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Patent GB-190727477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels in which the Rim is Detachable from the Spokes.
Inventor: KRONENBERG RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 27,477. Kronenberg, R. Dec. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Felloes or rims; spokes.-A detachable rim is held in position by the ends of radially adjustable bolts, the ends of which rest on curved surfaces within the spokes in such a manner that they may be moved by rotation either of themselves or of the spokes. The rim is provided with holes f, Fig. 1, into which enter the conical ends of bolts b, provided with polygonal heads to take a turning-key, and with claw-shaped ends d that rest on correspondingly-shaped surfaces c supported inside the hollow spokes a. Radial action of the bolts may also be obtained by the rotation of a cam-surface supported inside the spokes. In the case of a divided rim, the two parts e', e', Fig. 3, have bosses h, which, when the rim parts are assembled, form short conical projections of circular section entering corresponding cavities provided iu the ends of the radially adjustable bolts.
Patent GB-190727874-A (GB)
Title: Improved Compasses, and Caliper-compasses.
Inventor: FORBES ALEXANDER FORBES-IRVINE
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 27,874. Forbes, A. F.-I. Dec. 18. Compasses, drawing; dividers. - Multi-legged compasses, callipers, &c. have all the legs turning on one axis as e.
Patent GB-190728532-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Hoisting and Lowering Fish Drying Frames.
Filed: 1907-12-28
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 28,532. Cameron, J., and Smith, A. & M. Dec. 28. Supporting load uniformly on several points; pulley-blocks.-Fish-drying frames are arranged to be hoisted and lowered independently of each other, each frame having its own individual arrangement. This comprises a winch having a central flange through which passes the hoisting-rope, which also passes over pulleys on the frame and at the roof, its ends being fixed to the roof. A ratchet-wheel and pawl is also provided to prevent running-down of the load. The winch barrel C is mounted on the wall, as shown, to one side of the frame, and has a flange through which the rope passes, the part A passing upward over pulleys a, a<1> carried at the roof and a pulley A<2> carried by the frame, its end being fixed at A<3> ; while the other part passes over pulleys b, b<1>, B<2> and is attached to the roof at B<3>.
Patent GB-190809630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with "Sun-blinds" and similar Blinds or Shades.
Inventor: DRAPER BENJAMIN
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 9630. Draper, B., and Downie, T. May 4. Window blinds.-A. sun-blind, or shop or other outside blind a, is provided along its outer edge with a gutter b to collect rain-water, which passes from the gutter through one or both of the supporting arms or stays c, havings ends d sliding in guides e on the wall in the usual way. The blind a is secured to a rod i passing through the gutter and through hollow ends of the arms c, thus holding the parts together. The inner ends of the arms c fit into hollow jaws g, Fig. 4, and by means of openings c<2> the water may be directed into pipes f leading to the pavement.
Patent GB-190809961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coin-freed Mechanism for Gas Meters
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE BROWNE
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1909-06-07
Abstract: 9961. Smith, G. B., and Smith, E. W. May 7. Gas-meters. - A rod a, which is squared at b to pass through a crownwheel d and formed with a worm c engaging an inter nally-threaded gear i, is traversed in reverse directions to open and close the gas valve by the rotation of the wheels d, i by the prepayment and meter mechanisms respectively, a grooved disk k on the rod engaging a pin on the valve lever l. Coin action.-The coin inserted through a slit f in the price-change plate n couples a carrier g on the operating-handle e to the crown-wheel d. The price-change plate is provided with a number of graduated circumferential holes r, enabling the position of the plate to be readily adjusted, thereby varying the initial position of the carrier g and thence the angle of rotation of the crown-wheel.
Patent GB-190810788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: LATHAM ALFRED EARNEST
Filed: 1908-05-18
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 10,788. Latham, A. E., Paul, J. A., and Paul, A. R. May 18. Plug cocks, locking valves and cocks.-A valve for liquids or gases comprises a tapered plug 10 provided with a through-passage 10<a>, and having longitudinally fitted therein a stem 15 provided with a through-passage 16. The milled operating-head 18 is secured to the inner stem 15 and is provided with V-shaped detents 19, which, in the closed position of the valve, as shown in Fig. 2, engage in correspondingly-shaped recesses 17 in the end of the plug 10, and are retained therein by a spring 14 situate in a cavity at the opposite end of the plug whereby accidental operation is prevented. To open the valve, the stem 15 is turned, whereby the detents ride out of the recesses 17 and first draw the stem in a longitudinal direction and then rotate the same to bring the axis of the passage 16 into the same plane as the axis of the through-passage 10<a> and then into alinement therewith. In this position, the V-shaped detents ride upon the end of the plug, and the spring 14 holds the stem firmly in the position in which it is placed. The plug 10 is retained in the casing by a screw cap 21 by.means of which the plug can also be turned and secured to render the valve inoperative.
Patent GB-190812851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ammunition Rammers.
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 12,851. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Sept. 21, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Loading - appliances.- In ammunition rammers, the head is provided with guiding-strips D, of steel or other elastic material, which are secured at both ends as shown in Fig. 2 or at one end only as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190815027-A (GB)
Title: Improved Devices for Controlling the Immersion of a Vessel Intended for Submarine Navigation.
Inventor: SMULDERS JOSEPHUS JOHANNES FRA
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 15,027. Smulders, J. J. F. M. July 15. Steering submarine vessels.-A pair of horizontal rudders A are provided for controlling the trim of the vessel, these rudders being situated at about one tenth of the length of the vessel forward of the stern-post, and being operated either by hand or automatically under the control of a pendulum. The depth of immersion is controlled by two pairs of horizontal rudders C, D situated fore and aft of the vertical transverse plane passing through the centre of resistance to the vertical rise of the vessel; or one pair of rudders only may be employed, the axis of which is situated in this plane.
Patent GB-190817504-A (GB)
Inventor: ROSE PAUL
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 17,504. Rose, P. Sept. 12, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Violins etc.; banjoes &c. ; instruments with sonorous strings.-In violins, violas, violoncellos, guitars, &c., the tuning-pegs are provided with cylindrical or slightly-conical metal portions, of less diameter than the heads of the pegs, which fit into split metal rings fixed with slight play in the head of the instrument. Each peg c comprises a wooden body having a shoulder e against which a steel ring g is pressed, and is retained in position by a pin h. The body portion of the peg may be covered with a contracting split ring, or the peg may be formed of a head f and body i held in position against a boss k by means of pins, thin metal washers l being interposed between these parts. The internal diameter of the split metal ring d is slightly less than that of the peg c, and the ring may be screwed, with slight play, into the head of the instrument, and retained in position by a small screw o ; or it may be fixed in position by a lug m and screw n. The ring may be split helically instead of longitudinally, and rings may be provided at one or both sides of the head of the instrument.
Patent GB-190820787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Electrolytic Decomposition of Sodium and other Chlorides in the Manufacture of Caustic, Soda and other Useful Products.
Inventor: LEVY RENE JACQUES
Filed: 1908-10-02
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 20,787. LÚvy, R. J. Oct. 2. Chlorine; oxygen.-In the electrolysis of sodium, calcium, or other chlorides to produce caustic soda or potash, the chlorine evolved is caused to react with an oxygen compound of a metal, preferably an oxide such as quicklime, which may be heated, so as to produce oxygen. Carbonates may be used instead of oxides, in which case the oxygen must be purified from carbon dioxide and other gases. The chlorine may be passed in a dry state over the oxide, or the reaction may take place in the presence of water. In one process, chlorine is passed over quicklime kept at a dull red heat. To obtain pure oxygen, the solution to be electrolyzed must be freed from dissolved gases. Hydrogen may be removed from chlorine by passing the gas over heated copper or platinum, or the gas may be cooled or compressed to liquefy the chlorine. This cooling may be effected by the expansion of the chlorine in an engine, or by the expansion of compressed air.
Patent GB-190823670-A (GB)
Title: Improved Drawing Pin.
Inventor: JAECKLE JOHANN
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 23,670. Jõckle, J. Nov. 5. Pins, drawing.-Projections b of any desired shape are arranged under the head of a drawing- pin. The may be sharp-edged or rounded off, but are not designed to pierce the paper.
Patent GB-190825025-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: MCEWEN FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 25,025. McEwen, F. J. Nov. 20, Tobacco pipes.-An internal tube e having an open end and a trap e<1> is disposed in a chamber c of the stem the tube being of such a length that a portion of the chamber c at the mouth end of the stem is left open as shown. The tube is made preferably of glass.
Patent GB-190825442-A (GB)
Title: Rubber Stopples for Sinks, Lavatory Basins, Baths and the like, and Moulds for Making the same.
Inventor: SCHACHT WILLIAM FRED
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 25,442. Schacht, W. F. Dec. 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Moulding waste plugs for baths, lavatory basins, sinks, &c. A disk of canvas or the like is placed between disks of rubber, which are then placed in a mould comprising blocks A, B, C and two pieces a. The mould is subjected to pressure and to sufficient heat to vulcanize the rubber.
Patent GB-190825592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Appliances for Automatically Supplying Feed Water to Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: MCCRORIE JAMES AGNEW
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 25,592. McCrorie, J. A., and Gilmour, R. S. Nov. 27. Float valves; piston valves; actuating valves.- In a feed apparatus for steam generators, a piston valve 12, controlling circular ports is employed to place the elevated feedtank 1 in communication alternately with the supply-tank and the generator. The piston valve in the apparatus shown in Fig. 1 is operated by a float 11. The circular ports 17, 18 communicate through flattened pipes 19, 20, and apertures 7, 8 in the end of the feed-tank with the generator and the atmosphere or the supply-tank, respectively. An auxiliary valve 22 allows steam to enter and air to exhaust from the tank after the ports 17, 18 have been cut off. The steam-supply and air-exhaust passages 27, 26 are controlled by a piston valve 24 and a lift valve 23 on the same spindle 25. The valve 23 is normally held open by the downward pressure of a spring 28. In another type of apparatus, the piston valve controlling the circular ports is in the form of a shuttle and is adapted to be oscillated by steam pressure under the control of a float valve.
Patent GB-190919570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Men's Braces or Suspenders.
Inventor: PEARCE WILLIAM
IPC: A41F3/04
Filed: 1909-08-26
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 19,570. Pearce, W. Aug. 26. Braces; straps and bands. - A spring connexion for the back-fitting A of braces comprises a metal loop C carrying the tabs c<1> and having extensions c<2> passing up through spiral springs c' enclosed in tubes B carried by the backfitting. The ends of the loop are provided with collars c<3>, so that the springs are compressed when the braces are stretched.
Patent GB-190923140-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bucket and stand Apparatus for Extinguishing Fires.
Inventor: HOYLE EDWARD
IPC: A62C8/00
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 23,140. Hoyle, E. Oct. 11. Buckets.-A number of fire buckets A with spouts C are mounted on a stepped stand E in such a way that they successively overflow into one another, an adjustable supply of liquid being allowed to flow into the top bucket. A suspension arrangement may be substituted for the stepped stand.
Patent GB-190923213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Processes of Treating Earthy Materials for Surfacing Roadways and the like.
Inventor: POPKESS MICHAEL ALFRED
IPC: E01C19/10
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 23,213. Popkess, M. A. Oct. 11. Tar - macadam, plant for making; macadamized roads.-Consists in subdividing earthy materials for surfacing roadways by violent agitation and simultaneously mixing them with a liquid binder such as tar. The process may be carried out in the apparatus shown. in which material is collected from the road by a scoop 4 and passes into a cylinder 6 fitted with longitudinal baffles 8 and rotated by gearing 7. Inside the cylinder is a rapidly-rotating screw conveyer 9 mounted on a hollow shaft 12 provided with gearing 13. The binder is sprayed through pipes 11 fitted to the shaft and passing through the conveyer. The material falls back on the road through the upper end of the cylinder. The process is aided by heat which is supplied from hot gas produced in an oven 3. Air is supplied from a blower 14 and enters the oven alongside of a burning oil jet 16. The whole process may be carried out simultaneously, or the material may be scooped from the road and passed through the agitator under hot gas only, the machine making a second journey in which the material is regathered and mixed with the binder. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states that the earthy material may be caused to fall by gravity instead of agitating it by a machine. This snbject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190927681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Drums or the Parts thereof and the Method of Manufacturing the same.
IPC: B04B7/08
Filed: 1909-11-27
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 27,681. Salenius, A. G. G., and Separator Aktiebolaget Fama. Nov. 27. Drums.-Drums for centrifugal machines are formed of wire wound in spirals and are provided with liquid-tight metal linings which are bent over the corners of the drum, thus locking the coils in position. Fig. 1 shows a drum 1 made in one piece with the shell 4 for the spindle. The cover 2 is secured in position by a screwed piece 6, the threads on which and on the drum are formed by inserting special wider pieces of wire among the wires forming them. The metal linings 3 of the drum and the cover are bent over the edges as shown. A form is described made of round wire, which forms screw-threads by which the parts can be connected without the interposition of special pieces.
Patent GB-190929009-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Making Lines on Surfaces.
Inventor: CARL SPATH
IPC: G03C7/10
Filed: 1909-12-11
Abstract: 29,009. Spõth, C. Dec. 15, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Ruling-devices.-A tool for marking lines &c. on photographic screens comprises a series of small triangles of steel and celluloid threaded alternately on a bar or wire and clamped together. The faces of the prism thus formed are machined up and the whole immersed in acetone or other solvent. The angles of the celluloid triangles are thus dissolved, leaving the angles of the steel triangles projecting to form cutting- points.
Patent GB-191005039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Turret Lathes.
Inventor: POTTER JAMES CHARLES
IPC: B23B7/12
Filed: 1909-06-07
Granted: 1910-06-07
Abstract: 5039. Potter, J. C. June 7, 1909. Lathes.-In turret lathes in which a turretoperating feed-shaft is constantly in driving- connection with the work spindle, but can be driven from a main shaft at a faster speed by means of an over-running gear between the feed-shaft and the work-spindle, a manual control is provided to enable the feed-shaft to be clutched to the main shaft, or an element of the over-running gear to be moved to stop the feed-shaft when desired. An automaticallycontrolled clutch is provided to bring into operation alternately the fast and slow speeds of the turret, and, at the end of a number of such traverses, to bring the turret to rest. Further, the manual control enables the feedshaft to be temporarily clutched to the main shaft during such time as the automatic control has adjusted the parts for the slow traverse or stoppage of the turret. The main shaft 43, Fig. 3, drives the work spindle 12 through a train of gearing, preferably that described in Specification 13,308/09, and one shaft, 27, of the train drives the feed-shaft, which is at the back of the lathe, by means of a belt pulley 98 and toothed gearing 94, through a ratchet gear, which allows the feed-shaft to overrun the work spindle when the feed-shaft is driven at a fast speed from the main shaft by gearing 63, Fig. 3, through a clutch on the feed-shaft. This clutch is controlled by a rock-shaft 67, Fig. 4, passing through the framing and provided at its front end with a handle and at its rear end with a clutch fork. When rocked sufficiently by hand, the clutch is disengaged, and an arm 88 on the rock-shaft operates a linkage to disengage the pawl of the overrunning-gear, thus stopping the turret, the handle being held in this position by a trigger. The automatic control of the clutch is obtained from a cam-wheel 54 driven from the feed-shaft and carrying cams 74 which actuate a latch-bolt 71, Fig. 4. This latch-bolt passes through an eye in an arm 70 on the rockshaft, and has fixed to it a collar 72, against which bears a spring 73 normally tending to engage the clutch. The latch-bolt is moved to disengage the clutch by one of the cams 74, and is then locked by a latch 75 until the latch is released by a dog 80 on the cam-wheel 54, when the clutch is re-engaged by the spring 73. The turret is automatically stopped by one of the cams 74, which moves the latch-bolt sufficiently far to disengage both the clutch and the pawl of the overrunning-gear. To enable the clutch to be engaged when the latch-bolt is latched in the disengaged position of the clutch, a spring 91, weaker than the spring 73, is used to maintain the arm 70 in contact with the collar 72, thus allowing the rock-shaft to be moved by hand to engage the clutch. The lathe may be fitted with the back-facing bar 100 and its operating- mechanism described in Specification 5042/10.
Patent GB-191005939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Organic Acid Anhydrides.
Inventor: JAHN FREDRIK WEXELSEN DE
IPC: C07C51/56
Filed: 1910-03-09
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 5939. Jahn, F. W. de. March 27, 1909, [Convention date]. Organic acid anhydrides, especially acetic and propionic acid anhydrides, are prepared by heating a salt of the corresponding acid with halogen and a salt or ore containing oxidisable sulphur, such as sulphides of iron, copper, and sodium, pyrrhotite, pyrite, and sodium hydrosulphite, metabisulphite, and thiosulphate. In an example, crystalline anhydrous sodium bisulphite prepared by passing sulphur dioxide through an emulsion of normal sodium sulphite is dried in vacuo at 70‹ C., whereby sodium metabisulphite is produced. This salt is then heated with anhydrous sodium acetate and chlorine. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also the use of free sulphur; this subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191006154-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Electrically Lighting Gas Burners.
Inventor: DELAGE MARCEL
IPC: F24C3/10
Filed: 1910-03-11
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 6154. Delage, M., and Woog, P. March 11, 1909, [Convention date]. Lighting burners by electric devices.-An arrangement for electrically lighting gas burners comprises means for winding-up a spring as the gas cock is turned on, the return movement of the spring operating contact mechanism for completing the lighting-circuits after an interval determined by a train of retarding-wheels. A sleeve 4, Fig. 2, is provided with a notch 5 for a projection 29, Fig. 3, of the operating-key, and a tooth 3 gears with an arm 2 carried by the gas cock 1. The sleeve 4 is mounted loosely on a sleeve 6, which in turn is mounted loosely on a spindle 8. By means of the key, the valve is opened, the sleeve 6 rotating the spindle 8 to wind up a spring 12 through a pawl- and-ratchet device 9, 10. When the key is withdrawn, the spindle 8, under the influence of the spring 12, rotates a train of retarding-mechanism 17-22. After an interval sufficient to allow the expulsion of air from the gas pipes, the contacts 27, 24 engage and complete the lighting-circuits. Means are provided for preventing the contacts from being made as the spring is wound up. A counter may be provided to register the number of times lighting is effected. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, a magneto is used. By means of a lever 53 carrying an arm 54, the gas cock is turned on and a spring wound up. The magneto is operated by the spring barrel through a train of gearing 58-60. The action of the magneto is retarded a sufficient time for the air to be expelled from the gas pipe by a cam 62 which forms part of the retarding-train of mechanism 62-69. Means are provided for returning the cam 62 ready for the next lighting operation.