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Patent GB-190614315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speed Gears particularly for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: PINSON CHARLES
Filed: 1906-06-22
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 14,315. Pinson, C. June 22. Variable-speed gearing.-In a change-speed gear, more particularly for cycles and the like, of the type in which the planet-pinion carrier B is adapted to be locked to the internally-toothed driving-ring A to give the direct drive, a freely-rotatable ring H, mounted upon the sliding clutch-piece G of the sun-pinion D, carries pegs J, which, passing through the carrier, are adapted to engage projections or recesses A<2> upon the driving-member. For changing the gear, a cable N attached to a bracket 0 passes round a roller M at the end of a sliding rod L, so that a pull upon the cable causes a longitudinal movement of the rod, bringing the clutch-piece G into engagement with a fixed clutchpiece F. A spring P returns the sun-pinion to its right-hand position. As shown, the pegs J pass through hollow bosses B<1> forming the planetpinion spindles.
Patent GB-190628921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grabs or Lifting Dogs
Inventor: ARNST EMIL
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 28,921. Arnst, E. Dec. 18. Lifting-dogs.-Lifting-dogs of the kind comprising a pair of arms hinged at or about their centres are arranged so that, as their pivots are moved towards each other, their upper ends are moved apart, and vice versa, thus rendering the distance between the jaws capable of variation between wide limits. Fig. 1 shows one form of the invention, in which the gripping-arms f are pivoted on pins d which are arranged to slide along the inclined slots b under the action of the slotted cross-head g. The upper ends of the arms are guided in slots c in the frame, so as to move in opposite direction to the pins d. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the pins d are guided in horizontal slots e' in the cross-head g, and are connected by crossed links p to the upper ends e of the opposite arms. The pins e are also connected by a pair of toggle links o to a hollow sleeve m.
Patent GB-190702125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Anti-skidding and Protecting Devices for the Tyres of Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: STIMPSON EDWIN BALL
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 2125. Stimpson, E. B. July 29. Tyres, pneumatic &c.- A non-skid stud for wheel tyres comprises a hardened cup-like member 3 with cylindrical walls 2 and a curved portion 5 fitted on a soft - headed shank 7 with a tapered neck 6 and shoulder 10, a space 9 being left between the cup-like member and the head, which is shown with a convex surface projecting from the cup. The stud is attached to the tyre by riveting the tapered end of the shank over a washer.
Patent GB-190704445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Elastic Fluid Turbines
Inventor: LJUNGSTROEM BIRGER
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 4445. Ljungstr÷m, B. Feb. 28, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines. - The vanes and guide-blades of radial-flow turbines consist of perforated cylinders of the shape shown in Fig. 4, the blades being supported by terminal and intermediate rings. The cylinders or blade rings are either made in one continuous piece, or the vanes and supporting - rings are made separately and are afterwards connected together. A single-stage turbine fitted with these blade rings is described. A marine turbine, Fig. 2, is formed with two expansion chambers. The stationary blade rings 15 are secured to plates 17. By forming the blade rings in the above manner, the blades may be made with a very small radial extension, whereby the total diameter of the turbine is reduced. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also parallel-flow turbines constructed on the same principle. In one modification, the blade rings are conical and are secured in position by bolted rings. In an alternative method of fixing the blade rings they are spaced by dovetailed distance-pieces, and the whole is secured together by external shells. In another modification, the blade rings are of zig-zag section. The blade rings are secured to the parts carrying them by keying or bolting. The vane rings are manufactured as follows. Bars, corresponding to the vanes and accurately shaped as regards vane curvature, are electrically welded between strips, rings, wires, &c. The vanes may have projections which, when welded together, form the supporting-rings. The vanes may be galvanized, plated, or otherwise coated. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190708430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Holding Safety Razor Blades during the Process of Stropping or Sharpening.
Inventor: FORBES ANDREW
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 8430. Forbes, A. April 11. Razors, safety. A holder for double-edged safety razor blades, for use during stropping, comprises a pair of jaws, Figs. 2 and 4, made integral with the cylindrical back portion 2, which acts as a spring, and the connecting rod 3. The connecting-rod 3 slides in the cylindrical tube 4, being actuated by the button 6, and the jaws 1 slide in the slot 5, which is wider at the top than at the bottom. The blade 9 is placed between the jaws, being positioned by the projections 7 and recesses 8 corresponding to the usual holes in the blades, and the back portion 2 is drawn into the tube. The jaws thus slide in the slot 5, the narrow part of which causes the jaws to close on each other and hold the blade firmly. One edge of the blade is concealed by the back portion 2, and the projecting edge can then be stropped in the ordinary manner. According to the Provisional Specification, the back of the jaws may be lined with a soft material, and the connecting-rod may be attached to the jaws by interlocking with a notched recess on the back of the jaws.
Patent GB-190709533-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pick Counter and Stop Motion Device for Looms.
Inventor: DUFOUR ADOLPHE
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 9533. Dufour, A. April 24 Counting-apparatus for ascertaining the number of picks woven into the fabric by a loom. A shaft j is mounted in bearings i in the loom frame, and is driven by chain gearing from the driving- shaft. A worm n on the shaft j co-operates with a worm-wheel o to rotate a shaft q, on which is mounted a dial b. The shafts j, q are removable from their bearings, in order that the worm n and the worm-wheel o may be changed to suit the fabric to be woven, and the shafts are held in position by wheels p, which are secured thereto by set-screws. The number of teeth on the wheel o is the same as the number of wefts per centimetre in the fabric, so that the wheel o makes one revolution while one centimetre of fabric is woven. Dials c, d, e, having twenty-five, fifty, and twelve teeth respectively, are mounted on axes, which are adjustably secured in slots in a plate a bolted to the loom frame. Pointers u, u<1>, u<2> on the dials b, c, d act on the dials c, d, e respectively, and the revolution of the dial e through the space of one tooth indicates that 12 m. 5 cm. of fabric have been woven. The pointers u<1>, u<2> are inserted in grooves in the dials to facilitate the regulation of the device. The worm-wheel o is movable along the shaft q, and when the loom is stopped, the wheel can be moved away from the worm n against the action of a spring by a lever. In the dial d or the dial c are holes or slots 1, in one of which is secured a small lever 2. When the required length of fabric has been woven, the lever 2 pushes against a pin 3 to stop the loom. When the dials are not required to register, they are held by a pivoted lever 5, which is provided with teeth 4 to engage the teeth of the dials, and is drawn upwards by a spring 7. At the proper times, the lever 5 is pushed down by an arm 8 to free the dials c, d, e.
Patent GB-190711033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Cowls.
Inventor: KINSMAN WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-11
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 11,033. Kinsman, W. J., and Kinsman, A. W. May 11. Chimney tops.-In a chimney cowl of the kind in which vertical guards cover flanged openings in the cowl head, five such openings and guards are provided. The guards C, which are mounted on wire supports c, are bent over to close the tops c<1>, the bottoms being open. The head is supported by brackets d on a conical 'stem' D which is inserted in the chimney pot, an annular opening being left between the head and the conical stem.
Patent GB-190711297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Recovery of Gold from Cyanide Solutions.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 11,297. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Nov. 14. Electrodes; gold, obtaining; making metal foil; electrolytes, regenerating.-Relates to apparatus for recovering gold from cyanide solutions, in which the gold is electro-deposited on a rotating cathode, and consists in-increasing the cathode surface as compared with the anode surface in the manner described in Specification No. 24,985, A.D. 1906. The cylindrical anode f, of platinum, platinum alloy, or the like, strengthened by a framework of glass or wood or both, is provided with internal and external cathodes b, b<1> of iron, aluminium, or the like, and the cyanide solution is passed between the anode and cathode by the branched inlet pipe h. Current is supplied to the cathodes through the terminal k and mercury cup l. Porous partitions may be arranged between the anode and cathodes, and a cover may be fitted to the apparatus to collect the cyanogen gas evolved to regenerate the electrolyte. The metal may be deposited as leaf or foil.
Patent GB-190711805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Instruments.
Inventor: VAWTER CHARLES ERASTUS
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 11,805. Vawter, C. E. June 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Registering observations by instruments; driving- mechanism for record-strips.-Relates to improvements in the recording-instruments, such as voltmeters, ammeters, wattmeters, and the like described in Specification No. 16,574, A.D. 1906, particularly in the recording-magnet and in the feed-mechanism for the record-strip. The index 5, Fig. 1, of the meter 1 ends in an offset 7 adapted to engage a stop-arc 8 of metal when a record is made, the pen 14 being carried on a spring arm 11 having an armature 12. For recording, a single magnet coil 65, Fig. 6 is employed attached at the middle of two laminated pole-pieces 60 in the form of concentric circular arcs, the upper edges of which are capped by laminated pieces 66 with a central filling 67 of lead or other non-magnetic material arranged below the recording point. The width of this filling is adjusted so as to give a straight downward uniform pull on the recording armature at all points of its travel. The strip feed is operated by gearing from a ratchet 41 engaging a pawl 42 on a lever 43, which is actuated by a magnet 57. The lever 43 is adapted to complete the circuit for operating, the recording-magnet by means of a spring contact piece 50 engaging the fixed adjustable spring contact 52, as shown. The periodic operation of the strip-feed and record magnets is effected by means of a light contact-piece 72 carried on the balance spindle of the clock train and a contact-piece 73 mounted on a resilient strip 74, the circuits being arranged as shown. The recording-pen consists of an ink receptacle 14 with a conical perforated bottom 15 fitting tightly in a collar 13 attached to the spring strip 11. The strip 11 may be of magnetic metal without the armature 12.
Patent GB-190715667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificially Produced Marble and Stone Blocks and Slabs for Building and other purposes
Inventor: THOM THOMAS MATHIESON
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 15,667. Thom, T. M. July 8. Facing-blocks; slabs. - The face is of ornamental artificial stone or marble and the interior of rough, inexpensive, and light material, the whole being moulded and then hardened by treatment with carbon dioxide. The mould is first lined with a plastic mixture of lime and granular stone, and is then filled with coarse material, such as a mixture of limestone and lime ashes. A core, removable or otherwise, may be inserted. Pressure is applied, and the moulded block is finally carbonated. Slag may be employed in the facing-mixture.
Patent GB-190716223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bevel Wheel Tooth Shaping and Dividing Machines.
Inventor: GREENWOOD HENRY
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 16,223. Greenwood, H. July 15. Shaping. - In templet-guide, bevel-gear shaping-machines, the work is mounted on a sector and is fed up to the tool and divided in the following manner. The wheel blank i is mounted on a spindle j, radially adjustable on a sector c and carrying adividing-wheeln. The dividing- wheel is driven through changegearing from a flexible shaft s, normally held against rotation by a catch 10 and urged forward through a friction clutch. The shaft s is mounted on a swivelling arm j<1>, the movement of which is controlled by a sector u carrying a templet v which determines the shape of the teeth. The feeding of the sector c towards the tool is obtained at each stroke of the latter by a ratchet-operated worm 1. This drives through gearing a rack d adjustably fixed on the sector, and a stop-pin 4, adjustably mounted on the worm-wheel 5, throws the worm out of action at the requisite moment by engaging a catch 2 and allowing the worm to rock over under the action of a weight. When thus freed from the driving-mechanism, the sector c swings down under action of its weight, and in so doing the catch 10 is tripped by a pawl 11 and the shaft s is allowed to make one revolution, thus dividing the work. The worm 1 is brought back into action by the engagement of a pin 8 on the sector with a bell-crank lever 6.
Patent GB-190720194-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cigarette Holder.
Inventor: BEAMISH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-09-10
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 20,194. Beamish, W. Sept. 10. Cigarette-holders.-A short cigarette-holder 1, made preferably of gold or silver, and having a flared end 2 and an inwardly-turned mouth-end 3, is provided with a slot 5 to enable the stump of the cigarette to be ejected.
Patent GB-190804036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Steam Pumping Engines.
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 4036. Hathorn, Davey, & Co., and Towler, J. A. Feb. 22. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-Relates to Corliss and like valvegear for the power cylinders of direct-acting steam pumps, in which the gear is jointly operated by the movement of the main engine and of a subsidiary engine. Specification No. 2453, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190809170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FAGARD JULES
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 9170. Fagard, J. April 28. Gas or explosivevapour engines.-In a carburettor, a movable flanged chamber a rests upon a plate b, which is pierced with a central opening d forming the main air inlet, and a number of openings e for supplementary air, the chamber carrying at its upper end a hollow rod t connected with the piston p, which is held down by a spring r and forms a dashpot. The suction of the engine causes a vacuum in the chamber above the piston, either by way of a hollow rod t or through a pipe connecting with the induction pipe. When the chamber a rises, it opens a passage for supplementary air between the flange c and the plate b.
Patent GB-190813420-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Governing the Action of Railway-brakes.
Inventor: HALLOT PAUL
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 13,420. Hallot, P. Nov. 9, 1907. Brakes.-In brakes for railway vehicles of the type described in Specification No. 26,667, A.D. 1904, [Abridgm e n Class Road vehicles], in which the braking power is automatically reduced as the wheels come to rest, a clutch member 1, Fig. 1, is keyed to the axle of the vehicle and formed with a number of pockets to take friction blocks 4, and with a vertical central frictional surface 2. The blocks are adapted to engage with the interior cylindrical surface of two cone-shaped pulleys 5, 5<1> the bases of which abut against the surface 2. While the wheels are running, the blocks engage with the pulleys 5, 5<1> and carry them round with the axle. The pulleys are surrounded by cones 8, 8<1>, to which are secured the ends of the chains 9 connected to the brake levers. The cones are brought into contact with the pulleys 5, 5<1> by forked levers 11, 12 connected together at their lower ends by rods 13 and pivotally connected at their upper ends to the piston-rod of a power cylinder C and to the truck frame 18, respectively. The clutching action takes place at first between the outer surfaces of the pulleys 5, 5<1> and the cones, but as the speed decreases, the centrifugal action of the blocks 4 is insufficient to carry round the pulleys, which are then held stationary by the cones. A weaker clutching action then takes place at the sides of the vertical disk 2, thus reducing the braking power. In a modified form, in which the smaller braking power is provided by ordinary power brakes, the additional braking power, acting while the vehicle is moving, is provided by a double cone 37, Fig. 3, guided by the end of the disk 38, and carried round by the blocks 4 when the wheels rotate.
Patent GB-190816347-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Driving the Spindles of Spinning, Doubling and like Machines.
Inventor: POULENC CAMILLE
Filed: 1908-08-01
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 16,347. Poulenc, C. Aug. 1. Switches.-The spindles of spinning, doubling, and like machines are driven by independent electromotors, the stator of each motor being carried in a casing 5, which is turned upon its axis so as to make or break contact between pieces 7, 11 connected with the stator windings and main circuit respectively. The motors are supplied with triphase current from a converter in the headstock, but other systems may be used, such as single-phase or continuous current.
Patent GB-190819831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stop-motions for Drawing Boxes, particularly for Worsted.
Inventor: SHIDEED ABRAHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 19,831. Shideed, A. G. Oct. 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Stop-motions.-In drawing-boxes for worsted &c., when a sliver breaks, the end delivered by the rollers is wound round the top of the flyer, as shown in Fig. 5, and.so displaces a sliding bush 50 which operates a finger 63, thereby releasing a trigger 73 and allowing a spring 87 to shift the shipper rod 83 and to move the strap on to the loose pulley. The sliding bush 50, which carries the top of the flyer, is disposed in a socket in a bracket 30. The flyer is provided with two guide eyes 10, 11.
Patent GB-190821952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: BRITAIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 21,952. Britain, W. Oct. 16. Aerial machines without aerostats; adapted to travel on land; aeroplanes; steering.-An aerial machine is provided with one or more carrying-planes placed on a framework in a position inclined to the horizontal, with a rear tail which can be adjusted about transverse or longitudinal axes, and with spring - mounted castor wheels. In the form described, three inclined planes a, Fig. 1, are provided and the normal inclination of the tail plane is less than that of the main planes. The centre of gravity is so placed relatively to the centre of support that the tail plane carries about half the weight per unit of area of that carried by the main planes. The tail is mounted on a universal joint f and is rocked about a transverse axis by cords l, l<1> passing up a hollow shaft g and over the pulley j mounted on the axis of hand-wheels. The movement about a longitudinal axis is effected by cords h, h<1> passing over quadrants i and over a pulley on the bottom of the shaft g, which is turned by the hand-wheel. Shock of landing, deadening.-The machine is mounted on three wheels x carried on arms horizontally pivoted at y' to vertical shafts z pivoted in bearings z<1>. Springs x<1> cushion the wheels, and springs x<2> return the wheels to a fore- and-aft position. Propelling.-The propellers e are mounted on inclined shafts d and are rotated by a large pulley, fixed to the blades, which is driven by the driving- mechanism described in Specification No. 8866, A.D. 1909. The propellers are rotated in such a direction that the nearest blades of the propellers move upwardly.
Patent GB-190822888-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stay and Manhole Fastener as applied to Tanks and the like.
Inventor: WATERS RICHARD BOWDEN
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 2 2, 8 8 8. Waters, R. B. Oct. 28. [Cognate Application No. 5907, A.D. 1909, dated March 11.] Tanks.-A manhole cover for tanks &c. is secured by a single staybolt carrying pivoted arms or bridge-pieces, which engage with the stiffening-ring around the edge of the manhole. The cover k shown in Fig. 1 is secured by a pivoted or rigid stay-bolt f carrying two pivoted arms h, the upper ends of which pass under the stiffening-ring a and are held in engagement therewith by catches a<x> projecting from the ring. The cross-piece j connecting the bridge-pieces h, Fig. 6, is slotted to slide over the stay-bolt f, and the bridge pieces are forced into engagement with the stiffening-ring by a cotter f<1>. The stiffening-ring is secured by tags c projecting from the tank plate into the man-hole and bent inwards under the ring.
Patent GB-190900933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
IPC: D06F39/00
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 933. Whittaker Bros., and Whittaker, W. Jan. 14. Washing-machines with swinging receptacles. -The clothes are placed in an openwork receptacle B, which is mounted, by means of journals b, within a tub A, and is oscillated by working the handle E. The receptacle is constructed of cross-pieces C, around which is stretched wire fabric D. The tub is provided with downwardly-directed splash-boards a<2> and inclined side portions a'.
Patent GB-190901792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pressure or like Gauges.
IPC: G01L7/18
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 1792. Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., [Maurer, H. W.]. Jan. 25. Liquid - level pressure gauges. - Relates to gauges of the type in which the mercury is retained in an adjustable vessel in order that its surface mav be set to the zero of the scale when a reading is to be taken. The cylindrical casing 1, cut away in front, carries on studs 14 the window frame 2, which has bevelled hooks 13 to fit over the studs. Brackets 25, secured to the casing, carry scale plates 24 converging to the gauge tube 15, as shown in Fig. 6, the lowest bracket having two guide-rods 38 for the flanged support 21 which carries the flat bottle 19 containing the liquid, the neck of which is held in a clip 23 attached to an upright 22 secured to the support 21. A screwed stud 31 attached to the flanged support is engaged by the nut 33 rotatably mounted in the semicircular flanged and sleeved pieces 35 attached to the casing. The headed extension 32 of the stud 31 limits the movement of the bottle 19 for adjustment of the liquid level. A rod 40, attached to the scale and ending opposite the zero graduation, dips into the bottle. A porcelain plate 41 is carried on the support behind the bottle to facilitate adjustment of the level.