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Patent GB-190727803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tube Rolling Machinery
Inventor: DICKS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 27,803. Dicks, W., and Smith, A. B. Dec. 17. Rolling.-In tube-rolling mills in which the work is returned from the rear to the front of the rolls after each operative pass, the upper roll is lifted from the lower to permit of a free return. An electromotor c carried by a platform d supported on rods e or on brackets from the housings, drives the pass-adjusting screws n through worm-gear h and a shaft i, chain-driven from a pinion engaging an internal friction-wheel j on the motor shaft. The pinion is carried by a slide o linked to a controlling- handle r, to provide for engagement of the pinion with the boss j<1> of the wheel for the resetting of the pass. The ascent and descent of the roll may be limited automatically by stops or tappets engaging the hand-lever. A reversing-motor may act directly on the shaft i, and the operation may be automatically controlled by switches actuated by the movement of the roll or of a part moving therewith. After the raising of the top roll, stripping-rolls s are closed on the work by means such as a cylinder t and levers t<1>. The mandrels u are supported during rolling by conical or like bushes v, arranged in seatings in bell mouthed tubular guides w and ejected by contact with the work. Ordinary centring-means such as are indicated at x may be employed.
Patent GB-190807730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Relays.
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 7730. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 7. Telephone systems.-A high-frequency induction alternator is used as a telephonic relay, the line currents being led through the fixed field coils, and the increased electric energy being taken from the fixed armature windings. The receiving- arrangement in the armature circuit may be a liquid detector, as used in wireless telegraphy, shunted by a telephone and battery. The field coil C of the generator is surrounded by blocks B of radially-placed magnetic laminations, the magnetic circuit being completed through laminations D which are arranged in planes at right-angles to the planes of the laminations B, and the laminated pole-pieces H of the rotating high-speed inductor G. The armature windings F are arranged in slots cut in the blocks of laminations D. The laminations D are arranged in tangential planes in order that the flux produced by the high-frequency currents in the armature windings may close itself independently of the main magnetic circuit. The laminated pole-pieces H of the inductor may be separated by non-magnetic pieces I to increase the strength of the inductor and reduce windage losses.
Patent GB-190809732-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum Apparatus for Removing Dust by Suction, and for other purposes.
Inventor: BERGER JULIUS
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 9732. Berger, J. May 5. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-Apparatus to be carried on the back for exhausting air for sucking up dust, grooming horses, milking cows, &c., consists of a pair of bellows and a washing-chamber. The apparatus is provided with upright pieces c furnished with hooks a to go over the shoulders and a belt b to go round the waist. The bellows are formed with two fixed end plates d, e, bearing the usual valves and a moving plate f operated by a hand-lever r and link p. The suction pipe l of the bellows is attached to the cover n of the weighing. chamber m, which is thereby suspended.
Patent GB-190810591-A (GB)
Title: Electric Fire, Robbery and Burglary Alarm.
Inventor: LEENDERS HUBERT
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 10,591. Leenders, H. May 15. Alarms, burglar.-In a combined electric fire and burglar alarm apparatus, a closed circuit 41, provided with the usual burglar, thermometric, or other contacts 42, 43 arranged in parallel, is connected to a box or cupboard 1, in which is mounted a pendulum 8,-adapted to oscillate and thereby to close an alarm-bell circuit when an electric balance is disturbed. The pendulum 8 is mounted on a pivot 9 carried by a metal support 10 and is provided with a horizontal arm 11 carrying two armatures 12, 13, which are attracted by electromagnets 17, 18 having horse-shoe pole-pieces 19 supported by adjusting-screws 20 from supports 21. At the bottom of the pendulum is an armature 23 acted upon by a similar electro-magnet 22, which acts as a regulating-counterweight. A current from a battery 6 divides equally at the metal support 10, a part passing through the electro-magnets 17, 22, and a part through the electro-magnet 18 and the external circuit 41, which is provided with an equalizing-resistance 44. If one of the contacts 42, 43 is closed, or the circuit 41 is cut, the balance of the pendulum 8 is destroyed, and one of two' screws 14 on the horizontal arm 11 makes contact with a corresponding spring 15 and thus closes the circuit of an alarm bell 26. The box 1 is divided into two compartments by a vertical partition, the alarm mechanism being placed in the front compartment and the battery in the rear compartment. The doors of the compartments are provided with contacts arranged in shunt circuit with the terminals 30, 31 of the external circuit 41, the bell 26 being rung when the doors are opened. The apparatus can be tested by pressing a button 32 and thus short-circuiting the electro-magnet 22.
Patent GB-190814102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Generating Gases in Medicinal Baths.
Inventor: HERMAN DOUGLAS
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 14,102. Herman, D. July 3. Carbonic acid; sulphuretted hydrogen. - Acid material, such as sodium bisulphate and an alkali carbonate such as sodium bicarbonate or sulphide, are placed together in a porous cover and submerged in bath water for the local application of carbon dioxide, or of sulphuretted hydrogen.
Patent GB-190819173-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hood for Motor or other Vehicles.
Inventor: CREE JAMES SIME
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 19,173. Cree, J. S. Sept. 12. Hoods.-To facilitate the manipulation of Capecart hoods for motor and other vehicles, the rear hoop F of the front series is hinged as at K to the front hoop A of the rear series. The front hoops are thus supported and guided when, in the process of collapsing the hood, they are removed from the front bracket G and transferred to the jaw E on the rear bracked B.
Patent GB-190820733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Book Binding Apparatus.
Inventor: THAELE OTTO
Filed: 1908-10-01
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 2 0 , 7 3 3. Thõle, 0. Oct. 1. Drawings to Specification. Bookbinding.-In the method of bookbinding in which T-shaped cuts or slots are made in the back of the book and parchment or like binding-strips are inserted in the parts of the slots which are parallel to the back, a machine is employed which cuts the slots through a large number of book sections at one operation, and the cutting-knives of the machine are arranged to draw the parchment strips after them through the slots, the knives being formed with eyes for the attachment of the strips. The strips are taken from long rolls mounted on the machine and fitted with spring brakes for maintaining a suitable tension.
Patent GB-190822225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Check Reins.
Inventor: GRANT BENSON JONES
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 22,225. Grant, B. J. Oct. 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Bridles, check-reins for. A harness check-rein has one end secured to the bridle and the other end detachably connected to a strap wound on a spring-actuated drum, mounted preferably on the saddle. The drum 10 is loosely mounted on a spindle 9 in a circular casing composed of two parts 5, 6. The section 5 has bayonet-slots 24, in which pins 25 on the section 6 engage, to hold the parts of the casing together. A ratchet-clutch member 17 is fixed to the spindle 9 and a second member 18 is fixed to the casing 5, the two parts being held in contact by a leaf spring 26 fixed to the casing 6. A coiled spring 11 is secured to the spindle 9 at one end and to the drum 10 at the other end. The drum 10 has a lug 20 which contacts with a lug 21 on the casing and limits the rotation of the drum. The strap passes through a slot 23 in the casing, and is secured to the checkrein by a hook 13. The spring 11 can be adjusted in tension by winding the spindle 9, which is then retained in position by the clutch. A finger-piece 19 is fixed to the shaft 9 to facilitate turning.
Patent GB-190823657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Burners of Gas Fires, Gas Cooking Stoves, Gas Heated Radiators, Water Heaters or the like.
Inventor: HISLOP GEORGE ROBERTSON
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 23,657. Hislop, G. R. Nov. 5. Atmospheric gas burners.-The mixing-chamber of a burner for a gas fire, gas cooking-stove, gas heated radiator, and gas heated boiler has a branch A<2> through which the mixture of gas and air passes before entering the portion A' from which the nozzles a deliver.
Patent GB-190825082-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Generating a Stream of Moistened Air.
Inventor: BERGTHEIL ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-21
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 25,082. Bergtheil, A., and Cousans, L. B. Nov. 21. Air, aromatizing, cooling, disinfecting,moistening, and purifying.-The apparatus comprises a motordriven fan 2 for sending a current of air through a box provided with an inlet 3 and truncated conical outlet 6. Supported within the box on a ball bearing 11 is a helical fan made of kus-kus grass, and adapted to be slowly rotated by the current of air. The lower edge of the fan dips into water or other liquid to which may be added perfume or disinfectant. The fan becomes saturated with moisture which is imparted to the air in its passage. To facilitate cleaning, a removable lid 8 is provided, having depending sides 9 on the inside of the box to guide splashes of moisture down the interior of the box. The box may be of sheet metal or wood lined with sheet metal. The ball bearing 11 is mounted on an upright 7. The blades of the kus-kus fan may be clamped between sheets of perforated metal as shown in Fig. 3, the sheets being inserted in slots in the hub of the fan. The liquid may be supplied continuously by a bird-fountain feed or from any other constant source.
Patent GB-190826863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calendering Machines.
Inventor: SCHUERMANN CARL
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 26,863. Schiirmann, C . Dec. 10. Calendering and pressing.-In a calendering- machine for paper or other materials having a vertical series of rolls, one or more pairs of hard rolls bare arranged in one or more places in the series, each pair being in contact with the adjacent upper and lower rolls a as shown.
Patent GB-190828022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shears and Wire and like Cutters.
Inventor: SWEET JOHN MARSHALL
Filed: 1908-12-23
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 28,022. Sweet, J. M., and Clarke, T. J. Dec. 23. Shears.-The blades of shears for cutting wire, paper, sheet metal, grass, &c. are connected to the handles, one by a bolt and the other by a universal or similar joint, so that by loosening the bolt the inclination of both blades to the handles can be simultaneously adjusted. The blades 6, 7, pivoted together at 15, are fixed in plates 8, 11, the plate 8 being connected by a bolt 10 to an extension 3 of the handle 1, and the plate 11 being connected to an extension 4 of the handle 2 by a universal joint 14 comprising two similar sections connected by a pivot 14'. Journaled in the joint sections are sleeves 13, 5, which fit on to reduced portions 12<1>, 4<1> of the plate 11 and handle extension 4, respectively. For cutting grass &c., the shears may have a supporting-wheel under or at the side of the plate 8, and this wheel may be adjustable. For cutting wire &c., the blade 7 may be pivoted to a bracket fixed to the blade 6. The blades may be adapted for pruning and trimming purposes, and the handles may be extended so that they can be operated while the operator is in an erect position.
Patent GB-190902306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Tin Articles such as Dish Covers.
Inventor: BERHUY JULES
IPC: B22D27/04
Filed: 1909-01-30
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 2306. Berhuy, J. Jan. 31, 1908, [Convention date]. Plants; casting-machines ; moulds.-Tin articles, such as dish covers, are cast in moulds heated by means of a bath of cheaper metal such as lead. A plant is so arranged that one tin furnace serves for a number of workmen. The workmen's stations are indicated at 1, 1<1>, 2, 2<1>, Fig. 1. Moulds heated in a lead bath a are arranged upon forked supports f, Fig. 3, and brushed, cores to form inserts, taken from a double set of compartments i, are assembled, and the moulds are fixed in clamps j, Fig. 2, mounted on rotating tables c above water tanks k, to facilitate filling from the tin furnace d. The clamps are kept cool by rags dipped in the tanks k. After casting, the moulds are cooled in the tanks b prior to the removal of the castings.
Patent GB-190904488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Skins and Hides for the Removal of Fat, Grease, Oil and Lime and for Disinfecting Purposes.
Inventor: LEHMANN FRIEDRICH HEINRICH EDU
IPC: C14C1/00
Filed: 1909-02-23
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 4488. Lehmann, F. H. E. Feb. 23. Electric tanning.-Hides and skins, with the hair or feathers attached, are treated electrolytically, whereby they are freed from fat and oil, rendered free from lime, and easily separable from the hair &c., and are disinfected. The hides are placed movably or otherwise between the electrodes from which they may be separated by diaphragms, or they may act as diaphragms themselves. Feathers may be placed in membranous bags between the electrodes. For removal of fat, if the skins do not render the bath alkaline, potash, soda, or their carbonates are added to the electrolyte. The removal of the fat layer usually enables the hair to be readily plucked and so eliminates the usual lime treatment, but skins having little fat may be separately limed, the lime being subsequently removed by further electrolytic treatment in an alkaline bath, or in one of organic or mineral acids. A neutral water-bath may be used for skins that have been limed on the flesh side only, the flesh side in this case being presented to the positive electrode. The separated lime may be used again. Disinfection may proceed concurrently with the fat removal, through the chlorides contained in the skin; or formaldehyde &c. may be added to the baths, or may be used separately.
Patent GB-190904949-A (GB)
Title: An Improved for Preventing Fruit Trees and the like from being Damaged or Killed by Frost or Severe Cold Weather.
IPC: A01G13/06
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 4949. Hogbin, H., and Colorado Orchard Heater Co. March 1. Drawings to Specification. Fuel.-A conical pan, perforated near the apex, in which a fire is made to provide heat for preventing damage to fruit trees by frost, is charged by first introducing cotton waste &c. saturated with inflammable liquid, and laying wood above it. The coal or other fuel is packed round a sleeve or funnel, which is withdrawn before the fire is lighted.
Patent GB-190910478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stencil-duplicating Apparatus.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
IPC: B41L35/28
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 10,478. Mills, B. J. B., [Dick Co., A. B.]. May 3. Stencilling-apparatus ; tripping - arrangements.- Rotary stencil duplicators are provided with improved means for determining the printing position on the impression-sheet, and for holding the drum in inoperative position. The impressionroller D is mounted in spring-controlled arms d, and is kept depressed during a part of the rotation of the drum by a sheave I on an arm i on a rockshaft i<1>, which is rocked by a cam H<1> carried by a sector H, adjustably secured to the drum and formed with a scale to allow the position at which printing commences to be adjusted accurately. The roller D can be thrown out of printing position by an eccentric d<4>, which is actuated by a handle d<5> and depresses the lower curved ends d' of the arms d, so as to lower the roller D. In the tripped position of the roller D, the handle d<5> engages a curved portion j<3> of a spring j<2> attached to an extension j<1> of a pivoted shoe j ; and in this position the shoe j is moved against the action of a spring to brake or lock a collar c' on the drum shaft.
Patent GB-190910678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Levelling the Soles of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: A43D89/00
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1909-06-23
Abstract: 10,678. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. April 23, 1908. Solelevelling.-Relates to sole-levelling machines of the automatic roll type, and consists in the provision of means for changing the degree of relative lateral inclination of the roll and jack arranged in such a way that an adjustment to suit any one of a number of distinctive positions of the shoe does not affect, or is not affected by, the adjustment tor any other of these portions The main features and method of operation of the machine are substantially the same as those described in Specification 10,883/95,in which a shoe supported on a jack 1, Fig, 1, is acted upon by levelling-rolls 5 mounted to vibrate in carriers 6, each of which is actuated from a cam - groove 13 through connexions 14, 15, 16, and 17, and connexions between the lever 17 and the roll carrier. An adjusting-device 18 is provided to vary the extent of the tipping movements of the roll. In the present invention, a number of mechanisms are provided to actuate the device 18 independently at different times during the operation of the machine. These mechanisms consist of a series of cam-plates 23, Figs. 1 and 3, each of which is provided with diverging surfaces 25 and a notch 24 adapted to engage a pin 22 on one arm of a bell-crank 20, the other arm of which is connected by a link 21 to the link 17 of the adjusting-device. Each plate 23 is pivotally mounted on a bent lever 26, which is arranged in the path of a cam on the shaft 4. These cams 28 ... 31 correspond in number to the cam-plates 23, and are arranged to actuate the latter successively. The extent of movement imparted to the adjusting-device by any one plate depends upon the angular position of the plate ; and to vary this, each plate has secured to it a link 32, which is pivoted to a block 33 on an adjusting-screw 34. The links 32 serve to guide the plates in their vertical movements, and cams 36 are provided to depress the links 32, to ensure that each plate is moved out of engagement with the pin 22 before the next plate becomes operative. The action of the plates 23 is timed with relation to the movements of the jack, while the arrangement is such as to allow the amount of inclination imparted to the roll at any one point to be varied without affecting the amount of inclination imparted to it at any other point of its travel.
Patent GB-190914505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-06-21
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 14,505. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke.]. June 21. Arc lamps; arc-lamp electrodes.-A stop near the arc engages an electrode at a part consisting of sodium or potassium silicate and carbon, with or without light-modifying salts. A substance which facilitates crumbling of the silicate mixture, for instance copper bronze or other metallic powder, may be added. The mixture is preferably placed in a groove in a round electrode. The stop may consist of a spike or knife-edge.
Patent GB-190917227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Fittings for Gas and other Pipes.
Inventor: SCHMID CHRISTIAN
IPC: B21K1/14
Filed: 1909-07-24
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 17,227. Schmid, C. July 24. Forging; dies and punches. - Apparatus for use in making fittings for gas and other pipes, from solid rod by pressure and perforation, consists of a lower die a having transverse shouldered bores b intersecting the longitudinal bores d. The lower dies may be made in more than one piece so as to close round the hot rod h; the blunt piercer f then descends and nearly pierces the rod, also bulging out the lateral branches i, i. The sharp-edged tool g is next used, and in combination with the harp edges of the shoulder e the part of the rod not pierced is severed. The junction i may be bored or pierced by a punch, and a bored mandrel used to support the fitting.
Patent GB-190921555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ejectors, Condensers, and Air Pumps or Compressors.
Inventor: REES EDMUND SCOTT GUSTAVE
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1909-09-21
Granted: 1910-09-21
Abstract: 21,555. Rees, E. S. G. Sept. 21. [Cognate Application, 7828/10.] Aspirating apparatus, jetp u m p ; ejector c o n d e n s e r s; nozzles. - W a t e r under pressure is projected from inclined nozzles so as to converge and form one or more fan - like sheets, which are projected across a space in communication with that from which gas is to be exhausted into the opening of an expanding passage, in which the pressure of water and gas is raised to the pressure of discharge. Several constructions are described. Water under pressure is supplied to the space a, Fig. 1, and passes through small nozzles c, mutually inclined so as to cause the jets to impinge and form fan-like sheets of sprayed water directed to the mouth g<1> of an expanding passage g formed by cheeks h, which are adjustably secured on the sides of the frame or case. Gas from the chamber to be exhausted is drawn through a pipe e. In another form, the jets are arranged to deliver the water radially outwards from a central chamber to an angular nozzle.
Patent GB-190925891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cableway Conveying Apparatus Comprising Supporting Rope Carriers Arrested by Stops.
Inventor: MILLER THOMAS SPENCER
IPC: B66C21/00
Filed: 1909-11-09
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 25,891. Miller, T. S. Nov. 9. Transporters.-Relates to sag-carriers for cableway conveying and hoisting apparatus, and consists in interposing an impact member between the sag-carriers and the arresting- buttons. The carriage comprises a braced structure with a pivoted wheel-carrying frame 39. A second pivoted frame 45 carries a wooden buffer 48 and an arm 47 for supporting the sagcarriers 66. The frame 45 is supported on a wheel 49 with an adjustable eccentric bearing, and also carries a wheel 53 running on the button rope 36, which is fitted with buttons of varying sizes for automatically arresting the sagcarriers. Each button is engaged by a corresponding eye 68 which is pivoted to a frame 73, itself pivoted to the sag - carrier 66, thereby reducing the shock of sudden stoppage. The pivotal connexions may be dispensed with, and the eye 68 may be connected to the carrier by springs; or the shock may be taken up by providing a buffer on the button.
Patent GB-190928391-A (GB)
Title: Method of Forming Semi-liquid Quartz.
Inventor: BURCKHARDT WOLF
IPC: C03B19/09
Filed: 1909-12-06
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 28,391. Burckhardt, W. Dec. 6. Resistance furnaces. - Silica is fused in a furnace provided with one or more dividing- plates c, Fig. 1, of carbon, carborundum, asbestos, &c., insulated from and radiating from a central resistance a. When plastic, the mass b of silica is placed upon a table f, Fig. 2, and opened out as shown so as to expose the soft interior. It is then worked as usual by rolling &c. In a modification, the resistance a<1>, Fig. 3, is hollow and perforated laterally so that the fused mass may be blown in a mould d by air introduced through the resistance. When cool, the mass is broken at the radial plates c to form bricks suitable for lining furnaces, boilers, &c. In a further modification, the mass is pressed in a mould, instead of being blown, and divided when cold as before.