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Patent GB-190629204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway and like Signalling Systems and in Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1906-12-21
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 29,204. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Kintner, C. J.]. Dec 21. Semaphore and similar outdoor signals; controlling and locking signals; stopping engines and trains; contacts, mechanical; interlocking-apparatus; hand-levers.-A three-position semaphore is operated by a reversible motor to a position on either side of its position due to gravity or other constantly actiog force. The signal is locked in its two operated positions by a detent controlled by an independent source of energy, and a special form of band-lever is described for making the proper circuits for controlling the motor and the detent, contacts thereon being arranged so as to ensure correct operation of points before the signal can be set. The semaphore arm serves as a track obstacle to engage a lever on the locomotive to apply the brakes. As shown in Fig. 1, a semaphore arm 18 with an additional arm 19 is driven by an electric motor through gearing. The field coils 17 of the motor are energized directly from the line wires m, and the armature receives current through the reversing-switch 7 which is shown as connected to the switch rails by the bar 4. With the rails in the position shown, the armature circuit is from the lead w, spring 14, lead 16, switches 23, 24, contact 22, 21, armature 20 of the locking magnet 26, lead 16, armature of the motor, lead 16, spring 13, lever 5, and contact 11 to the lead w. As soon as the semaphore reaches its horizontal position, the motor circuit is broken at the contacts 21, 22, and the signal is locked by the detent 21, which enters a notch in the disk under the action of the electro-magnet 26. The electro-magnet is energized from the battery 28 through the contacts 10, 12 on the hand-lever, which are only closed by the final movement of the hand-lever to either position. In moving the points over, this contact is the first to be broken, thereby releasing the locking detent and allowing the semaphore to drop to a vertical position, in which it serves as an obstacle in the way of a lever of suitable kind on the engine to operate the brakes. For operating the signals to the position at 180 degrees to that shown in Fig. 1, in which position the arm 19 serves to engage the engine lever, the switch 7 is thrown over and the motor armature is energized through the following circuit : lead w, switch 13, lead 16, armature of the motor, lead 16, armature 20, switches 24, 23, lead 16, lever 5, contact 11, and lead w. The switches 23, 24 are inserted for the purpose of preventing continuous rotation of the semaphore arm 18 in case the locking magnet fails. These switches in the motor circuit are opened by engagement with the stud 25 on the arm 18.
Patent GB-190703937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Forms or Shapes for Displaying Blouses and like Articles of Dress.
Inventor: DAWSON JAMES HENRY BISHOP
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 3937. Dawson, J. H. B. Feb. 16. Lay - figure and like stands.-Blouses and like articles of dress are displayed by attaching them to a form or support shaped to represent that portion of the bust which is visible from the front. The support can in addition be so constructed that a number of them, with or without blouses attached, can be nested together, and a stand, which may be made to fit into the hollow of the last of the series, may also be provided for supporting the shapes. In the construction shown, the blouse is attached to the support A shaped to represent the front portion of the bust, by hooks or clips C attached to the shape by pieces of elastic d. The stand B of twisted wire is formed at the top with spring arms b', which engage with sockets f on the support A and allow the inclination of this support to be adjusted. A number of shapes are shown in Fig. 2 nested together.
Patent GB-190709256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Variable Speed and Braking Mechanism of Motor Cycles, Tri-cars and the like.
Inventor: WALL ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 9256. Wall, A. W. April 22. Motor-cycles; driving-mechanism; brakes.-A double-acting band brake is employed in combination with epicyclic change-speed gearing so that by contracting and expanding it may brake either the planet-pinion carrier or the driven element of the gear, which may be the driving-wheel hub of a motor-cycle. In the form of gear shown in Fig. 3, a fast solid drive is obtained by clutching the driving-axle A to the hub E by means of a clutch G, and a lower speed is obtained by holding against rotation the carrier C of double planet-pinions b<1>, b<2>. The axle A drives the pinion b<1> through a sunpinion B, and the pinion b<2> drives a sun-wheel d' secured to the. hub E. The carrier C is in the form of a casing which is encircled by the double brake c<1> enveloped in turn by a drum e<1> fast upon the hub E. The band C' may engage either the casing C to effect the low-speed drive or the drum e<1> to brake the vehicle. Operation is effected through a bell-crank lever and two oppositely-acting pedal-levers.
Patent GB-190711041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Protection of Parts of Machinery from the Action of Water.
Filed: 1907-05-11
Granted: 1908-05-11
Abstract: 11,041. Derenbach, R., and Russian- American India Rubber Co. May 11. Shafts.-A protective covering of rubber is applied to shafts in combination with other materials, the cohesion of which is greater than their adhesion to the shaft. For example, the hollow shaft of a ship has its ends closed by blind flanges and warmed up from the inside with steam, and it is then wound with rubbered or otherwise prepared strips of fabric or plaited material or rubber composition, with embedded matter. A layer of rubber composition is then ironed on and the steam pressure is increased until the shaft is brought to a vulcanizing temperature. In covering a solid shaft, the shaft is heated before the fabric strips are wound on and, after the layer of rubber is put on, the whole is placed in a vulcanizing-jacket.
Patent GB-190713058-A (GB)
Title: Method of Vaporising Liquids
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 13,058. L³becker Apparatebau Ges., and K÷hn, C. H. June 5. Processes, special; stills.-The liquid is forced under high pressure through a system of externally-heated tubes a, in which it is heated to a temperature lower than that at which the liquid boils under atmospheric pressure, and is afterwards sprayed by a rose e into a chamber f maintained at a lower pressure. A distributing and atomizing baffle h is mounted over the rose e. The unevaporated liquid collects at l. When pressures of several hundred atmospheres are used, oils which ordinarily distil at 400‹ C. need only be heated to 250-300‹ C., while milk may be condensed at 20‹ C.
Patent GB-190713924-A (GB)
Title: A Shoulder-pad for use with Guns
Inventor: TOWNSHEND RICHARD BAXTER
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 13,924. Townshend, R. B. June 17. Stocks; carrying.-The sboulder-pad a is fitted with a cup to receive the butt of the gun, which is supported by means of the marksman's right hand and the sling e passed through the centre swivel and round the marksman's neck. The attachment straps b, c, d are employed to suspend the cup a from the left arm when the cup is being employed as a gun-bucket.
Patent GB-190719696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Annealing and Galvanizing or Tinning Metal Plates and other Articles.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1907-09-03
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 19,696. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Sept. 3. Metal heating and annealing furnaces; discharging.-In a continuous process for annealing, cleaning, and coating plates, tubes, or other articles with tin, zinc, or other metals, the articles to be treated are placed in a chamber, which is heated and through which hydrogen is passed to remove scale and oxide ; they are then conveyed through a cooling-chamber to the dipping-bath. In an apparatus suitable for treating plates, these are placed in a pile upon an inclined table h carried upon a vertical spindle i which may be slowly raised by means of a nut rotated by worm gearing. After the plates have been placed on the table, the chamber is closed and hydrogen passed into it, the issuing gas being burnt at the end of the outlet pipe g. At the upper part of the chamber, magnets k<1>, kept cool by a steam - jacket, are arranged to be reciprocated by cams l, so as to attract the uppermost plate and draw it into the rolls m which discharge it on tu a roller slide n in the cooling-chamber c. The plate passes between the exit rolls o into the tank p containing molten metal. Rollers q are arranged to remove superfluous metal as the plate leaves the tank. A mechanically - worked reciprocating knife - edged lever may be substituted for the magnets. An electric current may be passed through the plates or other articles during their passage through the apparatus.
Patent GB-190720612-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electro-magnetically Controlled Cut-out or Circuit Breaker
Inventor: ROSE HARRY
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-09-16
Abstract: 20,612. Rose, K. Sept. 16, Electro -magnets. -A solenoid 32 forming part of a circuit-breaker has an iron plunger 33 adjustable by a pear-shaped slide 35 and milledheaded screw 38.
Patent GB-190721641-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Facilitating Submarine Operations and Investigations by Divers.
Inventor: GLAZEBROOK HENRY GEORGE TWANBR
Filed: 1907-09-30
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 21,641. Glazebrook, H. G. T. Sept. 30. Drawings to Specification. Body armour.-A cuirass to be worn by a diver under his ordinary diving-dress consists of a breastplate and back-piece of steel joined over the shoulders and under the arms. The cuirass is connected to the helmet by means of four strips of steel, two in front and two behind, fixed at one end to the helmet and at the other end connected to buttons on the cuirass.
Patent GB-190727738-A (GB)
Title: Means for Increasing the Efficiency of the Reaction Spaces in the Lead Chamber Process of Making Sulphuric Acid.
Inventor: PETERSEN HUGO
Filed: 1907-12-16
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 27,738. Petersen, H. Dec. 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sulphuric acid.-Extra Gay-Lussac and Glover towers, rinsed with acid of about 54 or 55" BÚ and weaker than the usual acids, are placed between the ordinary Gay-Lussac and Glover towers respectively and the chambers.
Patent GB-190728480-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tobacco Pipe.
Inventor: LOWE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 28,480. Lowe, T. Dec. 27. Tobacco pipes.-In a tobacco pipe of the type in which the tobacco is ignited from the bottom and in which a chamber is provided above the tobacco space and also in the stem of the pipe, a tube &c. g connects the chambers f, h<1> and extends into the stem chamber to prevent access of moisture to the bowl. The lower part of the bowl is provided with a removable cover b, and the upper part with a perforated cover d and a conical cover e.
Patent GB-190800315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Safety Razors.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 315. Justice, P. M., [Automatic Utilities Co.]. Jan. 6. Razors, safety. A safety razor, having a bladeholder b, Fig. 1, provided with stops c, d, for limiting the forward and endways movement of the blade a, and a clip g, pivoted at f upon the underside of the holder for holding the blade flat upon the holder, is provided with a spring h, Fig. 3, fixed to the underside of the holder, and having an inclined extension i, which engages the heel k on the clip g and maintains a uniform pressure, through the clip, upon the blade as it is worn by sharpening. An extension of the holder, about at right-angles to the base of the holder, is pivoted at o to an extension m on the handle n, Fig. 4 ; the holder can thus be turned into any position, the parts being frictionally held by the flat spring p, through which the pivot o passes. - . -
Patent GB-190802085-A (GB)
Title: Electrically Operated Railway Switch Points and Signals.
Inventor: JOHNSON ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1908-01-30
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 2085. Johnson, A. H. Jan. 30. Points and switches.-Railway points and signals are operated by an electric motor through suitable gearing, which is combined with a pump controlled by a valve through the medium of a fluid, whereby the pump relieves the apparatus from undue strain if the points or signals should become obstructed. Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the mechanism and Fig. 3 a sectional view, on a larger scale, of the valve-box y. The points or signals, which are connected up to the rod a, are shown as operated from the motor m through a worm l adapted to slide on a square shaft s, the worm-wheel k being normally held fixed. The wheel k is held fixed by being connected up to drive a rotary pump &c. p adapted to circulate a fluid round ducts p, w, x, but normally prevented by the closing of a valve f. The valve is mounted on an horizontal axis but is prevented from rotating by the engagement of depending parts d of the armature z with projections e on the valve-stem. If the points or signals become obstructed, the excessive pressure on the fluid raises plungers h, h<1> in opposition to the springs shown and breaks the circuit of electromagnets n, o, as described in Specification No. 11,005, A.D. 1905. The valve is then free to open, and the wheel k consequently commences to drive the rotary pump, thus causing the worm l to cease its lateral movement. Instead of using plungers h, h<1>, the valve may be controlled directly by a spring. The motor and electro-magnets may be operated and controlled as described in Specification No. 13,711, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190802433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Folding and Laying Cloth.
Inventor: JOHNSON THOMAS SHEFFEY
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 2433. Johnson, T. S. Feb. 3. Folding.-In a machine for folding cloth transversely by means of a reciprocating carriage, means are proviaed for laying the cloth from either end of the carriage, for preventing wrinkles from being formed in the clothes when laid, and for adjusting the machine for different widths of cloth. The carriage, Figs. 1 and 2, has side walls 11 in which are mounted a number of tension rollers 13 under and over which the fabric 14 passes, and a roller 16 at each end level with and projecting beyond the base-plate 28, upon which the cloth rests. Upon projections 15 of the side walls are also mounted rollers 17 lower than the rollers 16 and having extended journals 18, on which are freely pivoted links carrying at their other ends traction rollers 20, which prevent the cloth from wrinkling. To adjust the machine for different widths of cloth, a gaugle-plate 21 of the same shape as the walls 11 is provided, and is held In place on the base-plate by means of a screw 25 fitting in holes 24, the adjustment of the end rollers 20 being made by means of adjustable collars 22. The carriage is mounted on detachable flanged wheels mounted in brackets having extensions 9 adjustable in transverse guideways 10. The table on which the cloth is folded is provided with short standards 26, 26', against which press the rods 27 inserted between the successive folds. The cloth may be placed on any suitable support instead of on the carriage.
Patent GB-190803053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Easels
Inventor: MAYNARD RICHARD FIELD
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 3053. Maynard, R. F. March 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Easels.-A folding easel comprises an upright frame 1, 2, 3, 4, Fig. 1, pivoted or bolted to basepieces 5, 6 and supported by adjustable brace pieces 9,10, provided with detachable hinges 13. Grooves 14 in the uprights 1, 2 serve to guide two independent cross-pieces 15, 16 provided with hooks for holding a canvas stretcher, the upper cross-piece 16 being flexibly supported by means of cords and pulleys 17. The cross-piece 16 may be taken out of the grooves through an opening 21 and placed at the back of the easel, chains 23 for supporting and exerting a back pull on a picture frame being attached by snap-hooks 24. In a modification, the chains are attached to a cross-piece which may be attached to the cross-piece 16. A detachable shelf for holding a picture in the ordinary way may be attached to the cross-piece 16.
Patent GB-190804227-A (GB)
Title: A New Amusement Device for Exhibitions & the like
Inventor: IRISH ALEXANDER BROOKE
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 4227. Irish, A. B. Feb. 25. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Amusements for fairs and the like.-An amusement device consists of an inclined sheet or series of sheets a of canvas, to the underside of which are attached a number of cords F passing over pulleys b and connected to an oscillating sector D. By these means, the sheet is pulled down periodically, the return movement being effected by springs attached to the sides of the sheet. The passengers step upon the sheet from the tower X, and by the oscillation are thrown into the air and forward at the same time until the end of the sheet is reached. The sheet may be mounted on rollers, the oscillation being then produced by moving the rollers alternately towards and away from each other; or the sheet may be in sections with drops between each section. An overhead wire with a trolly attached may be used to steady the passengers.
Patent GB-190814512-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for the Treatment of Skins and the like.
Inventor: GEIPEL FRIEDRICH ADAM
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 14,512. Geipel, F. A. July 8. Hides and skins tanned or tawed, treating.-In a boarding-machine for leather &c., the sheet of material 22, Fig. 6, is doubled up and passed uuder pressure between a rotating drum 3 and a yielding curved table 6. The drum 3 is covered with cork &c. 2 and rotates in bearings in a framing, the crossbar 18 of which supports pivotally the counterweighted arms on which the table 6 is mounted. The upper edge of the table is linked on each side to a treadle 10 by bars 7, 8, 9, the last of which are joined by a cross-bar 11 sliding in slotted brackets 12 on the table. Depression of the treadle thus first grips the edge of the skin between the bar 11 and the table, and then brings the table in contact with the drum, as shown in Fig. 6. To allow the table to yield for varying thicknesses of skin, the arms are pivoted in spring-supported rods 16. Tne covering 2, Fig. 7, of the drum is stretched on the segments 3 by gripping-bars 23 and nuts 24 connected by rods and straining-eyes 26.
Patent GB-190817673-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to Driving Means for Gins and the like.
Inventor: LEFEVRE KURT
Filed: 1908-08-22
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 17,673. LefÞvre, K. Aug. 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Animal-power appliances.-The arm a of a gin for driving a thrashing-machine, grinding-mill, &c. is elastically connected to the whipple-tree g. In the example shown, the connexion consists of two springs b, c.
Patent GB-190818666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Flushing of Water Closets.
Inventor: WILSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-05
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 18,666. Wilson, W., and Sterne, L. Weigert-. Sept. 5. Bull and float valves.-Relates to the type of flushing - apparatus described in Specification No. 20,297, A.D. 1907. The flushing-valves 55, 63 are held open by a float lever 88 having a tooth', kept in locking engagement with an arm 86 until released by the fall in the water level. When the valve 63 is raised, the hollow stem 66 raises a weighted arm 94 and closes the supply valve 90.
Patent GB-190820289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Spreading Tar or other Liquids on Roads and Paths.
Inventor: AMES RICHARD
Filed: 1908-09-26
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 20,289. Ames, R. Sept. 26. [Patent of Addition to No. 7286, A.D. 1907.] Liquids, distributing; sweeping - machines. - A vehicle for distributing tar &c. on roads carries a special spreading-device for the tar, means for sweeping the road and removing fine dust therefrom before applying the tar, and means for redistributing the sweepings over the freshly-tarred surface. The @ar tank i is heated by the circulation of water from a boiler P through pipes within the tank. The road is swept by rotary brooms l, m constructed in sections as described in Specification No. 29,167, A.D. 1906, 'and arranged somewhat as shown in Fig. 9 of Specification No. 7286, A.D. 1907. These brooms l, m are mounted in frames rocking on the front axle d, are adapted to be raised or lowered by ropes or chains s, and are rotated through sprocket and bevel gearing from bosses on the front wheels. The tar passes from the tank i through valve-controlled vertical pipes v to a spray pipe u, the jets from which impinge on a curved metal plate w down which the tar runs in a thin film. The spray pipe u may be made flat on the perforated side and fitted with vertical or horizontal slides to regulate the flow or to vary the width of the discharge. Mounted in ball bearings carried by vertical members C attached to the vehicle is a shaft y to which are secured blades with flexible tips A of rubber, leather, &c. The rotation of the blades by belt gearing from the rear axle serves to blow aside the fine dust before applying the tar and also serves to force the tar from the plate w on to the road. The blades may be arranged at an angle instead of transverse to the machine. ' To redistribute the sweepings over the tarred road, side brushes L are rotated in bearings carried by members M adjustably bolted to the members C.
Patent GB-190820596-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Reproducing at a Distance Continuous Rotary Motion, applicable to Speed and Revolution Direction Indicators.
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 20,596. Kilroy, W. D., and Evershed & Vignoles. Sept. 30. Converting alternating and direct currents ; motor control systems. -An alternating- current motor is employed to reproduce the rotation of a shaft on a tell-tale at a distance, and the transmitter is a normally rotating switching-device to convert continuous current into alternating current for the motor. The tell-tale c, Fig. 1, is a self-starting motor provided with visible means, such as the pointer d attached to the rotor e, for observing the direction of rotation and the speed of the rotor. The transmitter in this case is a four-arm switch a with brushes j, which connect the resistance contacts i to the rings k. Continuous current is supplied to the terminals f, g, and, as the shaft b rotates the switch a, two-phase current is supplied to the motor c with a frequency proportional to the speed of the shaft b, so that the pointer d rotates at the same or at a proportionate speed The shaft b may be coupled directly or through gearing to the shaft whose speed is to be indicated. A three-phase motor may be used in conjunction with a three-arm transmitter. The rotor may be provided with salient poles, or may be slotted as shown in Fig. 4, so that its permeability has different values in two directions at right-angles to each other. Two or more tell-tales may be connected in series or parallel, and the mean speed of two or more shafts may be indicated by connecting them to a transmitter by suitable differential gearing. The contacts i and the resistance h may be rotated while the brushes j remain stationary, and half the resistance may be dispensed with by connecting opposite contacts together. The four wires from the tell-tale may be connected to four equidistant points on the resistance, and the brushes may be connected through two slip rings to the continuous-current supply. A frequency indicator may be used instead of the tell-tale c.