baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-190804519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aeroplanes or the like or Analogous Machines or Devices.
Inventor: EDWARDS ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1909-05-28
Abstract: 4519. Edwards. A. H. Feb. 28. Aerial machines without aerostats; aeroplanes; launching; propelling; steering.-An aerial machine or a hydroplane is constructed (1) with forwardly and rearwardly converging planes, which may be arranged so that the front and rear planes at one side of the longitudinal centre line of the machine make an angle of (say) 150-160 degrees with those on the opposite side ; (2) or the planes, while converging forwardly, may have a single, rectangular, transverse, rear plane, the whole surface being horizontal. As shown in Fig. 1, the front planes A, A' converge and meet on the longitudinal centre line X as do the rear planes B, b', which have a larger area than the front planes. The planes on each side of the line X are in the same plane, and they are securely mounted on rigid arms D, E fixed to the carriage C and suitably stayed. A suitable motor H, which drives propellers I, is mounted on the carriage C, and rudders J, K are arranged to be operated by the aviator. Running wheels L carried by spring brackets are provided. In a modification, Fig. 5, the rear planes B <x> have their forward edges terminating on the transverse centre line X, thus leaving a triangular opening Y instead of the diamond - shaped opening Y, Fig. 1. Another arrangement of planes is shown in Fig. 6, where the front and rear planes A<xx>, B<x>x are arranged horizontally, and the machine has an upper and lower set. Two vertical independent rudders J<1> may be fitted, or there may be one deep flexible rudder constructed so as to allow the upper and lower ends to be operated separately. A further modification is described in which the rear planes are narrower than those shown in Fig. 1. In this case a number of planes are employed to form as many decks as desired. The planes may be arranged to be moved during flight, and all or any of the planes may be curved or arranged at any pitch with respect to the other planes.
Patent GB-190809089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Bags for Packing Wool and the like.
Inventor: TINKER CHARLEY
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 9089. Tinker, C. April 27. Materials for twine.-String made by twisting two single threads of woollen or worsted yarn and then twisting three of such doubled yarns is used in sewing together the parts of bags, especially those of the kind described in Specification No. 6600, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Packing &c.].
Patent GB-190809292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Running Gear for Sliding Doors and Swivelling Doors and the like
Inventor: LUCAS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1908-04-29
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 9292. Lucas, J. E., and Lucas, C. E. April 29. Doors.-Rollers for sliding-doors &c. are constructed in three independent parts. The central portion is of larger diameter than the outer parts and runs in the narrow groove of the rail, while the two outside portions bear against the top of the rails. The roller may be mounted on a fixed pin at the bottom of the door, or the roller bracket may be arranged to swivel on a vertical pin as shown in Fig. 1. The rails consist of metal strips or angle-irons, or troughs may be inserted in concrete floors as shown in Fig. 4. The groove in the floor may be automatically closed, when the door is folded back, by a loose strip pressed upwards by springs.
Patent GB-190810614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Meters
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 10,614. Hookham, G., and Holden, S. K. May 15. [Patent of Addition to No. 3327, A.D. 1905.] Quantity meters, electrolytic, of the type described in Specification No. 3327, A.D. 1905, in which an anode a capable of absorbing hydrogen or other gas is placed partly in the electrolyte and partly in contact with the hydrogen or other gas to be absorbed, now have the cathode e enclosed in a small chamber c communicating with the tube d in which the gas given off at the cathode is measured, so that the cathode e is always in contact with an atmosphere of gas above the electrolyte. The anode a consists of platinum gauze preferably coated with platinum black. A resistance k is placed in series with the electrolytic cell, and a resistance h is arranged as a shunt to the meter, the resistances h, k being of the same material and having a small temperature coefficient. The cell is mounted on a hinge so that it can be tilted for re-setting.
Patent GB-190816081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stone Breaking Machines.
Inventor: MASON JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 16,081. Mason, J. H., and Mason, A., [trading as Mason Bros.]. July 29. Crushers with vibrating jaws.-In a stone-breaker in which the links actuating the swing jaw are arranged to be in tension, the links D' are mounted on the ends of a shaft C carried by a bearing E fitted in a recess in the jaw B and are actuated by eccentrics G<1> on the driving-shaft G, which is mounted in bearings in the end of the frame A. A spring-pressed rod N keeps the jaw B up against the shaft C. The bearing E may be adjusted by a liner F or by a wedge block.
Patent GB-190822963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-heaters or Geysers.
Inventor: EWART GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 22,963. Ewart, G. H. Oct. 28. Water - heating stoves ; baffles.- Water - heaters or geysers, of the kind in which a water chamber c is heated by means of a fire in a grate provided with a central flue b, are provided above the grate with a deflector, preferably in the form of an inverted conej, having a support k which is bolted to the grate. The dedector may take the form of a doubly-conical vessel m connected by tubes n, o with the water chamber c so as to form part of the water-circulating syetem. The deflector causes the combustion products to communicate more heat to the walls of the flue and thus to the water. The grate is formed with feet h and rests on a tray i ; it has an annular flange g for retaining the water chamber in position.
Patent GB-190823655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Washing and other Treatment of Fibrous Material and Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1910-01-05
Abstract: 23,655. Hutchinson, T. J., and United Railway and Trading Co. Nov. 5. Washing.-Relates to apparatus for washing and otherwise treating bagasse and other fibrous material that floats in water with liquids. The material is passed through a series of tanks containing beating-apparatus, with inlets and outlets for water or other liquids and rollers to feed the material into the tanks, from each to the next, and to withdraw it from the last tank. The material is disposed in a sheet, layer, or web on a travelling draining-belt with the aid of a rapidly rotating beater or the like, and is finally dried, for example by a steam-heated or like drying- apparatus. The material is raised from a draining- floor L<1> by the tines M' of an endless belt M, and is delivered to the rollers G of the first tank A. As it passes down, it is subjected to jets of water from a pipe H. It then passes under a partition N and is thoroughly opened out by the action of oppositely rotating beaters with interlacing arms B, B'. The material then floats up against a tray 0, placed below the water-line X, and arranged to guide the material in a uniform sheet to exit nip-rollers G having rounded intermeshing flutes, by which it is withdrawn and passed under a second water jet pipe H into the second tank, and so on. From the nip-rollers G of the last tank A, the material passes, the water-jet being omitted, on to an endless belt P, which is perforated, formed of laths, &c. to permit the drainage of any liquid remaining in the material therefrom. The belt may be oscillated. The fibres are more regularly disposed in a sheet by a rotary beater &c., consisting of a small drum S having fingers S' and rotating with a higher surface speed than that of the belt P &c. A final squeezing is given by rollers R, and the sheets of roughly dried material are dried as usual. The water &c. passes from each tank A through a sieve K' to a side chamber, whence it overflows to a common drain-pipe L. Any system of supply and withdrawal of the water may be used ; thus clean water may be supplied to the last tank A, and flowing back through the series, is withdrawn from the first, or first but one, when the first tank has its separate supply and withdrawal. Water withdrawn may be treated to recover alkalis &c. removed from the fibrous material. The drainage floor L<1> may be sufficiently inclined to feed the first belt M by gravity, and the digester, preferably that described in Specification No. 20,269, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Heating], or other source of supply of the material, can be arranged above the floor. The tanks A may be modified, as by placing the partitions N on the delivery instead of the reception side of the tank. In this modification, according to the Provisional Specification, the material is drawn under each partition N by being picked up on the tines of an elevator, which transfers it to the next set of nip-rollers.
Patent GB-190823895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: TRINKS FRANZ
Filed: 1908-11-07
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 23,895. Trinks, F. Nov. 9, 1907, [date appliedjor under Section 91 of Patenats &c. Act, 1907]. Calculating-apparatus.-In calculating-machines, of the type described in Specification No. 27,481, A.D. 1907, having two revolution - counting mechanisms, one of which has a tens-transferring device for use in the so-called simplified calculations, means is provided whereby these counters may be simultaneously zeroized or the counter for the ordinary calculations may be independently zeroized. Two separating zeroizing devices c, cl may be joined by a clutch e of any suitable kind, the two counters being adapted to be zeroized when the clutch is in the operative position. The clutch mechanism may be arranged to be normally inoperative, but on the zeroizing of the counter for the simplified calculations the clutch will operate the zeroizing device for the ordinary counter, while this latter mechanism can alternatively be operated independently. In a modification, the ordinary counter is provided with a separate zeroizing-mechanism.
Patent GB-190825626-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Rock Drills.
Inventor: RAYNER GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 25,626. Rayner, G. H. Nov. 27. Valves and valve-gear.-Relates to a construction of rock-drill valve-gear which minimizes the retardation of the blow by delaying the main cylinder supply. According to the present invention, the inlet ports i, j are controlled by a fluid-actuated valve b, and the exhaust ports m, n by the piston k. The inlet a is provided with three or more channels b, c, d and the valve b with two small longitudinal ports f, g, which connect the interior recessed portion of the valve with its ends. When the piston passes the port m and closes the port n, the valve is thrown to the left.owing to the fall of the pressure there, and the supply to the righthand end of the cylinder takes place, first through the ports c, g, and finally through the ports d, j. During the reverse stroke, this cycle is repeated for the other end of the cylinder. The valve may be of uniform diameter, and the valve chamber suitably recessed. In a modification of the drill, the piston k, Fig. 2, is recessed, and ports o, r are provided to further minimize the cushioning of the piston and the retardation of the blow.
Patent GB-190825661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SAINTE-BEUVE AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 25,661. Sainte-Beuve, A. Dec. 17, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines ; combustion-product engines. -In a system of propulsion for motor-cars &c., in which the products of combustion from an internalcombustion engine are used to actuate another engine, the internal - combustion engine A is independent of the driving-shaft and supplies explosive mixture to the combustion chamber B, part of the products of combustion returning to maintain the operation of the engine A and being exhausted through the valve d, while the rest enter the reservoir C whence they pass to the fluid-pressure engine D. During normal working the engine D employs all the products supplied by the engine A, but on an increase of load the engine D tends to slacken speed and the products accumulate in the reservoir C. The movement of the piston g adjusts the valve gear h and more fluid is admitted to the engine D. The adjustment of the valvegear may be made by hand. The piston g may also control the feed-valves b of the engine A in order to prevent development of uneconomical excess of pressure. At starting the admission to the engine D is closed and the governor cut off from the cylinders A until an excess of pressure is attained in the reservoir C. Admission to the engine D is then opened. In exceptional cases the piston g may be adjusted by band so as to obtain an excess pressure. Both engines may be contained in the same cooling-system. The explosions may occur in the cylinder A, the chamber B being then dispensed with.
Patent GB-190827676-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Obtaining Textile Fibres.
Inventor: PFIEL JOSEF EDUARD
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-12-20
Abstract: 27,676. Pfiel, J. E., and Seibert, C. Dec. 19. Bleaching.-In a process for obtaining vegetable fibres, particularly applicable for obtaining fibres from nettles, the fibres are bleached with potassium permanganate and afterwards treated with calcium bisulphite.
Patent GB-190903509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grapnels for Raising Submarine Cables.
Inventor: BERNER CORREZE AAGE OSCAR
IPC: H02G1/10
Filed: 1909-02-12
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 3509. Berner, C. A. O. Feb. 12. Grapnels.-Relates to the grapnels for raising submarine cables, of the kind described in Specifications 11,913/88 and 8272/06, and comprises means for cutting the cable while it is held in an horizontal position. Arms c, d, carrying the grapnel hooks b<2> and the cutters c<1>, d<1>, are all pivoted at b<1> to the body b. The hoisting and operating ropes e pass round pulleys b<3> at the lower end of the body, and then round pulleys c<2>, d<2> carried by the arms c, d. The arms d are held together by a bolt h, which breaks when a predetermined strain is put on the tackle The arms d then move to an horizontal position. the cable being simultaneously cut and gripped. Lugs d<3> on the arms press upwards a spring- controlled cap f through guided slides k, whereupon the arms fall into the position shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190904861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Hardening Steel Cutters and other Tools or Articles.
Inventor: BRAYSHAW SHIPLEY NEAVE
IPC: C21D1/46
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 4861. Brayshaw, S. N. Feb. 27. [Cognate Application, 19,398/09.] Tempering. - Relates to apparatus for tempering tools of the type in which a melting-pot containing the fusible salt is heated externally by burners at the bottom of the furnace, and consists in providing means for preventing the fusible salt from splashing over the side of the pot, for heating the bottom and top as well as the sides of the pot, and for enclosing the pot at the lower part. The articles to be heated are inserted through openings b<1>, b, a flange b<2> being provided as shown to prevent gases from passing into the pot B. A cover E resting upon, or secured to, the pot B, is formed with holes e for the supporting-rods f of a tray F, with a hole e', Fig. 4, for a pyrometer K, and with a hole for the escape of fumes from the pot to the flue. In the cover G, passages g<3> are formed corresponding to the holes e, e<1>, and relatively large tubes H, flanged at the upper end, are inserted in these passages and are covered by removable caps h. These caps are provided with holes smaller than the tubes H, and may be secured by a locking-bar L. In the lowest position of the tray, the cross-bar F' attached to the rods f rests upon brackets L'.
Patent GB-190905674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fudge Boxes.
Inventor: MORRIS EDWARD THOMAS
IPC: B41B1/08
Filed: 1909-03-09
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 5674. Morris, E. T. March 9. Fudge boxes are constructed with both ends movable, and these ends are operated simultaneously to permit the easy removal of the slugs. The boxes are connected to the cylinder by the usual lugs and recesses, and by a clamp on the cylinder, preferably a sliding spring clamp. As shown, a.fudge box'is fitted with movable ends b, c, which are acted on by springs i pre sing on fixed pins and guide pins g on the ends b, c. The pins g work in slots h in the bottom of the box, and the ends b, c are actuated by a screw e pinned to the end c and fitted with an operating- nut f. The box is positioned on the cylinder by a pin d, and is secured by means of projections on the cylinder which engage recesses in the box near the end c, and by means of a spring-controlled clamp which engages a lug m on the box.
Patent GB-190906098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato-planters.
Inventor: BRODER HEINRICH
IPC: A01C9/08
Filed: 1909-03-13
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 6098. Broder, H. March 13. Potato-planters.-Relates to means for regulating the intervals between the sown potatoes, and to means for throwing the delivery devices of multiple machines into and out of gear. The first comprises a friction wheel m between a gear-wheel k driven from the ground-wheel and the drum b containing pockets c for the potatoes. The speed of the drum, and hence the intervals between the potatoes, is altered by turning a wheel q on a screwed sleeve n carrying the wheel m. An iudex r, attached to the wheel q, moves over the face of a scale s. In the multiple machine, Fig. 4, the drums are driven from the axle 3 by a feather and clutch. When a delivery tube 17 is raised by a handle 19, a slotted plate 29, Fig. 7,.attached to the tube, frees a clutch member 16 by sliding it along the feather, and the drum ceases to rotate. The speed of delivery can be altered by placing wheels 6 of different sizes between the driving-wheels 4, 4<a>, a slot 5 being provided to allow of this, or a friction wheel may be used as above described.
Patent GB-190911573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing or Breaking Mills.
IPC: B02C2/04
Filed: 1909-05-17
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 11,573. Fawcett, Preston, & Co. May 17. Pestles and mortars.- The pestle head or cap a and its body or trunk b are supported by a ball- and-socket joint c from a pin c<1> carried by a crossbar d, which extends through apertures in the hollow trunk b and is fixed at its ends in the mortar base or pedestal e. The socket i for the ball c is fitted in a tube h, and held in place by a cap j bolted to the bottom of the trunk. The trunk b extends out radially in the form of a h o l l o w horizontal portion b<1>, which passes through an aperture in the pedestal e. A cross-frame k is fixed to the outer end of the part b<1>, and carries at its ends bearings m, the trunnions of which rest in bearings n. A rocking motion is imparted to the frame by levers o vibrated by rods q connected to cranks r<1> on the driving-shaft s. The short ends of the levers o are connected to the frame k by pins passing through the bifurcated ends of the levers and the bearings m. The frame k is guided at the centre by a roller l working in vertical guides l<1> ; and the ball support of the pestle body and the centre of oscillation of the frame are in the same horizontal plane. The crushing-ring a<1> is bolted to the underside of the head a ; and the head is bolted to the trunk b. The ring has annular ribs a<1Î> the faces of which are disposed in a conical or inclined arrangement. The mortar f is held down on the pedestal e by a plate u, and is provided with a corrugated or waved crushing-surface.
Patent GB-190912760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Star-maps and Holders therefor.
Inventor: ROBINSON EDWARD KAY
IPC: G09B27/04
Filed: 1909-05-29
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 12,760. Robinson, E. K. May 29. Maps.-A portable device for holding star maps above the head consists of a rod A fitted with an electric lamp E and with a sliding sleeve B carrying pivoted radial arms C, which support a map D at their ends C<2>. The map D is of flexible material such as silk, and may have a metal ring D' at its centre to lie over the electric lamp E when the map D and arms C are collapsed by drawing the sleeve B down the rod A, as shown in dotted lines. The sleeve B is held in its top position by a catch A', and the arms C are splayed apart by means such as a shoulder or flange A<2>, or by springs, the arms being held collapsed in the latter case by a clasp or band. A battery for the lamp E may be mounted in the lower end of the rod A, the circuit being controlled by a push E<1>. A compass-box F is pivoted at the bottom of the rod A. According to the Provisional Specification, the lamp may be attached by screw or bayonet-joint fittings.
Patent GB-190912969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brace and Gear Drills.
Inventor: COUSINO CHARLES ROLLIN
IPC: B23B45/06
Filed: 1909-06-02
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 12,969. Cousino, C. R. June 2. Hand and breast drills.-A brace drill can be directly driven through a wheel M and a feather O by the crank N, or may be driven through gearing at a greater or lesser speed than the crank, when the feathers 0 are made to engage with a wheel L by sliding the shaft B outwards. In the direct-driven position, the shaft B is retained in place by a spring catch G and a screw D and runs round on .ball-bearings I, while in the indirectly-driven position through the gearing S, T the shaft B runs on the ball bearing H, which is mounted in a pivoted plate F held in place by a screw Y when the shaft B is in the "out" position. The gear-wheels S, T are mounted on a shaft W mounted in a hand-hold U, which also holds the end of the crank N in a ball bearing X, pressure being applied on the top U<2>. All the wheels are capable of being changed to obtain different speeds.
Patent GB-190917373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Containers for Holding Boiler Scale Removers.
Inventor: LEONARD GEORGE OAKLEY
IPC: F22D11/00
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 17,373. Leonard, G. O. July 26. Incrustation, removing.-A cylindrical container for boiler-scale removers is formed with longitudinal T-shaped ribs and with one or two doors for the introduction of the material. The container shown in Fig. 2 has four longitudinal braces 1 connected by ribs 2. One of the braces is cut at a point 3 to provide for a door 4, which is hinged to the body portion at 8. The concave end of the container adjacent to the door is divided into two portions, which may have slots or other openings, and which are integral with the body portion and the door respectively. The whole container is suspended from a boiler tube by wires 10.