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Patent GB-190705870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trains of Vehicles for Common Roads.
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1908-03-11
Abstract: 5870. Manville, E., and Daimler Motor Co. March 11. Motor road vehicles; traction engines. -Road trains, such for example as are described in Specification No. 20,150, A.D. 1903, are driven by the known system of power transmission in which a prime-mover drives the wheels through mechanical means and a dynamotor connected to a secondary battery. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the locomotor or leading vehicle a is provided with a prime-mover, such as a petrol or steam-engine b, which drives a dynamotor c the rotor of which is mounted on or in connexion with a line of flexible shafting d, running through the train, and transmitting motion to the driving-wheels of the locomotor a and trailers e through differential or equivalent gearing f. The locomotor also carries a secondary battery g, and the usual electric control devices included in this type of mechanism. In a modification, each vehicle has a dynamotor driven from the shaft d, and also carries its own secondary battery, a switch on the locomotor controlling all the batteries in the train. In a second modification, the secondary battery is arranged as a whole upon the locomotor only. The steering-gear is of any known kind to effect the steering of the trailers from the locomotor, such for example as that described in Specifications No. 20,150, A.D. 1903, and Nos. 24,231 and 24,232, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190706872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Golf Balls.
Inventor: SEDDON ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 6872. Seddon, A. March 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Balls.-Golf balls comprise an elastic central core formed of a bladder &c. containing an elastic fluid such as air, an outer flexible jacket containing an incompressible fluid such as water, and the usual outer casing. The ball shown in Fig. 1 is made by filling the rubber, or rubber and fabric jacket b with water, inserting a plug b<1>, and then inflating the rubber bladder a through a hole pierced in a rubber plug a<3>, or through any suitable non-return valve. The bladder b is then enclosed in a rubber and gutta-percha casing, the bladder being covered with rubber cords and tapes, or in two hemispheres cemented in position. In a modification, Fig. 2, the core a is inserted in the core b, and water is pumped into the jacket b, and air into the bladder a, and the necks are tied tightly. In a further modification, the core a is first inflated and is preferably covered with fabric, and a rubber tube filled with water is wound around the core a. The outer cover may be a covering of fabric cemented on and enclosed in a gutta-percha shell. According to the Provisional Specification, tubes from the cores a, b, fitted with valves or plugs, may pass through the outer casing to allow of inflating after the ball is made.
Patent GB-190707998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Appertaining to Devices for Lighting Cigarettes and the like more particularly for Use on Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: SUTHERLAND JOHN HATHORNTHWAITE
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 7998. Sutherland, J. H., Whitney, A. G., and Whitney, A. C. April 5. Lighters, cigar and like.-In an electric igniter for cigars, cigarettes, &c., of the kind in which a holder &c. contains one or m o r e platinium heating - coils, the coil is arranged to remain heated while the lid of the holder is open, the circuit being broken by the closing of the lid. The coil is arranged upon a layer 19 of asbestos, and is connected to a strip 15 in contact with one of the leads and to another strip having an arm 18, which is bent round immediately in front of the spring catch 11 in contact with the other lead. The lid 4 flies open on pressing the button 14 which, when released, causes the detent 11 to make contact with the arm 18 and so complete the circuit. A layer of mica is placed over the coil and is enclosed by a sheet of fibre 22 having a central orifice. The device is preferably provided with a finger-piece 13 and with a spring clip 2, in order that it may be clipped to a motorvehicle; it may also be used in the house &c. According to the Provisional Specification, a slide or the like may be used instead of the button 14.
Patent GB-190710065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Waterproof Paving Slabs, Building Blocks Roof Coverings Electric Insulators, and the like.
Inventor: COWARD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-30
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,065. Coward, W. H. April 30. Building-blocks and slabs.-A mixture of stone or slag and a bituminious composition, consisting essentially of asphalt or equivalent bituminous material and slaked lime prepared in the manner described in Specification No. 10,064, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Cements &c.], is employed in the manufacture of waterproof paving-slabs, building - blocks, roof - coverings, and of electric insulators. Quicklime is ground to a thick paste with the bituminous material, and the product is rolled into sheets, which on being exposed to a moist atmosphere crumble to a fine powder. The stone, before being mixed with this powder, is heated and treated with a bituminous liquid, liquid tar, &c. Bricks made from this mixture are passed through tar &c, and are finally delivered to an hydraulic steam-heated press capable of exerting a pressure of 2000 lb. per square inch. In the case of paving-slabs, strips of lead are placed edgeways in the mould, with one edge projecting into the wearing-surface.
Patent GB-190710193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Polishing the Rims of Cycle Wheels and which are applicable to the Polishing of other similar Articles.
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT WALKER
Filed: 1907-05-02
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 10,193. Smith, R. W. May 2. Polishing rims of cycle wheels and similar articles such as, according to the Provisional Specification, large metal rings. The article a<1>, Fig. 2, to be operated upon is gripped in a rotating holder so as to be readiiy removable, and is operated upon by a polishing-bob b<x> mounted upon a compound slide-rest b<3>, which may swivel about its base. The rotating holder comprises a disk A provided with radial slots a<2> in which slide gripping- jaws E operated by connecting rods e' the other ends of which are connected to eccentric studs e<2> on a small ring C. The ring C is capable of motion relatively to the disk A and is operated by a rod F mounted in lugs f<2>, f<3> on the disk A and connected to a lug f <1> on the ring C. The rod is moved by a nut H engaging a screwed part of the rod, and a spring f<5> tends to keep the jaws E in contact with the work. When the polishing- bob is mounted on a swivelling base, a spring- controlled pin which engages with an aperture in the bed is provided to retain the polisher out of contact with the work, against the tension of the driving-belt, when it is not in use. The improvements are described as having relation to the machinery described in Specification No. 21,855, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190710297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Pressure Gauges
Inventor: MILNE JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 10,297. Milne, J. May 3. Couplings, disconnectible ; attaching pipes to couplings.-The glass tubes of pressure gauges for gas, air, and like fluids are attached to spring-pressed sockets which keep the washers against the tubes, instead of the screwed fitting described in Specification No. 12,479, A.D. 1893, [Abridgment Class Registering &c.]. The junction-piece B, Fig. 1, has screwed into it a headed pin F against which bears a spring E supported in a fixed bracket G. In a modification, the junction-piece B is attached to a tube H held by a spring E supported by a fixed bolt F.
Patent GB-190720268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Digesters.
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 20,268. Hutchinson, T. J., and United Railway and Trading Co. Sept. 11. Bagasse.-A digester or boiling pan for treating bagasse, heated by steam and provided with a central vertical pipe H through which liquid is thrown up by steam, is mounted on horizontal trunnions K, K<1>, and may be provided with a cover B which when removed opens the whole of the top of the digester. The digester is then turned over by worm gearing and its contents are bodily discharged, but the digester may be placed near a wall which obstructs the opening so as to prevent free discharge until the digester has passed the horizontal. Several digesters may be disposed in a range, their upper ends passing through openings in a charging floor, from which they are fed with material. The floor below is provided with suitable drains. Steam for the central pipe and a heating coil F is supplied through the trunnions K, K<1>. Discharge cocks H, H<1> are fitted to the digester. The cover is provided with a safety valve, a pressure gauge, and any desired cocks.
Patent GB-190721589-A (GB)
Title: Improved Advertising Device.
Inventor: ACRES BIRT
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 21.589. Acres, B. Sept. 28. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Advertising.-An advertising-device consists of a trough-shaped box or pocket adapted to collapse. In front is a sheet of celluloid or other flexible material on which the letters or designs are outlined, and the inner surface of the back is covered with unbreakable reflecting material for example tin-plate or aluminium foil coated with celluloid. In the construction shown, the back and sides are hinged to the front a, and when opened out the box is retained in shape by gummed tabs f which are attached to the back. The device may be hung on a wall as shown, or it may be supported by a hinged strut e. The letters &c. may be formed on the sheet c by photographic processes.
Patent GB-190721927-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Invalid Hand-propelled Tricycle
Inventor: PEGG GEORGE
Filed: 1907-10-04
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 21,927. Pegg, G. Oct. 4. Manumotive tricycles.-In a hand-propelled tricycle for invalids wherein the steering and driving are effected from the same lever, the steering- member r<1> is arranged outside the member t<1> connected to the driving-gear, and operates the steering-wheel through arms u, x, y, q and links v, z. The cranked arm u is connected to the link v by means of a sleeve upon the arm carrying a pin to engage the link, the pin and the pivot of the lever t<1> being normally in line. The driving is effected by links t, cranks g, an axle e, and a central chain gear f, m, i, the parts being under the body of the vehicle. Instead of the frame members being bent as shown, the framework may be formed of a number of straight members jointed together.
Patent GB-190802280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Hand Controlled Mechanism of Marine Engines which is Operated in conjunction with the Telegraph.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM BRUCE
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 2280. Thompson, W. B. Feb. 1. Indicating amount of opening of valves.-A marine engine is provided with three indicators 1, 2, 3 showing the positions of the reversing gear, the engine stop valve, and the telegraph respectively. The spindle 5 which operates the stop valve carries a worm 11 gearing with a worm-wheel on a spindle having a pointer 9, which moves over the dial 2, to indicate the position of the stop valve.
Patent GB-190821666-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Scraper for Cleaning Ceilings and Walls.
Inventor: SCHORI RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-10-13
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 21,666. Schori, R. Nov. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Scrapers, wood and like.-A scraper for cleaning ceilings and walls comprises two bars 1, 1 with longitudinal grooves 3, 4 and connected together by a handle 2. The ends of a frame 2<a> are adapted to enter the grooves, and a rod 5 and a wing-nut 6 enable the scraper-plates 11, 12 to be clamped as shown. A roller 10 is mounted in the frame so that the blades come in contact with the surface alternately when the instrument is reciprocated. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the tightening- rod is in two parts 7, 8, the inner ends of which have right and left handed screw-threads engaging in a similarly threaded sleeve 9, which is provided with holes 10 for the insertion of an implement for turning the sleeve.
Patent GB-190826357-A (GB)
Title: Device for Releasing or Tying Up Several Animals Simultaneously.
Inventor: MUELLER FRANZ
Filed: 1908-12-05
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 26,357. M³ller, F. Dec. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Fire-escapes &c.-Relates to apparatus for tethering a number of animals in a stable, and for simultaneously releasing them in case of fire &c. Un a sliding rod v is adjustably fixed in each stall a sleeve u, which is adapted to be passed through apertures in brackets x, w by the movement of the rod v. The sleeve u carries a spring- pressed bolt n, Fig. 3, which, in securing the animal, is released by pushing up a spring-catch p, and is thus made to assume the position shown in dotted lines, and to engage the ring on the end of the tethering-chain. When all the animals have been thus secured, the rod v is pushed in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 3 until the sleeves u are stopped by plates m on the brackets w, the bolts n being forced into the sleeves and secured therein by the catches p. To release the animals simultaneously, the rod v is moved in the opposite direction, and the rings on the tethering-chains slip off the sleeves u. A spring r, Fig. 1, assists this movement of the rod v.
Patent GB-190826848-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus to Facilitate the Sterilisation and Putting On of India Rubber Gloves as used by Surgeons during Surgical Operations.
Inventor: LIPMAN DAVID LEWIS
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 26,848. Lipman, D. L., and Loveridge, A. A. Dec 10. Putting on, facilitating. - A p p a - ratus for sterilizing india - rubber gloves, and for facilitating putting them on, comprises tanks 1 in which the gloves are inserted, the wrists being stretched over the beaded edges 16. For sterilization, the tanks are filled with water and heated by lamps 6 or otherwise. The water is run off through taps 5 and a tube 7 to a waste tank 8, and the air pressure in the interior of the tanks is reduced by means of a pump 10 connected to the taps 2, thereby distending the gloves so that the hands may be readily inserted. The vacuum being released, the gloves may be withdrawn from the tanks. Specification No. 4221, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190901048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: COLBRAN JOHN BAKER
IPC: F23D14/48
Filed: 1909-01-15
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 1048. Colbran, J. B. Jan. 15. Incandescent gas burners.-In order to enable the gas and air supplies of a closed-in burner to be regulated without opening the lantern, the plug cock e, located externally to the lantern, terminates in a nipple f controlled by a screw-down needle valve g, h, and is fitted with an internal hit-and-miss regulator i for controlling the air supply, the travel of the regulator being limited by a stop engaging a slot b<1> therein.
Patent GB-190911090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Aerial Navigation.
Inventor: GEOGHEGAN EDWARD ARTHUR
IPC: B64C23/00
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 11,090. Geoghegan, E. A., and Irvine, G. M. L. Moore-. May 11. Check valves. - A conical or pyramids h a p e d check valve, shown in Fig. 7, for use in the vertically - reciprocating lifting - planes of an aerial machine has the inner surface serrated, as shown, to increase the area subject to air pressure.
Patent GB-190914173-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Marking, Delivering and Wholly or Partly Detaching Adhesive or other Labels or the like.
Inventor: KOHNLE FREDERICK
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1910-09-16
Abstract: 14,173. Kohnle, F. June 16. Feeding webs.-A strip of paper, preferably gummed, is fed from a reel and is so positioned by feeding-devices that the end may be wholly or partly severed and printed to form a price tag, label, &c. The paper strip 3 has holes punched in it at the desired distance apart down the centre of the strip, and these are engaged by a finger 33 pivoted to a lever 28 reciprocated by a projection 32 on the slide 10 carrying the type - holder 18. The slide 10 is actuated by an eccentric pin and block, and also carries a knife 21 for severing the ticket during the printing operation. A groove 35 is formed inthestrip guideway for the point of the finger 33, which is pressed down by a spring 34. A pivoted spring- pressed bar 38 on one side of the guideway keeps the strip straight, and prevents backward movement on the return stroke of the finger. An endless inkribbon may be used passing over two rolls 23, 24, one of which is operated by a pawl 27 on the slide 10.
Patent GB-190914426-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method for Removing Air from Hydraulic Transmission Gear.
IPC: F15B21/044
Filed: 1909-06-19
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 14,426. Lentz-Getriebe Ges., and Lentz, H. June 19. Hydraulic transmission of power.-Air is removed from hydraulic power-transmission apparatus by producing a vacuum at the highest part of the gear, and allowing it to act for a long time. A reservoir a provided with tap c and nozzle b is fitted to the apparatus, as shown. The reservoir receives the liquid that rises under the action of the vacuum producer, which may be a pump when the apparatus is part of the mechanism of a motor-car.
Patent GB-190916860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting or Elevating Apparatus.
Inventor: SHAW FRED
IPC: B66C23/20
Filed: 1909-07-20
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 16,860. Shaw, F. July 20. Inclined p l a n e and like load-handling appliances.- The apparatus, which is adapted for application to existing ladders, comprises a oari iage b running on the side beams by two pairs of oppositelydisposed conical rollers c. The carriage is hauled by a rope g passed over a head sheave h mounted in a bracket k forming an extension of one of the inner members p, p<1> of a pair of clamps. The outer member q of one clamp is fixed to the transverse bar, and the other outer member q<1> is adjusted thereon by a screw s according to the width of the ladder. The inner jaws are operated by a right and left-handed screw r. The rope g may be led in any desired direction over a pulley m mounted on a bracket clamped to the lower end of the ladder. The bracket k is preferably arranged to rest on one of the rungs. According to the Provisional Specification the pulleys may be made to swivel.
Patent GB-190917464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Charging Apparatus for Blast Furnaces.
Inventor: STAEHLER CARL
IPC: C21B7/18
Filed: 1909-07-27
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 17,464. Stõhler, C. July 27. Cover of receptacle interconnected with loadhandling means.-In a charging-apparatus for blast furnaces &c. comprising a skip d with a movable bottom, the lowering of which operates the bell e at the mouth of the furnace, arrangements are provided for securing a more positive opening and closing of the bell. For this purpose the counterweighted beam g, from which the bell e is suspended in the usual manner, is provided with an additional pivoted weight i. The latter is lifted during the rotation of the truck c about its front wheels by a pulley m engaging a rope l, connected at one end to the weight and at the other to some part of the hoist. If the weight of the bottom of the skip and its charge is not sufficient to depress the bell, the truck is rotated further to bring the weight i against a stop on the beam, and the bell is thus relieved entirely of its counterweight.
Patent GB-190917937-A (GB)
Title: Process for Treating Raw Potatoes in such Manner as to Obtain a Durable Product for Agricultural and Industrial Purposes.
IPC: A23L19/12
Filed: 1909-08-03
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 17,937. Patent -Press - Kartoffel -Industrie H. Gumpel. May 7, [Convention date]. Albuminoids present in juice or liquid expressed from raw potatoes by pressure are removed either by hot or cold means. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 778/71 and 1117/83, [both in Class 5, Agricultural appliances, Farmyard &c.], and 24,035/06 and 8699/08.
Patent GB-190919017-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Moulding and Baking Pastry.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
IPC: A21B5/02
Filed: 1909-08-18
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 19,017. Imray, O., [St. Paul Cornet Co.]. Aug. 18. Waffle baking-apparatus.-In a machine for moulding and baking ice-cream cornets or other biscuits and pastry, a series of interconnected moulds moving in an endless circuit is engaged by a number of cores moving in an outside circuit, and baking takes place before the cores are lifted. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical section of the machine. The moulds 4 are carried by cross-bars 5 hinged together so as to form an endless band about the sprocketwheels 3, which are intermittently rotated from a pulley 20, Fig. 2, through gear-wheels 19, 18, 16, 14, a crank - pin 13, connecting - rod 12, pivoted link 10, pawls 11, and ratchet-wheels 9. The cores 34 are secured to loose cross-bars 35 which rest on the mould-carriers 5 during the horizontal portion of their travel, but are lifted as they emerge from the guides 27 by gravityrighted holders 30 pivoted on gear-wheels 24, and are carried round and deposited in moulds which have just received dough from the trough 38. The required quantity of dough is injected through conduits 39 by plungers 40 on a rod 41 connected by links 42 to the arms 43, Fig. 2, of the levers 8 supporting the link 10, so that the feed takes place when the pawls 11 are inoperative and the moulds 4 at rest. The dough is baked during its passage to the right by burning gas in the pipes 45, and is removed mechanically or by hand when the cores 34 are lifted. The cores and the moulds are made to engage concentrically by the entry of pins on the mould-bars 5 into holes in the core-bars 35. In some cases the bars 5 are not hinged together, and in a modification the mould and core bars are interchanged.
Patent GB-190919046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers and Tractors for Aerial and Marine Vessels.
Inventor: YARWOOD ALBERT
IPC: B64C11/00
Filed: 1909-08-19
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 19,046. Yarwood, A. Aug. 19. Paddle-wheels.-In aerial and marine p:opellers comprising a rotatable outer frame a and an inner frame c, the spindle c<1> of which is disposed eccentrically and parallel to the shaft b and arms a<1> of the outer frame, the inner carrier consists of a plain cylindrical roller c<2> mounted on the spindle c' so as to enable the vanes d or their connexions to be connected to both frames without alteration of length. In a modification, the vanes are of textile or like material and extend from frame to frame. The inner frame is normally fixed, but is capable of relative adjustment to the rotating outer frame.
Patent GB-190923377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Ventilation and Purification of Ships' Holds or Chambers.
Inventor: WEBB WALTER HENRY
IPC: B63J2/08
Filed: 1909-10-13
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 23,377. Webb, W. H., Brettell, W. G., and Adamson, A. J. Oct. 13. Ventilating ships.-Relates to means for ventilating ships having a number of superposed holds used for storing perishable cargoes, such as meat, fruit, &c. Air is forced by a fan c down a duct e adjacent to a bulkhead b, and is discharged near the bottom of the lowest hold. The air is then led up through apertures f, h at opposite ends of the decks a, and is discharged through a cowl k. The air may be heated or cooled and may be treated with disinfectants.