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Patent GB-190720272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Removing Crown Corks and like Caps from Bottles.
Inventor: CLOUGH WILLIAM ROCKWELL
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 20,272. Clough, W. B. Sept. 11. Opening bottles.-Crown corks and like caps are removed from bottles by means of a device consisting of a lever member adapted to lie over the cap top and a hooked member for engaging the edge of the cap. The hooked member is movably connected to the lever and is not fixed in relation to it as is usual with instruments intended for this purpose. The lever member, Figs. 1 and 2, may consist of the sheath A of a pocket corkscrew. The movable member consists of a piece B pivoted to the sheath A by means of arms b and having its sides formed with claws d to engage beneath the edge of the cap. The member B may consist of a loop of wire pivoted to the sheath A, or of a hooked blade pivoted in a slot formed in an extension of the solid end of the sheath. The screw piece of a 'harp' corkscrew is provided with a hooked tail-piece to serve the same purpose.
Patent GB-190722920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warp Stop-motions for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: ZILL WILHELM
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1908-09-27
Abstract: 22,920. Zill, W. Oct. 17. Loom stop - motions. - In a warp stop-motion, pivoted detectors g have eyes h through which the warps a are threaded. When a warp thread breaks, the corresponding detector g falls and engages one of the cross-bars of a chain l, thus stopping the rotation of the drum &c. k and thereby operating ordinary mechanism for bringing the loom to rest.
Patent GB-190805320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding Machines.
Inventor: NIEMANN FREDERICK ADOLPH
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 5320. Niemann, F. A. March 9. Typewriters and like machines.-In printing adding- machines means are provided whereby the automatic filling of ciphers to the right of any digit printed may be optionally prevented, so that the listing can be divided into two or more columns without lateral shifting of the paper. The main lever 66 actuated by the keys 76 positions the type-sector 40 and sets forward the tail-piece lever 39 so that its curved slot 38 engages the comb-piece 37 actuating the corresponding U-bar 88 and hammer pawl 89, releasing the type-hammer 90 and resetting it after printing. Hooked clips 42, 43 are attached to the tail-piece levers 39 so as to overlap the next lower lever and cause the simultaneons forward movement of all levers to the right. To prevent the automatic filling in of the ciphers, a crank-piece 58 has a forked arm 59 which shifts the clip 42 pivoted to the tail-piece lever 39. The clip 42 has two hooks, one hook 60 engages the heel-piece 61 attached to the lever of the next lower order, the other hook 62 engages the forked arm 59 and passes under and contacts the hooked olip 43, which is rigidly secured to the tail piece of the next higher order. The arm 59 is rotated by the connexion member 23, the tip 25 of which rests on the cam 28 secured to the inner end of one of the shafts that terminate in the knobs 20, 21, 22. The knobs 20, 21, 22 may be turned through one third or twothirds of a rotation to cut out either the second or third, the fourth or fifth, and the sixth or seventh, order lever respectively. On giving one-third of a rotation, the hook 60 is brought over the notch 63 in the heel-piece 61, thereby freeing the lower lever interrupting the cipher transfer. The hook 62 is still in engagement with the hooked clip 43 but on a further rotation to two-thirds, the hook 62 is entirely out of engagement and will interrupt the transfer between the lever operated and the next higher level. At the same time the hook 60 and restores the transfer connexion. The knobs 20, 21, 22 are held in position by the springs 34, 35, 36. The member 23 is made up of two parts 29, 30 each having a tip 31 projecting into a slot 32 in the other. A spring,33 keeps the parts together ; if the upper part 29 is moved the lower part 30 will have a corresponding movement, but, if the crank-piece 58 has a direct actuation from the tail-piece lever, the lower part 30 only is moved. By the operation of more than one knob, two or more parallel columns may be printed, each of the desired width.
Patent GB-190806945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: LJUNGSTROEM BIRGER
IPC: F01D5/04
Filed: 1908-03-28
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 6945. Ljungstrom, B. April 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In radial-flow turbines, additional fluid from the governing-valve maybe admitted through channels arranged in concentric rings in the rotor. Channels 6 and orifices 8 in the turbine casing 4 conduct the auxiliary fluid supply to passages 7 in the rotor 3 by way of gaps in the baffling-rings 2. The passages 7 may be inclined to the shaft of the rotor, and may communicate with the working space between the rotors by annular grooves 11 of reduced area. Figs. 2 and 3 show arrangements of passages in stepped rotors.
Patent GB-190812739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Hatch-covers of Iron or Steel.
Inventor: REIM CHRISTIAN JEREMIASSEN
Filed: 1908-06-13
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 12,739. Reim, C. J. June 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Hatchways.-The hatch cover 1 is provided on the underside with angle-irons 2 fitted along the edges, and arranged to engage recesses formed in the hatch coamings. The recesses are formed by plates 4 and angle-irons or channels 5 attached to the coaming 3. Channels 6 are provided to draw off any water entering between the plate 1 and the angle-iron 5. In large hatchways having several covers, an angle-iron 8 is fitted to the upper side of one edge and engages a recess which is provided on the adjacent edge of the next cover and is constructed in a similar manner to that on the coaming. Bars 12 are secured to the covers to stiffen them. Modifications are described in which packing is provided in the grooves, and arrangements are made to press the angle-iron on the cover bard on to the packing. Stiffeners are fitted at the side of the coaming 3.
Patent GB-190813488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dough Moulding Machines.
Inventor: BIRKETT JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 13,488. Birkett, J. A. June 25. Moulding dough.-In dough-moulding machines of the rotary drum and casing type, the drum is furnished with moulding blades to work the dough. Fig. 1 shows one form for producing the loaves in which the rotary drum d is provided with blades i formed with a flange on each side and terminating in a lip k. A cover l is provided to exclude dust and is furnished with bars m adapted to draw the dough which is afterwards moulded between the drum d and fixed casing c. Figs. 4 and 6 show modifications in which the blades i are shaped to produce spherical and cottage loaves respectively. The blades i are preferably interchangeably secured by bolts to the drum d; or they may be applied to the caring c, the drum being in this case roughened to carry round the dough. The machine may be horizontal, vertical, or inclined.
Patent GB-190814595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Transporters or Overhead Cranes.
Inventor: DALZIEL JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 14,595. Dalziel, J. July 9. Cranes.-comprises telpherage apparatus carrying a suspended rotatable jib crane, and also a system of overhead ways for the apparatus to run upon. The girder upon which the carriage runs is built up to stand the stresses to which it is subjected by the deposition of the load carried by the jib, and in the form shown comprises two channel girders a secured together by top and bottom stays b, c. The carriage comprises two frames e, e', each carrying a pair of wheels d running on the lower flanges of the girder and a second pair f adapted to engage the upper flanges under certain conditions of loading. The frames also carry current-collecting trollys g engaging conductors h. One set of wheels d carries sprocket-wheels p driven from a motor t by chains guided over the sprockets u and the driving-wheels r in such a manner as to pass at the sides of the depending portions of the frame e<1>. The depending portions of the frames e, e<1> are constricted and lie as close to the girder as practicable. The wheels d are without flanges, but vertical guiding rollers i are provided. By this arrangement the width of the slot required to be cut in the flange at a point or crossing is reduced. The wheels d may also be driven through a gear train. The frames e, e' have at the lower ends cross-plates having bosses k, l, through which passes a pin m pivotally connecting the frames. The casting n of the central pillar of the crane is arranged with its axis vertically below that of the pin m, and is bolted to the lower side of the frame e'. The frame e is secured to the casting by a pin m<1> passing through an arc-shaped slot, and the engaging faces of the frame and casting are machined to form a bearing surface. The switches employed, Fig. 4, are arranged to allow the carriage to pass from left to right along the main line 1, but divert it to a branch track 2 when moving in the reverse direction. This is effected by a pivoted tongue 3 normally retained in the position shown in the Figure by a spring 6. The switch may be arranged to be put out of action on the return run by a shoe on the carriage projeted by the driver adapted to engage a cam-surface formed on a forward extension of the lever 5. Fig. 5 shows part of an arrangement of track employing such switches between a railway siding 11 and cartways 14. In another arrangement, two main lines are employed, connected at intervals by branch cross-lines.
Patent GB-190816729-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Cutting or Slicing Bread and Spreading Butter or the like thereon.
Inventor: EULENFELD FERDINAND VON
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 16,729. Eulenfeld, F. von. Aug. 8. Bread cutters.- A machine for slicing bread and spreading butter &c. thereon comprises a knife with a reciprocating and a shearing movement. The loaf is placed in a receptacle b on the frame a of the machine and is sliced by a knife d, vertically reciprocated by a handle e clamped to a pivoted segment f, which oscillates with the handle e. A shearing movement is given to the knife by a pinion which is pivoted on the seamentf and, during the descent of the knife, engages a fixed segmental rack k on the frame and a rack l on the back of the knife. The knife d is attached to the handle e by means of pins t in plates t<1> passing through slots s in the knife ; the plates t<1> carry studs t<2> engaging sockets t<3> on a lug e<2> of the handle and on the segment f.
Patent GB-190901500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Applying Tin or other Substances to Sheets of Metal or the like.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
IPC: C23C2/00
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1500. Willis, P. R. J., [Roberts, C. C.]. Jan. 21. Coating - machines. - A machine for applying a tin or other coating to sheets of metal or other substance is provided with a dross guard for preventing contact of the sheets with the top layer of the bath, and for confining the coating-material to one side of the sheet. The sheets to be coated pass between feeding-rollers 5, cleaning-brushes 13, the lower pair of which revolve in an acid bath, through coating- material contained between a depressing-roller 36 and the dross guard 28, past an adjustable spring-pressed scraper 47, and a fluted roller 21, and between brushes 51 for removing excess coating-material, and finally between pulling- rollers 53. The bearings of the upper rollers and brushes are adjustable vertically, and those of the upper rollers are mounted resiliently. The dross guard comprises an arc-shaped portion 28, with closed ends and a cock 33 for admitting coating - material from a bath 17. The guard is suspended by rods 24 from weighted levers. The roller 36 is mounted on a shaft 37, and raised or lowered as required by rack-and-pinion mechanism. On this shaft, and revolving with the roller 36, are two collars 38, Fig. 4, one of which is adjustable to accommodate plates of various widths. The collars 38 have circumferential grooves co-operating with ridges 41 in supplemental end pieces 29 arranged in the dross guard. These grooves and ridges grip the edges of the plate and confine the coating- material to its lower side. To coat plates on both sides, the collars 38 and end-pieces 29 are removed.
Patent GB-190901518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: ENGEL CHRISTIAN
IPC: B41J13/02
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 1518. Engel, C. Jan. 21. Web feeding and cutting arrangements.-Relates to manifolding devices of the kind wherein the carriage of the typewriter carries rolls of paper for the original and the copies. The carriage a' is extended to provide supports for rollers d, g for the copies and a roller c for the original, the latter roller being arranged in a cavity in the frame a. Carbon sheets e are placed between the papers while they are being fed on to the platen b. The papers are formed with the usual transverse perforations, and the sheets are torn off by means of a fixed cutting-ledgef.
Patent GB-190901561-A (GB)
Title: Synthesis of a Physiologically Active Base and Intermediate Products in its Production.
Inventor: WELLCOME HENRY SOLOMON
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 1561. Wellcome, H. S., and Barger, G. Jan. 22. p-Hydroxyphenylethylamine and its derivatives.- p-Hydroxyphenylethylamine is prepared from phenylethylamine, by conversion of the latter into a suitable derivative, with subsequent nitration, reduction, diazotization and hydrolysis. In one example, acetylphenylethylamine is nitrated, reduced, diazotized at an elevated temperature, and hydrolysed by means of sulphuric acid to give p-hydroxyphenylethylamine. Instead of using the acetyl derivative, benzoylphenylethylamine may be produced by benzoylation, and the product nitrated, reduced, &c. as before. The phenylethylamine may also be converted into its benzylidene derivative by means of benzaldehyde, which derivative, on nitration, dilution of the liquid, and distillation, produces nitrophenylethylamines which are acetylated or benzoylated.
Patent GB-190902775-A (GB)
Title: Improved Puzzle Game.
Inventor: MEEK JOSEPH
IPC: A63F9/12
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2775. Meek, J. Feb. 5. Puzzles. - T h e six sides of each of four cubes are printed, s'tamped, or embossed with the four pips of ordinary playing c a r d s, and the puzzle consists in arranging the cubes in a row, as shown, so that each side of the prism thus formed bears the four pips.
Patent GB-190904743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cutters or Trimmers for Photographic Prints or the like.
Inventor: MERRETT John
IPC: G03D15/04
Filed: 1909-02-26
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 4743. Merrett, J. Feb. 26. Pivoted - blade type.- Relates to trimming- boards for photographs and the like, in which a pivoted shear blade cooperates with a shear blade fixed on the edge of the trimming-board. The pivoted blade B is straight and rigid and has no handle. It is pivoted by means of a double pivoted hinge E which will allow sidelong motion. A plate spring C keeps the blade B against the fixed blade A in making the cut, and raises the blade B at the end of the stroke. A stop F limits the downward stroke of the blade B, and when the trimmer is out of use, the blade B is brought down and sprung over the stop, which engages a hole H in the blade. A graduated rule is adjustably attached to the trimming-board by screws passing through slots in the rule.
Patent GB-190905463-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: SEVERIN LUDWIG
IPC: F21H3/00
Filed: 1909-03-06
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 5463. Severin. L. March 6. Mantles.-The gathering-in of the upper end of a mantle for an upright burner is facilitated, and the upper edge is strengthened, by sewing thereon a tape or ribbon 3, through which an incombustible or other thread 4 is drawn. On tightening the thread 4, the edge of the mantle is gathered-in, as shown in Fig. 4, and the suspending-loop is formed from the thread in the usual manner. The tape 3 may be treated with asbestos or other fire proof material.
Patent GB-190908056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BOUWS EVERT
IPC: A43D25/10
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 8056. Bouws, E., and Lamed, J. April 3. Soles, attaching by spanking.-The uppers and insoles of boots are connected by ferrules 23, Fig. 11, through which lead rivets 26 are passed to connect the outer soles to the insoles. Boots &c. made in this way are repaired by inserting new rivets in the existing ferrule holes. Fig. 1 shows a machine for use in carrying out this process The upper is shaped round a removable last 6 by fluid pressure applied through a rubber mould 4, and then the upstanding edges of the upper are forced down on to the insole, which has previously been cemented, by a loose pressure plate 49. The pressure is applied through a platen 44 by rotating a hand-wheel 43. When the cement is dry, the pressure is relieved, and the pressure plate 49 is removed. The ferrules 23 are then placed over the dies 22, Figs. 1 and 12, carried by the rim 17 removably attached to a movable platen 16; a similar rim 45 carrying co-operating dies 46 is screwed to the platen 44. The platens are then moved towards each other to force the ferrules through the insole and the upper, the platen 16 being subsequently lowered again. The rims 17, 45 are then exchanged for other rims 24, 47 carrying co-operating dies 25, 48 for driving and clinching the lead rivets 26, shown, for convenience, to the right of Fig. 12, and, after placing a filling 50 and the outer sole 27 in position, the platens are again moved towards each other to effect riveting.
Patent GB-190910792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to U-bends suitable for Superheater Tubes.
Inventor: SCHMIDT WILHELM
IPC: F22B37/16
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 10,792. Schmidt, W. Feb. 12, [Convention date]. Angle-pieces and the like.-U-shaped tubes, such as superheater tubes, are made by slitting the ends b of the separate legs, inserting a drift c, Fig. 3, with a rounded projecting end c<1> to form parts of the shape shown at d, e, Figs. 3<a> and 3<b>, rounding the ends, preferably by a roller and sweep arm, and finally trimming and preferably bevelling the ends, and welding to the form shown in Fig. 5, by autogenous welding with the aid of iron wire. The method is also applicable to cases in which two legs of the bend are close together and in which the joint is not symmetrically disposed.
Patent GB-190914812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces for the Roasting, Calcining, Smelting and Treatment of Ores, and which are also applicable for the Reheating of Billets and for the Heating of Metals generally.
Inventor: SMALLWOOD LEONARD ALFRED
IPC: F27B1/08
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1910-06-27
Abstract: 14,812. Smallwood, L. A. June 24. [Cognate Application, 14,813/09.] Metal-heating and metallurgical furnaces; reverberatory furnaces; doors.- In furnaces for the heating of metals, such as billets, forgings, &c., and for the roasting, calcining, and smelting of ores, the materials are subjected to a preliminary beating by the gases from the main or primary chamber. Asshown in Fig. 2, the primary chamber A communicates with the side chambers B, U, either directly through openings d or through flues beneath the floor. The gases can be directed by suitable dampers to either of the side chambers, where ingots &c. are subjected to a preliminary heating. The furnace may be gasfired, the gas and air being supplied through openings e, f respectively. In the reverberatory furnace for treating ores shown in sectional plan in Fig. 5, the fire-place h communicates with either limb of a U shaped chamber B', C<1> according to the position of the dampers j. The products of combustion pass out through one or other of the flues o, n. Air for secondary combustion is supplied through a passage in the bridge. In a modified arrangement for large forgings, the main and preliminary heating-chambers are arranged as seen in plan in Fig. 8 to form aT, and dampers j', f<2> are provided at the outlets to the chimneys, so that the gases from the main chamber A<3> can be passed into either of the preliminary chambers B', C', which are continuous with each other. The doors of the furnace are formed of fire-clay blocks secured in a metal framework, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190915758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pivoted Jaw Tools.
Inventor: POWELL GEORGE HENRY
IPC: B25B7/18
Filed: 1909-07-06
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 15,758. Powell, G. H. July 6. Nut-crackers.-In pivoted jaw tools, such as nut crackers, of the type having a fixed jaw and handle, a pivoted jaw with a rear extension, and a pivoted handle connected to the pivoted jaw by a link, the rearward extension 10 is located between the handles 6, 7. A spring 15 normally holds the jaws open.
Patent GB-190918523-A (GB)
Title: Hat Rest, for use Under Seats in Churches, Chapels, and Public Halls.
Inventor: VINEY ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1909-08-11
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 18,523. Viney, A. B. Aug. 11. Hat-holders. - A chamfered rail A, bored to receive a number of tapered pegs B provided with rounded and centrally-perforated hard wood disks C, padded or covered with velvet, baize, &c., is so fixed to the floor beneath the pews or forms of churches &c. that hats supported by the pegs are prevented from being damaged by the feet. The hat is retained on the disk C at a suitable distance from the floor, and can be moved on to or off the peg without coming into contact with the seat.
Patent GB-190918713-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Forming Bodies from Semi-liquid Quartz and like Material.
Inventor: VOELKER AUGUST
IPC: C03B23/00
Filed: 1909-08-14
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 18,713. Voelker, A. Aug. 14. Blowing. - Relates to the manufacture of retorts, tubes, boiling-flasks, and other vessels used in laboratories, cooking-pots, &c. from quartz &c. A body which will develop gases when heated, such as an envelope containing liquid, a piece of ice, a potato i, &c., is placed inside a hollow cylinder e of plastic quartz, and the whole is put into a mould a, b so that the ends of the cylinder e are nipped by the mould halves. The gases m developed expand the plastic cylinder to the shape of the mould. Instead of using a mould, the ends of the cylinder may be nipped by tongs &c. and it may be worked by hand as it expands. The hollow body produced by the former process may be divided to produce two vessels. In a modification, a sheet of plastic quartz is placed on the lower mould half a, a volatile body is placed on it, and the upper mould half b is closed. The gases then press the sheet into the lower half a.
Patent GB-190919098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electromagnetic Brakes.
IPC: B61H7/08
Filed: 1909-08-19
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 19,098. Kerr & Co., D., [Braun, R.]. Aug. 19. Electro-magnets.-An electro-magnetic brake for rails, wheels, and pulleys consists of single electromagnets connected together like the links of a chain so that the brake may adapt itself to the irregularities of the rails &c. The separate magnets A may be capable of magnetizing the rail transversely or longitudinally and they are pivotally connected together by bolts B. Single links of the chain can be formed of non-magnetic - material for producing an increased friction.