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Patent GB-190723648-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fire Bar for Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: MCLARTY FARQUHAR MATHESON
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 23,648. McLarty, F. M. Oct. 26. [Cognate Application, No. 25,769, A.D. 1907, dated Nov. 21.] Fire-bars and grates.-Fire-bars for steam-boiler and otber furnaces are provided with two or more fuel-supporting surfaces composed of longitudinal and transverse ribs and are adapted to be rotated on roller bearings of special construction for the purpose of removing clinker. Special means are provided for looking the bars in certain positions to prevent rotation. The bars shown in Figs. 1 and 3 have longitudinal and transverse ribs a, with air spaces between them, adjacent bars being rotated in opposite directions to crush the clinker. and expel it into the ash-pit. Instead of the transverse ribs a on one bar being adapted to engage with the recesses of the adjacent bars, they may coincide with the ribs on the adjacent bar, sufficient clearance being allowed for rotation. The Figures show alternative forms of transverse sectional contour for the fire-bars. In the modification shown in Figs. 15 and 16, the fire-bar is composed of a central bar s with intermediate webs t on which are mounted removable ribs a secured to the end webs u by nuts v. A keeping- collar r, Fig. 19, is secured to the front end of each bar and arranged between projections p, q on the furnace front to keep the bars from moving in a longitudinal direction. A perforated guard-plate o-serves to retain the fuel and admit air. In order to lock the bars in their stationary positions, on the outer neck of each bar or on the boss of a keeping-collar such as r, Fig. 19, is fitted a sliding stopper which in its locked position bears on, or is very close to, part of the furnace front or the lower edge of the keeping-plate such as q. When gearing is used for rotating the bars, such a locking-device as that referred to above is unnecessary unless the gearing is detachable. Fig. 20 shows a stopper for use with a fire-bar having four faces on which fuel can be burned. The stopper z<2> is secured to the back of a pinion z' by screws and has four equal faces, each adapted to pass beneath the plate q on a corresponding edge on the furnace front, when the pinion and. stopper is slid along the bar s. The number of faces on the stoppers correspond with the number of fuelsupporting surfaces on the bars The stopper may form part of the pinion. The necks of the firebars shown in. Figs. 1 and 3 are provided with webs f, j, the webs j having bearings i for the journals of the rollers n, which run on circular paths l in the bearer k. In the form of fire-bar shown in Fig. 19, the rollers are mounted in brackets x upon the central bar s of the fire-bar.
Patent GB-190724021-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Wheel.
Inventor: LOCATELLI EDOUARD
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 24,021. Locatelli, E. Oct. 30. Spring weels.-Inner and outer rims, Figs. 3 and 4, are connected by obliquely-arranged plate springs secured at their centres alternately to each rim and similarly at their ends. The black dots represent the points of attachment to one rim.
Patent GB-190726818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scissors or Shears.
Inventor: HUNOLD ERNEST
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 26,818. Hunold, E. Dec. 4. Lubricating scissors and shears. The blades are lubricated at, and adjacent to, their pivotal points by a compressible, absorbent, lubricant-saturated pad E which is confined in a recess D in one of the blades B. An air passage d, of less diameter than the recess D, communicates with the recess which is to the rear of the pivot C. The restricted dimension of the air passage in conjunction with the "set " of the blades results in a pumping of the lubricant when the blades are vibrated. The pad E is composed of fabric or fibre, preferably felt, and being compressible, exerts a slight pressure on the face of the blade A and cushions the parts.
Patent GB-190726925-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Ensuring Insulation of the Current Conducting Parts of High Tension Magneto-electric Sparking Apparatus.
Inventor: UNTERBERG GUSTAV ADOLF
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 26,925. Unterberg, G. A., and Helmle, F., [trading as Unterberg & Helmle]. Dec. 5. Drawings to Specification. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Couplings.-The conducting parts, such as brush holders, of high-tension magneto-electric sparking- apparatus are insulated by first coating the parts with a layer of enamel, glass, porcelain, &c., and then embedding them in ebonite &c.
Patent GB-190727473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gas and other Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 27,473. Bell, W. T. Dec. 12. Gas and like engines, valve-gear for, and governing. The inlet valve 4 is actuated from the cam 5, rod 23, and lever 3, through the medium of a swinging link 1, which is connected to the valve-spindle, and . is adjusted by a governor to vary the lift of the valve. The swinging link is pivoted on an axle 10, carried in the upper part of a link-shaped connexion 9 on the valve spindle. The axle 10 is mounted in a guide-lever 11 pivoted on an axle 12, which also forms the pivot for a bell-crank lever forming part of the connexion between the swinging link and the governor.
Patent GB-190728300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Drawers for Cabinets and the like.
Inventor: ANGUS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-12-23
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 28,300. Angus, W. Dec. 23. Drawers.-A cabinet or like drawer is provided with an adjustable partition, and movable side guiding-pieces and supports. The partition G is provided with anglepieces I engaging guideslots H in the sides of the drawer B, and is locked in the adjusted position by a gravity catch L and a rack K in the bottom of the drawer. The catch L is pivoted at l, and its motion is limited by a pin l<2> and slot l<1>. The drawer slides between movable guide-pieces C with tongues c engaging guidegrooves a<1> which hare closed as to the front end to limit the forward motion of the guidepieces C. The drawer carries casings D, which overlap the guide-pieces C and contain rollers E, which run on strips c'. Felt, rubber, or other pads F are fixed on parts that move into contact with one another, so as to prevent noise and damage.
Patent GB-190801530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stoneware Jars or like Vessels for Containing Liquid.
Inventor: TAYLOR PERCY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 1530. Taylor, P. W. July 22. Lift valves; seats; actuating valves.-Relates to stoneware jars of the type having an outlet at or pear the bottom controlled by a screw-down valve. The boss b is applied to the outside of the jar while both are still plastic. The boss contains the screw-threaded recess for the plug or tap e and also the outlet passage a<2>, but the valve seating x is in the wall of the jar itself. The outlet passage is closed by the tip g of the plug or by a leather washer l carried by the plug, and a cork packing h is provided to prevent leakage past the valve spindle. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the stem passes loosely through the threaded part of the plug, to reduce wear on the cork lining and leather washer.
Patent GB-190809941-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Punch for Making Collars for Military Tunics.
Inventor: FLORIAN VALENTIN
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 9941. Florian, V. May 7. Cutting-out.-In a press for cutting out collars for military tunics, means are provided for punching holes for receiving hooks and eyes. The cutters 6 are adjustably arranged in a holder 8 by means of set-screws, and are pressed down by a handoperated and spring-returned lever 14, into a matrix 4 adjustably fixed on the guide 3. By inserting one or more supplementary cutter pieces across the cutters 6, it is possible to cut out collars of different sizes. The holder 8 is guided at each end by a screw-bolt 10 encircled by a coil spring. A strip a of adhesive stiff linen is wetted by a sponge, and pressed on a sheet of oilcloth b, and the sheet passes with the linen strip between the perforating-rollers 18, 19. These rollers are moved by a disk 22 at the end of the roller shaft 17<a>, which disk has four projections, each actuated in turn from the lever 14 by the spring-pressed pawl 23, so that, at each descent of the punch, the disk is rotated a quarter-turn and the rollers 18, 19 feed the fabric forwards. Hooks and eyes are inserted in the holes in the fabric before it reaches the cutting-out press, which has recesses to receive the hooks and eyes and prevent them from being crushed.
Patent GB-190810516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Saw Mills.
Inventor: ROSDESTWENSKY ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 10,516. Rosdestwensky, A. May 14. Sawing.-In reciprocating-saw machines in which the saw frame is so mounted that a point thereon describes an oval path during each revolution of the driving-shaft, the upper end of the saw frame A is connected by bolts to straps B of eccentrics on the driving-shaft C<1>, but cranks may be used instead of eccentrics. Rods on the lower end of the frame are provided with pistons E<1> working in cylinders F secured to a shaft G, the height of which is adjustable by means of a rack and pinion H', H or equivalent means. Passages F<1> in the lower ends of the cylinders prevent the latter from acting as dash-pots to an excessive extent. Alternatively the lower end of the saw frame may slide in vertical guides E, shown in dotted lines, in the standards D. The timber L is fed by rollers M, the lower of which are turned in any usual manner from the driving-shaft C<1>. The saw teeth are formed similar to those of a circular saw, and are smaller than is usual in reciprocating saws.
Patent GB-190814946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Spraying Liquids.
Inventor: DEWRANCE JOHN
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 14,946. Dewrance, J., and Rosenthal, J. H. July 14. Spray burners. - Apparatus for spraying liquids, such as liquid fuel for furnaces, comprises a rod a having a. screwed enlargement a<1>, shown in Fig. 1, engaging the casing b and also an extension a<2> enclosed within the nozzle b<1>. The extremity of the part a<2> is formed with spiral grooves a<3> intersected by longitudinal grooves a<4>. The liquid is supplied through the pipe c and passes to the grooves by the passages b<3>, as, and b<4>. The discharge is regulated by turning the head d.
Patent GB-190815060-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Measuring and Indicating Lengths of Lace.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM PARNHAM
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 15,060. Smith, W. P., and Newton, J. P. July 15. Lace machines.- Lace is measured during manufacture by twin toothed measuring- wheels a which are carried by a swing- ing arm c and rest on the work roller so as to gear with the fabric. The wheels a are mounted on a worm shaft and drive a graduated scale, which may be disconnected and re-set to zero.
Patent GB-190819475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sanding Railway, Tramway and like Rails.
Inventor: LAMBERT HENRI LOUIS
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 19,475. Lambert, H. L. Sept. 16. Sanding rails.-Slipping of the wheels of locomotives and other motor-vehicles is prevented by means of sandy water. Dry sand is contained in a truncated conical reservoir a, which has an adjustable outlet d arranged at the lowest point of the inclined base and a vertical delivery pipe c. A screen d<1> is provided to prevent a direct fall of the sand, which is drawn into the pipe c by jets of water supplied through a distribution pipe e having orifices f. The water is preferably under pressure and obtained from the boiler. A modified form is shown in Fig. 3, in which the base is conical and the outlet is closed by a bell i, which is fixed to a rod j carrying a piston k. A spring m keeps the outlet closed; to operate the device, water under pressure is admitted under the piston k through the pipe l, forcing the piston up until the outlet o is uncovered and the water passes into the distribution ring e and expels the sand. Fig. 6 shows a sand box arranged over a wheel casing. An inclined base b is provided ; and a perforated casing s is provided above the pipe c to prevent a too rapid fall of sand. Two delivery pipes may be provided.
Patent GB-190819585-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Eliminating Lead and other Impurities, such as Arsenic and Antimony, from a Plumbiferous Copper Matte, Ore or Alloy and simultaneously Recovering the Copper as Metal.
Filed: 1908-09-17
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 19,585. Usine de DÚsargentation, Soc. Anon. May 6, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lead silicate is obtained during the extraction of copper from plumbiferous matte, ore, or alloy. The matte &c. is powdered or granulated and mixed with silica, and the mixture is agglomerated by sintering before finally smelting. The agglomeration is carried out in converters such as are used for roasting lead ores, and the lead is converted into silicate, which silicate during subsequent smelting passes into the slag.
Patent GB-190823808-A (GB)
Title: Device for Justifying Lines of Type
Inventor: DACHEUX RENE
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 23,808. Dacheux, R. Nov. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Printing-surfaces.-Spacers 1, 2, 3, &c, used for the justification of lines of type are formed from portions of tubes of lead, tin, or other suitable metal or alloy, which are creased along the lines 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, Fig. 4, to produce a regular deformation when the line is compressed by the parts c, d, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 shows a modified form of spacer. The spacers may be provided with a tongue or any other suitable device at the top to prevent a letter type from falling into the cavity h of an unflattened spacer.
Patent GB-190904455-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Poaching Eggs.
Inventor: ROMAIN HYAM ANIDJAR
IPC: A47J29/00
Filed: 1909-02-23
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 4455. Romain, H. A. Feb. 23. Egg - cooking apparatus.-An egg - poacher comprises a plate h having a handle e, and egg-rings a in a frame b. The handle c, d of the frame b has a pin-and-slot connexion f with the handle e, and is pressed down by springs g. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1926/00.
Patent GB-190905938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres for Motor and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: GALLEY STEWART VALENTINE
IPC: B60C7/16
Filed: 1909-03-11
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 5938. Galley, S. V., and Kerr, J. J. March 11. Metallic spring bodies and cores.-Relates to tyres in which cables or flexible bands provide resilience. A channel rim a, Figs. 1 and 2, carries spindles c fitted with pairs of rollers c<1> and links c<2>, the latter being connected to spindles g<2>, fitted with rollers g<3>, which are carried by brackets g<1>. Between each two sets of rollers a cable e is passed. The ends are joined at e<2>, and the extension e<3> by a ratchet adjusting-device e<5> to a spring e<4>. The part e<5> moves in a slot in the casing f which is partly covered by a shield f<2> into which the nut retires and cannot be turned, by a spanner to overstrain the cable. The bases of the brackets, which may be square or oblique, are connected by a flexible band h<4> and fitted with flanges h<1> which secure a tyre h; or a continuous outer rim may be used. Shields, h<2> enclose the mechanism. A single series of rollers with one cable may be used, as shown in Fig. 4, in which the band h<4> is curved and the mechanism enclosed in an ordinary pnuematic-tyre cover.
Patent GB-190908025-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Electric Switches.
Inventor: BAKER OSWALD
IPC: H01H13/58
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 8025. Baker, O. April 3. Switches, quick-action.-In switches of the type in which the circuit is made and broken by alternate applications of pressure to a push-piece, a conducting-bridge is carried in a member so mounted as to undergo an angular displacement in the same direction for the in and out movements of the push-piece. The bridge-piece a<1> is carried by a member a which is rotatably mounted in a carrier d, having a cam-groove c in which the ends of a pin a<2>, carried by the member a, engage, so that on operating the push-piece f a rotary movement is given to the member a. The camsurfaces may be so arranged that the angular displacement of the bridge-piece on the descent of the push-piece exceeds that on the spring- actuated return movement. The high points c<4> of the upper cam-surface, in which the ends of the pin a' rest when the circuit is broken, are placed above the intermediate high points c<3>, thus providing an air-gap between the terminals and causing the push-piece f to emerge further through the casing and to expose an indicating-ring f<1>, when the circuit is broken. The terminals b of the switch may be spring-mounted, and the bridgepiece a<1> so shaped that the actual making or breaking of the circuit occurs during the spring- actuated r turn movement.
Patent GB-190909805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Balancing Apparatus for Aerial Machines and Vessels and the like.
Inventor: GALEA JOHN
IPC: B64C17/00
Filed: 1909-04-26
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 9805. Galea, J. April 26. Balancing.-The equilibrium of aerial machines, balloons, &c. is restored by the automatic adjustment of a plane in the direction of the disturbing current of air. The apparatus comprises a pendulum adapted, when the machine inclines, to close the electric circuit of an electro-magnet or motor connected with the plane. A series of planes 2 is pivoted with spring-controlled hinges 3 to a framework 1 secured to the keel of the aerial machine ; each plane is provided with a pulley 5, on which runs a cord 6 connected with a lever 7, which is pivoted at 8 and has its inner end adjacent to an electro-magnet 10 contained in the box 11. A series of contacts 18, Fig. 3, is arranged in the box 11, and the bob of a pendulum 19 is adapted, when the machine tilts, to contact with these so as to complete the circuit of one or other of the electro-magnets and cause the corresponding plane 2 to take up the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 2. The air impinging on the inclined plane acts to return the machine to its normal position. To ensure that the pendulum may swing in the direction of the disturbing current of air and not be subject to other disturbing influences, it is arranged between a pair of paper strips 22, mounted on a shaft 21 and caused to lie in the direction of the air current by means of a pennon 20 on the end of the shaft 21. An electric motor mounted on the axis of each plane may be substituted for the electro-magnets, levers, and pulleys.
Patent GB-190914053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: KAISER CHARLES ANTON
IPC: F01D1/30
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 14,053. Kaiser, C. A., and Glaser, E. June 15. Axial-flow type; reversing. - A reversible axialflow turbine in which the same steam inlet ports 5 and exhaust ports 23 are used for either direction of rotation comprises a wheel 2 upon which are mounted concentric rings of blades 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. The blades are shaped as shown in Fig. 4, so that the wheel is rotatable in either direction, depending upon the direction in which the steam is introduced, and the blades in alternate rings are oppositely inclined. Suitably-inclined directing-blades 21 are secured to the casing on each side of the wheel-blades. Partitions 16<1>, 17, 18<1>, 19, 20<1> project across the spaces between adjacent rings of blades 21 from opposite sides alternately, and engage with grooves in the rings 14 on the wheel. By this means a serpentine path through the fixed and moving blades is defined for the steam. When it is desired to reverse the turbine, these partitions are withdrawn into the casing and corresponding partitions 16, 17<1>, 18, 19<1>, 20 are projected across to the rings 14. The path is altered so that the steam passes through each ring of wheel-blades in the opposite direction. Each annular partition has a number of screwed pins 25 passing through stuffing-boxes 26 and working in screwed nuts 27, Fig. 5. Upon a conical portion 31 of each nut a pinion 32 is mounted in suitable angular position. Adjacent pinions gear together, and the innermost pinions gear with a central wheel 33, Fig. 1. By rotating external wheels 34, 39 by means of a hand-wheel 36 and pinions 35, 38, all the pinions on the pins 25 are rotated simultaneously, and the partitions are moved to bring about reversal. Soft metal linings 40 are provided in the casing for the partitions.
Patent GB-190915362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incubators, Foster Mothers and the like.
Inventor: PAULL WILLIAM
IPC: A01K41/00
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 15,362. Paull, W. July 1. Hatching and rearing appliances.-A heating- device for incubators, foster-mothers, &c. is provided with means for the more uniform heating of the egg chamber &c. In one form, shown in Fig. 1<a>, the tank T is provided with downward extensions of any suitable form, and part or the whole of the bottom of the tank may be corrugated. Instead of the extensions, the ends of the tank may extend over the side walls W. In a second form, in which coils of pipes are used, the outer coil is extended downward, and part or all of the pipe may be corrugated Similar corrugations may be provided on a simple coil of pipes. In another form, a tank is provided with a central aperture, and may be provided with downward extensions at the side and with corrugations on the bottom. In another form shown in Fig. 4, the tank T is provided with partitions P extending from the top to the bottom of the tank, the heating-agent entering by a pipe F and leaving by a pipe R. The flanged top and bottom edges of the partitions are secured to the tank by solder &c. The tank may be provided with extensions, similar to the extensions X, Fig. 1<a>. In another form shown in Fig. 6, the partitions are arranged to form spaces S for the heating-agent.
Patent GB-190922382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shoe Sewing-machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: D05B67/00
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 22,382. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Aug. 18, 1908. Boot-sole sewing machines; needles, d r i v i n g. - In c h a i n - stitching machines, to prevent an objectionable pull of the needle on the thread as the shoe is swung during the sewing of the toe, in addition to the usual forward movement given to the needle during the feed the needle driving gear is constructed to permit a yielding of the needle-lever during the feed. The needle-lever is linked to the cam-lever 4 by a link 3 which is pivoted to a block 5 sliding in a slot in the lever 4. During the retracting movement of the needle, in the latter part of which the preceding stitch is set by the pull of the needle on the thread, the block 5 is held in the slot 4 by a locking slide 6 on the lever 4, which is pressed by a spring 8 into the path of the block 5, and the needle is actuated positively. At the completion of the retracting movement, a screw stop 10 in the end of the link 3 presses the locking slide back and frees the block 5, so that during the feed only a light yielding stress due to a spring 11 is exerted on the loop of needle thread. The invention is shown applied to a machine of the type described in Specification 13,366/88.