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Patent GB-190700961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warp Drawing Machines
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1908-01-14
Abstract: 961. Justice, P. M., [American Warp-Drawing Machine Co.]. Jan. 14. Loom healds, threading ; reeds , drawing warp threads through.-Relates to warp - drawing machines, and particularly to those in which the warp threads are drawn through harness eyes and through successive reed spaces preparatory to being placed in the loom, and is illustrated as applied to the warp-drawing machine described in Specification No. 4661, A.D. 1904. The rotary spiral reed opener 29, Fig. 2, consists of a spiral blade, which encircles its operating-shaft 25 through an arc of not more than 360 degrees, and preferably gradually increases in thickness from the entering edge to the part that holds the reed dents separated, Figs. 6 and 7. The reed opener acts upon the reed above the path of the warp-drawing needle on the carriage 4, which is traversed across the machine by a screw 17 and divided nut 18, 19. The shaft 25 is journaled in an upright forked bracket 49, which is clamped to the arm 50 of a bell-crank lever 51 secured to a rock-shaft 52 on the carriage 4. The lever 51 is pivoted to a spring-pressed slidable rod .53, and the reed opener 29 is thus normally caused to enter between the dents of the reed 39, which is hung upon overhead friction rolls. By raising a handle 59, an upright lever 57 bears against a lug on the shaft 53 and the reed-opener shaft is swung into inoperative position, the split nut 19 carried on the shaft of the arm 57 being simultaneously moved away from the driving - screw 17. By toothed gearing, the other half 18 of the split nut is also released. The handle 59 is provided, with a pin 62, which is adapted to enter a slot 61 in the needle-reciprocating disk 11, so that the reed-opener can only be withdrawn when the drawing-needle is in a certain position. The needle stock 7 is guided .in a guideway 6. A standard 47, in which the shaft 52 is journaled, carries a needle and threadguide, which is at a fixed distance from the reed.
Patent GB-190701402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fly-catchers and in their Manufacture.
Inventor: TRIPP THOMAS MUNDY
Filed: 1907-01-19
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 1402. Tripp, T. M., Jackson, W. B., and Jackson, H. Jan. 19. Traps for flies. An adhesive strip 6 of paper, linen, parchment, &c. is rolled upon and attached to a spindle 5, which is supported in disks 4 fitting within a cylindrical, square, octagonal, or other casing 1, the ends of which are closed by caps 3. The strip is drawn out through a slot in the casing, and is suspended by means of a loop 7 of string attached to the strip.
Patent GB-190701616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: BUCKLEY JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 1616. Buekley, J.H. Jan. 22. Stogrping trains; audible signals; signals on engines. - An engine whistle is blown, or the brake is operated by rods bearing on a spring wheel or rim, mounted on an axle of the tender or of one of the vehicles and deflected by a track obstacle. A rim f made in two pieces is supported on springs between two of the wheels of the tender on an axle g. The rim is approximately equal in size to the wheels and revolves with them. On being deflected by track apparatus b. the rim f moves a crank n connected to jointed rods o, which operate a whistle p. A ratchet o<5> keeps the whistle blowing until it is released. Modifications of the spring wheel are described in which laminated and other springs replace those shown at f<l>. In a further modification, Fig. 13, the rim f is deflected axially instead of vertically. Instead of operating the whistle, rods may be arranged to work the vacuum-brake valve.
Patent GB-190704311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Charts of the Successive Relative Positions of Two Moving Objects and in Means for Charting the said Positions.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
Filed: 1907-02-21
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 4311. Pollen, A. H., and Isherwood, H. Feb. 21. Protractors.-The arm 108 swinging round the pivot 114 sets out the angle indicated on a quadrant 107.
Patent GB-190705218-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Preventing the Skidding of Cycles, Motor Cycles and Road Vehicles Generally.
Inventor: HARRIS HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1908-03-04
Abstract: 5218. Harris, H. March 4. Slipping of wheels, peventing.- To p r e v e n t side-slip in cycles, motorcycles, and other road vehicles, flexible bars carrying short lengths of chains are suspended from the axle near each wheel so that the chains are caught under the tyres when side - slip occurs. Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention applied to a motor-omnibus. A vertical rod or bar a, jointed at a<1> so as to be capable of bending rearwardly, and extending to within a short distance of the ground, is secured to the axle b and carries a crossmember e from which are suspended short lengths of tapering chain e', trailing on the ground. When the chains are caught under the wheel, the bar a is bent backwards until the chains are free of the tyre ; a spring d then restores the device to its original position by acting on a cam part a<3>. Fig. 3 shows a modification for use with cycles &c., which is made from flexible material, one being placed, preferably, on each side of the wheel. In both forms, the bar a may be made telescopic, the lower part being drawn out against the tension of a spring when the chains engage the tyre.
Patent GB-190706239-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sheet Metal Seal.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-14
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 6239. Mackenzie, J. W., [Helia Stahlplombenfabrik Nathe & Co.]. March 14. Seals and sealing.-In a sheet-metal seal, Fig. 2, made in two parts 2, 5, with bent edges 4, 6 adapted to be turned down to secure a cord or the like, the edge 6 of the nner half is indented to prevent bulging when the edges are being turned, and to render improper opening of the seal more difficult. The closed seal is shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190706957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliding Gear Variable-speed Mechanism.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 6957. Winton, A., and Anderson, H. B. March 22. Variable-speed gearing; levers; mounting wheels on shafts.-Relates to sliding - wheel variablespeed transmission gearing, and more particularly to means for simultaneously throwing into and out of action the direct-drive clutch and the countershaft in a known type of gear. Driving and driven shafts 2, 3 are in line, the end of the sbaft 3 being supported in a bearing 6 within the shaft 2. Gears 14 &c. on the shaft 3 are adapted to be slid into mesh with wheels 10 &c. fixed upon a countershaft 4. The shafts 2, 3, 4 are all tubular, and both the fixed and the sliding wheels are mounted upon hardened keys 7, Fig. 4, passing right through slots, such as 11, L, Fig. 1, in the shafts. The fast-speed drive is effected by sliding the gear 14 to the right, when clutch teeth 15 engage recesses 16 in the face of a wheel 13 fast on the shaft 2. The shaft 4 is driven from the wheel 13 by a wheel 8 normally held in engagement therewith by a spiral spring 23 and adapted to be slid to the left so as to throw the shaft 4 idle during the fast speed. The elements 14, 8 are operated simultaneously by the movement of one of a set of selecting-rods 17. The rod 17 carries a rigid arm 18 attached directly to the element 14. A lever 19 attached at its upper end to the element 8 is adapted to rock about a fixed pivot 20 and to be engaged at its lower end by the arm 18, so as to be operated thereby when the rod 17 is moved to the right. The arm 18 can be moved to the left independently of the lever 19. The ends of the shaft 4 are provided with ball bearings 30. The rod 17 is locked by a spring- pressed ball 24, Fig. 2. Specification No. 13,029, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190708541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Grinding Balls.
Inventor: HILLMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 8541. Hillman, W. April 12. Surfacing and polishing. - In machines for grinding balls, of the class in which the balls are treated between a fixed grooved iron disk or plate and a similarly grooved rotating grinding-disk, shunting-grooves are provided, connecting adjacent grooves in the fixed disk, to shift the balls automatically and regularly, during the grinding process from one pair of grooves to the next, and finally from the outermost pair back to the innermost pair. The grooves a<1> in the fixed iron disk a, Fig. 2, are interrupted for a short distance and shunting-grooves e, connecting adjacent grooves, are formed in the disk. Holes f, g, Fig. 3, are bored in the disk, at one end of the innermost groove and the opposite end of the outermost groove respectively, and are connected by an inclined tube h, which is provided with an opening h' through which the balls may be introduced. A plate i is provided to strip the balls from the disk and to guide them into the shunting-grooves e, which are recessed sufficiently to let the ball be out of contact with the face of the grinding-disk as it passes along them, and a plate j' is provided to cover this part of the grooves.
Patent GB-190714783-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Mirror Attachment or Device for Facilitating Observation from Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: OLDFIELD JOHN
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 14,783. Oldfield, J. June 27. Carriage lamps.-An observation mirror, preferably convex, is attached to the side lamp of a motor car. The mirror C is connected to the lamp by a ball-and socket joint which can be clamped in any position by the thumb-nut a<5>. The mirror can be folded out of the way against the back a' of the lamp and be secured there by the screw B, with the reflecting surface still to the rear.
Patent GB-190716662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastically Articulated Shaft and Journalling Devices for Fast Rotating Bodies
Inventor: BOEK NILS SVENSSON
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 16,662. B÷k, N. S. July 23, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Supporting or mounting bearings.-A bearing and a vertical or other shaft that is subject to oscillations have fixed rocking centres in the frame and in the rotating body respectively. The bearing 11, Fig. 1, is seated in a spherical part 23 of a frame 15, and carries a pin 19 upon which a pin 18 on the end of the shaft 10 rests. A flange 13 on the bearing is supported both above and below by springs 14, 17, adjusted by a nut 16 so as to vary the portion of the load taken by the spherical surface and by the spring 17. A tubeshaped rotating body 2 is mounted on a rocking bearing 5 on the shaft 10, its oscillations being controlled by a spring 7 engaging a flange 6 and an adjustable nut 8. A second spring may be arranged to take some of the load off the bearing 5. Circular spring plates may be substituted for the spiral springs 7, 14, 17, and the flanges 6, 13 may be formed as springs. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which cylindrical rocking surfaces are used. The bearing 11 is formed with pins 20 journaled in a ring 21, which is provided with recesses rocking on fixed pins 22. Conical pins or edges may be used instead of the pins 20, 22, and the pans for the edges may consist of thin elastic plates secured to blocks.
Patent GB-190718082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carbon-electrodes
Inventor: SZEK JOSEPH THEODOR
Filed: 1907-08-09
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 18,082. Szek, J. T. Aug. 9. Primary batteries.-A carbon electrode is corrugated longitudinally, and the corrugations are connected by a groove at the bottom so as to form a continuous ventilating-channel all round the electrode. A hole C may be formed in the electrode to connect the grooves on opposite sides. The depolarizing-mixture is packed around the carbon, preferably after a glass rod or tube has been inserted in one or more of the grooves, the glass rod or tube being afterwards withdrawn to leave free channels A for access of air. Suitable gaseous, solid, or liquid oxidizing-agents may also be employed.
Patent GB-190718904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Pumps for Cycles.
Inventor: MOELLER RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 18,904. Moller, R. Aug. 22. Frames.-For inflating cycle tyres, a hollow frame bar forms a pump barrel in which reciprocates a tubular piston 4 open at one end and provided at the other with a cup-leather 10 and a non-return valve. The tube is reciprocated by means of a projection 5 extending through a slot in the barrel, and air which enters the chamber 3 past the valve during the out-stroke is delivered during the in-stroke through an outlet 8 and flexible tube to the tyre. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 18,276, A.D. 1892, and No. 7604, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190720865-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Three Floor Kiln for Drying Malt and the like
Inventor: TOPF LUDWIG
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 20,865. Topf, L. Oct. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drying-kilns.-In a three-floor malt or like kiln in which hot air is supplied to the middle and top floors from a chamber arranged between the bottom and middle floors, this chamber is divided up into a number of compartments d', d<2>, &c. each of which is supplied with air direct through one or more of the channels c in the walls. Even distribution of air from the chamber is thus attained.
Patent GB-190722065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Press for Stamping Raised Characters on Printing Plates
Inventor: PAUTZE HERMAN
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 22,065. Pautze, H. Oct. 7. Embossing.-In a machine for embossing raised characters on printing-plates, to be used in addressprinting machines &c., the plate is impressed between an intaglio type and a stamp having a flat surface equal in size to the type. The plate 10, Fig. 1, is held in grooves 11 in a support 9 which is movable laterally upon a table 8, this being movable upon a guiding-plate 7, through which passes a stamp 5. The stamp carries a changeable die 13 having a smooth flat rectangular extremity which co-operates with a series of types incised in a slidable bar 14. The types are positioned by means of a spring bolt 17 which snaps into notches in the bar. The arrangement may be such that upward movement of the stamp 5 by the handle 3 causes the stamp 13 to shut against the plate 10, which, with the table 8, then moves upwards with the stamp 5. Letter spacing is accomplished by a finger 20, which is adjustably connected as shown with the handle 3 and engages the back edge of the last raised character on the plate. Indentations 25 on the table 8 co-operate with a spring bolt 26 when the table is moved for line-spacing. Horns 27 are arranged upon the stamp 3 in order to prevent the plate 10 from being bent during the impression. Fig. 5 shows a modification in which the arrangement of the parts 5, 14 is inverted while the plate 10 is secured by a plate 29 and is prevented from bending during the impression by a ring 38. The letter-spacing finger 20 is controlled by a spring 36 and a stop-lever 35, engagment of the latter with an adjustable plate 37 serving to determine the feed. In both forms of apparatus the types may be incised in a ring or circular segment. Several types and stamps may be arranged for impressing whole words and lines with one impression. The flat stamp may have a cross-section other than rectangular and its surface need not be smooth.
Patent GB-190726435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Ignition Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOSCH ROBERT
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 26.435. Bosch, R., [trading as Bosch, R. (Firm of)]. Feb. 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, 19011. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The action of electro-magnetic sparking-plugs b<1>, b<2> is rendered more certain by arranging an interrupter d in parallel with the plugs, a distributor e being employed to connect up the plugs in proper rotation. A self-induction coil c is arranged in circuit with the battery a. The adjustment is such that there is a temporary short-circuit through d when one of the plugs is switched into circuit by the distributor e, and the interruption at d takes place before the break of the circuit to the plug. This causes an extra current impulse to pass through the particular plug lead then in circuit. A handswitch may be fitted in parallel with the interrupter d to facilitate starting.
Patent GB-190727637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Graining Machines.
Inventor: MARKS BENNETT DAVID
Filed: 1907-12-14
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 27,637. Marks, B. D. Dec. 14. Rotary machines; inking-apparatus; tripping- devices.-A transfer printing or graining machine has special facilities for adjusting or changing the various parts. The revolving parts are all positively driven through bevel-gearing and splined shafts, so as to allow for adjustment of the relative positions. The graining-roller 4 and printing or transfer roller 5 are removably mounted in bearings 6, 7, respectively, and the bearings 6 are adjustable on the slides 12 by moving the lever 22, to adjust the pressure between the rollers 4, 5. Similarly, the bearings 10, 11 for the inking-roller 8, and the cleaning-brush 9, for applying benzene or other cleaning-fluid to the printing-roller 5 to prevent blurring of the impressions, are slidably mounted, and controlled by levers 31. The brush 9 is given a transverse movement as well as the rotary movement by cams on the ends of the brush sleeve. The doctor-blade 34, for regulating the amount of ink on the graining-roller, and the wiper-blade 49 for removing any cleaning-fluid from the roller 5, are both mounted on shafts 37, geared to shafts 46, carrying adjusting-levers 45. All the adjusting- levers 22, 31, 45 have means for holding them in the adjusted position comprising catches, which engage with fixed sectors notched on the underside, and are operated through thumb - pushes 57 in the handles. All the adjustments may be made from the feeding side of the machine. The pressure between the printing-cylinder 5 and the impression cylinder 78 is regulated through screws 100 and springs 106.
Patent GB-190728598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Cooking-apparatus.
Inventor: PENKVITT ELISABETH
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-12-30
Abstract: 28,598. Penkvitt, E., and Rosenberg, M. Dec. 30. Tripod and like stands.-A portable cooking-device for roasting meat comprises a tripod frame a, which carries a grate d, and is provided with legs b hinged at c. A ring g secured to the flanged parts supports the detachable pan f. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 545, A.D. 1886, [Abridgment Class Stoves &c.].]
Patent GB-190801579-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cycle Lock
Inventor: GUYON GARDINER FREDERIC
Filed: 1908-01-23
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 1579. Guyon, G. F. Jan. 23. Locking-apparatus to prevent theft.-A cycle lock, consisting of a case a, fitted with a pivoted arm or lever b extending through a slot in the case, is clamped to either fork of the bicycle. The lever is formed with a circular boss b<1> having two notches b<2>, b<3> at right-angles to each other. A spring catch f pivoted to the case at f<1> is provided with a tongue f<2> for engaging with one or other of the notches, so as to lock the arm or lever b in its vertical or horizontal position. The catch is unlocked by a key h. The arm b carries a strip or plate a<2> serving as a guard or cover to the slot a'. In its horizontal position, the arm lies between the spokes of the wheel, thus preventing the wheel from rotating. A modified form of the spring g for acting on the catch f is described.
Patent GB-190802262-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Exhaust Silencer for Motor-cycle and other Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: BUTCHER THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 2262. Butcher, T. Feb. 1. Exhaust-silencers for motor-cycle and other internal-combustion engines comprise a series of perforated hollow cones alternating with similar inverted truncated cones, the whole structure being mounted in a cylindrical chamber. The walls of the whole cones A, C, &c. are perforated near the bases, while the walls of the truncated cones B, G, &c. are perforated at their least diameter. A spindle D with screwed ends secures the cones in position. The truncated cones fit into a cylinder H provided with end plates E, I, secured in position by rods K passing through perforations in the truncated cones. The exhaust pipe is attached to a hole J in the plate I, and the gases, after passing through the cones, escape through the perforated plate E.
Patent GB-190808628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Aeroplanes and Flying Machines.
Inventor: DEMOULIN ARNOLD
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 8628. Demoulin, A. April 18. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling; steering; shock of landing, deadening.-In an aerial machine provided with screws for lifting and propelling, both the horizontal and vertical screws are arranged on concentric shafts, the vertical shafts being provided with means for turning the machine for steering, and the horizontal shafts with means for declutching either or both shafts from the motor. The machine comprises a frame A, B provided with bearings for the shafts D, F, on which propellers E, G are mounted and which are rotated in opposite directions by electric motors C, C' through bevel-wheels. The horizontal propellers T, T' are mounted on shafts W, X respectively, on which are mounted friction wheels q<1>, q engaging with disks p<1>, p respectively. These disks are driven in opposite directions from the pulleys y, y' on the motor shafts by pulleys z, z<1>, and are pressed into contact with the wheels q, q<1> by springs r, r<1>. The disks p, p<1> are hollow at the central part, and the wheels q, q<1> are moved by levers v, v<1> and hand-levers s, s' to vary the speed of rotation of the propellers T, T', or to stop the propellers by placing the wheels in the hollow part of the disks. The propellers are provided with a freewheel clutch in the hub so as to be able to continue rotating after the motors are stopped, to avoid strain on the gearing. A disk M carried by a lever L, pivoted to the frame A, can be moved by a hand-wheel V into contact with a disk N on the shaft D, which carries the disk M around with it and so turns the machine for steering. Similar disks R, S are provided for turning the machine in the opposite direction. Spring shoes r<11> are provided to deaden the shock of landing.
Patent GB-190814669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pivoting Hubs for Steering Wheels on Motor and other Vehicles.
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-07-12
Abstract: 14,669. Selbach, O. C., and Etablissements Selbach. July 10. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to pivoted hubs for motor and other vehicles of the kind in which the swivelling axis lies in a vertical plane with the point of contact of the wheel and the road. The fixed axle a is provided at each end with a vertical pivot b, on which a boss c formed as a drum with two different diameters is pivoted. The wheel hub k is of similar shape to the boss c, and is mounted thereon on ball bearings m, n. Thrust bearings r, s are formed on the boss c for taking the side thrust of the wheel. Projections h, j are provided on the boss c, by which the wheel can be connected to the steering-gear. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 19,774, A.D. 1907.]