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Patent GB-190720368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Blocking or Pressing Caps or other Head Coverings.
Inventor: JACOBSON NATHANIEL
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 20,368. Jacobson, N. Sept. 12. Blocking. -Caps &c. are pressed and blocked on a collapsible block made in sections, over which the cap is fitted, the sections being then separated to expand the block through a lever or train of levers or other means actuated, for example, by a steam-driven piston or an electric motor. The block shown comprises fore and aft sections b, c, Figs. 1 and 2<a>, hollow and detachably connected by dowels to bases e, one of which is fixed to the body f of the apparatus while the other slides thereon. These sections b, c are concave or formed with re-entrant angles on their inner faces, and co-operate with wedgeshaped sections g arranged with their broad ends inwards and mounted on base-pieces i by screw attachments h or otherwise. Projections on the bases i engage grooves k on the bases e so that the wedge pieces move inwards and outwards simultaneously with the moving fore piece b or aft piece c. Steam is admitted to either side of the piston l through ports t, u in the cylinder, which are made to communicate, through linked two-way cocks, with a supply or an exhaust pipe. The hollow fore and aft sections may be connected to a supply of hot air, steam, or other heating-agent. In the arrangement shown, the section b is supplied with steam, through a passage q in its base-piece and a longitudinal bore p in the piston-rod, from the cylinder. The section c is similarly supplied through passages s, r in the body f and the basepiece. The side sections g may in some cases be heated. In a modification, a central base-piece may be connected with a motor or lever, causing the block to expand on rotation through the agency of pins in cam-slots. The side sections g may, in place of the connexion to the fore and aft sections, be directly connected to the actuating-device, or may be urged outwards by a spring and closed together simply by the thrust of the end sections.
Patent GB-190725301-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 25,301. Lake, H. W., [Aktiebolaget Rõlskarfven]. Nov. 14. Rail joints; rails.-In rails in which the web is displaced to one side of the symmetry plane of the rail, the head and foot at the rail ends are cut away on the other side of the symmetry plane a distance corresponding to the length of the rail joint, while the web projects beyond the end of the head and foot to guide the opposite rail end in a vertical direction and prevent jolting of the same. Fish-plates may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190727211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Current Motors.
Inventor: PORTER ASAHEL AGUSTAS
Filed: 1907-12-09
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 27,211. Porter, A. A. Dec. 9. Turbines.-Relates to motors having a number of swinging or pivoted blades and provided with stops. The blades are broader in the middle than at the ends, and are arranged to contact with stops at this middle position. Independent gates are provided to direct the current to a particular part of the motor. The wheel is mounted in a frame 2, which may be lowered into position between vertical guides 4. To a shaft 13 are attached circular plates 15, 16, which carry pins 18 upon which the blades 17 are pivoted. Between the blades are stop-pins 19, the ends of which pass through radial slots in the circular plates, the arrangement being such that when the pins are at the inner ends of the slots, the blades are free to swing, and when the pins are at the outer ends, they contact with the edge of the blades at the broadest part 21. The sleeve 22, connected by links 23 with the pins 19, is moved along the shaft 13 by a collar 24, provided with racks 28 gearing with pinions 29, the pinions being operated by suitable gearing from a position above the surface of the water. Power is taken from the shaft 13 through a gear-wheel 32. In a modification, the sleeve extends through the circular plate 15; the links 23 being inside the wheel and connected to the pins 19 at the ends which slide in slots in the plate 16. In a frame 6 are mounted on vertical spindles 9 a number of gates 8, which are directed so that they concentrate the water on one side of the wheel. The gates are moved by wheels 12, and may be locked in any desired position by a sector 10 and clip 11.
Patent GB-190802463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window and like Fasteners.
Inventor: GREENWOOD JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 2463. Greenwood, J. Feb. 4. Sash fastenings.-A sash, casement, or cupboard fastener comprises a slotted plate i which is pivoted on an horizontal axis in a bracket j, which is itself pivoted on a pin h. The plate i is secured by a turn-stud d, and is formed with a projection k which fits a recess in the plate c. A stop g limits the motion of the plate in an horizontal direction, and the form of the hinge limits that in a vertical direction. Specifications No. 21,285, A.D. 1895, No. 5910, A.D. 1901, and No. 28,958, A.D. 1906, are referred to. In the Provisional Specification, there is also described a modification consisting of a hook-ended plate, pivoted only on a vertical pin and engaging with a stud which screws down upon, or otherwise secures the plate.
Patent GB-190803292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stands and Hanging Supports intended more especially for the Display of Goods in Shop Windows
Inventor: HILL JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-13
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 3292. Hill, J., and Kelly, M. G. Feb. 13. Conveyers.-One or more display-stands or hanging supports have flat, round, or rectangular castiron or other bases B provided with a sheet metal or other guide-way C, and bearing a shelf which is adjustable at right-angles to the direction of motion of the stand. The bases B have cored holes provided with rollers G or other antifrictional devices. Screws H or other means are provided for locking the bases in position. The stands have ledges L with raised edges N, which carry screws U for adjusting the position of the shelf K. Rails may be employed instead of shelves, and, further, the column A may be telescopic.
Patent GB-190804052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Processes of Melting in Electric Furnaces and their Application to the Extraction of Metals.
Inventor: HENRI HERRENSCHMIDT
Filed: 1908-02-22
Abstract: 4052. Herrenschmidt, H. Feb. 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] [Application for Patent of Addition to No. 24,517, A.D. 1907.] Electric furnaces.-The method of melting and extracting volatila substances or metals in an electric furnace under a layer of slag, described in Specification No. 24,517, A.D. 1907, is now applied to less volatile substances, such as copper or iron, which are thus protected against overheating. The process may be combined with that described in Specification No. 20,377, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys], the gangue of the ore being analyzed and the materials necessary to form the required slag therewith placed in the furnace first, after which a mixture of the ore, carbon, and a boron compound is added.
Patent GB-190804964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrically Controlled Railway Points and Signals.
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 4964. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Ferreira, L. de M. G. March 4. Interdocking-apparatus.-In the check-lock system of controlling signals and points, such as is described in Specification No'. 10,778, A.D. 1906, the checklock on the points lever is obviated by the use of a controlling-magnet, which acts as a relay to close the earthing circuit and controls the signal-motor circuit to prevent movement of the signal when the points are not closed. The signal lever m operates a motor l through a switch k and is locked in its intermediate position until the motor has completed its work, as described in Specification No. 26,985, A.D. 1906. The circuit of the motor l includes a contact-bar c attached to the armature of a relay magnet d in the points-lever apparatus, which only closes the circuit of that motor when the points are closed. In the condition shown in Fig. 1, the points are closed ; the bar c being held up by the magnet d, closes the circuit of the motor l and the signal is free to be operated. When the points are to be reversed, the lever a and switch arm bare thrown over. The circuit of the magnet d from the low-tension feeder e through a bar c<1>, contacts b<1>, b<2>, points detectors f, f <1>, and the earthing lead g is broken, the bars c, c', c<2> fall, the bar c breaks the circuit of the motor l, and the bar c<2> completes the high-tension circuit from the feeder o to the motor i. When the points are fully over, the points detectors move over to the positions f<2>, f<3>. The relay magnet d' is now energized by the hightension feeder through detectors f<2>, f<3> and the bars c<3>, c', c<5> are raised, thereby breaking the circuit of the motor i and permanently connecting up the low-tension circuit through the magnet d' to retain the bars c<3>, c', c<5> in position. The bar c<3> then completes the circuit of the motor in the other signal apparatus. In a modification, the low-tension feeder e is dispensed with, and the relay magnets are put in series with glow lamps.
Patent GB-190808519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheating.
Inventor: SCHMIDT WILHELM
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 8519. Schmidt, W. Sept. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Elastic-fluid turbines. - In multistage reciprocating engines or turbines, partly expanded steam is superheated, then utilized to superheat steam at a higher pressure, and finally expanded a g a i n. Thus, in a quadruple-expansion engine, the steam from the second stage is passed through a furnacegas superheater and used, before its admission into the third stage, to superheat the steam for the second stage. In the two - cylinder compound engine shown in Fig. 1, the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder h is conveyed by a pipe g<1> to a furnace-gas superheater, and is then taken by the pipe g<2> to the secondary superheater b to superheat the boiler steam on its way to the engine. The exhaust steam passing through the pipe g<3> from the secondary superheater to the low-pressure cylinder n is still superheated sufficiently to avoid condensation during further expansion.
Patent GB-190809146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Transformers.
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1909-04-27
Abstract: 9146. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. April 26, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1807]. Transformers. -Electric transformers for transforming direct currents of constant potential into direct currents of constant strength, and vice versa, comprise one or more armatures and one or more fields arranged so that two magnetic fluxes can be generated in axes at right-angles to one another. Fig. 1 represents a directcurrent armature a provided with h a commutatork. Two sets of brushes 1, 2 in axes at rightangles to one another form the terminals of the primary and secondary circuits. An iron stator s serves as a return path for the magnetic flux. Current of constant potential supplied to the brushes 1, while the armature or the brushes are rctated, is transformed at the brushes 2 to a current of constant strength, and vice versa. A combination of two such devices on the same shaft in which the secondary terminals of one are connected to the primary terminals of the other, will transform a current of constant potential or constant strength into one having a like characteristic. The two armatures may be wound on the same core, in which case the commutator corresponding to the first armature winding is shortcircuited by brushes in an axis at right-angles to the primary terminals. The air-gap provided in Fig. 1 may be dispensed with, the armature conductors being wound in holes in the laminated core. The fields may be generated, as in the foregoirig cases, solely by the rotor currents ; or windings w<1>, w<2>, Fig. 7, may be provided on the stator, either to increase or decrease the armature fields in either axis to provide means for regulating. Such windings are connected in series with each of the armature circuits, as shown. To improve the commutation, notches may be formed in the stator in the region of the brushes ; or auxiliary windings, supplied with current in series with the main armature windings but arranged to generate flux in opposition to the main flux, may be wound in slots on the stator in the region of the brushes. In all cases, the armature or the brushes may rotate. The rotation may be effected by the currents in the apparatus, either by using them to drive a small motor or by providing windings w<o>, Fig. 7, on the stator excited from the non-coaxial rotor circuits to produce a torque. The speed of the machine may be regulated by suitably proportioning the magnetizing-coils ; in general, the rotor currents, constant or variable, may be used in combination to control the speed of the machine automatically.. By displacing the brushes from their middle position relatively to the stator fields, the rotation of the armature may also be effected. Specifications Nos..1211 and 3949, A.D. 1882, No. 6160, A.D. 1887, No. 15,318, A.D. 1892, No. 20,926, A.D. 1903, and No. 23,881, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190816397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Sewage Sludge.
Inventor: GROSSMANN JACOB
IPC: C02F11/13
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-08-04
Abstract: 16,397. Grossmann, J. Aug. 4. Retorts for distilling sewage sludge consist of a cylinder with an opening at one end through which the mixture is supplied, a discharge outlet for the residue at the other end, and an outlet at the top for the steam and products of distillation. The cylinder is fitted with steam-pipes and with a central shaft carrying agitating-arms or paddles which, if the working is to be continuous, may be fixed at any angle to give a screw-like motion towards the discharge end. It is preferred to use a retort of the kind described in Specification No. 19,922, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Distilling &c.], in which the steam is supplied through a hollow shaft and paddles with perforated ends. The retort is heated externally by direct firing or by means of waste heat, steam, water or sand. A somewhat longer retort may be used, the sludge being dried and mixed with acid at the supply end. The distillation may be carried out under a vacuum or slight pressure.
Patent GB-190817139-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of New Acid Derivatives of Aminoarylarsinic Acids.
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 17,139. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning. Aug. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Organo-metallic compounds; carbamide and thiocarbamide derivatives.-Carbamide and thiocarbamide derivatives of p-aminoarylarsonic acids are produced by the action of cyanic acid or sulphocyanic acid, or an ester of one of these acids, on arsanilic acid or a homologue or derivative thereof. In examples products are produced from sodium p-aminophenylarsonate and potassium cyanate, arsanilic acid and potassium sulphocyanide, sodium p-aminophenylarsonate and phenyl cyanate, and sodium-o-toluidine arsonate and potassium cyanate. The o-toluidinearsonic acid is produced by heating o-toluidine with arsenic acid. Specification No. 3934, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190819775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blow Lamps.
Inventor: HALL ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 19,775. Hall, A. E. Sept. 21. Flame protectors.-A shield A for blow-lamp burner tubes is made of circular cross-section, except for a slot all along the underside to admit air, is tapered at the rear, and has sides a<5> straightened at the end and cut away in places so as to fit over the valve stems. The shield is secured by a curved wire b<1> passed through holes B in its sides and under the handle or other part of the blow-lamp, the wire being inserted with ends directed upwards and then rotated.
Patent GB-190819805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: HARE EDWARD HAROLD
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 19,805. Hare, E. H. April 21, 1909. Aerial machines without aerostats; aeroplanes; steering.-In an aeroplane of the bi-plane type, adapted to travel in the direction of its longer axis, the planes are formed of a number of narrow strips a arranged in the same plane transversely of the frame of the machine and separated by spaces a<1>. The outer portions k of the strips are inclined upwardly. All the corner-pieces B of the planes are hinged and are moved either simultaneously or separately by rods G from the car. The corresponding pieces of the upper and lower planes are connected by rods b<1> so as to be actuated together.
Patent GB-190822426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Insulation of Switches, Current Breakers, Automatic Switches and the like.
Inventor: PEYRUSSON ANTOINE EDOUARD
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 22,426. Peyrusson, A. E. Oct. 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Switches.-The electrodes of switches, circuitbreakers, &c., particularly those used on hightension work, are immersed in carbon tetrachloride instead of oil. To prevent evaporation, some substance insoluble in carbon -tetrachloride, for example, glycerine mixed with water, is used as a surface seal.
Patent GB-190903123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coin Freed Apparatus.
Inventor: HORNE RICHARD CHARLES
IPC: G07F17/16
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1910-02-09
Abstract: 3123. Horne, R. C. Feb. 9. Exhibiting models; coin action, weight.-A realistic representation of the flight of an air-ship is obtained by the insertion of a coin. A model b of an air-ship is suspended by wires f<7> from carriers f<6> which travel round a track g, the carriers being connected by jointed arms f<5>, f<4> to a shaft o rotated through bevel gearing f<3>, cords f and gearing f by an electric motor e. After prepayment, the operator pushes in a hand-bar and rotates a ratchet e' fast on the motor-driven shaft e<2>, thereby rotating the shaft o sufficiently to move an extension f<8> on one of the arms f<4> from the lever f <9>. This lever is connected by a cord o', Fig. 3, to a gate h and contact h<3>, which then drop and close, through a fixed contact h<4>, one gap in the circuit of a lamp n for illuminating the airship and of a motor b<2> for driving the paddles b<3>. The inserted coin depresses a lever k<1> closing at k', k<5> the circuit of the motor e, a second lever m dropping simultaneously and completing at m<1>, m<2> the circuit of the lamp n and motor b<2>. The carriers f then move round the track, and, just before the completion of the course, the extension f<8> depresses a lever o<3>, thereby drawing back a gate h<5> by means of a cord o', and permitting the return of the levers m, k<1> and the escape of the coin to a second lever o<4>. The depression of this lever keeps the circuit of the motor e closed through a contact h<x> on the gate h until this gate is withdrawn by the engagement of the extension f <8> with the lever f<9>, the coin passing to a pan p on the lever p<1>. The lever p<1> withdraws a catch from a drawer, enabling the operator to obtain a card &c., the opening of the drawer withdraws a gate q, permitting the coin to pass to the money-box t.
Patent GB-190903326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas-producers.
Inventor: JABS ASMUS
IPC: C10J3/62
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 3326. Jabs, A. Feb. 10. Fuel, feeding.- The feed shoot of a gas-producer is formed with louverlike walls so that the fuel may be dried and distilled before reaching the grate. The shoot is enclosed in a casing B provided with baffles H, and the fuel is traversed several times by that part of the g a s which passes through an opening F. The rest of gas escapes through a conduit E.
Patent GB-190904932-A (GB)
Title: A New Apparatus for Playing Imitation Football.
Inventor: SARJEANT THOMAS ARTHUR
IPC: A63F7/06
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 4932. Sargeant, T. A. March 1. Table games. - An apparatus for playing imitation football is of box-like form and is provided with a floor consisting of shutters b, b<1> pivoted on pins d. Goals g are situated at each end of the floor. The shutters b are swung upwards by striking keys c, while the alternate shutters b<1> are operated to drive the ball in the opposite direction by means of keys c<1>. Stops h and supports f are provided for the shutters.
Patent GB-190906574-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Electrical Depth Recorder.
Inventor: IRELAND DAVID
IPC: G01C13/00
Filed: 1909-09-17
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 6574. Ireland, D. Sept. 17. Sounding - apparatus. -Relates to a device of the type in which the pressure of the water forces a piston along a tube, one end of which is open to the water, the tube being provided with a series of electric contacts. The tube A is of insulating - material, and the leathercovered piston B is in two parts, between which is a layer of mercury C, the upper part being screwed into the lower part until it touches the surface of the mercury. The mercury is adapted to coact with two series of electric contacts D, E arranged on opposite sides of the tube A. The contacts E are connected to a single wire K, and the contacts D are either connected by a single wire J to a step-by-step indicator on the ship, or are each connected by a separate wire to a separate indicating-bell &c. The wires are carried in the form of a cable to the drum of a winch. The piston B rises against the action of a spring G covered on both sides with rubber &c. Specifications 1545/61 and 3967/86 are referred to.
Patent GB-190908255-A (GB)
Title: Brace or Suspender for Personal Wear.
Inventor: HAWKINSON JAMES
IPC: A41F3/04
Filed: 1909-04-06
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 8255. Hawkinson, J. April 6. Braces.-The ends of braces &c. are supported by a spring device. A split ring D which supports the tabs passes through the end of the spring-supported piston C. Two wings of sheet metal are secured to the outer tube A, and are bent through the eye carried on the brace or like strap. If the device is applied to the back of the brace, the wings are placed at the lower end of the tube A.
Patent GB-190908576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Tines of Swath Turners, Side Delivery Rakes and the like.
Inventor: BAMFORD SAMUEL BRASSINGTON
IPC: A01D78/00
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 8576. Bamford, S. B., and Bamford, O. J. April 8. Haymaking.-In swath-turners, rakes, &c. such as those described in Specification 19,648/05, the tines are pivoted in sockets carried by the rake bars and are free to swing through a limited distance. The plain or coiled tines b are pivoted on the clamping-bolts d with their heads bearing against, or in close proximity to, the ends of the sockets c. The distance through which the tines swing is limited by the width of the recesses in the sockets c. When the machine is reversible, the recesses are wide enough to allow straight tines to swing in either direction. Specification 18,048/07, is referred to.