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Patent GB-190907650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Certain Ornamental Effects upon Textile Fabrics.
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 7650. Calico Printers' Association, Ashton, F., and Costobadie, H. A. March 31. Printingfabrics.-Ornamental effects are obtained on fabrics by printing first with one or more designs in colours or mordants &c. on the fabric, and afterwards with a resist consisting of resin and wax, fat, oil, &c., and then dyeing and finally removing the resist. Veined effects may be obtained by employing a high percentage of resin in the resist to render it brittle and, when cool, cracking it before the dyeing operation. The resist may be coloured, and is applied by means of a heated roller and colour-box, as described in Specification 8620/08. When coloured patterns on coloured grounds are required, a sufficient proportion of wax, stearine, oil, or fat is added to the resin to prevent the resin from becoming brittle on cooling. Roller or plate machines are used, and the printing is preferably effected on both sides of the fabric. The following are examples of the process. (1) Cloth prepared with beta-naphthol is printed on by four rollers supplied with diazo solutions. The resist is then printed on, and, after the fabric is dried and cracks have formed in the resist, the fabric is dyed with indigo, and the resist removed by boiling water, alkali, soap, &c. Instead of dyeing with indigo, the material with the resist on may be padded with tannin and dyed with a basic dye, or may be padded with a metallic mordant, fixed, dunged, and dyed with a mordant dye. (2) The fabric is printed as in (1), but a resist with more fat in it is used and the fabric is dyed by any one of the three methods described in (1).
Patent GB-190908505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Locking of Railway Signals.
Inventor: ZANDT LUTHER HENDERSON VAN
IPC: B61L19/02
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 8505. Zandt, L. H. van. April 8, 1908, [Convention date]. Hand-levers and train order-pads, interlocking; hand-levers; visual outdoor signals; s aff, tablet, and ticlcet systems.-The hand-lever 13 is interlocked with train order-pads, on which orders are written and which have to be signed by the driver before proceeding past the signal. The order-pads are placed in a cabinet so that the lever can only be pulled off when all the order-pads are inserted and the pads can only be withdrawn when the signal is on. Devices are, however, added so as to enable the signal to be released while some pads are out, an alarm being given so long as the signal is off. The train order-pads 2 are placed on shelves 1 in an open-fronted cabinet and are locked in by spring- pressed locks 5 entering slots in the pad. The locks 5 are carried on a plunger 6 depressible by a cam on the shaft 8 of the hand-lever 13, so as to release all the pads when the signal is put to " danger " by cords &c. attached to a pulley on the shaft. A number of sliding plungers 19 each with an arm 20 in different positions are lifted by the pads supporting the arms 20 when the pads are in position. These plungers have projections at the lower end which engage and lock the shaft 8 if any pad is out of its place in the cabinet, thus preventing the clearing of the signal. In order to temporarily clear the signal when one or more pads are out, the shaft 24 is provided with cranks 25 carrying a bar which lifts all the plungers 19 by engagement with the projections 26 thereon. The movement of the shaft 24 closes the alarm circuit to the electric bell 20<A> at the contacts 27, 33, and the shaft 24 is held in its operated position by the arm 12 when the signal is cleared. The alarm thus continues sounding until the signal is replaced and the shaft 24 is set to normal. The lever 13 is in two parts hinged together and moves over a guard 40. The lever 39 moves over the same guard, and is provided with a spring-actuated plunger 45, which holds it in any position.
Patent GB-190912195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Time Alarm Apparatus.
Inventor: RAUSCH WILHELM
IPC: G04C21/32
Filed: 1909-05-24
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 12,195. Rausch, W. May 24. Time alarms. - Conducting strips with plug holes are arranged radially on a clock face, the inner end of the strip touching a contact sleeve which is rubbed by an arm rotating with the hour hand. The plug holes opposite any particular hour are connected by a cord to a plug hole in an alarm circuit for the locality to be called. The clock apparatus is regulated by a pendulum, and may be driven electro-magnetically, a pivoted plate actuated by the electromagnet armature being provided to press against a spring to secure proper contact. Fig. 1 shows plug strips 2 radiating from contact sleeves 1 for each fifteen minutes. The cord 3 is shown attached for calling locality 1 at 10 o'clock. Contacts are provided for calling up any locality at any time, and the central alarm may be operated at any time from the branch station.
Patent GB-190913928-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Card Game.
Inventor: SARGENT ALFRED WARNE
IPC: A63F1/02
Filed: 1909-06-14
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 13,928. Sargent, A. W. June 14. Card games.-A game is played with a pack of cards composed of seven suits which are distinguished by different floral designs. Three suits comprise three cards each, three comprise four cards each, and one comprises five cards.
Patent GB-190915097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pins for Securing Ladies Hats in Position on the Head.
Inventor: PARKER STANLEY
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 15,097. Parker, S. June 28. Hat - pins.- A sleeve f is permanently arranged on the end of the hat-pin, and is adapted to be moved outwards so as to cover the point. A recess h and pin g limit the extent of movement in either direction.
Patent GB-190917391-A (GB)
Title: Metallic Fabrics.
Inventor: CLARK NORRIS ELMORE
IPC: E04F13/04
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 17,391. Clark, N. E. July 26. Expanded metal for lathing consists of parallel strips 1, 2, 9 and zigzag strands 5, 6 connected at intervals as shown at 7, 8. The strips are arranged to lie in the plane of the fabric, and some of them are made wider and corrugated as shown at 1, 2 to act as strengthening-pieces. The zigzag strands are oppositely inclined as shown in Fig. 1, and the beams 1, 2 are perforated at 10, 11, 12 to form keys for the plaster. Some of the perforations are arranged in line to receive strengthening-rods 13, Fig. 3. The punched-out tongues 14 may be employed to connect other sheets 15 of lathing as shown in Fig. 3. The sheets may be secured back to back for forming double thickness walls. In a modification, rolled sections may be employed.
Patent GB-190919926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Fabrics for use as Belting Fire or Garden Hose and like Purposes.
Inventor: WOOSTER PHILIP LISCOMBE
IPC: D06M15/17
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 19,926. Wooster, P. L. Aug. 31. Drawings to Specification. Impregnating-compositions.-To render fabric suitable for belting, or for garden or fire hose, and like purposes, it is impregnated with a solution of asphaltum and then compressed and dried. For this purpose a woven fabric is saturated under pressure with a solution of asphaltum having a bituminous base in a suitable hydrocarbon or other solvent. The fabric is next passed through suitable rollers to smooth the surface and is then dried. The fabric may be made of jute or other fibre. Reference has been directed by the Coniptroller to Specifications 1604/85 and 10,543/91.
Patent GB-190920232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeronautical Apparatus.
Inventor: EVANS LEWIS THOMAS GODFREY
IPC: B64D45/00
Filed: 1909-09-03
Granted: 1910-09-05
Abstract: 20,232. Evans, L. T. G. Sept. 3. Steering and balancing. - In an automatic balancing-device for aerial machines, a gravityactuated member, when the machine is inclined, connects a constantly rotating shaft to means for actuating the steering-planes, or for moving the motor or other heavy part to alter the centre of gravity and restore equilibrium. The motor 1 is mounted to slide on guides 2, and drives the shaft 17 carrying pulleys 11, 18, which drive in opposite directions the pulleys 10, 16 loose on a shaft 3. A trough 6 containing a ball 7 is slidably mounted on ball bearings 5 in the frame 4, and is formed with extensions 8 bearing on the shaft 3. If the machine inclines the trough slides in the frame 4 and moves one or other of the clutch members 9 into contact with one of the pulleys 10, 16. The shaft 3 is then rotated and turns a screw shaft 14 for moving the motor longitudinally. When used for operating the steering-surfaces, means are provided for preventing too large a movement of the surfaces. A ratchet-wheel 21 is mounted on a shaft 14<a> driven by the shaft 3 and the pawl 23 is carried by an arm 22 mounted eccentrically to the wheel 21 and provided with a counterweight 27. The pawl 23 is connected by a cord 24 to a rack 25 normally in gear with the handwheel 26 for operating the steering-surface. When the wheel is moved a predetermined distance, the pawl 23 is carried by its arm 22 out of gear with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel. The rack 25 can be displaced to allow the surface to be actuated independently of the automatic mechanism.
Patent GB-190922657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WHITE ISAAC PITMAN
IPC: F02M19/035
Filed: 1909-10-05
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 22,657. White, I. P. Oct. 5. [Addition to 8580/08.] Spray carburettors.-In order to render the carburettor described in the parent Specification suitable for heavy oils and mixtures of such oils, with petrol, the lower portion is improved by extending the heating-jacket 5 upwards and by surrounding the fuel nozzle by a conical deflector 18 extending to the bottom of the choke-tube 17. The deflector is perforated at 19. A tube 20 prevents flooding of the bottom 4.
Patent GB-190926234-A (GB)
Title: Improved Porous Plaster.
Inventor: TEUFEL WILHELM JULIUS
IPC: C04B28/14
Filed: 1909-11-12
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 26,234. Teufel, W. J. Nov. 12, 1908, [Convention date]. Plasters.-Porous plasters, instead of being perforated after manufacture, are made up on a net-like backing-fabric possessing naturally a sufficient degree of porosity. The coating may be spread as a cohesive mass, or may be so spread as to leave the meshes of the fabric open. The fabric used is preferably elastic.
Patent GB-190926463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanical Piano Players.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 26,463. Fairweather, W., [Wilcox & White Co.]. Nov. 15. Player-pianos; treadle devices.-The treadles are folded-up by the expansion of the reservoir or by the operation of any other suitable motor. When the handle 16 is pulled out, the motion is transmitted through the levers 17, 13 and link 18 to a link 11 pivoted to a link 14, which is pivotally mounted on the moving board of the reservoir 6. If the bellows 5 are then vigorously operated by means of the treadles 3, the reservoir collapses to the position shown in dotted lines, and a catch 15 on the link 11 engages a projection 19 on a slide 9, mounted on antifriction supports 10, 10<a> and connected to the pedal-board 2. On the cessation of pumping, the reservoir 6 expands under the influence of the spring 7, drawing in the slide 9 and folding up the treadles. The latter may be lowered again either manually or by gravity. By pushing in the handle 16 the catch 15 may be disengaged from the slide 9.
Patent GB-191000228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Amides, Cyanamides and Cyanides.
Inventor: ASHCROFT EDGAR ARTHUR
Filed: 1910-01-04
Granted: 1911-03-06
Abstract: 228. Ashcroft, E. A. Jan. 4. Amides, cyanamides, and cyanides, obtaining. -These compounds of alkali metals, particularly of sodium and potassium, are prepared by an electrolytic process wherein the anode consists of an alloy of the alkali metal with one or more other metals, and the electrolyte of the desired product in a molten state. Ammonia or other nitrogenous matter alone is added to the cell if amides are to be produced, and, together with carbon or carbonaceous gas if carbon-nitrogen compounds are desired, the temperature being regulated according to the nature of the product. The cyanamide and cyanide may be added initially to the cell as such, or they may be formed therein from ammonia, carbon, and metal. The alloy may be produced continuously at the cathode of one cell from fused raw material such as alkali chloride or hydrate, and then passed to a second cell wherein it becomes the anode; or the alloy may be taken from another source and used as anode. When amides are to be produced, and mercury is employed as the cathode of the first cell, the raw material may be electrolyzed in aqueous solution instead of in a molten state. Specifications 12,377/03 and 26,813/05 are referred to. The Provisional Specification describes also the production of cyanide by heating the formed cyanamide in a separate vessel with carbon, or in situ by periodically raising the temperature of the second cell and cutting-off the ammonia supply and current after the contents of the cell have been all converted into cyanamide. The production of other metallic compounds than of the alkalis, such as of the alkaline-earth metals, magnesium, and the heavy metals, and the use of bromides, iodides, and sulphides as raw materials, is also described.
Patent GB-191003181-A (GB)
Title: Roads and Ways of Iron and Steel.
Inventor: HALLETT WALTER GEORGE
IPC: E01C5/16
Filed: 1910-02-09
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 3181. Hallett, W. G. Feb. 9. Drawings to Specification. Metal paving - blocks for roads comprise squares of iron or steel formed with vertical drainage holes and with octagonal projections between the holes to prevent slipping.
Patent GB-191006273-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Lead Oxides and White Lead.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
IPC: C09C1/16
Filed: 1910-03-12
Granted: 1911-06-12
Abstract: 6273. Heide, H. C., [representative of Bailey, J. W.]. March 12, 1909, [Convention date]. Lead monoxide and dioxide and white lead are made by a process in which comminuted lead is subjected in the presence of water to rapidly recurring violent impacts and attrition while suspended in or showered through a body of air. Granulated or comminuted lead and water are fed by pipes 18<1>, 19 into a drum 1 divided into several compartments by partitions 9<1>, 10. The drum 1 and its shaft 15 are then rotated in opposite directions or in the same direction at different speeds, the material being raised by ribs or buckets 46 on the drum and showered upon diamond-sectioned beaters 20 attached to the shaft. The partitions 9<1>, 10 are provided with ports 21, 22 covered with gauze 25, 26, the gauze 26 being of finer mesh so that the material which the construction of the ports allows to travel through in one direction only, may be of progressively increasing fineness. The material is finally discharged by an outlet 33 to a floating-box 36 and thence to settling-tanks 40, 41. It is stated that the temperature produced in the apparatus is above 100‹ C., that some of the water is decomposed, and that monoxide or dioxide is produced as desired by allowing a shorter or longer time for the oxidation. When white lead is to be produced, carbon dioxide with a suitable acid if desired is admitted through the hollow shaft 15 either before or after the oxide has been produced. The partitions 9<1>, 10 may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-191013227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Measuring Devices.
Inventor: SOERENSEN EINAR FOLKE
Filed: 1910-05-31
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 13,227. S÷rensen, E. F. May 31. Scales; scales illuminating. - In measures for determining the number of set lengths into which timber is to be sawn, the scales may be adjusted for various lengths by the employment of movable graduation marks. According to another arrangement, markers are replaced by electric contact-making parts controlling lamps. The timber l abuts against the saw m parallel to a fixed rule n, upon which the graduations according to one length are represented by inclines n', and the movable rule is slid from the left of the apparatus until its zero, as defined by the left-hand triangular pivoted member p<1>, is opposite the left end of the log. At the point at which an upper graduation is the least distance to the left of a lower one, the pivoted member is turned into the position shown in full lines, with a small push-button p<5> uppermost, whereby upon manual depression of a rod p' the circuit of a lamp identifying the particular graduation may be completed.
Patent GB-191015731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Electric Junction Boxes and similar Chambers.
Inventor: CHAMPION ALFRED
IPC: H02B7/06
Filed: 1910-06-30
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 15,731. Champion, A. June 30. Bricks &c., special shapes of. -Boxes or chambers formed of stoneware or other non - conducting material have the tenon and mortice of the wall joints made with enlarged or head portions d, d<1>, e, el, and reduced neck portions, either or both of the adjacent ends e<2>, e<3> being splayed inwards. Cement, bitumen, or other filling f is poured in. The floor or base of the box or chamber has a channel j adjacent to its periphery for engagement by a flange k on the wall members, the channel and flange forming a trap for a sealing- liquid.
Patent GB-191018027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Heads of all Screws and in Tools for Driving the same.
Inventor: CHAPPELL JOSEPH LLEWELLYN
IPC: F16B23/00
Filed: 1910-07-29
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 18,027. Chappell, J. L. July 29. 'Wood-screws.-In a wood-screw of the kind in which the nick in the head is undercut to retain the driving-tool, a projection a<5>, Fig. 1, is formed on the base of the nick, the apex lying under the entrance to the nick. The walls of the nick may be roughened or recessed as shown in Fig. 6. A special form of screwdriver for use with such a screw is shown in Fig. 4. The blade is split into two parts b<1> with turned-out ends b<3>, which are separated when the tool is pressed into the nick. The legs b<1> may be bowed as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191018353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyre Armour.
Inventor: GAMBLE HENRY ARTHUR
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1910-08-03
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 18,353. Gamble, H. A. Aug. 3. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces. - A non-skid protective band for pneumatic tyres, which is secured thereon by inflation, comprises roughened metal plates 4, having oppositelybevelled overlapping edges 6, which are connected together by two endless wire ropes 23 passing through corrugated channels in sheetmetal plates 14, 24 bolted to them and holding, by flanges 21 and toothed edges 18, 28, rubber or like blocks 30 bearing on the tyre. The plates 4 have inwardly-projecting sides 5 bearing against the sides 15 of the sheet-metal plates 14, which secure in position rubber studs 12 projecting from rubber bases through holes in the plates 4. The plates 4, as well as the rubber or like blocks 30, are not in contact, so that the tyre tread is well ventilated.
Patent GB-191020376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Roundabouts, Merry-go-rounds, and like Machines, and also applicable to Rail or Tramway Tracks for Recreation Purposes.
Inventor: DICKINSON FREDERIC WILLIAM
IPC: A63G1/00
Filed: 1910-09-01
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 20,376. Dickinson, r. W. Sept. 1. Railways for recreation; roundabouts.-In an amusement apparatus, passengers stand on skate-like carriages which are propelled along a stationary track by means of a moving platform. The platform f may be suspended from the rotating framework of a roundabout, or it may be mounted on wheels which run on a track l forming part either of a roundabout or of a recreation railway. The platform is made in a number of sections f, hinged together, and the track on which it runs may be either level or of switchback formation. The carriages u project through slots n in the platforms and run on tracks m, which also may be either level or undulating. In a modification, the slots n are formed in sliding plates, which are given a radial reciprocation by means of rollers engaging a guide-rail. Hand-rails p are fixed to the platform on each side of each pair of skates.
Patent GB-191020590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Regenerative Accumulators.
Inventor: SCHWARZ WALTER
IPC: F01K1/02
Filed: 1910-09-03
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 20,590. Schwarz, W. Sept. 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Steam regenerative accumulators. - The periodic fluctuations of pressure in an accumulator are utilized to effect the circulation of liquid through the system. A rise in pressure forces water from the bottom of the accumulator into the open tank a, and simultaneously from the tank b to the tank c. When the pressure falls, water flows from the tank a through the non-return valve g into the tank band from the tank c into the distribution chamber d at the top of the accumulator. When the steam attains its maximum pressure, the piston valve c is lifted and water is discharged from the chamber d through the slots in the bushing f.
Patent GB-191021808-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hook for Swingletrees and the like.
Inventor: MANDER HERBERT
IPC: B64C5/04
Filed: 1910-09-20
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 21,808. Mander, H. Sept. 20. Hooks, safety.-A safety hook for the swingletrees of vehicles &c. comprises two parallel members 1, 2. The end link 4 of a chain is passed over the members, and the next link 5 between them. Curved parts 3 prevent the accidental detachment of the chain in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191022852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Metallic Filament Electric Lamps.
IPC: H01K1/14
Filed: 1910-10-03
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 22,852. Westinghouse - Metallfaden- Gl³hlampfabrik Ges. Oct. 6, 1909, [Convention date]. Filaments; filaments, attaching; filaments, supports for. - Overheating of the leading-in wires and supports by conduction from metal filaments is prevented by branching the filament-ends to increase the effective cross - section and diminish resistance, or by bringing adjacent filaments into contact near the joints to short - circuit t h e ends. A filament may be branched, as shown in Fig. 1, by causing a kink near the end to rest in a conductive loop 4 of the same or greater thickness, attached to the support 3 or leading-in wire 2. Alternatively, kinks in adjacent filaments may be interlaced near the supports, or their end parts may be wholly in contact, the leading-in wires being looped to receive kinks in filaments the ends of which are attached to insulated supports and do not convey current. Kinks in the filaments are made after manufacture, by bending if ductile or by shaping while hot, if sintered, like tungsten. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also the thickening of filament-ends by winding with filament material, or by winding the filament with the folds in contact; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191026260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Making Metal Strips, Foil, Sheets, or Ribbons.
Inventor: STRANGE EDWARD HALFORD
IPC: B22D11/06
Filed: 1910-11-11
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 26,260. Strange, E. H. Nov. 11. Casting-machines; metal, pouring.-In apparatus for making strips, foil, sheets, or ribbons, of the type in which molten metal is taken up by a rotating body from a vessel, the metal is supplied to the vessel at its lower part and is maintained free from disturbance by being kept at a constant level. In the arrangement shown, the vessel 3 is supplied from an auxiliary vessel 2 having an overflow 5 to enable a constant head to be maintained. A ball-cock may be used for this purpose. A fixed or floating body 8 may be located near to the point of delivery.