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Patent GB-190626468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Swings of Large Construction.
Inventor: HILL THOMAS GUNSTONE
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 26,468. Hill, T. G. Nov. 22. Swings; railways for recreation; toboganning.-A large swing carries a series of cars Xh, Fig. 1, suspended one above the other from four arms Xe pivoted to beams Xc mounted on a tube Xa supported on rollers Xd at the top of four towers A. All the cars are jointed to the arms Xe so that they have parallel motions, and the lowest car G is mounted on wheels which run on two tracks e, e<1>, Figs. 1 and 3, of different gauge, the gradients of which are so arranged that the body of the car G is always substantially horizontal, i.e. the gradient of the track e on the left-hand side of the track is steeper than that of the track e', and vice versa on the right-hand side. The swing moves partly by gravity, but suitably - driven sprocket chains h are arranged at the upper parts of the track, and these are formed with projections m which engage apertures in levers F, F<1>, Fig. 8, attached to the car G, and so assist the cars. The sprocket chains are formed with rollers n, n' on their upper sides which move in guideways and diminish friction. The levers F, F<1> are formed with turned-up ends, and only one lever at once is engaged by the sprocket chain. The car G may be carried by a chain h to the top of the tracks e, e', or it may be released by means of tripper blocks Xp, Figs. 1 and 6, formed with inclined sides and with a front which can move against the action of springs Xr. These blocks, which are provided with stays Xs, can be turned in front of the path of the car by gear-wheels Xt actuated by a lever &c. In this position, the two parts of the tripper are locked together by teeth Xu. When the blocks are set so as to engage the car, the lever F or F<1> comes in contact with the block and is raised so as to be disconnected from the chain. At the same time that the lever F, Fig. 8, is thus moved from the position shown to the position A', the lever Fl is released from a catch v<1> and assumes the position shown by dotted lines A<2>, so that the lever F<1> is engaged by the sprocket chain on the other side of the track. A similar catch v holds the lever F until the lever F<1> is released, these catches being so connected by bell cranks that one lever is held while the other is released. Loops v<3> on the car support the levers F, F<1>. If the cars are not released by the trippers Xp, they are released by fixed trippers at the tops of the track. Lifts and landing-stages are provided to render all the cars accessible. The car G is formed at the bottom with passages Xg, Fig. 8, at the parts where the car engages the rails.
Patent GB-190626477-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Railway Fog Signals
Inventor: KENT-WATSON JACOB
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 26,477. Watson, J. Kent-, and Lettice, F. Nov. 22. Fog and audible signals; contacts, mechanical; rods and wires for operating; detonator apparatus. - Detonators are fired on trains by apparatus fixed thereon and coming into contact with projecting levers placed on the track near the rail. Two weighted levers x, y, Fig. 2, are placed near the distant semaphore and one lever z near the home semaphore, and are connected to a hand-lever a. When the lever a is in one extreme position, all the levers are erect ; in the other position, all are horizontal and inoperative. In the mid-position shown in Fig. 2, one lever x is erect and the others are horizontal. This is effected by interposing a spring g, Fig. 2, shown in detail in Fig. 4, which is not strong enough to raise a balance weight b, Fig. 2. When the distant semaphore is at 'danger,' two levers x, y are erect, and when the semaphore is at 'safety' only one lever x remains standing. The lever z at the home semaphore is raised and lowered together with the lever y. The levers on the track engage a lever a, Fig. 10, on the train pivoted at b. Detonators filled with powder and provided with a wad t, Fig. 11, and a cap f are placed in a tube r, Fig. 10, to slide into a chamber s. When the lever a meets an obstruction, it swings over and brings a roughened surface m or m<1> against a detonator so as to fire it. Strips of metal l, l<1> on the enlarged end of the lever a prevent fresh detonators from falling down till the lever a returns to its original position, while slotted strips ware so arranged, that, after being fired, the detonator falls out. Springs are arranged to bring the lever a to its original position, and guides and stops are provided to prevent the lever from going too far. A syren or whistle is replaced at the home signal for starting purposes, and is worked from the cabin.
Patent GB-190713985-A (GB)
Title: A New and Useful Contrivance for Ironing Linen and other Garments.
Inventor: KRAPP FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 13,985. Krapp, F. June 17. Ironing - machines. - A machine iron, which is heated by a flame, charcoal, electricity, or other form of self-generator of heat within the iron, has its temperature regulated by a chamber in the iron filled with water or lowpressure steam. In the arrangement shown, the iron b is heated laterally by the burners h furnished with guards s to prevent heat from escaping. The water in the chamber a evaporates until a certain pressure of steam is obtained which can be regulated at will. An expansion valve c or similar arrangement is used to take up the expansion of the water. A feed to fill the chamber with water, a safety-valve, and a water gauge are also provided. By this means the temperature of the iron is moderated, to prevent scorching &c.
Patent GB-190714361-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cabinet or Nest of Trays.
Inventor: STRONG GEORGE
Filed: 1907-06-21
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 14,361. Strong, G. June 21. Cigar cabinets.-A cabinet or nest of trays', especially adapted for containing small and light articles such as sample goods in stores, cigars, &c., comprises a number of trays A<1>, A', A<3>, preferably equal in area and pivoted on both sides D at e to two pairs of parallel-motion levers C<1>, C<2>, which are fulcrumed at c', c' to the sides of a tray A fixed to a preferably weighted base B. One or more drawers A<4> sliding on guides b may be coupled at both sides by links &c., C to extensions of the levers C' so as to be actuated simultaneously with the trays A<1>, A<2>, A<3>. Extensions of the levers C<2> may be shaped as shown at C<3>, so as to engage the grooves f<1> and automatically raise the lid F<1>. To conceal the levers and strengthen the nest laterally, the sides of the trays are preferably made with double walls between which the levers C<1>, C<2> work. A handle g and a similar one on the front of the drawer A' may be provided. When closed, the nest resembles an ordinary chest of drawers.
Patent GB-190714533-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Device for Operating Pulsating Teat Cups.
Inventor: GILLIES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 14,533. Gillies, A. June 24. Drawings to Specifecation. Cow-milkers.-Teat-cups are constructed so that the inner flexible lining is in its normal position when the teat is compressed. In the outer chamber is continuous suction, the maximum being equal to that in the outer space. The teat-cup may have the flexible lining turned over a rigid ring at the top and pressed against a shoulder by a screw cap, or it may be turned over a reduced neck. The base is held by a cup attached to the metal casing by the milk tube. The teat cups are connected to a claw of ordinary type which has a small permanent air inlet which may be supplemented by a ball or other valve, opening when the suction is sufficiently reduced. If the device is worked with a single suction tube, the claw may be fitted with a non- return valve to connect the outer chamber of the teat cups with the tube only at minimum suction. The pulsator is attached to the lid of the exhausted milk receiver, and consists of a slide valve moving over ports leading to the milk receiver and teat-cups respectively ; which are permanently connected by a small passage to prevent " surging."
Patent GB-190718221-A (GB)
Title: Ticket Holder.
Inventor: FINAZ HENRI
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 18,221. Finaz, H. Aug. 12. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel.-Railway and insurance tickets, luggage receipts, &c. are suspended from the button-hole or watch chain by means of a lever clip a<1>, Fig. 2, provided with a chain c and cross-bar c<1>. The ticket B is held by a clamping-lever b, and the plate a is provided with several small teeth. As shown in Fig. 3, the holder d is formed like a medallion open at the bottom and carries a clip lever b.
Patent GB-190719904-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved System and Means for Facilitating the Carrying Out of the Provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act.
Filed: 1907-09-06
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 1 9 , 9 0 4. Kenrick & Jefferson, and Jefferson, F. Sept. 6. Insurance ; indexing.-In a system for facilitating the carrying out of the Workmen's Compensation Act, a card printed with particulars of the various stages of procedure is provided with a detachable series of forms corresponding with the consecutive stages on the card, and a filing-cabinet e, Fig. 2, having a set of daily and monthly alphabetical and guide index cards, together with a code of instructions, is provided to hold the detached forms. A separate filing-cover for the correspondence &c. relating to each case, and having a compartment for holding a punch, may be used.
Patent GB-190720626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood Working Tools.
Inventor: HILL JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 20,626. Hill, J. C. Sept. 17. Tenoning-tools. - The shoulder of the tenon is cut before tenoning, to leave a clean edge, by fixed cutters d<1>, b<1> mounted in frames B, C, the latter of which is mounted in a frame D so as to be adjusted to suit the thickness of the timber. The frame C may be longitudinally adjustable to suit the length of shoulder. The apparatus is fixed to the work table of a tenoning-machine, the timber being fed past the cutters.
Patent GB-190722453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-acting Reducing Valves for High Pressure Fluids.
Inventor: ROBINSON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-10-11
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 22,453. Robinson, T., Robinson, R., Boyd, T. B., and Lunney, G. Oct. 11. Pressure-regulating valves.-Relates to a selfacting reducing-valve of the type described in Specifications No. 3999, A.D. 1878, No. 16,766, A.D. 1884, and No. 5350, A.D. 1890, for high-pressure fluids such as steam and compressed air, and especially applicable in connexion with water mains. The high-pressure inlet nozzle A leads into the high-pressure chamber B, which is formed with a collar H having passages I. The spindle E, working through the collar H, terminates at the highpressure end in a valve disk J abutting on the nozzle A, and terminates at the low-pressure end in a piston K working in the chamber C. The intermediate chamber D, which is open at the top, is provided with an outlet N for detecting and carrying away any leakage of the fluid. The joint between the chambers B, D is made tight by means of a compression ring L which embraces the spindle E. The chambers B, C communicate with one another through a pipe (not shown) connected to the nozzles F. A stop P limits the movement of the spindle. The areas of the nozzle A and piston K are inversely proportional to the pressures at the high-pressure and low-pressure ends respectively. The valve J therefore remains closed so long as these pressures remain unaltered. Any reduction of pressure in the chamber C causes the valve to open momentarily and so produce a re-adjustment of the pressures. The valve disk J may be retained in position by means of a screwed cap Q.
Patent GB-190723220-A (GB)
Title: Improved Carburettor for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: VAURS BAPTISTE
Filed: 1907-10-21
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 23,220. Vaurs, B. Nov. 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Float valves.-The float 31 of a carburettor acts upon the valve spindle 32 through a bow spring the ends of which engage notches in the spindle.
Patent GB-190725123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Meters.
Inventor: ARCIONI VITTORIO
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 25,123. Arcioni, V. Nov. 12. Antifrictionw h e e l bearings.- Wheels R support the horizontal or slightly inclined spindle o of an electricity meter, the ends of the spindle being reduced in diameter.
Patent GB-190726169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Hanging or Fixing of Blinds and the like.
Inventor: MOLE ALFRED
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 26,169. Mote, A. Nov. 26. Cleats or holders. -Window - blind cords k<1> are held by an eccentric clamp m pivoted in a bracket l attached to the window. The clamp is released by Land or by a separate cord.
Patent GB-190727259-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Pneumatic Tyre.
Inventor: BENNETT GEORGE ALFRED
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 27,259. Bennett, G. A., and Smith, J. A. Dec. 10. Tyres, pneumatic. -The tyre comprises an inflatable tube 3, a tube 2 containing sand, preferably finely sifted and dried silver sand, a lining 4 of felted or woven fabric, and the ordinary outer cover 1. A fabric lining 5 may be fitted between the air-tube 3 and the sand-tube 2.
Patent GB-190803466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Preventing Cavitation at Screw Propellers.
Inventor: TAYLOR DAVID WATSON
Filed: 1908-02-15
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 3466. Taylor, D. W. Feb. 15. Screw propellers.-The air formed at the back of propeller blades is exhausted to prevent cavitation. The exhaustion may take place by a pump adapted to operate through passages in the shaft 10 and hub 7, Fig. 3, the cavity 12 in the p:opeller blade being covered with a plate 15 provided with perforations. The air may also be exhausted by centrifugal action, in which case channels 20, Fig. 4, are connected by one or more passages 27 with a radial channel 23, the channels being covered with imperforate plates. The channel 23 is open at both ends, so that when the blade is in rapid rotation, the water enters at 25 at the root of the blade and is flung out at 26, exhausting the air through the perforated plates by centrifugal force.
Patent GB-190803509-A (GB)
Title: Device for Increasing the Draught of Chimneys and for Obtaining Draught with Bad Chimneys.
Inventor: GEESSELS GUILLAUME
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1909-02-17
Abstract: 3509. Geessels, G. Feb. 17. Chimney tops.-A box 1 surmounted by a central tube 4 of smaller diameter than the flue, and also by a number of smaller surrounding tubes 5, which are such that the total cross-section of all the tubes is greater than that of the flue, is placed above a chimney to promote up-draught. The tubes may be surrounded by a cylindrical casing.
Patent GB-190808091-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Cutting Meat into Slices.
Inventor: GRAFF FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 8091. Graff, F. April 11. Slicing meat.-A meat-slicing machine comprises an annular trough-shaped knife 14 so that the inner edge is in the same plane as the cutting-edge, and rotated through suitable gearing by a wheel 1. The meat table is reciprocated from a crank-disk 16 through a connecting-rod 17 and a slotted lever 19 engaged by a stud 21 on the table. The transverse feed is effected by means of a screw shaft 26 carrying a ratchet 27 operated by a pawl 29 on a lever 28, which is pivoted on the shaft 26 and slides the pawl over the ratchet teeth by striking the set-screw 30 after a slice has been cut ; during the return movement of the table, the lever strikes a stud 31 on the frame and causes the pawl to turn the ratchet, thus moving the meat support forward the thickness of a slice by the engagement of a pin 32 on the support with the shaft 26. The pin can be disengaged from the shaft by turning a handle 33, which actuates a spring 34 having an oblique edge sliding in a slot 35 in the pin. The meat is clamped to its support by a bridge 15 slidably mounted on two rods, one of which is oval in section and is revoluble, so that when turned by a handle it grips its oval bearing in the bridge and holds the bridge firmly in position. The thickness of slice is determined by the position of the set-screw 30.
Patent GB-190809680-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Dioxyphenylethanolamines
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 9680. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. May 4. Dioxyphenylethanolamines. - 3: 4-Dioxyphenyl. ethanolamines are obtained by treating 3 : 4-dioxystyrolhalogenhydrins with ammonia or a primary amine, for instance methylamine. The parent materials are obtained by the following process :- 3 4-methylenedioxystyroldibalogenides (dibromide or dichloride), or the halogenhydrins obtainable therefrom, are converted by prolonged digestion with excess of phosphorus pentachloride ioto the dichlormethylenedioxystyroldihalogenides ; the solutions of these products in acetone yield, on treatment with water, the dioxystyrolhalogenhydrins.
Patent GB-190813198-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Making Fertilizers.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1908-06-20
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 13,198. Thompson, W. P., [Engle, A., Walker, W., and Main, J. H.]. June 20. Manures; excremental matters, treating; disinfecting and deodorizing.-A fertilizer which also protects plants from attack by worms, insects, fungi, &c. is composed of night-soil, lime, and tar. Quick-lime is first mixed with the night-soil to slake it. The heat produced melts the tar as it is added, and the whole is then thoroughly mixed. When cold the hard mass is broken and ground as required.
Patent GB-190815359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Curb Drain and Conduit.
Inventor: HOOPER ROBERT THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 15,359. Hooper, R. T. July 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents Act, 1907]. Conduits.-Blocks of cement, concrete, burnt shale, &c., of the section shown, are united by keys to form a kerb 4, gutter 3, and conduit passages 2 for electric conductors, or for gas and water pipes &c. Shoulders 5, 6 keep the blocks in alinement with the road and foot-path respectively. The sections may also be formed of horizontal slabs united by longitudinal tongue-and-grove joints. At street corners, curved sections are employed fitted with a grating for surface drainage.
Patent GB-190821902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Locks
Inventor: KEMMANN JOHANN
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 21,902. Kemmann, J. Oct. 16. Locks, key; sliding bolts.-An auxiliary bolt d, Fig. 2, is operated by an additional key i, Fig. 4, which is inserted in the ordinary keyhole l of a door lock. Pins k on the key i engage holes in a cam e, the rotation of which turns a lever f, pivoted at g and connected at h to the bolt d, which may also be operated from the inside by a handle m.
Patent GB-190902505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Filters.
Inventor: PEIRCE ADAMS TRUE
IPC: B01D21/02
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 2505. Peirce, A. T. Feb. 2. Filters; bag filters.-Oil supplied to a chamber b passes through a strainer e and down a pipe c<2> to a settling-chamber d, in which water is separated. Thence it passes up through a pipe f<1> and through perforations j<5> in the centre of a partition j<4> supporting a sawdust filter in the chamber g. Over the perforations j<5> is a cup j with closed upper end and perforated sides surrounded by cloth j<3>. The sawdust is covered by cloth i and a perforated plate i<1>, the chamber g being provided with a perforated top h<1>. The filtered liquid collects in the chamber n. The air from the vessel d is driven up to the top of the cap j and escapes through the pipes k<2>, k, the end of the pipe k<2> being above the perforations of the cap j. The lower portion o of the pipe k serves as a gauge glass.
Patent GB-190903080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cargo-handling Apparatus.
Inventor: LINDSAY ONOFRE
IPC: B63B27/18
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1910-02-08
Abstract: 3080. Lindsay, O. Feb. 8. Transhipping.-In apparatus for transferring cargo from one vessel to another &c. in which a travelling rope hauls carriages along a fixed cableway, means are provided for holding the cableway taut. The cableway 10 passes over a pulley 21 mounted in a yoke 17, which is carried on the mast 12 of the discharging-vessel and supports a depending yoke in which is mounted a pulley 24 around which passes the traversing- cable. The cable 10 terminates in an eye 37, through the slot in which passes a flat bar 38 forming the pintle of a pair of dogs 39 carrying a weight 34. The weight 34 moves in a vertical well 27 closed at the bottom of the vessel by a frangible cover, through which the weight 34 falls should the cable be accidentally broken. Should the ships swing apart an excessive amount, arms extending upwards from the dogs 39 engage inclined plates 52. This effects the release of the weight 34 by the opening of the dogs and of the cables by the rotation of the bar 38. The weight is then sustained by spring catches 45. If a number of cables are employed, the ends are secured as above to the bar 38 between the dogs.
Patent GB-190913069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sighting Apparatus for Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41G1/393
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,069. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. June 3. S i g ts.-Relates to distantly-controlled range and deflexion gear of the kind described in Specification 4404/06, and consists in modifying this arrangement so that, instead of the range dial following t h e motor - actuated pointer during the setting of the sight, the range dial and pointer are moved together back to a fixed zero. In the arrangement shown in transverse s e c t i o n in Fig. 2, the range-pointer B is rotated through gearing c, e<Î>, by a motor C controlled from a distance and mounted in a casing C<Î> attached to the range-dial A. The sight A<Î> is elevated by hand through a wheel D, worm gearing d<0>, d<00>, and pinions d<4>, and at the same time a shaft d<2> rotates the casing C<Î> and thereby moves the dial A and pointer B until the pointer is brought back to a fixed zero mark. An exactly similar arrangement is described in connexion with the deflexion pointer B'. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the motor C<1> is attached to a fixed casing C<Î><Î> and rotates a drum B<1> carrying the pointer through worm-gearing c', c<1Î>, pinions c<2Î>, c<3>, and planetwheels c<0>. When the sight is set by means of a hand-wheel A<2>, shaft Ex, and worm E<ÎÎ> the pinion c<3> is held by the gearing c<1>, c<1Î>, and the rotation of a wheel A<ÎÎ> keyed to the shaft E<Î> causes, through the medium of the planet-wheels c<0>, the return of the pointer to the zero position. The zero mark may be adjusted for variations in muzzle velocity. Specification 673/07 is also referred to.
Patent GB-190914944-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Crossing Postal Orders, Money Orders and Cheques.
Inventor: DIXON GEORGE COPE
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 14,944. Dixon, G. C. June 26. Transfers.-A transfer made by coating a slightlysized paper with an adhesive solution of gelatine, rice paste, &c. is used to render cheques, postal orders, &c. " not negotiable."