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Patent GB-190704524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Air Moistening Apparatus.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-02-23
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 4524. Boult, A. J., [Martin, L.]. Feb. 23. Air, moistening.-Apparatus for moistening air for factories comprises a number of specially built atomizing-drums 7, 8, 9, 10, Fig. 5, mounted on a revolving spindle and supplied with water through a pipe 16. An air-propelling fan is arranged below these drums and supplies air as shown by the arrows 11. The drums are built as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Outer rings A, A', A<11> are separated from inner rings a, a', a<11> by circular washers B, B<1>, B<11>, the latter being bent when nuts on the bolts 5 are screwed up. The atomized liquid is delivered through a series of such drums and finally, together with the air, through the netting 15. Overflow of water is received by the drip channel 14. To vary the discharge, segmental washers are sometimes used, as shown in Fig, 2, a supplemental ring c being then placed opposite so that certain passages for the liquid are closed. The rings may have different inside diameters, the inner rings being of a height corresponding to the number of recesses which it is desired to close, and being arranged either in a single piece a or in a stack a' as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190708408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hearthstone Curbs or Fenders.
Inventor: ROMER VICTOR
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 8408. Romer, V. April 11. Drawings to Specification. Fenders.-Curbs and the like are made of wood or of pulp, stiffened if required with metal, and are rendered fire-proof by immersion in any known solution for the purpose. The composition of one such solution is mentioned.
Patent GB-190713762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames for Winding Yarns.
Inventor: DOBSON BENJAMIN PALIN
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 13,762. Dobson, B. P. June 14. Winding.machines.-To effect the winding of the yarn at an equal tension on to conical bobbins or the like in drum winders, the yarn in its passage from the guide-roller n to the traversing threadguide k is led through a guide g arranged above the large end of the bobbin h and through the " picker " up " or guide j. The guides g for the several bobbins are fixed to a rail f, which is hinged to a rail e formed with or secured to brackets d, which are adjustable on the standards c supporting the creel box above. The hinged rail f is turned up to raise the guides g out of action when winding cylindrical bobbins. Specification No. 22,493, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190715391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoneware Drainage Tiles for Bacteria Beds
Inventor: EWING ROBERT
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 15,391. Ewing, R. July 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tiles. - Perforated or other arched tiles for bacteria beds are made with inwardly inclined feet B so that spaces C are left between contiguous feet. The tiles take with interlocking projections E and recesses F and are provided with side grooves D so that vertical channels are formed between adjacent tiles. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which the feet are not inclined but have a recess on their outer side.
Patent GB-190717366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Preserving the Equilibrium of Aerial Machines.
Inventor: COLQUHOUN JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 17,366. Colquhoun, J. A. July 29. Steering and balancing.-In apparatus for automatically balancing an aerial machine, a freely suspended mass is brought into contact, when the machine is inclined, with one or two of three or more plates, thereby completing one or two electric circuits which operate to cause an increase in the lifting forces at the lower side of the machine or a decrease of the same on the higher side. The balancing-forces may be of any nature, and in the examples shown four screw propellers 2, 3, 4,5, Fig. 1, placed at the corners of the platform 1 serve as lifting means. The propellers are driven from motors 6, 7 through clutch members 10, 11, 12, 13, which are provided with means for putting the clutch slightly out of gear so as to transmit less power to the screws. In the middle of the platform 1 is suspended a pendulum 19 which comes into contact, when the machine is inclined, with one or two of four insulated plates 14, 15, 16, 17, which are electrically connected respectively to the declutching-mechanism of the screws 5, 4, 3, 2. The pendulum 19 is electrically connected with the declutching-mechanism of all of the screws, and, when the pendulum contacts with one or two of the plates, say the plates 14, 16, the clutches 13, 11 are withdrawn, and the higher side of the machine falls and restores equilibrium. The plates may be connected to the srews on their own side of the machine, in which case the contacting of the pendulum causes an increase in the lifting power of the screws on the lower side. In a modified form, the pendulum is replaced by a box having flexible sides 14, 15, 16, 17, Fig. 2, and containing liquid, which, when the machine is inclined, causes the sides to bulge and come into contact with electric contacts 35 ; or weighted plungers 43, Fig. 3, mounted in tubes 39 are adapted to slide into contact with the studs 35 when the machine is inclined. In another form, the plates are separated and each is provided with a pendulum for controlling the propeller to which the plate is connected. The oscillations of the pendulum may be damped by springs, or the bob 19, Fig. 5, may be suspended in a viscous liquid and provided with a four-armed cross 32 the extremities of which are adapted to make contact with the plates 14-17. In order to allow the machine to be steered for ascending and descending, the controlling-mass 19, Fig. 10, is connected by a wire 48 to a bus-bar 47, and keys a, b, c, d are connected by wires 24, 26, 20, 22 to the plates. When any key is depressed, the circuit is completed to operate the means for varying the power transmitted to the corresponding screw propeller.
Patent GB-190721115-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Carpenter's Bench Stop.
Inventor: ROBSON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 21,115. Robson, T. Sept. 23. Bench fittings.- I n a carpenters' bench stop the plate A, secured by screws in the opening b of the bench B, has a depending frame C the horizontal end D of which forms a bearing-support for a screw E passing through the plate A and provided with a grooved head e for turning it. A bar F, also passing through the plate A and having a toothed stop H, carries an horizontal projection G one end of which is adapted to engage the screw E, so that by turning the screw, the stop H may be raised or lowered. A protecting- block is provided to fit over the teeth on the stop H to prevent the wood from being marked by them.
Patent GB-190721691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Fittings.
Inventor: BLAKEY JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 21,691. Blakey, J. W. Oct. 1. Incandescent gas lamps.-A movable intermediate flue L, telescoping into the upper fixed flue D, is fitted on the top of the chimney C, and can be raised by a forked lever M for lighting and cleaning purposes. The flue L is provided with guidepieces L', and with lugs L<1> for resting on the top of the shade or reflector H.
Patent GB-190722117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Secondary Batteries.
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 22,117. Stone & Co., J., and Preston, E. M. Oct. 7. Acid-proof boxes.-Secondary-battery boxes with a lead or the like lining are made of ordinary white woods, the shrinkage of which is provided for by making grooves or recesses for the metal lining to bulge into. The grooves e may be at or near the top, Figs. 1 and 7, or at or near the bottom, Figs. 3 and 5 ; they may be formed by cutting away a part of the sides or bottom or by placing a piece f, Figs. 4 and 6, on the bottom or side of such a size as to leave the desired groove or grooves e. The lining may enclose the grooves or may be folded into them, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190722229-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Cloth Bit Hearthrug or Mat.
Inventor: HOLMES JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-09
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 22,229. Holmes, J. H Oct. 9. Rugs and mats.-To make reversible rugs or mats, pieces a, Fig. 1, of cloth are inserted between alternate pairs of warp threads b, and a pick of weft c is then inserted and beaten up. The pieces of cloth may be cut as shown, or in any fashion to give a contracted middle portion. If soft cloth is used, the middle portion is nipped by the warp threads. The bits of cloth may be long enough to permit them to be passed completely around warp or weft threads and project above and below the foundation.
Patent GB-190726432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Elastic Compositions.
Inventor: ROLAND LUCIEN
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 26,432. Roland, L. Dec. 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). India-rubber substitutes.-Relates to the invention described in Specification No. 10,704, A.D. 1906, and consists in substituting sugar for a portion of the glycerine. For example, 1 kilogram of glue is mixed with 500 grammes of glycerine and 570 grammes of sugar, and the mixture is treated with chromic acid or chromates as described in the above-mentioned Specification. Molasses may also be added, the sugar being correspondingly reduced.
Patent GB-190727195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Vending Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-12-09
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 2 7 , 1 9 5 . Boult, A. J., [Naumann, E.]. Dec. 9. Sale apparatus; casings; displaying globes and orreries.-For purposes of instruction &c., a globe G is mounted on the casing C of a coin-freed machine, and is rotated at each operation of the delivery drawer, which carries a rack gearing with a pinion on the globe spindle. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement in a compound machine, wherein each delivery drawer is connected by a cord 6 to an internally-toothed ring 5 gearing with the globe spindle 1.
Patent GB-190728092-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Air Distributing Device for Underfed Machanically Stoked Furnaces.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 28,092. Mills, C. K., [Maschinen & Dampfkesselfabrik Guilleaume Werke Ges.]. Dec. 20. Air, supplying.- In an underfed mechanicallystoked furnace, the air supply to beneath the grate, which may consist of plates c, as shown in Fig. 1, or bars c<1>, as shown in Fig. 3, with nozzles b along the edges adjacent to the fuel-feeding trough a, is distributed by vertical partition walls d, d' within a closed chamber beneath the grate. The chamber is divided by the walls d, d' into sections i<1>, i<2>, i<3>, the side sections i<2>, i<3> being provided with air-inlet valves f, and the central section i<1> being provided with a slide h. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the walls d are comparatively short, while the walls d<1> do not reach the grate plates ; while in the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the walls are of such a height that the air currents pass directly to the furnace. The chamber i<1> may be directly connected to the air supply, and flap valves, as shown in Fig. 4, may be used instead of the valves shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
Patent GB-190803475-A (GB)
Title: Metallic Railway Tie.
Inventor: BOWNE JOHN D
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 3475. Bowne, J. D. Feb. 27, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Chairs; sleepers.-Trougb sleepers adapted to be filled with ballast have inclined sides B and flanges C recessed near each end to take a chair. The chair has inclined sides G to fit the sleeper and has lugs H pressed out to fit recesses D in the flanges C ; it is further provided with lugs J to receive the rail and a pendent end O with a seat P for a slab N, to which the chair is secured by bolts L, M, the bolt L also securing a clamping-piece K.
Patent GB-190804121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Recording and Reproducing Sounds.
Inventor: OULTON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 4121. Oulton, G., Ablett, C., and Lightfoot, W. E. Feb. 24. Brakes.-Relates to means for gradually and constantly varying the speed of the turntable of machines for recording and reproducing sounds, so as to produce practically constant linear speed of the record, the means being controlled either by the sound-box carrier as in Specification No. 24,078, A.D. 1907, or by the motor itself, and in either case being capable of being thrown out so as to permit the speed to be controlled in the usual manner when varying linear speed is required. Fig. 2 shows the mechanism from underneath. The tube 15 slides outside the rod 12 and carries a projection 18, which bears against the arm 11 of the brake lever, pivoted at 9, of which the other arm bears against the friction disk 16 of the governor. The screw 19 is driven from the motor and traverses the half-nut 24 attached to the projection 18. By turning the milled head 16, over-rotation of which is prevented by the finger 25, the nut 24 can be disengaged from the screw ; the projection 18, which being arcshaped remains in contact with the arm 11, is then free to be moved longitudinally to the correct starting position, which may be found from graduations corresponding to different record-diameters on the part 15, on to which a pointer attached to the casing projects. Or the tube 15 may be pushed right in to stop the machine. The arm 11 may alternatively slide in a boss on the spindle 9, and be pivoted to the slide piece and nose 18 ; and a scroll may be used instead of the screw 19. Fig. 5 shows how the sound-box carrier may move the sliding projection 18 through mechanism such as is described in the above-mentioned Specification. The rod 30 moved by the sound-arm engages the spring-controlled bell-crank lever 36, 31 attached to the sliding piece.
Patent GB-190807593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watertight Holders for Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: BYNG ERNEST GUSTAV
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1909-04-06
Abstract: 7593. Byng, E. G., and Gunner, C. E. April 6. Supporting lamps.-A water-tight holder for bayonet - capped lamps is constructed so that with the lamp in position no metal parts are exposed. In the form shown, a sleeve D, Fig. 5, of insulating-material fits over a rubber washer M round the cylindrical part B of an insulating- base A, encasing terminals C. Projections F on the sleeve engage under studs E, which can be rotated to facilitate the removal of the sleeve. The sleeve D has vertical grooves or slots H, and inclined ledges T provided with notches to take the pins on the lamp cap and thereby compress a rubber washer between the sleeve and the bulb. The base A is recessed underneath to take a cable X, Fig. 13, which is connected to the terminals C by screws P, separated by an insulating-piece Q, and is secured to the holder by binding-wires passing through holes in the base, as shown. The recess is finally filled in with a seating-material. A number of lamps may be supported in this manner, at equal intervals, on a cable suspended from each end; this construction allows any lamp with its sleeve D to be disconnected while the base A remains fixed to the cable. In another form, the holder is constructed in one piece.
Patent GB-190807767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dog-nails.
Inventor: DICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 7767. Dick, W. Oct. 8. Making nails; shearing.- Blanks for dognails are cut with points h' and the heads h<2> oppositely inclined at the same angle. This is done either by cutters A, B from a strip F, or by cutters C, D from a strip G. They are headed and finished in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190810309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Draw Gear for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 10,309. Spencer, A. May 12. Draw-gear.-Draw-bar cradles are provided with two or more springs arranged to come into action successively. One spring 6, Fig. 1, of steel or india-rubber, is arranged between a plate 4 on the draw-bar and either a cross-piece 2 formed on the cradle 1, which is formed of pressed steel in two pieces riveted together, or a plate 7 abutting against or fixed to the cross-piece. A second spring 8, composed of rings of india-rubber moulded on one or more perforated metal plates, is arranged between another plate 9, at the opposite side of the cross-piece 2, and the end of the cradle. A sleeve 10, of less length than the normal distance between the plates 4, 9, is mounted on the draw-bar, and may be separate from or attached to one or other of the plates 4, 9. The opposite end of the cradle may be connected to the underframe by a bolt 11 and nut 12, or may be provided with a second draw-bar and a duplicate arrangement of springs. In cradles of the usual type, the cross-piece 2 may be replaced by a separate plate arranged to bear against stops welded on the inner sides of the cradle. In another modification, Fig. 5, the spring 6 bears against a smaller cradle 17 secured to one end of the main cradle 1, as by the bolt 11 and nut 12, and the spring 8 is made of less thickness than the distance between the plate 9 and the corresponding end of the cradle. In another form, the cradle may be made in two parts, which are united to a separate cross-piece 2. In a further modification, the cradle consists of three cross-plates connected together by bolts, the intermediate plate taking the place of the cross-piece 2.
Patent GB-190811625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Propeller Screws.
Inventor: OSSWALD FRANZ MAX
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 11,625. Osswald, F. M. May 28. Cam mechanism. - Screw-propeller blades are feathered by means of a sliding rod J operated by a sleeve O surrounding the propeller shaft M having two helical slots or sets of slots of different pitch. Rollers q, q<1> in slots P, P<1> engage the spindle J and shaft M respectively. A double clutch is mounted on the sleeve 0 having teeth inclined in the same direction as the helical slots and rotating the sleeve 0 with the shaft M by the slots t and keys s'. The spindle J is moved by rotating the wheels V, lifting one of the clutches out of gear against the spring s, and sliding the sleeve O. The sleeve O will rotate relatively to the shaft M and by reason of the difference in pitch of the slots g, q<1> will move the spindle J. The teeth on the clutch prevent any return motion taking place until the pressure is exerted on the sleeve by the nuts I in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-190815044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Perambulators.
Inventor: FOYER MELVIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 15,044. Foyer, M. J., and Kurz, O. July 15. Pivot adjustments. - The main hoop 76 of a perambulator hood is secured by adjustable clamps 75 to clips 73 on the frame, and the hood is extended by braces 79 pivoted at 81 to disks 82 so that the brace ends and pivots 81 form stops limiting the upward movement of the - braces 79.
Patent GB-190815648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving and Braking Mechanism for Cycles and the like
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1908-07-23
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 15,648. Justice, P. M., [Eclipse Machine Co.]. July 23. [Cognate Application No. 20,790, A.D. 1908, dated Oct. 2.] Brakes.-In back-pedalling brake mechanism for cycles &c., an axially-movable but non-rotatable sleeve 16 is provided with a wedge face 20 to engage a corresponding face 21 upon an expander 18 disposed between the longitudinal edges of the brake sleeve 14, so that the expander is moved transversely for applying the brake, As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, an intermediate part 23, with ratchet teeth 24 to engage the driving-sleeve and with a spring retarder 28, is moved axially to force the wedge face 20 into contact with the expander 18, the sliding sleeve 16 and the brake sleeve being held against rotation by a diametrical lug 15 upon a stationary block 8. The brake sleeve may also be anchored to the sleeve 16, as by the lug shown. The block 8 screwed upon the axle is fixed by means of lugs 10, which are provided upon a washer 9 to pass through the fork slot and engage recesses in the block. The washer may also have teeth 13 to bear upon the outer side of the fork. In a modification, the intermediate member for applying the brake is in the form of a flanged sleeve, and, on back-pedalling, it is pressed inwards by a driving-clutch bar or expander forced in an axial direction by the inclined or cam portion of a notch upon the driving-sleeve. The brake-sleeve bar or expander is provided with a second wedge face at its outer end to engage a fixed wedge upon the lug 15, so that, when the brake is applied, the bar rides up wedges at both ends. With this form of brake, the bar may be formed integrally with the sleeve. In another modification, the intermediate brake-applying member is formed as a screw-threaded sleeve which is shouldered to bear upon the sleeve 16.
Patent GB-190823502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Carriages.
Inventor: SPOFFORD CHRISTOPHER STEELE
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 23,502. Spofford, C. S. Aug. 24, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Thrust and end-pressure bearings. - In a folding child's carriage in which the wheel supports are made of bent rods, the wheel spindles are provided with sheetmetal thrust collars 52 secured to the wheel supports by integral clips 53,
Patent GB-190826767-A (GB)
Title: Safety Valve Improvements.
Inventor: HILLER EDWARD GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 26,767. Hiller, E. G. Dec. 10. Testing safety-valves.-An enclosed dead-weight safety-valve of the type described in Specification No. 17,605, A.D. 1894, is provided with a testing- lever for testing the valve by lifting it off its seat without preventing it from being rotated on its seat. The pendulous valve a is connected to the stem d by a pin e working in an elongated slot. The portion of the stem d external to the casing c<2> is fitted with two collars f, g, and is embraced by a forked lever k pivoted at m. The valve a may thus be rotated on its seat, or it may be lifted off its seat by the lever k. In a modification the stem d is connected to the valve a by a collar working within a box-like extension of the valve. Padlocks may be fitted on the bolts securing the head c<2> to the casing.
Patent GB-190827208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Selfcentring Lathe and Drilling Chucks.
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 27,208. Maschinenfabrik Kleber & Siewerdt (Nachfolger). Dec. 16, 1907, date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Chucks.-In a self-centring chuck, the jaws 10, sliding in grooves, have flanged portions 11, Fig. 1, at one or both ends to prevent the entrance of cuttings, and are toothed at 9, Figs. 1 and 3, for simultaneous operation by a shaft 6, worm gearing 5, and other gearing 4, 7. The jaws are reversible ; and, to obviate the necessity for dismembering the chuck to introduce the jaws, the pinions are only partly toothed.