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Patent GB-190826914-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Belt Shifter.
Inventor: BENTALL ERNEST EDMUND
Filed: 1908-12-11
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 26,914. Bentall, E. E., and Bingham, G. C. Dec. 11. Belt - forks. - A radially and angularly adjustable beit - fork support comprises an arm d formed on, or attached to, a slotted bar b, which is adjustably secured by bolts c or other means to a curved plate a nearly or wholly surrounding the belt-shaft. The arm d may be of square or I cross-section and the boss of the fork e may be correspondingly formed so that it may be arranged to project in different directions. In a modification, the bar b is adjustably secured to the ends of the plate a, which is secured to the frame by means such as bolts passed through the curved slot.
Patent GB-190827867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Telegraphy.
Inventor: MUIRHEAD ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-12-22
Abstract: 27,867. Muirhead, A. Dec. 22. [Cognate Application No. 1419, A.D. 1909, dated Jan. 20.] Telegraphs.-Relates to improvements in submarine cable telegraphs and relay arrangements. (1) In the duplex relay system partly shown in Fig. 6, the receiving circuits, comprising the main signal coil 3, shunted condenser X, and inductance shunt Y, are duplicated as shown at 5, 6, 7 at the ends of the artificial lines 4 at both the terminal and relay stations. The duplicate receiver 5 and shunt 7 may be simple resistances. (2) In the arrangement of relay circuits shown in Fig. 2, an "overflow" or reaction circuit 8 of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 516 and 7525, A.D. 1899, is connected to duplicated circuits 5, 6, 7 (of the kind described above) at the end of the artificial line 4 of the outgoing cable 2. (3) In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the artificial line is replaced by a retardation circuit comprising a resistance 4<x> in series with an artificial line 4<xx> having a resistance 4 <x x ><x> in its earth connexion. Deflexion of the coil 3 sends current from the battery 11 through the contact 9 and retardation circuit 4<x>, 4<xx> to the "overflow" circuit 8. (4) The arrangement shown in Fig. 4 may be modified by omitting the duplicate circuits 5, 6, 7 and connecting the "overflow" circuit 8 to the end of the resistance 4<ÎÎÎ>. Specifications Nos. 3343 and 13,472, A.D. 1900, Nos. 5589 and 10,120, A.D. 1901, and No. 19,450, A.D. 1908, are also referred to.
Patent GB-190828162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Glass Fronts for Lamps.
Inventor: HOROBIN OLIVER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 28,162. Horobin, O. W., and Aron, E. Dec. 24. Lenses.-Glasses for lamps of high illuminating- power, such as those used on motor-vehicles, of the type having a series of superposed prisms arranged horizontally and provided with means for preventing the rays from diverging upwards and causing a glare, are made up of strips or prisms of glass a separated by strips of thin metal b having non-reflecting surfaces.
Patent GB-190903757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Materials by Disintegration or Pulverisation.
Inventor: TEBBUTT LOUIS
IPC: B02C25/00
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 3757. Tebbutt, L. Feb. 15. Mills and apparatus; feeding-devices for granular materials -Relates to means for regulating or controlling the supply of material to a mill or disintegrator by means of the output. A cylinder a provided with a screw c is pivoted on a shaft b and has an opening a<1> under a discharge hopper d. The other end of the cylinder a is connected with a weight f by flexible or other means e, which is also connected to the feed-belt gear. When the material in the outer end of the cylinder becomes congested, the weight in that part overbalances the weight f and causes a pull on the cord e, which acts on the feed-belt gear and regulates the feed. In a modification, the cylinder is supported in vertical guides and the cord is operated by a lever, the end of which works between two stops fixed on the cord.
Patent GB-190904882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Regulators for Electric Circuits.
IPC: H02J7/14
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 4882. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 27. [Addition to 5037/07.] Electro-magnetic switches; thermal cut-outs.-A vibrating regulator for electric circuits, of the type described in the parent Specification, is provided with a protective device adapted to operate when the regulator resistance fails, and a vibrating arm adapted to be easily removed and replaced. Arrangements are also made for maintaining the lighting-circuit when the regulator resistance fails. An iron projection 8 mounted upon one leg of the yoke 6 is provided with ears 9 which fit into notches on the non-magnetic spring blade 10. The blade 10 is fixed by two adjustable stops 3, 11, the former being the fixed contact of the regulator. The armature 4, provided with a curved end 7, is attached to the blade 10 and is adapted to shortcircuit the regulating-resistance 2, Fig. 6, which may take the form of a lamp, one terminal of which is attached to a resilient blade 12, held in engagement with the fixed contact 3 by means of a fusible link 13 and a hook 14. When the regulating-resistance 2 breaks, the arcing between the contacts 3, 4 melts the link 13, whereupon the spring 12 is released and the circuit containing the contacts 3, 4 broken. The regulating-lamp 2 is placed in a socket 15, and, to provide means for maintaining the lighting circuit of the lamps 1 when the regulator is disabled, a second socket 16 is provided. One terminal of the lamp 2 is connected to the blade 12 through a blade 17, which normally tends to move away from the blade 18. When the damaged lamp 2 is removed. the blades 17, 18 separate, and, when a lamp is inserted in the socket 16, the circuits of the lamps 1 are completed through the blade 18 and the lamp of socket 16 to earth. Covers.-The regulator is provided with a cover 19, having two holes which register with the sockets 15, 16. A lid 21, pivotally mounted upon ridges 22, is held in a closed position over one of the holes by means of a bowed spring 23, secured to the underside of the cover by links 24, which form hinges as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190905214-A (GB)
Title: Adding Machine.
Inventor: BORDT ADOLF
IPC: G06C7/06
Filed: 1908-11-28
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 5214. Bordt, A. Nov. 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Type-wheel actions; key interlocks.-In an adding- machine, in which, on the forward stroke of the main handle, type-wheels are set to an amount depending on the key depressed and the items are printed :-(1) The type-wheels mounted in a pivoted frame 193, Figs. 1 and 2, are set by levers 179, 180, 187 ; the lever 179 is attached to the sliding block 48, and the free end of the lever 187 has rack teeth gearing with the pinions of the typewheels. The frame 193 has a pin 195, on which bears the lever 178 and a spring 196 to keep the frame in the normal position shown in Fig. 1. The lever 178 is freely mounted on the shaft 74 and has a surface 177 which is engaged by a control lever 175 mounted on the main handle and serving as a means to render the printing-mechanism inoperative. (2) The keys 3, Figs. 1 and 2, are guided in the covering-plate and in the opening 7 of a plate 8 supported by a plate 10. Each key has two pins 11, 12, the former being adapted to enter an oblique notch in a plate 17, mounted on rollers and having at its lower end an extension which carries a pin 20 bearing against the nose 21 of a latch 23. Below the plate 17 is another plate 24, having a series of notches 43 in which the pins 12 rest, and formed with an oblique surface at its end 27. When a key is pressed down, the pin 12 forces the plate 24 in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1, and becomes locked on the teeth 44, whereupon the plate returns by its own weight ; the pin 11 at the same time moves the plate 17 and prevents other keys being depressed. Each supporting-plate 10 is provided with a slot 45, into which project the ends of the depressed keys to act as stops for the sliding blocks 48, which are held in the normal position by the latches 23, released by the pin 20 when the plate 17 is moved upwards. An auxiliary key 29 is provided to correct any error made by depressing the wrong key. A pin 28 on the key acts on the end 27 of the plate 24 to release the keys when the key 29 is depressed. All the keys can be released automatically through the keys 29 each having a pin 34 engaging an arm 35 on the shaft 36, which has an extension 38 provided with a pivoted lever 41 adapted to rock the arm 38 in one direction only, when the pin 37 is depressed or when it is depressed by a lever near the end of an operation of the machine. Web feeding arrangements; line-spacing mechanism.-The record strip is fed forward step-bystep by the pawl 131, Fig. 5, pivoted on the arm 75 engaging the ratchet-wheel 133 on the shaft 132, the opposite end of which has disks 134 mounted thereon adapted to roll on two rollers 137, between which disks and rollers the paper passes. Pad inking-arrangements.-An inking-pad 207, Fig. 1, engages the type-wheels and is moved away when taking an impression by rocking a hookshaped lever 199 pivoted at 200 by means of a pin 197 on the frame 193.
Patent GB-190910049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Railroad Devices.
Inventor: SKINNER EDWIN HENRY
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 10.049. Skinner, E. H. May 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Railways for recreation.-In an amusement railway, the car runs for part of its journey through a tunnel A<1>, the interior walls of which are provided with pilasters, designs, electric lights, &c., arranged in spiral lines similar to the grooves in a rifle barrel. The passengers in the car receive an impression that either the tunnel or the car is rotating around the axis of the tunnel.
Patent GB-190911004-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible Lifting Apparatus.
Inventor: LIVERT HENRI
IPC: B66F3/22
Filed: 1909-05-10
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 11,004. Libert, H., and Sevin, G. May 8, 1908, [Convention date]. Jacks.-A lazy-tongs jack is operated by a screw, the nut of which can be readily disengaged for rapid adjustment of the height of the jack. The base of the jack is formed by plates d, to which the lazy-tongs linkage a, a' is pivoted. Rods k are guided at their lower ends in slots m in the plates d and are connected at their upper ends to trunnions i, g. A striated sleeve q is mounted on the topmost joint. The jack is operated by a screw r connecting bosses j, h carrying the trunnions i, g, and the screw is provided with a square part s to receive a handle. The screw is prevented from end movement in the boss j, and engages with a nut x carried in the boss h, the interior of which is slightly conical. The nut is split longitudinally for some distance, and the parts are arranged to spring apart when free. When the nut is moved along the boss h by means of a collar z, which rotates on the nut and screws into the boss, the conical interior of the boss allows the split parts of the nut to separate and disengage from the screw so that the height of the jack can be rapidly adjusted.
Patent GB-190914039-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cinematographic Film and its Process of Manufacture.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
IPC: G03C1/74
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 14,039. James, R. W., [Compagnie GÚnÚrale de Phonographes, Cinematographes, et Appareils de PrÚcision]. June 15. Coating webs.-The support of a kinematographic film is covered with sensitive emulsion only on the centre working portion to be occupied by the pictures, leaving the perforated borders 3 uncoated. The film 2 passes over the stretcher 4 and round the emulsifying-roller 5 to the delivery reel. The device continuously feeding the emulsion consists of a metallic spout 17, the mouth 16 of which can occupy any position with respect to the roller 5 to regulate the thickness of the coating. In a modified device for feeding the emulsion, a roller has its lower portion turning in a trough of emulsion, and at its upper portion comes into contact with the film.
Patent GB-190914374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Drain Pipe Joints, and the like.
Inventor: HASKINS HERBERT JAMES
IPC: E03F3/04
Filed: 1909-06-19
Granted: 1910-06-20
Abstract: 14,374. Haskins, H. J. June 19. Supporting pipes.-Spigot-and-socket joints, more especially for drain-pipes, are provided with blocks between the spigot and socket at one or more places or the whole way round; the blocks are also extended to form external supports for the pipes. The blocks A, Fig. 1, are provided with spacing-projections A<3>, preferably tapered, and an external portion A<1>, one or both of which may be divided into two or more tongues A<3>, as in Fig. 5; or the part A<1> is merely hollowed longitudinally so as to present two bearing-surfaces to the pipe. The edge of the socket B may be notched to receive the blocks, or the latter may be attached to the pipes in manufacture. The internal portion A<3> may be omitted, the bridge A<2> being hollowed or not to support the spigot. According to the Provisional Specification, a handle and frame may be provided for removing the blocks after the joint is made.
Patent GB-190916180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Luggage Carriers for Cycles and Motor Cycles.
Inventor: ASHBY FRANK
IPC: B62J7/04
Filed: 1909-07-12
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 16,180. Ashby, F. July 12. Luggage-carriers.-In folding or collapsible luggage-carriers for motor and other cycles, of the kind wherein the top or platform is composed of a number of sections hinged together by means of butt or stop joints so as to admit of the carrier being collapsed and folded up against the back stays or other part of the machine, the ends of the side members of adjacent sections are arranged to overlap, the ends of the outer overlapping plate b having inturned lugs j to engage and turn within openings g in the ends of the inner plates b<1>, which are provided with projections k to engage the top edges of the plates b to act as stops when the carrier is extended for use. The openings g, which are more or less square, are formed on their lower edge with tongues h to serve as fulcra for the lugs j when the carrier is being collapsed or extended, the lugs bearing against the edge of the openings When the platform is in its operative position. When folded, the carrier may be secured by a clip n engaging over the rear cross-bar c.
Patent GB-190918646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Axle Bearings of Mine Tubs.
Inventor: BENNETT GEORGE
IPC: B61F15/00
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 18,646. Bennett, G., and Sanders, R. Aug. 13. Vehicle-axle bearings.-An axle bearing for mine tubs is provided with two curved overlapping guards A, B, secured to the base E by bolts D. To give a certain amount of play to the guards in the event of the axle leaving the bearing, the guards are formed with slots G through which the bolts pass. The bolts are split and opened as shown at d<1> to lock the nuts.
Patent GB-190924072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Apparatus.
Inventor: WHITEMAN WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: A63D5/08
Filed: 1909-10-20
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 24,072. Whiteman, W. T., [American Box Ball Co.]. Oct. 20. Skittle alleys and appurtenances.-Relates to apparatus for playing the game of ten-pins, and consists in employing pins pivoted to a frame together with means for simultaneously re-setting the pins. The ball course 15 has the usual side troughs, and has a return trough 19 located below it. The pins 25 are pivoted at the middle to a frame, and are held in either an horizontal or a vertical position by a spring 31. Sufficient room is left between the frame and the bed for a ball 16 to pass, and turn into the horizontal position any pin it may strike. The pins are re-set by arms 54 fixed to shafts 35, which are actuated by a handle at the bowling end of the floor. After passing the pins, the balls strike a hanging buffer 60, fall into a padded receptacle with a yielding back 63, and finally pass into the return trough.
Patent GB-190926462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Scuttles or the like.
Inventor: KAHLENBERG PAUL
IPC: F24B15/04
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 26,462. Kahlenberg, P. Nov. 15. Coal scuttles &c.-A coal box or scuttle is provided with a bottom piece 3 curved longitudinally so that it may be rocked, side-pieces 1, 2, an arched cover at the rear, and preferably strips of lead 8 to maintain it in the horizontal position, and is shown in Fig. 2 fitted in a similarly-constructed ornamental wooden or like case having knobs 12, 25, to limit the rocking motion, and handles 10, 11. The scuttle is preferably shallower at the front than at the rear, and is retained in the case by means of two spring-operated pins 18, Fig. 4, the enlarged ends 20 of which engage recesses 21 in a strip of wood &c. 17 secured to the front of the scuttle. The front of the bottom of the case is cut away at 16 to receive the strip 17 and to enable the scuttle to be readily removed when the pins 18 are retracted against the pressure of the springs 22 and are turned so as to hold their flat heads out of slots 24 provided in plates 23 screwed over the holes 19 in the sides 14 of the case. The knobs 25 may be fitted either on the sides 14 or on the strip 17. When the case is dispensed with, the knobs and handles are fitted to the scuttle. In a modification, the front part of the bottom 3 is longitudinally corrugated, and a similarly corrugated shovel provided at the front with a number of short points is used.
Patent GB-190929356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Files, Temporary Binders, Loose Leaf Books and the like.
Inventor: WALKER JOHN
IPC: B42F13/18
Filed: 1909-12-15
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 29,356. Walker, J. Dec. 15. Post files. - In loose-leaf binders &c. in which the papers are filed on mating prongs mounted on two plates adapted to move towards one another, one of the plates being double to receive the other plate between its parts in order to prevent the edge of the single plate from tearing the papers, the double plate is formed by bending-over its edge b. The plates are held in engagement and guided by pin and slot connexion. The filing-prongs care attached to the under part of the double plate and pass through the flange b. Specification 24,277/04 is referred to.
Patent GB-190929937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heating, Cooling and Ventilating Apparatus.
Inventor: STEWART ALEXANDER WILLIAM
IPC: B63J2/00
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 29,937. Stewart, A. W. Dec. 22. Heating air. - Relates to means for automatically controlling the valves regulating the passage of air' through air-heating or cooling appliances as described in Specification 4783/98 and 1904/06. Dampers F are operated by interconnected arms U, and their position is fixed by that of a nut T working on a screw-threaded spindle R. This spindle is provided with two bevel-gear wheels Q, each meshing with a bevel pinion P on a spindle N. The shaft I of the fan J drives continuously in opposite directions two short shafts G bearing magnetic clutches K. One or other of these is energized by current through a thermostatically - controlled switch, and the shaft R is consequently rotated in one direction or the other, thus opening or closing the dampers F. In a modification, the shaft R is rotated by a separate reversible motor.
Patent GB-191000800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: BROOKS BOULTBEE
IPC: H01H1/42
Filed: 1910-01-12
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 800. Brooks, B., and Alston, F. H. Jan. 12. Switches ; contacts.- A pivoted contact-arm has a bevelled upper surface and a flat lower surface, co - operating respectively with an oblique jaw and a flat plate over which the arm travels, one of the objects of the construction being to compensate automatically for wear of the contact parts. In a two-way switch, for use in dual ignition systems of internal-combustion engines for changing-over the battery and magneto, the contact-arm 1 is bevelled at both sides so as to fit under jaws 8, 9, respectively connected to the circuit terminals 12, 13. The flat under face of the arm travels over a quadrant contact-plate 5 connected to the common terminal 7 of the two circuits. The switch arm has at the end a gap 18, which is entered by a roller 19 mounted on a spring-urged lever 14 and thus holds the arm in its central " off " position. The switch arm is held in either extreme position by the roller 19 pressing on one of the oblique sides of the portion 17.
Patent GB-191002053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Testing the Adjustment of Ordnance Sighting Devices.
IPC: F41G3/32
Filed: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2053. Zeiss, C., [Firm of]. Feb. 19, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Testing - apparatus, auxiliary. - Relates to means for comparing the direction of the zero position of the line of sight with the axis of the gun, of the kind comprising a collimator with its axis parallel to or coincident with the gun's axis, and a mirror system deflecting through 180 degrees the rays which pass through the collimator. The invention consists in providing two or more mirror systems jointed together, thus adapting the device for use with sighting- devices at different distances from the axis of the gun-barrel. A casing d fitted in the muzzle carries a lens d<0> having at its focus cross wires c<0> illuminated by a mirror c', and also supports a mirror system e, f, composed of a compound right-angled prism e, and a simple reflecting- prism f. Another mirror system, composed of simple reflecting-prisms g', g<2>, is carried in a casing which can turn relatively to the casing d on a bearing i to enable an image of the crosswires c<0> to be observed through the sighting- telescope b.
Patent GB-191014045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Terminals or Connectors for Wires, Cables, or the like.
Inventor: STANILAND CHARLES NORMAN
IPC: H01R4/32
Filed: 1910-06-10
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 14,045. Staniland, C. N. June 10. Coupling.-An externally screw - threaded metal base C is recessed to accommodate a loose metal piece A, which is spherical and is held in position by an internally screwthreaded metal cap B. The ends E of the rope are passed through a hole in the piece A and clipped between the spherical piece and the base.
Patent GB-191014747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motors and Pumps.
Inventor: KINNEY JUSTUS ROYAL
IPC: F04C2/46
Filed: 1909-10-01
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 14,747. Kinney, J. R. Oct. 1, 1909. Movable-abutment type; valves, distributing and cut-off; packing drums and abutments.- Relates to a rotary engine or pump in which two oppositely-disposed eccentric pistons 12 are arranged in a casing 10 to co-operate with hinged abutments 16. Each abutment is provided with a socket which receives the rounded end of a strut 38, the opposite end of which rests in a socket in one end of a rocker 36 mounted on a pivot 37. By this means the shoe 18 of each abutment is caused to bear continuously on its corresponding piston. The pivot 37 is carried by a block 39, the position of which can be adjusted by means of wedge-andslot device controlled by a screw 43. Each abutment acts as a cut-off valve, a groove formed in its curved face admitting the motive fluid from a port 24 to the working chamber for periods regulated by the movement of the abutment. Packing-pieces 32 co-operate with this groove. The pistons 12 may be provided with pivoted packing-pieces 47, Fig. 7, one end of which is adapted to be thrust into contact with the casing by the motive fluid, an adjustable stop being employed to limit the movement. Specification 22,422/09 is referred to.