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Patent GB-190824124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reversible Turbines.
Inventor: HEALEY FRANK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 24,124. Healey, F. W. Nov. 10. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In a reversible turbine, there are two steam-chests i, i<1> for forward and reverse running respectively, and oppositelydirected nozzles j, k. The blades d are of the section shown in Fig. 6 and intermediate directing- blades d' are fitted. The blades d, d' and suitable distance-pieces are secured by caulking in grooves in the rotor b and casing a. The periphery of each ring of blades may carry a shrouding-ring. Leakage of fluid between the stationary nozzle ring hand the extension f of the rotor may be prevented by rings g, h<1> of ineffective turbine blades, or by labyrinth packing-rings.
Patent GB-190824916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Counter-protecting Devices for Shops, Stores, Markets and the like.
Inventor: MONETTE JOSEPH BENJAMIN
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 24,916. Monette, J. B. Nov. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Counters, stands, and stalls.-An improved guard for counters consists of a bracket adapted to receive the ends of adjacent plates of glass, vertical plates being held in grooves in the bracket standard and horizontal plates on the top flat portion. An additional movable bracket, may be mounted on the standard and utilized as a shelf for displaying goods. The brackets comprise a standard a on a base b, which may be bolted to the counter or secured by means of the yoke a<2>, Fig. 7, and the screw s', and a top or table part a' supported by the rib c. The standard a is grooved on either side to receive the vertical plates of glass, and the glass plates, which rest on the part a<1> extending slightly beyond the standard, are held down by a metal piece f which has turneddown ends f adjacent to the ends of the top a'. The inner surfaces of the piece f and the part a<1> are covered with felt, and the piece f is screwed down by screws s. The brackets are spaced apart on the counter and the plates of glass fitted into the grooves and on to the tops of two consecutive standards, the horizontal plates slightly overhanging in front. The clamping-strip is then screwed on, thus completely concealing the joints, sufficient space being left between the two adjacent plate ends to allow of the insertion of the screws s. An auxiliary bracket m pivoted in holes h in the standard a, may be provided, its upper face serving to hold a glass shelf g<2> for displaying goods at an inclination adjusted by means of a screw m<1>.
Patent GB-190828558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Controlling the Direction of Aerial Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 28,558. Boult, A. J., [Lorant, L., and Kormos, B.]. Dec. 31. Gyroscopic apparatus. - In a gyroscopic device for balancing an aerial machine, the deviations of the main gyroscope caused by the reactions upon it are corrected by the use of one or more auxiliary gyroscopes. The main n gyroscope 22 is mounted in a frame 25 pivoted at 24 in a frame 23 secured to the machine, and a third frame 27 pivoted at 26 in the frame 25 carries an auxiliary gyroscope 28. Each gyroscope is driven by an electromotor with field magnets 29, 30, and windings on the gyroscope disks. An electric motor 32 is mounted in bearings 33 carried by brackets 31 on the frame 23, and the motor spindle rotates a friction disk 34, which can engage a segment on the frame 25, the parts 34, 35 being normally.held apart by a spring 36. The circuit of the motor 32 includes a coil 45 secured to the brackets 31, an iron core 46 secured to the motor penetrating the coil and drawing the parts 34, 35 into contact when the current passes. A reversing- switch connects the frames 25, 27 and comprises contact-pieces on a projection 37 of the frame 25 and brushes on a projection 38 of the frame 27, so that the current supplied by wires 39, 40 drives the motor 32 and the disk 34 in one direction or the other according to the deviation between the frames 25, 27, and the segment 35 is turned to correct for this deviation. Additional auxiliary gyroscopes may be in turn used to correct for deviation of the gyroscope 28. The deviation of the aerial machine is indicated on a scale 21, secured to the frame 23, by a pointer 20 secured to the frame 25 or preferably to the frame carrying the last gyroscope of the series. To avoid eccentric torques two oppositely rotated gyroscopes may be mounted in each frame.
Patent GB-190904252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rontgen-ray Apparatus.
IPC: H05G1/02
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 4252. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Feb. 20. R÷ntgen-ray apparatus. - To prevent accidental contact with the terminal conductors of R÷ntgen-ray apparatus, they are surrounded by protective sheaths or caps, which may be fixed either to the tube or the lead or made in one with the tube. Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of the form in which the protective sheath 2 is made in one with the tube 1. The electrode 4 is connected to the metal lining 3 of the sheath with which a split contact pin 6 engages. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the electrode 4 is provided with a metal head 12 adapted to engage in a spring metal contact 14, connected to the lead 5 and enclosed by the sheath 13. To prevent the sheath from becoming detached from the tube, a radially-directed hook 15 is caused to engage in an eye 16. In another form, the sheath is made as a double socket, and, to prevent the lead terminal from dropping out, it is provided with a helical wire adapted to engage an eye on the tube when the lead is rotated. Fig. 5 shows a tube support, the arms 19 of which are provided with insulating-caps 18 to protect the leads 17 and metallic contacts 26.
Patent GB-190905503-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Machines for Cleaning and Separating Grain.
Inventor: HIGGINBOTTOM EDWIN
IPC: B07B1/22
Filed: 1909-03-08
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 5503. Higginbottom, E. March 8. Separating by rotary pitted cylinders; separating processes for treating grain.-Relates to processes and apparatus for cleaning wheat of barley, oats, cockle, and other seeds. The main indented cylinders A, Fig. 1, separate mixed wheat, barley, and oats at A', and mixed wheat and cockle seeds at A<2>. The mixed wheat, barley, and oats pass to a grading - cylinder C having slots increasing in size towards the tail end, and the materials passing through the sections C<1>, C<2> ... are treated in corresponding indented cylinders D<1>, D<2>... which separate the barley and oats from the wheat. The overtails from the cylinder C pass to an indented cylinder D<10>, and the cleared wheat from all the cylinders is collected and discharged at 5, and the barley and oats at 6. The mixed wheat and cockle seeds separated by the main cylinders A pass to main indented cylinders B, cleared wheat B' going to 5, and the mixed wheat and cockle B<2> going to a grading- cylinder E and indented cylinders F<1>, F<2> ... , overtails being treated at F<10>. The cleared wheat from the cylinders F', F2 ... is discharged at 5 and the cockle and round seeds at 11. In a modification, the mixed wheat, barley. and oats, separated by the cylinders A, Fig. 2, pass to a series of cylinders G ... L, having slots at the head ends and indents at the tail ends, the slots and indents being of successivelyincreasing size. The mixed wheat and oats that pass through the tail ends of the cylinders are delivered to the head end of the next cylinder, the cleared wheat lifted out by the indents being discharged at the tail ends T, and the barley and oats passing through the slots at 6. The mixed wheat and cockle seeds from the cylinders A pass to indented cylinders B, the cleared wheat M being collected and discharged at 5, while the mixed wheat and cockle are discharged to cylinders N ... S, having slots and indents of successivelydecreasing size. The wheat and cockle passing through the slots are discharged to the head end of the succeeding cylinder; cleared wheat passing through the tail ends of the cylinders is discharged to 5; and overtails, consisting of cockle and round seeds, is discharged to 11. Cylinders with internal cells and perforated slot cylinders of thin metal are preferably used.
Patent GB-190913028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knitted Underwear and in the Method of Making the same.
IPC: A41B9/08
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 13,028. Nottingham Manufacturing Co., and Stevens, W. H. June 3. Combinations.- In the manufacture from tubular knitted fabric of combinations having no seam down the back, the body and one leg are cut in one piece along the dotted line 1, 2, 3 ... 12. The other leg, which is cut along the line 13, 3, 2, 15, 14, is then attached by a linking or other suitable machine to the edge 4, 5. Separate legs may be cut independently of the body part by using only as much material as lies between the points 12, 5 and 14, 16.
Patent GB-190915171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closures for Bottles and the like Vessels.
Inventor: NOSWORTHY WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B65D49/02
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 15,171. Nosworthy, W. H., and Prescott, S. J. June 29. Bottles &c., non-refillable.-In bottles containing a valve and seating which are located above the outlet passages to provide an air-lock when the bottle is vertical, an independent closure is effected by the .rotary and axial movement of a cap. A hemispherical valve 3, Fig. 1, is guided to a seat 2 by projections 12 on a screw-cap 4. An outlet for liquid is provided by passages 5 in an interrupted thread. To prevent leakage in transit, a washer 8 is provided which operates when the cap is screwed home. A screw 7 is provided to prevent removal of the cap. The head of the screw is sealed, and the point works in a slot 9 to allow necessary movement of the cap. In a modification, Fig. 3, the cap is held in place by a spun-metal band 17. Packing is provided at 16, and is cut away opposite ports 14, so that axial movement of the cap closes and uncloses the outlets. In another modification, Fig. 10, vertical movement is permitted to the cap by the spun-metal band 20. In this instance, the outlet 28 is made vertical as shown. In other modifications, both axial and vertical movements are necessary to afford an outlet. In further modifications, as in Fig. 12, the valve seat is made in a tube separate from the bottle neck, but is locked thereto by a ball 41, which is passed with the tube into the bottle neck by being pressed against an elastic part 42 of the tube. Any attempt at withdrawal brings the ball against an inelastic part of the tube. In other modifications, the ball is replaced by a pin. Specifications 18,534/04 and 20,763/07 are referred to.
Patent GB-190918723-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spraying Attachment for Water Closets.
Inventor: VARGAS ALFONSO
IPC: E03D9/08
Filed: 1909-08-14
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 18,723. Vargas, A. Aug. 14. Closets, bidet attachments for.-A spray w<1> for washing the anus with warm water and then drying it by a spray of hot air is fitted at the side of closet basins. The spray is turned from the side to operative position by means of a handle x, and is connected through glands with a hollow rod p<1>, at the top of which is a multiple-way valve i. On turning a handle t on the rod p' a mixture of cold water from the service pipe j and hot water from the tank d forming a warm spray is delivered, or, on further turning, a spray of hot air from a vessel and fan g.
Patent GB-190921561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Front Ends, Stacks, and Draught Appliances of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: DOWNING JAMES STEPHEN
IPC: F23L17/16
Filed: 1909-09-21
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 21,561. Downing, J. S., Hawkins, F., and Erwin, T. C. Sept. 21. Blast apparatus, ejector.-In a locomotive blast-apparatus, an extension 28 of the chimney having the same taper, is mounted within the smoke-box and has a bell-mouth or petticoat 34. The internal bores of the two blast nozzles 15, 15<1>, Fig. 5, taper upwards and incline towards each other sufficiently to set their adjacent walls parallel. The lower part of each nozzle is bored to such an angle as to form a crest 53 extending completely round the nozzle from the outer edge of its base. The nozzles are removably secured in place by bolts 48 and washers resting on their edges. In a modification, the petticoat 34 merges by a curve into the extension 28.
Patent GB-190923251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: KNIGHT JOSEPH
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 23,251. Knight, J. Oct. 12. Hubs.-Means for securing detachable wheels consist in providing the hub 3, Fig. 4, with an internal interrupted screw-thread, and the axle or permanent hub 1 with a corresponding external thread 2, so that the two are engaged and disengaged by a combined axial and angular movement. The parts are locked in position by the arms 8 carried by a washer 7 entering the spaces between the threaded parts. The washer is put into place and withdrawn by the rotation of the cap 10, Fig. 1, with pins 17 which engage a groove 16 in the periphery of the washer. The thread of the cap may be of finer pitch than that of the interrupted threads, so as to give a differential locking.
Patent GB-190925017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheds for Aeroplanes.
Inventor: POTTER WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: E04H6/44
Filed: 1909-10-30
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 25,017. Potter, W. J. Oct. 30. Shelters for housing aerial machines. - The fore or broad part of the aeroplane is housed in a main structure A, and the tail or narrower part in an annexe B, which may be drawn away, as shown, on rails i. The propeller &c. may be housed by a subsidiary structure e. The rear part of the structure A and the front part of the annexe B are provided with folding doors k, m which, when closed, form the rear wall of the shed. In a modification, the folding doors are placed in front, in which case the annexe need not be removable, or sliding doors may be employed. The structure B may be strengthened by a cross-piece p.
Patent GB-191001989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Railway Rails.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: E01B9/32
Filed: 1910-01-26
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 1989. O'Donnell, J. J., and Abrey, G. S. Jan. 26. Sleepers, securing rails to.-The metal strip 12 is bent over the wedge 14 to lock the wedge and clamp 7 in position, and has notches 13 in its sides engaging the edges of the slot in the sleeper.
Patent GB-191006746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Accumulators.
Inventor: GATINAUD ELISEE MAURICE
IPC: H01M50/35
Filed: 1910-03-17
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 6746. Gatinaud, E. M. March 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Gas exits.-A non-spillable acid accumulator consists of two cells b, c connected by pipes b<1>, c<1> to a central drainage chamber d constructed as shown, or of a multiple of this arrangement. Gas escapes from the top of the cells to the bottom of the drainage chamber, and thence to the air by a short tapering pipe d<2>, after passing through a longer tapering pipe d<4> in a partition which slopes towards the centre; this ensures the retention of liquid. Each pipe b<1>, c<1> is open inside a cell at one corner, and passes first into the drainage chamber at the opposite corner, and then downwards to the bottom. Any liquid in the drainage chamber may be returned to the cells by pressing the sides inwards and then releasing them; liquid may similarly be transferred from one cell to another. The cells may be of celluloid.
Patent GB-191008923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Penstock or Sluice Valves.
Inventor: BLAKEBOROUGH WALTER
IPC: F16K3/02
Filed: 1910-04-13
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 8923. Blakeborough, W. April 13. Sluice valves. - Relates to penstock or sluice valves in which a disk, such as 3, Figs. 1 and 2, moving with a cross-bar 9 housed behind flanges on the valve frame is adapted by the operation of the lifting - handle to be locked to the frame in any position in the travel of the valve by a wedge or the like engaging between the disk and the cross-bar. The wedging-member is made in the form of a tapered nut 8, adapted to be forced into the wedging position by rotating the screwed lifting-handle 5. The handle is supported by collars 6, 7 on a lug 4 on the valve disk.
Patent GB-191009330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toasting Forks Reversible either Before or Over the Fire.
Inventor: BROWN JAMES HENRY
IPC: A21B3/00
Filed: 1910-04-18
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 9330. Brown, J. H., and Court, H. R. April 18. Toasting - apparatus. - A toasting-fork comprises three hooks A screwed into a spindle E, which passes through a hole in a short slotted socket F to which the handle H is secured. Two fingers B, formed partly as spiral springs to embrace the spindle, act as opposite gripping- members to the hooks. The grip may be released by a short handle D formed at the other end of the fingers. The handle H is screwed into the socket, and is recessed within the socket to receive a set-screw J, a little play being allowed so that the handle may screw down on to the spindle to fix it when desired.
Patent GB-191010022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tires.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL IVA BELLE
Filed: 1910-04-25
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 10,022. Kempshall, I. B. April 25. Tread projections and surfaces. - The tread 2 of a pneumatic, solid, or other elastic tyre, formed with suction recesses 3, is curved and raised above the body of the tyre, and the sides of the tyre are formed with oval or other projections 4, which merge into the tyre at the sides of the tread and near the tyre edges 6, so that the cross-section of the tyre through the projections is a continuous curve. The recesses 3 and projections 4 may be in alinement or in staggered relation, and the projections on one side of the tyre may also be in staggered relation to those on the other side. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the raised tread has inclined side walls 5, which bear on the ends of the projections 4,
Patent GB-191018068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Jointing of Metal Plates, Frames and the like.
IPC: B23K11/14
Filed: 1910-07-29
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 18,068. Koopman, E. B., and Pontelec Welding Patents. July 29. [Cognate Application, 27,506/10.] Joints formed by welding. - In making an electrically welded tube joint, closed or openended pockets, corrugations, or grooves e are formed in one or both tubes, to receive weld pieces, shaped so as to localize the heating effect of the current. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the grooves in one of the tubes are extended at h to facilitate insertion of the weld pieces when the parts are in situ. If one of the tubes is in the nature of a strengthening ring or ferrule, both ends of the groove may be open.
Patent GB-191020862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Shirts.
Inventor: RIDER WILLIAM JOSEPH
IPC: A41B1/02
Filed: 1910-09-07
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 20,862. Rider, W. J. Sept. 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Shirt fronts.- In shirts having double fronts, the second front d is attached by an unstiffened strip e to the lower part of the usual front c, and is brought into wear by folding it up over the latter.
Patent GB-191025198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Couplings for Air Brakes.
Inventor: ROBERTS FRANCIS
IPC: F16L37/32
Filed: 1910-10-29
Granted: 1911-10-30
Abstract: 25,198. Roberts, F., and Roberts, V. J. Oct. 29. Couplings, disconnectible, with valves, for train air-pipes. Each coupling-head has a valve comprising a piston 5 working in a cylinder 3, and adapted to bear on a seating 17 to close the side port of the coupler. The piston is raised or lowered by admitting air from the train-pipe to the lower or upper side of the piston-head, at the same time venting the other side of the piston to the atmosphere. The distribution of air to the cylinder is controlled by a plug 9 with suitable ports and having a cap 10<a> with a projection 10, operated by a pin 29 on the other coupling-member during the coupling and uncoupling operations. The movements of the plug are limited by a pin 34 working in a recess 33 in the cap.
Patent GB-191105447-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Milk-bowl Cover and Stirrer.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: A01J13/00
Filed: 1911-03-04
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 5447. Robertson, J. W. March 4. Driving-mechanism.-In bowls in which milk is kept for sale, the milk is stirred on raising the cover of the bowl by means of the device shown. The cover B of the bowl, which is held in position by a flange C and screws D, is formed with a hinged portion E bearing a bevelwheel H. With the wheel H engages a pinion J on the spindle K of a stirrer G, so that. on raising the hinged portion E of the cover the stirrer G is rotated.
Patent GB-191118439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Driving Mechanism for Aerial Machines.
Inventor: TAMPIER RENE
IPC: B64D27/00
Filed: 1911-08-15
Granted: 1912-04-04
Abstract: 18,439. Tampier, R. Aug. 15. Driving-rings. - The landwheels of an aerial machine are driven from the motor by a belt which passes over a central pulley 13<1> having at each side two rims 12<1> with pneumatic tyres.
Patent GB-191118940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in String Holders.
Inventor: HASENKAMP MATTHIAS
IPC: A47F13/04
Filed: 1911-08-23
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 18,940. Hasenkamp, M. Aug. 23. String holders.-Lengths of string for use in making sausages are loosely arranged in hooks or eyelets e secured to a bar d, which is pivoted at its centre to the free end of an arm b pivoted to a wall bracket a, so that the strings may be moved to any convenient position over the work bench. String rollers are kept in boxes g, which have a hole in the centre of the bottom and are mounted in cross-shaped holders f, eccentricallly pivoted to the arm b so that they may be turned to either side of the arm. A reel for winding. the string into the required lengths may be connected to the device.
Patent GB-191119212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beer Pumps.
Inventor: JACKSON ROBERT GEORGE
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 1911-08-28
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 19,212. Jackson, R. G. Aug. 28. Beer pumps. - A clamp for holding a beer pump to the edge of a barrel has the form shown and is either integral with or bolted to the pump and held against the edge of the barrel by set-screws. The pump is connected by a pipe to a tap in the lower part of the barrel.
Patent GB-191120651-A (GB)
Title: A Wagon Tipper.
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1911-09-18
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 20,651. Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- N³rnberg Akt.-Ges. Jan. 6, [Convention date]. Tipping-apparatus.-In a wagon-tipper, the platform, which is pivoted at f, is tipped by drawing a member, such as the roller h, up between inclined surfaces a, g formed on the base and on the underside of the platform. The tipping-platform is shown mounted on a turntable.
Patent GB-191123668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Metallic Frames employed in the Manufacture of Dress Cases, Suit Cases, and the like.
Inventor: FOXCROFT EDMUND
IPC: A45C13/04
Filed: 1911-10-26
Granted: 1912-04-04
Abstract: 23,668. Foxcroft, E., and Foxcroft, T., [trading as Foxcroft & Sons, R.]. Oct. 26. Bands, strengthening.-A dress-case, suit-case, &c. having a metallic frame secured over the top edges of the sides and ends, as described, for example, in Specification 24,547/10, has this frame formed from a straight piece of metal of the section shown in Fig. 2, bent to shape by hydraulic pressure or other convenient means, the corners b, Fig. 3, being formed without joining or buckling. The ends c are connected by pressing down the top and side flanges on one end, so that the top and side flanges of the other end can lie flush, the ends being then brazed, soldered, or riveted.