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Patent GB-190723449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches or Circuit Breakers.
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 23,449. British Thomson-Houston Go., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 23. Switches.-In an automatic circuit-breaking switch with actuating toggle levers, the handle is linked to the central pin of the toggle-levers by another toggle, which is overset so as to form a rigid connexion during the closing movement ; when the closing movement is completed, a latch pivoted un the handle hooks over a pin carried by the switch lever, and the two parts thus retain one another in place ; the switch is opened by upsetting the rigid toggle by means of a hand and automatic tripping arrangement. A three-pole switch is described having brushes 4, auxiliary contacts 5, lever arms 6 on pivots 7, actuating-toggles 13, 15, fixed frames 10 to which are pivoted the togglelevers 15, and a transverse bar composed of a steel core 17 with an insulating-sleeve 18, which bar passes through extensions 16 of the toggle-levers' 15 and thus unites them into one rigid structure. A handle 19, pivoted at 12 to the frame 10, is linked to the central pin 14 of one of the toggles 13, 15 by means of a toggle 21, 22, which is slightly overset by drawing back the handle, as shown in in Fig. 4, so as to form a rigid connexion during closing. When the parts have been closed, as shown in Fig. 2, an adjustable pivoted latch 25 carried by the handle 19 hooks over a pin 28 carried by the switch lever 6. No movement can then take place so-long as the toggle 21, 22 is rigid, and the latch and pin remain engaged. The tripping-mechanism consists of a shaft 31, arms 32 attached at the ends of the shaft, solenoids 37, and press buttons 34 for lifting the arms automatically and by hand, and a piece 30 which rocks when the arms are lifted and forces back the toggle-lever 21, so that the toggle 21, 22 collapses. The arm 6 then falls off without resistance from the latch 25, and the handle is left hanging free.
Patent GB-190726412-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Showing Acoustic Vibrations by Optical Means
Inventor: BOWRON GEORGE
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 26,412. Bowron, G. Nov. 29. Optical pointers.-The vibrations of sonorous or resonant bodies are demonstrated by means of a pivoted mirror operated by a crank and rigid connecting-rod or by stretched wires. Applied to a phonograph, a mirror a, Fig. 2, mounted in pivots b in a frame h is provided with a crank c, which is connected by a link d to the stylus bar e resting against the diaphragm f of the sound-box. A beam of light falls on the mirror and is reflected on to a screen in the usual way. The link d may be connected to a string of a violin or banjo, and it may terminate in a weight which rests on the edge of the vibrating body. In a modification, the link d is replaced by a stretched wire m, Fig. 4 ; to the centre of this wire is attached a wire o, wound around the spindle of the mirror and controlled by an adjustable spring p.
Patent GB-190726497-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Brake for Gramophones and similar Talking Machines.
Inventor: BIRNBAUM THEODORE
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 26,497. Birnbaum, T. Nov. 30. Brakes. - A brake to stop the turntable e of a gramophone automatically, substantially in the manner described in Specifications Nos. 19,448 and 20,705, A.D. 1907, consists of a spring-pressed plunger a with a cam-surface f at its end. This is engaged by a finger i, which may bear a tumbler i<1> and is attached to the swivelling yoke k of the sound-arm g ; or, when the sound-arm as a whole can only move horizontally, the finger i is attached to the sound-arm itself. The positions of the cam and finger may be interchanged.
Patent GB-190728142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking-plugs for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 28,142. Simms Manufacturing Co., and Altree, A. H. D. Dec. 20. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The insulator c of a sparking-plug is made in one piece, and is provided with two convex curved shoulders d, e, the lower of which bears against a washer f of asbestos and copper, fitted in the lower part of the plug body, while the gland g, which screws into the upper part of the plug body, bears upon the upper shoulder. The sparking-points j are formed by cutting two circular holes i out of the apex of a hollow conical piece h fitting into the end of the plug body, the two holes merging into one another to form two oppositely-placed inclined straight sparking-points, which are in proximity to the inner end of the central terminal wire b.
Patent GB-190802931-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Blotting-paper Blocks for Blotters.
Inventor: ROSER WILHELM
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 2931. Hoser, W. Feb. 10. Blotting-appliances.-To facilitate the removal of soiled sheets from a blotting-paper block b, a narrow continuous strip c of paper or cloth is inserted between the sheets of the block near one of its ends.
Patent GB-190805953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Tea-leaf, or other Produce.
Inventor: JACKSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 5953. Jackson, W. March 17. [Patent of Addition to No. 27,911, A.D. 1907.] Drying tea &c.-In apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 27,911, A.D. 1907, wherein tea leaf or other produce is dried in a chamber on superposed trays or endless moving bands, air being introduced from a heater B through the open end of the drying- chamber A between the webs or trays and escaping through an outlet a at the bottom of the chamber into the atmosphere, the part of the air coming in contact with the moister leaf on the upper layers is allowed to pass off through one or more outlets a<2> at the top of the casing, the outlet being regulated, for example, by a hit-and-miss shutter a<3> with handles at the sides.
Patent GB-190815196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Annealing Furnaces.
Inventor: EDWARDS JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 15,196. Edwards, J., and Edwards, R. July 17. Annealing-furnaces; baffles.-To prevent furnace gases from impinging directly upon the tops of annealing-pots, a baffle c, perforated in its lower part and extending from the top to the bottom of the furnace, is interposed between the pots and the firebridge a. The annealing-chamber is connected to the chimney by multiple outlets, each provided with a damper e.
Patent GB-190815784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Air Compressors.
Inventor: MAXFIELD ARTHUR ISAAC BERNARD
Filed: 1908-07-24
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 15,784. Maxfield, A. I. B., and Maxfield, A. I. July 24. Motor road vehicles.- Relates to mechanicallydriven compressors for use on motor-cars for inflating tyres, operating pneumatic jacks &c. The compressor is a single-acting piston pump driven by a crank on a spindle j running on ball-bearings in a sleeve m, as shown, and carrying a frictionwheel k, which can be pressed against the engine fly-wheel by the mechanism shown in Fig. 2. The pump is provided with two lugs p, by either of which it can be pivoted to the frame of the machine. It is turned on this pivot by means of a cam r actuated by a quadrant and cord as shown and bearing on one of two surfaces s on the pump. The pump is normally held with the friction disk k out of contact with the driving-part by means of a spring z. The compressed air passes through the fitting shown in Fig. 8, comprising a pressure gauge 2, a compressed cotton-wool or like filter 7, and a central exit pipe 6, leading to the outlet attachment 4. The crank casing is provided with a central pipe n to allow the entry of air and diminish escape of oil.
Patent GB-190817492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handles for Cricket Bats, and Equivalent Devices Employed for Driving or Striking Balls and the like.
Inventor: BROWN SUMMERS
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 17,492. Brown, S. Aug. 20. Bats, cricket and like; rackets; golf; hockey.-A number of longitudinal saw-cuts 2 are made in the handle of a cricket bat, and strips 1<a> or rings of india-rubber or like material are wound in the sections formed by the sawcuts. The saw-cuts may extend the full length of the handle and may be filled in for part of their length with rubber rings, the remainder of their length being filled with wood, leather, or sheet rubber. The handle is finally bound with twine 3 which may be covered with a rubber sheath 4. Handles for tennis racquets, hockey sticks, golf clubs, &c. may be made in the same manner.
Patent GB-190822857-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Gasifying, Igniting and Controlling the Combustion of Fuel in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: REMINGTON WOLCOTT
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-10-27
Abstract: 22,857. Remington, W. Oct. 27. Internal-combustion engines of the continuouscombustion type. In an engine particularly adapted for working with heavy oils, air is compressed in the cylinder until its temperature is above the vaporizing-point but below the ignition point of the fuel. At the beginning of the working stroke, fuel is gradually injected and is vaporized by the heat of compression. At a point remote from the point of injection, the vaporized fuel is ignited by a heated body and burns back towards the point of injection. The rate of injection is so arranged that the engine works at constant pressure. Pumps; governing.-Fuel is supplied to the nozzle 11 by a pump 13 which is adjustable vertically by means of a screw 17, the delivery pipe 12 being coiled to allow of adjustment of the pump. The pump piston is actuated by means of a cam 38, through the medium of a lever 19. The cam 38 is movable longitudinally with respect to the shaft and may be adjusted by hand or by means of the lever 26. The fly-wheel carries a pivoted weighted lever 43, the forked end 45 of which bears against the cam 38 and adjusts it when the speed is excessive. The tension of the governor spring is adjusted by the bolt 47.
Patent GB-190828291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Regulating the Feeding of Fuel to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: OHLSSON OLOF
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 28,291. Ohlsson, O. Dec. 28. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-The stroke of the liquid-fuel pump is automatically regulated by means of the tappet device shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The pump plungers 2 are connected to a crosspiece 3 having a screw-threaded extension engaging with a pin 6, which is rotated in either direction by a toothed sector 9 connected to the governor of the engine. The lower end of the pin 6 fits loosely in a guide 7 and is provided at the bottom with a conical recess, with which the end of a reciprocating rod 8 is in contact for a greater or smaller portion of the stroke according to the extent to which the pin 6 projects from the cross-piece. A central spindle 13 on the cross-piece serves to steady the movement of the parts.
Patent GB-190902129-A (GB)
Title: A Rotary Color Scale, for use a Hæmoglobinometer, and for other purposes.
Inventor: HAWKSLEY THOMAS
IPC: G01N21/29
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 2129. Hawksley, T. Jan. 28. Hoemoglobinometers.-A clinical hµmoglobinometer consists of a disk A having twelve or more standardized specimens containing various percentages of haemoglobin mounted round its margin. The disk is rotatably mounted between plates B, the upper one of which is provided with circular openings C, C'. A specimen of the blood to be tested is soaked up by a piece of filter-paper, which is then pushed up a groove D until the blood can be seen through the hole C<1>. The disk A is then rotated until the shade of colour corresponding most nearly to the bloodstain is reversed through the opening C.
Patent GB-190902857-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine or Apparatus for use in the Production of Sectional Wooden Drums or Rollers.
Inventor: RHODES LUTHER
IPC: B27C3/02
Filed: 1909-02-06
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2857. Rhodes, L., and Gill, H. Feb. 6. Rollers.-A roller produced by a boring and drilling machine is shown in Fig. 6, and is composed of radial sections held together by clamping-plates at the sides, secured by bolts.
Patent GB-190906987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Air Compressors for use particularly with Coal-cutting Machines.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: F04B41/00
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1910-03-23
Abstract: 6987. Lake, H. W., [Ingersoll-Rand Co.]. March 23. Drawings to Specification. Percussive channelling - drills.-The opposite ends of a pressor cylinder and also of the cylinder of a coal-cutting machine are of different capacitics. The ends of smaller capacity are connected by one flexible tube and the ends of larger capacity are connected by a larger flexible tube. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 9603/06 and 17,428/07, [both in Class 85, Mining &c.].
Patent GB-190907780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Filed: 1909-04-01
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 7780. Duff, A. B., and Gas Power and By-Products Co. April 1. Stoking.-Water-cooled pokers P are carried by a rotatable water-cooled cover for a gas-producer. The cover E rests on rollers J in a water-lute K and is rotated by a pinion M gearing with a toothed ring L. The pokers are formed with trunnions Q, and their upper ends engage with nuts R working on screwed spindles S. Bearings T for the spindles are carried by brackets U fixed to the feed-hopper F. Water is supplied to the pokers through flexible pipes Z and overflows to the lute and thence to the ash-pit.
Patent GB-190908032-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Producing Nipples, Collars, Flanges or the like on Tube Ends.
Inventor: WILLIAMS EDWARD
IPC: B21D41/00
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 8032. Williams, E. April 3. Flanging; stamping. - A machine for producing flanges, collars, &c. on the ends of tubes has a tubegripping device and a die-plunger which is operated by a screw-operated . lever. The dieplunger f is pivoted to a lever h, the end of which is pivoted to a nut engaging a pivoted screw i. The gripping-pieces a are pressed by a pivotable bridge-piece d, and are mounted on a bearing on the base of the machine, which is adapted to be clamped in a vice. A movable gauging-stop for determining the initial position of the tube end may be provided.
Patent GB-190918148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lavatory Basins and Fittings.
Inventor: WILSON JAMES CLAUDE
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 18,148. Wilson, J. C. Aug. 6. Lavatory basins; lavatory-basin overflow and waste fittings.-Basins of the continuous-overflow type, when two or more are made in one piece, are made elliptical in plan. A soap-holder is mounted above the outlet grating E. Specifications 3244/96 and 5427/98 are referred to.
Patent GB-190918254-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Cramp for Frames, Sashes and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS HARRY
IPC: B25B5/14
Filed: 1909-08-07
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 18,254. Williams, H. Aug. 7. Cramps.-Relates to cramps for frames, sashes, &c., of the kind in which adjustable corner clamps. or jaws are carried by arms pivoted in pairs to blocks adapted to be drawn up together by screwthreaded bolts rotated by bevel-gearing. The pivoted arms f are of T-shape in cross-section, and the undersides of their horizontal members are formed with teeth f<1>, adapted to be engaged by the teeth g<1> carried by the plates g. These carry the jaw-plates h provided with angled jaws i of varying depths and secured by projections h<1> embracing the plates g, whereby the jaws are readily adjustable for the size and depth of the frame to be operated upon. In the case of rectangular frames, the arms f may be pivoted to extension pieces pinned to the screw blocks e and passing through hearings j<1>. With square frames, one block c may be dispensed with, and one pair of arms pivoted to lugs on the central bearing b<1>.
Patent GB-190920705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: CAREY JOHN
IPC: F16H3/06
Filed: 1909-09-10
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 20,705. Carey, J. Sept. 10. Worm-and-wheel gearing.-In a brake comprismg a worm driven by its worm-wheel, a worm p is employed which varies in pitch at different points in its length and is moved longitudinally to vary the rate of slipping of the worm-wheel n. The worm p may be of gradually-varying pitch as illustrated in Fig. 10, with additional threads interpolated where necessary, or it may be composed of short consecutive lengths of different pitches. The teeth of the worm-wheel may be cylindrical. The worm p is moved bodily by means of a suitablyactuated plunger 11.
Patent GB-190923446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Detachable Wheels.
Inventor: PUGH JOHN VERNON
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1909-10-13
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 23,446. Pugh, J. V., and Pountney, F. Oct. 13. Locking nuts.- Lock-nuts for securing detachable wheels, such as are described in Specifications 1 8 , 3 0 0 / 0 8 and 2 0 , 9 3 2 / 0 9, are provided with additional independent locking- means, which may be provided with projecting parts to prevent the positioning of the spanner until the locking-means are disengaged, a n d may also be provided with means for preventing the detachment of the detachable wheel in the event of the stripping of the threads of the securing-nu.ts. or the failure of the locking- means. The additional locking - means comprises, as shown in Fig. 2, a pawl a engaging castellations &c. on the detachable wheel or other part, and carrying a rod b provided with a circular part x, passing through a box c and having fixed thereto a D-shaped plate e, which, when the pawl a is in the locking position, projects beyond the periphery of the nut to prevent positioning of the spanner. The pawl is disengaged by pulling it outwards against the spring h, and turning it, so that the point lies against the flange i on the detachable hub, and the projecting part of the plate e is withdrawn within the periphery of the nut. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, an arm m carries a projection a, which engages the ratchet teeth &c. on the detachable hub, a part r projecting beyond the periphery of the nut, and an arm t which engages a groove on an extension of the permanent hub, hub cap, or axle to prevent displacement of the detachable wheel in the event of the ordinary securing-means failing. To disengage the locking-means, the arm m is raised against the action of a flat spiral spring w bearing on the head of the pivot p and pushed inwards till the projection a seats itself in the recess s in the lock-nut. The additional locking- means and security device shown in Fig. 8 comprises two pivoted arms 1, 2, which embrace a groove in the hub cap &c. and are held in this position by an extension 4 of the arm 1 clipping behind the arm 2, the projection 5 preventing the spanner from being applied.
Patent GB-190925355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Tubular Structures.
Inventor: TESKE CARL AUGUST
IPC: F16B7/00
Filed: 1909-11-03
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 25,355. Teske, C. Nov. 3. Castors.-A member j to which a castor may be attached has an extension which fits within, and a recess which receives the end of, the tubular leg b of a surgical-instrument table. The parts are tinned and sweated together. Specification 5590/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-190925644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Files.
Inventor: PEISELER GOTTLIEB
IPC: B23D73/00
Filed: 1909-11-06
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 25,644. Peiseler, G. Aug. 7, [Convention date]. Files.-In files having teeth inclined alternately in opposite directions to the transverse axis, the teeth are arranged so that they do not intersect or meet on the surface, but give in edge-view a zigzag appearance, the depressions being alternately small and large.
Patent GB-190928509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Devices for Cleaning Knives and the like.
Inventor: CAMPBELL PETER
IPC: A47L21/04
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 28,509. Campbell, P. Dec. 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Knives, cleaning and polishing.- A knifeboard B, of the kind having holes F in its surface to retain the polishing - powder, is mounted on rollers on a base-board A so as to be able to reciprocate to a limited extent. As the board is moved to-and-fro by the movement of the knife on its surface, the powder is jerked out from the holes and distributed over the board. The movement of the board may be limited by stops G, as shown, or by springs. The board may be held, and released only when more powder is required on the surface.
Patent GB-190928573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Strainers.
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 28,573. Aitken, T. M., and London Electric Supply Corporation. Dec. 7. Rotary filters or strainers.- The casing of a strainer is divided into two parts, a straining and a settling chamber, and one or more scrapers are provided which remove the intercepted solid matter from the strainer and direct it into the settling-chamber, where it accumulates undisturbed by the flow of liquid through the straining-chamber. In the form of apparatus shown, the strainer is fixed to the lower end of a rotating shaft 8 supported from the cover of a cylinder 1, and consists of a perforated plate or segments fastened by means of screws to the lower side of the spokes 11 of a wheellike frame, and to the rim 12 by means of an L-shaped ring 15. A plate 6 is fixed in the cylinder below the strainer, and liquid entering by pipes 2, 20 passes through an aperture 19 at the centre of the plate 6 and through the strainer to an outlet 3. The plate 6 has also two other apertures, over which are arranged conduits 23, Fig. 6, supporting scrapers 26, which extend from the centre to the periphery, and bear against the rotating strainer so as to direct the solid matter into the space below the plate 6, where it settles and from which it can be discharged through an opening 27. The invention may be applied to a cylindrical strainer, the scrapers being placed either inside or outside of the cylinder.
Patent GB-191000321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Football Boots.
Inventor: DEAN JOSEPH
IPC: A43B5/02
Filed: 1910-01-06
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 321. Dean, J., and Coker, W. J. Jan. 6. Athletic boots and shoes.-For the purpose of tightening football boots at the forepart, waist, and instep, two straps b, which have their ends lasted in near the toe-cap flange, are crossed over the bend of the foot, then under the waist, and are fastened over the instep by a lace g &c. Specification 429/00 is referred to.