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Patent GB-190724878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lanterns for Gas Lamps
Inventor: GUNNING JOHN
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 24,878. Gunning, J. Nov. 9. Gas lanterns.- Down - draught is prevented so as to enable the use, in exposed situations, of gas lamps of the type having a central chimney, which is closed at the top, has a number of side openings, and is surrounded by an outer tube provided with lateral openings. According to the present invention, the inner chimney a is formed with downwardly-inclined protecting-screens c which may be punched out of the chimney, and at the top of the outer casing d are lateral openings, which may be formed by supporting a cap d' above the casing d, and are arranged at about or above the level of the closed top of the chimney a. The up-draught through the chimney a is assisted by the heated currents of air which ascend through openings d<2> to the space between the chimney a and the casing d.
Patent GB-190727645-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Concentrating Lyes with Two or More Evaporators Arranged in Series by which the Liquid is Evaporated under a Pressure Decreasing by Stages.
Inventor: VENTER OTTO
Filed: 1907-12-14
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 27,645. Venter, 0. Sept. 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Multiple-effect apparatus; liquids, spreading in thin layers.-Relates to multiple-effect apparatus comprising film evaporators, one or more of which work at pressures greater than that of the atmosphere. The apparatus comprises a number of sets of superposed elements 2, each having a perforated distributing-chamber 18, and a steam space 17, over the wall of which the liquid trickles. The lyes are preliminarily heated in a chamber 10 by means of the waste steam from the heater, and pass to a distributing-vessel 16. The unevaporated lyes collect in vessels 20, and pass by a pipe 22 to the next evaporator. The steam generated by the evaporation is led away from the casing 1 to the next evaporator by means of a pipe 42. A double wall 35 heated by steam prevents condensation of the steam on the upper part of the casing 1.
Patent GB-190804755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double Lift Dobbies.
Inventor: STAEUBLI HERMANN
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 4755. Stõubli, H. March 2. Loom dobbies.-In double-lift openshed dobbies for weaving table-cloths and serviettes &c. with the points of intersection of the warp and weft giving a cubical effect, the pattern card bars 13, Figs. 3 and 9, have two rows of wooden pins 14, 15. The pins 14 act on lifting-levers 1 and produce a warp effect, while the pins 15 act on short lifting-levers 2 and produce a weft effect. One bar 13 is used for each shaft, the lifting-levers 1, 2 being arranged in pairs to act on the same sliding piece 4, which acts directly on a bottom hook 6 of the dobby and by means of a spindle or needle 5 acts on a top hook The levers 1, 2 are moved into and out of operative position in groups by means of an auxiliary dobby apparatus provided with a perforated paper strip 20, so that the warp or weft effect within the sections controlled by any of the desired groups of levers 1, 2 can be automatically changed. In weaving five-bound satin or fiveleaved tweed, each set of ten levers 1, 2 is controlled by two bell-cranks 38, 39 and 40, 41 operated by two auxiliary lifting-members 17, 18, guided by a bar 19 and raised by a lifting-blade 16 in accordance with the pattern on the paper strip 20 which actuates needles 21. Bowls 29, Fig. 1, on a wheel 28 actuate one of two levers 31 connected by links 32 to the lifting-blade 16, so that this is operated once for every five picks. The bowls also actuate a sliding piece 33 linked to a rocking frame 22, which carries the roller 23 for the paper strip 20. A pawl 36 engaging with a ratchet-wheel 35 on the shaft of the roller 23 causes this roller to be rotated once for each five picks. When a lifting- member 17 is raised, the corresponding bell-crank 40,41, Fig. 3, is turned into its upper position, and, by means of its laterally-extending lugs, raises the corresponding five levers 2 out of action, so that in this group the levers 1 only remain in position to be actuated by the pattern bar 13. For every group of two bell-cranks, there is a locking-piece or catch 42, which rests on lugs extending from the arms 38, 40 and holds the bell-cranks in their upper positions, the arms 38, 40 lying against teeth 42<1> on the underside of the stems of the catches 42. When one of the bell-cranks is rocked upwards and brought into action, its arm trails its finger or lug over the curved back of the tooth 42<1> on the catch 42 and rocks this upwards to permit the other bell-crank, which is in its upper position, to move out of engagement with its corresponding tooth and rotate downwards into inactive position. By changing the gearing 27, 28, Fig. 1, the lifting- blade 16 may be operated after less or more than five picks.
Patent GB-190810338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Journal Bearing Packing.
Inventor: SCOTT ADA ROGERS
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 10,338. Scott, A. R. May 12. Lubricating.-An absorbent packing for lubricating railway axle-boxes, and bearings of locomotives, motor vehicles, dynamo-electric machines, &c., comprises a mixture of cotton waste or fibre 13, metal shavings 14, and pieces of sponge 15.
Patent GB-190811676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for Fly Spindles of Spinning and Twisting Frames and the like.
Inventor: WILSON THOMAS EDWARD
Filed: 1908-05-29
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 11,676. Wilson, T. E. May 29. Ball bearings. -Flyer spindles are supported in a top ball bearing which supports the weight of the spindle and takes the lateral strain due to the driving-band and the tension of the thread. The spindle 1 passes loosely through the bush 3, in the rail, which forms the lower ball race, the upper ball race 4 being secured to the spindle. The footstep 6 steadies the spindle laterally but takes no vertical thrust. The upper bearing is protected by a flange 4<a> on the ball race 4, or by a cap which screws on to the bush 3.
Patent GB-190814505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lights for Pavements, Walls, Floors, Roofs and the like.
Inventor: SCHWICKART PHILIP
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 14,505. Schwickart, P. July 8. Pavement-lights.-The framework of a light suitable for floors, roofs, and general use in buildings is formed of side bars C of inverted T-iron and cross-bars of T-iron, the vertical flange, of which fit into notches in the side bars C. The lenses have a conical top portion A<1>, and a pyramidal lower part A<2> with shoulders A<3> which rest. on the cross-bars of the frame. The lower portion of the lens is formed with a recess A<5> having a convex roof A<6>, the sides of the recess being provided with prisms A<7> extending from the roof of the recess to its base, the edges A<8> of which are upwardly bevelled. The cross-bars are cut away at B<3> to allow the insertion of the lenses, the spaces between which are filled with a cementitious material E, the top part of the lenses being provided with an annular bead A<4> to hold the cement E securely in position. A joint C<4> in the side bars C is made by connecting the two adjacent cross-bars by a spacing-bar D, which is notched to receive the horizontal flanges of the cross-bars.
Patent GB-190817202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1908-08-15
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 17,202. Fell, J. C., [Union Typewriting Co.]. Aug. 15. Typewriters.-Devices, including a flexible stop carrier, for arresting the platens of typewriters at predetermined points in their rotations, more especially in the preparation of condensed-record work, are described as applied to a Monarch machine. The shaft 10 of the platen 9 is supported in end bars 8 of the usual carriage, and is grooved at 22 for the reception of a spline 23 carried by a clutch member 24, within the flange 26 of which is a tooth capable of engaging teeth on the periphery of another clutch member 30, laterally restrained but loose upon the shaft. A spring 29 tends to separate the clutch members, which may however be engaged by means of a finger-lever pivoted to a bracket on the right-hand bar 8. This lever embraces a groove 25 in the member 24, and is held by a spring catch &c. in either the engaged or the disengaged portion of the clutch members. The flexible stop carrier consists of a band or chain 43, arranged over a sprocket-wheel 34 on the member 30, and a wheel adjustably mounted on a headed screw 47 on the carriage by means of an eccentric bushing 45. The bushing is movable by a pin &c. inserted in capstan opening 48, and is secured by a set-screw. Stops 58, 59, respectively fixed and adjustable upon a scale-marked bar 52 on the carriage, co-operate with a stop 50 on the carrier, which is U-shaped to embrace the bar. The stop 59, Fig. 4, has a pin 62 engaging a slot in the bar 52 and is secured by a set-screw 60. In using the device for condensed-record work, the stop carrier, when clutched to the platen, controls the amount of the backward and forward movements of the platen when the latter is rotated for the removal and insertion of a sheet by the usual finger-wheels 13. The usual line-spacing mechanism is situated at the left-hand end of the platen, and comprises a pawl and a roller detent engaging ratchet teeth on the end face of a head corresponding to the platen head 12. The teeth correspond to the scale divisions of the bar 52, which however is long enough to enable more than a complete revolution of the platen ; the number of teeth equals that of the clutch teeth of the member 30. In a modification, the bar 52 is not curved, as shown in Fig. 1, and is only long enough to permit slightly less than a complete rotation of the platen ; the scale marking is on the upper face of the bar and the stop 50 travels over this face. In the case of a front-strike or visible-writing machine, the stop 59 may sometimes be omitted since, for condensed-record work, it is necessary to arrest the platen by a stop only during its backward rotation, the point at which it is desired to commence writing being noted visually during the forward rotation. The right-hand end bar 8 is extended to provide a finger-piece for moving or controlling the movements of the carriage. Normally, the platen may be rotated freely in either direction under the control only of the line-spacing detent.
Patent GB-190825018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Automatic Lubrication of High-pressure Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: RATEAU AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 25,018. Rateau, A. Dec. 3, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drawings to Specification. Centrifugal pumps employing a large number of wheels. The wheels are mounted in a single pump body, the shaft being supported at mid-length by an internal bearing. If the free-end of the shaft is also supported by an internal bearing the necessity of the shaft traversing any high-pressure head is obviated. Two mechanical lubricators are employed for the two internal bearings.
Patent GB-190825187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving Means for use in Experimental Tanks and for other analogous purposes.
Inventor: THORNYCROFT JOHN ISAAC
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 25,187. Thornycroft, Sir J. I. Nov. 23. Pulleys.-A pulley consists of two parts a, c of different diameter connected by a grooved fusee b. The pulley is used for driving-gear in experimental tanks for determining the resistance to propulsion of ships.
Patent GB-190826134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Coolers, Radiators and the like.
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,134. Marks, E. C. R., [Krug, H.]. Der.3. Gas and like engines.-A cooler or radiator, which according to the Provisional Specification may be used with the engines of motor road vehicles, is made by placing a number of tubes d, preferably with widened ends c as shown in Fig. 3, in a frame a, and next dipping the ends in a bath of easily fusible metal so that the interstices between the ends of the tubes are filled with fusible metal g; a deposit of metal f such as copper is then produced by electrolysis, either over the whole of the tubes or on the ends of the tubes and on the fusible metal which is afterwards removed by heat. The Provisional Specification describes also a process in which the tnbes and frame are placed directly in a bath for electro-deposition without the use of fusible metal, and another process in which the tubes are wholly immersed in fusible metal.
Patent GB-190826992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Engines.
Inventor: RUSHTON JAMES LEVER
Filed: 1908-12-12
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 26,992. Rushton, J. L. Dec. 12. Guards, controlling by movable parts of machinery. - In apparatus for locking the main cylinder door of a carding - engine, a latch d on the door b enters between two pins i<1> of a ratchet catch i mounted on a bar g supported by a bracket f on the bend e of the carding-engine. A spring bolt h on the bar g engages the ratchet catch i and prevents the door from being opened while the main cylinder is revolving. When the cylinder is at rest, a spring pusher m, having a rounded end, may be pushed in between projections k<1> on a ring attached to the main cylinder end. This pusher carries the bar g with it, and moves the pins i out of contact with the latch d. Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which a segment i<3>, pivoted on the bend of a carding-engine, is substituted for the ratchet catch. When the door is closed a pin i<1> passes behind a latch d' on the door. The segment is locked by a spring catch h entering an inclined slot i<3>. To open the door when the cylinder is at rest, the catch h is moved up the inclined slot by operating the pusher m, and the segment is allowed to turn and release the latch d'.
Patent GB-190902165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Navigating the Air.
Inventor: SCHWARZ RUDOLF
IPC: B64C33/02
Filed: 1909-01-29
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 2165. Schwarz, R., and Sandles, C. W. Jan. 29. [Cognate Application, 8363/09.] No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Screw propellers. - A lifting- propeller for aerial machines comprises a number of vanes or segments G the inclination of which to the plane of the propeller is variable. The vanes G are pivoted in a boss I secured to a vertical shaft. The ends of the vanes are formed with crank arms connected by links to a sleeve L, which can be adjusted on the shaft by a fork N',
Patent GB-190907346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Mills.
Inventor: SAMUELSON ERNEST
IPC: B02C4/32
Filed: 1909-03-27
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 7346. Samuelson, E. March 27. Roller mills.-Relates to means for adjusting the movable roll, and to the feedhopper and feed-plate of a roller mill. T h e boss of the adjusting-wheel E, Fig. 1, is screwed internally and externally with threads of different pitches. The internal thread engages with a threaded tube or sleeve F carrying the headed bolt G that supports the swing bracket or arm B of the movable roll A. The external thread engages an internally-screwed sleeve D, which rests upon a block d carried by the eccentric pin c on the end of the shaft C. A pin f working in a s!ot in the slide D prevents the sleeve F from turning. Or the hand-wheel E, Fig. 4, may carry a wormwheel T gearing with a worm n on a hand shaft n<1> carried in an eccentric sleeve fixed in the sliding bracket D ; the sleeve can be rotated so as to throw the worm n in or out of gear, and is locked by means of a small spring bolt. The lever J for throwing the movable roll A out of action is pivoted at j and connected by a screw L to a lever K on the shaft C. The lever J is locked by a bolt N operated by an eccentric pin on a handshaft, and the shaft C can then be turned by means of the screw L and hand-nut M. Or the lever J may be keyed on the shaft C and provided with a slot S, Fig. 9, to receive the spring bolt N, which has a worm-wheel T gearing with a worm t on a hand-shaft t<1>. The hinged door R, Fig. 1, is connected to the main frame by a door check Q having an air cushion or spring beneath the piston, and is held open by a small spring bolt engaging in a slot or recess in the piston-rod. Or a spring or rubber stop T', Fig. 2, fitting in a recess in the side frame may be used. The bar V<2>, Fig. 3, which carries the swinging feed-plate W, is provided at its ends with adjustable nuts V having centres working in holes in adjustable blocks V<1> on the main frame of the hopper.
Patent GB-190911641-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Coupling Up and Uncoupling the Three Link Railway Stock, Coal and Mineral Mine Wagons.
Inventor: EATON GEORGE HENRY
IPC: B61G1/04
Filed: 1909-05-17
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 11,641. Eaton, G. H. May 17. Couplings, non-automatic, of the kind in which the coupling-chain is operated by an arm on a cross-shaft which can both turn and slide in slotted brackets under the end of the vehicle. The invention consists in means provided at the outer end of the arm for engaging the end link so that, by a combined rolling and sliding motion of the shaft, the link can be carried over the hook of the adjacent vehicle. Fig. 1 is an end view of a vehicle showing the coupling; Fig. 2 is a side view; Fig. 3 illustrates the end coupling-link; and Fig. 4 shows the form of the end of the projecting arm. The link J has a clip I attached with a protruding horn H. The arm E has a slot F adapted to receive the horn H, and a guard G which engages with the horn H. Engagement is facilitated by the sliding and rotating motion of the shaft A in the slotted brackets B.
Patent GB-190913906-A (GB)
Title: Improved Dressing Retainer and Shield for the Knees of Horses.
Inventor: DOUGLAS JOHN
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 1909-06-14
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 13,906. Douglas, J., and Geddes, F. G. June 14. Knee-caps.-A dressing-retainer and shield for the knees of horses comprises a removable pad and a padded shield for attachment below the knee of the animal. The dressing or pad 8 is wrapped round a metal piece 9 having two projections 10, 11, which fit in slots 13, 14 in the metal shield 12. The pad is locked in position by a turn-button 18, and the shield is secured to the horse's leg by straps 16 passing through eyes 17 on the shield and eyes 21 on pads 19, 20 which surround the leg.
Patent GB-190914784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Impulse Turbines.
IPC: F01D9/02
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 14,784. Brown & Co., J., and Bell, T. June 24. Casings. - In Curtis and like turbines in which the stage diaphragms are made in halves, the meeting faces of the halves are formed as shown to provide an effective steamtight joint. When a diaphragm is dished, flanges are formed on the halves, preferably on the concave side. E is a ring of asbestos or like soft material.
Patent GB-190917435-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pneumatic Picking-mechanism for Actuating and Checking the Shuttles of Weaving Looms.
Inventor: RHODES EDGAR
IPC: D03D49/42
Filed: 1909-07-27
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 17,435. Rhodes, E., and Rhodes, W. July 27. Picking - motions; pickers; shuttle boxes checking shuttles and pickers.-Pneumatic picking and checking mechanism comprises a working-cylinder 12, Fig. 1, adapted to slide on the head 10<Î> of a hollow piston-rod 10 which is secured to a bracket 8 bolted to the end of the lay and provided with a cylindrical sleeve 9. A picking-head 13, Fig. 2, is secured to the cylinder 12 and has a reduced part 13Y passing through a slot 2<Î> in the wall 2 of the shuttle box. By means of a cap 14, Fig. 1, and a pipe 15, the central hole 11 of the piston-rod communicates with the casing 16 of a piston-valve 17, which has an annular 'groove 18 and is raised and lowered by a rod 26, a bell-crank lever, and a cam on the tappet-shaft. Compressed air from a suitable source enters the valve casing through a pipe 19, and passes to the .pipe 15 by way of the groove 18, an inlet 20, and a passage 21. The cylinder is moved towards the centre of the loom, and is retarded at 'the beginning of its stroke by the partial vacuum produced in the sleeve 9, and at the end of its stroke by the pressure of the air confined in the cylinder 12 round the rod 10 when a hole 29 in the cylinder has passed on to the piston-head. When the shuttle returns, it moves the cylinder back to its normal position, the valve 17 being raised to open an outlet 22, which is provided with a screw 27 for controlling the exhaust of the air. A further cushioning is effected when 'the cylinder 12 enters the sleeve 9,'the outlet for the air confined within the sleeve being controlled by a screw. 28.
Patent GB-190918424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Singeing Machines.
Inventor: SIBSON WALTER WOODHOUSE
Filed: 1909-08-10
Granted: 1910-08-10
Abstract: 18,424. Sibson, W. W., and Allsop, T. Aug. 10. Gas burners; burners, mounting a n d adjusting. - The burners of a machine for singeing stockings, the forms or supports of which are given a fixed path of movement during which the stockings are subjected to the different steps incident to singeing, are supported in position by a yoke 20 on a standard 5, this yoke having adjustable sleeves 21, in which the supporting-pipes 31 are carried, and the lower ends of these pipes are attached by springs 47 to adjustable arms 23 mounted on vertically-adjustable holders 22. The burners are thus allowed to swing, and their position may also be adjusted. The burners 26, Fig. 4, are connected to the pipes 31 by connexions 29, 30, and a valve 32 below the pipe 30 acts in conjunction with the plug 33 to shut off the lower part of the burner when half-hose and the like are being singed. The burners are provided with screens 27 and a deflector 28 to concentrate the flame on the passing stockings, and are supplied with a mixture of gas and air from the pipes 31. The air is pumped in to a central opening in the tube 36, Fig. 2, which has controlling-valves 37, while gas enters from a pipe 38 into a similarly provided pipe 39, and the gas and air are mixed in the tees 41, which are preferably in the form of ejectors as usual, while to allow the swinging of the burners 26, a coupling 42, Fig. 6, having a flared mouth 43 to receive a bushing 44 mounted on a stem 45 and held by a spring 46, is interposed between the pipes 31 and the tees 41. The lower ends of the burners are attached to the arms 23, Fig. 2, screws 24 entering plugs therein. Further the burners are made to move in unison with the forms for a short period, and for this purpose are provided with projections 48, Fig. 4, which are engaged by the forms and moved round until they escape, whereupon the springs 47 return to burners to meet the next forms.
Patent GB-190918665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switch Mechanism for Small Electric Lighting Installations.
Inventor: VANDERVELL CHARLES ANTHONY
IPC: H01H21/00
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 18,665. Vandervell, C. A., and Midgley, A. H. Aug. 13. Mounting and supporting instruments. - In an arrangement of switching - apparatus for small electric lighting installations such as are used on motor-cars &c. the switches d ... d<4> are arranged. in a box, upon the cover of which a volt-meter l is mounted. Upon placing the cover in position, the voltmeter is connected automatically between the bus-bar and the contact c so as to record the voltage of the dynamo charging the battery when the dynamo switch is on. By pressing the pushbutton l<3> the voltmeter is cut off from the dynamo and connected with the battery.
Patent GB-190919179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Saucepans, Kettles and the like.
Inventor: ADAMS JULIA DAVIS
IPC: A47J27/122
Filed: 1909-08-20
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 19,179. Adams, J. D., and Adams, M. Aug. 20. Saucepans, kettles, &c. of square or rectangular shape, and adapted to be placed on a stove so that there is practically no space between them for the escape of heat, are characterized by having handles B formed and arranged as shown, so as not to project outwards.