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Patent GB-190804479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rontgen Tubes and the like.
Inventor: LINDEMANN ADOLPH FRIEDERICH
Filed: 1908-02-27
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 4479. Lindemann, A. F., and Lindemann. F. A. Feb. 27. R÷ntgen-ray and like apparatus.-The body of a R÷ntgen tube is composed of metal, for example copper or aluminium, with a window E of non- absorbent glass as described in Specification No. 8704, A.D. 1907. On the plate C, which is arranged at 45 degrees to the axis, is a film of metal of high atomic weight, such as lead, bismuth, or platinum, forming the anti-cathode on which the rays from the concave electrode D converge. Evacuation may take place through a special tube sealed or soldered to the apparatus, or through the orifice in which the cathode is inserted. The tube is stated to be stronger and less cumbersome, to facilitate cooling, and to diminish the risk of injury to the operator.
Patent GB-190807765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash Windows
Inventor: MOORE HAROLD
Filed: 1908-04-08
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 7765. Moore, H. April 8. Window holders. -Pins b<1> secured to the sash stiles B are pressed i n t o engagement with racks a<3> on the frame A adjacent to the parting-bead a', by band springs C attached either to the face of the sash stile or to the stop-bead a<2>. To raise or lower a sash, it is pulled forward against the action of the springs C, so that the pin b<1> is clear of the rack teeth, the sash then being free to move vertically. Rollers D may be provided on the sashes to reduce friction, and a strip b<2> may be secured to the face of the sash stile to reduce draught. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 14,151, A.D. 1885, and Nos. 7630 and 10,260, A.D. 1886.]
Patent GB-190812425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nut Retaining Devices.
Inventor: MCTIGUE PATRICK HENRY
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 12,425. McTigue, P. H. Oct. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Locking nuts.- An unthreaded nut for securing vehicle wheels on axles &c. consists of two disks 4, 5 connected by crossbars 6. The reduced end 1 of the axle B is formed with ribs 2 of dovetail cross-section extending short of the axle B, as shown in Fig. 6, and the disk 4 is provided with similarly-shaped openings 8. The opening in the disk 5 is of a diameter large enough to receive the ribs 2. The nut when placed upon the axle is turned through 90 degrees so that it is retained behind the ribs 2, and is locked by a resilient wire pin E, Fig. 5, which is inserted with its long and short arms 13. 12 in alinement with the space between the ribs 2 and bars 6, and is turned into the position shown. The shank of the pin E may be of flattened cross-section. The axle 1 may have a notch 15, Fig. 3, to receive the long arm 13 of the pin and prevent it from turning.
Patent GB-190813109-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerating Machine.
Inventor: HESSLING WALDEMAR
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 13,109. Hessling, W. June 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Fans.-The shaft, bearings, and guide-chambers of a centrifugal fan for effecting the compression in a refrigerating-plant, and also the intermediate coolers, are cooled by the circulation of expanded refrigerant, or water. The working-fluid is reduced in pressure at a reduction valve, or in a turbine A, Fig. 1, and the whole or part of it passes through the hollow fan shaft a and the fan-casing passages d. Chambers b may be formed in the impellers K to take cooling-fluid. The branch passages d' in the casing L may be controlled by valves e. In a modification, the shaft A is solid, and the passages d<1> are connected up in series. In a further modification cooling is effected in part by brine or spring water separately circulated. The liquid portion of the fluid returned from the evaporator may be used for cooling, the gaseous portion being passed on to the fan. The intermediate coolers may be cooled by refrigerant, the vapour being led back to the compressor at a higher stage. Excess fluid from the evaporator of the plant may be used for cooling. It may be injected into the vapour in the compressors in order to support or replace the action of the intermediate coolers.
Patent GB-190815297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Horns of Sound Reproducing Machines.
Inventor: GRIMSHAW WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 15,297. Grimshaw, W. July 20. Trumpets. - The horn of a phonograph &c. is made with the plane of its mouth not at rightangles to the axis of the body portion, and d its form is such that the length of the surface from the socket to the lip is approximately y constant throughout, the body portion being straight, as shown.
Patent GB-190815361-A (GB)
Title: Foot-step Ball Bearing.
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 15,361. Deutsche Waffenund Munitionsfabriken. Aug. 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Ball bearings.-In order to distribute the load uniformly in a ball step bearing for shafts having two or more rows of balls c, an intermediate pliable ring i is placed below the shaft g. The ring i has a number of radial projections j, each of which has a small or curved bearing-surface in a groove in the end of the shaft g, and two bearing-surfaces below, placed above the centres of the balls in the races e, f, The horizontal distances x, y are inversely proportional tc the load capacity of the two rings of balls. The ring i may consist of a number of separate sections held together in such a manner as to allow a slight rocking movement.
Patent GB-190820151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sponge Cake and other Mixing Machines.
Inventor: LEATHERDALE ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 20,151. Leatherdale, A. J. Sept. 25. Containers.-Relates to lids for cake-mixers &c. in which the beaters are supported on three arms attached to the sides of the vessel. To allow the lid a to be slid on between these arms b and yet to cover the whole vessel, it is cut away at the sides and provided with pivoted wings f, which can be moved inwards to pass the arms b and outwards to cover the cut-away portions by means of jointed levers g and a knob i.
Patent GB-190820328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pattern Mechanism for Looms for Weaving Handkerchiefs, Scarves, and the like.
Inventor: TWIST PETER
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 20,328. Twist, P. Sept. 28. Loom dobbies; change-box motions ; jacquards.- Relates to apparatus, operated from the measuring- chain or the like for putting pattern cards in action to weave patterns, headings, &c. on handkerchiefs, scarves, &c., and from the cards themselves to put them out of action. A projection on the measuring-chain raises the arm B and moves the cranked rod D, so that a projection F moves the catch H out of engagement with the member E, which then falls, and the arm J causes the pattern cards to commence working. The catch H falls and again engages the member E, so that when a snug or projection on one of the pattern cards comes under the lever K, it actuates it to lift the member E and so stop the cards.
Patent GB-190820678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrel Tilters.
Inventor: CUNLIFFE JAMES
Filed: 1908-10-01
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 20,678. Cunliffe, J. Oct. 1. Tilters.-A barrel tilter comprises a tube a containing a spring-actuated plunger c, the end of which is formed with teeth &c. to enable it to bear against a wall &c. behind the barrel, which rests on a support as shown. A pivoted lever e, mounted on a cap d at the end of the tube, is adapted to engage the end of the plunger and retain it in the tube until the tilting action is required. A regulating-screw a' is provided for adjusting the pressure of the spring. The tube is fitted with an encircling sleeve f, the sids of which are fitted with trunnion studs h, which are supported in bearings in the arms of the carrier i. The carrier i rests upon the stand or support j placed on the barrel, and is shown pivotally connected to the stand at k, a pin-and-slot arrangement serving to limit the relative motion of the parts. The carrier i and support may otherwise be formed in one piece. In place of the above arrangement, the tilting may be effected by placing the support j on the ground and allowing the end of the plunger c to bear against the rim of the rear end of the cask.
Patent GB-190821012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Simultaneously Locking the Doors of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: CONNOR THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 21,012. Connor, T., and Norwood, J. May 19. Fastenings, railway-carriage door. -Relates to the type in which longitudinal bolt-carrying rods on the carriages are reciprocated by a doublearmed lever oscillated from the brake or other pistons or cylinders. The transmitting- mechanism consists of a transverse shaft d linked to the cylinder b and bevel-geared to a vertical shaft i, which carries the double-armed lever h connected at its ends g, g<1> to the rods f.
Patent GB-190825219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood-trimming Machines.
Inventor: WEBSTER EDGAR PARKER
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 25,219. Webster, E. P. Nov. 23. Planing ; mitering.-Relates to wood-trimming machines and consists in special means for adjusting and clamping the gauge-bars. Fig. 1. shows a plan and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the apparatus. A curved leg 15 extends downwardly from the gauge-bar 14 into a recess 2 in the bed-plate 1, a on the leg forming the lower pivot of the gauge-bar ; the upper pivot is formed by a pin 24 extending from a lug 16 on the back rail 4, through a lug 17 integral with the gauge-bar 14 and through the hub 20 of a worm-wheel 19, above which its threaded end carries a nut 25. A worm 6, carried by brackets on the back rail 4 and operated by means of a milled disk 7, engages with the wormwheel 19. When the nut 25 is loose, the gaugebar can be swung freely on its pivots ; but when the parts 17, 19, 20 are clamped together, the gauge-bar can be finely adjusted by means of the worm 6, aided by an index 18 attached to the lug 17 on the bar 14 and passing over a scale 26. The gauge-bar is clamped by means which keep it down on the bed-plate 1 ; such means may comprise a dog 28 pivoted to the bar 14 and having two lugs 29, 30. When the lug 30 is pressed down by a screw 31 working in a lug 32 on the bar 14, the lug 29 is forced on to a ledge b of the bed-plate 1, thus clamping the gauge-bar. The vertical knifecarriage 8 slides between the bed-plate and back rail, and is operated by means of a handle 13 and pivoted crank 11, a friction roller 12 on which engages with a vertical groove 10 in the carriage. The back rail 4 is bolted at each end to a curved guard 3 into which the cutters 9 project at the end of each stroke.
Patent GB-190826034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fasteners for Doors, Casements, or the like.
Inventor: RODNEY ROBERT WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-02
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 26,034. Rodney, R. W. H. Dec. 2. Sash fastenings; cupboard-turns.-The fastener described in Specification No. 26,343, A.D. 1903, is rendered automatic in its action by bevelling the slotted end a<2> of the arm A and lowering the position of the spring plunger C. When the fastener is used with an operating-knob on both sides of the door, the pin B, on which the plunger is mounted, is in two parts, hinged together as shown in Fig. 8, so that the plunger may be placed in an inoperative position to allow the operation of the arm from outside. In another form, shown in Fig. 12, the plunger is formed with a bayonet-slot device b<7> by means of which it may be retained in the fastening position against the action of a spring. A dovetailed rib b<2> is provided on the plate b<1>, and is adapted to be engaged by a notch a<3> in the arm A to prevent rattling. In a modification, the rib passes over the arm instead of engaging a slot in the underside thereof.
Patent GB-190827614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Valve Gear for Steam Hydraulic Starting Engines.
Inventor: GIBBONS WILLIAM GREGORY
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 27,614. Gibbons, W. G. Dec. 19. Water-pressure engines.-In engines of the kind described in Specifications No.. 3871, A.D. 1882, and No. 22.164, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Steam-engines], the hydraulic spring- controlled co-axial valves B, C are arranged face to face, and are operated by a tappet L attached to a rod M parallel to the valves and arranged in a chamber D external to them.
Patent GB-190900881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Wheels for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: SHARP ARCHIBALD
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 881. Sharp, A., and Williams, C. Jan. 13. Locking nuts.- The nut 13, Fig. 1, by which a detachable hub is secured, overlaps the end of the permanent hub and is locked by means of spring- pressed bolts 20 carried by the permanent hub b engaging ratchet teeth 22 in the overhanging face of the nut.
Patent GB-190901411-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Confectionery Device for Containing and Distributing Sweetmeats and other Small Articles.
Inventor: COURTIN HENRY
IPC: A23G3/56
Filed: 1909-01-20
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 1411. Courtin, H., [Soc. Anon. des Fabriques de Chocolat et Confiserie J. Klaus]. Jan. 20. Detonating toys; confectionery or s w e e tmeats. - An explosive confection comprises a sweetmeat shell A enclosing chocolate &c. B and an explosive or expanding agent C, which is fired by means of a fuse D. The chocolates &c. B may be covered with tin-foil &c. to prevent contamination by the explosive fumes, and the inside of the shell may be lined for the same purpose. In a modification, a tube extends from the outside to the centre of the shell, and the explosive &c. is dropped in just before the bursting of the confection is required.
Patent GB-190901777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hardened Grooved Rolls.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
IPC: C23C8/04
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 1777. Harrison, G., [Witkowitzer Bergbau und Eisenh³tten-Gewerkschaft]. Jan. 25. Cementation; annealing and hardening. - Grooved iron or steel rollers for rolling-mills, flour-mills, and the like are made so that the bodies are superficially of great hardness, and the journals and core have as great toughness as possible. The rollers are hardened on the surface of their bodies by cementation, while the journals are protected. A roller, produced by forging or casting, is annealed in the rough condition, and is then inserted in a tube with the journals packed with non-carburizing material. Coal gas, acetylene, or the like is passed through the tube to carburize the surface of the roller. Different grooves are given different degrees of hardness by interrupting the cementation at intervals and covering the parts not to be carburized further with non-carburizing substances. After finishing the roller by grinding, the whole is brought to a suitable temperature, or the journals and the body are heated to different degrees, and the roller is quenched in a suitable hardening-liquid. The roller is preferably formed with an axial bore to avoid internal stresses in hardening.
Patent GB-190902107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop Mechanism for the Paper Carriage in Typewriters.
IPC: B41J29/50
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 2107. Wanderer-Werke vorm. Winklhofer und Jaenicke Akt.-Ges. April 25, 1908, [Convention date]. Margin and tabulating stops.-To provide means for skipping columns in tabulating, a number of stops of the kind in which the stop proper may be thrown out without altering the locking position of the stop-member are mounted on the framework and are adapted to engage a stop on the carriage. Figs. 1 and 2 show tabulating-stops B, C and a margin-stop A provided with the usual lever a, which engages the fixed rack c and may be freed by turning the handle b. The stops B, C are similar to the stop A, but the stop part h is formed on a pivoted disk g and held by a spring in contact with an abutment i. The disk may be rotated by a lever k engaging a nose o, the part h being thereby turned and held out of the path of the depending stop on the paper-carriage.
Patent GB-190903321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Injectors.
Inventor: BROOKE ROBERT GRUNDY
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 3321. Brooke, R. G. Feb. 10. Giffard injectors; overftowarrangements; starting and stopping, autom a t i c . - In injectors having an overflow valve controlled by the pressure of the delivery, a pressure - intercepting valve is provided to prevent momentary increases of pressure from closing the overflow valve before the jet is established. As an additional aid in starting, the steam nozzle may be restricted in area as described in Specification 1413/10. The overflow valve a has a hollow stem b which passes through the guide c into the chamber f. A pipe n connects this chamber with the delivery k of the injector by way of the port g<1>, which is controlled by a loaded valve h, the stem i of which works in the tubular stem b of the overflow valve. By suitably adjusting the load on the valve h, pressure is prevented, or partly prevented, from entering the chamber f, leaving the overflow valve free to open. When the injector is properly started, the valve h is opened and the overflow valve is held closed by the pressure on the spindle b. If desired, the valve h can be fitted in a separate chamber between the overflow and the delivery. In a modification, Fig. 2, the controlling-valve is omitted, and the overflow valve is formed with leakage passages a<1>, which put the chamber f in communication with the overflow at some point in the movement of the overflow valve a and which remain open until continued pressure in the delivery closes the valve. In further modifications, means for use with injector as described above are shown for restricting the area of the steam nozzle at starting. These means form the subject-matter of Specification 1413/10.
Patent GB-190906751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FULLAGAR HUGH FRANCIS
IPC: F02B75/28
Filed: 1909-03-20
Granted: 1910-04-20
Abstract: 6751. Fullagar, H. F. March 20. Drawings to Specification. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for. - To prevent the escape of gases past the pistons of internalcombustion engines, compressed air is supplied to 'the surface of the trunk pistons.
Patent GB-190907124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and/or connected with Hollow or Perforated Building Blocks.
IPC: B28B7/28
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 7124. Drew, A., Schlentheim, L., and Diespeker, Ltd. March 24. Building and flooring blocks.-In order that hollow or perforated blocks may be grouted together on all sides, plates 2 of strawboard or other cheap material are inserted in their open ends so as to fit tightly therein or to rest against shoulders 3 formed at the ends of the perforations. The plates are of such a thickness as to leave a keying- space 5 for the grouting-material. In modifications, one plate 22 may be arranged to cover more than one perforation as shown in Fig. XI, or the shoulders 3 may be dispensed with, and distancepieces 7 consisting of rolls of strawboard or the like used to space the plates 2 as shown in Fig. VI. In a further modification, a sheet of stiff paper, strawboard, or the like is bent to form a box of the shape of the perforations and forms a combined distance-piece and end-plates.
Patent GB-190907330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Crushing Machines.
Inventor: TIFINE EDMOND
IPC: B02C1/12
Filed: 1909-03-26
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 7330. TifinÚ, E., and Lemoine, R. March 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Mills and apparatus. - Anthracite coal, coke, &c. are crushed on a rotating table I, Figs. 1 and 3, by picks P carried by a series of monkeys M, which revolve with the table and are caused to move up and down by rollers N running on an undulating guide-rail E. The monkeys work in cages L formed by a cylinder which is in one piece with that part of the table journaled upon the column A. The rail E is carried by pieces D secured to the rim or crown C of the column, and, at the lowest parts of the rail, the rollers N are subjected to the pressure of weights H hung on the ends of pivoted arms G, which engage parts F guided in sleeves fixed to the rim C. The picks P are secured to plates 0 at the bases of the monkeys, and work through a perforated plate Q forming the bottom of the cylinder L. The table is supported on rollers J running on the base of the column A, and is divided into equal sections covered with interchangeable striated, plain, or perforated plates. Fixed irons R, R<1> direct the coal &c. under the picks, the material being fed simultaneously at a, a<1> and discharged at b, b<1>. By dispensing with one of the irons R<1> and closing the corresponding inlet and outlet, the material is carried on the table for a complete revolution. The undulating parts of the rail E are made interchangeable, so that their number and the extent to which the picks descend can be regulated.
Patent GB-190908262-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Signalling Device for Indicating the Presence of Correspondence in the Letter Boxes.
Inventor: BAESE PAOLO
IPC: A47G29/122
Filed: 1909-04-06
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 8262. Baese, P. April 6. Automatic alarm signals. - Letter-boxes are provided with an electric signalling-arrangement, which operates a small indicating-target or a bell, or both, when mail matter has been introduced. A switch 1 is closed by the introduction of a letter, and remains closed until the letter has been removed. At this time, a rod 15 is making contact with arches 16, 17"; consequently, the circuit containing an electromagnet 4 is closed, an anchor 8 is attracted, and the tooth 11 of a lever 12 is freed. The rod 15, which is normally held up by its connexion 14 with the lever 12, is then moved downwards by clock-work 18, 19, 20 to make contact with an arch 17<1>. While the rod is moving over the arch 17<1>, the circuit containing the bell 3 is closed, and the bell rings until the rod 15 abuts against a stop 22 and rests on insulating- material 23, 24. At the same time, by the lowering of the lever 12, a small tablet bearing the word " Letters " is caused to appear, and it remains in view until after the removal of the letters and the return of the parts to their original position. If the lever 12 be raised before the removal of the letters, the whole action is repeated and the lever 12 again falls, as the switch is still closed. On the surface of the arch 17<1>, slots carrying plates of insulating- material, which may be of different widths, may be arranged, so that the bell gives a series of sounds to distinguish it from bells employed for other services. Any other form of switch may be employed.