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Patent GB-190811019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Dehydrating Food Substances and the like.
Inventor: STARE FRANK TEMPEST
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 11,019. Stare, F. T. May 21 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drying food substances &c.-Food substances &c. are dried in trays on trucks in a tunnel 2, above and below which are air flues 6, 7, connected with the tunnel by apertures in its ceiling and floor. The air is forced by means of valves to pass alternately up or down through the tunnel, and, after use, is dried partly by cooling-pipes and partly by calcium chloride. The chloride is contained in receptacles in two chambers each of which is brought alternately into use, the chloride in the other being renovated by means of a radiator through which hot gases are passed. A flue 9 running alongside the flue 7 is connected with this flue at the ends, and at the middle through a pipe 10 with a valve casing 12 ; this valve casing is also connected with the middle of the flue 6 by a pipe 11. Conduits 13, 14 lead from the lower part of the casing 12 to a blower and to the air-drying chambers. A valve 16, Fig. 3, connects each of the conduits 13,14 to one of the pipes 10, 11, so that air passes in either direction through the tunnel 2. The blower 15', to which the conduit 13 leads, draws air from this conduit and passes it through a flue 16<1> into a condenser 17, wherein is a series of coils of pipes connected with a refrigerator 18. The air then passes up through a chimney 19 to a flue 20, having a valve 21 and communicating at its ends with air-driers 24, 25 containing receptacles 26 of calcium chloride. The dry air passes into a chamber 27, Fig. 6, communicating with a flue 28 containing a valve 29 and leading to the conduit 14. The air passes through one or other drier 24, 25 according to the positions of the valves 21, 29. In the chambers 27 beneath the driers 24, 25 are radiators 30, 31 connected by valved pipes to a furnace or burner 34, the gases passing off through stacks 44, 45. A blower 38 forces air through valved pipes 39, 40 into the chambers 27, the air after passing through the driers escaping by a valved flue 46 and a stack 48. The drier not in use is thus renovated. The cars carry hinged flap valves 50 at the sides, and valves at the ends of the series, forcing the air to pass through the trays they carry. A track 52 above the flue 9 enables the cars to be taken back to the entry end. Transverse end tracks 51 and a track 53 are provided, on the latter of which cars may be taken out for inspection of the contents.
Patent GB-190812057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Printing Mechanism for Cash Registers or like Machines.
Inventor: POSTANS ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 12,057. Postans, A. J. June 3. Typewriters and like machines.-In au adding - machine, the totalizing- counter is actuated by the resetting movement of the item-wheels, and means are provided for rendering such movements successive in order to prevent faulty transfer upon the totalizer during the operation. The invention is described for printing-wheels, the mechanism employed being similar to that described in Specification No. 12,332, A.D. 1907. The item-wheels are on nested sleeves C, C<1> set by the key-operated quadrants A, A<1>, all the parts being held locked against the zeroizing-springs a by the detents G<2>, G<3>. The item-setting pinions B, B<1> drive the totalizing- wheels through pinions D, D<1> with pin-wheels D<2>. The lower denomination gearing is held from operation, until the higher has been actuated, by means of sleeves M<1>, carrying pawls engaging the detent wheels G<1> and arms M<3> with pins M', to engage the next higher quadrants A, which release the wheels G<1> on arriving at their normal position. By this means the higher wheels of the totalizing- counter have been set before any transfer that may be necessary takes place from the lower wheels. The action is further ensured by the pins H<1>, H<2> for releasing the detent pawls G<2>, G<3> being arranged in echelon so as to release the highest denomination first. The pin shaft is rocked by the lever L<1> operated by a cam J<2> connected with the printing-lever. The printing - mechanism is carried on a sliding plate K, which can be moved so as to present the platen to either the item or total recording wheels by releasing the catch L* and operating the arm L<3>.
Patent GB-190812593-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Exhibiting Drawings, Diagrams or Notices by Means of Fixed Brackets and Self Adjusting Frames, into which Drawings and the like are Slipped and Changed as required.
Inventor: HALE JOSEPH MALLEN
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1909-06-14
Abstract: 12,593. Hale, J. M. June 12. Picture frames.-Frames for drawings, diagrams, &c. forming part of a display stand are formed by a rod h bent as shown in Fig. 4, the ends h<1> forming pivots, on which the frame swings in supporting-brackets. The rod h is enclosed in channelled strips i which form a groove in which the drawing rests, and two flat strips i<1> are secured across the open end of the rectangle, thus leaving a slot for the introduction of the sheet.
Patent GB-190813589-A (GB)
Title: A New Non-slipping Attachment for Sportsmen's Boots.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM MOLLISON
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 13,589. Smith, W. M. June 27. Athletic overshoes; soles; slipping, preventing.- An attachment for sportsmen's boots &c. consists of a spiked or roughened plate a hinged to a bar c adapted to hook on to, or otherwise engage, a projection on a plate d secured to the rear end of the waist as shown. The device is then secured by straps e fixed to flanged plates f, which are permitted a small amount of play to accommodate themselves to the sole.
Patent GB-190820356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wax Thread Sewing Machine Attachment.
Inventor: BRENNAN WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 20,356. Brennan, W. J. April 9, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Liquids, apparatus for treating with. - In a thread - waxing apparatus for sewing - machines, two pipes 8, 9 project from the base of the wax-pot 3 and communicate with one another through the hollow of the casting 10. The thread enters the wax pot tbrough a usual stuffing-box 6, passes along the upper pipe 8, and passes out through the stuffing-box or wax stripper 11. The wax that is carried through the pipe 8 and is stripped from the thread as it passes out is returned to the bottom of the wax-pot by the pipe 9. To make the circulation complete, a lip 24 guides the returned wax to the rear of the wax pot. The wax is heated by three electric heating-coils 12, 13, 18. Two are placed in recesses 15 in the base of the wax-pot and the remaining one is placed between the pipes 8, 9. They are connected in series, and in order to keep the temperature of the wax constant a thermostat switch is inserted in the circuit. The thermostat comprises a curved plate 29 integral with a fixed and insulated arm 28, a contact plate 30 on the free end of the plate 29 and an insulated adjustable contact pin 33. When the temperature rises beyond that required, the plate 29, in expanding, lifts the contact plate 30 from the pin 33 and the electric circuit is broken. When the temperature has been sufficiently reduced, the contact is renewed. The thermostat is placed in a recess 25 in the walls of the wax-box. A tube 47 fixed adjustably in a clamp 45 is provided for waxing the shuttle thread as it is wound from supply on to the shuttle spool. The thread is passed downwards through the tube, or in a thread roller at its lower end, and through a wax stripper 52. The tube is provided with a handle 48 for convenience in lifting the tube out of the wax to pass the end of the thread over the roller.
Patent GB-190822551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Cooking and Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: COISEUR EMILE
Filed: 1908-10-23
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 22,551. Coiseur, F. March 27, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Heating by electricity; heating water.-An incandescent lamp for heating or cooking purposes has U-shaped metallized carbon filaments 1, 2 mounted in series in a tubular bulb, the filaments being of such dimensions as to be brought to a red heat only. The filaments are made by depositing on carbon, a metal which is a bad conductor. In Fig. 3 a range is shown in which these lamps are used. It consists of three ovens 4, 5, 6 above which are plate-warming chambers 8, 9, 10, and the cover of the range carries three heaters 11, 12, 13, the circuits of the lamps being controlled by switches 14. The lamps may also be used in foodwarmers, heaters for curling-tongs, and radiators, nickelled reflectors being used if required. In an arrangement for heating a kettle, a number of lamps are placed inside a metal basm the bottom of which is perforated for the circulation of air. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises the use of filaments having a coating of german silver ; this subject - matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190902460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrella Frames.
Inventor: ROSE JAMES
IPC: A45B25/02
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1910-02-02
Abstract: 2460. Rose, J. Feb. 2. Stretchers; opening. - The ends of the stretchers 5, Fig. 3, of umbrellas, are formed with a bend beginning at the joint 6 and forming a projecting portion, which is brought against the ribs when the umbrella is closed and causes the ribs to spring apart when released. In a modification, a curved projection 7, Fig. 4, may be formed on the end of the stretcher, or the projection may consist of a separate bent plate. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 298/75.
Patent GB-190904597-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Automatically Weighing Pulverised Material.
Inventor: POPOW WEADIMIR
IPC: G01G19/00
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 4597. Popow, W. Feb. 24. Automatic-feed weighers.-Pulverized material is automaticlly weighed in a series of pans 2<a>, 2<b>, 2<c> above which are arranged feed-devices 3<a>, 3<b>, 3<c> operated by friction clutches as described in Specification 8728/08. The first pan 2<a> receives the bulk of the desired weight, and the beam 1<a> completes an electric circuit through an electromagnet 6<a> which temporarily cuts off the feed. The pan is then lifted off the beam by an arm 7<a> actuated through suitable linkage by a cam on a shaft 8, Fig. 3, and is tilted so as to discharge its contents into the second pan 2<b>, The weight is almost made up from the feed-device 3<b> and the pan is discharged, in a manner similar to that described above, into the third pan 2<c>, where the final feed is received, and the total quantity is discharged as before. The weighing operations in each pan proceed simultaneously, and, to avoid shock on the beams, the pans 2b, 2<c> are supported by the arms 7<b>, 7<c> when receiving a charge from the preceding pan.
Patent GB-190910867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Commercially Pure Nitrates.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: C01B21/48
Filed: 1909-05-07
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 10,867. Jehnaon, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. May 7. Alkaline-earth nitrates are obtained by passing gases containing nitrogen oxides, such as those from electric-are furnaces, over solid alkaline-earth oxides, hydrates, or carbonates, steam or sprayed water being added to the gases, and the temperature being maintained high enough to prevent condensation of liquid. The addition of steam or water may be dispensed with in the case of magnesium compounds if the temperature is kept above the decomposition temperature of magnesium nitrite, for example 100-120‹ C. The absorbing- material may be kept in motion, for example by means of a rotating drum or a screw. Specification 16,885/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-190912561-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Advertising.
Inventor: BERT ALBERT JACOB
IPC: G09F23/06
Filed: 1909-05-27
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 12,561. Bert, A. J. May 27. Advertising on billiard and like tables.- Billiard and like tables are provided with removable or fixed advertising-matter b in recesses or slots in their cushion caps c or equivalents, and the advertisements are covered by plates of glass, which may be secured in position by beaded strips of wood &c.
Patent GB-190919662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Switches for Electrically Setting Railway Points and Signals.
IPC: B61L5/06
Filed: 1909-08-27
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 19,662. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 27. Electric operation and control.-In a spring switch apparatus for electrically setting railway points, as described in Specification 16,164/08, the support 14 is so shaped that it is brought into the supporting position by the direct pressure of the switch lever 19. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, the disk 6 is provided with a projection 122, which engages an extension of the switch-lever 19 and forcibly effects the movement of the lever in the event of the failure of the spring 20.
Patent GB-190920067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Metal Conduit, Tube Couplings or Junction Articles or Boxes of Electric Cables.
Inventor: BUTLER ROBERT
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 1909-09-02
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 20,067. Butler, R., and Gibbings, A. H. Sept. 2. Angle - pieces; overlap joints with divided sucket.-Electric conduit and tube junctions, such as straight sockets, elbows, bends, tees, cross sockets, junction - box fittings, &c., are made in halves with tapering sockets into which the correspondingly tapered tube ends fit. When the halves a of the fitting are drawn together by the bolts b &c. situated close to the tapered ends, the coned ends e<1> of the tubes e are drawn in, on account of the tapered ends, so as to butt against flat faces on the shoulders f and thus be secured against all movement. According to the Provisional Specification, the socket ends only may be divided, and the body part may be fitted with a removable cover.
Patent GB-190920220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Milking Machines.
Inventor: JONSSON GUSTAF EMIL
IPC: A01J5/02
Filed: 1909-09-03
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 20,220. Jonsson, G. E. June 10, [Convention date]. Cow-milkers. -The driving-mechanism of a mechanically - operated milking - machine is situated at a distance from the udder and is rigidly braced to the cow, preferably just behind the fore-legs. Each press is supported by an arm 5, attached by a ball-and-socket joint 6 to a slide 3 for longitudinal adjustment, and is raised to press the udder lightly by a spring 8, the tension of which may be adjustable. The slide 3 is clamped bv a screw 4. The connecting-rod is telescopic and is adjusted in length by means of a ratchet 26 and pawl 28, the first revolution of the crank 21 serving to draw the rod out to the required length. On releasing the pawl by hand, a spring 18 again shortens the rod. When one teat is emptied, the pawl is fixed out of engagement and the press ceases to act. The pressure on the teat is controlled by a spring 19 compressed between the telescoped parts 13, 14 of the sliding rod. The relative motion of the parts is limited by a pin and slot 20, and the forward motion of the press-plate 11 is adjustably limited by a pin fixed to the rod 13 and passing through a slot 25 to engage a screwsleeve 24. A spring gripping - roller 12 is mounted above the press-plate 11. A plate is attached to the cow by girths and carries broad pawls which pass through spaces left in the casing 1 between the connecting-rods to attach the machine.
Patent GB-190921287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pens.
IPC: B43K1/02
Filed: 1909-09-17
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 21,287. Merkham Trading Co., and Freeman, W. F. Sept. 17. Reservoir pens.-A fountain pen consists of an ordinary penholder a provided with a rubber reservoir c, which is carried by a bracket i clipped to the penholder by arms h. A capillary discharge tube f, supported on an arm j on the bracket i, is attached to the lower end of the reservoir c, and an air-hole e is formed in the upper end. The discharge tube is provided with an enlarged head g, curved to fit the back of the pen nicely, and having an elongated cavity therein. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, the reservoir is provided with a rubber band c<2> for attachment to the holder, and the discharge tube f is bent back and turned up to form an air-hole l.
Patent GB-190929260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Pumps.
IPC: F04D29/22
Filed: 1909-12-14
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 29,260. Pulsometer Engineering Co., and Bj÷rnstad, J. Dec. 14. Drawings to Specification. Multi-stage centrifugal pumps; balancing moving parts.-In centrifugal pumps wherein end thrust, due to difference of pressure at opposite sides of the impeller is eliminated by connecting the chambers or spaces at opposite sides of the impeller by passages through a stationary part of the pump casing, such passages are provided by making hollow the screws by which the diffuser and casing parts are secured together.
Patent GB-191000640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gas or Oil Lamps.
Inventor: GLOVER RICHARD BOWIE GASKELL
IPC: F21V17/00
Filed: 1910-01-10
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 640. Glover, R. B. G. Jan. 10. Street and like lanterns are rendered insect-proof by enclosing the upper part of the chimney E by a tightly-fitting perforated cone B, over which a cylinder F of wiregauze fits. The frame H of the gauze cylinder is attached by lugs J to the hood K, which closes the top of the cylinder. The perforations in the cone B are made from the inside, so that burrs stand on the outside of the cone. The cylinder F can be lifted from the lamp for cleaning purposes. The air supply passes through the lower part of the cylinder F, and through the cone B, and the products of combustion pass through the upper part of the cylinder F.
Patent GB-191000891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bifocal Spectacle Glasses.
IPC: G02C7/06
Filed: 1910-01-13
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 891. Zeiss, C., [Firm of]. Feb. 1, 1909, [Convention date]. Spectacle lenses. - In meniscus lenses approximately astigmatically corrected according to the following equation:- in which r' is the radius of the convex surface in millimeters, and D is the focal power in diopters, the distance d between the vertices of the primary and secondary lenses is made equal to or less than 10 millimetres.
Patent GB-191006044-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Nut-locking Washers.
Inventor: LAMBIE JOHN MCIVOR
IPC: B21D53/20
Filed: 1910-03-10
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 6044. Lambie, J. M., Wrigley, C. R., and Lambie, J. March 10. Punching; punches. - The manufacture of nut-locking washers, of the type wherein spring tongues formed by circular sectors of a blank stand out on opposite sides of the plane of the blank, is performed in two operations by means of dies. A flat circular blank A is placed on a ring B<2> of a lower die B', Fig. 2, and an upper die with a central portion C and raised shaping-pieces D descends to punch out the centre and force down the circular sectors F, E, G, Fig. 6, without distorting the flat portion of the blank. The blank is then taken to another set of dies, Figs. 8, 9, and 10, where the circular sectors are cut radially at their middles between the edges M<1>, O<1> of the dies and then bent out to opposite sides of the plane of the blank by the ribs M, O, the arc-like division produced in the first operation being meanwhile extended, Fig. 13. The latter part of the manufacture may be done by a separate operation directly succeeding the first. The ring is ejected by the spring-pressed central plunger K supported in the lower die H.
Patent GB-191006429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements applicable to Self-acting Mules.
Inventor: DAWSON FRED
IPC: F03G7/10
Filed: 1910-03-15
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 6429. Dawson, F., and O'Neill, W. March 15. Mules.-To delay the commencement of the rotation of the rollers at the beginning of the outward run, to prevent snarling of the yarn, the sleeve a at the back of the sliding half b of the clutch box is lengthened and fitted with a spring clip d, one end d<1> of which is extended. A chain g or its equivalent attached to a spring k passes round a bowl loose on the spindle and is attached to a projection f on the clip d. At the end of the inward run, an adjustable projection m on the carriage comes into contact with the end d<1> of the spring clip and turns the part b of the catch box so that the projections b<Î> on the inside of the box are moved away from the projections p<Î> on the disk p fast on the shaft c. At the commencement of the outward run, the spring k draws the clip d round as the projection m moves away until the projections b<Î>, p<Î> are in driving connexion, whereupon the rollers commence to rotate. Specification 20,671/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-191006897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Hydraulic Apparatus.
Inventor: HELE-SHAW HENRY SELBY
IPC: B66C13/18
Filed: 1910-03-18
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 6897. Shaw, H. S. Hele-, and Martineau, F. L. March 18. Stroke, varying.-Relates to hydraulic lifting-apparatus operated by continuouslydriven variable-stroke reversible pumps, which cease to deliver liquid when the pressure becomes excessive. The invention consists in closed-circuit apparatus in which a pump, preferably of the type described in Specification 12,574/09, operates separate mechanisms for effecting different movements of a load, and also in means for ensuring that the apparatus shall cease working if left unattended, or if the pressure becomes excessive. In a crane, Fig. 1, a pump 2 driven by an electric motor 4, and having an eccentric ring adjustable by means of a hand-wheel 8, swinging arm 11, and link 15, forces liquid into a ram 1 from a filling- tank 6 for lifting, the pump being reversed for lowering. Should the pressure become excessive, a ram 14 connected with the ram 1 rises against a spring 16, and carries a pin 13 up a slot 12 in the arm 11, and so draws the eccentric ring of the pump towards no-stroke position.
Patent GB-191008645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Propellers.
Inventor: ANTONI GUIDO
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1910-04-09
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 8645. Antoni, G., and Antoni, U. April 10, 1909, [Convention date]. [Addition to 28,481/09.] Propelling by reciprocating and v i bra tin g plates.-In a propeller of parabolic outline as described in the parent Specification, apertures are formed near the boss, which may sometimes be mounted on a parallelogram structure, to allow passage of fluid. Propellers of this type may be actuated by reciprocation instead of oscillation.
Patent GB-191009393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Valves for Retaining Fluids in Containers.
Inventor: PARK ALBERT VICTOR
IPC: B60C29/00
Filed: 1910-04-18
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 9393. Park, A. V. May 20, 1909, [Convention date]. Tyre and like inflating-valves; fish-mouthed and like valves.-Valves of the type comprising a slit protuberance 6, secured inside a, container 18 by a flange 2, have a tubular extension 4 outside the container strengthened by a corrugation 17, Fig. 4, or by a screwed metal sleeve 10, Fig. 1, closed by a cap 13 provided with a rotatable cone 15. The valve is normally opened by inserting a solid rod, in the slit, but when used as a draw-off valve a hollow draw-off pipe 19, Fig. 7, is used.
Patent GB-191010234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dampers for Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: YARROW ALFRED FERNANDEZ
IPC: F23L13/00
Filed: 1910-04-26
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 10,234. Yarrow, A. F. April 26. Dampers.-In a water-tube boiler furnace, the damper 6 is made hollow and is cooled by the circulation of air from the stokehold or forceddraught fan. The damper may be perforated to allow air to escape to the flue.