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Patent GB-190725446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brake and the like Levers of Bicycles, Tricycles and the like.
Filed: 1907-11-16
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 25,446. Pugh, C. V., and Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd. Nov. 16. Brakes. - Brake and like levers for bicycles, tricycles, &c. are covered with a tube of celluloid or similar material. The tube is placed in hot water until soft and is then pushed or drawn on the shaped lever a, the excess of tubing at the small end of the lever being flattened and secured either by doubling over and tying with string or by holding in a suitable clip. At the other end, the tube may be tied in position with string or wrapped round with tape ; or a sheet-metal clip c fastened by a cotter d may clamp the end on the lever ; or, after the tube is on, the lever or its ends may be placed in a mould. The lever with the tube held in position is then placed in a stove and heated, and the celluloid &c. is finally polished.
Patent GB-190727500-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Substitute for Fuller's Earth and Process for the Production thereof.
Inventor: HILL LEWIS GEORGE
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 27,500. Hill, L. G. Dec. 13. Fullers' earth.-A substitute for fullers' earth consists of a non-absorbent argillaceous rock, such as slate rock or slate waste, which is ground and may be more finely divided by being kilned or levigated.
Patent GB-190728217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescent Gas Fires.
Inventor: DELAGE MARCEL
Filed: 1907-12-21
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 28,217. Delage, M. Dec. 21. Burners, attaching and mounting; mantle supports and accessories; burners, regulating and controlling; gas fires; gas supply, controlling. - In a gas fire, the supply tube, which carries the burners, is arranged so as to be removable for cleaning purposes without disturbance of the incandescent bodies, and is provided with controlling means whereby three different combinations of the burners may be used. The supply tube B passes through slots I in the stove sides, Figs. 1 and 4, and is held'in the operative position by hooks J operated from the exterior of the stove by buttons K. The upper ends of the burners C are then held by rings D on the plate a. The rings serve also to keep the lower ends of the mantles E in position, the mantles being supported by hooks F of refractory material, which hang in notches in a cross-bar G. The burners are brought to the position shown in Fig. 4 when it is required to clean their grids. Shapes of slot other than that shown may be employed, and the slots may be open at the bottom, rear, or front of the fire, so that the burners may be completely removed therefrom. The supply tube 1, Figs. 5 and 10, is divided into two passages 11, 14 by a partition 2, the supply cock 3 being also provided on the outlet side with a similar partition. The burner sockets 4 are brazed on the tube 1 astride the partition, and the gas openings 15, 12, 16, 13, 17 are bored alternately in the passages 14, 11. The plug of the cock 3 is provided with a passage 10 of the shape shown, which, according to the position of the handle 8, directs the gas to either or to both of the passages 11, 14. A finger 7 on the cock, which moves over an index plate 9, indicates the position of the tap for the different combinations of burners.
Patent GB-190824235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles Combined with Thermometers.
Inventor: OTTO ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 24,235. Otto, A. Nov. 11. Thermometers, fitting in bottles, Thermometers e are placed in grooves in the flat walls of bottles which are substantially semi circular in cross-section, the grooves being closed by glass plates d to ensure air-tight and liquid-tight joints.
Patent GB-190827551-A (GB)
Title: Kilns.
Inventor: SNOWDEN GEORGE ELCOATE
Filed: 1908-12-18
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 27,551. Snowden, G. E. Dec. 18. Kilns; dampers.-A veitical flue 2, connecting the top 4 of a burning-chamber with an underground flue B leading to a drying.chamber, is provided with a damper consisting of a box C having wings 6 hinged at their lower edges and provided with catches 9. A ledge 8 is formed in the wall of the flue 2 for supporting the end of the inner wing 6.
Patent GB-190900455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Lessening the Sound of Discharge of Guns.
Inventor: MAXIM HIRAM PERCY
IPC: F41A21/30
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 455. Maxim, H. P. Jan. 7. [Addition to 14,310/08.] Sound of discharge, modifying.-Relates to the gun-silencing devices described in the parent Specification and in Specification 25,269/08. According to the invention, the partitions e<2> nearer the muzzle of the barrel a are heavier, and are supported by an abutment d' on the casing d. Correct alinement of the partitions is ensured by a keyway e<3> in the partitions and a key d<3> on the casing. A spacing- ring d<2> may be used when the full complement of heavy partitions that the casing can accommodate is not required.
Patent GB-190904886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Dishes and the like.
Inventor: BRENT CHARLES
IPC: A47L15/04
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 4886. Brent, C. Feb. 27. Dishes and the like, washing.-In apparatus for washing dishes and the like, the basket 12 containing the articles is placed in a receptacle 9 which is adapted to be reciprocated longitudinally in a tank 1 by means of the handle 6. At each movement of the receptacle, the water imprisoned between its forward end and the tank is forced upwards against a deflector 1<1> which directs it into the receptacle. By means of apertures 11 in the receptacle bottom and the transverse channels 2, 3, the water thus received by the receptacle can flow to the other end of the tank, being similarly forced over into the receptacle at the reverse movement.
Patent GB-190905676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Process for Purifying Water.
Inventor: SCHULTZE CARL WILHELM
IPC: C02F1/00
Filed: 1909-03-09
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 5676. Schultze, C. W. March 9. Liquids, purifying; decanting and settling; filters with horizontal filtering partitions or layers; filters, air supply for.-For the purification of water containing lime, reagents are made up into the form of units consisting of a soluble salt to cause a gelatinous precipitate and a fine insoluble powder, which will remain in suspension while coagulation takes place and will enmesh the bacteria and suspended matters. The treated water is allowed to stand for a time and then filtered. A mixture of aluminium sulphate, kaolin, and starch, prepared in tablet form, may be used. For application, the tablet is crushed and mixed with a little water to form a cream. Talc, calcium phosphate, or insoluble earths are mentioned as equivalents for the kaolin and starch. A suitable filter is formed by placing a ball of absorbent cotton in a funnel.
Patent GB-190908680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Speed Indicators for Motor Vehicles.
IPC: G01P1/10
Filed: 1909-04-10
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 8680. Bray, E. N., and Bray, Markham, & Reiss. April 10. [Cognate Application 17,187/09.] Centrifugal speed indicators; particularspeed a l a r m s. - A pparatus applicable to motor-vehicles and adapted to give an alarm at a predetermined speed, or when tampered with, consists of a disk e connected to the hub of the wheel and carrying s p r i n gcontrolled w e i g h t e d arms a, pivoted at b and connected by links k to a loosely-mounted disk m, adjustable stops i being provided. The arms a are provided with pivoted strikers d to impinge on projections e on the interior of a gong f, which is attached by a nut t and a spring washer s to a pin n secured to the nut o of a dead axle. To prevent any tampering with the apparatus, such as the insertion of a wedge between the gong and the disk c, the shoulder r of the pin n carries a spring pawl v engaging with ratchet teeth u on the gong so that rotation of the disk produces a continuous alarm. In a modification the pin n is carried by a sleeve w forming part of the disk c, a ball bearing being interposed, the inner member x of which is secured to the pin, and the outer z to the sleeve w. To prevent the pin n from rotating, a slotted flange 3, carried by the pin, is engaged by projections 5 on the nut o. When fitted to a live axle or to the cardan shaft, the gong is prevented from rotating by a weight or a link attached to the vehicle body. To give a preliminary warning, a second series of projections may be provided on the gong or two sets of strikers may be provided.
Patent GB-190909429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Detachable Wheels chiefly useful for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: HARPER ROBERT OWEN
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 9429. Harper, R. O. April 21. Locking nuts - The nut f for securing and detaching a detachable wheel is locked by a plate g pressed by spring h and guided by pins g<2> and provided with ratchet teeth g<1>, engaging similar teeth on the end of the fixed hub. The plate g is provided with a spindle g<3> which passes through the nut for the purpose of unlocking it.
Patent GB-190910857-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Spinning Silk.
Inventor: SARACCO PIETRO
IPC: D01H1/242
Filed: 1909-05-07
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 10,857. Saracco, P. May 7. spindle apparatus.-In machines for spinning silk wherein the first spinning, doubling, and second spinning are combined in a single operation by rotating two bobbins or spools around their own axis in a direction contrary to that in which they rotate around a common axis, the casing enclosing the bobbin gear-wheels is rotated, while the central driving-wheel is fixed on a stationary shaft. Friction or toothed gearing 4, 8, Fig. 1, or bevel-wheels 7<11>, 8<11>, Fig. 5, are employed. The apparatus may be mounted on ball bearings
Patent GB-190915500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Steering Ships.
Inventor: YARROW ALFRED FERNANDEZ
IPC: B63H25/38
Filed: 1909-07-02
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 15,500. Yarrow, A. F. July 2. Drawings to Specification. Rudders ; steering-gear.-In vessels having three or more propeller shafts and screws, and provided with rudders mounted in line with each propeller shaft and in the rear of each screw, the rudders are connected to be actuated simultaneously by the steering-gear, the connexion being such that one or more of the rudders may be readily disconnected, leaving the remainder available for steering.
Patent GB-190917380-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of and Apparatus for Purifying Gases.
Inventor: MUELLER ARNO
IPC: B01D45/16
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 17,380. Muller, A., and Bomhard, C. July 26. Separators for gaseous substances.-A process for separating solid constituents from waste gases, particularly solid particles capable of being used'in briquettes, consists in (1) imparting a rotary movement to the gas current whereby the particles are caused, by reason of centrifugal force and the moistening and velocity-increasing action of spraying-nozzles, o come into contact with large adhesion surfaces and to pass vacuum chambers exerting a suction action upon the solid and liquid particles, and (2) drying the gases by causing them to impinge upon inclined baffles in the form of channels which communicate with an additional vacuum chamber. Figs. 1 and 2 show an apparatus interpolated between a flue 1 and chimney S. The waste gases pass through the helical ascending flues Z of the spraying-chamber A, the spraying-nozzles (not shown) being directed so as to increase the velocity of rotation. The separated particles pass through slots e into an adjacent vacuum chamber C, which is exhausted by the ejector action of the gas current, exerted more particularly by the aid of a suction nozzle s. The spray is preliminarily heated to increase the damping capacity, and may contain chemicals adapted to neutralize acids. Large particles are separated from the gases before they reach the spraying-chamber in laterallydisposed depositing-chambers located at intervals along the flues.
Patent GB-190919031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Testing the Capacity of the Diaphragms, Bellows or like Measuring Appliance of a Gas Meter.
Inventor: GLOVER THOMAS
IPC: G01F25/00
Filed: 1909-08-18
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 19,031. Glover, T. Aug. 18. Gas meters.-In an apparatus for testing gasmeters, either of the actuating-arms, or the tangent, or a stop on the index spindle, is employed to establish an electric circuit on each revolution or complete movement, whereby appliances are operated to shut off the supply of gas to the meter. In the form shown, the meter 2 to be tested is supplied with gas from a holder 1 provided with an indicating-scale 27. Pipes 4, 5 lead from the holder to the meter through a mercury-seal valve comprising a bell 6 with a depending plate 7 between the two gas pipes. The bell may be lifted by a lever 13, and is normally held up by a catch 9 on a rocking beam 10, weighted at one end and carrying at the other end the core 11 of a solenoid 12. Wires from an electric battery lead, respectively, one to an insulated pivot 15 of a spring frame 14 adapted to be affixed to the meter, and the other through the solenoid to the frame 14. A part 18 depending from the pivot 15 is arranged in the path of, say, the tangent of the meter, and completes the electric circuit for each revolution of the tangent, causing the solenoid to attract its core and drop the bell 6, stopping the supply of gas to the meter. The quantity of gas passing through the meter for one revolution of the tangent is read from the scale 27.
Patent GB-190920585-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Making Photographic Prints and Devices for same.
Inventor: BARBERIS GIUSEPPE SILVESTRO
IPC: G03B27/02
Filed: 1909-09-09
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 20,585. Barberis, G. S. Sept. 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Contact printing-frames.-To obtain prints without using a printing-frame, the paper is pressed between the negative and an undivided glass plate or another negative of the same size, in such a manner that the plates can be slidably displaced in order to examine the print. Clips for fastening the plates are described. A flexible sheet b, Fig. 3, is bent over and attached to one edge of the negative a. The paper c and an elastic sheet d are inserted between the cover and the negative. This arrangement permits the sliding movement between the two plates for examining the print as shown in Fig. 3. The clips comprise a hook f<1>, Fig. 1, projecting over the edge of the negative, and an elbow f<2> to press on the back plate. The clips are drawn together by an elastic band g, one end passing through the guides f<4> and the other end passing through these guides and held by friction in guides f<7> near the ends of the clips. Additional hooks f<5> provide for a non-elastic cord for increasing the pressure and preventing accidental displacement. To reduce the projection of the hooks f<1> over the edges of the negative, and to prevent the edges of the negative from damaging the shank of the clips, a separating- plate h, Fig. 1, is fitted in the clip, and held in place by a flat wire spring i, Fig. 7. The clips can be intercalated as shown in Fig. 9, and the elastic band and cord coiled in the centre. The lateral displacement of the clips is prevented by projections f<6>, Fig. 1. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also means for printing any part of the paper or post card consisting of an envelope fold with the required circular or other opening, a pad at the back, and a sheet of stiff paper of the same size as the negative inserted at the back of the pocket. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190926721-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Scrubbing, Washing and Rinsing Machine for Fruit or Vegetables.
Inventor: COLE ALFRED GEORGE
IPC: A23N12/02
Filed: 1909-11-17
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 26,721. Cole, A. G. Nov. 17. Washing fruit and vegetables. - In a machine for scrubbing, washing, and rinsing fruit a n d vegetables, such as oranges, apples, potatoes, or turnips, a worm conveyer 3 is situated beneath a receiving-hopper, and delivers to a shoot at one end of the container. The shoot delivers the apples, potatoes, &c. singly to a platform 5, along which they are traversed in contact with a rotary brush 6 by a second worm conveyer 4 rotating in the reverse direction to the former. The brush is partly submerged in water, and rotates near a board 6<a>, which sprays the articles during their passage along the lower conveyer. The articles are finally delivered to pivoted draining-grids 22, forming shoots for delivering alternately into storage receptacles 23. The hopper comprises a pair of fixed sloping surfaces, a hinged flap 18 vibrated by means of the projections 3<a> on the upper worm, and a pivoted end flap under which the articles pass to the shoot.
Patent GB-191011507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Fire Arms.
Inventor: GILETTA ANNIBALE
IPC: F41A5/20
Filed: 1910-05-09
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 11,507. Giletta, A. May 9. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to gas-operated guns in which the actuating- device is in the form of a sleeve at the front end of the gun barrel, and consists in the combination of a sleeve 1 having several pressure surfaces with distributing holes 2 arranged around the whole circumference. The distributing-holes are either on the sleeve itself, as shown in Fig. 2, or are fixed and surrounded by the sleeve as in Fig. 6. In the latter case, the holes may be arranged to come into line with their respective pressure surfaces in succession, instead of simultaneously, to graduate the impulse on the movable sleeve. The movable sleeve may have escape holes 13, Fig. 6, arranged obliquely to give rotation to the sleeve, in which case the connexion 15 must, as shown, provide freedom of rotation, or the rotation is used to operate the breech action. A cleaning-brush 18 may be provided.
Patent GB-191012188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling the Furnace Gases and Admission of Cold Air in Steam Generators.
Inventor: SUGDEN THOMAS
Filed: 1910-05-18
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 12,188. Sugden, T., and Allen, W. H. May 18. Dampen; fire-bridges.-In one form of apparatus for preventing inrush of cold air when the furnace doors are opened, a longitudinally adjustable damper C closes the space beneath a depending baffle A behind the bridge. A roller F and guide-rail E are fitted to minimize the wear on the flue. In another form, Fig. 5, the damper comprises pivoted quadrant-shaped plates 30, 31 mounted behind the bridge and operated by arms 38, 37 respectively. The dampers may close the flue passage either wholly or partly, and in the former case, in connexion with the form shown in Fig. 5, a fire-brick ring may be built in the upper half of the flue tube.
Patent GB-191022716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Rubberising Hides or Skins.
IPC: C14C9/00
Filed: 1910-09-30
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 22,716. Hide Tyre and Motor Syndicate, and Withey, R. Sept. 30. Waterproofing.- Hides and skins, particularly those treated by the process described in Specification 8514/05, are rubberized by treatment with hot rubber solution consisting of para rubber, petroleum benzine, coal - tar naphtha, benzol or benzine, and carbon bisulphide. The hides are first softened by steeping them in the hot rubber solution in a closed steam - jacketed tank a, and are then transferred to a rotary steam-jacketed drum c, containing the same solution. The drum c is enclosed in a casing b, and is supported by bolts d passing through the casing b. Steam is supplied to the space between the casing and the drum through one of the hollow axes e<2>, and passes out by the other axis. Shelves &c. c<1> are fixed in the interior of the drum, so that, as the drum revolves, the hides &c. are beaten and separated.
Patent GB-191102674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gripping Surfaces of Chuck Jaws.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES
IPC: B23B31/16
Filed: 1911-02-02
Granted: 1911-09-14
Abstract: 2674. Taylor, C., and Taylor, G. B. Feb. 2. Chucks.-Chuck jaws having the gripping- surfaces provided with definite teeth, as described in Specification 25,830/09, are provided with a modified gripping-surface to resist torsional and axial motion of the work. The gripping-surface a, Fig. 1, of the jaw is grooved transversely at i to form definite flat-topped teeth d and longitudinally at j, Fig. 3, to form the axial teeth d, the arrangement being such that the axial teeth are preferably unbroken and are separately formed and distinct teeth from the transverse or inclined teeth, and that only a few teeth are formed separated by large hollows. Various other forms of gripping-surfaces are shown. Fig. 15 shows a gripping-surface at the bore of the chuck, and in this the surfaces of the teeth d at the 'ends d<3> are flattened or wider to prevent extra biting at the ends due to the working operations.
Patent GB-191105584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Valves.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
IPC: F16K1/44
Filed: 1911-03-06
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 5584. Stumpf, J. March 6. Double - b e a t valves.-A doublebeat valve for steam - engines, compressors, &c. is arranged so that the closing force produced by a spring and the unbalanced s t e a m pressure on an annular area produces the s a m e pressure per unit area on both the seats. The valve member a contacts with one rigid seat b and with one resilient seat c formed on a ring d bellied outwardly and subjected internally to steam pressure. This ring is so proportioned that the lower seat is pressed upward with the force necessary to produce the desired distribution of pressures between the valve seats. Specification 16,442/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191107613-A (GB)
Title: Method of Treating Boot and like Lining to Counteract the Effect of Perspiration.
Inventor: KOPF OTTO
IPC: A43B17/10
Filed: 1911-03-27
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 7613. Kopf, O. March 27. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Uppers.-Boot and like linings are saturated with a mixture of dissolved formaldehyde and distilled water to which dissolved colourless gelatine has been added, the lining being afterwards carefully dried. The smell and destructive effect of perspiration are thus neutralized.
Patent GB-191110131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filling and Packing Materials into Receptacles.
Inventor: CRAGGS ROSS VERNON
IPC: B65B1/12
Filed: 1911-04-26
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 10,131. Craggs, R. V. April 26. Filling pulverulent materials into receptacles. - A filling - mechanism consists of a conical casing c which receives material from weighing or measuring mechanism a and feeds it into a receptacle b by a worm e of differential pitch, the generatrices e<1>, e<1> of which are all normal to the axis of the shaft d.
Patent GB-191112129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Locks and Latches and the Production of Parts therefor.
Inventor: APPLEBY WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: E05B65/22
Filed: 1911-05-19
Granted: 1912-04-11
Abstract: 12,129. Appleby, W. H., and Latham, J. E. May 19. Latches, sliding.-In a carriage-door fastening comprising a sliding latch operated by a lever extending through the top rail of the door, the lever a is of uniform width and is doubly cranked at the pivoted end f, the part b being at an angle to the handle portion a. The lever is formed from strip metal by bending between tools k, j, which are guided into the proper position by a punch l on the tool k.
Patent GB-191114986-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastening for Windows.
Inventor: SPENCER SIDNEY EDGAR
IPC: E05F11/00
Filed: 1911-12-27
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 14,986. Spencer, S. E. Dec. 27. Catches, gravity.-Relates to window sash fasteners of the type in which a rod pivoted to the top of the upper sash abuts above the meeting rail of the lower sash. The rod d is pivoted at its upper end on an axis rod supported by eyelets g formed on an angle bracket e, and at its lower end carries a projection to serve as stop by engaging the edge of the meeting-rail.