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Patent GB-190716174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change-speed Belt Gearing
Filed: 1907-07-13
Granted: 1908-07-13
Abstract: 16,174. Gm³r & Co. July 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable-speed gearing.-A variable-speed belt gearing in which speed cones are used is provided with a belt shifting and tensioning device with operating means therefor, the invention being shown applied to an embroidering - machine in which provision is made for automatically bringing the lowest speed into action during festooning operations. The cone 9 mounted upon the shaft of the electric motor 8 drives a parallel oppositelyinclined cone 10, which transmits the drive through a fast pulley 11 and belt 13 to a pulley 2 geared to the main shaft 3 of the machine. The pulleys 9, 10, &c. are carried by a frame 6 pivoted about a support 7 and supported by the spring 14 which also tensions the belt 13. The driving-belt 12 is tensioned by a roller 19 mounted in a fork 18 rotatably adjustable in the arm 16 of a bell-crank lever, so that it can be set obliquely to the axis of the cones. The belt fork also guides the opposite side of the belt. Tension is effected by means of a spring 20 acting upon the bell-crank lever 16, which is mounted upon a spindle 15 arranged parallel either to the facing generatrices of the cones 9, 10 or to their axes. To vary the speed, the belt fork is shifted along the spindle 15 by means of an endless wire or like rope 21, which passes over guide-pulleys 22, 23, 24 and several times around an adjusting-drum 26. In order to shift the belt automatically to one end of the cones to bring the lowest speed into action during festooning operations, the festoon lever 27, when raised, engages the flanged end 32 of a sleeve 30 which transmits the pull through a spring 34 to a block 33 secured to the rope 21 so acting gradually to shift the belt. The lever 27 is retained in its upper position by means of a pin 29 which engages a hook 37 upon a spring-held pivoted lever 35 provided with a handle by which it may be rocked when required to release the lever 27. The Specification in the original form as open to inspection under the Act of 1901 comprises modified arrangements. In one form the pulleys 10, 11 are mounted upon a shaft carried by arms pivoted to the rocking frame 6, both belts 12, 13 being then tensioned by the spring 14 ; or the arms may be extended and connected to the frame by springs to tension the belt 12. In these forms, open or crossed belts may be used, the forks for shifting them being provided upon one or both arms with rollers to prevent wear, and the tensioning-springs may be replaced by compression springs, weights, or magnetic devices. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190719736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Grading or Classifying Pulverulent or Comminuted Materials.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ANDREW ROBERT
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 19,736. Robertson, A. R. Sept. 4. Separating granular substances.-Relates to a centrifugal analogue of that type of separating- apparatus in which the materials are treated on a transversely-inclined travelling belt by jets of air or water which cause them to travel down the belt at different speeds. The apparatus consists of two co-axial conical drums rotating in the same direction at slightly different speeds. The material is fed into the space between the drums by a shoot 20, and adheres to the upper portion of the outer drum 14 until it arrives opposite the water-jets proceeding from the inner drum 15. Under the influence of these jets the material travels down the drum 14, being separated in transit as in the non-centrifugal apparatus mentioned above and issues on to a horizontal extension 28 of the drum 15. In the extension 28 are openings provided with vanes 31, 32 arranged at different angular distances from the jet-openings in the drum 15, so as to direct different grades of material into the troughs 33, 34, the last grade passing over the edge of the extension 28 to the trough 35. Two or more sets of jets &c. may be arranged so as to balance the drum, or the drum may be left unbalanced and the vibrations utilized to further the separation.
Patent GB-190723633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffing or Polishing-wheels.
Inventor: PAINTER WILLIAM AUGUST
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 23,633. Painter, W. A. Oct. 25. Surfacing and polishing. -A buffing or polishing wheel is made of a number of radially - folded pieces of cloth or other textile fabric. These may be made from the waste circular pieces of worn buffing-wheels 2, Fig. 1, or from pieces of other forms ; or the wheel may be built up of new fullsized pieces 2, Fig. 7. The pieces are assembled by placing them over, against, or between each other with the mesh of the fabric crossing so as to prevent the material from fraying, the folds forming pockets which serve to hold the buffing-composition. Fig. 1 shows the small folded pieces 2 secured to the outer and central disk pieces 1 by staples, or by stitching or other suitable means. In Fig. 4 the small folded pieces 2 are shown secured to a wooden hub 7 and held between metal plates 5 on the shaft. The new full-sized pieces 2, Fig. 3, are held by pins 6 between the metal plates 5. The pieces 2 may be secured by very thin metal disks held between the plates 5, there being two outside disks and a central disk, each having spurs or projections which hold the folded pieces together.
Patent GB-190723997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Smelting Furnaces.
Inventor: HOEVELER HERBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 23,997. H÷veler, H. F. Oct. 30. Rotary furnaces; liquid-fuel fittings.-In a rotary metallurgical furnace heated by liquid fuel, the ends d together with their linings are formed separate from the body portion a, so that the latter can be removed for re-lining or replacement. The lining used is of such a nature that it will not fuse on heating. The spray burner g is suitably mounted at one end of the furnace, and injects through a central opening in a door k, which is provided to reduce the inlet to the furnace. A similar door m is provided for the discharge outlet. The furnace is charged through the end holes, and the molten metal is run out through the taphole n.
Patent GB-190802122-A (GB)
Title: Plastic Material
Inventor: CLAYPOOLE WALTER
Filed: 1908-01-30
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 2122. Claypoole, W. Jan. 30. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Formaldehyde compounds.-A material which may be used to replace celluloid, jet, ivory, horn, and bone in the manufacture of fancy articles is made by heating formaldehyde with phenolic bodies in the presence of an accelerator which does not cause separation of a watery layer, for example caustic soda, or sodium carbonate, cresolate, carbolate, &c. The accelerator may be omitted during the first part of the process, or an acid accelerator may be used ; but during the subsequent hardening process, an accelerator is always present in order to diminish the period of heating. The material may replace ebonite and other insulating-materials in the electrical industry.
Patent GB-190805244-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Annealing Metals.
Inventor: CLINCH-JONES FREDERICK JOSIAH
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1909-04-10
Abstract: 5244. Jones, F. J. Clinch-. March 9. Annealing-furnaces.-In a method of annealing metals in which the metal is heated in and by an atmosphere of hot unignited combustible gas, and is afterwards cooled in a descending column of sand or the like, gas from a producer C is passed through a muffle D, in which the articles N are heated, and down into a combustion chamber E, where it is burnt by air from a flue F. The products of combustion pass by a flue G to the chimney.
Patent GB-190808178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gear Actuating Mechanism for Motor Vehicles.
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 8178. Lanchester, G. H., and Lanchester Motor Co. April 13. Motor road vehicles.-A device for actuating epicyclic or like change-speed gear, of the kind in which a number of frictional or other clutches are employed for putting the gears into action, comprises a hand-operated selecting-piece which can be moved into alinement with one of the clutch-operating thrust rods, which is then moved longitudinally by a spring pedal device. The invention is described in conjunction with an epicyclic driving-gear The clutches have actuating levers a adjacent to which are thrust rods b, which slide in a guide c carried on the gear box d. Selecting-pieces e for operating the thrust rods are keyed to a shaft f, which receives both a rocking and an axial movement from a lever g arranged in the gate p. Two selecting-pieces are shown, and an angular movement in one direction puts one piece into operation and vice versa ; a like movement in the opposite direction puts the other piece into operation. The pieces e are of cam-like configuration to compensate for wear in clutches and adjustment of thrust rods, the edges of the cam-shaped pieces being notched to engage the chisel ends of the thrust rods. The thrust bars are operated by a pedal device comprising a spring mounted within a cylinder k and surrounding a rod m, hinged at one end to the pedal lever n. The other end of the rod m is attached to a piece which slides within the cylinder a distance limited by collars j<1> formed on it. The shaft f is pivoted at o, or mounted so as to slide laterally, and has on it collars u between which are loosely mounted plates r, pressed apart by a compressed spring and mounted between stops t on studs q fixed to the frame. This device keeps the lever g in the central slot when in its mid-position. To change the gear, the pedal is depressed, and the piece j, carrying the lever f and pieces e, is drawn back against the action of the spring The hand-lever g is next operated to select one of the thrust bars b, and the pedal is then released.
Patent GB-190811763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-ships.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1908-05-30
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 11,763. Fairweather, W., [Lake, S.]. May 30. Spring balances; indicating- mechanism.- An aerial machine is supported on the ground by a front wheel Q', which can rotate only in a forward direction, and by a pair of rear castor wheels Q<5>. These wheels are mounted on levers Q, Q<4> pivoted on transverse rods P, P<1>, the inner ends of the levers being connected by cords to a spring device R for registering the weight on each of the front and rear wheels. The cords Q<2> from the inner ends of the bifurcated front lever Q are connected together and passed around a drum R<1>, Fig. 9, of a balance R supported in brackets T from the car. The cords Q<6> from the levers Q<4> pass around a second drum R<2>, which is secured to a spindle S. A spiral spring r, anchored at one end on a rod t, is secured at its other end to the spindle S, so that the spring r takes up the weight on the cords Q<6> and indicates the amount by fiugers r<3> secured on the spindle. The drum R<1> is loose on the spindle S and has connected to it one end of a spiral spring r<4>, the other end being secured to the rod t. A finger r<6> indicates the pull on the drum, and this is shown on the opposite side of the balance r<6> by a finger r<7>, which is carried by a toothed wheel u<3> rotated by pins u<2> u from a toothed wheel U secured to the drum R<1>.
Patent GB-190818995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Camera Stands.
Inventor: WILLCOX WILLIAM PERCY
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-09-10
Abstract: 18,995. Willcox, W. P. Sept. 10. Tripod stands.- Consists in a ball- and-socket head for mounting cameras on tripod stands. The socket-piece 5 is screwed on to the stand, the camera being attached by the screwed end 10 of a piece 11, which terminates in a ball 9 fitting within the socket. A sleeve 14 having fingerpieces 15 clamps the parts in position.
Patent GB-190819857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to Metal Washers
Inventor: SCURFIELD GEORGE GONTHWAITE
Filed: 1909-01-01
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 19,857. Scurfield, G. G. Jan. 1, 1909. Locking nuts and washers.-In order that a conical orcircumferentially or radially corrugated washer c may when flattened get a maximum grip on a threaded bolt &c., the diameter of the hole in the washer is made equal to the distance marked b from the top of the thread to the bottom of the thread on the opposite side of the bolt so that the washer must be screwed down. The inner edge of the hole may be of different temper or metal in order to cut across the thread. The washer and the hole may be round, square, oval, &c., and may be of different shapes. When used next to a nut, a corner of the washer may be turned up, or up and down with two nuts, as an additional security. When it is used below a nut, the screwing up of the nut serves to flatten the washer, any residual elasticity assisting to hold the nut. The flattening pressure is always applied to the concave side of the washer to avoid stripping the thread.
Patent GB-190821091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Leather.
Inventor: GUILLETEAU LOUIS VICTOR
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 21,091. Guilleteau, [known as Chaput], L. V. Oct. 9, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Patent of Addition to No. 6216, A.D. 1907.] Artificial leather.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 6216, A.D. 1907, and consists in adding to the solution of water, glycerine, dextrine, sodium silicate, gelatine, balata, and vegetable fibres a solution consisting of water, 10 kilos, borax, 1 kilo, and gum lac or the like, 5 kilos, and then subjecting the mixture to the treatment described in the above-mentioned Specification. The fixing solution, however, consists of equal parts of formaldehyde and a saturated solution of barium chloride, lead acetate, or hydrochloric acid.
Patent GB-190821185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Controlling Gas Lights from a Distance.
Inventor: TOURTEL JOHN MESNY
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 21,185. Tourtel, J. M., and Mealing, W. R. Oct. 7. Lighting and extinguishing g a s.- Relates to apparatus for lighting and extinguishing gas-lights from a distance by temporarily increasing the pressure in the mains. In the arrangement described in Specification No. 7197, A.D. 1907, a controlling-device admits gas, when the pressure exceeds a certain amount, to a diaphragm or bell which by its movement operates a tap, and the gas escapes from the diaphragm &c. through a throttled outlet : the present invention consists in controlling the outlet by an auxiliary diaphragm or bell device which keeps it closed until the pressure in the mains has fallen again below a certain amount. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the outlet 2 of the tap-operating device is controlled by a valve 4 carried by a diaphragm 3 consisting of a flexible membrane clamped between metal plates and urged to the left by a spring 6, the tension of which can be varied by turning a screw 9. The lefthand side of the diaphragm chamber 1 is in communication with the mains by a pipe 10, and as long as the pressure exceeds a certain limit the diaphragm keeps the outlet 2 closed, but when the pressure falls below the limit the outlet 2 is opened and the gas in the tap-operating device escapes by way of an opening 12.
Patent GB-190900023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spooling Machines.
IPC: B65H63/08
Filed: 1909-01-01
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 23. McGee & Son, W., and Mackay, E. Jan. 1. Spooling-machines.-Relates to improvements in the guide-lifting and length-controlling devices in spooling-machines of the " Conant " type, particularly machines such as are described in Specification 960/88. In order to take advantage of the complete revolution of the shaper-wheels of the length-controlling device, the guide-lift cam A is provided with an elongated or spiral surface, or is of the usual shape, but is adapted to be driven at a slower speed than the shaper-wheels. A method of obtaining a complete revolution of the shaper-wheels is described in the provisional Specification, and consists in providing the wheels with a projection which comes, after the wheel has completed part of a revolution, into engagement with an arm carried by a collar loose on the shaft, which arm is adapted, after practically a complete revolution, to come into contact with a fixed lug to stop the revolution of the wheel. In the device shown in Fig. 1 the guide-lift lever B is provided with a pivoted arm E carrying the bowl C to prevent the bowl from being trapped in the race of the cam. The arm H is carried by a collar loose on the shaft and is carried round by an arm K on a collar secured to the shaft, so as to allow more than a complete revolution of the cam before the arm H operates the lever G and stops the machine. In the device shown in Fig. 4 the collar carrying the arm H, and the guide-lift cam A, which is of the usual shape, are carried by a sleeve P loose upon the shaft. The sleeve is driven from the shaper-wheel shaft I through gearing Q, N, N', O. The gear N' is secured to the usual compound wheel N by a bolt S. which, when it is not desired that there should be a complete revolution of the shaper wheels, is removed and used to lock the sleeve P to the shaft I. The wheel N', Fig. 5, is in two parts n<1>, n<2>, which may be adjusted relatively one to the other, and which are locked together by the bolt S.
Patent GB-190904105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bending, Shaping, Exactly Sizing and Straightening Hollow Bodies, Wheel Rims and the like.
Inventor: BOULLANGER AIME
IPC: B21D53/30
Filed: 1909-02-19
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 4105. Boullanger, A., and Rosfelder, A. Feb. 21,1908, [Convention date]. Angular bending; straightening; dies.-In an apparatus for bending or straightening, or reducing to uniform dimensions, hollow bodies, wheel rims, and the like, a curved templet 1 coacts with a recessed roll 7, withdrawing-rolls 9 being also provided. The templet is mounted on a cross-bar 2 pivoted at 2<1> on a support 4, stops 5, 16 limiting the motion of the templet. An arm 12 is attached to the cross-bar and is adjustably secured by a spring 10 to a support 11. A stop 15 on an operating-lever 13 allows the arm 12 to be depressed and the templet to be withdrawn from the operative position.
Patent GB-190904769-A (GB)
Title: Swimming Appliances.
Inventor: DEETJEN RICHARD
IPC: A63B31/14
Filed: 1909-02-26
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 4769. Deetjen, R. Feb. 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Swimming-appliances.- Boards or plates of wood, ebonite, &c. are secured to the inner sides of the legs so as to increase the reaction when bringing together the outspread legs.
Patent GB-190905231-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of "Saveall" or Paper Pulp or like Recovery Apparatus.
Inventor: MILNE SAMUEL
IPC: D21F1/66
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1910-03-04
Abstract: 5231. Milne, S. March 4. Pulp, recovering.-In a save-all for recovering pulp and other materials from the water discharged from paper-machines, and for recovering pulp, loading, &c. from the water discharged from paper-mills, an open-ended perforated rotary drum b abuts at its ends against flanges on the sides of the trough a, and straps c, covering the joint between the drum ends and the flanges, support the drum and prevent leakage past the drum ends. The ends of the vat may be partly cut away to reduce weight. Water to be treated is delivered to the vat up to the level of the drum centre, and the water running through the perforated drum escapes through spout-like openings h in the sides of the vat. A doctor or guard catches the pulp as it is discharged and restores it to the vat, or delivers it to another receptacle. One or more spray pipes i, supplied with water, air, or steam, keep the perforations clear. A small wireclothcovered drum may be used on the top of the drum b to press out water from the perforated material with which the drum is covered. The drum b may be rotated by a pinion g meshing with spur teeth e. A drum having large trunnions bearing in the vat side may be used, the spray pipe extending through the trunnions. The drum may be driven through the trunnions.
Patent GB-190914132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flexible Connections for the Pumps of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: STARKE ROBERT
IPC: B60C29/06
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 14,132. Starke, R. June 16. Overlap joints with screwed spigot or socket. -Relates to means for attaching the nipples of tyre inflator connexions to connecting- tubes made of helicallywound metal strip. The nipple is provided with screw - threads which take into the helical groove of the tube externally or internally, or both, a n d m a y be further secured by cement &c.
Patent GB-190916845-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for the Concentration and Boiling of Green Syrups.
Filed: 1909-07-19
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 16,845. Soc. Anon. Raffinerie Moderne ProcÚdÚ Natta. July 22, 1908, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Purifying saccharine liquids.-The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises the injection of hydrosulphites alone or mixed with glycerine or oil of vaseline into an evaporator for the green syrups from the turbine treatment, in order to prevent coloration of the product ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190918218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Beverages.
Inventor: KUHN ETIENNE WILLIAMS
IPC: C12G3/02
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-08-08
Abstract: 18,218. Kuhn, E. W. Aug. 6. Fermenting. - In fermenting liquids to obtain beverages, such as beer, ginger-beer, wine, cider, perry, &c., containing small proportions of alcohol, the fermentation is carried out under pressure, and is arrested by sterilization of the liquid while still under pressure. The pressure in the fermenting-vessel may be obtained as described in Specifications 4622/08 and 18,216/09, or otherwise. The fermentation may be commenced before pressure is applied. The sterilization may be carried out in the apparatus described in Specification 8823/07, or in bottles or vessels filled under counter-pressure. The gas developed during fermentation is stated to combine with substances contained in the liquid, and the "radio-active energy " set free on the decomposition of the sugar is stated to be retained by the liquid.
Patent GB-190921906-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for the Storage and Compression of Air, Gases, and Liquids under Pressure.
Inventor: TURNS JOHN
IPC: F42D1/10
Filed: 1909-05-28
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 21,906. Turns, J. May 28. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Portable pumps.-Consists in a simplified construction and compact arrangement of portable apparatus for the storage, compression, and distribution of air, gases, and liquids under pressure, of the known general type in which air and water are pumped into a common receiver. The apparatus comprises an air-andwater receiver R, a water cistern C, and hand pumps A, W for air and water respectively, all mounted on a truck B. Air is pumped into the receiver, and then its pressure is increased by pumping in water. Compressed air is led away for use through a stop-cock D, and water under pressure may be similarly led away through a stop-cock, not shown, near the base. When the water-level reaches a desired level in the receiver, it may be blown back into the water cistern.