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Patent GB-190816892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Humidifying Apparatus
Inventor: THOMPSON ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 16,892. Thompson, A. W. Aug. 13,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Spray-producers.-In apparatus for humidifying the air in factories &c., means are provided for introducing a pressure fluid tangentially into a chamber so as to induce therein a flow of liquid. which is atomized and ejected from the chamber by the energy of the rotating fluid. The general arrangement of the apparatus is shown in Fig. 1. The water supply pipe W<x> is provided at intervals with upright nipples w<1> in which the water is kept at a normal level WL by any means such as by a tank and float valve. The water in the supply pipe is not under pressure. Each nipple w<1> is provided with a valve w<x> and is connected by a flexible pipe w<2> to a spraying-nozzle V, which is connected by a coupling f to the pipe F conveying the fluid under pressure. The atomizing-chamber is shown in Fig. 4. The fluid under pressure passes up through the bore 9 and enters the cylindrical chamber 6 through the tangential inlet 10. The chamber 6 is closed at one end by a plate 3 having a central orifice 4, and at the other end by the water-inlet member 11 screwed into the head 1. The water-inlet member shown in Fig. 4 is for use with compressed air as the atomizing-agent. The centrifugal action of the fluid admitted through the inlet 10 causes a partial vacuum in the chamber 6, thus causing the water in the nipple w<1> to flow through the pipe w<2> when the valve w<x> is opened. The energy of the rotating fluid atomizes the water as it issues from the pipe w<3>, and. the fine spray passes out from the chamber 6 through the outlet 4. The water-inlet member shown in Fig. 6 is for use with steam as the atomizing-agent. The water-discharge nozzle 26 is screwed into a plug 20 which is screwed into the head 1. The end of the nozzle 26 is coned and fits tightly against the coned end of the plug 20, and an axial outlet 22 passes through both. The tip of the plug 20 protrudes slightly through the outlet 4. An annular chamber 30, open to atmosphere, keeps the nozzle 26 cool. To collect any drainage from the condensation of steam at starting, a shield 40, Fig. 7, is fitted to the head of the nozzle, the opening in the shield being large enough to clear the jet of spray. A pipe 43 carries the condensate back to the water-supply system. The amount of water used may be regulated at one point for the whole system, or by the individual valves w<x>, and the amount of spray may be governed by regulating the pressure of the vapourizing-fluid. Shut-off valves may be fitted in the bosses f<1>, and when steam is used as the vapourizing- fluid, the plug 20 may be screwed in until the coned tip closes the outlet 4.
Patent GB-190819630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding Machines.
Inventor: SIGNER JOHANN BAPTIST
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,630. Signer, J. B., and Katzenstein, J. Sept. 18 No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Calculating apparatus.-In a keyoperated adding- machine, the depression of wedgeshaped key s 4, Figs. 1 and 4, imparts a differential movement to a sliding spring - controlled plate 3, mounted upon rollers, and to a toothed rack 5. A roller 6 is thus driven through a pinion, a ratchet-wheel, and pawl 17. Over the roller, the periphery of which carries pins 8, passes a band 7 mounted upon spring- controlled rollers 9,11. The band is provided with numerals, one of which, corresponding to the total registered, appears in the window 14 in the casing. To zeroize, a key 13 is depressed, thus releasing a pawl 12 from a ratchet-wheel attached to the roller 11, and allowing its spring to wind up the band.
Patent GB-190820536-A (GB)
Title: Standard for Lamps.
Inventor: BRANDES AUGUST
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 20,536. Brandes, A. Sept. 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Candle Lamps; lamp standards.- Relates to improvements in standards of the kind wherein a metal piece provided with ears to support the ends of the lamp-supporting arms is slipped on the top. The tubular piece 4, Fig. 3, is fitted at the top of the standard 3, and carries the ends of the arms 5 which support the lamps 6. A lamp can also be supported on the top of the standard. The bottom of the standard 3 fits into a sole-plate 1 provided on its bottom surface with small lugs 2, which are used for securing the standard. The lamp is used for illuminating gardens, verandahs, parks, rooms, &c. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No.5585, . A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190821631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reservoir Pens.
Inventor: MUNRO ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-10-13
Granted: 1909-10-13
Abstract: 21,631. Munro, A. Oct. 13. Pens, reservoir. In reservoir pens provided with feed-tubes, these are made with an outer tube surrounding an inner tube or section of such a shape and size as to form a comparatively large air channel, and one or more capillary ink channels extending from the reservoir to near the nib point. Figs. 2, 5, 6, 8, and 9 show cross-sectional views through the outer tube 4 and some of the forms of inner sections which may be used, the capillary ink channels being formed by the incomplete or loose fit of the inner section in the tube 4. Fig. 4 shows an inner tube slit on the side furthest from the nib to form an extra capillary channel. Any number of slits may be made. Fig. 7 shows a section 7 fitting tightly in the tube 4 and provided with ink channels 8, though the section 7 may be a loose fit and the channels 8 omitted. Fig. 11 shows a tube specially applicable to the form of pen shown in Fig. 3 of Specification No. 20,065, A.D. 1907, no space being provided between the inner and outer tubes 3 and 4. The feed-tube may be employed in the self-filling pen described in the above Specification, and the inner section then extends to the upper part of the reservoir in the form of a complete tube. More than one of the above forms may be combined in the one feed-tube ; thus half the section of the inner tube may be cut away to enable the ink to be seen through the outer tube which in this case is of glass. The back part of the inner tube at the lower end may be cut away, and the outer tube may also be removed at this point. The outer tube may be made of rigid material such as metal or glass, while the inner section may be of soft material such as vulcanite. A wooden plug may be inserted between the tubes to prevent longitudinal movement, or the inner tube may be prolonged beyond the lower opening and bent backwards along the nib. A pen is shown fitted with a feed-tube as described above attached to an inner reservoir connected by a concertinashaped spring tube to the barrel and furnished with a stud projecting through the barrel, whereby the reservoir and the feed-tube can be moved forwards so that the feed-tube wets the nib. A hole is formed in the side of the reservoir opposite the stud and covered by a rubber tube, so that by depressing the stud also a drop of ink may be ejected on to the nib.
Patent GB-190821764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Releasing Draught Animals from Vehicles.
Inventor: HUGHES JOSEPH WEIR
Filed: 1908-10-14
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 21,764. Hushes, J. W. Oct. 14. Fastenings for shafts. The shafts of a vehicle are released by means of a device which is detachably connected to the front axle and which can be adjusted to support shafts of different sizes. The shaft support 1 is formed of a number of threaded tubes, so that its length can be altered by screwing or unscrewing the various sections. The support is carried from the front axle by detachable brackets and has spring-pressed pins 19 at each end which take into eyes E<1> on the ends of the shafts. To release the shafts, the pins 19 are withdrawn against the action of the springs 25 by flexible connexions 22 working on pulleys 23 and actuated by a hand-lever on the vehicle.
Patent GB-190823263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Manufacture.
Inventor: MEUNIER STANISLASS
Filed: 1908-10-31
Granted: 1909-11-30
Abstract: 23,263. Meunier, S. Oct. 31. Hydraulic mains.-In hydraulic mains used in gas manufacture, means such as perforated floats or baffle-plates are provided at or partly below the liquid-level for damping the fluctuations of the said level. As shown in Fig. 4, the floats or baffle-plates k cover substantially the whole of the liquid surface and preferably carry dip-pipe sleeves g. Means may be provided for adjusting the level of the baffle-plates or of the dip-pipe sleeves separately from outside the main.
Patent GB-190824234-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Felts for Paper Making Machines.
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 24,234. Veit, C., [Firm of]. Dec. 27, 1907. [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Mixed fabrics.-Drying-felts for paper-machines are formed of a single warp of wool or half-wool and two wefts, one of wool and the other of cotton, thus producing a wool face and a cotton backing. The seam is practically obliterated by fulling, and the cotton surface may be used in contact with the paper.
Patent GB-190901553-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Adhesively Attaching Sheets of Paper to Pasteboard or Cardboard and the like.
Inventor: STELLER KARL
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1910-01-21
Abstract: 1553. Steller, K. Jan. 21. Combining sheet material.-In machines for lining pasteboard, cardboard, &c. with paper, &c., the lining-sheet is allowed to absorb the adhesive before being applied to the pasteboard, &c., in order to avoid wrinkling. The sheets a pass from a table o round a pasting-roller b, and are carried by a travelling apron e to pressure rollers g, l which unite them to sheets m of pasteboard &c. fed from a table n. The length of the apron e is less than that of the lining-sheets, and the peripheral speed of the pressure rollers is greater than that of the pasting-roller, so as to tension the sheets between the pasting and pressure rollers. Other means for tensioning the sheets may be employed. The apron e is preferably elastic so that its length may be slightly varied by adjusting the position of the rollers g by means of a slide and screw k, i.
Patent GB-190902169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telegraphy and Telephony by Earth Conduction.
Inventor: SHARMAN ALEXANDER WILLIAM
IPC: H04M1/00
Filed: 1909-01-29
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 2169. Sharman, A. W. Jan. 29. Drawings to Specification. Reactances, iron-cored, for use in a system of telegraphy and telephony by earth conduction. Coils are wound on cores having finely-divided soft iron concentrated near the windings, as described in Specification 6962/09, [Class 33 (ii), Electric currents, Converting &c.].
Patent GB-190902577-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable in connection with Carding Engines for Collecting and Removing Dust and Fluff.
IPC: D01G15/82
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 2577. Hall & Kay, Hall, D., and Kay, J. H. Feb. 3. [Addition to 387/08.] Confining and expelling dust &c.-In apparatus of the type described in the parent Specification for collecting fluff and dust from carding- engines, the edges of the hopper a, Fig. 2, are formed with a beading a', which fits within the beaded edges c<1> of the cover c. A piece d of waxed cloth &c. is secured at its edges by strips e and lies loosely on the cover, which is perforated. The suction in the pipe draws the cloth d against the beading a<1> and makes the entrance to the hopper air-tight.
Patent GB-190903937-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Plastic Ammoniacal Saltpetre Explosives.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: C06B21/00
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 3937. Lake, H. W., [Vereinigte K÷ln-Rottweiler Pulverfabriken Akt.-Ges.]. Feb. 17. Nitrates. - Nitro-semi-cellulose, a substance prepared in the manner described in Specification 5126/04, is dissolved in nitrobenzol, nitrotoluol, or nitro-xylol, and the solution is used in various proportions in the manufacture of blasting-explosives.
Patent GB-190904337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-proof Doors and like Fire-proof Structures.
Inventor: LIEBERT WILLIAM ERNEST CATO
IPC: E06B5/16
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 4337. Liebert, W. E. C., [trading as Check Fire Door Co.]. Feb. 22. Fire-resisting doors are constructed of sheets of perforated and imperforate metal with interposed sheets of asbestos slate or composition, two of the layers of which are spaced apart by one or more sheets of corrugated metal. The sheets of perforated metal 1 and the layers of asbestos slate &c. 3, 4, corrugated metal 5, asbestos slate 6, 8, 9, and imperforate sheet metal 2 are secured between angle-irons 12 and bars 18 by rivets 13, the edges of the corrugated metal sheets being packed between strips 17 of asbestos composition. In the case of a sliding door, the door frame on the top, bottom, and opening side is provided with a U -section channel-frame 14, the other side of the frame being fitted with a channel-iron 15 for receiving one flange of an angle-bar 16 on the door. Specification 14,117/05 is referred to.
Patent GB-190907392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Self-acting Mules.
Inventor: SCHMIDT PAUL
IPC: D01H3/26
Filed: 1909-03-27
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 7392. Schmidt, P. April 2, 1908, [Convention date]. Mules and twiners; rollers and roller heads; moistening-apparatus. - The broken ends of rovings are applied to the spindles of self-acting mules by a current of air which is moistened to improve the spinning and to facilitate the production of a finer yarn. On the inward run of the carriage, the broken end 5, Fig. 1, is caught by a needle-bar 11 on the carriage 10 and a second needle-bar 12 on the headstock, and, when stretched tight, is cut by a rotary cutter 14, the loose end being blown by a current of air issuing from pipes 18 over the faller wire on to the spindle. The pipes 18 are carried upon the hub 23 of a shaft 22, and are connected by flexible portions 21 to outlet pipes from a casing 17 which extends the width of the machine and surrounds a rotary fan 15. The bottom of the casing is formed as a trough 34 containing water, and moist air is also supplied through tubes 36 from a pipe 35. Baffles are provided inside the casing 17 to direct the air towards the outlet pipes. The outer ends of the pipes are provided with U-shaped openings, and clearers 26 are mounted upon them to engage the bottom rollers 7. Bell-crank levers are also mounted on the hub 23, the arms 24 of which are weighted, and the arms 27 of which are engaged by slotted weighted arms 29, carrying projections 31 which clear the top rollers. When a fresh roving is being threaded through the rollers, the arms 29 are suspended from the faller 33 by hooks 32.
Patent GB-190912024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Escapement Mechanism of Double Magazine Typographical Machines.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
IPC: B41B11/18
Filed: 1909-05-21
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 12,024. Pollen, A. H., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik Ges.]. May 21. Escapements for type - bar making machines having two magazines. The escapements 5, 6 of the two machines are operated respectively by the cams 11, 12 of three-armed levers which are connected by rods 8 to key-levers 7. The arms 13 of the three-armed levers rest in a trough 15, which can be moved by means of rods 16 so as to bring either the arms 11 or the arms 12 into engagement with the corresponding escapements.
Patent GB-190912335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: MACDIARMID WESLEY DUNCAN RICHA
IPC: H01H13/58
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 12,335. MacDiarmid, W. D. R., and Bates, E. B. May 25. Switches, quick-action.-A switch of the rotary type has a ratchet-shaped contact member C with contact surfaces 18, 19 engaged by spring contacts 20, 21, and insulating surfaces 35, 36, which hold the switch in the open position ; the switch is operated by the depression of a spring-pressed member B, which is incapable of rotation and carries a pin engaging a spiral groove in a sleeve H coupled to the contact member by means which communicate motion in one direction only; the ratchet form of the movable member ensures a quick break, and the inclinations of the surfaces are such that a considerable turning movement of the member is necessary before it can be snapped into the next position. Rotary motion of the member B is prevented by a pin-and-slot engagement with a vertical post 10 held in position upon the base of the switch. The rotary motion of the member H is transmitted to the movable contact member through crown ratchets. The dome-shaped casing I is retained in position by means of a screw-threaded member on the interior of a depending extension 40 of the casing, and arranged to receive the depressible member B. As shown, this screw-threaded member is formed by a spiral spring 39 in the extension of the casing, and the spring is engaged and the casing held by the pin 15. Instead of providing the member B with a spring 17, a spiral spring may be arranged around the shank on the inside of the member H so that, when the member is caused to turn, the spring is wound up, actuates the contact member, and then restores the operating-member B to its original position. The binding-posts G are constructed of one piece of metal with flanges 30 to secure them to the base A ; the metal is folded so to hold the spring contact member E between the free ends, and the conducting-wires in the loop 26. Specification 3426/04 is referred to.
Patent GB-190913523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Alarm Clocks.
Inventor: SCHROEDER WILHELM
IPC: G04C21/32
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 13,523. Schr÷der, W. Feb. 3. Time alarms.-Electric bells are set to ring at predetermined times by plugging the bell terminals 37 into sockets 32 in time-plates 33, the inner fastening-screws of which are wiped by a spring contact arm which rotates with the hour-hand. Each plate 33 has a number of sockets.
Patent GB-190913746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sound Reproducing and Recording Instruments.
Inventor: WIEDER HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-08-24
Abstract: 13,746. Wieder, H. G. Aug. 24, 1908. Sound - boxes; stylus mountings; tone - arm joints.-The stylus bar r has a cross spindle q with oppositely-disposed knife edges t, u, turning on bearings v, w, and held in tension by helical or plate springs 2 secured to screws y, z. To permit a slight circumferential movement of the sound-box, a circular groove is cut in the back of the latter and a corresponding groove b is formed in the back cover a. Screws h and projections f respectively are fixed in each groove to project into the other groove between rubber spring buffers k, a clamping-ring holding the parts together. In a modification a rubber washer is secured in a groove in the sound-box d by screws, the screw holes in the back plate being made larger than required so as to permit a slight circumferential movement. A joint in the tone-arm consists of two cylindrical parts 4, 5 knuckling together and turning on pivot points 6.
Patent GB-190914152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves for Blowing Engines, Compressors and the like.
Inventor: WALKER JOHN SCARISBRICK
IPC: F16K15/10
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 14,152. Walker, J. S., Walker, T. A., and Walker, E. R. June 16. Check valves; shocks, preventing.-An automatic annular valve of the grid type, for aircompressors and blowing - engines and other fluid-pressure engines, comprises a valve plate A, Figs. 2 and 3, secured to a fixed centre D by flexible corrugated arms C which allow for extension in length of the arms as the valve opens without distortion of the valve member. The arms may be integral at the centre, or separated from each other as shown in Fig. 3. The valve is held to the seating at the centre by a washer E, and a guard G is supported between springs 14, 13 which absorb shocks as the valve opens.
Patent GB-190917484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Valves.
Inventor: MCCARTY HARRY CROUSE
IPC: F16K17/08
Filed: 1909-07-27
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 17,484. McCarty, H. C. July 27. Safety-valves.-A safety-valve of the " muffled " pop " type comprises a hood 19, a dome 2, a cap 3, and an adjustable ring 9 formed to cooperate with the valve 4 so as to form a huddling-chamber 13 thereby assisting the opening of the valve. The ring 9 is threaded internally and is screwed to an upright flange 7, so as to be out of contact with the wall of the casing. A pin 27 projecting from a screw 24 engages teeth 26 on the ring to hold it in its adjusted position. The hood 19 forms a substantially straight passage between the valve and the dome, and the horizontal separating- partition 18 is pierced by vertically-extending annular slots 20, which are kept clear of deposits by the rush of steam. The casing 1, which encloses the spring 28, carries an adjusting-screw 34, extending through the top of the dome 2 where it is provided with a lock-nut. The protecting-cap 3 is screwed to the top of the dome, and is adapted to be sealed, as shown, to prevent tampering with the adjustment of the spring.
Patent GB-190919805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Guaiacol-compounds.
Filed: 1909-08-30
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 19,805. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., F., Barell, E., and Elger, F. Aug. 30. [Addition to 21,072/08.] Hexamethylenetetramine - guaiacol compounds. - Hexamethylenetetramine - monoguaiacol, hexa - mathylenetetramine-diguaiacol, mixtures of these compounds, or of one or both with hexamethylenetetramine-triguaiacol are prepared by treating hexamethylenetetramine with guaiacol in suitable proportions either in the solid state or in solution. Hexamethylenetetramine-triguaiacol is also prepared by mixing the components in a dry state in the theoretical proportions, and is identical with the body produced as described in Specification 24,072/08. The bodies obtained as above are useful in therapeutics, being easily decomposed to yield guaiacol.
Patent GB-190919927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Faucets for Beer Casks and Barrels.
Inventor: STEHBERGER FRIEDRICH EUGEN
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 19,927. Stehberger, F. E. Aug. 31. Tapping. - A faucet for beer casks or barfels is provided with a spigot l through which the racking - pipe h passes, so that by turning the spigot after the withdrawal of the racking-pipe, the contents of the vessel are prevented from spurting out under the influence of the compressed gas, which has been introduced through a cock c to expel the beer. The rubber gasket g is supported by a shoulder e, and is expanded to make a tight joint with the bung-hole by means of a nut d and sleeve f.