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Patent GB-190723268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose Leaf Binders.
Inventor: BARLOW RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1908-02-06
Granted: 1909-02-08
Abstract: 23,268. Barlow, R. H., and Barton, P. Feb. 6, 1908. Filing papers &c.-Relates to loose-leaf binders of the kind in which hollow clamping-bars are adapted to be drawn together by cords operated by screws mounted in the bars. The clamp a<1>, Figs. 5 and 6, is formed with holes c<1>, c<2>, ribs h, and notched lugs l, and the clamp a<2> is similarly formed with holes c<3>, c', ribs h, and notched lugs l; the clamps are preferably made of aluminium. A cord d, preferably formed of butt leather, is knotted and passed through the holes c<1>, c<3>, c', c<2> over the lugs l and is attached to a nut k on a screw g journaled in the ribs h of the clamp a'. The loose leaves are formed with keyhole slots which are passed over the parts of the cord between the clamps. The screw g is formed with a squared end j to receive a key. The clamps are each provided with a cover a' secured to the ribs h and are flexibly connected to covers b<1>, b<2>, Fig. 13, preferably by means of the leather &c. used for facing the edges. In modifications the screw g is formed right and left handed and carries two nuts to which the ends of the cord are attached ; or two cords may be employed, each attached at one end to the clamp a<2> and at the other end to one of the nuts. For use in large binders there may be a screw and a nut in each clamp, or, as shown in Fig. 15, there may be two screws g in one of the clamps and the single or double cord d attached at the ends to the nuts k. The cords may be passed through the ends of one of the clamps and round the exterior of the other clamp. The edges of the leaves may be enclosed by telescoping flanges carried by the flanges.
Patent GB-190727508-A (GB)
Title: A Self Recording Rolling Indicator.
Inventor: GIPPS GEORGE
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 27,508. Gipps, G. Dec. 13. Gyroscopic apparatus; clinometers; optical pointers.-In apparatus for recording the rolling &c. of ships, a beam of light from a lamp C is reflected by a prism S on to a spherical mirror B on the end of the spindle of a gyrostat A. The rollins &c. of a ship causes a light path to be traced on the photographic or like screen Q, and by cutting off the light at a regular rate by a motor-driven shutter J some idea of the time as well as of the amount of movement can be obtained.
Patent GB-190801001-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Match Box for the Handle Bars of Bicycles and the like.
Inventor: DUFF JAMES
Filed: 1908-04-10
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 1001. Duff, J. April 10. Match - boxes. - A match-box for use on a bicycle handle-bar is provided with spring clasps or bands c for attachment to the bar, and has its upper surface roughened at g for striking the matches. The box is of cylindrical form, and has an inner sliding receptacle e, which is kept in the closed position by means of a spring b.
Patent GB-190812914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spanners.
Inventor: OSTBY OLAF
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 12,914. Ostby, O., and Stromberg, P. P. June 16. Spanners; combination tools. -Quick-adjustment spanners are provided with two toothed parts 15, 16, which may be brought into or out of mesh with each other by the rotation of an embracing handle 5 provided with an internal eccentric 20. The shanks 3, 4 which carry the jaws 1, 2 are held together by means of the handle 5 and two bands 6. For this purpose end plates 7, 10 of the handle are provided with openings which engage with notches 9, 12 in the bands 6. The upper ends of the bands ate provided with pins 13 for connecting them to the shank 4. The toothed part 16 forms part of an arm 17 which projects through the plate 10 and is provided with notches 18 engaging an opening 19 in the plate. The arm 17 is provided with a nose 21 which normally holds the teeth out of mesh. A removable pin 23 prevents the handle and connected parts from sliding off the shank 3. The jaw 1 may be extended beyond the jaw 2 to serve as a hammer.
Patent GB-190814636-A (GB)
Title: A Valve Arrangement for the Petrol Tanks of Motor Cycles and Motor Cars.
Inventor: BAXTER JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 14,636. Baxter, J. July 10. Motor road vehicles.- Comprises a valve arrangement for the petrol tanks of motor cycles and cars, which automatically closes when the cycle or car is at rest, but allows air to enter during running, while preventing the splashing of petrol. Fig. 2 shows a sectional view of the device, in which there are two ball valves. The lower ball c rests normally on teeth formed on the top of a tube b so that it cannot stop the entrance of air. A casing d, which screws on to the tube b, is formed at its lower end with a seating d<3> for the ball c, while its upper end forms a concave chamber for the upper ball e. The casing d is closed by a cap f having a glass coverplate f<1>, and a hole f<2> which communicates by an annular space with a hole d<5> in the casing d. When the cycle or car is in motion, the upper ball is jerked off its seat and air can enter as required, but any splashing of petrol lifts the lower ball and presses it against its upper seating and seals the valve. When the cycle or car is at rest, the upper ball rests at the bottom of its chamber, and prevents both the ingress of air and the egress of vapour.
Patent GB-190817557-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paint or Composition for Colouring and (or) Decorating Articles and Surfaces.
Inventor: FRASER JAMES JOHNSTONE
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 17,557. Fraser, J. J. Aug. 21. Cements.-A distemper composition consists .of white cement (a mixture of magnesium chloride, magnesium oxide and fluorspar), spent lime or lime refuse, preferably that from paper mills, magnesium chloride and a pigment. The composition may be mixed with plastic compositions.
Patent GB-190818772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Portable Tables.
Inventor: HALLIDAY MICHAEL
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 18,772. Halliday, M. Sept. 7. Tables.-A portable writing or like table A, adapted to be supported partly on the arms of a chair &c. or on the knees of the person using it and partly by a single leg B hinged to the top at the side opposite to the user, is formed with a recess A<x> along one edge, and is provided with cross-pieces A', A<2> on its underside. The leg B is adjustable in length and is hinged to the cross-piece A<1>, its upper end fitting in a recess A<1x>, Fig. 4, in the side of the cross-piece. The leg is retained in its upright position by a sliding slotted plate E adjusted by screws, and when folded is held by a similar plate on the other cross-piece A<2> as shown in Fig. 1. The leg is preferably in two parts, the upper one B<1> being formed with a square or dovetailed groove in which the lower part B<2> slides, and the parts are held in position by a fixed stud C<1> on the part B<1> passing through a slot in the part B'. A knob D may be provided for moving the part B<2>, the upper end of which in the collapsed position may fit under a plate D<1> on the part B<1>. The leg may be made of more than two sections, may be of wood or metal, and may be formed of telescopic tubes. The top may be covered with baize or the like and may be made in hinged parts. According to the Provisional Specification, the leg may be held in its open or folded positions by pivoted catches.
Patent GB-190819943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning and Preparing Fibre.
Inventor: TOLES JUSTIN KAY
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 19,943. Toles, J. K. Sept. 22. Scutching-apparatus.-The endless chains 9, 13, Fig. 1, carry bars 10, to one side of each of which is secured a scutching-blade 11 and on the other side a comb 12 having a number of rectangular teeth slightly rounded on the lower front face. The members on the chain 9 are arranged between those on the chain 13, the teeth 12 extending beyond the ends of the blades 11 and the spaces between the teeth extending inwardly of the blade edges so that the fibre cannot come into contact. with the bottoms of the spaces between the teeth. The edges of the teeth act on the fibre at rightangles to the blades. The fibre is fed up and down by the rolls 1 ; oil shields 17 are provided.
Patent GB-190823083-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Wheel.
Inventor: REID HUGH
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 23,083. Reid, H. Oct. 30. Spring wheels.-The hub and rim are connected by helical springs D in compression, and the spriogs are restricted as regards lateral movement for the greater part of their length by a rod E, Fig. 2, by a tube enclosing the spring to the same extent, or by an inner apertured rim H, Fig. 4, connected to the hub by spokes E. The springs may bear against shoes or steps inside the rim, or as shown may be fitted on studs G.
Patent GB-190824430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Purification of Potable Waters.
Inventor: CANDY FRANK
Filed: 1908-11-13
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 24,430. Candy, F. Nov. 13. Water, purifying; water, hardening; filtering- media. - To remove acidity from water, and, if desired, to harden the water, it is passed in a filter through a layer composed wholly or partly of fragments or granules of magnesium oxide. The oxide may be obtained by calcining magnesite, the amorphous variety of this mineral found in Euboea and in Salcm in Southern India being especially suitable.
Patent GB-190826418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metallic Packings for Piston Rods and the like.
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-12-07
Abstract: 26,418. United Kingdom Self-adjusting Anti-Friction Metallic Packing Syndicate, and Sharp, R. G. Dec. 7. Stuffing-boxes.-Locomotive and other stuffing- boxes are cooled by the circulation of water or air through casings surrounding the packing. When water is used, the circulation is effected by convection or otherwise, while air .circulation is effected by steam jets or by a connexion to the brake apparatus or to a supply of compressed air. Fig. 1 shows a metallic packing enclosed in a hollow casing A having an inlet opening a<1> and an outlet opening a<2>. Fig. 4 shows the cooling-spaces in the piston-rod and valve-rod stuffing-boxes of a locomotive cooled by the circulation of water from a tank H. Water passes from the tank by gravitation through a pipe Q to a box P, from which it passes by pipes 0 to the stuffing-boxes. The heated water rises through pipes R to a box S, from which it returns to the tank H by a pipe T. Water is supplied to the tank H by a pipe J containing a check valve, and steam escapes from the tank by a pipe V.
Patent GB-190826801-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Developing the Bust.
Inventor: RICHTER HERMANN
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 26,801. Richter, H. Dec. 10. Cupping-appliances.-Apparatus for developing the bust comprises cups a, for enclosing the breasts, connected by tubes b to a non-return valve c and to the air-pump f or to a mouth piece, so that suction may be applied. Each cup is provided with a rubber rim d, and with an orifice h covered by a spring valve e held between the nozzle g and the wall of the cup, so that air may be admitted if desired. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 3691, A.D. 1868, No. 1734, A.D. 1879, No. 8519, A.D. 1888, and No. 22,636, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190901768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Show-cases, Window Sashes and the like.
Inventor: WEARY FREDERICK JAMES
IPC: E06B3/984
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1768. Weary, F. J. Jan. 25. Joints and connexions. - Relates to corner joints for window sashes, show cases, &c., and consists in making a butt dovetail joint a, c which is secured by dowels inserted at rightangles to the joint faces.
Patent GB-190914125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Skates.
Inventor: BACHMANN ANDREAS FRIEDRICH CHR
IPC: A63C1/36
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 14,125. Bachmann, A. F. C. June 16. Skates. - The detachable lateral blades b, Figs. 1 and 3, for the use of learners are splayed outwards as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190916541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: MCCOLLUM JAMES HARRY KEIGHLY
IPC: B61L3/02
Filed: 1909-07-15
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 16,541. McCollum, J. H. K. July 15. Track apparatus for stopping trains. -A brake - opera - ting engine contact, which is raised by a stationary track contact when the signals are at "danger," is raised by another mechanism so that it clears the track contact when the signals are at "clear." The tract contact 1 is of inverted T-section, and has its upper edge arranged in two levels 2, 3 connected by an incline 4, another incline 5 sloping off the ends. A guard 7 is provided, and the contact is in the circuit 12 of a battery connected to the rails ; this circuit is controlled by the armature switch 13 of a normally energized magnet 11 in the circuit of a signal 10 leading from the running rails of the block in advance. The engine apparatus consists of a pivoted member 14 adapted to actuate a valve member 15 in the brake pipe 16 and a solenoid 17 adapted to raise the member 14 out of contacting position, to allow of which the brake pipe 16 has a flexible connexion 18. The solenoid 17 is in circuit with a pivoted shoe 19 adapted to contact with the slope 5 before the member 14 reaches the slope 4, and in parallel circuit, controlled by a switch 23 and a magnet 25, is a bell 24. If the signal is at clear, the switch 13 is closed and the contact 1 will be energized, and current passing through the shoe 19 will cause the lifting of the member 14 and the ringing of the bell 24. But if the signal is at "danger," owing to the presence of a train in the section in advance, the switch 13 will be open and the brakes will be applied.
Patent GB-190920817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in T Squares and Drawing Boards.
Inventor: WUEST EMIL
IPC: B43L13/04
Filed: 1909-09-11
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 20,817. Wuest, E. Sept. 11. Squares.-Relates to T-squares of the type in which the head is provided with rollers, spring- pressed or otherwise, by which it is worked along a guide provided by the drawing-board. The invention consists in providing a guidebar g fixed to the board a by brackets b. Rollers r<1>, r<4>, secured to the head of the T- square, work on either side of the bar. The rollers may be mounted on springs, and, to facilitate setting of the T-square, the blade s, Fig. 6, may be pivoted between gudgeons o working in a bridge - piece p<1>. In a further modification, the grip of the rollers on the bar is adjusted by mounting the rollers r<1>, r<2> on eccentrics e<1>, e<2> connected by right and left handed screws f. The weight of the blade may be counterbalanced by a weight p connected to a cord passing over the pulley c.
Patent GB-190922679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Extractors.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1909-10-05
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 22,679. Boult, A. J., [Troy Laundry Machinery Co.]. Oct. 5. Hydro - extractors; baskets. -Consists mainly in providing the perforated basket of a hydro-extractor with a movable bottom to which are attached screw-and-nut devices for enabling the material to be discharged into a shoot beneath. The basket 13 is provided with a dished member 52 integral with a spider 51, which is removably secured on the driving-shaft by means of a nut furnished with an eye 56. The movable conical bottom 57 is carried by a screwed sleeve 59 adapted to work in a nut 61 held against vertical movement on the shaft. The nut is provided with a circular rack adapted to be engaged by a pinion 63, the bottom 57 being moved out of airtight contact with a packing- ring 53 by operating a handwheel 71 on the spindle carrying the pinion 63. A second hand-wheel 75 and screwed sleeve 72 enable the spindle to be moved longitudinally to release the pinion from the rack. The shaft is carried in a foot - step bearing of known type, comprising a rotary bearing-block 25, a removable seat 26, and a sleeve 27 provided with a circumferential rib located between elastic packing-rings 30. The driving- pulley 32 partly surrounds the' bearing. The shaft is yieldingly supported against the lateral movement which occurs at low-speeds of rotation, as at starting, by radially - arranged springs 33, which abut against a ring carrying the outer members of a pair of ball races 36, the inner ball race members being carried on a doubly-coned sleeve on the shaft. The springs abut at their outer ends against bearing-plates adjusted by set-screws and located in recesses in a circular frame carried by the casing 41. Lubricant from a feed receptacle 45 is supplied by pipes 46, 47 to the ball bearings, and from thence to the foot-step bearing by way of a cup 48 which rotates with the shaft, a pipe 49, and a, passage 50 in the driving-pulley. The bottom 57, when lowered, acts as a guard for preventing the access of moisture or discharged material to the bearings.
Patent GB-190929451-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Propulsion of Ships and the like.
Inventor: MATHE JEAN JACQUES AUGUSTE
IPC: B63H11/00
Filed: 1909-12-16
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 29,451. MathÚ, J. J. A. Dec. 16, 1908, [Convention date]. Propelling a n d steering by w a t e r and air jets.-In a method of p r o - pelling and steering ships or aerial vessels by the reaction of a column of water or air set in motion by the horizontal impeller o of a centrifugal pump or fan, the fluid column from the impeller is directed into one of the passages 1, 2, 3, 4 by means of a rotable obturator y, which surrounds threefourths of the circumference of the impeller, according as it is desired to move the vessel ahead or astern, or to alter its direction of motion.
Patent GB-190929981-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Preparation for the Treatment of Cancerous Sores, Scirrhosis and other Diseases or Maladies.
Inventor: PRICHARD ROBINA
IPC: A61K9/06
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 29,981. Prichard, R. Dec. 22. Ointments.-A preparation for treating cancerous sores &c. comprises boracic ointment, boracic powder, resin, eucalyptus oil, and paraffin oil or wax, preferably in equal parts by weight.
Patent GB-191002891-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Manufacturing Hollow Rubber Balls and the like.
Inventor: LUND ISIDOR
IPC: B29C69/00
Filed: 1910-02-05
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 2891. Lund, I. Feb. 5. Moulding india-rubber balls. - Two hinged moulding plates a, a are formed with cavities b, each of which is surrounded by a rim c and connected by a duct d and air channels e, f to a suction device. A sheet of rubber is laid on each of the hinged plates a, a, placed flat on the table, as shown in Fig. 1, and the air below is exhausted through the channels e, f so as to draw the sheets down into the mould cavities. The right-hand plate is next turned into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and pressure is applied by means of a screw h, causing the sheets to unite at the rims c. Air is then admitted to the passages e,f and the uppermost plate a is turned back into its original position. The balls are cut off from the joined sheets by means of a tubular knife m having four semicircular cutting-edges n. The knife is guided by openings k in a plate j which hooks over the hinge-bolt of the plates a, a.
Patent GB-191006887-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Tap for Casks.
Inventor: SETON GEORGE ROUGH
IPC: B67D3/04
Filed: 1910-03-18
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 6887. Seton, G. R. March 18. Plug cocks; outlets.- Relates to plug taps of the spout-handle class for casks and consists in mounting the plug 7 in a block 1 having its back curved to t h e curvature of the cask, and having a hole 6 to coincide with the hole in the cask, and a side opening fitted with a cork liner receiving the plug. The front of the block is curved, as shown, or chamfered, and the block is made large enough to protect the handle when in the closed position. The block is screwed to the side of the cask, as shown, and a cork washer 10 surrounding the hole in the cask makes a tight joint. Alternatively, the joint is made by a washer either completely or partly covering the back of the block, or by a cork or other tube projecting beyond the back of the block into the hole in the cask.
Patent GB-191011182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Device for Dyeing Pieces of Fabric under the Level of the Dyeing Liquid and Comprising Two Winding Rollers Driven by Tractional Rollers.
Inventor: EICKEN HUBERT
IPC: D06B3/10
Filed: 1910-05-05
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 11,182. Eicken, H. May 5. Jigger type. - In a machine of the jigger type, (1) the winding-rollers n &c. are wholly immersed, and (2) the tractional rollers z are fluted longitudinally or otherwise so that the fabric running over them always has the treating liquid on both sides of it. In the treatment of heavy goods, after leaving one pair of rollers n, z, the fabric passes in zigzag fashion over an intermediate set of rollers, first a roller z<1> fluted, next two soft-coated rollers w, and then another fluted roller z<2>.
Patent GB-191012068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN
IPC: F16T1/26
Filed: 1910-05-17
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 12,068. Davidson, J., and Larmuth, W. O. May 17. Steam-traps.-Relates to means for obtaining a rapid action with minimum force in bucket steam-traps of the kind described in Specification 16,597/09. The trap has a main valve a<2>, normally closed by steam pressure acting on the upper side of a diaphragm c, which is in communication by a passage d with the trap. A pilot valve b<2> is opened by the downward movement of the bucket b, to admit steam through the hollow spindle of the main valve to the lower side of the diaphragm; the diaphragm is thereby maintained in equilibrium, and the steam pressure in the trap lifts the main valve. A small hole k allows steam and water to leak from the lower side of the diaphragm, so that the diaphragm descends when the float has raised the pilot valve. The pilot valve has a collar g, which is engaged by a collar e carried by the ribbed support b<1> of the bucket.
Patent GB-191025137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: CRYER JOHN
IPC: B60B25/08
Filed: 1910-10-29
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 25,137. Cryer, J., and Webster, J. Oct. 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tyre attachments to rims. - The removable section 4, Fig. 2, of a rim flange is provided with an extension 8, which bears on the underside of the rim, and is secured by radial studs 13 with nuts 15 engaging slots or the like 14. Other slots may be provided for the accommodation of wire spokes: When applied to a rim mounted on a wooden felloe, the flange section 4, Fig. 4, is provided with lugs 11 bent at right-angles to embrace the underside of the felloe and secured by radial bolts and nuts with or without the additional lateral screws 16. The flange section may be adapted to slide on the spokes and be secured by nuts engaging screw-threads thereon.
Patent GB-191029703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Lasting Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D23/02
Filed: 1910-12-21
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 29,703. Universal Shoe Machinery Co., Ward, A., and Gent, A. Dec. 21. Lasting.-A hold-down a for a bed-lasting machine is mounted on an horizontal pivot on a vertical post b, so that it can be thrown over from operative to inoperative position, and vice versa, as indicated in full and dotted lines. In its operative position, the hold-down is locked by a spring latch g engaging a fixed catch h, the operating-lever i of the latch being arranged so that it is actuated by the operator as he grips the hold-down to move it to inoperative position. In the latter position, the holddown rests on a spring buffer f. The pressure of the hold-down on the work e is adjustable by means of a screw j. The post b may be actuated in any convenient manner, for example by connexion with the toe-support d.