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Patent GB-190802477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: MARGETTS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 2477. Margetts, F. W. Feb. 4. Springs.-Plate springs of double-cee or S form, used in a spring wheel, have the form shown at E', Figs. 1, 3, or 4, in which the ends are arranged to support each other. Small volute springs, roller bearings, or distance-pieces are fitted between the springs or spring parts.
Patent GB-190802810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calk Grinders.
Inventor: O'NEILL DANIEL
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 2810. O'Neill, D. July 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Shafts and shafting.-A flexible shaft 13, having a terminal shaft 2 carrying a grinding-disk 1 in a machine for grinding horseshoe calks, is provided with a grip-bar 5, having transverse grips 6 at its ends, by which the disk is held up to the work. The grips are mounted on the conical ends 10 of the grip-bar and are secured against collars 11 by nuts 12. The bar has a conical bearing which is engaged by a conical collar on the shaft 2, and is retained in position by collar 7 and locking-nuts 8,9. The flexible shaft is driven, through multiplying- gears mounted in a portable framework, from a crank-handle.
Patent GB-190803372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Floats for use in Life-saving.
Inventor: INGARAMO TENEDOS
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 3372. Ingaramo, T. Feb. 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lift valves; pinch-cocks; actuating valves.-A flexible tube d, Fig. 1, connecting the bags A, A<1> of a life-buoy, is closed in the middle by a pinchband e consisting of felt saturated with sugar, and the two parts of the tube are charged with gasgenerating chemicals. On the buoy being immersed in water, the band e loosens and allows the chemicals to mix together to generate gas to inflate the bags A, A'. In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the tube connecting the bags is of metal and is provided with a carbon-dioxide capsule K closed by a valve k adapted to be opened by a lifting-arm m carried by a spindle M bent at right-angles at both ends. A spring N acts on one arm of the spindle M tending to open the valve, but is restrained by a soluble band e, of the kind described above, connecting the opposite arm of the spindle to a fixed arm l. When the band e is loosened by contact with water, the spring N opens the valve k to charge the bags.
Patent GB-190805766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tension Mechanism particularly applicable to Machines for Winding Yarns, Threads or the like.
Inventor: WARDWELL SIMON WILLARD
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1909-03-15
Abstract: 5766. Wardwell, S. W. March 14. Tension arrangements.-Tension mechanism of the double-disk type, particularly applicable to machines for winding yarns, threads, &c., has the disks mechanically rotated to prevent grooving. As applied to a winding-machine, the tension disks 8 are bevelled both at their outer edge and at the central perforation, to avoid the formation of fluff. The central perforations are flattened at opposite sides to fit flats on the spindle 9, which also carries a ratchet-wheel 11. A pawl 25 pressed against the ratchet-wheel by a counterweight 35 is mounted on the short arm 31 of a two-armed lever, the long arm 26 of which is reciprocated by the traverse bar so that the ratchet-wheel and tension disks are slowly rotated as the winding proceeds. The ratchet-wheel device may be replaced by a worm and worm-wheel or similar device. The disks are pressed together by a cap 23, which fits on the end of the spindle and is pressed against the disk by a weighted arm 14 and lever 21. Specification No. 5767, A.D. 1908, is referred to.
Patent GB-190806224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Charging Apparatus for Coke Ovens.
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 6224. Coke Ovens and By-Products Co., and Wellington, S. N. March 20. Gas retorts, charging. Apparatus for completely filling inclined coke ovens or gas retorts comprises a hopper 9 from which the coal is fed through a sliding door 10 to a shoot 11 containing a trough 12, which can be connected at the lower end to the links for raising the oven door 1 and is carried at the other end by curved guides 14. In operation, coai from the hopper 9 passes down the trough 12 and fills the oven up to a certain point ; the oven door carrying the lower end of the trough 12 is then raised, upon which coal continues to pass down the trough until the oven is completely filled, and at the same time is closed by the sliding door 1. In order that the mouth of the shoot may be withdrawn from the oven, the shuot may be mounted upon a frame which can be slid on roller bearings 21 upon an undercarriage 22 by worm and screw gear 23 ; or as an alternative the mouth of the shoot may be made telescopic.
Patent GB-190808228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Filters for Oil Grease and other Substances.
Inventor: SCURFIELD GEORGE GOUTHWAITE
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 8228. Scurfield, G. G. April 14. Pneumatic filters; heating. - A filter for oil, grease, &c. comprises a felt, flannel, or other medium sufficiently stiff to bridge the perforations in plates D, D<1>, which perforations are enlarged on the sides facing the medium. The plate D' rests on an S-shaped support G, and the plate D is held in position by screws D'. Steam is admitted through a cock F having a strainer F<2>, part of it passing upwards through the unfiltered liquid in order to thin and warm it, while the remainder is condensed to form a vacuum in the chamber C. Alternatively, water may be introduced through the cock F, the filter being heated by a gas stove or other means, so that a vacuum is formed when the heater is removed. The casing may be in two parts, which are bolted together, and it may be provided with a perforated cover. The bottom C<1> may be of thin material and supported by a flange A<5> bolted to a flange A<8>. A gauge H indicates both pressure and vacuum. The plates D, D<1> may be provided with packing at the edges. As shown in Fig. 5, the packing K is held in position between the bevelled edges of the plate D' and the clamping-ring L, the ring L being bolted to the plate.
Patent GB-190816737-A (GB)
Title: New Substances to be used as Varnishes and for Impregnation and Insulation, and Method for their Production.
Inventor: DIESSER GOTTFRIED
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 16,737. Diesser, G. Aug. 8. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c Act, 1907. Albuminous, amino acid, and fatty acid compounds.-Products which may be employed for manufacturing varnishes, lacquers, or paints for impregnating and for insulation are produced by heating, with or without pressure, fatty acids or their compounds, such as oils, or substances containing fatty acids or their compounds, with amino acids, such as glycocoll, or their compounds, or substances containing amino acids or their compounds, particularly albuminous and albuminoid substances, to a temperature sufficient to cause chemical reaction to take place. In an example keratine is heated at 300-350‹ C. with linseed oil, wood oil, &c., or with the fatty acids of these oils.
Patent GB-190819994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Brake Mechanism of Railway Wagons and the like Vehicles
Inventor: HOPLEY JAMES
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 19,994. Kopley, J. Sept. 23. Brakes.-In double sided right-handed brake mechanism for railway wagons &c. having the hand-lever on one side mounted on a separate centre and provided with a claw-shaped cam which engages with a similar. cam on the tumbler shaft, the cam connected to the hand-lever can be reversed when worn. In the example shown, the hand-lever g and the cam a are placed side by side on a stud d supported by plates h, i secured to the V-hanger. The cam a is of hard cast steel or other cast or stamped metal and has two claws b, c<1> the upper one being engaged by a projection k on the lever g and the lower one by a projection e on a camf secured to the tumbler shaft j. When the claw c becomes worn the cam a can be reversed.
Patent GB-190820167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Flexible Sheets, Plates or Coverings, applicable as a Printers' Blanket Substitute, as a Packing, or as a Cushion for Printing Presses, Copying Presses and similar Appliances.
Inventor: HENNING FREDERICK WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 20,167. Henning, F. W. J., and Wetter, J. Sept.25. Blanlcets; copying-presses.-A flexible sheet or fabric, more particularly for use as a printers' blanket, as a packing or as a cushion in copying- presses &c., consists of a woven or other fabric coated with a mixture of gelatinized starch and magnesium chloride, together with a small proportion of other substances such as zinc chloride, zinc oxide, calcium chloride magnesia, gelatine, glycerine, paraffin oil, or resin if desired. Flour may be mixed with, or used in place of, the starch. The composition may be laid on the fabric, which has been previously steeped in magnesium chloride solution, and may be rolled in a similar manner to that employed for rubber sheeting. The fabric may be American cloth, and may be varnished or waterproofed after application of the composition. The composition is similar to that described in Specification No. 1083, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class India-rubber &c.].
Patent GB-190821017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cylinder Moulds and like Rolls for Paper Making Machines and the like.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 21,017. Harrison, G., [Parker, H.]. Oct. 6. Moulds; cylinders.-Relates to cylinder moulds constructed with notched longitudinal partitions b<1>, notched rings d, rods e, and wound wire f supporting a screen h of textile fabric which may be very fine wire or silk cloth. To prevent leakage from one compartment to another, packing-material m, such as cotton tape, is stretched along the edges of the partitions b<1> and bound on by a spirally wound wire or thread i.
Patent GB-190825333-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Electric Circuit Breaker.
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 25,333. Veritys, Ltd., and Pipkin, W. G. Nov. 25. Cut-outs ; switches.-An automatic electric circuitbreaker for opening on overload and no-voltage, or on overload and reversal, or on other abnormal conditions of current, is constructed with two tubular and co-axial magnetic cores c, c<4>, Fig. 1, separated by a brass tube b and extending across the ends of a common yoke a, which supports a series coil s and a shunt coil s<8>. The movable contact is carried at the end of a forked lever l<2>, and the switch is closed by a handle h acting through a toggle on a pivoted lever m linked to the contact lever by a pivoted latch r<3>. After being closed, the parts are held in position against a spring x<2> by the direct attraction between an armature c<3> and a pole-piece c<2> mounted on the core c, which provides for the underload or reverse current release. The overload release is effected by the attraction of the core c' moving a plunger r<2>, the end of which strikes away the connecting-latch r<3>. The plunger can be set in various positions as determined by a screw-nut j, and can be moved to effect the release of the switch by hand. For an overload and no-voltage circuit-breaker, a single coil may replace the shunt and serias coils.
Patent GB-190828432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Regulators for Wind-wheels and the like.
Inventor: PEDERSEN DINES
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-12-30
Abstract: 28,432. Pedersen, D. Dec. 30. Transmitting-mechanism.-The speed of a windmill &c. is adjusted by altering the inclination of the vanes by a centrifugal governor, whicb, on a variation in speed, puts into rotation one or other of two pinions to rotate a large wheel driving a rack in connexion with a vane-shifting device. The governor sleeve 3 carries at each end a projection 4, with an inclined surface to engage a similar surface 7 on one of two pivoted coupling-devices 6; with these two surfaces interengaging, a second inclined surface 8 on the coupling - device lifts a lever 5 pivoted on the driving-shaft 2 of the governor, a projection on this lever engaging a collar 10 on the pinion 9, thereby rotating the wheel in engagement with this pinion. There are two of these coupling- devices, one at each end of the governor sleeve, both remaining inoperative at normal speeds.
Patent GB-190901483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Drawing Drums of Wire Drawing Machines.
Inventor: CARTER WOODHOUSE
IPC: B21C47/26
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 1483. Carter, W., and Hodgson, E. Jan. 21. Drawing wire.-The cooled drums. of a coniinuous wire-drawing machine are provided with flanges passing over cooling-tanks, thus preventing the cooling-medium from coming into contact with the wire. An annular tank 4 is fitted below the flange 1<A> of a drum, and a cylindrical plate 7, preferably of copper, is suspended from the drum into the tank and is cooled by a jet from a pipe 9. The invention is applicable to the wire-drawing machine described in Specification 9099/05.
Patent GB-190903522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rails for Tramways and the like.
Inventor: BUSSE ARTHUR
IPC: E01B5/10
Filed: 1909-02-12
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 3522. Busse, A. Feb. 12, 1908, [Convention date]. Rails, metallic built-up; rail joints, welded.- Grooved rails are formed by welding together a flange rail a and a guide flange b. The sections are riveted or bolted together, and a line of welding c is formed at the bottom of the groove by means of the electric arc for example, thus making a watertight connexion. A line of welding may also be formed at c<1>. Fish-plates may be welded on one side of the rail, as described in Specification 1099/09. The Specification in the original form, as open to public inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), states also that the welding, other than that at c, may be effected at points situated a suitable distance apart ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190903890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stew Pans, Kettles and similar Cooking Utensils.
Inventor: DERBYSHIRE CHARLES THOMAS
IPC: A47J36/06
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 3890. Derbyshire, C. T. Feb. 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Lids and covers.-The lid a of a stew-pan, kettle, &c. is formed with an annular groove d adapted to embrace the upper edge of the utensil, which may have a similar groove g to embrace the flange h of the lid. The escape of steam, being thus prevented at the edge of the lid, takes place through perforations i in the lid when the pressure is sufficient to lift a dished cover k, which normally encloses the perforations and is guided by a pin n passing through the cover k and secured to the lid and its handle j; or the cover k may be guided from its edge. The lid a is secured to the vessel by a bayonet-joint.
Patent GB-190904442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shock Absorbers for Vehicles.
Inventor: BICALKY CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B60G11/36
Filed: 1909-02-23
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 4442. Bicalky, C. H. Feb. 23. Springs, arrangement of and mounting bodies and undercarriages o n; axle clips. - Coilspring devices are employed for absorbing shocks in vehicles having the usual semielliptic bearing- springs. In one form, Figs. 1 and 2, two coil springs D are disposed between the axle B and links F pivoted at f<1> to a plate G, which is attached to the side-bar A of the vehicle frame. The two springs D are formed in one piece, an horizontal connecting portion d<1> being clamped between an upper plate e<1> and two lower clip sections e in the form of hooks engaging the upper flange of the axle B. The sections e are connected by a bolt E and are secured to the upper plate e<1> by vertical bolts E'. Each of the upper vertical spring arms d<2>, is formed with a number of openings h, through one or other of which passes a pivot pin f connected to the free end of one of the links F, which links are normally in line. The positions taken up by the link F when the body approaches or recedes from the axle B are shown by the dotted lines on the right and left respectively of Fig. 1. To distribute the strains over the several coils of the springs D, the upper and lower arms d<2>, d' are arranged vertically in line as shown in Fig. 2. In a modification, Fig. 3, the shock-absorber comprises a pair of normally horizontal links F', pivoted at f<2> to a bracket I secured to the axle B<1>, and two bars J pivoted to these links and to the ends of volute springs k, which are formed in one piece with a bracket K secured to the frame A. A helical compression spring L is placed between the bars J. In a further modification, Fig. 5, the links F' are replaced by heavy coil springs F<2>, the outer ends of which are pivoted to the lower arms M of two bars, horizontal arms m of which are pivoted at n on a bracket o of the frame, while the upper arms m<1> are connected by a light expansion coil spring P.
Patent GB-190905145-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrical Relay.
Inventor: CONNER MERRITT SCOTT
IPC: H01H51/06
Filed: 1909-03-03
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 5145. Conner, M. S. March 3. Electro-magnetic switches.-The armature. contacts, &c., of a relay are arranged on a metal frame, to which the cores are also attached. The armature F, which is shaped so as to embrace both poles partly, is pivoted at D in a lug carried by the frame.
Patent GB-190908592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Fumigating Purposes and for the Treatment of Disease by Inhalation.
Inventor: IMMERMANN OTTO
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 8592. Immermann, O. April 8. Chambers with baffles and obstructions.- Apparatus for the production of vapours mixed with products of combustion, for fumigating purposes, and for the treatment of diseases by inhalation, is provided with means for the removal of soot or other solid particles, and for mixing the products of combustion and vapours. The receptacle d, Fig. 1, for disinfectant or other material to be burnt, is placed between the draught regulating slides c and underneath the evaporating-vessel f, which is traversed by a series of open tubes h. Sieves or perforated plates k supported on rings i, retain the solid particles and assist in mixing the gases and vapours. The eduction pipes m are mounted on slides l, so that the exits can be regulated or shut off entirely. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the tubes h are of conical form; air, oxygen, or other gas is injected through a pipe x and turns a vane z placed within a conical shell v for the purpose of assisting the mixture. of the gases and vapours.
Patent GB-190910483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Discharging and Conveying Coke or the like from Coke or like Ovens.
Inventor: SCHNIEWIND FREDERIC WILLIAM CH
IPC: C10B39/04
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 10,483. Schniewind, F. W. C. May 3. Gantries and elevated platforms with lowering-apparatus ; vehicle fittings and attachments.-Motor-driven carriages for receiving coke and the like from ovens and for conveying it away are provided with platforms 42 resting on pivots 38 on each side of the carriage so arranged that either side of the platform may be hoisted by tackle to cause it to discharge its contents into railway vehicles or other storage devices.
Patent GB-190913081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Extraction of Iron and Iron Alloys.
Inventor: HALVORSEN BIRGER FJELD
IPC: C21B13/12
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1910-06-03
Abstract: 13,081. Halvorsen, B. F., and Johansen, H. June 3. Ore processes.-In the extraction of iron by smelting a mixture of oxide and sulphide ores in an electric furnace, the ores are concentrated before admixture, to minimize the production of slag, and then heated together until the evolution of sulphur dioxide slackens, after which the temperature is raised and a basic flux added, the mass being vigorously stirred. The process is particularly applicable for utilizing magnetic pyrites containing nickel.
Patent GB-190914778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips.
Inventor: MORTON THOMAS
IPC: A44B99/00
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 14,778. Morton, T. June 24. Clips, flexible - jaw.-A serrated spring jaw 22 is pressed by the bulbous or roller end 16 of a rod 15 mounted to slide in the inclined hollow upper portion of a U-sbaped frame 12, the spring having a raised portion 23. A similar rod 15 may also be mounted in the lower part of the frame 12. The spring jaw 22 may be dispensed with, the enlargement 16 acting directly.
Patent GB-190918320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Closed-end Tubes for use as Blasting-caps and the like.
Inventor: HOOKER LESLIE EDWIN
IPC: B21D51/36
Filed: 1909-08-09
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 18,320. Hooker, L. E. Aug. 9. Cupping.-Closed-end tubes used as blasting- caps &c. are made by forcing the end of a thin seamless copper tube into a grooved or fluted plunger 11 which forms the base of a die 10, by means of a shouldered plunger 12. The bottom of the tube is thus fluted as shown in Fig. 3, and is then pressed into a smooth hole 15 in the die, by a smooth-ended plunger 16, where it assumes the shape shown in Fig. 5. The end, although not actually welded, is tightly closed, but readily opens outwardly to internal pressure so as to explode the dynamite in the blasting-cartridge.
Patent GB-190919387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Lamps.
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-08-23
Granted: 1910-08-23
Abstract: 19,387. Mount, S. C., and Beck Flame Lamp, Ltd. Aug. 23. Arc lamps. - A multiple - c a r b o n lamp has a device whereby carbons of only one pair are brought together laterally in readiness for striking the arc, consumption of this pair causing the device to act positively upon a second pair. The movable carbons a are connected by sleeves and links b to separate frames c mounted on the same shaft as an actuating-arm d. This arm carries a lever e<1> which traverses slots in the frames, the slots being inclined or having enlargements as shown, so that the lower end of the lever holds the corresponding carbons apart or moves in the enlargement without actuating the frame when the arm d is rocked. In the latter case, the frames may have projections f to rest on a stationary part. The lever may be top-heavy, or may be tubular and contain balls which retain it in its extreme positions until it is tilted by the carrier of a pair of used-up carbons. If there are more than two pairs of carbons, the outer ones are consumed first.