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Patent GB-190809881-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cycle Supporting Device.
Inventor: ATTENBOROUGH EDWARD
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 9881. Attenborough, E. May 6. Stands.-In the kind of cycle support wherein the pedal barrel is adapted to be gripped by jaws at the upper extremities of lugs pivoted together, the legs a, b are inclined rearwardty to form the jaws c, d so that they do not cross one another, while, to provide the pivotal connexion, a rivet f is passed through cupped or dished washers e within holes or perforations near the upper ends of the legs.
Patent GB-190810908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Embroidery Machines.
Inventor: ENTWISLE JOSHUA
Filed: 1908-05-20
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 10,908. Entwisle, J., [Kursheedt Manufacturing Co.]. May 20. Embroidery-machines.- To ensure that the frame of an embroidery-machine shall move uniformly throughout its entire extent, parallel mechanisms are provided for controlling its movements. The fabric frame B, Fig 1, is connected at any suitable point to the usual pantograph or jacquard mechanism, and is supported by rollers E<3>, which are provided on the lower arms of bell-crank levers E, E', E<2> pivotally mounted on brackets F secured to the main frame A. The upper arms out these levers are forked and carry bowls G<1>, Fig. 2. mounted on pins G<2>, the bowls being surrounded by rings H, and ball bearings H<1> being located in races between the bowls and the rings. Projections H' on the rings are connected by a metal band I to cause the levers to act in unison to give uniform vertical motion to the frame B. The pivot of the lever E' is connected to one end of a lever J, the other end of which is connecte d to a lever K, which is attached to a lever L pivotally mounted on a bracket attached to the frame A. The lever K carries a disk M to which a counter-balance weight N is attached by means of springs M<1>. To overcome the tendency of the weight N to swing when the machine is operated, a rod N<1> attached to its base passes between a fixed jaw and a movable jaw N<2> mounted on a rod N<3> pivoted on the frame. The rod N<3> is moved by a cam N<7> on a power-shaft N<8> to release intermittently the clamping-jaw N' to allow the weight to follow the movements of the parallel-motion devic3, while, at the same time, the tendency to vibrate is arrested. If desired, the clamping-device may act constantly with sufficient force to prevent the vibration and yet not to obstruct the counter-balance movements of the weight N. To provide for a uniform horizontal motion, two links O, O<1> are pivotally mounted at the top and bottom of the work-frame, and are connected to triangular members P', P<2> fulcrumed on the main frame and connected by a rod Q which has a projection Q<1> under which is located the free end of a lever R to which is connected a spring S fastened to the frame A. The upward pull of the spring S serves to balance the weight of the members P<1>, P<2> and the rod Q.
Patent GB-190814171-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Drawing the Upper of a Shoe Over the Edge of a Wooden Sole and Fastening it Thereto.
Inventor: GOEHRING PAUL
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 14,171. Gohring, P. July 3. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Lasting; nailing; uppers; clogs.-Relates to a pulling-over machine for shoes with wooden sole?. The boot is supported in the machine with its heel held between two jaws 6, 9 of a clamp 3 pivoted about a pin 4 in the framing 2. The sides of the upper are pulled over by pincers 10, Fig. 3, which are carried by cross-bars 11, 12 connected by rods 13, 14 to spring-controlled treadles 15, 16, while the toe of the upper is engaged by a similar pincer actuated by a hand-lever 20, Fig. 1. Each treadle is provided with a clamping-device which locks the pincers in any position into which they are moved. This consists of a vertical rod 22 passing through a flared passage 23, in which is seated a spring-controlled ball 24. Hand-levers 27 are provided for releasing the treadles when required. The toe pincer mechanism is provided with a somewhat similar clamping-device. With each side pincer there is provided a hand nailing-device consisting of the usual guide 35, plunger 34, and nail throat 36, the latter being fitted with a head 37 for folding in the edge of the upper. This device is adjustably mounted in a sleeve 38, which itself is adjustably clamped to a shaft 41 carried by an arm 43. At the lower end of this arm is an adjustable roller 44 adapted to engage an eccentric 46 mounted on a shaft 45, driven from a main shaft 48, which is fitted with an automatic onerevolution stop and start gear. After the upper has been stretched by the pincers, this gear is thrown into operation, causing the nailing-mechanism to move inwards so that the heads 37 press the upper into the groove in the sole, after which the nails are driven home. The shaft 48 is then thrown into gear again to move the nailing-mechanisms away from the boot, the treadle rods are released, the pincers disengaged from the upper, and the shoe removed from the machine. The toe lasting- device may be provided with a hand nailing- mechanism, and may be operated from a treadle instead of by hand. The arms 43 may be oscillated by any suitable mechanism other than the eccentrics 46, while, instead of an automatic mechanism, the shaft 45 may be rotated by hand or foot power.
Patent GB-190814194-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Sliding Lids, or Covers, of Boxes, Cases, and like Receptacles
Inventor: WILCOX THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-04
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: - 14,194. Wilcox, T., [trading as Wilcox & Son, M.]. July 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cigarette cases -are provided with means for facilitating the opening and closing of the sliding lid. The box part A<2> is fitted with one or more bars A, the lid B being provided with one or more short tubes C, which slide on the rods under the control of coiled springs D. To open the box, pressure is applied to the stud E, and the lid is slid back against the resistance of the springs D. Modifications are described in which the arrangements are reversed, the rods being secured to the lid and the tubes being carried by the box proper. Split tubes may be employed in place of the rods, the springs being arranged inside them.
Patent GB-190814483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Soldering of the Metallic Filaments of Electric Lamps to their Electrodes.
Inventor: MARIETTI SILVIO
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 14,483. Marietti, S. July 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Working by unclassified operations; working by electricity ; soldering. - Metallic electric-lamp filaments are soldered to conductors r by an electric arc in air, oxidation of the filaments being, prevented by sweeping' the hot gases away from them by a current of air, for instance from a pipe s. The ends of the conductors may be tubular and surround the filaments. Specification No. 28,467, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], is referred to. According. to the Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), the conductors are made of nickel and the soldering may be autogenous ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted
Patent GB-190816114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Film for Cinematograph and like Apparatus.
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 16,114. Soc. Anon. des Plaques et papiers Photographiques A. LumiÞre et ses fils. June 3, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Kinematographs.-A non-inflammable sensitized film is made by having two layers, one of collodion or like impermeable substance and the other of gelatine or other non-inflammable colloid, the sensitive emulsion being applied to the free surface of the gelatine. After development, fixing, &c. the collodion layer is removed by stripping or solution, and the gelatine, which has been protected from injury throughout the different processes by the celluloid aud emulsion, serves as the permanent back of the film. The sensitive emulsion may be mixed with the gelatine, instead of being spread upon it, thus reducing the number of layers to two.
Patent GB-190816132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Locks Clasps or Fastenings for Handbags or other Receptacles Carried by the Handle.
Inventor: MACHER ALBERT FREDERICK WILLIA
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 16,132. Macher, A. F. W., and Thumling, J. A. July 29. Fastenings, controlled by handles. To one member b of the hinged frame of a portmanteau or the like is fixed a rigid part a, and to the other member is fixed a lug c suitably recessed to engage the bent part of the member a. To the lug c are pivotally and eccentrically attached two disks e, connected together by a bar f and a curved part d to which the handle is attached. When the part a is in engagement with the lug c, the raising of the handle rotates the disks e so that the bar f retains the part a in engagement with the part c. The movable part of the fastening may be provided with cam-surfaces or the like, so that when engaged the fastening is held tightly in position.
Patent GB-190816574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers.
Inventor: WATSON HENRY BURNETT
Filed: 1908-08-06
Granted: 1909-08-06
Abstract: 16,574. Watson, H. B., and Billetop, T. C. Aug. 6. Condensers.-Relates to surface condensers of the type in which the steam zigzags or passes through stacks of tubes of successively decreasing cross-sectional area. According to the present invention, the tubes are fitted internally with baffles such as are described in Specification No. 18,306, A.D. 1899, and means are provided for separating grease from the steam and preventing its entry into the main cooling-tubes. As shown in Fig. 1, the tubes 3 are divided into stacks by means of the division plates 7, 8 in the end chambers of the condenser. All the tubes with the exception of the lowest row in each stack are provided with baffle-plates. The circulating water is caused to take a zigzag path amongst the tubes by means of the baffles 11. To remove the grease from the steam, a perforated deflector 12 is arranged in the path of the incoming steam, and the oil intercepted thereby falls into an oil well 14, from which it flows through the lowest row of tubes of the top stack into the oil catcher 15 open at its ends. From here it falls into a second oil well 16, from which it flows through the lowest row of tubes of the next stack to a second oil catcher 17, and from thence to the oil well 18 and through an outlet 19 to a reservoir, which may be drained automatically. Any overflow from the well 18 passes through the bottom row of tubes of the lowest stack to the air-pump suction 5.
Patent GB-190819910-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Impregnating Air with Volatile Liquid Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Petroleum Spirit, and the like.
Inventor: LECLERCQ CHARLES
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 19,910. Leclercq, C. Sept. 22. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. In apparatus for producing gas for power and other purposes by impregnating air with volatile liquid hydrocarbons, alcohols, petroleum spirit, and the like, the hydrocarbon or other liquid is delivered into a rapid current of air produced by leading compressed gas, for example carbon dioxide or oxygen, to an injector. The compressed gas and the air may be heated. The cylinders 1, Figs. 1 and 2, which are used alternately, contain compressed gas which is led by pipes 3, upon which are mounted a reducing-valve 2, a gauge 2<1>, and a regulating-cock 4, to the injector 5, the discharge pipe 7 of which enters the bell 8 and is fitted with a non- return valve 14. The gases leave by the pipe 13. The hydrocarbon pipe 9 delivers into the air pipe 12, which is connected to the injector 5. The air and hydrocarbon are heated by a burner 19 in a chamber 20, and a cover 21 prevents moisture from entering the tube 12. The flow of compressed gas is regulated by a cock 4, which is geared to the wheel 23 carrying stops 24. As the bell 8 rapidly rises and falls, it moves, through the rod 29 and cord 28, a lever 25 and causes the weight 27 to roll along it. The lever strikes one or the other of the stops 24 and so controls the cock 4. When the flow of compressed gas is stopped, the hydrocarbon is also cut off by the device shown in Fig. 5, in which the hydrocarbon valve 11 is actuated by the diaphragm 30 under the pressure of the compressed gas in the pipe 3. The hydrocarbon is supplied in measured quantities by means of the apparatus 10, shown more clearly in Fig. 4. The valve 33 controlling the flow is lifted from its seat by an adjustable spring 34 acting through the lever 35. When the chamber becomes full of liquid, the pressure on the underside of the diaphragm 36 closes the valve 33 until a rapid discharge takes place. The injector, Fig. 3, with several combining-cones 6 is enclosed in a water-bath to prevent freezing.
Patent GB-190822378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Advertising Devices.
Inventor: PEARSE ALFRED
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-12-21
Abstract: 22,378. Pearse, A., and Oldacres, F. J. Oct. 21. [Cognate Application No. 6562, A.D. 1909, dated March 18.] Advertising.-One or more mechanical advertisements, comprising a background, upon which parts of a figure or figures are depicted and moving parts are mounted, are applied to hoardings and may be operated from a single source of power. A motor, Figs. 1 and 2, rotates a rod 2 carrying grooved cams which operate parts of figures on the front of surfaces 3 by means of links 6, Fig. 1, or horizontal rods 8, Fig. 2. The common rotary bar or tube 2, Fig. 3, may operate the figures by bevel-gearing 15 and crank plates with adjustable cranks by means of links 14. Friction rollers or disk bearings may be employed. The driven pulley c, Fig. 5, has a cam-surface g, operating an arm t and a toothed segment. The rod j is thereby moved against the pull of a spring w, and drives the figure through the links o, s, r, v at slots in the surfaces; or it causes the bellows or the like u to blow the bagpipes and expand the cheeks of the piper. The cam-surface of the pulley c, Fig. 5, may be replaced by face-teeth, engaging spur-wheels. By duplicating the reciprocating member, a double row of advertisements may be operated by a motor or the like. A second common reciprocating member may give a continuous reciprocating movement, in addition to the intermittent one of the bar j, by means of a friction wheel, connected to a wheel c, Fig. 5, having crank-pins on its face or on the face of a wheel with which it is connected. The operating- bar j, Fig. 8, is actuated through a roller m by a cam g<1>, driven by a pulley c. This pulley wheel, or a wheel connected therewith, may have one or more crank-pins and connecting-rods to operate a second reciprocating bar, or the additional wheel may rotate any figure-part through belting.
Patent GB-190827152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Driving of Rolling Mills and Hauling Plants.
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 27,152. Akt. - Ges. Brown Boveri, et Cie. May 25, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Distributing.-Haulage plant and winding-gear are driven by a motor g<1> supplied with current from a direct-current generator f driven by a synchronous motor s, which is excited by two windings, one carrying a constant current and the other a current varying with the load on the motor g<1>. The constant-current winding e is connected across a small generator g on the shaft w. The variable-current winding h is supplied with current from a generator j coupled directly or indirectly to the motor g<1> and excited by a winding h in series with the motor g<1> and generator f.
Patent GB-190900170-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Preventing Horse Manure from Dropping on the Surface of Roads and Streets.
Inventor: GRAHAM JOHN
IPC: B68B5/00
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 170. Graham, J. and John, H. C. Jan. 4. Dung-catchers.-A device for catching horsedroppings comprises a receptacle having a metal collapsible mouth A, which is secured to the harness and to the vehicle. Straps B serve to secure the receptacle to the vehicle, and straps C, D are used to connect it to the crupper and breeching, respectively. Where no breeching is used, the mouth of the bag may be connected by straps to the traces.
Patent GB-190901534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Swings.
Inventor: FOURNIER CHARLES VINCENT
IPC: A63G9/16
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 1534. Fournier, C. V. Jan. 24, 1908, [Convention date]. Swings.-Relates to swing-boats operated by the passengers. The boat contains two movable traps or pedals A, B, Fig. 1, arranged beneath the feet of the occupants, and a pivoted handlebar F. The pedal A is connected by a rope to the gibbet J, the pedal B to the gibbet I, and the handle-bar F by crossed ropes to both gibbets. When the boat is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the pedal A is raised, and the occupant of the seat C by pressing on the pedal A and pulling the handle-bar F forces the swing to descend with greater speed.
Patent GB-190905649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: DUGGAN JAMES EDWARD
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-03-09
Granted: 1910-03-09
Abstract: 5649. Duggan, J. E. March 9. Aerial machines without aerostats; p l a n e s, construction and arrangement of.-The machine comprises a rectangular framework having a roof plane with adjacent fixed supporting- planes and with oscillating side wings, all of a special form. The fixed planes a, c adjoining the ridged roof b are canvas - covered frameworks of double wedge shape. The wings e, f are similarly constructed and each carries a loose sail on the underside which becomes filled by the air current. Propelling and steering.-Bars j secured to the inner edges of the wings e, f are connected to crankpins on wheels mounted on the ends of a fixed front motor-driven shaft h and a rear axle i, which is adjustable in guides l to vary the inclination of the wings. Or the axle i, instead of being adjustable, may be free to slide in the guides l according to the action of the wind on the wings. Upper and lower front projecting planes b<1>, d<1> are adjustably hinged for steering.
Patent GB-190912437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Annealing-pots.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 12,437. Mills, C. K., [Maschinen und Dampfkesselfabrik " Guilleaume Werke," Ges.]. May 26. Annealing-boxes. - A welded annealing-box is provided at the upper edge with one or more conical flared parts to take the lid or lids, and with a corrugated bottom. A conical flare g and a cylindrical part f are formed with, or welded to, the body a of the box, and lifting- eyes b, thicker than the walls of the pot, are welded to the part f. In a modification, two conical flares, two cylindrical parts, and two lids may be provided. The bottom is formed with annular or other corrugations e.
Patent GB-190912585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuse-switches.
Inventor: WEEKES AMOS LAWRENCE
IPC: H01H9/10
Filed: 1909-05-27
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 12,585. Weekes, A. L. May 27. Switches, quick-break.-In a fuse-switch, the fusecarrier k is mounted at right-angles to the switch arm a in aT-shaped bracket f of insulating- material. The ends of the fuse-carrier fit into screwed-on clips g electrically attached to flat springs l, which are adapted, when the switch is closed, to engage solid contacts m. The springs l may be directly attached to the collars h of the fuse-carrier. A spring e may be provided to give a quick break.
Patent GB-190912707-A (GB)
Title: Gyroscopically Controlled Platforms for use at Sea.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
Filed: 1909-05-29
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 12,707. Pollen, A. H., and Isherwood, H. May 29. Gyroscopic apparatus.-A platform rotatably mounted on board ship is maintained in an invariable angular position by a disk 0 moving with respect to the ship beneath a contact finger L kept stationary in space by a gyroscope C. By means of contact strips P<1>, P<2> mounted on a disk 0 of insulating material secured to the shaft V circuits are made and adapted to energize one or the other of a pair of continuously and oppositely rotating magnetic clutches M<2>, which drive the shaft F for actuating the platform. Helical gear on the shaft restores the disk 0 to its original position with respect to the finger L. In a modification. the field of the dynamo of a continuously running motor-generator is energized to a varying degree either positively or negatively, the current from such dynamo being led into the armature of a separately excited motor geared to the platform.
Patent GB-190918957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinge-joints.
Inventor: NAPOLEON BENJAMIN
IPC: E05D11/00
Filed: 1909-08-17
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 18,957. Napoleon, B. Aug. 17. Pivot adjustments.-Relates to hinge-joints, more particularly designed for the wind-screens of motorvehicles. A tubular member b attached to one part of the screen is provided with a number of longitudinal slits, and is adapted to be expanded against the inner surface of a socket member a on the other part of the screen by means of a spring disk h, which is either made of several sectors, or is provided with radial slits. The disk h is mounted between a shoulder j on the inside of the tubular member b and a shoulder i on a screw e, which passes freely through the joint and is provided with a tightening- nut g. The screw is prevented from rotating by a lug f engaging in a slot in the member b. The socket a may be slightly tapered. According to the Provisional Specification, the screw e passes through the joint and screws into the socket member a, and is provided with an external tightening- handle.
Patent GB-190919835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lasts
IPC: A43D3/02
Filed: 1909-08-30
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 19,835. Mobbs, H. W., and Mobbs & Lewis. Aug. 30. Lasts.-In lasts of the type in which the cord g attaching the fore part b of the last to the block a is contained within a recess h in the block a, when the parts are in position, the hole i for the cord in the fore part passes transversely through that part.
Patent GB-190921516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttle Positioning Mechanism for Automatic Weft Replenishing Looms.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1909-09-21
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 21,516. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Sept. 21. Shuttles, positioning for weft-replenishing.- The shuttle is positioned in the shuttle box, before a bobbin &c. is transferred thereto, by a lever 29, Figs. 3 and 4, mounted on the inner end and rear of the shuttle box, and provided with a spring-actuated pin 31, whereby the lever is normally retained behind the raceway. A hook lever or pawl 24, linked to an arm 20 on the hub 14<1> of an arm 14, which is connected by a helically-coiled spring to the transferrer 12, is rocked when the transferrer is operated, so that, when the lay beats up, the bevelled or inclined engaging portion 24<4> and cam-shaped end 24<3> of the lever 24 engage an arm 30 extending from the hub of the positioner 29, which is thereby rocked to engage the shuttle and hold it firmly against the pusher, the projecting part beyond the shuttle tip retaining the shuttle in place. The hub 14' has an arm 15 provided with a pin 15<1> fitting in a slot 16<1> in a bar or plate 16, which is moved vertically by the weft - detector mechanism when required, the coil spring of the transferrer normally moving the pin to the top of the slot. If, however, the shuttle is so incorrectly boxed as to prevent its end from being engaged by the lever 29, the coiled spring yields, the pin 15<1> moves downwards in the slot, and the pawl 24 leaves the lever 30 in its normal position, thus preventing breakages. The weftdetector mechanism causes a rod 18 to be moved longitudinally into the path of a verticallymoving rod 19, the upper end of which is guided in a vertically - extending opening in the plate 16.