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Patent GB-190710467-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pie Lidding and Forming Machine
Inventor: JACKSON JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 10,467. Jackson, J. H. May 6. Moulding pastry.-In machines for moulding and lidding pies, custards, tarts, &c., a cutter s, Fig. 5, is mounted above the moulding or lidding tool q and is adapted to trim the edges of the pie &c., and also to hold it down during the withdrawal of the tool q. Mould tins k are placed in recesses in an intermittently-rotated table j, Fig. 1, and are in turn brought underneath a plunger a carrying the tool q. The plunger a is reciprocated by means of a rod d connected to a crank-pin e, and is prevented from rotating by means of a groove 4 engaging with a pin on the frame b. During the descent of the plunger the cutter s is retained by a catch u, and is released when the plunger is near the bottom of its stroke by means of a striker w engaging with a stop x on a rod y carrying a projection z which disengages the catch u. A spring t forces the cutter downwards to trim the edges of the pie and also to hold the article down while the tool q is withdrawn. As the tool q continues to rise, it engages with and raises the cutter s. To prevent the cutter from rotating on the plunger a, it is provided with a pin engaging with the groove 4. The plunger a and the cutter s may be operated by hand and the rotary table j may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190715234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Signalling Apparatus for use with Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 15,234. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. July 2. Sights and methods of sighting.-In a portable transmitting-apparatus for setting the sights, the direction in which an electromotor drives a rotary transmitting-switch is controlled by a simple finger or hand switch. The apparatus is particularly applicable to the method of indicating the range &c. to the sight setter, as described in Specification No. 4404, A.D. 19J6, but can also te used in the method of directly setting the sight by electric means described in Specification No. 11,607, A.D. 1907, or in systems in which counting devices indicating range &c. are placed near the guns and controlled from the transmitting-station. Fig. 10 shows the general arrangement of apparatus. The motor A drives through worm-gearing a, b the rotary transmitting switch B (described in Specification No. 29,665, A.D. 1906), [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c., which is connected electrically to the distant indicators and also to the indicator F, which may be of the kind described in Specifications No. 29,422, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.], or No. 10,650, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.]. The motor is controlled by the fingerpushes C<1>, C<3>, shown more clearly in Fig. 5. Each push carries contacts c<1>, c<2> adapted to bridge stationary spring-contacts c<1>, c<2> in the motor-circuit, the direction of rotation of the motor being determined by the push depressed. A transverse lever c pivoted at c<3> ensures that, when one push is depressed, the other will be raised. Means are provided by which either of the pushes c<1>, c<2> may be retained temporarily in its depressed position. Instead of the finger-pushes, a rotary hand-switch, Fig. 8, may be used, the segmental contacts c<8> being connected by the spring-contacts c<7>. In the middle position of the contacts c<7>, no circuit is closed, but, on turning it to the right or left, the motor rotates in one or the other direction. The motor is furnished with a magnetic band-brake a<2>, Fig. 4, controlled by the magnet G in the motor-circuit. The free end of the band a<2> is attached to the armature g, and is brought into action by a spring g<2> to stop the motor directly the armature is released. The magnet G may also operate a switch' for cutting-off the current from the transmitting- switch B when the motor is not at work. The lamp illuminates the opalescent dial D, over which the pointer E of the indicator F works. According to the Provisional Specification, a non-electric motor may be used instead of the electromotor A.
Patent GB-190716317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Helmets and other Head Coverings
Inventor: VERO WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 16,317. Vero, W. July 16. Adjustable for various sizes of head; leathers or sweat bands. - Detachable interior fittings of hats and helmets are secured to the hat body by means of metal attachments consist ing of eyes sand split pins or plug- and-clip sockets, so that interior fittings of various sizes may be employed to adapt the hat to various sizes of head. To the head-fitting of the requisite thickness of material to give the correct internal fitting are secured, by means of clips, Fig. 4, a number of fasteners, Fig. 2, of the shape shown and having holes, through which pass the shanks of eyes, Fig. 1, secured upon the body of the head covering and passing from the outside through holes therein. A split pin, Fig. 3, is passed through a hole in the fastener, Fig. 2, and through the shank of the eye so as to secure the hat and the internal fitting together. In Fig. 5, the metal attachments are shown in position upon the internal fitting.
Patent GB-190718677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lift Up Brackets for Seats, Shelves, and the like.
Inventor: BROWN WALTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 18,677. Brown, W. W. Aug. 19. Stays.-The horizontal part B of a bracket capable of being folded upwards against its support is supported in its extended position by means of a pivoted stay C, the lower end of which engages a slot D in the supporting- plate and is retained therein by means of a cross-pin. A locking-lever A' is pivoted to the underside of t h e bracket, and has a slot E which engages a pin A<11>, thereby constraining the end of the lever A to move in a groove in the back plate. The lever A engages a stop at the end of the groove when the bracket is extended.
Patent GB-190718842-A (GB)
Title: Means for Receiving Intelligence Communicated by Electric Waves
Inventor: PICKARD GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 18,842. Pickard, G. W. Aug. 30, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Thermo electric batteries.-A wave-detector for wireless telegraphy comprises two electric conductors in good contact with each other, one or both of the conductors being of high specific resistance and thermo-electric power. The heat generated by the oscillations produces sufficient electromotive force to directly operate a telephone or other sensitive indicator. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the metallic conductor 7 is pressed upon a mass of amorphous or graphitic silicon N by a spring 11 bearing against the rod 8 of a ball-andsocket joint 9, 10, by which the point of contact between the parts 7, N can be varied. The silicon may be embedded in a mass of fusible metal in a cup which screws into the support 3. According to the Specification in the original form, as published under the Act of 1901, one of the conductors may be a solution of the metal constituting the other conductor, and sulphides, such as molybdenite under mechanical pressure, may be used instead of elements. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190727721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Condensing Apparatus for Steam Engines and the like.
Inventor: ASTROM JOHN
Filed: 1907-12-16
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 27,721. Astrom, J. Dec. 16. Air-pumps gravity-feed pumps; piston pumps. - Relates to a pump for removing the air and d water separately from a jet condenser, the piston being solid and serving to cover and uncover the ports for admitting the water from the condenser to the cylinder. The pump cylinder E, Fig. 1, communicates by ports f with the lower portion of the condenser A, which is provided with a steam inlet b, injection inlet c, and ordinary baffle - plates D, Fig. 3, mounted on sleeves d on a rod e. The cylinder cover is formed with an annular chamber divided into two compartments, one of which communicates by a pipe U with the upper part of the condenser, and the other by a pipe J with the delivery chamber F, placed as shown or elsewhere, both compartments also communicating by valve-controlled openings with the pump cylinder above the piston. The inlet valve T is normally kept closed by a spring m, and is open at regular intervals by means of a bellcrank lever S, connected by a rod R to an eccentric on the engine shaft O. The hollow piston-rod K<1> passes through the annular pump head and is operated by the beam lever L. On the down-stroke of the piston K, the valve T is opened, and air is drawn into the upper part of the cylinder through the pipe U, and the water in the lower part of the pump cylinder is forced through the valve G into the delivery chamber F. On the up-stroke of the piston, the valve T closes, and the air is forced out through the valve V and pipe J, while the water flows by gravity from the condenser to the lower part of the pump cylinder through the ports f.
Patent GB-190801063-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Feed Water Heater.
Inventor: SCHOLLMEYER GUSTAV HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 1063. Schollmeyer, G. H. Jan. 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Heating water.- A feedwaterheater 3 situated in the smoke-box of a locomotive boiler has its inlet and outlet pipes provided with twoway cocks 13, 12, so that the feedwater may be passed either through the coil 3 or directly into the boiler. The two cocks are simultaneously actuated through a rack 9 and pinion 8 by a handle 6. As the feed-water is cut off from the coil, a stop-cock 15, also connected to the rack 9, is opened, thus permitting the water in the coil to drain off through a pipe 18. A similar arrangement is provided on each side of the boiler.
Patent GB-190801397-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cutting Spiral Flutes in Wood or the like
Inventor: KUHL CARL OTTO MARTIN
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 1397. Kuhl, C. O. M. Jan. 21. Carving.-In cutting spiral flutes in wood &c. articles such as chair and table legs, the work is rotatable by a fixed cord passing over pulleys on a lathe moved bodily with relation to the cutter. A lathe A, which is moved by hand across and about the face of the table B of a vertical spindle machine, carries a spindle C, on which are loosely mounted cone pulleys D. The endless driving-cord which passes round a series of adjustable pulleys in addition to the cone pulleys is fixed by a clamp P to the. table so that the movement of the bed A also rotates the pulleys. The cone pulleys carry a spring-held pawl F, which is pressed into engagement with a toothed wheel E fixed on the spindle C by a cam H, Fig. 5, attached to a slotted piece I on the bracket. The pawl is disengaged by a pawl or equivalent J. After the flute is cut in the motion of the wheel to the left, the bed is returned out of contact with the cutter. The pawl is not released until it engages the cam, and the position for the second flute is obtained, since the pawl does not again engage the wheel until the position shown in Fig. 5 is reached. The quadrant may be graduated to position the cam H to regulate the spacing. The direction of rotation may be reversed to produce flutes in the opposite direction thereby forming raised squares. The bed is provided with a pattern against which the cutter-spindle bears. The screw spindle S is locked by a pin U carried by a collar T threaded on the spindle and engaging a curved slot V in a bracket W. The spacing may be further regulated by using a series of wheels with teeth of different sizes. Parallel flutes may be cut by moving the bed against the cutter when the work is stationary.
Patent GB-190805215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Tops or Ventilating Terminals.
Inventor: COVERDALE HARRY
Filed: 1908-03-07
Granted: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 5215. Coverdale, H. March 7. Chimney &c. tops. -A cup is supported within a chimney or ventilating-shaft top at a short distance below the outlet and is of such a size that an annular space is left between it and the wall of the top. The cup B is provided with a small hole E in the bottom and may be fixedly or removably secured within the top A by radial arms D. When it is fixed, it is carried by the upper part of the top, which may be detachable from the lower part, and may be secured to it by a form of bayonet-joint to facilitate cleaning. When the cup is movable, the arms D are supported upon an internal flange F, and may slide in vertical grooves G, the cup being lifted by the sweep's brush, and being freed from soot by the impact of the arms D with abutments H or with a removable flange secured by screws, at the top of the grooves. The grooves may be turned twice at right-angles in opposite directions at the top so that the cup may be entirely removed by a partial rotation at the top of the grooves. The arms may have upturned ends, in which case the grooves may be omitted.
Patent GB-190816511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Firing Gear of Breech Loading Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 16,511. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Aug. 5. Ordnance breech mechanism. -Relates to primer lock firing - mechanism of the kind described in Specification No. 15,014, A.D. 1907, and consists in providing a band-lever at the side of the gun which performs the operations of withdrawing the guide bolt, retracting the firing- pin, and moving the lock in case of miss-fire, without operating the breech-opening mechanism. Seven modifications are described. (1) A two-armed lever b<3>, b<4>, Figs. 1 and 3, is carried by a spindle b<1> mounted on the sliding lock B and rotated by a hand-lever b<2> on the side of the breech. The arm b<3> operates a lever d' for the purpose of retracting the striker E, and the arm b<4> withdraws the guidebolt C, the lock being witt drawn by pulling on the handle b<2>. (2) A curved lever a, Fig, 4, pivoted to the box-slide A has a cam-surface a<8> for moving the lever d<1>, a cam-surface a<7> for withdrawing the guide-bolt C, and a projection a<9> for moving the lock B. The handle a<3> of the lever a is provided with a spring catch. In each of the modifications (3), (4), (5), and (6) a lanyard-lever pivoted to the sliding lock B acts directly or indirectly to withdraw the guide-bolt C and operate the rod d<1> to retract the firing-pin. In the modification (7), which is applicable to heavy guns, a cam-plate F<1>, Figs. 21 and 22,. normally moves with the breechoperating crank-pinion F and operates rods d<3>, f<4> for retracting the striker and withdrawing the lock. When the handle G is grasped, a pin connexion F<2> between the cam F<1> and the pinion F, is released by the bolt G<2>, whichthen itself engages with the cam F<1> so that by turning the handle G the firing-pin is withdrawn and the lock is moved independently of the breech-operating mechanism.
Patent GB-190817697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Geysers or Water-heaters.
Inventor: BARRALET THOMAS EUSTACE
Filed: 1908-08-22
Granted: 1909-08-23
Abstract: 17,697. Barralet, T. E. Aug. 22. Water-heaters.-In geysers of the kind in which the beating passages or flues contain heat conductors in the form of spirals or coils of wire, the latter are arranged so as to touch only one wall of each passage or flue. The walls are preferably grooved to receive the coils. The geyser consists of an outer water space a, communicating through a passage h with an inner water space b provided with an outlet i. The gases from the burners j pass up between the water spaces a, b and also into the inner space f<1>. The gas passages contain heat conductors l of coiled metal strip so arranged that each coil touches only one wall of the passage. The axes of the coils may be arranged in the direction of the flow of the gases. A perforated plate m, which may be replaced by separate strips, is arranged to conduct fluid of condensation from the heated surfaces to the inner wall of the outer water space to protect the flame. The geyser may be rectangular or of any other form.
Patent GB-190818578-A (GB)
Title: Wage Registering Apparatus for Mechanical Looms.
Inventor: MARSCHIK SAMUEL
IPC: G06M1/06
Filed: 1908-01-15
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 18,578. Marschik, S. Jan. 15. Counting-opparatus.-To register piece-work done upon a loom in monetary units, a counter is actuated by segmental wheels arranged according to the monetary units in a unit of work. The spindle VIII of the actuating-wheels is rotated once per unit of work by gearing from a spindle of the loom, and carries a pinion gearing with a wheel 18 of a system 18, 19, 20, the wheels 18, 19 being loosely mounted on the spindle VI, and motion being transmitted by connecting-gearing 21 to the wheel 20 fixed to the spindle VI, on which are also mounted rigidly the segmental actuating-wheels 22, 23, 24. These wheels have such numbers of teeth that one turn of their spindle may register the value of one unit of work according to the monetary denominations. The circumference of the wheels 22, 23, 24 is equal to thirty toothdivisions, and the teeth of the respective wheels are set relatively to each other so as to differ in position by one tooth division whereby no two wheels operate at the same time. Between the actuating-wheels and the counter pinions z<1>, z<2>, z<3> are the three intermediate wheels a', a<2>, a3. The tens transfer device consists in providing the counter-wheels with disks f<1>, f<2>, f<3> of two teeth, which teeth come into gear with toothed wheels c loose on the spindle IX each time the corresponding counting-wheel turns from 9 to 0. A spring-governed catch e on the wheel c engages ratchet teeth d on the wheel b, loose on the spindle IX, and can turn the wheel b, the wheel c then turns, causing the wheels g<1> or g<2>, g<3> to move through one unit. The spindle IX can be arranged to be disengaged to re-set the apparatus. For other rates of piece-work, the wheels 22, 23, and 24 can be replaced by wheels having the required number of teeth corresponding to the number of monetary units.
Patent GB-190819485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo-electric Machines for Operating Rolling Mills and the like.
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,485. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. Sept. 16. Motor control systems. - Systems of motor control employing a starting - generator and motor include apparatus whereby, when the current in the system reaches a value just below that which would operate the automatic cut-out, the field of the generator is weakened and the field of the motor is strengthened, or the field of the motor is strengthened alone. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the main circuit connecting the generator a with the motor m includes the field s of a motor r, whose armature is energized by a small machine e. The latter excites the field b of the generator and also the field d of the motor, and a switch g permits the armature circuit of the motor r and the field b to be reversed. When the current in the main circuit approaches the cut-out strength, sufficient torque is produced in the motor r to rotate an arm which cuts resistance into the circuit of the field b. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, an additional small exciting-machine h, having its field i energized by the main current, supplies a demagnetizing winding c on the generator a and a strengthening-winding k on the motor. A series motor r is in the circuit of the motor h, and when supplied with sufficient current owing to the approach to cut-out strength of the main current in the field i, it moves an arm to cut out resistance which is normally included in the circuits of the windings c, k. The motors operating the resistance arms may be replaced by ordinary electro-magnetic devices.
Patent GB-190826865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: PRIBIL ADOLPHE
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 26,865. Pribil, A. Dec. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lubricators.-A valve for lubricators, which opens under vibration to allow oil to pass, comprises a ball a resting with line contact on a seat which slopes upwards towards the entrance to the outlet c. The motion of the ball is limited by a perfcrated hood which is adjustably screwed on to the stem b. The size of the outlet c may be varied by means of removable liners e. The outlet c is from 1À7 mm. to 4À8 mm. in diameter, and the ball is from 17 mm. to 21 mm., preferably 19 mm. in diameter. The adjustable hood d may constitute the lower part of the oil cup.
Patent GB-190903787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Bobbins for Weft-replenishing Looms.
IPC: B65H75/10
Filed: 1909-02-16
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 3787. British Northrop Loom Co. Feb. 16. Bobbins.-A bobbin B for looms and made of wood or other absorbent material, and having also the usual elastic split metallic rings r on the exterior, is provided with an internal tube T of brass &c. arranged wholly within the bobbin and opposite all the rings r.
Patent GB-190905114-A (GB)
Title: Secret Telephone Transmitters.
Inventor: HEYWORTH LAURENCE
IPC: H04M1/19
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1910-03-02
Abstract: 5114. Heyworth, L. March 2. Mouthpieces.-A sound-proof attachment with an aperture fitting to tLe speaker's mouth is attached to the ordinary mouthpiece. The doublewalled chamber 3 terminates in a pneumatic tube 9 which is attached to the end of the chamber by an elastic band 10. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 26,315/08.