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Patent GB-190813662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Polishing Machines.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 13,662. Imray, O., [Gordon, T. B.]. June 27. Shoes, cleaning and polishing. -In an automatic shoe cleaning and polishing machine, rotary brushes, each mounted in a separate carriage, are driven and supported so as to enable the brush to yield and operate upon shoes of different shapes and sizes without adjustment. The shoe is placed upon a rest 6 supported by a frame having track surfaces on which the brush carriages 16 are supported. The carriages are moved by engagement with a projection 14 on an endless chain 13 which passes around sprocket-wheels mounted at the ends of the frame. One sprocket-wheel is not concentric with the adjacent curved end 9<1> of the frame, so that as a carriage reaches this end it comes out of engagement with the projection 14 on the endles3 chain 13. Three carriages, carrying polishing and blacking brushes respectively, are mounted on the track, and as one carriage approaches the end 9<1> it comes into contact with one of the other carriages lying idle at this end and thereby moves the third carriage into a position in which the projection 14 may engage it and move it round the shoe. The brush spindle 20, mounted in a movable sleeve 21 supported upon the carriage is rotated by means of a roller 27 which is in frictional contact with a moving belt 28. The shaft 20 actuates, through bevel pinions, another shaft rotating in a sleeve 32 which is connected by a bracket 25 to the sleeve 21. A spring 43 having one end bearing against the carriage presses the shaft rotating in the sleeve towards the shoe. The brush is mounted upon the flexible portion 35<a>, Fig. 5, of a shaft 35 which gears at one end with the shaft in the sleeve 32 and at the other is supported by a bracket 36 which is loosely mounted on the sleeve 32. A spring 38 forces the brush against the shoe in a downward direction. A receptacle 14<1> for blacking &c. has one portion covered by a plate 15. The polishing- brushes are mounted on long arms so that they pass over this plate and do not touch the blacking. The blacking-brusb is mounted on a shorter arm so as to dip into the blacking. To adapt the brushes to follow the contour of the shoes, each sleeve 32 is provided with an arm 32<a> carrying a roller which engages the sole and heel of the shoe. Two or more polishing-devices may be used simultaneously, being operated by a common driving-shaft.
Patent GB-190818981-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Sockets Employed for Fixing Wood Handles or Shafts to Miners' or other Picks and Tools
Inventor: HEELEY JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 18,981. Heeley, J. Sept. 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Handles. - R e - lates to sockets for miners' picks and the like which are formed by bending sheet metal blanks of the shape shown in Fig. 1 and as described in Specification No. 3624, A.D. 1886. The blank is bent to the form shown in Fig. 2, and on each side of the socket the projecting parts a<2> are engaged in the corresponding recesses a<3>.
Patent GB-190821125-A (GB)
Title: Variable Speed Gears for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: HILTON GEORGE TOM
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 21,125. Hilton, G. T., and Coppell, F. B., [trading as Hilton & Co.]. Oct. 7. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to toothed changespeed and reversing gearing of the face-wheel type, and comprises an arrangement devoid of sliding gears situated on one side only of the face-wheel axis. Bevel-pinions e, a<3>, Fig. 2, loose upon the driving-shaft A mesh constantly with toothed rings on the face of the driven face-wheel D. A bevelpinion g fast on a countershaft J meshes with a ring on the back of the wheel D. Spur-pinions o<1>, n<1> fast on the shaft A gear constantly with wheels o, n, loose on the shaft J, an idler m being arranged between the elements n', n for reversing. The highest and the middle speeds are effected by connecting either of the pinions e or a<3>, respectively, to the shaft A by a sliding double clutch h between them. For the low speed and the reverse, the spur reducing-gearing is brought into play by connecting either of the wheels o or n, respectively, to the shaft J by a second sliding double clutch i. In another arrangement a double reduction takes place through spur gearing and parallel shafts. Fig. 3 shows a form in which the parallel countershaft is dispensed with. The low-speed pinion g is also loose on the shaft A and is connected by an idler m to a fourth loose pinion n<1>. A sliding double clutch i on the shaft A between the pinions g and n<1> makes the required connexions.
Patent GB-190821318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boats.
Inventor: PAGE JOHN FISHER LE
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1909-10-11
Abstract: 21,318. Le Page, J. F. Oct. 9. Hulls. - Comprises improvements in boats whereby the fore-wash or waves produced by the bow are either utilized to reduce the resistance to propulsion or are diverted so that no detrimental effect is prodnced on the banks of canals and rivers. The sides of the hull A are provided with outwardly and downwardly projecting plates B, which extend from a short distance from the bow to a point abaft the midship section. These plates arrest the ascent of the waves produced at great speeds and assist in raising the boat in the water, so that the resistance to propulsion is reduced. To divert the fore-wash, boats are constructed with parallel sides, Fig. 8, terminating forward in cutwaters. Between the sides of the vessels a channel is formed, the sides of which are of the same shape as the sides of an ordinary hull. To prevent the detrimental action of fore-wash in ordinary vessels, vertical plates are supported at some distance from their sides at the bows and parallel with their central longitudinal plane.
Patent GB-190822957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Envelopes.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 22,957. Lake, H. W., [Sherman, J. A.]. Oct. 28. Gumming.-The gumming-rolls of an envelopemaking machine are reciprocated across the pickers by a pivoted arm m<4>, Fig. 15, which is oscillated by a cam through the medium of a rod m<7>. To prevent the gum roll from reciprocating when the pile of blanks on the table of the machine is exhausted, a rock shaft N carries at one end a finger n and at the other end an arm n'. This arm is connected at its lower end with a rod n<2>, which passes through a swinging hook n<3> and is connected to it by springs n<5>. The finger n rests against the pile of blanks, and, as the pile becomes exhausted, the finger turns and allows the hook n<3> to fall into the path of a stop P secured to the rod m<7>. The hook engages the stop and disengages the rod from its cam, thus stopping the gumming roll without stopping the machine. The hook can be disengaged from the stop by means of an arm N' on the rock-shaft.
Patent GB-190824091-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Bending Spectacle Temples.
Inventor: NORDEN SVAN
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 24,091. Norden, S. Nov. 10. Making spectacle frames; bending.-In apparatus for bending spectacle temples, the blank is gripped at one end and drawn between a mandrel and a pair of rolls so that when the blank is released it immediately assumes the required shape. Fig. 11 shows the blank to be operated upon, the face 71 being placed on one or other of the two opposite inclines of a jaw 26, Fig. 6, carried by a slide 24. Distortion is obtained by means of a pair of rolls 60, 61 and a mandrel 11. A bar 10 can be adjusted round the axis of the mandrel, and carries the slide 24 connected adjustably by a link 40 to a cam 43, which operates, by means of a slide 53 and spring connexion, the rolls 60, 61, which are grooved to retain the wire blank. The slide 24 is attached to a bar 16 working between stops 17, 18, and when a handle 34 is operated the blank is gripped and drawn between the rolls and mandrel. Figs. 12 and 13 show the finished temple, the curve of which may be altered in length by adjusting the connexion 40, or altered in curvature by adjusting the rolls 60, 61. For blanks of different length, the stops are made adjustable and the adjustment of the bar 10 further varies the shape.
Patent GB-190825125-A (GB)
Title: A Tilting Appliance to Facilitate the Complete Withdrawal of Contents of Casks or the like Vessels when Nearly Empty
Inventor: INGRAM HARRY
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 25,125. Ingram, H. Jan. 7, 1909. Tilters.-Casks and like vessels are tilted by means of an appliance comprising a lever b with a hook a for engaging the ends of the staves, and are held in any position by means of a pronged fork c with pointed ends d which engage a wall or other fixed object e. The fork comprises separate prongs loosely mounted on the squared end-portions of a pin f, so that each prong may have a certain amount of movement independently of the other, to allow the device to be used with an uneven wall or with a wall that is not at right-angles to the centre line of the cask.
Patent GB-190825194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Marine Engine Governors.
Inventor: THEMKE LOUIS ERNEST LEOPOLD
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 25,194. Themke, L. E. L., La Force, E., and Schmid, A. Nov. 23. Marine governors; transmitting-mechanism.-A marine float governor may be disconnected from the throttle valve in order that the valve may be worked by hand. The rod 11 of the float 10 carries a head which moves on the guide 15 between adjustable stops 18. The head moves a cord 16 which passes around a wheel 22 loase on the throttle-valve rod 4, and is connected with the weight 25. The rod 4 carries a wheel 28 which bears a clamping-screw 27 projecting through a slot in the wheel 22. When the screw 27 is tightened the throttle is actuate3 by the float 10, but when the clamp is released the valve is worked by means of the handle 6.
Patent GB-190901439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Piano Playing Mechanism and the like.
Inventor: ATKINSON CLAUDE WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-01-20
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1439. Atkinson, C. W. Jan. 20. [Cognate Applications, 1807/09, 1809/09, and 6403/09.] Player-pianos; actions; bellows, arrangement of; cases ; winding-mechanism ; wind-trunks.-In a pneumatic piano-playing mechanism, the pneumatics are arranged beneath the key-bed, and operate the keys b, c through rods d; the winding- rollers u<1>, the tracker-bar u<2>, the reservoir u<3> and the bellows u' are arranged in or upon an independent casing, which is hooked on to the plate o. This plate is fixed by means of pins to brackets, bolted to the key-bed, and forms part of the casing p which is mounted on trunnions k, so that by pushing the whole action backwards, it may be disengaged from the keys and folded down about its trunnions. The other casing is provided with a front plate t<3> having apertures u, w, which are connected to the tracker-bar and the bellows respectively ; these apertures are adapted to coincide with corresponding holes in the plate o, which are connected to the primary pneumatics l<2> by pipes q, and to the wind-chest h by flat wind-trunks n. The metal wind-chest h is of steppedformation and carries metal tubes g<1>, on which are mounted the pneumatics. Each of these consists of two narrow dished plates g<2>, g<3>, to which flexible material g<4> is attached, either by means of cement or by wire inserted in grooves g<5> round the edges of the plates, as shown in Fig. 7. Each primary pneumatic l<2> comprises two circular dished plates l<3>, l<4>, to which the flexible material is attached in the manner described. The upper plate l<3> fits into a conical seating in the wind-chest and forms a guide for the valve stem.
Patent GB-190903580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Holders.
IPC: F17B1/00
Filed: 1909-02-13
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 3580. Balfour & Co., H., Barker, J., and Hunter, J. Feb. 13. Holders.-For conveying water away from the crown of a gas-holder, discontinuous inclined gutters or ridges with drain-pipes are provided. In the form shown in Fig. 1, inclined ridges 1 are secured to the domed crown, each having a drain-pipe 4 leading from the lowest point. Supplementary ridges 5 may be provided. In a spirally guided gas-holder, the water may be directed by external drainpipes to the upper surfaces of the spiral guides, or by internal water-sealed pipes to a pocket in communication with the water lute.
Patent GB-190904000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Linen and like Collars.
Inventor: PARKER CHARLES RAYMOND
IPC: A41B3/02
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1910-02-18
Abstract: 4000. Parker, C. R. Feb. 18. Button-holes.- The buttonhole 5 at one end 4 of a double collar is made of the usual slit-shape, but the buttonhole 6 of the other end 2 is made triangular, or approximately triangular, as shown, to facilitate the passage through it of the head of the collar stud, which is held by the contracted upper part of the buttonhole. Either the two sides or the apex of the triangular buttonhole may be rounded.
Patent GB-190906759-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Corset
Inventor: MORRIS MADGE CHRISTINE
IPC: A41C1/00
Filed: 1909-03-20
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 6759. Morris, M. C. March 20. Corsets. - A corset having no busks at the front and no opening at the back is shown in front and back views in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively. It is made up of the various pieces a, c, d, e, f, g, h, k, l, shaped as shown, the backpieces a having ventilating- apertures b, and the shaped hip - pieces f, which extend from the rear to the front of the corset, meeting the side pieces e at the waist-line. To give further support to the abdominal muscles &c., belt portions m are attached inside the corset at the forward ends of the hip - pieces, and are adapted to be laced together at the front independently of the corset ; the pieces h, k, l also form a downward extension for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190907733-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device to Enable the Game of Bagatelle to be Played upon a Billiard Table.
Inventor: SERNE LEON
IPC: A63F7/00
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 7733. SernÚ, L. March 31. Table games.-A board b having an inclined feather edge b<1> and a series of cups b<4> is placed on a billiard table to enable bagatelle to be played. The board may b e placed in a corner so that the billiard table provides the cushions on two sides; or the board may be provided with its own side and end cushions and be placed where desired. In a further. modification, the board may be circular, the balls being played either direct into the cups or off the billiard-table cushions.
Patent GB-190908154-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Red Chromable Dyestuffs.
IPC: C09B31/06
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 8154. Cassella & Co., L. April 7, 1908, [Convention date]. Disazo dyes are produced by combining a diazo sulphonic acid with an aminocresolether, diazotizmg the product and combining with salicylic or o- or m-cresotinic acids. According to an example, sulphanilic acid, m-aminop-cresol ether, and o-cresotinic acid are used. The products dye wool yellow or yellow-orange shades, which on treatment with bichromate become red. Metanilic acid or homologues of this acid or of sulphanilic acid may be used as first components.
Patent GB-190914633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disintegrators.
IPC: B02C13/282
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 14,633. Carter, Ltd., J. H., and Carter. G. June 22. Impact pulverizers.-The segmental blocks e and screens f of a disintegrator with rotating beaters c' are made of the same size so as to be interchangeable, and are bolted to each other by bolts g. The toothed or plain plates d, which are let into the side plates a, are made cylindrical on the outer edge d', and the inner curved surfaces e<1>, f<1> of the blocks and screens are turned to the same radius. The bolts g draw the ends of the blocks &c. together and cause the surfaces e<1>, f<1> to embrace the surfaces d'. The casing is preferably shaped to accommodate the square or angular blocks or screens which are sometimes used. The plates a are secured together by bolts a<1> passing through distance-pieces or lugs a<2>, and the doors b of the casing are secured by pivoted pins b<1> and nuts b<2>.
Patent GB-190920671-A (GB)
Title: A Disconnecting Portable Prayer Desk.
Inventor: HILL VIOLET HENRIETTA LOUISE
IPC: A47B3/12
Filed: 1909-09-10
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 20,671. Hill, V. H. L. Sept. 10. Desks convertible into tables. - A portable prayer desk, having disconnectible parts and convertible into a table, comprises uprights A hinged together at B and connected by a distance-piece E and a shelf D, which are detachably secured by wedges F entering slots in extensions C of the distance-piece and shelf. The top H rests, when in use as a desk, on the sloping tops of the uprights, a hinged strip J forming a ledge. When used as a table, hinged slotted flaps N on the underside of the top engage runners M on the uprights.
Patent GB-190924794-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Propeller.
Inventor: HAMILTON OLAF NIKOLA
IPC: B64C11/16
Filed: 1909-10-28
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 24,794. Hamilton, O. N. Oct. 28. Screw propellers. - The propeller, especially applicable to aeroplanes, comprises blades a, curved in cross-section so that the trailing edge a<1> is at right-angles to the face of the blade. At, and near the ends of, the blades, concentric surfaces c, c are arranged, being joined by a surface d parallel and similar to the surface of the blade a. A box-like open-ended structure is thus formed, having an outlet e of reduced area causing a compression of the air to take place. Above the surface d, short continuations of the surfaces c may be fitted to increase the efficiency.
Patent GB-190924905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Wheels or Motors Operated by Currents of Air, Water, or other Fluids.
Inventor: CAPRINO LORENZO
IPC: F03D3/06
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 24,905. Caprino, L. Oct. 29. Current motors.-A wheel d is rotated by the action of an air or water current upon vanes g. The vanes are pivoted at k, and are retained, when travelling in the direction of the wind, by stops m. When the vanes swing over, they are held by stops n beyond the periphery of the wheel. The stops m, n are constructed to yield under an excessive pressure.
Patent GB-190924939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Maintaining a Constant Discharge of Liquids or Gaseous Fluids.
Inventor: WEBB FREDERICK RICHARD
IPC: G05D7/01
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 24,939. Webb, F. R. Oct. 29. Pressure-regulating valves.-In valve apparatus for maintaining a constant discharge of liquids or gases, a loosely-fitting piston valve H, Fig. 1, controlling lateral discharge ports G, is subject, on the upper side thereof, to the inlet pressure on the lower side of an orifice E, while the lower side of the piston, by means of a tube I, has the inlet pressure of the upper side of the orifice. Tn order to obviate the disturbing effects of leakage, narrow ports H<2> are provided in the piston to divert any leakage past the lower part thereof into the interior of the piston. The valve moves up and down automatically under variations of pressure on the opposite sides thereof, and controls the ports G so as to maintain the discharge constant. In a modification, shown in Fig. 5, two pistons K, L provided with flow-orifices. are used, the piston K controlling the main outflow G, and the piston L the side passages I<1>. The second piston L is used to ensure great accuracy of discharge, but this piston and the side passages I<1> may be dispensed with. In a further modification of Fig. 5, the pistons may be constructed with air-chambers so as to act as floats.
Patent GB-190926602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shaft Couplings.
IPC: F16D3/74
Filed: 1909-11-16
Granted: 1900-01-01
Abstract: 26,602. Soc. Anon. des Anciens Etablissements Panhard & Levassor. Jan. 4, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Shaft couplings.-A flexible shaft coupling consists of disks C, D on the shafts to be connected and a strip or membrane E of leather, fibre, &c. secured alternately to the two disks. The strip may be wrapped round the periphery of the disks C, D, or held between them. In some modifications, Fig. 6, relative longitudinal movement of the shafts is allowed.
Patent GB-190927136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tailor's Appliances.
Inventor: ROWE ARTHUR FRANK
IPC: A41H9/02
Filed: 1909-11-22
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 27,136. Rowe, A. F. Nov. 22. Cutting-out.-A skirt marker has a frame of collapsible cross, legs adjustable in height and a sectional platform. The cross legs 6, 7 are pivoted at 8, and are connected by eye-bolts 9. They are bevelled so that when folded the frame lies flat. A handle 17 on one leg serves to raise or lower all legs together. One eye-bolt is extended, and a, piece of iron 16 is bent round it and rests on the floor. The operator's hand is rested on this when adjusting the legs. Two eye-bolts are extended to form telescopic engaging members 10, 11, one of which is formed with a rack 12 to be engaged by a pawl 13 on the other member. The platform comprises sections 19, one edge of each being provided with plates 20 between which the edge of the next section fits. The lower plate of each pair extends beyond the upper one to serve as a guide when fitting together. In use, the frame is laid flat on the floor and the person stands within it; the platform is then fitted round and raised to the required height.
Patent GB-190929355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Signal Lanterns.
Inventor: BROWNE GEORGE PATRICK
IPC: F21L19/00
Filed: 1909-12-15
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 29,355. Browne, G. P. Dec. 15. Lamp signals.-Relates to means for giving three signal colours by the same lantern. The lantern comprises a frame and globe of wellknow type, a lamp well 1 in which the oil reservoir is held by resilient fingers 5, and a chimney comprising two concentric cylinders 12, 13. A red or green glass sleeve 14 slides between the cylinders 12, 13, and is spaced from the outer sleeve by springs 15. Similar springs may be secured to the cylinder 12 to space the sleeve 14 therefrom. The sleeve 14 may be slid down within the globe by means of a ring 8, which encircles the cylinder 13 and is attached to the sleeve by a rod 10 passing through a slot in the cylinder. A similar sleeve 9 of green or red glass is situated in the lamp well, and is operated in the same way by means of a ring 8. Resilient clamps 16 on the lower edge of the sleeve 14 are adapted to engage the edge of the sleeve 9, to enable the two sleeves to be moved together. Leaf-springs 6 may be provided on the outer cylinders 1, 13 to engage the rings 8.
Patent GB-191000960-A (GB)
Title: A Means for Indicating an Increase in Temperature of a Body by Change of Colour.
Inventor: HUGHES EDWIN
Filed: 1910-07-08
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 960. Hughes, E. July 8. Thermometers.-A composition to be mixed with turpentine &c. to form a paint changing colour with heat comprises one part of dry copper sulphate mixed with nine parts of a solution made up in the proportion of seven parts of potassium iodide to one hundred and thirty-four parts of mercuric chloride. Specification 5598/86 is referred to.