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Patent GB-190721095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: FOSTER ERNEST HOWARD
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 21,095. Foster, E. H. Sept. 23. Superheaters, steam.-In tubular boilers of the type in which the furnace is under the shell B, a superheater A is placed in the combustion chamber at the end, in two sections. These sections are shielded by extending walls W from the direct impingement of the flames. The hot gases are thus concentrated into the narrow path E, and their speed is accelerated.
Patent GB-190800131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway Signals and the like.
Inventor: MOTT HARRY RICHMOND
Filed: 1908-01-02
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 131. Mott, H. R. Jan. 2. Locking signals; semaphore signals.-A locking- device is described for preventing the drooping of a semaphore by the collection of snow &c., the operating-means being arranged first to unlock and then move the arm to the 'safety' position, the locking being again effected on return to the danger' position. To the centre of the lever carrying the counterweight g is attached a lever f, which carries at its other end a lever e, to the ends . of which are pivoted bars a, b sliding in guides c secured to the post d. The bar a is continued upwards and fixed to, or formed in one with the semaphore operating-rod h. When the counterweight is raised, the rod b moves upwards, the rod a being locked by a pawl q. When a stop l on the rod b reaches a bracket m, the upward motion of the bar b is arrested, and the pressure on the bar a forces the pawl q to slide horizontally out of a notch o into a notch p. Further upward movement operates the semaphore. On return of the semaphore to 'danger,' the lowering of the counterweight forces the bar a down to a slot t, and then the bar b to a slot u, the pawl returning to its original position.
Patent GB-190800815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cranes.
Inventor: VOSS SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-01-13
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 815. Voss, S. Jan. 13. Cranes. -The hoisting-rope of a jib crane is arranged in such a manner that the various rope parts at the head of the jib exert no moment about the jib within certain limit positions of the jib, so. that, when the jib is luffed, the load moves in an horizontal line. Arrangements are also provided for balancing the jib. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the hoisting-rope passes from a winch 8 over a sheave 9 on the crane-post 6 to the head of the jib, and thence round the load sheave 12 and back over the head of the jib, where it is sustained' in a curved form 16 by guys 18 and is attached at its end to the point 7. In operation, as the jib .is raised, the ropepart 16 always passes from the head of the jib direct to the point of connexion to the highest of the guys 18, which is in a state of tension. The rope part 16 is supported so that its form approximates to that of a curve, the tangent to which from the end of the jib, into which the end of the rope merges, is in such a direction that the moment of the rope parts. at the head of the jib is equal to zero about the pivot of the jib. Approximate balancing of the moments is obtained, in the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, by leading the end of the rope direct to a fixed point 31. In this arrangement, the rope passes from the winch 8 to a sheave 19, sheave 21, load sheave 23, back over the sheave 21, sheave 19, and sheave 21, to the point 31. In Fig. 7, the jib is approximately balanced by a weight 37 connected to a rope, which is led over the sheaves 36, 34 and is sustained in the curved form 33. In another arrangement, the jib-balancing rope is connected to the hoisting- rope in the part 16, so that both effects may be simultaneously obtained.
Patent GB-190801129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roundabouts.
Inventor: WALKER THOMAS
Filed: 1908-01-17
Granted: 1909-01-18
Abstract: 1129. Walker, T., and Walker, J. R. Jan. 17. Roundabouts. - The horses or cars &c. are mounted on rods depending from levers 8, 9, 10, 11 attached to spindles 12,13, which carry other levers 15, 18, having rollers 16, 19 running on a fixed cam 5. In this way, the horses &c. can be made to jump hurdles or follow any other vertical path as they go round. In a modification, all the levers are placed on the same side of the spindles 12,13.
Patent GB-190803061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Regulating Mechanism.
Inventor: LEIGER GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 3061. Leiger, G. F. March 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Clutches.-In mechanism in which a driven shaft is to be automatically prevented from exceeding a predetermined speed, a driving-pulley 12, freely rotating on a shaft 8, drives the shaft through clutch members 47 formed, with weights 48, integral with pivoted levers 44. A worm-wheel 13, fixed on the hub 14 of the driving-pulley, drives a pinion 15 which operates, through the crank-plate 19, the force pump 21. The pump is connected to a pressure gauge 25 and by a pipe 26 to a relief valve 28 and to a bole 31 in the shaft 8, the hole leading through the pipe 40 to one side of a diaphragm 38 of rubber belting or other suitable flexible material. An annular plate 41 is free to move sideways in the diaphragm casing 34, and carries pegs which pass through the wall of the casing and bear on a plate 43. The fluid pressure acting on the diaphragm moves the plate 43 against projections 46 of the levers 44 and renders the clutch operative, the centrifugal action of the weights 48 de.clutching the shaft 8 when the speed is excessive. The blow-off pressure of the relief valve may be varied whether the mechanism is operative or not to alter the maximum speed of the shaft 8, the valve controlling the maximum pressure on the diaphragm. To stop the driven shaft, the relief valve is opened to atmosphere by a handlever. Either air or any other suitable fluid may be used in the system. If the pulley 12 is to be the driven member, the pump is operated from the shaft 8, which becomes the driver.
Patent GB-190808461-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus or Means for General Ventilation, and for the Collection, Transmission, Direction, Diffusion and Distribution of Air Currents.
Inventor: PENDOCK CHARLES ROBERT
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1909-05-14
Abstract: 8461. Pendock, C. R., and Tarr, H. C. H. April 16. Louvered apparatus.-A grated appliance, adapted to form the inlet to or outlet from an air duct of a system of ventilation, consists of a pair of inclined plates 2, opening at the bottom to the duct 1 and provided with inclined curved partitions 3 forming a series of air passages 4, in which the cross-sectional area diminishes continually from the outside towards the duct. By this construction, no inoperative spaces are left between the air ducts, and each tributary current is caused to merge gradually with the main current coursing along the duct. In a modification, the larger openings of the air passages are towards the duct. The invention may be applied to a roof-ridge ventilator, or a drying-chamber furnished with a hot-air heater &c. Specification No. 2085, A.D. 1869, [Abridgment Class Drying], is referred to.
Patent GB-190813603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Motor or other Lamps.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS RICHARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 13,603. Griffiths, R. W., and Griffiths, T. L. June 27. Fastenings, bayonet-joint. In oil lamps of the type in which the top flange of the oil vessel has projections adapted to be passed through slots in an internal flange of the lamp body, the oil vessel being secured by subsequent rotation, locking- means are provided consisting of a spring-pressed lever pivoted in a pocket of the vessel, the top of which lever rides over an incline on the body and catches behind its end. The vessel a, with projections k engaging through slots in the flange j, is provided with a lever d pivoted at e in the pocket f the ends d<1>, d<2> of the lever project through holes in the side of the vessel, so that, when the vessel is turned, the end d<1> rides over the incline l and is snapped behind it by the spring g. For unlocking, the lever is disengaged by pressing on the end d<2>.
Patent GB-190815487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: BURLEIGH JOHN WESLEY
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 15,487. Burleigh, J. W. July 21. Field magnets; sparking, preventing. - The armature windings, field coils, and commutating- poles of a machine are so arranged that when one part of an armature coil 15, Fig. III, is directly under that part 11, Figs. I and III, of a field coil which lies in the neutral zone, its other part is under a commutating-pole 13, the angle between the axes of the main pole cores and the commutating-pole cores being equal to 360 degrees divided by the number of main poles. Fig. I shows a fourpole machine having alternate North and South poles 3, 4, 5, 6, united by a yoke 2 carrying the commntating-poles 13 and provided with ventilating-openings 18. Parts 11 of the field coils lie in the neutral zones directly over the armature coils undergoing commutation, while the opposite parts 12 are arranged to leave room for thecommutating- poles.
Patent GB-190817270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Controlling the Speed of Motor-driven Vehicles.
Inventor: BENZ KARL
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-08-17
Abstract: 17,270. Benz, K., and Roe, A. H. Aug. 17. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to means for controlling the speed of motor-driven vehicles in such a manner that, on the vehicle reaching a predetermined speed and on the movement of the steering-wheels to either side, the speed-control device is automatically actuated. Fig. 1 shows the construction of the device so far as it is independent of the steering of the vehicle. A centrifugal governor H<1> contained in a casing is driven by means of a flexible shaft E from one of the wheels of the vehicle. This governor, through a lever K, link L, and arm M can actuate the engine throttle valve as shown. Fig. 3 shows the connexions with the steering-gear. On the spindle of the throttle valve is a loose lever P connected by slotted links Q, Q<1> with the steering arm O<1> so that whether the vehicle is steered towards the right or the left, the throttle valve lever moves in the closing direction The lever P is clutched to the throttle valve spindle by a movement along it which is brought about by movement of the lever M under the influence of the governor. This arrangement operates so as to impose a lower maximum speed while runing round curves than when running on the straight.
Patent GB-190817556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Oven Ventilating Devices.
Inventor: DONALD PERCY
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,556. Donald, P., and Brown, J. Aug. 21. [Patent of Addition to No. 3430, A.D. 1907.] Ovens, ventilating ; gas supply, regulating.-In the combined coal and gas heated oven described in Specification No. 3430, A.D. 1907, an outlet for the escape of fumes is provided, and controlled simultaneously with the air-inlet device described in that Specification, by turning the gas supply on or off. The outlet is formed in the top of the oven, and is covered by a hollow cap a<2>, which projects beyond the oven into the flue. The plug of the gas-supply cock c is provided with a cam c<2>, which, when the cock is turned, depresses the lever b<2> and actuates through the rod b<1> the damper B, which closes the outlet for fumes.
Patent GB-190817730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Electric Energy Integrating Meters
Inventor: KENNEDY RANKIN
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 17,730. Kennedy, R. Aug. 24. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Energy meters of the induction - motor tpye. Quadrature between the magnetic fluxes, produced by the current and pressure coils when the current and pressure are in phase, is obtained by the use of large shunt electro-magnets and small series electro-magnets, the shunt and series magnets being relatively adjustable and having independent magnetic circuits. In the form shown, there are one small fixed series electro-magnet E with its limbs radial to the disk C, and two large shunt electromagnets A, A<2> arranged with their limbs at rightangles to those of the series magnet E and adjustable towards or from the centre of the disk C by nuts on screwed rods. A permanent magnet D is used for braking. In a modification, two small series magnets are radially adjustable with respect to one large fixed shunt magnet. The combined area of the limbs of the series magnet or magnets amounts to not more than one-fifth of that of the shunt-magnet limbs.
Patent GB-190822167-A (GB)
Title: A Dry Preparation of Cod Liver Oil and Malt Extract in Powder Form.
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 22,167. Prestwich, J. A. Oct. 14. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-Consists of valve gear for operating the valves of the motor on a motor road vehicle, also a terminal clip for the electrical ignition wires. The inlet and exhaust valves A and B, shown in Fig. 2, are both actuated by the lever G, which is connected at one end to the rod H, and pivoted in the head of the bolt E holding the valves in place. The lower end of the rod H bears on one end of a lever J, shown in Fig. 1, pivoted at K, and a roller L, mounted on a pin on the lever, is pressed by means of a spring P, against a cam N, fixed to the half-speed shaft. The terminal clip, shown in Fig. 3, is adapted to be placed on the terminal without completely removing the nut. The clip is made of sheet metal, and consists of a flat circular portion S with a slot W cut in it, and an extension T provided with flaps folded over to secure the end of the electric wire. The edge of the flat circular portion S is flanged, forming a circular recess, to receive a circular washer x, which prevents the clip from coming off the terminal if the nut works loose.
Patent GB-190828028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: ESNAULT-PELTERIE ROBERT
Filed: 1908-12-23
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 28,028. Pelterie, R. Esnault-. Jan. 10, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Steering.--In an aeroplane of the type described in Specification No. 1258, A.D. 1908, the deformation of the supporting-planes for steering and balancing is obtained without bending the front and rear beams a, b of the aeroplane by mounting the beams so as to be capable of being inclined in opposite directions. Rods d<1>, d' mounted in fixed bearings e<1>, e<2> are provided with upwardly converging arms c', c' secured to the front beam a, and with downwardly converging arms g<1>, g<2> secured to the rear beam b. The rod d' is connected by links h, i, j to a spindle which can be turned by a lever l. When the lever l is turned in the direction of the arrow, the rod d<2> is turned in the opposite direction, and the front beam a, owing to the convergence of the arms c', c<2>, is turned in a clockwise direction, while the divergence of the arms g<1>, g<2> causes the beam b to be turned in the opposite sense.
Patent GB-190902430-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method or Means for Connecting Together the Cards or Jacquard Looms.
Inventor: STARKEY FRANCIS CHAYTOR
IPC: D03C15/08
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2430. Starkey, F. C., and Bates, R. W. Feb. 2. H i n g e s. - For detachably c o n - necting together the pattern cards of jacquard looms, the meeting edges of the cards 2 are provided with fasteners or couplings 3 of s h e e t metal &c., permanently or temporarily secured to the cards and carrying projecting pins or sockets 5 adapted to be engaged with corresponding sockets or pins on the fasteners 3 on the adjacent card, the engagement or disengagement of the fastenings being effected by buckling or bending one or other of the cards. In a modification, one set of the fasteners or couplings 3 is secured to a wire running the whole length of the card, the extremities of the wire serving as in the form shown, as hinge pins 4 for the sockets carried by the fasteners on the adjacent card. The Provisional Specification describes also a form in which two U-shaped metal lugs, hingedly connected at their blind ends, are furnished at their free ends with studs or detents for engaging the lace holes of the cards.
Patent GB-190902726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Pipe Ovens.
Inventor: LUNT GEORGE
IPC: A21B1/14
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1910-02-04
Abstract: 2726. Lunt, G. Feb. 4. [Cognate Application, 9599/09.] Bakers' ovens.-In a Perkins' oven having a system of close-looped steam-pipes, only the portions of the pipes that are acted upon by the fire rise upwards, the rest of the circuit being horizontal or sloping downwards. As shown in Fig. 1 the flow pipes 6, 8 are arranged with vertical portions in a tapering combustion chamber 11 and with lateral portions which are either horizontal or slope gently downwards, while the return pipes 7, 9 slope downwards to the combustion chamber. The flow pipes may be formed as shown in dotted lines at 16, and the lower ends of the return pipes are connected to the flow pipes by a curved part 19 and are housed in grooves 20 in the walls so as to allow easy removal. In constructing the pipes, they may be formed with the flow and return lengths horizontal and parallel, and the end of the loop remote from the combustion chamber may be twisted so as to give a slope to each limb. In a double-deck oven, the pipes are made in sets alternating with each other, and the upper and lower sets 6, 7 and 8, 9, Fig. 5, of the upper oven are formed so that the lower parts of their vertical ends are in close proximity, respectively, to the upper parts of the vertical ends of the sets 6x, 7x and 8x, 9<x> of the lower oven. Where these pipes lie abreast of each other, the grooves 20 become a recess 30 extending the whole width of the furnace. The vertical ends of the pipes 8<x>, 9<x> are preferably shorter than the ends of the pipes 6<x>, 7<x>, which in turn are shorter than those above. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, each set of pipes for a double-deck oven is independently heated by liquid or gaseous fuel, which is delivered from a pipe 24 to atmospheric burners 25, a bed 27 of asbestos being arranged between the pipes and the flame.
Patent GB-190904814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Belts for Power Transmission.
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
IPC: F16G1/18
Filed: 1909-02-27
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 4814. Hatmaker, J. R., and Gordon, J. W. Feb. 27. Belts.-A driving-belt is constructed of a flat helix comprising parallel coils of cord, wire, &c. and means moving with; the belt for supporting and tensioning the helix at its ends. Fig. 1 shows a form in which there are two helices a<1>, a<2>, a3 and b<1>, b<2>, b<3> wound in opposite directions. The inner ends of the helices are secured to the middle of a cross-bar c, and the outer ends are connected by tensioning-springs d to the outer ends of the bar c. Fig. 3 shows a form of ' weft ' G for supporting the coils a, b of the cord &c. The weft, which is lashed to the coils a, b, has upturned ends g<1> which contact with flanges on the pulley and keep the belt in a central position. Figs. 4 and 5 show a single helix with its ends a', a<3> secured near the opposite ends of a cross-bar C. ' Carrier' belts H<1>, H<2>, secured to the ends of the bar C, run on the raised and depressed portions P<1>, P<2>, respectively, of a pulley P. The belt H<1> tends to run ahead of the helix and the belt H<2> to drag behind, the combined action being to keep the helix tight.
Patent GB-190912887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Jacks for Boot and Shoe Machinery.
Inventor: COX ALBERT
IPC: A43D23/02
Filed: 1909-06-01
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 12,887. Cox, A., [trading as Cox & Co.]. June 1. Sewing - machines; work supports.-A worksupport for a nailing, screwing, pegging, sewing, or like machine comprises a universallymounted jack-rod and a universally-mounted last-pin, both of which are locked automatically when pressure is applied to the work. The lastpin 2 is formed with a spherical end 3 adapted to engage a socket in the upper end of the jackrod 1. A loose slidable collar 5 fits over the joint in such a way as to allow free movement of the pin to adjust the work, but to prevent any, movement when pressure is applied by jamming down on to the ball 3; a spring may be provided to ensure free movement of the pin when the pressure is relieved. The rod 1 passes freely through a fixed bed-plate 9, and is connected by transverse pivots 12, or by a ball and socket, to a cross-bar 13, which is slidably mounted on rods 17 depending from the plate 9. When pressure is applied to the work, the rod 1 is lowered against the action of springs 14 until a bar 10, carried by the rod, contacts with the plate 9, when the rod is locked; the contacting surfaces of the bar 10 and the plate 9 may be covered with leather 11 or furnished with teeth, &c.
Patent GB-190913379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picture and like Frames.
Inventor: CARLSON JOHN EDWARD
IPC: A47G1/06
Filed: 1909-06-08
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 13,379. Carlson, J. E. June 8. Picture and like frames.-A picture or like frame of the kind in which the back 11 is hinged to the front 7 is provided on the inside of the back with a mat 10 adapted to receive letters or ornaments 13 so that the frame may be used for displaying a motto, name, or design instead of a picture. The front 7 and the back 11 are connected by hinges 15 and provided with a catch 16, a sheet 8 of glass or the like and a spacing-frame 9 being placed between the back and the front. The mat 10 consists of a sheet of coloured 'cloth or pasteboard and is secured to the back 11 in such a manner as to be readily replaceable by a mat of different colour. The letters or ornaments 14 may be secured by pins 14, which are pushed through the mat and then turned down. The letters &c. may be enamelled or otherwise ornamented.
Patent GB-190913536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hinges primarily for use on Outside Shutters.
Inventor: ANDERSON CARL FREDRICK
IPC: E05D11/00
Filed: 1909-06-09
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 13,536. Anderson, C. F. June 9. Pivot adjustments. -Relates to locking-hinges of the type wherein the fixed member is provided near the pivot with a circular s e r i e s of openings, and the movable member with an opening adapted to be brought into registration with one of the openings in the fixed member, and locked therewith by a spring-pressed locking-lever pivoted between ears of one leaf member and engaging in a series of holes in the other leaf member. As adapted for use on outside shutters, the leaves 4, 7 of the shutter hingemember 1 and the casing hinge-member 2 have sleeves 5, 8, the latter of which fixedly receives a hinge-pin 9 with a disk 10 secured thereon, the disk having apertures 11, 12. The sleeve 5 has secured to it a segment 13 with hole 11, and the shutter may be held at various open positions by the end 19 of the pivoted lever 15 passing through the registering holes in the disk and segment, the lever 15 having its manually-operable end 18 extending through slots in the shutter and guard-plate 17, and normally pressed into locking position as shown by a spring 20 supported at one end in ears 14. A hasp-and-staple connexion 21 is provided for securing the shutter in its closed position against opening from the outside.
Patent GB-190923321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Filling Bottles and other Receptacles with Liquids.
Inventor: MATTHEWS CHARLES JEFFERIES
IPC: B67C11/02
Filed: 1909-10-04
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 23,321. Matthews, C. J., Potter, J. C., and Tilbury, F. Oct. 4. Funnels. - For filling bottles arranged in a tray or basket, a number of funnels are rigidly joined together in a row or series of rows. The funnels e, which may be round, square, or oblong in plan, have vertical sides and dished lower parts, and are provided with long spouts g. They may be made separately and joined together by riveting, soldering, etc.; or, all the upper parts may be made together and the spouts then connected thereto. Specification 5323/09 is referred to.