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Patent GB-190810430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gun Houses for use in War Ships, Forts and the like.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1908-05-13
Granted: 1909-08-13
Abstract: 10,430. Hadfield, Sir R. A. May 13. Turrets.-The roof i, Fig. 2, and walls a, b, d of gun houses are made in sections of the special nickel-chromium steel and are subjected to the special toughening treatment described in Specification No. 19,133, A.D. 1906. The sections have their abutting edges f, thickened as shown in Fig. 3 to allow of their being united by dovetailed grooves g and keys h. The roof i has sighting hoods. m formed integrally with one of the sections.
Patent GB-190811460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 11,460. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Robertson, T. E. May 26. Incandescent lamps. - A tungsten, tantalum, or other filament is provided with intermediate supports a, of spiral or other form, capable of longitudinal and transverse movement to compensate for expansion and contraction of t h e filament. As shown i n Fig. 1, each support is connected to the stem b at one end, and pasted to or looped round the filament at the other. The end supports d, e may be resilient or not. In a modification, the intermediate supports are fixed to the bulb instead of to the stem b. The elastic supports serve to absorb shocks during transport.
Patent GB-190813846-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Locking Windows in Open Position.
Inventor: HENZE FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 13,846. Henze, F., and Henze, H. June 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Stays.-A quadrant-shaped blade spring is fixed to the window framing, the free end of the blade having a recess b, Fig. 2, which springs into engagement with the bottom edge of the window to hold it open. The lower edge of the window may be fitted with a securing-nut e, Fig. 5, which is adapted to slide in a slot of the quadrant. The quadrant may be secured to the window, and its free end provided with a pin for engaging notches in the framing. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 5581, A.D. 1896, No. 27,610, A.D. 1902, and No. 9382, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190815541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Railway Rails to Sleepers.
Inventor: CAREY THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 15,541. Carey, T. W. July 22. Spiked plates.-Rails are secured to sleepers by clamps, having a head 6 engaging the rail. The clamps are secured by two spikes 3, 9, of triangular section with the face 4 diagonally cut as at 5, and tapering downwards to a point ; either or both edges may be cut. The clamp may be further secured by an eye 11 nailed to the sleeper at 12.
Patent GB-190816183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephony and Telegraphy.
Inventor: SCHIESSLER JOSEF
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1909-07-30
Abstract: 16,183. Schiessler, J. July 30. Wireless telegraphy and telephony.-Relates to methods of strengthening weak telephonic or telegraphic currents, capable of modification for use in telephonic transmitting-systems, and in some forms for telegraphic transmission. Fig. 1 shows the method of telephonic or telegraphic relay working, in which the incoming currents in the circuit I are superposed upon the circuit II, which includes a source of current, a regulating-resistance 2, and an arc lamp, incandescent lamp, platinum lamp, or other resistance 3, in shunt with which is an oscillation circuit containing a capacity 4 and inductance 5. The incoming currents are thus superposed upon the high-frequency oscillations generated in the circuit III. The second line circuit or receiving telephone 6 is inductively associated with the inductance 5. The lamp or other resistance 3 is placed in a magnetic field produced by the magneto or solenoids 20 in the supply, circuit. Fig. 11 shows a modification in which a second incandescent or platinum lamp 1, having its filament wound like a solenoid, is acted upon at one pole by the coil 15 in the line-circuit, the receiver 6 being in circuit with a coil 16 near the other pole of the filament solenoid. The fluctuations of current in the lamp 1 act on the resistance 3 as before. The coil 15 may be replaced by a bi-polar coil, in which case the receiver 6 is connected to a coil in the field of the lamp 3. When the apparatus is used as a telephonic or telegraphic transmitter for wire or wireless working, the linecircuit I is omitted, and the incandescent filament or heating-wire of a platinum lamp is directly influenced by the fluctuations of air during speaking, or, in the case of telegraphy, by a blast of air controlled by bellows and a rubber ball. Different methods of connecting the line-circuit I to the supply-circuit II, and of connecting the receiver 6 to the oscillation circuit III, are described. Specifications No. 21,629, A.D. 1900, No. 1414, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], Nos. 1848 and 7028, A.D. 1908, and Nos. 4026 and 4027, A.D. 1909, are referred to.
Patent GB-190821033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Knitting Machines.
Inventor: LEIBERT HENRY ANTON EMIL
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1909-10-06
Abstract: 21,033. Liebert, H. A. E. Oct. 6. Knitting. - machines.- Relates to machines, chiefly circular, having means to indicate the number of courses knitted. The driving- wheel b and the gear-ring a are made nearly equal in size, and the relative movement thus obtained is indicated by a pointer d on the gear-ring, and a graduated sole on the driving-wheel, or vice versa. The driving-wheel and gear-ring may be placed out of gear for the purpose of setting the pointer to zero.
Patent GB-190821626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Knives and like Articles.
Inventor: GRAHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1908-10-13
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 21,626. Graham, G., and Mosley, F. Oct. 13. Boxes combined with knife &c. cleaning apparatus. -An appliance for use in cleaning knives &c. comprises two pieces of material such as felt or leather B, C, Fig. 4, secured crossways to a block of wood A, the knife being passed between them. Abutments F or stops are provided to prevent the cutting through of the upper piece of material. In a modification, the top layer is attached to the block at one end only. As shown in Fig. 2, the device may be secured to the inside of the lid D of an emery tin.
Patent GB-190824214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closures for Milk Jars and the like.
Inventor: CAUFFMAN ROBERT MILTON
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 24,214. Cauffman, R. M. Nov. 11. Capsule closures and the like.-A closure for milk jars and the like consists of a disk 3 of fibrous material pervious to air and coated at 4 on one or both sides with a substance such as paraffin impervious to air &c. except where it is provided with holes 5.
Patent GB-190902896-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Accessible Check Feed Valve for Steam Generators or Steam Generating Plant.
Inventor: TETLOW CHARLES ERNEST
IPC: F16K15/18
Filed: 1909-02-06
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 2896. Tetlow, C. E. Feb. 6. Lift valves; dirt and the like, rem o v i n g ; check valves. - A regulating feed-valve a for boilers consists of a conical body a<1> which is freely supported upon a screwed spindle a<2>, and is adapted to deflect the feed-water outwards against the walls of the valve casing. An inclined ledge a<5> above the valve seating deflects the water inwards, thus washing away dirt and sediment from the seating. The check valve b<3>, connected with the above-described valve, is limited in its lift by a stop on the cover of the casing, and the clack-box is also provided with a non-return lift valve b2.
Patent GB-190903012-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Mechanism for Displaying Advertisements or other Information.
Inventor: TAS HERMAN
IPC: G09F11/12
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 3012. Tas, H. June 28. Plates and the like, travelling.-In apparatus in which advertising or like sheets are slidably mounted side by side in a movable container, and anyone of them is selected for exposure in accordance with the setting of an indicator, the container d, Fig. 5, is moved into position by screw-shafts n, operated upon the setting of the indicator; and forks f<1> engage projections b<1> on the frame b, holding the selected sheet, and raise them to the view-position when a wire or cord i is pulled and the bracket g slides up the rod h. Simultaneously, a weighted lever o, on either side of the apparatus, moves with the bracket g and engages one of a set of holes in a plate q of the holder d. This locking of the mechanism during exposure of a sheet may be effected on the spindle of the indicator-wheel e. A spring-controlled pointer e<1> may be employed to engage notches in the indicator-wheel e to ensure accurate setting. The last sheet displayed may be kept exposed by counterbalancing the display-sheets &c. Electrical or other power may be employed, and the control of the sheets to be exposed may be effected by a timing-device.
Patent GB-190904192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ships.
Inventor: LYTTLE THOMAS WILLIAM
IPC: B63B3/00
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 4192. Lyttle, T. W. Feb. 20. F r a m e s and framing.-In vessels with cellular double bottoms, the transverse frames are closely spaced within the double bottoms and are widely spaced outside or above the double bottoms, and these frames are used in conjunction with longitudinal beams and closelyspaced transverse deck beams. Fig. 2 shows a partial longitudinal s e ction, and Fig. 3 a partial transverse section. The transverse frames a<1>, between which in the double bottoms are arranged the frames a, are outside or above the double bottoms preferably formed of double angles 1, 2 with a plate 3 l e t i n between them, worked intercostally between the fore and aft girders b and connected to the plating D by lugs c<3>. This intercostal plate is connected to the tank margin plate C, and is curved at e<1>, e<2>, e<3> for connexion to the beams E, F, G, respectively. The closely-spaced intermediate deck beams d<1> are connected to the plates D and longitudinals b by means of brackets i and double or single angle lugs j, as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. A continuous stringer l<1> is fitted above the deck beams. The double bottoms in addition to be framed with the continuous transverse floors c may have intermediate frames, Fig. 3<a>, of angle section and reverse bars a<3> secured to brackets c<1> and to the longitudinal beams b.
Patent GB-190905567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Candle Lamps.
Inventor: REGNART CHARLES CLARE
IPC: H01K1/18
Filed: 1909-03-08
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 5567. Regnart, C. C. March 8. Candles, imitation; filaments, s u p p o r t s for.- Leading in wires c, c<1> are connected to the filament at the top of a central stem, and pendent filament -loops pass loosely below preferably lo n gended hooks g at the base ; this allows the filament to expand f r e e l y without distortion. The stem may be solid or h Ilow, and may have additional supports at the top over which the filament is looped.
Patent GB-190905811-A (GB)
Title: Electric Apparatus for Controlling the Operation of a Number of Machines or other Devices from a Distant Point.
Inventor: WIRTH CHRISTOPH
IPC: H01H51/08
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 5811. Wirth, C., and Beck, C. March 11, 1908, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Propelling; steering.-An electric selector controlled wirelessly or over wires may be used to close one or more of a number of circuits whereby the steering-gear or other mechanism of an airship is actuated.
Patent GB-190910579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Pianos of the Horizontal Type.
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 10,579. Stuart, H., and Broadwood & Sons, J. May 4. Player-pianos; blowing and exhausting air; treadle devices.-In an automatic horizontal piano, the treadles a, which are adapted to be folded up, are pivoted on a bar l and are connected by links b to the arms c of bell-crank levers, the other arms e of which are connected by links f to the bellows. The bar l is connected by pivoted links m to a framework n, and the arms c are so arranged that the initial pressure of the feet upon the treadles is approximately normal to these arms. The treadles may be folded up into the position shown in dotted lines, a vertical bar k which engages the bar l being provided to limit their movement. The "expression" pedals p, for use in playing the instrument manually, are pivoted on a spindle q, carried by a bracket r which is mounted on rods s. The bellows g are arranged below the key-bed, preferably at such a distance that the upper boards can be oscillated. The valves x comprise metal strips resting on felt.
Patent GB-190910774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sulphur Burners.
Inventor: GRIMM PAUL HENRY
IPC: C01B17/54
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 10,774. Grimm, P. H. May 6. Fire - extinguishing by gases.-Burners for generating sulphur dioxide for fire-extinguishing, of the type in which the sulphur to be fed to the combustion chamber is melted in a reservoir 3 heated by the burning sulphur, are arranged so that the pressures inside and outside the reservoir 3 are equalized by arranging a by-pass 23 between the gas delivery system and the reservoir. The reservoir is charged through a branch 6 provided with a removable cover 7, and a screw-down plug 8 is used for adjusting the flow of melted sulphur. The burner is water-jacketed as usual, and the burning-pan 2<1> is preferably a separate member supported on legs as shown in Fig. 1. Air is supplied to the furnace by a compressor 13 through a pipe 12, and the gases are withdrawn by a pipe 17 and passed through a system of tubes 19 arranged in the water-jacket. In order that the strength of the gas may be regulated, a by-pass 18 is arranged between the pump and the delivery system 26 so that pure air may be passed directly into the latter. An opening 27 gives access to the firing-pan 2'.
Patent GB-190915664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vermin Traps.
Inventor: HOWELL RICHARD
IPC: A01M23/16
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 15,664. Howell, R. July 5. Animal traps; animals, catching and destroying. - Relates to a poultry-feeding appliance provided with vermin traps. The sides of the food receptacle a are provided with groups of bars c having gaps d. A sliding frame e with similar groups of bars f is operated from a distance to close the openings d and trap the vermin within. The other end b is provided with a gangway w leading on to weighted platforms g, i so connected together that they are only operated by the depression of the inner platform j. The vermin are precipitated into a removable receptacle s with a sliding cover. Vermin trapped in the food chamber a pass into the receiver s by a sliding door t. The appliance stands on legs u and is provided with perches v.
Patent GB-190919806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Couches, Bedsteads, and the like.
Inventor: BUNTING JOHN GREENHOUGH
IPC: A47C21/08
Filed: 1909-08-30
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 19,806. Bunting, J. G. Aug. 30. Bedsteads; seats. - A side guard for a couch or bedstead is fitted with a table, and comprises a frame A held in a vertical position by means of angular projections C' of square cross - section held in correspondingly-shaped sockets E by a sliding bolt F secured by a spring catch F<1>. When not in use, the projections are withdrawn from their sockets, and slid along rails D<1> beneath the couch. A table G, having pins sliding in grooves in the vertical rails, is locked in position between cross-bars A<3>, A' by a cam H. According to the Provisional Specification, the table may be hinged to the top rail of the guard. A net mounted on a roller may be fitted to the couch.
Patent GB-190921986-A (GB)
Title: Feathering-blade Paddle-wheel.
Inventor: ROURKE JOHN
IPC: B63H1/04
Filed: 1909-09-27
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 21,986. Rourke, J. Sept. 27. Paddle-wheels; driving-arrangements for paddlew h e e l s . - Relates to a paddle wheel with feathering blades, and to driving-means in which the power is transmitted from a power shaft to the wheel through radial arms adapted to engage friction rollers secured to the blades. The blades b, Figs. 1 and 2, are pivoted between pairs of spokes a by means of shafts e, to which they are rigidly secured, and which are provided with forked cranks e' carrying rollers f, f<1>. The wheel is driven from an engine or motor-driven shaft m by means of a member B having radial arms i, which are adapted to engage the rollers f, f<1>, thus positioning the blades b for the thrust. The blades swing by gravity into a vertical position when out of the water, and are feathered by the action of the water, and of the arm i. The paddle-wheel may be locked in a stationary position by means of a spring-pressed brake-lever, which is brought into engagement with the rim of the wheel by means of a cord.
Patent GB-190922062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boots.
Inventor: MERCER EDWARD
IPC: A43B5/02
Filed: 1909-09-28
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 22,062. Mercer, E. Sept. 28. Athletic boots.-A divided instep strap 1 is provided with eyelet holes 3, and is sewn all along its length to the upper 2.
Patent GB-190924531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for Dewing or similarly Treating Fabrics, Fibrous Materials and the like.
Inventor: BRIGGS WILLIAM
IPC: D06B1/00
Filed: 1909-10-26
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 24,531. Briggs, W. Oct. 26. Aerated sprayers; nozzies for producing whirling and like sprays.-A machine for dewing, and similarly treating textile fabrics &c., by spraying them with a liquid or semi-liquid, comprises means for causing a jet of compressed air or its equivalent to impinge upon the liquid and so break it up into spray and also for giving the spray or mixture so formed a whirling movement prior to its discharge. Two closed cylinders a, b, Fig. 1, are connected respectively, by pipes a<2>, b<2> to one chamber containing the liquid under pressure and another containing compressed air or the like. A number of cross-pipes c are each connected by a T-joint e to the liquid cylinder a and by an #-joint f to the air cylinder b, and each terminates in a screwed - on nozzle g. Each nozzle, Fig. 3, comprises a cup j, into the top of which is screwed a domed cap k having one or more small holes k<2>. In use, the atomizing- fluid impinges upon the liquid where it rises at the T-joint e and carries it forward through a tangentially-arranged passage l into the chamber j, wherein the mixture receives in consequence a whirling movement before ejection through the hole k<2>.
Patent GB-190926584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Opening and Closing and Locking Sliding Doors.
Inventor: CONNER FRANK
IPC: E05F11/54
Filed: 1909-11-16
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 26,584. Conner, F. Nov. 16. Operating sliding doors. -Sliding doors having brackets carrying rollers running upon guides above and below are pro. vided with nuts 11 retained between lugs on the brackets 12 and engaging right and left hand screws 26., 27, which are driven by bevel-gearing and a third shaft 32 from a closed box 47 of gearing adapted to be operated by a detachable handle 43. The upper guideway or rail 16 consists of a trough-shaped bar having an integral overhanging portion 20 to protect the exposed parts. The driving bevel-wheel 35 in the gear box is mounted on a stud 38, and the outer end of its boss is bored larger and recessed at one side to receive the correspondingly - shaped head of the handle 43. The box 47 is provided with a vertically sliding plate having an aperture corresponding to the recess 40. This aperture alines with the recess 40 when the plate 48 is raised. The plate and the casing are each provided with a perforated lug 53 to receive a padlock, the key of which may be secured to the handle 43.
Patent GB-191000903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for Trolley Wires and like Overhead Electric Conductors.
Inventor: MOORE BERTRAM
IPC: B60M1/02
Filed: 1910-01-13
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 903. Moore, B., and Crompton, E. Jan. 13. Mechanical cut-outs for disconnecting overhead wires in case of breakage are composed of a supporting-frame b, e and two arms a pivoted thereon at g, to which the wires c are attached by screws g<1> on the same side of the pivots as the wedge-shaped contact-ends of the arms a, the point of attachment of each wire being practically in line with the pivot and contact points of the corresponding arm. The arms are held by the tension of the wires in the inclined bottom of the supporting-frame which electrically unites them. When a wire breaks, its attached arm a is dragged out of contact, as shown by the dotted lines. According to the Provisional Specification, the arm may have an extension on the other side of the pivot, with which the wire engages when it breaks. In a modification, shown in Figs. 3 and 5, there is a device for simultaneously making connexion to an auxiliary wire i. A swivel piece o mounted in contact with the wire i is forced into contact with the frame e by a pin m turning with the arm a. Contact may be made by the stud m in other ways than the one shown.
Patent GB-191006644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the use of Liquid Fuel Burners.
Inventor: HOEVELER HERBERT FREDERICK
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1910-03-16
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 6644. H÷veler, H. F. March 16. [Cognate Applications, 13,003/10 and 17,371/10.] Spray burners; burners, mounting.-A spray burner a and a conical or square, fireclay-lined, ignition-chamber b, expanding towards its outlet, are relatively adjustable and separable, and are mounted in front and independently of, and either at a distance from, or so as to project slightly within, a furnace, boiler, oven, stove, &c. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, particularly adaptable to revolving furnaces, the ignition-chamber b is suspended by chains e, and carries the burner by a rod g and crosshead h. In a modification, the ignition-chamber is mounted on a pedestal and provided with an elongated refractory lining to direct the flame to the centre of the furnace, the air supply for combustion then entering through the ash-pit or some separate apertures. In another construction, the conical ignition-chamber is constricted at the outlet end. When used with reverberatory furnaces, the outlet is rectangular. According to the first Provisional Specification, the ignition-chamber has air inlets, it may be cylindrical or helical in shape, and, instead of having one outlet aperture, it may be provided with a perforated plate or cone. In the second Provisional Specification it is stated that air under pressure is supplied along with the fuel, besides that used for spraying it