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Patent GB-190823911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brushes.
Inventor: FALLER JOSEF EDUARD
Filed: 1908-11-07
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 23,911. Faller, J. E. Nov. 7. Stocks.-The stock a of a band brush is provided with a trapeziform recess in its upper surface, its lower surface being slightly curved. Both surfaces are covered with bristles b, c. A handle d may be provided.
Patent GB-190824213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Key Fasteners for Doors or the like.
Inventor: REPPELL LAWRENCE GEORGE
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 24,213. Reppell, L. G. Nov. 11. Locks, key.-A device for securing a key against being turned from the outside comprises a casing 6 terminating in a ring 4, gated at 11, and enclosing a rotary disk 3 which is slotted at 9 to hold the flat shank of the key 2. Fig. 3 shows the device in the locked position, in which a spring-pressed bolt 12 engages a recess 13 in the piece 3. To release the key, the bolt is drawn and the key turned to bring the slot 9 and the gate 11 into alinement, the bolt meanwhile running in a recess 14 in the disk, which recess is stopped at the requisite point. The device can then be removed from the key, and turned down to hang from the hooked end 23 of a slotted plate 21 which is screwed to the door.
Patent GB-190825317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Mortar Boxes for Stamp Mills.
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 25,317. Sandycroft Foundry Co., and McKinlay, J. Nov. 24. Stamps, ore and like.-- The upper portion of the mortar box A is made of soft cast iron and the lower portion of hard cast iron. The box is cast in the inverted position, the upper portion, which is the lower portion in the mould, being cast first. The lower portion is cast before the first casting is solidified, and the metal allowed to cool very s low ly. Grooves H formed round the bottom of the box are filled with a packing of soft wood ; or lead may be run in. Stiffening-brackets G of the same thickness as, and forming an extension of, the end walls of the box are provided.
Patent GB-190827303-A (GB)
Title: An Improved "Feeding" Mechanism for Arc Lamps.
Inventor: GILBERT CLAUDE EDWARD GILLETT
Filed: 1908-12-16
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 27,303. Gilbert, C. E. G. Dec. 16. Arc lamps.-A step-by-step feed is produced by a ratchet-wheel C and two independent pawls D, E, one or other of which engages the wheel according to the position of the regulating-lever. For this purpose the lever carries projections H, K which alternately engage horizontal arms on the pivoted pawl carriers. In an extreme position of the lever, the pawl E lifts the pawl D directly and completely frees the wheel. The pawls may be mounted on a rocker and moved bodily with the wheel to strike the arc, or the lower carbon may be dropped for this purpose.
Patent GB-190901280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Canister Tops and in Covers for the same.
Inventor: READ WILLIAM ARTHUR
IPC: B65D51/20
Filed: 1909-01-19
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 1280. Read, W. A. Jan. 19. Lids and covers; opening by cutting or tearing.- A sheet-metal canister is formed with a continuous top 2 having an outwardly-dished part 2<a> over which fits a lever lid 6, which may be formed as a dished stamping with a slightly conical flange 7 adapted to fit tightly a correspondingly-shaped seat 7<a>. In order to facilitate the removal of the lid, it is provided with a beading 7<b> on the upper or lower edge. The canister is filled from the bottom, and is opened by means of a tearing-strip soldered to the top 2, or by cutting the top 2 either with a cutter carried by the lid 6 or with a knife or other sharp instrument.
Patent GB-190903921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Elastic Vehicle Tyres and to Non-skidding Devices therefor.
Inventor: HAAFKENS GERRIT
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 3921. Haafkens, G. Feb. 17. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-Tyres are made with plies of fabric a, rubber b, fabric e, and a rubber tread f formed with dovetailed transverse recesses, in which are cemented or vulcanized tapered leather strips h. The heads of non-skid studs d, which pass through the fabric e, bear on the leather strips h and project slightly beyond the rubber tread f.
Patent GB-190909584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetting Apparatus.
Inventor: EWING WILLIAM
IPC: F02M21/00
Filed: 1909-04-22
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 9584. Ewing, W. April 22. Carburetting.-In a carburettor comprising a tortuous passage E<1> formed by partitions E depending from a horizontal partition D, air is admitted to the passage E<1> through either or all of two or more pipes or the like H, located at different distances from the centre, and controlled by valves F so that the length of the passage to be traversed by the air may be varied. The hydrocarbon is supplied through a pipe 1 on the bird-fountain principle, and the carburetted air leaves the apparatus through a pipe C.
Patent GB-190914733-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cycle of Operations in Ice Formation.
Inventor: GILES RICHARD RAVEN
IPC: F25C1/00
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 14,733. Giles, R. R. June 23. Ice-making, can or mould systems for.-Relates to an improved cycle of operations in ice-formation in moulds. The brine tanks containing the moulds are cooled by expansion coils or pipes, so connected with each other and with the pipes for the supply and return of the refrigerant, such as ammonia &c., that the cool refrigerant passes first through the coils of the tank in which the freezing has taken place for the longest period, and then through the coils of other tanks in succession, passing ultimately through the coils of the tank in which freezing has taken place for the shortest period. In the arrangement shown diagrammatically, freezing is supposed to have taken place for the longest period in the tank A. The refrigerant passes by the valve a<1> to the coil a, and then flows past the valve a' to the coil b in the next tank, and so on, returning from the last tank N to the compressor through the valve n<3> and the pipe d. When the ice in the tank A is to be thawed, the supply of refrigerant is cut off from the coil a and passes direct to the tank B. After the moulds in the tank A have been replenished with water, the refrigerant passes from the tank N through the valve n' to the tank A before returning to the compressor.
Patent GB-190918771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical or Electrically Operated Fire Alarms.
Inventor: LEAKE WALTER
IPC: G08B25/00
Filed: 1909-08-14
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 18,771. Leake, W., and Rushworth, A. V. Aug. 14. Fire-alarm systems.-In a fire-alarm system for buildings &c., a number of switches controlling signalling-devices are placed at various points of the building, and each switch is connected by a separate wire to a number of indicators placed at various points of the building, which indicate the position of the switch that has been closed, and consequently the locality of the fire. The corresponding drops b<9> of the different indicators a<9> are joined in parallel across their respective circuits, so that should any switch b<1> be closed the corresponding drops in all the indicators are actuated. The switches b<1> also control the circuits of audible alarms b<3> and of visual signals such as lamps b<5>, preferably arranged near the indicators a<9>. These indicators being in parallel across their leads are all actuated by the closure of any switch. Switches b<7> are provided for cutting-out any section of the system when desired.
Patent GB-190921520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Weighing Machinery.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: G01G19/04
Filed: 1909-09-21
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 21,520. Hipkins, W. E.. Sept. 21. Weigh - bridges; relieving - mechanism.- Relates to mechanism for simultaneously locking the weighing tables or platforms of an apparatus for weighing locomotives &c., whereby longitudinal movement of the platforms is prevented during the passage of the load. The locking - device is shown in Figs. 1 and 3 in connexion with one platform and part of a second, but may be extended to any number of platforms. Each platform consists of girders b resting on weighing - levers, not shown, and coupled to a steelyard d in the ordinary manner. The girders are provided with ribs b<1>, through which rods carrying stops k freely pass. The rods h pass through the whole length of the series of platforms, and at each end are connected to levers l. The levers at one end of the rods h, for instance the end shown, are adapted to be rotated to bring the stops k against the ribs b<1> by means of shafts m, quadrants o, worms p, gearing q<1>, t<2>, and a hand - wheel v. Stops z prevent overwinding. In operation, assuming the apparatus to be in the weighing position and unloaded, the hand - wheel v is turned until the stops k abut against the ribs b<1>, thus preventing longitudinal movement of the platforms. The locomotive is now brought on to the platforms, the stops k withdrawn, the weight ascertained, the stops again applied and the locomotive run off. The Provisional Specification states that the stops may be actuated by right and left hand screws.
Patent GB-190921581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Brominated Colouring Matters of the Thio-indigo Group.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: C09B7/10
Filed: 1909-09-21
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 21,581. Johnson, G. W., [Kalle & Co., Akt.-Ges.]. Sept. 21. Bromthioindigo dyes are obtained by treating the dyes in solution in sulphuric or chlorsulphonic acid with bromine or agents yielding bromine. According to examples, thioindigo scarlet and the dye obtained from alpha-isatin chloride and oxythionaphthene are brominated ; thioindigo red is also specified.
Patent GB-190923961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Cooling or Warming Milk and the like.
Inventor: MOAT SAMUEL
Filed: 1909-10-19
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 23,961. Moat, S. Oct. 19. Coiled-tube apparatus.-Apparatus for warming or cooling milk &c., consisting of a coil of tubing a through which a heating or cooling fluid is passed while the coil is immersed in the milk &c., is provided with a mixing-plate at its lower end. A perforated mixing-plate e is held in place against the bottom of the inlet pipe a' by rods f, which are secured to an X-shaped piece e<1> below the plate and connected at their upper ends by rings f<1> to an adjustable plate g.
Patent GB-190925114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disintegrating Apparatus.
Inventor: BROUGHAM FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B02C11/02
Filed: 1909-11-01
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 25,114. Brougham, F. J., [M³hlenbauanstalt und Maschinenfabrik vorm. Seck Geb.]. Nov. 1. Mills and apparatus.-Apparatus for disintegrating the scales formed in grinding grits and middlings consists of a worm 2, Fig. 1, rotating within a casing 1, the outer end 3 of which is inclined to the axis of the worm, and against the free end of which bears a spring-pressed or weighted hinged flap 4. The wall 3 may be furnished with an adjustable slide to regulate the position and area of the outlet. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which the end wall is replaced by a roller 9 driven by toothed gearing from the shaft of the worm 2 and preferably rotating in the opposite direction to the motion of the flour being discharged. In another arrangement, the flap 4, Fig. 8, rests on the rim of a transverse trough 16, which is joined to the worm casing 1 and contains a rotating worm or wire spiral 17, which may be part right-handed and part left - handed, or may consist of two interwound spirals of opposite hands.
Patent GB-190929004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Control Gear.
IPC: B60L15/20
Filed: 1909-12-11
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 29,004. Clarke, Chapman, & Co., and Harris, R. C. Dec. 11. Switches, quick-action. - A switch which is locked in each position until a spring is sufficiently strained to move it quickly to a succeeding position consists of an operating-member B loose upon the switch spindle and connected to the switch parts E by springs F. The switch part E also carries a locking-pawl J, normally held in a recess in a fixed notched disk K by springs M, N. When the handle is rotated, the member B strains the springs F, and finally by the engagement of horns P, lifts the locking- pawl out of its notch. The switch moves rapidly round and is again locked by the engagement of the pawl J with the next notch.
Patent GB-191003604-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Means used therein for the Preservation of Maize, Rice, and the like, during Storage or Transportation.
Inventor: MOSNIER GEORGES
IPC: A23B9/18
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 3604. Mosnier, G. Feb. 14. Preserving grain. - Maize, rice, &c. are preserved during t r a n s p o r t o r storage by gases generated b y burning sulphur in a furnace O. The gases are passed through a refrigerator and re-heating tubes A, so that they are delivered to the maize &c. at about 70‹ C. Air for drying the grain is passed by a separate fan &c. through the tubes A or through a casing K. The tubes are connected as required by detachable bends H which are attached by screwcouplings a, b, c, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191007529-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Raising or Forcing Liquids and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: DAVEY HENRY
Filed: 1910-03-26
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 7529. Davey, H. March 26. Grant of Patent refused. Direct explosion apparatus.-In internal combustion pumps for forcing liquids, a second chamber B is provided, from which the combustible charge is forced past valves f, e, in a compressed condition, into the combustion chamber A on the return flow. The pressure of a cushion of gas entrapped in the head of the chamber B finally actuates a piston h controlling the ignition.
Patent GB-191007746-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Producing Hydrogen Gas.
Inventor: SAUER FRIEDRICH
IPC: C01B3/16
Filed: 1910-03-30
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 7746. Sauer, F. March 30. Hydrogen.-In the production of a non-combustible mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide, which are subsequently separated, by the reaction of steam with coal, hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide, and other carbon compounds, the steam flowing into the retorts is supplied in such proportion and superheated to such a temperature that all the heat necessary for the reaction is derived from it. The above reaction may be interrupted at intervals to enable the separation of the hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the reacting substances. In one modification, the coal may be initially blasted to white heat; the steam may be superheated in a counter-current system, by hot air or burning gas, and then traverses the coal in vertical or horizontal apparatus which may be rotatable. When very highly superheated steam is used, an excess of carbon monoxide is produced which is not fully oxidized to dioxide while passing through the cooler layers of coal, a further reaction is then arranged in a separate chamber or pipe system, steam supplying the heat. The process of supplying heat by superheated steam may be applied to treating water-gas. During the intermediate separations by well-known methods, followed by separation of the hydrogen and carbon dioxide, loss of heat is diminished by transfer between inflowing and outflowing gases. The heat of the final gas mixture of hydrogen, car bon dioxide, and steam is given off largely in the vaporizing chamber of an ammonia cooler, and the gases are then further cooled in a water cooler, or by means of the counter-current cooler of an evaporation machine. Most of the steam is condensed and is pumped into the boiler of the steam engine by which the residual hydrogen and carbon dioxide are compressed. The steam from the cylinders of the same engine is superheated for carrying out the main reaction The cooled gases are compressed until the carbon dioxide liquefies, whereupon the liquid and residual hydrogen are led away through separate pipes. The liquid may be used for further cooling and purifying the hydrogen.
Patent GB-191007972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Velocipedes and the like.
Inventor: SIEGERS JOHANN MATHIAS
IPC: B62M11/14
Filed: 1910-04-02
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 7972. Siegers, J. M. April 2. Motor-cycles; motive power, applications of.- Motor-cycles and other velocipedes are provided with one or more fly-wheels which are mounted loosely upon the hub of the road wheel and are arranged to be driven through speeding-up gearing. A fly-wheel a in the general plane of the machine is mounted by ball bearings c upon the hub d driven by the sprocket-wheel p, the motion being transmitted, when desired, to the fly-wheel through wheels h, g and teeth j; the wheel h meshes with an internal wheel k, which is controllable by a brake band o. Several flywheels may be used and arranged in equal numbers parallel to and on each side of the central plane of the cycle. The fly-wheels may be driven direct from the motor.
Patent GB-191013290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Aerial Machines of the Heavier than Air Type.
Inventor: VARLEY FREDERICK HENRY
IPC: B64C29/00
Filed: 1910-06-01
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 13,290. Varley, F. H. June 1. Jet nozzles.-Aerial machines are raised into the air by downwardly directed nozzles discharging compressed air from the lower side of chambers carried by the machine. The nozzles d<1>, Fig. 3, are arranged on the lower face of the chamber d and may be provided with chokes d<2> or with flared mouths. In a modified form the lower side of the chamber is formed as a grid d<1>, Fig. 6, with tapered outlets d<2>, or choke blocks d<2>, Fig. 7, may be fitted in the outlets. The wall surrounding the mouth of the nozzle may be slotted, in order to increase the size of the outlet.
Patent GB-191016916-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Seamless Metal Chains.
Inventor: OTTO KLATTE
IPC: B21L5/00
Filed: 1910-07-15
Abstract: 16,916. Klatte, O. July 28, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Drawings to Specification. Rolling. - The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes rolls for making weldless chains, particularly short - link chains of circular crosssection. The chains are made by rolling a series of links in the horizontal flanges and then in the vertical flanges of a cruciform bar by a pair of rolls, which may be segmental or cylindrical, and have recesses to form the links and to receive the excess material. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191029815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cocks or Valves.
IPC: F16K31/52
Filed: 1910-12-22
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 29,815. Peters & Co., G. D., and Le Clair, L. J. Dec. 22. Sliding valves.-In valves and cocks c<0>, b<0> of the kind having two bosses fitting one within the other and arranged to slide in contact with their respective faces c<1>, b<1>, one of the valve disks has a slot through which projects the lever g of the operating-spindle f. The spring h for holding the disks c‹, b<0> in contact with the faces c<1>, bl is arranged to surround the bosses. The arrangement is especially intended for use upon the train pipes of railway - carriage heating- apparatus. A vent for removing the pressure in the usual flexible couplings before they are disconnected, comprises a groove k in the face of the disk b<0> adapted to engage with an escape port l of the casing.
Patent GB-191030130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Outlet Pipes for Grain Silos.
Inventor: DENNY MICHAEL
IPC: B65D90/60
Filed: 1910-12-28
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 30,130. Denny, M. Dec. 24, 1909, [Convention date]. Granaries.-The outlet of a granary or storage chamber for cement, flour, &c. consists of a vertically or obliquely arranged shoot closed at the top and having lateral openings which are regulated by an internal rotary valve or slide to prevent withdrawal of grain from the centre more rapidly than from the sides. In the case of a single bin, two openings at opposite sides of the shoot may be used with a simple hollow cylinder forming the valve and having two corresponding apertures. If the bin is divided into two or more compartments, the apertures may be arranged to discharge grain from any or all of the compartments. Fig. 6 shows a device suitable for four compartments, the valve 3 having two apertures, one of which can be wholly or partly closed by a slide 8. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) also states that when several stories discharge into a single shoot, the valve may be employed, in conjunction with a deflector pivoted to be swung into the shoot, to deliver the grain on to any floor. In an alternative arrangement, the deflector is shown as conical and coacting with the valve and with oblique surfaces and shoots attached to the outside of the main shoot to deliver the material from and to any floor. The shoot may be conical, triangular, square, or polygonal, and the rotary valve be replaced by slides. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191102744-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary Cleansing and Indicating Device for Drinking Vessels and the like.
Inventor: THORNTON CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: A47L15/00
Filed: 1911-02-02
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 2744. Thornton, C. W. Feb. 2, 1910, [Convention date]. Drinking-vessels, washing.-Drinking-vessels and the like, and particularly those used on public drinking-fountains, railway vehicles, and like places, are rinsed after use, and the cleaned glass is indicated by various devices to the next user. Fig. 1 shows one construction of apparatus in which the soiled inverted glasses are placed alternately over outlet tubes 5 in tanks, thereby displacing some of the liquid on to the platforms 13 and reversing the balanced arms of the indicating-devices 16. The water-level is maintained automatically by the liquid in the tank 1. In a modified construction, the platforms 13 are replaced by spring plungers which are engaged by the glass. Fig. 3 shows another construction in which the glasses are placed in compartments of a wheel rotated in the tank by clock-work mechanism. As each glass comes opposite to an opening in the framework, a pivoted dog 35 engages the corresponding shelf 40 and arrests rotation. When the glass is removed, a bent lever is released so that the pawl 41 slips below the tooth 38 on the dog, and is thus in position to release the dog from the shelf when the glass is replaced.
Patent GB-191104511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Devices for Jib Cranes.
Inventor: MITCHELL WALTER
IPC: B66C23/66
Filed: 1911-02-22
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 4511. Mitchell, W. Feb. 22. Sustaining at limit of wind.-Comprises a safety device for cranes of the kind in which a hook-shaped forked lever hangs normally in the path of the weight on the end of the lifting- chain, and is pushed aside by the rising weight but swings back underneath it again so as to be in a position to catch the weight when it falls. The lever 3, which is pivoted at 5, is provided with a counterweight 7 acting to bring the lever more quickly underneath the weight, and with side arms 12 which prevent the weight from rolling out when it is supported by the lever. A stop 13 limits the outward swing of the lever.