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Patent GB-190821892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Invalid Beds.
Inventor: GREGG SARAH
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 21,892. Gregg, S. March 10, 1909. Bedsteads.-An invalid's bedstead comprises a movable frame b, covered with canvas d, and situated above the bedstead frame proper. The frame b is adapted to rest on an intermediate frame c or to be raised by means of cords g, or to be tilted so that it may be employed as a bed-lift. Each of the cords g is connected at one end to a winding-drum j, mounted at each end of the bedstead ; the cord is then passed through an eye l on the frame b, over a pulley m mounted on the extended pillar of the bedstead, around pulleys n at the side of the bedstead, and over a second pulley m, and is secured to the other end of the frame b. By operating the winding-drums singly the frame b may be tilted to one side or the other, and by operating both it may be raised vertically. The frame may be supported in its raised position by means of pins, slidably attached to the frame b or separate therefrom, and fitting in slots in the uprights.
Patent GB-190823247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blowing Engines and other Gaseous-fluid Pumps
Inventor: SCOTT CLARENCE NEWTON
Filed: 1908-10-31
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 23,247. Scott, C. N. Nov. 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Compressing.-Blowing-engines or other gaseousfluid pumps of the type having admission ports in the cylinder wall which are controlled by the reciprocation of the cylinder, or by means of cylindrical slide valves, are provided with a trunk extending through and supporting the piston and connecting the cylinder covers. Means for supporting the cylinder or slide valves are also described. The cylinder C, Fig. 2, is reciprocated upon the inner and outer covers A, B so as to open and close circumferential sets of admission ports a. The trunk E, which extends through and supports the piston, fits in a recess in the inner wall of the cover A, and is provided with a flange which abuts against the inner wall of the cover B, thus serving to maintain the covers co-axial to the piston. The covers are fitted with flexible metal discharge valves b, the cylindrical or spherical backing 10 of which is carried by externally-adjustable rods 11, strengthening-ribs 12 providing separate discharge chambers. The cover A is provided with a curved removable plate 13 so as to direct the compressed air through the trunk to discharge the elbow-pipe H, which covers a hole in the cover B large enough to permit of the withdrawal of the truok. The trunk may be water-jacketed. Packing between the piston and trunk comprises a wear plate 3 located between packing-rings 4 and attached to a block 3 which is vertically-adjustable in guideways 31 by means of a stud 33. The stud has an hemispherical head which fits into a corresponding recess in the block 32 so as to permit of the selfadjustment of the block as the piston moves over the trunk. Hand-holes normally closed by covers 34 give access to the adjustable stud. The cylinder, which is reciprocated by side rods, rocking-shaft levers, and links from the driving-crank, is suspended by means of roller bearings so as to permit of lubrication without interfering with the air-admission chamber. For this purpose, a casing F above the cylinder is provided with oil-baths 5 containing rollers 6 upon which run carriages 15 connected to the piston by studs 16 fitting in lugs 7. The stud-nuts bear on counter-sunk hemispherical washers 9 so as to permit the cylinder to adjust itself to the pressure of the packing-rings. The piston is reciprocated through the medium of a pair of piston-rods from the cross-head of the driving-engine. A modification is described in which a double cylindrical slide valve is suspended in a similar manner to the cylinder, and the wear plate 3 forms a complete ring which is held in place by a removable ring screwed into the piston. The trunk may have closed ends.
Patent GB-190823727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Signalling Systems for Railways and the like.
Filed: 1908-10-14
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 23,727. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 14. [Patent of Addition to No. 20,542, A.D. 1906.] Automatic systems; electric railways, signalling on.-In order that the signal may be cleared as a train passes clear of a section although a second train is standing close to it so as to de-energize the relay at the entrance end of the section, the system described in Specifications No. 20,542, A.D. 1906, and No. 21,766, A.D. 1908, is modified by the addition of a relay controlled by the relay at the exit end of the section to energize the relay at the entrance end independently of the track. The track rails are continuous for power and signalling currents and a train approaching the signal H deenergizes the relay F<2> by short-circuiting the transformer E<2> so that if a train is stopped at the signal H by a train in the section, the signal H would not be cleared by the closure of the relay F<2> by current received from the transformer E<2>. The coil f<1> is so connected to the transformer G<2> through contacts of the relay J as to receive current from G' which is out of phase with that in the coil f<2> when the relay J is energized. This relay is short-circuited when the relay F<1> is energized but when a train is near the exit end of the section the relay F<1> is de-energized, thus keeping the signal circuit open, and energizing the relay J, the armature of which closes the auxiliary circuit to the coil f<1> of the relay F<2> so that when the relay F<1> is energized as the train leaves the section the signal circuit is closed to set the signal H to 'clear.' The waiting train then proceeds past the contact a and puts the signal H to danger' as described in Specification No. 21,766, A.D. 1908. The relays have to be so adjusted that the relay I shall close its contacts before the relays J and F<2> have had time to open their contacts.
Patent GB-190900757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Liquid-fuel Burners applicable to Steam Generator Furnaces.
Inventor: LAESSOE VALDEMAR FREDERIK
IPC: F23D11/10
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1910-01-12
Abstract: 757. Lõssoe, V. F. Jan. 12. Liquid-fuel furnaces.-A forced-draught steamgenerator furnace, heated by a spray burner 30, is fitted with a brickwork ring 133, and with a slide valve 131 in the hollow furnace front for regulating the supply of air. In a natural-draught furnace, the burner is fitted on a front plate provided with a rotary hit-and-miss air regulator, and the flue is fitted with a brickwork ring 133.
Patent GB-190901925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Adding Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1909-01-26
Granted: 1910-02-28
Abstract: 1925. Boult, A. J., [Burroughs Adding Machine Co.]. Jan. 26. A d d i n g - a p p a r a t u s, with special reference to machines of the Burroughs type adapted for alternative motor or manual operation as described in Specifications 18,628/06 and 12,083A/07, are provided with a catch for retaining the vertical motor-starting rod or bar, upon the depression of the starting-key, until it is forcibly withdrawn and restored to its normal position by the movement of parts operated by the motor, and with means for automatically disengaging a main and a secondary full-stroke pawl from the usual full-stroke sector npon the removal of the operating-handle for the purpose of employing the motor. The former provision ensures that the depression of the starting-key will be followed by the operation of the motor, even should the motor not start immediately and the key be released. Operating by motors.-The upward movement of the spring-controlled motor-starting rod 36, Fig. 1, when released by the depression of the starting-key 36<a>, causes a stud e<1> to be engaged and held by the spring-controlled jaws e<2>, e<3> of a detaining-device, and the rod is only released when the ensuing motion of the full - stroke sector 31 forcibly depresses it by means of the stud 31<b>. Full-stroke mechanism. - Upon the removal of the shaft 4, Fig. 3, of the operating-handle, a rod 19, passing into a slot in the tubular shaft 2, and normally depressed, ascends, Fig. 5, allowing a spring-controlled lever 21 to disengage and hold-off the main full-stroke pawl 31<e> from the sector 31. A secondary full-stroke pawl 22<a>, pivoted to the lever 21 and normally adapted to prevent a reversal of the backward stroke of the operating-handle at its commencement, and before the main pawl engages the sector, by engaging the stud 22, is simultaneously removed from the path of the stud. The usual total key interlock 14<g>, 31<a> is provided.
Patent GB-190903588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Automatically Regulating or Controlling the Current and Speed of Eletric Motors for Rolling Mills and the like.
IPC: H02P7/34
Filed: 1909-02-13
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 3588. Soc. Anon. d'OugrÚe-Marihaye, and Courtoy, F. Feb. 13. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power; regulation, automatic systems and apparatus for.-The armature of a motor for rolling-mills is supplied from mains, and the field is supplied by a motor-generator driven from the mains. A regulator with a coil carrying a current proportional to the main current varies the resistance in the generator field circuit. The working motor a is provided with a field winding e connected to the generator b, and it may have a series field in addition. The generator is driven by a motor c, and a fly-wheel d is mounted on the common shaft. The field h of the generator is in series with a resistance which is regulated by a switch g. The pawls of the regulator are reciprocated by an auxiliary motor v, and are thrown into engagement by a lever which is controlled by a compression spring r and by a coil f shunted across a part of the main circuit.
Patent GB-190903974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireguards.
Inventor: SPEAK JOSEPH
IPC: A47G5/04
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 3974. Speak, J. Feb. 18. Fire-guards; supports for articles to be heated.-Fire-guards are constructed in two parts, one of which is directly supported by the grate, and carries a support for utensils, and the other is vertically extensible and may be held in any desired position. The extensible part b may slide within or without the fixed part a, and has loops formed on its frame engaging rods e, f, g forming part of the frame of the fixed part. A stay j for the extensible part carries a bolt k having a hole in its head through which the rod g passes, and a wing-nut l enables the extensible part to be secured as desired. A hinged lid d covers the space between the support for utensils c and the guard ; and a wire-mesh bottom, also for supporting utensils, may be provided to the fixed part. According to the Provisional Specification, the extensible part may be retained in position by a peg or catch on one or both sides, and a rail may surround the support for utensils at a short distance from its edge, to prevent accidental displacement of the utensils.
Patent GB-190905090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lantern Slide Carriers.
Inventor: RIGBY ROBERT
IPC: G03B21/64
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 5090. Rigby, R. March 2. Optical-projection apparatus.-In a lanternslide carrier of the kind adapted to accommodate slides of different sizes, the slide is inserted between two yielding guides c, c<1> provided with pins d, which pass through the uprights e of the skeleton frame and are furnished with heads or stops h acted upon by springs g. The guides c, c<1> are provided with inclined portions k at the top.
Patent GB-190905254-A (GB)
Title: Device for Applying Ball Bearings to Lawn Mower Shafts.
Inventor: RATCLIFFE JOHN TELFORD
IPC: A01D34/62
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 5254. Ratcliffe, J. T. March 4. Lawn-mowers.-The outer races of self-contained ball bearings for lawn - mowers aro mounted in special housings, and the inner races are secured on the shafts by sleeves and nuts. The inner races 7, Fig. 2, for the cuttershaft 2 fit on reduced parts 2<1> of the shaft and are secured thereto by sleeves 8 pressed inwards by nuts 9, felt washers 10 being interposed between the races and shoulders 2<11> to exclude dust. The outer races 6 fit into bored - out housings 4<1>, the outer ends of which are rectangular and adjustable in vertical slots. The housings for the bearings of the driving or roller shaft consist of adjustable brackets 12, Fig. 1, provided with straps 12' which are drawn together to grip the outer races by screws 14. The straps 12<1> are made wide so that the bearings may be adjusted on the shaft. According to the Provisional Specification, the hausings may be made in two pieces.
Patent GB-190907401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Casting Machines.
Inventor: LINK ROLLS PERCIVAL
IPC: B41B5/06
Filed: 1909-03-27
Granted: 1910-06-27
Abstract: 7401. Link, R. P., and Hyde, A. G. March 27. Metal pots and pumps. -Fig. 3 shows a metal pot 5 having a cylinder 3 in which works a plunger 4 having a recess 16 engaged by a projection 14 on a valve-slide 2. A channel 6 in the slide 2 has ports 7, 8 at its opposite ends adapted to communicate with the mould 1 and a port 9 in the cylinder 3. The upper end of the cylinder is closed by a plug 17 containing a valve 19. The lower end of the plunger 4 is made hollow to contain a cushion of air in known manner. When the slide 2 moves down in its guideway 12, a partial vacuum is formed in the upper end of the cylinder 3, and, as the ports 8, 9 come into alinement, the air in the mould 1 becomes exhausted or rarefied. The continued movement of the slide carries the port 7 out of alinement with the mould and brings another port 10 into alinement with the mould and a port 11 in the cylinder 3. The plunger 4 first closes the supply port 22 and then forces the metal into the mould. The aperture 15 in the cylinder 3 through which the projection 14 passes may be vented by a hole 40. A vent-hole 21 communicates with the cylinder when the valve 19 is raised. Moulds for type-casting machines. The mould comprises slides the movements of which are synchronized with those of the valve-slide 2 ; in accordance with the size of a matrix presented between the slides so as to act as a distance-piece in known manner, the slides determine the size of the mould cavity without any manual adjustment being required. The slides may be hollow and may be cooled by jets of air. Four movable slides may be provided, but Fig. 1 shows three only, a fixed block 23 forming the fourth side of the mould. The slides 24, 25, 26 are independently reciprocated along their guides and, together with the block 23, have lugs 32, 33, which engage the sides of the matrix head ; the body dimension of the matrices is usually constant, and in this case the slide 24 always occupies the same position. The matrix rests upon plane surfaces 34 on the members 23 ... 26, and the edges of these members are suitably formed to produce a type body of the shape required. The connexion between the slide arms 29 and their driving-mechanism may be a spring or other yielding member. The valve-slide 2 forms a wall of the mould through which the metal is introduced. The valve-slide afterwards isolates the metal in the mould and renders subsequent trimming by a knife unnecessary. The valve-slide coacts with the pomp plunger as described above to produce a partial vacuum in the mould.
Patent GB-190907533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Compressors for Wire Covering Machines.
Inventor: OWEN HARRY LUKE
IPC: D07B7/14
Filed: 1909-03-29
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 7533. Owen, H. L. March 29. Wire, covering by winding.-A rotary compressor for pressing asbestos or like fibre on conductors, particularly such as have been made by machines in which the conductor moves axially but does not rotate while it is covered by means, for instance, of the rotary device described in Specification 7531/09, with a spiral lapping of asbestos or like fibre according to Specification 7530 / 09, [Class 36, Electricity, Conducting &c.], is constructed as follows:-In a casing 29 a V- grooved ring 38 is carried on three wheels, of which the wheel 37 acts only as a steadying- wheel, and the other two wheels 32 are geared together by a chain 34 and serve to rotate the ring when they are driven by an extension 31 carrying a pulley driven from the main shaft of the machine. The ring 38 has two bevelwheels 43 pivoted thereto by arms 40; these wheels mesh with a stationary bevel-pinion 44 carried by a cross-bar 46 on the casing 29. As the ring 38 rotates, the wheels tend to fly outwards, and thus press the rotating compressing- rings 49 on their lower faces against the conductor 3 as it moves axially through the orifice in the pinion 44 in the centre of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190908793-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Press or Push Motion for Operating Door Locks, Latches Bolts and the like
Inventor: ENGLAND WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: E05C1/14
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 8793. England, W. H., [trading as "England" Works]. April 14. Latches, sliding; emergency exit fastenings.- Follower-operated latches and bolts are actuated by pressing in the knob, the operating-device being applicable to ordinary and existing latch and lock spindles. On the spindle b outside the lock is mounted a sleeve a provided with helical grooves d, which are adapted to co-operate with projections j on the shank of the knob f. The knob is guided in a rose e, and is under the control of a spring s. The bar k, which is pressed in case of emergency, is pivoted near the hinge side of the door and is connected to the knob at g.
Patent GB-190909588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Pans and Analogous Articles and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: NEWTON RUPERT GROSVENOR
IPC: A47L13/52
Filed: 1909-04-22
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 9588. Newton, R. G., and Shakespeare, J. T. April 22. Dust-pans.-The front edges a<1> of dust-pans &c. are strengthened by being bent back and curled to form a tubular rib a', a strip B having a curl b<1> being secured between the folded parts a<2>, a<3>.
Patent GB-190910247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephonic Party Line Ringing Keys.
Inventor: CONNER MERRITT SCOTT
IPC: H01H13/72
Filed: 1909-04-30
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 10,247. Conner, M.S. April 30. Switches, quick-break; interlocked switches.-In a telephonic party-line ringing - key of the plunger type, each key can assume three positions, being locked in the intermediate switching- position against spring- return by a latch L, as shown in the case of the key K<2>. When any key is fully depressed, the latch L closes a contact X, Fig. 4, but, when pressure is withdrawn from the key, it remains locked in the intermediate position, hut is released when another key is depressed. A buffer spring C is loosely mounted between the plunger R and the member that limits its upward movement. Specification 10,255/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-190925623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extension Hoods more particularly for use with Motor Cars.
IPC: B60J7/12
Filed: 1909-11-06
Granted: 1910-11-07
Abstract: 25,623. Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., James, F., and Coombes, H. Nov. 6. Roods.-The forward hoopstick C of an extension hood for motor-vehicles &c. is connected to the rear hoopstick A by a system of rods, which supports it during its transference from the forward position on the bracket e to the rearward position against the hoopstick A. The system of rods comprises a pair of stretcher rods c, d, jointed at c', and a radius-rod b hinged to the stick A and to the rod c at c<2>. A stop d<2>, formed on the rod d and engaging the rod c, limits relative movement of these rods in one direction. One or more intermediate hoopsticks connected together in this way may be interposed between the hoopsticks A, C. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 11,324/09.
Patent GB-190927417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread Guides for Spinning, Twisting, Winding and such like Frames.
IPC: D01H13/04
Filed: 1909-11-25
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 27,417. Boyd, T. A., and Boyd, J. & T. Nov. 25. Thread-guides.-In spinning, twisting, winding, and like machines in which the threadguides are made partly of metal and partly of earthenware or glass, the wire thread-guide 1 is of a U-shape, a cross-bar 2 of porcelain &c. for the thread to rest upon being carried on the two limbs 1<1>, 1<2>. The limb 1<1> is left straight, and the other 1<2> is bent in front, across, and over the top of the cross-bar as shown. The wire is fixed to the usual wooden lappet 3.
Patent GB-190929953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Conduit Systems.
Inventor: HIRST HUGO
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 29,953. Hirst, H., and Taylor, T. Dec. 22. Overlap joints without longitudinal pressure. - Metallic pipe conduits are rendered electrically c o n - tinuous by pressing or stamping two grooves B side by side in the socket member A of the fitting, into which grooves the legs of a staple D are driven so as to wedge in between the socket member and the spigot member C. The enamel coating is pierced and electric contact ensured by the process, and the staple can be removed if necessary.
Patent GB-191000746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Shaping or Conforming Uppers to Lasts in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: A43D49/00
Filed: 1910-01-11
Granted: 1911-01-11
Abstract: 746. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Jan. 11. Pounding-up.-In a machine for working an upper over the bottom of a last, and for shaping and smoothing the bottom of a lasted shoe for the reception of the outer sole, the bottom of the shoe is acted upon simultaneously by two rubbing-disks 6 mounted on inclined shafts 5 and driven in opposite directions by bevelgearing from a shaft 2. The rubbing-face of each disk is bevelled from its centre towards its periphery, and is formed with curved ribs 12, which are arranged so that they engage the shoe approximately at right-angles to its edge. The peripheral edge faces of the disks may be provided with ribs 14 for beating or blocking the side edge of the shoe. The disks may be heated to soften and to assist in shaping the shoe stock.
Patent GB-191002512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ball Grinding Machines.
Inventor: PINDERS ARNOLD
IPC: B24B11/06
Filed: 1910-02-01
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 2512. Pinders, A. Feb. 1. [Addition to 17,849/09.] Balls, shaping and surfacing.-The the ballgrinding machine described in the parent Specification, in which the balls are conducted from a grooved horizontal plate to a mixing- receptacle placed at a lower level, a common collecting-passage d is used to connect the channels in the fixed plate b with the mixing- receptacle.
Patent GB-191008646-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Non-inflammable, Celluloid-like Material.
Inventor: MERCKENS WALDEMAR
IPC: C08L1/20
Filed: 1910-04-09
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 8646. Merckens, W., and Manissadjian, H. B. April 13, 1909, [Convention date]. Celluloid compositions containing compound esters.-Mixed esters of cellulose such as sulphuric-acetic-cellulose and phosphoric-aceticcellulose are mixed with esters of phenols, cresols, or naphthols, or their derivatives to produce a non - inflammable celluloid - like material. The phosphacetate may be prepared thus: -One kilogram of cellulose is mixed with two litres of anhydrous acetic acid mixed with 5U c.c. of sulphuric acid and 50 c.c. of phosphorus oxychloride. When a thin paste is produced, three kilograms of acetic anhydride are slowly added, and when all the cellulose has dissolved one-fifth litre of 10 per cent phosphoric acid is added, and, after standing for 10 to 12 hours, it is precipitated with water. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also the use of thio-esters of phenols etc.; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.