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Patent GB-190815888-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Casting Metals.
Inventor: BRIGGS FRANK HERBERT
Filed: 1908-07-27
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 15,888. Briggs, F. H. July 27. Casting; working by electricity; crucibles.-Dental parts are cast from metal melted in a recess in the top of the mould, the whole being enclosed in au exhausted vessel. The mould b, with teeth to be inserted, is formed of plaster of paris and Tripoli sand by the wax-pattern process, and is enclosed in an electric furnace a in a vacuum chamber h. The furnace is composed of a mixture of carbon and an insulating - material or like semi - conducting mass, but wire resistance, arc, or induction furnaces may be employed. The metal is melted in a recess c, which communicates tangentially by a full.depth slit with a conical pouring-gate d, so that the metal is whirled to remix the constituents of an alloy on entering the mould. Admission is controlled by a plug e. After making the cast, air is admitted at t so that it impinges on the bottom of the mould, cooling the lower part of the casting first. The heating arrangements are preferably such that the top of the mould may continue to be heated while the bottom is cooling. In a modification, the vacuum chamber is heated externally.
Patent GB-190816608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automobile Trains.
Inventor: PRAGENAU OTTOKAR LANDWEHR VON
Filed: 1908-08-06
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 16,608. Landwehr von Pragenau, O. Aug. 6. Motor road vehicles; traction engines. - The leading vehicle of a road train has its steering and driving axles set close together so as to minimize their difference in track, while succeeding vehicles are single - axle cars coupled together midway between their axles. The train may be driven electrically or mechanically. In the example shown, an engine mounted on the steering-carriage 1, 2 drives through a universal joint a dynamo on the first single-axle car 4, electricity being conveyed from the dynamo to motors suspended from the frame. Propulsion may be effected mechanically by means of a flexible shaft as in the well-known Renard train. For heavy loads two or more engines may be mounted upon separate cars, their shafts being coupled together by universal joints 8. The last car is provided with a pivoted steering- axle only, for use when travelling backwards ; the last coupling then being locked and the last car but one being driven.
Patent GB-190821855-A (GB)
Title: Chuck and Drilling Devices for Automatic Button Machines.
Inventor: BARRY NICHOLAS
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 21,855. Barry, N. Oct. 15. Lathes; drilling; chucks; dividing - apparatus.- Button-making machines of the type described in Specification N o . 10,149, A.D. 1904, have modified blank - carrying spindles, chucks, and dividing-apparatus. The jaw sleeve 8<b>, Fig. 2, has an adjustable foot-piece 80<d> provided with a ball, for engaging the cam-track, retained in position by a ring 80<e>. The spring jaws are formed by wide slits which permit a larger blank to be held and yet allow the head 80<a> to be contracted sufficiently for inserting in the spindle 8, which together with its pulley 8<e> is made sufficiently heavy to close the chuck by gravity without the aid of a spring. The guide 200, Fig. 6, for engaging the square 180 to hold the spindle stationary during drilling, is placed above the pulley instead of below, and adjustable pins 210 engage recesses 80<i> milled in the pulley to impart the quarter-turn between the drilling of successive holes.
Patent GB-190828218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Locks.
Inventor: MCCALLUM COLIN
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 28,218. McCallum, C., and Gilmour, W. R. Dec. 28. Fastenings for doors. - The door is adapted to be opened after the insertion of one, two, or more balls of varying sizes. The balls are inserted by means of a rotatable tube B, which is set by means of an index B', Fig. 2, so as to direct one ball by the passages E, H into a cup I<1> on the pivoted detent I and remove the detent from the bolt, and a second ball by a passage D into a cup L on the pivoted bolt M, freeing the latter. The door can now be opened and a pin N, attached to a chain N', is inserted through an opening in the casing to prevent return of the bolt until the door is closed and the pin jerked out. Pivoted traps F, G are tilted by the passage of the balls into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, to arrest any further balls that may be inserted. The screws P, Q, Fig. 2, securing the cover-plate, may be readily removed to enable the balls to be recovered. If one ball only is to be used, the detent I is fastened in an inoperative position, and the passages E, H, dispensed with.
Patent GB-190904974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adjustable Hose Clips.
Inventor: JACOB ROBERT PAUL
IPC: F16L33/04
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 4974. Jacob, R. P. March 1. Overlap joints with yielding outer pipe compressed.-A hose clip adapted to fit various sizes of pipe has a tightening-screw 6 pivotally. connected to one end 2 of a band 1 and carrying a nut 7 which bears against a shoe 8. The nut is prevented from slipping off the shoe by projections 10<a>. The shoe has a projection 9 adapted to engage one of a series of holes 5 in the band 1, and is of T-form, the horizontal portion forming a guide for the band. In another form the shoe 8 is fixed to one end of the band, and the screw 6 is pivoted to a sliding shoe, the position of which can be adjusted.
Patent GB-190905735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal Separators for Separating Dust and the like from Air or other Gas or Gases.
IPC: B04C5/28
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 5735. Yates, W., and Matthews & Yates. March 10. Separators for gaseous substances.-A series of cycline separators are arranged along both sides of an air trunk gradually diminishing in width as shown.
Patent GB-190905749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Wheel Forks of Cycles.
Inventor: STARR HENRY
IPC: B62M9/16
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 5749. Starr, H. March 10. Tyres, facilitating detachment of.- In order that the inner tubes of the pneumatic tyres of cycle wheels may be readily detached and replaced without necessitating the removal of the wheel from the fork or from its axle, the end of one limb of the fork is formed as an open bearing or eye 3 to receive a rotatable bush 6 carrying the axle, the arrangement being such that in applying a new tube to the wheel the bush is turned until its opening 7 is opposite the opening 5 in the eye, the tube is hooked on to the bush so that it lies in the recess 10, the bush is turned to carry the tube around the axle, the tube is withdrawn from the recess and openings, and the bush is given another half-turn so that it re-occupies the position shown in Fig. 1, where it is locked by a washer and nut. In detaching the tube, the operations are reversed. To allow for adjustment of the driving-chain, the opening 5 in the eye 3 is preferably of such size as to permit of lateral movement of the bush 6 in addition to its rotary movement. A set-screw carried in a lug upon the chain-stay bears upon the edge of the washer.
Patent GB-190911809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for the Saddles or Seats of Cycles and the like.
IPC: B62J1/08
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 11,809. London Small Arms Co., Bennett, F. W., and Bayley, C. S. May 30. Sights. - Relates to aperture leaf-sights and consists in improvements in the wind gauge, in the elevating device, and in the hinge. The sighting aperture n, Figs. 3 and 4, is formed in a horizontal slide m mounted in a circular plate j, Figs. 3 and 4, carried at the top of a screwed spindle c. The slide is operated by the rotation of a circular cover p, mounted on the plate and having an eccentric stud q which engages a vertical slot o, Fig. 3, in the slide. The cover p has a scale r, Fig. 1, marked on its edge. The screwed spindle c telescopes into a tube b, and is elevated by a nut g mounted on the top of the tube by means of an internal groove h, Fig. 5. The groove is cut away at one side i, so that the nut can be laterally disconnected when the spindle c is removed. The tube b is hinged to the gun by a spring joint, which presses the base z, Fig. 6, on to its seat when the sight is vertical. The jointpin has a coned shank y, Fig. 7, which is normally pulled into engagement with the lug x by a spring v, but which becomes displaced when the sight is swung down. The nut w which retains the spring can be arranged to screw hard on the spring and thus lock the sight in the vertical position.
Patent GB-190913231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brush-holders for Dynamo-electric Machines.
IPC: H01R39/38
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 13,231. Allegemeine Elektricitõts- Ges. June 6, 1908, [Convention date]. Brush - holders.-In brush-holders for dynamoelectric machines in which the member c carrying the brush d is adjustable relatively to the fixed member b so as to alter the inclination of the brush d, the tensioning-device e is carried by the adjustable member c. The arm h may be formed integral with the member c or may be removably secured thereto.
Patent GB-190914574-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tape Measure for use on Bowling Greens.
Inventor: FITTON FREDERICK
IPC: G01B3/11
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1910-06-22
Abstract: 14,574. Fitton, F., and Milnes, E. June 22. Measuring-tapes. - A measure for use on bowling - greens consists of a casing with a peg a<1>, Fig. 1, an opening in the casing formed as two spring jaws f, g to grip the tape when pressed, and a guide-bar (not shown) for the tape. A peg i is fitted on the end of the tape. The tape may be rewound manually by means of a milled head on the spindle, or automatically by a spring contained in a box n, Fig. 6, on which the tape is wound. The box n has ratchet tongues p formed on its side to engage lugs o, o' on a stirrup, normally held from rotation by fixed supporting-cheeks k but adapted to be disengaged by pressure against its retaining-spring v, Fig. 7. Off-set tongues n<1> engage the removable half of the casing so as to give clearance to the stirrup piece.
Patent GB-190914946-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Pure Nickel.
IPC: C22B23/06
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 14,946. Soc. Electro - MÚtallurgique Franþaise. June 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Dry processes of refining nickel.-Cast nickel containing iron &c., such as that obtained by the process described in Specification 23,380/04, is purified in a Bessemer converter, or the molten metal is scattered and oxidized by a jet of air; further oxidation is effected, if necessary, in a reverberatory furnace. The product is then re-melted, any remaining iron being oxidized and removed in the slag, the necessary and sufficient condition for obtaining pure nickel being that at least traces of nickel oxide should be present in the slag.
Patent GB-190916811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Current Electric Induction Motors.
IPC: H02K17/16
Filed: 1909-07-19
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 16,811. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Kieffer, E. O. July 19. Armatures.-The squirrel-cage bars and endrings of an induction motor are cast into position on the core of the rotor so that the whole winding forms one continuous piece of metal without joints. The end-rings may be cast with fan vanes or projections, and those parts of the bars projecting from the slots may be thinned and radially lengthened so as to act as fan vanes. The end plates g, Fig. 3, of the rotor may be shaped so as to serve as a mould within which the end-rings d may be cast, asbestos or other fibrous material k being interposed so as to allow for inward shrinkage of the ring d &c. In order to prevent molten metal from entering the radial ventilating-ducts p, Fig. 4, the plates at each side of the ducts are made thicker, and special distance-pieces of metal strip bent so as to form a loop of the same size as-the rotor slots are mounted on one of the plates. The loops come opposite the slots and form passages for the molten metal. Alternatively, the plates at each side of the ducts may be made with slots rather larger than the core slots, and ferrules or metal tubes f are inserted therein so as to bridge the ducts.
Patent GB-190922302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a Method of Working Arc Lamps in Series with Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: HEIMANN ARTHUR
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-09-30
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 22,302. Heimann, A., and Schõffer, W. Oct. 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Lighting systems.-A lighting system employing arc and incandescent lamps in series is provided with a regulating-resistance which is protected while the arc lamps are starting, by means of resistance which is finally short circuited or cut out. The regulating - resistance consists of iron wire in an atmosphere of hydrogen. Arc lamps 3 and incandescent lamps 4 are connected in series with a regulating-resistance 7 across the mains 1, 2. When the arc lamps 3 are starting, they are placed in series with a resistance 5, which is afterwards cut out or short-circuited by a switch 6, which simultaneously connects the incandescent lamps 4 in series with the arc lamps 3 and regulating- resistance 7.
Patent GB-190924367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: DARWIN HARRY
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1909-10-23
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 24,367. Darwin, H. Oct. 23. Incandescent gas burners.-To equalize fluctuations in the gas-supply pressure, a chamber or pocket d is separated from the mixing-chamber a by a perforated diaphragm e. The burner shown has an ordinary gas nipple c<1>, air inlets c', and burner mouth b<1>. A gauze diaphragm f may be provided at the bottom of the mixing-chamber. Specification 3634/09, is referred to.
Patent GB-190926818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Fuel Burners.
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1909-11-18
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 26,818. S. M. Car Syndicate, and Shave, G. J. Nov. 18. [Cognate Application, 10,921/10.] Atmospheric vapour burners; vaporizing- apparatus; vapour supply. - In a liquid-fuel burner of the type specified in Specification 4132/09, one of the burner jets A formed in a series of detachable pieces separately and independently fixed to the mixing-chamber H, is utilized as a pilot burner by partitioning off a secondary chamber D theiefor, and providing it with an independent fuel-nozzle E and vaporizer e supplied with oil from the main burner supply. A channel a, formed in the top plate b of the mixing - chamber, acts as a starting-cup. To prevent clogging of the nozzle E, the device described in Specification 4131/09, may be used, or, as an alternative, the vaporized paraffin may be converted into a permanent gas by passing it first through a red-hot retort L, Fig. 4, and then through a combined cooling-apparatus and purifier M.
Patent GB-190928073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bending Machines for Making Metal Tubes.
Inventor: PFRENGLE OTTO
IPC: B21D5/14
Filed: 1909-12-01
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 28,073. Pfrengle, O. Dec. 3,1908, [Convention date]. Angular bending.-In making long tubes of small diameter from plates of considerable strength, the plate is bent by jaws on a mandrel passing through a number of short machines placed side by side to form a single machine driven from one common shaft, so as to prevent twisting of the mandrel and the springing of the jaws. A series of standards a have guides 1 to receive segments b, which are rotated by racks and pinions i from a shaft k geared to a shaft m, which is rotated by crossed or open belts through a friction clutch. The segments have vertical guides 2 for the cheeks c, c<1>, which carry the bending-jaws d, d<1>, and are adjusted towards the hollow mandrel e by right and left handed screws f rotated by a handwheel g through bevel-gear. The mandrel is supported by pins r on pivoted arms q; removable half-rings s are inserted in the frames to prevent springing of the metal. The plate u, Fig. 1, is fed in over rollers p on adjustable brackets o, and is clamped between the jaws d and the mandrel. On rotating the segments until the metal is wound more than a quarter of the circumference of the mandrel, the jaws are released and the segments returned, leaving the metal on the mandrel. Further portions are then wound on the mandrel by similar operations until the tube is completed.
Patent GB-190928277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Type-writing Machines.
Inventor: DAVIN CHARLES MARIUS LOUIS PIE
IPC: B41J29/44
Filed: 1909-12-03
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 28,277. Davin, C. M. L. P. C., and Feltin, M. M. J. Jan. 12, [Convention date]. Margin stops.-Relates to means for ensuring a proper bottom margin of the kind in which the platen is prevented from rotating after the required number of lines have been printed. A disk A, Fig. 1, secured to the platen is provided with an arm B, which may be turned on the platen-shaft M and secured by means of a plug 0, which fits one of a series of numbered holes L in the disk. During the rotation of the platen, the end c of the arm B engages the teeth of a wheel C carrying an arm D, which may be secured in adjusted position by a spring pin E engaging one of series of holes R in the wheel. During each revolution of the platen, the wheel C is rotated through one tooth, and is ultimately arrested by the pin E engaging a fixed stop F, so that, by setting the arms B, D, the platen may be arrested after performing a set number of revolutions and parts of a revolution. The setting of the arms is determined by means of a scale G, Fig. 6, which is run down the paper to the place where the last line is required, the pin E of the arm D being placed in the hole R corresponding to the number of times that the scale is contained, and the plug 0 of the arm B being placed in the hole L corresponding to the excess measurement. One of the holes L is then brought opposite the zero hole in the wheel C, this hole L being marked in red and varying in position according to the size of platen. The scale G has the same number of graduations as the number of teeth on the line-space wheel, and is provided with an index projection q. The scale is placed in a hollow at the front of the keyboard, and is secured by being fitted on the split pins r, Fig. 7. The wheel C is mounted on balls on spindle T, and is provided with a coiled returning-spring h having one end adjustably secured by a clamp i, the wheel being arrested at the end of the return movement by stops arranged so that the zero graduation of the wheel comes on the line of centres of the disk A and the wheel. The wheel is provided with a detent-roller j, which is pressed inwards by a forked spring m, and may be released by a stud p.
Patent GB-190928473-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cooling Attachment for Wire Drawing Dies.
IPC: B21C3/14
Filed: 1909-12-06
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 28,473. Marks, E. C. R., [Iroquois Machine Co.]. Dec. 6. Drawing; drawing-dies.-A die-cooling attachment for a dry wire-drawing machine consists of a channeled body, forming, with the delivery end of the die, a closed conduit in which fluid circulates. The body 15 is provided with rubber or like packings 17, 18, which form a tight joint with the end of the die 12. It is supported on trunnions in a yoke 24 pivoted to the bed of the machine and has delivery and exit pipes 22.
Patent GB-190929370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scissors, Shears, and analogous Cutting Devices.
Inventor: HOMME FRANK OLSON
IPC: B26B13/04
Filed: 1909-12-15
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 29,370. Homme, r. O., Vollen, J. T., and Isaacson, I. L. Dec. 15. Disk hinges. - The upper face of the blade 2 of a pair of shears &c is provided with a recess 9 forming a raceway for balls 10 and a receptacle for lubricant, the balls being pressed or top by a cone washer 13, the central boss 12 of which engages a squared part of the pivot pin 5 fixed to the blade 1. The portion 14 of the washer between the boss 12 and the cone 13 is thin and resilient, and, by adjusting a nut 17, which screws on the end of the pin 5 and bears on the washer, any wear may be taken up and the blade edges set. The underside of the nut 17 is roughened so as effectively to engage the washer 13.
Patent GB-190929728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gravity Spindles for Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames.
IPC: D01H7/20
Filed: 1909-12-20
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 29,728. Hethering- ton & Sons, J., and Dowding, J. F. Dec. 20. Spindle apparatus.- The holding-down catch is formed on a plate d hinged by means of a projection d' to the collar of the bolster h.
Patent GB-190930402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Guards for Eye Glasses, Pencils, Pens and similar Articles Carried on the Person.
Inventor: WIDMER HARRY ALPHONSE
IPC: A45F5/00
Filed: 1909-12-29
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 30,402. Widmer, H. A. Dec. 29. Eyeglass guards; attaching pens, pencils, &c. to wearing-apparel. -In guards for eyeglasses, pens, pencils, &c., of the type described in Specification 12,855/09, in which a spring barrel is adapted to coil the guard upon itself, the guard 4 when withdrawn is locked by the engagement of an enlargement 7 with the narrow end 6 of a slot s formed in the casing 1. The guard may be provided with several such enlargements at convenient points.
Patent GB-191001564-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Protractor Set Square.
Inventor: SCHORAH HAROLD
IPC: B43L13/00
Filed: 1910-01-21
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 1564. Schorah, H. Jan. 21. Protractors; squares. - An adjustable protractor is combined with a set-square A of five sides. The arm B<2> does not project beyond the edge of the set-square A, and its under surface is always in the same plane as the under surface of the set-square. The arm B<2> may be tongued at the end, a recess in the set-square receiving the tongue, or it may have a clamping-bolt at its end running in a slot cut out of the set-square.
Patent GB-191003642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Show Cases.
Inventor: BLYTH ARTHUR JOHN
IPC: F16B12/00
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 3642. Blyth, A. J. Feb. 14. Show cases.-The glass plates forming the top, sides, ends, doors, &c. of show cases, are secured together or to the supporting framework, by paper or like strips 4 coated on the two contact faces with a cement 5, the strips being of such a thickness and material that the interior is not penetrated by the cement. The show cases are dismantled by splitting the strips with a sharp thin tool 6.
Patent GB-191005094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea, Coffee and like Pots.
Inventor: WADE WILLIAM
IPC: A47G19/14
Filed: 1910-03-01
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 5094. Wade, W. March 1. Pots.-A tea-pot &c. is provided with an extension b having slots k by which the infuser c can be supported in or out of the water. The infuser lid may rest upon, and have projections engaging beneath, an internal flange f; the bottom of the infuser may be detachable and rest upon an internal flange &c.
Patent GB-191007128-A (GB)
Title: A Shaving Paste.
Inventor: JOHNSON ALFRED
IPC: C11D9/00
Filed: 1910-03-22
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 7128. Johnson, A. March 22. Saponaceous cleansing-compositions, materials for making. - A shaving-paste is composed of large proportions of paraffin wax and water and small proportions of prepared suet or lard, soft soap, tragacanth powder, glycerine, olive oil, oil of lavender, and cochineal or other colouring- matter. The paste is spread upon the face, prior to shaving, in any suitable manner, the use of a brush being unnecessary. The composition described in the Provisional Specification does not contain glycerine.