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Patent GB-190703246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1907-02-09
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 3246. Keith, J. Feb. 9. Fans.-Relates to fans of the type described in Specification No. 10,048, A.D. 19U6, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.] The casing A is constructed in a single piece, and is fitted with an inlet eye-piece B having guard-flanges B' to correspond with flanges F<1> on the impeller G, which is shaped so as to leave an air space at H. The blades are flanged and attached to the boss by rivets, some of stouter gauge than the rest having projections riveted to ribs g. The driving-motor is secured to a casting C, fixed to the casing and provided with a water space c around the journal and interposed between the impeller and the motor. In a modification, the motor is separate from the fan, which it drives by a belt; in this case, the water-jacket is dispensed with and an additional outside bearing fitted. The casing may be arranged to be rotatable round the axis of the shaft ; suitable lubricators T are fitted to the bearings, excess lubricant being drained into a receptacle R
Patent GB-190704306-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Drying, Cooling and Moistening Material.
Inventor: SCHILDE BENNO
Filed: 1907-02-21
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 4306. Schilde, B. Feb. 21. Drying - apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for drying, cooling, and moistening material by means of the same air current, in which the air passes successively through the hot over-dry material, an air-heater, the wet material, and the cold over-dry material. A passage is divided into a drying- chamber a, a cooling-chamber b, and a moistening- chamber c. A fan g and an air-heater h are so arranged that air is drawn through the cooling- chamber b, thus cooling the over-dry material, and passed through the air-heater and pipe i to the drying-chamber. The hot air passes over the material in a direction opposite to the latter, and returns by the pipe k to the moistening-chamber c containing the cool over - dry material. The material may be carried through the drying-chamber on carrier bands &c. A separate air-moistener l may also be provided.
Patent GB-190704376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lasts and Last Holding Devices.
Inventor: DUNCAN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 4376. Duncan, A., and Fraser, J. Feb. 22. Last-holders.-A last 7, recessed for lightness, has a tapered stem adapted to fit into either of two sockets in a sleeve 11, according as the plane of the sole is required to be vertical or horizontal. The sleeve 11 fits upon a pivot pin 10, which is carried by a base 9 secured to the bench, and rotation is prevented by the engagement of a projection on the sleeve with one of several recesses 13 in the base. The stem of the last is prevented from rotating in its socket by tightening a thumb-screw passing through a boss on the sleeve 11. When the last is in the horizontal socket, a stirrup strap may be secured in a groove 16.
Patent GB-190709768-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Applying Composition to Splints in the Manufacture of Matches.
Inventor: DININNY FERRAL CARLTON
Filed: 1907-04-26
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 9768. Dininny, F. C. April 26. Matches, making. In a machine for tipping matches, a support which reciprocates in and out of a trough of the igniting- composition has separate fingers for all the matches which it tips at one stroke. This arrangement is specially applicable for applying very small quantities of a second composition to matches which have already been headed. Fig. 2 shows a section, transverse to the direction of motion of the match carriers, of a machine which tips four rows of matches at a time. Four rows of fingers 49 are carried by a support 17 in a trough 12 of igniting - composition. The fingers 49 taper towards their tops, which are preferably concave, and there are slits in the support 17 between the rows of fingers, to let superfluous composition drop through. The support 17 is connected by bolts 19 to vertical sliders 16, and is reciprocated by a cam on the driving- shaft 11 ; the cam rocks a shaft 23 by a bell-crank lever and a link 26, and arms on the shaft 23 engage pins on the sliders 16. The match carriers 31, of chain or other type, are fed intermittently over the trough 12 by mechanism which comprises a second cam on the shaft 11, which turns a shaft 37 intermittently in one direction by a bell-crank lever 39, a link 40, a gear sector 41, a loose gearwheel 42, and a pawl and ratchet. The shaft 37 has worm gear for actuating pairs of sprocketwheels 33, which drive the carriers 31. A notched disk on the shaft 37 is locked between the feeding movements by a latch, actuated from a third cam on the shaft 11. The trough 12, which is jacketed, has a heating-burner 14, and can be withdrawn laterally on slide-ways 13.
Patent GB-190711214-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Game.
Inventor: BERBY JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 11,214. Berry. J. May 14. Games played with boards and balls.-A board a of any suitable length and width is supported so that it slants slightly upwards from front to back. At its upper end, the board is provided with a number of holes d each of which is normally closed by a numbered plate e. Each plate is connected by a spindle g with one end of a pivoted lever h, the other end of each lever being pivoted to the lower end of a plate i adapted to project upwards through a slot adjacent to each hole. The front side of each plate bears a number corresponding to that on the plate e connected with it. Bell-crank levers n are pivoted to side brackets and support transverse rods p arranged immediately beneath the forward end of the levers h. The lower ends of the bell-crank levers are joined bya chain q, one end of which is secured to a spring r, and the other end to a rod i operated by a lever v. In playing the game, a ball is rolled along the board and when it passes over a pocket the plate e is depressed and the plate i appears, the numbers on it indicating the score. To remove the balls from the pockets, the lever v is actuated, thus causing the spindles g to rise and eject the balls from the pockets. The slope of the board causes the balls to roll down to the playing point.
Patent GB-190711703-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method for Fixing Drilling and Milling Tools in Shafts and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: GROSSET PAUL
Filed: 1907-05-18
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 11,703. Grosset, P. May 18. Drills; milling.-Drills and milling-tools are secured in sockets by fluting the shanks of the cutters and forcing them in the slightly smaller bores of the sockets. Drills are placed between grooves in rolls b, Fig. 3, actuated step by step by ratchet-mechanism e, f, Fig. 1. Sockets h are fed from'a magazine i having a spring bottom j, k pressed aside by a slide m to allow one socket to be received in a spring guide g ready for forcing on a drill a by a ram o. The axes of the rolls bare adjustable to allow for use with different sizes of drills.
Patent GB-190711721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railroad Spikes
Inventor: CLOVER GRANT CALVIN
Filed: 1907-05-18
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 11,721. Clover, G. C. May 18. Spikes.-A spike for securing railway rails is formed with holes 10 into which spring tongues 11 are driven. The tongues enter recesses 9 when the spike is being driven, but project to prevent the spike from working loose. Depressions 13 may be formed below the recesses 9 to receive the end s of the tongues when the spike is forcibly withdrawn.
Patent GB-190713507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Supporters.
Inventor: GORTON ROBERT
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 13,507. Gorton, R. June 11. Belts; stocking suspenders. - To a belt Dare attached, at one end permanently and at the other end by a buckle E, the projecting portions B of a pad A, which keeps the lower end of the corset in position, the ends C supporting the stocking-suspenders F by means of buckles G. The pad is formed of two sections, preferably of the shape shown in Fig. 2 ; each is formed of two thicknesses of material a, a', the edges being turned inwards and stitched together. The sections are then crossed and stitched together in the position shown in Fig. 1, no stiff interlining being used.
Patent GB-190713828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fluid Pressure Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: TURNER WALTER VICTOR
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 13,828. Turner, W. V. June 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brakes.-To permit a graduated release of automatic fluid-pressure brakes for railway and like vehicles, there is provided an additional valve device 6 which supplies pressure from an independent source 10 to the auxiliary reservoir 3 when the triple-valve gear 30, 31, 32, 33 is moved to release position after an application of the brakes, the supply being continued until the pressure in the auxiliary reservoir overcomes that in the train pipe and returns the triple valve to lap position. The source 10 may be a supplemental reservoir, a main reservoir pipe line, or a control pipe line, and the pressure in it may be either greater than or equal to the normal train-pipe pressure. The device 6 comprises a relay valve 13 between the source 10 and the reservoir 3, and a control valve 28, the opening of which causes the piston 14 of the valve 13 to move to the right and open the valve 13. The valve 28 is opened by a spring 27 acting against a diaphragm 26 when the pressure in the chamber 23 below the valve 28 falls below a certain limit. The chamber 23 communicates with the auxiliary reservoir through a pipe 8 and a valve 9, which is open only when the triple valve is in the release position. A partial increase of train-pipe pressure thus causes a partial release of the brakes and a partial recharging of the auxiliary reservoir, the action being repeated as often as may be necessary. If the pressure of the additional source 10 is equal to the normal train-pipe pressure, the valve 28 may be dispensed with, the pipe 8 being connected directly to the operating-cylinder 15 of the relay valve 13.
Patent GB-190716239-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Purifying and Clarifying Water or Effluent and Apparatus for that purpose
Inventor: LINDEN LUCIEN
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 16,239. Linden, L. July 15. Foul waters, treating; aerating; agitating; treating with reagents; settling and decanting; spraying; tanks for.-Moderately impure residuary waters are treated with a reagent and passed through a series of settling - tanks separated by aerating apparatus. When lime is the reagent used, the aeration is stated to promote the precipitation of the lime as carbonate. The water and reagent are mixed together with violent agitation, for example by being passed into a vat through two parallel or concentric and preferably vertical pipes. The mixture is then passed without being allowed to come to rest into a settling-basin A', entering through a pipe or pipes K, which may be covered by a bell B. The bell B is provided with a vertical pipe C for the discharge of air, while impurities may be discharged through the side pipe D. The pipe C may also be used for supplying chemicals such as alumina. Impurities which settle can be pumped away through the pipe M, and the water rising past the baffles F overflows in a thin sheet on to the table G, from which it is delivered on to a paddle H and is splashed against the wall I ; falling back into the compartment J, which may be filled with a porous or oxidizing material, it is thence passed to other settling-tanks A<2>, A'. A perforated table N may replace the table G, and the cylinder H, which is preferably actuated by electricity, may be replaced by a turbine or other suitable pulverizer. The space into which the water falls may contain deflectors, cascades, fascines, bars, or gratings. The settling-basins are covered with a glass structure which protects the water from dust and atmospheric influences and promotes purification by the action of light. According to the Provisional Specification, a channel of the same depth may run along the side of the tanks to accommodate the pipes leading to the pumps, the electric motors, and the gear for driving the cylinders.
Patent GB-190717247-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Radiator applicable for Automobiles.
Inventor: KATTWINKEL GUSTAVE
Filed: 1907-07-27
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 17,247. Kattwinkel, G. July 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines.- In a radiator for automobiles, vertical rows of tubes a, through which air passes, are in contact with each other, and each vertical row is separated from adjacent vertical rows by means of spacing-bars b. The bars may have projections, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to fill completely the spaces between the rows of tubes ; or the bars may be shaped as shown in Fig. 5, the spaces between the bar and the tubes being filled before soldering.
Patent GB-190721068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a Method of and Apparatus for Drying Steam.
Inventor: LAGOSSE ETIENNE
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 21,068. Lagosse, E. Sept. 24, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Steam separators; steam receivers.-Steam from a boiler 1 entering the dome 2 passes upwards around a central chamber 4 forming currents which meet at the top of the dome and pass downwards into the chamber in contact with each other, the friction between the currents producing central streamlets of gradually increasing density and finally forming drops, which pass back into the boiler through a pipe 7. The chamber is provided with a central tube 11, formed as shown, containing a funnel 12 and surrounded by a perforated diaphragm 17. In modification, the dome and the chamber consist of horizontal cylinders, and longitudinal division plates take the place of the central tube and funnel. Several series of tubes and funnels or corresponding division plates may be employed in a single chamber.
Patent GB-190724966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Card Files, Indexes, and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON PETER THOMAS
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 24,966. Johnson, P. T Nov. 11. Filing papers &c.-In a card file or index, the follower is in the form of a spring member and the cards are apertured to co-operate with a flat bar which may be turned to free them. Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively an elevation and a plan of the apparatus. The bar A is formed with a flanged square block B, and is journaled in plates E, F secured to the case D. The bar may be turned by a knob P, and is held with the flat side horizontal or vertical by means of a strip-spring G secured to the base and formed with a leaf which bears on the block B. The cards are each formed with a slot hole, and may be slipped over the bar when its flat side is vertical. The follower is made from sheet steel, brass, or other spring metal, and consists of an inclined front H, sides I, and arms J having fingers K which are gripped to release the follower from the sides of the case.
Patent GB-190728246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic Hot Water Systems.
Inventor: THOMAS DAVID JOHN
Filed: 1908-06-17
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 28,246. Thomas, D. J., and Evans, W. June 17, 1908. Water-supply, hot. Water from a kitchen boiler 1 passes through an auxiliary horizontal heating-coil 7 in the flue, whereby sufficient hot water for a bath 9, for instance, can be rapidly obtained, and a smaller boiler than usual used where the demand is small. The hotwater pipe 6 enters a cold-water cistern 2 through a coil 10, by which any steam formed is condensed. A hotw a t e r circulating cistern may be provided, supplied with cold water by a ball valve. Or this cistern may be connected to the boiler by only a single pipe, especially when the bath is on a level with the boiler ; a ball valve may then be provided in the boiler, which may be open.
Patent GB-190800917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Swimming Devices
Inventor: BAUMANN SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 917. Baumann, S. Jan. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Swimming-appliances.-In swimming-appliances of the type wherein a web a is attached to a series of ribs b hinged to a plate d adapted to be attached to the hand, the plate d is attached by straps f to the back of the hand so as not to impede the free action of the fingers.
Patent GB-190815028-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder for Serviettes and the like
Inventor: PATERSON LOUISE HELENE
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 15,028. Paterson, L. H. July 15. Rings and holders, napkin and serviette.-A serviette holder comprises two hinged rods a, b provided with arms c, c', between which the serviette is placed and which are secured by ball fastenings d.
Patent GB-190819655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps
Inventor: RATEAU AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 19,655. Rateau, A. Oct. 31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Centrifugal pumps.-To increase the height of suction of a high-speed centrifugal pump, a helicocentrifugal wheel of larger inlet area than the pump is placed together with a diffuser between the pump inlet and the suction pipe. The diameter d<2> of the inlet of the helicoidal wheel B is considerably larger than the diameter d' of the inlet of the centrifugal wheel A. The function of the diffuser C, which is placed between the wheels B, A, is to increase the pressure sufficiently to ensure a constant flow through the inlet of the pump A.
Patent GB-190819737-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Smoking Salmon.
Inventor: LINDENBERGER HERMANN
Filed: 1908-09-19
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 19,737. Lindenberger, H. Sept. 19. Preserving salmon.-Salmon before being smoked is coated on the flesh side with a solution of glue, gelatine, isinglass, and glycerine, to which powdered pumice is added as an absorbent, and strips of flexible material, such as vegetable parchment, spaced to allow the escape of gases, are then applied. Either the glue or the gelatine may be omitted from the composition.
Patent GB-190821372-A (GB)
Title: Straw Elevator for Steam Thrashers.
Inventor: BECKER URBAN
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 21,372. Becker, U. Oct. 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Thrashing - machines.- A band conveyer is arranged on a thrashing- machine to receive the cavings from the shaking sieve and raise them to a press. The conveyer consists of a band of cloth 11 carrying wooden cross-bars and mounted upon flanged rollers6. Laths 18 are mounted over the edge of the conveyer band to prevent the straw from falling off. The lower drum is driven from the main shaft of the thrashing-machine.
Patent GB-190823149-A (GB)
Title: A Finger and Hand Controlling Device for use in Practice on Musical Instruments.
Inventor: DAY MAY
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 23,149. Day, M. Oct. 30. Exercising-apparatus.- A device for maintaining the band in proper position for playing the piano and other instruments, and for strengthening the fingers, consists of a piece of stout wire bent to form finger-loops A and separating-loops C. The device is placed at the roots of the fingers, and the loops C which are placed at an angle to the finger loops pass slightly under the palm of the hand. The whole device has a general curve to keep the hand in a correct position.
Patent GB-190824733-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Drill.
Inventor: PEALING JOHN ALFRED LAWRENCE
IPC: B23B45/02
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 24,733. Pealing, J. A. L. Nov. 17. Drilling.-In a portable electric drill for ships' plates, boilers, or the like, of the kind in which the holding-on magnets and the motor magnets have the same coils, the motor is mounted directly above one of the holding-on magnets, the core of which is a continuation of one of the pole-pieces of the motor. The drill spindle is driven by worm gearing d, Fig. 2, from the shaft of the motor j, and is fed by means of a solenoid r, in the core n of which the drill holder p is adjustably carried. A flange s stops the descent of the core n, the depth of the hole drilled being determined by the position of the holder p. The field coils may be variously wound to suit different conditions, and may be partly in series with the armature. The solenoid r may similarly be wound in sections with a suitable controlling-arrangement. In one case all the sections are in parallel and are brought into action successively by means of the switch shown in Fig. 4 having a sliding plug w. This switch is mounted for convenience, as are other requisite switches, upon the apparatus itself, and means for preventing arcing are provided such as an oil-break, or, as in toe case shown, a magnetic blow out, the flux from the holding-on magnets being utilized. In this arrangement the contacts are placed between extensions h<1>, k<1> of the motor magnets h, k, and any arcs formed between the contacts are thus destroyed. The switches may be interlocked so that the one controlling the coils of the holding-on magnets must be closed before the motor switch can be actuated.
Patent GB-190827876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Air and Gas Compressors.
Inventor: SAYERS THOMAS
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 27,876. Sayers, T. Dec. 22. Actuating valves and cocks.-The suction and delivery valves of a piston compressor are corrug a t e d transversely to their longer axes, and are secured by metal springs or lashing to pistons which tend to keep both valves closed. The valves a, b, corrugated as shown and turned back at a<2>, b<2>, are in the suction and delivery chambers h, g formed in the cylinder head f by diaphragms g'. The spring c attached to the suction valve a is secured to a plug c' at one end and to a piston d at the other, the point of attachment of the spring to the valve being out of line with the end con nexions of the spring. The piston d has differential areas d<1>, d<2>, of which the larger d' is exposed to the pressure of the delivery through the port h<1>. On the inward movement of the main piston h<2> the valve a opens, lifting the piston d until it is stopped by the stud i. At the end of the stroke the pressure acting on the area d<2> closes the valve. The lower end of the spring c attached to the valve b is fastened to a piston m, the upper face of which is exposed to the receiver pressure thus tending to close the valve. During the stroke the compressed air has access to the underside of the piston through the port o, but at the end of the compressed stroke the port o puts the underside of the piston in communication with the main cylinder, and the consequent drop of pressure closes the valve.
Patent GB-190900954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flashing Sign Controllers.
Inventor: PIDGEON ALBERT
IPC: H01H43/16
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 954. Pidgeon, A. Jan. 14. Make-and-break switches, mechanical.-In control apparatus for flash signals used for advertising &c., a number of pins, projecting from the surface of a revolving drum or disk, actuate electric switches. The switches can slide on their supports to bring them in and out of the range of a particular circle of pins. The pins A project from the surface of the drum L and the disk R, and are of various lengths so that on rotation of the drum and disk they actuate the switches F through the roller H and arm G for different times. The switches Fare slidably attached to the slotted bars D. The drum L is driven through the gear-wheel M by an electric motor U.