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Patent GB-190901974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filtering Air Laden with Dry Dust.
Inventor: MOWER GEORGE AUGUSTUS
IPC: B01D46/04
Filed: 1909-01-27
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 1974. Mower, G. A. Jan. 27. Filtering.-Relates to air-filtering apparatus of the type in which the air is filtered through tubes of textile or like material, and consists in special means for shaking the tubes to remove dust from them, and for cutting-off the air current from the tubes while they are being shaken. The tubes E are arranged around a central vertical shaft N carrying a spring-controlled striker M, which is held back by stationary stops S, and, on passing them, strikes against wooden rings L surrounding the tubes. The shaft N also carries dampers W arranged to close the top and bottom of the tubes when they are struck by the striker L, and for a sufficient time after to allow the dust to settle.
Patent GB-190902077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Instruments for the Determination of Angles, Distances and the like.
Inventor: MITKEWITSCH WJATSCHESLAFF
IPC: G01C1/02
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1910-01-28
Abstract: 2077. Mitkewitsch, W. Jan. 28. Gyroscopic apparatus.-A gyroscopic fly-wheel a gives a datum line or direction for t h e sighting-device such as a telescope s of instruments used for measuring the angular distance apart of two objects, and otherwise for surveying or other purposes. As shown, the telescope carries a pointer f reading-off on a scale m on one of the gimbal rings of the gyroscope mounting, or alternatively the telescope may have spiderlines in its focal plane and the apparent drift of the object across these in a certain time may give data for correcting gun-sights &c. The readings may be magnified by means of a finger wheel device, and the whole may be applied to telemetry, the gyroscope being utilized to give a fixed direction which is transferred electrically to a plane table for graphic calculation purposes.
Patent GB-190904530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Wheels of Vehicles Adapted to Run on Rails.
Inventor: LANCE WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH
IPC: B60B17/00
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 4530. Lance, W. H. J. Feb. 24. [Addition to 15,304/07.] Wheels with parts relatively rotatable about a diameter. - A wheel for railway and like vehicles, of the kind described in the parent Specification, consists of a boss b with a convex periphery fixed to the axle a, an intermediate ring c of less width than the boss b with a flat inner face and a convex outer face, and a ring d narrower than the ring c with a flat inner face, which carries the tread or is connected to the tread by spokes or by a web. Relative rotation between the rings c, d is prevented by two pins f diametrically opposite, and rotation between the ring c and boss b is prevented by two pins e arranged at the ends of a diameter perpendicular to the axis of the pins f. Pairs of diametrically opposed lugs g, h the inner faces of which are rounded are secured to the boss and the intermediate ring respectively, to limit the lateral movement of the component parts of the wheels.
Patent GB-190906926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Clutches for Coupling Revolving Shafts.
Inventor: KELLY ALEXANDER
IPC: F16D11/10
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 6926. Kelly, A., and Hansen, C. D. B. March 23. Steering-gear.-Relates to devices for ensuring the proper engagement of clutch teeth, shown applied to ships' steering-gear. A clutch sleeve B carried by the driven shaft H may be engaged with hand gearing I, I<1> or with the steam-gear shaft E, and is provided with a sleeve A having a longitudinal slot C adapted to be engaged by a bevel-ended spring-pressed pin D carried by the shaft E when the clutch teeth register. When the clutch teeth do not register, the sleeve A strikes the pin d and prevents further movement of the sleeve B until the sleeve has been brought into proper position by the hand gearing I, I<1>.
Patent GB-190913515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Producing Heat for and in Furnaces for Firing Brick and Pottery Kilns.
Inventor: COTTON FRANK
IPC: F27D99/00
Filed: 1909-06-09
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 13,515. Cotton, F. June 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Kiln fire-places.-Consists in the application to brick and pottery kilns of the furnace and process of combustion described in Specification 1233/09. The furnace may form part of the kiln structure, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be mounted on a truck, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it may be transported on rails from fire-hole to fire-hole. Forced draught is produced by jets of superheated steam discharging into air passages leading from the atmosphere into the burning fuel and combustion is completed before the hot gases enter the kiln proper. When the furnace is portable, a boiler 47, Fig. 4, is mounted on the same truck as the furnace, and communicating with the top and bottom of the boiler is a sinuous tube 29, in which steam is generated, arranged within spaces 28 in one side wall of the furnace. Steam from the boiler is superheated in a coil 32 arranged above the crown of the furnace and covered with sand. The superheated steam is led to nozzles 38 projecting into apertures 36 leading into the bed of live fuel 35. Fuel is fed to the furnace through a door in the upper part of the front of the furnace and cinders, which form a bed of considerable depth below the live fuel, are raked out through a door at the lower part of the furnace front. The hot gases escape through a circular opening 8 into the firing-hole of the kiln. When the furnace forms part of the permanent structure of the kiln, as shown in Fig. 2, each firing-hole is provided with a similar furnace, except that the steam supply for the blast is superheated in a coil 2 arranged in a chamber 3 of the central furnace only, and led to each individual furnace.
Patent GB-190914741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Accounting Machines such as Cash Registers and Distant Totalizers therefor.
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 14,741. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. June 23. Cash registers; counting-apparatus with variablestep movement.-Means are provided for totalling on a distant counter the amounts of the transaction dealt with by a cash register. The apparatus is shown applied to a known form of register in which vertical racks are set by the amount levers. These gear with pinions 31 attached to cylinders 32, one for each denomination, and having ribs 33 of different lengths which lie in the path of a sliding block 37 moved transversely by a screwthread on a shaft 46. The ribbed cylinders being set differentially to the amount of the transaction, the block 37 is moved across the machine by means of gearing 70, 71, 72, Fig. 3, and a clutch 73, and is returned by a spring 81, under control of a retarding escapement on the shaft 46. During the return, a contact-making device consisting of a bent lever 38 with a one-way pawl 39 engages the ribs 33, while another contact 44 engages plates 51, one for each denomination so that impulses are sent to the required number for each denomination to solenoids 53, Fig. 5, which actuate the distant totalizer. The clutch 73 is disengaged by the lever 85 and cam 84 at the end of the operation of the crank-handle, and is held out of engagement by the catch 91, which is only released when the sliding block 37 on return to normal position tightens the flexible connexion 92. The setting- levers and crank handle are locked while the block 37 is away from its normal position by the solenoids 91<a>, 99, which lock the rack detent plungers 95 and the main shaft locking-disk 25<a> respectively, the solenoids being energized through the contact lever 101 on the sliding block which engages the plate 103.
Patent GB-190915233-A (GB)
Title: Safety Anchor for Airships and the like.
Inventor: EHRENBERG FRIEDRICH VON
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 15,233. Ehreaberg, F. von. June 29. Ground - anchors. - An anchor for air-ships comprises a pointed steel shaft 2, which is driven into the earth, and which carries, either hinged thereto at 3, as shown in Fig. 1, or rigidly connected thereto as shown in Fig. 2, flexible sharp-edged arms 1 pressed outward by springs 4. To release the anchor, the ropes 5 attached to the ends of the arms 1 are pulled.
Patent GB-190926654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-propellers.
Inventor: PURSELL JOHN
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1909-11-17
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 26,654. Pursell, J. Nov. 17. Screw propellers.-Propeller blades A are formed with an opening B covered by a pervious screen c made up of cross rods or wires or the like, leaving spaces between them of about the same width as the cross rods. The opening B, may be considerably larger than that shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190926808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Collectors for Electricity for Overhead Conductor Traction Systems.
Inventor: KOEHLER WILLY
IPC: B60L5/36
Filed: 1909-11-18
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 26,808. K÷hler, W. May 4, [Convention date]. Controlling-arrangements for collectors.-Relates to a device for facilitating the exchange of current collectors of railless vehicles, canal boats, &c. When two or more such vehicles travel in opposite directions and draw their energy from the same overhead conductor. The collecting-trollies are connected to the vehicles by conducting-cables having plug-and-socket connexions with the cables on the vehicles in the usual manner. The vehicle cables extend from the connexions d, Fig. 1, through a guidepipe a pivoted at b to the vehicle and adapted to be depressed by a hand-lever c so that the motorman can uncouple the connexion d when desired. The lever c is normally retained in a slot in the plate p. To reduce the friction on the upper end of the guide-pipe a, it is provided with a ball-race for engaging the cables, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191001508-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to the Propulsion of Navigable Vessels.
Inventor: BATES CHARLES
IPC: B63H19/00
Filed: 1910-01-20
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 1508. Bates, C., Bates, S. R., Johnson, G., and Cavey, T. J. Jan. 20. Propelling by power obtained from surrounding water.-Comprises apparatus by which the head of water due to a vessel's displacement is employed to operate a number of turbines fitted on the propeller shafts. Water is supplied to the turbines b by pipes d opening some distance below the waterline. Between the water-inlet and the turbine is fitted an hydraulic ram e. Valves are fitted to regulate the flow of water. An eccentric h is mounted loosely on the shaft c and is adapted to be moved by the lever i<1> to put the wheel m<1> in in gear with the wheel l<1>, so that rotation of the shaft c, to which the wheel m<1> is geared, raises the ram by the cord k. When the ram reaches its uppermost point, pressure is removed from the ram end of the lever i<1>, and the wheel m' is moved out of engagement with the wheel l<1>, permitting the ram to descend and giving an increased impulse to the water entering the turbines. The cord k may be replaced by levers. The water, after passing through the turbines, is pumped overboard by means of the vacuum formed above the hydraulic ram.
Patent GB-191011529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Preparation of Photomechanical Printing Surfaces and Printing.
Inventor: SAALBURG CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: G03F5/20
Filed: 1910-05-10
Granted: 1911-05-09
Abstract: 11,529. Saalburg, C. W. May 10. Photo-mechanical printing-surfaces; composite photographs.-Relates to the production of an intaglio printing - surface which shall include half-tone and whole-tone subjects, the background of the whole-tone subject being clear or free from screen effects. A positive is printed from a dry-plate negative representing the halftone subject upon a dry-plate large enough to include the whole - tone subjects. The film is removed except the part corresponding to the half-tone subject, and a wet-film positive of the whole-tone subjects is transferred to the glass plate in the relatively correct position. A sheet of carbon tissue is separately exposed under a screen and under the combination diapositive in the manner described in Specification 22,776/09. In this way a resist is obtained in which the background of the whole-tone portion is not broken up. The etching on the roller is done separately for the whole-tone and halftone parts. The exposed carbon tissue is transferred to and developed on the roller; all but the half-tone subject is then covered with asphalt varnish, and the whole-tone subject is etched. The varnish is subsequently removed, the etched half-tone part of the roller is protected with asphalt, and the whole-tone subject is etched. A weaker etching-bath is used for etching the whole-tone subject than is used for the half-tone subject.
Patent GB-191023175-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Trimming Wood Paving Blocks.
Inventor: PHILLIPS JOHN
IPC: E01C19/02
Filed: 1910-10-06
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 23,175. Phillips, J. Oct. 6. Circular-saw machines.-Relates to apparatus for cleaning and trimming old wood paving- blocks and sawing off the worn faces. The blocks D are carried on their sides over a table B by means of fingers j<2> on an endless chain J passing over pulleys j, j', L, the blocks being operated on successively by a rotating steel brush F, a rotary cutter G, and a circular saw H. Only those portions of the sides adjacent to the worn faces of the blocks are cleaned. The blocks are pressed against a guide K by springs k and are kept down on the table by springs k<1>, but, when the blocks arrive at the saw H, they are pressed back by springs against an adjustable fence on the opposite side of the table B. Other sides of the blocks may be cleaned by a separate operation or by brushes F<1>, F<2> connected with the same apparatus. Blocks are fed down a hopper C and are pressed against a rotary brush F<1> by a spring plate c; after reaching the bottom of the trough, the blocks are carried up the inclined table B', their top sides being cleaned by the brush F<2>. The brushes comprise wedge-shaped pins f<2> loosely mounted between washers f<3> on spindles f<1> around the peripheries of flanges on wheels f.
Patent GB-191024171-A (GB)
Title: Method of Milking.
Inventor: SHARPLES DAVID TOWNSEND
IPC: A01J5/08
Filed: 1910-10-18
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 24,171. Sharples, D. T. Oct. 18. Cow - milkers. - In milking, the teat is subjected to suction alternating with pressure exerted over substantially the entire surface previously subjected to suction. Suction is applied by the nozzle c<11> to the interior of the flexible lining B of the teat-cup, while around the lining a higher vacuum alternates with a pressure slightly above atmospheric, applied through a pipe a<11> to an annular space a<1>. During exhaustion, the lining B is drawn back against the casing A; during pressure, it is forced forward around the teat and upwards against its extremity so that the blood and milk vesicles are restored to their norma conditions, and internal suction is cut off from the teat. This suction may be intermittent, and the pressure on the teat may be arranged to act successively from the point to the root. The lining B consists preferably of a thin rubber tube secured in the flared ends of the casing A by the ring c and the cup C.
Patent GB-191024244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mirrors.
Inventor: GEISLER LOUIS
IPC: G02B5/08
Filed: 1910-10-19
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 24,244. Geisler, L. Oct. 20, 1909, [Convention date]. Reflectors. - To prevent doubling of the images produced either by reflection or refraction, mirrors a are employed consisting of very thin sheets of celluloid &c., which may be coloured, and are mounted and stretched in a frame consisting of concentric rings b, c of which the outer one is adjustably tensioned by a spring e so as to allow for slackness &c. caused by varying hygrometric conditions. The mirrors are for use in three-colour photography &c.
Patent GB-191025795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Issuing Metal Checks and the like.
Inventor: GILMORE WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1911-05-18
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 25,795. Gilmore, W. G. May 18, 1911. Tokens, issuing; registering number of.-The checks or tokens are fed upwards and ejected by a foot-operated slide, and the number issued is registered on a counter operated through an arm depending normally into an aperture in the uppermost check. The checks are threaded on a rod m, detachably mounted, and are pressed upwards by a collar n connected by cords with spring drums q. An arm projects from the counter f into the central hole in the top check, and when this is ejected by the slide c, the arm is oscillated, and actuates the counter. The slide is slotted to enable the arm to return to its vertical position before the check is actually ejected.
Patent GB-191113751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hinges for Door or Window Frames.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: E05D7/12
Filed: 1911-06-09
Granted: 1912-06-10
Abstract: 13,751. Johnson, J. Y., [Bull, E. J.]. June 9. Hinges.-To enable hinges to be secured to metal door or window frames without the use of screws or bolts, the hinge flaps which are connected to the frames are provided with headed studs a adapted to engage keyhole slots b in the frame. The other flaps are provided with ordinary screw - holes c. The narrow portions of the keyhole slots for the lower hinge project upwardly to prevent removal of the door or window. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 16,458/94 and 23,025/07.
Patent GB-191116311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Closure Devices or Cover Plates for Retorts.
Inventor: CLARKE HERMAN
IPC: C10B25/04
Filed: 1911-07-14
Granted: 1912-07-15
Abstract: 16,311. Clarke, H., and Campbell, J. A. July 14. Retort doors. - For closing a retort b, a sliding door c is mounted in a slideway and adapted when near the closed position to be pressed into contact with the seating a<2> provided on the door frame a by co-operating inclined surfaces d', projections, cams, or the like provided upon the door and the slideways. Any means may be employed to move the coverdoor c, for example a rack e engaging a pinion f on a shaft g.
Patent GB-191116608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Perambulators and the like.
IPC: B60C25/00
Filed: 1911-07-19
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 16,608. Marks, E. C. R., [Brinch & Spehr]. July 19. [Addition to 16,910/10.] Tyre attachments to rims.-In a tyre comprising a tread-carrying ring of which the ends are joined by a spiral spring 3, the ends of the spring are secured by pins 4 in recesses 6 in the ring, and the ring is grooved to receive the tread 2. In a modification, the ring is a split tube, the edges of which engage in grooves in the sides of the tread; the tube may be filled with material to provide a seating for-the tread.
Patent GB-191117050-A (GB)
Title: Improved Instrument for Measuring Gradients.
Inventor: EMILE WIRTH
IPC: G01C9/12
Filed: 1911-07-25
Abstract: 17,050. Wirth, E. July 26,1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Levels.-For measuring gradients, a rule a is provided with a casing b containing a spindle e carrying a flywheel f and a pointer g, which moves upon a dial i. Suspended from the spindle c is a weight l in which is a hole m engaging a pin n on the fly-wheel f. When the rule is horizontal, the pointer g is at zero on the dial i. A brake p is provided for securing the fly-wheel in any position to facilitate reading.
Patent GB-191120438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: ACHILLE LUCIA
IPC: B60C7/12
Filed: 1911-09-15
Abstract: 20,438. Lucia, A. Sept. 17, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and pneumatic, rubber-ring, and like cushions.-The inner rim h is of channel-section characterized by a detachable flange i with a stepped joint m. The outer rim slides between the flanges and is of wood or metal in two parts b, d fitted with a rubber tread band a. The cushion consists of a continuous pneumatic tube, or, as shown, of rubber balls or cylinders k fitted into opposing recesses.
Patent GB-191121580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door-locks.
Inventor: ALBIN LOTZE
IPC: E05C1/06
Filed: 1911-09-30
Abstract: 21,580. Lotze, A. Dec. 13, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Night-latches; sliding bolts.-The lock bolt y of a two-bolt lock is operated by turning the latch handle x, a lever s being connected at one end to the bolt and at the other end to an arm v secured to the handle spindle w. The lever s is connected not directly to the bolt but to a slide a', which, when moved, first releases the lock levers and then operates the bolt. Emergency-exit fastenings. - The handle of the lock may be enclosed by a wedge-shaped casing with a glass front which has to be broken before the bolt can be operated.
Patent GB-191125267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Plastic Applying Devices.
Inventor: SWENSON CHARLES
IPC: E04F21/10
Filed: 1911-11-13
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 25,267. Swenson, C. Nov. 13. Plastering.-A plastering-machine, provided with means for forcibly -discharging plastic material against a wall or other surface, is mounted on a broad structure 1 ... 5 and comprises a hopper 7 supported by lifting-tackle 16, 18, 19, 20, the upward movement of the hopper actuating the discharge mechanism. Inside the hopper are removably mounted a shaft 8, carrying loose gear-wheels engaging racks 6 and a ratchet-device which allows rotation of the shaft 8 during the upward movement of the hopper. The shaft 8 carries a boss 12, with a number of spoon-shaped spring-arms 13 which, after picking up cement &c. off a plate 29, strike a bar 14 and project the cement with force against the surface to be covered. An adjustable trowel member 35, carried by the hopper, may smooth the cement. The shaft 8 is connected by chain and sprocket gear to a feeding-cylinder 26 with paddles 28, some of which are sufficiently long to strike, in passing, a bar 31 on the feeding-plate 29, and so feed forward the cement &c.
Patent GB-191127082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum and like Gauges.
IPC: G01L19/08
Filed: 1911-12-04
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 27,082. Schõffer & Budenberg, [Schõffer & Budenberg Ges.]. Dec. 4. Vacuum gauges, indicating-means for.-A vacuum gauge for condensers has the scale fitted so as to be manually adjustable in order to render the readings free from the effect of variations of atmospheric pressure. A milled knob L by means of bevel-gear turns the scale disk F, the setting being made by bringing the zero of the scale opposite the barometric height on a fixed scale D. A barometer may be inset in the gauge as shown at M. In a modification, the pressure scale may be moved directly by hand on opening the glazed front.
Patent GB-191204560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Couplings for Colliery Trams or Corves.
Inventor: HUGHES DAVID
IPC: B61G5/02
Filed: 1912-02-23
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 4560. Hughes, D. Feb. 23. [Cognate Application, 21,470/12.] Couplings, non - automatic.-A coupling for mining-trams comprises a bar a with downturned ends b forming pins which engage the holes in the draw-bars c, and a second bar d suspended from the bar a by forged straps or the like e to prevent the pins b from being jerked out of the holes. The straps e are adapted to be turned about the axis of the bar a, and, in the form shown in Fig. 1, bear against shoulders a<1> on the bar. In a modification, Fig. 2, the central portion of the bar a is hammered out as shown at a<2>, and the straps e turn in grooves a<3>. To prevent the bar d from swinging about, a pivoted catch f is provided at each side of the bar a.