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Patent GB-190704931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1907-02-28
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 4931. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 28. Arc lamps. - A central draughttube, employed as in the lamp described in Specification No. 6040, A.D. 1904, consists of a fixed - upper part 3 and a lower part 9 sliding in the upper. The upper part 3 supports solenoids 11 and, preferably by means of narrow parallel vertical plates, a disk 2. The lower part 9 may have a bellshaped end in which is secured the holder 7<a> of the upper electrode, which may be consuming or non- consuming. The part 9 is engaged by crossed clutches 17, 18 connected to the cores and armatures of the solenoids.
Patent GB-190706228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Azo Colouring Matters and Pigments or Lakes therefrom.
Filed: 1907-03-14
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 6228. Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik. June 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyes, artificial; lakes.-Consists in employing 5 - nitro - 2 - chloraniline, 6 - nitro -3 - chloraniline, 4-nitro-3-chloraniline, or 3-nitro-4-chloraniline in place of the chlornitraniline described in Specification No. 6227, A.D. 1907. The resulting dyes yield yellow-orange to orange-red shades. The process for the preparation of the dyes and lakes is the same as that in the above-mentioned Specification.
Patent GB-190708065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Change Speed Gearing.
Inventor: SCOONES EDWARD HENRY
IPC: H02K47/16
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 8065. Scoones, E. H. April 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Variable-speed gearing.-Relates to an arrangement in connexion with change-speed gearing for locomotives and stationary machinery for indicating when the teeth of two toothed wheels are travelling at the same speed, so that they may be brought into mesh without shock. The driving and driven shafts a, a<1> carrying suitable pairs of toothed wheels are arranged to rotate the centrifugal governors g, g<1> of the vertical shafts f, f through bevel - gearing. The governors are connected through sleeves h and links h<1> with the horizontal bars i, i<1> carrying disks j, j<1>, j<2>, k, k<1>, k<2> arranged in pairs within casings l. Each pair of disks corresponds with a pair of toothed wheels on the shafts a, a', and the disks are arranged so that one pair is raised into coincidence by the governors when the teeth of the corresponding pair of tnothed wheels are moving at the same speed. Warning may be given by bells. To change the gears, the speed of the driving-shaft a is varied from the motor.
Patent GB-190714678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Smokeless Fuel.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 14,678. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. June 25. Materials for making coke. - A mixture of about one-third wet peat and two-thirds bituminous coal is coked at a temperature of 850‹ F. A solution of calcium chloride may be added before heating.
Patent GB-190717677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Dyes.
Inventor: ULRICHS ERNST
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 17,677. Ulrichs, E. Nov. 17, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Dyes, artificial.-An azo dye is obtained bv combining diazotized 2 : 1-naphthylamine sulphonic acid and #-naphthol in presence of turkey-red oil; the dye yields a blue-red calcium lake. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 describes also the substitution of soap, stearic acid, albumen, casein, tragacanth, starch, &c., for turkey-red oil ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190725360-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Toy or Game Implement.
Inventor: FRESNAYE JEAN ANDRE DE LA
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 25,360. La Froanaye, J. A. de. Aug. 13 [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spinning toys; tops. - A spinning spool is made of two hollow conical parts a, b composed of thin rubber or gutta-percha, connected together by a piece c of metal or other hard material, their bases being compressed and sprung into undercut grooved rims d of hard rubber. The parts may be further secured by the use of rubber solution or other adhesive.
Patent GB-190728025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Thread Guides for Spinning, Twisting and like Machines.
Inventor: PALMER ISAAC EMERSON
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 28,025. Palmer, I. E. Dec. 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Thread guides.-The edges of the clamping-plate 11 are bent so as to embrace the looped shank of the thread-guide, the limbs of which are flattened on either or both sides to provide a greater bearing- surface. It is stated in the Specification in the original form, as published under the Act of 1901, that the clamping-member may be shaped so as to act as a guard to prevent the thread from catching in the shank ; that it may be extended so as to contact with the surface to which the guide is secured ; and that a washer may be interposed between the shank of the guide and the fingerboard section. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190803541-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Vermin Trap for Mice, Rats and the like.
Inventor: FLORANCE WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 3541. Florance, W. J. Feb. 17. Traps.-In a vermin trap of the " throw-over " type, a T-shaped catch e is pivoted to the base a. One arm d of the catch engages the end of a lever c, the other arm d' supporting the bait g.
Patent GB-190804637-A (GB)
Title: Electrically Driven Trackless Train
Inventor: WAGNER FRITZ
Filed: 1908-02-29
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 4637. Wagner. F. March 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Traction engines and road locomotives; motor road vehicles.-A road train carries on the leading vehicle a prime-mover which operates a dynamo generating electricity, which is transmitted by means of conductors to electric motors on succeeding vehicles, all the axles of which can swivel and are driven in such a manner that equal tractive efforts are given to each wheel. An electro-magnetic braking system controlled from the leading vehicle is also provided. The leading vehicle carries the motor m and dynamo g, and following vehicles A carry electric motors e which receive power from two main leads 1, 2, starting from the dynamo and extending throughout the train. Each vehicle is connected with the fore-carriage of the next by a pole d, and the speed of travel is regulated by a rheostat r in series with the dynamo. The electric motors e which drive each wheel are of the series type used in the steepest part of their characteristic curve so as to give practically the same tractive effort for a considerable change in speed, As an alternative arrangement, one electric motor is used to drive a differential countershaft which transmits the motor through chains to the driving-axle. The front and back axles of each vehicle are coupled crossways with each other by rods Z, as shown in Fig. 2. For braking, an electro-magnetic switch controlled from the leading vehicle and shown in Fig. 7 is provided. The bipolar switch u is operated by solenoids I, II so that, in the position shown, the field J only receives current from the leads 1, 2, while at the same time a resistance W is switched into the armature circuit and the motor works as a dynamo. In the other position of the switch, the field J is in series with the armature and the resistance W is cut out. For assembling the vehicles A &c. together, flexible conductors are led from the dynamo to the vehicle to be brought up.
Patent GB-190808314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Camera Stands.
Inventor: FESSENDEN WILFRED ASA
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 8314. Fessenden, W. A. April 14. Tripod stands.-A camera stand consists of a ladder 1, provided with hinged steps 6 and with braces 9 fixed by a pivot 10 and sector 11 ; the latter is hinged at its top and pivoted to a socket tube 14 at 13, a sector 15 being also provided. The camera is attached to a rod 18 held in a tube 17 by a screw 19, the tube 17 having a pin 24 to allow partial rotation and being clamped in the split tube by screws 20. The stand can be folded up for transportation.
Patent GB-190817605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BARTH SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-08-23
Abstract: 17,605. Barth, S. April 16, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, valve - gear for. The free end of a rocking lever c engages with a cam-surface b on the head of the valve-stem a. The lever c is actuated by a rod passing through a slot in the valve - stem. The arrangement is suitable where space is limited, as in marine engines. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also an arrangement in which the cam-surface is formed on the free end of the lever c and a frictionroller, or a plane surface, is provided on the end of the valve-stem, and states that the cam-surface may be dispensed with " by mounting the lever c eccentrically at f." This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 3176, A.D. 1908.]
Patent GB-190822125-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dirigible Balloon.
Inventor: FEUILLET LOUIS VALENTIN
Filed: 1908-10-19
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 22,125. Feuillet, L. V. Oct. 19. Aerial machines with aerostats; cars; aerostats; parachutes. - The cigarshaped aerostat is provided with a cover 3 secured at its sides to the central frame 2 of the aerostat, so that, should the aerostat become deflated, the cover will act as a parachute. The aerostat is oval in cross-section, and is provided with vanes at the rear and with a wedge-shaped keel 46. The car 6 is suspended from the parachute cover by cords 5. The upper section of the car comprises a compartment 8 for ballast, and chambers 12, 17 for the steering and driving gear, which are enclosed by a curtain 14. The lower part of the car comprises a chamber 25 for ammunition and a gun 26 and a chamber 28 for the electric motor and accumulators. Propelling.-Two propellers 16 each with two blades are secured at right-angles to one another on the shaft 15, and weights 31, 32 are arranged on the shaft to act as fly-wheels. Steering.-Two vertical planes 23, 24 are provided for steering ; they may be simultaneously operated by connecting the operating-cords 41 of the rudder 23 to the tiller 40 of the rudder 24, which is operated by gearing from the hand-wheel 13. The rudder 23 can be operated independently by cords 44.
Patent GB-190824691-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lantern for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: HOLZ ANTAL
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 24,691. Holz, A., Holz, P., and Schreiner, E. Nov. 17. Magic-lanterns.- In apparatus for projecting several images simultaneously, condensing - lenses 3 are mounted in the walls 4 of the lampcasing, and in front of each lens 3 is mounted an objective tube 5 in which the objective lens 6 is adjustably. mounted. The picture &c. 7 is arranged between the lenses. The casing is shaped to represent an article it is desired to advertise, or the package in which it is sold.
Patent GB-190900869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Points and Switches.
Inventor: FROMAN BEAL CLABORN
IPC: B61L5/10
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 869. Froman, B. C. Jan. 15, 1908, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Point tongues, mounting of; ground levers; locking-devices.-The point tongue 2 is normally raised clear of the sleepers by a spring 12, and is moved with the other tongue 3 by means of a spring 8 so as to open the main line. To open the branch line, the points are operated in opposition to the spring 8 by the stand lever 5. As soon as the wheels of a vehicle pass on to the tongue 2, it becomes depressed and engages a recess 10<b> in the sleeper 10<c>, which locks it in its set position during the passage of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190907728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Paper Bag Making Machines.
IPC: B31B19/14
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 7 7 2 8. Strachan & Henshaw, and Strachan, R. P. March 31. Pivoted - blade type. - In a machine for making paper bags from previously printed webs, the speed of the cutting-knife may be accelerated or retarded in order to keep the cut in register, as the web creeps or tags. The printed web a, Fig. 2, is fed into the machine in the usual way through feed-rolls b and centre rolls c, and the cutter blade d is located between these two sets of rolls. The blade is mounted at the end of a shaft e, which is driven by means of bevel-wheels from a shaft f connected to the feed-rolls. The adjustment device is secured on the shaft f and consists of twu spur-wheels g, h, Fig. 4, coupled together by a pair of pinions k, j, which are in gear with one another and are pivoted inside a casing m. The periphery of the casing is toothed and is engaged by a worm connected with a handle o. Thus by rotating the handle o, the angular position of the sleeve p which carries the bevels for rotating the blade d may be advanced or retarded with respect to the shaft f, and the time of cutting will be adjusted accordingly. The casing m may be rotated continuously by a friction wheel r slidably mounted on the worm shaft n<1> and driven by a friction disk q. In a modification, shown in Fig. 6, the shaft f carries a worm-wheel t engaged by a worm s carried on a flange s<1> fixed to the shaft p<1> which drives the cutter blade. The shaft s<2> of the worm is rotated in either direction by a friction wheel v adapted to be rotated by one or the other of two friction disks w, w<1> carried on a sleeve x feathered on the shaft p<1>. In a further modification, the cutter blade is driven from the feed-rolls by a belt running on tapered coned pulleys, and adjustment is effected by shifting the belt.
Patent GB-190907984-A (GB)
Title: Improved Gauge applicable to the Taps of Casks or Barrels for Indicating the Level of their Contents.
Inventor: LAWSON WILFRED
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 7984. Lawson, W. April 3. Gauge glasses.-The casing A of a gauge-glass for casks or barrels is fitted directly into the body of the tap B and in such a manner that no additional support is required.
Patent GB-190909693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Electric Lamps.
Inventor: JOEL HENRY FRANCIS
Filed: 1909-04-23
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 9693. Joel, H. F. April 23. [Addition to 11,106/08.] Battery lamps. - The portable lamp described in the parent Specific a t i o n is c o nstructed with a channelled or corrugated casing for holding the battery and protecting the connecting-wires. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the casing B is cast or moulded with channels E, in which the wires are placed. The cover is attached by screws N, and carries a screw-switch X. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the lamp is mounted within a glass V above or below the battery, the cover G is hinged, and the contacts of the screw-switch X are completely enclosed. In a modi6cation (not shown), a corrugated casing is held between flanged plates by three bolts. A lamp for cycles &c. has a square-shaped case with channels on two sides.
Patent GB-190912948-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device applicable to the Doors in the Front Casing of Carding Engine Cylinders.
Inventor: ALMOND JOHN HENRY
IPC: D01G31/00
Filed: 1909-11-25
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 12,948. Almond, J. H., and Wilde, G. F. Nov. 25. Guards controlling.-In a device for locking the doors in the front casing of carding-engine cylinders, a sliding bar d is connected to the door or to a lever a, Fig. 1, which rests against a door b, and is locked by a projection k', Fig. 2, which is carried by a spring-controlled arm k, enclosed in a casing situated behind the slotted pulley flange f<1>, and which engages a notch d' in the bar d. The spring arm k can only be moved by the insertion of a pin &c. through one of the holes in the pulley flange. A pivoted arm p having an extension q, in which there is a hole which registers with the projection k', is arranged to be normally in the path of movement of the belt m from the fast pulley to the loose pulley and vice versa. When the belt has been moved on to the loose pulley by raising the arm p, and passing the belt below it, and the door has been opened, the bar d is moved into such a position that it prevents the spring l from returning the projection k<1> into its normal position, and the projection is therefore kept in the hole q<1> and locks the extension q, and thus preventing the return of the belt on to the fast pulley until the door has been closed again.
Patent GB-190913689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twist Drills.
Inventor: BEARDSHAW WILLIAM FREDERICK
IPC: B23B51/02
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 13,689. Beardshaw, W. F. June 11. Drills.-A twist drill is made from a bar of the section shown in Fig. 1 by twisting the shank A as well as the cutter B, so that a special socket may be dispensed with, the shank being then tapered by grinding. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1409/95.
Patent GB-190917139-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Converting Peat into Charcoal.
Inventor: ROUX XAVIER MARIE
IPC: C10B53/02
Filed: 1909-07-22
Granted: 1910-07-22
Abstract: 17,139. Roux, X. M. July 22, 1908, [Convention date]. Peat, preparing.-Wet peat, for rapid con. version into small charcoal, is pressed to remove most of its contained water, triturated, pressed into small pasty fragments of the required size, and then carbonized. The pasty fragments may be formed by pressing the peat through narrow orifices into strings which are allowed to fall and break. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 4218/73, 4982/92, and 11,522/94.
Patent GB-190918045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Photographic Cameras to Obtain Sky and Cloud Effects.
Inventor: KAY DAVID
IPC: G03B17/12
Filed: 1909-08-05
Granted: 1910-09-05
Abstract: 18,045. Kay, D. Aug. 5 Lens fittings.-A lens fittings for obtaining sky and cloud effects comprises a carrier in two parts b<1>, b, Fig. 1, holding a screen a between them. The part b slides into the part b<1>, and the part b<1> slides into the back of the lens mount A. In a modified form, the carrier comprises two parts c, c', Fig. 3, screwing into one another.
Patent GB-190919678-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Domestic Refuse-destructor.
Inventor: BUNGE ALEXANDER ERNST
IPC: F23G5/24
Filed: 1909-08-27
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 19,678. Bunge, A. E. Aug. 27. Vertical boilers. -A domestic ref use - destructor and water-heater consists of a watercontaining casing a fitted with a water-tube grating f. The refuse is dried in the hopper c, and passes through the grating f into a combustion chamber b above the ordinary firegrate. The gases from the refuse ascend between the plates g, g<1>, and are burnt in the chamber d. The water inlet is at k, and the outlet at l.
Patent GB-190923094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Anti-skidding Devices more especially applicable to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: TURNER JOHN MOSELEY
IPC: B60B39/00
Filed: 1909-10-09
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 23,094. Turner, J. M. Oct. 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Slipping of wheels, preventing.-To prevent side-slip in motor road vehicles, a running wheel carried in a frame pivoted to the axle or vehicle frame so as to tilt when side-slip occurs receives upon its edge a portion of the weight of the vehicle through adjustable resilient struts arranged one on each side. A broad wheel a having a central rubber tyre a<1> is mounted in a frame b slotted at its upper end to slide and pivot about a bolt in a bracket c on the vehicle axle. The frame b or the axle ends of the wheel a are connected to struts d sliding in tubes d<1> pivoted to brackets d<2> on the axle. The struts d have blocks d' adjustably connected to the struts by bolts and kept extended by springs, the tubes d<1> being provided with stops d<3>, against one or other of which abuts one of the blocks d<4> when the wheel a tilts.
Patent GB-190929377-A (GB)
Title: Means for Governing the Position of the most Advanced Sheet of a Pile or Bank of Paper in Sheet Feeding Apparatus.
Inventor: VICKERY FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: B65H9/14
Filed: 1909-12-15
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 29,377. Vickery, F. W. Dec. 15. [Cognate Application, 14,386/10.] Feeding sheets. - Relates to means, in sheetfeeding apparatus feeding from a fanned-out pile, for correctly positioning the most advanced sheet, preparatory to its being taken by the separating- devices. The pile of sheets is supported on a table 4 over which passes a series of tapes 21 stretched between rollers 19, 20, the former of which is intermittently fed to advance the pile by a pawl 14, on an arm 13 on the rock-shaft 6, which engages a ratchet-wheel 17 fast on the roller 19. The shaft 6 carries also a bell-crank 7 one arm of which engages a cam 8 on the main shaft 9, while the other carries a pawl 2, adapted to engage a ratchet rack 3 beneath the feed table. A second cam 23 on the shaft 9 operates a foot 28 to hold the front sheet still upon the table 4. In operation, as soon as the nose 34 of the cam 8 passes clear of the roller on the bell-crank 7 a spring 11 rocks the arm 13 to the right, carrying the finger 10 on the pawl 2 up to the edge of the front sheet held on the table 4. When contact occurs, the pawl 2, which is counterbalanced, is rocked to engage the rack 3 and thus arrest the motion of the arm 13. The number of teeth of the ratchet-wheel 17 embraced by the pawl 14 and in consequence the subsequent feed of the pile is thus determined by the position of the sheet. The foot 28 having been raised by the cam 23, the arm 13 is returned by the cam 8, rotating the roller 19 and carrying the finger 10 forward just in advance of the sheet. The front sheet having thus been fed forward to a predetermined point, the feeding - mechanism operates to separate the sheet from the pile and convey it to the printing or other machine. For feeding larger sheets the apparatus described may be duplicated, each set being arranged to operate independently. A blast of air may be employed instead of the foot 28 to hold the edge of the top sheet flat. In a further modification employing two sets of independently-operated mechanism, means are provided for squaring the top sheet before the pile is fed forward by the conveyer bands. This is accomplished by providing each of the levers 5 with a roller or jaw gripping- device adapted to seize the edge of the most advanced sheet and square it, the foot 28 being raised for the purpose. In operation, should one side of the sheet be advanced less than the other, the corresponding lever 5 moves farther forward before it is arrested by the pawl 2. The operating cams being exactly similar, the lever 5 which has advanced farthest is first engaged by its cam and alined with the other arm before the two start moving together. After the front sheet has been positioned, the table 4 may be lifted to assist in presenting the sheet to the conveying-rollers 31.