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Patent GB-190728556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water Tube Steam Generators.
Inventor: TROSFIN OTTO
Filed: 1907-12-28
Granted: 1908-12-28
Abstract: 28,556. Trossin, O., and Robinson, I. E. Dec. 28. Steam-generator furnaces.-In a sectional boiler in which approximately vertical headers are connected by parallel tubes, the products of combustion 'pass from the furnace D through the combustion chamber C to a chamber E at the rear, and out to the flue round baffles N, N' arranged among the tubes. The furnace chamber, into which powdered or small fuel is fed from the top, is separated from the remainder of the heating space by the combustion chamber C and a wall C<3>. The tubes are arranged above and at the sides of the furnace and combustion chamber, and air, which is heated in passages below the boiler, is passed into the furnace between the tubes of the lateral groups. The furnace grate is formed by an inclined plate F and rotatable sections built up of bars G<1> arranged alternately at right-angles on rods G. The water and steam drums H, H<1> are arranged at right-angles to the tubes, and are connected to the headers by tubes J, J<1>.
Patent GB-190804768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Tobacco Pipe Cleaners and Stoppers.
Inventor: WALL WORTHWORKS
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 4768. Wall, W. March 3. Smokers' combination articles.-A spoon-shaped scraper s is provided with a match-striking surface G, and has secured or formed on the end of the shank a disk D serving as a stopper. A prong P is made to slide upon the shank and project through an aperture in the disk ; it is held in the withdrawn position by a catch B<1>.
Patent GB-190808560-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Internal Combustion Rotary Engine.
Inventor: LEE HERBERT
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 8560. Lee, H. April 16. Gas engines.-Relates to a rotary engine of the fixed-abutment type in which the piston has outwardly sliding vanes. The explosive gases are compressed in the pump chamber 12 and delivered into recesses 52 of a rotary valve 51, which in the course of their revolution open into the working chamber 48, where the gases are exploded by the sparking-plug 49. The shafts of the two pistons 16, 58 and the valve 51 are geared together by equal gear-wheels. The pistons 16, 58 and cylinders of the engine and of the pump are similarly constructed. One piston vane 17 projects through the drum on both sides and carries shoes 20 provided with packing - strips 24. The shoes are divided transversely into two parts, and pressed apart by springs. Packing-strips 18 inside the drum press on the vane, and the vane is packed on its ends by usual spring-pressed strips. The drum is provided with several packing-pieces 27, which are pressed outwards by springs 28 but are retained by annular tongues on the inner surfaces of end plates which are themselves pressed outwards axially. Water is circulated through the hollow spaces 36 in the pistons and through the jacket 13. The gas is supplied through a pipe 57, and the burnt gases are exhausted at 46. A by-pass pipe 71 having a valve 73 and a pipe opening into a safety-valve are fitted to the pump chamber. Any burnt gases remaining in the valve recesses 52 are exhausted through the pipe 53. Lubricants are supplied through pipes 47, 54, 56. A method of obtaining the curve of the cylinder is also described.
Patent GB-190811280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Car and other Lamps.
Inventor: GOODWIN FELIX
Filed: 1908-05-25
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 11,280. Goodwin, F., [trading as Wyncott & Son], and Corns, G. B. May 25. Velocipede lamps; oil lamps or lanterns; oil lamp reservoirs, attaching.-In motor-car and other oil lamps of the type wherein the oil-tanks are fitted within the interior of the body part of the lamp and are removable through the front thereof, concealed means are provided for locking the oil-tank to the body and for preventing rattling, the locking-means being located either within the hollow foot or at the back of the lamp outside the body. The lamp body is provided with a hollow base d and a screw e which passes through a bushed and screwed hole in the bottom b<1>, and extends into the lamp, under the oil-tank a. The tank is provided with a projection with which the end of the screw engages when the latter is screwed up, thereby preventing the withdrawal of the tank. The screw is provided with a milled head e<1> and a flange e<3> to prevent the screw from being completely detached from the lamp. A socket or recessed part may be used instead of the projection. In modifications, the screw is raised or lowered by a swivelling-nut; or where no guides are provided for the tank, the latter has an internally screwed socket into which the locking- screw fits. The hollow foot d may be separable from the lamp body and attached to the locking- screw. In Fig. 8 the tank a is provided with a shank e passing through the back b<2> of the lamp and locked to the body by the wing-nut e<1>. A cotter or other pin may replace the locking-nut. As shown in Fig. 11, the locking-device comprises a spring catch e which automatically engages a notched shank a<1> attached to the bottom of the tank a, when the tank is placed in position.
Patent GB-190816083-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Support for Burette and similar Tubes
Inventor: JONES ARTHUR WENTWORTH
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 16,083. Jones, A. W. July 29. Brackets.- Burettes and similar tubes are held in bracket supports a, b by means of rubber rings c placed on the burettes &c. and engaging stepped or conical holes g, h, narrower at the bottom than the top, and cut away to the end of the arms so that the burettes &c. can be moved sideways into the holes. In a modification, the arms a, bare provided each with a couple of C-clips, the larger clip being over the smaller one.
Patent GB-190818990-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rotary Radiator for the Cooling of Liquids, Gases or other Substances.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 18,990. Williams, J., Snell, J. S., and Green, W. R. Sept. 10. Gas and like engines.-In rotary radiators of the hollow fan type for cooling fluids, and applicable, according to the Provisional Specification, for cooling the fluid surrounding the cylinders and other parts of engines, the hub f is provided with vanes which, when the wheel rotates, produce the necessary circulation of the fluid through the apparatus. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each hollow blade a contains two pairs b, c of flow and return passages to enable two fluids, for example a cooling fluid and a fluid to be cooled, to be passed through the device simultaneously. The hub f is divided into four compartments by disks 1, 2, 3, 4, and receives the fluids through apertures n, o from pipes k, i, respectively. After passing around the partitions e, the fluids escape by way of openings n', o' and pipes l, j. As shown in Fig. 4, the disks 1, 2, which are fixed to the stationary tube h, carry vanes la, 2<a>, and the disks 3, 4, attached to the rotary hub f, carry vanes 3a, 4<a>. The hollow blades are honeycombed by means of transverse tubes a'. In a modification, for the passage of one fluid only, the blades are connected in series, so that the fluid traverses all of them in succession. According to the Provisional Specification, the blades may be jacketed,
Patent GB-190819942-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Removing the Shive and other Impurities from Fibre such as Flax and the like.
Inventor: TOLES JUSTIN KAY
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 19,942. Toles, J. K. Sept. 22. Cleaners for flax &c.-Apparatus for cleaning long fibres, as in preparing for spinning line flax, and of the type having a rotary cleaning-member within a casing provided with means for regulating the admission, of air, has the shaft 1, carrying arms 2 and beams 3, provided with teeth 4, which rotate within an inner casing 7 of slats having bevelled sides and provided with beams carrying teeth 11. The teeth 4, 11 are preferably rectangular in section and arranged to present the edges to the fibre fed in by a feed-roll 12 and conveyer 13 from a set of breaker rolls 14. Curved shields 5 generate currents of air which cause the fibre to be thrown against the edges of the slats 7. The fibre is fed in at one end of the casing 7 and travels through the apparatus in a helical direction, being delivered at the other end of the casing.
Patent GB-190827953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Door Switches.
Inventor: JACKSON ROBERT
Filed: 1908-12-23
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 27,953. Jackson, R., and Gaffney, C. A. Dec. 23. Switches.-A switch, after operation, is retained in the closed position by a latch on a door, but opens as soon as the door is opened. The switch A, which normally tends to fly open, has an arm D carrying a catch-piece E attached to the operating lever c. When the switch is closed by means of a rod, chain, or cord H, the catch-piece E engages under a pivoted latch G attached to the door F, and is retained until the door is opened, whereupon the spring forces the switch open. When a tumbler switch A is employed, the arm D by engaging the door frame B prevents the lever C from being overset to lock the switch " on," and in consequence the switch will fly open when the catch G is removed by opening the door.
Patent GB-190828332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tins and Lids of the Lever-lid Type.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOHN
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 28,332. Robertson, J. Dec. 29. Stoppers.-Lever lids are made with a part a' to fit friction-tight with a part b of a tin and further have two or more corrugations as shown to fit tightly similar corrugations in the tin. A sealing- liquid may be employed between the corrugations.
Patent GB-190904160-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Changing Gears on Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: CUSACK HENRY EDWARD
IPC: G05G5/18
Filed: 1909-02-19
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 4160. Cusack, H. E. Feb. 19. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Levers, locking. -The slot in the quadrant of a setting and retaining device for the change-speed lever of a motor road vehicle is formed with a corrugated upper edge so as to indicate to the driver when the lever is approaching each notch and vet allow uninterrupted movement of the lever for any desired number of notches in either direction. The slot f, provided with the usual notches g for the spring- mounted retaining-bolt d, also has corrugations h opposite to the notches. When changing speed, the bolt is raised to abut against the corrugated surface by means of the trigger b. When the main lever a is moved, the corrugations oscillate the bolt and trigger as each notch is approached. When the desired notch is reached, the trigger is released, and the bolt engages the notch.
Patent GB-190911307-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Liquid Meters.
IPC: G01F15/12
Filed: 1908-11-12
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 11,307. Drayson, W. B. H., and Tylor & Sons, J. Nov. 12, 1908. Stminers for liquidmeters are placed outside the main body of the apparatus, in such a position that there is no necessity for breaking the inlet-pipe or meter-cover joints when it is required to remove the strainer. A chamber a in the inlet passage b is provided with grooves d, into which the strainer e is slid, the strainer being retained in place and the chamber closed by a water-tight cover-plate f.
Patent GB-190917135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plaster Supporting Structures for Ceilings and the like.
Inventor: NIEMOELLER RUDOLF
IPC: E04F13/04
Filed: 1909-07-22
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 1 7 , 1 3 5 . Niem÷ller, R., and Uhe, A. July 22. Ceilings.-A light open-work concrete or gypsum frame or grid for supporting the plaster of a ceiling &c. comprises main members a, b, smaller transverse bars c, and wood or metal reinforces d. A smaller amount of plaster is thus required and the ceiling is less liable to sag than usual. The bars a, b, c have bevelled sides, and the lower plaster-supporting faces lie in the same plane.
Patent GB-190917908-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Cleaning the Rails of Tramways.
Inventor: WIESNER OTTOMAR
IPC: E01H8/12
Filed: 1909-08-03
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 17,908. Wiesner, O. Aug. 3. Rail-cleaners.-Tramway rails are cleaned by means of a roller brush c, carried by a frame mounted on wheels a, b behind a tramcar, and driven by a chain or belt from the wheel a. The dust is received by a collector d carried by the wheels b. The surface of the brush is concave, Fig. 3, so that it shall not contact with the track between the rails, and the bristles are longest at the parts which stand over the rail grooves. The brush mantle f is removable from the roller c.
Patent GB-190925671-A (GB)
Title: Improved Belt- or Rope-driving Mechanism suitable for Motor-cyles and applicable also more generally for the Transmission of Motive Power.
IPC: F16H7/22
Filed: 1909-11-06
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 25,671. Purser, J. E., and Lyell & Co., J. C. Nov. 6. Connecting and disconnecting arrangements. -In belt or rope gearing employing V-pulleys, as on motor-cycles, means are provided for displacing and supporting the belt or rope out of contact with the pulley. A hoop or fork c is provided, with rollers b adapted to run in a groove a<1> formed at the bottom of the pulley. Normally, the rollers are maintained in contact with the groove and out of contact with the belt by means of a spring g arranged on the stem e of a yoke carrying the hoop c. By moving the stem e in opposition to the spring, the rollers b can be made to hold the belt out of contact with the pulley.
Patent GB-190926567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Propelling Mechanism for Air Ships.
Inventor: HENSEN FREDERICK
IPC: B64D27/00
Filed: 1909-11-16
Granted: 1910-11-16
Abstract: 26,567. Hansen, F. Nov. 16. Screw and like propellers for air-ships or flying- machines, comprises a frusto - conical casing 81 Figs. 5 and 7, combined with a diametrical brace 82 at the front having a central boss 83, and with a diametrical web 84 arranged at the rear and at ar angle to the brace 82. Extending between the bars 82, 84 are two blades 85, the pitch of which gradually increases from the bar 82 to the bar 84
Patent GB-190926603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mincing Machines.
Inventor: KARL STOEPEL
IPC: B02C18/30
Filed: 1909-11-16
Abstract: 26,603. Stoepel, K. Dec. 8, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Eatrusion machines-In machines for mincing meat, potatoes, beet-root, &c. of the type in which the material is fed from a hopper to revolving cutters and a perforated disk by means of a screw conveyer, the roots &c. are pressed into the threads of the screw, so as to ensure proper feeding, by advancing members which at one part of their path engage the threads. Fig. 2 is a plan of a mincer in which suitably-shaped projections r on one or more wheels p engage the conveyer through a lateral slot in the casing. The wheel p is preferably adjustable relatively to the screw, and is enclosed in a casing q.
Patent GB-191008638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cooling and Moistening Air.
Inventor: OTT EMIL
Filed: 1910-04-09
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 8638. Ott, E. April 10, 1909, [Convention date]. Moistening.-In apparatus for cooling and moistening air required in malting the air is drawn through a series of cooling-elements, each of which consists of plates h arranged so that air enters the elements. The plates have apertures n on their upper walls and are also formed with inclined sides. Water is supplied through nozzles k. The elements are arranged in chambers c, which communicate with each other only by the lower openings e of the elements. A fan g circulates the air.
Patent GB-191012254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: HURLEY JOHN WESLEY
IPC: B25B13/16
Filed: 1910-05-18
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 12,254. Hurley, J. W. May 18. Wrenches. - Relates to reversible ratchet wrenches of the type described in Specification 80/09. The jaws i, j, which are adjustable by means of right and left handed screws, geared together by pinions, are provided with flanges n engaging with corresponding flanges o on the lowest member g of the head for minimizing strain, and with lateral extensions y for use on nuts in tight places of machinery. The operating-pawl u, which is of the known reversible kind having a rod w extending through the handle and a milled head x on the outer end thereof for manipulating it, is retained in either actuating position by means of a radial rib 3 on the head x adapted to engage in grooves 4 of the handle nut d, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191016906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Syphon and like Bottles.
Inventor: THORNE GEORGE HOUGHTON
IPC: B67D1/04
Filed: 1910-07-15
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 16,906. Thorne, G. H. July 15. [Cognate Application, 28,946/10.] Siphon bottles. - Relates to siphon bottles in which t h e discharge valve is opened by the depression of a removable spout section. The hollow valve stem a carries at its lower end a dished flange b, and is fitted with an annular elastic washer d fitting into a recess in the stem and closing inclined radial ports a<2>. The washer d is held between the two parts c, c<1> cf the stopper which are chamfered as shown. When the stem a is depressed the washer d is distorted and the ports a<2> are opened. When the stem is released the flange b is pressed against the washer d by the gas pressure in the bottle and forms a tight joint therewith, and at the same time the washer returns into the recess and closes the ports a<2>. The lower side of the flange is formed with channels b<1>. The lower part c<1> of the stopper may be formed in piece with the discharge tube c<5>. The ports are formed of ebonite, tough glass, porcelain, &c. The washer d may project into an annular groove in the bottle neck and form a tight joint therewith. The valve stem may be provided at the top with a screwed portion to receive the spout section, and a squared portion to prevent rotation. The stem may be formed in two parts, one inserted from the top of the stopper and the other from the bottom.
Patent GB-191020180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Anodes for Electrolytic Purposes.
Inventor: BEACH HERBERT EDWARD
IPC: C25B9/04
Filed: 1910-08-30
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 20,180. Beach, H. E. Aug. 30. E l e c t r o d e s ; connexions.-A conductive anode-hanger b is protected by a sleeve e which presses a rubber, fibre, or other soft washer f against a flat surface on the anode a. This surface may be the top of a round boss d formed in the anode, of which only a small part is shown, and it may be level with, or slightly above, the top edge of the anode. The washer may fit within a shallow socket on the anode. The sleeve may be of glass, v u l c a n i t e, or treated wood. The hanger b either screws into the anode; as shown, or has an enlarged end to receive a threaded stud in the anode. A D-shaped non- rotating washer may be interposed between the sleeve e and a nut g by which the sleeve is pressed upon the washer. Plastic insulating- material may be placed between the sleeve, washer, and anode, and the boss d may be coated with protecting material. The whole anode is immersed and may be completely consumed with the exception of the boss which protects the hanger. The hanger has a broad contact surface b<2>, and optionally a finger loop. According to the Provisional Specification, the sleeve e may itself be compressible, the washer f being then dispensed with.
Patent GB-191024837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsable Boxes for Show Purposes and the like.
Inventor: BAKER HAROLD SUMMERS
IPC: B65D5/32
Filed: 1910-10-26
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 24,837. Baker, H. S. Oct. 26. Folding boxes; contents, viewing.-A folding box for lace or other material is made from a cross-shaped blank of cardboard &c. scored at F so that the arms B, C, D, E can be folded to form the sides and bottom of the box, corner pieces H being folded inwards to keep out dust. The contents may be viewed through one or more openings K cut in the top of the box and covered by transparent material L.
Patent GB-191026586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Controlling the Selection of the Bobbins in Weft Replenishing Looms and Means for Operating same.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1910-11-16
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 26,586. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Nov. 16. Shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically; changebox motions.-In looms for weaving blankets, towels, handkerchiefs, &c, having a border requiring two wefts of different colours and a central part requiring a single colour of weft only, a supplementary bobbin-selecting device is employed, whereby, when the central part of the fabric is being woven, a bobbin may be released alternately from the two right-hand compartments of a stationary magazine provided with bobbin-releasing mechanism as described in Specification 39,808/09, these two compartments both containing bobbins with weft of the colour required in such central part. The supplementary selecting - device comprises an intermittently-rotated cam 31, Figs. 1 and 7. the projections and depressions on which act alternately on the usual selecting- rod 14, Figs. 1, 6 and 7, to cause a bobbin to be released alternately from the two right-hand compartments. When the border is being woven, the selecting-rod 14 is, as usual, operated by a lever 11 controlled by a spring 16 and adjustably connected by a flexible connexion 10 to the change-boxes or to a pattern indicatorlever, so that a 'bobbin may be released from the required one of the two compartments on the left, while the spring 16 moves the rod 14 into contact with the cam 31 when the central part is being woven. The weft-fork mechanism controls the weft-replenishment. The weft-fork slide 20, on being moved to the right, rocks an arm 23 connected to an arm 25 carrying a spring-controlled pawl 27 engagaing a ratchetwheel 29 on the cam 31, which is thus intermittently operated. The weft-fork slide 20 also acts on a lever 35 connected by a spring 37 to a wire 36 embracing a cam-operated rod 18, so that this rod is moved into position to engage an arm 17 on the rod 14, while a rod 38 connected to the rod 18 is moved into position to' engage the arm 8<2> of the desired releasing- lever 8. When the rod 18 is moved downwards, therefore, the rod 38 engages the arm 8<2> and moves the lever 8 away from the corresponding vertical bar 6, which is thereupon raised by its spring; when the rod 18 next moves upwards, it engages and rocks the arm 17, whereupon an engaging part 17<a> depresses the raised bar 6 and causes a bobbin to be released from the required compartment, the shuttle-boxes having been prevented from changing in the meantime by a connexion from the weft-fork mechanism to their pattern mechanism. To prevent actuation of the weft-fork mechanism when a bobbin is transferred from the magazine, the weft-fork 21 is raised out of the path of the weft-fork hammer by a projection 40<1> on a lever 40 operated by a stud 39<1> on the transferrer arm 39. Instead of being operated by the weft-fork slide, the supplementary selecting-device may be operated by a weft-feeler or by other means.
Patent GB-191027004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jacquard Connections for Lace Machines.
Inventor: WOLL PETER
IPC: D04C5/00
Filed: 1910-11-21
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 27,004. Woll, P. Nov. 21. Jacquards. - Imperfect control of the jacks B due to irregular expansion or contraction of the strings is obviated by connecting the jacquard strings to an intermediate device G, E instead of directly to the strings D as usual. The piece E slides horizontally under the influence of an eccentric F and springs I, and is stepped at 1, 2 according to the number of positions required for the jacks B. The vertically sliding piece G is raised by the jacquard while the piece E is in the position shown, and determines the position to which the piece E and the controlled jacks are returned.