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Patent GB-190827109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anchoring Devices or Spades for Field Gun Carriages.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 27,109. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Dec. 14. Field carriages.-Relates to adjustable trail spades, and consists in providing a double spade which can be adjusted relatively to the trail so as to bring into operation a long or short soil-engaging surface for soft and hard ground respectively. Fig. 2 shows a spade B<1>, B<2> carried on the trail A by links A<1> and adjusted with the short spade B<2> operative by means of an arm B<3> and a detachable pin C. Fig. 7 shows a similar spade B', B<2> adjusted with the long spade B<1> operative but having a twin catch-device C, a projection c<2> on which serves to lock the spade in either of the two operative positions, while another projection c<1> fixes the spade when it is swung into the inoperative positive on the top of the trail A. Figs. 9 and 10 show a modified spade B<1>, B<2> pivoted at B x and provided with an extension b connected by links b<1>, b<2> to a handle b<3>, which serves to move the spade into either the housed position, Fig, 9, or the operative position, Fig. 10 ; in the operative position, the spade abuts against a fixed wall in the trail so that recesses d<1> on the part B<1> of the spade are engaged by projections on the wall. If the handle b<3> occupies an intermediate position represented by a notch b<2>x, the part B' of the spade may be made to slide upon, and extend with respect to, the part B' by operating a lever C<3> through the medium of toggle-levers C, C'.
Patent GB-190828260-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Means for Casting Steel Ingots.
Inventor: KOSTILEFF NICOLAS
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 28,260. Kostileff, N. Dec. 28. Casting.-To avoid piping, clay pouring-blocks are fitted to the tops of ingot moulds by an almost vertical bevel as shown in Fig. 4. When, after pouring, the surface of the molten metal has fallen to the lower edge of the clay block, this block is removed and the top of the ingot at once drenched with water. Water may be poured into the block before removing it and, if desired, jackets containing slag from a previous pour may be employed to warm the pouring-blocks before casting, as shown in Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190901174-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Braking Vehicles.
Inventor: BOIRAULT LOUIS
IPC: B60T1/04
Filed: 1909-01-16
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 1174. Boirault, L. Jan 16. Pistons.-An annular piston 61 for car brakes is formed with a hollow rod which works on a smaller concentric cylinder 63 containing a spring-pressed piston 64 the rod of which is provided with a head 67 which bears on the hollow rod of the piston 61. The piston 61, in moving outwards, thus carries with it the piston 64.
Patent GB-190901800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Underground Disconnecting-boxes for Electric Cables.
IPC: H02B1/00
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1800. Henleys Telegraph Works Co., W. T., and Nichols, W. H. Jan. 25. Distributing - panels. -Multiple - connexion distributing-panels for u s e in underground boxes and the like consist of a bed-plate D, independent of the box &c., in the form of a ribbed metal c a s t i n g or forging, which serves to support insulated metal pillars F whereby the main conductors B and bus-bars are connected by links J. When used on a threewire system as illustrated, the n e u t r a l conductors N are joined by metal pillars R', R<2> to the neutral bus-bars O which are made in the form of closed hoops. A cranked arm E serves to connect each main conductor to its insulated metal pillar F. T h e s e metal pillars are insulated by split insulators G, G<1> as shown, a sleeve H of micanite or other insulator being introduced as indicated. Compressible insulating washers h allow the nuts e to be drawn up tightly, and the bus-bars M are held by nuts l, such bars being shaped so as to bridge over one another as shown.
Patent GB-190907447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Gear Changing Mechanism, for use in connection with Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: CARR WILLIAM
IPC: F16H61/02
Filed: 1909-03-29
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 7447. Carr, W., and Carr, C. A. March 29. Propelling.-Relates to variable-speed gearing of the sliding-wheel type, in which auxiliary friction gearing is employed to facilitate changing speed, and consists in the use of friction gears brought into operation by the act of disengaging the engine clutch. The gearing is suitable for use in airships. Gears c', c<2>, and a clutch d<3> slide together upon a squared part of the driving-shaft a. Gears d<1>, d<2>, g are secured to a countershaft b, the gear g being constantly in mesh with a gear e fast upon the driven shaft f. The high, middle, and low speeds are effected by bringing into action, in order, the clutch d' and the gears c<2>, c<1>. A conical friction gear h is mounted on the shaft b so as to rotate therewith. A like gear i sliding on a squared part of the shaft a is connected to the movable part of the engine clutch. Before sliding the gear c<2> into mesh with the gear d<2>, the engine clutch is disengaged, and the gear i brought into engagement with the gear h. The shafts a, bare thus brought to such relative speeds that the teeth of the gears c<2>, d<2> are moving with nearly equal velocities, and can be intermeshed without shock. The gear h may be arranged to yield a little against the thrust of a spring j.
Patent GB-190908420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cycle Bearings.
IPC: B60B27/02
Filed: 1909-04-07
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 8420. Machine-Rijwiel-en Automobielenfabriek " Simplex," and Dorens, W. K. van E. April 7. Ball bearings.-Cycle-wheel hubs are provided with ball bearings of the type comprising two grooved race rings 1, 2. The inner ring 1 is held against a collar 6 by a sleeve 7, and the ring 2 has a slight lateral play within an enlarged part 4 of the hub, so as to be self-adjusting. Dust is excluded by screwed caps 8.
Patent GB-190911839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Apparatus.
Inventor: LAURIN LAURENTIUS
IPC: F16N13/00
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 11,839. Laurin, L. May 20, 1908, [Convention date]. Cam-actuated diaphragm pumps.-A multipledelivery lubricator comprises a number of oil receptacles provided with feed-pumps which are coupled together and driven by ratchet mechanism. The receptacles 4, 5, Fig. 3, are bolted together, the first of the series being fitted with the driving-mechanism and the last with an end piece 21. Each pump consists of a hollow rotary piece 9, on to which a diaphragm is fixed by a cover 10. The pump chamber is expanded by a spring-pressed plunger 11 and is compressed by a lever 12, which is loosely mounted in the cover 10 and actuated by a fixed cam projection 13. The ends of the lever 12 are symmetrical, so that the pump has two strokes for each revolution. The part 9 has two ports 14, 15, through which oil is alternately sucked into the chamber and forced through a passage 16 into the outlet. The pumps are coupled together by projections 20 on the parts 9 engaging grooves 19 in the covers 10. To vary the stroke of each pump, the projection 13 is adjusted by a screw 22, Fig. 2. Oil may be supplied directly from the reservoir to the outlet through a passage 23 normally closed by a valve 24. The pumps may be of the piston type.
Patent GB-190912675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Re-inforced Concrete.
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM FRY
IPC: E04C5/16
Filed: 1909-05-28
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 12,675. Scott, W. F. May 28. Reinforced concrete; beams.-The tension-bars in a beam are connected at their ends to curved plates C, Figs. 1 and 9, which are supplied flat but are readily bent and connected to the bars by holes or slots i, g, h; nuts j, and a hook f. Two parallel rods may be connected to the ends of a plate bent angulafly in plan, or a semi-cylindrical plate may be substituted for the plate C. Single rods may be hooked to a yoke or bridle attached to the curved plate. Figs. 12 & 13 show modifications in which the tension-bar is attached to the centre of the plate.
Patent GB-190913763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Alternating Electric Current Distribution Systems.
Inventor: PECK JOHN SEDGWICK
IPC: H02J3/38
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 13,763. Peck, J. S. July 15,1908. Systems depending on the use of static transformers. -In an auxiliary-transformer distribution system, the current in the winding of the relay governing the automatic switching arrangement is reduced when the automatic switch is in its closed position. In the series-transformer system shown in Fig. 1, the winding 29 of the relay 26 is connected to the secondary winding 30 of the transformer 31. An intermediate point of the primary winding 32 is connected to the contact 33 of the switch 15, so that, when the switch 15 is closed, a portion of the winding 32 is short-circuited. When the load upon the system is light, the switches occupy the positions shown, but, upon an increase of load, the relay closes the circuit of the winding 18, thereby closing the switches 14, 15, and short-circuiting the windings 5, 6 of the auxiliary transformer 2. When the load decreases, the spring 28 causes the arm 27 to close the circuit of the opening winding 19. A fuse 41 is placed in the circuit of the auxiliary transformer winding 2, which, when blown, releases the arm 34, thereby breaking the circuit of the winding 19 and closing a circuit containing signal lamps 23. In the parallel-transformer system, the relay 26 controls the windings actuating the switches 14, 15, arranged to place the transformers in parallel. In a modification, the relay win iing 29 may be connected in shunt with a choke coil, the magnetic circuit of which is arranged to become saturated when the current in the choke coil reaches a certain value, so that, when the current reaches that predetermined value, the current in the relay coil 29 does not increase proportionately. The choke-coil may be arranged so that it is ouly placed in circuit when the switches 14, 15 are closed. In a modification, the switch 14 may be arranged to short-circuit a portion of the winding 29. The Provisional Specification also states that a fuse may be inserted in the circuit of the auxiliary transformer, being arranged to close the main switch and a signal circuit when the current in this circuit reaches a predetermined value ; also, in a three-wire paralleltransformer distribution system, a single switch is employed to insert the main transformer, which is divided into two equal portions the adjacent ends of which are connected to the fixed terminals of the switch, the movable contact of which is connected to the neutral wire of the system.
Patent GB-190914048-A (GB)
Title: Improved Reinforced Concrete Construction.
Inventor: HADLEY HERCULES HERBERT
IPC: E04B5/06
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 14,048. Kadley, H. H. June 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Floors; roofs; calls; beams.-In a hollow floor or roof of the type formed of reinforced-concrete beams of T-section placed side by side and alternately upright and inverted, the inverted beams have short webs which support the abutting flanges of the upright beams, as shown. Walls may be formed by laying the beams with the webs horizontal.
Patent GB-190914761-A (GB)
Title: Permanently Active Radio-active Glass.
Inventor: HENRI FARJAS
IPC: C03C1/00
Filed: 1909-06-23
Abstract: 14,761. Farjas, H. April 2, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Production of metal.-Radio-active glass is obtained by adding pure radium sulphate or sulphates or carbonates treated with radium to the materials used for glass-making. According to an example, a transparent glass is obtained by melting together, barium sulphate treated with radium, silica, sulphur and fusible white glass; the sulphur may be replaced by charcoal; an opaque glass is obtained when a smaller proportion of silica is used. According to another example, barium carbonate treated with radium, silica, and fusible white glass are employed. The glass may be made into plates, tubes, filaments, &c. for medical and other purposes.
Patent GB-190920226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Reproducers of Gramophones, Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: NEWMAN THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-09-03
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 20,226. Newman, T. W. Sept. 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Trumpets, arranging and supporting. - At combined performances of phonographs and kinematographs in small halls, to enable some people to see the pictures only, and others, who may so desire, to both see the pictures and hear the phonograph, the usual trumpet is dispensed with and the tone-arm a is connected to main tubes b running round the building and having branch tubes c with ordinary ear-pieces d along the rows of seats.
Patent GB-190921023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Calculating Machines.
Inventor: JAHNZ ERWIN
Filed: 1909-09-14
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 21,023. Jahnz, E. Sept. 15, 1908, [Convention date]. Multiplying and dividing apparatus of the type described in Specification 13,700/90, is provided with means for unlocking the sliding carriage, by which multiplication or division by multiples of ten is effected, and for moving it one step only to the right or left by a single operation of a lever. Means are also provided which allow an indefinite movement to the right or left to be given to the carriage when desired. In the sectional plan shown, a pair of levers h, i is mounted on the sliding carriage ; and either of them, when rocked towards the other, is adapted to raise a latch r from one of a number of slots a in the fixed bed-plate of the apparatus. Further pressure, for instance upon the lever h, then moves the carriage in the direction shown by the arrow ; and the withdrawal of the projection q from the end o of a spring-controlled pawl k causes the pawl to be rocked so that its inner end comes between two adjacent studs v, a number of which are mounted upon the bed-plate. The extent of movement of the carriage is partly limited by the amount of relative movement which can take place between the pawl and its pivot d owing to the slot g in the pawl. When the lever h is released, the latch r engages in the next slot to the right in the bed-plate, and the pawl is restored to its original position by the lever and its spring. To enable the carriage to be moved any number of steps to the right or left when both levers are operated simultaneously, the levers are provided with rods 2, 1 respectively, which, when either lever is operated, prevent the pawl of the other lever from being rocked ; thus, when both levers are operated, the pawls k, l are rendered inoperative. In a modification, the two levers h, i mty be operated by means of a single handle.
Patent GB-190925946-A (GB)
Title: Horticultural Device for Removing Moss from Lawns and the like.
Inventor: WILSON ALEXANDER CRAIG
IPC: A01G1/12
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 25,946. Wilson, A. C., and Soutar, J. C. Nov. 10. Weeds, destroying; rollers, garden.-A machine for eradicating moss from lawns &c. comprises a roller A provided with staggered sets of spikes B and driven from one or more wheels D. The machine is provided with a handle F, a collecting-box G, a shield or guideplate I, and an adjustable roller H. According to the Provisional Specification, the spiked roller may be used for collecting leaves &c., and may be attached to a lawn-mower, gardenroller, &c. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 7847/91 and 25,092/06.
Patent GB-191001409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Side Carriages for Cycles and Motor Cycles.
Inventor: FULFORD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1910-01-19
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 1409. Fulford, W. H., [trading as Mills-Fulford], and Howe, E. Jan. 19. Suspending and mounting undercarriages.- The wheel of a cycle side-car is mounted in a frame of a greater length than, and moving about a greater radius than, the wheel diameter, the frame being pivoted at the front of the wheel and secured to the car at the rear of the wheel by a transverse sliding bar. The frame b, completely surrounding the wheel, supports it on each side, and the sliding bar e, passing between rollers c<3>, carries spring buffers c<4>, which are arranged at a substantial distance from a central stop c<2>. As shown, to form stops for the springs, the bar is reduced and has a stop c<5> fitted in the end; the bar may, however, be of the same diameter throughout and have two separate stops affixed to it.
Patent GB-191006243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery Guards.
Inventor: CLULEY CHARLES JAMES
IPC: F16P1/02
Filed: 1910-03-12
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 6243. Cluley, C. J., and Raby, J. W. March 12. Guards. - In a guard particularly adapted for use with a rotating tool, and of the kind in which a hood or cylindrical cover is attached to the machine by a pin and socket connexion, the pin and socket are secured firmly together by means of a sliding collar and set-screw. Fig. 3 shows the hood 2 with socket 5, having a slot 7 in one side. A sliding collar 8 with a setscrew 15 surrounds the socket. It is immaterial whether the pin or the socket be attached to the hood.
Patent GB-191006827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Attachment of Light Reflectors for Cycles and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HEWITT WALTER
Filed: 1910-09-19
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 6827. Hewitt, W. Sept. 19. Reflector signals for road vehicles.-A reflecting-lens is fitted to the number-plate of a motor-cycle o r motorcar and serves as a danger signal by reflecting back the light from an overtaking vehicle. The lens 2 projects through an opening in the number-plate 11 and has a flange which is held by a back plate, or the lens may be fitted in a plate which is riveted or otherwise secured on the number-plate. The lens may be coloured, or may have a coloured medium in front of the reflective backing.
Patent GB-191012647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stone Cutting.
Inventor: ROYSTON ERNEST RICHARD
IPC: B28D1/02
Filed: 1910-05-24
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 12,647. Royston, E. R., [American Granite Saw Co.]. May 24. Sawing stone; sand, grit, and the like, feeding to machines; tools.-Stone is cut by making a series of intersecting curved kerfs of successively greater depth in the stone. Cutter-heads A carrying cutters J and connected by a link C are oscillated on pivots B through a pitman H from a crank-shaft E. The cutters come into action successively, each making a cut below that of the preceding cutter. Abrasive material is fed to the topmost kerf and passes down through the succeeding kerfs, being crushed or wedged beneath the cutters, and is then caught on inclined troughs M and passed out at the side of the stone-carrier. Either the cutters or the work may be fed to each other.
Patent GB-191013995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cutting and Slicing Machines for Meat, Vegetables or other Materials.
Inventor: CLERC FRANCOIS
IPC: B26D1/16
Filed: 1910-06-09
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 13,995. Clerc, F. June 10, 1909, [Convention date]. Cutting - edges, treating. - A device f o r sharpening the cutting- disk of a slicing-machine in situ comprises a grinding-disk s carried by a bracket u adjustably mounted on the oscillating arm d carrying the cutting-disk. The grinding-disk s can be moved into engagement with the cutting-disk and is operated through the medium of wheels h and t.
Patent GB-191017180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicators and Recorders.
Inventor: RENFRO ALVA D
IPC: G01P3/18
Filed: 1910-07-19
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 17,180. Renfro, A. D. July 19. Recording by co-ordinates; roller-and-sheet apparatus.- In centrifugally-operated speed indicators and recorders, the speed is recorded on a clockdriven strip by a pivoted pencarrying arm oscillated through a rack and pinion. The pen arm 21 is mounted on a spindle 19, on which is a pinion 18 engaged by a slidable rack 17, operated, in turn, by a centrifugally-controlled sleeve against the action of a leaf spring. A pointer 20 is also actuated from the spindle 19 through a toothed sector 71 and pinion 60. The recordstrip 27 travels from a roll 25 to a receiving spool 28 over rollers 26, the whole being mounted on a carriage 23, which may be slidably withdrawn from the casing. The strip-receiving spool is supported on a shaft which is rotated by a spring 33 subject to the control of the clock 67 through a spring-influenced rat-trap coupling. Movement of the strip may be prevented by a spring tooth which engages a ratchet-wheel until the door of the casing is put into place, whereupon a tongue on the door forces the spring tooth out of engagement. The receiving spool 28 is detachably secured to the hollow shaft 51, Fig. 9, by means of a pointed lever 54, the protrusion of which through slot 53 is controlled by the conical-ended spindle 52. The shaft supporting the winding-off spool 25 is in two parts, temporarily secured together by the end of one part telescoping into the resilient slotted end of the other part.
Patent GB-191017547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regenerative Coke-oven Installations.
IPC: C10B21/14
Filed: 1910-07-23
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 17,547. Otto-Hilgenstock Coke Oven Co., [Otto & Co., C.]. July 23. Plug cocks.-In a regenerative coke oven, the gas supply pipes a, b for one heating wall and the pipes a<1>, b<1>, for the adjacent heating wall are connected by a single four-way cock d with a branch c from the main. When the cock is in the position shown, gas passes to the pipes a, a<1>, and on turning the lever e through an angle of 45 degrees, gas is cut off from the pipes a, a' and is supplied to the pipes b, b'. By the above construction, the number of valves required and the angle through which they must be turned are reduced.
Patent GB-191017961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pavilions or Buildings forPublic or other Entertainments and other uses.
Inventor: EDELSTEN EDWIN HENRY
IPC: E06B5/00
Filed: 1910-07-28
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 17,961. Edelsten, E. H. July 28. Drawings to Specification. Kinematograph apparatus. - A fireproofed room for a kinematograph is arranged in a removable structure located at the end of the main building, such room being provided with a light-aperture adapted to coincide with a corresponding aperture in the end wall of the main building.
Patent GB-191018233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: BUCK HAROLD ELLIS
IPC: B60C7/20
Filed: 1910-08-02
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 18,233. Buck, H. E. Aug. 2. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and helical springs.-An outer rigid tread ring E of channel section bears on a circumferential helical spring A held by bolts D or otherwise in a channel rim B, and its sides slide against the sides of the wheel rim. The wheel rim may have pins or the like e<1> which project into slots in the outer rim B to prevent creeping, or both rims may have interengaging flanged edges. Two or more springs side by side may be used'for broad wheels. The outer rim E may comprise sections joined together.
Patent GB-191026666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Punches for Driving Holes in Walls.
Inventor: PECINKA JOSEPH
IPC: B28D1/26
Filed: 1910-11-16
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 26,666. Pecinka, J. Nov. 16. Chisels - A punch or chisel for driving holes in walls is provided with a sleeve b for guiding the punch at rightangles to the wall. The sleeve is provided with a flange d for resting against a wall, and a winged nut c is screwed on to the upper portion, which in conjunction with the head c regulates the depth of the hole and effects the withdrawal of the punch.