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Patent GB-190702138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brush-holders for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 2138. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 28. Brush-holders.-In electrically-propelled vehicles, in which the armatures and commutators of the driving-motors are secured on one or more driving- axles and the field-magnets are attached to the vehicle frame, the brush-holders are also supported on the frame and are arranged to permit of radial or tangential movement of the brushes. Each brush-holder proper H, Fig. 3, is preferably secured to the lower end of a slab h<2> of wood &c., which is preferably protected at its upper end by metal plates h<3>, h<4>, Fig. 4. The two slabs h<8>, carrying the brush-holders of adjacent motors, are secured by a bolt h<5> to a frame member a. The brushes are adjusted radially by means of wedges h<7> which, together with the complementary wedges h<8>, are positioned between the members h<2> and the frame member a. The wedges h<7> are provided with slots h<9>, and the engaging-surfaces of the wedges h<7>, h<8> are preferably made corrugated. The wedges h<8> may be integral with, or secured to, the frame a, or may be formed on separate elements which are held in place by the bolt h<5>. In order to economize space, the wedges h<8>, h<7> are preferably formed with double parallel inclines h<11>, h<11> and h<10>, h<10> respectively, as shown. The openings h<6> in the members h<2>, through which the bolt h<5> passes, are elongated in the vertical direction to permit of the tangential adjustment of the brushes. The member H<1>, Fig. 5, within which the brushes h are arranged, is carried by two curved arms H<2>, H<3>, which are also curved away from the support h<2> so that substantially the entire brush mechanism is visible from a point immediately above the brushes.
Patent GB-190702210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheels.
Inventor: GARCHEY LOUIS ANTOINE
Filed: 1907-01-29
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 2210. Garchey, L. A. Jan 29. Elastic ropes and bands; wire ropes.-An elastic device applicable to cables and belts is composed of strips of flexible but inextensible material, such as leather, canvas, &c., or of a number of metal wires, such strips or wires being bent at intermediate points of their length so as to enclose cores of india-rubber, &c. Fig. 1 shows such a device, in which strips of canvas &c. b, c are stitched together at d, e and bent around an elastic core a, while end connexions f, g are secured by stitching at h, i. In Fig. 2 is shown a metallic cable comprising wires o bound together at q and fitted with cores p, p<1>. Fig. 4 shows a flat cable or belt composed of layers of canvas or leather r, r' and rubber cylinders p. When canvas is used, a number of sheets may be united by vulcanizing, tarring ; the rubber cores may be solid or hollow, andi in the latter case may be inflated.
Patent GB-190702813-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjustable Set Square.
Inventor: HODGSON HOWARD MUSCUTT
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1908-02-05
Abstract: 2813. Hodgson, H. M. Feb. 5. Squares; protractors.-In set-squares having an adjustable hypotenuse set with the aid of a protractor or scale, a vernier is combined with the so@e so as to facilitate accurate adjustment. Fig. 1 shows one form of the invention. The hypotenuse member b is hinged at c and fitted with a quadrant e graduated as shown. The body of the set-square carries a vernier f. The quadrant is locked by a set-screw g. Figs. 2 and 3 show modified forms of set-squares fitted with protractor scales e and verniers f.
Patent GB-190705755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stays or Corsets
Inventor: BEDDOES THOMAS PUGH
Filed: 1907-03-09
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5755. Beddoes, T. P. March 9. Corsets.-A corset consists of material cut on the straight at the waist and parts subjected to strain, and on the cross in the upper part of the stays. Each half is provided with a front fastening-strip a and a back lacing-strip b. These are connected first by a piece c, next by one or more gussets d cut on the cross, which may be of the form shown or turned at right-angles to reach the strip a, then a narrow gusset g, and finally a strip i in one with the part k, which in the form shown is also in one with the part c. The piece i, k is seamed to the back piece. All the pieces except the gussets d are cut on the straight. Two bones f are attached to the strip c nearly the full length of the corset. Short bones m, p are attached on either side of the seam k, and do not extend below the waist, and are arranged to be clear of the ribs, shoulder blades, &c. at the upper end. A cross tension band q and tabs r for suspenders may be provided.
Patent GB-190713019-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Carburetter for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HANDASYDE GEORGE HARRIS
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 13,019. Handasyde, G. H., and Chinn, C. G. June 5. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The float-chamber A with its float B is surmounted by a chamber E in which slides a differential piston K, the lower portion of which surrounds the nozzle G. The formation of a vacuum above the petrol, paraffin, &c. in the chamber A is prevented by the hole A'. The stroke of the piston K is controlled and its return facilitated by a spring-loaded bar N supported by a rod passing through the removable cover F. The annular part of the piston is open to the atmosphere through a passage L. The distance between the lower edge of the piston K and the bottom of the chamber E is adjusted by a set-screw M. Air enters by the passage H, and the mixture is conducted along the passage I and past the throttle J. In a modification, the air enters the carburettor through apertures in the wall of the chamber E below the shoulder, and the mixture escapes through the piston K, the lateral passage I being dispensed with. The piston rises at each suction stroke of the engine, and controls simultaneously the passage of air and mixture.
Patent GB-190713352-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Distributing and Measuring Liquids.
Inventor: BARDY PIERRE
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 13,352. Bardy, P. July 7, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Measured quantities, delivering. - Relates to taps for delivering liquids, such as sparkling wines, foaming liquids, and syrups, aerated or otherwise, under gas pressure without access to the air. The plug contains the measuring- chamber h, and a pressure chamber g, adapted, when in the position shown in Fig. 1, to be filled respectively with the liquid and gas through the openings b, c, the gas in the case of an aerated liquid being preferably the same as that in the liquid. When the tap is turned to the position shown in Fig. 4, an elbowed passage e in the casing allows the gas to force out the liquid through the nozzle d. Instead of a plug, a sector or slide valve may be employed.
Patent GB-190714547-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Mattress.
Inventor: MARX CARL
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 14,547. Marx, C. June 24. Mattresses &c.-A mattress 1 has a trough-shaped civity formed by two wedge-shaped cushions 2 connected so that they cannot be moved by an occupant, a recess 4, and a bolster 5 for supporting the legs. A space may be left between the head of the mattress and a pillow 7, in which the shoulders and arms rest, and there may also be provided a bolster 6, which slopes away from the middle 9 to the sides 10. The pillow 7 is wedgeshaped to support the neck, with the thin edge turned away from the mattress. A mattress of this kind may be used for sofas, hammocks, and reclining chairs.
Patent GB-190716544-A (GB)
Title: Spring Fitting, for Winding up Window Blind Rollers
Inventor: TILLING JOSEPH STOREY
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 16,544. Tilling, J. S. July 19. Window blinds.- A window blind is wound up by a volute spring D secured at one end to a fixed spindle E and at the other end to a casing B secured to the blindroller. A pawl H is pivoted on the outside of the casing, and is adapted to engage in slots in a collar F on the spindle.
Patent GB-190722953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Non-skidding Devices for Rubber and similar Tyres.
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1908-10-19
Abstract: 22,953. Hookham, G. Oct. 17. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A non-skidding device consists of elongated hard-metal studs a directly attached to the tread or cover of a tyre b, as by screws c engaging suitable plates d, the studs forming a continuous ring or rings around the tyre with the smallest possible intervals between their ends. The studs may be connected by links embedded in the rubber ; or they may interlock as by rounded ends fitting into adjacent hollow ends. Specifications No. 25,761, A.D. 1904, and No. 5789, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190724142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relative to Circular Knitting Machines.
Inventor: GRIEVE THOMAS SCOTT
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 24,142. Grieve, T. S., and Brooksby, E. Nov. 1. Circular knitting - ma - chines.-A tubular ribbed, plain, or openwork hosiery fabric is fashioned on a variable number of needles by automatically transferring loops from the needles 6 of an encircling bed 8 to the cylinder needles 5. The bed 8 is supported on a ridge 22 of a tricked sinker ring 20 the inner edge of which rests on a ledge 16 of the cylinder. The sinkers are operated by a cam-ring 21 sliding on the ledge 16. The needle cam-shell 10 is driven, with the ring 21 and the dial cams, from the cylinder cams. One or more sections of the bed 8 may be shogged by means of patternmechanism 28 acting on a slide 26 on the outer edge of the cam-shell 10. When the projection 26<a> engages one or other wing 28<a>, 29<a>, Fig. 5<a>, of stops 27 swivelling on the sinker ring 20, the points 27<a>, 27<b> act on one or other incline 8<a>, 8<b>, Fig. 2, of the respective needle bed section 8. There are two kinds of radial needles 6, namely fashioning-needles which are long-butted and shorttailed, and lace needles with short butts and long tails. The cylinder needles are also of two kinds, namely needles 5 with ordinary butts, and needles 5<a>, Fig. 16, with extra butts. The needles 5<a> opposite the lace needles 6 have longer butts 5<b> than the needles in the front half of the cylinder, and are held out of action during the production of openwork. The loops are transferred by the co-action of cams in the cylinder and the encircling bed. The encircling cams 41, Fig. 2, are undercut at 41<a> so as to take the long-butted or fashioning- needles first, the short-butted or lace needles being engaged subsequently by the solid part 41. The fashioning-needles transfer to needles 5<a> elevated on the cams 37, 40. The empty fashioning- needles subsequently draw fresh loops or remain inactive according to the position of the upthrow cam 32, Fig. 2, while the empty lace needles draw fresh loops at each course. The lace loops are transferred to the needles 5 which rise, after the needles 5<a> have risen, on the cam 41<b>. The transferred loops are lifted above the needles 6, which can thus be withdrawn without the latches closing. A ribbed article may be fashioned in an analogous manner by transferring a plain loop on a radial needle 6 to a cylinder needle 5. At the heel, rib loops are transferred from the dial to the radial needles and then to cylinder needles.
Patent GB-190803317-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Controlling the Water Supply to Hydraulic Rams and the like.
Inventor: NEWNHAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 3317. Newnham, E., and Wethered, H. L. Feb. 14. Hydraulic rams. -Apparatus for automatically delivering to hydraulic machines intermittent volumes of liquid, of the type wherein the liquid is allowed to accumulate in a tank and thence overflow into a tipping bucket which operates the delivery valve, is provided with means for rapidly opening this valve. The valve b closing the outlet a' of the tank A is connected by a rod b<1>, bell-crank lever d, and rod b<2>, to an arm e on the bracket H. A bracket F carries a float lever G and also guides the valve stem b<3>. The lever G has a limiting-stop g'. The pipe a<4> conducts the overflow to the bucket H. When the bucket is full, the water lifts a float L, releases a catch on the bucket lever h<2>, and allows the bucket to tip and open the valve b. A counterweight h<5> tends to return the bucket to its upper position and close the valve b, but it is prevented by the float actuated catch g3 engaging a recess b<4> in the stem b<3>. The valve b is kept open until the fall of the water level allows the float lever G to drop and disengage the catch g<3>.
Patent GB-190814565-A (GB)
Title: A Pressure Controlling and Relieving Stopper, for Vessels containing Liquid for Drinking Purposes, such as Bottles, Jars, and such like.
Inventor: CURRAN CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 14,565. Curran, C. J., and Curran, E. July 9. Stoppers.-A stopper for bottles containing aerated liquids is provided with a rubber ball valve D pressed on its seat by a porous wood plug E, which may be adjusted in the slot A for different pressures. A porous wood plug F is added to prevent ingress of dirt.
Patent GB-190814622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Peggy or Dolly Tubs.
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 14,622. Sims & Sons, S., and Sims, S. Dec. 21. Making washing - apparatus. - Dolly tubs are provided with an internal downwardly - inclined rim e to prevent the escape of splashes from the tub. The rim may be made in the form of a metal ring pressed into shape and having a flange d by means of which it is attached to the body by seaming, riveting, &c. A convenient shaping-press comprises a mould and a co-operating die provided with an encircling ring which is spring-mounted and serves to hold the plate in place during the pressing operation To prevent creasing, the plate is cut away at two or more points.
Patent GB-190821942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Revolving Chain Grates
Inventor: MILLER HERBERT WOODVILLE
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 21,942. Miller, H. W., and Bennett, C. M. Oct. 16. [Patent of Addition to No. 10,339, A.D. 1902.] Grates.-In the event of a link of the chain grate described in Specification No. 10,339, A.D. 1902, breaking and falling out while the grate is at work, it may be replaced by a link, as shown in Fig. 1, provided with slots 1, 2 which engage with the rods holding the links of the grate together. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show modified forms of links made in two parts adapted to be secured together by screws when in position on the grate. The link shown in Fig. 6 is jointed at 14 and adapted to be bent, while being placed in position, and afterwards straightened out.
Patent GB-190822363-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Prism-combination for Deflecting, into Parallelism, Pencils of Rays Coming from Opposite Directions.
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 22,363. Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz Akt.-Ges. Aug. 12, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Telemeters; photometers,; optical instruments.- A prism which deflects into parallelism co-axial rays coming from opposite directions, and is useful in telemeters, photometers, &c., consists of a rectangular prism 1 to which is cemented a prism 2 with a roof-surface and sometimes, as shown in Fig. 2, with a further sloping surface 6. Half the meeting surface of the prisms is covered with a coating 6 reflective on both sides, rays from the right being reflected by it straight out, and those from the left being reflected by it up to the roof surface and thence out, passing through the non- reflective part of the meeting surfaces.
Patent GB-190825624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Cranks and Driving Shafts.
Inventor: DRURY JOHN
IPC: B62M3/04
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1910-02-28
Abstract: 25,624. Drury, J. Nov. 27. Driving-mechanism.-A variable-throw crank of the lazy-tongs type is provided with means whereby one revolution of the crank effects more than one revolution of the crank-shaft. As applied to a bicycle, the crank d carries on one of its pivot points, preferably the innermost one d<4>, a pin on which is mounted an antifriction roller riding between the surfaces h<1>, h<2> of a cam h, shaped as shown in Fig. 2. The innermost end of the crank comprises a pair of members e, e<1>, each having an eye that embraces the shaft b and a recessed tailpiece carrying longitudinally slidable keys f, g, which are pressed towards the shaft by springs k, are provided with lubricant reservoirs l and channels l<1>, and have laterally extending lugs f<1>, g<1> for engaging a second cam j, shaped as shown. The lugs f<1>, g<1> are of different lengths so that the longer one is diverted from the shallower parts j<2>, j<3> of the cam. The shaft b is provided with holes b<1>, which are engaged by the pins f, g, and the relative shapes of the cams h, j are so designed that, before either key f, g can be'withdrawn, the other one always drops into a hole, thus avoiding slip of the crank on the shaft. Dust shields for the cams h, j and antifriction devices for the various parts may be provided.
Patent GB-190826416-A (GB)
Title: Concrete or Stone Cement, Black in Colour, for Street Pavements and for Plastering the other Purposes.
Inventor: WADE JAMES EDWARD
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 26,416. Wade, J. E. Dec. 7. Stone, artificial and imitation; concretes; cements.- A concrete or stone cement for making pavements, foot-paths, partition walls, &c. is made by mixing crushed black marble (preferably that obtained from Poolvash, Isle of Man) 2¢ lb, crushed black limestone shale 2¢ lb., a black pigment such as drop black 1“ lb., Portland cement 2¥ lb., and sufficient water. For pavements and the.like, 1¢ parts of the marble are mixed with 1¢ parts black limestone and 1 part cement, the colouring-matter being omitted. Slabs may be made, or the materials may be mixed dry and formed in situ.
Patent GB-190826701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Tool Sharpeners.
Inventor: BRINKMANN MORRIS WEIL
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 26,701. Brinkmann, M. W. Dec. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Work-holders.-A device for sharpening twist drills, reamers, &c. and for pointing centre-punches &c. comprises a hollow-spindle 5, Fig. 1, in which the tool 1 is held by a chuck 2, mounted eccentrically in a carrier 7 rotating in a bearing 8. The bearing 8. is supported by a pillar 9 slidable along an arm 10, which swivels about a centre 11 carried by the slide-rest of a lathe. A plate 13 carrying a pointer 16 registering with graduations on the frame is secured to the carrier 7 by a screw 14. A plate 17, which is grooved to act as a pulley, and which carries a pointer 19 registering with graduations on the plate 13, is mounted on the spindle 5. The plates 17, 13 may be secured together by a screw 22 and a pin 23. A gauge 4 to position the tool is mounted on the chuck 2. To grind twist drills, the spindle 5 is adjusted in the carrier to the required degree of eccentricity, and the plates 17, 13 are then coupled together. The tool is presented at an angle to the grinding-disk 24 and is rocked in contact with it. When one lip is ground, the tool is turned through a right-angle in the chuck. A reamer is arranged parallel to the disk and treated similarly. A centre-punch is arranged at an angle to the grinding-disk, the carrier being fixed in its bearing by a screw 21 and the spindle 5 rotated, preferably by a belt on the pulley 17.
Patent GB-190826861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Mortising Machines.
Inventor: HAIGH WILLIAM BLACKETT
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 26,861. Haigh, W. B. Dec. 10. Mortising.- Relates to a self - contained mortising - attachment for making , mortises for locks in doors, drawers, &c. The operating-lever a and the tool-slide fare carried by a base-plate d which may be fixed on any ordinary column e. The lever a is pivoted at c to a lug on the base-plate d, and operates the tool-slide f by means of a link m. A drawer h to be mortised is placed on a table i and rests against an adjustable fence j sliding in a bracket k on the column e. The power-driven chisel g may be interchangeable with a mortising- chain, as described in Specification No. 2917, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190827100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Graduated Scales of Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: BUCK FRED
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 27,100. Buck, F. June 1, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Scales; measures of length.-Instruments such as tape measures and the like bearing scales divided and subdivided have the designations of the larger divisions repeated in small figures a<1> in proximity to the subdivisions which appear in large figures a, as shown for feet and inches in the Figure, so as to facilitate reading.
Patent GB-190827297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Rims for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: ANTHONY ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-12-16
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 27,297. Anthony, A. Dec. 16. Felloes or rims; tyres, pneumatic.- The detachable rim flange 4 carries bolts 9, which are adapted to pass through boxes 10 sunk in the felloe 2, and are secured by nuts 16 bearing against plates 14. The plates 14 are shaped, and may be secured, to the flange 3 of the fixed portion of the rim, which carries a cover-plate 6 fitted with a rubber or other lining 8. In a modification, a complete tyrecarrying rim is secured between the flanges 3, 4. According to the Provisional Specification, a portion only of one side flange is detachable, the joints between the fixed and detachable portions being covered by clamps shaped to the rim section.
Patent GB-190828341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Elevating Gear for Ordnance.
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-12-29
Abstract: 28,341. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Johnston, F. G. D. Dec. 29. Sights; mountings.-Relates to hydraulic elevating- gear, especially for guns which are always loaded at a fixed elevation, and consists in providing means whereby the gun is taken out of the control of the sighter for loading, and restored thereto, when loaded, without any interference with his control of the.sight. Fig. 1 shows a vertical, and Fig. 2 an horizontal section, of the single-acting hydraulic apparatus employed in the case of a gun having a breech preponderance. The sights g are carried on a gun trunnion f<2> and are connected by trunnions b<4> and links b<5> to a cylinder b which is itself a ram working in a main cylinder a to which pressure fluid is admitted by a valve a<1>. A solid plunger c enters at one end the cylinder b and at the other end a cylinder d, which is guided in a fixed support e and which is connected with the gun cradle f by means of trunnions d'. When the gun is not being loaded, valves d<1>, b<1>, which control the supply of fluid to the cylinders d, b, respectively, occupy the position shown in Fig. 1, and the gun and sights may then be moved together by operating the valve a<1>, the cylinder b, the plunger c, and the cylinder d moving as one rigid piece. If it is required to load when the breech is above the loading-position, the cylinder b is opened to exhaust, and the breech preponderance causes the gun to move on to the loading-stops. If now the cylinder b is again opened to pressure, the sights alone can be moved by operating the valve a<1>. If the gun is to be loaded when the breech is below the loading- position, fluid is admitted to the cylinder d, which then moves to the left relatively, to the plunger c. Stops c<1>, c<2>, working in guides b<3>, d<3>. serve to limit the movements of the cylinders b, d respectively, and an adjustable stop d<5> is also provided for this purpose in the cylinder d. In the case of a gun having no breech preponderance, the cylinders are double-acting.