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Patent GB-190701058-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Printing and Stamping-machine.
Inventor: HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER JACOB CHRIST
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 1058. Ellebammer, J. C. Hansen-, and Lund, E. A. P. R. Jan. 20,1906, [date applied tor under Patents Act, 1901]. Feeding sheets.-In a machine for printing letters and other articles with postmarks, the letters &c. f are piled upon a table d between an elasticallymounted platform n and a similarly-mounted plate k the flanges m of which pass upwards through a fixed plate h. The table d is carried by a pivoted lever c upwardly pressed by a spring g. A cylindrical stamp x is reciprocated upon guides p by means of a crank disk s and connecting-rod, and is connected by a flexible tube with a cam-operated air-exhausting pump 1. As the stamp is moved to the left, a hooked plate 6 with side lugs 7 depresses the plate k by means of its flanges, and allows the stamp to pass over the top letter between the flanges m. When the plate 6 has passed clear of the flanges, the letters spring upwards against the stamp. A rarefication of the air in the cylinder 1 then takes place, and the letter is sucked up by the stamp x and printed. Further movement of the stamp conveys the letter against the strippers 11 which allow the letter to drop into a receptacle 12. Fig. 7 shows the stamp x with an air space 25 and rotable disks 27 bearing changeable marks for the date &c. A pin 28 holds the disks in position. The printing-surface of the stamp is inked by a roller 13 pivotally carried and cam-operated so as to ink the stamp and then retire immediately. A number of stamps pneumatically connected together may be employed, or the one stamp may be also provided with a plate in the shape of a flag which acts as a stamp. A counting-apparatus 24 is operated by a rod 23, a pivoted lever 21, and a hook 19 carried by a flexible diaphragm at the upper end of the stamp x. The counter is only operated when the stamp moves from left to right and carries a letter.
Patent GB-190701842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Parallel Vices.
Inventor: ROBINSON OWEN
Filed: 1907-01-24
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 1842. Robinson, O. Jan. 24. Vices. - Instantaneous parallel vices have a longitudinal rod g with a flattened portion h, which engages with the half-nut e<1>, whereby, when the rod is turned from the position shown in Fig.. 2, the half-nut e' will drop out of engagement with the screw e. The half-nut slides between guides f. A spring i on the end of the rod causes sufficient friction at the shoulder to hold the rod in any position.
Patent GB-190706179-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pilot Lighting Device for Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: MACFARLANE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-03-14
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 6179. Macfarlane, R. March 14. Lighting gas; street and like lamps.-An incandescent gas lamp provided with a pilot lighting- device is so constructed that it may be lit by the ordinary lighting-rod, and as the case does not require to be opened, the mantle is protected from draughts and excessive temperature variations. As shown in Fig. 1, the burner 11 is supplied from a pipe 3, the cock 4 of which is arranged on the same level as the cock 5 of a pipe 2 connected to a pilot tube 8. The cocks 4, 5 are arranged near together and they turn in opposite directions, so that they can be simultaneously opened by the lighting-rod. When they have been opened, the rod is placed against one of the holes 10 in the tube 8, and the light spreads along the holes 10 to the top of the tube 8 which is placed near the burner 11. The tube 8 is protected by a semicircular shield 9, and the holes 10 outside the case are arranged in a groove, and are at right-angles to the holes 10 inside the casing. The air inlets are protected from the lights of the tube 8 by a bellshaped shield 12, adapted also to improve the air supply. The cock 5 is closed by the lighting-rod when the burner is lit. In a modification, the tube 8 is arranged between the cocks 4, 5, and the cock b is adapted to close automatically under the action of a spring.
Patent GB-190707245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Lamps.
Inventor: KNAPTON GEORGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-26
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 7 2 4 5. Knapton, G. A., and Bagnall, R. I. March 26. Arc lamps.-A lamp adapted to burn for a long time without attention, and to utilize either whole or broken carbons, is constructed as shown. The carbons of each sign slide in a set of inclined parallel tubes b or c under the action of followers j. One set of tubes c is hinged to the top plate a of the lamp and connected, for instance by a link z and lever v, to the core of differentially-acting solenoids t, The lever may be connected to a dash-pot. The carbons rest on curved fingers f, preferably of copper, which are screwed into blocks n. These blocks are secured by screws o to lugs p attached to the carbon guides, and can be turned aside when new carbons are to be inserted. The fingers may be insulated. Current is conveyed to the carbons by weighted levers q which bear upon them through slots in the tubes. Only one arc is formed at a time, and the order of burning may be determined by placing the'sets of tubes at a small angle horizontally. An arc-deflecting device may consist of two frame-pillars y, a series coil on one of them, and the top plate a. The tubes of each set may be combined to form a single magazine.
Patent GB-190714919-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Roofing Hulls and Wiring by a Protective Layer of Lead
Inventor: HAUSMANN LINCOLN
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 14,919. Hausmann, L. July 14, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901], Sheathing; incrustation and corrosion, preventing.- Hulls are protected by a layer of lead produced electrolytically. It is also stated that copper-plated iron is protected by electro-depositing a layer of lead between the iron and copper. The Specification as originally published under the Act of 1901 states that the surface of the lead coating is converted into lead carbonate or white lead by means of artificial or atmospheric carbonic acid, and that, in applying the invention to the hulls of ships, the sheathing may be of aluminium or an aluminium alloy. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190715127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High Temperature Gas Turbines.
Inventor: ROLLIN CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 15,127. Rollin, C. July 1. Drawings to Specification. Elastic - fluid turbines.-Relates to means for facilitating the starting of turbines driven by poor producer gas. In small plants, carburettors are provided which, by means of suitable pipes and valves, can be put in the gas circuit temporarily so that the producer gas may be enriched. When the turbine is sufficiently hot to ensure proper working, the carburettors are cut out again. In large plants, these carburettors are not used but the regenerators are specially heated by a fire. When the turbine is well started, the fire is shut off from the regenerator by a damper. The plant described comprises in series a gas-producer, a gas-purifier, a gas-pump, a regenerator, and a turbine.
Patent GB-190715164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Evaporators, Freshwater Distillers, Feed Water Heaters, and the like.
Inventor: HALKET JAMES PITCAIRN
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 15,164. Halket, J. P. July 1. Evaporators.-An evaporator contains a number of heaters, any one of which may be separately removed for cleaning &c. without causing the cessation of the working of the apparatus for a period longer than actually necessary to remove the heater and to close the corresponding opening in the shell, or to substitute a fresh heater for the removed one. The heaters, which are either singly or in groups secured to caps e, may consist of coils a with return tubes b, as shown, or of Field tubes, preferably of flattened cross section for the greater part of their length. Common steam and drain pipes g, j are connected to each heater by separate pipes which are plugged when the corresponding heater is removed. When a group of Field tubes is connected to a cap to form one heater, passages are formed in the cap and the tubes are secured by means of plugs with openings leading to these passages, thus providing communication between each tube and the supply and the drain pipe. The Field tubes may be formed with a slight spiral, so that their expansion causes an automatic scaling to take place.
Patent GB-190719158-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Red Vat Dyestuffs.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 19,158. Imray, O., [Society of Chemical Industry in Basle]. Aug. 26. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Dyes, artificial.-Dye-stuffs which are dihalogen derivatives of the dye. stuff are produced by treating 3-oxy-1-thionaphthene, or salicylthioacetic acid in presence of a suitable con- .densing-agent, such as acetic anhydride or nitrobenzene, with dihalogen isatine. In this manner dye-stuffs may be prepared from dibromisatine, dichlorisatine, chlorbromisatine of melting - point 233-234‹ C., and bromochlorisatine of melting-point 243-246‹ C. Halogen isatines.-Dibromisatine is obtained by boiling isatine with glacial acetic acid and bromine. Dichlorisatine is obtained in a similar manner. Chlorbromisatine of melting-point 233-234‹ C. is produced by chorinating bromisatine in glacial acetic acid. Bromchlorisatine of melting-point 243-246‹ C. is produced by brominating chlorisatine. Specifications No, 10,405, A.D. 1906, and No. 6490, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190722241-A (GB)
Inventor: POPE HERBERT PEROWNE
Filed: 1907-10-09
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 22,241. Pope, H. P., and Cox, C. E. Oct. 9. Filing papers etc; blotting-appliances.-A file or the like for holding papers, photographs, &c., consists of a book a<1> (usually a blotting-book) through some or all of the leaves b of which holes c, c<2> are pierced so that it is immediately evident when uo more papers are contained in any section of the file. Indicative matter, such as the word "Empty," may be placed on the cover opposite the holes, when these extend through all the leaves, or one or both covers may have the holes continued through them.
Patent GB-190724243-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Strap Fastener or Strap Holder
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1907-11-02
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 24,243. Harrison, G., and Harrison, H. Nov. 2. Bags. - A strap holder or fastener to be applied to tooi rolls, tool cases, &c. comprises a rigid metal loop having a hinged top A, Fig. 2, adapted to be fastened by a turn-button C. A loop F is provided for attaching the holder to the tool case &c.
Patent GB-190802205-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Turning the Leaves of Music and the like.
Inventor: OTTO ALEXANDER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 2205. Otto, A. C. Jan. 31. Leaf turners.-A leaf turner for music comprises a series of arms f to which are attached frames for engaging the music leaves. The arms f are mounted on concentric sleeves e, e<1>, e<2>, carrying at their lower ends pinions d, d', d<2>, and mounted on a pin which is supported by a plate c. A sliding block b having a locking-screw b<1> secures the plate c to a rod a, fixed to the front of the pianoforte &c. and stiffly jointed at a', a<2>. A plate i carrying racks j, j<1>, j<2>, adapted to engage the pinions d, d<1>, d<2> in succession, is mounted in a grooved guide h attached to the plate c, and may be operated by a finger-piece k. The arrangement permits the leaves to be turned backwards or forwards.
Patent GB-190802646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Receptacles for Boot Polishes, Furniture Pastes, Ointments, and the like.
Inventor: ELLIS FREDERICK ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1909-04-14
Abstract: 2646. Ellis, F. A. April 14. Boxes for pastes &c.-Boxes for boot polishes, furniture pastes, ointments, or other plastic materialsare provided with a perforated or woven disk of metal &c., through which the contents can be extruded. In the form shown in Fig 1 the flanged disk c rests upon the contents with its depending flange e embedded in the plastic material, the extrusion of the latter being effected by the pressure of a brush or sponge on the surface of the disk. The removal of the disk c is prevented by indents g in the walls of the box or by the inturned upper edge h of the box. The bottom of the box is formed with an annular recess f in which the flanged portion of the disk may rest.
Patent GB-190803951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Counters for Mechanical Looms.
Inventor: MARSCHIK SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 3951. Marschik, S. Feb. 21. Looms, indicating number of picks in; change-box motions; dobbies.-To prevent arbitrary turning of the weft-counter 26, Fig. 2, the pattern cylinder is carried loosely on the driving-shaft 1, the weftcounter being fast on that shaft. The cylinder is clutched to the shaft by a hand-lever 7, which moves a coupling 6 feathered on the enlarged part 1<1> into gear with the cylinder coupling 2. The cylinder may be manually turned by a ratchet 5 and handle, this ratchet and the couplings 4, 6 having as many divisions as there are surfaces on the pattern cylinder. A star-wheel 13, Figs. 2 and 3, on the shaft 1 is driven in either direction by one of two axially-movable pin-wheels 14, 15, which are moved into the engaging position by a three-armed lever 23, operated by a cord or strap controlled by the weaver. The wheels 14, 15 are operated from intergeared wheels 17, 18, the wheel 17 being fixed to a chain-wheel 21 driven by a chain 22 from the main shaft. A spring 11 normally keeps the hand-lever 7 in position to gear the pattern cylinder to the driving-shaft, and a spring 25 normally keeps the pin-wheel 14 in engagement with the star-wheel 13, so as normally to produce forward driving of the shaft 1. When a rocking cylinder batten is used, the pattern cylinder is loosely carried on a spindle or shaft 29, Fig. 3, driven from a spindle 27 which is rotated in either direction by the mechanism described above. The star-wheel 13 has as many slits as there are surfaces on the pattern cylinder.
Patent GB-190808337-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Registering the Comparative Hardness of Metals, Alloys, and similar Yielding Substances.
Inventor: DENISON GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 8337. Denison, G. H. April 15. Testing metals and alloys for hardness. A lever testing-machine is arranged to force a hard steel ball or the like upon specimens of metals, alloys, &c. in turn, the size of the impressions made under the same load affording a measure of the comparative hardness. The lever D is hooked at one end and provided with a wide knife-edge D<1> adapted to bear upwards against a grooved bearing-surface fixed to the standard B. The steel ball D<6> is held in a nose D<5> of the lever, and the pressure is applied by means of a weight E hung from the knife-edges at the opposite end of the lever, the two knifeedges and the lowest point of the ball being in the same plane. By means of a relieving-screw and hand-wheel G, the pressure may be applied gradually to the specimen F<1>. Fig. 3 shows the holder for the ball, which consists of a stud d, with a hollowed lower end d', fitting within the nose D<5> of the lever; a screwed cap d<3> prevents the ball from falling-off.
Patent GB-190809277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Bottle Closures.
Filed: 1908-04-29
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 9277. Marks, E. C. R., [Crown Cork and Seal Co.]. April 29. Stoppers, making. - Assembled crown-cork closures consisting of a metal capsule, a compressible packing, and an intermediate binding-material, are heated to expel moisture and air, and are then compressed and cooled at the same time. The capsules, shown in Fig. 7, are delivered inverted from an assembling-machine immediately above a shoot 1, Fig. 2, which passes them to a steam-heated rotating table 2. The capsules pass into grooves 4 in the table and are gradually heated and pushed outwards against a fixed helix 5 till they reach depressions 4x in a cooling ring 9. They are then subjected to pressure by spring plungers 11, Fig. 3. which are raised by cams 19 actuating rollers 18 to allow the capsules to be passed in and out of the depressions 4<x>. The capsules are delivered cold and set by an ejector 25, Fig. 2, on the end of the fixed helix. The table 2, Fig. 3, made in two parts, rotates in a bearing 26 and is also supported on adjustable ball bearings 47. Steam is supplied to the table by a pipe 30, and the heat is retained by insulation at 38, 8, and 36. The cooling is effected by water or compressed air passed through outlets 42 in a pipe 41, surrounded by a drain 44. The table is driven by a spur-wheel 23<1>, connected with the driving-gear of the assembling-machine and meshing with teeth 23 on a ring 12, which carries the plungers 11 and is rigidly connected by screws with the rotating table. Rollers 55 serve as guides to the ring 12, and frames 21 connect the outer edges of the helix and the cams 19 and their supports to the fixed frame 27.
Patent GB-190809731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tripping Mechanism for Printing Presses.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-05-05
Abstract: 9731. Barker, G., [Redington, F. B.]. May 5. Printing in several colours.-Relates to two - cylinder twocolour printing- machines, and consists in the provision of means whereby either cylinder may be tripped independently, or whereby the second cylinder is tripped automatically at the correct interval after the first. The cylinders 3, 4 are journaled in boxes 6, which are raised by springs 1, 2 and depressed by eccentrics 23, actuated by arms 25. Between t h e cylinders 3, 4 is a sheet - transferring cylinder 8, which carries one gearwheel 10 engaging wheels 11, 12 on the cylinders, and a second wheel 9 meshing with a wheel 13 on t h e shaft 14. Driven by gearing from the shaft 14 are two cams 15, 18, which oscillate cranks 32, loosely mounted on shafts 28 and carrying at their ends dogs 30 adapted to engage teeth 29 fast on each of the shafts 28. Each dog 30 carries a stud 38 adapted to oscillate in a cam-link 39 mounted on a shaft 41. When either of these links is raised, the cam-surface lifts the dog 30 clear of the tooth 29, and thus the shaft 28, with the crank 27, link 26, and eccentric 23, is not operated, and the cylinder 3 or 4 is in consequence left in the raised or tripped position. The shaft 41 adjacent to the first cylinder 3 is rocked to disengage the corresponding dog 30, by an arm 43 and key or pedal 44 normally raised by a spring 58. The other shaft 41 controlling the tripping-gear of the second cylinder 4 carries an arm 45, having at its end a roller 47, Fig. 11, adapted to be moved laterally into or out of engagement with a cam 48 on the cam shaft 49, Fig. 6. This lateral movement of the roller 47 is effected by means of a right-angled lever 54 pivoted on a bracket 56 on the frame. Beneath the lever 54 is the end of a flexible rod 55, secured to an arm 53 rocked by a pedal 52 and arm 51 against the action of a spring 58<a>. The roller 47, having been moved outward into the path of the cam 48, remains in this position until returned by an inclined lug 57 on the cam 48. The cylinders are separately tripped by operating the respective treadles 44, 52. To trip both the cylinders during the passage of one sheet, both treadles are depressed simultaneously, the first cylinder being tripped directly by the camlink 39, while the flexible rod 55, at a moment determined by the lug 57, projects the roller 47 into the path of the cam 48. On the continued rotation of this cam, the second cam-link 39 is rocked upward to trip the second cylinder. The groove 35 of the cam 18 controlling the second cylinder is formed with a dwell 35<c>, so that the cylinder is arrested in its downward movement as it receives the sheet from the grippers of the transfer cylinder.
Patent GB-190809994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Controlling Operation of Cranes.
Inventor: HOLME EDWARD MORTON
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 9994. Holme, E. M. May 8. Brakes.-The brakes of cranes are controlled and regulated by a portable hydraulic or pneumatic appliance arranged in any convenient position by the operator. The apparatus is shown adapted to operate on the treadle or other lever b of a crane brake. The portable appliance comprises a case h carrying a cylinder f, the piston-rod f<2> of which is connected by a link g<2> to a lever g<1> operated by a treadle g. The lower part of the cylinder is connected by a flexible pipe k to a second cylinder o fastened to a beam r of the crane, the piston-rod o' of which is looped at q and is linked to the brake lever b by a link p. The loop q is guided by a rod q<1> working in a bearing q<2>. In electrically-operated cranes in which the brake is relieved by a solenoid when the motor is hoisting, the descent of the load takes place with the motor cut out, and the brake controlled by the apparatus described above. In this case the lever b is loose on the shaft a and is provided with projections on its base engaging snags formed on the shaft a. By this arrangement the electro-magnetic operation of the brake can be effected without causing any movement of the lever b, while the brake can be released by depressing the lever b by the fluid-pressure apparatus.
Patent GB-190810106-A (GB)
Title: A Self Adjusting Side Guard for Bogie Tramcars.
Inventor: PHILIPSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 10,106. Philipson, W., Philipson, T. W. H., and Philipson, P. C. May 9. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers.-A side guard for bogie tramcars is adapted to accommodate itself to the various positions assumed by the tramcar in passing round curves, so as always to prevent persons from coming into contact with the wheels. The frame is composed of rods K and is carried by a vertical shaft F, which is mounted in a fixing G on the tramcar framing A and rotates under the action of a spring M secured to the fixing and to the shaft. By this means the frame is always maintained against the bogie truck D.
Patent GB-190811824-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Ingot Moulds.
Inventor: MOORWOOD HEDLEY STANLEY
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 11,824. Moorwood, H. S., and Moorwood, J. M. June 1., Drawings to Specification. Casting; castings.-Cast-iron ingot moulds are strengthened by casting the metal round a core, such as a sheet-metal core, which may be perforated or embossed. The core may consist of bars arranged horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Patent GB-190814161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Power Transmission Systems.
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 14,161. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. July 3. Distributing. - In electric power - transmission systems, particularly haulage, rolling-mill, and similar transmission systems, in which a driving- motor 2, Fig. 1, connected in series with a starting- generator 1, having a separately excited shunt winding 4 and commutating-po!es 3, the excitation due to the commutating-poles is neutralized when the shunt field is at zero value. This may be effected by closing a shunt about the commutating- winding which may contain a resistance 9, or by energizing an auxiliary winding 10, Fig. 2, connected up to oppose the commutating-winding and carried by or adjacent to the commutating-poles. The auxiliary winding 10 may be connected across brushes 12 displaced approximately 90 degrees from the main brushes. The switches 8 11 may be mechanically or electro-magnetically interlocked with the regulator 7 of the generator shunt field so that it is operated at the same instant that the shunt field is brought to zero.