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Patent GB-190710317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Mixing Concrete and Analogous Materials.
Inventor: SMITH THOMAS L
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,317. Smith, T. L. May 3. Moving - container apparatus. -Relates to rotary concrete mixers of the type in which the receptacle is in the form of two truncated cones and is tilted for discharging. The receptacle 1 is mounted in the ordinary way on a frame by means of rollers bearing on the ring 2, and is driven by a pinion 23, Fig. 4, driven by bevelgearing and engaging with the rack 22, the two portions of the pinion 23 being proportioned so as to equalize wear. The receptacle 1 is provided with stirring-blades 19 mounted on brackets 45, so that a space is left between the blade and the receptacle. Renewable linings 46 are provided in the middle portion of the receptacle, and drip-rings 47 are formed on the outside. The feed - hopper 31 terminates in a shoot 34 closed by a curved gate 35 pivoted at 37 and controlled by an arm 38 and cord 39. Below the shoot 34 is a spout 40 pivoted at 41 and projecting into the inlet opening of the receptacle, so that when the latter is tilted the spout is turned into the position shown by the dotted lines. An arm 43 is provided against which the receptacle strikes so as to bring the spout into its normal position when the receptacle is brought back, the spout being so weighted as to tend to complete the movement on which it is started by the mixer in either direction. A plate 44 extending from the mouth of the shoot 34 serves as a stop for the spout 40 and also prevents it from being disturbed by the material leaving the shoot. The frame carrying the receptacle 1 is supported on trunnions, one 7 of which carries a toothed segment 49 engaging with a worm shaft 50 driven in either direction through clutches 64, 65 and bevel-gearing as shown from a belt-pulley running loosely on a continuation of the trunnion 7. The clutches 64, 65 are actuated by levers 66, 67 connected by a link 68 provided with tappets 70, 71 engaging with a projection on the frame supporting the receptacle 1. The lever 67 is provided with a V-shaped recess 72 engaging with an elastically-mounted stop when the levers 66, 67 are in such position that neither clutch is in action. A hand-wheel 51 is also attached to the shaft 50. According to the Provisional Specification, the feeding and tilting arrangements may be applied to an apparatus with moving beaters.
Patent GB-190711644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shuttles for use with Weft Controlling Devices for Looms.
Inventor: ROSTRON JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-18
Granted: 1908-05-18
Abstract: 11,644. Rostron, J. May 18. Loom shuttles. - A recessed conical sleeve or collar d is moved to the left on the shuttle tongue by a spring e, when the weft is exhausted. A spring blade a, secured by a pin b to the shuttle, is then forced into the path of a finger f, which projects into a groove in the shuttle, and shuttle-changing or stopping mechanism is brought into action. The sleeve may be made with partly parallel sides. Its wide end may have a groove or flange for the blade a, and its narrow end an abutment, sleeve, or washer g. According to the Provisional Specification, the blade may be adjustably connected to the shuttle.
Patent GB-190717485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Hot-water Bottles and similar Receptacles.
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1907-07-31
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 17,485. Brooks, J. B. July 31. Hot - water bags and the like.- Means are described for making seams or joints and corners, and for covering the seams so that the edges of the material are protected from the liquid. The bottle &c. is made from a single piece of rubbered canvas, and the edges 16, 17 are either overlapped and vulcanized as shown in Fig. 4, or turned in as shown in Fig. 8 ; in the latter case the joint is strengthened by an outer binding strip 25. The edges are protected from the liquid by a strip or strip, of pure rubber 18. The edges of rubber bags may be overlapped and strengthened by a strip of canvas between the edges, as shown in Fig. 25. Several methods of forming the corner joints are described, in which the corners of the two parts of the bottle &c. are shaped so as to overlap, the joint being covered and strengthened by a corner piece on the outside.
Patent GB-190719441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Disintegrating and Pulverising Materials also applicable for Thrashing Grain.
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 19,441. Parker, T. Aug. 30. Impact pulverizers.-In a modification of the pulverizer described in Specification No. 25,841, A.D. 1901, the pivoted beaters or hammers 3 work between the bars 2 of an adjustable grating or framework on to which the materials to be crushed are fed from a hopper 5. The bars or rings 2 are made in sections bolted to cross-bars 6 fixed inside the casing 1, and are adjusted by inserting wooden blocks between their flanged ends 8 and the bars 6. The grating may be circular, rectangular, or other shape in cross-section, or it may be in the form of a flat grid arranged above the hammers. The apparatus may be used for pulverizing stone, clay, cotton, and other fibrous substances, or for thrashing wheat &c. The delivery shoots are fitted with screens 9.
Patent GB-190719450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Postal Collecting Receptacles.
Inventor: POWELL FREDERICK ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 19,450. Powell, F. A. Aug. 30. Mail bags.-A mail bag or other receptacle is provided with means for automatically locking it when it is removed from the shoot of a pillar box or other fixture. The device is of the class described in Specifiation No. 8416, A.D. 1907. The bag is provided with an upper box-like portion, which is slid on to the end of the shoot and secured by spring catches or the like. A hinged flap 17, Fig 3, in the box-like portion is held open by a catch or link 24 and a hook 25. As the device is pushed on to the shoot, the flap 17 is pushed back and released from the catch. When removed from the shoot, the flap 17 is closed by the spring 18 and held in this position by the arm 19, which is moved beneath the flap by the spring 23. The arm 19 may be moved in an horizontal direction to unlock the bag by means of a key formed to engage with the projection 41. In a modification, the flap 17 carries an arm 19<a>, Fig. 5, which is adapted to pass through a slot 27 when the flap is pressed open by the shoot. At the same time, a projection carried by the flap pushes back a spring catch 30, Fig. 4, which normally engages with a recess 29 in the spring-pressed bolt 28 to hold it withdrawn. As the device is removed from the shoot, the bolt is pressed forward by the spring 32 in front of the arm 19<a> and prevents the flap 17 from being opened until the bolt has been withdrawn by a suitable device. In a furtber modification, the locking-arm 19 is returned in the unlocked position by a pivoted plate 35, Fig. 8. As the flap is opened, a projection passes into the holes 39, 38 and moves the plate to release the arm 19.
Patent GB-190722402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DUYSENS TOSSANUS
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 22,402. Duysens, T., Jong, J. R. H. de, and Kneppers, H. L. Oct. 10. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; tyres, pneumatic; disk wheels.-The hub a is reduced in diameter at each side to receive a disk c adapted to be drawn thereon by screws f. Each disk is formed with a flange e and an annular surface h holding the edge of a thick rubber tyre g, which is bulged outwardly when the disks are drawn together. Air may be forced into the chamber thus formed through an inlet k.
Patent GB-190722933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Prismatic Binocular Telescopes, Field Glasses and the like Optical Instruments.
Inventor: OGILVY JAMES WILSON
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 22,933. Ogilvy, J. W., [Leitz, E.]. Oct. 17. Field glasses.-To facilitate adjustment, the prism-carrying tubes 4, which are supported between plates 1, 2 hinged at 3, are provided at each end with cover-plates 9, into apertures in which the casings 6, 8 carrying the object-glasses and eyepieces are screwed. The cover-plates 9 are held against the end plates by screws 10, 11 engaging loose plates 13, as shown. The holes 12 in the plates 9 and the apertures 5, 7 in the plates 1, 2, through which the screws 10, 11 and casings 6, 8 pass respectively, are made larger than is necessary so that by loosening the screws &c. adjustment is readily possible.
Patent GB-190723800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveying Apparatus.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 23,800. Justice, P. M., [Lamson Consolidated Store Service Co.]. Oct. 28. Conveyers.-Apparatus whereby articles, such as pass books in banks, may be conveyed from any despatching-station to a predetermined receiving station or counter comprises an endless cable B driven from a motor A' and travelling in a slotted guide tube B<1>. Push-bars C are pivoted to clips C<1> attached at intervals to the cable, and are braced by rods C<3> pivoted at one end to clips C' attached to the cable and at the other to a piece C<5> pivotally mounted on the pusher. The other ends of the pushers carry guide-shoes D moving in slotted tubes D'. The articles S are forwarded by engagement with the pushers C along channels F<1>, F<2>, F<3>, each terminating in a shelf K<1>, K<2>, K<3> at a particular receiving counter L. At the despatching-stations G<1>, G<2>, G<3>, the articles are dropped into the channel terminating at the desired destination through slots T', T<2>, T<3> registering with the channels.
Patent GB-190724172-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Cable Car Grip.
Inventor: LAWSHA GEORGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 24,172. Lawsha, G. A. Nov. 1. Rope grips.-Grips for use upon gravity, pleasure, or amusement railways, in which cables are employed to hoist the car up certain inclines, are arranged to grip the cab!e automatically upon coming against it, to release the cable at any point by the action of a ramp fixed to the track, and to be suitable for cables running round lateral cnrves or around horizontal or inclined wheels. In Fig. 1, which shows an inverted plan, grips D directly gripping the cable E, are attached to the car frame by toggle-bars B, C, and to a rocking shaft K by rods F holding a spring H pressing the grips away from an abutment G on the car. The shaft K carries a crank-arm K<1> and a wheel k which, coming into contact with a fixed ramp, opens the grips D against the springs H. The grips are opened at to engage the cable automatically at places where the track and cable are inclined to each other, the push of the springs H and the pull of the cable closing the grips. Strengthening guide-bars L are used, and to prevent twisting of the grips, they are bent round and between the guide-bar L as shown in Fig. 4 ; or the grips are doubled and hold a dummy rope E<1>, the single form of grip as shown in Fig. 3 being suitable with pulleys other than vertical ones. To guide the cable to the grip, a pulley N is used, or one grip bar is bent round as at O to form a guide finger.
Patent GB-190727306-A (GB)
Title: Vessels for Preserving Food, Bacteriological Cultures and the like.
Inventor: BRYHNI HAAKON
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 27,306. Bryhni, H. Dec. 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stoppers.-Cooking vessels and vessels for preserving food, bacteriological cultures, &c., in which air passes through passages of unequal cross-sectional area between the lid and vessel, h a v e externally applied means for excluding air, such as a rubber ring, plaster strip, &c. A circular groove c is provided, and the lid is flush with a ledge d. A number of such grooves, arranged parallel or helically, may be used, and the lid and vessel may be provided with screw-threads. The Specification in the original form, as published under the Act of 1901, describes a vessel in which access of air may be partly or wholly prevented by wadding, antiseptic, &c. placed in a groove into which the lid fits. In another modification, concentric flanges on the lid dip into concentric grooves on the vessel. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190727512-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of Manufacture of Socket Chisels and other like Socketed Tools.
Inventor: ASHBERRY PHILIP
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 27,512. Ashberry, P., and Ward, D. Dec. 13. Making chisels.-Solid or weldless socket chisels and other like tools having sockets are made from round pieces of steel. The piece has one end bored out, Fig. 2, and after heating is placed vertically in a die or gripping-device to produce the desired form so that the drift, Fig. 3, may be forced into the hole to expand it to the desired diameter. It is then placed in horizontallyheld pressing-tools so as to complete the outer shape of the socket and shoulder, the compression at the same time releasing the drift. Finally the blade of the chisel is drawn out to the required width and thickness from the opposite end of the steel, Fig. 5. The complete forging is accomplished at one heat.
Patent GB-190728290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coke Ovens for the Recovery of Bye-products.
Inventor: BAUER THEODOR VON
Filed: 1907-12-23
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 28,290. Bauer, T. von. Dec. 23. Coke ovens.-Relates to ovens adapted for the recovery of byproducts, of the kind in which vertical flues are traversed by the gases in parallel only, the flues being supplied with gas from above their upper ends. The gas is passed from a series of independently - controllable nozzles b, c, d arranged outside the oven, through a series of small passages arranged one above another or side by side above the flues. The small passages may open into a distributing-channol a, Fig. 1, above the flues, or they may be connected to separate flues or groups of flues, as shown in Fig. 2. A passage P may be arranged to communicate with all the flues of a battery of ovens, to equalize the pressure throughout the flues when the gas is not introduced uniformly. When a distributing-channel is employed, an adjustable brick s may be arranged therein for directing the flow of gas towards the ends or the middle of the ovens, as desired. Instead of at the ends of the ovens, the controllable nozzles may be arranged in the centre of the ovens, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190800486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Anthracene Derivatives
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-01-08
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 486. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Jan. 8. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Anthrapyridolles ;dyes, artificial. - Amino-, alkylamino-, or arylamino - anthrapyridones are obtained by treating anthrapyridones containing negative radicles with ammonia, alkylamines, or arylamines of the benzene or naphthalene series. Sulphonic acids are obtained by sulphonating the products. According to examples: 4-methylamino- 1-n-methylanthrapyridone is obtained by treating the 4-brom compound with monomethylamine; its sulphonic acid dyes wool red shades; 4-ptolylammo-1-n-methylanthrapyridone is obtained from the 4-methoxy compound and p-toluidine ; its sulphonic acid, which dyes wool bluish-red shades, may be obtained by sulphonation, or by condensing 4-brom-1-n-methylanthrapyridonea with p-toluidine sulphonic acid (CH3 : S03H : NH2 = 1 : 2 : 4). The anthrapyridone obtainable by treating acetyl-1-amino-2:4-dibromanthraquinone with alkali is condensed with p-toluidine : the sulpbonic acid of the product dyes wool red shades. 4 - amino - 1 - n - methylanthrapyridone is obtained from the 4-brom compound and ammonia; its sulphonic acid is obtained by sulphonation. Specifications No. 28,765, A.D. 1906, and No. 16,775, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190802073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Web Perfecting Printing Presses.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 2073. Haddan, H. J., [Duplex Printing Press Co.]. Jan. 29. Rotary machines.-Rotary perfecting-machines of the type described in Specification No. 16,247, A.D. 1905, are constructed with two type cylinders and coacting impression cylinders, but are capable of printing newspapers up to twenty or more pages. As applied to a machine for printing a twentypage newspaper, two webs W, ware passed over guide-rollers 4, 4<a>, and the printing is effected by forme cylinders 1, 2 arranged outside of, and preferably in substantially the same plane as the impression cylinders 1<a>, 2<a> to facilitate access to the cylinders. The cylinders 1, 2 are fitted with two rows of five formes P arranged in two groups with a larger margin S between the two groups than the ordinary margin s. The web W is printed by three formes, and the web w by two formes. After the webs are printed on both sides, they are carried over a bar 4b, and the web W is slit by a rotary slitter 6 to form a double and single width web ; these webs and the web ware then given a quarter-turn by means of angle-bars 3, 3<a>, 3<b>, and the three webs are guided to a folder 5<a>, from which they are conveyed to a rotary folder. The sheets thus form a twenty-page newspaper, the inner sheets being pasted in the usual way. The web w passes over an adjustable roller 7 so as to permit of the registering of the sheets. Two sets of duplicate formes may be used, the machine being then adapted to form two ten-page newspapers for one complete revolution. The cylinders may be extended to carry six formes in each row. Newspapers of fewer pages may be printed by passing only one web through the machine, or by passing two webs of double width.
Patent GB-190802700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Improvement of Liquid Fuels.
Inventor: WYNNE REGINALD
Filed: 1908-02-06
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 2700. Wynne, R. Feb. 6. Hydrocarbons such as benzene are improved for use in internal-combustion motors by passing into them ammonia derivatives of hydrocarbons such as methylamine.
Patent GB-190814272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Explosion Engines.
Inventor: WEITEMEIER AUGUST
Filed: 1908-07-04
Granted: 1909-07-05
Abstract: 14,272. Weitemeier, A., and Br³ckner, R. July 4. Gas and like engines.-The axially sliding abutments of a rotary explosion motor operate the admission valves and ignition device. Fig. 3 is a section on the line E-F of Fig.. 1. A piston wheel 8 carries two vanes 11,12, which rotate in an annular chamber 3. Compartments 4, 5 are provided for the abutments 19, which have openings 20 adapted to register with the annular chamber to allow the passage of the piston vanes. The axial motion of the abutments is controlled by linkwork operated by a cam 25 on a spindle connected by gearing with the piston shaft 21. The abutment chambers 4, 5 are divided by partitions 14 into upper and lower compartments 15, 16 connected by ports 17, 18 with the annular chamber 3. Compartments 15 communicate by valves 37 with pipes 34 leading to a tank 35, which is fed with a compressed mixture from a pump 36. Each abutment 19 has adjustably secured to it laps 38, which allow the valve 37 to open at the proper moment to admit a charge into a chamber 15 and subsequently close it. Ignition is effected by a circuit-closing device shown in Figs. 6 and 10. To the sliding abutment 19 is attached by means of a slotted plate 55 a bolt 56 in which there slides axially a pin 57 held out by a spring 58. At a certain point, in the motion of the abutment, contact is made between the pin 57- and a nut 54 of a pin 43 which subsequently makes contact with another pin 42, thereby completing the circuit. A spring 52 breaks contact again on the return journey of the abutment. Compartments 16 of the abutment chambers lead to the exhaust. In connexion with the valves 37, devices are described in which the valve stem is made in two parts capable of slight axial movement after the valve is seated. A resiliently mounted roller may be secured to the valve stem to make contact with the laps 38, which may have bevelled edges.
Patent GB-190816079-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Timing Fuses, and Guns and Ammunition suitable therefor.
Inventor: FRITSCH WILHELM
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 16,079. Fritsch, W. July 29. Ordnance breech mechanism; time fuses for projectiles, adjusting automatically during cocking; chambers.-A setting-device for the time fuse of projectiles is combined with the breech mechanism of guns and operates automatically when the trigger is pulled. The striker 2, Fig. 7, is placed within a sleeve 6 slidable in the breech-block 1 and is operated by a trigger 9, Fig. 6, for which a spring buffer 10 is provided. A mainspring 3 and a recoil spring 4 abutting against a cross-piece 5, which passes through slots in the striker and the sleeve 6 and is rigidly secured to the breech-block, control the striker, and it is pulled back with the sleeve 6 by a spring-controlled catch 11 until the latter is thrown off by a projection 24 ; the striker then flies forwards and fires the gun. The setting of the fuse is performed while the striker is being pulled back. At the front end of the striker, and retained by a plate 14 thereon, is a sleeve 13 with studs 15 in engagement with spiral grooves in a sleeve 17. The striker is of polygonal crosssection, so that the sleeves thereon can only slide, 'while the sleeve 17 is mounted rotatably in the breech-block but cannot slide. The sleeve 17 has a pair of projections 18, Figs. 1 and 11<a>, which fit slots in a plug at the base of the cartridge, and the plug is attached to a rod 21 connected to the time fuse 23 in the base of the projectile. The pulling of the striker rotates the sleeve 17 and sets the fuse. The position of the projection 24 determines the timing and can be adjusted by means of a rack gear 25, Fig. 5, hand-wheel and scale 28, and pointer 29 ; as a modification, the pointer may be on the hand-wheel and the scale on the breech block. The cartridge has an acute-angled thickened portion 30, and the magazine a corresponding recess, to ensure correct initial position of the setting-disk of the fuse.
Patent GB-190817404-A (GB)
Inventor: SPENCER JOHN SEYMOUR
Filed: 1908-08-19
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,404. Spencer, J. S. Aug. 19. Luggage, parcel, and like holders. - Perambulators, mail-carts, go-carts, baby-carriages, &c., either folding or non - folding, have the space beneath the seat, which is hinged, enclosed to form a receptacle for linen, parcels, etc.; and in non-folding vehicles an extra seat is provided which can be folded into the receptacle when not requred. The space D beneath the seat A is enclosed with wood, cardboard, &c., which may be covered with cane, wickerwork, &c., and access to the receptacle thus formed is gained by the hinged seat A and by a door C at the back. Two arms E, hinged at H and stop-jointed at F, carry a tray G which may have fixed or folding sides to form a seat. When the seat is not required, the arms E are folded at F and then swung about the pivots H into the box D. Fig. 5 shows a folding go-cart or mail-cart in which the sides of the box D are hinged at J and the bottom is also hinged to allow the vehicle to fold.
Patent GB-190820594-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coat and Skirt Hanger.
Inventor: COOPER PERCY WARNER
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 20,594. Cooper, P. W. Nov. 24. Suspenders for articles of dress.- In a coat and skirt hanger of the kind described in Specification No. 18,313, A.D. 1900, one of the gripping-elements c is made of wire and is integral with the hook b.