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Patent GB-190812088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Otter Boards for Trawl Nets.
Inventor: BROMPTON CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 12,088. Brompton, C. W. June 3. [Cognate Application No. 12,944, A.D. 1908, dated June 17.] Trawling-gear.- Otter - boards are made very strong by providing them with a forebood d consisting of a channel - iron rabbeted at the top to receive vertical strengthening bars b or plates e, and at the bottom to receive the side e irons f of the sole g. A longitudinal strengthening - bar c may be provided. The towing brackets k projecting at right-angles to the board are connected by bolts m, and have several holes l to receive the shackle n for adjustment of the towing angle. The sole irons g are very broad and bolted on in sections to the flanges. One or more domes p filled with buoyant material may be attached to the board. Specification No. 26,409, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190812862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trimming Machines used in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HADAWAY JOHN BENJAMIN
IPC: A43D49/00
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-08-16
Abstract: 12,862. Hadaway, J. B. June 17, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Paring; uppers.-A machine for trimming off the projecting edges of the vamp and lining of a lasted shoe preparatory to sewing comprises a roll for raising the vamp and lining from the insole and directing them towards the trimming-knives, a vibrating trimming-knife arranged to work across the upper end of the roll, a co-operating knife which may be separate from, attached to, or integral with the roll, and a vibrating vamp-bending device arranged to bend the vamp inwards so that it can pass between the cutting-edges of the knives. The guiding-roll 1, which is preferably frustoconical in shape, is threaded on to the lower end of a vertically-adjustable shaft 2, which is driven by belt and worm gearing from a main shaft 3 through an intermediate shaft 7. The roll is driven at a speed somewhat in excess of the feed of the shoe, and is provided with spiral ribs or corrugations which exert an outward stretching action on the lining. The upper end of the roll constitutes the co-operating trimming-knife, the main trimming- knife 12, which is curved in an arc of a circle, being clamped in a carrier 15. This carrier is pivotally hung on screw pins threaded into the machine frame on either side of the shaft 2, and is given a rapid reciprocating movement from an eccentric on the shaft 3. A lug on the knife moves in guides formed in a projection from a verticallyadjustable block 21, so as to maintain the knife accurately in its proper position during its forward and return movements across the upper face of the roll. The vamp-bending device 23 consists of a curved leaf spring, the free end of which is provided with an upturned portion 24 and a laterallyextending portion 25, the former of which is arranged to engage the vamp before it reaches the knives, while the latter extends beneath the knife 12 so as to prevent the knife from coming into contact with the lasting-tacks. The other end of the spring is bent downwards and adjustably clamped in a carrier 27, which is rapidly oscillated by means of an eccentric on the shaft 3. The vamp-bending device not only bends the work inwards but holds it in position while it is being trimmed. If desired, it may be arranged to press the vamp into the shoulder at the edge of the insole.
Patent GB-190814341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Couplings.
Inventor: GARDNER RICHARD CORE
Filed: 1908-07-06
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 14,341. Gardner, R. C., [Stove, A. E.]. July 6. Couplings, d i s - connectible, for hose pipes &c. are provided with a stem 1, to which the hose-pipe is connected, and a socket -piece with the usual interlocking lugs 16, so that the stem 1 can be rotated to remove kinks &c. from the pipe without affecting the coupling. The flange 2 of the stem 1 is held between a flange 5 and screw ring 15 carried by the socket. Rings 6, 9, with chamfered edges as shown, embrace a packing- ring 8. A flanged ring 12, carrying the joint packing in an annular groove on its face, rests on a washer 10, and is held in place by a screw-ring 14 which also serves to compress the packing-ring 8. In a modification the ring 6 is omitted, and the flange 5 is formed with a chamfered edge.
Patent GB-190816559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Compressing Machinery.
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
Filed: 1909-01-30
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 16,559. Richardson, J. Jan. 30, 1909. Fans.-A rotary compressor is corstructed like the e steam turbine described in Specification No. 7563, A. D. 1908, the fluid being passed inward radially between alternate rings of fixed and moving blades. The moving blades 1, 2, &c. are carried by the disk d, and the coacting stationary blades project from the casing walls t. The fluid enters at the periphery b and is expelled at the centre, whence it passes by pipes e to the discharge pipe. The pipes e and walls t are arranged to be easily removable to facilitate access to the interior. The compressor shown is driven directly by a steam turbine of the type described in the above-mentioned Specification, arranged on the same bed-plate. The supply of steam to the turbine is governed by the pressure in the delivery pipe e through the medium of a throttle valve acted on by the flexible diaphragm o. The compressor blades are fixed in position by riveting their cylindrical ends f, Fig. 5, into rings. The rings k at one end are L-shaped, and are secured in turned recesses in the disk or covers by screws l.
Patent GB-190819113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Catching Flies and other Insects.
Inventor: HAMPSHIRE FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-11
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 19,113. Hampshire, F. W. Sept. 11. Bobbin &c. holders and cases -Relates to a method of forming a holder for a fly trap of the type described in Specification No. 23,015 A.D. 1907. To the ends of an adbesive band 1 are attached two curved pieces 2, 4 of cardboard, so that, w h e n the band is rolled up, the two pieces form a cylinder which encloses the band, as shown in Fig. 3. The overlapping edges of the pieces 2, 4 may then be covered preferably by thin paper 5 attached by adhesive. Two lids of cardboard &c. are fitted over and close the ends of the cylinder for the purposes of transit.
Patent GB-190822515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Trees and the like.
Inventor: MONK FRANCIS HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1908-10-23
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 22,515. Monk, F. H. E. Oct. 23. Trees and stretchers in which the toe and heel portions are connected by overshot toggle-links are provided with abutting edges on the links at the central joint. Tree members a, b are connected by toggle links c, d hinged at e, f to the members a, b and to each other at g, so that, when the toggle is extended by pressing-down the rod h, connected to the joint g, this joint lies below the line joining the pivots e, f. The links e, f are formed so that their inner ends abut to form stops.
Patent GB-190825028-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Boiler or Water Heater for Hot-water Heating Systems.
Inventor: RAMASSOT MARIUS
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 25,028. Ramassot, M. Nov. 21, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Water - heaters. - In boilers of the type in which concentric tubes 5 providing annular waterspaces 6 are heated within a water-holding casing 2, the tubes consist of similar elements, the water flowing from the bottom upwards, and each being heated by a separate Bunsen burner 7. The apparatus can be made in varying sizes by altering the number of these elements to suit requirements. The water-spaces 7 may be partly obstructed by balls, or bullets.
Patent GB-190901923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Domestic Grates and Cooking Stoves.
Inventor: PASCALL FRANK
Filed: 1909-01-26
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 1923. Pascall, r. Jan. 26. [Addition to 4354/08.] Hinges readily separable about hinge pin.-In the combined register fire-place and cooking - stove described in the parent Specification, the oven door or sham canopy M is pivoted upon pins N on the oven frame, the pins entering slots L<1> in plates attached to the door.
Patent GB-190903024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Devices for Nuts and the like.
Inventor: ROYCE FREDERICK HENRY
IPC: F16B39/10
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 3024. Royce, F. H. Feb. 8. Locking nuts.-The nut A to be locked is formed with a cylindrical extension A<1>, provided with a number of radial slots a. The bolt B has a dissimilar number of longitudinal grooves b. A washer C slides over the extension A<1> and has an arm c which passes through one of the slots a and engages one of the grooves b. The washer is retained in position by a spring ring D lying in a groove a<1>. In a modification, the invention is applied to a hollow nut having external screw-threads.
Patent GB-190903648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razors with Removable Blades.
Inventor: WATTS JOHN ROBERT
IPC: B26B21/08
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 3648. Watts, J. B., [trading as Watts, J.]. Feb. 15. Razors. - In razors with removable blades, the tubular backing or support B of the thin blade A is provided with a lug C, by which it is withdrawn from the holder D.
Patent GB-190904028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Condensers.
Inventor: SCHIESSLER JOSEF
Filed: 1908-03-30
Granted: 1909-04-30
Abstract: 4028. Schiessler, J. March 30, 1908. Condensers. - The dielectric constant of air that is used as a dielectric is increased by a permanent magnet or an electro-magnet, placed over the gaps between the plates of the condenser. By this means, the lines of induction that pass from one plate to the other during the working of the condenser are blown away or dissipated. The condenser shown consists of plates 4, 5 adapted to slide between each other and mounted on slides 2, 3 running in guides 1. The electro-magnet comprises a yoke 9, made in parts hinged at 10, and poles 6; it is adjustably mounted on a rod attached to the top 7 of the wooden condenser casing 7, and is fixed by a set-screw 8.
Patent GB-190904090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines, Pumps, Blowers, and the like.
Inventor: WALKER ROBERT
IPC: F04C2/344
Filed: 1909-02-19
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 4090. Walker, R., and Page, J. C., Page, J. W., Page, J. T., and Page, F. W., [trading as Page & Co.], and Fairfield, H. Feb. 19. Fixed-abutment type; valve-gear and valveactuating mechanism.-Relates to rotary engines, pumps, blowers, or the like of the fixed-abutment type having outwardly-sliding vanes. The engine is provided with reversing-gear and movable cylinder walls, whereby the inlet area may be reduced while the outlet area is maintained fully open. These walls 21 are pivoted to the casing on either side of the abutment 6, to pass which the vanes 14 are drawn into the rotor 3 by means of cam-grooves 16 in the cylinder ends. A valve 7 controls the admission to one side or the other of the abutment 6, and is operated for reversing by a hand-wheel outside the casing, the one operation effecting the inward swing of the wall 21 adjoining the inlet, and the outward swing of the other wall 21. A number of cylinders may be compounded on the same shaft, the valve 7 conducting the working fluid from chamber to chamber. The abutment 6 is provided with an adjustable packing-piece 10, and the vanes may be fitted with spring-pressed packing-pieces.
Patent GB-190905275-A (GB)
Title: A Bitch Protector.
Inventor: MUSGRAVE WILLIAM
IPC: A61D9/00
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 5275. Musgrave, W., [Lastique, G.]. March 4. Coition of f animals, preventing.-A protector for bitches to prevent coition comprises a girth a carrying a strap d provided with an opening i for the tail and a perforated metal shield y. The straps have elastic insertions c, f, and are adjustable. A padlock m prevents interference with the device.
Patent GB-190906378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerostatic and Heavier-than-air Aeronautical Machines.
Inventor: OTTINO GIUSEPPE PIETRO
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 6378. Ottino, G. P., and Wyllie, A. March 17. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling by planes carried by endless travelling chains. The planes assume inclinations during their to-andfro movement favourable respectively to the sustentation a n d horizontal propulsion of the machine. The planes m are carried by axes n mounted in pitch chains l, which run over sprocket-wheels i, j driven by the motor q ; their inclination is determined by slotted levers 18 on the axes n, which engage pins 20 extending from pitch chains g. In order that the planes may assume a constant inclination during their travel between the sprocket-wheels, while being subjected to a change of inclination as they pass round these wheels, the pitch chains g run on smaller sprocketwheels c, e than the wheels i, j, but are driven at the same lineal speed by interposing suitable multiplying-gearing in a gear box y between the tubular shaft of the wheels i and the shift d of the wheels c, e. The planes may thus be caused to assume a nearly horizontal position for lifting and a nearly vertical position for propelling during their forward and rearward travel respectively. To vary the liftiog and driving effect of the planes, the gear box y can, by the worm 9 and hand-wheel 14, be adjusted to turn the sprocket-wheels c, i relatively to each other. The action of the planes m can, for instance, be reversed in this way so as to drive the machine backwards. The device may be also applied to dirigible balloons. Starting; shock of landing, deadening; aerial machines adapted to travel also on land.-The machine may be mounted upon a sleigh 28, Fig. 6, or upon a trolley, either of which may be permanently connected to it or detachable. Planes. construction of.-The planes m may be constructed of canvas mounted slack upon a frame so that it assumes a curved form in action.
Patent GB-190907602-A (GB)
Title: Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: ARNAUD LOUIS CAMILLE
IPC: F16H61/664
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 7602. Arnaud, L. C. March 30. Variable-speed friction gearing. - In variablespeed gearing of the disk-and-roller type, a pair of intermediate disks are moved relatively to the driving and driven rollers to effect the speed changes. In Figs. 2 and 3, which show a gear suitable for motor-cars, the intermediate disks E, G are shown loosely mounted upon a bent non- rotatable axle f, and normally pressed inwards against the driving and driven cylindrical rollers A, C by springs r. The axle f is supported on guides s so that the whole is movable transversely between the rollers A, C to vary the velocity-ratio. The disks E, G may be moved out of engagement by a hand-operated arc-shaped laver H, Fig. 3, one arm of which impinges against one disk G, while the other arm is connected by a link h to the other disk E, suitable thrust bearings being interposed. To effect reversed driving, the disks E, G are first disconnected, and then the driven shaft d of the gear is connected directly to the roller A. A cone clutch F is provided for this purpose, sliding on the shaft d and normally held out of action by a spring R. The clutch F may be thrust into engagement by the axle f. A parallel movement is imparted to the axle f by a system of links V, V<1>, Fig. 2, operated by a lever t, which may be operated by hand, or automatically by the arrangement shown in Fig. 7. The governor W operates to thrust a gear-wheel g<1> against either of two friction cones c<1>, e<1> driven constantly by the motor in opposite directions. A screwed shaft f<1> is thus turned in either direction as required. The lever t is operated through a link and a nut h<1>.
Patent GB-190913720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Appliances for Creating an Induced Draft with a Fan External to the Flue.
Inventor: PRAT LOUIS
IPC: F23L17/16
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 13,720. Prat, L. Dec. 31, 1908, [Convention date]. Aspirating apparat,us, ejector; regulating. - In an ejector arrangement for producing an exhaust draught, the air blast from a fan is delivered through an annular channel formed by conical walls situated between central and outer channels for the furnace gases. The central channel l may communicate with the outer one k by inclined conduits or may pass straight through the bent air channel. A double conical ring damper m, having a device o for indicating its position, regulates the area of airblast outlet.
Patent GB-190917172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Brush Drying-horses.
Inventor: MARCHANT MARGARETTA
IPC: A45D24/40
Filed: 1909-07-23
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 17,172. Merchant, M. July 23. Hair-brush stands. -- Consists in a frame for drying hair-brushes before a fire, which has the form of an ordinary clothes-horse. The horizontal rails are provided with dovetail-shaped recesses d having backs slightly curved to take the brushes. The size of the recesses can be adjusted by means of movable blocks or divisions f connected to longitudinal slots g in the rails by screws and nuts and adapted to slide on the rails by means of metal clips. According to the Provisional Specification, the blocks may be longitudinally slotted.
Patent GB-190918077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fireplaces.
Inventor: KLOBUKOWSKI WLADYSLAW PETER
IPC: F24B1/18
Filed: 1909-08-05
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 18,077. Klobukowski, W. P. Aug. 5. Air-heating stoves and fire-places; canopies and hoods; dampers; grates; air, supplying for combustion; air, moistening; j o i n t s. - Comprises several detail improvements in parts of the s t o v e s described in Specification 5437/06, in which air - heating chambers 3 are formed between the ribbed back and the setting of the fire-place, are traversed by a ribbed flue 8, and are fitted with water channels 25, such as described in Specification 3368/07. The fireplace is built of curved ribbed plates 1, 6, the upper back-plate 6 leaning forwards to direct the heat into the room. The outlet flue 8 is made elliptical or of similar section in order to increase the h e a t i n gsurface. The canopy 9, Fig. 1, is hinged at its upper edge, and is fitted with a handle 11 and a flap or. damper 12 for regulating the draught. The register 12, Fig. 4, is fixed in position by means of the arm 9 and rack 13. The combustion can be further regulated by a door 15, Fig. 15, which swings on pivots 47 in sockets 48, and is held by the serrated edges of the segmental sides 49 engaging with similarly serrated parts 50. A recess 51 is made in the plate 18 to receive the segments 49. In the stove shown in Fig. 4, the air e n t e r s the c h a m b e r between the plates 15, 18, passes through the hollow firebars 2, and may be deflected by the damper 27 either into the ashpit, or into channels formed between the plates 1, 21 or in the plate 1, flowing thence into and consuming the smoke &c. rising from the fire. The front of the grate shown in Fig. 4 consists of one or more louvers 19, Fig. 15, at the ends of which are pivots 55 and cog-wheels 34 in sockets 53 formed in the frame 30 of the grate front. The louvers are held open by cross-pieces 36 pressed upon the wheels 34 by springs 32, the straining of which is adjusted by screws 35 and by small wedges 44. In a modification, the pivots 52, Fig. 17, of the flaps 19 are pressed laterally by springs 43 in the frame 42, which is adjusted by screws 41. These springs cause a small tooth or cog on the other end of each flap 19 to engage with one of the radial recesses 39 in the frame 30. The water for moistening the air in the chamber 3 is fed into the stove through the grating 5, Fig. 1, or through an aperture at the side of the fire-place. It flows down the rear side of the plates 6, 1, and overflows from the gutter 29 into the trough 25. To prevent it from affecting the joints between the plates 1, 6, they are covered by strips 23. The air is conducted to other apartments by pipes 22, shown by dotted lines.
Patent GB-190920469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing and Separating Machines.
Inventor: MERCER WILLIAM ALEXANDER
IPC: B03B5/56
Filed: 1909-09-07
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 20,469. Mercer, W. A. Sept. 7. Stationary-vessel washing-apparatus.-Apparatus for separating and washing sand, gravel, coal, ores, &c. comprises two or more inclined tubes containing screw conveyers, through one of which a downward current of liquid is maintained, while in the other or others an upward current is maintained. In the form shown, the material is introduced through a hopper F into water in a tube A containing a loosely-fitting screw conveyer which has a passage along its centre for the passage of liquid, and may have angle-iron ribs for assisting agitation. The heavy matter falls and is carried up the tube by the conveyer and discharged at H, while the fine passes with the water down the tube A and up a tube B containing a close-fitting screw L, and is discharged at G. The apparatus is maintained full of water to the level of the outlet G. The connexion between the tubes A, B may contain a screw conveyer. The apparatus may be used in conjunction with the settling-part of the apparatus described in Specification 9671/09.
Patent GB-190920555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Aerial Machines.
Inventor: BACK WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B64C35/00
Filed: 1909-09-08
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 20,555. Back, W. E. Sept. 8. Starting by springs causing the superstructure of the machine to slide along its skid. The skid comprises a pair of upper beams or guides 6 upon which the machine slides, and a lower beam 7, the whole forming a triangular framework. The impelling-spring 10 is connected to the machine by a cord 11 running over a pulley 12. The superstructure is brought to the starting-position on the skid by means of a pulley and tackle 14 and a winch 13, and is retained by a suitable detent. The forward movement of the superstructure is arrested by a buffer 21. Rearward movement of the skid upon the ground is prevented by means of a pivoted foot 18, 19 which is kept in position when the machine is in the air by a spring 20. The foot serves also to raise the rear end of the skid clear of the ground when the machine with the skid moves forwards. Shock of landing, deadening.-The buffer 21 also serves to prevent shock on landing.
Patent GB-190926909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: HANSFORD JOHN
IPC: F16L19/065
Filed: 1909-11-19
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 26,909. Hansford, J., and Wright, A. C. Nov. 19. Expansion joints; overlap joints with inner pipe gripped by packing; overlap joints with slotted sleeve.-A coupling for pipes comprises a conical slotted ferrule c having a threaded portion c<3> which screws into a socket a and compresses packing e against the inner pipe d. The cone c is compressed to grip the pipe d by a nut b engaging with external threads on the socket a. The joint may be duplicated to form a coupling for two plain pipes d, and the coupling may have an annular chamber, the walls of which are thin enough to yield a little, to form an expansion coupling.
Patent GB-190928984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Carding Engines.
Inventor: HEATH JOSEPH
IPC: C07F3/12
Filed: 1909-12-11
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 28,984. Heath, J., and Whittam, J. T. Dec. 11. Guards, controlling.-The door of a carding- engine cylinder is unlocked by pushing a bolt towards the cylinder, and the parts are so arranged that, if the cylinder is in motion, the bolt is tilted and the unlocking action prevented. The bolt o, Fig. 4, has a spring end m and is adapted to release a catch d, which holds the door b, by means of a lug q. This action cannot take place if the machine is working, as shown in Fig. 6, which is a section taken perpendicular to the plane of Fig. 4. The bolt is depressed by the action of the rotating part k, so that a lug r on the bolt engages with a stop s and prevents the bolt from being pushed in far enough to unlock the door, as set out above.