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Patent GB-190609769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines
Inventor: WESTINGHOUSE GEORGE
Filed: 1906-04-26
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 9769. Westinghouse, G. May 2, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-To prevent the blades from being injured when they rub against the surrounding leakage-preventing rings 5, Fig. 2, each is provided with a lateral ridge or flange 6 which fits in an undercut groove and is pressed towards the blades by a spring 8. When the parts are distorted by heat or pressure and are in contact, the ring yields to the pressure of the blades. In. a modification, the rings 5, Fig. 4, have lateral extensions 11 fitting in grooves.
Patent GB-190614454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eye-piece Lenses for Telescopes and the like.
Inventor: KOENIG ALBERT
Filed: 1906-06-25
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 14,454. K÷nig, A. June 25. Lenses; telescopes, eyepieces for.-Relates to eyepieces of the Ramsden - Kellner type in which greater sharpness of definition is secured, especially towards the margin of the field. This result is obtained by the satisfaction of the two following conditions, namely : (1) the bi-convex component II of the compound eye lens II-III has only a slightly lower refractive index than the back component III, and the quantity obtained by adding the ratio of the front and back radii of curvatures r<3>, r<4> of the front component to ten times the difference of the indices of the two lenses is not less than 1À4 nor more than 2À0; and (2) the ratio of the focal length of the compound eye-lens to the equivalent focal length of the complete eyepiece is made greater than 1À1 and less than 1À45. Constructional data for various forms are given in the Specification.
Patent GB-190620480-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Life-guard to Trams or Motors or any other Vehicle with Engine Power.
Inventor: CARTER JAMES
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 20,480. Carter, J., and Fletcher, H. H. Sept. 15. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers. - The tray b of a life-guard for tramcars, motor omnibuses or cars, &c. is pivoted on arms a' and is weighted so that its inner end b<1> normally swings in against the vehicle and so raises the front end b<2> from the ground. Impact with an obstruction lowers the front, and, when the obstacle has been picked up, the tray returns to the position shown. Side wings b<3> may be used to prevent objects from entering in front of the vehicle wheels. A disclaiming reference is made to Specifications No. 23,462, A.D. 1899, and No. 5921, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190621909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Practising Nets for Golf.
Inventor: MCLELLAN JOHN
Filed: 1906-10-04
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 21,909. McLellan, J. Oct. 4. Golf; nets for games.-In practising golf, a net 1 is supported by stayed poles 3, in which are arranged a number uf openings 5 behind which are pockets 6 integral with or attached to the net. The ball is driven from a tee 2, and the accuracy of direction and the angle of elevation of the ball's flight are indicated by the particular pocket the ball enters. The ends of the pockets may be attached to a pole arranged behind the pockets, and there may be several narrow pockets in each horizontal row so as to more accurately indicate the direction of flight.
Patent GB-190625007-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Producing Pierced Metallic Bodies of Butter Dishes, Biscuit Boxes, Flower Vases, Dessert Stands, Cruets, and the like
Inventor: SPARROW WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 25,007. Sparrow, W. H. Nov. 7. Metalwork, ornam e n t a l.-Pierced metallic bodies of butter dishes, biscuit boxes, flower vases, dessert stands, cruets, &c. are made by soldering a number of ornamental mouldings a on to a sheet of metal b, Fig. 3, and using these mouldings as templets for removing, by sawing or punching, the metal enclosed. The metal sheet is then bent round to form the body of the article, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190627179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: MORRISON ARTHUR STANLEY
Filed: 1906-11-29
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 27,179. Morrison, A. S. Nov. 29. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-In an india-rubber block tyre built up of blocks each formed of slabs disposed side by side and having a base portion of vulcanite attached to the body by keying and vulcanization, the vulcanite base of each slab is formed with a projection on one side and a recess on the other; the rim-flanges, both of which may be detachable, are similarly formed. Two or more ribs or projections may be provided. The abutting ends of the blocks are formed with registering transverse recesses to accommodate keys of various sections bolted across the rim-flanges; or permanent or detachable keypieces may be substituted, in which case the blocks are fitted by sliding them transversely. Each block may be integral instead of compound and formed with peripheral cuts. In another form, the vulcanized bases may project on one side, and may be overlapped by the body-portions on the other. The tread is preferably flat but may be longitudinally ribbed, e.g. the peripheries of the members may be curved in cross-section. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each block A comprises three members a formed with projections B and recesses C. The rim flange D is formed to correspond, and the transverse key F corresponds with the channel formed by the registering recesses E in the abutting ends. The blocks may have wires, canvas, or other materal incorporated with them.
Patent GB-190628739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods or Means of Electric Braking
Inventor: BABB GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1906-12-17
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 28,739. Sullivan, T. Oct. 15. Doorchecks; door holders. - A flat oblong spring plate a with ends b bent down to fasten to the top of the swing door c or door frame is used as a check. As the door closes, one of the striking edges e engages and rides under the lintel, which then engages the dent d. The spring plate may be arranged so that the dent d engages the door frame when the door is only partly closed.
Patent GB-190628794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locomotive Torpedoes.
Inventor: COOKE CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-17
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 28,794. Cooke, C. J. Dec. 17. Drawings to Specification. Reducing-valves.-In a torpedo driven by both a compressed-air engine and an internal-combustion engine, a reducing-valve arranged partly within the exhaust box of the internal-combustion engine consists of a long cylinder in the outer end of which is a piston, thoroughly packed, and pressed toward the inner end of the cylinder by a spring. A stirrup on the inner end of the piston carries a needle valve, and within the stirrup is placed the casing containing the valve seating. A second loosely-fitting piston may be mounted midway along the piston-rod to protect the main piston from the heat. The air passing through the needle valve escapes into the cylinder, and thence into the low-pressure supply pipe. Thus the low-pressure air acts upon the piston which governs the valve, and should the pressure arise above the predetermined amount the spring behind the piston would be compressed, and the valve closed.
Patent GB-190700625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Irreversible Power-transmitting Mechanism, especially applicable to the Steering Mechanism of Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: LEGE ANNIBAL JEAN BAPTISTE
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 625. LÚgÚ, A. J. B. Jan. 9. Link-work. -Relates to non-reversible transmitting-mechanism especially applicable to the steering-gear of motor road vehicles and motor-boats, the action of the mechanism being based upon the principal of duplex ratchet locking-devices either of which may be temporarily disengaged to permit movement in one direction. Fig. 2 shows a part sectional plan of the mechanism as applied to the steering-column of a motor road vehicle, and Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation on the line 3-3, Fig. 2. The upper end of the steering-shaft a is provided with an operating disk b enclosed in a stationary casing c. Two levers e, formed with plain or serrated shoes e<1> adapted to engage the interior of the casing, are pivoted eccentrically at g to the operating disk b, so that each shoe prevents motion in one direction, and the two thus lock the disk. The shoes are pressed into action by means of a spring f connecting two arms on the levers. Two fingers h, j connected with the hand-wheel enter slotted holes in the disk b, the finger h also passing through shorter slots e' in overlapping curved arms on the lever e. The hand-wheel when operated first disengages one or other of the shoes according to the direction of rotation, and then moves the disk b and following member connected thereto accordingly. A spring m acting upon a pin n tends to return the fingers to the central position in the slots.
Patent GB-190701913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Tickets and the like.
Inventor: PEREIRA FREDERIC ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 1913. Pereira, F. A. Jan. 25. Ticket fastenings &c. - Relates to a ticket support or fastening comprising a cone-shaped head B with an embedded pin A. The ticket C is either gummed to the base of the support B or is transfixed by the pin A, as shown in Fig. 2. Specification No. 8348, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190706413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Locking the Disengaged Slide-rods of Change Speed Gear.
Filed: 1907-03-16
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 6413. Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach. May 23, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Link-work ; variable-speed gearing.-In toothed change-speed gearing of the selective type, the inoperative sliding roda are locked in their neutral position by means of a centrally pivoted lever adapted to oscillate transversely to the rods. The gear lever a, Figs. 1 and 5, engages in a notch in any one of the three sliding rods c, and is then turned about its axis so as to operate the rod selected. The remaining two sliding rods are locked by means of a lever d pivoted at the point e. The upper end of this lever is provided with a piece f which is guided by the rod a, and the lower end h is widened and forked and engages in recesses in the rods.
Patent GB-190710011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulds for Type-casting Machines
Filed: 1907-04-30
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 10,011. Lanston Monotype Corporation, [Bancroft, J. S.]. April 30. Monotype machines.-Means is provided for diminishing the time during which the melting- pot nozzle is in contact with the mould, in order to avoid cooling of the nozzle. To this end, the jet-forming member and the cross-slide, which forms the front of the mould, are arranged to have a limited amount of relative motion, so that the jet may be broken and the lower end of the mould closed before the matrix is removed from the mould. The cross-block 8, Fig. 5, which contains the jet-forming aperture 10, is cut away to receive the cross-slide 11, which is guided thereon by pins 13 and slots 14. The pins 13 are flattened on their lower sides, and are vertically adjustable by means of set-screws. Notches 20 in one end of the slide 11 are engaged by projections 19 on a detainer 18 to which is pivoted a block 21 having projections 21<1> which also engage the notches 20. A shoulder 22 on the detainer is adapted to engage the side block 6 of the mould or a plate' 22 x attached thereto. A rod 25, secured to the block 8, passes through the detainer 18 and is surrounded by a spring 23 which'is confined - between a nut 24 on the rod- 25 and the block 21, As the block 8 moves to the left after the ejection of a type, the slide 11 moves with it until arrested by contact of the shoulder 22 with the plate 22<x>. The block moves a little farther to the left, the 'spring 23 being compressed. After the next. type has been cast, the block 8 moves to the right, breaks off the jet, and closes the lower end of the mould, but the plate 11 remains stationary. The nozzle of the melting-pot is then withdrawn from the mould. The block 8, on moving farther to the right, meets the detainer 18 and carries with it the slide 11, which has been released by the removal of the matrix Specification No. 8633, A.D. 1899, is referred to.
Patent GB-190710087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Sleepers and Means for Attaching Rails thereto.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 10,087. Willis, P. R. J., [Mowery, L. W., and Humphrey, J. A.]. May 1. Rails, securing to sleepers.-Rails are secured to sleepers having a raised railway seat 3 at each end and a central rib 11 by means of a spring bar 12 notched and bevelled at one end to hold the rail flange on to its recessed seat 3 and adapted at the other end to enter a recess in a lug 5 integral with or secured to the rib 11, the lugs being opposite the corresponding recess in the rail seat, and being on the same or opposite sides of the rib to each other unless they are provided on both sides of the rib at each end with a spring bar 12 to each lug. The side of the rib adjacent to the spring bar is hollowed to seat the bar and retain it, a recess 19 in the rib and a hole 18 in the sleeper being provided for the end of a crow-bar used to bend out the spring bar 12 and so release the rail.
Patent GB-190718588-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Foundry Moulding Machine.
Inventor: BURROWS JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-16
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 18,588. Burrows, J. Aug. 16. Moulding. - Portable, hand-rammed moulding- machines have hinged stripping-plates, and rests are provided for supporting the flasks when raised off the patterns. Sand receptacles are also mounted on the machines and have side pockets for tools, parting sand, &c. The pattern plates a, Fig. 1, may be raised and lowered by links operated by levers g, counterweights o balancing the parts. The hinged stripping-plates h have handles h<2>, and the flasks rest on supports i when raised. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of one half of the machine. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the hinged stripping-plate 4<b> is counterbalanced, and when the pattern cannot be drawn by the radial movement of such plates, a portion 1<b> of the pattern is mounted so as to be withdrawn vertically through a pattern plate 2<a>. Mounted on the latter is the portion 1<a> of the pattern which does not require vertical drawing, and this pattern plate 2<a> may be hinged to facilitate cleaning. The portion 1<b> of the pattern is withdrawn by a lever operated by a hand-wheel 12, spring stops locking it in the extreme positions. A rapping-device is provided on each pattern plate.
Patent GB-190721492-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin Issuing Apparatus with a Recording Device.
Inventor: WEVER FRITZ
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 21,492. Wever, F. Sept. 27. Typewriters and like machines. - In a coinissuing apparatus in which the sum ejected is recorded on a strip of paper, the recording-device comprises a double segment 53, bearing on one edge raised type 55 for printing and on the other edge figures to be viewed through a spy-hole 56 in the casing. The segment is turned an amount corresponding to the value of the key struck, and a hammer 41, actuated from the keys through a lever 79, presses a strip of paper 36 against an inkband 80 and the type 55 to record the sum paid out.
Patent GB-190721565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Steam Engines.
Inventor: SHAW JAMES
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-09-28
Abstract: 21,565. Shaw, J. Sept. 28. Fixed-abutment type, with pistons having outwardly-sliding vanes. The engine is a compound steam-engine provided with an arrangement of reversing valves actuated by a single lever; modifications in the form of the chambers and the arrangement of the vanes are also described. A circular rotor 9 is arranged in a casing provided with three chambers 16, 17, 18, in which work vanes 12 sliding in slots 10 in the rotor. The slots 10 are arranged in opposite pairs, and the vanes sliding in opposite slots are connected by rods 13 passing through holes in the main shaft 4 of the machine. The chambers are of such form that the outer ends of a pair of vanes bear against the wall in all positions. In the casing are arranged tubular valves 20 ... 25. The cavity of the valve 20 commmunicates with a steam-pipe 36, and the valve is provided with ports 55, 55<x>, whereby it can be connected to the chamber 17 by passages 39, 40, 41 or passages 39<x>, 40<x>, 41<x>. The cavities of the valves 21, 22, 23, 25 are connected to the exhaust, and that of the valve 24 to a chamber 30 in the casing, which communicates by a port with a spiral groove 56 on the outside of the valve 20. When the valves are in the position shown, the steam enters the chamber 17 by the passages 39<x>, 40<x>, 41<x>, and after acting on the vanes passes by the ducts 42, 43, Fig. 8, channels 63, 67 on the outside of the valves 23, 25, and ducts 48, 50 to the chambers 16, 18. From these, after acting on the vanes therein, it passes by ducts 47 and ports 58 to the cavities of the valves 21, 23. Steam leaking past the vanes in the chamber 17 passes to the chamber 30, and thence by ports 60 in the valve 23 and ducts 53, 54 to the ducts 53, 54 to the ducts 42, 43. Steam leaking past the vanes in the chamber 16 passes by the duct 49 to the valve 23; and steam leaking past the vanes in the chamber 18 passes by the duct 51, Fig. 7, and grooves 68, 70 to the interior of the valve 25. The engine is reversed by turning all the valves at once. This is effected by a reversing-lever on the spindle of the valve 20, to which the others are connected by link-work.
Patent GB-190723262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garbage-receptacle Containers.
Inventor: STEPHENSON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 23,262. Stephenson, C. H. Oct. 22. Hinyes.-The cover 17 of a container 12 for a bin 16 and the lid 21 of a shoot 19 in the cover are made with beaded edges enclosing wires, the hinges being protected from the weather by the protruding edges. Fig. 3 shows a wire hinge for the cover. The wire is bent as shown, the loops encircling the bead wire 13 and the arms 25 being soldered to the cover.
Patent GB-190728664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro-galvanizing Apparatus of the Revolving Cylinder Type.
Inventor: HORNBLOWER FRANCIS HERBERT
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 28,664. Hornblower, F. H. Dec. 31. Rumbles &c.-A barrel for plating small articles consisting of a fibre, canvas, &c. body 1, wooden ends 2, longitudinal battens 3, and hoops 4, is mounted integrally with a shaft 5 in bearings 6 in a tank 7 containing the electrolyte and curved anodes 8. Arms 9 are loosely mounted on the shaft 5 and form the cathode, being each detachable by means of a cap 11 and held apart by washers 10. Each arm 9 terminates in a flexible blade 12 to prevent wedging of the articles treated The barrel ends are provided with removable halfdisks 14 secured by turn-buttons 15 for removing the arms 9, and smaller inspection doors 16 with turn-buttons 17. The usual charging and discharging pocket 18 is made large enough to deliver the whole charge in one revolution.
Patent GB-190801266-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Locking Screw-threaded Rods, Bolts and similar Parts.
Inventor: RANCILLAZ CLAUDE ENNEMOND
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 1266. Rancillaz, C. E. Jan. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Locking lift valves.-Relates to means for locking screwed valve-rods &c., shown applied to the screw stem b of a lathe - carrier, which is locked by a nut a screwing on, or into, a projection c. The thread connecting the nut to the part c differs in pitch from that on the stem b [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 2696, A.D. 1880, No. 11,404, A.D. 1884, Nos. 23,691 and 27,822, A.D. 1896, and No. 10,514, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Nails &c.].]
Patent GB-190801825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clutches for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: GARRARD CHARLES RILEY
Filed: 1908-07-27
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 1825. Garrard, C. R. July 27. Clutches.-Relates to the arrangement in which a light claw or other clutch f, l is used to disconnect the driven member c of the main friction clutch from the gear shaft x during change of speed to avoid the effect of the inertia of the part c on the gearing, and consists in arranging a slipping coupling s, t to bring the part c and gear shaft x to the same speed before the clutch f, l is closed. Both clutches are operated by a lever o, the main clutch being arranged to open first and close last. The spring m which returns the clutches may be used to press together the outer parts s of steel &c. and the part t of fibre, copper, &c. of the coupling, or a separate spring may be used.
Patent GB-190812622-A (GB)
Inventor: TROTT ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 12,622. Trott, A. June 12. Setting and iaith,dratuing appliances.-The head of a baker's peel is made in two parts A, B so that the front portion A can be replaced. The parts are connected by a metal plate E let into slots made in the contacting surfaces, and by metal side pieces F secured by screws I. The part B is provided with truckles G.
Patent GB-190813547-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dress Fastening.
Inventor: BROOKE ALFRED PEARSON
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 13,547. Brooke, A. P. June 25. Spring-strip fastenings.-In fastenings for skirts, blouses, &c. two flexible strips D, D', riveted together along one edge, are secured to one side of the opening and adapted to receive between them another strip, E, attached to the other side. The end e' of the strip E, which extends below the material, is inserted through a sleeve d<3> into a side d<1>, which forms an extension of the strip D and serves to draw the strips into engagement. End fasteners on the strips, such as a stud and notch, may be provided to prevent disengagement. The strips D, D<1> and E are secured to strips C, C', respectively, which are stitched to the turned-over edges of the material.
Patent GB-190826128-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Controlling the Air Supply of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MARSHALL HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 26,128. Marshall, H. J. Dec. 3. Gas and like engines, valves for. The quantity and temperature of the air admitted to the engine cylinder are controlled by the combination of a sliding and rotary movement of the air valve. The valve casing a, preferably of cast iron has an outlet b to the engine cylinder and is provided with branches c, d, the branch c being close to, and wholly or partly encircling, the engine exhaust pipe. Both branches are open to the atmosphere but only a small space is left between the branch c and the exhaust pipe. The flow of hot and cold air through the branches is controlled by the hollow cylindrical valve e having a square spindle g in a collar h rotatable in the cover j by means of a handle. The valve e has a semicircular port f. The quantity of air is regulated by sliding the valve e, and the temperature by rotating it.
Patent GB-190826964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Protectors for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MONTURON VICTOR
Filed: 1908-12-11
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 26,964. Monturon, V. Dec. 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. tyres, pneumatic.-A puncture-preventing shield placed between the air-tube and the cover comprises two or more layers of transversely-arranged strips a of very flexible horn or whalebone, each layer being secured in a canvas casing, preferably waterproof, by stitching between the strips and longitudinal stitching at the edges of the casing, which also serves to secure the different casings together. The strips, which protect the whole of the air-tube outside the rim, are arranged to break joint in the different layers.