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Patent GB-190723786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electric Incandescence Lamps.
Inventor: GIMINGHAM EDWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 23,786. Gimingham, E. A. Oct. 28. Incandescent lamps.-In making a fused joint between a filament and a leading-in wire or support, the end of the wire or support c is flattened and dished to form a cup d which is pierced for the reception of the filament. The filament is then secured by means of an electric arc or otherwise. A washer e of copper, nickel, or other metal or alloy, preferably also cup-shaped, may be placed over the end of the filament as shown, and fused by an arc or otherwise ; in this case it is unnecessary to use a protecting-gas during fusion. A small quantity of metal powder or oxide, or other fusible or cementing material, may be placed in the cup or washer.
Patent GB-190726935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes and Apparatus for Concentrating Lyes.
Inventor: VENTER OTTO
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 26,935. Venter, 0 Dec. 5. Scrubbers and washers. -A packed tower for concentrating lyes by exposure in a thin film to a current of air comprises heating surfaces provided with reservoirs for the liquid. The form of evaporating-element shown in Fig. 4 comprises a hollow body 3, provided with trickle-reservoirs 4 for the liquid, and with baffles 10 by which the heating-agent is compelled to take a serpentine course. An alternative form comprising a number of heaters 30, Fig. 8, provided on their upper surfaces with reservoirs and on their lower surfaces with dripping edges 36. These edges may be straight or inclined, or formed with dents, and may dip, or be connected with wires that dip, into the reservoir of the heating surface below. The reservoirs may be independent of the heaters.
Patent GB-190807880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vices.
Inventor: KIMBERLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 7880. Kimberley, W. April 9. S c r e w-and-nut mechanism.-Instantaneous adjustment devices for vices have a section of the screw 3 cut away to form a surface 4, with a side shoulder 10 serving as a stop and guide for the spindle. A bracket or socket 5 is secured to the bed of the vice and is provided with a spring- pressed rack 6, which is kept in place by a coverplate 7 on the bracket.
Patent GB-190808662-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Teaching Reading and Spelling on the Phonic System.
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 8662. Cooper, A., and Bale, Sons, & Danielsson, J. April 21. Reading, teaching.-For teaching reading by the phonetic system, letters or combinations of letters are printed or placed on a sheet, board, &c., and single letters or combinations of letters on strips of cardboard &c. b are laid alongside those on the board. These strips bare supported so as to expose only one letter or combination of letters in compartments in a frame c held by a handle g. The letters may be variously coloured.
Patent GB-190810311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Caps for Receptacles and Method of Making the same.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B65D41/42
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 10,311. Lake, W. E., [Metal Cap Co.]. May 12. Capsule closures and the like.-These are formed from a single flanged blank shaped as in Fig. 2. A slit 14 is made and a part 20 is turned down to form a lip 21, Fig. 5. The separated part 15 of the flange is then contracted against this lip, a loop 17, Fig. 3, being formed. This loop may be turned down as at 42, Fig. 8. A washer 29 may extend over the edge of the bottle neck as shown. The centre of the capsule may be indented or raised.
Patent GB-190811169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Envelopes
Inventor: HAMBLIN WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 11,169. Hamblin, W. E. May 22. Envelopes.-An envelope consisting of two folds a, a', which are gummed together along the fold b and at the sides c, d, and a closing-flap e having an extension f adapted to be stuck down under the stamp, is provided with a row of perforations g to facilitate opening.
Patent GB-190815058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Opening Hair and other Fibre Rope.
Inventor: SAUNDERS ALFRED
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,058. Saunders, A. July 15. Untwisting ropes. - In machines for opening hair or other rope, particularly for upholstery purposes, the rope is first untwisted by attaching the end to the forked or roughened end d of a spindle a adapted to be rotated in opposite directions by means of small friction cones e, f, driven by a friction bevel-wheel g. The normal position of the shaft is maintained by a spring h, and the direction of rotation of the shaft may be reversed by a lever i and by the tension of the rope. The ends after untwisting are passed through tubular guides k and are fed by spring- supported rollers k<1> to combing-mechanism comprising transverse rows of teeth l mounted on a frame m, which is supported by links n and operated by eccentrics o acting through frames o<1> linked to the framework at o<2>. During combing, the fibres are supported in a tray p, slotted to receive the teeth l. A row of teeth r, carried by a bar s operated by cams t acting through rocking levers t<1>, holds the fibres in position while the comb l is acting. In the case of long-stapled hair or fibre, the tray p is continued beyond the comb l and is slotted to receive the teeth v<1> of endless chains v which draw the hair from the comb and discharge it from the machine. The teeth are' pivoted to the chains and are supported by a table v<3>. Near the end of the tray the teeth leave the table, and, falling backwards, become disengaged from the fibres. For short staple fibres, the extension of the tray is dispensed with, and the material is discharged by teeth x, Fig. 7, on an extension of the frame m having stop pins x<3> which engage lugs x<4>. Rollers k<1> are geared together and are rotated by a step feed motion produced by a friction pawl u' slotted to receive a rod u<4> connected to a rocking lever t' and having a head u<5>. The stroke of the pawl u<1> is regulated by an adjustable stop u<6>.
Patent GB-190816465-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game or Toy.
Inventor: BAERE PIERRE JEAN BAPTISTE DE
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 16,465. BaÞre, P. J. B. de. Aug. 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Cup - und - ball toys ; catching-appliances.--Con - sists of a device for holding in one hand to catch a ball and deliver it at a to the other hand.
Patent GB-190817748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Electric Circuit Breakers.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 17,748. Boult, A. J., [Electrical Manufacturing Co.]. Aug. 24. Cut-outs; switches.-In switches of the kind described in Specification No. 12,142, A.D. 1908, having a safety cut-out and an earth conductor, means are provided for breaking the circuit in the earth conductor so as to prevent arcing at the switch proper. Figs. 1 and 2 show at the left the switch described in the above-mentioned Specification. A current of high potential in the circuit C passes through the spark-gap 23 to the earth conductor E, and energizes the solenoid S, thereby throwing the core 19 against the rod 16 and unlatching the spring hammer H, which strikes the knife switch I and opens the circuit C. To prevent arcing at the switch, the earth conductor E is arranged in circuit with a solenoid 35 having a core 37 carrying a bar 38, which normally bridges two carbon contacts 43, 44. A heavy current opens the switch I and simultaneously raises the bridge 38, thereby breaking the circuit in the earth conductor E, and preventing arcing at the switch. A carbon block 40 is arranged in shunt with the solenoid 36 to prevent it from being burnt out. The solenoid 35 and the connected parts are mounted on an insulating base 36 and are enclosed in a box 45 filled with oil. The box is formed with recesses 48, which are filled with insulating-material 49 and provided with porcelain bushings 50.
Patent GB-190819471-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: HIGGS CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 19,471. Higgs, C. W. Sept. 16. Gas and like engines.-An engine of the type in which one piston works inside another has a stationary water - cooled cylinder between the pistons. The upper part A of the main cylinder acts as a pump, the mixture being admitted to the space between the pistons when the ports e<1> register with the ports a<2>, the exhaust being expelled at the Fame time through the ports d. Ignition occurs when the igniter h is in communication with the combustion space through the port e<1>. The end of the outer piston E is dished and that of the inner one G is coned ; the outer one has strengthening- ribs e<3>. The crank f has a longer throw than the cranks f in order to balance the engine. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that the engine is balanced by the piston of greater area having the greater work of compression, and it is also stated that the charge enters the explosion space through a valve in the outer piston end.
Patent GB-190824454-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Lubricating Steam Cylinders that Work with Superheated Steam.
Inventor: JOERGENSEN OLAV ESKIL
Filed: 1908-11-13
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 24,454. J÷rgensen, O. E. Nov. 13. Lubricating.-The cylinder of a marine engine &c. working with superheated steam is lubricated by a film of water, which is condensed on the cylinder walls by means of a cooling-jacket or a coil system, through which steam or water at the required temperature is led. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the feedwater pipe f is connected with a cylinder jacket b by pipes h, n, cocks g, k, m being provided so that the whole or part of the feed-water passes through the jacket. A part of the water may be admitted to the cylinder a through a pipe p and one or more openings s, and may be mixed with graphite or other easily-separable lubricant from a vessel r. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which the pipe p is replaced by a pipe t connected to a passage u in a continuation v of the piston-rod. The passage u branches into radial passages w through which water is discharged on to the cylinder walls. The pipe t is supported by a standard x.
Patent GB-190825189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Eyeglasses.
Inventor: CLULEE STEPHEN JAMES
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 25,189. Clulee, S. J. Nov. 23. Eyeglasses.-Relates chiefly to a method of pivoting nose - grips I, Fig. 2, provided with finger-pieces J, to the ends of a rigid bridge C carrying bars-B for holding the lenses A. The grips I are each pivoted on a cylindrical post D, Fig. 4, which is surrounded by an annular cavity containing a helical spring G acting upon the nose-grip. The grip has an aperture L, Fig. 5, adapted to engage the post D, and is retained in position by a screw E passing axially through the post. The upper end of the spring G is bent upwardly so as to engage a notch m, Fig. 5, in the grip I, while the lower end is bent downwardly and is held in a vertical hole h in the end of the bridge C. Excessive distension of the grips is prevented by a projection or stop N thereon. The portions 0 which engage the nose of the wearer are pivoted or fixed to the pivoted portions of the grips, or are formed integral therewith.
Patent GB-190901493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Antiseptic Attachments for Telephones.
Inventor: TABLER FRANK CLAY
IPC: H04R1/12
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 1493. Tabler, F. C. Jan. 24, 1908, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Disinfectants.-As suitable antiseptics to be used in connexion with a device for disinfecting telephones, formaldehyde, carbolic acid, and wintergreen or oil of cassia are mentioned.
Patent GB-190904547-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Indicating Minute Movements of Bodies.
Inventor: IRWIN JOHN THOMAS
IPC: G01C17/12
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 4547. Irwin, J. T. Feb. 24. Optical pointers.-To indicate small movements of a body 0, two threads A B, C D are attached to it so as to be held under tension, and to these threads are connected two others E F, G H as shown. As the body moves, the effective length of the suspending threads alters, and, while the crossing-point of one pair of threads moves forward, that of the other pair moves backward. The movements are indicated by a beam of light reflected from a mirror or a pointer attached to the threads.
Patent GB-190910220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuses for Projectiles.
Inventor: WIGLEY FRANK
Filed: 1909-04-30
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 10,220. Wigley, F., and Petrie, T. A. April 30. Projectile fuses.-Relates to percussion or time fuses in which there is a rotatable body held at 'safe' until the projectile is discharged from the gun, and consists mainly in making the rotatable body with a large moment of inertia and with a reduced neck, which is sheared on account of the rotation imparted suddenly to the projectile by the rifling. As shown in Figs. I, III, and IV, the rotatable body b, held by keys b<2>, shears a reduced neck b<1> when the projectile is discharged, and rotates in part until the stem c is caught by a spring catch d<2> in the fixed block d<1>. A plate e is carried round by the stem c, so as to present gaps e<1>, e<2> in the ways of the pincer g<1> and the projection g<2>, and allow the pellet g to shoot forward on impact. In a modification, the stem c normally locks the firing-pellet, and, when moved as described above, releases it by coming in front of a hole therein. In time fuses, the rotatable body b carries a firing-pin or primer, which, when rotation takes place, impacts against a corresponding fixed firing- part to ignite the time composition.
Patent GB-190917126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Supporting Ironing Boards.
Inventor: WYNDER GEORGE
IPC: D06F81/02
Filed: 1909-07-22
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 17,126. Wynder, G., Wynder, M., and Richburg, P. July 22. Ironing-boards.-A stand for supporting an ironing-board comprises two frames 5, 6 suitably connected together and of different heights so that the board may rest at its centre on the top bar of the frame 5 and one end be received between cross-bars 7, 12 on the other frame. An horizontal bar 15 engages the crosspiece 8, extends outwardly beneath the ironing- board, and receives the forked end of a bar 14 depending from the frame 5. Rearward tilting of the stand is resisted by inclined legs 13.
Patent GB-190917693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Ironing Collars, Cuffs, and similar Articles.
Inventor: BRADFORD WILLIAM LITLER
IPC: D06F61/02
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 17,693. Bradford, W. L. July 30. Ironing-machines with rollers rotating against concave surfaces.-The heated polishing-roller B is situated just behind the vertical line through the axis of the large padded roller A, and adjacent to the stationary heated concave bed C. The large roller is provided with screw-andspring adjusting-means, as shown, whereby it may be moved in guides D along a line passing through the centre of, and radial to, the concave iron. The object is to remove creases from, and to polish slightly, the articles before they come in contact with the heated iron.
Patent GB-190922546-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Scale or Index for use on Type Composing Machines.
Inventor: GANDER GEORGE JAMES
IPC: B41B25/00
Filed: 1909-10-04
Granted: 1910-10-04
Abstract: 22,546. Gander, G. J. Oct. 4. Strip-perforating machines having line-measuring mechanism such as that described in Specification 17,199/08, wherein a pointer D is traversed over a line-scale C, are provided with an auxiliary scale A and sliding pointers B for indicating intermediate points, such as the positions of the leaders or the different columns to be ranged in a single measure. The scale A is mounted so as to be slightly adjustable longitudinally, the mounting consisting of screws passing through slots in the ends of the scale or through slots in end-blocks which carry the scale. The pointers B, Fig. 3, are slidingly mounted on a bar B', which is secured to the endblocks carrying the scale A, the pointers being retained by friction or by a screw, or, as shown, by spring fingers B' having offsets which engage a groove in the bar. In another form, the pointers are formed with T-shaped heads which fit in recesses in the scale C, and in a bar carried by the scale C. The scale A is marked with divisions A<2> representing a space equal to a leader and with divisions A<3> representing two ems, there being two divisions A<3> between adjacent leader divisions. The scale-bar A may be graduated in a different measure on the opposite side. In operation, the first line of the first column is composed and the scale A is adjusted to bring the near end of one of the leader divisions A<2> opposite the pointer D, leaders and spaces being then inserted, in accordance with the positions indicated by the scale A, up to the beginning of the next column to which one of the pointers B has been set. When the pointer D coincides with the pointer B, the line of the first column is justified, and so on with the remaining columns. According to the Provisional Specification, the scale A is cut away at the middle so as not to obscure the scale C ; also the scale A is adjustable into five or more positions to suit the nature of the work being done.
Patent GB-190926305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Locking the Hinged Covers connected with the Main Cylinders of Carding-engines.
Inventor: EDGE JAMES
IPC: D01G31/00
Filed: 1909-11-13
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 26,305. Edge, J. Nov. 13. Guards, controlling.-The door of a carding- engine is held open or closed by a pivoted arm v, Fig. 1, the motion of which is obstructed by a sliding rod h. Before this can be moved, the belt-fork q must be moved over to the loose pulley, out of the path of a lug r on the rod h, and the cylinder shaft must come to a stop. The shaft carries a disk b, Fig. 4, having a second disk c mounted upon it. Relative rotation of the disks can be performed by hand when the shaft is at rest, and, owing to inclined teeth j, such rotation causes the disks to move apart against the action of a spring d. The disks, when in contact, obstruct the passage of a second lug m on the rod h, which lug can pass between the disks after they have been separated. When the door is open, the arm v locks the rod h.
Patent GB-190926476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Lanterns of Lighthouses and the like.
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 26,476. Rey, J. A., and Chance Bros. & Co. Nov. 15. Lighthouse lamps. - In revolving lights for lighthouses &c., the several flashes are formed by combining beams from a number of sources of light in such a way that each source contributes equally to all the flashes. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, one flash is composed of light reflected from the two sources a<1>, a<2> by reflectors b<1>, b<2>, and the other flash is composed of light reflected from the same two sources by reflectors c<1>, c<2>. The reflectors are preferably half- or quarter-circular reflectors obtained by dividing an ordinary reflector in one or two diametral planes. The reflectors may be all parabolic, or the half-reflectors b<1>, c<2> may be elliptic, and the half-reflectors b<2>, c<1> hyperbolic.
Patent GB-191000205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Switches for Electric Motors.
Inventor: ANSELL WALTER RAYMOND
IPC: H02P1/04
Filed: 1910-01-04
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 205. Ansell, W. R. Jan. 4. Controllers with stepped resistance having adjusting resistance in series therewith.-Starting-switches for the motors of portable apparatus for use on circuits of various voltages are provided, in addition to the usual step-by-step resistance a, Fig. 1, with an auxiliary resistance j divided into steps controlled by another switch arm, plug n, or the like, which enables the apparatus to be adjusted to suit a given voltage. In one form, the two sets of resistance contacts are mounted upon an insulating - slab, the auxiliary - resistance contacts being grouped beneath a series of. holes in a metal plate, the' holes being numbered with various voltages. The slab is also provided with sockets o for the supply leads, and terminals p for the motor leads.
Patent GB-191004441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Doors and the like.
Inventor: BALFOUR THOMAS
IPC: E05C3/30
Filed: 1910-02-22
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 4441. Balfour, T. Feb. 22. Catches, spring .-A fastening for doors comprises a hook catch a pivotally mounted between lugs d on an attachment plate e, and adapted automatically to engage a recess k in a shelf &c. j under the action of a spring h. One end of the spring engages a recessed part in the back of the catch, and the other bears against the wall of the aperture f in the door in which the catch works. In the form shown, the catch is operated by a cam-piece n on a lift handle m, the cam bearing against an extension g of the catch. In another form, the handle is pivoted to an upright projection on the outer end of the catch, so that a pull on the handle operates the catch.
Patent GB-191007461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid for Automobile Torpedoes.
Inventor: DAVISON GREGORY CALDWELL
IPC: F42B19/20
Filed: 1910-03-24
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 7461. Davison, G. C. March 29, 1909, [Convention date]. Burners, regulating; spray burners. - Consists in fuel-regulating devices for motive-fluid generators. A regulator u comprises a diaphragm 3 and double-beat valve w, so that air pressure transmitted by a pipe 5 may control the flow of water from a pump t, and thus the supply of fuel through a pipe y to the combustion chamber f. The fuel b is fed by the admission of water below it by a pipe x. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), also describes and shows in Fig. 2 (Cancelled), a spray burner comprising an annular passage for the supporter of combustion and a central fuel passage terminating in a rounded head 6 having spray-holes as shown. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191011291-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Bronzing.
Inventor: ISAAC GEORGE
IPC: B41G1/00
Filed: 1910-05-06
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 11,291. Isaac, G. May 6. Bronzing and the like.-Relates to apparatus for the protection of operators applying bronze or similar powders to printed and other work, and of that kind which is composed of a box having transparent ends and top and provided with apertures at the front side fitted with flexible sleeves. The box a, with air-tight edges e and flexible sleeves d, is provided at the back with a narrow aperture fitted with a feedboard b, or, if the apparatus is worked at a distance from the printing-machine, with an endless travelling band, or with both. The bottom is perforated to permit the escape and collection of surplus bronze into a detachable tray g.
Patent GB-191011345-A (GB)
Title: Method of Tanning or like Treatment of Hides or Skins and Apparatus therefor.
IPC: C14B1/00
Filed: 1910-05-07
Granted: 1911-05-08
Abstract: 11,345. Vulcano Tanning and Machine Co. May 7, 1909, [Convention date]. Rotary-drum machines.-In a rotary drum of the type described in Specifications 2230/06 and 7207/09 for tanning, colouring, or otherwise treating hides, the hides are suspended with their belly edges or neck and tail ends overlapping and secured to the drum by clamping-bars so as to form axially disposed bags, as shown in Fig. 1, which pick up the liquor during rotation. The inner edges may be attached to rings c, Fig. 4, which rings are mounted at the ends of the drum by links d which allow them to yield slightly in an axial direction.