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Patent GB-190803284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Power Transmission Systems.
Filed: 1908-02-13
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3284. British Thomson-Houston Co., Robertson, T. E., and Holden, F. Feb. 13. Distributing; regulating.-Relates to systems of electric power transmission in which rolling-mills, hoists, and other apparatus having fluctuating loads are driven off the supply mains through a fly-wheel motor-generator set, and consists in equalizing the load on the mains by arranging a reversible booster in the motor circuit of the motor-generator, adapted to lower automatically the potential impressed upon the motor-generator set when a heavy load comes on the generator. The speed of the motor then falls synchronously with that of the fly-wheel, so that the motor has no braking effect upon the flywheel. In one modification, Fig. 1, the motor A and the booster B connected to the mains 1, 2, the fly-wheel C, and the generator D connected to the fluctuating load, are all mounted on the same shaft, the field windings 4, 5 of the motor A and booster B being connected in parallel to the mains 1, 2. A resistance 9 in the field circuit of the motor A is controlled by means of a solenoid 10 in the generator circuit. The machine B is also provided with a demagnetizing series winding 3. With the generator D working on normal load, the shunt field winding 5 of the booster preponderates, and the machine B boosts the line voltage. If the load upon the generator D increases, resistance 9 is cut out of the motor field circuit, the motor slows down, and the tendency of the motor current to increase is neutralized by the drop in voltage of the booster B. In a modification, Fig. 2, the booster B is mounted on a separate shaft carrying a flywheel E, and is provided with a field winding 5 in shunt across the mains 1, 2, and a field winding 3 fed by the load current of the generator D. The windings 3, 5 exactly neutralize one another when the motor A is running at full load. When the extra load comes on the generator, the series winding 3 preponderates and causes the machine B to start and store energy in its fly-wheel and at the same time induce a counter electromotive force at the motor terminals, preventing large currents flowing from the line. When the generator load falls, the shunt field preponderates, and the machine acts as a generator, assisting the motor to speed up and store energy in the main fly-wheel. The booster then comes to rest, and is prevented from rotating in the opposite direction by any suitable ratchet device.
Patent GB-190804181-A (GB)
Title: Electrically Propelled Motor-car with Single Steering-wheel.
Inventor: LASSEN CARL
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 4181. Lassen, C. March 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motor road vehicles.- In electrically - propelled motor - cars having a single steering-wheel, the motor is arranged with its armature shaft in the same line as the axis of the steering movement. The front part of the frame is forked, the prongs passing round and supporting the m o t o r, which is held in place by fish-plates 9, 10 bolted to the prongs. The handbar for steering is fixed to the motor casing 1. The motor shaft is hung on ball bearings in the casing of the motor, and drives the steering - wleel through spur gearing 12, a shaft 13, and bevel-gear 14. The shaft 13 is fitted with a universal joint, and is also made telescopic to allow of movement of the frame 2 on the springs 3, 4, to which are connected the bearings for the axle. The frame 2 is U-shaped and serves as a mud-guard.
Patent GB-190809160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Actuating Signals on Engines on Railways.
Inventor: TUCKER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 9160. Tucker, W., and West, A. April 28. Contacts, mechanical.-Red and green electric lamps on the engine are lighted when levers b<1>, depending from the engine frame, contact with a vertically pivoted track contact e which has an upstanding projection e'. The projection e<1> is placed in position to engage either lever to give a corresponding signal by a connexion g to the semaphore mechanism and a counterweight h ; stops i<1>, i<2> limit its movement. The engine levers, when operated, move over one of the switches c', c<2> to close the corresponding lamp circuit from the battery d. The lamps remain lit until the switches are replaced by the driver, and the movement of the levers may, in addition, close bell circuits. The levers may be knuckle-jointed to act for one direction of running only, and may be duplicated on the other side for reverse running. Furtber, the levers may carry bowls or runners at their lower ends, and may be actuated by two separate track contacts.
Patent GB-190810541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Making Blocks from Fine Ores, Blast Furnace Flue Dust and the like.
Inventor: WALLIS GEORGE PEARSON
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 10,541. Wallis, G. P. May 15. Moulding ores &c.-Fine ores, blast-furnace flue dust, &c. is moulded into a block sufficiently large to fill a kiln, in a mould A, Fig. 4, formed with downwardly tapering sides D, E, one or both of which may be moved by means of toggles 17 connected to a crank 16 by links X. The base W is fixed, and after a block has been formed by tamping the material in the mould, the mould is moved by gearing away from the base on rollers H into a kiln 6, Fig. 3, and the block deposited therein by releasing the side E ; the end G of the mould is then opened and the mould is withdrawn for the charging of another kiln. Perforations are formed in the block by means of rack-operated cores N, P, S, Fig. 4, adapted to pass through holes in the mould walls. The blocks are pushed from the kilns by means of a ram Y, Fig. 3, fitted with shields 7 to protect the edges of the blocks. The ram Y and mould A, and their operating-gearing, are mounted so that they can be traversed along a battery of kilns.
Patent GB-190810746-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Device for Safety Pins and for Jewellery and other Fastenings.
Inventor: KEATING ARTHUR EDWARD EUGENE
Filed: 1908-05-18
Granted: 1909-05-18
Abstract: 10,746. Keating, A. E. E. May 18. Safety-pins.-Relates to fastenings for safetypins, brooches, &c. comprising interlocking parts secured by a sliding sheath. One member c has a notch b, which engages with a ridge g inside the slotted tubular part of the other member d. Engagement is secured by a sliding sheath n with a stud p, which traverses the slot in the member d.
Patent GB-190810767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storage Battery Plates.
Inventor: TATE ALFRED ORD
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 10,767. Tate, A. O. Dec. 20, 1907. Secondary batteries.-Relates to pasted bipolar plates of the type described in Specification No. 28,132, A.D. 1907, and Specification No. 10,764, A.D. 1908. The active material is held by grooved porous insulating-pieces g against flat anode and cathode strips a, c ; the strips a, c are respectively connected to top and bottom bars b and separated then by spacing-blocks i, the whole structure being held by means of end blocks d, screws e, and nuts f. Porous insulating-plates p are held to the faces of the electrode by rubber bands s, and serve to hold the active material securely in place.
Patent GB-190814126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Soluble Blue applicable for Laundry and other Purposes.
Inventor: BINKO HENRY BOCK
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 14,126. Binko, H. B., and Mayer, N. July 3. Washing-blue.-Soluble paste for laundry purposes is obtained by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid, adding common salt and farina, dextrin, or gum, and, after standing, draining off the excess of liquid. The paste may be applied to the surface of paper, textile fabric, metal, &c., for use.
Patent GB-190814659-A (GB)
Title: Combined Knife and Sharpener
Inventor: GIODA GAETANO
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 14,659. Gioda, G. July 10. Hones; steels.-The handle of a knife is hollow and adapted to contain a sharpener, which may be a steel or a hone. The steel 12, preferably hollow, has a head 9 with lugs 10 which slide in grooves 11 in a tube 7, and near the head are two pivoted wings 13, which in the open position of the sharpener, Fig. 2, are at right-angles to the axis of the steel and serve as a guard. In the closed position, Fig. 5, the tube 7 slides in the hollow handle 1 and the bead 8 has a spring stop for holding the sharpener in position, while the notched end 14 of the steel engages with a spring ring 2 at the top of the handle. Rubber cushions 3, 6 serve to guide the sharpener into the knife handle.
Patent GB-190815370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Driving or Governing the Inductor of Telephone Apparatus.
Inventor: BUSCHELBERGER GEORG
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 15,370. B³schelberger, G. July 18, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Dynamos, driving.-The rotor of a telephone magneto is driven through a clutch which automatically uncouples it when the driving-crank rotates above a certain speed, so as to limit the voltage generated. The wheel 2 is rotated from the crank 9 through the disk 1, and drives the rotor shaft 7 through the tooth clutch 5, 6. The portion 5 is connected to the ball governor 4, and is pressed into contact with the member 6, which forms a bearing for the spindle 3, by means of a spring 8, adjustable by a thumb screw, so that above a certain speed the clutch disengages.
Patent GB-190817162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Chair Keys and Wedges.
Inventor: CHATEAU JUSTIN
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 17,162. Chateau, J. Aug. 14. Chair keys and wedges.-Metal keys 1, corrugated by rolling or pressing, are secured by a corrugated metal strip 13. The strip may be bent round the chair jaw before the key is driven in ; or it may be driven in with the key and afterwards bent.
Patent GB-190822260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Curling Tongs.
Inventor: GEMMELL ANDREW HAMILTON
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 22,260. Gemmell, A. H. Oct. 20. Hair-curling appliances.-The tongs portion of a pair of curling-tongs is adapted to be rotated without rotation of the handle by providing the rod 2, Fig. 1, with a backward extension 9 bearing a right-handed groove 12 and a left handed groove 13, adapted to be engaged by a sliding member. Normally, a lug 16, Figs. 3 and 4, borne by a collar 15, rests in the slot 14 in which the grooves terminate, the collar having a shank 17 projecting through the external slot 18, and a projection 28 which bears on the clamp 3 as shown in Fig. 1. In use, the collar is drawn backwards by means of the head 21, raising the clamp by the engagement of the piece 29 with the seat 27. Further movement, however, releases the clamp, which closes under the action of the spring 26, and the projection 16 then enters one of the grooves 12, 13, thus rotating the rod ; the return motion is effected by a spring 22. The slot 18 is widened as shown at 20 in order that the projection may be guided into either groove, according as the instrument is being used on one side of the head, or the other, and the extension 19 in the slot enables the collar to be retained in the extreme position if desired. A U shaped support 30 is provided.
Patent GB-190823653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Cutting Cloth and the like.
Inventor: DESGRANGES LOUIS
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-11-05
Abstract: 23,653. Desgranges, L. Nov. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Cutting-machines for fabrics and the like.-Relates to machines for cutting cloth &c., of the type in which the cutter is actuated by means of a piston C pivoted at E upon an arm B overhanging the work-table and operated by a hand-lever F having a toothed segment gearing with a rack on the piston C. To serve for cutting or punching at will, as in Specification No. 25,972, A.D. 1906, the platen D carries a straight, corrugated, or curved knife H, and may also operate on cutting-out knives I placed on the work T. The machine is operated from the front by means of a handle S, and the lever F may have a hinged extension G for use in cutting very thick piles of cloth. An improved cloth presser consists of plates K mounted on bow-springs J attached to the platen at each side of the knives H, I. The work-table A is provided with extensions 0 0<1> on which are mounted a leaf P' at each side, and an additional side table R may be adjusted by sliding along a guideway Q in the edge of the table A and its leaves. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a)2 comprises also an endless band feed-device mounted upon an extension of the table A, and the provision of rulings on the leaves O<1>, P<1> parallel and at right-angles to the knife H ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190903905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Tin, Terne and like Plates.
Inventor: JAMES THOMAS
IPC: C23C2/40
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 3905. James, T., and Thomas, W. Feb. 17. Tinning and coating by dipping.-Relates to means, in vertical tinning and like machines in which several plates are treated at one time, for enabling each plate to be raised independently of the others. The machine has vertical guides, the upper part of the inner guides being curved, as shown. The lifting-rod f of each cradle is connected by a chain g with one arm h of a lever pivoted on a shaft i, the other arm j of the lever being fitted with an adjustable weight. When the levers are freed, they are rocked by the weights, the cradles being thereby raised and the plates carried up to the delivery rolls. The chain g passes over a pulley h<1> at the end of the arm h and engages with a spring hook h<2>, thus allowing adjustment to be made for plates of different sizes.
Patent GB-190904383-A (GB)
Title: New Game of Skill.
Inventor: FLEMING JAMES
Filed: 1909-02-23
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 4383. Fleming, J. Feb. 23. Table games.-A game is played with a coneshaped body A which has a central aperture B surrounded by a circular channel C. The walls are inclined and are also concave in section as shown. A cup or receptacle is placed in the aperture B and a player is provided with a tube or grooved bar which he holds in an inclined position with the lower end against the base D of the body A. A ball, placed in the upper end of the tube and allowed to run down, is deflected upwards by the sides of the body A, and, if the tube is held at a suitable angle, falls into the cup.
Patent GB-190906250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire and Temperature Alarms or Indicators.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE LAWRENCE
IPC: H01H37/36
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 6250. Smith, G. L. March 16. Alarms operated by expansion of gases.-Relates to firealarms of the type in which air contained in metal tubing is expanded by sudden rises of temperature to operate an expansible chamber controlling an electric alarm circuit, the air passing through a vent during gradual or normal variations of temperature; and consists in an improved mounting for the expansible chamber and vent, and in means for testing the apparatus by forcing in compressed air. The air-tube 14, Fig. 1, is in communication with a tubular passage in a bolt 8, which passes through a plate 1 and a base or backing 10; this passage leads to a hole 9 drilled through the bolt 8 at right - angles to its axis. The upper end of the hole 9 communicates with the vent, which comprises a screw-plug 15 and a porous washer 16, while the lower end of the hole 9 communicates with a passage 3 leading to a hole 4 drilled from the front surface of the plate 1. A nipple 5, to which the expansible chamber 2 is fixed, is screwed into the hole 4, and is drilled centrally and screw-threaded to receive a tubular member 7, the front end of which touches the inside of the front wall of the chamber 2 and limits the retraction thereof. The nipple 5 carrying the chamber 2 is screwed into place by means of a disk 6 having a milled edge. On a sudden rise of temperature, the chamber 2 makes contact with a screw 13 carried by a bridge 12, which is insulated from its securing-bolts 8, 8<x>. The device is provided with a cover 17. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, the pipes 14, each connected to an expansible-chamber device 17, are conducted to a casing 19, which communicates by a pipe 20 with an air-compressing device, comprising a casing 21 into which a plunger 29 is forced by means of a hand-wheel 32 and a screw, the plunger being guided by rods 30. In the casing 19 is a piston 22, Fig. 3, normally pressed down by a spring 24 so as to close the orifices of the tubes 14, 20 by means of a washer 23. In making a test, the piston 22 is raised by means of a cam-lever 27, its upper edge then pressing tightly against a washer 23, and air is forced through the pipe 20 and thence into the pipes 14, thus operating the expansible chambers. A faulty device is indicated by the corresponding annunciator plate in a box 34 failing to act. Specification 2511/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-190914838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spectacles, Pince-nez and the like.
Inventor: HAWES ALFRED
IPC: G02C1/02
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 14,838. Hawes, A., and Newbold, H. June 24. [Addition to 21,944/07.] Spectacles and eyeglasses. -Relates to spectacles, pince-nez, &c. of the kind described in the parent Specification, in which the mount is attached to the frame by stirrups which embrace the frame and enter peripheral notches therein. According to the present invention, one leg h is loosely mounted on a pin forming an extension of the mount so that it can be adjusted relatively to the fixed leg g, thereby permitting the same mount to be used for lenses of different thicknesses.
Patent GB-190916092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Lubricators.
Inventor: MILLE ANTOINE MILTIADE
IPC: F16N39/04
Filed: 1909-07-09
Granted: 1910-08-09
Abstract: 16,092. Mille, A. M. Sept. 16, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 12,474/07.] Siphon lubricators. - Relates to improvements in the siphon l u b r i c a t o r described in the p a r e n t Specification. The reservoir 1 contains one or more floats 5, which are guided vertically by lugs 49 engaging ribs 50 on a frame 48. The siphon 14 is mounted in a cap 55 and is adjusted by a milled nut 56 engaging a threaded tube 57. In the upper part of the siphon a cock 58 is provided for priming. The float is formed with passages 59, 63 controlled by a valve 62, by means of which an additional amount of lubricant may be supplied to the outlet tube 51. The lubricant enters the siphon 14 or the passage 59 through perforated tubes 64, which, when the float sinks, pass into sockets 65. The lubricant is delivered into a tube 54 containing a glass tube 53 and a window. An outlet cock 20 has a branch 22 by which the lubricant may be delivered into a measuring-glass. An orifice 67 communicates with an air pipe opening into the upper part of the casing. A wire - gauze cylinder 71 surr o u n d s the. frame 48, and may be r e m o v e d through a cover 70, together with the float and siphon. The casing 1 is surrounded by a non- conducting sheath 72, which is kept at a uniform temperature by a steam coil 73. A thermometer 76 is attached to the casing.
Patent GB-190917095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube-cutters.
Inventor: MATTHEWMAN JOHN ALLISON
IPC: B23D21/14
Filed: 1909-07-22
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 17,095. Matthewman, J. A. July 22. Tube-expanders.-A pipe cutter of the tubeexpander type has the combination of parts shown on the drawing. The wedge j with dovetail projections carries a screwed sleeve h, and its end enters a cap e attached by screws to the body a. The cutter slides c engage the dovetail projections, and move radially between the cap and body.
Patent GB-190918006-A (GB)
Title: Metal Framework for Shop Windows or Fronts.
Inventor: HERMAN ALEXANDER
IPC: E06B1/38
Filed: 1909-08-04
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 18,006. Herman, A. Aug. 4. Glazing; window frames ; shop fronts.-Shop ,windows or fronts have the iron supporting-bars covered on the outside by ornamental 'metal bars of brass or bronze arranged to show no joints on the outside. The glass pane l is supported at the base by angle-irons c, f built into the window aperture, to which are secured the ribs b and flanges e of an ornam'Þntal bar d provided with an inclined flange a which abuts against the pane, the space on the inside of the window being covered by a plate i. At the sides and top of the window, ornamental bars t are secured to angle-irons r, with their flanges p abutting against the pane, a closing plate s being also used. Fig. 4 shows the method of covering the joint between two panes:by means of an ornamental bar k secured by its rib m to an angle-iron n ; the panes are secured by the inclined flanges of the bar k, and by angle-irons o carried by the rib m and angle-iron n.
Patent GB-190918496-A (GB)
Title: Improved Advertising Device.
Inventor: FARLEY JOHN
IPC: G09F11/12
Filed: 1909-09-16
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 18,496. Farley, J. Sept. 16. Plates and the like, travelling.-The foremost member of a series of advertisement frames 9 is lifted by studs 7 on endless chains 3 passing round the sides of the cabinet, the studs also actuating a star-wheel 16 on the shaft carrying the sprocket-wheels of endless chains 11. The frames are dropped on to these chains and are moved across the cabinet on to inclined rails 14 so that they move towards the front of the cabinet, where they are in position for display and are ready to be again lifted by the chains. To prevent twisting of the chains 3 when passing across the top of the cabinet, the tails ot the studs 7 are provided with wheels 16<a>, Fig. 3, which run on the underside of angle-irons 17.
Patent GB-190920835-A (GB)
Title: Safety-pin Flower Holder.
Inventor: MOESSNER AUGUST
IPC: A45F5/08
Filed: 1909-09-11
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 20,835. M÷ssner, A. Sept. 11. Safety-Pins for holding flowers comprise a body broken by a hinge e, and a bridgepiece d holding the two parts together. The piece d is held in approximately central position by the engagement of the projections f with the eyelet c, and, when the pin is secured, holds the stalks of the flowers.
Patent GB-190921877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extensible Ladders.
Inventor: ROBERTS JOHN GLADSTONE
IPC: E06C1/12
Filed: 1909-09-25
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 21,877. Roberts, J. G. Sept. 25. Ladders. - Telescopic ladders, provided with wires b, secured to the ladder sides, and pivoted catches f to lock the ladders together in extended position, are constructed with tubular rungs d fitted in sockets in the ladder sides, and rungs d<1> which are passed through the sides and riveted over washers e. The movement of the catches is limited by forming them with. slots h which engage a rung d<1>.
Patent GB-190924722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Carburetting Air.
IPC: C10J1/00
Filed: 1909-10-27
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 24,722. Maguire & G a t c h e l l , and O ' L e a r y , W . Oct. 27. N o r i a s.-L i q u i d is supplied to a carburettor through a pipe u from a bucket-wheel w actuated by a cord x, wheel x<1>, and friction disk x<2>, the speed of the bucket-wheel being adjustable by moving the disk x<2> over the face of the wheel x'.
Patent GB-190928705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Locking Nuts or the like.
Inventor: DOSSETTER WILLIAM JAMES
IPC: F16B39/08
Filed: 1909-12-08
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 28,705. Dossetter, W. J. Dec. 8. Locking nuts.-A cap for locking a nut on a bolt is made from a piece of metal stamped to the shape shown in Fig. 3. The lugs d are bent down so as to clasp the faces of the nut, and the lugs e are bent up so as to lie close to the bolt. In use, a pin g, Fig. 2, is passed through a hole in the bolt, and lies between adjacent lugs e. The cap may be formed by casting or pressing, the lower part being shaped inside to fit the nut.