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Patent GB-190627319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Non-skidding Devices for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: POUNDS JOSEPH ELAM
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-12-30
Abstract: 27,319. Pounds, J. E., and Pounds, H. H. Nov. 30. Wire ropes are formed with rubber, asbestos, fibre, or other resilent cores which may be themselves formed on a wire core. A flat rope a is formed with a core a<2> and side wires a<3>, by which it can be attached to wheel tyres to prevent skidding.
Patent GB-190703476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Saddles.
Inventor: FACHIRI ANTONIO PANDELLI
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 3476. Fachiri, A. P. Feb. 12. Saddles. - The stirrup leathers are carried partly under the side flaps of a saddle so as to present a smooth surface for the leg and knee of the rider. Two slits are cut in the side flap so that the stirrup leather may be threaded through one slit, passing underneath the flap and emerging through the other slit on to the main flap of the saddle. The soft padding under the flap is protected by a piece of soft leather which may be secured along its fore edge only, being retained in place at the rear edge by tongues or straps passing through loops formed in the padding. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, a third slit connects the rear ends of the slits B, C, so forming an auxiliary flap A<2>, The rear edge is kept in place by tongues A<3> sewn on the undersurface so that they can be passed under the adjacent edge of the main flap A, thus enabling the stirrup to be readily disengaged in case of an accident. The padding at E, besides being protected from wear by means of a piece of short leather, may be further modified or thinned slightly to allow the stirrup leather to bed itself in the padding, so that as slight a ridge as possible results from the position of the stirrup leather beneath the flap.
Patent GB-190705212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Floating Dry Docks.
Inventor: DONNELLY WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 5212. Donnelly, W. T. March 4. Docks.-Floating docks raised by means of compressed air are provided with (1) means for readily controlling the supply or discharge'of air; (2) means for controlling the discharge of water from the supply of water to all or any of the compartments ; and (3) wings of such dimensions as to arrest the descent of the dock at a fixed depth when it is completely flooded, these wings being hollow, completely closed, and without valves. Further, two or more docks may be pumped by the same air-supplying means. The dock consists of separate pontoons 2 divided by a central bulkhead 7. In order to sink the dock, the main air-supply valve 35 is closed, and the main discharge valve 35<a> and the branch valves 37<a> on the branch pipes 37 are opened. The flood gates 8, operated by rods 9 and hand-wheels 11, are then raised and, if the dock sinks more quickly on one side than the other, the corresponding branch valve 37<a> is closed or partly closed. The flood gates may also be adjusted as the deck bears the water surface. When sunk, the relief valve 35<a> is closed. This, as well as the check valves 8<b>, prevents water. from escaping through the open gates 8. When the deck is submerged, the water outlets 12, Fig. 11, with their telescopic sections 13, 14, 15, are raised by means of motors 21 and drums 19 so as, to keep them at a constant distance from the surface of the water. The drums 19 are loose upon the shaft 17 and may be operated independently through handwheels 27 and worms 25, which are pivoted upon brackets 26 so that they may be thrown out of gear; or they may be operated simultaneously by throwing in the clutches 30. During the raising operation, the inclination of the dock may be adjusted by varying the height of the telescopic outlets at different rates, or by closing one or other of the supply valves 37<a>. Fig. 10 shows how the dock may be inclined by adjusting the height of the outlets 12.
Patent GB-190706636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process of, and Apparatus for, Bleaching and Aging Cereals and Cereal Products
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN MORRIS
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 6636. Williams, J. M. May 18, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Preserving flour &c.-Cereals and their products are bleached, aged, and sterilized by treating with the gases resulting from the electrolysis of nitric acid. The gases may be diluted with air or gas before being passed into the flour &c., or air may be blown into the electrolytic cell during the process. The cell A, Fig. 2, has an air-tight cover with openings fitted with stuffing-boxes b for the passage of the electrodes, and nipples for the attachment of the air-inlet and gas-outlet pipes. The stuffing-boxes and nipples are preferably made of aluminium. The carbon or other anode B extends nearly to the bottom of the cell, and is preferably enclosed for nearly its whole length in an insulating-jacket D suspended from the cover. The cathode C is shorter than the anode. The air-inlet pipe J may open below the surface of the electrolyte, and the air or gas is preferably supplied at a slight pressure. The bleaching gases; are conducted by a pipe L, Fig. 1, from the cell to the feed-spout k of the apparatus K in which the flour &c. is treated. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also the electrolysis of hydrochloric, sulphuric, or other suitable acid, or a solution of a suitable salt, such as sodium chloride or nitrate. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190708050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Arrangement and Construction of Bearings for Screw Propeller Shafts or other Shaft Operating under Water or other Liquid.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JAMES
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 8050. Williams, J. April 6. Dust and the like, excluding; o i l, retaining.-A device for retaining lubricant and for excluding water or other liquid from im. m e r s e d bearings, such as the bearings of propeller shafts, bucket dredgers, or the vertical shafts employed in agitating p u l p in the treatment of ores by the cyanide process, comprises a ring H on the shaft C ; the ring is provided with one or more grooves K, which diminish the molecular tension of the lubricant or liquid and prevent considerable leakage in either direction. The ring H, which is keyed to the shaft so as to be free to slide but not to rotate, is pressed against the end of the fixed bearing F by a rubber spring N, or by one or more metal springs engaged by a collar or projection 0 on the shaft. When applied to vertical shafts, the ring H is kept in contact with the bearing F by its own weight or with the aid of added weights. The face of the ring H is dished as shown. The ring and springs may be enclosed in a chamber formed in the end of the bearing F.
Patent GB-190708718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Auxiliary or Spare Rims for the Wheels of Motor Cars
Inventor: JONES HEZEKIAH
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 8718. Jones, H., and Evans, W. E. April 15. Felloes or rims.-The detachable rim a<1> and fixed rim member a are provided with corresponding wedge surfaces f, b respectively, which are caused to engage by relative circumferential movement. The rim is locked by a radially adjustable stop h. For adapting rims to wheels of various sizes, spacing-blocks may be fitted between the projections b, f. The detachable rim may be divided circumferentially, the parts being secured together by set-screws. A closing flange may be secured on the outer side of the felloe.
Patent GB-190710323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottle-washing Machines
Inventor: LICHT HERMANN
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 10,323. Licht, H. Sept. 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bottles, washing &c.-Relates to bottle-washing machines of the type in which the inverted bottles are supported on an intermittently-rotated disk and cleansed by internal and external rotary brushes advanced towards a bottle at each stoppage of the disk, and consists chiefly in so supporting the bottles as to obviate the use of clamps or similar holding-devices, in means for rotating the bottles, and in the mounting and operation of the bottom-cleaning and other brushes. The disk or carrier 12 is loosely arranged on the vertical shaft 4 and is given a step-by-step motion by any suitable means. Each bottle 18 rests in an inclined position against a pivoted bifurcated support 16, which, after the cleansing operation, engages a cam-track 21<a> so as first to raise and then to throw off the bottle. A friction disk 22 fixed to the continuously-rotating shaft4 rotates the bottles, either directly as shown or through the medium of rollers loosely mounted upon the forks 16. The external, internal, and stopper-cleansing brushes 25, 24, 26 are carried in a frame 28 slidable in a guideway 35, and receive a rotary motion through a shaft 37 and spur wheels 32, 33, 34. The frame 28 is raised, at each stoppage of the carrier 12, by a lever 39 provided with a roller 41 bearing on a cam 42 fixed to the shaft 4. The bottom of the bottle is cleansed by a brush 44 carried by a pivoted lever 45, similarly operated by means of a roller 47 running on a cam 48. Instead of the fork supports 16, a disk with a recessed edge may be employed to support the bodies of the bottles. A method is described of working a machine in which are employed two sets of brushes together with stopper-extractors and rinsers at convenient points.
Patent GB-190712776-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in and relating to Spinning Rings
Inventor: PIERCE GEORGE LANSON
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 12,776. Pierce, G. L., Forbes, C. S., and Pharaoh, C. F. June3. Spindle apparatus.-In spinning-rings of the type in which an annular traveller 5 rotates between the two parts 1, 3 of the ring, the outer part 1 of the ring is provided with a wooden lining 7 which has been boiled in oil to render it self-lubricating, and the lower part 3 is provided with notches 8, and apertures 9 through which the lint is drawn by suction when the bobbin rotates. The two portions of the ring are removably secured to the rail by reason of engaging with a fixed lug 15 and a resilient lug 16 projecting from the part. The traveller may be stamped from a piece of sheet metal, the stem 10 being bent inwardly so as to be clear of the inner edge of the ring and the edge bent, as shown, so that the thread cannot escape.
Patent GB-190713320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fuel Economisers.
Inventor: HEYWOOD JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 13,320. Heywood, J. W., and Porteus, G.- June 8. Cleaning tubes.- In order to minimize the admission of cold air to the interior of fueleconomizers by way of the chain openings, the chain J passes through a cruciform hole H in the top of a movable stuffing- box I which is carried by a sleeve F fitted over the hole in the top of the economizer. When the lifting-rod L is raised to its highest position as shown to the left in Fig. 1, the stuffing-box is drawn up, but falls again when the rod is lowered.
Patent GB-190716836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lockstitch Sewing Machines
Inventor: DAVIS FRANK
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 16,836. Davis, F. July 23. Lock-stitch shuttle sewing-machines. - Modifications in the machine described in Specification No. 376, A.D. 1905, comprise means for operating the reel-carrier, and the provision of an additional guard to prevent the engagement of the under thread by the rotating-hook. The rods s actuated by the levers w to reciprocate the reel-carrier p are connected to a cross-bar 1, which is provided with rollers running in slots in the guides n. A second cross-bar 2 is connected to the bar 1 by links 3, and the buffers 21, 20 for the reel case p are carried by the bars 2, 1. An additional guard 4 is provided within the reel case p to prevent the engagement of the under thread by the hook. The guard 4 is secured to an arm 5, which is attached to a cross-bar v, and reciprocated by a cam on the vertical shaft.
Patent GB-190717421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Speed Gearing and Brake Mechanism for Machine Tools.
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,421. Henrikson, E., Bullard, S. H., and Bullard Machine Tool Co. July 30. Lathes; gearing, driving.-A brake is employed in connexion with a train of clutch gears, and is provided with interlocking means to prevent both being in operation at one time. The arrangement is described as applied to a boring and turning mill, and two sets of changespeed gear are employed, one set serving to subdivide the speeds produced by the other, together with indicating and interlocking mechanism for preventing improper actuation. A shaft 13, Fig. 2, drives a shaft 17 through a nest of clutch gears operated by a rack-bar 31 and hand-wheel 36. The bar 31 has an incline which operates the clutches through their pins 30, Fig. 9, and levers 29 which expand rings 28. The shaft 17 drives the worktable through a gear train including a second nest of wheels, one of the wheels of one set being connectable to the shaft by a sliding spring key controlled from a handle 52 on a shaft 45. Rotation of a sleeve 42 by swinging the shaft 35 causes a projection 41, Fig. 8, to rock a dog 39 on a pin 40 and expand a brake ring 38 inside a drum secured to the shaft 17. The shafts 35, 45 carry disks provided with marks and arrows which indicate the driving speed. When any one of the clutches 28 is in operation, the corresponding arm 63 of the disk on the shaft 35 is immediately under the shaft 45 and prevents the former shaft from being raised to apply the brake. In addition, a .projection 59 on a link 60 collared on this shaft engages a notched collar 57 on the other shaft and .prevents its rotation to operate the sliding key. To operate this key, the shaft 35 must be turned so that a space 64 registers with the shaft 45, in which position all the clutches 28 are freed and the shaft 35 (an be raised slightly to free the disk 59. Movement of the shaft 35 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 applies the brake, and a collar 66 and spring pin 67 yieldingly maintain the shaft in this position. While the brake is on, rotation of the shaft 35 to engage a clutch is prevented by arms 63, one on each side of the shaft 45. Sudden change from the highest to the lowest speed of a set is prevented by projections 62 on the disk.
Patent GB-190720068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Switches
Inventor: HUNTINGTON JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 20,068. Huntington, J. W. Sept. 9. Switches; couplings. - In a combined switch and plug connexion in which the switch is closed by inserting the plug, the plug is provided with a push-rod adapted to operate an independent member for actuating the switch. The casing 1, preferably lined with asbestos, is fitted with an insulating-slab 3, on which the switch is mounted, the switch arms 4 being carried on the rock-shaft 5 mounted in bearings 6. The switch arms are adapted to make contact with the terminals 7, which are coupled to the leads 8 and to the contactpieces 9 by connexions 9<a>. The contact-pieces 9 pass through a core 10 of insulating-material and are adapted to receive the pins 12 on the plug 13. A sliding rod 14, passing through the core 10 and guide 15, is provided with a cross-bar 17, normally pressed against the extension 10<a> of the core 10 by a spring 16. When the plug is inserted, an insulated rod 18 thereon depresses the rod 14, thus causing the cross-bar 17 to engage the operating arms 19 mounted on the shaft 5 and close the switch. The plug is locked in its closed position by means of a sleeve 20, which revolves loosely on the plug and is fitted with bayonet slots 22 adapted to engage pins 23 on the socket 11. Sufficient play is provided between the cross-bar 17 and the arms 19 to ensure that the switch contact is not made until the plug pins are some considerable distance in the socket, and a quick break action on withdrawing the plug is secured by cutting recesses 24 in the arms 19. The leads 8 pass into the casing through packing-glands 25, to render the casing waterproof.
Patent GB-190726043-A (GB)
Title: A Nail Extractor
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE CRANSTON
Filed: 1907-11-25
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 26,043. Fairweather, W. C., [Administrator of Herzberg, C.]. Nov. 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Nail extractors are provided with a transverse handle k, and with a shaft a the lower end b of which is turned up to form a knee c. The nail gripper is removably secured in a hole in the part b, and is provided with two sharpened gripping - teeth g parallel with the handle k.
Patent GB-190802066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Liquid Compositions for Polishing and Staining Wood Leather and the like.
Inventor: SYMONS HARRY
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 2066. Symons, H., and Hollis, W. Jan. 29. Polishing - liquids; stains, wood and like.-A liquid for polishing and staining wood, leather, &c. consists of a solution of gums, such as shellac, gum lac, and gum sandarach, in spirits of wine, together with turpentine, linseed oil, paraffin oil, and ammonia, with or without stains. A final polish is given with a composition of spirits of wine, vinegar, linseed oil, and butter of antimony.
Patent GB-190809284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Diaphragm Pumps
Filed: 1908-04-29
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 9284. Winterhoff, W., and Winterhoff, P. C., [Firm of]. April 29. Diaphragm pumps.-The annular diaphragm f, Fig. 1, is clamped along its outer circumference between the casing a and the hemispherical cap d, and its inner circumference is clamped between rings g, h by bolts passing from the cross-head q through tubes k and stuffing-boxes p. The central opening in the diaphragm forms the seating of the delivery ball valve c, through which seating the suction ball valve b may be removed. The cap d has a delivery orifice t (situated between the tubes k, but shown by dotted-lines at the side of Fig. 1) through which the balls may be removed and replaced without special tools, the cap serving as an air-vessel when the orifice is fitted with a delivery pipe, and the pump is used as a force-pump. The ball valves may be made of or coated with rubber, and work on metal seats ; or hollow balls of hard material, partly filled with heavy loose bodies v, Fig. 2, and working on seatings of rubber or other flexible material, may be used. The pump is actuated by a link r and lever s, or it may be motor-driven. A double-acting pump is obtained by connecting the adjacent lever brackets of two pumps and operating both pumps from a single pivoted lever, the two suction pipes being connected, and also the delivery pipes. When the delivery orifices are connected by an open pipe or channel, their top halves are closed by a plate.
Patent GB-190812059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of and Apparatus for Projecting Cinematographic Projections.
Inventor: JOSEPH MATHIAS ARNOLD
Filed: 1908-06-03
Abstract: 12,059. Arnold, J. M. June 3, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Kinematographs.- Relates to a process of producing kinematographic projection which consists in having no dark intervals between the successive pictures, two luminous a pencils being employed and the illumination of the screen remaining constant throughout, one picture decreasing in brightness while the succeeding picture increases. Two graded obturators 71, 71<1> are employed with two ordinary kinematographic devices which receive successively the same picture film 19, the successive projections are made in the same determinate order as that in which the photographs have been taken. A main shaft 22 actuates the different wheels of the apparatus, two plates 1, 2 carry the different objectives 17, 20 and have a hinge connexion about the shaft 22 so as to allow of adjustment for superposition of pictures.
Patent GB-190819829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means Arranged in or on Bearings Pullies Crank Pins or the like for Automatic Forced Lubrication.
Inventor: TILSTON EDWARD
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-09-21
Abstract: 19,829. Tilston, E. Sept. 21. Lubricating-pumps.-A pump for lubricating bearings, pulleys, crank-pius, &c., of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 23,859 and 23,859A, A.D. 1905, No. 7157, A.D. 1906, and No. 3006, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Bearings &c.], is actuated by means of an eccentric E on the shaft &c. A, and a loose ring F or an equivalent frame spaced from the eccentric at two diametrically opposite points by the heads G<1>, H<1> of the pump plunger G and a guide-pin H, which are passed through holes in the ring. The plunger G is thus actuated positively in both directions. The heads G<1>, H<1> may be provided with antifriction balls or rollers or may be hardened. The pin H may extend through the casing of the bearing B to indicate that the pump is being reciprocated. The pump body I is screwed into the casing from the outside. Oil is drawn through inlets J and is forced past a non-return valve M to passages N, 0, by which the oil is led to the underside of the shaft A. The shaft M is mounted in a casing P which is screwed into the pump body from the outside and is provided with a screwed cap R. When the cap R is removed, the action of the pump is indicated by oil issuing from the passage Q, and by the movement of the valve spindle. A pressure gauge may be connected to the screwed end of the part P.
Patent GB-190826213-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paste Board, Card Board, Mill Board, or like Box Constructed to Facilitate Inspection of Contents.
Inventor: NUSSBAUM THEODORE
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 26,213. Nussbaum, T. Dec. 4. Contents, viewing; bobbin, spool, &c. cases.-A box of pasteboard, millboard, cardboard, or like material for holding reels of machine, sewing, embroidery, or like silk, or twist, embroideries, &c. is provided with means by which inspection of the contents is facilitated. The side of the box is made double, the parts having corresponding apertures A, B, and the aperture A being covered with a sheet of mica or other transparent material if desired. The outer side is also provided with a long rectangular aperture C. Between the parts is arranged a slide D furnished with a tag E projecting through the opening C, by means of which the slide may be moved along to expose to view the contained goods through either or both of the apertures A, B.