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Patent GB-190708753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Permanent Way of Railways
Inventor: COPLESTONE WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 8753. Coplestone, W. J. April 15. Rails points and switches ; crossings. -In order to adapt ordinary railways to receive vehicles with flangeless wheels, guard-rails of the section shown in Fig. 2 are fixed alongside, and preferably on the inner side of, the ordinary rails. The curved face of the guardrail is made to face towards the ordinary rail and to project above it. The two rails are fixed in a chair of the form shown in Fig. 3. Special arrangements are provided at points and crossings. At a crossing such as that shown at A, Fig. 1, the approaching guard-rails terminate in a piece such as that shown in Fig. 5, mounted in a chair such as that shown in Fig. 4, a continuation piece constructed as shown in Fig. 6 being pivoted to the chair at h and adapted to form the continuation of either guard-rail as required. This piece is cut away at n to pass over the running rail. It is supported by a slide chair. The ordinary wing rail may also be hinged and connected to the movable piece of the guard-rail so as to move with it. At the points, portions B, C, Fig. 1, of the guard-rail are made vertically movable so that they can be lowered out of the way of the travelling wheels when passing to the branch and to the main line respectively. These portions B, C are mounted on crank arms and are operated by cranks on shafts s, s<1>, which are connected by gearing t, t'. A crank at v is connected to the nose-point at A so as to move it simultaneously with the parts B, C. Vehicles are guided from the road on to the rails by converging rails a, b.
Patent GB-190719849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Controlling Rods of Brakes between Railway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: REID AUBREY JAMES
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 19,849. Reid, A. J. Sept. 5. Brakes. - In connexion with railway - vehicle brakes which are operated by rods extending throughout the train, coupling-means are provided for the rods so that the variations in length caused by compression or extension of the buffers as the vehicles pass round a curve are compensated for. The rod 29, Fig. 1, for actuating the brakes in a manner corresponding to that described in Specification No. 25,695, A.D. 1906, is connected to the spindle 41 of a drum 40, on which is wound a rope 51 attached to the operating-rod 29 of an adjacent vehicle. At the end of the vehicle, drums 37, 38 are mounted, and are keyed to a shaft 39. Wire ropes 43, 44 are wound in opposite directions on the drums and are secured to hooks 47, 50 on the adjacent vehicle. The shaft 41 is mounted at one end by a universal joint on the shaft 39, and at the other end has a sliding bearing in a guide 36. When the vehicles pass round a curve, one of the drums 37, 38 is caused to wind-up and the other to unwind, and the rotation of the shaft 38 causes the drum 40 to wind-up or unwind, thereby preventing a pull on the operating-rods. In a modified form, in which means are also provided for compensating for the compression or extension of the buffers, the rope 43 wound on the drum 37 is passed over pulleys 55, 56 and is connected to springs 57 which take up any slack or pull in the ropes 44, 51 owing to the opening or closing of the buffers.
Patent GB-190801510-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Preventing Side Slipping of Wheels on Motor Vehicles and the like
Inventor: MANSELL ALFRED ALBERT
Filed: 1908-01-22
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 1510. Mansell, A. A., and Smith, G. Jan. 22. Spiked plates.-Studs or rivets e for fixing a series of strips a to a strap d, to form a non- skid device for vehicles, are made with two prongs, which are bent over after penetrating the material.
Patent GB-190809003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture & Production of Compounds containing Sulphur.
Inventor: PRICE THOMAS SLATER
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 9003. Price, T. S. April 25. Dithiodiglycollic acid compounds, or analogues or derivatives thereof, are obtained by the electrolysis of the product of reaction of a thiosulphate on a halogen acetic-acid compound or analogue or derivative thereof. According to an example, ethyl bromacetate is treated with sodium thiosulphate, and the product after the addition of potassium bicarbonate is electrolyzed in the cathode compartment of a cell, using a rotating cathode ; say, of platinum, an anode of platinum, lead, nickel, &c., and sodium carbonate solution as anolyte ; diethyldithiodiglycollate is thus obtained. The dimethyl compound is obtained similarly ; these compounds yield dithio-diglycollic acid on hydrolysis. Diethyldithiodilactates and dithiodilactic acids are prepared in a similar manner. Ethereal disulphides are obtained by treating with alkali or alkali carbonate, the product of reaction of a thiosulphate on a halogenized hydrocarbon or derivative thereof. According to examples, diethyl disulphide and di-o-, -m-, and - p-nitrobenzyldisulphide are obtained from the products of reaction of sodium thiosulpbate on ethyl iodide and o-, m-, and p-nitrobenzylchloride respectively. According to the Provisional Specification, dibenzyldisulphide is obtained by treating benzyl chloride with sodium tbiosulphate, and treating the product with alkali or alkali carbonate, with or without electrolysis.
Patent GB-190810578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tobacco Pipes and the like.
Inventor: GOODWIN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 10,578. Goodwin, W. H. May 15. Tobacco pipes.-The mouthpiece is secured to the stem by means of a nut D having a flange D<1> which engages a collar B on the mouthpiece. The nut D screws on to the stem, or on to a sleeve G secured to the stem, the end of the nut being preferably left free from screw threads to enable the nut to fit the pipe closely beyond the screw threads. The flange D<1> of the nut may be cut out, as shown at D<2>, to enable the nut to pass over the mouth end of the mouthpiece. The stem may be provided with a recess K to accommodate a. feather J, or the collar may be replaced by two or more feathers. The mouthpiece is provided with an inclined bore to serve as a trap.
Patent GB-190816902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Stripping the Flesh from Hides.
Inventor: KEHRHAHN ALEXANDER HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 16,902. Kehrhahn, A. H. Aug. 12, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents dc. Act, 1907]. Cutting-machines for leather.-In a skin-fleshing machine of the endless-band knife type, the thickness of the removed layer is controlled by feelers which penetrate the surface tissue so as to rest on the skin substance proper, the thickness of which substance at any point on the hide thus determining the distance between the knife-edge and the bed-roll at that point. In Figs. 4 and 5 the application is shown to a machine of known type, in which the skin passes under spring fingers 5 and over a bed-roll 1 to a horizontal endless knife 12 which removes the flesh. The hide is fed by a roll 6, which is pressed towards the bed-roll by a weighted lever 9, a link 10, and an elbow lever 8. At intervals along a transverse shaft 14 are pivoted arms 15 carrying belt-driven scraping-rollers 16 which, under the action of weighted arms 17, penetrate the flesh and rest on the skin proper. Rigidly attached to each arm 15 is a bar 19 carrying a split guide-block 18 through which the knife 12 passes. Thus, at each point on the hide where a roller 12 is placed, the vertical motion of the roller adjusts the thickness of the fleshing cut to the actual thickness of the skin at that point. The position of the knife with regard to the rollers may be adjusted by screws 21, 22 and the abutment on the frame of a set-screw 23, which is carried by the arm 20, prevents the knife from striking the bell-roll in the absence of a hide. The rollers 12 have teeth, helicoid blades, or smooth blunt edges, or they may be replaced by pointed tools of ploughshare shape. In Figs. 8 and 9 alternative forms of machine are shown, in which the knife 12 is kept rigidly horizontal while the supporting bed 25 moves away from it in proportion to the thickness of the skin. The bed 25 consists of a number of short elements which are bored with large axial holes and strung on a small shaft so that they can be pressed down independently into a soft rubber bed-roll 29 when the feeling-tools 27 rest on thick portions of the skin. The feeling-tools are fixed at a predetermined position with regard to the bed 25 by means of screws 37, and the upward pressure of the bed-roll 29 is determined by the position of an adjustable locking-arm 34 which is linked to the pivoted arms 31 in which the bedroll is journaled. The feeler rolls and their attachments may be fixed at any position along the shaft 36.
Patent GB-190819174-A (GB)
Title: Improved Child's Carriage.
Inventor: MCLENNAN WILLIAM SEATON
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 19,174. McLennan, W. S. Sept. 12. [Cognate Application No. 26,750, A.D. 1908, dated Dec. 10.] Seats.-A child's folding carriage is provided with a reversible seat back and reversible foot-rest to enable the child to face in either direction, and the seat back, when in its rear position, can be adjusted in inclination. To the front members A' of the usual crossed bars A, A', carrying the seat D, are pivoted arm-rests B, which are connected to the members A by links B<1>. Plates G, secured to the inner sides of the members A, prevent lateral displacement of the arms B when the retaining-strap G<1> is tightened. The back B<2> is supported on links B<3>, pivoted to the cross frames at A<2> and preferably bent as shown to rest on a cross-bar C<3> when in the rear position. The back is secured in its vertical position by turn-buckles, or by a wire bail C having hooked arms C' capable of sliding in eyes C<2> on the frame so that it can be drawn out into the position shown in dotted lines when it is required to incline the seat back ; or one or more straps may be used to hold the seat back in both positions. The arms C' are bent to prevent the hooks C<4> on their ends from being withdrawn from the eyes C', or knobs &c. may be formed on the ends of the arms. When in the forward position, the lower ends of the back fit into recesses D<1> in the members A'. A reversible foot-rest E is carried by arms D<3> pivoted to plates D' depending from the members A', so that it can be turned to rest on either of two cross-bars E<1>, E<2>. If the arms D<3> are too long to turn over beneath the seat, the plates D' may be lengthened and slotted as shown.
Patent GB-190826700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Feeding Paper or other Sheets to Printing and like Machines.
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 26,700. Carter, Ltd., J. D., and Hardman, G. E. Dec. 9. Feeding sheets.-Relates to friction roller separators applicable to rotary duplicators, and consists in substituting a ball clutch for the ratchet device usually employed. The feed-roller A, provided with adjustable india-rubber bands A<3>, is formed integral with a grooved roller A' and is mounted loosely on the shaft B. Secured to the shaft B is an eccentric casing B', between which and the roller A' is located a ball C', a pin B<3> being provided to limit the motion of the ball. As the roller is reciprocated by arms d', a sliding block d, a link d<1>, a lever b, c, and a connecting-rod a, it is locked to feed off the sheet in one direction, and is free to roll over the sheets on its return. The device may be employed in conjunction with the rubber guides described in Specification No. 4877, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190900273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Measuring the Thrust of Screw Propeller Shafts.
Inventor: CLEMENT ADOLPHE
IPC: G01L5/12
Filed: 1909-01-05
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 273. Clement, A. Sept. 16, 1908, [Convention date], Ball-bearings for screw - propeller shafts. A dynamometer for determining the traction or propelling effort of a screw propeller, especially that of a dirigible balloon, consists of a suitable pressure gauge or other device to which the traction exerted upon the driven portion of the propeller shaft is transmitted by the connecting-rod J. A clutch d, d, with plane jaws parallel to the axis of the shaft, transmits, through balls f, the turning-effort from the driving-portion D of the shaft to the driven portion A without preventing longitudinal movement of the latter. Ball bearings a, b, c for the portion A, the members c of which are not provided with a ball-race, also allow this movement. The rod J sustains the tractive effort of the propeller.
Patent GB-190905248-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Amusement Device.
Inventor: STRICKLER WILLIAM HOMER
IPC: A63G1/38
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 5248. Strickler, W. H. March 4. Amusement apparatus. - An amusement device consists of a circular platform A<2> which, when at rest, is supported by its periphery on a rail or track B. The centre of the platform is mounted by means of a cup-shaped member D on the hemispherical end of an hydraulic ram C or other suitable lifting-mechanism. The centre pole E and the surrounding wall H are heavily padded. When the platform is raised, it tilts and the voluntary or involuntary motion of the passengers standing on it causes it to roll on the rail B.
Patent GB-190918602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Insect Traps.
Inventor: HAZELRIGG ROSS
IPC: A01M1/10
Filed: 1909-08-12
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 18,602. Hazelrigg, R. Aug. 12. Insect traps. -Relates to an appliance for catching insects on windows, walls; &c. A wire cylinder 1, which may be suspended by a cord 2 from a window pane, wall, &c., has open ends fitted with collars 4 which. support caps 6. A wire frame 9 carried by the body 1 projects below the same and communicates with the body by cones 9<a>. The lower part of the frame 1 has a cone-shaped entrance 10 and wire cone 11. Insects pass through the cone 11 into the space between the frame 9 and the window, and are directed by plates 12, 13 to cones 14, 15, and thence by plates 16, 17 to the cones 9<a> leading to the body 1. When used with large windows &c., two such devices may be connected by a plain wire cylinder, the ends of which fit over the inner collars 4. Specification 9469/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-190920999-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hair Waver, or Curler which can also be used to Hold Puff Curls, and the like.
Inventor: WOODBRIDGE EDITH JANE
IPC: A45D2/12
Filed: 1909-09-14
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 20,999. Woodbridge, E. J. Sept. 14. Hair-curling appliances.-Relates to curlers of the type in which a rigid member, adapted to enter the curl, is provided with an elastic ring to secure it in position. According to the invention, the rigid member is in the form of a parallel-sided bar G having an enlarged pierced head A to which the ring is attached by looping or tying it in the manner shown. The Provisional Specification also describes a modified form of the rigid member.
Patent GB-190924272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Treads for Pneumatic and other Tyres.
Inventor: URRUELA FRANCISCO RAFAEL DE
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1909-10-22
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 24,272. Urruela, F. R. de. Oct. 22. Jackets and covers; tread bands, projections, and surfaces.- Tread bands A for pneumatic and other elastic tyres, which are secured by side wires E, 'are prevented from moving on the tyres by interengaging projections and recesses. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the non-skid studs C have pointed bases c, which enter a strip B<1> of leather, hard rubber, fabric, fibre, soft metal, or other material, cemented or otherwise fixed to the tyre. In the form shown in Fig. 5, metal plates F, with prongs f<1> passing through and turned down on a strip A<1> fixed inside the tread band, have central prongs f which enter the strip B<1>. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the pointed rivets G project from the sides of the strip B<1> and enter the tread band. In the form shown in Fig. 17, the heads of the rivets L on the tyre are engaged by a sliding movement of the tread band between the tread band and the heads of rivets K secured thereto. In another form, the rivets on the tread band engage in slots in the leather or other band B<1>. Plastic rubber may be placed between the edges of the tread band and the tyre to prevent the entry of wet &c. ; and the edges of the tread band may engage against annular shoulders formed on each side of the tyre. According to the Provisional Specification, interlocking projections of metal or other material, or rivets having interengaging ribbed heads, may be secured to the tyre and tread band.
Patent GB-190929762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Cutting Machines.
IPC: B02C4/30
Filed: 1909-12-20
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 29.762. Anderson, Boyes, & Co., and Anderson, A. Dec. 20. Coal-cutting machines.-Relates to a cutter-holder for a disk coal-cutting machine of the type in which the cutters are held in removable and reversibla holders dovetailed to the rim of the disk. The cutter-holder A is bevelled at both ends in correspondence with the inclination of the sides b, b<1> of the dovetailed recess, and is held in position by a key g, which projects into a cavity j beyond the recess and is locked by a cottar-pin h or the like passing through an orifice i in the rim of the disk. The holder is preferably provided with side flanges f. The cavity j and orifice i are duplicated at the opposite end of the recess to permit the reversal of the holder.
Patent GB-191002094-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Screw Propeller for Aeroplanes and other Aerial Machines.
Inventor: TWINING ERNEST WALTER
IPC: B64C11/18
Filed: 1910-01-27
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 2094. Twining, E. W. Jan. 27. Screw propellers. -The blades of screw propellers for aerial machines are of concavoconvex form, as shown in Fig. 1, and are arranged so that the chords of the curves are part of a true helical surface. The blades narrow towards the tip in such a manner that the product of the air pressure and the width is a constant. The blades are also inclined backwards at a slope of from 1 in 10 to 1 in 5. The concavity of the backward face varies from the root to the tip.
Patent GB-191005270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Switch Devices for Electric Motors.
IPC: H02P1/02
Filed: 1910-03-02
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 5270. Adams Manufacturing Co., [Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Co.]. March 2. Interlocked switches; automatic circuitbreakers. - Multiple electric switch apparatus comprises four separately manually - operated switches mechanically interlocked so as to close in a definite sequence, of the kind described in Specification 5261/10, and automatic means controlled by an electro-magnet in series with the line for checking the progressive operation of the switches. The switches 1, 2, 3, 4 are mounted on a bracket 6 on the base 7 and carry brushes bridging separate contacts 11, and a contactstrip 12 and arcing contacts 9. The operating- levers 13 are pivoted on lugs 14 on the switches, and are connected by links 16 to the brackets 6, so providing a toggle, the switches being biassed to the open position by their weight and closed when the levers 13 are pressed inwards. The switches must be closed by a hand-over-hand movement. On closing the first switch, a lug 20 on the right-hand side of the switch moves upwards to the position shown in dotted lines. Holding the first switch closed, the second is closed, and a lug 21 on the left-hand side of the second switch engages a loose latch 19, carrying it forwards so as to engage the lug 20, and locking the first switch. All the switches are closed and locked in the same manner, the last switch being held by means of a pin 25 thereon engaging a hooked armature 23 of a hold-on magnet 22. If it is attempted to close the switches in any other order, an extension 26 on the lug 21 will be jammed on the lug 20 of the previous switch which will in its turn jam against the corresponding latch 19, so preventing the switch from being closed. The latches 19 rest against a rod 27 attached to a pivoted rod having a member 31 secured at one end thereto and connected to a spring 33 and core 36 of a magnet 35. The spring 33 causes the rod to be raised in normal position, and, on the occurrence of an excessive current, the core is drawn in and the rod 27 lowered, causing the latches 19 to drop, and, on an attempt being made to close the next switch, the lug 21 jams against the blunt end of the latch 19 of the previous switch so preventing further movement of further switches until the current has diminished.
Patent GB-191006797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Cream and other Liquids.
Inventor: EWING MATTHEW
IPC: F25D31/00
Filed: 1910-03-17
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 6797. Ewing, M. March 17. Loop-tube apparatus. - In an apparatus for cooling cream &c., a vat G is provided with external and internal cooling-coils. The outer coils A are galvanized-iron tubes arranged in the space between the inner and outer walls of the vat. These coils are connected by a flexible pipe H to the inner movable copper coils F mounted on a frame h. Brine &c., cooled in an evaporator, may be pumped to the inlet l and returned by the outlet J to the evaporator. In another arrangement, the brine supply-pipe has separate branches leading to the inner and outer coils, separate outlets being provided. To agitate the liquid in the vat, the inner coils may carry plates L.
Patent GB-191007624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clockwork Advertising Devices.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER FERDINAND
IPC: G09F23/16
Filed: 1910-03-29
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 7624. Schneider, F. Nov. 19, 1909, [Convention date]. Reel and endless-web apparatus.-An endless advertising-band p is fed forward by the striking-mechanism of a clock. A hammerlifting pin-wheel d drives a bevel-wheel e and shaft f, thereby operating the band p through an intermediate yielding member, such as a belt i, a frictional connexion, or the like. Further, the belt can be hand-operated by means of a handle o.
Patent GB-191008314-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Guns Adapted to Fire at High Elevations.
IPC: F41A17/58
Filed: 1909-09-25
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 8314. Rheinische Metallwaaren-und Maschinenfabrik. Sept. 25, 1909, [Convention date]. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to guns adapted to fire at high elevations and provided with a coupling between the elevating-mechanism and the cradle, which coupling is disconnected to allow the cradle and barrel to move into a position suitable for loading independently of the elevating and sighting mechanism. According to the present invention, a device is provided which is liberated, when the cradle leaves the firing position, to lock the trigger bar until the cradle returns to the firing position, thereby preventing firing of the gun in any position other than the correct firing position. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the carrier for the cradle a, and the nave e of the ioothed sector f, are free to turn in the trunnions d. A segmental rail g on the carrier forms a guide for the elevating- sector f. A spring catch i supported ia a bearing h on the cradle engages a projection m on the sector f to lock the sector and cradle together. By means of a lever q pivoted at p and connected by a link o to an eye n of the catch, the catch is withdrawn when the cradle and barrel are to be moved independently of the sector f. A spring plunger w in a bearing r on the cradle is normally prassed upwards to block the path of the triggerbar y, but, when the barrel is in the firing position, a pivoted lever u engaging a stop v on the sector f withdraws the plunger w. When the rear of the barrel is moved upwards for loading, the lever h will leave the stop v, the spring s then moves the plunger w upwards and the motion of the triggerbar y to fire the gun is prevented.