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Patent GB-190724865-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Production of White Lead and Lead Carbonate.
Inventor: MORRIS FRANK WALTER
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 24,865. Morris, F. W., Raine, J. B., Kerr, J., and McLachlan, C. Nov. 9. Hydrogen.-Sodium or potassium formate solution is electrolyzed between lead electrodes in a divided cell which may be of the Castner-Kellner type having a partition dipping into a mercury seal. Formic acid is produced at the anode, and attacks the anode, forming lead formate. Hydrogen and alkali are produced at the cathode.
Patent GB-190728632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nut Locks
Inventor: GRAHAM SIDNEY JOHNSON
IPC: F16B37/02
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 28,632. Graham, S. J. Dec. 30. Locking nuts.-A resilient and dished washer 1, which is screwed on to a bolt above a nut, is formed with resilient tongues 3 and teeth 4, which bite into the threads of the bolt and prevent backward rotation.
Patent GB-190801913-A (GB)
Title: Train Controlling Mechanism for Automatically Applying the Brakes
Inventor: THOMPSON JAMES THEODORE
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 1913. Thompson, J. T. Feb. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Locomotives.-An emergency valve in the brake pipe is operated so as to be opened and again closed independently of the driver. The means particularly described consists of an electromagnet having g a permanently magnetized armature, a switch being arranged to reverse the current in the solenoid automatically in order to close the valve. The apparatus is put in action by a track contact 2, which is moved into operative position in conjunction with the signals or otherwise and serves to close a circuit from the battery 71 through a shoe 7 to an electro-magnet 70, which moves a switch arm 21 on to contacts 35, 38, where it is locked by a latch 57 engaging the stud 47. The magnet 20 is thereby energized from a battery 41 and draws a permanent magnet 30, which forms its core, and through a bell-crank 28 moves a bar 24 to the left, thereby actuating a valve 11. This valve normally connects the driver's valve, which is in communication with its upper port, to the trainpipe. When the plug 15 of the valve is displaced by the bar 24, the upper port is closed, the lower port is connected to an escape nipple 17, and the brakes are applied. The movement of the bar 24 is controlled by a dash-pot 66. When this movement is completed, a stop 55 rocks the latch 57 and releases the switch arm 21, which is then moved by a spring 62 pressing against the end 60 of a slot in the bar 24 so as to make contact on the studs 36, 37, thereby reversing the current in the magnet 20 and causing the reverse movement of the bar 24 and resetting the apparatus to normal. The switch arm is released from a latch 58 at the end of its stroke, but is only moved to its mid position, springs 63, 65 being so adjusted. A recording- apparatus 88 operated by the movement of the bar 24 may be added.
Patent GB-190804286-A (GB)
Title: Improved Suspension Device for Microphones.
Inventor: TARDIEU VICTORIEN
Filed: 1907-11-16
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 4286. Tardieu, V. Nov. 16, 1907. Telephones.-In a suspension device for microphones used by exchange operators, provision is made for enabling each operator always to use his own instrument, which is detachable from the suspension device for this purpose. The metal strips 1, 2 of the suspension device are connected to terminals 3 and to an insulating-block 4. The strip 1 terminates in a spring 6, and the strip 2 in a block 7 which is bored, as shown in Fig. 4, to receive a cylindrical projection from the microphone flange and has also a notch 8 as shown in Fig. 1. The strips 10, 11, Fig. 5, form a flange enclosing the microphone, the strip 10 having a terminal 15 and the strip 11 a terminal 16 separated from the terminal 15 by an insulating-block 17. The microphone is fitted to the suspender by pressing the cylindrical projection on the flange into its place between the block 7 and the spring 6, the pin 19 fitting into the notch 8, which forms a bayonet - joint. Contact is made through the strips 10, 11 by means of strips on the microphone flange. The suspension apparatus is carried by a chain or wire, and its height can be adjusted. Specifications No. 11,262, A.D. 1904, and No. 25,448, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190804728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thrashing-machines
Inventor: NIELSEN PEDER
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 4728. Nielsen, P. March 2. Thrashing machines.- The beaters are fitted with wings d inclined at about 45 degrees to a plane tangential to the drum at the bars k from which the wings extend. Air inlets g in the sides of the machine and spaces h are provided through which air is drawn by the wings and thrown against the clover, corn, seed, or other material being thrashed, to assist in separating the grain from the straw.
Patent GB-190811582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Facing Bricks Divisible into Halves.
Inventor: WAGNER GEORG
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 11,582. Wagner, G. May 28. Bricks &c.-A double block is moulded with two longitudinal grooves a, a<1> and two L-shaped perforations g, so that it can be readily divided along the grooves into two L-shaped facing-bricks by striking it with a hammer.
Patent GB-190812051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Art of Transforming Wood
Inventor: HALL WILLIAM AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 12,051. Hall, W. A. June 3. Wood, colouring.-Cheap woods are coloured to imitate mahogany, walnut, &c. in such a manner that the wood is coloured throughout, and pigmentlike deposits are formed in the more porous portions to develop the grain. The wood may be first heated by steam or other means and subjected to a vacuum, and is then impregnated under pressure and subsequently boiled or steamed at about 100‹ C. The colouring - solution comprises matters which dialyze through the wood to different extents, and may consist of a bark or wood extract, such as those of hemlock, spruce, or mahogany, to which aniline or like dyes may be added. Specifications No. 11,333, A.D. 1899, and No. 12,157, A.D. 1900, are referred to.
Patent GB-190814110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Air Gas Producing Plants.
Inventor: HOLROYD JOHN
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 14,110. Holroyd, J. July 3. Carburetting.-An airgas plant comprises a rotary carburettor, a rotary blower, an engine for driving thecarburettor and blower actuated by some of the gas produced, and a gas-holder arranged to control the supply of liquid and air to the carburettor. Hydrocarbon is supplied through a sight-feed n and nozzle k to a wick or wicks m leading into the interior of the carburettor a, which contains a rotatable wheel e consisting of a zigzag arrangement of gauze, cotton, or the like partly covered by a shield t. During rotation, wicks s dip into a tray r to pick up hydrocarbon which may have accumulated. Air is forced through the carburettor by a rotary blower b, and the carburetted air passes away at g to a gas-holder c, the inlet pipe h of which is provided with a valve u or with a liquid seal formed by bending the pipe to dip into water in a vessel w, Fig. 5, carried on a float v in the gas-holder. The blower and carburettor are driven by a hot-air or gas engine d supplied with some of the gas produced through a pipe z. The bell 6 of the gas-holder controls the tap p on the hydrocarbon supply pipe, and also the air supply, either by disconnecting the blower from the engine d or by allowing the escape into the atmosphere of air not required.
Patent GB-190817738-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Carburetter for Gas of Fixed Composition
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 17,738. Soc. Anon. " Paris-Ignicole." Aug. 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Screw pumps.-In a carburetting-apparatus, liquid is supplied to the carburettor from a vessel 3 containing an archimedean screw j of adjustable inclination delivering to a basin k and pipe i.
Patent GB-190819988-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Removing Superphosphates from a Decomposition Chamber and Apparatus for Carrying said Method into Effect.
Inventor: HOEVERMANN GUSTAV
Filed: 1908-09-23
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 19,988. H÷vermann, G. Sept. 23. Right to Patent relinquished. Superphosphate dens are provided with cutters arranged so that the material is cut away in slices and passes on to a central aperture. In one form of den K, Fig. 1, the material is prepared in the den, a central core m being inserted to make a free-way. Then the core m is lowered away and the shoot n moved under the aperture d. A vertical revolving shaft a, with cutters b arranged on its end so as to cut conical slices, is started and the material falls upon a conveyer o. In another form of den K, Fig. 2, the central core m is lowered to form a free-way during the preparation of the superphosphate, and is afterwards raised. The spindle p with a hollow sheath a attached is set revolving. The move - ment of the nuts u along the screws t causes the knives b, b<1>, attached to the arms q, r, to pass through a slot in the sheath a and cut away the superphosphate, which drops through the shoot n to the conveyer o. It may be arranged that the cores m are moved in to the centre from the sides of the chambers.
Patent GB-190821134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hubs for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 21,134. Willis, P. R. J., [Bastel, J. F., and Baumgartner, J. F.]. Oct. 7. Lubricating ; axle-caps.-An axle-box for wheel hubs is provided with an enlarged inner end 3, in which are made two annular grooves 5, 6 registering with two similar grooves 18, 19 formed in a collar on the axle, and is secured by one or more set-screws 8 projecting into the grooves on the axle. The outer end of the axle box is flared, and undulating longitudinal grooves are formed on the axle and box to facilitate the distribution of the lubricant, which is contained in a cap 11 screwed on the axle-box and provided with a removable plug 13. A wooden or metal hub may be used, the box being screwed into it ; or the hub and box may be made integral.
Patent GB-190822469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suction Nozzles for Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus
Inventor: BOEGEL CARL WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 22,469. Boegel, C. W. E. Oct. 28, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Vacuum Cleaning-apparatus.-The suction nozzle is adapted to withdraw the dust-laden air with a substantially constant velocity from surfaces differing in texture, and to operate in corners and on vertical surfaces. The nozzle 1, which is provided with a long inlet opening 5 for normal use, is further provided with a slotted tube 6 fitted with a spring-controlled ball valve 13, so that, if the suction through the opening 5 is restricted, as when the nozzle is applied to walls or materials of close texture, atmospheric air is admitted to the casing by way of the valve and slot, and a substantially constant suction may be maintained. The tube is screwed into one end of the casing and fitted with a closing screw-plug at one end, and an open screw-plug, forming a seat for the valve, at the other. The tube is spaced from the opening 5 sufficiently to prevent the pile of a surface from restricting the admission of air through the slot. As the nozzle has plain exterior and inclined walls 1, 2, it can readily be applied to corners and vertical surfaces.
Patent GB-190901947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coffin Handles and other like Drop Handles.
IPC: A61G17/04
Filed: 1909-01-27
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 1947. Ingall, Parsons, Clive, & Co., and Meers, C. Jan. 27. Handles.-Coffin and other drop-handles are rendered noiseless by securing the pivots a<1> of the side arms a<2> in tubular knob-like parts b<1> on the fixing-plates b by means of open or split washers c fitting over grooves in the pivots, and by a filling of lead or other binding-material d poured into the knobs from the back. The washers may be dispensed with, in which case the grooves in the pivots are made deeper. In a modification, the binding - material is not employed, the pivots being held by staples or wedges. Staple-like washers c, Fig. 4, with flanges c2 along the top and bottom edges, are sprung over the grooves in the pivots, the knobs b<1> being slightly tapered.
Patent GB-190906851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Rims of Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: HAWLEY CHARLES GILBERT
IPC: B60B23/02
Filed: 1909-03-22
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 6851. Hawley, C. G., and Baker, E. K. March 22. Detachable - rim attachments to wheels; tyre attachments to rims.-A detachable rim of the split or open type, or a similar detachable side flange, is provided with an adjustable locking- device comprising a link pivoted to one end of the rim or flange and adapted to engage over or beside a lug on the opposite end, the arrangement being such that the ends of the rim or flange are capable of relative lateral movement. The link e, Fig. 4, has a pivot e<1> sliding in a slot f in the lug f on the end 2 of the rim, and is adjusted about the lug g on the end 2<a> by means of a wrench h which engages the link and the lug. The rim may be locked in the expanded form by means of a set-screw, for which purpose the end h<4> of the wrench h is formed as a box spariner. A cover-plate D may be fitted at the break of the rim. As shown in Fig. 4, the rim may be locked in the contracted form by means of a pivoted catch K<1> operated by a set-screw K. The adjusting- device in this form is fitted in a box J sunk in the felloe 2<x> of the wheel.
Patent GB-190907528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Match Holders or Receptacles.
Inventor: WEBSTER WELLINGTON EDWARD
IPC: A24F27/14
Filed: 1909-03-29
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 7528. Webster, W. E. March 29. Drawings to Specification. Ash-trays. -A match-box provided with a finger opening of such form that the withdrawal of one match only at a time is permitted, may be combined with a burnt-match tray, and also a device consisting of a match magazine or receptacle fitted with similar match-withdrawal means may be combined with a burnt-match tray and arranged to hang on a wall.
Patent GB-190910923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blades for Horse-hoes and the like.
Inventor: THAYRE PAUL
IPC: A01B35/26
Filed: 1909-05-08
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 10,923. Thayre, P. May 8. Hoes.-A reversible blade for horse-hoes &c. is made double-ended and with a cutting-edge along one side of each end. The cutting-edges c, c<1> are on opposite sides of the blade, which is bent as shown. Near the edges d, d<1> are bolt-holes e, e<1>.
Patent GB-190911179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Explosives.
Inventor: BOWEN FRANK EUSTACE WILKINS
IPC: C06B29/22
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 11,179. Bowen, F. E. W. May 11. Explosives.-Relates to that class of explosives containing ammonium perchlorate, an alkaline nitrate, such as sodium nitrate, a nitro - hydrocarbon, such as tri - nitro - toluol, with or without a hydrocarbon, such as paraffin wax, and consists in the addition to such explosives of aluminium powder. An example contains 4 parts of ammonium perchlorate, 3 parts of nitrate of soda, 1 part of tri-nitrotoluol, 1 part of paraffin wax, and 1 part of aluminium powder. The proportions are approximate. Another example contains 43 per cent of ammonium perchlorate, 32 per cent of nitrate of soda, 15 per cent of tri-nitro-toluol, and 10 per cent of aluminium powder.
Patent GB-190911561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Projectiles.
Inventor: HALE FREDERICK MARTEN
IPC: F42B30/04
Filed: 1909-05-15
Granted: 1910-05-17
Abstract: 11,561. Hale, F. M, May 15. Projectiles ; grenades.- Relates to gas checks for grenades provided with a stem to enable them to be fired from a gun, and consists in preventing complete obturation of the gases of explosion. The gas checks comprise a cap g which is thrust forward by the pressure of the gases, a part a which expands into the rifling, and a shoulder b which limits the deformation and prevents complete obturation. The cap may be secured to the stem c by a shear wire.
Patent GB-190916148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Extracting and Purifying Waxes, Fats and Oils.
Inventor: WIJNBERG SIMON
IPC: C11B3/10
Filed: 1909-07-10
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 16,148. Wijnberg, S. July 10. Fats, fatty oils, and waxes, extracting and purifying.-Waxes, fats, and oils are extracted by means of solvents, and the solution thus obtained is filtered through bleaching-substances, such as fuller's earth and bone-black, in the same vessel as that in which the extraction takes place. The apparatus comprises a vessel in the upper part A of which the extraction is effected, the filtering-medium being placed in the lower part B. The solvent is driven off in a still C, and is condensed and returned to the extractor A.
Patent GB-190916153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rubber Cored Golf Balls.
Inventor: MACDONALD ALFRED
IPC: A63B39/00
Filed: 1908-09-01
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 16,153. Macdonald, A. Sept. 1, 1908. Balls.-A golf ball is made with a hollow rubber core a filled with air or gas under pressure and encased in canvas b, outside which is wound a mass c of rubber thread or tape, the whole being enclosed in an outer shell d of gutta-percha or the like.
Patent GB-190918403-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Punch-ball Game and Appliances therefor.
Inventor: PIRKIS ALBERT GEORGE
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 1909-08-10
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 18,403. Pirkis, A. G. Aug. 10. Punching-balls.-Two fingerless padded gloves A with a slit B for the thumb are used, and to one of these gloves, or to the user's body, is attached by a band or by threading as shown, an elastic cord D carrying the punchball H.
Patent GB-190919057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnetic Compasses.
IPC: G01C17/00
Filed: 1909-08-19
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 19,057. Kelvin & J. White, Chetwynd, L. W. P., and Clark, F. W. Aug. 19. Mariners' compasses. - Relates to " liquid " magnetic compasses, and more particularly to the floating card. The under half of the float R of the compass card is formed approximately to the mid-ship section of a ship, and any tendency to rock is further resisted by a ring R' or the like acting like a bilge keel. A guard R<2>, supported on a spring arm R<3>, prevents the card from being thrown off its pivot. On the outer edge of the float is an annular rim forming the card index, which is read in conjunction with a lubber pointer R<4>. The needles of the floating card possess a magnetic moment not exceeding 1000 C.G.S. units, and the diameter of the card is so reduced that the error caused by " drag " or horizontal displacement of the card when the bowl is turned at the rate of one revolution in two minutes does not exceed two degrees. The float may be divided into two compartments by means of a diaphragm, the upper half containing air and the lower half a damping-liquid; or the float may be entirely filled with a liquid lighter than that in which the card is immersed. Instead of being pivoted at the top only, the card may be supported on top and bottom pivots in axial alinement, and its weight so arranged that the pressure at the pivot on which the card presses is very small, in order to reduce friction. A similar form of float may be applied to liquid compasses in which the card proper is poised in air away from the liquid. Specifications 25,965/06 and 25,639/07 are referred to.
Patent GB-190922857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Separators.
Inventor: SLEDDON JAMES HENRY
IPC: B01D17/02
Filed: 1909-10-07
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 22,857. Sleddon, J. H., and Barnes, H. Oct. 7. Decanting and settling.-An apparatus primarily for separating oil from water comprises a tank 1 provided with an oil-discharge tap 8, and a vertical pipe 4 fitted with a tap 5 for the discharge of the water, the pipe 4 being provided with an overflow 6 which deals with any excessive flow of liquid. By closing the tap 5 and inserting a screwed plug in the overflow 6, thus stopping the discharge of water, the whole of the oil may be floated off through the tap 8. A discharge plug 9A, a gauge 9, and a heating-pipe 10 are also provided.
Patent GB-190925882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchanges.
IPC: H04M5/08
Filed: 1909-11-09
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 25,882. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Nov. 9. Exchange systems.-Relates to an exchange telephone system in which, on the insertion of the connecting-plug, certain processes, such as the supply of ringing-current, occur automatically, and can be reversed for disconnexion by an operation performed at another panel, for example when the called subscriber is required for a trunk call. The processes which occur on making a connexion are divided into two groups, each dependent on a separate relay, and the arrangement is such that the relay controlling those processes which are likely to cause disturbances at the exchange is not affected when the line is connected up at another panel. The Figure illustrates a connexion between two local exchanges I, II. When the plug VS of the junction-line a, b is inserted in a jack 3, the two relays 5, 6 are energized by current passing over a lead c and a resistance 4. The relay 5, by closing contacts 8, 9, connects the leads a, b to the called line, and, by closing a contact 7, completes through an interrupter the circuit of the ringing-relay 10 which closes contacts 12, 13 to connect the generator 11 to the called line. The relay 6 opens at 14 the circuit of the operator's testing-receiver 15, and brings into circuit a winding 18, opposed to the winding 17, but so proportioned that the relay 6 remains energized. When the called subscriber T answers, a relay 19 is energized and (1) closes at 20 the circuit of a relay 21 which cuts off the ringing-current, and (2) closes a contact 22 in the circuit of the supervisory relay 23 at exchange I. If, while he is still conversing, the subscriber T is wanted for a trunk call from an exchange F by the operator at another panel at exchange II, the latter operator inserts the plug FS into the jack of the subscriber T at his panel, and by depressing a key x energizes a relay 25, which connects the socket-lead with a battery over a contact 26, thereby short-circuiting relay 5 and winding 17 of relay 6. The relay 5 opens the leads a, b at contacts 8, 9 but the relay 6 remains energized owing to the action of its winding 18, and retains the contact 14 open so that the testing-receiver 15 cannot be again connected with the line of sub-criber T, which would give rise to disturbances. The interruption of the leads a, b at the contacts 8, 9 de-energizes the relay 19, thereby causing the clearing-lamp 24 at exchange I to glow. When the plug 1 is withdrawn, a relay 27 is de-energized and the clearing-lamp 28 glows. The removal of the plug VS restores the relays 5, 6 to their normal condition. In order to inform the calling subscriber that disconnexion has occurred owing to a trunk call, the leads a, b may be connected over contacts 29, 30 with a buzzer 31 when the relay 5 is de-energized.
Patent GB-190926763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Forks for Cycles, Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: MILLARD FREDERICK JAMES
IPC: B62K25/24
Filed: 1909-11-18
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 26,763. Decker, W. H. Jane 30. Moulding pulp hollow-ware.-Bilged barrels are made from a sheet of pulp by winding on a bilged mandrel M according to the following proces@. Pulp is first drawn up from a mass upon a forming- roll B of the same size and shape as the mandrel. It is next transferred to a concave transfer roll E, made up of independently rotatable sections, driven by friction from the mandrel. The sheet then passes to the mandrel, and is wound thereon. Specification 26,761/09 is referred to.