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Patent GB-190716991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: KOWACZEK STANISLAUS
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 16,991. Kowaczek, S. July 24. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In apparatus of the type in which the driving-fluid acts on pockets in the circumference of a rotary disk, the explosive mixture is driven into the explosion chamber by pumps driven directly from the main shaft. The disk b is partly surrounded by a casing d of the form shown provided with an explosion chamber e whence a tangential passage leads to the circumference of the disk. Explosive mixture is supplied to the chamber e through a pipe i fitted with a non' return valve by pumps n driven by eccentrics P on the main shaft and a vaporizer k. The ignition mechanism g is actuated by tappets h on the disk b. A spring-controlled valve f is placed between the chamber e and the passage to the disk.
Patent GB-190719102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telethermometers
Inventor: JACOBS ALPHONSE
Filed: 1907-08-24
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 19,102. Jacobs, A. Aug. 24. Thermometers. - Readings of temperature at a position A are obtained at a distant station B by forcing compressed air into a connecting metallic conduit 31 by means of a pear 35 or like, thus gradually changing the mercury level in U-tubes 10, 33 at opposite ends of the conduit Movement of a bimetallic strip 1 turns a pivoted lever 4 thus raising or lowering a platinum point 9. When the mercury in the tube 10 reaches this point, the circuit of an electro-magnet 12 is completed ; an armature 13 is thus attracted and withdraws a catch 16, whereby a spring 19 turns a bell crank lever 17 about its pivot 18 and a spring 26 forces a rod 24 down into an orifice 25, so that no more air can be forced into the conduit. The height of the mercury in the tube 33 then gives the reading. The conduit 31 normally communicates with the atmosphere, but compressed air entering the chamber 37 forces up a disk 39 and washer 38<1> to cut off this communication. A handle 40 is used to restore the lever 17 to its original position.
Patent GB-190721700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protectors or Shields, for the Prevention of Punctures and the like in Pneumatic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: HOPKINS ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 21,700. Hopkins, A. Oct. 1. Tyres, pneumatic.-A puncture-preventing band to be fitted between the air-tube and outer cover consists of two series of thin flexible steel plates a, b, riveted together and provided at intervals with a slotted connexion d for adjustment. Fastenings may be provided at one or more places, and the inside of the band may be covered with fabric.
Patent GB-190723198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Pianoforte Mechanism.
Inventor: STREICH ROBERT
Filed: 1907-10-21
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 23,198. Streich, R. Oct. 21. Hinges and pivots. - The pivot or hinge pin bearings for pianoforte actions are formed by inserting a uniform wire in the felt bushing, and heating it electrically or otherwise, the hinge pin itself being sometimes used for this purpose. The flinge is held in a guide rest 2, and its bushings are then pierced by the needle 3, which is pushed forward by the handle 4 and simultaneously rotated by the screw 5. The needle 3 engages spring terminals 6 when it has been pushed through the bushing in the flinge 1, and when a spring switch 11 has been closed by the action of the shoulder 15, connexion is made from the lead 8 through spring terminals 6, needle 3, spring terminals 13, lead 12, spring switch 11, and lead 9 through a regulating resistance 10 to the return lead. A number of Hinges may be mounted on a uniform wire and heated in an oven, instead of electrically.
Patent GB-190724365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforced Concrete.
Filed: 1907-11-04
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 24,365. Noyes, P. B., and Oneida Community, Ltd. Nov. 4. Girders; floors; columns ; reinforced concrete.- Relates to concrete structures such as girders and floors, reinforced by chains, and consists in suspending some of the chains in catenary curves. Fig. 1 shows a girder and columns. The catenary chain 2 is connected by transverse chains 4 to straight chains 3, and each of the columns is reinforced by four vertical straight chains 6 and short chains 12. Other forms of links are shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
Patent GB-190726257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Wheeled Vehicles.
Inventor: LAWSON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-11-27
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 26,257. Lawson, T. Nov. 27. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-In elastic tyres of the type described in Specification No. 6361, A.D. 1906, in which annular tread and base portions a, a<1> are connected by alternately-disposed pillars b, the pillars are formed of approximately rectangular section, and the base portion a' has beads d engaged by rim flanges e which are secured to the felloe c by bolts f.
Patent GB-190726292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cloth and like Cutting Machines.
Inventor: BARKER HERBERT
Filed: 1907-11-28
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 26,292. Barker, H. Nov. 28. Cutting - machines for fabrics.-In cutting-machines of the type in which the work-table is lifted up to an adjustable stationary cutting-tool by cams or eccentrics upon a power or hand operated shaft, the table is operated at or about its centre and the machine is thrown out of action after each cut by a cam and cam rod operating a clutch. The knife A carrying a spring presser P is adjustably supported by set-screws B, B<1>, the latter being arranged in slots B<2> at the sides of the uprights U. The work-table T is carried by a sliding bar C pivotally connected at or near its centre to an eccentric E, which is driven through gearing by the drive shaft S<2>. One end of the shaft S<2> carries a fly-wheel F, and on the other is loosely mounted a belt pulley F<1> provided with a clutch member M, which is engaged by one end of a pivoted lever L. The other end of this lever carries a rod L<2>, which is connected to a catch handle H and provided with a spring L<3>. When the handle H is pulled forward in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, the spring L<3> is compressed and the handle comes into contact with the end of a spring cam rod R which is operated by the cam R<1>. In this position of the handle, the clutch M is in gear and the sliding bar C is raised. After the material has been cut and the table lowered, the cam rod R' is operated and presses the handle H out of its catch, thus throwing the clutch M out of gear. The machine may be hand-operated and the clutch mechanism dispensed with, and the eccentric may be balanced so as to return the table to its lowest position. The motion of the table may be checked by using fast aud loose pulleys and the like. In a wide machine two or more eccentrics may be used.
Patent GB-190802844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Canopies for Stoves and Fires.
Inventor: MATHIESON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-08
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 2844. Mathieson, W. Feb. 8. Canopies and hoods; dampers.-A damper plate C. pivoted within a movable canopy A, and operated automatically on the movement of the canopy, closes the flue completely when the canopy is shut, and causes a minimum of obstruction when the canopy is open. The plate C carries at one end a curved arm E which moves over a curved projection E<1> on the framework, and at the other end a hook-like projection F engaging a projecting stop F<1> on the framework, to guide its motion when the canopy is moved. The sides B of the canopy rest in recesses in the projections E', F<1>, the canopy and plate thus being readily removable.
Patent GB-190803485-A (GB)
Title: Improved Treatment of Clay, Kaolin, or Ceramic Masses.
Inventor: KEPPELER GUSTAV
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1909-02-15
Abstract: 3485. Keppeler, G., and Spangenberg, A. Feb. 15. Pottery.-Ceramic masses lacking binding powder are rendered plastic by the addition of 1-4 per cent of substances containing humus (humic acid, Cassel brown, brown coal, peat, rotten wood) with small quantitiesof alkalies. With more alkali, a slip suitable for casting is produced. This slip may be brought back to a consistency for moulding or working at the wheel by the gradual addition of a mineral acid or a salt, such as calcium chloride, barium chloride, or aluminium sulphate, In a modification, humus is thoroughly mixed with the clay without alkali, and the damp mass is stored. In the manufacture of Seger porcelain, kaolin 25 kg., quartz 45 kg., feldspar 30 kg., humic acid 750 grms., caustic alkali 500 grms., and water 100 litres, are ground in a mill, then acid is gradually added, and the superfluous water is expressed, leaving a mass which may be worked on the wheel as in the manufacture of Seger porcelain.
Patent GB-190804711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Tricars.
Inventor: HUETTEL FRANZ LOUIS
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 4711. H³ttel, F. L. March2. Motor road vehicles. - The front driving-wheel of a three - wheeled motor -vehicle is mounted on a spring - controlled lever pivoted to the forks so as to avoid the transmission of shocks to the motor, the driving-gear being so arranged that it is independent of the displacements of the wheel. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the wheel is carried at the forward end of a lever b pivoted at c to the frame fork e and the motorcarrying fork d, the rear end of the lever being connected to the frame by a tension spring f, and, when the displacement is excessive, by a compression spring o. The motor drives the chain-wheel r on the road wheel through a countershaft t, arranged on the frame fork on the side of the pivot c remote from the centre of the road wheel. The relative movement between the centres of the wheel and countershaft is so small that it may be taken up by the slack of the chain. A band or like transmission is arranged between the motor and countershaft. In a modification, the countershaft is arranged co-axial with the pivot of the lever b, the driving being effected through toothed gearing with an idle-wheel carried on the lever for the forward drive. A sliding pinion is adapted to gear with the idle-wheel for forward gear or directly with a gear wheel mounted on the road wheel for a slow reverse drive. In a further mcdification, shown in Fig. 6, the springs are arranged at the front end of the lever b, and the motor drives the pulley r or the road wheel directly by means of a band 13 passing over guide-pulleys 10,12 mounted on the forks.
Patent GB-190805937-A (GB)
Title: Power Transmitting Device
Inventor: WORTH WILLIAM OSCAR
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 5937. Worth, W. O., and Cook, A. E. March 17. Motor road vehicles.-A variablespeed friction transmission gearing, applicable to motor road vehicles &c., comprises oppositely disposed driving-disks, and driven pinions upon laterally movable shafts, adapted to be simultaneously adjusted in opposite directions to bring the pinions into engagement ; means are provided to positively adjust the positions of the pinions across the driving-disks, and other means provided to tilt the pinions, when desired, to cause them automatically to travel inwards or outwards to vary the speed. The motor shaft b, upon which driving - disks B<1>, B<2> are mounted, supports a loose sleeve C which pivotally carries a transverse casing D. Transverse shafts E, E', carrying the slidable driven pinions H, H<1>, are connected at their outer ends by universal points e<4> to sprocket-wheels G, and are supported at their inner ends in roller bearings e<1> retained, by adjustable screw collars e<2>, in spherical joints e, in the ends of the pivotallycarried casing D. The sprocket-wheels run on balls supported by cones f, f<1> screwed on to tubular brackets F. Each shaft E, E<1> passing loosely through the brackets F is formed with a spherical end with suitable recesses for pivoted shoes g<3> held between the outer parts g, g<2> of the universal joint. The casing D, formed with a downwardly extending tubular lug D', is rocked horizontally to bring the pinions into engagement, and vertically to tilt them to cause them to travel obliquely with reference to the driving-disks B', B<2>. The horizontal adjustment is effected by means of a lever and quadrant M' acting through a link m<4>, cranks at right-angles upon a shaft m<2>, and a rod m connected to an arm M formed upon the tubular lug D'. The rock-shaft m<2> is mounted at its lower end upon a sliding sleeve L, and is supported at its upper end by a pivoted link m<8>. The vertical adjustment of the casirg D is effected by means of a pedal lever l<8>, acting through a link l<7> and crankshaft l<4> which carries a toothed segment l<5> engaging a rack formed on the edge of a part-sleeve L sliding upon a transverse tubular support I and engaging the lower end of the tubular lug D' by a spherical joint P. The ordinary sliding adjustment of the pinions H, H<1> may be effected by means of an operating-wheel K conveniently mounted upon the steering-pillar. This operates through bevelpinions k<1>, k<2>, a shaft k<3>, universal joint k<4>, and a toothed pinion i<2> which is arranged in the tubular support I above referred to, and engages upper and lower slidable toothed racks supported by rollers i<3>, i<4> and connected through rods h<4> passing through slots in the casing ! i and sleeve L, to the driven pinions H, H<1>. The boss of each pinion is formed with a ridge h<2> engaged by a collar h<3> having a tubular lug h<3> with which the rod h<4> engages. Reference is made to the braking effect produced by reducing the speed ratio.
Patent GB-190808902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twist Drills and other similar Tools and Sockets therefor.
Inventor: CLERGUE FRANCIS HECTOR
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 8902. Clergue, F. H., [Derrer, H.]. April 23. Drills; tool-holders.-A twist drill or other similar tool a, Fig. 1, is provided with a taper or parallel shank b of elliptic, oval, or other symmetrical crosssection composed of curves, adapted to be held in a socket c, Fig. 3, which has a bore d of similar crosssection.
Patent GB-190812951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Construction of Pattern Plates for use in Casting Metals.
Filed: 1908-06-17
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 12,951. Wilkinson, D., and Lake & Elliot. June 17. Moulding.-Pattern plates, are cast with a half pattern on each side and with V-edges on pair of opposite sides which fit grooves b<2>, Figs. 3 and 6, formed by detachable strips b<3> in a frame drilled at b<1> to fit the flask lugs thus dispensing with drilling and fitting in the case of each plate. The frames may have a number of sets of grooved ways to permit the assemblage of a number of plate sections. To cast the plates, a two-part mould a, a', Fig. 8, is taken from a wooden pattern in the ordinary manner and is separated by a metal frame d having a pair of opposite sides grooved and an open end which can be closed by a sliding piece d<2> according to the length of plate required. Metal is then introduced at a<*>.
Patent GB-190813828-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Metallic Incandescent Mantle for Lighting and Heating Purposes.
Inventor: REESER HENRI
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 13,828. Reeser, H., and Bray, H. E. June 30. Incandescent gas lamps.-The threads or filaments of a mantle are made of an alloy of tungsten and molybdenum, preferably in the proportion of 80 parts of tungsten and 20 parts of molybdenum, or of silver threads coated with the alloy, preferably by electrolysis. The edges of the mantles are strengthened and supported by rings or bars B' of U-shaped cross-section, the rings B<1> being in some cases in one with the supporting-props C.
Patent GB-190821840-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Making Multi-coloured Surfaces.
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 21,840. Vereinigte - Kunstseidefabriken Akt.-Ges. July 23, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Dyeing.-In a dyeing process for producing multi-coloured surfaces, a given portion of a surface of say celluloid, casein, or gelatine, is dyed and dried ; the article is then immersed in a second dye solution for a short time and removed, the surplus colour being washed off &c. In this way only the previously uncoloured surface is dyed by the second dye, the first-dyed portions being unaffected; a third colour may be similarly applied, and so on. For example, in the production of a coloured sign, celluloid is printed with the desired design in printer's ink, and immersed in a solution of red dye, say a rhodamine ; after drying, the ink is washed off the small letters and these are dyed by immersion for a few seconds in a solution of a green dye, say malachite green; the ink is then removed from the large letters, and these are dyed by immersion for about a second in a solution of a blue dye, say spirit blue. In the production of two-colour photographic screens, celluloid is printed with a fine series of lines and immersed in a dye solution, whereby only the exposed parts are dyed; after drying, the ink is removed, and the thus exposed lines are dyed by immersion in a second dye solution. In the production of three-colour screens the process is similar to that described in Specification No. 21,839, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Photography], but the second and third dyeings are as brief as possible.
Patent GB-190825821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Fingers for Typewriters.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 25,821. Lake, W. E., [Imperial Writing Machine Co.]. Nov. 30. Typewriters.- The paper-fingers g are provided with diagonal serrations l or a diagonal rollerp, so that the paper is stretched when fed forward. The fingers g are formed with a lip h slidingly mounted in a recess c in a plate b, which is secured to the frame and is formed with a trough e which comes over the feed-roll and protects it from the particles knocked off the inking-ribbon. The flanges may be moved by means of lugs i<1>, the movement being limited by screw-stops m and by arms formed on the guide for the type-bars. To prevent the serrations &c. from wrinkling the paper when the platen is turned backwards, a wedge-bar q is secured to arms r which are clamped to the platen-hubs t, so that when the platen is turned backwards the bar q is carried beneath the fingers and lifts the serrated parts off the paper. The movement of the bar q is limited by pins 2, which engage the ends of slots s in the arms r and hold them back, thus permitting the platen-hubs to rotate independently. The fingers g are each formed with a struck-up spring part o which is not lifted off the paper by the bar q.
Patent GB-190825988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Securing Hat Pins in Position.
Inventor: GARTSIDE FIRTH
Filed: 1908-12-02
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 25,988. Gartside, F., and Westcott, F. Dec. 2. Hat pins.-Consists in a guide comprising a split tube A, Fig. 2, lying within the hat and provided with shoulders a<4> between which a plate B is retained for securing the holder to the hat. The tube may be provided with one shoulder only, the extremity being riveted against the plate B so as to secure the plate and the pin together. Two plates may be used one on each side of the hat, and they may be arranged to swivel loosely about the tube A. The plates are secured to the side of the hat by sewing through eyelet holes or by providing the plates with tongues which are passed through the hat. The shoulders a<4> may take the form of rings slipped on to the taper tube. The plate and the tube may be formed in one piece. In the case in which the portion of the hat to which the holder is to be secured is not vertical, the tube may be arranged at an incline to the plate B by means of the device shown in Fig. 4, in which the plate is provided with an indentation b<6> on one side of the aperture and a projection on the other side, so as to make the axis of the aperture inclined to the plate.
Patent GB-190826520-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in Flanging Flues, Tubes, or other Articles.
Inventor: CHALONER SYDNEY
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 26,520. Chaloner, S. Dec. 8. Flanging. - A device for use in flanging flues, tubes, &c. consists of a flanged plate a fixed to the table of a press and holding in guide-slots d arms c, to which are attached bevelled blocks b. The arms can be advanced or retracted synchronously through the medium of screwed rods e and bevel-wheels e<2>, e<3>. On the ram of the machine is fixed a workholder g made in two parts, which are hinged together at g<1> and fixed around the work by means of a pin passing through the punched ears g<2>. The top g<3> of this work-holder is shaped to the desired curve of the flange required, and after the flange has been made by the bevelled blocks acting in two or more stages, it is finished by the flat face of the plate a.
Patent GB-190827786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Damping the Oscillations of Suspended Railway-cars.
Inventor: SCHMITZ WILHELM
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 27,786. Schmitz, W. Dec. 21. Electric railways; elevated railways.-Relates mainly to means for damping the oscillations of suspended railway cars, but describes an arrangement of guides and guide-rails which, in the case of electric railways, may serve to convey current to the car. The damping-means comprises a brakeblock 31 acting upon a sector 30, which is carried by a guide or collector 27, pivoted to the car truck and engaging a pair of guide or contact rails 4, 29.
Patent GB-190828369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vaginal Syringes and Powder Blowers.
Inventor: KATZENBERGER OSCAR
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 28,369. Katzenberger, O. March 31, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Powder blowers.-A vaginal syringe which may be used for the injection of powder comprises an elastic bulb 5, and an elastic obturator 6 detachably connected thereto by means of a two-part coupling piece 7, 7<a>. Extending through the obturator is a tubular powder container 8 having a foraminated lower end wall e', and a detachable discharge nozzle 8<a> at its upper end.
Patent GB-190905209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor-generator Sets.
IPC: H02K47/14
Filed: 1909-03-03
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 5209. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 3. Motor-generators; exciting.-A motor-generator, for supplying with a constant-current an arclamp or other load circuit E of variable resistance from a constant-potential source C, comprises a motor A and a generator A<1> connected in series across the same source C, each of the machines having one set of brushes b short-circuiting the armature on a line displaced by ninety electrical degrees from the line of the field magnetization, and a second set b<1> displaced by ninety electrical degrees from the first set aod connected to the external circuit. The load circuit E is connected across the terminals of the generator. The field windings B, B<1> of the two machines may be connected in shunt across the source C, and may be provided with separate regulating-rheostats D, D'. The current in the circuit E being the sum of the currents in the two armatures, a decrease in the lamp resistance tends to increase the current flowing through the brushes b<1>, thereby strengthening the field of the motor and weakening the field of the generator. The motor thereupon slows down and decreases still further the induced voltage of the generator.