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Patent GB-190627286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tires
Inventor: BACKUS JOHN CLAYTON
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 27,286. Backus, J. C., and Hilton, R. W. Nov. 30. Spring wheels; tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Relates to tyres of the type wherein a number of pneumatic chambers are arranged around the rim, the air within the chambers being compressed under the pressure of the vehicle, and the chambers being open to atmosphere when the pressure therein falls below that of cbe atmosphere. The felloe 1 carries the inner part 2 of the tyre, this part being made in sections bolted close together by a hook bolt 4a or similar means,Fig.2. The tread is formed of pressure members 4, attached to which are tubes 6 having returned flanges 7, Fig. 3 ; inside the tubes 6 and bearing against the members 4 are tubes 8, closed at one end and having a similar returned flange 9 ; packings 10 are placed between the flanges 7, 9, and form pistons which slide in tubes 12 fixed on the inner part 2 of the -tyre, flanges 13 on the tubes 12 providing stops for the pistons. Between the ends of the tubes 8 and the inner parts 2, coil springs 11 are interposed, and serve to return the members 4, after a depressive force has been removed. If the pressure within the chambers has fallen, valves 19 admit air from the atmosphere to the pneumatic chamber. Each valve consists of a disk 19 carrying a stem, on the end of which is an adjusting-nut 20 ; a spring is placed between this nut and perforated washer 16 fixed on the part 2 to keep the valve disk 19 on its seating. The valve chamber is connected to a channel 21 formed in the inner parts 2, the channel being in connexion with the atmosphere. Outside the tyre is a flexible tread, formed of over-lapping U-shaped sections 23, filling-pieces 25 being placed on the reduced parts of the sections, to form a continuous tread surface. Bolts 27 pass through slots 26 in the sides of the sections 23, and attach the sections 23 and side rings 28 to the tyre. The side rings 28 limit the inward movement of the pressure members 4. In a modification, each set of pneumatic chambers and springs may be duplicated, the two chambers being placed side by side transversely to the rim.
Patent GB-190627926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Siphon Attachments for Filling and Emptying Liquid Receptacles.
Inventor: LANDAU DEWIS
Filed: 1906-12-07
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 27,926. Landau, D. Dec. 7, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Beer and other bever ages, raising and drawing- off.-Relates to means for filling siphon n bottles, barrels, &c., with aerated water, beer, wine, &c., and for drawing-off the contents of the filled vessels. The head of a bottle 1, Fig. 3, carries a draw-off tube 2 and a valve 52 with a hollow stem 56. The valve is held against its seating by a spring 59 and is depressed to open it either by a lining-tube 86 or by a head and spout 77 hinged to the bottle head. A chamber 61 surrounding the hollow valve stem 56 is provided with a relief nozzle to allow escape of liquid left in the ports above the stem when the valve 52 is closed. The head 77 may be fitted with a check valve opening outwards or with a chamber 91, Fig. 4, to prevent the violent rash of liquid when the valve 52 is first opened. The gas escapes from the chamber by ports in a rod 93 which serves as a stop for a ball valve 94. A head comprising a valve such as the valve 52, may be attached to a pipe for filling vessels at a distance.
Patent GB-190629748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Instruments for Electric Storage Batteries.
Inventor: BRAZIL HARRY
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 29,748. Brazil, H., and Lydall, F. Dec. 31. Quantity meters.-The charge remaining in a secondary battery is indicated by a meter the rate of registration in which depends upon the electromagnetic action between a current proportional to the battery current, and a magnetic field produced partly by a constant current and partly by a current proportional to the battery current. The reading may be set automatically to its maximum value when the battery is fully charged, by heart cams W operated by fingers moved by an electromagnet X, which is caused to act by the maximum voltage of the battery. A motor meter may be used, the driving torque being made more than proportional to the current by compound-winding the field magnets. Or the meter may be of the type in which the rate is proportional to the deflexion of a coil movable in a magnetic field, this deflexion being made non - proportional to the current by compound-winding the field. According to the Provisional Specification, the non-proportionality of the deflexion is produced by an arrangement of controlling-springs ; also, the controlling-torque of a motor meter may be made less than proportional to the speed, e.g. by using lubricated bearings.
Patent GB-190701110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle and Locomotive "Sanding" Apparatus.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-16
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 1110. Taylor, J. Jan. 16. Sanding rails.-Two sanding- devices are provided for road, railway, or tramway vehicles, or for locomotives; one gives a continuous small supply and the other a larger emergency supply ; each supply is controlled by the movement of a separate handle, and the valves for the emergency supply are opened by a spring. The containers a, 1, Fig. 1, for the continuous and emergency supplies respectively, have discharge pipes b, 2, delivering preferably into tubes h, 8, Fig. 3, each pair of tubes h, 8 joining up into two common delivery pipes z, 100. The valves c, 3, Fig. 1, are tubular and fit over the projecting parts of the pipes b, 2. The containers a, 1 have each two or more of these discharge pipes and valves side by side. The valves c, 3 are adjustably connected to stems d, 4. The adjustment of the valves may also be effected by screwing the pipes b, 2 in their sockets g, 7. For the continuous supply, the valves c are operated by arms q on a spindle l provided with a handle i, which is held in any required position by a spring stud n. The rods d are supported in guides r in a removable partition In a modified arrangement for adjustiug the level of the valves, and adapted to produce a small continuous supply of sand only when the vehicle is moving, a hinged lever v, Fig. 5, actuates each valve-rod, so that in the vertical position the valve is lowered, while in the horizontal position, shown in dotted lines, the valve is raised. A further adjustment is obtained by turning the screwed sleeves x. The emergency supply valves 3, Fig. 1, are actuated by elbow-levers 16 and a spring-pressed rod 12, which is normally held in a position to keep the valves closed by a lever 9, which has a gab 11 fitting over the rod 12. To close the valves, the lever 9 is made to fall into position over the rod 12 by pulling a knob on the end of the rod. The lever 9 may be released by hand or foot, or by pulling a cord.
Patent GB-190706630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Apparatus for, the Manufacture of Thin Sheets, or Foil, or Strips, or Ribbons, of Lead, or other Metal, or Alloy.
Inventor: STRANGE EDWARD HALFORD
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1908-04-18
Abstract: 6630. Strange, E. H., and Pim, C. A. March 19. Casting.-Thin sheets, foil, strips, or ribbons of lead or other metal or alloy are cast by pouring from a melting-pot A on to a revolving disk or roller C, water or air &c. cooled at E<1>. The orifice a may be heated, may have any sectional form, and may be duplicated. Specification No. 14,937, A.D. 1888, is referred to.
Patent GB-190708106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Wire Nails and the like.
Inventor: SCHLIE WILLIAM CHRISTIAN JOHAN
Filed: 1907-04-08
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 8106. Schlie, W. C. J. April 8. Making nails; forging ; shearing.-In a machine for making nails from wire, a length of wire sufficient for two nails is cut off from one or more wires, and is flattened at the centre to form the point partly, and placed on a turret feed-wheel. It is then carried to a position where the ends are headed, and the points are finished at rightangles to the previous direction by shearing off the superfluous metal. In the machine shown, two wires a are fed through straighteners by adjustable - throw bellcrank-operated dogs f, Fig. 2, which indent wire and feed forward lengths, which are cut off by cam - operated shears j<1> and are pressed into grooves in turret disks l, l<1>, indentations being formed at the centre by dies o, p. The turret disks are intermittently operated from a shaft u, Fig. 1, carrying a cam t engaging rollers on a disk s attached to the turret shaft. The blanks k in the turret are then brought opposite dies I<1>, H, Fig. 3, which complete the pointing by shearing at right-angles to the previous indentations, a shearing-die M removing the superfluous metal. At the same time, the projecting portions of the blanks are held by cam-operated pairs of dies w<1>, w, v<1>, v, Fig. 1, the heads being upset by dies z, z<3>. A segment P, Fig. 3, holds the blanks in position in the turret-wheel, the finished nails falling out when passing beyond the dies I<1>, H.
Patent GB-190708361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Winding Frames.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 8361. Thompson, W. P., [Baum & Co., F.]. April 10. Winding - machines ; doffing-arrangements.- Relates to automatic machines in which the travel of the thread - guide is reduced towards the completion of a pirn, cop, or bobbin and during the commencement of a fresh pirn &c., so as to produce a central binding on the finished pirn &c. and a foundation on a new pirn whereby drawing - off is rendered uniform. A double machine is shown. The cop tube 2, Fig. 2, is carried by a shaft 1 displaceable longitudinally against a spring 12 and driven from a wheel 7 by a pin 9 thereon engaging a notched boss 10 on the shaft. During normal winding, the thread-guide 3, Fig. 3, which is hinged to a block 48 pivotally secured to a rocking-arm 24, is drawn by a spring 26 to engage a notch 25 in the arm and rocks with it, the arm being rocked from an eccentric 20 on the main shaft 6. On attaining the required size, the pirn &c. depresses a pivoted feeler 4, 36, Fig. 5, connected by a spring hinge with an arm bearing against a fixed incline 37, whereby a bowl carried by the arm engages a spring-released half clutch 33, Fig. 2, with the fixed half-clutch 33 which is driven by worm gearing 13 from the main shaft. The loose half-clutch carries a cam 32 which now acts through pivoted spring- controlled levers 31, 30 and 29, 28 to disengage the thread-guide 3 from the notch in the arm 24 and engage it with a notch in a fixed plate 27 arranged near its upper end, whereby a small central traverse is imparted to it so as to lay the binding layers. While this traverse continues, another cam 16 on the loose half-clutch acts on a pivoted arm 17, Fig. 6, to press forward the cop tube shaft and disengage its notched sleeve 10 from the driving pin 9, and a projection 39 on the cam acts on a guided arm 40 to operate the bell-crank lever 42 whereby a doffer 46 is advanced to doff the finished pirn &c. The small traverse is continued until the foundation of the new pirn &c. is made, at which time a recess in the back of the cam disk 32 comes round to a bowl 34, which had retained the clutch in engagement, and the spring 35 separates the halfclutches. The several operating parts are, after cutting, returned to normal position by springs, similar parts being provided for the other spindle of the double machine.
Patent GB-190709007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers & Tubes Conducting Seawater
Inventor: HAUSMANN LINCOLN
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 9007. Hausmann, L. April 28, 1906, [date applied. for under Patents Act, 1901]. Metal pipes and tubes.-To prevent the destruction by electrolysis and sea-water of condensers and tubing conducting sea-water, the apparatus is coated or lined with lead. The tubes may be immersed in molten lead or they may be coated electrolytically. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also means for coating the tubes both internally and externally, and states that the tubes conducting sour water in mines and in chemical factories may be similarly treated. The tubes may be dipped in a bath composed wholly or mainly of molten lead ; or a lead tube may be inserted in a copper tube and forced by liquid or other pressure against the inner wall of the copper tube. The inner coating of lead may be reduced by electrolysis. In coatmg a tube internally by electrolysis, thick lead wire insulated by glass or rubber rings forms the anode. The electrodes may be moved slowly to form an even deposit of lead. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190710830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luggage-carriers for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: PHELPS EDGAR GEORGE
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 10,830. Phelps, E. G., and Bird, F. A. May 9. Luggage-carriers.-A luggage-carrier for cycles in which the frame is of the lazy-tongs construction is so constructed that it may be fixed in any desired opened-out position. The lazy-tongs frame a is pivoted horizontally through short links e to curved links e<3> which are in turn pivoted vertically to clips d on the stays. The other ends of the lazy-tongs frame are pivoted to ears h, which are in turn pivoted to arms g. One of the arms g, which swing about clipsj, has fixed in its length a stud m which engages a notched quadrant k; the quadrant, pivoted at k<1>, retains the arm g in any desired position. The locking-device k may be dispensed with by serrating the engaging faces of the arm g and clip k and connecting them by means of a winged nut and bolt.
Patent GB-190714893-A (GB)
Title: Improved Treatment of Coal for Fuel and Gas-manufacture
Inventor: JOWETT JAMES
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 14,893. Jowett, J. June 29. Gas manufacture, materials for.-A composition containing chlorate, nitrate, and permanganate of potassium is added to coal before it is coked or used for gas-making, to obtain a coke which lights readily and burns in an ordinary grate, clearly and without smoke. Any coal may be employed, including inferior kinds, the proportions of the chemicals varying accordingly. The composition may be used in solution, or with wet coal or smudge it may be used dry. According to the Provisional Specification, chloride of lime, copper oxide, and a little lime may be added to the above-mentioned ingredients.
Patent GB-190715473-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Receiving and Delivering Mail Bags by Trains in Motion.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-07-05
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 15,473. Willis, P. R. J., [Bowman, N. K.]. July 5. Mail-bag catchers and dischargers.-In mechanism for receiving and delivering mail bags from and to moving trains, the bags to be delivered from the car are hung on pegs b, Fig. 1, projecting from a rock-shaft B carried by a frame A. The frame A is retained horizontally by a link c pivotally connected to an arm d of a lever D mounted on a shaft E by means of a spline. On the shaft E is similarly mounted a casting H having a hooked arm h for catching the mail bags, a handle h<1>, and a lug h<2>. An arm F, fixed to the doorway, has a pin f which passes through a hole d<4> in the arm d' of the lever D and through a hole in the lug h<2>. Two rods I connect the rock-shaft B to a pin f and maintain the rock-shaft so that the pegs incline upwardly. The impact of a mail bag caught by the hook h compresses the spring E<1> and releases the rods I, the arm d' of the lever D, and the lug h<2> from the pin f, the rock-shaft being thus free to turn and release the bags from the pegs b, and at the same time the hook h falls with its bag. Since the casting H and lever D are feathered on the shaft E, the falling of the casting rotates both the shaft E and the levers, so that the frame A is drawn up. The handle h<1> of the casting is caught by the spring clip H<1>. The parts may be reversed when the car is travelling in the opposite direction, and the device can be folded inward, when desired. In an alternative construction, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the casting H is held horizontally by a pin J slidably held in apertures j, j<1> in the handle and lug h<2> of the casting. A trigger K is attached to the pin J and is contiguous to the arm h, so as to be struck by the rings of the mail bags and thus cause the withdrawal of the pin J from the hole d' in the lever D. The rods I are suspended from the pin between the arm d' and the lug h<2>. A rubber sleeve L absorbs the shock of impact.
Patent GB-190717874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Devices.
Inventor: WINNETT JOHN SHELDON
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 17,874. Winnett, J. S., and Boerth, H. J. Aug. 6. Roundabouts.-An amusement device of the type described in Specification No. 17,873, A.D. 1907, consists of a tubular column 5 which serves as a support for a revolving frame 11 keyed to a driving-shaft 6. The frame is provided with bearings for shafts 16, 17, 18, which are secured at their outer ends to revolving frames 20 carrying cars 21. The inner ends of the shafts are keyed to bevel-wheels 23, 24, 25, respectively, which gear with bevel-wheels 13, 14 bolted to the tubular support. The shaft 6, when driven from a shaft 2 by means of bevel-wheels 7, 8, imparts to the cars a motion which is the resultant of a rotation about the column and a revolution about the shafts.
Patent GB-190719673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Domestic Stoves and Fireplaces
Inventor: JOBSON VINCENT
Filed: 1907-09-03
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,673. Jobson, V. Sept. 3. Canopies and hoods; draught, regulating. -A plate 2 pivoted at 7 to the wings 3 of a movable canopy 1 above a fireplace is guided automatically, by projections 9 on the side of the fireplace, when the canopy is moved, to open or close the flue opening. When the canopy is pulled out, the plate 2 hangs approximately vertical.
Patent GB-190721559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas-engine Cylinders.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 21,559. Boult, A. J., [Ehrhardt & Sehmer Ges.]. Sept. 28. Gas and like engines.-The cylinder consists of two end sections a, into which is shrunk a liner b provided with a flange d held between flanges on the end sections, and a two-part annular member c connecting them together and forming a water jacket.
Patent GB-190722434-A (GB)
Title: Massive Boron Carbide and Process of Making same.
Inventor: TUCKER SAMUEL AUCHMUTY
Filed: 1907-10-11
Granted: 1909-01-11
Abstract: 22,434. Tucker, S. A. Oct. 11. Drawing. - Dies are made of massive boron carbide of the formula B6C.
Patent GB-190722555-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method for Freeing Hair, Bristles or the like from Adhering Tissues.
Inventor: MUELERTZ ANDRE
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 22,555. M³lertz, A., and Stelling, E. Oct. 13, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901 ]. Bristles, materials for.-The hairy refuse from butcheries and tanneries is treated with aldehydes and dried to render it brittle, so that the bristles, hair, or fur may be broken away from the adhering tissues.
Patent GB-190722798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roofs of Greenhouses, Conservatories, or other Structures having Roofs of Glass.
Inventor: SHERWOOD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 22,798. Sherwood, W. Oct. 16. Glazing roofs.- Wooden glazing- bars bare protected by means of a capping a bedded on putty c. An undercapping a<1> may be secured to the bars b by tacks. The capping may be semicircular or of any section to suit the bars, and may consist of steel or iron, preferably enamelled white. The invention is applicable to greenhouses, conservatories, and other structures.
Patent GB-190728177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Pistols.
Inventor: PIEPER NICOLAS
Filed: 1907-12-21
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 28,177. Pieper, N. Dec. 21. Stocks.-Relates to automatic pistols of the type comprising a breech casing containing the bolt and surmounted by a slide, and a fixed barrel adjacent to the casing and carrying the reaction spring and its rod, and in which the whole of these parts are fixed to the body, the general arrangement being similar to that of the pistols described in Specification No. 9379A, A.D. 1905. The present invention consists in the application to this pistol of fastening-devices of the type described in Specification No. 9379, A.D. 1905. A projection e, Fig. 1, on the barrel a is recessed to engage a pin h on the body b; a similar projection f engages a pin k and extends downwards between two ears l on the breech chamber c, the parts being connected by a pin q, as shown in Fig. 3. A hook-shaped projection g on the part c receives a flattened pivot pin p, operated by means of a lever or button n to secure the parts when the pin is in the position shown in Fig. 1, or to release them when turned through a half-revolution. Several modifications are described. In one, the front locking-parts e, k are dispensed with, and the flattened pin p is arranged to engage with the rear part f of the barrel and the ears l of the breech casing. In a second modification, the pin k is dispensed with, and the recess in the part g is vertical and opens downwards. In a third modification, the rear barrel projection f, Fig. 7, is shortened and acts only as an abutment, and a locking-part l engages a pin k carried by the body. A fourth modification is shown in Fig. 8, in which the pin p engages a projection f on the barrel and is turned through a quarter-revolution to release the parts.
Patent GB-190804814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DAVIS CHARLES
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 4814. Davis, C. March 3. Carriage lamps; velocipede lamps.- Motor-vehicle 'lamps are constructed so as to project rays of light in an upward direction to enable the light to be seen by an approaching car when an obstacle prevents the observation of the ordinary lights. This vertical light, which may be plain or coloured, may he produced by a special lamp, or by the ordinary front lamp nr number - plate lamp. As shown, an ordinary acetylene lamp is fitted with a side casing 3, provided with a reflector 5 and lens 6, which forms a vertical beam of light. The lamp is also fitted with reflectors 10. The lamp may be fitted with air outlets protected by a bood. The lamp may be supported in any suitable way so that the upward rays are not impeded.
Patent GB-190814854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Music Sheets for Piano Players.
Inventor: PECK CARL EDWARD
Filed: 1908-07-13
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 14,854. Peck, C. E. July 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Automatic instruments. - In tune sheets for automatic musical instruments, means are provided to indicate the melody apertures. In Fig. 1, lines 10 are employed to connect the melody apertures 12. In a modification, dots, which are preferably coloured, are provided at the forward ends of the melody apertures, and these dots are preferably connected by lines such as those shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190816808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Street Sweepers.
Inventor: BEEMAN WILLIAM SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-08-10
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 16,808. Beeman, W. S. Aug. 10. Motor road vehicles.-A tank 12 suspended under the body of a motor-propelled sweeping-machine, may receive the exhaust gases from the motor, and, if a steam engine is used, may supply the water for the boiler.