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Patent GB-190719058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folded Paper Bands for Time Registers and the like
Inventor: SPROAT WALTER SCOTT
Filed: 1907-08-24
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 19,058. Sproat, W. S., and Wood, P. Aug. 24. Record sheets specially prepared for registering.- To facilitate the insertion and fastening of record sheets in time - recording and like machines, the paper is cut so that when folded the corners are bevelled or rounded, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.
Patent GB-190721690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Breaking Up Lumps of Pulverulent or Granular Substances.
Inventor: SIMPSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 21,690. Simpson, J. Oct. 1. Impact pulverizers; breaking down lumpy pulverulent bodies. - Lumps of salt, meal, &c. are broken up in a stationary meshwork cage or casing i by blades or beaters h secured to wheels f on a revolving shaft g supported in vertically-adjustable bearings. The bars h may consist of angle-irons fastened between lugs e<1> on the wheels f; or the lugs e<1> may be carried up and over the bars h, which may be serrated or toothed. The casing i is semicircular at the lower part, and its sides preferably incline outwards towards the top. The material is fed into the machine by spouts b, and escapes through hoppers or spouts c.
Patent GB-190725025-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Ladies Papier Mache Covered Bust Stand
Inventor: HOUGHTON JAMES ALBERT
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 25,025. Houghton, J. A. Nov. 12. Lay-figure stands. -Relates to dress stands of the type in which the bust is covered with papier mÔchÚ &c. and the skirt portion is formed of wirework &c., and consists in forming the bust in two portions hinged together, preferably at the back, and adapted to expand automatically under the action of one or more springs to a degree regulated by lacing &c., preferably arranged down the front. The bust shown has two portions a, b mounted upon wooden bases c, d hinged together at the back e. The expansion produced by the spring f is regulated by the lacing p. The skirt portion g, which may be in one piece and divided at the front, or in two portions hinged together at the back, is expanded by means of a rod h which slides in the eye of another rod k. A collar on the central standard fits under the woodon bases c, d in order to support the bust, and the standard preferably has an upper telescopic extension which passes through recesses l in the bases.
Patent GB-190727312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Transferring of Suspended Solid Substances from Aqueous Media to Nonaqueous Media.
Inventor: ACHESON EDWARD GOODRICH
IPC: C01B31/00
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 27,312. Acheson, E. G. Oct. 28, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Carbon. - Deflocculated amorphous substances, prepared as described in Specifications Nos. 7775 and 7776, A.D. 1907, are transferred from the aqueous medium in which they are prepared to an oily or non-aqueous medium, by working or macerating the aqueous mixture with oil &c. until the transfer is effected, when the aqueous medium may be poured away. Deflocculated graphite may thus be obtained mixed with oil for use as a lubricant, and deflocculated lamp-black or pigments may be mixed with linseed oil, varnish, &c. for use as paints and inks.
Patent GB-190727976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gloves, Gauntlets and the like.
Inventor: FROST ALBERT
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 27,976. Frost, A. Dec. 19. Drawings to Specification. Gloves, mittens, &c., for stokers, furnace-men, and others, have the seams closed at intervals with metallic rivets, eyelets, clasps, &c., in addition to the usual stitching.
Patent GB-190804610-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Sewing Machine.
Inventor: WEVER FRITZ
Filed: 1907-11-02
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 4610. Wever, F. Nov. 2, 1907. Sewing - machine presser feet. - Two independently yielding presserfeet d, d<1> are connected by a cross-piece i, which is fixed to the presser-bar c and is forked at the other end to pass under a collar k on the bar c<1>. By this means, the foot d<1> can be raised independently of the foot d but is lifted also when the foot d is raised.
Patent GB-190808469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stereo-telescopes
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 8469. Zeiss, C., [Firm of]. May 27, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Patent of Addition to No. 27,038, A.D. 1904.] Telescopes.- The stereo - telescopes described in Specification No. 27,038, A.D. 1904, is modified for taking observations from cover by enveloping the fore part only of each single telescope with the guiding- jacket, thus leaving the after parts free for the attachment of prismatic ocular tubes, as shown.
Patent GB-190808566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescent Gas Lamps
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 8566. Neue Kramerlicht-Ges. April 18, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Incandescent gas lamps.-A ring 6 carrying the mantle 7 and its protector 8 is held centrally by inwardly projecting spring tongues 12 on a rotatable ring 13, and is forced upwards against a fixed stop or shoulder by the engagement of the chamfered upper edges of the tongues 12 with a flange 9 or the like on the ring. In the form shown, the ring 13 is rotatably secured on a socket 11, surrounding the burner mouth 10, by a pin-and-slot or equivalent guiding-device, and the tongues 12 engage through slots 17 in the socket so that the tongues can be withdrawn by rotating the ring 13. The lower edges of the tongues may be chamfered to give a vertical movement to the ring 13.
Patent GB-190821286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Taximeters.
Inventor: DARRAS ALPHONSE JEAN-BAPTISTE
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-10-08
Abstract: 21,286. Darras, A. J. B. E. Oct. 8. [Patent of Addition to No. 8809, A.D. 1907.] Fares, indicating; counting-apparatus.-Relates to taxameters described in Specification No. 8809, A.D. 1907, and consists of means for imparting an intermittent rotation to the figure drums, means for zeroizing the drums, and means for actuating the drums showing extra fares. (a) The device for allowing intermittent movement of the shaft 17 from the main shaft 13 consists of two disks 14, 15, carried on the shaft 13 and engaging with a disk 16 carried by the shaft 17. The disks 14, 15 are similar and are provided with projections and recesses as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, being keyed at an angle of 90‹ with each other. The disk 16 is provided with projections 18, 19, 20, 21 arranged in staggered order on either side of the disk. The main shaft 13 tends to rotate the shaft 17 through gearing 24, 25 and a spring 23, so that when a recess 22 comes in front of one of the projections 18, 20, the shaft 17 executes a quick movement through a quarter of a revolution. The projections 19, 21 serve to arrest the disks 14, 15 at their starting point when, on raising the flag, the shaft 13 is rotated by the spring 23. The movements of the shaft 17 are transferred to the drums through pinions 28, 29, and transfer pinions 8. (b) The drums are returned to zero when the flag is raised by a spring 5, which is wound up during the first revolution of the drum shaft through a spring blade 2 on the units drum engaging a pin 1 on the drum shaft, which rotates through a second pin 1 a disk 30 attached to the spring. After one revolution of the drum shaft, a notch 9 in a disk 3 on the shaft comes opposite a pin 31 and allows the shaft to be moved longitudinally by a spring 4, thus disengaging the pins 1 from the blades 2. The rotation of the flag shaft causes a cam 10 thereon to move the transfer and drum shafts to the right through arms 11, 12, thus allowing the spring to zeroize the drums. (c) The extras indicator consists of two drums 36', one showing pence and the other shillings, actuated by two cam disks 33<a>, 33b mounted on a shaft 32 which can be moved through 90‹ on either side of the central position. After having been moved through this amount, the shaft is reciprocated through one eighth of a revolution to actuate the drums. The device is so arranged that when moved to one side, one of the drums can be actuated, and when moved to the other side the other disk is movable. The disks are formed with two inclined teeth 34, 38 which each move the drum through half a tooth, spring pawls 36 serving to retain them in the advanced position. The pawls are raised on rotating the cam shaft, thus allowing springs 41 to return the drums to zero, a long tooth f serving as a zero stop when it strikes the part 44 of the disk. Over-rotation of the disks is prevented by a part 44<a> formed thereon.
Patent GB-190823582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railroad-rail and Splice-bar Fastenings.
Inventor: BONZANO MAXIMILIAN FERDINAND
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 23,582. Bonzano, M. F. Nov. 4. Rails, securing to sleepers; chairs; rail joints.- Rails are secured upon wear-plates 2 by clips 4 and blocks 5. The clips 4 and blocks 5 are secured together by vertical or inclined serrations 7, angular or curved, or by pins 31. The blocks 5 engage under the flange 6 of the wear-plate 2 and are held down by lips 9 on the clips. 4 or by washers 15 overlapping the blocks. The wear-plate 2 may be secured to wooden sleepers, or to metal sleepers with an interposed block of wood, the plate 2 having side flanges 26 which overlie the block. The wearplate may have a central rib entering the sleeper or may be adjusted by means of washers 18, which may have oval &c. flanges and may have projections engaging the flange 6 of the wear-plate, the adjustments being effected by turning the washers end for end or by interchanging them. At the rail joints, the clips 4 may have a projection 11<a> engaging a notch in the fish-plate flange. The fish-plates may be staggered to enable one clip on each side of the joint to engage with the rail flange, and abut against the fish-plate flange, which in a modification may be cut away for a short distance, as shown, for the same purpose. The adjusting and securing bolts may be insulated.
Patent GB-190900299-A (GB)
Title: Improved Devices for the Locking of Electric Lamps in their Holders.
Inventor: MCCLELLAND THOMAS
IPC: H01R33/97
Filed: 1909-01-06
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 299. McClelland, T. Jan. 6. Holders; caps. - One or more hard washers e are arranged in a bayonetjoint holder to prevent the insertion or removal of a lamp unless the coupling-ring h is slackened. Various forms of washer may be used. According to the Provisional Specification, the washer may be replaced by projections on the insulating body of the holder or the lamp cap.
Patent GB-190904716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Valves for Water Reservoirs.
Inventor: CRIPPS FREDERICK SOUTHWELL
IPC: F16K15/18
Filed: 1909-02-26
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 4716. Cripps, F. S. Feb. 26. Lift valves; check valves; indicating amount o f opening o f valves. - A combined stop a n d automatic valve for water reservoirs comprises a lift valve A slidably mounted on a spindle C between two stops E, F, so that the valve can be closed down by the stop E, as shown, or fixed in the open position by the stop F when the spindle has been lifted to its full height, or, when the spindle is in an intermediate position, left free to open or close automatically by the fluid pressures. An indiarubber seating D prevents shocks and ensures tight closure. A dome-shaped cover K collects air in the pipes, and a pipe J discharges the same above the water-level. The valve is domeshaped in order to minimize obstruction to the flow. A long spindle or key H is provided to rotate the screwed operating-spindle C. R indicates an india-rubber washer, which has a metal washer underneath it to prevent the valve from being maintained open by suction. An indicator G is used to show in which position the valve is working, and the spindle can be locked in either of the positions, as desired.
Patent GB-190905341-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Driving and Reversing Gear
Inventor: LINDSAY WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: F16H3/60
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 5341. Lindsay, W. H., and Couper, H. R. March 5. Reversing - gearing; clutches, friction. - Reiates to reversing - gearing, suitable for boat propulsion, of the class in which the reversed drive is effected by holding against rotation a member which carries interengaging planet - wheels. This carrier takes the form of a closed drum 10 having disk ends 8, the whole being longitudinally slidable upon the driving and driven shafts 1, 4. The interengaging planetwheels 36, 37 mesh constantly with a gear 31 on the shaft 1, and with a gear 35 on the shaft 4, respectively. When a solid direct drive is required, a conical friction clutch surface 12 on the drum 10 is caused to grip a like internal surface 15 on a disk 13 secured to the shaft 1. When a second conical surface 12<1> on the drum 10 is caused to grip and be held by an internal surface 16 on a fixed member 18, the shaft 4 is driven reversely. An intermediate position of the drum 10 gives a 'free engine.' A lever 27 and hand-wheel 24 may be used for moving the drum 10 as required. An alternative form of clutch is shown in Fig. 5. Each internal gripping surface is formed as a metal coil 49, the ends of which are formed with blocks engaging recesses in the disk 13 &c.
Patent GB-190908481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating, Cooling, or Distilling Liquids, and for Heating, Cooling, Purifying or Enriching Gases.
Inventor: BLAKELEY WILLIAM
IPC: B01D3/18
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 8481. Blakeley, W. April 8. Heating liquids and gases.-Relates to apparatus for heating, cooling, or distilling liquid, including the heating of feed-water for boilers, or for heating, cooling, purifying or enriching gas, of the direct-contact type comprising a tower, such as a, containing a series of shallow trays f with intervening deflecting - plates i, each tray being provided with a central opening h through which the liquid falls on to a lower deflecting-plate and the gas rises into the space between the tray and the next higher deflecting plate. The invention consists in providing means whereby a thin stream of gas is passed through the tower in intimate contact with the surface of the liquid without any throttling of the gas or passage through a layer of liquid. For this purpose, the deflecting- plates are made nearly equal in diameter to the trays, and they are shaped and located with regard to the trays so as to produce an intervening gas passage of approximately constant area, equal to that of the central openings h or gas-inlet pipe b, the passage taking the form of a cylinder of decreasing height with increasing radius. The liquid is supplied by a sptinkler m and is fed continuously from a cistern n, or intermittently by the aid of an automatic tippler p. Liquid is prevented from falling into the gas-inlet pipe by the provision of a hood c. Valves q, r enable the apparatus to be by-passed, as may be necessary when it is employed as a washer or condenser in a coal gas manufacturing- plant. Each section e may be provided with a separate pipe for draining away tar or other liquid. In a moditication, a number of trays and deflecting- plates are combined in a single section, each unit supporting the units above it. Concentric ripples are formed during the radial passage of the gas over the surface of the liquid, which add to the efficiency of the apparatus, and in a further modification, the rippling effect is increased by corrugating the deflecting-plates.
Patent GB-190908589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoves or Appliances for Heating Laundry Irons.
Inventor: CANNON DAVID WALTER
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 8589. Cannon, D. W. April 8. Iron-heating stoves. - An inclined table or surface a is heated by a gas-burner or other heating-device at its lower end. The table preferably consists of a box-like structure b on supports or legs c, one or more of which may be adjustable in order to vary the inclination. which must be such that the irons placed at the upper end of the table will slide down when those at the lower end are removed. The flue d may be lined with tiles h or the like, and at the lower ends of the sides of the flue are apertures i and wire grilles j or other supports for heating goffering-irons. The burner, which extends over the width of the table, is inspected and cleaned by means of an opening fitted with a door k. The table may be divided and bounded by ribs &c. f.
Patent GB-190911474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Treating Dough and like Materials.
Inventor: BAKER GEORGE SAMUEL
IPC: A21C5/00
Filed: 1909-05-14
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 11,474. Baker, G. S. May 14. [Addition to 11,626/08.] Proving or raising appliances.-The invention relates to improvements in the apparatus described in the parent Specification. The pieces of dough are fed to the reciprocating web 1 by an intermittently moving band 24, and the reciprocation of the slide 7 carrying the web 1 is effected by a single box-cam 8 through a rack 11, gear-wheels 12, 13, and rack 14. The web 1 is given a continuous independent feed movement at the same speed as the reciprocating movement. In a modification, the web 1 is mounted on two fixed pulleys, and on two others mounted on reciprocating blocks carried by an endless chain, which passes round an oscillating pulley.
Patent GB-190915403-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Substantive Disazo-dyestuffs.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: C09B31/072
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 15.403. Blxoam, A. G., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. July 1. Secondary disazo dyes are obtained by combining the diazo compounds of 4-nitro-1-naphthylamine- 6- or 7-sulphonic acids, or mixtures thereof, with middle components such as m-amino-p-cresolalkylether, p-xylidine, o-amino-p-chlorphenolalkylether, or aminohydroquinonedialkylether, re-diazotizing and combining with a naphthol sulphonic acid, and finally reducing the nitro group by, say sodium sulphide. The products dye unmordanted cotton blue shades, and may be diazotized on the fabric and combined with #-naphthol &c.
Patent GB-190917345-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Elimination of Chlorine and Zinc and the Recovery of Tin or Lead from Tin or Terne Scruff, Skimmings or Residues.
Inventor: STEPHENS JAMES
IPC: C22B25/06
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 17,345. Stephens, J. July 26. Filters; filters with horizontal filtering partitions or layers.-A vat or tank for treatment of tin or terne scruff, skimmings, &c., has at one end a well C communicating with the interior of the vat through a filter b in the bottom of the vat. This well is provided with a tap through which the solution may be drawn off and, if necessary, returned to the vat. The filter bed is formed by a series of battens resting on crossing rafters b<1>, which are supported on bricks b<2> placed on the bottom of the vat, the spaces between the rafters being filled with small coke or anthracite coal.
Patent GB-190917444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Multiple Copying Machines.
Inventor: STABLEFORD WILLIAM
IPC: B41L7/02
Filed: 1909-07-27
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 17,444. Stableford, W. July 27. Feeding sheets and webs; cutting and delivery apparatus. - Copying - machines of the kind desctibed in Specifications 22,530/07 and 876/09, are constructed with improved means (1) for feeding the letters &c. to the machine, (2) for feeding the web, and (3) for delivering the letters and cutting the web into sheets. (1) The letters are fed over a table i<1>, Fig. 2, between interlacing straight fingers h<2> and curved fingers g<6> carried by pivoted arms h<1>, g<1> operated by suitable mechanism from cams g, h on a shaft d<2> of one of the copying- rollers. After the letter has been registered between the fingers, the fingers h<2> rise to permit the letter to be fed forward into the bite of the copying-web a and an upper copying-roller d' by means of a roller i on the same arm as the fingers g<6>, the arm falling to effect the feed and to bring the fingers into the dotted-line position, Fig. 2, to act as guides. (2) The copying-web is fed from a roll z<1> which is mounted as shown in Fig. 7 to permit rolls of various widths to be used. One or both of the supporting-pins x is fixed in the required position by means of a set-screw x' in the supporting-socket which engages a groove x<1> in the pin. The web is tensioned by means of a dished metal plate y<3> arranged between the pin x and a rotary head y connected to the roll by pins y', y'. The web passes through the damping - apparatus over a roller c arranged in a pivoted frame e, Fig. 1, and passes down, with the letter, between the copying-rollers, and is then forwarded by sectional velvet-covered rollers n, Fig. 5, and ribbed or like rolls o. Fingers n<2> on a guard plate n<3> strip the web from the rollers n if necessary. The rollers n are driven by a belt. (3) A roller p, arranged above the rollers n, o, causes the letters &c. to be delivered down a detachable tray p<1>. The web is cut into sheets automatically by a reciprocating cutter s' and a cutter s, the cutter s' being actuated by a link m<2>, Fig. 1, and a lever m, which is normally connected by a spring bolt m<3> to an arm k<4> on a cam-actuated rock-shaft. By disconnecting the bolt m3, the cutting-blade may be actuated at any desired times by manipulating the lever m by hand. To prevent a diagonal cut of the paper, a guard r, spring - mounted on the blade s<1>, holds the web stationary near the cutting position. The severed sheets are delivered over a bar t as described in Specification 876/09.
Patent GB-190917585-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combination Filter and Splash Preventer for Household Taps.
Inventor: ELLIOT THOMAS
IPC: E03C1/086
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 17,585. Elliot, T., and Will i a m s , J. July 29. Outlets, preventing splashing from. Tap filters are fitted with layers of gauze c c' to prevent splashing.
Patent GB-190919945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves or Cocks for Charging Receptacles with Water or other Liquid.
Inventor: GEIGER JEAN
IPC: E03C1/084
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 19,945. Gieger, J. May 15, [Convention date]. Nozzles with cut-off devices. - A rinsing and filling cock for barrels &c., which is automatically opened when placed in and closed when removed from the bung-hole, comprises a nozzle B immovably attached to the valve-casing, and a pressure-seated valve C attached to a sleeve E sliding the nozzle. The valve and sleeve are connected through the medium of a valve-guide and support D and screws F which pass through slots b<3>.
Patent GB-190920899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Excitation of Commutator Dynamo Electric Generators.
IPC: H02K27/12
Filed: 1909-09-13
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 20,899. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boverie, et Cie. Nov. 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power.-Single-phase and polyphase commutator generators b, for starting and controlling polyphase motors a unprovided with commutators by supplying them with currents of slowly increasing voltage and periodicity, are excited mainly from their own terminals f and partly by means of an additional machine d, the voltage and periodicity of which can be varied. The Figure shows the field windings e of the generator connected both to the brushes f and also to a machine d on the same shaft c as the rotor of the generator b; the exciting-dynamo d may be a synchronous machine, or a direct-current machine having revolving brushes. The generator b may be shunt, series, or compound wound.