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Patent GB-190713963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Composite Railway Ties.
Inventor: CHAPMAN RICHARD MARVIN
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 13,963. Chapman, R. M. June 17. Sleepers.-Composite railway sleepers are built up from two rectangular prisms, preferably made of a cementitious material such as concrete, between the end portions of which a square wooden block is provided to carry the rails, the whole being secured together by steel straps. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the sleeper, Fig. 6 a transverse sectional view taken through one of the wooden blocks, and Fig. 7 a sectional elevation of one of the rectangular prisms. The prisms are formed at each end with a pair of shallow recesses 23, which extend across their upper, lower, and outer faces and are adapted to receive the steel straps 30, of which one is shown detached in Fig. 8. The wooden 'blocks are placed between and supported by these straps, and recesses 221 are formed in the prisms to allow the expansion of the blocks due to moisture. Reinforcing-bars 225, preferably arched and provided with projections, are placed in the prisms during their manufacture. The straps are secured by bolts 37, and the wooden blocks are prevented from moving transversely by plates 40, Figs. 6 and 9, fitted in the slots 32 in the base of the straps and bent so as to engage the bolts 37. The flanges 35 of the straps are formed as shown so as to give slightly under transverse stresses. If desired, the wooden blocks may be composed of several similar pieces matched together. In a modification, the prisms are made of cast iron or of a cast-iron shell filled with concrete.
Patent GB-190718621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Sliding Doors.
Inventor: WILLSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 18,621. Willstein, A. Aug. 17. Link-work.-A sliding door is suspended at D, E from link-work comprising three jointed parallelograms B F G C, D F G E, H I G E. The link H I is prolonged and pivoted to a bracket at A, which may be slotted horizontally as shown at K to allow the link pivot to move slightly.
Patent GB-190718622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for use in the Vulcanising of Rubber Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: MASON JOHN WILLIAM VICTOR
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 18,622. Mason, J. W. V. Aug. 17. India-rubber, vulcanizing.-Apparatus for vulcanizing boots and shoes is so constructed as to effect in one operation the differential treatment of the sole and uppers of a boot or shoe, the former being vulcanized under pressure and the latter by contact with hot air. Referring to the particular form shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the vulcanizing-cbamber is divided by a flexible sole-plate c into a hot-air chamber 1 for the uppers, and a steam chamber 2 for vulcanizing the sole. The chamber is closed by a cover g which is bolted to a pivoted and counterweighted plate h and is held firmly upon its seat by means of the eccentric boss of the lever m. The steam inlet and exhaust valve s, and the air inlet and exhaust valve t, capable of relative angular adjustment by means of the sleeve u, are mounted on the same spindle r operated by a lever p which engages and locks the lever m.
Patent GB-190724198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Hammers for Forging Metal.
Inventor: HUBER CARL
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 24,198. Huber, C. March 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Forging; hammers, power.-Metal bars &c. are forged by means of rotary hammers either in conjunction with an anvil, Fig. 1, or by two coacting hammer systems, Fig. 2. The hammers h<1>, h<2> are connected by links l<1>, l<2> to pins z<1>, z<2>, the two hammers being connected by a rodf. The hammer h<1> on striking the work loses its velocity, and the hammer h<2> then flies to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. When two coacting hammer systems are used, they are positively connected by gearing v; in the form shown in Fig. 1, the anvil a is pivoted to put it in and out of the working position.
Patent GB-190725361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Signalling.
Inventor: MATTER PAUL JULIUS
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-11-16
Abstract: 25,361. Matter, F. J. Nov. 15. Indicators, departure and arrival.-In an electric automatic system, each locomotive carries a source or sources of energy which is supplied to conductors along the track to light lamps in a signal of the form shown in Fig. 3, or to sound audible signals such as an electric syren. The energy is supplied to conductors d<1>, d', d<3>, d<4> arranged along the track and each conductor is connected to signals b on each side of it. The signals are in the form of a box c divided into three compartments by partitions. The corners contain lamps e,f, g, h which are energized from the conductors d<3>. One end of each sectional conductor is connected to the lamp g in the box b at the end of such conductor and to the lamp e in the corresponding corner of the box at the end of the next section so that a train on a section energizes lamps in say the upper corners of two signals in the rear and in the lower corners of two signals in front of it. An electric syren may be used to supplement the lamp signals. The signal, Fig. 3, has its faces of coloured glass, and the diagonal chamber is provided in order to distinguish signals given when both corners of the box are lighted by the lamps from the effect which would be obtained by some accidental light being seen by the driver through the box, in which case the diagonal band also would be illuminated instead of the corners only.
Patent GB-190802819-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Machines for Manufacturing Shoe or similar Lacings
Inventor: CHURCH WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1909-02-08
Abstract: 2819. Church, W. H. Feb. 7. making tags for laces.-In a machine for making and attaching lace-tags and for cutting the laces, the lace w is stretched between disks 35 and is held by jaws which place it in dies into which an indented length of metal strip wide enough for two tags is fed, cut off, and curled round the lace, the tag and the lace being then severed at the centre of the double tag. Figs. 17, 18, and 19 illustrate the stages. The shaft 5 on which the disks 35 are mounted is intermittently rotated by Geneva stop-mechanism, and the lace is passed through a tension device on a slide f, the slide being reciprocated by a telescopic rod g, Fig. 4, rocked by a rod 25 on a crank-disk 27, the amount of movement of the slide being adjustable, and the slide moving from one end of the machine to the other for each partial rotation of the shaft 5. Clamping-jaws 50, 51 for clamping the laces are arranged on circular frames 38. The jaws are closed and opened by cam-operated levers 61, 63, and they are depressed to place the lace within the dies by levers 82 operated by cams 83 oscillated by rods 84 from the diehead 94. The die 100, Fig. 12, into which the lace is placed is fixed to the table b of the machine, and the metal -strip V from which the tags are made is fed by ratchet-operated rollers 116, 117 to the die 100. A die 96 on an eccentric-operated head 94 then moves forward ; its edge 98 shears off the strip and as the die moves further forward, the curvel portions 97, 101 curl the strip round the lace. The strip is indented by dies 107, 113, operated by a plunger 112 which is actuated against spring pressure from the head 94. As the disks 35 move one step forward, the lace is severed at the centre of the tag by shear blades with cutting-edges 130, such blades being moved in opposite directions by eccentrics 132, Fig. 6. The lace is held taut, after one end has been severed, and is released from the jaws by means of plates attached to cam-operated levers 73, Fig. 1. These plates press the lace against the disk 35 when the lace is in the lowest position, and they release the lace when the other end is severed, whereupon the finished lace y falls on to a hook u, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190804049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vulcanising Apparatus.
Inventor: NEZIERE GEORGES DE LA
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 4049. La NÚziÞre, G. de. Feb. 22. [Patent of Addition to No. 3366, A.D. 1908.] India-rubber &c., vulcanizing.-Relates to the invention described in Specification No. 3366, A.D. 1908, and consists in placing the several vulcanizing-tables upon a common heating-box g, heated by steam, electricity, hot water, or other suitable means.
Patent GB-190804192-A (GB)
Title: A Process to Replace the use of Sand-blast Machines in the Treatment of Metals and Metal Articles, which have been Subjected to Work of Any Kind through Fire.
Inventor: ALFRED LEVY
Filed: 1908-02-25
Abstract: 4192. Levy, A. March 23,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Pickling metals by.-Metals and metallic articles are cleaned by making them the cathodes in an electrolytic bath consisting of a solution of an alkali or earth alkali salt acidulated with, preferably, the acid of the salt; anodes of carbon or of metal are used. In the latter case an insoluble metal, or one which under the action of the current produces an insoluble compound, is employed. Chlorides, nitrates, and sulphates are suitable salts.
Patent GB-190804910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Flash Light Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: BUTTERWORTH GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 4910. Butterworth, G. H., and Veevers, E. March 4. [Cognate Application No. 18,465, A.D. 1908, dated Sept. 3.] Signal lamps.-For flash signalling, a lamp which is normally obscured by a cylindrical shutter is exposed towards all parts of the horizon by energizing one or more solenoids which withdraw the shutter against spring- action 'or gravity. The shutter may be carried by a vertically movable frame carrying iron cores and normally held up by spring-tensioned cords. Or, as shown in Fig. 3, a cylindrical iron shutter 3 may be withdrawn so as to expose the lamp by the direct attraction of a solenoid 7, the de-energizing of which allows the shutter to drop by gravity on to a spring-mounted cushion 16 of asbestos or other yielding material. A top cushion 19 is also provided and ball bearings 14 to minimize friction. The shutter -has a closed top 20 to prevent hot draughts in the solenoid. According to the Provisional Specification, the top of the lamp bulb carries reflector, and separate switches are used for dots and dashes.
Patent GB-190809375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Introducing Balls into Ball Bearings.
Inventor: WHITE CHARLES MELBOURNE
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 9375. White, C. M., [Deutsche Waffen-und- Munitionsfabriken]. April 30. Ball bearings.-A device for forcing balls into bearing-races, which are tilted but need not be displaced eccentrically, comprises a frame a, b, c, Fig. 2, provided with a doubly inclined disk upon which the races are placed, and with a ballheaded pin m fitting into the bore of the inner race. The balls that are at first inserted are divided into two groups and held by a hoop p, Fig. 4, while the final balls are driven in by means of a ram g, which has a recessed end fitting on to a ball and is actuated by a rack e and a toothed wheel f. Pressure may be applied to the outer race by a screw h. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the tilt of the races is adjustable. The outer race 4 is held in a ring 3 which turns on two pins 7, and the inner race 5 is supported on a block 9 which has a spherical seating on the base 1. The races may have shallow filling-recesses.
Patent GB-190812112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Cleaners for Steam Generators.
Inventor: SCHOLES CHARLES ROBERT
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 12,112. Scholes, C. R. June 4. Nozzles. - Relates to the kind of mechanical cleaner for steam generators described in Specification No. 14,862, A.D. 1899, and consists in providing means for altering the angle of the nozzles while they are rotating, and in rotating the nozzles by means of a turbine. The revoluble part of the device may be mounted on ball bearings, and a brake for retarding its motion may be fitted. The device is mounted upon a man-hole by means of a ring plate 2, which has three arms 6 meeting at a central boss forming a ball bearing case, from which extends the stand-pipe 5 supported by a tripod 3. The revoluble pipe 8 is supported by a single or double ball bearing 9, adjustable by means of the upper and lower ball races 11, 12 respectively. The nozzle arms 19 are revolubly secured to a T-piece 18, and their angles may be varied while rotating by means of links 22 connected at one end to lugs 24 on the arms 19 and at the other end to a sliding collar 21 mounted upon a pipe 8 and operated by means of a forked lever 27 and hand-lever 25. The pipe 8 is driven by a turbine 28, Fig. 2, the water passing to two points on its periphery and being discharged centrally into the pipe 8. Any suitable form of turbine may be used. A brake drum 13 is fixed on the pipe 8, and the brake shoe 14, which is normally held away by a spring 17, is applied by means of a lever 15.
Patent GB-190815491-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Device for use with Compressed-gas Containers
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 15,491. Soc. pour l'Utilization de l'Air et de ses DÚrivÚs. July 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Storing under pressure.-Washers A, Fig. 1, of ebonite &c., which close the outlet passages C of cylinders containing oxygen or other gases under pressure, are liable to ignite when the discharge valves R are opened quickly, as the gas in the passage C is compressed and the heat of compression is localized at the end of the cul-de-sac where the washer is situated. To prevent such ignition, an auxiliary cul-de-sac E, Fig. 2, of greater volume than that of the end of the passage C is provided between the washer and valve. The cul-de-sac may be provided with a pressure gauge.
Patent GB-190815659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Cutting of Screw Threads.
Inventor: BARTMANN LUDWIG
Filed: 1909-01-06
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 15,659. Bartmann, L., and Goldstein, R. Jan. 6, 1909. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Screwing.-The cutters of screw-cutting dies are bevelled off at successively increasing angles to facilitate starting the cut, and at the same time, cut close up to a shoulder. The cutters 1 ... 6 and 1<1>', ... 6<1> made in one with or secured to a ring A, project as shown, giving a clear path for the escape of shavings F, a small recess for fine shavings being provided in the body between the cutters. The backs D, E of the cutters are radial so that a slight backward turn of the die severs the shavings, and cutters may be reduced as at H, Fig. 3, to give a slight taper to the thread last cut, which, in the case of a bolt, causes a self-locking action. The thread-cutting teeth are bevelled off, the portions of teeth on the cutters 2 to 6, Fig. 3, up to the first complete tooth a on the cutter 1, Fig. 3, being bevelled at the same angle g, and the successive complete teeth b to f, which act in turn on the metal, being bevelled at a gradually increasing angle h to l. The cutting-edge if damaged may be repaired by means of a grinding-disk, the exact angle being kept by a gauge G, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190819482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Heads for Electric Traction.
Inventor: HOLMES FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,482. Holmes, F. G. Sept. 16. Collector for electricity. To prevent trolly collectors from leaving the overhead wire, retaining-fingers or arms e are carried by the trolly harp at the rear of the trolly and clear of the wire, springs k keeping the fingers normally over the conductor white permitting them to move apart when they meet any obstruction or when the cord r is pulled, The arms g may also be connected together by a tension spring. The cord r is so arranged with respect to the trolly rope that the initial pull on the rope causes the cord to open the arms e and allow the trolly arm to be shifted.
Patent GB-190823602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Controlling Devices for Electric Motors.
Inventor: HALLOCK FLETCHER DICKERMAN
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 23,602. Hallock, F. D. Nov. 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motor controllers; switches.- A controller is provided with a shunt field rheostat which is shortcircuited by an auxiliary switch automatically or by hand before the controller can cut out resistance from the armature circuit. The arm 2 carries a removable lug 7, which engages a bow-spring 8 on an insulating-block 9 carried by the armature of the electro-magnet 11. The movable contact 14 of the auxiliary switch is secured to the block 9, and the movement of the.lug 7 forces the contact 14 on to the fixed contact 15. This closes a circuit through a magnet winding 12, which is thus put in parallel with the field rheostat 19. If a sufficiently large part of the resistance 19 is included in the circuit, the current through the winding 12 is too small to hold the contacts 14, 15 closed after the lug 7 has passed over the bow-spring 8. The motor can then be controlled by means of the rheostat. If the arm 26 of the rheostat is left in a position to lessen materially the part of the resistance 19 in circuit, the current in the winding 12 will hold the contact 14 down after it has been moved by the lug 7. The winding 12 then short-circuits the resistance 19, and the arm 26 must be moved to diminish the resistance. In a modification, a hand switch is use to close the circuit of the winding 12, and is interlocked with the controller arm so that this auxiliary circuit must be closed before the controller arm can be moved.
Patent GB-190824518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gravity Bucket Conveyors.
Inventor: LEECH WILLIAM BEAVER
Filed: 1908-11-14
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 24,518. Leech, W. B. Nov. 14. Conveyers.-Comprises improvements in the mounting of buckets on conveyer chains obviating twisting of the chain, and enabling the buckets to be readily attached to, or dismounted from, the chain without dismantling it. Fig. 2 is a plan of a bucket mounted in accordance with the invention, and Fig. 3 shows the bearing in detail. The buckets are provided with a U-shaped opening D in each side, slightly larger than the cross-bar B connecting the conveyer chains. The buckets are suspended by bearing-blocks E which slide in the openings D and are secured in place by bolts F. Thus when the chain is built up and placed in position the buckets can be attached, or any needing repairing can be detached, without affecting the rest of the conveyer. In a modified bearing the block E is fitted with side plates which are bolted to the sides of the buckets.
Patent GB-190825211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Automatically Locking Relatively Movable Parts.
Inventor: PERCIVAL BERTRAM
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-11-23
Abstract: 25,211. Percival, B. Nov. 23. Motor road vehicles. -Control levers used on motor road vehicles &c. for adjusting the ignition, or the air or throttle valves, or for other purposes are normally locked against movement of the controlled part by means of single or oppositely acting locking-elements adapted to engage a fixed annular flange and characterized by having adjustable engaging parts. The fixed member comprises a disk a with an annular flange b having a groove c. The movable member d fits inside the flange band is provided with a central pivot e for the control handle t, and an eccentric pivot g for the locking- elements h, which engage the groove c by means of adjustable screws j. The locking-elements are normally caused to grip the fixed flange by means of a circular spring k, but are directly released by the handle f when the latter is operated.
Patent GB-190827343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Alternating Current Meters.
Filed: 1908-12-16
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 27,343. Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges. Dec. 17, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Energy meters.-In an induction motor meter for siogle or polyphase alternating currents, in which the pressure coil is wound on a nearly closed core d, provided with a magnetic shunt c, and the current coil is wound on a U -shaped core f, the distance between the limbs of the core f is made equal to, or only slightly greater than, the thickness of the core d. The cores are adjustably secured together by brackets g, either directly or through intermediate copper plates h. The inactive portion N<2> of the magnetic field due to the main current winding is caused to lag by eddy-currents induced in the plates h or in the core d. The active portion N' of the main field therefore has a lead with respect to the main current, and this lead may suffice to produce quadrature between the main and potential fields, The pressure coil may be wound on the limb b only. The main magnet y may be provided with an air-gap i, extending partly or wholly through the core and adjustable by an iron bridging-piece k. The magnets of polyphase meters may thus be adjusted separately. In order to adjust the constant of the meter, a piece of magnetic material may be variably inserted into the air-gap of the magnetic shunt c, or the length of this air-gap may be adjustable. A thin copper or iron plate may be inserted into the air-gap of the potential magnet to vary the starting-point. The separate magnetic systems of a polyphase meter may be individually adjusted by thin magnetic bridges between or over the poles of the main magnets.
Patent GB-190827816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Production of, Tilting Shade Holders or Carriers for Electric Lamps.
Inventor: LAWTON MARK
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 27,816. Lawton, M., and Whatson, H. Dec. 22. Lamp-shade holders.-Holders for tilting shades of incandescent electric lamps, in which a central eye carries upon its inside a swivel U-section ring and supports a pair of downwardly-extending arms, have the central eye made from two sheet-metal stampings each of half U-section. The central eye a, Fig. 4, is made from two sheet-metal stampings a', a<2> of half U-section, which are placed together as shown. The inner open edge is closed by an ordinary U-section swivel ring b. The two parts a<1>, a<2> are formed into channelled lugs a<3>, a<4>, Fig. 1, at diametrically opposite points, these lugs coming together when the holder is made up to form sockets c, Fig 5, for the inner ends of the hanging arms d.
Patent GB-190901924-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Construction of Boots and Shoes having Studs or like Projections on their Outer Soles.
Inventor: SOERENSEN MARIUS
IPC: A43B5/02
Filed: 1909-01-26
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 1924. S÷rensen, M. Jan. 26. Athletic boots.-To prevent the studs &c. of a football or like boot from treading through to the inside, a number of stiff transverse plates e of wood, celluloid, galalith, aluminium, &c. are placed between the inner and outer sole. The plates may be arranged close together, or with spaces between them, and are preferably thicker at the centre than at their edges. They may or may not be cemented to the insole, and some or all of them may extend to the edge of the insole so that the seam that secures the outer sole passes through them. A plate of the same material may be placed in the heel end of the sole.
Patent GB-190903756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brushes, Mops, Squeegees, and the like.
Inventor: RICHARDS JACOB
IPC: B25G3/14
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 3756. Richards, J., and Baguley, C. Feb. 15. Swivelling handles. - In brushes, mops, squeezees, &c. of the type provided with a socket piece formed with a tubular part a inclined at a convenient angle for the handle b, and a flat plate c adjustably secured to the stock e by a bolt d having a square shank f to prevent its rotation, one or more prongs are formed in the plate c to embed in the stock, and a split spring washer g is arranged between the plate and the nut h.