIERD
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 27,755. Zdanowich, J. O. Dec. 21. Incandescent gas lamps.-Incandescent mantles are strengthened by treating with a solution of salts of aluminium, magnesium, or equivalent metal, and precipitating the hydrated oxide or oxides in situ. The treatment may be applied before or after impregnation with the usual incandescing salts, or after the insineration which follows impregnation. A 4 per cent solution of aluminium acetate or nitrate may be used, the hydrated oxide being precipitated from the acetate by steam under pressure, or from the nitrate by ammonia gas. The mantle is then incinerated, forming dehydrated oxide, which may be partly melted by gradually increasing the temperature.
Patent GB-190900748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: FINCH JOHN
IPC: A24F1/16
Filed: 1909-07-10
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 748. Finch, J., Finch, L., and Finch, J. J. July 10. Tobacco pipes.-In a tobacco pipe of the kind having a series of intercommunicating chambers in the stem, the chambers are formed by one, two, or more horizontal partitions 8, 9, and transverse partitions which are carried or formed by an extension of the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece extension may have cylindrical ends with spiral grooves 7, 11 cut therein as shown in Fig. 2. The passage of the smoke through the various chambers is shown in Fig. 2 by means of arrows. In a modification, the smoke passes from the chambers to the inclined bore 15 of the mouthpiece through vertical or horizontal passages in the cylindrical end adjacent to the mouthpiece, and the spiral grooves on one or both of the cylindrical ends may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190900997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Springs for Vehicles and other purposes.
Inventor: GASCOINE ALBERT
IPC: F16F1/20
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 997. Gascoine, A. Jan. 14. Elliptic springs; composite springs.-Relates to laminated springs for vehicles and other purposes, of the type of spring having strips of shockabsorbing material between the leaves, and consists in providing mechanical means for preventing lateral displacement of these strips at or near the ends, as well as at the centre of the leaves. The shock-absorbing material may be the artificial india-rubber described in Specification 20,404/06, [Class 70, India-rubber &c.], or fabric, leather, gutta-percha, or india - rubber. In some cases, lubricating-material may be employed between the strips and the laminµ. Lateral displacement of the parts is prevented by means of interengaging pins or projections c and slot d, Fig. 1, or by the use of external clips e, Fig. 3. In a modification, Fig. 5, the laminµ are formed with recesses which are filled with the resilient strips a ; lubricating-material may also be placed in these recesses. In a further modification, Fig. 6, the laminae are formed dish-shaped in crosssection. The invention may also be applied to springs of the type in which the laminations are formed at the ends with pressed-out parts which constitute interengaging projections and recesses.