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Patent GB-190701939-A (GB)
Title: Testing Apparatus for use when Fixing the Sights to Small-arms
Inventor: STROHBACH OTTO
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 1939. Strohbach, 0., and Nemeth, A. Jan. 25. Machine-rests for.-In testing-apparatus for use when fixing the sights of small-arms, means are provided for absorbing the vertical component of the recoil by mounting the plate p, which carries the clamp v for the rifle stock, on a pivot z about which the rifle turns during recoil, the muzzle being supported by an adjustable fork u. The carriage m recoils against the tension springs 3, the stock at the end of the return motion being taken up by compression springs 4 at the front of the carriage m, which is mounted on a slide-way b pivoted about a vertical bolt 2 to allow of lateral adjustment by means of a rack c, pinion d, and hand-wheel g.
Patent GB-190705074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Delivery of Milk and other Liquids, Packages, Letters, and such like to the Interior of Houses.
Inventor: LUBOSHEY ELEA
Filed: 1907-03-02
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 5074. Luboshey, E., and Wann, C. E. H. March 2. Letter-boxes and like receiving - devices.- Relates to an apparatus for facilitating the delivery of milk, packages, letters, &c. to houses. On the interior of the house door A is fitted a casing a provided with a flap f, hinged at hand provided with side wings g and working in an aperture in the door, the arrangement being such that when the flap is in the open position, shown by dotted lines, a milk can &c. may be passed through the opening and suspended from the hooks j by its handle k. When the flap f is closed, the handle k falls into the position shown by the full lines, its removal being prevented by the projecting part i, which forms a locking-device. A projection n on the side wing g rings a bell when the flap is pulled outwards, or an electric-alarm arrangement may be employed. A device consisting of a sliding-bolt r and slot p, may be used to limit the motion of the flap, to allow the delivery of letters only, or to lock the flap in the closed position. In a modification, a flap hinged at the top is employed, the shape of the casing and of the receiving-hooks j being modified.
Patent GB-190706998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering and Trimming Coal, Grain, or other Substances in Holds of Ships.
Inventor: CLARKE PEETE BASIL
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 6998. Clarke, P. B. March 23. Loading and unloading; shoots.-An automatic shoot d for trimming coal and similar materials in the holds of ships is suspended in a casing by springs v and the piston-rod n of an air cylinder m. The shoot is fed intermittently by the hopper a the doors of which are controlled through links by the weighted piston-rod. When the shoot is in its top position, the air cylinder is open to exhaust, and the hopper doors are open allowing the coal to fall into the shoot. The coal strikes the lower bent portion of the shoot and causes it to descend, thus pulling down the piston-rod and closing the hopper doors so that the hopper commences to fill again. When the pin g on the shoot reaches the bottom of the L-shaped slot h in the casing, the spring k is enabled to pull the lower end of the shoot suddenly to one side and discharge its contents in a nearly horizontal direction. The weight of the shoot brings it back to the vertical position, the buffer w preventing shock. The air valve having been opened near the end of the downward stroke by the collar r attached to the shoot, air is admitted to the cylinder, and the sboot is drawn upwards by the piston-rod. As the shoot reaches its topmost position, the air valve is closed and the hopper doors opened again, thus completing the cycle of operations.
Patent GB-190708516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Front Axles of Automobiles.
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 8516. Argyll Motors, Ltd., and Govan, D., and Govan, E., [executors of Govan, A.]. April 12. Motor road vehicles.-Front axles for automobiles of the kind made from sheet steel pressed to channel or other section have, as shown in plan in Fig. 2, (1) the flanges at the ends of the axle A cut off and the web turned round a short tube F and welded with the latter into a solid knuckle to form the swivel joint, and (2) the axle made broader at the points B where the springs supporting the chassis are bolted, distance - pieces being fitted between the upper and lower flanges at these parts in order to stiffen the axle.
Patent GB-190709844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Egg Openers.
Inventor: FLEISCHMANN FERDINAND
Filed: 1907-04-27
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 9844. Fleischmann, F. April 27. Egg-openers.- An egg-opener comprises four levers connected in pairs and enclosed in a suitable casing. On the base a are pivoted two scissors - like toothed levers e, d at f and two other toothed levers h, i at k, the lever being pivoted to the lever e, and the lever h to the lever d, at the points j, so that, when the levers - e, d are pressed together, thus drawing the teeth towards the centre of the circular aperture in the base a, the teeth of the levers i, h receive a similar displacement. A spring m pressing on projections n of the levers i, h restores the levers to their original position. The levers e, d pass through slots c between the base a and the cover (not shown), and a projection p on the rim of the base limits the inward movement of the levers e, d. A stud q may be attached to the casing so as to raise the handles g above the surface on which the appliance rests when not in use.
Patent GB-190710874-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Support for Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: WASMUTH AUGUST
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 10,874. Wasmuth, A. May 9. Incandescent gas lamps. -A tubular mantle support is formed of aluminium - plated sheet metal, and is split at its lower end and forked at its upper end.
Patent GB-190713182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Painting Implements.
Inventor: TUTTLE FRANKLIN
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 13,182. Tuttle, F. June 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Stumps.-A painting-tool is composed of fibrous material formed into an absorbent mass which may be mounted on a handle. In one form, the fibrous material is obtained by stripping thin layers thicker at the centre than at the edges from strips cut from a sheet of absorbent cotton ; these are then wound on a pointed round stick to form a somewhat oval shape. The mass is held together by dipping it into a mixture of drying-oils and turpentine or soft varnish, or in the vehicle used in the particular process of painting diluted by the addition of turpentine, alcohol, or other suitable solvent, and allowing it to dry. Materials having textures varying from that of silk and fur to that of wool and flax fibre may be used instead of absorbent cotton.
Patent GB-190713837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Signalling Apparatus.
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 13,837. Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges. June 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Order apparatus. -In an electric signalling-apparatus of the type in which an indicating-device repeats the movements of a transmitting-device, the polarized bipolar armature B of the indicating- device has one pole c of the same width as a field pole e, and the other pole a wide enough to span two field poles. The smaller pole c is provided with horns b, d so as to reduce the air-gap in the direction of adjacent field poles when the armature assumes a position between two field poles. The windings of the field structure A are arranged in a three-phase circuit in pairs as shown, and are connected in star ; the currents are controlled by any suitable transmitter. The armature B in this case is capable of assuming twelve definite positions.
Patent GB-190714528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Drying Materials.
Inventor: VOLLAND ALBRECHT
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 14,528. Volland, A. June 24. Drying-apparatus.-The heat introduced to the material to be dried causes the formation of steam, which is continuously circulated through a superheater and back to the drying-chamber. The material is fed into a fixed drum b by a conveyer h, and is agitated by means of beaters e mounted on a shaft f. A sieve z is provided to prevent dust &c. from being drawn into the drying-chamber. The drying is started by circulating hot air from the heater a by means of a fan c. Steam is produced, and continues the operation. The pressure obtained may be utilized for driving low-pressure turbines &c., or the excess steam may be used for heating and drying, for example in a chamber v. The process may be carried through with hot air, in which case a flap valve i in the pipe o is turned through an angle of ninety degrees, opening ports k, l. Fresh air is sucked in at l, and after passing through the heater a and the drum b escapes at k. The material is discharged from the right-hand end of the drum b so that its movement is opposite to the direction of circulation of the gases.
Patent GB-190715846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Electrical Distribution
Inventor: FENNELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-08-10
Abstract: 15,846. Fennell, W., and Perry, W. P. July 10. Distributing. -The drop in voltage on the neutral wires of multiple-wire systems is compensated for by placing balancer - driven boosters upon the neutral or feeder wires of the system. Three-wire systems are shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a booster b driven by a balancer a is placed in the neutral wire 3 of the system, while in a modification serieswound boosters are placed on the, wires 1, 2, 3 of the syetem. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the boosters b<1>, b<2> have two field windings c<1>, c<3> and c<2>, c<4>, while in a further modification the boosters b<1>, b<2> each have one winding placed in the neutral wire 3. The balancer machine driving the boosters prevents inequalities in the load from reaching the generator plant.
Patent GB-190723697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FULTON ADAM
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 23,697. Fulton, A., and Futers, B. Oct. 26. Gas or explosive - vapour engines, carburetting in. The carburettor comprises a chamber A, in which the liquid - fuel level is maintained constant by a float, and with the outlet C either at the top as shown in Fig. 1, or at the side as in Fig. 3. A hollow casing G, attached to the bottom of the chamber and passing above the liquid fuel level, forms the air inlet, an injector H connected either to the engine cylinder or to a pump forcing air into the chamber. The fuel is led to the orifice of the casing by a pipe J integral with or attached to the casing. The chamber may be divided by a partition A<1>, in which case a pipe K drains back to the float chamber any oil that may collect on the partition. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the supplementary air inlet D is controlled by a hit-and-miss disk ; in that shown in Fig. 3 it is controlled by a threeposted casing E which also governs the outlet C ; the third port permits the carburettor to work with the supplementary air inlet closed. The carburettor may be used with the injector inoperative. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that above the injector there may be a funnelshaped casing, adjustable or not, for collecting and draining the surplus fuel back to the bottom of the mixing-chamber.
Patent GB-190723916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Single-phase Alternating Current Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: LATOUR MARIUS CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-10-30
Abstract: 23,916. Latour, M. C. A. Oct. 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, alternating-current; field magnets, special means for separately exciting.-A true shunt or constant-speed characteristic is imparted to an alternating-current commutator machine by supplying its field or exciting winding with shunt and series excitations, both dephased from the armature current. Fig. 1 represents a motor having a shortcircnited armature A. an inducing-winding C, and an exciting-winding B fed from two phase-converters D. E. The converter D supplies the winding B with a shunt voltage dephased approximately ninety degrees from the voltage impressed upon the winding C. The converter E has its primary winding e connected in series with the inducing- winding C, and supplies to the field winding a current component which is substantially in qnadrature with the armature current and which produces in the armature an electromotive force neutralizing the electromotive force of self-induction of the armature. The invention may be applied to a compensated conduction motor, the armature winding being connected in series with the winding C, which then becomes the compensating - winding. The winding B may be excited by a single phaseconverter, the primary winding of which is connected in shunt to the motor terminals and includes in its circuit the secondary winding of a transformer having its primary winding in series with the motor armature. The Specification in the original form, as published under the Act of 1901, states that the transformer referred to in the last modification is designed with an open magnetic circuit so as to give a considerable amount of leakage ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190725190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shields for the Protection of the Hands and Feet of the Drivers of Motor Vehicles, Traction Engines, Tram Cars or the like.
Inventor: NEWMAN CHARLES FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-11-13
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 25,190. Newman, C. F. Nov. 13. Seats.-Relates to an improved shield of the type described in Specifications No. 19,980, A.D. 1907, for the protection of the hands and feet of drivers of motor vehicles &c. The steering- pillar I, Fig. 3, carries a clip T, above and below which are other clips attached to an arm C which carries at its upper end a fork A, Fig. 5. Fitting on to the fork A is a framework formed of members B, D, E, F, engaging the fork by means of holes in the frame. If desired, a plate having lugs with holes in them to receive the fork A may be riveted to the frame. If the steering-pillar rotates, the clips have sufficient clearance to allow the pillar to rotate freely, and stops formed on the central clip T prevent the shield from swinging round accidentally. The shield may be held by cords, or it could be fixed to an iron rod screwed to the floor or may be fixed to the underside of the steering-wheel. A waterproof covering to protect the feet is suitably fastened round the edge of the frame, and is extended upwards to cover the top of the frame. The top of the shield has a portion D made of transparent material.
Patent GB-190801019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cycle Lamps.
Inventor: GOLDSTONE MEYER HART
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 1019. Goldstone, M. H., Ward, J. H., and Goldstone, A. Jan. 16. Velocipede lamps, electric. A primary or secondary battery A is arranged in the base of a cycle lantern. A screw H serves as a switch to connect one terminal E of the battery A to the metal case B to which the outer contact G of an incandescent lamp C is connected, the inner contact being connected through a spring S to the other terminal D of the battery A. A layer of insulating- material P is placed between the battery and the lamp and carries the contact spring S.
Patent GB-190807687-A (GB)
Title: Governable Device for Preventing Road Vehicles from Skidding.
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 7687. Industrie-Ges. Klingen & Co., and Klingen, M. April 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Slipping of wheels, preventing.-To prevent sideslip in road vehicles one or other of two eccentrically-mounted rollers carried at the lower ends of two pivoted struts is brought into contact with the road by means of an auxiliary wheel, which tilts when side - slip commences. A frame b carrying a wheel a is pivotally supported by means of pins c in pistons d<1> sliding in guides in a casing i, and is connected by rods l to two arms m provided with eccentric rollers o, so that one or other is rapidly brought into contact with the road when the wheel a tilts. The wheel a can be raised out of action by eccentrics e, Fig. 2, operated by a rocking lever pivoted outside the casing i ; these eccentrics act on the pistons d', and on pistons d separated from the pistons d' by springs k, the springs k allowing the wheel a to ride over irregularities in the road. The eccentric rollers o revolve with their axles r, which are provided with cams s, Fig. 5, adapted to engage pins t when the rollers o are in their highest and lowest positions ; a coil spring at the other end of the axle is used to return the eccentric to its upper position after side-slip.
Patent GB-190807921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives and Process of Making the same.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 7921. Boult, A. J., [La Motte, A.]. April 9. Explosives.-A solid inorganic oxidizing-agent, such as nitrate of ammonia, is mixed with one or more organic nitro-compounds which are solid at ordinary temperatures but are melted for the incorporation process ; after the mixture has hardened, a metallic sulphide such as pyrites is added. In an example, 7 parts of dinitronaphthalene and 5 parts of trinitrotoluene are mixed with 88 parts of ammonium nitrate and 2 parts of pyrites.
Patent GB-190812537-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus for Collecting Light Particles from Machines used for the Purification of Ground Cereals.
Inventor: TURNER PEIRSON
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,537. Turner, P. June 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Middlings purifiers.-Relates to the collecting trays or troughs arranged over the sieves of middling purifiers to collect the light materials carried up by the air current. The trough A is provided with upwardly-inclined ends, either formed integrally with the trough as shown at C or formed separately and attached to the trough as shown at B. This construction allows the trough to be arranged as close as desired to the sifting- surface E and below the level of the sieve sides D. The usual clearing-brush sweeps the material up the inclined end, and discharges it over the side of the sleve.
Patent GB-190814005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Gas Cut Offs.
Inventor: CAMPBELL VICTOR EMANUEL
Filed: 1908-07-01
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 14,005. Campbell, V. E. July 1. Gas cocks and valve s, automatically closing on extinguishing; incandescent lamps.- Gas burners for incandescent and ordinary lights, Bunsen burners, &c. are fitted with automatic cut-offs, which are arranged so that the thermostatic devices are subject to strain only when cool, so that the pressure exerted on the controlling- devices shall be uniform, and so that the thermostatic element may be heated by pilot burners arranged below the main burners. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a burner 14 and a pilot burner 22 are supplied with gas by a plug valve 16. Loosely mounted on the spindle of the valve 16 is a mutilated gear-wheel 28 which gears with a wheel 31 on the arbor of a ratchet-wheel 32 engaging a pawl 33 of the first of a train of wheels 27. The last wheel of this train is normally held by a spring- controlled brake-lever 45, Fig. 4, but when the gas 'is by any means extinguished, the lever 45 is moved to release the train of wheels 27 by means of the thermostatic device which consists of a tube 51 of readily expansible metal attached to a fixed block 50 and containing a depending rod 53, fixed to its upper end, of a metal not so readily expansible. The rod 53 is connected to levers which are normally clear of the lever 45, but when the burner is not lighted the greater contraction of the tube 51 causes the levers to depress the brake lever 45, and the train 27 rotates the valve to its closed position. The train of wheels is wound up by the turning-on of the gas, a pin 39 on the cock acting on a pin 40 on the wheel 28, which is connected to a spring 36 fixed also to the casing. The movement of the wheel 28 is limited by a stop 30 which engages shoulders 29 on the wheel. For incandescent lamps the auxiliary flame is preferably dispensed with, the thermostat extending into the globe so as to be heated by the main burner. Specifications No. 15,919, A.D. 1906,.and No. 8511, A.D. 1908, are referred to.
Patent GB-190817266-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hydraulic Brake for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: GOLDRING GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 17,266. Goldring, G. W. Aug. 17. Motor road vehicles.-For keeping the speed of motor and like vehicles below a predetermined limit, a brake is automatically applied when that limit is reached. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement of parts ; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section showing details of the brake-actuating mechanism. A casing J containing water or other liquid has a rotating shaft A connected to some part of the running-mechanism of the car. On the shaft A are a governor of ordinary construction and an eccentric I; the eccentric drives a reciprocating framework and operates a plunger so as to supply liquid continuously to the ram cylinder P. The cylinder P is fixed and contains a ram or piston O, which is connected by the plate N and rods M to the brake-actuating rod K. A spring P<1> is compressed by the outward motion of the piston and returns it to the position shown after use in order to release the brakes. Normally, the liquid circulates through the inlet valve V and the outlet valve F without applying the brake but when the limit of speed is reached the governor C, acting through the links D, D', E, closes the valve F and causes the piston O to move and operate the brakes. The' speed limit can be adjusted by tensioning the spring of the governor.
Patent GB-190821072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Cementing and Snipping Leather.
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 21,072. Marks, E. C. R., [Boston Machine Works Co.]. Oct. 6. Worm gearing.-In a machine for continuously snipping and cementing one or both sides of a long sheet of leather, the lower cementing-wheel encloses the slitting-knife, which reciprocates through peripheral openings in the wheel to slit the work at intervals, the wheels being intermittently arrested for this. The feeding and arresting-gear, Fig. 12, consists of a rotating boss 68 having semicircular threads 66, 67, which are respectively spiral and straight and engage a worm-wheel 65 on the shaft 64 of the cementing-wheel.
Patent GB-190826796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Connectors for Electric Cables.
Inventor: STRATTON JOHN
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 26,796. Stratton, J., and Claremont, E. A. Dec. 10. Couplings.-A cable connector consists of a tube A, tapered at the ends and split longitudinally, over which are two internally-tapered and externally-screwed shells B, which are tightened over the tube by a nut C, the outer strands D<1> of the cable D being spread outside the tube. The tube need not be split, but may be slitted, to allow it to be compressed on the cable D, and the coupling may be used to connect a stranded conductor to any terminal. Specification No. 9323, A.D. 1908, is referred to.
Patent GB-190900045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valve Gearing for Steam or other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: CHAPMAN JOHN STEVENSON
IPC: F01L29/04
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 45. Chapman, J. S. July 17, 1908. Link-motions and linkage gears.-Relates to valve - gear for steering, hoisting and like engines. The valve-rod 5 receives its motion from a quadrant 1 which is constructed as described in Specification 15,160/08, and is actuated from the main connecting-rod 8 by the linkage 2, 6, 7, 9.