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Patent GB-190815158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Working of Water Level Indicators for Steam Generators and the like.
Inventor: DEATH ARTHUR WALTER
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 15,158. Death, A. W. July 17. Water levels, indicating.-The fittings of gaugeglasses for steam boilers and the like are provided with tubular axially-slid able valves which may be moved so as to shut off all communication with the boiler. The arms a, a' are formed with chambers b, b<1>, Figs. 1 and 2, to accommodate a valve and its actuating-gear. Stuffing-boxes c, Fig. 6, lantern glands which are pressed against the packing by screwed pieces d, d<1>, and caps e, e<1> are fitted in the outer ends of the chambers b, b<1>. Metal rods f, the forward ends of which are tubular and provided with ports g, are mounted to slide axially in these chambers. In the normal working position, there is communication between the two ends of the glass h and the boiler by way of the chambers b, b<1>, ports g, and the tubular parts of the valves. By moving the valves so as to bring the ports g into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6, this communication is cut off. To operate the valves, the rod f may be formed with racks gearing with pinions i, which are inserted through holes in the walls of the chambers b, b<1>, which areafterwards closed by screwed bushes j, j<1> fitted with stuffing- boxes for the pinion handles. The inner ends of the valve rods are formed with sets of wings k, k<1> which act as scrapers. Automatic ball valves may be fitted, and when both arms are so fitted they are connected by a pipe n to enable the valve in the upper arm to be kept free for the purpose of testing.
Patent GB-190817249-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Printed Cork Carpet.
Inventor: CLERKE WILLIAM FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 17,249. Clerke, W. F. Aug. 17. Embossing.-The surfaces of cork carpets are provided with embossed patterns by means of hydraulic pressure &c. To produce a coloured design the sunk portions of the patterns are partly filled with colour.
Patent GB-190817533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Accumulators.
Inventor: TRIN PIERRE LUCIEN
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 17,533. Trin, P. L. Aug. 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Secondary batteries.-A support for active material of the kind having interlacing circular ribs is formed with each of the circles circumscribing one of a set of squares, Fig. 1. By superposing upon this another similar grating in which the points of intersection of the ribs coincide with the centres of the first set, an electrode is produced, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, which may be cast in one piece with a solid border a. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), states also that the gratings may be formed of circles interlacing in other patterns, their centres being for instance at the centres of a set of juxtaposed hexagons, Fig. 6, in which case three gratings can be superposed, the patterns being contrasted so that the centres of one set of circles are over the points of intersection of the next set ; or each grating may be of a pattern built up by juxtaposing a number of imaginary figures having arcs of circles inscribed therein (Figs 1 and 2 of the Specification as originally published), which arcs form complete circles when the figures are juxtaposed ; that the thickness of the solid edges of the gratings may be greater in some parts than in others, Fig. 10, to allow circulation of the electrolyte between the gratings and that any desired ratio between the surface of contact between the electrolyte and the active paste in the positive and negative plates may be obtained while leaving their total content of paste . equal by having the gratings of one plate in contact and those of the other with spaces between ; also that for slow charge and rapid discharge the positive should have the greater surface, while for rapid charge and slow discharge the negative should have the larger surface. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190820132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of the Pivotal Joints of Casement Fastening Levers.
Inventor: SHOWELL CHARLES
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 20,132. Showell, C. Sept. 25. Pivoting, methods of.- A casement fastener 8 of the cupboard-turn type has riveted to its pivot pin 9 a collar 10, which is rounded on its inner face to bear against a similar surface in a recess in a bracket 11. A washer 15 may be interposed between the fastener and bracket. Alternatively, the collar 10 may be formed in one with the pin 9, the pin being riveted to the fastener.
Patent GB-190821471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stands for Displaying Tea Cups, Saucers and the like.
Filed: 1908-10-10
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 2 1 , 4 7 1. Anglo - Belge Glass Association, and Sayer, J. Oct. 10. Displaying.-A stand or support for cups, saucers, &c. consists of a wire bracket a ... h, of which the parts a enter holes in the sides of a bar p and the parts b bear against the front of the same. Two or more plates or saucers rest upon the parts c, and the bottom of a cup upon the part h. The rim of the end is secured by means of an adjustable clip-piece k sliding upon the part e of the main wire. Several supports as above may be arranged upon a cross-bar frame, to the top of which a hinged shelf is fixed, and which is supported by a hinged prop. The display-bars of the frame may be arranged in one or more planes.
Patent GB-190822069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Illuminated Advertisements.
Inventor: MUELLER MAX
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 22,069. M³ller, M. April 19, 1909. Advertising.-A translucent screen 2, Fig. 2, is backed by a stencil 22, through which the light of a moving lamp 4 is projected so that the image of the stencil on the screen moves in accordance with the movement of the lamp. For day and night use, the screen 2 may have its letters translucently coloured superficially; or the letters may be, say, red on the inner and white on the outer surface of the screen, and the remaining surface white on the inner, and red on the outer face, so that the advertisements on the screen 2 may be visible by reflected, but invisible by transmitted light. Lamps may be provided in front of the screen so that the advertisements of the stencil and the screen may be displayed alternately. An electromotor 11 may operate the lamp-holder through a worm and wormwheel 13 mounted on a spindle 14, which drives a pulley 16 and shaft 5 by means of an endless band 17.
Patent GB-190823058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tables more particularly for use in Playing the Game of Bridge.
Inventor: COHEN REX DAVID
Filed: 1908-10-29
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 23,058. Cohen, R. D. Oct. 29. Tables, particularly adapted for use in playing "bridge," are provided at each corner with a recess C for containing scoring- cards, and with a groove E to receive a pencil &c. The recesses C are provided with springs D to keep the scoring-cards pressed upwards, and with a plate F and movable clips d to prevent them from being raised above the surface of the table.
Patent GB-190825244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Machining Pipe Ends to Form Spigot and Socket Joints.
Inventor: HARDEN THOMAS
IPC: B23B5/16
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 25,244. Harden, T. Nov. 24. Reamers.-A device for reamering the ends of tubes to form spigot-andsocket connexions has a double cutter 4 mounted on a squared part of the double-ended mandrel 1. which is made small enough in diameter to fit the bore of the smallest pipe to be operated upon. For the socket the edge 9 is used, and for the spigot the edge 8 is used. When pipes of large bore are to be operated upon, adjustable bushes 12 are used, having flat portions 13 against which the blade 4 rests, and a spring tang 14 having a bole 15 which fits over the bead of a securing-bolt.
Patent GB-190902580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Opening Tins.
Inventor: ROGERS WALTER HAROLD
IPC: B65D43/26
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 2580. Rogers, W. H. Feb. 3. [Cognate Application, 13,309/09.] Box-openers.-A device for opening the lids of tins or boxes comprises a flat-ended screw a, Fig. 1, with its upper end bent to T or L shape and preferably pointed ; a block b and soft washer c, through which the screw passes, may be provided. A hole of suitable size to engage the thread of the screw is formed in the lid or the bottom of the tin, and the screw is inserted and screwed until its end reached the bottom or lid of the tin. On further turning, the screw forces the lid open. The block b may serve to keep the screw steady, or it may be secured to the lid by one or more screw or other pins d, and the block may have one or more lugs on which advertisements may be displayed. The washer prevents the contents of the tin from escaping through the hole when the device is in use. The block may be of wood &c., or the washer may be dispensed with and a leather block used. The tin may be made with a block or washer h, Fig. 7, inserted in a hole in the lid or base, and the block may be partly punctured at i, so that the screw can be readily inserted. According to the first Provisional Specification, the block may be secured inside the top of a wooden or metal stand shaped like a box lid, and a closure for the open part of the stand may be provided.
Patent GB-190905382-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Derivatives of the Anthracene Series.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: C09B1/48
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 5382. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. March 5. Anthrimides; anthrimide dyes.-The a-a-di-andtri-anthrimides, which are obtained by condensing a-aminoanthraquinones with a-chlorauthraquinones, are nitrated ; the nitro compounds on reduction give vat dyes ; a-a-dianthrimide and the trianthrimide obtained from 1 : 5-diaminoanthraquinone and alpha-chloranthraquinone are specified as suitable parent materials.
Patent GB-190910530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Locks.
Inventor: BLESSING LOUIS
IPC: F16B39/06
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 10,530. Blessing, L., and Johns, A. May 4. Locking nuts.-A locking-nut C, provided with a segmental thread c and a keyway a, is slipped on to the bolt A over the nut B. A key b, which may be tapered, is driven into the keyway a until it bears against the nut B, the thread c being thereby drawn into engagement with the threads of the bolt A. The key b either cuts into the threads of the bolt or engages a keyway formed in the bolt.
Patent GB-190912417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversing Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: PETERSON CHARLES JOHAN
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 12,417. Peterson, C. J. May 26, 1908, [Convention date]. Motor power plant.-The power of an internal-combustion engine is increased, and starting and reversing are facilitated, by using the lower ends of the cylinders as compressedair engine cylinders. Fig. 2 shows a section through one of the cylinders of a three-cylinder engine. The exhaust valves 7 for the upper ends of the cylinders are operated by cams on a half-speed shaft 8, and the distribution of compressed air for the lower ends of the cylinders is effected by slide valves 11 operated by double cams on a second half-speed shaft 16. The shaft 16 also carries eccentrics for operating the igniters. To adjust the valve gear and ignition mechanism for reversing, the shafts 16, 8 are moved axially by a single hand-lever, and pins on the shafts working in slots in the bosses of the gear wheels adjust the shafts angularly relatively.to the crank-shaft, the shaft 16 turning through 120 degrees. The engine is started by admitting compressed air from a reservoir to the valve-chests 12. One of the cylinders is connected at its lower end to a pipe 28, Fig. 3, fitted with automatic inlet and delivery valves 31, 32 so that the lower end of this cylinder may be used as a pump to charge the reservoir. The valves 31, 32 may be held closed by stops 31<a>, 32<a>, when not in use.
Patent GB-190913922-A (GB)
Title: Improved Microphone for Currents of High Intensity.
Inventor: ARTHUR STEINACKER
IPC: H04R21/02
Filed: 1909-06-14
Abstract: 13,922. Steinacker, A., and Plisnier, A. Jan. 16, [Convention date]. Void, [Published under the above-mentioned Section]. Variable-resistance transmitters; telephonic relays. -The resistance-varying element of a telephone transmitter or relay for use in long-distance, cable, or wireless telephony, wireless and ordinary telegraphy and signalling, and for other purposes in which a strong current is used, comprises a nozzle filled with an electrolyte, the cross-section and consequently the resistance of which is made to vary in accordance with the vibrations of the transmitterdiaphragm or with the currents in the primary circuit of the relay. In the transmitter shown in Fig. 1 the cross section of the nozzle available for the passage of the current between the electrodes 6, 7 is varied by means of a conical valve 9. A telephonic relay in which the diaphragm is vibrated by means of an electro-magnet, is similarly constructed. A number of valves 9 may be attached to a single diaphragm. In the telephonic relay shown in Fig. 2 the primary current flows between the electrodes 13, 14. The gas developed by the primary current at the electrode 13 partly obstructs a nozzle 5<1> placed between the electrodes and thereby varies the resistance of the secondary circuit which includes the electrodes 6<1>, 7<1> placed on opposite sides of the nozzle. The lower electrode 13 may be made adjustable and may be provided with a cone 9<1> whereby the available cross-section of the nozzle may be regulated. A Mariotte's bottle is provided in connexion with the above-described apparatus to preserve the liquid at a constant level.
Patent GB-190915140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Steaming and Cooling Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: WHITELEY JOE BOOTH
IPC: D06C7/00
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 15,140. Whiteley, J. B. June 29. Circulating or passing fluids through materials. - Machines for steaming and cooling textile fabrics, in which the fabric is wrapped around perforated rollers through which dry steam is blown and, subsequently, cool atmospheric air is drawn, are provided with a drainage chamber b at the admission end of the roller. The roller has (1) a blank end d perforated with holes e around a solid centre, (2) one or more doubleheaded valves j, and (3) a cam-surface n which engages the valve spindles and opens the valves during the rotation of the roller, when in their lowermost position, thus permitting the ejection of the condensed steam. In any other position of the valves, their inner heads k are kept down upon their seats by the steam pressure. While cool air is being drawn into the roller, the atmospheric pressure closes the outer heads l down upon their seats. In use, the incoming steam impinges against the centre of the blank end d, and any condensed water falls to the bottom of the chamber, and runs through the open valve, into a drainage pipe p, which opens into a stationary casing m surrounding the chamber b and carrying the cam-surface n. The chamber b may have internal ribs or baffles h which co-operate in suitably directing the condensation water.
Patent GB-190916249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
IPC: F01D9/04
Filed: 1909-07-12
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 16,249. Soc. d'Exploitation des Appareils Rateau. July 24, 1908, [Convention date]. Working-fluid supply; regulating.-The nozzle segment or segments are divided into two or more separate concentric rings, respectively adapted to receive steam at different pressures and to direct separate currents of steam, either one of them alone or both simultaneously, into the same vanes of the rotor, if the turbine has only one, or into the same vanes of the first rotor if the turbine has more than one. In the example shown, the turbine is normally driven by low-pressure or exhaust steam issuing from a chamber g through nozzles d. When desired, high-pressure steam can be admitted to a chamber h and be directed on to the rotor by the supplementary nozzles e.
Patent GB-190927221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Storage Battery Plates.
IPC: H01M4/72
Filed: 1909-11-23
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 27,221. Accumulatoren-Fabrik Akt.- Ges. Feb. 11, [Convention date]. Electrodes for accumulators. Paste is held between two parallel perforated plates, having upon them differently-placed ribs, which together form a grid. The ribs a are attached to the plates by casting or burning or otherwise, and may cross each other at recesses c; they may taper towards the recesses, and form sharp edges at their highest points.
Patent GB-191004676-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Manufacturing Blade Rings for Turbines.
IPC: F01D5/04
Filed: 1910-02-24
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 4676. Aktiebolaget Ljungstr÷ms Angturbin. Feb. 26, 1909, [Convention date]. Blades. - The fixing-rings of turbine blades are machined from disks fixed between collars b at adjustable distances apart on a shaft. A groove e is turned in the ring before securing the blades by casting, soldering, welding, &c., to prevent rapid conduction of heat to the body of the disk &c. The ring may be turned to its finished shape as indicated at i before parting- off the rings from the disks. A smaller ring of blades is then formed at d<1>. In a modification, the disks may be secured in a cylinder. Cylinders or conical drums may be used instead of disks.
Patent GB-191008751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light Projecting Apparatus for Attachment to Small Arms.
Inventor: LEWIS CLIFFORD ALBERT
IPC: F41G1/35
Filed: 1910-04-11
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 8751. Lewis, C. A., and Adair, S. D. April 11. Supporting. -Lightprojecting. apparatus, which is adjustably secured to a gun, is provided with an adjustable attachment clip at its front end. The front attachment clip comprises a band 23 provided with a transverse adjusting screw 25, whereby the Front end of the tube can be raised or lowered.
Patent GB-191009802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Superheating Steam.
Inventor: CRUSE HENRY
IPC: F22G7/02
Filed: 1910-04-22
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 9802. Cruse, H. April 22. Field-tube superheaters. - A header for a superheater of the Field-tube type consists of a long lower trough 2 formed from a solid rolled or wrought metal plate by planing or milling, and two or more short upper troughs 9, 10, which are either formed similarly to the lower trough, or by stamping or pressing steel or other metal plates. The troughs are secured at their edges, and at one or more bridge-pieces 6 extending across the lower trough. The diaphragm-plates 4, 5 rest in ledges formed on the inner edges of the troughs and bridge-pieces.
Patent GB-191013273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pistons for Fluid Pressure Engines and the like.
Inventor: TALBOT ERNEST
IPC: F02F3/00
Filed: 1910-06-01
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 13,273. Talbot, E. June 1. Pistons. - Pistons, particularly those for explosion engines, are of light construction, and consist of an overhanging cap portion A', and a trunk part B, C' of two diameters. The part B carries the gudgeon pin in radial lugs B<2> removed from the cylinder walls, and the part C' engages the cylinder.
Patent GB-191015187-A (GB)
Title: A Remedy for the Treatment of Skin Diseases.
Inventor: TWIGG SUSAN
IPC: A61K9/06
Filed: 1910-06-25
Granted: 1911-06-26
Abstract: 15,187. Twigg, S. June 25. Ointments.-A remedy for the treatment of skin diseases consists of lard, sulphur, and camphor.
Patent GB-191020178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: BENSTEAD ARTHUR GERALD
IPC: B66F3/02
Filed: 1910-08-30
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 20,178. Benstead, A. G., and Aron, E. Aug. 30. Jacks.-Lifting- jacks of the type described in Specification 23,447/09 are provided with means for extending the rack-bar. Fig. 1 shows one construction in which a sliding bar g, provided at intervals with holes, is fixed to the rack-bar by a pin k. Fig. 3 shows a modified form in which the extension bar is screwed, and adjusted by a nut m.
Patent GB-191020649-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Purifying and Bleaching Wax of all kinds.
IPC: C11B11/00
Filed: 1910-09-05
Granted: 1911-09-05
Abstract: 20,649. Richter & Richter, and Orth, L. von. Dec. 23, 1909, [Convention date]. Purifying mineral oils and paraffin and other waxes; glycerine, purifying.-Aluminium oxide, derived from aluminium amalgam by exposing the amalgam to air and calcining the resulting hydroxide, is used for purifying and bleaching bees-wax, ozokerit, ceresin, and other waxes. The use of this oxide for clearing and decolorizing petroleum, glycerine, &c. is also referred to. The purification may be effected by filtration, in which case it is preferred to provide layers of ground glass or quartz above and below the layer of oxide; or by mixing the wax with the oxide and afterwards separating the oxide by settling, filtration, &c. The wax is treated in a molten or dissolved state. The residual wax in the oxide is extracted and the oxide is regenerated by calcination.
Patent GB-191022066-A (GB)
Title: Miniature Rifle Range.
Inventor: TOOMBS GORDON EDWIN
IPC: F41J1/10
Filed: 1910-09-23
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 22,066. Toombs, G. E. Sept. 23. Targets. - Relates to (1) targets movable transversely across the range, (2) pivoted disappearing targets, (3) travelling disappearing targets, and (4) signalling and patching means. The bottom grooved guide rail B, for targets C operated by an endless cord O so as to move in opposite directions, can be supported at different heights by pins G through perforations H in vertical posts E, so as to receive targets of different sizes. The hut A is constructed of sections connected by takeoff hinges, and is fitted with a rear door and pivoted signals D, and is pierced to allow the targets C to pass. The uprights E are spiked for driving into the ground, or supported on cross-pieces 1. The cord 0 passes round rollers F on the bottom rail, and the target frames are fitted with rollers R. The hut, rails, &c. are protected by steel plates. Fig. 4 shows a disappearing travelling target L, which is hinged at N to a slide attached to an endless cord 0, and is raised by, and falls against, a scalloped guide-rail K. Fig. 5 shows a target frame Q, which is formed with a rounded bottom rail to allow it to be turned in the grooved guide-rail B by a handle P. White and black gummed paper patching-disks are used, and are visible at the firing-point by fixing white on black and black on a white part of the target.
Patent GB-191024258-A (GB)
Title: Improved Extensible and Retractable Mast.
Inventor: JAEGER FRITZ
IPC: B21C37/15
Filed: 1910-10-19
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 24,258. Jaeger, F. Oct. 28, 1909, [Convention date]. [Addition to 598/09.] Posts. - Aerial masts or posts of the extensible type such as are described in the parent Specification are made with the flexible strips contained within a series of telescopic tubes which act in the place of the spacing- pieces described in that Specification. The flexible strips are detachably connected round a common axis, and are adapted to be coiled for shutting-down the mast. The tubes 3 may be either of circular or rectangular cross-section, and the bands 1, 2 may, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, be arranged to give a cruciform crosssection, projections 4 being arranged on the strip 1 to keep the strips 2 in place. As shown in Figs. 6 and 8, the bands 5, 6 may be arranged to give a rectangular cross-section, and instead of using spacing-stops 4, the bands may be interlocked so as to give polygonal cross-sections as shown in Fig. 16. In the construction shown in Fig. 9, the parallel strips 7 are held apart by a zigzag strip 8 placed between them.