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Patent GB-190809205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Casting Compound Ingots
Inventor: CONNELL WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 9205. Connell, W. R. April 28. Casting.-Compound ingots are cast by simultaneously running distinct streams of different metal into different sides of the same mould. The two kinds or qualities of metal are contained in chambers A, B of the ladle 1, the plugs 3 being connected and operated by a lever. The two streams of metal are spread out and deflected by plates 5, 6 with the result that the ingot has the two kinds of metal at opposite faces and a gradual transition from one face to the other.
Patent GB-190812142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Electric Cut-outs.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 12,142. Boult, A. J., [Electrical Manufacturing Co.]. June 4. Cut-outs; switches.-An electric switch having a safety cut-out is provided with a branch circuit leading to earth in which an enclosed spark-gap is inserted, the current through which, in the form shown, energizes a solenoid which releases a hammer so as to open the switch. The base 13 supports at its back a solenoid S, and in front a knife switch the two blades of which are united by an insulating- bar 6, to which the handle 7 for opening and closing the switch is attached. When closed, each blade makes circuit through a terminal 4, fuse 5, blade 1, and terminal 2. To open the switch, there is provided a weightier bent lever H pivoted to the base at 8, preferably in line with the switch points 10. The lever H is nominally held by a latch 14 against the tension of a spring 12. If the solenoid S is energized, it lifts the core 19, which strikes against the non - magnetic rod 16, forcing down the latch 14 and releasing the lever H, the impact of which throws over the switch into the off position. The solenoid S is connected from the terminal 2 to earth through the enclosed spark - gap 23. Lowvoltage currents pass through the switch without exciting the solenoid, but in the case of high voltage, a spark passes at the spark-gap and circuit is completed through the solenoid, attracting the core and causing the switch to open. To restore the circuits, the lever H is put back and retained by the latch 14, which falls into its place by gravity, whereupon the switch 1 may be closed. To protect the coil S against the effect of lightning, a carbon resistance 24 of a value higher than the resistance of the solenoid is connected across its terminals. To prevent damage from arcing at the switch contacts, the blade 1 is provided with a carbon plate 31, which engages with a carbon plate 30 carried by a spring on the fixed contact 3 of the switch, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190813892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Paper and like Bags.
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 13,892. Robinson, E. S. & A., Robinson, E., Benwell, W. J., Groves, E. C., and Harvey, G. June 30. Cutting - machines for paper.-The object is to compensate for irregularity in the feed of a printed web for bag making so that the cutting-knife cuts it at the proper places. The device may be applied to a machine of the type shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1, in which the web c from a roll of paper a passes over a pasting-roller e to folding-wheels k. The partially folded web then passes to the usual folding-devices and to a knife w which cuts the web into predetermined lengths for forming the bags. The web is drawn under the folding-devices by the rollers 1, 3 and 2, 4, the rollers 1, 2 being positively driven. The feed may be accelerated or retarded by driving the drawing-roller 2, Fig. 6, from the roller 1 through the medium of a differential gear. The bevel-wheel 35, mounted on the shaft of the roller 1, meshes with bevel-pinions 36 mounted within the worm-wheel 37, the pinions 36 also driving a bevel-wheel 38 which drives the roller 2. A worm 41 meshes with the wheel 37, and may be rotated by a handle in one direction or another so as to retard or accelerate the speed of the roller 2. The alteration of speed may also be accomplished by mounting on the shafts of the rollers cone pulleys which taper in opposite directions. A belt passes around these pulleys, and may be shifted by an iron fork when it is desired to alter the speed of the roller 2. The change of speed can also be effected by constructing the roller 2 in such a manner that it may be expanded or contracted as desired.
Patent GB-190815832-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Advertising Device.
Inventor: GALT JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-25
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 15,832. Galt, J. July 25. Advertising.-A wind-actuated advertising-device consists of any number of radial blades a, a', a<2>, a<3>, Fig. 2, suitably curved at the ends. The blades may be of metal, wood, or compressed and waterproofed paper &c. They bear any name, word, or picture, each side of each blade bearing the same name &c. so that the name &c. will appear stationary and distinct. The pivot may be an adjustable point and socket of glass &c. The Provisional Specification describes also a modification of the above device in which concave blades are joined at their edges to form a triangle.
Patent GB-190822835-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Assembling the Base Wads, Liners and Tubes of Cartridges.
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 22,835. Nobel's Explosives Co., and Hodge, H. D. Oct. 27. Cartridges, smallarm; cartridgeloading machines.- Comprises a machine for inserting base wads and liners in cartridge cases, the operation having previously been done by hand. A number of turntables c, f, h<1>, k<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, are connected by gearing, as shown in Fig. 4, to a vertical shaft a<3> which is driven by mitre-wheels a<2> from a main shaft a. A punch-carrier e mounted in guides d<3> is reciprocated vertically by a cam-disk d on the shaft a. The liners 2, Fig. 8, are placed by hand on an inclined table h, Fig. 3, whence they pass to the rotating disk h<1>, the guide-way h<5>, and the reciprocating slide i, and are then inserted by a punch e<7>, Fig. 8, into a hole in the turntable f. A second punch e<8> opens the mouth of the liner. The wads 3 are fed in a similar manner from an inclined table k and inserted into the liner by the next punch e<9>. Should a wad be improperly inserted in a liner, a yielding punch e<10> is pushed by it and releases a lever n, Figs. 2 and 3, whereupon a spring o<5> pulls the levers o, n, and brings a projection o' into the path of a tooth o<8> to disengage a clutch and stop the machine. The cartridge tubes 1 are inserted by hand a little way into holes c<1>, Fig 3, in the turntable c. The first step in the rotation of the turntable c brings a tube beneath a punch e<1> which drives it half way into the ho!e c<1>. At the next step, a punch e' drives it home. The next punch e<3> is an inspection one which must clear the mouth of the case. At the next step, the tube comes beneath a hole in the turntable f and a punch e<4> drives a wad and liner partly down into the tube. Preferably a die-plate f<x>, Fig. 7, is interposed to compress the wad and liner and facilitate their insertion. A next punch e<5> drives the wad and liner home. A last punch e<6> ejects the tube with its liner and wad. The punches e', e<5>, e<6> requiring a longer travel than the others, are mounted on a separate frame g, Fig. 2, slidable in a bracket g<1> on the carrier e and connected to a lever g<2>, which turns about a fixed fulcrum g<1>and is pivoted at g<3> to the carrier e. The machine can be stopped by means of a band-lever connected to the lever.o.
Patent GB-190825092-A (GB)
Title: A Geographical Game.
Inventor: SILISTEANU MICHAIL BASARAB
Filed: 1908-11-21
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 25,092. Silisteanu, M. B., and Stainer, J. Nov. 21. Geographical games.-A game is played on a board, Fig. 1, which is marked with departure compartments 1, and arrival compartments 2, in each of which is inserted the name of a town. Each compartment 1 is joined to a compartment 2 by a straight line 3 and a zigzag line 4. The game consists in causing a disk, Fig. 2, provided with an upright pin 8, to travel from a compartment 1 to a compartment 2 along one of the connecting-lines 3 or 4. The disk is propelled by a button 6, Fig. 3, which is rotated by alternately tightening and slackening a twisted string 7. The rotating button is brought into contact with the pin 8 and the player whose disk first reaches a compartment 2 wins the game.
Patent GB-190901234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Exhaust Steam Receivers or Accumulators.
Inventor: HUNTER WILLIAM DODS
IPC: F01K1/02
Filed: 1909-01-18
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 1234. Hunter, W. D. Jan. 18. Exhaust, treating.-The reservoir a is of the floating-bell type, and is provided with a steamjacket c and apertures h at the bottom of the bell to allow the exhaust steam to escape to the jacket when the bell rises by a predetermined amount. One of the supporting - weights e is provided with a tappet v which engages a cock t in the main steam-supply pipe when the bell falls, and also a chain q which closes the secondary - engine supply - pipe to prevent the formation of a vacuum in the reservoir. The steam-jacket is formed by a stationary cylinder h, or by a movable cylinder secured concentricallv to the bell a, and is supplied with exhaust steam by a pipe l.
Patent GB-190901528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: KOPSCH FRIEDRICH
IPC: B64C33/02
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 1528. Kopsch, F. Feb. 10, 1908, [Convention date]. Propelling; steering.-The wing shafts H, H<1> are connected to the frame of the aerial machine by Cardan joints A, A, and are separately adjustable around their longitudinal axes by worm-wheels a, a<1> operated by handles J, J'. The wings are vibrated by connecting-rods G, G<1> secured to frames F, F<1>, which are reciprocated on the vertical guides 1, 2 of the frame of the machine.
Patent GB-190902631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Change Speed Gear.
Inventor: GIRIN JOSEPH MARIE ISIDORE
IPC: F16H29/08
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 2631. Girin, J. M. I. Feb. 21, 1908, [Convention date]. Variable speed ratchet gearing.-Relates to variable-speed gearing of the class comprising a multiple-throw driving- shaft, intermediate oscillating levers with movable fulcra, and friction - ratchet g r i p s encircling the driven shaft, as described in Specification 24,514/08. These levers B, Fig. 5, are connected by rods b to the driving-shaft A, and by rods G to gripblocks H encircling the shaft I. The rods bare joined to the levers B by pins b', the ends of which engage fixed curved guides b<3>. The movable fulcra are constituted by sleeves C<1> having external trunnions C, Fig. 3, supported in movable bearings D. The levers B are carried in the sleeves C' upon rows of antifriction balls c. The bearings D are moved simultaneously to vary the velocity-ratio by a series of racks F, Fig. 3, actuated by pinions f, which are operated through pinions f <1>, Fig. 4, by a single slidable rack F<1>. The blocks H are supported on ball bearings i, Fig. 4, and embrace two or more circular rows of gripping-balls l. The balls l engage hubs L fast on the shaft I, and wedgeblocks J, Fig. 5, carried by the blocks H. Carriers K for springs k for the balls l are dovetailed into the blocks H. Means for obtaining reversed driving are shown on the left of Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190902776-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for the Reduction of Water Friction on the Submerged Surface of Ships and other Vessels.
Inventor: SMITH THEOPHILUS OSBORN
IPC: B63B1/34
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1910-02-07
Abstract: 2776. Smith, T. O. Feb. 5. [Addition to 1447/09.] Hydroplane vessels; sheathing.-A plating or sheathing is applied to the hulls of existing vessels so as to cause their external surfaces to assume the form described in the parent Specification. Plates a having holes a<1> and slots a<2> are shaped to the hulls and their rear edges are stepped; these plates are secured to the existing skin plating c by the means shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12, with the result that pockets d are formed through which air is induced. The plates extend from a little above the water line downwards towards the keel.
Patent GB-190904211-A (GB)
Title: Detachable Bedpost Candlestick.
Inventor: FORBES RICHARD
IPC: F21V35/00
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1910-02-21
Abstract: 4211. Forbes, R., McArthur, D., and Smith, J. P. Feb. 20. Brackets, candle.-A candle socket b is carried by an arm a provided with a spring clip d of the construction shown for attaching to the post or upright of a bedstead.
Patent GB-190908406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Small Arms.
Inventor: NEWITT EDWARD JAMES DUNN
IPC: F41A23/00
Filed: 1909-04-07
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 8406. Newitt, E. J. D., and Marks, H. April 7. Machine-rests for.-Consists in a short single strut a hinged at approximately the centre of gravity on a transverse axis, instead of by a ball or swivel joint as in the arrangement described in Specification 19,600/93. The strut a when not in use is folded up into a recess in the stock, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190911696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Circular Knitting Machines for the Production of Seamless Hosiery.
Inventor: WILDT HERMAN HUBERT
IPC: D04B9/06
Filed: 1908-11-26
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 11,696. Wildt, H. H. Nov. 26, 1908. Circular machines.-Relates to modifications in the machine described in Specification 29,216/04. In order that the frame and dial needles, which during loop-transference are in rubbing contact, may, during loop-formation, intercalate at approximately equal intervals, the ribber bed is constructed in two parts, one part 1 being stationary, while the part 2 carying the rib needles may be shogged by mechanism operated from a stop 20 on the time-wheel or controller 17 of the machine. The part 2 is keyed to a sleeve 4 on the upper end of which is a collar 7'with slots 8. Wedge-shaped pins 9 carried by a plate 11 mounted on sliding pins 15, pass through a stationary disk 14, and, when depressed by means of a lever 17<a> and a sliding rod 18, effect the required shogging-movement. When the plate 11 is released from the pressure of the lever 17<a>, the pins 9 &c. are lifted by coil springs 16, and the dial 2 is returned to the original position by the pressure of the cams.
Patent GB-190913447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforced Concrete for Building Structures.
IPC: E04C5/04
Filed: 1909-06-08
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 13,447. Skinner, T. H., and Oneida Community, Ltd. June 8. Chain fabrics.-A netting for reinforcing concrete floors, walls, &c. is formed of parallel chains 5 and transverse rods 6 with loops 7, which grip the chains and may be closed by rings 8.
Patent GB-190918102-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Manufacturing Artificial Paving Stones.
Inventor: FLENTJE HERMANN
IPC: C04B35/18
Filed: 1909-08-05
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 18,102. Flentje, H. Aug. 5. Clay and like compositions.-Artificial paving- stones are made from a mixture of (1) approximately 84 per cent of calcareous stone containing approximately 36 per cent SiO2, 35 per cent CaO, 26 per cent CO2, and 3 per cent Al2O3 melting at 1300‹ C., and (2) 16 per cent clay, melting at 950‹ C. The mixture is rolled, wet-pressed in a press which delivers it in the form of a string, cut into lengths, dried at a temperature rising from about 5 to 60 or 65‹ C. and burnt at a temperature of about 1100‹ C.
Patent GB-190919895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hooks or Suspenders for Pictures and like Articles.
Inventor: JEFFRIES LINCOLN
IPC: A47G3/00
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 19,895. Jeffries, L. Aug. 31. Hooks. - Picture hooks of the kind which hang from a cornice or beading are provided with an ornamental metal plate c, Fig. 5, to conceal the hook. The lower hook may be turned back, and the plate c affixed as shown in Fig. 2. Or the plate c may be provided with a socket d, Fig. 11, to slip over a tongue a<3>, Fig. 10, formed on the hook, so as to be detachable.
Patent GB-190927166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: MULHOLLAND WILLIAM
IPC: F02N5/04
Filed: 1909-11-23
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 27,166. Mulholland, W., and Coakley, F. Nov. 23. Driving-gear.-The crank-shaft and crank-pin are united by screwing, keying, and brazing. The crank-pin f<1> and the shaft c are screwed into the disk f, and are held by screws f<4>, the joints being afterwards brazed. The half-speed shaft carries the starting-handle. The invention is applied to engines of the type in which the crank case has one side removable, while the other has a bearing for the driving-shaft, the half-speed gearing is enclosed in the crank case, and the half-speed shaft is supported in bearings supported by the casing.
Patent GB-190927943-A (GB)
Title: Power Operated Machines for Setting Staples, and the like.
Inventor: ELLIOTT WILLIAM ELIJAH
IPC: B21J15/26
Filed: 1909-11-30
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 27,943. Elliott, W. E. Nov. 30. Stapling.-A power-operated stapling-machine, comprising a staple-driver 12 and a staple-guide 4 yieldingly connected therewith, is provided with means, mounted on the machine frame, for limiting the movement of the driver towards a fixed die 3, according to the thickness of the work. These means are automatically adjusted by the staple-guide, which engages the surface of the work. The driver and guide are depressed, to insert a staple, by means of a lever 10 actuated by a cam 9 and pivoted on a movable member 15. A pin on the staple-guide 4 engages a lever 20, and so actuates a bellcrank lever 22, which controls the position of a wedge 17 in a guide 18 on the machine frame. The lower end of a slot in the pivot member 15, into which the wedge 17 projects, co-operates with the inclined lower edge of the wedge to limit the upward movement of the pivot member, thus controlling the length of the driver stroke. The arrangement is such that the thinner the work the farther the wedge 17 is advanced into the slot; consequently, the pivot of the lever 10 is confined to a lower position, and the stroke of the driver is increased. The taper of the wedge may be modified to adapt the machine to varied qualities of steck.
Patent GB-190929277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Production of Synthetic Indiarubber or of a Rubber-like Material.
Inventor: LILLEY GEORGE
IPC: C08F36/04
Filed: 1909-12-14
Granted: 1911-03-14
Abstract: 29,277. Lilley, G. Dec. 14. [Samples furnished]. Hydrocarbon oils, cracking.-The " basic principle '' of india-rubber is obtained by cracking turpentine at 500-600‹ C., fractionating the product, and collecting the more volatile fractions, preferably those distilling below 90‹ C.
Patent GB-191001023-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: PRADEAU CARLO WILLIAM
IPC: F01L5/20
Filed: 1910-01-14
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 1023. Pradeau, C. W. Jan. 14. Two-stroke-cycle engines compress a combustible charge in the annular space b, and expel it through a spring-loaded valve s into the cylinder c. Air is compressed in the crank chamber, and passes through the hollow tailrod m and ports g when the exhaust port u is uncovered. The air may be admitted to the crank chamber through the ports f, p, or through lift valves in the end of the sleeve e or tail-rod m, or through a valve in the crank chamber. The two pistons h, j are held together by a bolt o, Fig. 2. The passage of air through the piston tends to cool it.
Patent GB-191002900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Power Transmission Belts.
Inventor: KRIPPENDORF PAUL FRIEDRICH WIL
IPC: F16G9/00
Filed: 1910-02-05
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 2900. Krippendorf, P. F. W. C. Feb. 5, Belts.-A driving-belt, applicable for sewing- machines, is made from a series of members, Fig. 3, preferably of leather, both ends of each member 1 passing through, and being passed through by, one end of each adjacent member 2, as shown in Fig. 4. Each member may consist of a number of superimposed links, and washers may be interposed between the ends. To connect the ends of the belt, a link 5, 6 with free elongated ends 7, 8 is used, the link being connected in the usual way, and the free ends being passed through adjacent members. To obtain a uniform cross-section, the belt is preferably damped and passed through pairs of concave rollers running at different speeds, the belt being rotated about its axis during its passage.
Patent GB-191003608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Loading and Unloading Coal and other Cargo.
Inventor: HOLLAND GERALD EDWARD
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 3608. Holland, G. E. Feb. 14. Conveying and elevating apparatus.-Apparatus for unloading coal and other bulk cargo, of the type in which an elevator raises the cargo from the hold of a vessel and delivers it to a conveyer or transporter adapted to be tilted and moved bodily, is arranged so that the elevator is supported independently of the conveyer by a carriage running on rails parallel with the transporter rails, and preferably so that the elevator and transporter carriages can be moved bodily in the same vertical plane. The invention is shown applied to a vessel of the type described in Specification 861/09. The elevating-apparatus is suspended from a carriage (not shown) running on the rails w at the sides of the longitudinal passage v, and delivers the cargo to the hopper p on the conveyer arm. The conveyer arm, which is pivoted at g, counterweighted at n, and mounted on a turntable d, runs on a carriage on rails a<1> and is prevented from overbalancing by guide-wheels engaging the rails w.
Patent GB-191003816-A (GB)
Title: A Self Acting Clock-work Device for Tearing the Leaves Off Block Calendars.
Inventor: SCHWARZ IGNAZ
IPC: G04B19/243
Filed: 1910-02-16
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 3816. Schwarz, I. Feb. 16. Calendars and date indicators.-In a clockwork device for tearing-off daily the uppermost sheet of a block calendar, a continuouslyrotating shaft 13, Fig. 1, is adapted to give a series of intermittent half-rotations to an arm 6 provided with hooks 7, 8 at unequal distances from the shaft. A helical spring mounted on the shaft 13 has one end attached thereto; its other end is fixed to an arm 15, Fig. 3, loosely mounted on the shaft and connected to the arm 6. The arm 15 tends to rotate with a cam 18, which is fixed to the shaft 13 and provided with a semicircular slot through which the end of the spring connected to the arm passes; this rotation is, however, normally prevented by a rod 11, having a projection 12 which engages the upper end of the arm 6. At every halfrevolution of the shaft 13, however, the rod is lifted by the cam, and the arm 6 is released. Thereupon the arm 6 is turned through half a revolution, and one of the hooks enters the perforation 3 in the uppermost sheet, which is thus removed. The perforations in alternate sheets correspond in position; consequently the sheets are removed one at a time only.