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Patent GB-190808446-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Moulding and Delivering Dough.
Inventor: BIRKETT FRANK SWALD
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 8446. Birkett, F. O. April 16. Moulding dough.-In machines of the conicaltable and trough type for producing tin loaves, the dough balls are so delivered to the tins that the "tail" d, formed between the trough B and table A, is not visible. At the upper end of the trough B is arranged a delivery shoot E, the upper side of which is formed by the lower part of an endless belt F. The length of the shoot E is such that the ball of dough, after being rolled by the belt F, is delivered to the tin G with the tail d underneath. The shoot E is made wider than the dough ball, and the belt F is so arranged that it does not elongate the dough ball to fill the tin from end to end nor impair the texture of the dough. The tin holder H is mounted on a universal joint J and is provided with an extension so that. when a dough ball is delivered defectively, the tin G can be pushed to the side and the dough ball again rolled. Flour is applied to the belt F, preferably by means of a pad.
Patent GB-190808516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Expanding Bullets for use in Sporting Shot Guns.
Inventor: BREWER GRIFFITH
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 8516. Brewer, G., [Lyon, J.]. April 16. Projectiles, smallarm.-An expanding bullet for use in sporting shot guns consists of a spherical solid lead body 6 within which is embedded three steel disks. Two disks 1, 2 are bent as shown, and the third disk 5 is inserted in radial slots in the first two. The edges of the disks stop short of the surface of the lead body, which is provided with ribs 7.
Patent GB-190808651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Making Taut or Stretching Ropes and the like.
Inventor: OSSWALD FRANZ MAX
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 8651. Osswald, F. M., and Parker, J. S. April 18. Nets. - Apparatus for stretching ropes supporting tennis nets consists of a screwed sleeve D mounted on a screw C, a disk E secured on the sleeve by a lock-nut F, and a ratchet-wheel G fixed to a crank handle H carried by the sleeve. The rope is passed through a hole I in the wheel, which is rotated in the direction of the arrow, the formation of the teeth preventing backward movement. In a modification, the disk, sleeve, and ratchet-wheel are made in one piece, and the handle is grooved to carry the rope, the pulley A being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190809520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Soda Water Pumps.
Inventor: SANDERSON THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1909-05-03
Abstract: 9520. Sanderson, T. May 2. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-To prevent the entry of air into a pump for soda-water or other aerated liquid, the packing-box for the ram A contains a chamber A<1> supplied with water by a pipe B. The box has at each end a packing consisting of cup-leathers c, c' separated by a distance-piece D. In the form shown, the distancepiece is a perforated sleeve. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 16,161, A.D. 1889, and No. 19,633, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190810184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Electric Connecting Plugs, Sockets and Switches.
Inventor: BUCKTON WILLIAM WOODYER
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 10,184. Buckton, W. W. May 11. Couplings; sivitches.-In a-combined plug coupling and switch, in order to obtain a quick break which shall be independent of the actual motion given to the plug, the plug a is turned to make and break contact by means of a ring d, held in place between the flange a' and pins e, working in slots al. A spring 7c gives a quick break, the slots d' allowing the plug to move round quickly. In a modification, the ring d' is kept in position on the plug by means of a pin engaging with a slot midway up the ring.
Patent GB-190810386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Crushing Mills, suitable for Disintegrating Bacterial or other Cells or similar Minute Organic Bodies.
Inventor: BARNARD JOSEPH EDWIN
Filed: 1908-05-13
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 10,386. Barnard, J. E. May 13. Ball mills.-Bacterial or other cells or similar minute organic bodies are disintegrated by steel balls B in a rotating brass &c. vessel A, a drag being put upon the balls by a central steel cone D the rotation of which is retarded by any suitable means, but preferably by means of electro-magnets G acting on an iron bar F secured to the upper end of the cone. The cap E of the vessel A and the bar F are completely sealed in by a vulcanite &c. cylinder K, and a tube J is provided for introducing carbonic-acid gas or a similar cooling-agent.
Patent GB-190810519-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Sprinkling or Distributing Pulverulent Substances.
Inventor: SMITH FRANCIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 10,519. Smith, F. J. May 14. Powder distributors.- Relates to means for sprinkling and distributing powdered substances, and is described with reference to an apparatus for distributing toothpowder. The cap or cover a of the receptacle for the powder is provided with a hollow guide b adapted to receive a slide e, which is trough-shaped for holding the powder. The slide is depressed into the powder receptacle or is allowed to fall by gravity, and is withdrawn containing a quantity of powder. The device is then tilted so that the powder may be transferred to the tooth brush &c. In modifications, the movement of the slide may be regulated by a pin- and-slot guiding-device, and the side of the trough c may be formed from bands or strips of metal. An adjustable stop may be provided in the slide c for regulating the quantity of powder supplied.
Patent GB-190812888-A (GB)
Title: Improved Folding Box.
Inventor: BORCK RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 12,888. Borck, R. June 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Folding cardboard boxes.-A folding cardboard box also comprising a lid portion is made from a cut and scored blank of the form shown in Fig. 1. The lid is first set up, the tongues 1, 2, 3, 4 being each passed through the slits 5 from the inside and through the slits 6 from the outside of the blank. The corner parts 14, 15 of the body are then turned up at right-angles to the bottom, the tongues 9, 10 being passed through the slots 11, 12 and bent over to lie against the corner flaps 14, 15. To hide the projecting ends of the tongues 9, 10, and also to prevent their accidental removal, the box is fitted with an insertion or lining piece 16, Fig. 2, consisting of a paper &c. strip having its ends secured by a tongue-and-slit fastening 17, 18.
Patent GB-190815806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Shears such as are used for Trimming Grass Borders.
Inventor: COVENTRY HUBERT
Filed: 1908-07-25
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 15,806. Coventry, H. July 25. Shears.-In shears for trimming the edges of grass borders &c., having a trough D attached to the lower stationary blade B to catch the cut-off grass, the forward edge of the trough is cut or bent away from the blade so as to leave a wedged-shaped opening G between the trough and the lower blade, which can thus get under the grass overhanging the border.
Patent GB-190817688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Cutting Pliers.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: B26B17/02
Filed: 1908-08-22
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,688. Bloxam, A. G., [Vogel & Noot]. Aug. 22. Pliers.-In wirecutting pliers of the general form shown in Fig. 1, the fixed cutting- jaw b, having a horn-like extension, and the pivoted cutting-jaw c are both h removably secured in the head a by screw - bolts such as i, the jaw c being operated from the movable handle f, pivoted on the bolt j, by the knee-joint e, which is arranged to obtain great leverage. The handle f, and the handle d in one piece with the head a, are both of sheet metal bent to U-shaped cross-section, and they are normally held apart by the spring g, the outward motion of the handle f being limited by the projection h.
Patent GB-190818564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Life Guards for Tram Cars and like Vehicles.
Inventor: DOBSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-09-04
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 18,564. Dobson, J., and Smith, B. Sept. 4. Wheel guards and obstruction - removers.- A tramcar life-guard of the gate-operated type, and having means for locking the guard in both the operative and inoperative positions, is adapted to be readily operated by the driver. The operating- gate A is connected to a lever B by a link B<1>, which may be adjustable in length. The lever B carries a locking-projection C, and has a foot-press at its upper end. The weight of the gate A, or a spring S, cause the projection C to enter one of the notches D<3> in a stud D connected to the guard G through a bell-crank lever L, adjustable link E, and link F. In the inoperative position, the projection C engages the upper notch D' as shown. When either the gate A is pressed inwards or the foot-press B<3> is operated, the projection C is disengaged, and the spring G<2> lowers the guard. The return of the gate, or the spring S, then forces the projection C into the lower notch and thus locks the guard in its operative position. The guard is reset by depressing the stud D after releasing the projection C, the locking-lever and stud being operable by one foot of the driver.
Patent GB-190820222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Corsets.
Inventor: WOOD SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-09-26
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 20,222. Wood, S. Sept. 26. Corsets.-The side steels of corsets are arranged as shown in Fig. 1, two a being inclined and crossed, and a third a<1> being placed vertically over the other two. The steels may be made integral, Fig. 7, and strengthened by a plate a<2>. In arranging the steels on the corset, the crossed steels a may be arranged between the corset body and the lining, in pockets formed by stitching- down the lining, the vertical steel a' being placed outside. The lining of the corset is free of the body part between the horizontal lines f<1>, Fig. 5. In the modification shown in outside view in Fig. 6, pockets g, g<1> are formed by attached strips of fabric, and terminate at the lines h, h<1>, while a central web g<3> is stitched across the junction of the steels. This construction facilitates the renewal of a broken steel.
Patent GB-190827097-A (GB)
Title: Securing Thin Electric Insulating Covering to Fine Single Wires.
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 27,097. Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges. Dec. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Conductors, insulating and preserving.-Fine wires which have been enclosed in fine coverings have the coverings secured by winding the wire upon a wooden or like bobbin, next drying it in a vacuum preferably under the action of heat, and then impregnating it under atmospheric or higher pressure with some insulating-substance ; it is finally allowed to drain.
Patent GB-190900120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships Windows
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1909-01-02
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 120. Norddeutsche Maschinen - und Armaturen-Fabrik Ges; Jan. 11, 1908, [Convention date]. Ship windows.-A balanced sash window for ships comprises a lower fixed part, and an upper part e which can be slid downwards behind, or in front of, the fixed part so that no well is necessary to receive the sash. The sash e is pressed against packing- strips f by means of bars c operated by the device shown in Fig. 4. The bar c is provided with inclined projections bearing against inclined planes d on the tixed frame, so that when the bar c is pressed upwards by the lever b actuated by the screw a, the sash e is forced against the packing f, thus making the window water-tight.
Patent GB-190900706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Joints, Piston Rod Packings, and other Joints and Packings.
Inventor: MATTHEWS FRANCIS EDWARD
IPC: F16J15/08
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 706. Matthews, F. E., and Strange, E. H. Jan. 11. Joint-making packing consists of metal ribbon or strip formed by causing molten metal or alloy to come into contact with a rapidly-rotating and internally - cooled drum such as is described in Specification 6630/07, [Class 83, Metals, Cutting &c.].
Patent GB-190901706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapor Electric Apparatus.
Inventor: AUDIBERT LOUIS ANTOINE
IPC: H01J13/34
Filed: 1909-01-23
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 1706. Audibert, L. A. Jan. 23. Drawings to Specification. Resistances for use with vapour electric apparatus consist of metal-filament lamps.
Patent GB-190901909-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Flying Machine.
Inventor: SMIKALLA AUGUST
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-01-26
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 1909. Smikalla, A. Jan. 26. Current motors. -(1) Lifting screw propellers for aerial machines are adapted to be driven by the wind by mounting windcatching surfaces 54, 55 on its blades 45. (2) A windmill 22 for driving a propeller for horizontal propulsion comprises blades 23 of the cross-section shown in Fig. 3. The windmill is driven by a current of air parallel to its own plane.
Patent GB-190911391-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Automatic Coupling for Railway Trucks or the like.
Inventor: LINNARD ARNOLD HENRY
IPC: B61G1/08
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 11,391. Linnard, A. H., and Linnard, G. E. May 13. Couplings, automatic. - Comprises a double set of coupling-elements engaging one at a time, in which an impact bar, projecting horizontally from the end of the truck, carries at the extremity a rotatable hook-member, the impact causing one such member to rotate and engage the link on the opposite vehicle. As shown in Fig. 1, the impact bar B is slidably attached to the draw-bar G so as to allow for transverse movements. The coupling-link A is preferably pivoted to the same axis. When the vehicles meet, one of the impact bars rides up over the other, and the coupling-hooks C, C<1> rotate, the upper one assuming the locking position and receiving the link A<1>. Uncoupling is prevented by a transverse pin P which is held in the locking position by the counterweight R on the shaft M, but which may be released for uncoupling by levers T at the side. The levers T may be fastened in the inoperative position. A modified form of locking-gear is shown on the vehicle F<1> in which a slotted lever N<1> moves a saddle V up or down in the slots W of the impact bar B<1>.
Patent GB-190913074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships' Hulls.
Inventor: KOEPPEN LOTHAR VON
IPC: B63B1/04
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,074. K÷ppen, L. von. June 3. Hulls.-In ships having a longitudinal recess in the bottom, the various portions are, at the midship section, arranged in an approximately uniform manner above and below an horizontal line a-d, which is divided into three equal portions at the points b, c where the direction of the curve changes. The concave portion A and the convex portions B are approximately equal. The curve is substantially a curve of sines and merges with easy lines into the ship's side. The proportion which the height of each part of the curve bears to the length of that part varies from 1 to 8 to 1 to 10.
Patent GB-190916114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Controlling Mechanism of Automatic Electric Lifts.
IPC: B66B1/08
Filed: 1909-07-10
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 16,114. Electromotor Equipment Co., and Barlow. A. J. July 10. Electric p u s hbutton systems.-In automatic electric push - button lifts, the starting- switches, direction and floor switches, emergency stopping - switch, and interlocking relays are arranged in a casing of annular form contained within the cage, while suitablyarranged tappets in the lift-well actuate switches on the cage to stop the cage at the required floor. Fig. 4 shows a transverse section, and Fig. 5 and 5<A> longitudinal sections through the annular casing. The starting-switches 1, 2, 3, 4 and the relay solenoids 9, 10,11, 12 are disposed equidistantly around the casing, at the centre of which is an emergency stopping-switch 20, each being provided with a push. The direction and floor switches are in the form of contacts carried by a rotary insulating-disk 45. Power is supplied through the terminal 36, aud emergency switch 20 to the terminal 37, which is connected permanently to the ring 41 and indirectly through a switch 39 to the ring 42. When one of the starting-pushes is operated, say 19, the corresponding relay solenoid 12 is energized through the terminal 43, thus establishing a relay circuit through the switch 63, and cutting-out all the push-button circuits by simultaneously operating the switch 39. The relay circuit energizes the, up, or, down, solenoid as the case may be, and thus starts the motor. When the car reaches the required floor, the disk 45 is rotated and the floor switch actuated to break the relay circuit by the means shown in Fig. 3. These comprise a tappet 28, fixed in the vicinity of the landing, which engages a roller 27 and slides the rack 24 laterally so as to turn the disk through the medium of a pinion 22. The pushes at the several floors are connected on the one side to the supply cable and on the other to the terminals, e.g. 43, of the corresponding starting-switches in the car. The effect of pressing one of these pushes is therefore analogous to that of pressing the corresponding push in the car.
Patent GB-190920712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shoe Sewing Machines
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: D05B67/00
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 20,712. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Aug. 18, 1908. Boot-sole sewing machines; welting and turnshoe.-The back rest 77 of a welting-machine is pressed forwards by a spiral spring around the hub of a lever 79, the outer end of which bears . upon a roller 80 on the back-rest slide. The welt-guide is mounted to move in a circular path of a greater radius than the path of the needle. As shown, a welt-guide 84 is carried on a curved radius-bar 85 pivoted at 85<a>. It is linked to a welt-guide slide 87. This slide is pressed forwards by a spiral spring 88, one end of which engages a pin 91 on the slide. A roller clutch box 92, linked to a cam-actuated lever 95, periodically withdraws the welt-guide from the work. The welt-guide slide and the back-rest slide are periodically locked by means of a wedge-piece 105, which, being forced forwards by its cam-lever 106, presses locking- rollers 103, 104 against the slides. The improvements are shown applied to a machine of the type described in Specification 13,366/88.
Patent GB-190921010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recovery of By-products from Gases Derived form Combustibles.
IPC: C10K1/04
Filed: 1909-09-14
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 21,010. Otto & Co., C. Oct. 7, 1908, [Convention date]. Purifying processes.-In the purification of gas from coke ovens &c., that part of the gas evolved during the earlier stages of the coking process is mixed, after being freed from tar, with the hot gas evolved during the later stages, which gas is itself comparatively free from tar. The subsequent recovery of ammonia is thereby facilitated.
Patent GB-190924899-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Treatment of Tannin-containing Extracts from Vegetable Matter, more particularly Extracts of Mangrove Bark.
Inventor: DAMKOEHLER HERMANN
IPC: C14C3/12
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 24,899. Damk÷hler, H., and Schwindt, H. Oct. 29. Processes and materials for treati n g hides and skins. - Vegetable tanning - extracts, and particularly mangrove-bark extract, are decolorized by generating in them nascent hydroxides of metals by chemical or electrolytic means. The Figure shows a decomposition cell having a cathode comprising a zinc vessel a metallically connected to a perforated aluminium cylinder c, and an anode comprising metallically connected zinc and aluminium plates f, g, within a porous pot e. The pot contains a solution of aluminium and zinc sulphates; and the tanning- liquor under treatment is placed in the outer vessel, together with a proportion of aluminium and zinc sulphates depending on the intensity of the colouring. Other metals may be used for the electrodes, provided that their salts be used to form the electrolyte. The extracts may also be decolorized by purely chemical treatment with the aluminates of the alkaline earths. Barium aluminate is especially suitable, and gives a copious aluminium lake, which may be precipitated by the addition of sulphuric acid or a sulphate. The chemical and electrolytic treatments may be carried out simultaneously, as by adding barium aluminate and sulphuric acid to the tanning-liquor in the cell.
Patent GB-190925496-A (GB)
Title: Coin Freed Gas Meter Lock.
Inventor: GARDNER FREDERICK
IPC: G01F15/00
Filed: 1909-11-30
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 25,496. Gardner, F., and Emmons, F. J. Nov. 30. Padlocks.-I n p a dlocks of the type in which a staple fixed to the article to be secured is adapted to enter an opening in the casing of the lock and to be locked by shooting the bolt through the staple, a projection 13 formed on the back plate 9 of the lock engages an aperture 14 in the front of the article 3 to be secured, so as to prevent the prising away of the lock. The lock may be used for securing lockers, boxes, travelling trunks, baskets, or the cash-boxes of coin-freed meters.
Patent GB-190927150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Suspension Arrangements of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: NORMAN GEOFFREY HAMILTON
IPC: B60G17/02
Filed: 1909-11-22
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 27,150. Norman, G. H. Nov. 22. Springs, mounting bodies on.-The springs of vehicles are arranged so that the direction of their resistance is inclined to the direction in which the axle moves relatively to the superstructure by the action of the load or of inequalities in the road, the inclination of the springs being varied automatically or by hand to accord with variations of the load, so that the normal displacement of the superstructure due to all loads will be the same. A further improvement consists in arranging the springs so as to resist canting of the superstructure when the vehicle is turning round corners. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the spring d, preferably two helical springs enclosed in a telescopic case c, is jointed at its upper end to a slide i moved longitudinally by a screw j. The screw is rotated automatically by the ratchet mechanism shown in Fig. 2, in which two ratchet-wheels k, l, with teeth in opposite directions, are keyed on the screw and are engaged by pawls k<1>, l<1>. One or other of the pawls is kept out of gear by a shield p, which is fixed to the car frame in such relation to the ratchet-wheels that both pawls are out of action when the axle is in the normal position relatively to the car frame. The pawls are oscillated by an eccentric n on the wheel hub, or otherwise. Thus, as the car frame rises or falls, the slide i is moved to alter the inclination of the spring. In a modification, the upper end of the spring is connected to the apex of a triangle formed by bars jointed together like shear-legs, the lower end of one of the legs being adjustable by means of the slide i. In Fig. 3, the springs are shown arranged transversely of the vehicle and so inclined that their directions intersect the centre-line of the axle in the planes of the wheels, whereby bending strains on the axle are avoided. The pawls for moving the slides i are operated by a rod o connected to the axle. When the car is rounding a curve, the frame swings laterally by centrifugal action, and the inclination of one of the springs is consequently increased while that of the other is decreased. The springs thus resist canting of the car.