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Patent GB-190629457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: COUSANS LOUIS BERTRAM
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 29,457. Cousans, L. B. Dec. 27. Fans.-The humming of centrifugal fans is stated to be due to fluid impulses created by the vanes which cause periodic impingements of the fluid upon the fan casing. To obviate this, a baffling-device is situated between the impeller and casing. The baffle may consist of a sheet metal ring h, Fig. 3, formed integrally with the impeller disk j. Instead of fixing the baffle to the impeller, it may be fixed to the casing, as shown in Fig. 10, in which the baffle h is held by stays c<1>. In faos of the type in which the blades are secured to one or two end disks, one of the disks may be flanged as at h, Fig. 9, in which m is the disk and a one of the blades. Several other modifications are described in which the shape of the baffle is varied, e.g. the baffle may be V-section, curved, or corrugated, and may be perforated or constructed of gauze. In the modification shown in Figs. 15 and 16, the blades a are formed with extension h secured together to form a baffle, the fluid leaving the impeller laterally, as indicated by the arrow p, Fig. 15. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention is specially applicable to the inventions described in Specifications No. 9101, A.D. 1902, and No. 4863, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.]
Patent GB-190705105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thrashing Machines.
Inventor: MARSHALL HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-02
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 5105. Marshall, H. J. March 2. Thrashing-machines.-In a modification of the apparatus for feeding sheaves to the drum a of a thrashing-machine described in Specification No. 21,381, A.D. 1901, the feed-drum is dispensed with, and oscillating tines e are arranged over the lower pulley d<2> of the inclined conveyer b to spread the corn. The conveyer consists of belts with cross slats or laths c, which may be fitted with short prongs c<1>, the bands of the sheaves being cut before placing the sheaves on the conveyer. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 162, A.D. 1875, No. 1261, A.D. 1877, No. 590, A.D. 1878, and No. 675, A.D. 1880.]
Patent GB-190705339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Quick Acting "Make and Break" Electric Switches.
Inventor: LEITNER HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5339. Leitner, H. March 5. Current meters.-A contact volt-meter comprises coils a, b acting on cores c, c', which together with an adjustable spring tend to move a switch arm i against the attraction between an electro-magnetic pole-piece l and iron prongs f, g, h formed upon or attached to the end of the switch arm so as to produce a quick make or break movement. Several sets of prongs and magnets may be used and may be made adjustable, while the separate prongs may themselves be individually adjustable. Or the prongs may be stationary and the magnet moved over them.
Patent GB-190707799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines
Inventor: UNDERWOOD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 7799. Underwood, J. T. April 3. Typewriters. - Relates to the type-bar mechanism and particularly to (1) means for enabling typebars having long pivots to be employed, (2) the hangers in which the bars are pivoted, (3) the arrangement of the types on the bars, and (4) means for actuating the bars. (1) The type-bars are in two sets 6, 7 of different lengths. The short and long bars are arranged alternately on pivots 8, 9 which are so placed that the types on all the bars are in alinement both in the normal position and at the printing-point. (2) The type-bars are mounted in hangers 15, 16 adjustably secured to a segment 18. The hangers 15 are adjustable horizontally and the hangers 16 along a line joining the pivots of the two sets of type-bars. The types can thus be alined both at the printing-point and in the normal position. Each hanger, Fig. 4, consists of a strip of metal bent parallel to itself, the two parts being clamped near their free ends to an interposed block 23 by means of rivets. The typebar pivots consists of coned pins which are journaled in screws 24 by means of which the play of the pivots can be taken up. The hangers may be wide enough to enable long pivots to be used, the hangers of one set of type-bars overlapping those of the other set. (3) Each typebar carries two types which are fitted into separate sockets 27, 28, Fig. 3. Each bar is bent laterally between the two types so as to enable all the types to print at the same place. (4) The type-bars are actuated by key-levers 30 having arms 31 carrying pins 32 which bear upon the curved edges of intermediate levers 34. Links 37 connect the levers 34 with arms 38 on the type-bars. Links 39 loosely connect the key-levers with. the levers 34 at points between the pins 32 and the fulcrums 35. The first part of the motion of the type-bars is effected by the arms 31 which, owing to their greater leverage, give an easy start to the key-levers. The links 39, which then become effective, quicken the motion of the type-bars and diminish the shock to the fingers of the operator as the key-levers are arrested. The parts are returned to normal position by springs 42 which connect the type-bars with the levers 34.
Patent GB-190716747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Holding and Pouring Metal into Molds for Casting Operations.
Inventor: CUSTER EDGAR ALAN
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1908-07-22
Abstract: 16,747. Custer, E. A. July 22. Foundry ladles; casting.-A pouring-truck supports a number of ladles 15 by means of yokes 12 connecting sectional shafts 11 geared together for' equal rotation at 18. The ladles are of equal capacity and similar shape and are supported with their spouts in the axis of the shafts, so that equal streams of metal are delivered to a mould situated beneath the truck from the same height. The mould is constructed as described in Specification No. 16,748, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190718750-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Sodium Ferrite and Aluminate and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: BEILBY GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-08-20
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 18,750. Beilby, G. T., and Beilby, H. N. Aug. 20. Retorts.-Apparatus for the manufacture of sodium ferrite and aluminate comprises a number of inclined tubes a, Fig. 1, each provided with an automatic tapper r, and connected by sleeves c and screws c<1> to tubes d which are rotated by means of a worm g and worm-wheel g<1>. The tubes a may be of iron or steel and may be treated externally with a mixture of silicates. The charge is supplied by a hopper H which consists of a table k provided with a deep channel o and an upright ring m with slots or holes n corresponding to the feed tubes i. On rotating a wiper p small quantities of the powder are fed through the holes n and feed tubes i to the tubes a.
Patent GB-190719977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fountain and Stylographic Pens.
Inventor: BRISTOW CECIL
Filed: 1907-09-06
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 19,977. Bristow, C. Sept. 6. Pens, reservoir. Relates to reservoir pens of the kind provided with a short reservoir b enclosed by a cap a, and with a collar c serving as an abutment for the cap in either the open or closed position. To prevent the cap a from jamming on the reservoir b, two raised contact surfaces d, e of equal diameter are provided, one on each side of the collar c.
Patent GB-190720130-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steam Turbine or Rotary Engine.
Inventor: MILLER WILLIAM BROWN
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 20,130. Miller, W. B. Sept. 9. Elastic-fluid turbines. - A duplex inward-flow turbine is constructed as shown in the Figures. Steam from an annular chest l is delivered by nozzles n upon gouge-shaped rotor blades e, Fig. 5, on each side of a disk d, and exhausts in an axial direction into a chamber w. The nozzle ports n are formed in an annular partition k, and are controlled by a slide ring-valve p actuated by a rack and pinion r, s. the spindle of the pinion being provided with a hand-wheel u outside the casing. Rings f secure the outer edges of the blades e, and alternate blades are shortened to provide a free exit for the steam. The joints and bearing-faces are made steam-tight. Several forward engines and a reversing engine may be arranged on the same shaft.
Patent GB-190722203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Electric Motors.
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 22,203. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. Oct. 8. Motor control systems.- In the downward power positions of the controlling-apparatus for series or compound wound motors for lifts, a starting-resistance W<2>, w<1> and the field f are connected in series to the line, and one terminal of the armature is connected to the field and line, and the other terminal to varying points of the starting- resistance.
Patent GB-190722204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 22,204. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 8. Sliding valves.--Relates to valves of the type described in Specification No. 5573, A.D. 1907. The seat A has a raised part a on which the valve B is adapted to slide. The bonnet C is provided with webs c which act as guides for the valve B. The valve B has wings b, Fig. 3, between which slides a block D engaged by a crank on the spindle E. The handle F has a flange G which prevents the removal of the handle except when the valve is in the lap-position. In order to prevent the valve from falling out of the bonnet when the bonnet is removed, one of the wings b projects over one of the webs c. This web has, however, a notch h which allows the valve to be removed by so placing it that the projecting wing b is opposite the notch h.
Patent GB-190723145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying Electrolytes.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1907-10-19
Granted: 1908-10-19
Abstract: 23,145. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Oct. 19. Aerating, filtering, and purifying liquids; hydroextractors. - Consists of improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 8924, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Electrolysis]. Electrolyte to be purified is sprayed through perforated tubes g, h into a perforated drum a containing a blanket or other filtering medium b and driven by a shaft c and pulley f. The liquid passes through the filter and enters the outer vessel i, where it is exposed to the action of arc lights n in casings m behind windows l, and finally falls into a channel i<1>, from which it is withdrawn by a pipe i<2>. The casing i is supported by brackets j, and supports the tables h by brackets k.
Patent GB-190727801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for the Hand Levers or Pulls of Beer Engines.
Inventor: GREENWAY HERBERT HOWARD
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 27,801. Greenway, H. H. Dec. 17. Beer &c., raising and drawing off. - In a joint for the handlevers of beer-engines, a bush 2 is secured in the eye of the lever B by a set-screw 4 and turns on the central portion 1 of the joint pin A. The bush is retained between a collar 7 on the joint pin and a nut 8, which is screwed on to the end 11 on the pin and abuts against a shoulder 13. The collar 7, bush 2, and nut 8 are turned to the same taper on the outside so that, on removing the screw 4 and the screw 12, which secures the pin A to the fork C, the pin and bush may be bodily removed from the joint. The bush 2 is hollowed out at 6 to form a chamber for lubricant. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that a series of rollers may be inserted in an annular space around the joint pin, being retained between a collar and nut, and that washers or collars, either loose or fixed to the hand-lever, may be introduced at the ends of the bearing.
Patent GB-190728712-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Curb and Gutter.
Inventor: STURMAN BENJAMIN HAYWOOD
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 28,712. Sturman, B. H., and Thompson, M. S. Dec. 31. Paving-blocks.-A combined kerb and gutter is moulded from concrete, cement &c. The kerb portion consists of a vertical wall 1 with shoulders 2, 3 which engage with the shoulders of adjoining blocks and prevent vertical displacement. The oblong gutter portion, placed between the street paving 5 and sidewalk 6, has a concave upper surface 4 and a flat base resting on the earth. Integral brackets 7, between which earth is packed, help to prevent lateral or longitudinal displacement.
Patent GB-190800222-A (GB)
Title: Advertising Device.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1908-01-03
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 222. Howorth, F. W., [Stocking, H. M.]. Jan. 3. Advertising.-Relates to advertising-devices in which a series of signs mounted in endless runways are alternately brought into a display position. The change is effected by the reciprocation of a carriage 7, Fig. 2, arms 14, Figs. 4 and 9, on which engage with the supporting-rod 4 of the rearmost sign 3, and raise it past dogs 22, Fig. 9, which hold it in a display position. The sign previously held by the dogs drops on to resiliently-mounted supports 20, Fig. 9, carried by a framework 18 attached to the reciprocating carriage, and is lowered to the bottom of the runways. The carriage, at the lower limit of its travel, actuates a lever 30 connected by a link 29, Fig. 4, to a bell-crank 26, and shifts the signs to the rear. The carriage 7 is mounted on rods 6, and is adjustably secured to an endless chain 31 by screws 35. The chain is reciprocated by a connecting-rod 39 having a rack geared to a pinion on the spindle of a chain-wheel 33. The carriage is balanced by a weight 10. The signs may be illuminated by lamps 48.
Patent GB-190800477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Preventing Bottle-refilling.
Inventor: HALL BLAKELEY
Filed: 1908-01-08
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 477. Hall, B. Jan. 8. Bottles, non-refillable.-Relates to means for so constraining the ball valve of a non-refillable bottle that it is always held co-axially with its seat in all positions of the bottle, and also to means, in conjunction with the ball guide, for preventing tamnering and for locking the device in the neck of the bottle. The valve seat is composed of two concentric rings B, B' of hard material and cork respectively, between which the tubular ball guide C is held. A baffle C' is attached to the ball guide, and the device is locked in the neck either by alternately upwardly and downwardly extending fingers C<3>, C' engaging an enlargement A<4> of the neck, or by depending spring fingers integral with the baffle engaging a groove in the neck. A light spring is preferably placed between the valve and the baffle.
Patent GB-190801379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Books and the like.
Inventor: LAVENDER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 1379. Lavender, C. Jan. 21. Card &c. cases; season and other ticket cases; stamp cases.-Card cases, photograph cases, &c., having straps e, f in lieu of or in addition to pockets o, p for holding papers &c., have stamp, card, or ticket pockets j, k formed on the straps, which may have ornamental edges. The cover is made of one piece of leather, and to the centre fold may be attached an elastic band to hold a memorandum book. In a modification, side pieces are provided to prevent the papers &c. from slipping out laterally.
Patent GB-190803251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boring and like Tools of Adjustable Diameter
Filed: 1908-02-13
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 3251. Matthes & Co., E. Feb. 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drills and cutters. - An expanding tool with multiple cutters has a spindle g with studs h, h<1> attached, which, on rotation of the spindle, gear continuously into grooves i, i<1> in the tools b, the grooves being arranged so that conjunction of grooves in adjacent tools occurs when the pin is changing from one to the other. The tools may be clamped in any position by a pressure screw s.
Patent GB-190804023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Boards and Sound Producing Qualities in Upright and Horizontal Pianofortes.
Inventor: BEST FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 4023. Best, F. J. Feb. 22. Pianofortes.-An auxiliary soundboard d, Fig. 3, is acoustically connected to the ordinary soundboard a by means of recessed or hollow bridge-bars b, b<1> and tubular soundposts c. In a vertical piano, a frame carrying the auxiliary soundboard is fixed at the back of the casing in such a manner that the bridgebars are pressed against the sound-posts which project between the bracings.
Patent GB-190808760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Rotary Engines.
Inventor: HEDGES CHARLES JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 8760. Hedges, C. J. G., and Hedges, G. H. Oct. 22. Gas and like engines, rotary. Cam-grooves 7 formed in the side-covers of a cylinder 1, which is provided w i t h waterjacket 16, engage with rollers 6 projecting from vanes 3 and keep the outer extremities of the vanes in contact with the inner surface of the cylinder. The vanes slide between side-flanges in a slotted drum 4, which is provided with spring- pressed packing-pieces 8. As the drum rotates, each vane in turn draws a charge from the inlet pipe 12 into the part 10 of the cylinder. The charge is compressed through a restricted passage 13 into the cylinder part 11 where ignition is effected by a sparking-plug 15, exhaust finally taking place by a pipe 14. To advance or retard the sparking, the commutator is mounted on the shaft, and a suitable governor is connected to the movable brushes.
Patent GB-190809521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Devices for the Fuses of Projectiles.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 9521. Schneider, E. May 2. Fuses for projectiles.-The hammer d of a time fuse is locked by bolts or other movable members f provided with projections g, slightly dovetailed as shown. This device is unlocked by means of a plunger j, which moves apart the bolts f and is then engaged by the noses i of the bolts entering a recess o in the plunger. The plunger is normally retained by a collar n. It can be operated by any suitable rod, or by a central nipple r in a fusesetting device p. In a modification, the bolts f are replaced by the flexible arms of a split cylindrical hook.
Patent GB-190810316-A (GB)
Title: Process for Treating Textile Fabrics
Inventor: HOINKES GUSTAV
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-05-12
Abstract: 10,316. Hoinkes, G. May 12. Liquids and gases, apparatus for treating with.- Woven fabrics, prior to dressing, are treated in order to prevent displacement of the warp and woof during dyeing, by passing them over rotating drums heated with steam at from one half to six atmospheres, some of the drums being arranged to carry the fabric through boiling water. This treatment is stated to shrink uniformly and steam through the fabrics. The drums are in two series, an upper b<1>, b<2>, and a lower a', a<2>, a<3> submerged about one half in boiling water contained in vessels f. The drums are geared together through equal toothed wheels e so that their velocity is uniform. From the drums the fabric h is passed through a cooler j, filled with cold water, and then on to a winding-up roller k. Or the fabric may pass direct from the drums to a drying-machine.
Patent GB-190815562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Brooms and other like Articles.
Inventor: MORELL ELGIN
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 15,562. Morell, E., and Posey, W. T. July 22. Brackets. - In a bracket for brooms &c., the broom handle is gripped between a finger 6 and a ball 9 contained in a downwardly and f o rwardly inclined member 8. The member 8 is adjustable on the finger 6 to suit the size of the handle.
Patent GB-190818971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Devices particularly adapted for Railway Car Axles.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 18,971. Justice, P. M., [Smart, J. M.]. Sept. 9. Absorbent fabrics ; pile fabrics. - A wick for lubricating railway-car axles &c. comprises longitudinal strands 2, 3, 4, 5 and binding-strands 6, which are placed alternately on the two sides of the wick and are passed under the strands 5, as shown in Fig. 4. The strands 6 are placed nearer together at the upper ends of the wick. The strands 2, 3, the function of which is to collect the lubricant, are made of a mixture of cotton, and wool and of cotton respectively, and the strands 4, which rapidly transmit the lubricant through the wick, and are less numerous than the strands 2, 3, are made of a mixture of jute, cotton, and wool. The strands 5 are preferably of cotton and the strands 6 of mixed cotton and wool. The wick is formed with tufted portions 8 to contact with the journal, composed of strands 10, 11 of the same material as the strands 4, 2 respectively. The ends of the wick are looped over rods 12 supported on eyes 14 of the holder 13, or are supported on a rod suspended by hooked portions from the eyes 14, so as to allow adjustment of the pressure of the wick against the journal. On each side of the wick is a selvedge 21 of cotton &c. Specification No. 11,294, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Bearings &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190819158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of Artificial Silk and like Filaments, or Threads.
Inventor: TETLEY HENRY GREENWOOD
Filed: 1908-09-11
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 19,158. Tetley, H. G., and Clayton, J. Sept. 11. Cellulose &c.- In an apparatus for manufacturing artificial threads, the pump and winding reels or bobbins are driven at a known relative speed from the same driving- shaft 4, the pump being driven by worm gearing 9, 27, (the shaft 7 being geared by chain-wheels with the shaft 4) and the reels being driven from a shaft 46 by bevel and worm gearing, also worked from the driving-shaft. A standard 45 carries two extensions, preferably hollow, which contain chain-wheels 57, 59 driven by a chain 45. The extensions carry open-topped bearings 51 for the reel axles, there being preferably two sets of bearings 54, 55. When the reel axle lies in the lower bearing rotation occurs, while when in the upper bearing the reel is stationary. The short spindle 56 carries at each end friction or toothed wheels which work with similar wheels 61 connected respectively to each of two reels situated on the same axle. One set of reels has opposite rotation imparted thereto by interposition of an additional wheel as shown. In the apparatus described two rows of six. reels each are employed but any other number may be used.
Patent GB-190819470-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fruit Picking Device.
Inventor: KUBALLA ANTON
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 19,470. Kuballa, A. Sept. 16. Cutters.-A fruitpicking appliance comprises cutting- apparatus carried by a rod and actuated by a rope and lever, a collecting-bag being attached to eyes integral with the cutters. The cutters c are at right-angles to the fixed arm g and pivoted arm g<1>, and are normally held open by a spring h. The arm g<1> is connected to the actuating - lever a by the rope b, which passes round pulleys f in or on the rod e.
Patent GB-190819588-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Copying Ink.
Inventor: ELAM EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-17
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 19,588. Elam, E. W. Sept. 17. Ink.-Copying-ink is prepared by dissolving 1 oz. of aniline black and 2 drachms of nigrosine in 6 ozs.of distilled water. To this is added, with stirring, a mixture of 10 ozs. of glucose and 4 ozs. of glycerine. To each ounce of this mixture is added 1 oz. of water and 10 minims of a solution of potash consisting of 27 grs. of potassium hydroxide and 1 oz. of water.