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Patent GB-190827168-A (GB)
Title: Improved Switch for Opening or Closing Electric Circuits.
Inventor: BAKER OSWALD
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 27,168. Baker, 0. May 25, 1909. Switches.-The switch consists of a disk a', Fig. 1, of insulating-material, carrying a conducting-bar a and rotatable in a case b, which has guideslots for pins a<2>, one of the pins projecting into an operating-handle a<3>. A spring d is strained when the handle is moved to bring the switch - disk from the open position shown in Fig. 1 to the closed position shown in Fig. 2, where the conducting-bar joins two fixed spring- mounted contacts c. The switch-disk is held against the spring by the recessed ends of the slots, into which the pins a<2> enter with a small axial movement. A pin e is pushed to release the switch-disk and allow the spring to return it. Inclined recesses a<4>may be made in the disk a<1>, in order to provide air gaps when the switch is open. A modified form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is arranged to produce a helical movement of the switch-disk towards contacts n, where it is held by the pins k entering flat parts of the slots. The return movement is started by turning back the handle k<1>. Three grooves displaced angularly from one another by 120 degrees and three pins may be employed as an alternative. Another form shown in Fig. 7 is closed by pressing a push-piece o, the pin being guided by a sloping slot s<1> and entering a retaining recess. To open the switch, a backward twist is given to the pushpiece.
Patent GB-190828183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hydraulic Turbine Valve-operating Mechanisms.
Inventor: BEALE CARROLL
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 28,183. Beale, C., and Moore, D. P. Feb. 5, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Actuating valves and cocks.-Large gate valves in water-supply mains are opened and closed by water turbines geared to the valve spindles and driven by the water taken from the mains. A turbine 8, Fig. 1, is mounted on a frame 29. Its spindle is recessed at its lower end and fits over the squared end of the usual key-shaft 5 which gears with the valve spindle. The turbine is of the impact-wheel type comprising an outer casing 8, Fig. 5, with alternative inlets 9 and a common exhaust 12. The rotor is provided with suitable buckets and is mounted in a ball-bearing footstep. Water is supplied to one or other of the inlets, according to the direction of rotation desired, by pipes 10, 11 from the by-pass 4 or from the main. The two branches of the pipe 11 have cocks operable by the key-shafts 11<a>. The upper end of the turbine spindle is squared so that a key may be used to start the turbine or ensure that the valve is properly closed. For very large valves, gear-wheels may be interposed between the turbine spindle and the shaft 5. A counter may be attached to indicate the position of the valve.
Patent GB-190902737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Stays.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: A41C1/16
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 2737. Mackenzie, J. W., [Spirella Co.]. Feb. 4. Sinuous springs.-Consists in forming stays or stiffeners for corsets &c. of a single wire, with straight longitudinal portions c forming the sides of the stay, and uniform transverse portions b arranged in reverse relation to the parts c. The parts b are curved at the points d, to obviate injurious strain on the wire during bending, and also to form abutments at the ends of the parts c. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the parts b have intermediate portions parallel with the edges.
Patent GB-190905385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Floor Tiles or Blocks for Bacterial Filter Bed and like purposes.
Inventor: STIFF CHARLES LESLIE
IPC: C02F3/10
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 5385. Stiff, C. L. March 5. [Addition to 8590/08.] Filter-bed tiles.-Tiles with one or more projections along an upper edge for maintaining the proper alinement between the rows and providing additional drainage or aeration space, as described in the parent Specification, are made with curved or ridged tops which may be either solid or perforated and with or without cross-ribs. Fig. 5 shows a tile with a projection extending continuously along one side and having feet of unequal length. Fig. 8 shows tiles having projections on opposite sides alternating with tiles having no projections.
Patent GB-190908626-A (GB)
Title: Improved Weighing Scale.
Inventor: COHEN ABRAHAM
Filed: 1909-04-10
Granted: 1910-05-10
Abstract: 8626. Cohen, A. April 10. Spring balances.-A weighing-scale consists of a scoop or bucket A supported on arms B, B<1>, which are pivoted to a handle H by means of pins K<11>, b. The upper arm B<1> is connected by a link E to a pointer k<11> operating in conjunction with a fixed scale C, and the lower arm B is attached to a spring G. The handle H is detachably mounted on a stand J.
Patent GB-190909801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Boats and Punts.
Inventor: BERTHON EDWARD PEARSON
IPC: B63B7/06
Filed: 1909-04-24
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 9801. Berthon, E. P., and Addis, F. H. April 24. Callapsible boats.-Relates to folding boats of the class comprising a pair of bottom boards hinged together and adapted to fold back to back, and a pair of side boards hinged to, and adapted to fold against, the inner sides of the bottom boards. The boat or punt is shown in side elevation in Fig. 1, and in plan in Fig. 2. The bottom is formed of two boards 1, which are bent upwards at the ends and are joined together longitudinally by a waterproof hinge formed of canvas &c. 2. The sides 3 are hinged to the outer edges of the boards 1 by means of hinges 15 and strips 4 of waterproof material, thus enabling the sides 3 to fold against the inner sides of the bottom boards 1. The sides 3 are held in position by end pieces 5 provided with projecting wings 6, each of which carries a pin engaging a socket in the sides 3, and is held in place by a pivoted clamp 9. The stiffening of the boat is effected by means of a cross stretcher 10 provided with a hinged seat 11, which is adapted to be folded back when not required. This stretcher is provided with projecting pins 12 adapted to engage holes in the sides of the boat. The stability of the boat may be increased by means of flaps in the form of outriggers.
Patent GB-190913325-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Steam Heating Installations.
Inventor: NAGER EDUARD
IPC: F24D1/00
Filed: 1909-06-07
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 13,325. Nager, E. Aug. 3, 1908, [Convention date]. Heating water.-In steam heating-systems provided with an economizer through which the condensationwater is returned to the boiler, the condensationwater before passing to the economizer is used to heat other water. A pipe l brings condensation-water from the steam-traps &c. of the system to a heatinterchanger f, where it heats other water and whence it passes to the feed-tank d.
Patent GB-190914700-A (GB)
Title: Improved Trouser Press and Stretcher Combined.
Inventor: FRY ERNEST
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 14,700. Fry, E. June 23. Trouser stretchers. and presses. - Trouserpresses are fitted with a stretching-device at one end consisting of a clamp f mounted on a rack h, which slides in sheaths b<1> on the base-board and is engaged by spring-pressed pawls i inside the sheaths. A handle l is provided on the stretcher clamp.
Patent GB-190920328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose Reed Motions for Looms.
Inventor: MARSDEN THOMAS
IPC: D03D49/68
Filed: 1909-09-06
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 20,328. Marsden, T. Sept. 6. Loose-reed motions.-The usual reed-holding bar mounted on pivoted arms b, Fig. 1, is provided with quadrant-pieces c so that other quadrant-pieces d, carried by levers f bolted to the crank connecting-rods g, may engage with the pieces c, when the beat-up occurs, to lock the reed, the parts c, d having concentric surfaces to diminish friction. Before the beatup occurs, the inclination of the rods g is such that the parts d are free from the parts c, and the reed and reed-holding bar may be moved out, if necessary. To facilitate mounting and adjustment, the levers f are preferably slotted to engage the usual sword pins n. In a modification, the quadrant-pieces d are carried by levers linked to the connecting-rods g. The thrust during the beat-up is either in the direction of the rods g or parallel thereto. The engaging surface of the part d may be inclined so as to engage the curved surface 4, Fig. 6, of the part c just before the beat-up, and thus force the part c back to its proper position if it should have been slightly displaced.
Patent GB-190920573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Digging and Separating Potatoes and other analogous purposes.
Inventor: MOOR THOMAS
IPC: A01D17/18
Filed: 1909-09-08
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 20,573. Moor, T. Sept. 8. [Cognate Application, 5828/10.] Potato diggers and harvesters.-A machine for digging and separating potatoes or like root crops and for analogous purposes comprises a share and a rotary screen or cage mounted in segmental hangers surrounding its ends. The share C is carried by arms D, which project from a -shaft E and bear against stops G<1>. The share may be raised and held out of work by a lever F and link R. The screen consists of bars I riveted in end rings which may run on roller bearings in the semicircular lower parts of the hangers G. Its rear end is provided with a toothed ring J engaging with a pinion K on a shaft L, which is driven by bevel-gearing enclosed in a box M. According to the Provisional Specification, the cage may be made of wire and may be tapered.
Patent GB-190925952-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Amplifying Sound.
Inventor: BALDWIN NATHANIEL
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 25,952. Baldwin, N. Nov. 10. Pneumatic sound-boxes.-A compressed-air or steam device for augmenting the sounds of phonographs, telephone transmitters, telephone relays, telegraphones, wireless telephones, acousticons, and musical and wind instruments, comprises two valves of unequal areas and means for varying the tension on them. Air or steam is admitted through a valve in a nipple 2 and a strainer 3 into the main casing 1. A pair of valves 16, consisting of concentric rings secured to radial ribs and mounted on a rod 20, open and close corresponding slots of equal size in the valve seats 6, 7, and allow the compressed air to escape to a horn 5. The valves and seatings may have longitudinal slots instead of circular ones, fewer or narrower slots being provided on the smaller valve. Leaf springs 24 keep the valves closed, and a rod 30 connects the rod 20 with the diaphragm 27. The sound-box 25 is flexibly carried upon a lever 22 pivoted at 23 and provided with a spring 28 and screw 29 to vary the tension between the diaphragm 27 and valves 16. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which this tension is varied by a nut 47 on the diaphragm, and nuts 41 vary the tension of the springs 24 on the valve-rod. In this case, the sound-box 25 is fixed to the valve casing, and is provided with an inlet pipe 51 mounted with longitudinal openings 52 adapted to be closed by a screw nut 53. This modification is used as a secondary sound - augmenter, the sounds entering the pipe 51 from a primary valve mechanism, the nut 53 being adjusted to allow the desired amount of air to escape. In another modification, a single valve only is employed. Fig. 9 shows a phonograph stylus 57 mounted on a floating weight 56 connected by a rod 30 to a similar valve mechanism within the casing 1. A modification adapted for a disk record is also shown. Fig. 11 shows a device for augmenting sounds from the sound-board 74 of a musical instrument by means of a stylus 73 mounted on a floating weight 68 of which the tension is varied by a coiled spring 69. This device may be attached to a brass musical instrument by passing the sounds to a diaphragm connected with the valves.
Patent GB-191001806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polishing Devices for Knives, Forks and the like.
Inventor: SCHAUMAN BROR MAX
IPC: A47L21/00
Filed: 1910-01-24
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 1806. Schauman, B. M., Luxenburg, J., Schlegel, B. Jan. 24. Knives and forks, cleaning and polishing.- Comprises a construction of apparatus for polishing both knives and forks, of the type in which the cleaning &c. surfaces are provided with detachable pads or rubbers. Figs. 1 and 4 show the apparatus having a pivoted upper member b adapted to be pressed by hand against a lower member a while the knife or fork is rubbed between them. The lower member is provided with flat and curved polishing-pads c, f respectively, and is pan-shaped at one end to hold a supply of polishing-powder h. The upper member is box-shaped at one end to hold a block i of scouring or polishing material, and has curved and flat pads d, g, respectively, a portion of the latter being divided longitudinally into strips. The knives are reciprocated between the surfaces d, e so that they rub against the block i. The forks are dipped into the material h and rubbed between the surfaces f, g. The tines are cleaned by passing the prongs of the fork between the strips of the surface g. In a modified form, shown in Fig. 4, the block i is replaced by a box of polishing-powder, which is perforated at j<3> to deliver the powder to the pads when the spring-controlled slide is pressed inwards by the pin k<3>.
Patent GB-191005059-A (GB)
Title: Anti-splash Guard for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: GRINYER ISAIAH
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1910-09-01
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 5059. Grinyer, I. Sept. 1. Mud-guards.-To prevent side splashing from motor-cars &c., a screen a of sheet rubber or the like is suspended, so that it can swing, from an adjustable framework which extends over the wheel. The framework is made up of a vertical member d, secured to the steering knuckle-joint or the axle bearing, an horizontal portion passing above the wheel, and a vertical depending member c, upon the end of which is formed a ring j, grooved to engage with the ring k to which the screen a is attached through the medium of the plate l. The parts c, d may be adjusted apart, so as to accommodate a spare wheel, by forming the horizontal portion of the framework of a square bar o screwed internally, fixed to the member c, and passing through a square hole in an horizontal part p of the frame. A screwed bolt r in a bearing in the member d co-operates with the screwed bar.
Patent GB-191006834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt Forks or Belt Guides.
Inventor: WHITTAKER JAMES HENRY
IPC: D01H1/20
Filed: 1910-03-18
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 6834. Whittaker, J. H. March 18. Belt lorks.-To reduce wear of a belt, the belt-fork is pivoted to the shipping-arm and arranged to have a partial rotation produced by external means whenever the belt is shifted. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement wherein the fork bar f, pivoted to the shipping-arm a, carries a pin g working in a fixed guide h<1>. Rocking the arm a causes the tine f<1> to move with the belt during the shifting action. In another form, the end of the fork arm is connected to a fixed point by a link shorter than the shipping arm. In a modified form shown in Fig. 4, the tines are carried by independent sliding bars o, o' working in guides p, p<1>. The shipping-arm moves the bars by the pin-and-slot connexion shown.
Patent GB-191007985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lead Pencil Cases.
Inventor: MAWSON JOHN RICHARD
IPC: B43K21/08
Filed: 1910-04-02
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 7985. Mawson, J. R., [trading as Baker & Son, E.]. April 2. Pencil-holders; pencil-sharpeners. - A screwpropelling pencil e is provided at the rear end with a detachable pencil-sharpener k, and at the front end with a spring gripping-device g, Fig. 6, which is secured inside the nozzle of the pencil to support the lead a rigidly during writing and to prevent rotation of the lead when it is being sharpened. The sharpener preferably consists of a cylinder k of metal bored with a fine hole k<1>, Fig. 8, and provided with an expanded cross-slot k<2> and a transverse groove k3.
Patent GB-191012000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Loom Pickers.
Inventor: MOXON WILLIAM JAGGAR
IPC: D03D49/36
Filed: 1910-05-14
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 12,000. Moxon, W. J., and Paterson, T. A. May 14. Pickers.-In a picker which is used in an horizontal position and which slides on a spindle at the rear of the shuttle-box, the picking-strap is attached to a slotted projection 3 situated between the spindle 1 and the striking- face 2<1> and preferably inclining outwards, as shown.
Patent GB-191015175-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: GRUPE HERMANN
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1910-06-23
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 15,175. Grupe, H. June 23. Detonator apparatus.-A wire m from a semaphore-operating gear is attached to a wheel l mounted upon a quick-threaded spindle n. Both sides of the wheel are formed with ratchet teeth. When the wheel is rotated, it moves quickly into engagement with one or other of two wheels r, s. These wheels drive the sprocket-wheels of a pair of parallel chains b, c carrying detonators f. When the semaphore is at danger, a detonator is positioned under a hammer b<1>, which is hinged to a block z, slidingly mounted upon the track rail. When the apparatus is applied to a single-track system, the chains are operated with the semaphore for one direction of running, and the hinged hammer b' is connected by a wire c<1> to the semaphore for the other direction, so that, when the semaphore goes to safety, the hammer is swung out of operative position.
Patent GB-191027416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Hoeing or Cultivating the Soil.
Inventor: RUSSELL FREDERICK GEORGE
IPC: A01B35/08
Filed: 1910-11-24
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 27,416. Russell, F. G., Standen, F. A., and Potter, C. J. Nov. 24. Cultivators and hoes.-A machine for hoeing. and cultivating is provided with special means for securing and adjusting the tines so that it may be used for hoeing and cultivating or scuffling separately or simultaneously. Transverse parts b<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, of the tines b pass through sockets g' in bolts g, and are clamped against the frame bars a by means of the bolts g and bridge-pieces f, which are provided with depending pieces f', f<2>. The part b<1> is square in section, and one of the angles fits into corresponding notches in the pieces f<1>, f<2>. The frame bars a may also be notched or serrated. In a modification, the part b' is octagonal in section, and may be adjusted in the socket and notches to vary the angle of the tine for hoeing or cultivating. In another modification, the depending pieces f<2> are dispensed with and the pieces f<1> shortened, the part b<1> fitting squarely in notches in the bars a. The tines may be adjusted laterally in the sockets and longitudinally along the frame bars. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the depending part of the tine is adjustably connected to the transverse portion by a clasp h and screw h<2>. The front tines may be fitted with cultivating- blades and the rear tines with hoeing-blades. A front tine c is adjustably secured behind the wheel d by bolts a<2>, a3 passing through slots in the curved upper part c<1>. The handle frame e is pivoted and adjustably fixed by means of bolts e<3> and perforated quadrants. According to the Provisional Specification, the sockets may be secured directly to the frame, and the tines held rigid therewith by set-screws &c.
Patent GB-191029064-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Curtain Carriers or Supports for Bedsteads.
Inventor: TROMAN WILLIAM
IPC: A47C29/00
Filed: 1910-12-14
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 29,064. Troman, W. Dec. 14. Curtain poles and rods.-A support for mosquito or other curtains on a bed consists of two or more uprights a with a longitudinal rod or a rectangular frame g, h at the top, either being telescopic, the uprights a having clip-like feet a<1> cast on the bottom for attachment to the side or end angle or other bars of the bedstead. The foot a<1>, Fig. 4, for attachment to an anglebar b by angle-washers e and nuts f has the screw-pins c, d, attached thereto in the casting, and is modified into saddle-form when the bar b is cylindrical. With the rectangular frame g, h, other transverse bars k may be used.
Patent GB-191029130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil-cases.
Inventor: STERREN JOSEPH
IPC: B43K21/08
Filed: 1910-12-15
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 29,130. Sterren, J. Dec. 15. Pencil-holders.-A pencil-case provided with means for projecting the lead comprises two detachably connected parts 1, 2, Fig. 1, and a screwed spindle 4 to which the lead 15 is attached and which is movable in the case, the two parts 1, 2 being connected by metal clasps or sleeves, and the spindle being advanced by a nut 10 placed between the two parts and operated from outside. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the parts 1 and 2 are connected by means of a slotted clasp 5, Figs. 3 and 5, fixed to the upper part and engaged by square - shafted screws 7 in the lower part. In a modification, as shown in Fig. 7, an internally-threaded sleeve 5 fixed to the upper part 1 is adapted to connect the two parts by screw engagement, and is provided with openings through which the nut 10 may be rotated.
Patent GB-191029661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Starting of Internal Combustion Engines for Driving Vehicles.
Inventor: KILBURN BERTRAM EDWARD DUNBAR
IPC: F02N9/04
Filed: 1910-12-21
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 29,661. Kilburn, B. E. D., [Sulzer Geb.]. Dec. 21. Cylinders, heating.-In an engine started by compressed air supplied by an auxiliary engine, the exhaust from the auxiliary engine is used to warm and scavenge the main cylinder. During normal working, exhaust from the main cylinder a passes to the chamber g and exhaust from the auxiliary engine enters this chamber by the pipe k, and the gases escape by the pipe f. Scavenging-air enters the cylinder from the reservoir d by the valve c. At starting, the valve i is closed and the valve h opened, and the exhaust from the auxiliary engine passes to the reservoir d to be employed for scavenging.
Patent GB-191029695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumping Apparatus.
Inventor: AARON SOLOMON EDWARD
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1910-06-02
Granted: 1911-07-03
Abstract: 29,695. Aaron, S: E. June 2. Systems.-A pumping-apparatus of the kind described in Specification 13,422/10, in which an injector is operated by the cooling-water flowing from the jackets of an internal - combustion engine for the purpose of pumping bilge water from a motor-boat or the like, is fitted with an air-vessel 23 and a sediment-removing plug 30 upon the pipe by which the actuating- stream enters in order to equalize the flow and prevent choking of the nozzle.
Patent GB-191029933-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Cleaning of Furnace Gases.
IPC: C10K1/00
Filed: 1910-12-23
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 29,933. B÷cking & Cie., Erben Stumm- Halberg und B÷cking Ges., R. May 30, [Convention date]. Impurities, separating from gases.-A process for the treatment of blast-furnace and like gases consists in cooling the gases to the temperature of the dew-point and then re-heating them about 20‹ C. before they are filtered. The temperature of the dew-point varies with the furnace charge, and with the condition of the charge in the furnace, but the temperature may be regarded as ranging from 35-55‹ C. The cooling and re-heating cause the gases to pass to the filter in a uniform condition and at a temperature which prevents the gases from choking or burning the filtering - medium. Dry gases may be enriched with the necessary amount of moisture in the cooler. The re-heating is conveniently effected in a surface - apparatus traversed by hot air or steam. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which a re-heater is dispensed with, part only of the gases from the collecting- pipe h passing through the cooler k, the remainder being mixed with the cooled gas in the pipe leading to the filter f. The pipe h may be connected with several furnaces.