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Patent GB-190710856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrellas.
Inventor: SCHROEDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 10,856. Schroeder, F. W., and Cuzner, A. May 9. Joints; top-notches.-In umbrellas in which the top-notch is formed with cavities into which the ball ends of the ribs are fitted, means are provided whereby one rib may be removed without disturbing the attachment of the others. The top-notch a is held in position on the stick by a pin d fitting in a slot in the top-notch, and also by a pin e passing through the stick. A cavity f is provided in the stick, and after the pin e has been removed the topnotch is moved downwards and partly turned until the cavity of the rib to be removed registers with the cavity f. The ball end is placed in the cavity f, and the top-notch is raised so that the neck portion of the rib below the ball passes through the corresponding slot in the top-notch when the rib may be removed. The stick may be formed with a series of cavities f in a helical line so that the top-notch may be lowered without turning in order to bring any ball into register with its corresponding cavity in the stick.
Patent GB-190714760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cutters for Photographic Prints and the like.
Inventor: CLARKE JOSEPH THACHER
Filed: 1907-06-26
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 14,760. Clarke, J. T. June 26. Cutting machines for paper &c.- Hand cutting-appliances for photographic prints &c., of the type in which a hinged board A having a cutting-edge supports the print, and the print is cut by the inclined edge of a vertical knife D on depression of the board A against the action of a spring, are improved by the turning round of the cutting-strip C, under which the print projects, so that the edge faces the board, leaving a longitudinal slit in which the knife D works, and enabling the line of cut to be kept in view. In folding up the apparatus, a bolt A' is disengaged from a stop B', thus freeing the knife D from the slot ; the knife D folds outwards, and the springs D<1>, which hold it against the cutting-strip C, project through the slot, the board A being held down by a lower engagement of the bolt A'. A cord, chain, or other device may be used instead of the stops.
Patent GB-190718945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Kinetoscopes and like Apparatus.
Inventor: MUSGER AUGUST
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-08-24
Abstract: 18,945. Musger, A. Aug. 22. Kinematographs of the constantlymoving film type have the projected pictures rendered optically stationary by the compensating movement of a prismatic series of mirrors 1, the axis 2 of rotation of which is perpendicular to the plane of incidence of the light and in a line with the optical axis of the objective 3.
Patent GB-190718986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Center Bearings
Inventor: TOWNSEND WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 18,986. Townsend, W., and Townsend, C. A. Aug. 23. Axle-trucks or undercarriages.-A centre bearing for locomotives and railway cars comprises a lower plate 1 having a boss 4 and a flange 3 forming a track 5 for a series of frusto-conicalrollers 6, and an upper plate 2 with a flange 8 formed with a conical surface 9 to bear upon the rollers. The plate 2 has an elongated opening 12 formed with a recess 16 to receive the head 15 of a centring-pin 11, which is placed in a vertical bore 10 in the plate 1, and is thus looked in position when the parts are assembled.
Patent GB-190719754-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Stop Guide that will Prevent the Descent of Cages or Hoists if the Sustaining Tow or Wire Rope Breaks
Inventor: MARTIN JAMES
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-09-04
Abstract: 19,754. Martin, J. Sept. 4. Safety suspending-apparatus for the cages of lifts or hoists comprises a pair of wedges B connected by wire ropes F to the hoisting-cable and guided by pinions A engaging racks on the back of the wedges. The pinions are mounted between crossbeams D which are provided with vertical notches adapted to fit projections L on the wedges. The wedges are forced into operative position, when the cage is unsuspended, by means of a leaf spring C seated at its centre on a beam M connected by brackets J to the upper cross-beams D, and provided with pulleys G for guiding the ropes F. The wedges are concave on their working face when used with iron cr wire rope guides, and are convex when used with wooden guides. [ Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 13,244, A.D. 1903, and No. 12,939, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190720296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machine for Parcelling Paper Bags or the like.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 20,296. Howorth, F. W., [Union Bag and Paper Co.]. Sept. 11. Feeding sheets.- In a machine for parcelling paper bags &c., the bags are enclosed in wrappers to which labels have been attached. The labels are stored in a receptacle with sides O<2>, Fig. 71, and a bottom O. having an opening through which the bottom label is drawn by an oscillating suction-box O<17>, which is automatically put into connexion with an exhausting-device at the required time. The suction-box brings the forward end of the label against the web of wrapping-paper, upon the gummed part of which it is pressed by a roller.
Patent GB-190721573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adding Machines.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 21,573. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Adder Machine Co.]. Sept.28. Calculating - apparatus. -In apparatus of the type decribed in Specifications Nos. 14,115 and 14,116, A.D. 1905, means are provided whereby the printing of a total, followed by a zeroizing of the totalizing - counter, results in the cocking of a special printing- hammer, which, upon the movement of the units' hammer in printing the next item, marks that item with a 'clear' sign, indicating that a zeroizing of the counter has immediately preceded it. The machine is of the type in which for each denomination a bank of keys operate stops for the actuating rack-bars ; on the forward stroke of the operating-handle, the rack-bars move idly until arrested by the stops, and simultaneously position the vertical type-bars 24, Fig. 9 ; on the rearward stroke, they are returned while in gear with the receiving pinions of the totalizing-counter, and the hammers 29 are tripped in order that they may make impression through the agency of spring plungers 28. To print a total or sub-total, the rack-bars move forwards while in gear with the counter, the separate wheels of which are arrested in zero position by the locking of the transfer mechanism, and their zeroized position is maintained if, by release of the total key 39, Fig. 2, the rack-bars are returned while out of engagement with the counter by release of the total key during the rearward stroke. In this movement, a pin 44, Fig. 3, upon the bell-crank lever 40 engages and swings back the horizontal link 46, and thus by the link-work shown raises the vertical member 71 and the arm 69 pivoted to the additional hammer 59, 60 for the clear sign. As the bail 34 swings forwards at the end of the total-printing operation, it restores all the denomination hammers, including the units' hammer 29 which carries a pin placed so as to engage the notched end of the pivoted arm in its raised position, thus cocking the additional hammer ; during the printing of the next item, this hammer is tripped with the units' hammer and presses the type rod for the special sign 66 against the paper, the record appearing as shown in Fig. 5. The return of the handle during a total-printing operation is arranged to disengage the parts 44, 46 by means of a pin 56 upon certain upwardly-moving supports 54 for the totalizing-counter.
Patent GB-190722880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Targets for use in Air-rifle and other Shooting Practice.
Inventor: NORMAN GEORGE
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 22,880. Norman, G. Oct. 17. Targets.-To prevent the ringing of the bullindicating bell b, Fig. 2, by split shots, it is mounted behind an intercepting plate d, provided with an aperture d<1>, which may be cone-shaped. The aperture a<1> is cone shaped back and front to deflect any shots striking the edge away from the bell. The rings a<4> of the target plate are stepped to prevent splashing from one ring to another of a different scoring value. Fig. 5 shows a removable bull's-eye centre piece a<5>, screwed in and secured by a set-screw a<6>. The pellet or shot may strike a sliding bolt or lever which sounds the bell, or a lever may close an electric alarm circuit. The Provisional Specification states also that the intercepting plate may be dispensed with, in which case a spring bolt sliding in a bracket attached to the target is used to ring the bell.
Patent GB-190724502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 24,502. Imray, O., [Elliott, W. S.]. Nov. 5. Elastic - fluid turbines. - Turbines, specially modified for driving tools for cleaning pipes and tubes, are provided with removable bearings, modified casings with lubricating-devices, and thrust bearings for taking up shocks transmitted by the tool. An inner shell 3, Fig. 1, and an external casing 2, between which the exhaust fluid flows, are connected by two radial webs 4, 5. Within the shell 3 is fitted a removable lining 6, made with a shoulder for preventing endlong movement to the right, and forming a bearing for the turbine shaft 8. Upon the rear end of this shaft is mounted a turbine rotor 9, the movements of which are transmitted to a scraper 27 mounted upon the other end of the shaft. The rotation of the bearing 6 is prevented by a set-screw 19. The rotor is formed with a flange within which is seated a ring 11 of lignum vitµ, and a metal ring 12 which bears against the shoulder on the bearing 6, thereby forming a thrust bearing. The other end of the rotor is released to accommodate a plate 13 which bears upon a cylindrical lignum-vitµ block 14 fitted in the stator 15. The upper web 4 is formed with a lubricant reservoir 20 closed by a spring-pressed ball check valve 22, through which the lubricant is introduced. The lubricant passes through holes to annular recesses 25 in the inner shell 3, and thence through holes 26 in the bearing to the shaft 8. A screw coupling 18 holds the stator 15 in position. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, thust bearings are provided for the shaft 8<a> on each side of the stator 15<a>, which is formed with a deep flange 29 closed by a screw cap 30. Within the chamber thus formed is a lignum-vitµ ring 31, and a brass washer 32, held in position by locking-nuts on the end of the shaft. A lignum-vitµ ring 33 is seated in a recess in the front of the stator 15<a>, and a lignum-vitµ ring 34 is seated in a recess in the rotor ; between these rings is a brass washer 35. Lubricant is admitted to a reservoir 36 through a check valve 22<a> and passes through holes in the bearing 6<a> to the shaft. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the screw coupling 18<b> is made in the form of a plug with a central hub 37 which forms a chamber for the rear bearing of the shaft 8<b>. The hub 37 is supported by two radial webs 30, 40. Lubricant is admitted through a check valve 50 to the interior of the hub 37. In other respects, the construction of this modification is similar to that illustrated in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190727035-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Protector applicable to the Legs of Chairs, Stools and the like Preventing Injury by the same to the Floor or Floor Covering.
Inventor: SCHOENBERG ERNST
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 27,035. Sch÷nberg, E. Dec. 6. Ferrules or tips.-The legs of chairs, stools, &c. are provided with tips or protectors of the construction shown in Fig. 2. To a fixing-sleeve a is screwed a pin b terminating in a ball c engaging a socket d, of which the two screwed parts enclose a strip of felt &c. e to carry lubricant and to prevent the entrance of dust. A disk of indiarubber &c. f is fastened to the underside of the socket by a screw.
Patent GB-190802540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hotplates for Baking and the like.
Inventor: FRASER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-02-05
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 2540. Fraser, C Feb. 5. Ovens,-Hot-plates B for baking and the like are made so as to surround the heating-tubes A completely and form an integral whole with them. The heating-tubes are placed in a mould and surrounded with metal to the required depth.
Patent GB-190804235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cooling or Cooling and Purifying Air Supplied to Enclosed Spaces, such as the Interiors of Railway Coaches, Ships' Cabins and the like.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 4235. Jensen, C. A., [Sacopoulo, A. N.]. Feb. 25. Air, cooling and purifying; air, supplying, methods of.- Air supplied to enclosed spaces, such as railway coaches, ships' cabins, &c., is cooled on passing through vessels, ducts, or tubes which are covered with absorbent material and arranged in a shallow roof-tank. The absorbent is supplied with water contained in the tank either by separate wicks or by the capillarity of its own skin. In the form of apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the air, after passing through a dust-separating chamber, shown in Fig. 10, flows through pipes l which may be enclosed in canvas hose. Wicks 1 convey water from the tanks w to the pipes which are only partly immersed. The air cooled by the evaporation of water from the exterior of the porous tubes is drawn by a fan n to distributing-conduits. The tubes l may be plain, corrugated, or provided with longitudinal ribs. The dust-separating chamber a, Fig. 10, is fitted with baffles c covered with fabric or other dust-catching devices. In a modification, the air passes through a flat chamber provided with internal baffles and arranged in a shallow water tank. The chamber is covered with material having capillary action. The flat chamber may be replaced by a zigzag tube formed by flat tubes connected by elbows. In another arrangement, Fig. 7, the porous tubes are mounted on racks arranged in a shallow water tank curved at the bottom to fit the roof of the railway carriage. The tank may be formed with a straight base raised in the centre to support the air-pipes above the liquid.
Patent GB-190805289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chin Rests for Violins and the like.
Inventor: MUNRO DONALD GEORGE MCLEOD
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 5289. Munro, D. G. M. March 9. Chin-rests.-A chin - rest for a violin or like instrument is made of sheet indiarubber and is partly filled with a mixture of gelatine or of petroleum molle and glycerine. The air chamber a is preferably made of two pieces of sheet rubber, and is provided with a flexible tube b. A mixture of warm glycerine and petroleum in about equal proportions is pumped into the chamber a until it is about three-quarters full, and air is then pumped in, the tube being finally tied up with cord. A disk of india-rubber is cemented to the lower side of the air chamber to enclose the tube b, and the air chamber is then cemented to the wooden base f, which is preferably covered with canvas, suitable clamping- means g being also provided.
Patent GB-190807648-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folder for use in connection with Sewing Machines.
Inventor: MCCLOSKEY JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 7648. McCloskey, J. April 7. Sewing-machine presserfeet ; folding-attachments. -A folder for hemming shirt neck-bands and the like is arranged to turn the hem under. The neck-band is supported on a plate b and a tapering guide - plate g turns the edge over on the underside. The folder is shown integral with the presser-foot.
Patent GB-190808078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Training Gear of Gun Mountings.
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 8078. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Johnston, F. G. D. April 11. Mountings.-Relates to worm and worm-wheel training-gear. The worm-wheel b is mounted on a fixed pedestal a containing the bearings for the carriage k. Carried by the wheel b is a box f which surrounds the worm d and worm-wheel b and forms an oil bath. The .worm is carried in a box e which is adjustable in the box f, and the teeth of the worm and wheel are kept in contact by a spring g. The worm-wheel b is fixed to the pedestal a by a clamp c, when the training-gear is operated by rotating the shaft the box f which rotates on the worm-wheel b having a pin i which engages with an eye on the.rotating part k of the mounting.
Patent GB-190813830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to the Production of Ceramic Prints.
Inventor: FUCHS FRANZ
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 13,830. Fuchs, F. June 30. Pottery.-In transferring colour prints to porcelain ware in the biscuit state, an adhesive medium which permits of the absorption of the fatty oil of the printing colour by the biscuit ware is used, so that the ware can be fired in one operation. The adhesive medium is composed of gelatine, quince seeds, and sugar beet juice, preferably in the proportions of 300 parts by weight of gelatine, 200 parts of quince seeds, and 100 parts of sugar beet juice. The'ingredients are dissolved separately in hot water and, after the quince seed solution had been filtered, are mixed together, sufficient water being added to enable the mixture to be spread on the transfer in the usual manner. Relief designs may be produced by alternately printing the ware with the design and dusting it with ceramic powder, the printing medium preferably containing little or no colour. Transfer paper for the production of relief designs may be covered with a solution containing 100 parts by weight of quince seeds, 100 parts of gelatine, 250 parts of starch, 300 parts of sugar beet juice, and 250 parts of "Oeserfolie," the last-named substance being composed of 5 to 10 grammes of isinglass dissolved in from 1 to 2 litres of water, 10 to 15 grammes of glycerine, and 30 grammes of albumen dissolved in water, the whole being tinted, if desired, by a suitable colouring- matter and dried into a film. When the paper is dry a print is made on it in varnish and colour, or in varnish only.
Patent GB-190816524-A (GB)
Title: Milling Machine for Machining Rail Heads and other Objects.
Inventor: GOLDSCHMIDT KARL
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 16,524. Goldschmidt, K., and Goldschmidt, H., [trading as Goldschmidt, T., (Firm of)]. Aug. 5. Milling.-A machine particularly adapted for milling rail joints on worn rails is arranged so that the traverse of the cutter slide causes the guide on which it is traversed to be tilted, so that the cutter cuts a curve. Fig. 3 shows the machine diagrammatically, and Fig. 4 is a part plan of Fig. 3. The guide a is supported by oppositely threaded-screws f, f<1>, which are turned by means of arms h, h<1>, linked at their ends by a rod i carrying an adjustable stop j embraced by a fork k attached to the cutter slide c. The screws are carried in wheeled supports, one of which is suitably stayed while the machine is working. By removing the stop j a straight cut may be taken. Fig. 6 shows a machine as arranged for use on a railway. A third wheel g<3> is added, with framing r. The bearings of the wheels g' are arranged to swivel, and may be locked by a sleeve q when taking the machine along roads. The motion of the guide may be effected by spur and rack gearing or otherwise, instead of by the linkage described.
Patent GB-190825138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Pianos and like Instruments.
Inventor: HURST JOSIAH WESTBROOK
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-11-23
Abstract: 25,138. Hurst, J. W. Nov. 23. [Cognate Application No. 28,220, A.D. 1908, dated Dec. 28.] Music cabinets are arranged pivotally or slid ably at one or both ends of a piano, organ, &c. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the cabinet b, which is open towards the end of the piano a, is provided with castors b<7> and pivoted at the back edge b<6>. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the cabinet b engages by pins b<8> with grooves a<3> in top and bottom pieces a', so that it can be first slid forward and then swung on its pins. The top piece a<1> may be an extension of the lid a<5>, as shown in Fig. 8, or it may be a cornice-like projection at the side of the instrument. Fig. 9 shows a cabinet b, which can be slid away from the instrument a by pulling a handle b<#>. The base-board b<9> slides under the piano and may be weighted. In a modification, the sliding base-board b<9> carries a casing in which the cabinet is mounted by a pin-and-slot device as in Fig. 6. The cabinets may be provided with clips b<4>, Fig. 8, for music rolls, and with divisions for ordinary music. According to the Provisional Specification, the cabinet may be fixed to the piano and provided with a door.
Patent GB-190900787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Devices for Elevator or Lift Doors.
Inventor: MCGRORY HENRY AUGUSTINE
IPC: B66B13/24
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 787. McGrory, H A. Jan. 12. Operating sliding doors. - In apparatus for preventing the cage of a lift from starting when any door of the well is open, and the opening of any door when the cage is in motion or any other door is open, means are provided whereby any open door may be closed from the motor room without ascending to the floor. When any door D is open, a rack F upon it gears with a pinion H on a vertical shaft G. The door may be closed from the motor room by operating a rack K meshing with a pinion J<2> on a shaft J<1> geared to the shaft G. In a modification for vertically-sliding doors, each door carries a projecting antifriction roll adapted to engage between screw threads formed on the shaft G.
Patent GB-190903317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Opening Umbrellas.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: A45B25/16
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 3317. Thompson, W. P., [Beaudry, J.]. Feb. 10. Opening. - In self-opening umbrellas of the kind that are opened by springs attached to the frame, the springs are adapted to be compressed when the umbrella is closed. Fig. 1 shows a form in which compression springs 10 are carried bv hollow slotted stretchers 3 and are compressed against stops 16 by subsidiary stretchers S, which are connected to plungers 17 bearing against the springs. In a modification shown in Fig. 6, the subsidiary stretchers are made in two parts 8<a>, 8<b>, which are attached to the runner and git respectively, and carry the springs between their hooked ends. The springs may be carried on, or enclosed in, tubes as shown in Figs. 8 and 9.
Patent GB-190906102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FULLAGAR HUGH FRANCIS
IPC: F02B75/28
Filed: 1909-03-13
Granted: 1910-05-13
Abstract: 6102. Fullagar, H. F. March 13. Drawings to Specification. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for. - To prevent leakage of gas past the trunk pistons of internal-combustion engines, compressed air is supplied to chambers formed in the cylinder ends and open to the outside surfaces of the trunk pistons.