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Patent GB-190813812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Latches.
Inventor: DEAN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 13,812. Dean, C. June 30. Locks, key.-A lever lock is provided with a number of detectors, each of which is adapted for independent actuation. The lock, shown as applied to a padlock, is provided with two bolts 11, 23, the former of which has a locking-lever 14 with a stump 15 engaging the gating 18 in the bolt. If the lever be lifted too high by a false key that also tends to withdraw the bolt, it may be caught and held by the notch 19 of the bolt gating. The bolt 23 is provided with a detector lever 24, which if lifted too high by a false key is held up to block the bolt by a spring pawl 31 from which it can be released only by the proper key turned in the reverse direction, a pin 21 being provided on the casing to prevent the turning of a false key in this direction. The detector 24 has a pin 28, by means of which it may be lifted by the ordinary locking-lever of the bolt, should the latter lever be raised too high. A second detector 42, Fig. 8, is arranged with a hook 44 to snap over a pin 41 on a lever 39, which can be raised by the proper key to release the detector. A curtain barrel 1 is provided, having a projection 8, for which a slot has to be cut into the end of the key barrel.
Patent GB-190814644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Embossing, Glazing, Printing and Performing similar Operations upon Leather, Paper and other Materials.
Inventor: HALEY SAM
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 14,644. Haley, S. July 10 Printing leather; embossing. - I n a machine for embossing, glazing, or printing on leather, skins, paper, &c., in which the leather is pressed between a movable die-plate 3 and a travelling cylinder 5, improved means for raising and lowering the die-box are employed. The pressure of the cylinder 5 against the leather may be adjusted by turning the shaft 26 through the worm shown. Adjustable stops 16 on the striker bar 17 regulate the travel of the carriage 4. A handle 20, through the rack and pinion 22, 21, and lever 24, also operates the strikerbar 15 when desired. The loose pulley 11 is made wider than the loose pulley 12, and is continuously driven so as to actuate the shaft 33 through the belt 32. The toggle - levers 38 for raising and lowering the platecarrier or die-box 2 are operated by an eccentric 37 on the s h a f t 36, intermittently rotated for half a revolution when the pedal 44 is depressed, by the following mechanism : The pedal 44 operates a bellcrank lever 41, on the shaft of which are also a lever 45 and a cam 53. By these devices there is a simultaneous release of a catch-plate 39 from the dog 41<a>, and of a brake on the shaft 36, through the lever 51 with weight 52 being lifted by the cam 53, and an engagement of the clutch 48 through the links &c. 45<a>, 45<b>, 46, 47, which turns the shaft 36 through half a revolution until the catch 41<a> drops into the opposite recess. The plate 3 is thus alternately raised and lowered. Springs 54 keep stretched the apron 25, on which the work is laid. Any desired steam, hot-water, electrical &c. heating devices, and a thermometer, may be arranged in the platecarrier 22.
Patent GB-190816549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Car Couplers.
Inventor: SOLE JOHN WALKER FLAVELL
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 16,549. Sole, J. W. F., Mackle, J. F., and Farley, A. F. Aug. 5. Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling of the Janney type, the draw-head is made substantially solid to secure strength ; the knuckle is arranged so that when in the open position it cannot be closed accidentally, but only under the action of a force such as occurs upon the impact of the vehicles ; and means are provided whereby the locking-pin, after it has been raised and retained in the uncoupled position, is not released until the knuckle has been swung almost entirely open, so that a partial separation of the couplers such as sometimes occurs during irregular shunting does not permit the pin to fall and eventually to lock the couplers when they come together again. Further, the draw-bead is fitted with a pivoted guard which has a limited outward swing to facilitate coupling upon curves. The draw-bead G is recessed upon its upper and lower faces as shown in Fig. 6, to receive the wings I, J of the knuckle A and pivoted guard C, respectively. The locking- pin E is formed with two recesses c, Fig. 5, through which the wings I of the knuckle swing when the pin is raised. The upper edges of these recesses are inclined as shown, and corresponding inclines j are formed on the wings I. The formation of these inclines and the weight of the pin F are sufficient to prevent accidental closure of the knuckle ; but upon the impact of the vehicles, the inclines co-operate to raise the pin and allow the knuckle to close. The pin is further formed at the side with a projecting incline d, which, when the pin is lifted, slips past a catch-piece F pivoted at g to the draw-head and is retained in a raised position. The catch-piece F is raised so as to release the pin towards the end of the opening movement of the knuckle, by a projection i formed on the upper wirg I. The outward swing of the riveted guard C is limited by the contact of shoulders a, b, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190823577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Toys.
Inventor: GILL JAMES FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 23,577. Gill, J. F., and Aveling, T. C. Nov. 4. Dolls; toy animals.-A toy is made of aluminium in the form of a human head, animal, or other object, and a growth resembling hair or wool is produced on the surface of the toy by rubbing it with mercury or a solid amalgam of, say, tin and mercury. The solid amalgam may be made to resemble in outward appearance some known hairrestorer, or the mercury may be contained in a bottle or collapsible tube similar to those containing known hair-restorers.
Patent GB-190825823-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Facilitating Escape in the Event of Fire.
Inventor: SCHERRER FRANZ
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 25,823. Scherrer, F. Nov. 30. Fire-escapes.-Relates to fire-escapes of the kind described in Specifications No. 11,275, A.D. 1894, No. 20,140, A.D. 1896, No. 24,498, A.D. 1901, and No. 14,894, A.D. 1905, in which ladders, arranged vertically above one another in the window apertures of a building, are adapted to be swung out at right-angles to the face of the building, a continuous vertical ladder being formed with the aid of slidable connecting-ladders carried by the swinging ladders. According to the present invention, the swinging ladder sections a, instead of being mounted on a single operating-shaft, are each connected by arms b to a separate swinging- shaft c, actuated by spur-wheels or toothed segments h, i and a vertical shaft k, which extends through the floors and ceilings throughout the entire height of the building, and is adapted to be rotated from any floor by means of a crank o and bevel-gear m, l. The mechanism for releasing and supporting the vertically-slidable connecting-ladder sections is mounted on the lower portions of the swinging ladder sections.
Patent GB-190900491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Gelatinous Silica.
Inventor: POULSON ANDREW
IPC: C01B33/154
Filed: 1909-01-08
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 491. Poulson, A. Jan. 8. Silica. -- Gelatinous silica is prepared by mixing a solution of silicate of soda of a density of about 25‹ Tw. with dilute hydrochloric acid of about 15<o> Tw., and washing out the sodium chloride after gelatinization has taken place.
Patent GB-190907905-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Disazo-dyestuff.
IPC: C07F9/74
Filed: 1909-04-02
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 7905. Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin-Fabrikation. April 14, 1908, [Convention date]. Disazo dyes.-A blue disazo dye is obtained by combining 1 : 8 : 3 : 6 - aminonaphthol disulphonic acid first with one molecular proportion of diazotized p-aminophenylarsonic acid in acid solution and then with a second molecular proportion of the diazo compound in alkaline solution. The product has medicinal properties.
Patent GB-190908841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Construction of Furnaces.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 8841. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. April 14. Down-draught furnaces; air, supplying; baffles.- In a down-draught boiler or like furnace, supplied above the fire with air heated in hollow fire-bars c, a combustion chamber h at the rear is provided with an arch i, having vertical passages j for the products of combustion. The ash-pit k and the chamber h may be lined with refractory material.
Patent GB-190913045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Kitchen Sinks.
Inventor: POPP JOHANN
IPC: E03C1/264
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 13,045. Popp, J. June 3. Sink waste fittings. - Perforated guard - plates for retaining solid matter comprise an horizontal plate a and a cup portion e supported by hooks b. The part e may be either integral with, or attached to, the plate a.
Patent GB-190917751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines having a Rotary Tool or Brush for Applying Cement or other Coating Material to Stock.
IPC: A43D25/18
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 17,751. Roberts, W. T. B., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. July 30. Coating - machines. - A machine having a rotary brush or tool for applying cement or other coating-material to boots, shoes, &c. is provided with means for simultaneously operating a valve which controls the supply of cement &c. to the brush, and a clutch which controls the rotation of the brush. A three-armed lever, pivoted at EX, has an arm E<2> connected with a treadle &c., a second arm E<3> fitted with a screw to limit the movements of the lever, and a third arm E<1> which operates a clutch D to connect the shaft C of the brush C<Î> with the driving-shaft B and also operates a supply valve J through a lever H and connecting-rod G. The connexion between the lever H and the rod G is adjustable to vary the amount of opening of the valve.
Patent GB-190918638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements appertaining to Stop Motion Mechanism for Machines for Combing Cotton and like Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: SEDDON EDWIN
IPC: D01G19/04
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 18,638. Seddon, E., and Birch, A. Aug. 13. Stop-motions.-In cotton and like combing- machines, the vertically-disposed detector levers a<1>, a<3> carrying the usual funnel guides a are arranged with the preponderance of weight above the pivot a<2>. Should the sliver fail or break, the lower end a<3> of the corresponding lever moves into the path of a corresponding wiper f on a shaft f<1>, which, in the form shown, is driven by gearing from the calender roller b<1> through a clutch g, g<1>. The member g and pinion b<5> of the gearing are slidable on the shaft f<1> against the action of a spring h<2>, and are connected with a rod h, the inclined end h<3> of which may lift a rod k. When a guide-lever a<1>, a<3> arrests the shaft f<1>, the rotation of the pinion b<5> forces the clutch member g endways, and moves the rods h, k. The rod k actuates any known belt-shifting gear to stop the machine. Fig. 3 shows the rod k connected to a slotted arm m, a projection m<2> on the longitudinally-movable spring-controlled rod of the belt-shifting gear being normally outside the slot. The same stop - mechanism may be employed in connexion with the drawing-rollers that carry forward the whole of the slivers from the various combing-cylinders. A single guidelever receives the slivers, and its wiper shaft is geared to the other wiper shaft f <1>. Should any of the slivers fail to reach this guide, the machine is stopped. The choking of a guidefunnel by its sliver or slivers will also have the effect of stopping the machine.
Patent GB-190920106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Joints.
Inventor: BEAVER CHARLES JAMES
IPC: H01R4/50
Filed: 1909-09-02
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 20,106. Beaver, C, J., and Claremont, E. A. Sept. 2. Couplings.-To prevent corrosion due to galvanic action in junctions of dissimilar metals, a casing, made wholly or partly of insulating- material, encloses the connexion and is fitted with bituminous or waxy compound. In the form shown, one end of the connecter is modified to form one end of the casing. The two conductors a, b of dissimilar metals are connected by a split tube c' and nuts c<1>, c<2> which engage an outer sleeve c, all of which are made of the same metal as the conductor a. The sleeve c is threaded to engage the casing f, which is closed at the other end by a gland g. When the casing is of metal, it is similar to the conductor a, and the gland g is of insulating-material; and when the casing is of insulating-material, the gland g may be either of insulating - material or of metal similar to the conductor b. The composition e is poured into the shell either through the end of the casing before the insertion of the gland g or through a plug h. Slots are formed in the sleeve c to allow the composition to pass into the internal parts of the connecter.
Patent GB-190920129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Means for, the Production of Long Continuous Electric Arcs.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-09-02
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 20,129. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Sept. 2. Gases, treating with electric discharge.-In the production of a long stable arc in a tube or the like, as described in Specification 14,955/05, the air or other gas is now caused to flow in different directions in different parts of the tube. In one arrangement gas is introduced at or near the middle part of the tube and is withdrawn at or near the ends, for instance through water - cooled electrodes. In other furnaces a peripheral and a central current of gas flow in n opposite directions. The former current may proceed from an annular space between an exit funnel and the main tube, the lower end of which is closed ; or it may be given a helical movement from tangential holes in a ring E, Fig. 2. The gas may previously be passed through an annular space surrounding the tube R. The exit funnel K, or a separate piece within it, may serve as electrode. The tube may be connected to the lower electrode P. The tube may taper downwards, and part of the gas may be introduced at its lower end ; it may then serve as the lower electrode. The exit funnel may be cooled. The tube may have an annular inlet for the gas at each end, the returning axial currents escaping through the electrodes ; an annular partition may be provided at the middle of the tube. The arc may rotate when one electrode is annular. Specifications 9279/06, 22,201/07, and 2216/09, are referred to.
Patent GB-190925087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bars for Fastening Doors.
Inventor: COHEN LIONEL
IPC: E05C19/08
Filed: 1909-11-01
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 25,087. Cohen, L. Nov. 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Obstruction bars.-A plate a having a stud b is secured to the door jamb, and a plate c having studs d, e is secured to the door. A plate f comprises two hinged parts 1, 2, of which the part 1 is provided with a long keyhole slot to engage over the stud b, and the part 2 with two keyhole slots 3, 4 to engage the studs d, e when the bar f is in position to secure the door. A hook g retains the studs in the narrow parts of the slots.
Patent GB-190925547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knives or Tools for Cutting or Paring the Bark of India-rubber Trees and for the like Purposes.
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE SMITH
IPC: A01G23/12
Filed: 1909-11-05
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 25,547. Brown, G. S. Nov. 5. Cutting-appliances.- The blade c of a knife for tapping indiarubber trees and for like purposes, of the type in which the blade has four cutting-edges so that the operator may cut in any direction, is securely held on the holder b by end notches h, which engage with projections g on the side guards d, and by a bolt k and spring washer l. The bolt k passes through an aperture e in the central guard d. The shank of the holder may be provided with an hexagonal or other opening for engaging the nut upon the bolt k of another knife. The guards d may be connected by cross-bars bearing pins.
Patent GB-190928958-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Smokeless Furnace.
Inventor: NOLDNER BRUNO
Filed: 1909-12-10
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 28,958. Noldner, B. Dec. 10. Down-draught furnaces; grates. -A downdraught furnace for heating steam-boilers &c. has two sets of firebars a, b, the bars of the upper set a being spaced wider apart than the bars of the lower set b. Air for combustion enters through a slot d in the fire-door. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1904/68.
Patent GB-190929877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Subdividing Dough.
Inventor: TEICHMANN OTTO
Filed: 1909-12-21
Granted: 1911-02-21
Abstract: 29,877. Teichmann, O. Dec. 21. Cylinder machines; rotary-mould-table machines; feeding and measuring.-Dough is divided by means of cutters carried by a rotating body situated in a delivery channel directly connected with the charging-hopper. In one form, a rotating plate 1, Fig. 1, closing the outlet of the hopper 4, carries a series of curved blades 5 which are forced outwards by springs 8 so as to engage with, and subdivide the dough. Adjustment of the portions divided is provided by means of a cam-controlled plate 14 forming one side of the dividing channel 2, the movement of the cutters being correspondingly regulated by means of a similar cam-controlled plate coacting with rollers carried by the cutters. Fig. 7 shows a modification, in which a conical plate 1 is employed, carrying fixed cutters 5 and fitted with discharging-pistons 24. To maintain an even pressure upon the dough, the channel 2 is fitted with a spring or weighted piston.
Patent GB-191009200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Shuttlecocks.
Inventor: GEISLER PIERRE
IPC: A63B67/18
Filed: 1910-04-15
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 9200. Geisler, P. April 15. Shuttlecocks.-Relates to a metallic bracelet or band for binding or supporting the feathers of a shuttlecock, comprising in the preferred form two separate bands stamped from thin metal and adapted to be secured together so that the stems of the feathers are enclosed and spaced uniformly. The bands are stamped in such a curve, Fig. 3, that, when the ends are connected, an horizontal circle is formed notwithstanding the conical arrangement of the feathers. The two bands are formed with semicircular channels 3, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, to receive the feathers, and the two bands are secured together by tongues 5, Figs. 1 and 4, on one band being passed through openings 9, Fig. 1, in the other, and turned over. Several modified constructions are described; in one form only one band is employed and formed with tongues which are folded round the stems of the feathers; in another, a metal strip is laced round the stems of the feathers and through slots in the band; or tongues 17, 18, Fig. 12, are formed on the upper and lower edges of one channeled band and then bent over and under the other band; or two similar bands are formed with equidistant holes, and are secured together by eyelets.
Patent GB-191016747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Wire-bound Box Blanks.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B27M3/36
Filed: 1910-07-13
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 16,747. Lake, W. E., [Healy, W.]. July 13. Stapling. - Cleat-reinforced and wire-bound box blanks are fed through the stapling- machine by pushers which engage the rear end of the rear-most sheet of veneer ; the spacing - blocks between the cleats are loose, and may be dispensed with if the cleats are previously nailed to the sheets of veneer. The cleats are laid in channel-shaped guides D, D', the sides of one or both of which may engage the edges of the veneers, gauges J or L positioning the rearmost cleat on each side. The gauges J engage the cleats only, and are fixed to the guides; they are low enough to allow the pushers to pass over them. T h e gauges L are pivoted to the guides, and are spring-supported; they engage the cleats and the veneer, and are depressed by the pushers as these pass. Spacing-blocks of any desired character are placed in the guides between the cleats; these blocks may carry members to position the veneers if necessary. No adjustment of the machine is necessary for longitudinal variation in the dimensions of the blank. Each box-blank, when assembled, is intermittently fed by chains H, H' connected by pushers I having blocks i, i<1> wherewith to engage the rear edge of the blank. The spacing - blocks may be omitted if the cleats are properly nailed to the veneers before the blank is assembled, the abutting edges of the veneer transmitting the feeding pressure and spacing the cleats. The level of the pushers I varies with the character of the guides, being coincident with the level of the veneers if the guides have no veneer-engaging flanges, but otherwise being somewhat higher, the pusher blocks projecting down to feed the blank. Clamps N hold the blank down in suitable places, and may be yieldingly supported, if necessary, to allow the pushers to pass beneath them. The machine is readily adjusted for blanks of different widths by shifting the guide D<1> and the pusher-block i<1> laterally. The machine is long enough to accommodate two box-blanks; and the feed of the chains may be accelerated and made continuous by operating a clutch lever p to bring the second blank to the stapling-devices rapidly when the first blank is completed. A separate handle Q controls the stapling - devices. Two kinds of box - blank which may be made in the machine, with or without spacing-blocks, are shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In the first, step-mounted cleats, shorter than the veneers, are placed so that their rear ends are flush with the rear ends of the veneers. These blanks can only be bent one way. In the second, the cleats are rabbeted and placed as illustrated with regard to the cleats.
Patent GB-191020661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Tube Lightning Apparatus.
Inventor: BROUGHAM FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: H01J61/28
Filed: 1910-09-05
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 20,661. Brougham, F. J., [Moore Electrical Co.]. Sept. 5. Liquid-seal vadves.-A device for automatically admitting gas to a vacuum-tube as required is constructed so as to be put out of action when the tube is tilted from its normal position. A tube 3 attached to the vacuumtube has an opening fitted with a plug 4 of material, such as gas carbon, pervious to gas but not to mercury. A chamber 5 is designed so that mercury contained in it completely covers the plug except when the apparatus is in its upright position and an armature 6 is raised by an external electro-magnet 7. Gas is supplied to the mercury chamber through a second porous plug 9. The plugs may be partly bored to render them more pervious. The armature has a central aperture, and is grooved at the top and side; a cushion 10 is provided. In a modification, the chamber 5 is extended upwards and encloses the stationary core of the electro-magnet, this core being kept in place by rubber stoppers; the second porous plug for supplying gas to the mercury chamber is inserted in the lower stopper.
Patent GB-191020960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Matrix Setting and Type Line Casting Machines.
IPC: B41B11/00
Filed: 1910-05-23
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 20,960. Degener, H., and General Composing Co. May 23. Cleaning spacers. - The spacers are cleaned while passing through a discharge shoot 78, by means of a sheet 76 of emery cloth or the like, which is carried by a spring 70 projecting into the shoot. T h e spring is hooked by means of recesses over two studs on the wall 74, and is provided with stoplugs 75, which may engage the wall. The emery cloth is secured by a screw 77, and the bottom part hangs freely over the spring. The emery cloth may be changed by loosening a screw, it being unnecessary to take to pieces any parts of the machine.