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Patent GB-190708410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumb-bells for Physical Culture Exercises.
Inventor: NOHL GEORG
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 8410. Nohl. G. April 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dumb-bells; exercising-apparatus.-A dumb-bell is formed with conical grip pieces c adapted to slide on the handle b and controlled by spiral springs d, Fig. 1, or volute springs d, Fig. 3. The weights a are screwed on to the handle, and the resistance of the springs may be varied by turning the weights in one direction or another. Springs or other shapes or materials may be used, such as flat steel springs or india-rubber cushions. The invention may also be applied to handles of other exercising-apparatus.
Patent GB-190708745-A (GB)
Title: Means for Varying the Force of Counterweights for Hoisting Skip-cars.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 8745. Fell, J. C., [Brown Hoisting Machinery Co.]. April 15. Lifts; balancing-devices; loading and unloading; skips-Relates to the charging of blast furnaces by skip cars which are hoisted up an incline and dumped at the top of the furnace, and consists in employing a system of auxiliary counterweights in addition to the usual counterweight. so that the latter may be balanced, and its influence made negligible at the moment of dumping. The car S is hauled up the incline I by means of the rope H attached to a winding-drum D. The incline I is provided with two sets of rails, the front wheels of the car S running on the lower and inner rails, while the rear wheels run on the outer rails. The inner rails are turned inwards at the top C, while the outer rails are carried upwards so that the car may be readily dumped.' The system of balance weights is carried by the tower T, which is formed of angle-irons connected by cross-pieces. The rope H' attached to the drum D passes round it in the opposite direction to the rope H, and thence round the pulleys S', S', S<3>, and is attached to the weight W, which also carries the pulley S<2>. Auxiliary weights W, W<2> are carried by ropes R, R<1>. The rope R is attached at one end to the frame and passes round the pulleys S<5>, S<6>, S<9> to the weight W<1>. Similarly the rope R' passes round the pulleys S<8>, S7, S<10>, and is attached to the weight W<2>. The height at which the pulleys S' ... S<10> are mounted in the tower T is such that, just as the car S runs on to the part C and begins to tip, the pulleys S<2>, S<4> on the balance weight W engages the ropes R, R and the weight of W is gradually balanced by the weights W<2>, W<1>, thus allowing the car S to right itself after dumping under the influence of its own weight.
Patent GB-190714670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Studs.
Inventor: BENTHAM ROBERT
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 14,670. Bentham, R. June 25. Studs.-A stud, particularly for use with stiff articles such as india-rubber collars &c., comprises a circular base-plate a, a tapering shank b having a projecting shoulder c, and a tapering arm d bent at less than a right-angle to the shank.
Patent GB-190715660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dust-guards or Dust-absorbers for Motor Cars and other Road-vehicles.
Inventor: FIETH HERMANN FAUVET
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,660. Fieth, H. F. July 8. Drawings to Specification. Guards, mud.-The wheel scoops of dust-preventers for motor-cars &c. have, according to the Provisional Specification, each a small roller bearing against the wheel tyre to remove mud.
Patent GB-190716606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fastenings for Man-hole Doors or Covers.
Inventor: JOBLING EDWARD
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 16,606. Jobling, E. July 19. Fastenings for man-hole covers. Turn-buttons a on screw studs with clamping-nuts are provided with enlarged holes or slots f, and have their engaging edges e bevelled, in order that they may be more easily disengaged if they become set by corrosion or otherwise, the slots allowing the buttons to be locked back by a hammer. Slotted .plates held by several. screw studs may be used instead of separate turn-buttons.
Patent GB-190717477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Double and Single Sovereign Purses and other Analogous Goods made from Rolled Gold-plate.
Inventor: HOULSTON EDWIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-07-31
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 17,477. Houlston, E. J. July 31. Metal boxes.-Sovereign case made from rolled gold plate have the ring frame b of the body a flanged at b<2>, the flange portion being secured to the body portion by soldering, brazing, or, according to the Provisional Specification, by closing in the edge of the body a. The frame e of the lid d is similarly flanged at e<1> By this means the solder does not come into contact with and damage the surface of the case.
Patent GB-190724213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Means for use in, the Manufacture of Steel.
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 24,213. Felten & Guilleaume Lahmeyerwerke Akt. - Ges. Nov. 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric furnaces. - A gas-heated metallurgical furnace is provided with auxiliary electric heating means. As shown, the open-hearth furnace or converter c is provided with movable electrodes b which may be lowered through openings in the crown a, when required.
Patent GB-190726532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Tramway Points from the Vehicles
Inventor: COATES OSWALD
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 26,532. Coates, O. Nov. 30. Points and switches, tramway, operating mechanically from the vehicles. The point tongues are connected to a bar D, which is bent to form a frame with wedge-shaped sides D<1>, and is capable of sliding transversely in the guides shown. The sides D' are arranged to move into the rail grooves but are placed sufficiently deep to be clear of the ordinary wheels of the vehicles. The frame is moved transversely to operate the points by an auxiliary wheel C, Fig. 1, having a deep flange. This wheel is kept pressed down on to the rail by a spring G and is moved into its inoperative position by a lever F. Fig. 2 shows a modified construction in which the wheel C is pressed downward by pulling on a wedge-shaped block C<4>. Dirt-collecting wells E are provided near the points.
Patent GB-190727110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gramophones, Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: VILLY GUSTAVE HARMAN
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 27,110. Villy, G. H. Dec. 7. Phonographs.-A sound-box diaphragm consists of two disks a of cardboard, vellum, mica, or aluminium, between which are two star-shaped pieces b of similar materials arranged with alternating points and with their centres either concentric or eccentric with the disks a. The star-shaped radiations may be concentric but of unequal thicknesses. In another modification, Fig. 7, rods c replace the star-shaped radiations. The parts of the diaphragm are secured together by a suitable agglutinant.
Patent GB-190800412-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Production of Ozone
Inventor: STEYNIS JAN
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 412. Steynis, J., and Chaumat, H. J. E. Jan. 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gases, treating electrically.- In the production of ozone from air that has been cooled by expansion with external work, an ozonizer is used comprising a metal casing, Fig. 3 ; this casing has two insulated electrodes, and is provided with a jacket B to which cold liquid may be admitted, and is separated from the ozonizing-block by glass sheets 1. The ozonizing-block comprises metal strips 2, 2<1>, which are separated by strips of glass and let into channelled porcelain blocks 4, 4<1>, the strips 2 being fixed and the strips 2<1> adjustable. The high-tension current is supplied by a transformer having an interrupter 7 and a circuit-breaker in the secondary circuit. The electro-magnet Z in the primary circuit blows out any arc formed at the gap 7. The ozonizer is fitted with a pressure gauge m and thermometer t. Another similar ozonizer may be attached at the exit pipe of the first one. Specification No. 18,184, A.D. 1908, is referred to.
Patent GB-190802790-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Heating Hat Brims.
Inventor: MOLINS WALTER EVERETT
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 2790. Molins, W. E. Feb. 7. Resistances.-A resistance, used in an apparatus for heating hat brims, consists of a flat coil of wire D insulated by glass beads E, and held by arms B extending radially from a supporting block A. Each arm consists of two metal strips held apart by a short strip of asbestos C. A sheet of asbestos G may be placed beneath the resistance to deflect the heat upwards. Spaces I for ventilation are left between the block A and the wire.
Patent GB-190804005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Fire-grates.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 4005. Longsdon, H. C., and Spencer, J. A. Feb. 22. Grates.-Relates to grates which may be inclined by being raised at either end, so as to throw the fire against a side oven or boiler. In one construction, Fig. 5, the grate a is supported in the inclined positions by one or other of small grates c, c<1>. In another arrangement, Fig. 3, projections g are furnished on the usual loose endirons h, which are placed one at each side of the fire when the grate a rests horizontally on the grate c, or the bearings b, b<1>, but are placed both at one side of the fire, as shown, to support the grate in either of the inclined positions. According to the Provisional Specification, the end-irons may be provided with projections at the bottom, to allow of their being used to raise the grate.
Patent GB-190804153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Change-boxes.
Inventor: ROMANOWICZ MARIAN
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 4153. Romanowicz, M. Feb. 24. Changeboxes.-In a change-box in which the plates or films are transferred from the front to the back by means of long tabs which are folded round behind the plates and arranged to protude through a slot in the end of the package, no separate partition is used between the front and the back of the package, the tabs being folded round the last plate itself which has no tab. The package 4 is inserted in the open end of the adapter 8, and the slot and protruding tabs 3 pass through an opening 12 at the other end. The sliding cover 11 is drawn away, as shown, for exposure. To change the plate, the front tab is pulled, and the front plate is thus first drawn into the cover and then up to the back of the pack, after which the tab is torn off. The pressure spring 9 is fastened to the adapter back and projects through a slot 6 in the back of the inner part of the package. It is retracted on returning the shutter cover 11.
Patent GB-190805881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pulls or Operating Devices for Sanitary Flushing and like Apparatus
Inventor: HOWSON RICHARD GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 5881. Howson, R. G. March 16. Handles.-Relates to operating-devices for flushing-cisterns and like apparatus, specially adapted for use in lunatic asylums. A wheel d is mounted on a spindle borne by a plate a having spherical side pieces e, the hemisphere being completed by the curved surface of the wheel. The chain p is attached at p<1> and, when the wheel is rotated by means of the projection i, falls into a groove d<5>. Stops d<1>, d<3> limit the motion of the wheel. In a modification, the motion is reversed and the chain passes over an intermediate pulley.
Patent GB-190807520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Motor Bicycles or the like.
Inventor: PRICE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 7520. Price, T. April 4. Supports.-In the kind of support for motorbicycles &c. described in Specification No. 21,256, A.D. 1904, for locking the leg or jack in its opeperative and inoperative positions, a spring-controlled catch e hinged to the upper end of the leg is arranged so that its nose may engage one of the holes b<3>, b<4> in the quadrant bracket b. The catch is mounted between lugs d<4>, while its nose passes through a hole d<3> in the upper end of the leg. The spring f takes into a second hole d<2>. For limiting its movement, the leg is provided with a stop d.
Patent GB-190809734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrel Carriages for Travelling Barrel Recoil Ordnance.
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 9734. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. March 19, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Field carriages.-A gun-carrying vehicle, on to which the gun barrel J is transferred from the gun carriage H for transport, comprises a frame B slidably mounted upon curved guides c<3> on the axle C, so that it may be rocked by a screw device E to aline the slide b<2> on the frame with the slide h' of the gun carriage when on uneven ground, as shown in Fig. 5. The vehicle is connected to the trail of the gun carriage, during the transfer operation, by struts G suspended from the frame B, and by a ball - and - socket connexion situated at the centre of curvature of the guides c<3>, the two elements c<3>, h<2> of which are held in engagement by an adjustable strut F which supports the end of the frame B. Alternative means for maintaining the connexion c<2>, h<2> are described.
Patent GB-190814402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Animal Traps.
Inventor: LUND OSCAR FRED
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 14,402. Lund, O. F., and Gripp, H. J. July 7. Traps.-In a self-setting trap of the tilting-platform type, a shelf 2 fixed to the rear portion of the receptacle 1, which is preferably pear-shaped as shown in Fig. 1, limits the movement of the platform 3. Slots 6, through which the rod 4 supporting the platform extends, are inclined upwards and outwards through the ears 5, so that the platform may be removed. A hood 7 fitted to the front of the receptacle 1 encircles the front portion of the platform, and has shoulders 9 to engage the extensions 10 on the rear end of the platform. A handle 11 pivoted to ears 12 may also be provided, or the bottom of receptacle 1 may be open and the trap fitted into a pail containing water.
Patent GB-190820826-A (GB)
Title: Process of Manufacturing an Ointment for Curing Open Wounds, Tumors (Cancer) or the like.
Inventor: HANSEN HANS FREDERIK
Filed: 1908-10-02
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 20,826. Hansen, H. F. Oct. 15, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. of Resins and resinous compounds.-A resin preparation is obtained by boiling spruce resin in an extract, containing tannin and formic acid, prepared from spruce rind and spruce needles taken from an antbill. The mixture is kneaded to an ointment and exposed to sunlight.
Patent GB-190822652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Variable-speed Gears.
Inventor: SAUNDERS MONTAGU
Filed: 1908-10-26
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 22,652. Saunders, M. Oct. 26. Driving-mechanism. -In a three-speed gear for cycles, of the kind employing two sets of intermeshing planet-pinions, the carrier is arranged as the driven member of the train and drives the hub shell at each of the speeds, while the internal wheel meshing with one set of planet-pinions is mounted upon the sprocket-wheel sleeve. As shown in Fig. 1, planet-pinions F, F<1>, mounted upon a carrier C, gear with sun-pinions G, G<1>, of which the pinion G is, by means of a clutch O<1>, allowed to rotate forwards but not backwards, while the pinion G<1> is adapted to be clutched to a stationary part to prevent its forward rotation. The carrier is connected to the hub by a one-way clutch J which remains inoperative when the carrier, planet-pinions, and sun-pinions are moved to the right or left to give the changes of gear. For the direct drive, the carrier is clutched at R to the driving-sleeve. The internal wheel may mesh with the shorter planetpinions instead of with the longer ones, and sunpinions of the same diameter may be used. In lieu of sliding the carrier to effect the speed changes, the sun-pinion G<1> may be extended to carry a sliding clutch-piece, whereby the pinion may be connected to the carrier or to a fixed part. In this case, the clutch R is dispensed with and the carrier may be attached to the hub shell. The planetpinions may further be so proportioned that they intermesh on both sides of each pinion. Specification No. 28,361, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190826137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Punching Machines.
Inventor: HARBECK JERVIS RALPH
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 26,137. Harbeck, J. R. June 8, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Punching ; stamping.-In machines of the type in which the punches are carried by a cross-head moving in guides, the work-table is inclined, the punches are at right-angles thereto and " staggered " in position, suction means are employed for picking-up and ejecting the blank, and there is also provided an inclined guide-plate and special positioning-means. A combined fly-wheel and driving-pulley 9, Fig. 2, communicates motion to a shaft 8 having crank-pins embraced by connecting-rods attached to a crosshead 13, Figs. 2 and 6. The cross-head moves in guides and carries the punch-holders 16. The sheet to be punched is preferably first provided with holes a, Fig. 4, and with recesses b to facilitate the operation of the spacing-mechanism. The staggered position of the punches corresponds to like reference letters in Fig. 4, the holes c, d, e, &c., being cut in turn. In operation, the sheet of metal is placed on the table, and a spring-pressed tinger 55 is raised by a handle 57 and allowed to drop into a hole a in the sheet. By depressing a treadle 74 into the position shown in Fig. 2, a linkage 75, 77 withdraws a stop from the path of an abutment on the fly-wheel and the machine operates. As the cross-head rises, a pawl thereon thrusts forward a ratchet-wheel 61 one tooth, and this is continued until a shoulder 63 on the ratchetwheel engages an arm 64 on a shaft 65. The shaft is connected by a linkage 66, 68 with a spring- pressed arm 70 having a notch for engagement by the treadle arm 72. A hand lever 80 serves for stopping the machine at any time. The rising cross-bead also operates by a catch 58 an arm 59 on the shaft carrying the finger 55, thus allowing the work to slip down the incline until the finger 55 engages the next hole. The punch-holders 16 are provided with air channels 33 connected by a pipe 31 with a suitable source of air supply, so that the blanks shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 are picked up by the punches ; then, on the engagement of a nut 25 with a screw 27, the blanks are ejected on to a plate 44 and pass out of the apparatus as shown. The nut 25 is spring-connected to a rod 23 slidably mounted in the holder. Members 20, 21 and 36, 37 respectively coact, and a rubber buffer 42 may be provided. An apertured plate 48 supports the work.
Patent GB-190900380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Taps or Valves.
Inventor: MORRISON ALEXANDER FINDLAY
IPC: F16K31/26
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 380. Morrison, A. F. Jan. 7. Ball and float valves.-Relates to means for adjusting the position of the lever of a ball and float valve relatively to the valve. The end of the lever e passes through an opening in a plug d which screws into the valve b. Rotation of the valve causes the plug d to move in or out, and so alters the height of the lever e.
Patent GB-190900670-A (GB)
Title: Anti-slipping Device for Vehicles Running on Rails.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: B61H11/00
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 670. Golby, F. W., [FermÚ, A. M.]. Jan. 11. Sand, distributing on wheel tracks. - The slipping of railway-vehicle wheels is utilized to actuate sand-boxes and to modify the airbrake action by means of a differential train of wheels. Two small wheels are spring-pressed against the wheel and the rail respectively, and have pinions fixed to their axes. Chains connect these pinions to pinions J, N loosely mounted on a shaft L. The pinions J, N are fixed to bevel - wheels K, O, between which planet-wheels Q, P are loosely mounted on a shaft which is keyed to the shaft L. A centrifugal governor R is pivoted to the shaft L and is connected by a link S with an indented sleeve T, which can slide on but not rotate around the shaft L. The sleeve T is directly connected to a lever which actuates the sandboxes, and an apparatus for regulating the action of the air-brake. If a rotary motion is required for actuating the sand-boxes and airbrakes, this is obtained by means of an indented sleeve U with an endless screw V loosely mounted on the shaft L and driving a shaft X through a worm-wheel W when the sleeve T engages with the sleeve U. When slipping of the wheel takes place, so that the shaft L is rotated by means of the differential train of wheels, and the governor R oscillates on its shaft Y to a predetermined extent, the sleeve T is moved, and the sand-boxes and air-brake are operated. A spring Z returns the governor to its initial position. Apparatus of any well-known kind may be employed to render the device operative when the shaft L is rotated in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-190900686-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Machine for Moulding Bricks.
Inventor: DYETT JAMES HUNT
IPC: B28B5/08
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 686. Dyett, J. H., and Howson, F. A. Jan. 11. Rotary mouldtable machines ; processes. -Bricks composed of a body Y of inferior material covered by facing-material Z, as shown in Fig. 10, a r e produced by filling a mould E<3>, Fig. 7, with the body material Y, shaping this as shown in Fig. 8, filling up the mould with the facing material Z, Fig. 9, and compressing. These operations are carried out successively on a rotary-table machine comprising a mould table E, Figs. 1 and 2, supported upon a fixed base-plate B. A fixed casing D passing through a central aperture in the table E supports the driving-shaft F, hoppers K, K<1>, for the body and facing materials respectively, and guides L<3> for the compressing and ejecting plungers. The table is driven intermittently by means of a spring bolt G', Fig. 4, carried by a bar G mounted upon the shaft F, which is forced outwardly through an aperture C' by means of a cam H and engages notches E<1> in the table ; a bolt J<3> mounted upon a spring-retained rod J normally engages with a recess E<2> in the periphery of the table to lock it, but is forced out of engagement by means of a cam G<1> carried by the bar G. Material fed to the mould through the hopper K is shaped as shown in Fig. 8 by means of a plunger L, ;Fig. 2, formed with a nose O<4>, Fig. 6, and an inclined face O<5>, the material displaced by the nose being forced through a slit B<1>, Fig. 8, in the base-plate B. Facing-material is supplied through the hopper K<1> after the next movement of the table, and the brick is next compressed by a plunger L<1>. The finished brick is discharged from the mould by means of a plunger L<2> on to a pallet T<1> supplied from a hopper T and carried beneath it by means of an intermittentlymoving conveyer P which is operated synchronously with the other parts of the machine by means of a lever-and-pawl device R, Q, Fig. 1, operated by a cam carried by the shaft F. The conveyer P is supported by means of a spring-supported cross-bar W, which is forced downwards during the ejection of a brick, to prevent damage to the brick, by means of a projection V on the plunger L<2> acting upon a roller V; this roller is carried by levers V<2> pivoted at V<3> and provided with arms V<4>, which bear upon the bar W. The plungers L, L<1>, L<2> are fitted with removable heads O and are actuated by means of adjustable cranks M' mounted upon shafts N, which are operated from the shaft F, through bevel-gearing N<3>, N<2>. In order to form several bricks in each mould, the moulds E' and also the plunger heads 0 may be subdivided. Fig. 11 shows a frame X for subdividing a mould. The hoppers K, K<1> are widened downwards to prevent clogging.