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Patent GB-190816898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Locks or Latches.
Inventor: BROPHY MICHAEL MARY
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 16,898. Brophy, M. M. Aug. 11. Locks, key; latches.-The latch bolt d is housed in the cylindrical hole a bored in the edge of the door, the nose d' being guided by a socket piece e, and is operable by a follower g acting on a fork f, screwed on to the end of the bolt and located in a transverse cylindrical hole c. The spring i bears against a plate i<1> placed in the enlarged part of the boring a. The locking-mechanism is contained in a cylinder held in position by nozzles n and nuts j<1> screwed into the woodwork, and comprises two bolts k, k<1> together forming a sleeve through which the latch bolt passes. The bolts k, k<1> are operated to engage the shoulder k<2> on the latch bolt by revolving disks m<1> adapted to be turned by a key, each bolt working independently of the other and being operable from one side only. The two parts of the sleeve may be in one piece, so that the locking-mechanism may be operated from either side of the door.
Patent GB-190820521-A (GB)
Title: Improved Loom.
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 20,521. Smith, A. Sept. 30. Loom beat-up motions ; lays ; driving-mechanism ; shedding-motions ; jacquards; dobbies.-In hand or power looms for weaving heavy material such as Durrie carpets or Sepoy rugs &c., wherein shuttleinserted weft, or hand-inserted weft such as wire, split cane, reeds, or similarly rigid material is employed, the lay is carried by swords 3<a>, Fig. 2, the steel ends 5<a> of each of which are adjustably supported in one of the notches of brackets 4<a>. Antifriction bowls on crank-pins c carried by arms 8<a> on shafts 18<a> engage arms 6<a> on the swords and thereby move the lay to its rear position, projections 100 therein being engaged by catches 10<a>, so that the lay is held in this position. After the picking has been effected by a hand-cord, these catches are raised and released by a handle or treadle on a shaft, which is connected by lever mechanism to the catches, the beat-up being then effected by adjustably-positioned weights on arms 16<a>. The shafts 18a, Figs. 2 and 5, are driven by belt-gearing from a shaft 20, which extends across the loom and may be driven by hand or power. In the latter case, the hub of a belt-driven loose wheel 26 carries a clutch coupling 26<a>, with which a clutch coupling 27, feathered on the shaft 20 and operated by a forked lever 28, is geared by the action of a spring 31. Immediately after the catches 10<a> have engaged the lay, the antifriction bowl on a lever 34 escapes from the nose of a cam 32 on one of the shafts 18<a>, and a spring 37, which is stronger than the spring 31, moves the lever 34 in a contrary direction to that shown by the arrow. A catch 39 on the lever 34 then actuates the lever 28 and uncouples the couplings 26<a>, 27, thereby stopping the loom with the lay in its rear position. The shaft 101 of one of the catches 10<a> is provided with an arm 102 coupled by a wire or cord to the catch 39, so that when the catches l0<a> are operated to release the lay, the catch 39 is withdrawn from the lever 28, which is thereupon moved by its spring 31 to restart the loom. A wheel on one of the shafts 18<a> drives a wheel 51 loose on a shaft 52 and provided with a double crank 53, which has crank-pins to operate rods 56, 57. These rods operate jacquard or dobby mechanism, or are connected to levers 58 which, in conjunction with levers coupled thereto, raise and lower the healds. To allow for a double beat-up with hand or power driving respectively, the wheel 51 has twice or four times as many teeth as its driving-wheel on the shaft 18a. Loom take-up motions.-The take-up pawl 67 is driven by lever mechanism 62, 64 from one of the crank-pins on the wheel 51. Loom warp beams ; let-off motions.-The warp is carried by a series of warp beams 70, Fig. 8, provided with flanges and friction rims 72, the rims of two contiguous beams resting on the same friction bearings and being provided with one frictioning- strap 74, lever 75, and adjustable weight 76.
Patent GB-190823859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Inflated Tyres and Valves for use with same
Inventor: MARSHALL DALE
Filed: 1908-11-07
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 23,859. Marshall, D. Nov. 7. Casings; check valves. -A non-return valve for pneumatic tyres having two or more concentric air - tubes comprises a plug A, washer F, nut G, and spring-pressed header rod B, the division walls of the air-tubes being held between the washer and. plug. In place, of the spring-pressed rod, a diaphragm may be used.
Patent GB-190826413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wires for Operating Railway Signals.
Inventor: NEWMAN GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-12-07
Abstract: 26,413. Newman, G., and Blackall, A. T. Dec. 7. Rods and wires.-One or more springs are employed in a railway-signal operating-wire of such a strength as to permit an acceleration in the initial movement of the wire when the lever is pulled over. The springs are preferably inserted, one in the signal box and one as close as possible to the post ; they may be simple tension springs but are preferably of the " Salter " traction spring type. When a tension spring is employed, a length of wiref, Fig. 4, may be secured to the wire on each side to maintain the continuity if the spring a breaks. Alternatively, another spring g, Fig. 5, may be provided to take the stress if the spring a breaks, in which case the spring a is connected to the wire by links h through which the ends of the springs g are passed and supported by pins i.
Patent GB-190902959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamos and Motors.
Inventor: TURNER ERNEST
IPC: H02K17/08
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1910-05-09
Abstract: 2959. Turner, E. Feb. 8. Homopolar or acyclic machines.-Direct-currentdynamos and motors of the homopolar type are provided with armatures composed of two sets of stampings, or stampings and castings, having projections adapted to screen certain portions of the armature coils and to convey the magnetic flux to and from the poles, and designed with respect to the field or inductor employed, so as to have the magnetic resistance of the field the same for any position of the inductor, by having a definite ratio between the armature projections and the polar pitch of the inductor. A cast armature or stator is shown in Figs: 1 and 2, slotted at e to decrease the reactance. The armature coils are so arranged as to be capable of supplying a number of circuits at different voltages ; and, when the machine is employed as a motor, the armature coils can be joined and grouped so as to give a wide speed range. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7<a>, there are two coils 1, 1<1> in the same slot a, and the ratio of one and a half armature projections P to one inductor pole N is employed. The general arrangement of one form of machine is shown in Fig. 9. The revolving inductor m is of suitable form.
Patent GB-190905950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Winding Yarn into Cheeses or the like.
Inventor: RHODES JOHN
IPC: B65H54/72
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-10-12
Abstract: 5950. Rhodes, J., and Rhodes, J. Oct. 12. Winding-machines. - Yarn is wound into cheeses from a warp or beam on a drum winding machine having two or more rows of drums on one side only of the machine. The yarns are led from warps, or one or more warp beams or sectional warp beams, preferably placed at the back of the machine, over guide-rods to tension bars 7 and thence to the reciprocating thread guides 5 which wind them into cheeses upon their respective tubes &c. Fig. 1 shows a machine having four tiers of frictional winding drums 3 mounted on shafts 2, driven in pairs through gearing 9, 8, 6, from the shafts 10 which carry the cams 4 used to produce the reciprocation of the bars on which the thread guides are mounted. One shaft 10 is driven through fast and loose pulleys and drives the other through chain &c. gearing.
Patent GB-190913207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Wind Screens and like Fittings for Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: MITCHELL HENRY HORACE
IPC: B60J1/04
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 13,207. Mitchell, H. H. June 5. Pivot adjustments.-In a hinge for wind-screens and like fittings for motor and o t h e r vehicles, a loose roughened or serrated disk E of steel, hard rubber, fibre, or the like is mounted between the plain disks A, B connected to, or integral w i t h, socket - pieces or bars C, D attached to the parts of the wind-screen, and the disks are held together by a screw or the like F. The disks C, D may have rims which embrace the periphery of the disk E, but leave sufficient space for tightening the joint.
Patent GB-190914692-A (GB)
Title: Pressure-controlled Regulator for the Furnaces of Hot Water Boilers.
Inventor: HOPPER HERBERT HUMPHREY
IPC: F23N3/02
Filed: 1909-06-23
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 14,692. Hopper, H. H., and Zimmerman, C. H. June 23. Air supply and draught, regulating.-A regulator for the furnaces of hot-water boilers operates so that the expansion of the water under heat forces out a piston C in a cylindrical expansion tank A. This piston actuates a lever N operating a damper checking the air supply to the furnace through the link S and cable U. If the pressure falls, the lever N in descending not only opens that damper, but, if the descent is continued, closes a damper in the smoke pipe through a cable T, at the same time opening a valve K admitting cold water under pressure from the main H, to the underside of the piston, to cause the same to rise. An overflow pipe M is fitted.
Patent GB-190917620-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating Differences of Pressure.
IPC: G01L7/18
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 17,620. Siemens - Schuckertwerke. Aug. 6, 1908, [Convention date]. Barometers.-A differential gauge, which may also be arranged as a draught gauge or barometer, comprises a centrally - pivoted lever to the ends of which are pivotallyattached two movable troughs, of which one contains mercury serving to separate the gas in communication with the casing of the instrument from the gas within a tube leading to the other source of pressure, which tube dips into the mercury. A fixed solid cylinder projects into the mercury within the other trough, whereby the difference of pressures and the extent of immersion of the cylinder mutually compensate, the lever assuming different positions as the pressures change. Fig. 1 shows the trough c containing mercury which seals the end of a chamber e in communication with one of the sources of pressure, and itself attached to the end of the lever b. The fixed displacer g is above and projects into the mercury within the other trough d. The closed casing a of the apparatus communicates by a pipe n with one source of pressure, the chamber e being connected by means of the pipe f with the other source. Fig. 6 shows a modified arrangement, suitable for use as a barometer, in which a movable trough c, into which the barometer tube s dips, is attached to one end of a counterbalanced lever b; the displacing cylinder g is fixed to the base of the trough c and projects into a fixed trough d.
Patent GB-190921514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Dobbies for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03C1/36
Filed: 1909-09-21
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 21,514. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Sept. 21. Dobbies.-In a dobby having pattern cylinders 10, 11 for use when weaving different portions of a fabric, one cylinder is put out of operation and the other brought into operation by rocking a frame 16 by means of a third pattern cylinder. The frame 16 is mounted on a shaft 14 and carries two sets of fingers 18 adapted to engage broad parts 7<1> of the tumbler levers 7.
Patent GB-190922970-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Glazing Green Houses, Garden Lights and Frames, Portable Buildings and the like.
Inventor: COOK GEORGE
IPC: E04D3/06
Filed: 1909-10-08
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 22,970. Cook, G. Oct. 8. Glazing.-Sliding glass panes of greenhouses, garden frames, portable buildings, &c. are held in position by flexible caps d or springs e secured to the webs of the glazing-bars a. For large structures, the panes are fixed in metal frames, and the glazing-bars are provided with strips of wood &c. for the frames to slide upon.
Patent GB-190924662-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tyre Treads for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: REES JAMES
IPC: B60C27/16
Filed: 1909-10-27
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 24,662. Rees, J., and Rees, E. D. Oct. 27. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.- Overlapping transversely - corrugated metal plates a, riveted to a leather band b, are arranged in a groove in the tread of the tyre and are secured by rivets passing through the tyre cover.
Patent GB-190925437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
IPC: F23H9/02
Filed: 1909-11-04
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 25,437. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Nov. 4. Grates.-Fuel is burnt in the interior of a perforated rotary cylinder having a longitudinal ridge which serves to throw the live fuel on to the top of a fresh charge. As shown applied to the furnace of an internally - flued boiler, the cylinder c is formed of bars c' spaced apart by suitable distance-pieces, and is supported by end bearings on rollers d. The ridge g is protected by a covering g<1> of refractory material. In use, the cylinder is rotated, after charging, in such a manner that the live fuel is carried upwards by the ridge, and the rotation is continued until the fresh charge falls to the bottom with the live fuel on the top of it.
Patent GB-190927048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ANDREW ROBERT
IPC: F16C27/08
Filed: 1909-11-22
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 27,048. Robertson, A. R. Nov. 22. [Cognate Application 28,214/09.] Supporting and mounting bearings.-A bearing for centrifugal machines provided with springs for damping oscillations and vibrations, as described in Specification 25,476/08, is so arranged that the centre of curvature of the spherical surfaces on the bearing A, Fig. 1, and on the cup B supported laterally by springs H, is at a point C below the bearing. This enables a belt pulley or other driving-means or a brake to be applied to the spindle at or about the centre of oscillation C. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which the spherical part of the bearing B rests upon a part A supported laterally by springs H, Fig. 4, oscillations of the bearing being damped by springs G. Springs M, Fig. 4, may be used to increase the friction between the part A and the casing J.
Patent GB-190928078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Systems for Heating a Plurality of Boilers.
Inventor: SCHWAB JOHN
IPC: F23M5/02
Filed: 1909-12-01
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 28,078. Schwab, J. Dec. 1. Arrangements; settings.-A number of boilers are so arranged that the gases from the furnace of one of the boilers may be conducted through the furnace spaces and then through the flues of all the boilers in succession. In the arrangement of two boilers A, B, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the gases pass from, say, the furnace C of the boiler A through the passage F between the boilers to the furnace space of the boiler B, and then passes through the flue tubes of the boiler B, through the passage G to the flue tubes of the boiler A, which open into the uptake D. Dampers 12, 13 are provided to close the passages G, F when the boilers are fired independently.
Patent GB-190930153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handles for Cricket Bats, Hockey Sticks, and the like.
Inventor: WRATTEN CHARLES HENRY
IPC: A63B49/08
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 30,153. Wratten, C. H. Dec. 24. Handles. - The handle of a cricket bat, hockey stick, &c. is constructed for a portion of its length with a cross-shaped core a bound with tensioned sheet rubber b which is pressed into the angular portions of the core by means of wedge - shaped strips c. Filling-pieces of cane may then be placed between the wedges to make the handle circular, or, as shown in Fig. 6, a second binding d of sheet rubber may be first applied and pressed into the angles by means of strips e. The parts are kept in position by means of a strong binding g.
Patent GB-191000661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distance Recorders or Logs.
Inventor: ELPHINSTONE GEORGE KEITH BULLE
IPC: G01P5/07
Filed: 1910-01-10
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 661. Elphinstone, G. K. B. Jan. 10. Logs.-Revolution of the rotator b in the casing a protruding from the ship's bottom is transmitted by worm gearing h, j to an eccentric k, which gives an intermittent rise and fall to a rod n. This movement acts by a ratchet rand bevelgearing s to rotate a snail-cam t, which imparts a gradual rotation to the armature x of an electro - magnet w, till the rod u slips over the end of the cam, whereupon the armature x swings back rapidly under the influence of a spring z and transmits an electrical impulse to the recording - means. Specifications 779/76, 25,241/02, 3622/05, 8538/06, and 981/09, are referred to as showing the type of apparatus to which the invention is applied.
Patent GB-191000684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pyrophoric Alloys.
Inventor: GOLDBERG LOUIS
IPC: C06C15/00
Filed: 1910-01-10
Granted: 1911-01-10
Abstract: 684. Goldberg, L. Jan. 10. Lighting burners &c. by frictional devices.-Pyrophoric metal consists of from 10 to 90 per cent of manganese and from 90 to 10 per cent of antimony. Chromium up to 20 per cent, or titanium up to 15 per cent, may be added to the alloys, but in no case does the proportion of manganese or of titanium fall below 10 per cent.
Patent GB-191000861-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Testing Structures.
Inventor: BOUTON ALBERT NICOLAS GHISLAIN
IPC: G01M5/00
Filed: 1910-01-12
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 861. Bouton, A. N. G. Jan. 12. Testing structures. - Apparatus for testing the strength and deflexion of floors &c. by direct loading comprises flexible water-tanks b supported by adjustable frames c and supplied with water through a common supply pipe e. The height of the water, and thus the load, is shown by a float o moving on a graduated rod m. A predetermined load may be indicated automatically by an adjustable contact t in an electric circuit s, and observations may be made from a distance by means of a mirror w. The float may also operate a sliding tell-tale or index, which may operate an alarm bell and a relay for stopping the pump. The water may also be measured directly by means of a meter, and overflow pipes may be provided.
Patent GB-191001921-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Regulating the Feed Supply of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: ESTIENNE ALFRED DIEUDONNE
IPC: F22D5/10
Filed: 1910-01-25
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 1921. Estienne, A. D. Jan. 29, 1909, [Convention date]. Vacuum apparatus.-In a gravityfeed apparatus for steam boilers, the admission of steam to the elevated feed-tank n is controlled by a valve h operated by a piston g, to which steam from the boiler is admitted through a valve under the control of a float d at the boiler water-level. After the tank has emptied, and the water-level in the boiler has risen, the piston uncovers ports in its cylinder, and allows the steam in the tank to pass through pipes v, q to a lower reservoir p. A reduction of pressure is thus produced in the tank, and water is forced up by atmospheric pressure from the reservoir through a pipe x into it.
Patent GB-191002762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Window Glass.
IPC: C03B29/00
Filed: 1910-02-03
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 2762. Soc. Anon. des Verreries et Manufacture de Glaces d'Aniche. Feb. 4, 1909, [Convention date]. Flattening.-Relates to the method of making window glass in which a spreading-chamber a, a straightening-chamber h, and two trucks bearing slabs k, l and running on tracks b, f, g, i, are employed. The invention consists in adding a third truck and slab m, so that one slab is always in the spreading-chamber a for the use of the operator, instead of allowing an interval to elapse in which the chamber a is idle. The trucks are transferred as usual by a carriage e running on rails d.
Patent GB-191007678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-propellers for Aerial and Marine Vessels.
Inventor: FENILE GIULIO DI
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1910-03-30
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 7678. Fenile, G. di. March 30. Screw propellers.- Comprises an i m - proved construction of the type of screw propeller in which the blades are so disposed as to operate in spaces on opposite sides of a plane at right-angles to the shaft. The blades b are mounted at an incline to the boss and at diametrically opposite or parallel points. The angle of inclination is preferably between 22¢ and 45 degrees, but may be between 5 and 45 degrees. The propeller is stated to be applicable for use on aerial machines.
Patent GB-191011566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drive-chains.
Inventor: BELCHER WARREN JOSEPH
IPC: F16G13/04
Filed: 1910-05-10
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 11,566. Belcher, W. J. May 13, 1909, [Convention date]. Driving and like chains with separate joint pins.-Relates to driving-chains of the type wherein side plates are provided with inwardlyextending sleeves through which connecting-pins are passed, and consists in loosely mounting a number of links on the sleeves. Sleeves d, Fig. 4, are riveted in apertures in the side plates a, and are of such length that their inner ends are flush with the side of the last member f placed on them, Fig. 1. The side plates a are pivotally joined by plates b, which may, however, be dispensed with. The chain can easily be taken to pieces by removing the cotterpins g.
Patent GB-191012665-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Spinning and Twisting Machines.
Inventor: CULVER FREDERICK SLOCUM
IPC: D01H9/14
Filed: 1910-05-24
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 12,665. Culver, F. S. May 24. Thread-guides; anti-ballooning arrangements. -Thread wires and separators are mounted on trough-shaped plates 9 which embrace the top rail 3 and are clamped thereon by means of sheet-metal plates 8. The thread wires are bent at right-angles so as to pivot in adjustable hinge plates 12, which are adjustably secured to plates 9, as shown in Fig. 3, and separators are secured by plates 13, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-191015398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Opening and Closing Cocks, Valves, Switches and the like.
Inventor: HOWLIN WILLIAM
IPC: F23Q9/02
Filed: 1910-06-27
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 15,398. Howlin, W. June 27. Alarm and like mechanisms.-In clock-work apparatus for operating valves and cocks, or electric switches, at predetermined times two tappet-carrying wheels 14, 15, Fig. 5, are geared through wheels and pinions 19, 20, 22 to the minute-hand spindle 23, and are each adjusted by inserting a screw-key into the hollow boss 24, Fig. 8, and pulling the same forward against the action of the spring 27 until the wheel is out of gear with the pinion 19, when it can be set to any desired position and then replaced.
Patent GB-191022908-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Distillation of Coal or other Carbonaceous Materials.
Inventor: BEILBY HUBERT NOEL
IPC: C10B7/04
Filed: 1910-10-04
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 22,908. B e i l b y , H. N. Oct. 4. Retorts. - Apparatus for the continuous distillation of coal or other carbonaceous material consists of an externally heated shell B containing a series of plates A, which are inclined alternately in opposite directions and are jerked or vibrated by rods F to cause the material to flow over them. When constructed of iron or steel, 1, the maximum temperature to which the apparatus is heated is 500‹ C.