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Patent GB-190704465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winches.
Inventor: BEVIS HENRY
Filed: 1907-02-23
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 4465. Bevis, H., and Angold, A. E. Feb. 23. Winches are fitted with self-sustaining gear, comprising main winding and subsidiary pawloperating handles adapted to fit one into the other to form a, natural grip, and also safety pawls having their pivots on the opposite side of the drum axle to the handle-engaging portion. The winch comprises a flanged drum A rotating on a short fixed shaft B inside an internally toothed casing I. The main lifting-handle F has a square or other shaped driving portion E adapted to register with the hole in the portion of the winch barrel extending beyond the end of the shaft B. The auxiliary pawl-operating handle G, loosely mounted on the main handle, is provided with teeth on its inner surface, which fit under the tailpieces of the pivoted pawls c, and release them from the toothed casing when the two handles are brought together so that the end of the auxiliary handle fits into the recess F<1> on the main handle. While the two handles are thus in contact and are rotated together, the load may be lowered rapidly, but immediately the auxiliary handle is released, or the handles are withdrawn from the winch barrel, the pawls are thrown outwards and prevent further descent of the load.
Patent GB-190704895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper-box-covering Machines also applicable to other Apparatus for Utilising an Adhesive Paper-sheet
Inventor: KNOWLTON ANNIE DEAN
Filed: 1907-02-28
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 4895. Knowlton, A. D., and Knowlton, F. K., [administrators of Knowlton, M. D.]. April 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Box-making machines.-In a machine for covering paper or other boxes with paper, the covering- strip is led over a moistening or pasting roller 23, and around guides 27, 28, 41, 42 with the adhesive surface outwards, so that the operator can ascertain whether the adhesive has been properly applied. The guides 28, 41 are carried on brackets adjustable on rods 31, 45, which are pivoted so that they can be adjusted towards or from each other to vary the length of travel of the paper strip. The invention is applicable to other apparatus for, or methods of, utilizing an adhesive paper sheet.
Patent GB-190713733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Trouser Straps.
Inventor: EVERS FRANZ
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 13,733. Evers, F. Dec. 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Catches, spring. - A trouser strap is fastened by a spring fork g attached thereto and notched at n to engage a staple k on a plate p sewn or otherwise attached to the trouser leg. The fork and staple may be interchanged.
Patent GB-190714840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Air Pumps or Inflators for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: LUCAS HARRY
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 14,840. Lucas, H., and Jenkins, F. June 27. Inflating. - Relates to two stage tyre-pumps. In co-axial cylinders a, bare pistons c, d provided with leather packings so arranged that the piston c compresses on the upstroke and the piston d on the down-stroke. Holes x are formed in the upper part of the cylinder b, for the passage of air into it from the cylinder a. The cylinders are fixed at their lower ends in a fitting g, pivoted to the foot-pieces and carrying the pressure gauge and delivery nozzle. At the upper end of the cylinders is a cap l, held in place by a nut n, screwing on to a closing-piece o on the cylinder b. The piston-rods q, r are attached to a cross-head t, above which a handle u is mounted, preferably rotatably, on a stem v screwed on to the end of the rod r.
Patent GB-190719443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Emergency Brakes and in Appliances for Preventing Side Slipping of Motor Cars or other Four Wheeled Vehicles.
Inventor: JACKSON THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-26
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 19,443. Jackson, T. Feb. 26, 1908. Brakes.-A brakeblock g is pivoted to the end of a steel spring lever e bolted to an eye c which turns freely on the axle b, and the block is applied to the road by raising the other end of the lever e by means of a chain wound on a spindle or by a second lever pivoted to the lever e at f. The block g is normally held off the road by any suitable means. Several blocks g with levers e may be used, in which case the levers e may be connected by a transverse arm to be operated by a single lever.
Patent GB-190722538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Couplings for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: COTTERALL JOHN BERTRUM
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 22,538. Cotterall, J. B. Oct. 12. Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling of the type in which a link engages with a vertically-sliding pin, the inner end of the coupler shank bears upon a rubber block mounted in a buffer casing, while the draw bars pass loosely through lateral lugs formed on the coupler head. A link 22 engages automatically with a pin 17, which has a bevelled face 20 and is arranged to slide vertically in the coupler head, such vertical motion being limited by a pin 31 and slot 19. The lower end of the coupling pin 17 enters a transverse slot 10, and a hook 8 is formed at the front of the coupler head. The pin is raised for uncoupling by a chain 23 and cranked shaft 24, and may be retained in the raised position by a pawl 34 and ratchet-wheel 35. Buffers ; draw-gear.-The inner end of the coupler shank 14 is screwed into a plate 15 which bears against a rubber block 3 contained in a casing 1. The draw-bars 29 are formed with enlarged heads 30, and slide freely through holes formed in lateral lugs 27 on the coupling.
Patent GB-190807416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Baskets or Sieves for Fruit and the like.
Inventor: MERRICK THOMAS
Filed: 1908-04-03
Granted: 1909-04-05
Abstract: 7416. Merrick, T., and Lemoine, G. April 3. Fruit baskets &c.-The bottom of an openwork fruit or like sieve or basket is made of two-ply wood, or of a layer of wood and a layer of cardboard, glued together, and is secured to the basket without glueing or nailing. The bottom A may be flat or conical, and is held in place by a projecting part in the lower strengthening-band d, or by a separate ring e nailed to the ring d. The bottom may be sprung into position through the bottom or top of the basket. In the latter case, the top of the basket is made larger than the lower part. The bottom may be placed in position before the ring e is inserted.
Patent GB-190812573-A (GB)
Title: A Tidal Rise and Fall Engine
Inventor: TOUHEY MICHAEL JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 12,573. Touhey, M. J. June 11. Tidal energy, utilizing.-The rise and fall of the tide is utilized to obtain a continual rotary motion in one direction. The shaft 9 to be rotated rests in bearings on the frame I supported on the banks of a well 8 which receives the water from the sea or a river through the passage 7. An extension of the frame I carries sprocket-wheels 4<c>, 4<F>, and the shaft 9 carries two combination wheels 2<A>, 2<D> consisting of sprocket-wheels C, F, ratchet-wheels B, E, and cog-wheels G, H. Pawls attached to the latter engage the ratchet-wheels B, E, the teeth of which may be either on the inside or outside of the rim. A chain 5<A>, the ends of which are attached to the back of a float 3, passes round the sprocket-wheels C, 4<c>, and a second chain 5<B>, the ends of which are attached to the front of the float, passes round the sprocket-wheels F, 4<F>. The chain 5<B> passes through a hole or cutting in the back of the float in order to keep it clear of the latter. As the float rises the wheel G is rotated by the pawl drive, and as the float descends the wheel H is similarly driven, a constant direction of rotation of the shaft 9 being thus obtained.
Patent GB-190813580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 13,580. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Riber, C. R. June 27. Search-Lights.-In an arc lamp of the horizontal type, right and left handed feed-screws a, longitudinally movable to strike the arc, are connected by the device shown, so that the carbons, holders, and screws balance each other. The screws a are secured by cotters g in pieces h which can slide in a sleeve j. This sleeve can rotate without endwise movement in bearings k and carries a transverse axle o, on which is a pinion n gearing with racks on the pieces h. Relative rotation of the screws is prevented by the pinion and racks or by a feather m ; ball bearings may be provided between the pieces h and the sleeve. If the feed-screws are not in line, a universal joint or Oldham's coupling may be introduced into one of them.
Patent GB-190815923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Coin Freed Gas Meters.
Inventor: GLOVER THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-27
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 15,923. Glover, T. July 27. Gas-meters.-A drum 5, in which are mounted bevels 3, 4, is rotated in reverse directions by a bevel 2 on a coin-operated spindle 1, and by a bevel 6 on a sleeve 8 driven by the meter mechanism through gearing 12, 9, 7. A worm 13 on the drum drives a rack 14, which operates the gas valve through a pin 15 and link 18. When the maximum number of coins has been inserted, the extremity 16 of the rack comes in the path of an arm 20 on the coin-operated spindle 1. Registers.-An arm 21 on the rack carries a pointer working over a scale.
Patent GB-190816769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Baking and Cooking Apparatus.
Inventor: HART WILLIAM HORACE
Filed: 1908-08-10
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 16,769. Hart, W. H., and Leary, H. B. Aug. 10. Ovens; draught, regulating. - A portable baking and cooking apparatus for camp use &c. is composed of hollow-wall sections, each of which is built up of plates secured together to form a rigid structure. Preferably three plates spaced apart are employed in each section, and in the inner space so formed earth, asbestos, or other heat-distributing material is placed, while the hot gases from an excavated fire-pit, above which the apparatus rests, pass through the outer space to the interior of a double roof, and so to the flues. The apparatus may be taken apart or transported in a complete state. The outer plates 13 have flanges 12 resting upon the ground and support the top roof plates 27, which have stiffeners 28 and flanged openings 29 for the attachment of flues. The intermediate plates 14 are shorter than the outer plates 13 and have flanges 34 supporting, with the aid of cross-bars 35, bottom plates 32, which may have stiffening-flanges 33, and upon which earth is placed. The inner plates 15 support the lower roof plate 31, upon which is a layer of earth or the like 40, and are shorter than the outer plates. The plates are all connected by bolts 17, and spaced apart by sleeves 16, and the walls are secured together either by latches 24 engaging pins 25 on angle-irons 26 secured to the front and back, or by other means, while an external banking of earth assists in holding the apparatus together and prevents radiation of heat. A series of doors 22 giving access to shelves 23 is provided ; and a fire-door 37 suspended by hooks 39 from the flange 12 is fitted with a hit-and-miss draught regulator 38.
Patent GB-190819303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Street Sweeping Machines.
Inventor: MERRITT BENJAMIN VERNOUY
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 19,303. Merritt, B. V. Sept. 14. Sweeping - machines; elevating sweepings into receptacles.- The machine comprises a wheeled frame 10 carrying two rotary side brooms 30, a rotary rear broom 61, and an elevator 49, all driven by gearing from the rear axle 14, the refuse being delivered by the elevator through a shoot 58 to a bin 59. Clutches 15,16 are provided to connect the axle 14 with the rear wheel 12. A bar 24 connected to the front axle carries a frame 27, 28, 31, 32, in which are mounted the side brooms 30 and bevel-gearing 37, 38 to drive them through sprocket gearing from the axle 14. The brooms 30 may be raised from the ground by chains 44 working around shafts 45 operated by hand-wheels 46, the bar 24 moving in a guide 43. The frame 48 of the elevator 49 is pivoted on a shaft 47 mounted on the frame 10 above the axle 14, and the elevator is driven by sprocket gearing from the axle 14 through the shaft 47. The rear broom 61 is held by links 63 pivoted to the frame 48, and is driven by spur and sprocket. gearing from the axle 14. The broom 61 and the shoe 60 of the elevator may be raised from the ground by tilting down the forward end of the elevator in a guide 10<a> by means of a chain 52 working around one of the shafts 45.
Patent GB-190821900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stands for Spirit Irons.
Inventor: KRAMER ARNOLD
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 21,900. Kramer, A., and Dempsey, J. J. Oct. 16. Drawings to Specification. Ironing.-A stand for a vapour-heated iron is provided on its reverse side with means for supporting the burner and for containing liquid fuel for starting vaporization. Specification No. 12,411, A.D. 1888, is referred to.
Patent GB-190823659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevators for Recreative Purposes.
Inventor: BELTRAMI EGIDIO
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1910-01-05
Abstract: 23,659. Beltrami, E., and Engel, E. Nov. 5. Amusements for fairs.-In a device for raising cars containing spectators to a considerable height for purposes of recreation, the cars D are supported on four sets of lazy-tongs A, the joints A' of which are connected by angle-pieces A<2>. The bottom levers B' are supported by toothed rollers C<2> running on inclined tracks C<3> and are fitted with balance weights C<1>. The apparatus is extended to the position shown by cables F passing over pulleys F<3>, F<4> on the levers and wound upon a drum E by an electric motor H. Cables G attached to the lower ends of the levers B' also assist in the extension. A band brake and a pawl are fitted to the drum E to hold it in the event of the motor failing. The cars Dare rotated by bevel-gear D<4>. In a modification, one large car is mounted to rotate centrally at the top.
Patent GB-190824854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1908-11-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 24,854. British Thomson - Houston Co., and Whitaker, F. P. Nov. 18. Field magnets; rotary converters; sparking, preventing.-In a dynamo-electric machine of the splitpole rotary-converter type such as is described in Specification No. 7943, A.D. 1908, commutating- poles d serve as auxiliary poles for changing the ratio between the alternating and direct current volts as well as for commutating. The auxiliary poles d are excited by a series winding c and they may also be provided with a differential shuntwinding e. The brushes are given a backward lead so that the main portion of the flux from the auxiliary poles enters the armature on the same side of the line of commutation as the main pole of similar polarity. The lead given to the brushes is insufficient to remove the coil under commutation from the influence of the auxiliary pole.
Patent GB-190827331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bevelling, Smoothing, and Polishing Glass Plates.
Inventor: HARRINGTON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-16
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 27,331. Harrington, G. Dec. 16. Bevelling glass plates. The bevels are ground, smoothed, and polished by a number of rotating disks mounted upon a reciprocating frame and capable of being adjusted angularly with reference to the glass plates, which are held upon a stationary and rigid frame. The grinding-disks O<1>, Fig. 1, which are provided with renewable faces O, are slidable along their shafts and are pressed forwards against a gauge-bar P, which projects slightly beyond the table F, by a spring- and link-arrangement S operated by the rotation of a shaft m extending the length of the carriage. The glass plates are placed upon the inclined table F and allowed to slide down it until they rest in the angle between the table and the grinding-disks. They are then clamped in position by a pneumatic tube I as described in Specification No. 5425, A.D. 1903, or by some other resilient means. The bar P is then removed, and grinding proceeds. The grinding-disks are driven from a central shaft M by bevel-gearing, and are mounted on the two sides of a carriage K reciprocated by suitable means upon rollers L<1>. To alter the angle to which the bevel is ground, each set of grinding-disks is adjustable independently about the shaft M as centre by means of eccentrics T.
Patent GB-190900096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means or Method of Suspending Paper-wrappers in a Pile in Shops and the like.
Inventor: EARNSHAW PERCY
IPC: A47K10/42
Filed: 1909-01-02
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 96. Earnshaw, P. Jan. 2. Cord and like files.-Paper wrappers 2 are suspended by loops 5 which engage notches 7 in a bracket 6 hung from a hook &c. The wrappers 2 are perforated along a line 3 parallel to the top edge, and are secured together above the perforations by sewing, paste, etc.; the loops 5 are shown as part of the sewing.
Patent GB-190900436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clinometers.
IPC: G01C9/24
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 436. Vickers Sons & Maxim, and Green, H. Jan. 7. Clinometers are provided with a swinging segment having wedgeshaped teeth with which a displaceable retaining- tooth is adapted to engage. The spirit level or telescope B' is carried by a segment B, pivoted to the triangular frame A and carrying an index b<3> which moves across a fixed graduated plate A'. A pivoted tooth c<2> is pressed normally by a spring c against wedge-shaped teeth cut on the periphery of the segment B. Each of the teeth corresponds to one degree on the scale A'. The tooth c<2> is of wider angle than the teeth b<2>, so that any inaccuracy may be removed by scraping the faces of the teeth b<2> to allow the tooth c<2> to enter to a greater extent. A fine adjustment of the instrument is obtained by hinging the bottom plate D to the body at d. A hardened steel boss d<6> on the bottom is pressed by a spring d<2> against an eccentric d' carried by a spindle d<4>. A pointer d<5>, mounted on the spindle d<4>, moves across a scale A<2> reading minutes and seconds when the spindle is rotated by a worm-wheel d<6> engaged by a displaceable worm d' having a milled head d<8>. In order to read angles greater than forty-five degrees, the spirit level is pivotally connected at b<4> to the segment, and may be retained in definite angular positions by means of a locking pin b<5> engaging holes b<6> or b<7>.
Patent GB-190900947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Tin, Terne and like Plates.
Inventor: JAMES THOMAS
IPC: C23C2/40
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 947. James, T., and Thomas, W. Jan. 14. Tinning and coating by dipping.-In vertical tinning-machines and the like arranged to treat several plates at one time, means are provided to enable any one or two adjacent plates to be raised independently of the others ; there is also an improved construction of guide and lifting-cradle. The plates are fed over the curved upper part of the inner guides b, Fig. 1, to the vertical space between the guides, and rest on one or other of the cradles c. The guides are angular in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3, and the cradle has angular slots, which engage the outsides of the guides, and angular extensions e, which slide between the guides. Each cradle is provided with a lifting-rod g, having a handle f by which any cradle may be lifted separately. Pivoted on a boss i on the rod g is a bar j, having at one end a lug m adapted to bear in one position against the handle f, and at the other a curved part adapted to bear under the boss i on the adjacent rod g. When any one of the handles f is lifted, the bar j corresponding thereto turns on its pivot, the curved end working round the adjacent boss. If, however, one of the bars is raised by a pull at its middle, the lug m bears against the handle f of the rod g at one end, and the curved end is held against the boss on the adjacent rod g, both rods with their cradles being thereby raised simultaneously.
Patent GB-190904820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Side Lay Mechanism for Printing, Ruling, Folding and like, Machines.
Inventor: COLLIS ALFRED
IPC: B41F1/28
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 4820. Collis, A., and Collis, H. Feb. 27. Sheet-registering devices.-Relates to means for correctly registering sheets against the side lay in printing, folding, and like machines. Across the front of the feed-board is located a reciprocating bar 1, to which is secured a bracket 2 carrying at its upper end a gripping-arm 10. Passing through the bracket 2 is a rod 4 retained in its outer position by a spring 5, to which is secured an adjustable stop 6 by means of nuts 7 and a shoe 3 integral with the side gauge 15. The gripping-arm 10 is normally depressed by a spring 12, but, during the inward motion of the bar 1 and bracket 2, pins 11 on the arm ride on to the top of an arm 13 pivoted to a bracket 9 adjustable on a transverse bar 19. In operation, the bar 1 and bracket 2 move inward with the arm 10 raised, the side-lay 15 thus pushing the sheet inward. The arm 10 then falls, and the bar 1 commences its return movament, the arm 13 being lifted by the pins 11. The shoe 3 moves with the bracket 2 until the stop 6 engages a projection 8 on the bracket 9, after which the arm 10 draws off the edge of the sheet. On continued movement, the arm 10 is lifted by an incline 14 on the shoe 3. A spring 18 on an extension 17 of the bracket 9 is provided for correctly setting the brackets 2, 9. The shoe 3 may be formed with a tongue adapted to travel underneath the paper.
Patent GB-190905548-A (GB)
Title: Improved Curtain Ring.
Inventor: REININGER CONSTANTIN
IPC: A47H13/01
Filed: 1909-03-08
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 5548. Reininger, C. March 8. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Curtains, suspending.- A curtain ring and clip consists of two parts a, b, pivoted together at c, and pressed together by a spring so as to grip the curtain. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 12,201/90, 13,642/98, and 12,478/04, [Class 18, Boxes &c.].
Patent GB-190905918-A (GB)
Title: A High Pressure Automatic GAs Lighting and Extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: MACKAY JOHN
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1909-03-11
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 5918. Mackay, J. March 11. Actuating valves.-Relates to apparatus for lighting and extinguishing gas by the action of a temporary increase of gas pressure upon an expansible metallic casing or the like. The valve-operating means and the connexions thereto are external to the casing, and the apparatus is adapted for use with high-pressure gas. In one form, Fig. 1, the casing is a corrugated pipe d, placed within a chamber c and with its open end in communication with the gas main b. The chamber c communicates with the atmosphere by a pipe or aperture e. The casing d is loaded by means of a spring r, and operates a step-by-step disk valve p by means of a link f, a lever g, and a pawl j. The link f passes through a stuffing-box q. Means such as a spring may be provided for preventing too sudden an impulse from actuating the disk c, and a forked rod t may be provided for adjusting the lever g. In a modification, Fig. 3, the rod f does not pass outside the chamber c, and the actuation is effected by means of a rod n connected by a pin and slot to the lever g. The spring r may be adjusted by means of a screw y. Guides u, v for the rods n, f, may be formed entirely in the chamber walls or partly in the walls and partly in removable caps attached to the walls. The part x carrying the guide v may be detachable. The corrugated metal pipe d may be replaced by a thin metal diaphragm, a series of diaphragms, a Bourdon tube, or the like. Instead of the hole e, the chamber c may be connected with the gas chamber a by a very fine hole, or by a larger hole provided with a non-return valve.