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Patent GB-190725256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Driving Coal Cutting Machines.
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 2 5 , 2 5 6. Anderson, Boyes, & Co., Anderson, A., and Shield, J. B. Nov. 14. Undercutting &c.-In mechanism for driving coalcutting machines, of the kind in which two motors are employed to actuate a single driving-shaft, the motors are arranged out of line. The motors are secured to end flanges A on the enclosing casing B, and through spur gearing or the like actuate independent shafts E, each of which carries a worm F adapted to mesh with independent worm-wheels G mounted on a single shaft H arranged at rightangles to the motor shafts.
Patent GB-190727530-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Propagating Tray and Seedling Box.
Inventor: NICHOLS JOHN WILLIAM HUGH
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 27,530. Nichols, J. W. H. Dec. 13. Partitioned boxes.-A propagating-tray or seedling box is provided with a perforated bottom and hinged side, and is divided into compartments by removable partitions. The side d is hinged at the bottom, and is held in the vertical position by hasps or hooks e. The compartments are formed by partitions f, g, which are slotted along the lower and upper edges, respectively, so as to fit into one another. The compartments may be further subdivided, as indicated. The box may be made of zinc, galvanized iron, &c.
Patent GB-190804509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guides for Pulleys of Trolley Heads in Connection with Electric Wires for Tram Cars and the like.
Inventor: PIDD TOM
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 4509. Pidd, T. Feb. 28. Electric t r a mways and the like on the overheadconductor system. Collectors.- Trolly heads such as are described in Specification No. 1156, A.D. 1899, are provided with guides or finders a pivoted on the wheel spindle and insulated therefrom by bushes and washers i. The guides are kept in their lowered position by means of weights d, and are pivotally connected to a shackle b having an eye c in which the trolly rope is secured.
Patent GB-190805628-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Switch for the Control and Transmission of Electric Energy.
Inventor: MYERS RICHARD PHILIP
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 5628. Myers, R. P., and Gedge, E. A. March 13. Switches.-A switch, such that successive applications of current thereto are adapted to regulate the amount of electric energy supplied to a multi - filament lamp or other similar device, consists of a series of cams f situated side by side on a shaft and adapted to raise pawls g<2> to make contact with springs h<2> to complete the desired circuit; or, the cams may be replaced by commutators. The cams or commutators are arranged along the spindle j in such a way that a given combination of filaments or other electric devices is placed in parallel at any given point in the rotation of the shaft, and the shaft is rotated step by step by an electromagnetically-actuated pawl- and-ratchet device, Fig. 5, in the lighting-circuit, the armature c<2> of which carries a pawl d moving the ratchet e, and the cams f rigidly attached thereto, one step each time the main switch is actuated to make circuit. Any combination may be obtained by operating the main switch the requisite'number of times. An auxiliary device, Fig. 3, to ensure that sufficient current will flow to actuate the armature c<2> of the electro-magnet a<1> when the highest resistance is in circuit, consists of a spring m, normally in contact with a second armature c<1> and thereby completing the circuit through one of the lower resistances and supplying an independent actuating-current to the elecromagnet a<1>, which is automatically cut out when the armature c' is attracted to the electro-magnet a'. The armatures c<1>, c' are rigidly connected by a sleeve surrounding the spindle j.
Patent GB-190808959-A (GB)
Title: A New Mercury Compound and a Method of Manufacturing the same.
Filed: 1908-04-24
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 8959. May & Baker, and Bates, A. G. April 24. Mercuric-p-aminophenylarsonate is prepared by the interaction of a mercuric salt and a salt of p-aminophenylarsonic acid. The body can be combined with alkali and alkaline-earth halogen salts, the resulting double salts being soluble in water and applicable for use in medicine. The following salts are described as having been prepared :
Patent GB-190816037-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Lubricator
Inventor: COMSTOCK CHESTER
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 16,037. Comstock, C. July 28. Gas and like engines, lubricating in. A lubricator for explosion engines &c., designed to feed a lubricant such as graphite or powdered mica in a pulverulent condition against pressure, comprises a receptacle 9 having a chamber 11 formed in the base 10 to receive a rotary disk 13, which is mounted in a bearing 16 and actuated by ratchet or other gearing. An inlet 23 for compressed air, steam, &c. communicates with a pipe 22 adjacent to the outlet 12, and with a pipe 24 by means of which the fluid pressure acts upon the lubricant in the receptacle 9. The disk 13 is formed with a recess 21, which as the disk rotates carries a portion of the lubricant until the recess registers with both the pipe 22 and the outlet 12, whereupon the lubricant is forced into the outlet by the compressed air &c. The graphite in the receptacle 9 is agitated by arms 32 on a bar 28, which is pivoted on a screw 29 to an extension 25 of the disk 13 and is guided by an arm 30 sliding on the pipe 24. The screw 29 and recess 21 are at opposite ends of a diameter of the disk 13 so that they move in opposite directions, and the lower arm 32 feeds the lubricant into the recess 21. The bar 28 may have a lug 33, Fig. 4, on its lower end to prevent the graphite from packing in the portion of the socket 26 in which the lower end of the bar operates.
Patent GB-190818953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picture and Postal Letter-cards.
Inventor: ZERCHO FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 18,953. Zercho, F. W. Sept. 9. Photograph and like mounts.-One or both of the cards b, c of a letter-card are provided with a mount to receive a photographic print &c. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 6451, A.D. 1902, and No. 18,577, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Writing-instruments &c.].]
Patent GB-190820190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Controlled Gas Meters.
Inventor: SLOPER HAROLD THOMSON
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 20,190. Sloper, H. T. Sept. 25. Gas-meters; coin-slit closing-devices.-To prevent the insertion of coins in a prepayment gas-meter by an unauthorized person, a T-shaped slide 6, arranged at the back of the coin-slit plate B and having slots 7 engaging pins 8 on the plate, is adapted to close the coin slit 5 when moved by means of a finger-piece 10 into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3. The slide is secured in this position by a padlock, the hasp 15 passing through the finger-piece 10 and a through loop 14 on a keeper 13.
Patent GB-190821118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Protectors and Fastenings for Hat Pins and the like.
Inventor: PEARSE PERCY HAROLD
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 21,118. Pearse, P. H. Oct. 7. Pins, dress and like.-Point-protectors for hatpins are adapted to be retained on the head of the pin when not in use. The body of the protector is formed with an opening a<1>, Fig. 3, terminating in a small hole d, the walls being made springy by means of saw cuts h, i. The mouth a' is adapted for fixing on a projection f, Fig. 8, on the head of the hat-pin when the protector is not in use. In a modification, the two are secured by a form of ball-and-socket fastening.
Patent GB-190823457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
Inventor: REYNOLDS HERBERT WAIDE
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-11-03
Abstract: 23,457. Reynolds, H. W. Nov. 3. Corsets.-A corset is provided at the waist-line with a belt, band, tab, &c. for initially positioning and tightening the corset on the person, and with lacing or other means to fasten it subsequently in position above and below the waist-line. The corset preferably has no opening at the back, and busks are dispensed with. The belt 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, may be attached by sewing, or by passing it through loops 13 and sewing to the corset edges 4 ; it is fastened in front by a hook 7 and eyes 6 after being passed through a loop 5, or by an automatic clamping-buckle, or by tying, &c. The corset is afterwards fastened above and below the belt by lacing 17 passing over studs 15, or by other means. In place of a belt; short straps or tabs 14 attached to the front edges 4 of the corset may be used, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190823984-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Saw and Guard or Frame therefor.
Inventor: KUSCH CARL
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 23,984. Kusch, C. Nov. 9. Collars.-Relates to a saw which can be worn on the dress or person, and which is provided with a frame adapted to serve as a guard, and consists in a flexible saw frame so constructed that the flexible saw blade can be put into the frame which may then be made rigid, or be fixed to the flat side of the frame when the frame is used as a guard or ornament. Fig. 1 shows the flexible frame a, to the side of which the saw f is attached by studs g, used as a guard on the collar of a uniform and fixed thereto by spring eyelets h, h, h, shown in Fig. 2, but when required for sawing, the parts are separated and assembled as shown in Fig. 3, the ends of the saw being attached by hooks c to projections b of the stretched frame a, and the part d connected along the frame a by hinges e being turned over and held at right-angles by the tension of the blade to make the frame rigid. In a slightly different form, adapted for a narrow waist belt, the hooked projections are separable from the frame, so that the device may be fixed to the side of the belt without parts projecting above it ; also, the ends of the frame a are made hollow, the parts b being fixed therein by means of pins and retained in position when the saw blade is fixed. Fig. 10 shows the device in the form of an armlet adapted to be fastened by a fastening m.
Patent GB-190825264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Accumulators.
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 25,264. Van Raden & Co., and Metz, M. Feb. 7. Secondary batteries. The electrodes are supported by ribs or carriers 4 on the bottom of the cell engaging notches or recesses 5 in the bottom edges of the plates, in combination with a similar arrangement at the top consisting of two strips 8 of celluloid or the like secured to the top 9 of the cell and extending across the cell, their lower edges engaging notches 5 in the upper edges of the plates.
Patent GB-190828129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling the Feedwater Supply to Boilers.
Inventor: NASH NATHAN EDWARD
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 28,129. Nash, N. E. Dec. 24. Float valves; lift valves; actuating valves ; spindles.-The feed-valve of a boiler is actuated by a diaphragm, piston, or the like acted upon by compressed air, the passage of which is controlled by a valve connected to a float in a chamber in free communication with the boiler. A casing 20 mounted upon the side of the float chamber 1 contains a passage j which places the compressed air storage tank in communication with the casing of the diaphragm feed-valve connected to the outlet i. A double-faced valve 5 having a grooved stem m is connected by an arm 10 upon a collar o with the float lever 15. The collar has spherical faces, and is held in position by a screwed plug 13 and a spring r, which presses the collar tightly upon the side of the plug, thus preventing the escape of steam from the float chamber.
Patent GB-190904047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sliding Doors and the like.
Inventor: SANTOS ANTONIO LUIZ DOS
IPC: E05D15/06
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 4047. Santos, A. L. dos. Feb. 18. Roller bearings; rectilinear-motion bearings.- Sliding doors and the like are arranged to slide between rollers located between the top and bottom of the door and guide-rails on the frame, means being provided to prevent the rollers from slipping. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the grooved rollers c are provided with toothed wheels g<1> engaging racks on the door and on the guiderails d. The upper guide-rail d is adjustable and is secured by screw bolts g to a fixed rail e<1>. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the axles of a pair of rollers c are connected by a link i having a pin j working in a slot k in the bar l pivoted at m to the guide-rail. A pin n on the door works in another slot o in the rod l.
Patent GB-190905857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Locking Mechanism for the Cylinder Doors of Carding Engines.
IPC: D01G31/00
Filed: 1909-03-11
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 5857. Platt Bros. & Co., Marsden, T. R., and Leech, I. March 11. Guards, controlling.-In a door-locking device for carding-engines of the kind described in Specification 9433/08, the loose ring a, Fig. 6, at the back of the fast pulley is formed with gaps b provided with filling-pieces c, which are normally pressed forward by springs e to lie flush with the surface of the ring. A shaft j, Fig. 4, is mounted in a bracket m and carries an arm n having a jawed bracket o, which embraces the sliding bar f connected to the door arm. This bracket o is adapted, when the cylinder is at rest and the loose ring turned into position, and when the shaft j is rocked to act upon the filling-piece c and depress it, so that the projection h on the bar f can pass the ring as the door is opened. The filling-piece c closes up the ring when the projection has passed. The ring is provided with a flange r, by which it can be readily turned. The filling- pieces are guided by a pin d and projections c<1> at the ends engaging corresponding recesses in the ring a.
Patent GB-190906523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephones.
Inventor: NICHOLSON ARTHUR HAROLD
IPC: H04M1/03
Filed: 1909-03-18
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 6523. Nicholson, A. H. March 18. Telephones.-In a telephone in which the transmitter and the receiver are mounted substantially coaxially in the same instrument, the transmitter diaphragm is provided with helical damping-springs arranged around its circumference. The springs b rest against damping-pads d in contact with the diaphragm a and against the base-plate c.
Patent GB-190908778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Welding Objects of Aluminium or Aluminium Alloys.
Inventor: SCHOOP MAX ULRICH
IPC: B23K35/36
Filed: 1909-04-13
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 8778. Schoop, M. U. April 13. [Addition to 24,283/07.] Fluxes.-A mixture of alkali bromides and fluorides is employed as a flux in the welding process described in the parent Specification.
Patent GB-190910963-A (GB)
Title: Improved Governing Mechanism for Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1909-05-08
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 10,963. Roberts, D., Bellamy, A. R., and James, C. May 8. Transmitting-mechanism for the governor of an internal-combustion engine is shown in Fig. 2 applied to the finger m of a valve-actuating rod l. The finger m may, if preferred, be carried on the pivoted arm t in which case the serrated link r is hinged to the actuating-rod l. In each modification a spring connexion is provided between the finger and the link o. Specification 7818/09, [Class 7 (vi), Internal-combustion engines, Valves &c. for], is referred to.
Patent GB-190916987-A (GB)
Title: Grain Drier or Cooler.
Inventor: ELLIS WYNN EDWARD
IPC: F26B17/12
Filed: 1909-07-21
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 16,987. Ellir., W. E. July 24, 1908, [Convention date]. Materials descending by gravity; air, circulating.-Apparatus of the type described in Specification 195/98, in which grain contained in vertical shafts is dried by air forced into the grain from inlet flues on both sides, passing along the shaft, and discharged at both sides into exhaust flues, is modified in some respects. The apparatus, which is applicable for drying by hot air or for cooling the grain, is shown in Fig. 5 and comprises a series of shafts 10, the ends of which are closed by channel-plates 12 to which screen cloths 14 are secured. The spaces between the grain shafts are divided into a vertical series of horizontal flues by horizontal division walls 21 formed by extending metal plates continuously across the spaces horizontally and along their sides vertically in contact with the screen cloths which are attached to them. The spaces are thus divided into flues, each having one imperforate and one perforated side. Hot air from a supply chamber at one end of the apparatus is forced into some of the flues, which are closed at their other ends. This air passes through the open sides of the flues into the grain shafts, and travels along them until it escapes into other flues closed at the air-supply ends and opening at the other ends into an air-exhaust chamber. The closing of the flue ends is effected by means of plates 24 secured to the plates 12 and securing the columns together. The pressure flues and also the exhaust flues in adjacent air columns are arranged opposite one another. In the modified form shown in Fig. 6, the flues are formed by single plates bent into two vertical parts 30, 31 and a horizontal division plate 32.
Patent GB-190917013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boilers.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: F22B17/12
Filed: 1909-07-21
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 17,013. Mackenzie, J. W., [Bruun & Sorensen]. July 21. Water - tube boilers ; partitions in waterspace.-Relates to boilers of the kind comprising a number of separate elements, each of which has its own water circulation and is differently exposed to the heat. According to the present invention, the heights of the waterlevels in the elements gradually decrease from the coldest to the hottest element. The steam chamber is common to all the elements. The boiler shown in Fig. 1 consists of two chambers a, b connected by circulating tubes or other channels c, d, and divided into separate elements by partitions, those in the chamber a reaching to different heights. The feed-water is admitted by a pipe g to the coldest element, and the other elements become filled by the water flowing over the tops of the partitions. Instead of being formed from chambers a, b, the elements may be separate but with their steam spaces in communication.
Patent GB-190917307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Regulators.
Inventor: GARSED JOHN LAW
IPC: B64C17/00
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 17,307. Garsed, J. L. July 26. Gyroscopic apparatus.-The pendulous mass attached to the end of the pivoted control lever 1 of the regulator described in Specification 12,013/08, [Class 4, Aeronautics], is replaced by one or more fly-wheels 5, which are mounted in a frame rotated by cords 7, 9 and a double grooved pulley 8, loosely mounted on the shaft 2 on which the lever 1 pivots. The regulator is applicable to the controlling of aerial machines and marine engines.
Patent GB-190922040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spectacles and Eyeglasses.
IPC: G02C3/00
Filed: 1909-09-27
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 22,040. Rodenstock, G., [Firm of]. March 8, [Convention date]. Spectacles and eyeglasses.-In rimless eyeglass and spectacle lenses a of the type having lateral projections b adapted to enter sockets f on the frame, the projections b are secured by setscrews g instead of by cement as heretofore.
Patent GB-190922504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Writing Desks and the like.
Inventor: NICHOLS CHARLES JAMES
IPC: A47B17/03
Filed: 1909-10-02
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 22,504. Nichols, C. J. Oct. 2. Drawers.-A writing-desk or the like is provided with stationery receptacle A pivotally or fixedly mounted on a slab B so that it can be drawn out of a recess C. The top a<1> of the receptacle may be used as a writing-flap.
Patent GB-190924836-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combination Inkstand, Stamp Box, or like Receptacle and Stamp Damper.
Inventor: BUCKTHORPE FREDERICK THOMAS
IPC: B43M11/04
Filed: 1909-10-28
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 24,836. Buckthorpe, F. T. Oct. 28. Damping-appliances, hand.-The lid B of an ink-well, stamp box, or like receptacle is provided with a receptacle C for a sponge D &c. for damping stamps, labels, &c. The receptacle C may be provided with a lid E.
Patent GB-190928131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Iron or Steel to Prevent the Oxidation or Rusting thereof.
Inventor: COSLETT THOMAS WATTS
IPC: C25D11/36
Filed: 1909-12-02
Granted: 1910-12-02
Abstract: 28,131. Coslett, T. W. Dec. 2. Coating. - Iron or steel is subjected to the action of phosphoric acid in the presence of zinc in order to produce a protective coating or deposit of a compound. Zinc, or a compound thereof, may be dissolved in phosphoric acid, and the concentrated solution, after removal of sediment, may be applied directly or diluted to any extent. The formation of the deposit may be accelerated by the use of an electric current. the article to be coated acting as cathode. The treatment may be combined with the known treatment for producing a coating of iron phosphate.
Patent GB-190928706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Governors.
IPC: G05D13/10
Filed: 1909-12-08
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 28,706. Hamilton, J. B., and Hamilton & Co., J. B. Dec. 8. Centrifugal governors, regulating. In governors wherein the loading is varied by altering the effective length of the lever on which the loading-spring bears, the variation is effected without altering the tension of the spring or springs. As shown in Fig. 1, two springs 16, one on each side of the bar 7 and carried by a block 12 movable along the bar, bear through the intermediary of a cross-head 15 and pins 18 on two bell-cranks, each having a projection 11 entering the muff 4 of the governor. In a modification, the spring is connected to a lever 22, Fig. 3, on which bears a pin 27 carried by a suspended link 25; the link is acted on by a pin 24 in the muff and is moved to alter its effective length by a bell-crank 26.
Patent GB-190929244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforced Brickwork Floors, Ceilings and the like.
Inventor: BROUSSAS LOUIS
IPC: E04B5/44
Filed: 1909-12-14
Granted: 1910-12-14
Abstract: 29,244. Broussas, L. Dec. 14. Reinforced brick and block floors. - Upper. and lower bars are placed between the floor and ceiling. blocks respectively, and connected by vertical bonds I, Fig. 5. The ceiling blocks may be perforated for ventilation, as shown, or a flue may be carried through the ceiling and floor. The intermediate blocks G may form continuous rows over the rods, or be spaced apart. For deep r floors, rolled joists or superposed bricks, Fig. 9, may be used. The ends of the rods are secured as shown in Figs. 2 and 12. Fig. 1 shows a floor formed of tubular blocks and double reinforcement.
Patent GB-190930538-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved device for denoting whether workpeople are working on the piece-work or day-work system, and for recording the time spent on the day-work system.
Inventor: CROSBY STAPLES JOHN
IPC: G07C1/02
Filed: 1909-12-31
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 30,538. Staples, J. C. Dec. 31. Displaying announcements and information. - A device for indicating whether workmen are employed on piece work or day work consists of a board 1 of any conspicuous colour, mounted in any convenient position close to the work, and provided with a hinged flap 2 normally held by a catch 4 to lie flat on the board 1 to cover a day work record sheet 6 when the workman is employed on piece-work. When he is on day work, the flap is released and is held by a spring 3 at right-angles to the board to expose the record sheet for inspection. Pockets are provided on the board behind the flap for cards on which any particulars relating to the workman and to the day work may be entered.