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Patent GB-190715918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Traps for High Pressures.
Inventor: TEMPLETON WILLIAM RICHMOND
Filed: 1907-07-11
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 15,918. Templeton, W. R., and O'Brien, W. A. July 11. Steam traps.-Relates to a steam trap particularly applicable for use at high pressures. A pilot valve 21, operated by a system of weights and levers, admits liquid to the upper side of a piston 7 which is depressed and opens the discharge valve 31, thus allowing the liquid in the casing a to flow to the outlet i. The weights u, w<1>, which may consist of metal and soap-stone, are of different specific gravities greater than that of water. The weights are attached to the unequal arms of a lever 45 to which the pilot valve 21 is connected. Normally the valve 21 is held closed by steam pressure, but when sufficient pressure has accumulated the lever 45 rocks and forces the valve from its seat. A weight 55 causes the valve to open quickly and remain in its open position. The liquid passes to the valve 21 through a pipe 26 which dips below the surface of the liquid to arrest the entrance of grease. The stems of the piston 7 and the discharge valve 31 abut against a pivoted lever 39. The area of the piston top is greater than that of the valve 31 so that the piston may open the valve on the pilot valve being opened ; and the piston is heavier than the valve and its stem, so that when there is no pressure in the trap the valve will open and the trap will discharge. The piston fits loosely in its casing and has a vent passage 8, so that when the pilot valve closes the liquid contained behind the piston escapes slowly and cushions the closing of the valve 31. The valve 31, which is enclosed by a perforated cap, has a stem provided with wings.
Patent GB-190727003-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lathe Carrier.
Inventor: HALFEN JOSEF
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 27,003. Halfen, J. Dec. 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Lathe carriers.- A lathe carrier consists of a pitch-chain h, tightened round the work by means of pivoted jaws a, operated by a sleeve e having an hexagonal nut b and a flange f, which screws on to a screw c secured to the jaws. The loose part of the chain is secured by a clasp l, and in heavy work two sets of jaws are employed. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act 1907, to Specification No. 2020, A.D. 1907.]
Patent GB-190728001-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Envelopes.
Inventor: ISAAC MORIZ
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 28,001. Isaac, M. Dec. 19. Envelopes.-A safety envelope is formed out of a single sheet doubled over at the middle, each half or cover being provided with three flaps c, d, f; ; c<1>, d<1>, f which are each gummed to its opposite cover. The flaps c<1>, d<1>, f on one half lie between the two covers, and the flaps c, d, f on the other half lie outside the opposite cover, the flaps f <1>, f being gummed down after the insertion of the contents.
Patent GB-190804990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bucket-wheels.
Filed: 1908-03-07
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 4990. Empire Roller Bearings Co., and How, T. W. March, 7. Well-bucket type of apparatus.-In bucket-wheel apparatus for raising water, the pulley is mounted on a roller bearing carried by a pair of standards, which also carry a cam-shaped check device for the hauling-rope. The wheel-axle d and the pin h of a cam have shoulders d<1>, h<2> respectively, against which the standards b are held by nuts d<2>, h<1>. The roller bearing for the wheel e comprises rollers f on spindles f<1> the ends of which are riveted into rings f The spindle may be used as spacing-bars for rollers placed between them, or the rings f<2> may bear on either the axle d or the inner surface of the hub. On the pin h is mounted a pawl having a concave edge j<1> adapted to the curvature of the rope used. If the rope should accidently run back, the rope will be jammed between the wheel and the pawl. The pawl is released by pulling down an arm j<2>.
Patent GB-190805917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Jointing of the Rods used in Railway Signalling, Switches and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS LLEWELLYN WYNN
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 5917. Williams, L. W., Williams, O. R., and Williams, D. D. March 17. Rod joints.-Rods of T-section for use in actuating railway switches, signals, &c., are joined by fishplates 2, 3. Portions of the vertical web of the rods are cut away to form recesses 7 into which the fishplates are pressed, as shown at 9, Fig. 2. In a modification, Fig. 7, the vertical web is not cut away, but the web and the fish-plates are deformed laterally as shown at 10. In a further modification, flanges are formed round the bolt-holes in the fishplates, the flanges fitting into enlarged bolt-holes in the rods.
Patent GB-190815073-A (GB)
Title: Appliance to Facilitate the Teaching of Fractions particularly to Young Children.
Inventor: JELFS GEORGE WATKINS
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 15,073. Jelfs, G. W. July 16. Calculating - apparatus for teaching fractions consists of a whole and a number of different segments or parts, each segment being provided with an outline geometrical representation of the shape of the whole, from which is marked off the particular segment or part of the whole which the said segment itself represents. The whole may be circular, the parts being segments of a circle as shown in Fig. 6, or the whole and the parts may be rectangular. The whole and parts may be of different colours and are made of cardboard, metal, &c. According to the Provisional Specification, the whole may be provided with a pivot pin or guide rim to aid in positioning the parts, and the whole and parts may be triangular and may carry advertisements or scholastic tables on the back.
Patent GB-190816712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism of Tramcar Lifeguards
Inventor: BRUCE WILLIAM ROSS
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 16,712. Bruce, W. R., and Coutts, F. Aug. 8. Wheel guards and obstruction removers. - A life-guard or obstructionremovers for tramcars and like vehicles is operated when the front gate D is pressed back so as to raise the arm A of a bell-crank lever carrying a roller C at its end. The roller C engages a pivoted link F connected to the cradle J through links H, I, and, when the arm A is raised past its dead-centre position, the tray J falls by the action of the spring L and its own weight. The front gate D is pivoted at D<1> to a shaft and operates the bell-crank lever through a crank L<1> and a slotted link E. The slot e enables the gate to take up a vertical position after the release of the cradle, which is re-set by means of a foot-rod. A modification is described in which the roller C is carried by a crank on the gate shaft, the link E and bell-crank lever being dispensed with. The pivoted link F is, in this case, connected to the foot-rod. To enable the gate to rise over small obstructions without releasing the cradle, it is carried by a link P pivoted to a link N at P, where the roller C is carried which contacts with the lever F. The link N is loosely mounted on the shaft D'. The gate can rise until a stop d<1> contacts with a projection n<1> on the arm N, and the gate and arms N, P rotate on the shaft D<1> and release the cradle.
Patent GB-190820672-A (GB)
Title: A Measuring Gauge for Giving the Radius of Curvature by Means of the Versed Sine.
Inventor: HILLER EDWARD GEORGE
Filed: 1908-11-26
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 20,672. Hiller, E. G. Nov. 26. Contour gauges.- Relates to a gauge of the versed-sine type for determining the radius of curvature of a surface. A B is the chord and C D is the versed sine. Variations in the length of C D, Fig. 1, are transmitted to the pointer V by a lever and gearing R, P. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the variation in length of C D revolves and raises the dial W through a spiral cut in the rod C D and engaging-pins q ; the pointer V rises with the dial, being kept close to it by the tension spring k ; the readings are thus always taken at the same point.
Patent GB-190823899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Oscillating-vane Steam Engines.
Inventor: WILLIAMS EDWIN AGUSTUS
Filed: 1908-11-07
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 23,899. Williams, E. A., and Price, A. W. Nov. 7. Oscillating-vane type. - Two segmental steam cylinders 16, having oscillating piston vanes 19 secured to shafts 18, are provided with ports 14, 15 through which steam is alternately admitted and exhausted by valves 10, which are reciprocated in the bores 6 fitted with inlet and exhaust ports 11, 12. Each valve is operated from a shaft 18 by a crank 20, a link 21, and a crank 22 secured to a rock-shaft 23, through an aperture in which a link 25 pivoted to the valve stem 9 extends. Motion is transmitted to the main shaft 3 by cranks 28, connecting-rods 27, and a pin 29 formed on a disk 5.
Patent GB-190826688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fishing Reels.
Inventor: BROWN SUMMERS
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 26,688. Brown, S. Dec. 9. Reels and winches, rod.-A fishing-reel has one or more cheeks 10, 11 mounted on t b e reel to act as guides for the line, so as to secure its more equal distribution and even winding upon the reel. The reel is mounted upon the arm 3 which is pivoted to the angular restpiece 2, so that the reel has a movement in the plane of the rod limited by the pin 12 in the slot 12<a>. When the rod is tilted, the brake roller 9 bears on the reel and is retarded ; in the other position the reel is free.
Patent GB-190827771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Propellers.
Inventor: BABILLOT GABRIEL
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-12-21
Abstract: 27,771. Babillot, G. Dec. 21. Centrifugal pumps.-Comprises improvements in that type of propeller for marine and aerial propulsion in which the blades are feathered by means of an eccentric mounted on the shaft. The improvements are stated to be applicable to pumps. The vanes a are mounted on axles a' carried on arms b formed integral with the boss b<1> mounted on a shaft c, which may be rotated by the chain-gearing shown. The vanes a may be partly rotated about the axes of the shafts a' by the connecting-rods e secured to levers a<2> and to the eccentric strap e<1> of the eccentric e<2> mounted loosely on the shaft c. The rotation of the shaft c and the arms b causes the blades a to oscillate during each revolution in such a way that there are always some in an operative position, the remainder being more or less inactive. The eccentric e<2> may be angularly displaced so that the direction of the thrust may be varied. In a modi. fication, the inner ends of the blades a are made flexible and are united to the hub. The levers a' may also be fitted at each end of the axles a<1> and be connected to separate eccentrics which may be independently operated. This arrangement enables the operator to give a certain amount of twist to the blades.
Patent GB-190828226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Certain Kinds of Regulating Electric Switches.
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 2 8 , 2 2 6. Veritys, Ltd., and P i p k i n, W. G. Dec. 28. Couplings ; switches.-The resistance wire e of a regulating-switch is wound in a spiral groove on the exterior of a hollow porcelain cylinder a having a large bore. The regulating-switch contacts d are arranged on the end face of the cylinder. The connexion between these contacts and various points on the resistance wire is made by metal strips d' extending along grooves in the cylinder bore. Recessed holes a<5> are formed in the cylinder wall, and bolts d<3>, having shoulders to fit these recesses, are inserted from the exterior and connected to the strips by nuts and washers. The outer ends of these bolts are tapped to hold screws c which clamp the resistance wire e. The rotating switch arm e' is pivoted in a metal plate, also fixed to the cylinder end, and forming one terminal of the device.
Patent GB-190828421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cake Coating Machines.
Inventor: HARTON PEMBROKE DECATUR
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-12-30
Abstract: 28,421. Harton, P. D. Dec. 30. Cakes; biscuits.- Relates to a machine for coating cakes, biscuits, &c. with icing, jelly, &c., in which all the operations are automatic. The cakes are fed on to and are straightened by a travelling band 1 of chains 2 having hooks 3, and are deposited on a tible 5, of slats 6 adjacent the icing- trough 7. They are pushed on to a wire dipping-frame 10 by a blade 15, and are dipped and then scraped to remove surplus icing; they are next removed and turned over on to a conveyer 52 by a series of wires 51, Fig. 6. The conveyers are driven from the main shaft 21 by belt or chain gearing, and the other motions are obtained by cranks and connecting rods, or by the use of cams on the shaft 24 geared to the shaft 21 by wheels 22, 23. The pusher 15 is carried by arms 16 secured to a square shaft 18 journaled in arms 19 fastened to a rock-shaft 20 mounted in the frame of the machine. The arms 19 are reciprocated by a link mounted on a crank driven by a gear-wheel on the shaft 24. On the return stroke, the pusher 15 is lifted over the next row of cakes. The shaft 18 carries a second arm 30 provided with a pin 37 and a latch 33. On the forward stroke the latch 33 trails on a bracket 32, but on the return it is lifted into a vertical position by a spring 35 and the engagement of the pin 37 with a catch 36. The arms 16, and therefore the pusher, are correspondingly raised, until the latch 33 drops into a slot 34. The dipping-frame consists of wires 10 stretched between pins 9 on the sides 8 ; it is carried by cross-pieces 41 secured to arms 40 reciprocated by cams 44 which engage rollers 43. After icing and scraping the cakes are removed by means of wires 51, Fig. 6, carried by arms 50 secured to a rock-shaft 60 mounted in the end of levers 56 fixed on a shaft 55 rocked by the engagement of a roller 58 on the arm 57 with a cam 59. The shaft 60 is rocked by a pinion 63, which is rotated by a rack 62 pivoted to a lever 65 mounted on the frame of the machine and provided with a roller 67 in engagement with a cam 68. The mechanism is so arranged that the arms 50 are moved below the cakes, and are then turned slightly as shown in Fig. 6 ; they are next moved to the right and turned over so that the cakes are deposited on the conveyer 52. As the cakes rest on the dipping-frame, they are scraped by a wire 75 carried by arms 76 secured to blocks 77, which are reciprocated by links 79 connected to the shaft 60.
Patent GB-190904360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Selectively Operating upon Warp Threads, more particularly Warp Drawing Machines
Inventor: HATHAWAY EDGAR FAY
IPC: D03J1/14
Filed: 1908-03-26
Granted: 1909-04-26
Abstract: 4360. Hathaway, E. F., and Lanning, C. D. March 26, 1908. Warp threads, uniting ;healds and reeds, threading. - In machines for selectively operating upon warp threads, such as warpuniting. machines and machines for threading healds and reeds, the warp selecting and separating worm is driven continuously during its .active periods. The end of the warp worm shaft 107 is loosely surrounded by a clutch member 165, which is driven continuously by chain gearing, and both the shaft and the member 165 are slotted so that they can be clutched together by a pin 162 on a sliding plunger 160, which is controlled by patternmechanism. When the pin 162 is withdrawn from the slots in the shaft 107 and the member 165, it lies in a slot 164 in a fixed socket 163. The member 165 has a bevelled face so that the pin may move gradually into its slot 166 and come to rest against a shoulder 167. The invention is described as applied to a machine for threading the healds and the reed, and in this machine similar clutch devices are used in connexion with the heald-selecting shafts and the reed-opener shaft, but their clutch members are driven intermittently through star-wheel gearing, and the bevel faces thereon are not required. The needle - carriage is traversed across the machine by a screw, and the needle is reciprocated within guides to thread the reed and the healds by crank-and-lever mechanism. The warps pass from the warp-beam through a clamp, and round the warp-selecting worm to a second clamp, the clamps being mounted on a warp-carriage, which is traversed by means of a rack thereon engaging a worm driven by ratchet and adjustable-lever mechanism from the needle-carriage screw.
Patent GB-190911581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reserve Propellers for Steam and other Power Driven Ships.
Inventor: WILLSON CORNELIUS
IPC: B63H23/34
Filed: 1909-05-17
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 11,581. Willson, C. May 17. Screw propellers.-A reserve propeller is carried in a watertight chamber situated near to the main propeller. The chamber is situated between bulkheads K, and is normally closed by plates A. Entrance may be obtained by the manhole C to facilitate s e c u r i n g the reserve propeller B, which is in two parts, to the tail shaft. The upper part of the propeller is suspended from the top of the chamber, and the lower part from the side by screwed rods. In the event of damage to the main propeller G, the reserve propeller B is secured to the shaft, and the plates A removed. A stuffing-box in the forward bulkhead of the casing prevent ingress of water. In some cases, as shown in Fig. 10, the stern frame is modified to facilitate placing the chamber as far aft as possible.
Patent GB-190911744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cream Separators or Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: ANKER-HOLTH SEVERIN CHRISTIAN
IPC: B04B1/08
Filed: 1909-05-18
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 11,744. Holth, S. C. Anker-. May 18. Baskets; liners. -Relates to improvements in the liner plates, drums, and bearings of creamseparators designed to render the machine selfbalancing. T h e drum is formed in two parts, of which the lower part 2 is provided with a central boss 4, the lower portion of which receives the end of the spindle 5, the upper portion serving as a central feed-tube. The upper part 3 of the bowl is secured by a nut 7 on the boss 4. The liner plates 10 are o f the inverted conical type and are provided with recesses 12, Fig. 3, which fit loosely over wings 13 on the boss 4, so that the plates have considerable freedom of movement. The plates arrange themselves, when the machine is running, so as to balance the bowl. The neck bearing consists of a bushing 20 with a flange 24 resting on a curved surface 25, the centre of which is near the lower end of the spindle. The bushing 20 is surrounded by a spring 27, the tension of which can be regulated by a nut 26; and which presses at its upper end against a flange on a sleeve 28, a second flange on which engages with the frame of the machine.
Patent GB-190915534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Mills.
Inventor: BENEKE RICHARD
IPC: B02C17/06
Filed: 1909-07-03
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 15,534. Beneke, R. July 3. Ball mills.-In a ball mill having two or more grinding-chambers charged with different-sized balls, the conducting-chambers usually arranged between the grinding-chambers are dispensed with, and the mill is fitted with conducting-hoods, the surfaces of which are utilized as grinding-surfaces. The material passes from the chamber 2, Fig. 1, through openings 6 into the sieve 4, and the finer portion is led by curved vanes or scoops 7 to plates or hoods 8 arranged over the inlets 9 of the next chamber 3. The plate 8 is hollowed out to form an angular channel 10, the horizontal wing of which is parallel to the axis of the drum. The surface of the hood is inclined towards the back, and the channel 10 may rise rearwardly or be of spiral formation, so as to act as a shovel for throwing-out the material and prevent the grinding-balls from entering the channel. The plates may be united so as to form a complete ring. When the material is led to the outlets 6, Fig. 8, through a slotted partition o, the inlets 9 and the hoods 8 may be placed in the same plane as the outlets 6. The channels 10 of the plates 8 may be oblique or perpendicular to the axis of the drum, and their delivery ends may be protected by sieves or flap or ball valves.
Patent GB-190919007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bracelets and the like.
Inventor: WEILAND GOTTFRIED
IPC: A44C5/22
Filed: 1909-08-18
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 19,007. Weiland, G. Aug. 18. Bracelets. - One end of a flexible strip b, forming an expansible bracelet, is secured to a casing a provided with an ornamental clamping- screw d and a plate-spring f, which is pressed on to the part of the strip passing through the casing, when the bracelet has been adjusted to the desired size. The other end of the strip carries a second casing not shown which acts as a guide.
Patent GB-190923424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrel Locks and their Keys.
Inventor: TOURTEL JOHN MESNY
IPC: E05B29/00
Filed: 1909-10-13
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 23,424. Tourtel, J. M. Oct. 13. [Cognate Application, 2126/10.] Locks, revolving-barrel.-In a revolving-barrel lock of the type provided with a series of springless locking slides j, the key-engaging slots in the slides are made of.equal length but at different positions in the slides, and the two operating-edges of the key are made parallel. The slides j, separated by washers k, are mounted in slots a<1> of the barrel a and cooperate with corresponding slots b<1> in the cylinder b, a casing c, secured to the cylinder by a screw c, which also holds the barrel in place, serving to keep the slides in position. The washers k are each provided with a notch k<2> or a projection to engage a rib l or a slot in the key to guide this in the keyhole. The bolt-operating bar h is secured to the barrel by a plug g and a screw f, the screw f by engaging pins i on the cylinder also serving to limit the rotation of the barrel. To prevent picking, a transverse moving slide m, Fig. 19, is mounted in the front of the barrel and normally engages a slot b<2> in the cylinder when its key-slot m<1> is co-linear with the key-slots in the slides and washers. The key for operating this lock is bent below the handle, the bent portion acting on the slide m when the key is inserted into the lock, and bringing the slide into register. In a modification, the transverse slide is normally within the barrel, and is inoperative unless moved by a pick. In constructing the lock, a series of the slides of any length are assembled in the barrel, the key is inserted to set them and the ends protruding from the barrel are then filed off. In the construction shown in Fig. 23, the barrel is formed of side plates o and end plates p riveted together, distance-pieces k being arranged at intervals between the slides j.