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Patent GB-190706420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Quadruple Expansion Steam Engines.
Inventor: KRAFT JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-16
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 6420. Kraft, J. March 16. Compound &c. engines.-A quadruple expansion engine for use in propelling ships with side paddlewheels is arranged to work either as a single engine or as two independent compound engines. A receiver B is placed between cylinders II, III, and is connected to the main steam-pipe by a branch having a reducing-valve C, and to the condenser by a pipe having a loaded escape valve D.. When the cylinders I, II are used alone, they exhaust into the receiver B. When the cylinders III, IV are used alone, they take steam from the receiver B which is supplied by the reducing-valve C. The shafts may be connected by a clutch A to drive the vessel ahead, but for manoeuvring purposes the clutch is disengaged and the two wheels worked as required by the independent engines, which have separate stop valves and reversing-gear.
Patent GB-190712172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrically Actuated Fire-alarms.
Inventor: TATLOCK JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 12,172. Tatlock, J., and Horne, A. G. May 27. Alarms, fire.-In electric fire-alarms operated by the expansion of a metal-strip, as described in Specification No. 22,733, A.D. 1906, means are provided for testing the working efficiency, consisting of an L-shaped lever A with a knife-edge pivot U and a weight H keeping the strip normally in tension. To test the apparatus, the chain I is pulled, which raises the weight and lever to the dotted line position, relieves the tension of the strip, and closes the electric circuit.
Patent GB-190712628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes, Hat and like Pegs and in the Means for Attaching them in their Required Position
Inventor: FENWICK ALFRED
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,628. Fenwick, A. May 31. Hooks.-A clothes or hat hook a, Fig. 1, is formed with a base-plate b, which is provided with a rigid or integral screw c for attachment to a door d or elsewhere. In a removable hook, shown in side elevation in Fig. 2, rear elevation in Fig. 3, and plan in Fig. 4, the base-plate f of the hook e is provided on the back with a dovetailed groove g, which enables the base-plate to slide on to a correspondingly - dovetailed T-shaped support i having an integral securing-screw j. The groove g is widened at the lower end in order to accommodate the arms l of the support i, these arms acting as a stop. For the T-shaped support i, a tapered support may be substituted, the groove g being correspondingly modified.
Patent GB-190716314-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ceiling and Device for Suspending same from Over Head Beams and the like.
Inventor: ERATH JEAN
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 16,314. Erath, J. July 16. Ceilings, suspended. In one form, shown in Fig. 6, rods or tensioned wires d are secured transversely to the floor beams, and interwoven rods b are suspended therefrom by galvanized wires l<1> and clips which are applied by means of a special handtool. In the form shown in Fig. 8, laths c are used instead of interwoven rods. In another modification, the laths a, Fig. 10, are notched to engage sheet-iron T-shaped supports g<1> clipped to the bars d, and the joint is covered by linen k<1> dipped in plaster. When applied to ferro-concrete floors, the rods d are suspended by clips which are passed over the floor-reinforcing bars while the floor is being made and have their open ends downwards.
Patent GB-190720371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Head Lights, Signal Lamps and the like
Inventor: TYLER STANHOPE FRANKLIN
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 20,371. Tyler, S. F., Stewart, W. L., and Miller, I. H. Sept. 12. Signal lamps; carriage lamps.-Relates to lamps for motor-cars, signal lamps, &c. of the type that are fitted with a louver shutter formed of a number of pivoted parallel laths, which are normally held by springs in positions to allow lights to pass through, but which may be operated so as to reduce the light when passing through crowded traffic &c., or for signalling. According to the present invention, the laths are hinged to a frame secured inside the lamp near the front glass. In the form shown, a number of, preferably, parallel aluminium &c. laths B are pivoted to a ring C, which is detachably connected near the glass door of the lamp by means of grooved projections H and a screw K, which passes through the lamp and engages a grooved projection L on the ring C. The laths B are formed with curled-up ends D which receive pivoting screws E passed through bosses on the ring C. The laths are normally held open by a spring Q which acts on a bar N ; they are moved into their closed position by the bar N, which is hinged to flaps 0 on the laths and is actuated by a Bowden wire or the like from the car. The laths B when closed only allow a small quantity of light to be emitted through cut-away parts M. The screen is especially applicable to lamps in which parallel rays leave the cylinder, but, when divergent rays are used, the laths B may be set to present a minimum obstruction. According to the Provisional Specification, the ring C may be hinged to the cylinder and secured by a catch.
Patent GB-190722389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stitch Cam Adjustments for Circular Knitting Machines.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 22,389. Mackenzie, J. W., [Wildman Manufacturing Co.]. Oct. 10. Circular knitting - machines.-A combined stitch cam adjusting and locking device comprise a cylindrical block 7 provided with a saw cut 11 to enable it to be turned by a screwdriver, and with a vertical groove 8 in which is mounted a vertical screw 4 attached to the stitch cam 1 and adapted to lock the parts after adjustment.
Patent GB-190723260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garbage Receptacle Containers.
Inventor: STEPHENSON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 23,260. Stephenson, C. H. Oct. 22. Dust bins.-Relates to containers for refuse receptacles. A sheetiron cylinder 12 is fitted with end pieces 13, 14 united externally by rods 16. To the upper pieces 13 is hinged a cover 21, and to this is oppositely hinged a lid 27 having side wings 38 to guide refuse into the bin below. A foot-lever 39, Fig. 8, by which the lid may be kept raised, is pivoted at 40 to the cover. Either the cover 21 or the lid 27 may be opened by means of a rod inserted in a socket 42 and inclined to one side or the other. The cover is formed with a shoot 26. The hinges comprise ears or webs formed on the lid and cover and container united by pins, and arranged so that the lid and cover are flush with each other and with the surface of the ground and so that the cover can be easily opened in frosty weather. The motion of the lid may be limited by a chain connected thereto passing through a hole in the piece 13 and carrying a weighted stop at its lower end. The lid may be circular or arcuate at the front with straight sides as in the form shown. In a modification the cylinder 12 is done away with and the lower parts of the rod 16 are offset inwardly to form centering-guides for the bin. Closure of the lid may be cushioned by means of a dash-pot or an india-rubber band attached to the lid. A fastening for the cover is shown in Fig. 13. A latch 44 is pivoted to the cover and normally engages a shoulder 43 on the part 13. When a key 47 is inserted in the bole 48, it engages a spur 46 on the latch and withdraws the latter. To prevent the key from being withdrawn unless the cover is closed, a pivoted catch 480 engages, when the cover is open, a notch 50 in the key, but is withdrawn, when the cover is closed, by engagement with the shoulder 52.
Patent GB-190725345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Permanent Way of Tramways and Railways.
Inventor: WINTERBURN GEORGE
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 25,345. Winterburn, G. Nov. 15. Sleepers; chairs; rails. -Relates to railway and tramway permanent-way constructions of the kind described in Specification No. 6046, A.D. 1905, and consists in forming the chairs integral with supporting-pedestals and in connecting the pedestals together by longitudinal distance-pieces or sleepers. The chair jaws A, A' are made in one with a rectangular pedestal B which has undercut projections B' formed on its sides. The pedestals are connected by longitudinal distance-pieces F having sloping sides and undercut recesses in their ends corresponding to those of the projections B'. On railways, transverse sleepers G are also used. If it is desired to use the pieces F as longitudinal sleepers, wood or other material is inserted between the rail base and the top of the pieces. The guard portion D of the rails may be secured in the chair by a bolt A<2>. The pedestals are preferably hollowed out as shown at H to accommodate electric cables or the like.
Patent GB-190727917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mud-guard Attachments for Velocipedes and the like.
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 27,917. Pugh, J. V., Nelson, W. H., and Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd. Dec 18. Guards, mud. - The free ends of the mudguard stay are provided with clips w h i c h are brought into engagement with the velocipede frame by moving the stay through a considerable angle. The free ends of the stay a are bent at right-angles and clips c, formed out of sheet metal, are threaded on the ends b and secured by bending portions d of the clip around the main leg of the stay. In order to put the stay in position, the bent portions bare inserted in holes in the velocipede frame, and the stay is rotated about the bent portions so as to bring the clips into engagement with the frame member. At the same time, the other end of the stay, which is bent so as to suit the configuration of the mud guard, enters into engagement with crooked portions g of a clip e attached to the underside of the mud guard. For use with ladies' machines, a wire fitting w is provided, which is bent to a crescent form, and has at one end a crook t that enters the lower part of the clip c, the other end v being hooked so as to engage a stay. The wire fitting w provides a loop through which the lacing of the dress guard may be passed.
Patent GB-190802812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Knitting Machines.
IPC: D04B9/04
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 2812. Marks, E. C. R., [Wilcomb Machine Co.]. Feb. 7. Circular knitting- machines. - A multiplefeed bearded - needle machine is built in sections to allow of convenient access to any part, and is arranged so as to obviate the accumulation of dust and lint and prevent the fabric from being soiled by oil from the working-parts. The sinkers 2 and web-holders 3 take their bearings on the upper and lower tricked sides respectively of a ring 8 against which the beards are held by a presser wheel 6. The upper edge of the cylinder is tricked and supports the ends of the web holders. The sinkers and presser ring are undercut so as to prevent oil from creeping up and soiling the work, and the sinkers are guided by a tricked cover-plate and dust-shield 13. Accumulations of lint &c. fall into the space surrounding the cylinder. The work is held down by a clearer plate 19 carried, along with the thread-guide 23, by an arm 20. An upward extension 22 restores bent needles to alinement. Winged pieces 24 on the arm 20 support the needles against the thrust of the sinkers. The presser is journaled on a block 26 mounted on the screwed part of a rod 27 supported in a bracket 17, and is held up to the needles by a spring. The block 26 can be slid along the bracket 17 for adjusting or removing the presser from action, by turning or retracting the rod 27. The swinging sinker-cams 4 are separately adjustable by means of bolts 32 screwing in pivoted blocks 36, and are collectively adjustable by means of a shifting-ring 35, which brings the bolts 32 into or out of the radial line. The sectional web-holder cams are gapped at 18, Fig. 10, to permit the removal of web holders, and are recessed at 5<x> opposite the pressing point to guard against cutting or straining of the loops. The needle-jacks 48<x> slide between strips 50 which form the cylinder tricks. The cams 54 are retained by a sectional ring ; on the removal of a section, the jacks and needles below can be disconnected and separately withdrawn. The cams 54 are attached to sliding spring - pressed stems 60, Fig. 5, and are controlled by screws 58 with notched collars 59, which engage slots in the stems 60 and also springs 61. The running parts are designed to prevent tightening-up at the working temperature.
Patent GB-190803467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Producing a Uniform Circulation of the Crystallised Material or Massecuite in Boiling Pans and Vacuum Apparatus or the like
Inventor: TIEMANN FRITZ
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 3467. Tiemann, F. Aug. 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Centrifugal pumps.-A centrifugal drum b is used as a circulating-device in apparatus for boiling massecuite. The massecuite enters the drum by a hopper d and is forced out at the periphery. A rotating ring r supported by ribs e is provided around the hopper d, and may be formed with a mesh of knife-edges or piano wire extending across its lower edge. The ribs e may also be extended to the base of the drum to ensure rotation of the circulating mass. The dead space under the drum is filled with mother lye admitted by openings g, f, or with steam admitted by openings g, h. The bottom of the drum may be solid or may be recessed for the admission of mother lye, and may be plain or provided with blades. The walls of the drum are either inclined or vertical.
Patent GB-190803866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rims for Wheels.
Inventor: THOMAS DAVID CYNRIG
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 3866. Thomas, D.C. Feb. 20. Felloes or rims.-The rim comprises a fixed bonding tyre b and detachable side flanges c, d which are secured by clamps f and bolts g. The flanges are notched to receive the clamps, and the bonding tyre b is stepped, as shown, to afford a flush seat for the tyre.
Patent GB-190811974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Maintaining Close Contact and Tightness between Parts of Machines Exposed to Heat.
Filed: 1907-06-12
Granted: 1908-06-12
Abstract: 11,974. Brown, Boverie, et Cie, Akt.- Ges. June 12, 1907, [Patent of Addition to No. 13,590, A.D. 1907.] Elastic-fluid turbines.- In order to maintain the closeness or tightness of fit between machine parts connected by shrinking when exposed to heat, passages are formed in the parts so as to allow circulation of the heating- medium between parts of the apparatus at different pressures. The invention is described as applied to a steam turbine. The blade-carrying drum a is shrunk upon the spindle b, and passages f in the drum communicate with a groove g in the spindle as described in the above-mentioned Specification. The groove g communicates with a chamber k in the spindle through passages m, the chamber being closed at the end by a plate j. One or more passages o are formed through the spindle and drum, the outlets communicating with a part of the apparatus at less pressure than the part communicating with passages f. Circulation of steam through the drum and spindle is established by this difference of pressure at the inlets f and outlets o.
Patent GB-190822308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Machines.
Inventor: BARON FRANCIS EDWARD
Filed: 1909-05-21
Granted: 1910-05-23
Abstract: 22,308. Baron, F. E., Baron, M., and Tingle, F. May 21, 1909. Aerial machines with aerostats; aerostats; cars ; steering. - Aerial machines of the dirigible balloon type, as described in Specification No. 22,307, A.D. 1908, having a rigid framework through which passes a tunnel, are provided with propeller shafts in the tunnel and have a chamber in the central part of the aerostat for the mechanism and aeronauts. The propeller-shafts N are carried in the longitudinal tunnel T by bearings M, and are provided with universal joints n so that the position of the propellers may be altered to assist in steering the machine in the manner described in Specification No. 22,384, A.D. 1908, the rudders R being raised or lowered with the swivelling ends of the propeller shafts. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the propellers are operated by a motor in the car through a vertical shaft N'. To steady the machine, a gyroscope wheel may be carried beneath it, preferably on the vertical shaft N<1>, to rotate in an horizontal plane. The machine is provided with a central chamber S, placed amidships and isolated from the removable gas-containers. Various decks may be arranged, and look-out cabins S' and a conning-tower s<1> may be provided. In place of the propeller shafts N, motors may be fixed at the ends of the machine, and the conducting wires carried through the tunnel T from a dynamo in the chamber S. Chambers S' may be arranged at the ends of the machine, and additional chambers may be disposed in the length of the same. Fixed or movable aeroplanes may be attached at the ends or sides of the machine. The tunnel may be concentric with, or eccentric to, the outer frame, or at an inclination to the longitudinal axis of the machine.
Patent GB-190827063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Brakes for Railway Wagons.
Inventor: BODEN ALFRED
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 27,063. Boden, A. Dec. 14. Brakes.-In an either-side wagon brake, both the hand-levers are thrown simultaneously off their rests at diagonally opposite corners of the wagon by a horizontal swivelling out of parallelism of the two brake shafts. When one of the levers K is raised, the inner ends of the two geared brake shafts D are forced apart by abutting arms g<2>, g<3>, the bearings being slotted. The shafts thus drag the hand-levers off their rests. The brakes are locked on by a catch N, Fig. 4, which is slotted to fall away from the rack when the tension on the lever is relaxed ; or the lever may be locked by a loose pin put under a tooth of the rack and resting in a notch on the lever. When the lever is raised to release the brake, it is forced sideways on to its rest by a tumbler catch M, Figs. 4 and 7.
Patent GB-190905529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Securing the Shafts, Shanks or Handles of Tools and Implements such as Hammers, Axes, Adzes, Pickaxes, Mauls, Mallets, Shovels, and the like.
Inventor: SUTHERLAND WILLIAM
IPC: B25G3/02
Filed: 1909-03-08
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 5529. Sutherland, W., Sparrow, W., and Storey, J. J. March 8. Toothed holding - devices for socket and tang fixings.-A studded flexible metal strip A is driven into the handle used for securing axes, adzes, mauls, mallets, pickaxes, shovels, and the like. The strip is bent over the tool when in place and secures it.
Patent GB-190910305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pictures Figures Models and the like Advertising Devices.
Inventor: BRETT FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: G09F21/04
Filed: 1909-04-30
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 10,305. Brett, F. W. April 30. Moving and changing apparatus.-Pictures, models, lettering, and the like for advertising purposes are as a whole, or as regards certain parts, arranged to oscillate with the movement of a supporting vehicle, &c. by being supported upon resilient pieces. A head, Fig. 2, is suspended loosely by a flexible or spring-sheathed pin a. The moving part has its momentum increased by the provision of weights d, d', and it is reacted upon by springs c, c<1> when it impinges upon either of them. The oscillation is controlled by stops e, e<1>. A complex movement is given to an advertising plate J, Fig. 4, by its being placed loosely upon an L-shaped pin, hinged at L<1> and provided with flat springs M; M<1>, parallel to its horizontal arm, and with a spiral spring K along its vertical arm. Thus, the plate J slides backwards and forwards upon a support, which rises and falls under the action of the springs. The devices as a whole may be attached to a case or frame, provided with holes of key-hole or other suitable shape, and suspended by flexible supports, such as a cord or wire f, f<1> provided with springs, hollow-cored rubber balls i, or spiral springs h, from a screw or the like attached to a moving vehicle &c. Specification 5362/87 is referred to.
Patent GB-190912411-A (GB)
Title: An Expander or Stretching Machine for Cotton, Woollen, and similar Cloths.
Inventor: DURRANT GEORGE
IPC: D06F65/02
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 12,411. Durrant, G. May 26, Stretching.-Relates to the type of stretching- machine that has two diverging disks carrying cam-operated devices for clamping and gripping the edges of the material, and consists in a combination of an improved clip with means for mounting and adjusting the disks. The disks n are mounted on frames c connected by a plain shaft a and a shaft b having right and left handed screw-threads. The disks are mounted on studs m carried in brackets f adjustable on the shaft e by means of the wheel g, a screw h, and a nut i engaging a projection j of the bracket. Their peripheries may be provided with sheaths o of rubber or other suitable material, and at intervals on the disks are pivoted gripping-arms q having gripping- surfaces r conforming to the shape of the periphery. The arms are provided with rollers s which are operated to grip and release the cloth by a cam t mounted on the bracket j. The disks may be driven positively or frictionally, by the fabric. Alternatively, they may be both mounted on a telescopic shaft w provided with spherical bearings x, the boss acting in conjunction with a screwed cap y to form a bearing round the sphere; sufficient clearance is allowed at the holes z to enable the disks to be adjusted. The boss may be provided with driving-pins a<1> engaging in recesses b<1>.
Patent GB-190914147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bogies for Rolling Stock.
Inventor: SHEFFIELD GEORGE HARRISON
IPC: B61F5/06
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 14,147. Sheffield, G. H., and Twinberrow, J. D. June 16. Axle-trucks and bogies and underframing of bodies; springs, arrangement of.-Relates to bogies in which the load is carried by coiled springs arranged on either side of the central pivot as described in Specification 26,594/02. According to one modification, the coiled springs a, provided with bearing-surfaces f for the body transoms e, are arranged between the bogie transoms c, their boxes b being either secured to the transoms c, Fig. 1, or to a beam p, Fig. 4, supported by links q from springs r suspended from the bogie side frames. In another modification, Fig. 10, the springs a rest on bearing-plates f secured to a bolster 2 mounted on springs 3 carried by the transoms c or by a spring-supported plank such as p, Fig. 4. Transverse play of the bolster 2 is allowed by permitting the springs 3 to rock slightly in their seats or the buckles of the springs may bear upon rounded surfaces to facilitate this movement. To permit increased lateral movement between the body and the bogie on curves, the centre pin g, Fig. 4, may engage a block w adapted to slide in a guide plate x under the control of springs y. Lubrication ducts o for the bearings f. Figs. 1 and 4, are provided, these bearings, as shown in Fig. 4, being formed as receptacles for lubricant. The body transom may be formed of a single beam c, Fig. 2, of H-section riveted to top and bottom plates i. Diagonal members n to take buffing shocks may be secured to the transoms. The bogie side frame shown in Fig. 4 is provided with an upper outwardly-turned flange u and a lower inwardly-turned flange v, but, when the axle-box springs are outside, the frames of both flanges turn inwards.